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The Clinton News Record, 1932-03-31, Page 2PAGE 2 'Clinton News=Record With which is Incoiperated THE NEW ERA 'Terms of Subscription -$2.00 Per year in advance, to Canadian o..d- dresses; $2.50 to the U.S. or oth- er foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid, unless at, the dptiori of the Publisher. The date to nehich every subscription is paid js denoted on the label, 4dvertising Rates—Transient adver- tising 12e per count line for first "insertion, Sc fur each subsequen'k insertion. Heading mounts 2; lines. Small advertisements,' not to ex- ceed one inch; such as "Wanted", "Lost;""Strayed," etc., inserted once for 30c, each subsequent in- sertion 150. Rates for display ade vertising made known on appiica- ticen. Communications iptended'for pub- 2ieation must, as a. guarantee, of good ]faith, be accompanied by the name; •of the writer. A4'x. E. HALL, - "M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor. M. D. McTAGGART Banker - A. general Banking Business transacted. Notes Discount- gid• Drafts Issued. Interest 'Allowed on Deposits. Sale Notes Purchased. H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer 'Financial, Real Estate and Fire In. •surance Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division Court Office, Clinton. 'Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. rEarristcr,' Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.G. •Sloan Block ' — Clinton, Ont, CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, etc. 'Office over J. E. Hovey's Drug Stere CLINTON, ONT. V. T. FOLEY 'Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public. Estate and General Practice in all 'Courts. Money to loan. New Bank of Toronto Bldg., London, Ontario. 'Phone: Office Metcalf 1723; resi- •elence Metcalf 2172. 38-12. B. R. HIGGINS Notary Public, Conveyancer General Insurance, including Fire 'Wind, Sickness and Accident, Ante - mobile. Huron and Erie Mortgage -Corporation and Canada Trust Bonds 'Box 127, Clinton,,P.O. Telephone 57, DR. J. + C. 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Phone GEORGE ELLIOTT • !Licensed Auctioneer for the County of .Huron 'Correspondence promptly .answered. !Immediate arrangements can be made 'for Sales Date at Tie News -Record, ''Clinton, or by calling phone 103. "Charges Moderate , and Satisfactior Guaranteed ANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS. TIME TABLE ` • Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Gocierich Diva Going East, depart 6.58 aan (-Going East depart 3.06 pen. *Going West; depart • 11.55 e,m, « rc „ 9.44 pen,. London, 'Huron & Bruce '.Going South 3,08 pen 'Going North 11.58 a ut. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD The sun went down over • the mountains as the .stagecoach rattled over the pass toward Mioleeilie. A sudden coolness descended immediate- iy. Before the light had faded .com- pletely away the breaths of the 'hor- ses were already showing misty in the chill. The girl in the stage shiv- ered and drew her coat more closely about her and rearranged 'the lap-. robe her companion had somewhat officiously adjusted.' The . driver turned his head and spat. "You fellers;"• he observed ac- idly to a pair of lounging figures in. the :back ofthe stage, "y'might get that artillery of yours unlimbered. Make a show o' eernin' yuh pay any- how." A match glowed as a cigarette was •lighted. There was the creaking of leather as if 'holsters were being eas- ed into position. Inside the coach the girl stirred 'uneasily. _ "Mr. Tilford, are those men guards ?" - "Of course," said the man beside her; easily. "Just a precaution of course. There's no real danger: The girl frowned. "But is the state of things really so bad?" - "Just a precaution," repeated Til - ford easily. Then he added with be- lated gallenetr'y. "The stage has a valuable cargo tonight" "I know," said the girl, her frown persisting, "the mine pay -roll." Tilford' murmured in her ear. "I'll go into details later. It isn't wise to talk just now," Then in bis natural voice, he added. "There's Moleville ahead. You can see the lights a- bout the mine." He pointed, and very far away and far below there were little glowing yellow pinpoints of light; with brighter ones of a different color bunched together. "We're a good ten miles away by 1 road—" The explanation was cut short. The leaders -of ".the team abruptly shied, slowed and came to a stop. "Dawggone!" said a paintive voice from the box. A. boulder had been disloged from the hillside above and now effectual- lybarred the way. The narrawnese of the road and the drop .to the left and the steepness of the hillside to the right ruled out any idea of a de- tcur, A soft voice came from the boul- der