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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1933-08-03, Page 6PAGE SIX ellington Mutual Fire insurance Co, Established 1340. masks taken on all class of insur ,►ce at reasonable rates, Head Office, Guelph, Ont. !►$NER COSENS, Agent, Winghaxn J. W.BUSHFIELD IS, arrister Solicitor; Notary, Ete. Money to Loan aOffice—Meyer. Block, Wingharn Successor to Dudley Holmes R. S. HETHERINGTON BARRISTER And SOLICITOR Office. Morton Block. Telephone No• 66, Jr I -I. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Successor to R. Vanstone Winghain Ontario DR. G H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store. sereerrear. r jr. ' .'1 7," and THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIM S Thursday, August 3rd, 193;; N PSIS The old man nodded. "I figured Old Charley was silent fax a ti10- SYNOPSIS t "Well, well," he said at last, think son, W , , ` might be. I th > my , ?ill wrote you about—Mr. Grey"„ "so you're part owner ofthe Dead In "Ohl" The girl's face went sober. "I see, of course, Mr. Will Thane's letter came from Los Angeles and I didn't think of there being a connec- tion when, I learned your name this morning. Did — did you know my brother?" "Yes, pretty well. Ile and Will used to ride : the country together quite a bit whenever Will came opt. Will was here when the news was brought about your brother Harry." "Please tell nne what you know about Harry's death," asked the girl quietly. ' Old Charley shook his head.. "There ain't much I, can tell you. I expect Will wrote about all anybody knows. Your brother went down into Mexico last fall, After the fall cattle sellin', it was. He and his pardner, Jep Snavely, had been figurin' on lookin` over some stock down that way—so Harry went. Snavely heard from hire a time or twva and learned Harry was goin' further into the interior. After that Snavely . didn't hear from him, Fax a couple of months he didn't think nothin' about it because mail's mighty uncertain in some parts -of Mexico. 'Then he connuenced gettin' worried—he even come over to my place and asked me what should be done: Well, just about then a Mexi- can came into Palo Verde and told about findin' Harry. Close to two hundred miles below the line, it was. The Mexican knew the' body was an Amlerican and he brought some let- ters -one of them was from you. He described the clothes and so from the story the Mexican brought back and the letters and other personal things everybody knew it was Harry. Snav- ely was notified and he seen the.; Mexican and told all he knew about it, which was about what I told yuu." "`Was there anything to show what caused Harry's death?" "Nothin' exact. The Mexican said it looked like he'd been thrown from his horse and dragged—but it's hard to tell. "Was—Harry buried?' "Yes, the Mexican did that and he marked the grave. He told thein at the next rancho he c:onie to about where to find the grave and all." The girl's eyes filled. "That was to his action the old man got out of kind," she murmured. the car, threw back the hood, and "I expect Will told you it wouldn't stood staring skeptically within. hardly be possible to have the body In the back seat the husband and brought over the line?" wife were locked in each other's "Yes. And I'd rather have things arms. Little David -watched them the way they are—I'm tee only one with solemn eyes, not quite, sure of who cares, anywvay,'' she finished . bit - his proper course. "It'll be all right, terly. dear," the man's voice came to her. Old Charley changed" the subject. in a strained whisper'above the "Are you folks planin' on stayin' a grateful noise of the' car. "We'll just spell?" have to stick it out—you'll get used "Yea --1 suppose so." She answer - to it—all—" Again the thing in his cd slowly, with a nervous glance at chest began to flutter madly, the vaunt range of mountains they * * * would soon be entering. "Aren't we To Old Charley's mild surprise the nearly•there?" • young woman sat beside him fax the l "It's quite.a piece yet—we've only rest of the afternoon. Her manner come about forty-five miles. We had changed. Silently, she looked i cross this range and then' we're in about her. There was no pleasurable i the • San Jorge Valley. The valley's' interest in:her face as her eye stud- 1 a long one—runs way down into ied each detail of her stirroundiin� s=-- ++ Mexico. The Dead Lantern's about it was as though she felt it incum-?forty miles down the' valley .and up bent upon her to understand this against the mountains on the west strange country. After half an hour Itside, My place is along there too— she began to ask questions: pies between the south Dead Lantern "`Will we see any cowboys to -day?" fence and the Mexican line — kinda "We passed one an, hour back:'' over an elbow in the mountain range. "That man on the horse? He did-, "Why in. the world is the ranch n't look like a cowboy. Oh. But don't called the Dead Lantern?" they