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The Clinton News Record, 1936-07-23, Page 2TNIarJ The :Clinton News -Record With which is lncorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS Or, SUBSCRIPTION 1,1..50 .ner vear in; advancer to Cana- dian ana-ii n addresses. 32,00 to the U.S. or other forei n countiice. No paper, discontinue 1 until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the publish- •er. The, dateto which every sub- ccriotion is paid is denoted on the ADVERTISING RATES — Tran eient advertising 1.2e ,,per count. line .for first insertion. Sc for each sub:: eequent insertion. Heading counts 2 Iines,.. Small advertisements not to exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," "Lost," "Strayed," ete., inserted once for 35e, each subsequent insertion 2.5e. Ratesfor display advertising made known on application. Communications intended for pub- •tYcation must, as a guarantee of good ifaith, be accompanied by the name ,of the writer. -G. E. 1-IALL, M. R. CLARK :'1 Proprietor. Editor. IL T. RANCE Notary Public; Conveyancer ,,Financial; Real Estate and Fire In- ,euraince' Agent. Pepi,esenting 14 Fire "ensurance Companies. Division Court Office, Clinton, FrankFlit l' g clild, R.A., Ll,.ffi, $'arrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brytione, K.C. ,Sloan Block -- Clinton, Ont. D. I -I. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist;: Massage -Office: I-Inron Street. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat. and by appointment: FOOT CORRECTION Ory manipulation'Sun-Ray Treatment Phone 207 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. 'SHE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company • Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea - forth' Vice -President, John E. Pep - .per, Brucefield; Secretary -Treasurer, M._ A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Alex. Broadfoot, Brucefield; James "rholdice, Walton; William Knox, Lonclesboro; George Leonhardt, Dub- lin; John E. Pepper, Brucefield; .James Connolly, Goderich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEwing, Blyth. List of Agents: W. J. Yeo, alin- ton, R. R. No. 3; James Watt, Blyth; .John E. Pepper, Brucefield, R. R. No. 1; R. F. McKercher, Dublin, R. R. • No. 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, Kincardine; -It, G. Jarmuth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1, Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of 'Commerce, Seaforth, or ' at Calvin -tCutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring . to effect insui'- ante or transact other business will a 'ioe promptly attended t o on ppiica- •ion to any of the above officers ad- dressed; to their respective post offi- ces. Losses inspected by the director 'who lives nearest the scene. GANADiAN , A 1 NAL, ` i •Ys. TIME TABLE "Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton. as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. •-Going East, depart 7.03 a.m. Going East, depart 8.00 p.m. -tieing West, depart '12.02 p.m. Going West, depart 10.08 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce 'Going North, ar. 11.34. Ive 12.02 p.m., .Going South 3.08 p.m TUCKERSMITH (Too late for last week) Turner's church and community 'lheld their annual Sunday School pic- nic. in Jowett's Grove, Bayfield, on Tuesday, of this week. The usual quota of races and sports were in- dulged in. The winner of the Prim- ary prize was Evelyn Johns; inter- mediate girls, Edna Ashton; inter- mediate boys, Carman Whitmore; teen age girls and boys, Erma Gar- rett and Leslie Pepper; ball throwing contest was a tie with Antos Town- send, Veleta Ashton • and . Cecil Oke as winners. An important event of the day was a presentation to Mr. 