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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-04-04, Page 2PAGE 2 'The Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION 11,h0 per year in advance, to Cana- dian addresses, $2.00` to the U.S. or other foreign ' Countries. No -' paper diseontinued,until all, arrears are paid unless at the option of the publish- er. - The date to which every sub- scription is paid is denoted on the label. Ill; ADVERTISING RATES Tran- sient advertising 12e per count line for first insertion. 8e for each sub- sequent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. 'Small advertisements net to exceed one inch, such as `,`Waiited," "'Lost," "Strayed," ete., inserted once for 35c, each subsequent insertion 15e. Rates for di'sp'lay advertising made •known on application, Communications intended foe' pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good Sfaith, be accompanied by tho name 'of the writer. +4x". E. HALL, 31, R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor. H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer 'Financial, Real Estate and Fire In- surance Agent. Representing 14 Fire !Insurance Companies. Division Const Office, Clinton , 'Frank Fingland, B.A., LLB. 'Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Pub fie Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. • 'Sloan Block — Clinton, Ont. THE 'CLINTON NEWS -RECORD DR. F. A. AXON Dentist 'Graduate of C.O.D.S., Chicago and R.O.D.S., Toronto. Crown and plate work a specialty. Phone 185, Clinton, Ont, 19-4-34. the • •ame. b Bill the boythe camp drafted will put the trail in SYNOPSIS: � Young Ed. Maitland,: of ? g Ignoredy , son ; of a New England sesaaing 'said something to Fallon—not aud- shape. It's the on'y chance for a ,lot family, and the hardened garnlaler, ible from the bridge, Fallon brushed of the boys who've sunk their last red an impatient, to get here. You can't run a white Speed Malone, liter on a trip north to i him out of the way withP the Yukon gold fields in '87, when backward fling of his hand. The blow miner's camp without,talcin' count. or o word of the rich' ores there first came, might have, been unintentional,,' but the common prospector. That's rock down the Pacdfio coast.' 'Maitland the_hand was heavy and ringed. It bottom—stampede or none. If you cut the boy's cheek and sent him doubt it, Fallen, and Want to gamble, stumbling. Pll bet you this yer thousand the "Damned shame," said Garnet.camp ain't of ye." Speed swath to himself, Pete The "stillness in the canyon was broke away and went up the canyon 'complete, save 'for the gush of the while Bili was oblivious to every-, river. Quietly as the words had been thing but the stakes• he was vaguely spoken, they had touched every in - counting. ' stinctof the crowd at once. The defiler hastened to cover the was determined to win .back his lose fortune before he returned home. The two men became partners, Speed promising not to get tangled with the law if he could help it, and toclear out front the partnership if he did. Prenchy, the fisherman whose smack took the, two men north; Lucky Rose, the beautiful girl who had given a ring to lyl'aitlaed as a keepsake; Fele Ion, camp leader,'resentful of Rose's attention to Maitland; Steiner, the money lender; young Pete and his drunken partner Bill, OWens; Brent, old-time prospector; Garnet, well-to- do traveller who hired Maitland and Speed to take his things over the mountains ---these are the principal figures in the story. Malone, Mait- land and Garnet hauled part of his stuff from the canvas camp on the Skagway beach ovet the trail to the camp in the hills called Liatpville. Tho trail was in bad • condition. Speed wanted to 'close it and mend it: Fallon wanted to push on. D. IL McINNEjS CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage • 'Office: wewest of Royal (Few Hours—Wed, and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION 'by manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 GEORGE ELLIOTT `Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron °Correspondence promptly answered inn ediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, 'Clinton, 'or by calling phone 2 Charges Moderate an Guaranteed. DOUGLAS R. NAIRN -Barrister, Solicitor and Notary Bublic ISAAC STREET, CLINTON *Office Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays --10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone 11. 