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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-08-27, Page 2ata t Nim XPOSITOR Established 1.860 A. Y. McLean, Editor Member of Canadian Maly Newspapers Association. MlltheTIZed as Secoud Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa EAFORTH, Friday, August 27 :EPOWER vs. ACCIDENTS In an effort to seek out reasons for the increasing number of traffic acci- dents, a select committee of the On- tario Legislature h3,4 been taking evii- ilence throughout the Province from groups conversant with the problem. It is expected the recommendations ;of the committee will be converted Into legislation once its report has been received the Ontario Legis- lature. One of the briefs to be preserved when the committee meets later this week, gets down to cases. It suggests an investigation be made into the alleged horsepower race 'between car manufacturers. The brief, drawn up by the Ontario 'Traffic Conference of 100 Ontario municipal traffic experts, will recom- mend an investigation of the rela- tionship between horsepower, brak- ing and suspension characteristics of modern automobiles, by reason of its suspicion that the horsepower race indicates a certain disregard of re- sponsibility on the part of the manu- facturers. There is little doubt that as far as a great many drivers are concerned, the power which a modern automo- bile places at their disposal is much greater than their driving ability or judgment justifies. When the maxi- mum safe speed is considered to be fifty or sixty miles an hour, it is but an invitation to fate when power suf- ficient to result in speeds of 100 miles an hour or more is made avail- able. The enquiry recommended by the Ontario Traffic Conference, if proceeded with, should do much to bring to the attention of the public the extent to which unnecessarily high horsepower contributes to high- way accidents. Other recommendation, equally de- serving, are: Driving examination standards should be improved; a system of demerits for the accident- prone drivers should be established; compulsory jail terms for drivers who drive while their licenses are suspended. / NEW CANADIANS MAKE GOOD In a recent issue, the Port Arthur News -Chronicle points out that Dutch immigration has affected all parts of Canada for the better, and gives •three examples to prove its point. There is no doubt of the validity Mf the claim. In Huron County, as well as every other part of the Prov- ince inwhich they have settled, Dutch families are becoming assimi- lated and are assuming their respon- sibilities as potential citizens of Can- ada. The examples which the News - Chronicle uses are: "In April, 1948, Evert Hasselaar of Venendaal arriv- ed in Canada with his wife, one son, three daughters _and a son-in-law. They settled on Wolfe Island, the largest of the Thousand Islands, at .the eastern end of Lake Ontario. "All but one of the family found employment. In a few months they owned a 50,'acre farm. Soon they bought an additional 100 acres. Then the son-in-law, Peter Draayer, bought a place of his own. Today the family group are among the most prosperous farmers on Wolfe Island. "In May, 1948, William DieIman, with his wife and eight children, same to Canada. They had a small eke of $700 in money and personal belongings when they located in the Sturgeon Creek district of Manitoba. "Today the Dielmans hold title to some $25,000 worth of farm proper- La, including a 200 -acre Sturgeon ke farm, and are renting op- erating o - Ming a second farm preparatory to purchase. `A sizable contribution to Can- ada's population growth was made the Spring twf 1952 when Johannes Griffioen arrived .with his wife and children and rented a farm prop - at Abbotsford, B.C. `iter, the family established themselves on a neglected 170 -acre farm in the Fraser Valley. With farm loan assistance from the Govern- ment, the property was purchased for $20,000 and under the new own- ership the farm has been revitalized and is profitably producing. "Six adult children of Johannes Griffioen, working full time, contri- bute nearly $1,300 monthly to the family income which, in a fashion typical of the Dutch family groups, is `ploughed back' into the farm." These experiences, added to the similar cases known to many throughout the county, prove that there continue to be opportunities for Canadians on Canadian farms. As the News -Chronicle put it, "there are still excellent opportunities for people willing to work hard and in- telligently, and to put first things first." What Other Papers