'and .Mrs. Wm. Pepper, a recent .bride and groom. The address ac- companying it was as follows: "Dear, Bill—We your friends of Turner's Church Sunday School, and Choir and community, wish to congratulate you • on your recent marriage. We wel- come your bride to our community. and hope she may feel at home a- mong us. We,wish you both many happy years of wedded life and suc- cess in your daily labours. We ask you to accept this gift just to remind you that we do wish you well. On behalf of the. church, S. Whitmore; of the 'Sunday' School, F. Townsend; /Choir, L. Tebbutt; Comnnunity, G. :.McGregor." Mr. and Mrs. Pepper were present - /ed with a clock and Mr. Pepper made• :a suitable reply in a few well chosen words. Supper was served to over one hun- dred adherents of the church and. :Sunday School. i. vv,Y1�L' I VtWJ era Beach Wrlt_� R Fine Serial Fietidn in a new 'form . Three Prize: Short Stories (of 'four instalments each). by a master story -teller. ... ;They're Rex Beach at his Best. Ben Furlong came to the Soetherin oil fields looking for 'work. 13e was eery clinstyand quite liungry when at last he stopped- reit in at the 1 re, lltn7tatn Ilouse. ' this:was' a rather �etter=l ki b oo . n, place than the average, Texas home- stead, and when he knocked at the kitchen door a girl appeared who was very :Much better -looking than the average Texas honosteader. She was, in fact, a very pretty girl. She.readilyfetched Ben a drink of water, and while he rested she talked to him. That was, no doubt, because of his `smile. He informed, her that he had been raised in the Pennsylvan- ia fields and was 0 good, practical oil man. There being no chores to do, Ben sat in the kitchen and chatted with the gird while she cooked something for hilt, and in the course of their conversation he learned that her name was Betty Durham, that her parents were dead, and that the farm belong- ed to her aunt, with whom she lint lived ever since' she was a little girl. The aunt had • gone to Opportunity in the family flivver. "Funny, you cooking 'for a tramp driller like ane and your aunt owning acreage like this," Ben remarked. "Isn't this land on the structure? "Sure! it's worth a lot of money. That well over yonder"—fork in Bend, Miss Durham indicated a derrick not fan away -"belongs to us." From where he sat Furlong could see that the timbers of the tower were still bright and unstained, thus adver- tising the melancholy fact that the well itself was not a producer, so he inquired: "Wh::t's wrong with it? Dry?" "Dry nothing! They're not down yet. They've got a fishing job—been at it for a couple of weeks." "Gee!" The visitor shook his head "That's running somebody in debt.". "When the first oil talk commenced we'd of been tglad to get the farm drilled on most any kind of royalty, Sutanobody would lease it. When they finally got ready, Aunt Mary wanted t bonus --two bits an acre—and she wouldn't listen to Uncle Joe's argu- ments. By and by they offered two bits, but by that time she wanted • a dollar. Then the companies got to- gether, or the booze kind of - petered out, or something, and it began to look as if Uncle Joe would be lucky to make any kind of deal! He finally laid his ears back and leased a small block. Then he tap and got killed." "That's tao bad." • "It was an accident. A powder - wagon let go." The speaker's face grew wistful, she stared out across the arid countryside for a moment o WO. "Uncle Joe loved nue, but—Aunt Mary's his second wife; we're not teeny kinsfolks. It might just as well have been Maddox who got'kil- led; he was as close to the wagon as Uncle Joe and yet he wasn't touched. Funny,' too; he's always been afraid of the stuff and has a hunch he'll be blown lip. Alt you have to say to hint is 'powder' and —" "how'd your aunt come to put :town this new well?" "Maddox drilled -the well. on the lot we leased, and after Uncle Joe was killed he quit the company and sort' of took, charge of things' for Aunt Mary. It wasn't a big well; but the royalty is enough to pay for this one. I won't cook any more ham and eggs, so you'd better make the most of these. Yes, and you'd better come and get thein; they're dote." Miss Durham set a plate on the table and Furlong drew up his chair. With the curiosity natural to.his calling, the visitor; inquired more specifically about the nature of the mishap that had `halted liitaddox's progress; but he learned little. ' He nferred, however, that the royalties from the first well were dwindling at in alarming rate and that any consid- enable delay in completing, the new well might therefore result in ruin to the owner.•. 