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This unusual series of stories deals
with the exploits of "Chinese", Pen-
nington a detective sent by his gov-
ernment to British North Borneo' to
run to earth The Yellow Seven, a gang
of Chinese bandits.
W. BRYDONE
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public,etc.
Office:
CLINTON.
SLOAN;BLOCK
Denis Moorhouse—District Officer
at Bukit-Iban-lay at full length in a
long cane chair. In' a hole,in the arm
for his slippers. While awaiting the
advent of the boy, he dug out a photo
graph of the bandit and suriveyed it
curiously. I3e saw a fat Oriental,
staring • blandly from the portrait
through a pair of horn -rimmed spec-
tacles. At the time when the picture
was made, Chai-Hung had been the
most'resPecCy'd._ Celesial in the archi-
pelago; toda,, thanks to the efforts of
of the chair rested a glass'- and, a few Chinese Pennington, the robber -chief
inches distant from Moorhouse's stock- stood revealed in his true colors.
inged feet, repose.' a pair of muddy The boy shuffled' in with the slip -
riding -boots. A black chow sat licking Pers, but still Moorhouse did not stir.
its forepaws at the top of the steps,
pausing every now and then to raise
its head and growl at the slightest
sound that wafted upward from the
night -shrouded clearing.
Denis -Moorhouse—refreshed by a
bath of hot water ladle& oyer himself
from a preposterous earthenware jar
of native manufahture, felt at peace and Moorhouse was asked to co -
with all men ' Ho was a tall, thin, operate with Dawson. '-
It was with mixed feelings• that he
sat down to table and dissected a help
ung of buffalo -meat. He was in the
act of consigning Hewitt, Dawson,'
Chai-Hung and Pennington to the
deuwle when the black chow shot, bark-
ing,,.from the kitchen -quarters on to
the verandah. The magistrate, gaz-
ing through the open doorway, caught
a glimpse of n dark form dimly. out-
lined against the blackness.
"Tuan, :will, -you ' call your dog!"
The voice carne from the stairs.
Moorhouse' took the lamp from the
bracket and, holding it,beyond the
wooden rail, peered over. Presently
he uttered a muffied exclamation and
replaced the lamp. He whistled up
the dog.
"Come here," he commanded—and
the girl obeyed.
"You are the girl who danced in the
Kampen.
"Yah, tuan."
She held herself very, erect and
Moorhouse noticed that the sarong of
DR., J. C. GANDIER
Office Hours: ---1.30 to 3.30 p,m., 6.30
to 8.qo p.m., Sundays, 12,30 to 1.30 p;m,,
Other hours by appointment only.
Office and, Residence'— Victoria St.
DR. FRED G. THOMPSON
Office and Residence:,
Ontario 'Street — Clinton, Ont.
One door west Or Anglican Church.
Phone 172-
Eyes examined and glasses fitted
He was thinking of .the Yellow Seven
and the resourcefulnee of its notor-
ious leader. .Hitherto his district had
been mercifully free from the uswel-
come attentions of the organization to
which almost every Chinaman on the•
island belonged; but Dawson had had.
considerable dealings with Chai-Bung,
amiable specimen of 'humanity with
fair hair that was wearing thin on the
crown, Functioning as e magistrate
on the edge of beyoncl,,,where ninety-
nin'e out, of a hundred men would have
warped, become 'morbid, or drink
themselves into oblivion, this cheery
philosopher had succeeded, in steering
a middle course. Moorhouse—with
his black dog at his heels—was as
welcome in a Borneo long -house as in
the bungalow of the Commissioner of
Police.
Under normal conditions, if might
not unreasonably be assumed that
Moorhouse—reclining in glorious idle-
ness after .a strenuous, day spent in
the sweltering court-house—was
dreaming of home or of the white girl
whose photograph oecupied a sole and
prominent ,position on his dressing;
table; but the girl in the ebonized
frame was his sister and the district
officer had no hon e other than the one.
he now occupied. As a matter of fact,
he was thinking of the dusky Dyak
belle who had danced befbre the
assembled chiefs in the Kampen at the
other side of the valley when the rice -
harvest was completed; a shapely,
alluring' female; with an independent
swing of shoulders and features that
'would have done credit to a Western
beauty. Moorhouse had been present
at this dance, sh..wing his white teeth
when the young warriors -drunk with
sanisu--(urged their water -buffaloes
across the open wastes and mildly an:
plauding the crazy posturing of the
women who danced with human heads.