strewn hill; "Put 'em np, Jake. It's rho." The driver jerked his arms sky - nerd with a pained expression, "Dawggone yule, Sonny! Yuh make me tired!" "Who's with yuh?" asked the - drawling voice from the boulders. "Tilford, an' a lady, an' a couple fellers." The stage lurched quietly as if a weight had been removed, as if some - One Orad dropped noiselessly to the road. It lurched again. Inside, Til: .ford's teeth chattered suddenly. The girl bit her lip and searched the hill- side with her eyes. Tumbled rocks showed vaguely in the deepening dusk, though the sky was bright with the clear, unilluminating light of the sunset afterglow, There was a eu'ious, deadly still- ness. The drawling voice eame once More.. "I'ru -after the mine payroll Tilford can chuck it out. Sorry t' discommode the lady!" BANG! A .heavy calibre pump gun went off beneath the stage, it went off again. Then there were two guns at work pouring in a deadly, raking fire of .40-70 bullets at the clump of rocks from which the voice seemed to have come. The two re- peaters set up a roaring that eves deafening. From the hillside there was ne re- ply, No flash of flame. No shot, Not even a cry. Below the stage the stabbing flash- es of light spat out, The curious reek of burned powder drifted upware in strangling thickness. The roll of rifle fire •rattled . on and on -.then THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head- Office, Seaforth, Ont., President, J. Bennewies, Brodhag- me vice-president, James Connelly, Goderic)r. See. -treasurer, D. F. Mc- Gregor, Seaforth. • Directors: James Evans, Beech wood; James Shouldiee, Walton; Wei. Knox, Londesbore, Rabt. Ferris; Hu! - lett; John Pepper, Brueefield; A Broadfoot, Seaforth; G. F. McCart- nee, Seaforth. Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. No. 3, Clinton; Jahn Murray, .Seafortht James Watt, Blyth;. Ed. Pinchley, Seaforth. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, nr at Calvin Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be, promptly attended to on applies, tier to any of the above officers addressed to their, respective post of fices. Losses inspected by the direc- tor who lives nearest the scene. suddenly it slackened. One gulf was empty. The rifles clattered in the stone road as they -were dropped and six-guns took their places' in the hands - of the guards. 'The cocking of the six-guns sounded strangely loud in the stillness that fell `about. the stage. And yet there was .silence. No sound of movement from the hill. " Thestage driver sat 'like a 'statue with his hinds held" aloft. The girl in the stage bit her lip again. Tile ford's teeth chattered •on in the still nese ,for a moment" and stopped. Then the driver said in a peculiar bitterness. ""It kinds looks like yuh' got hint this time Tilford" Tilford stirred, He opened his mouth and swallowed, and courage re- turned with a rush, "You -then go ur and rnake sure," he ordered loudly: "If he stirs when you reach him, don't hesitate to shoot! To kill!" There was 'another cautious pause. A movement below the stage. Then another. The two guards moved carefully forward. Their six-guns ready. They reached the first of the boulders—end two shots sounded a'e one. One of the guards spun half trayaround and dropped - his six- gun. The other reeled and .fell. Silence again. The girl gasped in horror now and the chattering.of Til - ford's teeth .was pronounced. Then e voice said quietly. "Don't be seared lady. Neither of 'ern ain't dead. I got one in. the shoulder an' creased the other. They was kinds outlined against the sky." A figure materialized suddenly' am- ong the stones arid came confidently down to the road. It was a young ratan, quite unmasked, in chaps and shirt of orthodox cowpuncher style. "That there," he drawled, "It wan a right good idea, Tilford, but yuh forgot I got brains, too, an' yuh for- got thdre's some light still left.- Pass out the payroll," Tilford's knees crooked automatic- ally, but a small hand was laid on his arm. The girl,made a quick move- ment. A tiny, toy -sized revolver bore more or less steadily upon the highwayman's breast. He was no more than three feet away. "Now," said thegirl crisply, "now you put your hands up!" The itiglrwayman did not obey. In- stead, he looked straight in her eyes and smiled, and then deliberately placed his cupped hand over the muz- zle of her weapon. "I ain't just cern tain. ma'am," he drawled pleasantly, "just Trow t' handle a situation like this. If yuh pull that there trigger, ,yuh'-goin' to mess me all up. But I hope yuh ain't got the nerve t' pull i•." Ile was making no stove to wrest the revolver away. He was smiling at her as he pressed his hand against. the nuzzle. But the flare of triump!