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The Clinton News Record, 1933-11-30, Page 2PAGE 2 a.w.w.rsIM Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA Terms of Subscription — $1.60 per year in advance, to Canadian ad; dresses $2.00 to the U.S. or oth- er foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the publisher: The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. (dvertising Rates -Transient, adver- tising 12e per count lime for first insertion. 8e for each subsequent insertion. Beading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements, not to ex- ceed one inch, such as "Wanted", "Lost," 'SStrayed," etc., inserted. onmq for 85e, each subsequent in- sertion 15e. Rates for display ado vertising made known on applica- tion. Communications intended for pub, lication must, as a guarantee of good Faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. G. E. HALL, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor.' II. 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. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Publio Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan Block --. Clinton, Ont, CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, etc. Office over J. E. Hovey's Drug Store CLINTON, ONT. B. R. HIGGINS Notary Publie, Conveyancer General Insurance, including Firs Wind, Sickness and Accident, Ante,- Huron ntesHuron and Erie Mortgage Corporation and Canada Trust Bonds Box 127, Clinton, P.O. Telephone 67. BEATRICE R. GREENE Teacher a Piano, ;Singing and Theory. Studio --Commercial Inn. Phone 172. DR. FRED G. THOMPSON Office and Residence: Ontario Street — Clinton, Ont. One door west ctf Anglican Church. Phone 172 Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted DR. H. A. MCINTYRE DENTIST Offiee over. Canadian National Express, Clinton, Ont. Phone, Office, 21; House, 89. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat, and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION • by manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auetioneer for the County of Huron Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be'made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, er by calling phone 103. Charges Moderate , and Satisfactior Guaranteed. Henri Beauty Shonue Over Counter's Jewelry Store Isaac Street Phone 223, open evenings. 'THE McE ILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Heal' Office, Seaforth, Ont. President, George McCartney, R.R, No. 3, Seaforth; vice-president, Jas. -Oonnolly„ Goderieh•; Sec. -treasurer, Martin A. Reid, Seatorth. Directors: Thomas Moylan, R. R. No, 5, Seaforth; Jaynes Shouldice, Walton; Wm. Knox, 7 ondesboro; Robt. Ferris, Blyth; John Pepper, Brneefield; A. Broadfoot, Seaforth; George Leinhardt, Brodhagen. Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. No. 3,' Clinton; Jahn Murray, Seaforth} •lamas Watt, Blyth; Ed. Pinchley, Seaforth, Any money to be paid may paid to the Royal' Bank, Clinton; Bank of -Commerce, Seaforth, co at Calvin 'Cult's Grocery' Goderich. Parties desiring to effect incur- nnee or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applies.. tion to any of the above officers eddressed to their respective post ot- flees. Losses inspected by the diree for who lives nearest the scene. y 4 x ,, A' ,.T,IC TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows; Buffalo and Goderieh Div. Going Past, depart 7,08 a.m. Going East depart 3,00 p.n. Going West, depart 11.50 a.m. Going West, depart , 9,58 p.nt. London, Huron & Bruce •Going North, ar. 11.34.1ve.11..54 a.m. 'Gtaing South 8.0.8 p.m THE CLINTON NEWS. RECORD .a•mewr D. Acaulous c.: I,UTOCASTCR SERVICE 11X. SYNOPSIS • Ruth Warren, living in the East, comes into possession of three-quar- ter interest in an Arizona ranch, left to her in the will of her brother, re- ported to have died while on business in Mexico. With .her ailing husband and smaII child she goes to Arizona, to take possession, thinking the cli- mate may prove beneficial to 'her husband's weakened Iungs. Arriving at the nearest town, she learns that the ranch, "Dead Lantern," is 86 miles across the desert. Charley Thane, old rancher and rural mail carrier, agrees to take them to "Dead Lantern" gate, which was 5 miles from the' ranch house. As ' they wearily walked past a huge over- shadowing boulder in a gulch in coming to the ranch house, a voice whispered "Go back, Go baekl" At the ranch house they are greeted suspiciously •by the gaunt rancher partner, Snavely, and Indian Ann, a herculean woman of mixed negro and Indian blood. Snavely is diffi- cult to understand but regardless. Ruth takes up the task of trying to adjust their three lives to the ranch and its development. Kenneth, Ruth's husband, caught in chilling rain con- tracts pneumonia and passes away before a doctor arrives. Ruth tries to carry on. She is not encouraged by Snavely in plans to try and stock the ranch or improve it. She writes to her father in the East asking for a loan with which to buy cattle. She receives no reply. Will Thane comes home to visit Iris father . . and Ruth meets him. A rancher nearby decides to retire and offers to sell Ruth and Snavely his Iive stock on credit. Snavely tries to .balk the deal but Ruth buys to the limit of her three,quarter interest in Dead Lantern ranch. