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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1930-01-16, Page 6WINQHAM A.DVANCE.TIMES Wingharn Advance -Times. Published, at WINGHAM ONTARIO Every Thursday Morning W. Logan Craig, Publisher Srtbscription rates — One year $2.oce Six months $x.00, in advance. To U, S. A, $,.so per year, Advertising rates on application. Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Head Office, Guelph, Ont, Established 1840 Risks taken on all class of insur- ance at reasonable rates. ABNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham J. W. DODD. Office in Chisholm Block . FIRE, I•IFE, ACCIDENT AND -- HEALTH INSURANCE. -- AND REAL ESTATE P. O. 1i0 x 360 Phone 240 WINGHAM, ONTARIO J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, Wingharn Successor to Dudley Holmes R. VANSTONE BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingharn, - Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, Ontario DR. G. FL ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store H. W. COLBORNE, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Medi.cal. Representative D. S. C. R. Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly Phone 54 Wingham DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND 3aa.R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR. R. L.. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto; Faculty of Medkine; Licentiate of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office in Chisholm Block isephine Street. Phone 29 DR. G. W. HOWSON DENTIST ice. over John Galbraith's Store, F. A. PARKER OS7CEOPATH All Diseases Treated Office Adjoining residence next to Anglican Church. on Centre Street. Sundays by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity .hone 272, Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. A. R. & F. E. DUVAL Licensed Drugless Practitioners, Chiropractic and. Electro Therapy. Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic. Gellege, Toronto, and National Col- lege, Chicago. Out of town and night calls res- ponded to. All business confidential. Phone, 601-13. J. ALVIN FOX Registered Drugless 'Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY Hours: 2-5, 7-8, or by appointment, i'horie 1.91 J. D. McEWEN LICENSED AUCTIONEER Phone 60§r14, Sales of Farm Stock and Imple• ments, Real Estate, etc., conducted 'r'rtla satisfaction and at raoderate charges. THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD orough knowledge of Farm Stock: Phone 231, Wingham RICHARD E. JACKSON AUCTIONEER Phone 613r4$, Wroxeter; or address R. R. 1, Gorrie. Sales conducted any- •i,rlaere and satisfaction guaranteed. George Walker, Gorrie, can arrange 'eaten. S. DENTISTS ce MacDonald Flock, Wingham A. J. WALKER IRNITttRE AND FUNERAL SERVICE A, J. Walker :ircnsed Funeral Director and Etribalnicr.. ice Phone 106. Res. retie 224. t Liinousieze :Funeral Coach, 1r9l AEUW4 EYlal. O, ll+'rnnuis denktne Working oil a Retnarkable Invention. Modems evarfere May be revolu'- tlonized by a remarkable invention which is described as an "'aerial tele- vision else." It will .enable airplanes in flight over enemy country to broad- cast back to television receiving sta- tions at military headquarters living panoramas of all the country over which it is flying. Enemyun.p osi.ions, fortifications,. g trenches, troops on the move,, and dispositions, it is claimed, will be seen by.. the General Staff as clearly as if theywere watching them with the naked eye. Several great Powers are interest- ed in the develo development of the a ar- t & PP etas, which is the invention of Mr. C: 'Francis Jenkins, the well-known pioneer of television. Through use of his radio eye of the sky Mlr. Jenkins claims artillery offi- cersw'1screen �to sit before I be ablefi a z • andsee exactly where their shells land. Stasis will no longer leave to rely on the telephone and telegraph; they will be able to see for themselves how a battery is progressing and make .heir plans accordingly. An airplane specially adapted to take the apparatus is now under con- struction. When it is finished a num- ber of practical' tests will be made. The invention is operated by means of a photographic lens focused on the ground through an opening ant- the bottom of the 'plane. At present ltd range is estimated to be tenmiles, but it is hoped that this will be great- ly extended in the near future. HOARD FOUND. Woman In London Kept Large Sum of Money In Her. House. A hoard of gold and silver, total- ling more than £2,000, was found re- cently in a small house in Southsea, England,' formerly occupied by Miss Anne Pannell, aged 70. Miss Pannell was admitted, to the Portsmouth Poor Law Infirmary a few days