Say: The Can Opener. (St. Thomas Times -Journal) The can opener has revolutionized our methods of preparing food, has saved countless hours for the house- wife over the hot stove, and has kept the family budget down to reason- able limits. What is more, it has made the mys- teries of the culinary art less forbid- ding to bachelors who before the can opener came along depended on boil- ing eggs in water if they had to feed themselves. The can opener has in this one im- portant respect made the female of the species less essential—for surviv- al at least. Is It Necessary? (Toronto Financial Post) Surely modern science can do bet- ter than this. In the age of electronic eyes and brains and supersonic speeds, which can put you in England almost be- fore you leave home, can't anyone do anything about those unsightly tele- visions aerials in this otherwise streamlined era? Here certainly is a challenge to technology. Can anyone build a low- priced TV set that doesn't need an aerial so high it scrapes the dust off ducks flying past? We've heard TV men explain. There are waves this way. Waves that. Electronics. Tuners. Fre- quencies and all the rest. But still the layman asks'. Must civilization expect that from now to Doomsday, everysunset, every gaze for clear blue sky, every landscape, WiII be wrecked- by monstrosities of wires and rods rising high above the rooftops? License Plates of '55 (Ontario Information) A new design of motor vehicle registration plates for 1955 is an- nounced by Minister of Highways, George H. Doucett, who gave several reasons for the change, so that no letters will appear on the first 999,- 999 passenger car plates. The new plate will be of standard size, 6 by 12 inches, all figures being 31/2 inches. Upon reaching the mil- lion mark, one letter will be used for each 100,000 plates. Size of figures on the new plates will be one-half inch shorter than those on the pres- ent plates, but the legibility of the plate will be increased by reason of the discontinuance of the three-inch letters. Another reason for the change is that a registration plate is only as legible as the smallest figure or let4 ter thereon, Mr. Doucett states. Sec- ond reason is that there has been considerable confusion in noting the letters on registration plates particu- larly- with the letters V, Y, N, M, C and G. Third reason is that Ontaio is co- operating with all other Provinces and the States in the United States in adopting a standard size plate at the request of the automobile manu- facturers who plan with their 1956 models to provide a better means of attachment and illumination, partic- ularly of rear registration plates. "No other Province and but one State has Iarger figures on their plate," Mr. Doncett said. "That is the State of New Jersey; they use. letters on their plates and the letters are but 2. inches in height," ilin3Rum* EXPOSITOI' SEEN iN THE COUNTY PAPERS Celebrates 70th Birthday Thirty 11ve members of Mr. L. H. Rader's family gathered at his home on Thursday to celebrate his 70th birthday. After an enjoyable get-together, Elgin Rader read a short address and, on behalf of the children and grandchildren, El- mer Rader presented him with a folding lounging chair — Exeter Times -Advocate. Valuable Calf Killed • A calf valued at $80 and owned by Verdun Vanstone, of Benmiller, was killed instantly on Saturday night when it was struck by a motorcycle. Police said the motor- cycle was driven by Lloyd Pen - found, of Londesboro. He was net injured. The accident occurred on County Road No. 15, near Benmil- ler.--Goderich Signal -Star. • Benefit Dance Assists Victim A benefit dance, sponsored by Kippen East Women's Institute in aid of Mrs. John Wood, of Kip - pen, was held in Bayfield pavilion last Wednesday night. Mr•s.•Wood, who was stricken with polio a year ago, has 'been hospitalized since then. At present she is at Lynhurst Lodge, Toronto. Two hundred dollars was realized from the dance and it will be given to Mrs. Wood to help defray hospital expenses. The Norris orchestra provided the music, and Campbell Eyre, Norman Ferguson, of Hen - sail, and George McCartney were the floor managers.—Exeter Times - Advocate. 