3-34, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "A bunch of us," said Brent, with a smoulder in his tired eyes, "aim to call a camp meetin' at one o'clock— the limits of his resources. The 'offer when the crowd's in and before' the had been made to the dealer, but baektrailin' starts, so we can get. a Fallon wheeled around with a scowl full vote, That'e'why I spoke to ye.. that darkened when he recognized the Gan we • figure on you boys to stand speaker. Cocking his cigar, he drew in?" a large roll from liis pocket, and slap, Speedlooked at his partner. It was ped down a counted sum on the table. their one remaining chance of keep- "There's a thousand says you're a ing Garnet on the trail. "You can cheap four-flusher," he said. count on us to vote," he said, "but "Look out," the words fell from that's all." the dealer's lips in . an involuntary Brent signified that he asked for murmur, nothing more, and leaving them, he "Oh, he won't shoot," said Fallon went up the trail to collect more vetseasily. "He's one of kheiu would-be are and what you're doin' here with ers I gunmen, Chews a lot but aln't get that bunch of money and no outfit." When they returned to Lionville F no fangs,' ,in•t got no money neith- The outlaw creased a cigarette pap - there,." I „You're switchht . , the Camp was crowded, Here and erer. your bet,"he the dispirited faces of niud I .Speed, in fact, had not moved ex- said evenly. "The question is wheth- draggled men showed that Fallon'scept to reach into his pocket for decision meant the end of the trail , money that was not there. He had for some of thein, but they accepted not looked for this exact result, and it as the harsh law of the stampede. Brent's chance, even of a hearing, was snore than doubtful. The trail of the partners had reached a critical impassee. Before they reached, the cache, they met. Garnet coming toward them, looking refreshed , and clean as rte stepped carefully along' the river path. I•Ie listened in silence to Speed's tactful account of the trail, and ag- reed to attend the mass meeting. woonanni CLINTON COLLEGIATE AFFAIRS INTERESTINGLY ',SMITTEN UP 13Y A STUDENT On Thursday evening, a Literary meeting was held in the auditorium of the C. 0. I., ,and a very large rowd ;assemlbled to hear the last of the Oratorical Contests, and the first of First -Form plays. There were many outsiders, and eltho' there was fairly large delegation from the C. C. 1:, the students found that they were in the minority. Wle might "Soup of the Evening — Beautiful' wish for a larger 'attendance from Soup," Thd last act was in the Court the C. C. I. for the next meeting. . Room where the knave was tried for a incident ". Nota game of chance, Shrewd malice curled Fallon's eyes.' i The quickness of the hand "I'll take your bet," he said. "These: neve 9 menknow what a delay would mean. —" Here the dealer's voice hung trailing, his cold eyes, roving•over• If you think: you can halt 'em, the the crowd,suddenlyencountered and idea will cost you a. thousand and somethitt' more." locked with Speed's. A look of fn - Now that it,had, an outlet, the re- credulous wonder pierced his mask, "A thousand." rnaunder'ed• BELsponse of the crowd broke loose. "I'm• with you, brother," a Titan called, out "Shoot it, Bill," said FaLlan. "I'll to Speed. "That's talkin' . ." and copper you some in case you lose. ehniiar endorsementsmounted over He laid a small stack of gold pieces the voices of dissent. on the, table, as Bill lurched forward "Hold on," barked Fallon above and placed his double handful of mon the turmoil, "and swivel your muzzle- ey. loadin' brains on what this crook's The dealer's eyes, which had re- , turned to the game,'quivered upward playing for. Who is he? o cla ss he as a clear drawl suddenly ,spoke over ,from. Blowed into camp two days ago rho heads of the crowd. a busted defter now he's Harbin' i t , money. Ever meet a 'fixer' ton the I'll bat a thousand on Bill to win!' trails? Well, the inside crowd The discovery that it was Speed in the Yukan is workin' hard. to plan - who had spoken astonished no one ter over' good location before the quite as much as Maitland, who knew .stampede arrives, 'and' here';s a slick frame to freeze you out," The argument was far -drawn,- but cunningly gauged to an audience of credulous, impatient, goner -fevered men. Speed parried it promptly, "That won't hold gravel," he declared. "The river don't freeze ,till the first week in October. Pour days won't hurt that margin, and most of the camp will gain time on a good trail." "What you ain't primed to ans- wer," returned Fallon, "is who you 'THE McIKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers President, Alex, Broadfoot, Sea - forth; Vice -President, James Con- Goderich; .secretary -treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth, Directors: • ' Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth,: R. R. No, 8; James Sholdice, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Geo, Leonhardt, Bornholm, R. R. 