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The Wingham Advance Times, 1930-06-12, Page 6li li ham Advance -Til 'r es Published at WI1N,'GHAM ONTARIO. Every Thursday morning r 1•9;gan Craig, Publisher gbscription rates -- One year $2.o0. Six months $x.00, in advance. To U. S, A, $..50 per year. Ahlvcrtising rates on application. CHARM Of HELIGOLAND tQ7GtAliiNIL" AND I ,'1 TRU [\ •......_.,,-,, _ la Only :A,beatt One Hundred. ::Aerea I>t k> t 1,—Chief H -e itq from 'Vour- Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co, Head Office, Guelph, Ont" Established 1840 Risks,, ,taken on all class of insur- i i ce at.reasonable' rates. i BNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham sojourn on this .island of about a: breaker. Leeson is a , Ti hundred acres in extent, set in the teens to s awe aey, a e g g wild North Sea,writes Eirriede Gula- 'aboard his boat, the Minerva, and she a berg, acredes hi order note to be "a quitt- It is not .known now what the area er." Asked if she is sorry that be of the island originally was—presum- won her company she says she is not ably, however, four or five times its and that evidently Fate has arranged resent size, sines the shrinkage dur-- it, Tint thereupon tells her to stop. p N looking regretfully .after Leeson. Ab ari •d Stevens' boat, `tire Minerva, x eat e st 1st !I4 txie— �o t' $ Otu's Tariff11—: Natives of Nontlie Stock. Few who travel on the Continent over visit the quaint and interesting its which ,i':artners for the evening are a island of Heligoland, and this must chosen, Lucy is won by Tian Stevens short who has a great reputation as a heart- : be my \$cele for writing of my sla r bit jealous" W1NGHAM ADVANC4-TIMES • Thursday, .Pane 12th, 1930 SYNOPSIS ft; Cooper Clary, Leeson, an attor- ARTHUR SOM RS ROCHE /LLUS' `RATED BY DONALD) RILEY racy, uxeets Lucy- Harkness, know as t)evil•lti,tx-t.'ur'e because of her acl- venturous, evetttful.life. In a game J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND ;-. HEALTH .INSURANCE — AND REAL ESTATE Ft.O. Box 360 Phone 240 HAM ONTARIO WINGHAM, J, W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, "Etc, Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, •Wingh:un Successor. to Dudley Holmes R. VANSTONE BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates- Wingham, - Ontario. J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store ing the last tundred years has been accurately measured. The island's chief source of revenue Stevens tells Lucy of•his love.• When she replies with contempt . for him, he grows violently angry and she be- cotnes afraid of him.. He says that 1 ll t 1 f the is derived from tourist traffic, About a mile from the mainland of Heligo- land is situated the Dune, a' really magnificent bathing beach rising like a miracle above the high-water line. Several hundred years ago this beach was protected from the sea by a ellff which was found to contain highly valuable chalk, Operations were begun on the cliff, which grad - le to never et ler go froth Minerva until she accepts hint. To escape him, she leaps into the water from her cabin window, swimming a hort distance under water. Lucy reaches land and meets Dr. ually attained large proportions, un- Fergus Faunce on an island, He til, after decades of intensive mining, a great storm overthrew the remains { of the cliff and with it a stone cause takes rare of her and takes her hone.. Everyone is worried about her, and waybuilt to connect the mainland when she meets Stevens he is frantic, with the Dune. This wall had also regretful and still ardent in protesta- served as protection for the Dune, tions of love. and with its demolition the island's Leeson informs. Lucy that Stevens usefulness as a. harbor ceased; the chalk industry naturally" came to an ` oust raise a quarter of a million dol-. d, and the native Hetigolanders Tars •or go to jail—"at five o'clock" "'l.'hougllt you wanted to see a fair t " TI igltt, Lucy. We11, be patient. e earred toward Faunce yet in the calm night she heard his words. "If I call keep one bridge standing, I9n all right," he said. "So " we'll throw 'ern off- this first one. All set? Aw-right!