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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-01-28, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., JAN. 28, 1937. The Clinton News -Record; With whieh is Incorporated THE NEW. ERA TERMS of SUBSCRIPTION 91.50 mer veer in advance, to Cana- dian addresses. $2.00 to the U.S. or 'then foreizn countries. - No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid nnieas' at, the option of the publish- er. The date to which every sub- scription' is paid is denoted on the iabei. ADVERTISING RATES — Tran - Mein advertising 12e per count Iine tar first insertion. 8c for each sub- sequent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements not to exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," "Lost," "Strayed," etc., inserted once for 35c, each subsequent insertion 15c. Rates for display advertising made known on application. Communications intended for pub- lication trust, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. A:. E. HALL, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor. H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer financial. Real Estate and Fire In- surance Agent;, Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division Court Office, Clinton Frank Fingland, BA., LL.B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydorm K,C. Sloan Block — Clinton, Ont. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street. (Few Doors • west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION 'by manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phene 20'7 GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron Correspondence promptly answered Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone 203. Charges Moderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea - forth; Vice -President, John E. Pep- per, Brueefield; Secretary -Treasurer, AI. A. Reid, Seforth, Directors: Alex. Broadfoot, Brucefield; James Sholdice, Walton; William Knox, Londesboro; George Leonhardt, Dub- lin; John E. Pepper, Brucefield; James Connolly, Goderich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEwing, Blyth. List of Agents: W. 3. Yeo, Clin- ton, R. R. No. 3; Jaynes Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, Brucefield, R. R. No. 1; R. i'. McKereher, Dublin, R. R. No. 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;. Ii. G. Jarmuth, Bornholm, R. R. No. L Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin Cutt's Grocery, Goderieh. Parties dediriag to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applicat- ion to any of the above officers ad- vlressed to their respective post oi4i- 'ees. Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. CANOAN. ATIONAI.:' AILWAYS MIA TIME'TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. Going East, depart 7.03 a.m. Going East, depart 8.00 p.m. ,Going West, depart 12.02 p.m. Going West, depart 10.08 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce 'Going North, ar. 11.34, bre 12.02 p.m. Going South 3.08 p.m. It does not happen often but re- garding the handling of Canada's part in the recent Empire crisis Premier MacKenzie King and Opposition Lea- der R. B. Bennett were in complete accord. Mr. Bennett said had be been in Premier Ring's place he would :have acted in like inanner. Premier King in a statement to the House the other day said he had told Mr. Bald- win that Canada would not approve the marriage of Edward to Mrs. Simpson, whether as queen or on a :lower statis. And the Canadian cabi- •net sent a plea direct to the King ask- ing that he place the welfare of the Empire ahead of any personal desire. These low fares enable you to turn 'the calendar ahead ... from Winter right into a Summer vacation ... in ,glorious California. Play golf beside the blue Pacific, motor through orange groves and along inviting highways, enjoy ,glamorous nights in gay Hollywood. Tour choice of routes ...include the •picturesque Canadian Rockies, •chatming Vancouver and Victoria at no extra cost. 