'It was a prospect that naturally gave Betty and her aunt grave concern. When Ben had finished eating he said:"Maybe I can ,give this driller tf yours some help. I've worked on a good many fishing,jobs. D'you think he'd let ane try?" ."He will .if I' -tell him to," .the girl declared, "He's tried everything any- 'tody has fold hini 'to try. Who knows? Maybe you can do it." The speaker put on her sunbonnet and together she and Furlong went across the 'valley to the well. Tiller Maddox was a swarthy marl of about.thirtyfive; his eyes were bold and black and set close together. He greeted the Dtirhani girl with at easy familiarity, a suggestion of pro- prietorship that gave the visitor cause for thought, but towards Furlong. be was: none too cordial and'whenBetty -explained the reason for the latter's presence Maddox frowned. "Another wise guy, eh? Every hope -choker in ten Miles has been tryin' to show us how smart he is. What d'you know about fishin' stran- ger?"' "Not much," Ben confessed, "but I've had some luck," "Ori, I've had plenty of luck, my.. self!" Maddox asserted, "But I've never hada any good luck lettin' strap- gers monkey with nay work. If you linn'up the well, I' take the blame. "I won't jiim anything." "What'll, yen eharge for this hero :miracle of yours?" Impatiently Miss `Durham i J exclaim:. eel. "What's the difference how iiiuch he charges if he can •do—?'t "I've been 'paid for any help I can give you," Furlong declared. "Prob- :ably I can't clo anything; but so far 1 dont even know what's wrong: Do you mind telling ane?" "We've got a bolt in the hole," "A bolt?" "Sure! A six -molt steel bolt. ' It worked loose and dropped out of a tool." "'.Glint's a new one," Ben admitted. "Why don't you drill it Out, pound it to pieces?" Maddox grinned. "That's what' we've been tryin' to do, .but it's tem - pored harder than the bit, It dells every tool we use and all we been doin' for two: weeks is sharpen steel." "Can't you drill past it?" "How you gone to sidetrack a 6 - inch bolt loose in the'botton of a hole'?" . "Von can drive it into the wall," "Oh you can, can you? We're in- to a stratter of iron pyrites an' rocks chum' bear. as hard as the belt. It's 'much as ever a tool ;will cut it at an. That bolt just shifts a- round in the bottom of the hole like it was in a steel cup, an' it's too small to grapple. I s'poso we could get holt Of it with some fancy kind of a mag- net if we could get holt of some fancy kind of a magnet that would get holt of it." Again Maddox grinned. Betty Durham was staring at Fur- long with aft apprehensive pucker be- tween her. brows. "Ain't that our luck, for a little bitty old bolt to ruin ev- erything? Can you think of any way—?" "I can think of one way that won't cost much to try." "I don't want any strangers ex- perimentin' around—" Maddox be- gan; but the girl�.exclahned, sharply: "You've been experimenting for two weeks at a hundred dollars a clay, haven't you? It's our well. Let Mr. Furlong have a go at it." The driller executed an exaggerat- ed acquiescence. "Right you are, Bet- ty! But if this feller;nits-it on the barn, don't blame me." Then to Ben he anontncecl: "Help yourself,- pard - net'. You heard the boss." Wheti Furlong had fully, satisfied himself as to conditions he took off his coat and went to work. He knew t, o1 no fishing 'tool so designed as to pick up an object' so small end as easily movable as a 0 -inch bolt, there- fore he made' one. He took a short length of steel casing of a diameter. small enough to slip into the well, and in one end of this he cut teeth several inches long. It was a labor that consumed time: he was still at it when Betty reappeared at the well abonk dark and advised him that Isis supper was waiting. Mi's,. Durham had returned from town. She was a woman of indeter- minate age. Her eyes were pale; her nose ivas hooked like the beak of a hawk; her lips were thin and set in avaricious lines, Immediately upon !meeting Furlong she wanted to know whether he believed, his 'experiment .would succeed, how'he proposed 19 go about it, how long itwould take, and the like. Ben was noncom ita1 and he refused to raise her hopes. Be -1 fore he had finished his meal Ise