before on account of illness, and a search of her was made by officials of the board of guardians. This resulted in the finding of be- tween £600 and £600 in gold and silver. When the door of a room at the back of the house was forced open for the renewed search, the floor was found to be hidden under a pile of paper and boxes and which reached' to the window sill. In a trinket box was about £250 in gold, and three large wooden boxes were packed to the brim with 'silver and copper. Other large sums of money were found wrapped in paper and in old shopping bags. No one seems to know how Miss, Pannell accumulated the money. She always appeared to be in poor cir- cumstances, and had lived in the small house the whole of her life. SAVING THE BIRDS. An Agitation to Keep Oil Off Vane ad the Ocean. An international • effort is being made by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to enlistpublic opinion against the destruction of sea birds by oil polution of waters. The society has had an adhesive stamp printed in red, green and black depicting an oil -killed bird and bear- ing the words, "Urge shipowners' to install: oil separators and so save the sea birds." These are to be sent throughout the world. They are be- ing printed in English, French, Ger- man and Italian. The assistant secretary of the so- ciety said: "The fitting "of all oil -burning ships: with oil separators would be :a very great step in the right direction. . No vessel . is allowed to discharge oil within three miles of the British' coast, but that is no good; oil is car- ried a very long way : by the tides and currents," Gathering Pine Seed. The cones of pine trees are gath- ered just before maturity so that the' seed has not yet fallen from them. They are then ripened artificially, by being placed in a drying room with heat a little above normal room tem- perature. When dry they are taken to the extracting roots, saubjeeteid to a temperature of 120" to 140' P. cad placed in swinging trays with wire mesh bottoms, through which the seeds fall, the cones remaining in the trays. The released seeds are collect- ed on a slanting door underneath the trays, and are then subjected to a light threshing to remove the wings, and are finally cleaned of dirt, wings, needles, ete„ in a cleaning machine. Our Precious Stones. Most of our diamonds come from South Africa; rubies from Burma, emeralds from India, moonstones from Ceylon, amethysts from oidia, and the turquoise from Egypt. Aus- tralia sends garnet, opal and topaz. Banff, the headquarters of Banff National Park, Alberta, has an alti- tude of 4,538 feet above the sea level and enjoys a climate which is in many respects, ideal. The air le ceedingly• like agaaa hilarating uses. Quite Likely. Recently a woman who had been crossed In :love was inveighing against' the opposite sex, "hbfen," she said contemptuously, "are absolutely lacking in self-con- trol, judgment and good taste." "Possibly, my dear,'' responded her married friend gently; "bat jugs; think how many old maids there Would be if they were tot!" A Whaling Fleet, An Antarotie whaling fleet usually consists of '$ve chasers and a vessel which receives the "Whale and extraeth the all. Sulphur Spiinge to be'Elxitloilte<I. The old sulphur springs near. the Lake of Galilee are to be eitplo:ted' and tiariaed into a Modern spa., WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR Tom Bilbeck is the narrator. He is a fat newspaper writer who drives a tumble-down car he calls Grand- mother Page. He is in love with. Maryella, his rival being Jim Coop- er, The three are members of an am- ateur dramatic group. Plans for a play at the Old Soldiers' Horne are. under way. Grandmother Page has engine trouble while Maryella is out driving with Bilbeck, and Cooper, passing a in big roadster, taunts hien. After Maryella has left Bilbeck is able to start his car again. The amateur players; are to give Pygmalion and Galatea at the Old Soldiers' Horne: In their version Bil- beck is to act as the statue, and Mary- ella despairs when she discovers his bow legs, Mrs, Hemingway .later. flatters Bilbeck and talks to him a- bout the . la Bilbeck pats her hand play. ,. only to find a rough hand grasping. hint by the shoulder and lifting him out of his seat. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Mr. Hemingway does not belong to the club: He is managing editor of the Daily Mail, and has to work nights too often. But he usually calls for his wife to take her home from rehearsals. We stood in the aisle and glared at one another. "Why, John!" Mrs. Hemingway interposed. "I wasn't expecting you for quite a while yet." "I can see that," he retorted, not taking his eyes from my face. "Now all 1 want to know is who are :you," he shouted at me. "Take off that mask before I yank it off." He made a motion toward the with his open hand. His wife stopped him. "Don't John. • It's Toni Bilbecie. That's his real face." John Hemingway's jaw fell. ' He and I are close friends. We went through all our and we b societies, I. nee eternal ly love on >_'c • __ e r y owing pat1 to him that I held down my star job on the newspaper. "Oh!" . he exclaimed, and turned to his wife. "But—" She had stepped out in the aisle and his eye fell on her costume for the first dine. He was speechless— with admiration, I thought. "What have you got on?" he de- manded hoarsely. "Is it anything at Y Y g a all, or have I merely got a speck in my eye?" "This is my costume for' the play," she explained carefully; "Your costume?" he repeated, puz- zled. "Where is the rest of it?" "This is all." "All? What do you represent—a clothespin?" Fir IFIZANE k ilisTIRATEQ ,eY EIRANice ®, D1t�liltilOT���~ said. 111 manage him some `yay,,,;I'11 fix the costume up so that lie will approve all right." She sighed with regret at the idea. Henrningway returned. "Get dressed, Tom," he asid to me, "We've gof to go over to the office." "What happened?" I asked. There has been a jail -delivery at the penitentiary, and twenty prison- ers have escaped, Its a big story, and we'll have to have you handle it,,". A chorus of protests went up at the idea of ,my+ leaving the rehearsal. I ' was just peeved enough so that it did not make any difference to me. They had made fun of me, and now that I had a goo41 excuse for with- drawing - they'could sec how;• they could get along without ins. The idea of taking'. the long, cold trip out to the penitentiary did not appeal to me in itself, but I was glad to be able to leave the theatre. Hennningway had gene after tell- ing his wife that he would send a taxi to take her. home. The coach came out in front of the curtain to announce : that the stage curtain to announce that • the stage was all set for the third. act. "Everybody on stage," he request- ed. some new fox-trot records for the phonograph, or something :like that, The warden had not granted their demands, so this jail -delivery practi- cally amounted to a stripe. The men who escaped left word that they vebuld not 'come back until their de- mands were acceded to. Of:• course it was really a lot more serious than that, but I- wrote it up in that fashion ashion for the Daily Mail. Not that I felt particularly facetious -far from it; but that is my news- paper style. The public ,and my em- ployers expect it of ins. What really occupied my mind was the unpleasant recollection ofniy de- parture from the Sheridan Dramatic Club and' simultaneously . from the good graces of. one Maryella, emin- ently desirable spinster. I also had room in my consciousness for an un- easy speculation as to ;whether or not John Heinmingway really thought that 1 was flirting with his wife. 'I could get another job, of course, but ine7 berth on the Daily. Mail and its allied syndicate was very pleasant and lu- crative. They had to hold the presses • for me on the city edition until I return- ed from the "pen", so that it was af- ter two f-ter-two when I finally left the office "I thought you might want these. . I did not respond.. to get supper at an all-night lunch- .,. :sly you are not going to go counter. I turned in about three, but Mrs. Hemingway' has the virtue and the fault of literalness. "I am a Greek boy," "Not any more," her husband stat- ed firmly. "You can quit right here. I won't have my wife parading around in that kind of a—whatever it is." 9t's a Greek tuuitt" "It is not, he., denimit &Arias a4 it snore closely, "It's my best silk sport shirt with, the neck cut out and a little embroidery around the tails! Go and get pnsonie clothes and I will take you home." Olt John! .„ Jot You don't mean' 1t. Mrs. Hemingway was genuinely alarmed now, and. feared that he was in earnest. "This is all for Art." "I don't care whether it is for Art or for Tom 'Bilbeck. Go, cover 'em tip." By this time the rest of the com- pany .had heard the discussion, which had been conducted in the same tones as those ordinarily used on the bleach- ers at a baseball game. They gathered aroma "]'lease, Mr, Hemingway," pleaded Maryella. "Youcouldn't Make Helen withdraw now. It will break up the sh c+w." "If she: doesn't it will break up the Hemingway family," lie declared firmly, "Is Mr. Hemingway here?" inquired a voice loudly from the rear of the auditorium. It was the boy from the hex-ofifee. "Yes," replied. John; "What is it?" "You're wanted on the telephone," Henl!ningway left us, a dejected group, "What salt we do?" wailed Mary- ella disconsolately, "What