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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1931-08-06, Page 30 & . / A 7 X ■ i, ■r ROWtNA #IDf f VUMB A COPYRIGHT IQJN THt AUTHOR * * THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, AUGUST «.» m HIGHWAY COST IS $400.00 A MILE I * Maintenance off Highways Rato To Be Cut Year Our Corner An air-liner landed at Croydon re cently, with a cargo of watches. Yet another proof that time flies, Wasted Noise "That young fellow with M-anxd certainly wears Ipbqi efpthes/’ "They don’t impress Maud turns a deaf ear to his suit.” She "But we can’t get a divorce in forward down the steep slope New York,," protested Rowena. "I The arroyo, wrote a story know howAhe would, have to to get it and. cent of money whole trip to pay And what good would that be to any body?" "I’ll give you grounds to get it right in New York," said Peter grim ly. “I’m desperate." "That’s Jike you, peter/’ said Ro wena impatiently. "Thinking only of yourself, as usual.—Well, don’t you think! for a minute that I’m going to get a divorce in New York. Um not going to be made a fool of there be fore all my friends." * “What do you mean—made a fool of?" Peter demanded. "Why, having everybody think I’m so no-good I can’t hang on to a husband for two months!—-No, if it comes to that, I’ll give you grounds.’ "You’ll what?" "Give you grounds for a divorec?’ "What grounds?” “The same, grounds .you so mag nanimously offered me." “Rowena, are you crazy? A wom an can’t do a thing like that”, Why, it—it would ruin you. You're crazy!’ "Oh, am I? Well, let ipe t’ell you one thing, Mr. Peter Blande!' I’d rather have my friends think I step ped out on you two months after cur marriage than that I couldn’t keep you from stepping out on me. It’s much more flattering, I assure you!’ "You would, Rowena, I honestly believe you would. You’re, just that Although Peter was furiously dumb/’ said Peter. "However let’s angry, highly humiliated, and blam-jnot fight o.verJ getting the'divorce ing, Rowena for everything, he was today. The thing to agree on now kind at heart and could, not resist is that we’ve got to put up with the plaintive pathos in her voice, ‘ rooms adjoining or ensuie and say usually so crisp and cool. I no more about separate floors.” K "Good night, Rowena," he said j “If you’re too proud to ask'for anore pleasantly than she had any separate floors, I’ll do it," said Ro- right to expect. “Don’t worry. I Everything’ll be all right.” | After a sleepless1 night Peter w'as' down in the lobby, at .an unbeliev-.^ably ea’rlv hour. But early as it -was, I ‘‘Yes that would do me a lot of he .did nd*t precede the interested: ^ood, wouldn’t it," demanded Peter, smiles and stares of the day staff j “That would-certainly save my face! which had replaced the night work-1 have my wife sail up to the desk 'and register for me and ask, for rooms on separate floors. Oh, y.es, that would make everything fine and dandy.” - . ... - .- - ■ ■ <T’m not your wife,” stormed Ro wena. “No, thank God. "I’m—I just happen to be married so yoii—iby accident. A—sort of de tour.” . j "Worse luck,” growled Peter. ! . ROwena opened the door and pair. Sprang out., j | "Key to the city, lady and gent," “What dre you going to do? Walk, he said with a great laugh, to Yellowstone?’ “I am going,” ly, “to retire in peace to my rumble seat.". “Roweha, I ask you, don’t be any more ridiculous than usual," lie- pleaded. “How’s it going to look-— only two of us in a roadster and you [ riding ^boiling “I’m things- rather blistered in insulted in—in the lap of luxury.” She raised the umibrella with a Habkruff Motors hire Rowena to ac company Peter on a nation-wide tour in their roadster as an ad vertising stunt. At the last min ute Little Bobby is engaged to act as chaperon, A few miles out Bobby becomes tearful at being, parted from* her sweetheart and Rowena insists ion taking her place in the rumble ’so that she can ride with Peter and have him to talk' to about Carter. Rowena gets. Peter to consent to 'divide the •week when ishes Peter omically. The three tourists reach