Then, just as he had made up his
mind to pay his respects to his hosts
and depart, the wonder -woman from
the forests had whirled into the fire-
light. He remembered her afterward
as a vision encased in a sarong of
shimmering 'green, with a single brace-
let of gold at either wrist, her dark
hair secured by a dagger of which both
the point and the jeweled hilt were
distinctly visible. More miraculous
still, her hands were hidden by won-
derfulIy fashioned gauntlets .of silver,
each wrought to resemble the 'form of
the hand itself. Her dance had cul-
minated .in a sort of joyous stampede,
she had fallen prostrate before the
semi -circle of gaping headrnen, then
crawled with the lithe, sinuous:move-
ments of a snake toward the spot
where the Englishman sat. Before he
could forestall her, two warm arms
had encircled his ankles and lustrous,
mocking eyes were fixed upon his face.
"Great Tuan -Hakim, one of these
days you may have need of me!"
The words flowed easily from her
lips, with the steady conviction of a
sorceress—and it - was within the
bounds of possibility that she put a
spell upon ,Moorhouse, because she was
bone, leaving him without a memory
of the manner of her going—and a
golden bangle resting in the folds of
his white tunic. He gathered a little
later that her arrival and departure
constituted as much a mystery to all
as to.liimself.
In the solitude of his room he hid
turned that bangle over and over be-
tween his sun-tanned fingers, trying
to discover some reasonable motive for
such a gift. • -
Accordingly, with due regard to the
value of the bracelet and to the fact
that white magistrates in black coun-
tries are scarcely in the habit of ac-
cepting gifts from fascinating danc-
ing girls, Moorhouse had established it
pretty clearly in the local mind that
the girl was to be found and brought
to him, that he might have an oppor-
tunity of returning to her the musing
property.
This was a month ago and still no
trace had been found of the girl with
the silver hands. But, although hu-
man memory is inclined to be Short-
lived and many events were crammed
into four short weeks of Moorhouse's
existence, that one incident at the
padi-harvest kept Cropping up when
the curtain of night dropped suddenly
and the D.O. was free to indulge in
his glass of whisky at sun -down, his
long chair, his bath and the company
of his dog.
As Moorhouse lay inert, waiting for
the native boy to announce the arrival
of dinner, an orderly in round hat and
bare feet pattered up the steps and,
saluting :respectfully, presented the
district officer with a letter that had
just arrived by native runner.
"Dear Moorhouse," it ran. "More
trouble for you, I'm afraid. The Yel-
low Seven business has broken out
again and three planters have been at-
tacked, qne of `•them fatally. Chai-
Hung, leader of the gang—has been
traced to your area. Am sending re-
inforcements: Co-operate with Daw-
son and do your --best to round uii. Pen-
nington will be with you almost int-
mediately.—Hewitt." ,
He rose somewhat wearily to his
feet and crossing to the lamp, read
the nsissive 'again. •Presently he
glanced up sharply.
"All right!"
The orderly saluted and disap-
DR. PERCIVAL , HEARN
Office and Residence:
Huron Street — Clinton, Ont.
Phone 69
(Formerly occupied' by the late Dr.
C. W. Thom): on).
Eyes examined and glasses fitted,.
DR. H. A. MCINTYRE
DENTIST
Office hours 9 to 12 A.M. an d 1 to
6 P.M., exeept. Tuesdays .and Wednes-
days. Office aver Canadian National
Express, Clinton, Ont.
Phone,,21.
DR. F. A. AXON
DENTIST
4 Clinton,
Graduate of C.O.D.S., Chicago, and
R.C.D,S., Toronto.
Crown and Plate Work a Specialty
D. H. McINNES
Chiropractor—Electrical Treatment.