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'Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. `Going East, depart 7.08' a.m. Going East, depart 3.00 p.m. Going West. depart 11.50 a.m. Going West, clepart 9,58 pm. London, Huron & Bruce Going North, ar. 11.34. lve. 11.54 a.ni. Going South 3.08 pan. But he was visibly more interested in same sounds that came to them from the vicinity of the bridge, A metallic "come-on" chant rang strid- ently through the hollow, above a babel of voices and the river's brawl. "Not a game of chance, friends. A simple test of skill, The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.. ," "Suppose we give the game a spin while waiting for one o'clock," Gar- net suggested, "You need some rc laxation." "You can spin it,"' Speed declined "If I had the jack it wouldn't relax me none to give it to a shell rigger." The sunlight that pierced the•can- yon mist fell on a noisy crowd a- round the dealer's pitch table, many of them not following 'the game, but simply herding thele to wait for the backtlail to clear. A player had just placed a het. From the higher ratite at the bridge bead they saw it to be the nian with the 'sheepskin coat Pete's partner Bill, Noticeably drunk, Bill was swaying on his heels, Fal- lon and one of his outfit. stood hear, watching him play. "I guess we'll.pass this," said Gar- net prudently. 'Speed did: not answer. His atten- tion had been arrested by the pallid narrow -eyed face of the dealer, on Wilk/1 the sunlight fell squarely. "Seems like I've seen that bird sottie- wheres," he muttered. While Bill steed shifting his wealth between his hands, °the yellow head of his young partner appeared beside. him. Pete was trying to pull him out `In the expansion' of Canada's for- 'eign trade, Canadian tobaeco has es- ' :tab1ished a market in Sierra Leone, British Wrest Africa, where it enters under an Imperial preference of eight cents per'pound. was sell framing his next move. None the less, his composure remained perfect—even when, to his surprise, his fingers closed over a wall of bills. Fortune sometimes favors the absol- ute gambler.' This time the means of her. miracle was , .('carnet, who had cedetly slipped the roll into his poo- Let. I mean money," growieri Fallon, 'at the first hint of delay. "You can't run a whisperin' bluff>in this. gauze." Deubt struggled with fear in the dealer's face when the insult was ig- nored. Speeclwalked up to the table stiipping a sheaf of clean one -hun- dred dollar bills from Garnet's roll, and laid it alongside Patron's. Then hi.; eyes pinned the dealer. "You can deal this any way you figure heal- thy," he said. "On'y -remember I'm backlit' Bill to win." The dealer's pale visage turned paler; he lowered Isis head to conceal a levitating, of his mouth. • There was a craning moment of silence, A hum ran through the •roved es the dealer lifted the shells. Fallon tipped out an oath of chagrin and unbelief. Bill had wen. ,Speed ricked up his own and .the other's stake, and was turning away when Fallon called him back. "What 2 took ye' for," snarled the eaters boss. "A brag -and -run gamb- ler. Pull up there, fellow. The play ain't through yet." A slight twist in the corner of Speed's mouth' showed that this wee not unexpected. "No, he said, "the play ain't 'through yet, on'y it's a new game, They's. a stretch of trail between here' and the bridge up the line that needs fixin' almighty bad. Horses and otitfts has been. lost on it. You pe the boss of this camp, and you've blocked the move to fix it, be- cause you've a big string of inules and- can take a chance of lightin` through in one haul. You don't give a damn for the small miner who has to `.relay his pacts over brit slew With one horse or none. Well, some of us figure different: Foul clays'' work with "No," sand Speed, a slight twist on his lips, "the play ain't on'y it's a new game." THURs., APR. 4,1935 fide in 'anyone- who istoo free .with his tongue. To loose a rein on one's temper makes a person inclined to lose con- trol of the situation. The enc who keeps his temper always collies out en tap. Havo,you never felt, yourself mouse for the 1V1ad' Tea Party. Alice loasening• the x'eins on .life? Perhars' proceeded to the Palace Garden, you have.