had convinced himself that the woman stood in • some sort of dread of Tiller Maddox and that her fear of antagon izing hilt almost equaled her anxiety for Fur'long's success. .Ben wondered. why. • Another fact he discovered- Betty and her aunt were not on the best of terms. After supper; by the light of a gasoline torch, Furlong 'resumed his, work the while Maddox vainly tried,' with the new device which his em- ployer -had brought out from town,. to grapple that obstinate 'piece of steel a fifth of a mile beneath his feet. But it was blind work, mono- tonous work; dispiriting work time after time the clumsy fishing tool was over.;these rough roads like it's so much molasses they got. Old Man. Durham went across the road and give him directions—lie stood there watch- in the wagon as it drove' on. The driver Was trottin' his flosses, 'an' when he crossed the railraod trade it let go. Jar'set it off, I s'pose. Tiller "says he saw it all, but he don't re- ' member e-'mennber hearin' a sound ,nt feeliii';a shock of any amt. All he seen was a hig• black cloticl, an' when he looked fol.- • Olcl man Durham he wasn't there. The fence wa's ,gone, too." "What happened to the driver?" "What &you ' reckon happened? All the, trace ever found of him or the outfit was part of a Moss's leg harigin' on a telegraph cross -arm a- bout a hunched yards up the grade. There was a ltole,_titirty footer wide where the wagon had been 'and the railrobd iron was corkscrewed for a quarter of a mile. They found quite a bit of Mr. Durham—enough to hold a funeral -over." "And Maddox wasn't scratched! 'That stuff certainly acts queer at tunes!" "They figgered some air current was responsible. "Kind of a Godsend fol' Tiller, wasn't it?" "Not to be killed? Sure--" "Naw! To get in with the wider an' Betty. Lucky for them, too, that he tools to lookin' out for 'em. If he makes this well they'll' be movin' into one of them Dallas mansions with marble bedsteads." ' "Humph! He'll never make a well if he keeps dropping hardware in it. 'In my country a driller that careless would lose his job." I "Tiller won't lose his job," theen- gineer. asserted, positively "He don't lose anything he goes after." In the . course of time Furlong fin- ished cutting the end of his steel eas- ing into a series of teeth, and these. teeth he then bent slightly inward. This done, he attached the. device to a tool and lowered it into tate hole. Even. Betty Duham and her aunt Mary, who looked on , with growing suspense, understood now how he pro- posed to pick up that bolt. He had shaped those tapering teeth so that they resembled the curving fingers of a hand, and his delicate task was oto drive the casing hone against the steel -hard bottom of the well until those fingers dosed, until he clinched them over the obstacle. It was a task less difficult than it sounds. (Continued next week) DOINGS IN THE S'OUT WORLD Boy' Scouts and Girl Guides of Mer- shon, Sask., joined forces to give a play to raiso funds for the painting of the' local Anglican Church. Scouts on School Safety Duty Uniformed Boy Scouts of the. troop sponsored by the Lions'Clnb of Leam- ington, Ont., have been on safety duty at street crossings near the public school before and immediately after school hours. Better Indians than the Indians When Hollywood producers sent a party of Indians on location to filen scenes of "The Last of the Mohicans" a Boy Scout was sent along, to teach them to make fire as their ancestors did, with the "twirling sticks." , They Prefer Fists to the Six -Shooter Apparently reflecting the passing of the Western boy's interest in the cowboy's "six-shooter," and revival of interest in the Anglo-Saxon's "manly art" with the fists, nearly 1,000 boys attended a boxing tournament spon- sored by the lst Calgary Boy Scout Troop. The. Scouts themselves showed up well in five weight classes, ---the 70, 80, 110, 118 and 185 lb. 2,000 Small First Aiders.. With the winning of the Hesketh First Aid flag by the "first aider" raised and lowered; but its jaws' re- team of the• 44th Winnipeg'., Wolf Cub fused .to seize the troublesome bolt. Pack a record was established for It was a job as hopeless and as baf-such 'competitions. The