will the old soidlera do?" "Don't worry," ivlr4, Heriningway -y curing' a .dress rehearsal?" said didn't get to .sleep for an hour or so ,,_:ii L.00per, "I really have e t oo "Irelie g replied, and added bitterly: "It doesn't snake any Y particular difference. I believe 'that. you will find the dunlniy more :pleas- ing to some of the members of the cast, and if you use it I'm sure it will save . the a lot of trouble." "Maryella" —Jim turned to her— can t er -can't you say something; to make a.c 'Com rernain? He'll do it for you." \Iaryella looked at lite with a cold- ly flashing eye. "I doubt," she hesitated, "whether anything,I could say would have any effect. I imagine that his interest in the rehearsal will cease With i,frs. H ennui n gway's departure." I could scarcely believe my ears. How could she be so unreasonable? I turned on my heel and made down the aisle for the front entrance of the theatre. "Toni," sonic one shouted after inc. I continued my way unheeding. "Oh Tom! "Wait a mince!"' im- plored Jim. I did not answer, If I had I might have saidsomething that I should have regretted exceedingly later. Some one was coming down the aisle after ine. 1 quickened my pace, determined to listen to no pleadings. Maryella had chosen to bring person- alities into it, and I would not stand for it, that was all, I reached the main entrance of the theatre and stepped through a door into the brilliantly lit lobby. A man' who was buying tickets at the box office looked up and with a yell, ran out into the street, leaving his change behind on the shelf, Some one opened the door I' had just closed behind me, I did not loop around, "Torn!" It was; Jima Cooper's voice, "Well?" "I thought you might want these if you are going over to the office," He thrust something into my hands and then hastened back into the thea- ter. It was my trouser! CHA:PTZX ; III Watch for the Big Surprise. The penitentiary is one of the things that places our city on the map. Therefore any happenings of importance out there dominates the local news and figures largely also in the Associated Press dispatches, The :prison' authorities had been having considerable trouble because of a number of men among the pris- oners who were agitating for a cut to an eight hour 'day; and after that. It seemed as if I had barely dozed, off when my telephone rang. I got up and answered it. "Hello," I growled. "Hello, Tom, This is Jim Cooper, talking." I nntttered something' under 'my breath. • "Don't swear," ,he observed pleas- antly. "You ;ought to be glad I. woke Cott up." "Glad?" I repeated, incredulously, "What have -I got to be glad about?" "Because Maryella wants to talk to you, for one thing. She asked me to tell you as soon as possible. You see, it is all for the best." "Go to the deuce," I ,advised cross- ly. "I should be glad to," he was an - 9m 'I`httrisday, January 16th, 1931 s -vering in an tturuffied tone as I hung np the receiver, I . went back to ley nice warm bed, but sleep was effectually routed for the day. My. curiosity was aroused. What did Maryella want? Probab- ly something wherein 1 would be the nickel -plated goat. I was suspicious. Still, it was nice of her to make the first stove toward reconciliation. Tn the past that had always been iuy part. Maybe she knew that she was in the wrong and wanted to apologize. There was only one way to find out, I got tip and dressed. After breakfast I walked to Mary- ella's house. The air was quite cold and a light snow was falling. We had cold weather'' before, and there was a couple of inches of ice on the river, but this was our first snow -storm. Mrs. Hemingway ra with was w t x Mary- ella. The huge living -room of the Waite home was littered with sewing materials, endless ruffles and basting - threads. A cheerful, fire was burning in the grate. The two young women were on the floor cutting something out of white cloth. The atmosphere was too hap- py and industrious for me to preserve my grouch in. T almost regret to say, that I thawed at once. "We're snaking pads," Maryella ex- plained after I was comfortably set - "For me?" I asked suspiciously. for • everybody who needs them," Maryella added hastily, interpreting the hostility in . my tone: "For you, for Mr. Cooper : and for Mrs. Hem - "For Mrs, He using ? re- peated gway. T se peated. incredulously. "I don't see what .sheneeds of—" Illaryella interrupted me before I could finish. "Mrs. IIemniingway, who is speech- less with modest blushes, wishes me to thank you on behalf of herself and her Creator. As a matter of fact we are not making any ; pads for her. Quite the reverse,'in fact." "But we are building some for you and: Jim." "You should see the fine large chest we have