'Heavy Explosives Tuesday noon a pickup truck carrying high explosives was es- corted through town on their way to the deep well being drilled on the farm of 1Bab Clausius, just a field north of town. The test well has been under operation for a few weeks and at a depth of 1.900 feet a pocket of natural gas was struck approximately a sufficient supply to take care of a dozen families or so. The next move was to blast a big- ger hole in the well, trying to en- large the volume of the gas flow. Just what the ultimate result will be remains to be seen. A large concern is sinking test wells here and these to a depth of 2,000 feet, just to find out what might be in the bowels of the earth,—Zurich Herald. Heavy Damage in Turck Crash An early -morning crash last Thursday sent a Goderich man, Jack Little, to hospital after a truck he was driving, missed the turn at the intersection of Bayfield road and, Britannia Road, and smashed through guard rails. He was later released from hospital after X-rays had been taken. Po- lice said the truck, , which was damaged to the extent of about $1,000, also crashed through a checkerboard sign before it was stopped. Little was unconscious when police arrived our the scene and was rushed to hospital. The intersection has been the scene of several accidents in recent years, the last one having occurred only a few months ago. The driver in that accident was not hurt--Gode- rich urt--Godo-rich Signal -Star, Garden Damage Laid To Cutworm For some weeks now, tomatoes and flowers in Goderich gardens have been given a severe going over by some type of worm And we don't mean the boy next door! "Army worm" is the guy who has been getting the blame right along. Now along comes some O.A.C. pro- fessor who says it is not the army worm but the variegated cutworm. Regardless of what kind of species it is, the worm in local gardens has been cuttin some pretty nasty capers. In some tomato gardens there is hardly a single tomato that hasn't a big nasty hole drill- ed well into it. Try dusting the base of your plants and the sur;, rounding ground with a 3 to 5 per cent D.D.T. powder is advice giv- en to the worried gardener by an alleged expert. — Goderich Signal - Star. Despite Blindness, Merchant Active Mr. Orville Frayne, of Forest, who is well known to many in this community, leads a full and active life in spite of the fact that he has been blind for the past 41) years as a result of being hit in the eyes with a piece of salt when he was a child. Ever since he left the Cana- dian National Institute for the Blind in Brantford, he has been self-supporting. In 1923 he open- ed up a store in Forest where he sells tobacco, cigarettes, soft drinks and hundreds of other items which he can taken from the shelf for his customers with the accur- acy of a sighted' person. Mr. Frayne does his own cooking and laundry. His favorite pastime is a game of cards. He punches Braille marks on his cards and the other players announce what cards they are playing. He also enjoys horse rac- ing. Besides keeping his store, Mr. Frayne finds time to bur cattle, shear sheep, make leather ,belts, rubber mats and magazine racks and repair cane -bottomed andwick- er chairs. A friend of 20 years standing said of Mr. Frayne: "If he had his sight he would probably be a millionaire. He reduces ev- erything to essentials and deals with them in the light of his good business sense." — Exeter Times - Advocate. To the Editor Toronto, August 23, 1954. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear $ir: The'sSalvation Army .Red Schield. Appeal is now at the point where we can say with rea- sonable certainty that, when the delayed campaigns are completed, the national objective will be as- sured. Our press clipping service re- turns have indicated that this year, perhaps more than ever 'before, Canadian newspapers have been behind the Salvation Army in its appeal for funds. The generous news coverage and the very sym- pathetic and wide support given is a source of genuine satisfaction to Salvation Army leaders. We should, therefore, like to ex- press to you, your staff and your newspaper the very warm thanks of The Salvation Army for your understanding and co-operation. Yours sincerely, L. BURSEY, Sr. Major National Campaign Director "But Bertha, how did you make the acquaintance of your second husband?" "It was quite romantic. You see, I was crossing the street with my first husband, when my second bus: band came along in a car and ran him down. That was the begin- ning of our friendship." • "Which weeds are the easiest to kill?" asked, the young man of Farmer •Sassfras, as he watched that good man at work. "Widow's weeds," replied the farmer, "You have only to say, 'Walt Thou' and they wilt." CROSSROADS (By James Scott) PEACEFUL IN THE COUNTRY There used to be a lot of old jokes and sayings about how quiet it is in the rural fastnesses of this land. Things like: You can hear the grass grow, or I couldn't