wear those—those fur rug I "Well, you see, the brand is the things on their legs and high -heeled outline of a lantern an' folks. got to boots and big hats and revolvers —leaning at the Dead Lantern—I reek - forty -fives?" I on because there wasn't no light in "Hair chaps are all right on a fash-' I. A pian makes a brand and puts ion plate cowboy, or in a. cold coup- it on his cattle, and then folks. get try, That roan was wearin' the use- I, to calling it whatever it looks like to ful kind—plain cowhide. He was them. By and by, some name sticks probably wearin' ridin' boots �.high 'and . from then on everybody calls the heels. But nobody packs a gun now -'ranch that." The old man paused. "I adays ''cept ng hi-jickers and peace 1 expect this'll be your first trip vet efficers, Olin it's kind?, usual to car- this way?" he asked. ry a gun in your Crafor Coyotes anal "i may as well tell you," said Ruth such, but x ain't seen a cowpuncher l " my husband hasn't been doing well -with a holster on for fifteen or twee- in business fax sone tirrie—his health ty years." ' --you understand, Harry knew how "Why, aceordiirg to jou, this wild ,things were arid—well, he's always u. ba nd country ?wrist be as safe as a town been my big brother. My husband S with a good police force." and I were very young when we ir:ar- "Lots safer. We got rattlesnakes Tied and he kept his eye on us. He and a fcw other things, hitt in town felt that we had no one to fall back you've got high school kids scootiii' arotted in stripped Fords." Ruth Warren, !ivies in the East, maybe yon i ig Canes into possessionof three -(guar- ter interest ie. an Arizona: ranch, left to her in the will of her only, broth- er, reported to have died while on business in Mexico, . With her ailing husband and small child she goes to Arizona to take possession, thinking the climate may prove beneficial to her husband"$ weakened lungs. Ax - riving at the nearest town, she learns that the ranch "Dead Lantern." is 85 miles across the desert. Charles: Thane, old rancher and rural mail carrier; agrees to take thenar to "Dead Lantern" gate. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY DR. A. W. IRWIN DENTIST. X-RAY Office, McDonald Block, Wingham. DR. WSON DENTIST Office over J. M. McKay's Store. H. W. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Successor to Dr. W. R. Harnbly Phan 54 Wingham' "Listen!" commanded the girl sud- denly. Her face was white, tense with dread, and her lip quivered. "Oh, Kenneth!" she cried hysterically. "There's not a sound—not a sound— it's too much, I tell you! It's deadly —nothing moves, not a living thing- It's hingIt's too b-bigl" Old Charley put down his sandwich and stepping on the starter, kicked open the muffler. . Ancient Lena broke into an unsteady roar. To give. color DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND M R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH - All Diseases Treated. Office adjoining residence next to. Anglican Church on Centre Street. Sunday by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272. ` Hours,'9 a.m. to 8 p.m. A. R. & F. E. DUVAL CHIROPRACTORS CHIROPRACTIC and ELECTRO THERAPY North Street Wingham Telephone 300. J, ALVIN FOX Licensed Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC - DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT Hours, by Appointment. Phone 191, Wingham. eseer esee ee leesessaaseese "Why in the world is the ranch call- the allthe Dead Lantern?" THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A thorough knowledge of Farm Stock Phone. 231, Wingham. It Will Pay You to Have An EXPERT AUCTIONEER to conduct your sale. See Tr R. BENNETT At. The Royal Service Station. Phone 174W. Lantern." The car covered a hundred yards of road, "Don't suppose you've met Jep Snavely yet?" "No. I hardly know anything about him. Harry used to mention him in his letters. Are you a friend of his?" The old pian pursed his lips. "Tint a neighbor. In fact, a real close nei- ghbor to the Dead Lantern. It's ons ly about six miles over the mountains from the Dead Lantern house to my house." "Ab—what sort of a man is Mr. Snavely?" "He's about fifty—a good deal slimmer than me" — the old . man smiled — "He's an old cattleman; but he ain't been in this country more'n twelve years of so; Originally from Texas, so Harry said. But he knows cattle and ranchin'," "I'm glad to hear that," laughed the girl; "it will be rather necessary. what to do on a ranch." "Well, yes' — I expect it will." Nearly two hours later they had passed through the range . of low, mountains and had turned southward, a wire fence carie down from the paths w high led beyond the gate to- ward. the distaut mountains, Ill be going along ttOW---I reckon it would be best far yon folks to meet your new partner alone, anyways," • He looked into Warren's eyes,. "And if something should come up sudden' - like that you'd want to get to town in a flurry just ride over the moun- tain to my