Of Wingham, will be at the Rotten
bury House, Clinton, on Monday, Wed-
nesday and Friday forenoons of each
week.
Diseases of ail kinds 'successfully
handled.
GEORGE ELLIOTT
Licensed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron.
Correspondence promptly answered.
Immediate arrangements can be made
for Sales Date at The 'News -Record,
Clinton, or :by calling Phone 203.
Charges Moderate and Satisfaction
Guaranteed,
B. R. HIGGINS
Clinton, Ont.
General Fire and Life Insurance Agent
for Hartford Windstorm, Live Stock,
Automobile'and Sickness and Accident
Insurance. Huron and Erie and Cana-
da Trust Bonds. Appointments made
to meet parties at Brucefield, Varna
and Baylieid. 'Phone 57.
'CANADIAN NATIONAL' RAILWAYS'
TIME TABLE
Trains will arrive- at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
Buffalo and Goderich Div.
Going East, depart - 6.44 a,m.
" , " - 2.52 p.m.
Going West, ar. 11.50 a.m.
" ar. 6.08 rip. 6.53 p.m.
" " ar. 10.04 p.m,
London, Huron &%'3ruce Div.
Going South, ar. 7.50 dp, 7.56 a,m.
4,10 p.m.
Going North, depart 6.50 -p.m.
" : ar, 11.40 dp. 7.1,51 a,m.
THE 1VIcIILLOP MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
' Head Office, Seaforth, Ont.
DIRECTORY:
President James Evans, Beechwood,
Vice, James Connolly, Goderich; Sec. -
Treasurer, D. P. McGregor, Seaforth.
Directors: George McCartney, Seaforth;
James Shouldice, Walton; Murray Gib-
son, ,Brucefield: Wm. Bing, Seaforth;
Robert Ferris.lfarlocic; Sohn Benneweir,
Brodhagon;• Jas. Conolly, GodeSich.
Agents:Alex, Leitch, Clinton; J.
Yeo.. Goderich; Ed. Iiinchley, Seaforth;
3.. A. Murray, Egmondville, R. G. Jar -
ninth, Brodhagen. Any money to be, paid in may be paid
to Moorish, .Clothing Co., Clinton, or at
Calvin Cutt's .Grocery, Goderich.
Panties desiring to effect insurance or
transac
FELLED BIG CHIMNEY
It was 180 feet high, at Lyden Ifo t,
near Dover, Eng., and was built by a
French syndicate fdr' a colliery that
did not pay, owing to the poor quality
of coal. '
In an Ancient Belfry.
Porto Ric .;,1 Rich
in Plant eauty
Blossoms arid Fruits and a
Long Succession of Gold-
en Days Make Life Easy
and Peaceful in this
Isle of Dreams
The long, winding' staircase seems
to have no end. Two hundred steps
are already below us.The higher we -
go, the more broken ,and rugged are
the stairs. Suddenly it grows very
dark, and, clutching the rope more
firmly, we struggle upward. Light
dawns again through a narrow Gothic
slit in the'tower; let us pause and
look out for a moment. The glare 48
blinding, but from the deep, cool re-
cess a wondrous spectacle unfolds
itself. We are almost on a level with
the roof of an old cathedral...., ...
Among the petals of yonder mighty
rose a couple of pigeons are busy
building' their' nests; seeds of grasses
and wild flowers have been blown up,
and here and there a tiny garden has
been laid out by tile' capricious' winds
on certain wide stone hemlock leaves;
the fringe` of yonder cornice is a waste
of lilies. As we try to realize detail
after detail, the heart is almost pained
by the_ excessive beautyof all this,
petrified bloom stretching away over
flying buttresses and breaking out
upon column and architrave, and the
eye at last turns away 'weary with
wonder.... . •
At this momenta noise like a pow-
erful engine in motion recalls our at- ors stopping ,to rest under its inviting
tendon to the tower. The great clock shade are said *to have .never waked
again. Still another is the ylang-
ylang, specimens of which shed their
fragrance over the charming Plaza at
Ponce, on the south coast: The frangi-
pani, from which is made a costly per
fume grows wild in the woods. Many
kinds of cactus lay snares for the un-
wary. -
Besides, there is the coralita vine,
with clusters of clear, bright pink;
the showy bougainvillea, the delica"te
plumbago, hibiscus, both red and pink,
and the brilliant poinsettia, which
often reaches the second -story win-
dows of a dwelling. In the forests
are graceful tree ferns, will oranges
and tiny orchids far more exquisite
than those in the florists' shops.