sleep a wink last night for the quiet. Ha! I don't know if any zoo' -suited refugee from the asphalt jungle still makes these quips or not, but if be does one thing certain is that he hasn't been in the country lately. This morning I was up betimes and after breakfast I decided to lie out under the shade of the old Manitoba maple tree and read the morning paper. The weather pre- dictions .were hot and humid, and it seemed a good time to take a few peaceful moments to catch up with the news. Did I say peaceful moments? For one thing, that misplaced new highway they're building to the west of the town. has finally (after two years) reached our area. A mechanized leviathan which must weigh at least six tone, is now busy luggih.g fill from some- where near the railway tracks ov- er to the highway. Or maybe it is taking something away from the highway over to the railway tracks. Or maybe it, is just in a rut and is making the trip for no good reasons whatsoever. Anyway, there it goes, shuttling back and forth, back and forth, making ap- proximately the same noise as' twenty riveters at work on a new steel construction job. Then there is that great boon to oppressed mankind, the power mower. It must be that all the folk in our nelgbbor'hood are par titularly fussy about their lawns. Certainly it seems that there are few hours of any fine day that at least one of these machines is not buzzing away merrily maldngabout the same noise as a fleet of ten heavy duty .tractors. And, of course, we have the tractors too, sending their sweet cadences through the' already overburdened air. Overburdened with sound, that is. I have not yet mentioned the motor cars which still traverse Goderich Street at speeds up to at least seventy miles an hour— and that is only a taste of what we'll get after that road is finish- ed. Or motorcycles and other var- ieties of the motor bike which seem to find our neighborhood par- ticularly congenial. Ana don't forget the planes which every day come from you tell me where, and seem to be go- ing nowhere except in circles over this town. In short, the peaceful atmos- phere of this gentle little town, stuck far away from the madden- ing pace of city pavements, is about as quiet as Toronto's new subway at the rush hour. Yet through it all the flowers still bloom, the birds still sing and the bees still hum. They go right on doing the same things' they al- ways did at the same leisurely pace. Only man can't take it. At the World Congress on Men- tal Health the other day, the Hon. Paul Martin revealed that the peo- ple of this country are requiring more and more hospital care for nervous disorders. It is ai alarm-, ing thing. One of the reasons the experts advance for this frighten- ing state of affairs is that our nerves are tightened by the mech- anized civilization we live in. Here we are, with a worldfull of labor-saving devices which do jobs faster and better, but alas! noisier. The result is that we get the jitters. we turn into cranky oi'd' men and women before Cur time. 'Maybe a little more use of the muscles and a little less noise would save building quite a few mental .hospitals, Years Agorae S Interesting Item, Pinked From The Huron Expositor of Twee - treys sod Fift,, Year Ago From The Huron Expositor August 30, 1929 Mrs. Margaret Maloney, Beech- wood, has, returned after her ex- tended visit with her son in De- troit. Mrs. Alex Jamieson, Brucefleld, is visiting at the home of her brother, Mr. William Stevens, De- troit, this week. Messrs. John and Louis McDon- ald, W'indso`r, who have been spending a few days visiting with friends in Walton, have returned to their home. Mr. W. Cole, Chiselhurst, has dis- posed of his store •business there to Mr. William Fairbairn, who will take immediate possession. Mr. Fairbairn is well known, having re- sided there all his life and no doubt will receive good patronage, Mrs. Nelson Yeo and daughter, of Toronto, have been visiting dur- ing the past week at the homes of Mr. Robert McClinchey and Mr. H. Erratt. Mr. Sam Norris has treated him- self to a new tractor. Sam and his father are among, if not one, of our best farmers: They took first prize this year for the best field of fall wheat. Miss Grace Cooper has returned from a holiday at Wasaga Beach and is spending the remainder of her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Cooper, London Road North, before returning to her duties in London. During the thunder storm which passed over Zurich early Friday morning, lightning killed three valuable cattle and' one colt on the farm of