place, This old car ain't much, but she still rolls." While they were piling the bagg- age by the mail laox, both the girl and her husband glanced frequently at the sign. They 1 watched Old Charley until he disappeared over a hill a few hund- recl yardssouth of the gate, then they turned their attention to the ap- proachieg wagon on the ranch road. When the wagon stopped at the gate, an Indian bay of ten slid cau- tiously to the ground and, with his wide eyes fixed on the three by the mail box, sidled to the gate and op- ened it. This done, he speedily re- joined the family in the wagon. Ken- neth Warren went forward. "Can you tell nre," he addressed the two - hundred -pound Indian on the wagon seat, ` "where Mr. Snavely is? Are you his man?" The Indian looked at his two -hun- dred -and -fifty -pound squaw,. glanced back among his numerous progeny, and then turned his black eyes on Warren. "No saber' The horses started forward. "Mama; letter for the man.p, David the letter from the box outstretched, started toward the retreating wagon. "No, David, not to that man. Ma= ma will tell you when the man comes to whom you are to give the letter." An instant later she whirled about to her husband, the letter' in her hand. "Kenneth! This letter — it's the ane I wrote over two weeks ago to Mr. Snavely - he doesn't know we're corning!" (Continued Next Week) September, and this is the reasola ! why, at this time, we wish to urgel upon the parents of bebies the tired for such extra care as will prtteet their children, The most irtal)Lnrttnt point in this care has to do wyitlh the milk which' the child receives, If the baby is breast-fed, there is tto danger in so far as his milk -needs are concerned. For the child who is using cow's milk, . it is absolutely essential that the milk be pure and clean. Iii warm weather there is a greater chance of contamination there are flies and other insects which may carry filth to unprotected tunic, and germs mul- tiply rapidly in warm milk, It may be said that no raw milk is a safe milk, at least for young. children, and that it should' be either p • asteurized or boiled before using. This heating destroys the germs that niay have entered the. milk and: which although they may not cause disease in the adult, may and often do set up a diarrhoea in the baby. Milk, after it has been prepared, must be kept cold and covereduntil it is used. There is no object in se- curing pure milk unless it is kept pure until it is used. •-Babies should •drink plenty of cool, unsweetened water. ' On hot days, the baby needs more water and so he should be given more opportunit- ies to drink. When the weather is very hot, the baby needs little or no clothing. He is made comfortable by cool baths, and should be kept in the cooler shade during the heat of the day, - Summer diarrhoea should never be neglected. Prompt treatment would save the lives of many babies who now die. Because so many cases oc- cur, parents are apt to think that summer diarrhoea is not serious; they try the remedies that someone. suggests and, in the meantime, the strength of the baby goes and it is too .late to do anything for him. We do not wish to be alarmists, but it is difficult': for us to forget the: five thousand babies who die each year from summer diarrhoea, and thatis why we say to the parents, Beware and Take Care! Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the- Canadian Medical As- sociation,' 184 College St., Toronto, will be answered personally by let- ter. Boththe girl and her husband glanc- ed frequently at the sign. mountains on the western side of tlie. valley. "That's the Dead Lantern fence," said Old Charley noncominitaliy. "There's twenty thousand acres of the Dead Lantern, feed eriougli to run two thousand head; the land's all fenced, and there's heaps of browse tip in the hills." "How big is twenty thousand ac- res?„ "Sizable,' The skyline of those mountains is the western bound'ry; to the south where that ridge runs out into the valley is the southern line, My place is 'round on the otherside of that ridge. --'bout twenty miles by road. But there's a trail over the ridge from the Dead Lantern' hoinx. ranch to my place, that makes it about six miles. "And all that land from here to the mountain tops belongs to the Dead Lantern?" "Yes. And there's a heap more of it you can't see tucked away in them canons. If you followed the lute fence on horseback it would take you about four days to ride 'round the ranch." • "No .wonder it can hold two thous sand cows! What dos cattle sell for apiece --I mean how much a head?" "Forty to fifty dollars lately." She made a quick calculation, "My heavens! Could we get a hundred thousand dollars for the cattle?" "Old Charley smiled. "It's not as simple as all that," Old Charley re- marked gravely es he turned from the road and stopped by the Dead Lantern mail box. Just beyond the mail box was the gate; a newish sign crudely lettered in black paint, was nailedon, the