„ • He, dug his oars into the water, and the skiff shot around a bend.; it was beneath: a bridge before the.men on it realized what was in their midst. Stevens stood up "his big hands gripped a bridge timber- and he had climbed, like any huge cat, upon -the bridge itself, She heard his great booming voice: "1Welcome, friends! Didn't expect you or you's have had a better recep- tion. ''But, surprised as we are, we'll do the hest We can: 1)o you prefer to be pushed off this bridge or thrown off? \Ve aint to please." The skiff had;drifted under the bridge, and now,' Femme was standing up, gripping' at the timbers above.. She would not be left, alone; rising she stepped the length of the boat and placed her fingers upon, the planking of the bridge. She` was standing by her husband just as a voice cried: "Knock lxiin.' over; he's' all alone ." "Oh I wouldn't,say that," coni - merited Faunce. His shot -gun was slung across one arm. From the shore' of the street an- other voice ;called: r en • were forced to wrest a precarious liv- Lucv goes to her bank and raises the "Three of them, Well, there are 1 . 5 ing frons the sea by lobster fishing, \verity of us—" Tiger -like, her husband moved. W. COLBORNE, M. D. ; bird catching and pilotage, suns. r d ground The Lnterlan (or floor) Lucy goes to Stevens to help him, Physician and .SurgeonThere was .a stifled cry, a choking d' 1R tt` D S C of the island is thickly populated, but he refuses to lake money from e tea- epresen a ive . • • with a quaint and intriguing little vil- marri ed. Protest , som thing whirled through "Go on, Maddox!" cried Clary, "Going to let hint bluff you out of it?" "The only way to fiiid out if a man's bluffing is' to call 'kiln," said Stevens, sweetly, "My chips are right in the Centre Of the tabic. Who calls?" "Resisting 'arrest; breach of the peace—" • Stevens cut short the sherrif's cries. "I haven't 'resisted .arrest, Maddox. In fact, I've invited you•to,conme over here and arrest me; glut you're such, a shy little crook-�" his voice suds_ denly broke in rage: "Maddox you're yellow! Yaw' 'parents ran away: from the Confederate' Army and carne down to. the Flbridr stiwanps - and spawned like the vermin they were. Yoti'd lynch 'a nigger: when you're a hundred to one, but one bandit laughs at a thousand like' you. You shoot in the back and never face- toeface. Yon Want to arrest me, .Well, here I am." f -Ie paused and turned to Lucy, "'Sort >ronrised you a real fight; Y, 1 but ;it takes ,two to make one." "You'll regret this, Stevens," said: Clary. "Nut half so much as you're regret- ing it, right now," retorted. Stevens. "Bat you're not.' going to, pull down this bridge this night, old Man. Nor any -other night. You may buy a -sher- iff of marshal, but a judge is' some- thing else again, Old top. And say, I'm getting tired of, all this, The land you're on is my property, just as. this bridge is. Get off it." "Don't overplay your hand, Stev- ens," advised Clary. -"No? Much obliged for the advice. 13ut when 1. gamble f bet all T have. sor to Dr W R Hambly i gage the main and only business a Mongan to whom he is not the alt and a splash from the stream Now Tin bettingthat there isn't a Successor n• s xo s— e w o e .scene lav n an roux v runs away l street consisting of most attractive So Lucy marries this pian she hates, nineteen Mine" Phone 54 Wingharn r "Only eteen c \ • ti y i p th h l 1 i g d p pts, 1 from him, a Lilliputian effect. The street lead- • her staunch friend, Dr, Fer- , his great man in your gang that has the real DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND{ ing from the harbor through the tin- going t l d i 1 b t 200 f t l er an s on on, �,�2.