• in the girl's eyes faded to a look of horror as she looked involuntarily at her osvn weapon. An explosion -- She gasped in horror at the thought of firing it, pressed close against his flesh. She jerked her hand away in a panic lest it go off. And the highwayman tossed the lit- tle weapon ;in the air and caught it. "Thank you, ma'am," he said gravely. "I'd a' known how to han- dle a gmnnan, but a gunlady is kind - a new out thisaway." His voice changed. "Tilford, hand me that there payroll." Trembling, Tilford obeyed. The highwayman tucked the satchel un- der his arm. "I'm right sorry to've held yuh up like this, ma'am," Ile said apologetically. "I'll leave yuh gun on the boulder yonder. Art' I'd kinda like to compliment yuh, ma'am, on tryin' to stick me up, if pub wouldn't mind." The girl hadrecoveredfrom the horror that hadmade her drop the gun. Now she seemed: angry at her own weakness. "You needn't," she said angrily, "I'nt sorry I was too startled!" "I'm glad you was, ma'am," ' said the outlaw, with the beginning of a smile hovering about his lips. "That there was my gun hand." "I've heard of it," the girl flared suddenly, "You're Sonny Hohnan and you've killed enough men with that gun hand! " You claim to • own the Aztec mine. You rob its pay- rolls and its shipments of ore. You've nearly- bankrupted it, all with yonT gun hand! I can see you'd miss it!" The outlaw grinned; deprecatingly. "Somethin' like that, ma'am, all but the killin's. I deny them right em- phatic. But y'see I do own the mem an' this here is the only way I can collect what's due me." The girls fists 'clenched. "I'll hope to be present when you do collect what's due yowl" '.'Shucks:' protested Sonny,. "yuh wisltin' a ,jinx on me, ma'am• Rut I'll promise yule to referrii, ma'am„ just as soon as I'm settled with that: son of' a gun that clantts't' own the Az- tec." • '.'Laurier, of course!" .said the girl scornfully. "Yes'm," said Sonny politely, "J. H. Laurier, ma'am.' From your tone ma'am, I kinda gat:iter yuh don't en- joy my society. I'm sorry to've both- ered yuh; 'I didri't,:expec' to see yuh, ma'am. ` I'd kinda hoped to find Laurier on 'board tonight. I eee'n that'll have to be my excuse for up, settin' yeth." He started to back a- way: • "I see," said the girl crossly, "you're not only out es a thief "tonight, but as a murderer."' n instant his jawwas a. man, Ma'amdily. se maize the mad ye venomously. "Shutstopped. For a clenched, "If you a'am," Ise began unstea Jake interrupted from the driver's at. "Yuh're goin'to at t,.' Sonny," he. said Shut up an' git that stone outer the way. This is four tines .yuh held me up an' one. clay I'm goin'.t4. get real fretted an' blow hell outer yuh." The highwayman seethed to be struggling to control his temper. He grinned suddenly and swept off his hat. "Ma'ain," he drawled, ."I pay yuh the compliment of sayin' yuh. made me madder than any man I ev, er saw. lent Laurier murdered my uncle •when he stole the Aztec, even if he hired it done.. I,11 give Mini a gun, ma'am, an' I'll give hint ,a fair show, but I'll kill him assure as Gawd made li'1 green apples." The girl.shrank back. The outlaw turned on his heel and went to the boulder. IIe laid her little weapon down' and rounded a curve in the road. A,'' moment later a horse's hoofs were heard; clattering away , along -the 'rocky road. They dwind- led in the distance and ceased. (To be continued.) Was it Murder? Detective stories do happen. An - English army officer at Aldershot, set at dinner with his wife the even- ing of June 20. They bad been mar; ried only seven months; it was be second marriage. They had been served a pair of itfane'hurian part- ridges sent to England in cold stor- age. The larger partridge was serv- ed to him, the.smaller to her. Ii 'took a few bites. "What a ghastly taste this ,+bird has," be said, turning to his wife. "Taste• She merely tasted a email piece. It was intensely bitter. IIe had the bird burned. Lr three hours the young officer was dead. His dog that got apiece of the fowl died the following morn- ing. The doctor's verdict was "death by poisoning from strychnine admin- istered in food." Nothing was found wrong with any other birds in the shipment. News of the officer's sad deatk was published next morning in the news- papers. The following day the vic- tim's father received a telegram from Dublin, at an address know n only tc his intimate friends. It contained three grisly words, "Hooray, hooray, hooray," Police found the telegram had been sent by one "J. Hartigan" whohad given a false address itt Dublin. He itae never been found. The first husband of the young wife was sympathetic, believed foul play had occurred. Besides. he had an excellent alibi, which proved good. New comes the second part of the story related in the