contest was fling as trying to pick tip a pin with the 25th. Since the inauguration of 'a.pair of fine tongs. attached to a the competition) -in memory of the string. late 'Col. Hesketin -'some 2;000 Wolf The engineer of the rig watched , Cubs, between 8 •and• 12 years, of age,,. Furlong's work with the interest of,have given special study -to eliminary a fellow machinist, and of hint the' first aid, and. have taken competitive latter inquired q ted finally: - tests in the subject. "Say! How come Mr. Durham to get killed?" "He was Wowed up. - It was when 'the Planet Company was getting ready to.. pug down that well on the northeast corner. Maddox was work- in' for the company then movie' the A Pyramid of Rotary Nation Flags A parade of uniformed Scouts bearing the flags of all the nations represented in Rotary was a unique rig onto the ground. A powder wca- and popular feature of the opening night of the North Pacific District gon came by an' the driver stopped Rotary Conference at Vancouver. to ask his way. You've seen theThe boys ,marched to the music of a trucks—six hundred odd quarts of nit- Boy Scout and Girl Scout band from roglycerine in square cans all Set In Washington, and concluded with a felt -lined racks to keep 'em from jar- i brilliant spotlight picture, a pyramid ring. I allus been scared of .'em, but them • drivers pound their wagons (Continued, on page 3) CO1)IMTSSION TO,..BROADCAST 11IUSICatL TATTOO FROM CHATHAM ON JULY 24—GERMAINE 13IIUi'ERE RETURNS, TO. CRC NET- WORKS 'BERNIE YUFFEY NOW WITH ENGLISH AIRWAVES - OTHER INTERESTING NOTES. The Canadian Radio Commission! announces that it will broadcast Jul i y 24, from 8.30 to Om p.m. EST, a pro- gram of band music in connection with the tattoo ceremonies of the an- nual convection of the Canadian Bancl- nnasters' Association to be held in Chatham on that date. The: broadcast' will be heard over the national net- work. - The 'tattoo, which is expected to be one of the most elaborate in the his- tory of the association; will be attend- ed bynearlytwenty of tate most out- standing bands of eastern Canada and will conclude the •three day con- vention. An ambitious program has been arranged by Bandmaster S. G. Chamberlain, leader of the Chatham Kiltie Bancl, who is in charge of the event, The broadcast will feature five selections by bands under the baton of different bandmasters. The complete program will be as follows: "Triumphal March and Chor- ns," from "Aida," by Verdi, (conduc- tor: S. G. Chamberlain); overture, "Silver Chord," by Captain C. O'Neill, (condutcor: C. F. Thiele, director of the Waterloo Music Society); "Stars and Stripes Forever," by John P. Sousa, (conductor; W. Drake, Essex Scottish Windsor); "Scotch Fantas- ia— Robert Bruce," by Bonnisseau, (conductor: Captain John. Slatter, y. D., director of music 48th Highland- ers, Toronto), and a march, "The Con- queror," by, Teike, (conductor:' Peter Allan, bandmaster of Knights -Ten- plar, Windsor). Good News From Montreal Despite this uncotismonly hot wea- ther, and despite the fact that he is a lazy bounder regardless of the tem- perature, our Montreal gossip hunter has taken time off to pass on this bit of.. exceptionally good news. Ger- maine Bruyere, sir, after a successful season with the National Broadcast- ing Company, has returned to Canada to resume broadcasting for the Cana -i dian Radio Commission. Miss Bruyere,! who will be remembered as the star' of "Canadian Concert Hall of the Air," , "Babillage-Caprice," and "Aux Foux de le Rampe," has accepted a "Presenting" spot for eastern network iophone appearance; As a result, considerable potential broadcasting material is constantly being discover- ed and developed,, Froin those attend- ing auditions each week, the best are chosen actually to go on the air'from CPQC, the CRC station at Saskatoon, the facilities of which are given with- out cost to the Board of Trade.. Those receiving the greatest listener reg sponse earn the right to appear before 10. N. Stavin; regional program direc- tor, for an official addition; Since these activities of the Board of Trade " started about two years ago, more - than four huuidred haye been given the