Mr. J. A. Manson, of Stanley Township. Messrs. Owen Geiger and Sou have a large number of Indians and their families from different parts busily engaged in flax pull- ing, as well as others, as they have a large acreage, and to Hen- sall merchants it means the sell- ing of large quantities of food- stuffs as the Indians, in particular, believe in good living and do not stint themselves,. The little son of Melville Tra- quair, a mile or so east of Hen- sall, had his leg broken on Friday through the kick of a horse in their stable. It appeared the little boy was passing a strange horse that was in the stable when it kicked quite viciously, breaking the boy's leg above the knee. Fortunately his father was near at hand and quick- ly carried his little son into the house, where medical attendance was at once secured. Mr, W. M. Stewart, Seaforth, has sold his residence on North Main Street to Mr. Wilson Campbell, of McKillop, who will get possession in October. Mr. Stewart intends fitting up living rooms over the pool room in his block on Main St. • From The Hugon Expositor August 26, 1904 Miss Carrie M. Knight, the clev- er student Of the Seaforth Colleg- :ate Institute, secured the Prince of Wales scholarship, the Edward Blake scholarship for general pro- ficiency-, and three other Edward Blake scholarships, at the recent matriculation examinations. • Mr. Thomas Carbert, of Hullett, left Tuesday on a trip to the Old Country in the interests of his health. Mr, Charles Avery and family, of Tuckersmith, left for their new ',home in Alberta on Saturday last. On Thursday evening prior to their departure, old friends and neigh- bors met at his brother John's home and presented Mr. Avery with a morocco bound Bible and• Mrs. Avery with a set of silver teaspoons and a shawl. Orville, 9 -year-old son of Mr. Jos. Rapson, of Hullett, had a narrow escape from meeting with a ser- ious accident on Friday, He was driving a team and binder when the horses became frightened and ran away. The binder was badly broken when the team was stop- ped, but Orville escaped unhurt, al- though he had been thrown from the seat and became fast in the machine. Owing to the increase of busi- ness and revenue at the St. CoIum- ban post office, post office orders will be issued and cashed there on and after Sept, 1, 1904. Joseph. J. Carlin and T. J. Mat- thews left St. Columban for Mani- toba on Tuesday morning, Mr. and. Mrs. Thomas Melady, Hibbert, and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Feeney, Staffa, spent Sunday at Beechwood, the guests of Mr. and Mrs, Holland. The following were ticketed to distant points this week by Greig & Stewart, C.P.R. agents: ,Miss K. Cowan, Seaforth, and Miss Calder, Brussels, to Porti Arthur; William Elder and Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart, Tuckersmith, to Vancou- ver ancouver and• return; Miss Hays to Win- nipeg; Miss Govenlock and Miss Laird, S'eaforth, to Port Arthur. They all go by boat from Owen Sound. Tihe energetic threshing company at Chiselhurst are doing a rushing business this year under the .able management of Mr. Matt Clarke, They have a first class machine in every respect. It is one of Strat- ford make and a narrow cut at that which means that the farmers will get a good job done who get this machine to do their work. An- other inducement to them will be that they are only charging $1.60 per hour., Mr. Alvin Braithwaite, Detroit, is at present spending his holidays with his parents in lLondesboro. AUGUST 27, 1944 "Keeper of the Trees", (By MRS. M. G. DQIGI (Continued from last week) The men were grateful and Colin muttered to Nels. "I don't think they are lousy or have the itch, but we won't be us- ing the bags again, so 1t doesn't matter." Beneath the calf gaze of the moon and by the light of the dick- ering fire, a weird ceremony took place beside the pond in the old gravel pit. First, the men washed themselves and then they washed their clothes. By the time they were flushed, •Colin's bar of soap was just a thin sliver, and the Big One held it up apologetically. Colin vvaiveaaat away with a gandiose gests"re. 