Washington Post. In Manchuria, where the part- ridges come from the Chinese often attach berries of nux vomica, the strychnine bush, onto the wild gar- lic which is the favorite food of these game birds. The birds swallow the poison, thus saving the - Chinese the trouble of shooting them. Properly cleaned no harm comes to humans from eating the birds afterwards. Another fact is that in Manchuria partridges poisoned with strychnine are often used for bait in trapping fur -bearing animals. Had . some Manchurian poacher found a trap' so baited, removed .the bird and pre- tended' to have bagged it, and sold it to a game dealer who shipped it to England with others. Who can say; The mystery re- mains Unsolved. • What about the telegram? Well, one guess is as good as another. Per - baps its sender was a soldier or ex, Soldier who cherished a grudge c- gainst the officer. The officer is. now beyond his reach but it was still possible to .oven scores with a brutal telegram that would make his loved ones feel badly. Was the officer murdered . or was- n't lie? Will anyone ever know? HULLETT. T%WNSIl Following is report of. S. S. No. 7, iullett, for Miarelt: Sr.. Sre—Jean McCallum, 90; Mil- dred, Bell, 88. ' Jr: Sud—Isabel Brigham; 90; Rob- by Pollard, 78; Irene. MteCailum, (ab- sent.) • 2sid—Lydia Bell, 85. • Pr.!Bi11y Pollard, Doris Lear. --Olive A. Moon, teacher. few Game Nursesy for. Manitoba• LargestRerd of. Elk in Canada Found in Riding Mountain Park Riding litouiitain Park in: Central Manitoba, recently set ,aside by the Canadian Government .as a"-perntan- ent National. Paris, promises toe be> conte one of the most remarkable natural -zoos in the evened. Although there areno cages in the whole 1,400 square miles of its extent, visitors may here make personal acquain- tance with all kinds of Canadian wild life, including several .assorted var- ieties of bear, moose, deer,'ibeaver, marten, and even buffalo, a small herd of those rugged creatures have ingbeen transferred to the park from Wainwright, .Alberta, In the confines of the park these animals roam in complete freedom, protected from the hunter and propagating their kind under ideal conditions. • As in other Canadian game sanc- tuaries, the'animals of hiding Moun- tain Park are quickly, losing their ing stinctive fear of man, so much AO that their friendly visits to the carne fire in search of tit bits from the larder have become one of the most .attractive features of the park for all who love the great outdoors. In the park also are found some 3,000' Elk, the largest'herd in the whole of -Canada, and almost any' morning early, visitors to the park may -see bands of 50 to 100 of these magnifi- cent creatures browsing casually ae none the lush marsh grasses which border the ,smailer lakes. Itluch work has recently been done to improve conditions for visitors to the park. The golf Course on Clear Lake has been still further condit- tioned for the coining summer and facilities fee tourists added to. New traile running to its farthest eon, fines have also been cut .through the forest for the benefit of hikers and trail riders. With the Canadian Na- tional Railways line running within easy striking distance, Riding Moun- tain Park 'becomes one of the mesh accessible national play grounds in Canada for residents of Manitoba 'end western Ontario, and offers a new area of exploration for those who seek fresh fields in Canada's unspoil- ed hinterland. New Discovery Reaches Cause of Stomach Gas Dr. Carl found that poisons in the UPPER ,bowel cause stomach gas.• Ilis simple remedy Adlerika washer out the uuper' bowel, bringing out all • s: J. e, gas. E. Iiov Y> Druggist. THURS., MARCID 31, 1932 Canadian Mining In- .° An Interesting Case dustry will Undergo Review The annual meeting: of the Cena- dian Institute of Mi;iing and: Metall- urgy, 'the national' organization re4 presenting the Dominion's' mineral industry, being held, in Montreal on April 5,-6 and 7, is partieu1ut ly not- able both on account of the unusual interest of its technical programme , and by reason of the distinguished guests who will be present. ` The Governor General, Patron of the Institute, will be the guest of honour at the- banquet on April 7th. Ifon, - J. E. Perrault, Minister of Manes for Quebec, will open the meet- ing an4 welebnie the visiting mem- bers to the province. ,A number of other Ministers of the Crown !rani Ottawa and the provincial capitals will be present also. 