The cocoanut is one of Porto Rico's
most useful trees. The juice of the
green cocoanut is much valued as a
drink by the natives. American sol-
diers
oldiers found it useful first in the war
with Spain. Frozen, with a little
sugar added, it becomes a refreshing
sherbet. Cocoanut ice cream is made
from the milk of the riper fruit, and
an even more delirious dainty is made
by freezing a mixture of half cocoanut
and half pineapple juice.
Porto Rican coffee is particularly
aromatic. This year's crop suffered
heavily in the hurricane. The natives
have their own way of coffee roast-
ing, one which does not appeal to
many Americans. They mix coffee
with sugar and burn it, the process
resulting in a strong, pungent flavor.
Throughout the island main roads
are fine and beautiful. Yauco, whose
houses cling to the sides of its hills,
and climbs to a point from which the
sea can be seen beyond.
The American Railroad skirts the
island, and, while the trains are slow
and inclined to linger at every town,
it is a trip worth taking. On account
of the mountainous character of the
island, the road iS at times forced out
almost to the water's edge; in places
the spray from the sea collies near
stashing into the windows.
Half of what the manicurist charges
pays fol' the conversation,
The wonder -woman from the forests
had twirled into the firelight..
Porto Rico, now recovering slowly
from the effects of the disastrous hur-
ricane, has been called the "Isle of
Dreams. Tho novel forums of plant'
life, the almost unbroken succession
of balmy golden days, the constant
sighing or the trade wind in the trees,;
all give a newcomer from the temper-
ate zone the feeling that it is not quite
real. Life there is so easy, agreeable,
peaceful, that he feels sometimes as if
he were in a trance, far removed from
actuality.
The vegetation of Porto Rico is of
fascinating' interest to the plant stu-
dent. Besides Many varieties of• palm
trees, there are bitter almonds, man-
goes, oranges, limes and grapefruit.
One finds . a thrill of novelty in
sending_` a yard -boy shinning up
one's own cocoanut treeto get
a cocoanut for dessert. At first
one is surprised to see. limes §in-
stead of lemons used for ieed tea and
on fish, but one comes to prefer limes
on account of their finer flavor and
their cheapness. .,They --sell at four for
1 dent,'and are brought to the door
by native vendors. .Oranges ordinar-
ily cost 6 cents a; dozen.
The mango is one of the beautiful
tropicdl trees. It is in thick foliage
all the yearround; its leaves are a
rich, glossy .green. The fruit, some-
what oval in shape, hangs at the end
of a stem at least a foot long, limp
as a shoe lace. Then there is. the
Santa Maria tree, with purplish pink
bell-shaped 'blossoms.
The "Man's Loye" Blossoms
Another interesting Porto Rican
plant is the vine called Corazon de
Hombre—("Man's Love"). This lux-
uriant vine has long, narrow, dull
green leaves, bearing clusters"of tubu-
lar blossoms ending in an irregular
number of petals somewhat like those
of a,. daisy. The flower, of a. -Waxy
texture, is at first pure white; later
faint streaks of pink appear, gradu-
ally spreading until•the whole blossom
is a lovely shade of coral. This deep-
ens finally into blood red, whence -the
poetic name expressive''of its evolu-
tion.'