(leaded not to eat oeataIn whet:e a game of croquet was. in things=thug you rein yourself in, progress, and the Queen was ordering Then an unexpected offer presents, executions in the approved fashion. itself,' It is then ou disco e' he Then the Griffintook Y v i t. th T n appeared and er you are a good driver or not. Alice to the seashore, where she met. the 1Vfock Turtle, witnessed the Lob- 1S you checic your tongue er tem- ster Quadrille and 'heard the song- per one day, it is easier to do so the next. 02 course there is a happy medium between the rein that is' too tight, and ,that which is too loose. One of the important things in Iife is finding that middle rein. tho boys want to make a :trail. But if you want to talk persopal how does it come that a man who's so all fired anxious to see'eever' one get to Dawson, spends 'his time makin' this miner drunk and persuadin' trim to bust hisself at a skin .game. Another is that coward's lick you took at the kid a while ,bath." The cool temerity of the 'challenge held the crowd in a spell. "You asic where I come from," Speed continued. "I chine from a state where a man low enough to do a thing like that would be booted out of 'camp of horso thieves." Fallon's hands flashed to his guns and stopped there, a puzzled scan deepening between. his oyes. He 'could not imagine anyone taking such a chance unless' ho were sure of an ad- vantage. On Speed's part it was sheer gambling—one of those meckless yet clear• -headed gestures of which in- stances are not unknown in the an- nals of the 4Vicest, where gunmen have sometimes been challenged and held without the touching' of a weapon. ' The hush was suddenly broken by Brent, who had arrived with his' back- ers, and judged .12 time to cut this fuse. "Who's fer flxin' -up ,the trail? Make it a showdown, boys!" The uproar forced Fallon to sus- pend dealings with .Speed while itc met a different threat. Heads were counted in a confused d'in. A major- ity showed for Brent's proposition, but many had not declared themsel- ves either way. "That's no showdown!" yelled Fal- lon. "To fix the trail you've got to bar it. Try that and you'll damn soon' find how much of the camp's behind me, You can't bar it." "We'll go to bedrock on that point right now," Brent shot back. "We've got the man who'll eee the job done, and the miner's committee sure needs a new chairman, Get behind this, men." .. - There was a tangled burst of en- raged and jubilant shouts. In the con- fusion it was a. moment before Speed could make himself heard. This was more than he had counted on. "I ain't the than for the `job," he said. "I'm a stranger and . I ain't•patient enough to argue with suspicions. Put up one of your own men." ' . "Patience he damned," growled a sun -browned Arizona ..miner. "Wino al's Askin' you 'to patient?" Fallio•n, sure of himself now, lit a fresh cigar and flicked the snatch meditatively in Speed's direction. "The man don't live,"'he said com-- piacently, "who can 'bar a trail' when my outfit gets ready to 'go through. As for this meddler, he cl'on'e amount to a puff .of smoke, and I'll show you he don't-" and the 'emit boss put his hands on his guns. "i called him yes- terday for a liar and a horse thief, whichever was 'his, fgiitin' wards But that was too mild,. I say now that Ise's,a sneakin' liar and a yellow toy ore, both i'' (Crttiuned Next Week) Canada supplied 20 per Cent of the total wheat imports into Japan; Aus- tralia 55 mer cent, and the United States 23 pee cent. Canada is also the chief ,exporter (if lead to Japan, as well as being a leading source of lumber, pulp, newsprint and zinc.' hrouglt yet, The first item on the programme was as usual, the .Oratorical. The Senior Boys who spoke were J, Mc- Call, K. Dougan and B. Sutter, from stealing the tarts, and the various witnesses were . called upon for evi- dence.- When finally the infuriated cards descended on Alice,' and she a- *. * Upper School, MiB and IIIA, re- *oke, .the audience showed their ap- Current Events—F. Axon. speetively. preeia'tiasi' by a kunst of clasping. In the past few weeks it has been The first speaker in' -the contest The caste was• as follows: almost impossilrle'tio caran on in - was McCall, who chose as his topic, e ,, Alice,. Helen Levis; White Rabbit, telldgent, up-to-date conversation in "World lyeaee. Ilee gave.a very in- Mary Thompson,; Duchess, Gertrude Clinton, without the subject .of hoes teresting' talk as regards the arma- men and disarmament 2iroirlems of..Holmes; Codk, Jean Swan; Cheshire key coining up. We are very proud the present day. Cat, Joyce Dougan; Mad Hatter, indeed of our Clinton 'Colts, and well B. Herbert; March Hare, C. Cudmore; we lira y be. Clinton wentthrough Dougan spoke next, en "Streanlin- Dormouse, S. •Me1Vlath; Queen of their grouph schedule without a<de- n versus Wind -Resistance fn the hearts Enna Hale King of Hearts, feet, and beat •Mitchell for