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Loud.) 1 at the end of y whiacohu ee one is faced bgy PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON the 200 -foot cliff which forms the remainder of the island. I There is a rift, or, alternatively, a DR. R. L. STEWART !stone staircase to the Oberland. The lift is a fascinating novelty at first, Graduate of University of Toronto, but the staircase, with its wonderful Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the outlook over the ocean, is the pleas- Ontario College of Physicians and i anter way of negotiating the climb. l Surgeons. I At night the outlook from the Ober - Office in Chisholm Block ' land is unforgettable—all the fascin- lesephine Street. Phone 29 ation which islands hold for most of DR. G. W. HOWSON DENTIST Office over John Galbraith's Store. Ft A, PARKER s -z-10' """ • OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated us is enhanced by the quaintness and microscopic size. The whole island can be thorough- ly explored in two or three hours, but having walked around it once one wants to do so again --and again. Its charm is lasting, and its people are delightful and good to look at, They are Friesian -- fair-haired and blue- eyed people of the best Nordic stock. They spear an extrll?R lnary mixture Of English and Ger an. Office Adjoining residence next to 1 have mentioned that the Dune is li a dehtfu� an beach Anglican Church on Centre Street. g - bthrg ' and since g it attracts many thousands of visitor* Sundays by .appointment, from the mainland during the sea - Electricity 'Osteopathy hone 272, Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. son, the tourist traffic is the island's main source of revenue. There are` concerts and dances at the Kursaale A. R. & F. E. DUVAL going to whats Faunce to tell she has done. There were four' men upon the Stevens sets out in search. of Lucy, bridge, but as he moved closer, they. voice boomed.bath ?" gu "Who's next for the which fades the tiny landing siege,' in and there are three or foursmall launch a new boat. A hurricane "Wait a iu mite," cried a third voice I.ycense d Drugless Practitioners cabarets, all of which are filled with u I married >� ; a person back acr olt of a bargain because iJ seems not quite so advantageous as when oue entered into it?" ean\vh; le; Dr. Faunce and • Lucy,hrank back. Chiropractic and Electro Therapy, pleasure -seekers during the season. • wrecks them on their first trip. Lucy,"I'm the sheriff of this county, and I iop One of the most striking features is saved and finds herself aboard the cane 'here to see that law and: order Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic drat always surprises visitors is that Minerva wotrdering what happened to is observed. These ,people expected College Toronto, and National Col- i all the drops exhibit goods \ehrcli are lege, Chicago. :priced ridiculously low. This is ex- I)r. Faunce.• trouble and called on me for aid. Out of town and night calls res- Method by the fact that the island is I)r. Faunce is aboard the Minerva These nien are all my dep'ties and I penned to. All business confidential. , outside any Customs tariff of anv Phone 300 kind tinder "die alters Reehte" (cid ass tee ens hreaten.. to Lill Faunce order you to cease resisting their law - rights) which Britain passed on by ;unless Lucy sticks to hi.ni•> To save ftrl occupation and consider yourself treaty with the island, and which the 1?au sec she accedes, but expresses nuclei ' J. ALVIN FOX kaiser guaranteed. "Tile islander- con- hate for Stevens. A few minutes later "No \ one couldput it more.beautsfal, Registered Drugless Practitioner eider themselves send -independent, he startles her by saying he doesn't laughed Stevens. "Getting a nice want her, and never will!! CHIROPRACTIC AND and to -day Heligoland is a source of ;expense to Germany; there is Drags-. l Dally no revenue of any kind, and it bribe, sheriff fat sand of a rat...' Fergus, let's clean. em out; Shoot the first roan that hesitates." Lucy had react of Men dominating a -mob, frightening then$, -but this was no blob that Stevens and Fergus ov- erawed These were obviously hired bullies, and among them was an of- fiver of the. law. Yet as Tini and Fer- gus advanced upon them the superior. numbers retreated. Even 'old Clary, who stood ground until the last; sed- denly turned and ran: What had pro- raised great excitement, even tragedy, degenerated into farce, into burlesque. And yet it had not been Tirn's fault. The way he had tossed a man into -:the water, knocked another off the bridge: . . And Fergus had .hotel, gallantry, These .were tviro magnificent. men,:, no matter what else .aright