A remarkable tree is the manzanilla,
or "little apple," from which emanates
a poison so subtle that weary travel -
is about to strike and begins, to pre-
pare by 'winding' itself up five minutes
before the hour. Groping among the
wilderness of cross -beams and tim-
bers, wb reach another staircase,
which leads to a cast, square but lofty
fabric. . . The dust of ages lies
everywhere around us, and the place
which now receives the print of our
feet has, perhaps , not been touched
for five hundred years. And yet these
ancient towers and the inner heights
and recesses of thees old roofs and
belfries soon acquire a strong
hold over the few that care to explore
them.... •
Overhead hang the huge bells, sev-
eral of which are devoted to the
clock; others are rung by hand from
below, while somewhere near, besides
the clock machinery;' there will be a
room fitted up, like a vast musical
box, containing a barrel, which acts
upon thirty 'or forty bells up in the
tower, and plays tunes every ]tour
of the day and night.
You- cannot pass many minutes in
such a place without the clicking of
machinery and the chiming of some
boll—even the quarters are divided
by two or three notes or half -quarter
bells. Double the number are rung
for the quarter, four times as many
for the half-hour, while at the hour
a storm of music breaks from such
towers as Mechlin ails Antwerp, and
continues for three or foul' minutes
to float for miles over the surround-
ing country... .
The great clock strikes; it is the
only music, except the thunder, that
can fill the air. .Indeed, there is some-
thing almost elemental in the sound of
these colossal and many-centut'ied-
bells.—The, Rev. H. R. Hawes, in
"Music and Morals.'r
"Men are more valuable than wo-
men. "What atter nonsense!" "It's
'a fact. Every man has his price; bat
brides are given away."
Civic politicians are divided into
two hinds—those who are fit for noth-
ing, and those who are fit for anything,
shimmering green had given place to
one of terra-cotta. She leant almost
insolently against the verandah -rail
and surveyed the Englishman calmly.
He passed her a cigaret and wondered
where she had learnt to light it over
the chimney of a lamp.
"What is your name?" he demanded
presently.
"I have 210 name."
Moorhouse moistened his lips.
"Where do you come from?"
"I have no home."
The district officer frowned and the
girl laughed—a delightfully disarm-
ing laugh that ahnost made Moorhouse
forget the dignity that his office de-
manded. •
"You have come for your bracelet?"
She shook her head and the lines of
her handsome face hardened. -
"I come not for the bracelet," she
told him, "because I stn a child of
the forests, taking when I wish to take
and giving when I desire to give—
neither giving back nor taking back.
I give to my friends and take from
my enemies."
The magistrate's forehead wrinkled.
"Then 'why have you come to me?"
he inquired bluntly. '
"The Tuan -Hakim is wise," she
murmured, gazing down; at the straw
sandals that rotected +he soles of her
feet.
"Admitted!" returned, Moorhouse
cheerfully. , "What then?"
"When I heard the music of the
gongs and saw the smoke of,the fixes
rising above the tallest trees, a voice
whispered to nue to go closer—and I
went. Presently, beyind the smoke, I
saw the faces of the chiefs. And then
I saw the 'shite Coat of • the Tuan -
Hakim. The beating • of those brass
drums called me.and.I danced for you,
because I said 'this man is he who sits
alone in the big house among the coca-
palms, who reads the evil that is in
men's hearts and knows the right from
the wrong—the good from the bad.'.
You beat your hands, together, tuan,
and I was content," A dreamy note
had conte into her voice and it sounded
in the D.O.'s ears like the soothing
sound of a wood -pigeon from her nest.
"There are times, oh white man, when
it is good to have a friend. I am you•1"•
friend," she concluded simply.
(To be continued.)
Fine tea is aIrili'ays the most -desired,; The slight
falling off iia price of cheaper ! teas cannot;, entice
the tea -1•'i ter from his discriminalting choke.
The Finest al! Ail Riles
- 804'
The Scotch
nd Irish
Scots' Migration Froin Ireland
Now, Put in Prehis-
toric Times
Recommendation to railway com-
panies that they should be the ones
to own and operate air transportation
lines is made in an article in The
Railway Age by C. W. Kelsey, written
after a- long study of aviation as to
its probable effects on railroads. Mr.
Kelsey's plan isfor all the companies
in a particular territoryto"operate
the air service jointly. In this way,
he says, the Service would have suf-
Reient financial strength' -to be
efficiently run, the confidence placed'
by the public in raihvay management
would carry over into the air service,
there could be complete co-operation
between the railways and the new
service, and there would be no finan-
cial losses to the railways from having
their passengers use the air lines.