wished on our husky Greek warrior; and as far as you are con- cerned—Well, all I earl say is that we -used_ Mrs. Hemming -way for a pat- tern. But that is not what I asked you to come overand talk about." "No?" with a polite inflection from me. "No. Did you ever read a story entitled `Dollyanna'?" "Not yet," I replied with any best non -committal manner. "I have heard of it though. What's it about?" "It's about a great many things," Maryella explained seriously, "but mostly it's the, story of a girl who believes that no matter whathappens it is all for the best. She is an aw- fully dear little' child, and she always looks on the bright side of every- thing. It'ssort of sad too, because she gets hurt once and nearly dies, but she cheers everybody up just the same and tells them it all for the. best because it hasbeen a' dull "sea- son- for fhe undertakers anyway. Make, 'Em Do It. Warning—I ani going to enforce trespassing and hunting on the farms posted in my name so it's up to you from now on.—La Grande (Ore.) pa- per. ere and rias (461) '1•be total value of tile principal `field crops of Canada log 1091 Is estimated at $986,956,000, about, $40,000,000 less than in 1928. Construction of the Flew steamer for the service between Saint John., and 1)lgby on the Bay of ti'uudy is well advanced and it is hoped to• have it in operation by next August,, Grant Hall, senior vice -pi esident of the Canadian Pacific Railway, an- nounced Brunswick recently on a visit to the New clay. Indicating western Canada's im- portance in the livestock world, 20 head of registered Aberdeen Angus cattle from G:iencarnock Farm, fam- ous breeding establishment operat- ed near Brandon by Hon. J. D. Mc-. Gregor,- Lieutenant -Governor of the province, recently arrived at Van- couver by Canadian Pacific Railway for shipment to Australia and New- Zealand ewZealand Designed to furnish the immense tractive effort of 83,200 pounds, a new locomotive, first of its kind on this continent, to be 'operated en a high steam pressure' principle, will be immediately placed under con- struction at the Angus Shops of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It will be one of the most powerful in the world and wtll: supersede the 5900 engine of the railway as the most powerful in the British Empire. Locomotive and tender will weigh 764,000 lbs. or 14;000 lbs. heavier than the 5900 engine and 120,004 lbs, heavier than fhe 2800 locomo- tive. How one $14,000,000 equipment contract given by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the National Steel -Car. of Hamilton, during 1929, resulted in 122 business houses, located in four Canadian provinces, securing valuable supply orders and how this far-flung dis- tribution of the company's contract provided steady work and wages for skilled mechanics and large office staffs over a period of months has been revealed by a study of sta- tistics at the National Steel Car Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway. 1'." A. Murphy, M.P., of Toronto, was a passenger on S.S. Montrose recently from Saint John. As an official of .the Amateur. Athletic Union of Canada, Mr. Murphy is on his way to Great Britain to make arrangements for the British Em- pire games at Hamilton next Aug- ust, at which every part of the Em- pire will be represented by brilliant athletes \\ nal is -regarded as oneof the largest rea estate transactions on record was made recently when the Canadian Government reached_ agreements with the Provincial Governments of Manitoba and Al- berta for the transfer to those pro- vinces of their natural resources. These include large areas of land. forests, water powers, fisheries, mines, oilfields, etc., and represent a value in excess of a billion dol- lars. The agreement . will be ra- tified by Parliament at its next ses- sion early this year. The Wilder Silver Medal, one of the highest awards made by. the American I'omological Society, has been given to W. T, Macoun, Do- minion horticulturist, for his,work in breeding new varieties in apples and for his contirubtion to horti- culture generally' Mr. dacoun has occupied the position oft Dominion Horticulturist at the Canadian Go-v- ernment Experimental Farm at Ot- tawa for the past 41 years. A Checked Suit McConnel went out into the Que- bec forest, wearing only a trunk,— Editorial in the Itasca (Minn.) 'Iron News. PLEASING PRINTING For .. D!scr!millatillg Cnstomers Our equipment is complete for the satisfactory production of printing of every desic,ription —from a -small card to a booklet. With this equipment, suitable stock, goes competent workman- ship. We will `• be leased to consult p you in regard to anything you may :need he Advance=Times WINGI-IAM, - - ONTARIO