be said about one. of then. As fighting animals. They returned to the bridge. "This midnight stuff is my justifi- cation," Stevens -was saying. "Birt 'When lhey• c nse baek in daylight, with a proper warrant for, my arrest, I slra'n't have the excuse that I didn't believe' Maddox was the 'sheriff, Fer- gus, we must have an injunction by morning Now, "edge Leaning is in Palm Beach; 1.4&' has jurisdiction ov- er this territory. He's at El Veiano Hotel. Wake -him out of bed, get him to Issue an nslunctron against Clary, against the sheriff, against the town officials, against everybody, ordering then to restrain from destroying 'these bridges. We've saved the oth- ers, you'll notice. They're afraid we mean l,usinessand will start shooting. DRUGLESS PRACTICE i Come back here. Round up a few. ELECTRO -THERAPY iLeeson sees Lucy and in a burst of "By God! dors t you hint at the do- people to make it look better. They i is necessary to speed large sums of confidence tells her of a plat against ing anything erooked!" cried Til' Insight buck an injunction you know. Hours: 2-5, 7-8, or by ! money in an effort to save the Dune, rapidly, " break down elle biidacs on his prop -«Vas 1 •hinting, .1�icin't mean to; let "Slip into the 'skiff; you'll have to t her husband. Certain interests are to sheriff. • gppointment• Phone 191 which in any case,is shrinking He whistled gustily, J. D. McEWEN The main island has been safe-' erty, and make it worthless. She goes me.state it again. I accuse you of wade or swim for it; see it down guarded to some extent by walls con- � • 1 1 1 b' d to Runge s place where lei tug an being bribed. �.'ou're •a nasty fat croon there, against the bank? Row back LICENSED AUCTIONEER structed, when first Germany acquire d 1' tar rix and tell �f Phone 602r14. ed the island, of granite brought an 'aunce are ge er, • s r and if you ddn't take your men to to Mango Key, hop into your car; and 'Sales of Farm Stock and. Imple• . 1lolni, and wherever possible the lw�ickt4 fight. xricrrts, Real Estate, etc., conducted! hays been reinforced midi cement, f .th satisfaction and at moderate To the casual observer it may seem charges. strange that so mughmoney should over from the 'Danish island of Born• tine plot, Preparations are made for it hell off.my property I'll hill.a few, ofernake youre get -away -Of course they you, Do you get Inc?" • may be laying for 'you on the way, The hutnar had died from his voice, but show thein the old shot -grin:'.\ THOMAS FELLS slave, since it admittedly brings Ger-,hot- gun. And now : Lucy noted a "Look here, Stevens. .l his is Clem two to handle them if they decide to many practically no revenue. When 1 r speaking." The rennet 'magnate ;try again, ifh r It is remembered,, however, that Hell- g r husband's hip pocket; a Cay sp h 11 8 Y ga , they summon up courage AUCTIONEERASOLD Boland in common with some of the delightful ran up stood upon the bank, close to where suggested REA1. ESTATE g ,, rLucy, the..ruan''hurled. into the .stream had 1 "They won't rush us, but they clatnnrored soggily ashore. might try a sur. rise—block the way "Well, speak," said Stevens. for a car, and when you stopped jump "The law's with ,us, Stevens," said you. 1 don't like the idea of my wife • Faience dived into his cabin; he re- it was 'menacing, ugly,' fraught with 1 - "We'll hope you make it," be spent to keep this tiny island turned carrying a double-barreled deadly intent, "Why couldn't I go, leaving you A thorough knowledge of Farm Stock, p s sea- and"dtncn• her spine. This promised other North Sea islands rovide bathing; and holiday pleasures for the • t. Weil she'd always thrive Phone 231, \Wingliam thickly populated and highly Indus- excrtentcn , trialized north of Germany, it is eas- ed 011 1t, l,•. dog -trotting to- RICHARD B. JACKSON ler to understand the positiirn. Over hisshoulder, The history of the island during Waterway, Stevens called Clary. ":Letter give in, or we'll rush AUCTIONEER ward the vca e way, the last hundred years has been an is folltrivers; yt tt" Phone 613r6, 'Wroxeter, or address 1>acl..to h interesting one, and also explains Its not made in Gorrie. Sales cottducted any . economic: 1 hc,y ve probably blocked the Steven's answer was + positron.' Tt belohnog d to and satisfaction uaranteea...