Denver after passing through Buffalo, Chicago and St. Louis. Petei* and Rowena have many tiffs on the way while Carter keeps wiring Bobby to return to, ■ New York. The morning after, they reach Denver, Peter and Rowena dis cover Bobby has deserted them and returned to Neiv York by train, ‘They are faced with the . .impossible condition of continuing ’ Jtheir trip without a chaperon. . ,» Rowbna suggests to Peter -that they make a "companionate mar riage,” They are married .and go to Cheyenne, their actions, when they ask for rooms on separate floors, tarojase the suspicions of the hotel clerk. They finally succeed in getting rooms,- but not without exciting the laughter of the hotel loungers. ' « i I expense money each it. arrives, and aston- hy eating too- econ- NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY ers—'clerks, telephone operators and elevator boys. Even at -that unreasonable hour there were loungers in the lobby And each and every one of them, .and even the head ^waitress smiling 'in the door o,f the dining-room', knew all about "the young 'New Yonkers married the day before in; Denver who demanded .rooms on separate .floors Confusion stung his face with burning red. Fie went up-stairs, walked up, to Rowena’s room and knocked .sharp ly. "Y-6&—who?" called Rowena, in a "bright voice that had obviously been 'schooled to register good nature in the face of adversity. "Me,” he answered surlily. ‘Chuck your things into your bag and get out of here." "Flow abopt breakfast?" "The hell with breakfast.” "O. K-, by me," called Rowena, in the maddening voice of one who has ^stoutly enjoined one’s inner soul to ■smiles and sweetness. And.. indeed •even in her sleep Rowena .had been reminding .herself that she must be very patient with Peter for a few days, as he was apt to be just the least bit in' the world cross about the .state of affairs. ‘ Within an hour they were hurling the dust of Cheyenne from the wheels of the roadster and. as soon •as, the last outpost of the city lay buried in the past Peter pulled Off to the side of the read and drew up to a grinding stop. Then ho turn ed to Rowena and his was. not the look of a ' newly married" man. "Well, you see. what fools we, made of ourselves," he began. "I hope you’re satisfied." "I’m terribly sorry," said Rowena humbly. "I feel just wretchedly .about everything. But I -couldn’t possibly foresee Such awful compli cations, now could I, Peter? What experience have I had with htisbahds and hotel registers and -such mon strosities?" "We’ll just have to make the best of a suite or 'adjoining rooms here after," said Peter more kindly. "It’s this demanding separate floors that makes them give u.s the razzberry." But we can’t have connecting rooms, peter,” protested Rowena un happily. "We just can’t. We have to be terribly careful tabout things like that or wo can’t get it annulled. Don’t you see,- Peter, if we stay in adjoining rooms clear across the country, nobody in the world is go ing to believe we—-we really did— .stay in adjoining rooms." "Then we’ll have to got a divorce instead of an annulment, I am not gding to make a fool Of myself like that again,” j let’s It wouldn’t take a very large ceme tery to (hold the people who killed themselves working. Maintenance costs, not including new pavements, on the 330 miles of Western Ontario provincial highways under the direction of the London branch office will this year amount to about $125,000, jt is estimated,. This represents a substantial, de crease in the cost per mile, but there is not such a wide variation in the aggregate cost from the figures of last year, since about 30 additional miles was assumed by the province in this district last year. Maintenance work roads is inclusive of activity, such as snow ing, gravelling .and a pair jobs. The 'oast year will work out to a than $400, it is believed. « Highways engineers are in recipt of definite from the department in Toronto to reduce maintenance charges by about 25 per cent, this year from the figures submitted in 1930, This can 'be done without lowering the stan dard of the highways