'Full information as to Round Trip • FIRST CLASS FAIRE ;• INTERMEDIATE FARE • COACH FARE t)n application to any Agent. TIM • 'CANADIAN IAN id ATIONAL. inomilismommerws CAOGflTI) TBE WILD By Robert Ames Bennet • SYNOPSIS Allen Garth is preparing to make a' trip to a mine which he has discov- ered in the Canadian Northwest when an aeroplane appears at the little re- fueling station and an elderly man, a young man and a young woman alight. The two men •who are looking for mining prospects,become much in- terested in some specimens of ore shown them by Garth. They are all rather haughty, especially the girl, and treat Garth like a servant, but he shows his independence and does- n't allow himself to be ordered about. They decide to take Garth in their aeroplane to inspect his mine and if it turns out to be worth working to take a lease for a year and give him sixty percent, of. the. output. They become so interested that they try to get away in their plane leaving, him behind so they can put in their claim for the mine. They are thwar- ted in this and their plane is swept down the falls and destroyed. Garth then agrees to lead them out if they will do just as he says and he has got them out to the Mackenzie. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XIX Trapped Instead of getting aboard the cabin plane as Garth had ordered her, the stubborn girl had tried to tag after him and Constable Dillon. She had kept on, stumbling and falling in her haste, until at last she had wrenched her ankle—perhaps broken it. At sight of the limp body on Garth's shoulders, she started up, horrified. "Oh! oh, Alan! Is—is he --hurt?" "Murdered. And you—God!—you here, all this way from the plane.. Rifle gone. They're coming. Get up —go back." "Coining!" she cried. "That mur- derer! He'll kill ,you tool Go on, Man. Hurry, Pll follow." She turned around on her right foot without a wince or groan, and bent to slip her moccasins under the toe thongs of the snowshoes. Deceiv-1 ed into thinking her sprain not ser -I ious, Garth slued around her and ran' on at his best gait. He would get the body of Constable Dillon aboard the plane, and mush back for the girl If she followed even at an ordinary walking pace, there might yet be time to get awa$'. He made the plane in short order and got the dead policeman to the cabin by way of the wing. Leaping off, he rushed back at top speed to meet Lilith. He had to go all the way to where he had left her. She had slung the snowshoes on her back, floundered through the first drift, and collapsed. When he came up, she was rubbing snow on her bar- ed ankle. She Looked up at him, white-faced with pain and despair. "I tried, Alan. I can't even walk," she said. "Go back. It's all my fault. Hurry and save yourself. Maybe I can—delay him." For reply, Garth swung her up a- cross his shoulder and headed again for the plane. There still might be time. He put all his strength into another burst of speed. They came to the glacier stream, with no sight or sound of the pursu- ers behind them. Garth lifted the girl from his shoulder and set her on the front edge of the monoplane wing. He grasped hold to vault up beside her. A bullet fanned the girl's pain - whitened cheek. Another bullet struck the wing edge between her and Garth. He jerked her down off the wing. The firing ceased. But the angle of the shot in the wing edge told Garth the direction from which it had come. After murdering Constable Dillon but before starting to trail Garth, Huxby must have sent one of his men running along the foot of the tundra slope to take possession of the planes. Garth had outrun the miner. But tin. man had come within easy rifle range and clear view of the plane -at least of its upper parts. Garth did not hesitate a split se- cond. He carried Lilith to the moor- ing tree and slashed the line with his knife. Then, taking the girl picka- back ,he set off up the stream bank. His one backward glance showed him that the plane was drifting out into the lake. It did not move as fast as had Mr. Ramill's beautiful mono- plane. But the cross -wind had died down. The lessened stream current could be counted upon to carry the plane out beyond reach before it was stopped by the skim ice. The rifleman up on the edge of the tundra was off to the right of the stream. Garth knew he had a thick 'screen of spruce trees and scrub all the way to timberline. As he climb- ed, the man above began to yell and halloo. Garth had no doubt that the fellow was .shouting about the out - drift of the cabin plane, Before long, other yells came from the lake shore. They were followed by rifle shots. It was easy to guess that