-words but in actions. He leaped for- 'e`re g 1'nanzark until 180'7. When howEver, rt-sacls lcacltrig do�vil to the develop- l Napoleon issued .his famous Milan 'mein and we'd never get through the ward; his big list thudded an the, jaw andS.Berlin decree prohibiting �in or. i - A. . AY E IRWIN s p b t g c ? r;uard If we sneak up in yotir row- of one of the leen on the bridge. The tninonty Heligoland became rane the base of b aat, Fergus, old kid, we'll beat 'ell Manwent down, rolled over, and fell m the great smuggling industry where t by. I3ritain soughtto nullify Napo- irebetween Zngland and the Con- ' DENTISTS Office MacDonald 131ock, Wingll A. J. WALKER NITURE AND PUNEI:AL SERV/CU ' loon's prociamatiorr, At this time the taland—on which a number of Ratitkatt merchant houses had built stetter/0—e qri to casually became British" It res malned British until 1899 whelk 'l was coded to Germany in caches)** for 'Zanzibar. lrroin that time until 19.18, Getl`r many used the island as a naval base Ind' built marvellous fortifications 'np ft harbor: AS a consequence, the ,s,laudcirs were forced to evacuate heir homes from 1014 to 1918 and offered great misery during the war period. After time armistice and the Treaty of Versailles, the greet fortiflelttl*ria' and military harbor were deitaelirbh- - eel, and there is very little trace 1109r• atI Weir ever' %te,eing Gees eted. A. 3. Walker ensed Funeral Director and Ernba tiler. e Phone 106. Iles. Phone 224, t Limittttisitre Funeral Coach. W64.44w,9Jliiiaut F14, o the punch." What, thought Lucy or caused; or aroused intimacy between Tim Was it: nlone', the serest. bond of all? Did 'Fergus accept "Tint because he hoped to be made wealthy? But that didn't seem like Fergus, , Ting ceased rowing. Ahead could be heard the confused tnurnlur r,f tllany voices. "Then we're. too late," She. groaned. Site heard ail inarticulate ejactmla- tIon from her husband, Then, - into the water, -1 he slcirrnish ended had inspired there, The other three fled, Stevens pursued to the end of the bridge. With : Pounce at lrise-elbow, he ad - this apparent and Pergee. dressed Clary" ' - "l'in armed; so is Dr. Feuatce, If cine mart puts his foot on this bridge \ve'll shoot to• kill Got it?" "Vetere Under arrest 1' bawled the Sheriff. Stevens laughed. - in the hands of that gang." "Mr. Clary wouldn't let thein actet- ally harm me," said Lucy,, "He's a wicked old devil, but, after all, ['in a friend of his wife-" "She's right, Tim," said Fergus, "f ought to stay here with you." rr How inblazes is she going to find her way back to Mango Key?" ob- jected .Stevens. "I can' row a boat," said Lucy, " , s cy, a n c1 when I reach the mouth ' of creek I simply turn nclrth, to the left, and wizen the waterway narrows I'm op- posite Mango Key, The moon's gone, but the stars give enough light, Of course I can do it, ifyou'll get the boat for nme. I hate to be all muddy: "All right; come take ine." ti "She's right, Tim," said Fauncc, The shetiff moved toward the again. Iyridge, bet stopped ten feet away, Stevens shrugged, then yielded. He Chronic Bronchitis is quickly and safely relieved lay Templetori's wonderful RAZ -MAH. Mr. H. Truermier, Zurich Ont., gof such relief from a sample of RAZ - MAH that he bought a $1.;00 box, sold, as always, under guarantee of relief or money back. Now he always uses RAZ -MAH when he has an attack,. Says: "I usually work the attack .off in a few days. Then may go for a year or so without another.' RAZ - MAH is also wonderful for Asthma. At your druggist's. 123. A Z -MAH fetched the boat, placing the oar's carefully in Lucy's hand, and shoved her off, . "I think T owe you a lottof thanks," he whispered. "You certainly saved. my bacon." "You owe me nothing," she replied. "I owed whatever I did to you." "How do you figure that?" he iii- qud, eireBecause I believed you were en- gaged in a' swindle. It seems that you were not. One should make payment for unjust' thoughts. I've tried to "This time, then, I'm not a thief?" he said. "'This time you're not," she said. `Much obliged, he said dryly, His body 'bent and the skiff went whirling, out into the middle of the narrow stream; she 'bent to the oars. ,k i< 4 * * * Judge Learning descended to the lobby of El Verando and heard Lucy's impassioned statement of the ease. The judge, no cracker, but a Southern gentleman, smiled deeply at the pret- ty. girl. "Any man that's wise enough to pick you for a wife, Mrs. Stevens, is bound to get an evenbreak in any- thing, because he's no fool. And he'll get a fair break with this court. 