'This is our last night on th, road," he said. "Nels has to go back to school the day after to- morrow." "You're not real bums, are you?" It was more a statement of tact than a question from the Small One "Just pseudo bums," said Colin. "But we've had a lot of fun," The two tramps were lying smdk- ing, their lower extremities encas- ed in the sleeping 'bags. When the weather's right, and the luck isn't running dead against you, there is no life can touch it," said the Small One, his eyes fixed dreamily on the fire. "Nobody to boss you, nobody to say do this, do that, do the other thing! I guess I've had three hundred different jobs since 1 came out of the Army in 1919, and sooner or later I've said to hell with them all. There used to be a burn out in B.C., who carried books of poetry in his pockets instead of grub. No fool- ing! We would meet up with him two or three times in a season and he would always read us that one: "Therefore, from job to job I've moved along, Pay couldn't hold me when -my time was done;, For something in my head upset me all, Until I'd dropped whatever 'twas for good; And out at sea beheld the dock lights die, And met my mate—the Wind that tramps the world." "All he had to do was read •that "through once and within five min- utes I was ready to take off for parts unknown." "Is that the wind that tramps `the world that's fluttering those pants up. on the bank there?" in- quired the Big 'One, cocking a humorous eye skyward. The Small One looked at him reproachfully. He's always trying to take the romance out of life," he explained to Colin. "If I see -a far -away hill that looks green, he's sure the cat- tle have been there first and plas- tered the place with their trade- marks; if I see a valley I want to explore, he is sure there are snakes in it. Take tonight. He didn't want to. get off here; he wanted to stay in that danged sheep car and go on up to Beaver Meadows and sleep in the park. And look what we found! A fire ready lit and two nice guys with grub and soap and sleeping 'bags! And it's always like that. I get a good idea and he throws cold water on it. I don't see why I put up with him." The Big one reached out a hand like a ham attached to. a long, hairy arm and patted the Small One on the head. "Because your my buddy, shrimp, and you know the only way' you will ever shake me is to get mar- ried to some dame that doesn't like me. And the kind of dame you would have wouldn't marry a bum, and the kind who would, you wouldn't have So I'm not worry- ing, pal." ,"How long have you chaps been on the road?" inquired Colin, cur- iously. "Since 1929? That seems a long time." "I started out in 1930," said the Big One. "But Shrimp '-erre has been on the road off and'on since he came home from the first war. There's some -excuse for me — I couldn't get a job for love or money, but he was a tramp dur- ing the good times." I'l1 tell you how 1t was," said the Small One, confidentially, "I don't tell everybody why I'm a bum, only folks who look as if they would know what I was talking about. You, Mister," pointing his finger at Colin, "you're sixty Sixty- five?" "Seventy," said Colin, "Is that right? You don't look it if you'll accept the compliment. Let me ask you one question: why should I work?" "Because," salt' Colin, gently, "it's the law of life. Have you for- gotten the rest of that poem about the tramp?" "I've turned my hand to most and turned it good, For him that -lath not work will surely die." "My boy, I'm not saying you should settle for life to .one job. That is probably beyond you. But unless you do a reasorfa.ble amount of useful work, the day will come when you will have lost the power of doing anything. And. when that day comes you may Well say that it were better if you had never been born. We are all a part of one great life, and the mission of ev- ery human being is to lift 'the world's heart higher. Excuse the preaching, will you? Nels here will tell you that these spells strike me every once in a while," "That's all right. I asked for it. And I'm not so unreasonable as to find fault when I get what I ask for. Now we'll get down to cases. You've worked, I suppose, practically all your life?" "Since I left school at fifteen," "And you are still doing a cer- tain amount of work, even though You have taken to the road for the time being?" "Yes; I have a little farm. I keep some hens that lay well, some cows that give milk; I have a garden and every year I set out a bunch of little trees." "Okay! Now, supposing that gravel bank up there should slide down and bury the four of us right here. How much difference will it make a hundred years from now that you've worked all your life and I've done practically nothing?" The Small One leaned on his el- bow lbow and survey Colin triumphant- ly. "And you don't need to teII me about the money you have in the bank or your stocks and bonds. In my opinion, that is so mucin chaff. A bit of inflation like they had in Germany after the war and your money is gone; a crash in the stock markets