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY eieer "Oh, I'm so sorry," whined 'the voice, "but I jest can't open it." "Well, why can't you open it — yer arm broke?" "I'm taking a bath," said the voice sweetly, This was too much. Old Charley planted the sole of bis boot against the door with all the force in his body. The' door flew inward and Will Thane stepped to the thresh - hold. "Colne right in, Dacl—I knew you'd call some day." Old Charley sat down slowly on the box, utterly heedless of the wash -basin. After a minute he mur- mured mournfully, "If you was only ten years old again for about half an hour! ..." Later, after he had eaten ' Will's supper, the old pian eves somewhat mollified. 'Will, you ornery pup, Banged if this ain't the happiest day I've seen! And you've already been here a month. You son -of -a, gun--provin' up on your homestead, And you're all throughwith real es- tate? PIutnb through?" "Plumb through, Dad. Turned everything I had into cash a month ago. "Cash''' come in handy when we buy that section south of us here and pick ep some more stock." Old Charley nodded happily. "I always knew you'd be corrin' back same of these days. But what have you been doing here the .last month ? Sleeping most of the day, I reckon. 1 never saw you so fat an' glossy." onetrt;=sa with no cattle—.or, in a ranch which only brought in fifteen hundred dol, lags a year? She left David sleeping and went into the dining room. She and Snavely breakfasted silently by lamp- light, then went to the corrals. It was just light enough at the corrals to distinguish one horse from another. The six Mexican cowboys were waiting by the gate, each .with a 'cigarette in his mouth and a rope or bridle over his arm. Snavely in- dicated to each of the men the horse he was to ride for the day. The Mex- icans entered the corral, caught his mount, and led it to the saddle shed. Ruth, Snavely and the Mexicans rode into the north pasture. Abell* three miles from the ranch house Snavely gave each man his orders, then rode away to the west. To Ruth he had said nothing, nor could she understand much of what Snave- ly had told the Mexicans. 'She stayed where she was, on a hilltop, The men, she supposed, would ride west and distribute themselves along the line fence as it wound through the mountains. They would ' then all start eastward driving the cattle be- fore them. She waited two hours on that hill- top before she saw the first cattle coating. Two miles to the north ar antlike string moved over a ridge and disappeared into a ravine. A mo• tnent later, and much nearer, she saw a small bunch of animals emerge from the underbrush followed by a man on horseback—Snavely, she thought. By the tune the first two bunches were opposite her, three more were in sight and she turned her horse eastward. She soon came upon three cows, eachwith a calf, and drove then before her. Just where she was driving them she had no very clear idea, but she could see that the other riders were converg- ing toward a common point and gov- ,erned herself accordingly. This point proved to be a level piece of ground about half a mile form the eastern end of the pasture. The nine small streams of cattle merged, flowed on, and were thrown into an eddying pool by the circ- ling riders. Two of the men left at once, loping to a ravine where mes- quite was plentiful, When they re- turned dragging firewood at the end of their riatas, the cattle were in a close packed bunch, and the re- maining riders sat tnetr horses at intervals around the circle. Ssave• ly, Alfredo, Don Francisco and on, of the extra Mexieatcs dismounted, kicked off their chaps, and build- ing a fire, laid on the branding or - ons; Ruth and three Mexicans keep- ing the herd together, meanwhile. When the irons were hot Snavely motioned to the grizzled old Juan, who left Ruth's side of the herd and advanced into the centre of the mils ling cattle, swinging his riata. Ruth had her hands full, With only three riders to keep the herd in place many of the cattle decided to break away. Every ten seconds, it seemed to Ruth, some animal on her side of the herd would bolt. She had abandoned olcl 'Brisket for such