middle bar. "ANY- BODY COMM ON THIS RANCH IS LIABLE TO GET SHOT." When .the old ratan heard the girl gasp he 'knew that site had seen the sign, and with averted eyes he began to •rummage in the government mail. stele. The girl watched her 'husband's. face as he read; their eyes met blank-, ly, then turned to the old mart. "What in the world floes that mean?"' asked Warren, "Nobody thinks it means anything,, answered Old. Charley reassuringly, "Just i`ep Snavely's way—he's a little ac -centric" Ile pointed to a faint cloud of dust far up the two wheel R. C. ARMSTRONG LIVE STOCK And GENERAL. AUCTIONEER. Ability with special training en- able me to give you satisfaction. Ar- rangements made with W. J. Brown, Wingham; or direct to Tecswater. I'lione 4542-2, A• HEALTH SERVICE OF. THE CA.NADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE$'��'"',", INSURANCE. COMPANIES 1N CANADA - BEWARE thatit can be seeded on light land of only fair fertility wind can be ex- peoted to do better than any other c1ns6 of cereal under these condi- tions. It may be used for pasture,. hay and ensilage, or as a !;rain crop. It is useful as a cover crop and for ploughing clown to enrich the humus content of soils,: Owing to its rapid. growth it is particularly valuable in• controlling weeds, The 'rain is util- ized for feeding livestock, for mill- ing illing into flour and in the brewing and distilling idustry. As a ,food for live- stock it is not quitt as palatable or as valuable as other cereals but when ground may be used to good advant- age in substantia! quantities— up to 36% — in combination 'with other grains for fattening hogs and beef cattle. Tests conducted by the 'Cereal Di- vision at the Central Experimental Farre, Ottawa;on a large number of.:; winter rye varieties have indicated that Rosen along with two or three other varieties have given the best. yields of grain. For grain productionx winter rye should be -sown at the rate of 4 to 6 pecks per acre on well pre- pared land and preferably not later. than S:epternber 15. If it is desired for pasture in the fall or four a cover cropit may be .seeded at'a heavier rate any time during the summer es- pecially after :a good rain. Winter rYe and oats sown in the spring at the rate of one bushel of rye to one bushel of oats will provide good pas- ture throughout the season. The rye does not head out but produces a dense mat of foliage which conies on after the oats and may of particular value for late summer or early fall` pasture. Winter rye if pastured not too closely in the fall will winter ov- er and either produce good -early spring pasture or a grain crop. The straw •of rye is usually . quite coarse and not very desirable for hay -If it is used for this purpose or fore ensilage it should be cut at the time of heading. Beware of summer diarrhoea! To the parents of babies, we repeat the, warning, Beware- Sumner diarrhoea is one of the most fatal` conditions' which attacks young children; it brings death to over five thousand Canadian babies each year. Most of the cases and deaths oc- l cur during the months of August and THOMAS E. SMALL LICENSED AUCTIONEER 20 Years' Fitperience in Farm Stock and Implements. Moderate Prices. Phone 331, A. J. Walker FURNITURE and FUNERAL SERVICE Winghani, Ont, Ambulance Service 'THE FALL RYE CROP (Experimeiital Farms Note) The fall rye crop in. Eastern Can- ada is not an important one from the standpoint of total production in re- lation to other cereal grains, but ne- vertheless, it is a very useful crop for certain purposes and conditions. Possibly it has its greatest value in George Blagden, Memphis, Ten- nessee, lawyer who won the open, swim Marathon rof 15 miles at the.. Canadian National . Exhibition last year, is again a contender this year'. George says there is more moey in swimming than there is in the pract- ise of his profession especially since he is a recent graduate with a new - "shingle". "I want a.man to do odd jobs ar-, ound the house, runon errands, : one who never answers 'hack and is al-- ways' ready to do my bidding," ex- plained a lady to an applicant for a post in the household. "You're looking 'for a husband,. Ma'am, not a servant!" said the seek- er for work. 01=101===. 0=110===t0=0====o=ig on but him—my father and stelimo- tlter weren't-" •slie paused. "When For the first time in many . hours Harry came West and bought his the girl laughed. She relaxed itt the 'part of the cattle ranch, he willed it seat, acid pulling her tight -fitting hat to me. He wasn't married, you see, from her head, let the dry wind do and he wanted us to have something as it pleased with her short amber to fall back on if anything happened hair. "We've, been awfully rude," she `to him. Now that he's gone, we've sniilod, "we shot{ld have, introduteel come out here to' the rebel], We also ourselves * my husband's nahte is think that the climate will benefit Iexineth Warren,. 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