one or more of the pursuers had sighted the plane and opened fire, on the supposition that Garth was hid- den in the cockpit. The shouts of the man above told that he was running downhill, probably to let the others know he hadkepn the fugitives from getting aboard. Garth moderated his rush. Even so, his steady uphill slogging brought him near timberline before the four men got together down at the lake shore. From the sudden stoppage of the firing, he knew the fourth man had explained the situation. Yet he did not 'quicken his climbing pace. For the first time since leaving the plane, he spoke to Lilith: "Try hold- ing out farther from my neck, Miss RamiIl. We're . safe enough now. We're climbing faster than they can wade the drifts. What's more, they'll slow up at every covert." "They' will?" "Yes—afraid I'll lie in wait to am- bush thorn with poor Dillon's pistol. That was a bad blunder—my not tak- ing the pistol belt before I went back for you." The girl began to sob: "Bu -but I told you to leave me! He w -won't hurt me. It's you! This time he'll ki-kill you dead. Put me down, and run quick!" "Stop that," Garth ordered. "He's not going to get either of us. See how the clouds are rolling down." As he spoke, he swerved towards the camp at the placer, keeping just above the. scrub of timberline. At the turn and every few paces, he purpose. ly stamped through a' drift to mark his trail. Within less than a hundred paces, he saw a whitish pall surge out from the down -rolling clouds on the west- ern mountain side. A snow -spitting wind -gust whooshed aslant the tundra slope. He turned sharp to the left and headed uphill towards the foot of the glacier. Before he had cover- ed another hundred paces, the air was thick with snow. He was still within hearing dis- tance when the trailers reached tim- berline and shouted their discovery that he had turned west. They would of course figure he Siad dodged along on the open tundra, and then doubled down into the timber for protection from the storm. Above timberline was only theshelterless tundra and the glacier. They knew nothing a- bout Eskimo life. Fortunately for Lilith in particular, the storm was only an early autumn blizzard, not a thirty or forty below zero gale of the subarctic winter. The rabbit -fur undersuit inside the buck- skins saved her. Though greatly chilled, she was only slightly frostbit- ten rostbitten when Garth reached the brink of the lateral moraine, a little below the foot of the glacier. He worked cautiously down the steep slope of loose stones and boul- ders. The small flow of ice water Froin the glacier face had ceased with the first freeze, though the shrunken stream still swirled from under the great ice mass. Garth went out across the rock-strewn gulch bed. Within a few moments Lilith sud- denly found herself out of the wind and snow and the white gloom of the storm. She could not see. Her elbow rasped along a smooth wall. Then she was placed upon a ledge. A match flared in Garth's upraised hand. The light glinted and sparkled on ice walls. She was in the mouth of the cave, up inside the glacier - stream tunnel. At the side of the en- trance lay the pothole stone that Garth had made into an Eskimo lamp. He pointed to an outspread caribou skin. "Crawl in on that. Then rub your face and pound yourself." She scrambled to the skin mat, her teeth clenched on her lip to keep• from crying out from the pain of her an- kle. Garth had struck another match and held it to, the moss wick of the stone Lamp. A third match was nec- essary before enough of the frozen fat was thawed and melted to feed the wick. But, once started, the flame heated more and more of the fat. I Garth vaulted up in the entrance to warm his gloves and dry the rim of (his aviator helmet. Lilith had al- ready rubbed h e r frost -whitened cheeks and nose into a glow. Ile laid his belt -ax on a hind -quarter of caribou, and smiled at her in the growing light of the wick. "Chop off a shank or two. We'll need bone spits," he said. "But first warm some of the other skins and wrap them around you. Also put more fat in the lamp. I'll be gone two or three hours." He went out the tunnel and crossed the dwindled stream on stepping stones; taking care not to wet his moccasins. Over near the far end of the glacier front, he found a drift with a four -inch