'You go home and get some sleep and I'll attend to the rest of the matter." She could trust hini, and . so she went home, wild though she was to. return to Seminole. Creek and learn, how Tim -and Fergus; Fergus was an afterthought—were getting on. ;r, 'piia'trans.Atlantie, speed , roe::. rd between the ports of Liverpool and Saint John, was broken r'ei'entl;` by the arrival at the latter noi•t rrf the Canadian Peel -fie liner l)uche;s- Of York, after a crossing fro:is Liverpool which took six cloys hours and 14 minutes. Aceordin to local shipping men this is tite first time in the history of the pot that a grossing ha;i been made e1, urader• seven dans. Twelve thousand pounds .of Que- bec maple sugar and syrup were handled daily during the latter part of April by the Canadian Pa- cific Express Company to points overseas, the Prairie Provinces and: .Ottawa, constituting what is claim- ed to be a record movement or this,. dainty, Outside commercial usese demand.. for this product arise, on the part of individuals who make, a practice of shipping it to rela- tives and friends in the Old Country and the west of Canada, Widespread interest aroused lax the United States as well as Can- ada by the musical programmes- broadcast by the Canadian Pacifico Railway on Friday evenings over its own transcontinental network have led to negotiations between therailway and the National Broadcasting Company or New York, under which Canadian 'Paaci- fic will supply WJZ and associated stations with a series of Canadian programmes made . in Canada by Canadian talent. Five million re ceiving sets owned in a population ofsixty millions will be reached by this extension which coin - mended first week of April. Dairying was a profitable indus- try in the three prairie provinces. of Canada last year when its value totalled $57,629,000. In eleven of the large exhibitions held through- out Canada during that year these three provinces were awarded eighty per cent. of all first prizes in butter and 86 per cent. of all prizes, over half of which.' went to Manitoba. According to a. recent compila: tion made by the Canadian Govern- ment - Bureau of Statistics, the average value of the occupied farm lands of Canada as a whole,'includ- ing both improved and unimproved land, as well as the dwelling houses; barns, stables and other farm huildings, is returned as 837 per acre for the year 1929. OU- T-OF-TOWN,CALLB•-QUICKER AND CHEAPER THAN EVaR She lm� t tremble . at the thought Evening rates on Mop. one" (station -to -sta- tion) calls now begin at 7 p.m. Night rates begin at 8.30 pan. Just give "Long Distance" Me number you want —it speeds up the ser- vice. l f you don't know the distant number, e'In f ormdtion" will look 0 up for you. Mrs. Kane was a timid soul—no doubt about it! . Modern efficiency rather terrified her. .sShe wanted so much to talk to her sister in a town 80 miles away because a friend had told her how she enjoyed weekly long distance chats with her home. But she didn't know how to go about it. "There's nothing to it," her friend told her. "lust ask the operator for 'Long Distances and when she answers tell her the number you want. if yon don't know your sister's number, ask `information' --it's so very simple." Mrs. Kane felt encouraged. She trlecl it out one evening; found the operator helful; and in two minutes was talk ing to her sister and enjoying herself thoroughly. Aad. the call cost her only 40 cents—' the evening station -to -station rate (aftet 7 p:m.). The Friday night. -minute talk to her sister is now an institution. it has Emit) such a difference to know she Is SO near! And Mrs. Kane; cans after 8.3G p.m. now, at a cost of only 25 cent:P.0e the night rate. s.