like they had in 1929 and your stocks and bonds are gone.'' "I understand, and I'm not con- sidering either the money or the stocks and bonds. As you say,. they are so much chaff. But—the effort that money and those stocks, and bonds represent isn't chaff. Not by a long shot! Even the lit- tle bit of work I do now isn't chaff. The eggs my hens lay help to put. bone and muscle into the bodies of the people who eat them; the but- ter that is made from the cream of my cows builds up the people who spread it on their bread. I've al- ways been interested in planting trees just like young Nels here— and I've planted thousands in my day. The great majority of them are still living and growing. Some, day they will be floors in rooms,. doors to keep the cold out, furni- ture to make life pleasanter; even - the trees that are used as fuel will have served a useful purpose. T make no mention of the four fine • children 1 begot and reared -•one or two of them a little stuffy with prosperity, I'll admit, .but good, up- right citizens. And for heaven's sake don't get me started on my grandchildren! Why, even young-- Nels here has helped to plant hun- dreds of trees that will live on, no • matter what happens to him. If, as you say, the four of us lay un- der a few tons of gravel, Nels and I will live on in the work w e have done in the past, but all you will ' be is a battered corpse in a gravel pit." The Small One was flabbergast- - ed. "I wish we had gone on to Beav-' er 'Meadows like you wanted," he ; said, plaintively. 'This guy's go-• ing to have me wo'rkiflg the first - thing you know. No more argu- ments, or I'll go up on top of the• bank and sleep with the .washing." More wood was piled on the fire' and Nels and Colin were given priority for the warm places on. either side of it. It was warm in the hollow out of the wind and they did not expect to miss their sleeping bags. "Grandad," Nels muttered, as they banked the fire, "do you tbinit we should both sleep at the same time? These fellows might go off with our stuff." Colin shook ,his head, decidedly. "'They're not that kind, lad. And• besides, one of the greatest phil-• osophers said, 'Treat men greatly' and they will show themselves great'. They'll be here in the, morning, II And they were. .And a strange looking pair: they made, standing by the fire, stark naked, holding their clothes in front of the flames to complete the drying process. Ev- eryone took a dip in the pond be- fore breakfast and emerged shiv- ering from the icy spring waters. By the time breakfast was over the food was getting scarce. The bread was gone, the meat was done and there was only enough• tea for one more canfull. The two tramps went poking along the gravel bank with the shovel looking for more food caches,, but only unearthed two tins of dried beef hidden by some unknown vagrant. "It's a shame to take them,"' said the Small One. "If this were the Yukon at the time of the gold rush we could be hanged for it. But these may have been here quite a while. They look kinda old to me - The guy who put them there may have died under the wheels of ar- sheep car, or he may be a lifer is some penitentiary, or," rolling his eyes in the direction of Colin, "he may have met up with a talkative welderly gentleman who believes in ork," Colin smiled at the two hoboes genially. There was something very attractive about the pair. "Have you chaps any idea how far it is to the nearest store? We followed the river and it led us off the beaten track. We have scarcely 'any idea where we are. I'd like to get enough food for din- er and then I suppose we'll have tno strike out' for the nearest high way and thumb our way back tothe haunts of men," "There's a whistle stop about a mile up the railway track," said the Big One. "You can buy sand- wiches and ice cream and choco- late bars at a roadside stand there. But you aren't buying it all. The ofShridough, so how about Ietting us- mp and I still have a little bit help?" The change in the pockets, was pooled and counted and' there was plenty. Colin saw no necessity for producing his billfold and contents. He had no distrust of their new _ friends, but after all there was such a thing as common sense. So Nels started off carrying the hav- ersack and with instructions as to food and tobacco, especially to - beam). As he was disappearing ov- er the brow of the hill, the Big One shouted a last warning. ".Don't forget the cigarette pa. Iters and tobacco," Nels thumbed his nose and shouted back: "if you don't shut- "My hut. (Contianed on Page 7) 5' 4 f� T d 4 a 4