group honours. After defeating Ildei'ton in the semi-finals they qualified to meet Durham. In the first game, the home town . defeated Durham by a one -goal margin, :but in Durham they were themselves beaten by one count. This tied the round, and the game was played off in Galt, ending in a score of 3-2 for! Clinton. The Colts then met Whitley ,for the Intermediate "B" Championship, but were defeat- ed in both games. However, they defeated Erin to'capture the N. W. O. H. A. championship, in a sudden death game at Kitchener. frig , Automobile Industry." Although A. Coreless; Griffin, R. Aldwinekle; INS subject was rather over the head Five of ;Spades, G. Monteith; Two of of Ye Humble Reporter, it was noSpades, 'O. Lobb; Seven of Spades, doubt highly educational and was de- C, Brandon; Miock Turtle, Jack West; livered in an excellent manner. Courtiers, -R. Cedntore, S. Cloaky, I. Last but not least was Benson Sut- Turner; Knave of Hearts, P. Brown; ter ' who gave a spirited discussion as Soldiers, McEwen, F. Munnings. to whether or not "The Youth of To- After, the play the meeting closed day are losing the Pioneer Spirit." with the National Anthem, the guests After treating on the subject of the departed and the C.. C. 1, students attitude of the modern youth • as re- who remained enjoyed a quiet little gards smoking and drinking, Benson ' dance in the auditorium, with Ellen convincedhisaudience that the youth Charlesworth and J. Perdue supplying of to -clay are not such a bad lob' after the music., all, to the great gratification of those representatives of Modern Youth who were present. Here we have a few selections from the C. C. I. Broadcaster, which is After the Oratorical was over, Mr. edited by Alma Trewartha. It is James Reynolds, who was acting as Second Foam's maiden effort at talc- ehairman,- announced the reading of ing the school paper. . The Girl's the C. C. I. "Broadcaster", which was ,Sports' are taken by K. Cunninghame in the hands of Second Form in gen- and M. Heard. Boy's Sports by Clar- eral, and Alma Trewartha, in parti- ence Swan; Current Events, F. Ax- cular. The `Broadcaster" wak duly on; Poetrif, I. Fothergill, Jokes and read, and greatly applauded by the Personals, Second Form. audience. The Editorial was a comparison of The judges' decision for the Ora- Life to driving a horse, and was as torical Contest was given next by -the follows; Rev. Mr. Ifetibert, who, after an in- teresting speech, gave the decision in Do you ride horseback? If so, you favour of the Fourth' Former, Mr, will readily concede that a beginner Dougan, who came forward amid the irritates his horse by checking him loud -clapping of all the Fourth Form- ers. t• . Next on the programme was the first play which First -Form has stag- ed this year, and which was an am- using little comedy from Lewis Car- roll's "Alice in Wonderland." The first act was in the Duchess' lcitchen, where Alice encountered the cook, the Cheshiro. Cat, and the Duchess. The baby turned' into a pig, and left to too tightliy. The horse throws up his head by way of objection, and Is not sure whether to join the expedi- tion or not. Once the amateur learns to control the tautness and slackness of the reins, he is well on the way to becoming a good rider. Too loose a rein 15 any situation is always a powerless rein. Too loose a rein on one's tongue for ihstence, presents one at a disadvantage, Peo- join the Mad -Hatter, Hare and Door ple are not, inclined to trust or eon- We ask you to bear with us while we quote a piece of_ news termed "Current Events" in the Commence - anent issue of the "Broadcaster." • "One of the most delicate subjects which can be brought up in school is. the question of ink. Upper School has, however, found .a way to meet this problem. A treasurer, George Elliott, was appointed and each mem-, ber contributed 1c towards the coin- mon cause -4. Mottle of ink. Now a bottle reposes peacefully on the desk to the joy of Fifth Form. All con,. tributions gratefully accepted. Second Folin wonders if the Treas- urer of the "Into Fund" has fallen down on the jolt', or if Ise has abscond- ed with the funds. Whatever the edge may be, about a week ago, Up- per School sent a deputation to Se- cond Form to beg the favour of a little ink. After a short parley be- tween the two form teachers, the de- putation returned to 5th, with the ink. Vine learned later that int. was (continued on page 4) Are I as Counter You Can Order Sa: e 'Through Us at Any Time. ale iver Tried: 11 Advertisement Service? It Gives Quack and Satisfactory Results. THE CLINTON NEWS - A FINE )+II'•i0U3SI FOR ADVEIiTISINt--I EAD ISSUED PHONE -4 ECORD Ai3i9, IN THIS