Mr.. Kelsey believes that aviation
has already reached the point where
passenger air lines can be operated
Profitably. Planes large enough to
carry forty passengers, he says, are
practicable now and could be built
and put in use as soon as the demand
for them is created. He urges rail-
1road officials to realize also that the
same 'rapid advance in aviation en-
gineering will take place in the' next
thirty years as the last thirty or less
have seen in automobile engineering.
It. would be . possible, he estimates,
to establish a regtdar air line be-
tween New York and Los Angeles
t Other application
business will be promptly eared.
attended to on application to any of. the p
above officers addressed to their respec- against a.. corner of the book -case,
tive host office. Losses inspectedby the sv-ore softly to himself and . shouted
Director Who lives nearest the ;scene.
Russians Ready to Put
Soviet Runabout on\Rad
Moscow. -The "Avtodor," a society
to promote motoring in,Soviet,Russia,
has adopted a new deign of cheap,
home-made "peasant's motor car,"
which is to .substitute the various
models of car's heretofore brought to
Russia exclusively from abroad.
The newly designed model' is an
open three -seater ofextremely simple
and Solid construction, easily repair-
able, and in condition to stand' Russian
roads and highways.
"What did father say when you ask-
ed for me?" "He didn't say anything.
He fell on my neck and wept."
lice in North
R�- port Hearing
if'
ManyStations
Detachment of Canadian.
Mounties at Bernard Har-
bor Hear 300 Broad-
casters
Offers Only, Diversion
Also Have
Short Wave Set,.'
and 1-Iear Many Amateurs
Montreal.—A1 Bernard Harbor, a•
small settlement iii the district still,
known as the: Northwest' Territories,.
there is an outpost of the Royal Cana-
dian Mounted Police who keep watch
and ward in the North Country as
emissaries of civilization. Their life•
is set among` hardships and loneli-
ness, and their diversions are few. A
Paternally inclined government depart-.
menti, however, realizing this, has fit
ted this and other outposts with radio.
receiving sets of a, very high order.
That the entertainment which radio
affords to these faithful guardians of.
the law is appreciated may be gather-
ed from the following letter which
was"°voluntarily sent to the Northern.
Electric Company at Montreal:
"When the •Bernard Harbor detach-
ment was established, in 1926, our sup-
plies contained a radio receiver, which
we had the pleasure of installing after
we had erected outbuildings. Thema-
chine was put into operation on Oc-
which would. carry passengers at - a tober 17, 1926, and up to date we have
trip, he believes, could be made on a heard over 300 different -stations, and.
charge of $197.60, plus meals, The also about fifty amateurs, using
thirty-twq-hour schedule. The rail- phones. There are three of us on this
roads under his plan, he points out,
would not only share in the profits
of the air service but also would bene-
fit by having their lines serve as
feeders to the air lines.
. Swiss Air Lines Gain
Passenger traffic- on the Swiss air
transport lines (including foreign lines
,with terminal in Switzerland) has
been about 50 per cent. greater thus
far this season than last year, reports
the Berner Tagwacht, but the lines are
still far from making ends meet finan-
cially. A good sign for the future is
seen in the advance in freight traffic,
wbich•increased 175 per cent., and in
a gain of 90 per cent. in the amount
of mail carried by air. The number
of passengers carried from the open-
ing' of the air navigation season on
April 23 to Aug. 1 was 10,000. The
air lines handled 150,00 kilograms of
freight and 50,000 kilograms of mail
matter'.