active riding in favor of Boots, a 'springy young horse with an alert mind and a thorough knowledge of the cow business. He enjoyed runt ning after the animals that broke from the herd --Ruth rather suspect. rd him of egging them on. Such riding is exhilarating sport for half an hour — rather like the fastest moments of a fast polo game, but in three houre2it can be wearing. When all the calves had been branded the herd was driven to the holding pasture, a small enclosure of one thousand acres. As the cat- tle passed through the gate the counting began; one man counted calves; another, yearlings; another grown steers, and a fourth, cows. The count was over and the riders were returning to the home ranch when Ruth rode up beside Snavely. "Well, how does it look?" "How does what: look?" replied Snavely. "I mean—do you think we're go- ing to have enough? Weren't there a good many calves and young steers in that bunch?" "Can't tell nothin' yet," said Snav- ely gruffly. "I don't know if you're gain' to have enough or not. As a guess I'd say you ain't." "I have it all figured out just how many we—" 'You figgored, I reckon, that a quarter of the sale don't apply on that fool note, didn't you?" • Ruth drew herself straight in the saddle. "'Certainly, Mr. Snavely!" She reined in her horse and 'drop- ped back between Alfredo and old 1)en .Francisco; The Mexicans pul- led their horses aside tomake room and with many smiles and chuckles began talking to her, They loved to hear ' her hr,oken Spanish. By the time the' company reached the saddle shed, Ruth had 'learned that Don Francisco considered the cattle pien- Ruth slowly awoke and saw that it was still clack. She wondered idly why Ann was moving about in the kitchen so late, and was luxur- iously slipping back to sleep when she heard the thump of boots, as Snavely came from his roost and walked across the house to the kit- chen, Suddenly Ruth knew that it was morning — the long-awaited morning when the round -up was to begin. As she rose and struggled into her riding .clothes, the great weight of anxiety which had lifted during her sleep settled back upon her. The round -.up — would there be enough cattle? In the two months since she had accidentaly placed poison in the spring troughs no new harps had come to the cattle—but, were they enough to meet her note? Her de- sire to find the answer to this ques- tion increased with each day, but she could not estimate the number of salable animals scattered over the ranch; she could not give an intel ligent guess about weights and qual- ity and price, She only knew that she bad lost more than a tenth of the value of her note. Then, too, if her deal with Park- er was to do the ranch any good, only the poorest of the cattle could be sold—only the steers and the old cows. The rest of the stock and the fine bulls must remain for the improvement of the rant. Ruth could, not see much advantage in selling all the cattle to keep the man Witherspoon from foreclosing on the note—what good was there in three- quarters' interest' in a cattle ranch tiful. -lie also succeeded in convey- ing to her the results of the count. That evening Ruth studied these figures in connection with others she had gathered in her conversation with Old Charley andher studies of the cattle raisers' magazine. But she went to sleep ' os undecided a: even, The round -up would take four days and if on each of these days the count ran as high as on the first, and if one hundred extra, animals should appear, Ruth knew that she could meet her note Provided, of course, that Old Charley had goes - sed shrewdly about the prices the, cattle buyers would be paying... Ruth never knew how she got through the fourth and last day of the round -up. Twice,' after the cat- tle had been gathered and the branding begun, she left the herd and rode into the foothills. But neither time did she see a single overlooked cow dr calf. She stood biting her lower lip and pulling at her saddle strings as the counting began. There simply must be more than one hundred and twen- ty head, she kept telling herself — there just had to b'e! As the last of her cattle passed through the gate, the counters drew, together and Ruth rode ,up . She listened as each man gave his count to Snavely and wrote the figures in her note book with trembling fingers, 32, 75,.44! Twice she added the col, umn before she was sure that the to- tal was 151. Then with a slap she whirled- her horse and galloped to- ward the ranch hoose. Her cheeks were wet and she sang a throaty chant to the pounding hoofs: "I've won! I've won! I've won!" That evening after supper while David and Ann were making the chickens secure against skunks and coyotes, Ruth put on a gown she had not worn for more than