crust packed by the drive of the wind during the previous snowstorm. He went at it like an Eskimo, slashing out big domino- -shaped blocks with his knife. After he had gathered a high pile of the blocks on a fairly level spot just beyond the drift, he started to cut others and lay thein edgewise in a cir- cular wall around the pile. Two feet up he began to lean the blocks in- '.ward. A helper would have enabled him to build much faster. But he worked with the quickness and skill of experience. When the wall was waist high, he leaped inside and used the pile of blocks to arch the sides of the igloo up and overhead in a dome. By the end of three hours, he stood in the blackness of a snow beehive, half a foot higher than his head and over eeven feet across at the floor level, Low down in the wall he cut a hole., There was little more than space e- nough between the igloo and the glac- ier front for him to crawl out. He circled around the snow dome and the big drift, through the thick swirl of snow, and recrossed the stream. In the cave he found Lilith fur- bundled and hovering over the lamp, as she broiled thawed caribou steaks on a shank -bone spit. The open- mouthed ice grotto could not hold the heat of the stone lamp. He picked the girl up' in her skin wrappings, and carried her out and around to the igloo. A second trip fetched the rest of the skins, the lamp, and enough meat for a starter. While she went on with her cook- ing, over the relighted lamp, he cut more blocks and built a low entrance tunnell from the door to part way around the curve of the igloo wall. When he backed in, he blocked the mouth of the tunnel with a snow slab. The inside of the igloo was already so warm from the lamp heat that the inside of the dome roof was begin- ning to soften. But Garth knew there was no slightest danger of it falling in. As fast as the snow melted, the moisture was sucked outwards. It met the cold of the outside air and froze hard. In a little while the igloo would be a dome of solid ice strong enough to hold the weight of a bear. The inter- ior was both warmer and drier than any tent, or any hut of wood or stone. The caribou skins made even the snow floor comfortable,' Lilith had already taken off her gloves, fur cap and buckskin shirt. The rabbit -skin undervest was more than enough in the igloo. Garth fol- lowed her example, first brushing and shaking his clothes before the Ioose snow on them could melt. The girl bad a stack of caribou steaks broiled for him. He sat down, without a word, and began to eat. In the midst of the meal the smoke and heat became so stifling that he had to cut a two-inch ventilation hole in the roof. All the time he gave no sign that he perceived the look of misery in Lil- ith's eyes. But when he had eaten his fill, he spoke a sudden order: "Bare your foot." She obeyed, tensely silent. He look- ed close at the swollen ankle in the lamplight and felt it with his finger tips. Easy as was his touch, Lilith gasped with pain, But he smiled his relief. "No broken bone or dislocation; on- ly a sprain. You'll soon be all right. Start packing it with softened snow. Keep it as cold as you can without freezing.' At that, all her pent-up emotion burst out: "Oh, how you must despise me! Get you into this frightful dan- ger—then go lane! A helpless, use- less drag on you! That beastly cow- ard—he'll hunt you out .. , murder you like the poor policeman. And all my fault!" Garth shook his head. "You take too much of the credit, Miss Ramili. So far as regards Constable Dillon, the result would have been the same if yen had stayed at Fort Simpson." "Illi you—the plane! You'd have hareime to fly off, if I'd gone aboard as you told me." "Forget it. I'm not so sure but what I'm as well satisfied." (Continued next week) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Features DAY BY DAY FOR THIS WEEK All Times Eastern Standard Thursday, January 28: 9.30 p.m. "Christie Street Capers"— Variety show with orchestra, From Toronto. 10.30 p.m. "Travelling through Yugo-Slavia." Talk by Mdage Mae - Beth, eminent Canadian traveller and writer. From Ottawa. Friday, January 29: 8.30 p.m. "Acadian Serenade." Or- chestra and soloist. From Halifax. 10.00 p.m. "Ye Olde Medicine Showe." Variety program, From Vancouver. Saturday, January 30: 7.45 p.m.: The Book Review—By Professor J. F. Macdonald. From To- ronto. 