Brazilian Planes
Interest in aviation is growing fast
in Brazil, its latest manifestation be-
ing the introduction of a bill in the
Chamber of Deputies providing for the
establishment in the near future of a
factory for the construction of planes
for the Brazilian Army and Navy. The
bill has aroused much favorable com-
ment and it seems to have a good
chance of becoming law. The plan
includes the extension of the construc-
tion facilities so as to make possible
the building of commercial as well as
military planes. The bill also calls
for the opening of a big airport at the
City of Natal, the first sopping place
in South America for future trans-
oceanic air transportation lines. '
Big Fellow at the London Zoo
TWO WAYS TO SEE IT
One littleg irl is greatly amazed by the size of the elephant in London
Zoo, while the other places a tit -bit into its trunk unimpressed. •: ,
detachment, and -we can tell you we
sure make full use of our radio anis
greatly appreciate the facility with
which it works, no trouble of any, kind
being experienced. Even our Eskimo
guide here is able to work it without
any trouble,
"We have listened to most of the
principal stations on the west and
east coasts of Canada and the United
States, from Vancouver` to Moncton„
having heard all the C.N.R. stations in
Canada, and from the southern part or
the U.S.A. also, including New Orleans,
Miami Beach and Tampa, also stations
in Texas, Mexico City was heard reg-
ularly last winter, as was also Flavana,
Cuba, but this winter we have not
heard from either of these' places so
lar..
"Practically all the British Broad-
casting Corporation's stations in Eng-
land, Scotland and Ireland have been
heard, a number of stations in Ger-
many, France, Spain, Norway, Sweden,
Russia and Ireland, and last month
we heard several Japanese and Chi-
nese stations and also listened to a
station in Brisbane, Australia, on two•
occasions for over On ]your, most of
the time on the loud speaker.
"We have also a short wave re-
ceiver of 'home construction' using
an N. E. Peanut Tube, with the- con-
nections soldered right to the base'
of the tube, and have heard quite a
number of stations, both commercial
and amateur, on it, including WGY
on phones and WNP, VOQ, WIZ on
code, and I think this a ,fine perform-
ance for one single tube. �
"We are writing this as a private
report and not an official police re-
port, and we trust this may be' of
slight interest to you, as showing what
can tie done with a good receiver tip
hero in the North Country.
"One day last winter we heard fifty-
two broadcasting stations and twenty
amateurs on -phones."
This letter took 185 days to reach
its destination and was brought out of
the North by dog team to the rail-
head.
A little boy wastold by his mother
that it was God who makes people
good. "Yes, I knowdt le.Gocl, he said,
"but mothers help a lot,"
Nearly 500 Farmers Make
Test •
Ottawa, Can.—Ono of the newest
varieties of wheat, known as Reward,
a cross betwee Tithe famous Marquis
and a lesser known variety, labelled
Prelude, has been holding the atten-
tion of nearly 500 farmers in Western
Canada this year: Reports on it so
far received by the Canadian Govern-
ment Experimental Farm at Ottawa,
wherblit was developed, are very en-
couraging. Reward ripens a few days
earlier than Marquis, and is also be-
11e8'ed to have rust resisting qualities,
though these have yet to be deter-
mined. It produces an excellent qual-
ity of flour,' but whether it will prove
t0 • lie - worthy. 0f being recommended.
by the Canadian Departnieut of Agri-
culture to the farmers of the Domin-
ion will on1y be ascertained by furth-
er tests. MeauWhile Marquis wheat
remains ,the undisputed champion.
Ninety Icer cent. of the spring wheat
grown it Canada and 60 per cent. of
the spring wheat grown in the iJnited
States is Marquis, which is a product
of the Experimental Farm at Ottawa.
Ontario Grain Pool
Toronto, ;Ont.—In its first year of
•operation, just closed, the Ontario
Grain Pool handled over 1,750,000
bushels of grain for more than 7,000.
producers. Payments for final settle-
ment were distributed recently on the
basisof gross prices of $1.32,4 for the,
higher grades of red winter wheat and
$1.301/ for white and mixed, with dif-
ferentials for the lower grades, less
the nominal charges for overhead and
handling.
' Sales were handled through the
Canadian Wheat Pool,/ Winnipeg, and
the, same organization is to sell the
grain delivered to the 1928.29 Ontario
pool.
The mob spirit and what I call
conformitarianism are abroad in, the
land, crushing out individual judg
went and action and silencing near- -.
age.—Nicholas Murray Batter.
& treat in the Peppermint flavored
sugar-coated jacket and another is
the Peppermint -flavored gum' inside—
utmost value in long-lasting delight
ISSUE No. 41-'28
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