opportunity of broadcasting. Of these, listeners but she will be heard, we are many have been found suitable for . informed, 'our a number-' of national regular local microphone engagements. network features from the Montreal and some already have achieved the studios, distinction of appearing over the Radio Commission network. Bernie Yuffy Goes to'Town. Word has just been received from London, England, that Bernie Yuffy; brilliant young pianist formerly fea- tured' ea-tured. on the ` "A Quarter to Eight" and ' 3liythin River" .resentations of the Canadiitn Radio Commission and several CROW local programs, has made his debut over the airwaves of the British Broadcasting -Corporation• Bernie left Windsor about a month ago to join the British Empire Boys' Band, having been chosen as one of Canada's four rereserttatives for that. unit. Although a seasoned artist; Ber- nie is but 17 years of age and is as 'equally:fanniliar with the classics' as ,he is with the, newest hits from Tin Pan Alley. - "Twilight Echoes" The voices of Bill Morton, tenor, and Thelma Auld, soprano, will be heard over the national network of the Canadian Radio Commission on Thursday, July 23, at 8.30 pan. EST, while Roland Todd's instrumental en- semble, on the "Twilight Echoes" pro- gram. The gifted young, vocalists will be heard in "Sinilin' Thro," "La Banza," ",Do You Know My Garden,' "It Was a Lover and His Lass." The 'ensemble will present "Minuet," by Paclerewslci; "Song of India," by Rimsky-Ilorsalcoff, and "Dancing Tambourine," by Polla. Albert Pratz will be heard in the violin solo, "In- troduction and Tarantella," by Sar asate. Very Useful Co -Operation Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is one point where the Canadian Radio' Com- mission receives very useful local co- operation. Under the direction of an especially appointed radio committee, the junior section of the Board of Tracie holds regular weekly auditions at which all aspiring' radio artists are given an opportunity to snake a mic- r COMMISSION FEATURES DAY BY DAY • ((Ail Tines •Eastern Standard) Thursday, July 23: 8,00 p.m.: •The, Georgian Singers" Moc1erni choral group. From Tor- onto. 9.00 p.m.' Wallanstein Symphoniet- to—Prom New York. Friday, July 24: 7.30 p.m. "Canadian Concert Hall of the Air"—From Montreal. 8.30 pan. Band Festival and Tat- too -From Chatham. Saturday, July 25: 7.30 p.m.. Stadium Concert—MBS- CRBC exchange program. From New York.: 8.30 lint. "Let's Go to the Music Rall" -Old time music hall program, From Toronto. Sunday, July 26: 5.00 p.m. Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards—From Montreal. 5.30 pm.. Dr. Stewart Reviews the News — News editorial of the Air. From Halifax. ..Monday, July 27: 8.30 p.m. "Tribute to a song" — Musical program. From Toronto. 9.00 pan. "With Banners Flying" —From Montreal. r Tuesday, July 28: 1 7.30 p.m.' Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians — Dance music. From New York. I 8.00 p.m. "Mystery House"—Dra- tnatic presentation. From Montreal. Wednesday, July 29: 9.00 pais. "This Is Paris" — From Montreal, 1 0.30 p.m. Mart Kenny and his Wes - !tern Gentlemen—From Banff, " Somebody to see you 1 )f IF EVERYBODY with something to interest you should come and ring your bell, what a nuisance it would be! Think of the swarm- ing, jostling crowd, the stamping of feet on your porch and carpets! - Every week we know of callers who come to see you. They never jangle the bell—they don't take up your whole day trying to get your attention, Instead, they do it in a way that is most con- siderate of your-vipracy and your convenience. They advertise in your newspaper! In this way you have ,only to listen to those you know at a glance have something that interest you. They make it short, too, so you •can gather quickly just what you want to know. You can re- ceive •and hear them all without noise or confusion in a very few minutes. In fairness to' yourself look over all the advertisements, The smallest and the largest—you never can be sure which one will tell something you really want to know. The Uiilltoll) ows-B000rd A FINE MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING—READ ADS IN THIS ISSUE. PHONE 4.