system, since an extensive program was carried on last year, permitting a considerable ’ "easing, off" during the present seas on, it is pointed out. ba-ye, they Wrong Number Again "Auntie, did you ever (have a pro posal?"' t "Once, dear. A gentleman asked me to marry him over the telephone, but he had the# wrong number,”«, Some people complain that can’t face their bills. ; They might try to foot them. into But the hungry water, -I^s if jealous of this boldness, roared i. The car swung slid away from the road and the river tossed 'it lighted down-stream and drove it securely into a crevice among the rocks, Rowena,’ suddenly aroused from her exhausted sleep, had started up in terror at sight and sound of the torrential river bearing down upon theim. Prompted by an 'annate im pulse she struggled quickly up to the seat of the rumble, intending to jump, but the car was fluntg violpnt- ■ ly from beneath her and. cheated of her insecure foothold She fell head long, faice downward, in the icy wa ter. Peter, stunned by the unexpected onslaught of water, was startled to action at»sight of Rowena whipped, helpless agains the rocks/by the ir resistible flood. ( “You Tittle fool—what did you jump for?” he shouted, but even as he spoke die was out of the car and in less than a moment had her firm ly in his arm. Slowly he drew her back until they had the support of the car behind them against the cold, pressure of lie water. “I-^zdidn’t!<” she shouted .as soon as she recovered her breath. "Fell." "Sorry ” roared Peter regretfully. "My fault: Shouldn’t have tried it! —no good racing a!, river!” “Cheerio!” comforted Rowena loudly. ’ "You nearly mad£ it!" Other cars pulled up beside ths iiew-horn river, and the occupants lent their willing assistance in get-^p ting Pet'er and Rowena safely up on shore. And Peter, against the ad vice of the tourists- and the frighten ed orders of Rowena, went immed iately back to the ('car for their bags. “All the clothes we've got,” she explained cheerfully. "They’re impor tant.” ^.Fortunately ,the bags were not yet soaked through and except for a few articles oil top the contents were dry,. Rowena ‘and peter, sdhking wet, hur riedly got out dry clothes and then paused abruptly, regarding both the crowd and each-other with timorous hesitancy. "I’ll have my tent up in a jiffy,” said a big red-faced. Kansas farmer witli loud * kindliness. “River’ll ‘be down by morning!, but we’ll all have to pitch camp here tonight. Give'''a hand there, youngster.” * And before he had finished an nouncing his kind intentions, he had raised a diminutive tent .and extend ed its hospitality to the' dripping protested Rowena. about that once- , „„ ----,, ... Jaws are, One of us I down upon them go fo Reno or Paris • powerless beneath his hand, it would tg,ke every we can save on the f or the. divorce.on provincial many lines of clearance, oil medley of re- per mile little this5 less said, to be information r PENNINGTON—ELSON Miss Irene M. Elson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Elson, Pank'hill, and. Clare Pennington, son of Mrs. D, Pennington and the late Mr. Pen nington, -of Parkhil'l, were married in .St. James’ Anglican Church, Park hill, recently, Rev. F. L. Lewin ficiated. Of- Whenever you get something for nothing, somebody else (gets nothing for something. Younig; wit 'beware of tihe girl who is too lazy to return your ltisses,-— Chicago Daily News, Too Many The Sorrowful Que: "The trouble I with me is I’ve got one wife too miany—an’ I ain’t no bloomin’ biga mist, neither.”- * ■Cheer up! Maybe this time next year you will wonder why you felt sp blue at this time this year.-— Shelburne Economist. ’ 4 Such is Fume Teacher—"Who was George Wash ington?" I Pupil—"He’s the guy whose wife , makes candy. A company can no more buy its own shares than a dog ‘can live by eating Swift. Lucky Go-incidence Motorists (held, up for speeding); “I was hurrying to town to see my , x , ± solicitor."real test of any mans great-j Traffic Cop (writing ihis ticket): . "Well,,, you will have some moreI news for him now." its own tail.