a year, and did her hair three times. When David came in he asked, "Why are you dressed up so beauti- ful, Marna?" "Oh, just because:' Ruth did not quite know, herself; but she was convinced it was the thing to do, "I think we ought to celebrate once in awhile, don't you, David?" "Like a party?" "Rather, yes." i "Manta, Let's go down to the barn --they've got a nice fire there and Alfredo's playing music. Shall we? Conte on!" Ruth grasped the boy's arta and led him guiltily out of the house by way of the back porch. Snavely was in the sitting room. • The Mexicans sat around the fire, talking, laughing and singing, as the stood and the ever -active strings of Alfredo's guitar persuaded them. When they saw Ruth, wonder shone from their faces, then admira- tion and pleasure. They all sprang to their feet, but Don Francisco was first. Ruth smiled, went to the fire, and spread her hands, ;"It is cold," she said in matter-of-fact Spanish. Im- mediately Francisco bowed her \vel- conie and hurried to the barn for one of his rawhide chairs. But when he had returned Ruth had seated her- self on the ground next to Magda. She was not going to be the only one who sat on a chair, gown or no gown, Gradually, it became apparent to the Mexicans that the Senora Ruth and her son had merely come to the fire for warmth and company, Delightedly, they assured each other of this by smiles and nods, Little Magda sat closer to Ruth, and made her own importance felt among her companions by speaking exclusively in English, thereafter, (Continued next week) DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD City Flags in Charge of Scouts. The St. Catharines Board of Parks has asked the local Boy Scouts to undertake the duty of raising and lowering the flags in the city's parks. •osmeal Training 'for Public Service "No better training for future public service can be ;found than in the ranks of the Boy Scouts and Rov- er Scouts." ---,Mayor James McAra of Regina, ce=innete North Europe Scout Leaders Confer One of the recent international de- velopments of Scouting was the hold- ing in Sweden of an North Europe conference of training 'camp heads from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Improving Canadian Standards "There is nothing I know of so calculated to'imp:ewe'the 'standards THURS., NOV'. 30, 1933 Second Huron County Auditor Gets Suspended Sentence R. Biggins, like W. Booth, Given One Meath For Accepting 'Bribe to Conceal Shortages. In county criminal court on Thnrs-, day last Robert Higgins, Hensall, citizen and three times reeve of his municipality, was convicted by Judge Costello. of accepting a ;bribe of $60' while acting as county auditor, to refrain from reporting a shortage in the county treasurer's accounts. The sentence of the court was one month in the county ;jail, suspended, the same as that meted oat ten days ear- lier to William Booth, of W ingham, who, with Higgins, conducted the 1932 .audit. Shortages of $11,000 were disclosed by chartered accountants after the convicted men had reported the books in order. Additional elm-. ges of•conspiracy against both were dismissed:. through lack of evidence.' As a result of the investigation in- to the Huron County treasury depart- ment the county treasurer was 'sent to jail, the clerk was asked for his resignation and a firm of charteered accountants placed in charge of the of Canadian life as organizations such as the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides."—IA,-Gov. H. A. Bruce of Ontario. Canadian Nuts for English Planting A quantity of Canadian hickory nuts, black walnuts and white oak acorns for planting at )Gilwell Park England, has been sent from Ebor Park, Ontario's .permanent Scout leaders' training camp site. 1 Turkish Boy Scouts in Celebration Turkish Boy Scouts figured promi- nently among the juvenile organiza- tions taking pant in the great par- ades celebrating the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Re- public. cin Vocational Guidance in Scouting A system of "Proficiency Badge" study subjects covering in an intro- ductory way 'some 70 occupations, is one of the Boy Scout organization's methods of assisting boys to discov- er iscover their best niche in life. Numbers of young professional men, including doctors, and engineers and other mechanical experts, architects and builders, found their vacation through Scouting. books, The 'positions of treasurer and clerk will be filled at the forth, Conning meeting of County 'Council, -which convenes on Tuesday, Deoetn- ber 6th. In passing sentence on Higgins, Judge Costello said: "Leaving out of the question all evidence save that of Higgins and Booth, I still am not satisfied that Higgins has given a satisfactory explanation as to why