'The financial side of mining will be discussed at the.iuncheon•on Ap- ril 6th p-ril,6th by A. W. Rogers, of the Can- adian 'Bankers, Association, On the succeeding day Stephen Leacock will give an address on the .economics of- gold. fgold• and silver. Distinguished guests from abroad will include Arthur Notmaff, of New York, President of the American In, stitute or Mining and Metallurgical Eng•ineeis, who will bring up-to-date the discussion of copper that he pre- sented in Ottawa last year. Another prominent guest from the United States will be Scott Turner, Director of the Bureau of Mines et Washing- ton, who spent many of his earlier years in the mining \fields of this country. Charles McDermid, of London, secretary of the Institutior of Mining and Metallurgy, will re- new' the acquaintance with Canada and Canadians that he co5mneneed in 1927 as a leader itt the Empire Min- ing and Metallurgieai Congress. The technical programme ranges all the way from. the radium -silver finds at Great Bear Lake -to the gold finds in the Pascal'is-Louvieourt area of Quebec, and from a study of the mineral position of the British Em- pire to technical details of the latest copper smelters and refineries. The meeting thus promises to be one of the most notable of those held in re cent years and will represent worth. ily the prominent position now held by Canada's mining industry. An interesting case was tried at Crediton Court Iast'Thursday by His Honor Judge T. M. Costello. The hearing of the evidence and render- ing of judgment occupied most of,the day without any adjournment fob lunch. ` Thornton Sherritt, son of the late John Sherritt, ex i?1.P; sued Feed Herr and George Walker, who ' are Executors of the James Walker Estate for the share of a grandson, James Down, which had been assign- ed to hint by Down. The Executors denied having received notice of the assignment in writing, although they admitted having verbal notice. When the estate was distributed they paid the money direct to Dow -n. His Hon- or gave judgment in favor of Sher- ritt for $180.34 and all costs holding that one of the Executoms had .been served with notice. J. G. Stanbury acted for Sherritt, and Frank Don- nelly' for Defendants.—Zurich Here ald, .New Garden Pea Seed In' dustry For Northern B.C. Tests recently conducted at -var- ious points along the Jasper -Prince Rupert line of the Canadian Nation- al Railways in British Columbia in- dicate that garden pea seed equal to the best imported varieties can be grown in that part of the. province. Under the directino of eer.'H. Bow- man, Agricultural representative for the Canadian National Railways, 20 test plots were set aside last year at Vanderhoof, McBride, Prince George and other Northern British Columbia points for the purpose of growing seed stock from domestic peas. The results • were eminently satisfactory,and plans are now be- ing trade to test -the seed still fur- ther during the coming summer un- der strictly commercial conditions in the southern coastal areas of the province, in order to determine the desirability of establishing a pea seed growing industry in the north- ern districts. Should the final tests prove the seed to have a high ger- minating ratio, it is likely that much of the pea send for Canada in the future will conte fi'om this part of the Dominion. • At present -Canada e. imports nearly 2,000,000 pounds of pea seed from foreign countries. rr, The World Owes Much To Advertisers All of us would be poorer if there were no advertisements in our newspapers—poorer. in poc- ket, mind, comfort, culture. Advertisements have been called the "Poor man's University," for they are wonderful teachers —wonderful mirrors of the world's scientific and cultural development. It is advertisements which keep us informed about what is being accomplished by the world's best engineers, chemists, research workers and technicians, in every field of human endeavour — in the realms of radio, motor -car and tire manufac- turing, food preparation, remedial .preparations, domestic and personal hygiene, building materials and construction, and agricultural economy, 'home easeinents and 'beautification, If there were no advertisements in our news- papers and magazines, -we'd all slip back -•--back to the levels of life of 50 and 100 years ago. We'd read less, stove about less, lower our living stand- ards, be content with poorer machines, eat coarser foods and wear coarser clothing, live in unattractive homes, do a vast amount of distasteful labor, wear ill-fitting shoes, see ugliness everywhere, have more illness, meet with mare accidents, have more tooth- aches; and our stores would be very dull places in- deed. To' blot out advertisements would be like blotting out the sun—the source of light and ener- gy: Be grateful to advertisers, and show your gratitude by buying what' they bring se faithfully ter your attention—in this and other newspapers. And'aclways: remember that Advertisers are world civilizers and your true t1'rierds THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PHONE 4