8.30 p.m. La Petite Symphonic de Radio -Canada. -- Direction Captain Charles O'Neill, with Anna Merle as soloist. From Quebec. Sunday, January 31: 3.00 p.m. New York Philharmonic Orchestra. From New York, 8,30 p.m. "Jewels of the Madonna." Orchestra, soloists, and guest artists. From Vancouver. 3enday, Feb. lst: , 9.00 p.m. "Melodic Strings." Or- chestra, direction Alexander Chu- haidin. From Toronto. 10.00 p.m. "Strike Up the Band," Orchestra. From Toronto, Tuesday, February, 2: 9.30 p.m, "Picture in Black and White." Soloists and orchestra -From Halifax. 10,00 p.m. "National Sing Sig." Community singing. From Toronto. Wednesday; January 3: 8.00 p.m. "Twilight Echoes." Fea- turing Helen and William Morton, with instrumental trio. From Toron- to. 9.00 p.rn. "Canadian Concert Hall of the Air,"' From Montreal. °/' CAN fig YOWZ FURNACE MAN. MOW -MUMMY rows COIlt 15 5O Amore ® Trust this youngster to see the difference. He's strong enough to lift a heaping shovel of Hamco Coke—and he doesn't • mind taking out the ashes because they are so few. And "mummy" likes the extra heat in every room —and the quick way Hamco responds on zero mornings. And she's glad she can save money for other necessities by paying less for fuel. Make your work and your bills lighter this winter by choosing Hamco Coke. REMEMBER — ee will haat goat homrr at a lowed Basi than *that hand tical&. tr-se II' MILTON BY-PRODUCT COKE OVENS, LiMITED—HAMILTON, CANADA HAMCO COKE sold in Clinton by= VICTOR FALCONER J. B. MUSTARD COAL CO. W. J. MILLER & SON A. D. McCARTNEY al� cif•..,.,,,, WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES Do You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The OId Century? From The Clinton News -Record, Jan. 27th, 1897: Mr. James Cook bicycled to and from Seaforth one day last week. Mr, James Sheppard and Mr. Thos. Beacom intend opening a new grocery and flour and feed business in the course of a few weeks. A. Rare Treat—Don't miss the free sleigh -ride on Thursday evening of this week from the town hall to the social at Mr. R. Thompson's on the 10th con., Goderich Township. A Model Necessity—Messrs. B. J. Gibbings and W. G. Doherty have in- troduced in Clinton an up-to-date el- ectric door -bell, which should meet with a large sale All you have to do 4.11 When The Present Century Was Young From The Clinton News -Record, Jan. 25th, 1912: Mr, R. Batchford of Hurondale, ac- companied by his son, Mr, James Blatchford of Nebraska, were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hawke, Mr. T. R. Shepherd, better known as "Chum" has been transferred from the Lethbridge branch of the Royal Bank to Calgary. Miss May Rance is in Owen Sound where she is taking part in a concert. Mrs. Walter Ring and little Miss Ruth Ball spent the week -end with Mrs. John Bennett of Blyth. is touch the button and the whole The First Cars Ready—The Clinton Motor Car Company have now fully house is awakened. The adjourned meeting of the com- mittee, appointed by the town coun- cil re the $10,000 Stavely money pro- mised Clinton by the Ontario Govern- ment, met in the town clerk's office last Friday evening. There were pre- sent, Mayor Holmes, Geo. G. M'acTag Bart, W. Doherty, W. Coats, W. R. Lough and the News -Record represen- tative. Several suggestions were put forward—gymnasium for the colle- giate, a Stavely Memorial Hall. On motion of Coats and Doherty, it was decided to report to the council that the committee was favourable to a public library and the funding of a portion of the $10,000 to maintain it. From The New Era, Jan. 29, 1897: John Davis of North Bay is visit- ing his father, Mr. S. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Bean, who have been visiting in the neigbourhood of Port Hope, have returned to town. Mr. Honey, of Mount Forest and Mr. Harris of Dakota are visiting Mr. Rorke this week. Miss McEwen of the Public School staff has been engaged by the Ottawa staff. Her place will be filled by Miss Annie Taylor of BIyth. Three Clintonites are attending the Canada Business College at Chatham. Misses Mattie Dodd and Amelia Har- land in the Business Department and Mr. P. F. Ross in the Shorthand De- partment. The Clinton Fire Brigade held their annual meeting on Monday. The fol- lowing officers were elected: Capt., R. Horsley; Lieut., Thos. Cottle; Sec., Chap. ilellyar; Treasurer., A. Seeley; Branchmen, No. 1 cart, Geo. Rum - bah, F. Tebbutt; No, 2 cart W. Wheat- ley, L Finch; Foremen, G. Rumball and W. Wheatley. completed one 1 -ton truck and a se- cond truck of 2 -ton capacity is near- ly ready and it is expected their first pleasure car, a five passenger touring car, will be finished early in the com- ing week, Mr. Cleghorn arrived in Clinton on Dec. 1st and was very busy getting the place in running order. They do not anticipate any difficulty in pro- ducing four or five ears a month af- ter Feb. 1st. Model School Board — The Model School Board met last week and or- ganized for 1912, Mr. F. B. Hall was again chosen chairman. Mr. S. Kemp was re-elected chairman of the pro- perty committee. With him are as- sociated Messrs. Bali and Hellyar. The finance committee consists of Messrs. Rorke, Hovey and Cottle. Rev. C. E. Jeakins was selected representative on the C. I. Board. of his third year. The "Private Secretary"• presented in the town hall provided merriment. Those in the cast were, Mr. D. Hollo- way, Mr. R. Rumball, Mr. I. Ratten- bury, Mr. W. Ford, Mr. 0. Fink, Mr. W. Johnson, Mr. N. Davis, Mr. F. McCaughey, Miss B. Mcivor, Miss B. Draper, Miss G. Cluff and Miss M. Cluff. St. Marys 5, Clinton 3—The loeal residents witnessed a fine hockey match last Friday evening. The line- up for Clinton was: goal, Johnson; point, Rumball; cover point, O'Don- nell; rover, Fair; centre, Kerr; right wing, Greig; left wing, Draper. Ref- eree, Rankin. From The New Era, Jan. 25, 1912: Mr. James Flynn was in Toronto this week. Mrs. H. B. Combo and children are visiting with relatives in Stratford. Earl O'Neil and Stewart Scott were in Seaforth attending the lecture gi- ven by Dr. MacDonald before the Can- adian Club. Mrs. H. T. Rance and Mrs. Ferran are entertaining their lady friends to a 500 party to -night. A few nights ago a lamp exploded in the sitting room of the house of John Jackson on Rattenbury Street. Fortunately the table was a hardwood one and the cloth on the table soaked up the oil. The loss was covered by insurance. Rev. Mr. Millson of Trinity Church, Stratford as been invited to the On- tario Street Metodist church. Rev. T. W. Cosens, who is now pastor, has accepted an invitation to one of the London churches and leaves at the end DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD The Scouts and the Emergency The effectiveness of Boy Scout training, physical and mental, for emergencies was illustrated anew in a group of medal award cases an- nounced by the Dominion Medical Board in January. 1.01011.1.11••••••=.1 Two Small Boys and. a 6 -Font Mae The water rescues included the saving of a 6 -foot man by two boys of 11 and 12 years, the Iatter a Scout when the man sank in a deep hole in the Chateauguay river, The boys caught him by the straps of his bath- ing suit, got him into shallow water, and there kept his head up until their shouts brought nearby heir,. A Fatal Good Turn An attempt to remove a high-ten- sion wire which he found lying across a path in Point Pelee National Park following a storm proved a fatal turn for 10 year old Wolf Cub Gor- don Smith of Windsor, Ont. Appar- ently attempting to draw the wire out of the way of other persons, the lad had lifted it with a stick, when the wire slipped up and touched his hand, killing him instantly. Other Water Rescues Other cases included: Rescue of a boy, a non -swimmer, who had fallen from a freight vessel in the Thames river by three. Chatham, Ont, Scouts. The diving rescue by two fully cloth- ed Scouts of another boy who had fallen from a dock and disappeared at Parry Sound. The boat rescue in heavy weather of the occupant of an overturned sailboat in Hamilton Bay by a Hamilton Scout. The rescue of a party of three young men and two young women whose sailboat had ov- erturned in Lake Erie, by two Chat- ham Rovers. The rescue of a girl, a poor swimmer, from the swift cur- rent of. the Niagara river by a Ni- agara Fails Scout. Scout Meets Bear One of the most unique acts for which a Canadian Scout award has been made was that of King's Scout Kenning Keely, of Bala, Ont. the stunning and drowning of a bear which attempted to climb into a boat containing the Scout, and his young sister. They were rowing across a Lake Muskoka bay last summer.