the $50 was accepted from the treas- urer. "Higgins' own . evidence does not bolster his case to any extent. The fact remains that both auditors were satisfied that the books were in ter- rible shape and knew that Young had taken hundreds if not thousands of dollars. There can be no doubt what- ever that they knew Young had taken, $500 of the county's money, for he told thenv so. Higgins admits this, also that Young had said he would pay it back. Higgins knew Young had stolen and Young told hire he did so because his salary had been re, duced and he was just getting even with the county. Higgins' duty as auditor was plain. Ilad he done his duty and reported the shortage, the county would have been saved a con- siderable sum of money, The payment of $50 and the acceptance of it may not have been the only reason why the auditors did not make the dis- closures, but it certainly was one rea- son." Giving character evidence, J. W. Ortwein and William J. Jones, who sat on Hensall Council with Higgins for years, said accused's reputation had always been excellent, F. G. Stanbury, Exeter, acted for accused, and Crown Attorney D. E. Holmes prosecuted. THE OPTIMIST For two days the shipwrecked crow had been adrift in an open boat. They were all given over to dejection—ex- cept one. He sang, he whistled, he joked, he refused to abandon hope. Suddenly he started up. 'What's that?" he shouted, points ing into the watery distance. "Isn't that land over there?" The officer in charge of the boat gazed breathlessly in the direction indicated by the pointing finger, but the light died out of his oyes as he said tonelessly: "No that's not land. It's only the horizon. "Well, anyhow," said the optimist, bending to his oar, 'that's better than nothing. Let's pull!" LOW CHRISTMAS RATES ON C. N. R. Special low fares with generous time limits for the return trip will be available on Canadian railroads for the Christmas and New Year holiday periods. The low 'rate tick, ets will be good between all statiops in Canada and 'also between Cana- dian points and certain United States destinations. Tiekets for the return journey will be sold at the ordinary one-way first class fare and one quarter. These willbe good for the going journey from Thursday, December 21st, to Monday, January 1st, inclusive, and will be valid for the return passage leaving destination not later than midnight, Monday, January 8th, 1934. Tickets` will be sold also, good between stations in Canada for the return trip at the ordinary one-way first class fare going on trains an and after 5.00 a,ni., Saturday, De- cember 23rd to Monday, December 25th, inclusive, and good returning on any train which will reach the original starting point up to mid- night, December 26th, and for New Years good going on any train on and after 5.00 a.m,, .December 30th to January 1st, inclusive, and returning on any train which will reach origin- al starting point up to midnight January 2nd. Special arrangements have also been made for tickets for teachers and pupils at edugational institutions, which will be good for the period of the Christmas and New Years vaca- tions. The regular one-way fare and a quarter will apply for the return trip on these tickets. CAPT. COOK'S HOUSE GOES TO AUSTRALIA The old cottage in which lived Cap- tain Cook, the great navigator, is being taken to Australia and will be erected in the grounds of the Nation- al Art Gallery in Melbourne. Cap- tain Cook is to Australia what Col- umbus is to America. It was Conk who planted the British,flag in Aur tralia. HAD RIGHT OF WAY After the Iocoinotive had smashe a flivver at the crossing, a flappe rose from the wreckage, uninjured and powdered her nose. The engin eer and others gathered around. "Why in the world didn't you rte when yott saw the engine coming?' asked the engineer. The flapper was. indignant. "I sounded my horn before blew your whistle," she said defiant Iy. ---British Columbian. eau' TOO FEW BUSINESS FIRMS EMPLOY ADtiER- TISING TO LESSEN THEIR COSTS OF SELLING. Business enterprise today has two major prob- lems 1. To increase sales; 2. To lessen the cost of selling. Yet so many omit the use of ztdvertising, despite their readiness to agree to the proposition that "advertising lessens the cost of selling." We're frankly amazed at the avoidance of ad- vertising in the face of the knowledge that it costs less to sell with the assistance of advertising than without it. Strange, strange—this human tendency to go contrary to what knowledge and experience have taught us is right! To lessen your cost of selling, we commend to you an adequate campaign of regular advertising in THE C L A l A FINE MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING --READ ADS. IN THIS ISSUE PHONE 4