—iMr, Justice The ness lies in making other people be lieve it. One secret of success is to get where nobody knows you and pre tend you amounted to something! where you came from. As a rule, the world doffs its hat to they man who makes a mistake and. admits it without resorting to alibi. 6 wena. “I’d rather be embarrassed before a strange hotel clerk than be the laughing stock of . my own friends." z >> •t Peter made a hasty motion to said Rowena cold- Rowena who slipped quickly inside and dropped the flap. . ' , "Your wife, I take it,” said, the to-d-faced Kansan with' a puzzled air., “Yes," said Peter. "But—the tent isn’t so very big—and we’re both so terribly wet—-and besides— I want to have another look at the car. I don’t want it carried- off down the canyon. "Don’t you worry about that car, car is put for the river TRIBUTE TO THE LATE H, C. WILKIN In speaking of.the death of late H. C. WRk’in, of Iroquois, whose tragic death was reported in the Times-Advocate last week, a report to the .Stratford Beacon-Herald from Tavistock has the- following:, "The victim was well and 'favor ably known in Tavistock, where he was the obliging accountant in the local branch of the. Bank of Mont real for three years. During that time both he and -his wife had. be come general favorites throughout the village and districts Both were active members of tihe younger set of the village and had endeared themselves to their many0 friends who will learn with deep re'gret of Mr. Wilkin’s untimely death. He took an active part in the so- 4'<?ial and athletic circles of the vil- Ta^erbeing an ardent"' bowler,/a!nd "a- strong supporter of Tavistock’s hoc key, softball and footbalF teams. I-Ie was a member .of Knox United church and a member of the choir. In fra ternal j circles he was a-member of the Masoni-c order. During the Great War he received painful in juries which resulted in his confine ment in a military hospital for many months, and at one- time little hope for his recovery was entertained. His wife was formerly Vera Mar shall, of Exeter, whom -he married about nine years ago. Before com ing. to Tavistock he was employed in banks at St. Thomas Owen Sound. the Boloney Smart Youth—-"I say, mister, do you keep joints to suit all pures?” Butdher—"Yes” Smart Youth—"Then wbat have you for an empty one?” Butcher—“The cold shoulder, my lad!” ' i . "■ Taken Literally "I ashed her if I could see he? home." "And What did she say?" ' "Said she would send me a picture of it." Good for Nothing "My father’s a doctor, so I can be sick for nothing." "Well, mine’s a preacher, so I can be good for nothing.” thisin the rumble seat in hot sun?” above worrying, about look,” said Rowena, be bounced and bruised the rumble- seal than ’ ^eePs- how ! I’d! and . brother. That there . At least till ‘ down." I (Other -cars pulled up and goes th^ir vicious little click of the snap, ad-1 occupants, joined the enforced camp justed the cushions about hor slender J 011 the river bank. They, put up body, and rode the rumble in solemn ; tents and staked out claims here and grandeur, leaving Peter To fume fu tilely alone in front. It was about the hour of -sunset I when a the west, ed then- "They sudden shadow blackened I a sudden cool breeze touch-; cheeks. must be -having showers in the. mountains," said Peter. But Rowena, deep in a .painful' ! sleep of complete exhaustion, did not answer. . | ’ It was more than showers tbeyi- 'f were having in the mountains—it was cloudbursts,-- one after the other . in torrential downpour, and in less ' time than it took for the cooling : breeze- to weep down tho plain with • refreshment for their tired faces, • every dry creek 'bed and parched ar- i royo that led from the hot moun- ■ tains to the burning plains was flood ed with rushing water from the , heights. He .guided the little roadster along ' ; the yellow mesh road toward another of the narrow rocky gorges through which they had been passin, tcrvals all day long. . his ears grew louder denly it so threatening. west and was wall of water , car sweeping down the little canyon. . Instinctively Ixis foot pressed the .! accelerator. The roaring wall of water was dose but the arroyo it-' self was closer-^-a scant few feet' nway—and in a few minutes the on-' rushing waters would render j passable for cars, The car g at in- The roar in ■closer. Sud- tinded ^ominous and Peter looked to the amazed to see a solid nearly as high as the . there. Children were set to gather hstones and sticks for a fireplace. I ’ All together they ate impromptu ‘supper on the plains, sitting in a •cluster of friendly groups-about‘the : fire, and -afterward as the darkness fell and the stars lit the black sky over the black .prairie, they gathered' closer and talked.1 Some sang, and the men smoked. And presently by twos or by families they crept away to their separate camps for the night "Here’s an old’ mattress you. can use,” said the Kansas farmer, toss ing it across to Peter. "We’ve got another one. It’s not very big but you’re not a very big family. Continued next week FIVF3 DOLT. NOW F AR CHEQUES ARE REED OF STAMl* TAX Ont,—Cheques of five under are exempt from OTTAWA ■dollars and the stahip tax by an amendment, to the war revenue ant, adopted in the. House *oT Commons recently, amendment was proposed by government. The the ofOne of the -qldest residents Goderich in the person of Miss Mary McMahan, died ab Alexandra Marine and General in her 92nd -taught in the erich for 35 ago deceased . her home suffering a 1»W1VUU it im- and fr-om that time- little hope was leaped held for her recovery. Hospital’ on Thursday year.. Miss McMahon public schools of’God- years. Several weeks fell on the stairs d’ broken thigh > ^eroxof l?rat those lies’ Catch them with Aeroxon— clean, convenient, hygienic— the fly catcher with the push pin and wider and longer rib bon. The glue on'Aeroxon is fragrant and sweet. Good for 3 weeks’ service—it will not' dry. - _ AgontaNORTON A. HILL “ 56 Front Street E., Toronto At drug, srocrey & hardware stores, AEROXON fLV CATCHER Gets the fly every time 6 Was Troubled With Indigestion After Every Meal . Dyspepsia, or indigestion, is" tho greatest plague of-hnoddrh civiliza tion, and there is not one in ten.' that is not troubled with it • at some time or other. * The quickest way to get rid of this stomach trouble is to take Burdock Blood Bitters which will promote perfect digestion and tone- up the stomach. Mrs.1 Fred. Woodcock, Kinmountr Ont.,"" writes:—UI was 1 troubled with indigestion after every jneal, and could hardly stand the pain? in my stomach. A friend advised Burdock Blood Bitteis, and after the first bottle I was greatly re lieved. I have now finished the second and can eat anything I likn without that terrible distress after each meal.’” For the past 52 years MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE T. MSLB.URN CO.,' Limited Toronto, Ont. 1 X. * i Mechanics ar e a hobby as well as the life’s work of Henry Blane Bowen, chief of motive power.and rolling stock, Cana dian Pacific Railway, who has an up-to-date machine shop in the basement of his Montreal home. Here he has invented a number of tools now in use throughout the vast shop sys tem of the company and built a series of model stationary and marine engines, to the great delight of his three sons. He came into particular pro minence recentlyasthebuilder of the C.P.R.’s new giant, "8000" type, multi-pressure locomotive, the biggest and most powerful of its kind in the world and unique on the American continent, destined for heavy duty in the Rocky Moun tains. The bic- t u r e s show the . work - shop,' in^i which so ' many of Mr. Bow en’s lei- surchours are spent. Ho prides himself that it is the most complete private plant in Montreal.' Inset, Mr. Bowen is seen operating a milling-machine, which he built with his own hands. The model marine engine, shown lower right, is the latest product of the hobby-shop. Although it is only four inches high and could almost bo housed m a cigar box, it is complete m the minutest detail and gan develop 4000 revolutions a minute. It offers an interesting contrast when considered in comparison with the newest mammoth locomotive- Mr. Bowen built them bothu