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The Clinton News Record, 1936-12-17, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., DEC. 17, 1936 The ; Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 Per year in ,advance, to Cana- dian addresses, $2.0D to the U.S. or ether foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the ontion of the publish- er. The date to which every sub- acrintion is paid is denoted on the label. ADVERTISING RATIOS — Tran- eient advertising 12c per count line for first :inertion. 8c for each ,ub- eequent',insertion.`' Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements not to exceed one inch, such as "Wanted, "Lost," "Strayed," ete., inserted once for 35c, each subsequent insertion i5e. Rates for display advertising :made known 'on application, 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, H. T. RANCE Notary Publie, Conveyancer IFinancial.':Real, Estate and .l ire In- euranee Agent. -Representing 14 Fire insurance Companies. Division Court Office. Clinton • Frank Fin land, B.A., LL.B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone,, K.C. Sloan Block Clinfnn, Ont. D. IT. 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 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 208. Charges Moderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. 1 CkllllT 1N THE WILD By Robert Ames Bennet SYNOPSIS Allen Garth is preparing to snake a trip to a mine which he has discov- ered in the Canadian Northwest when an aeroplane appears, at the little re- fueling station and an elderly man, a young man and a young woman alight. - The two men who are looking for mining prospects, become muck in- terested in some specimens of ore shown them by Garth. They are all rather haughty, especially the girl, and treat Garth like a servant, but he shows his independence and does- n't allow himself to be 'ordered about. They 'decide to take Garth in their aeroplane to .inspect his mine and if it turns out to :be worth working to take a lease !or a year and give him sixty percent. of the output. They become so interested that they try to get away , in their plane leaving him behind so they can put in • their claim for the mine. They are thwar- ted in this and their plane is swept down the falls and destroyed. Garth. then agrees to lead them out if they will do just as he says and he has got them out to the Mackenzie. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "If 'you've done what I think you have," he said, "I call you for a showdown." The engineer's lips tightened in an ironical smile. He put up his hands. Not to be fooled by- the seeming bluff, Garth went over Huxby's tattered clothes, from coat collar to moccas- 1 ins. The pistol was nowhere on the engineer. "This is one time I'm due to apolo- gize," Garth admitted. "I accept no apology from you," Huxby replied. Lilith looked from one to the other, het own lips tightening. Mr. Ramill good-humoredly inter- posed,. as he hung the washed leath- er 'coat before the fires "Postpo"• your fight, boys. We're still in the muskegs. I'll build a cockpit for you when we get out." That won a chuckle from Garth. Huxby smiled with his lips—not with his eyes. As Lilith looked from Garth to him, her eyes narrowed and her tips tightened, THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office. Seaforth, Ont. , a Officers: President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea - forth; Vice -President, John B. ` Pep- per' Brucefield; Secretary -Treasurer, M. A. Reid; Seaforth. Directors: Alex. Broadfoot, Brucefield; James ,Sholdice, Walton; William Knox, Londesboro; George Leonhardt, Dub - 'in; John E. Pepper, Brucefield; James Connolly, Goderich; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex. McEwing, Blyth. List of Agents: W. J. Yeo, Clin- 4on, R. R. No. 3; James Watt, Blyth;, John E. Pepper, Brucefield, R. R. No. 1; R. F. McKercher, Dublin, R. R. '1STo. 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;" iR. 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 Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will le promptly attended to on applica- lion to any of the above officers ad- 'dressed to their respective post offi- ces. Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene._ CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS 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 3.00 p.m. 'Going West, depart 12.02 p.m. -Going West, : depart 10.08 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce ',Going North, ar.-11.34, lve 12.02 p.m. Going South • 3.08 p.m. • THE DOUBLE - BARRED CROSS international Symbol of the Crusade against Tuberculosis As armies march across the gager of bistory, 0ghteng for. their rights or bnoir wrongs as tete case may be, one custom seems to have been conimbn to them all: each carried slags and banners on which appeared the emblem of the cause. Good or bad,: the cause was alwayr Blazoned forth in termsof heraldry •which• gradually became a highly sped - :anted study. After the dawn of the Ohristian ersthe erose became a tre- mendously popular symbol and with this emblem upon their banner, many a doughty knight rode forthtodo battle :for his principles and to save or reclaim the Holy Land from the Infidel. Grosses of all shapes, sizes and orna- mienbatlons haveboon used by innumer- :able families, cities, orders. guilds, mations and causes, The Spaniards Sounda religious symbol among the -Aztecs which was very similar to our 'cross. The swastika of Hlblerism is an -old symbol made of .several crosses. Thus the habit of choosing emblems bas +carried over into our modern civilization .and clubs and such peacetime associa• -tions still follow that age-old custom. It was therefore quite the natural -thing that as the war against tuberculosis gathered momentum, and. nation after nation took up the cause, that some international- emblem should be chosen. which Would be symbolic. The matter was given careful consideration for it was important that the symbol should. ho internationally acecpted and have a -universal appeal, and yet.it should be' decidedly distinct from.any already :adopted international symbol suck as the -Red Cwoul 'd seem that the tuberculosis t•campaignors of the eighteen-nineblos or %hereabout, deliberately wont out after :a symbol that would have something Bike the significance and universal accept - :once of the Red (Geneva) Cross, and 'They Had quite avoid not only the h d ,Cross, but those of the. various Saints, 'George, Anthony, Androw and so on, 'They had also to avoid the Coltec, the 'Greek, the Maltese and thePapal. In 'the Words of lar. D. A. Stewart, 'After ,that, it would seem that what they 'thought they might require they went ,and took,' And so we have the pabri- ,archalcross, the Lorraine cross of the two crusades accomiflished, noir a symbol ih every land' of a new popular, enbhusl- :antic and successful crusade against entrenched tuberculosis, a new crusade -to .win back for all the_people of the.. -world. the Holy Land of Health." This is the banner finder. which the .Muskoka, the Toronto and Queen `Mary Hospitals for Censuniptives have unexcited these 'many years—'the banner under which they and other sanatorium .and -tuberculosis workers' organizations tin the -Province have on such marked Butvictory can only bo won with the. -continued-effort and the financial sun - 'Tort of the people at large. Your.: contribution to National Sani Miriam lle "Te onto will betgt'eiitly upro223 clpttaad. St., He opened the gold -mounted case, bit off the tip of the sole surviving Havana, and snapped his patent light - et. It failed to flare. II tossed it over into the water, and turned to Garth, with an impatient command: "Give ine a light." "Only two snatches left, sir." ".enough to light a agar: Pass them over." Instead of taking out his waterproof match case, Garth took up his paddle. "The rule is, never , burn your last match until yon have to. You've thrown away that little flint and steel. The fire -drill is all right in dry weather but hard to use in wet." Huxby dipped his own paddle. "Come on, Mr. Ramill. By his own account, three` hours more will rid us. of him and his insolence," "Wait," said Lilith. She pointed to the bank where the pleasant green of young spruces showed among the weathered white trunks of fire -killed birch trees, "If we have so much time, we'll land there and clean up," "But—with the post so near, my dear Lilith!" Huxby protested. "That fellow Tobin had any amount of soap." "All the more reason. I'll no have even a common navvy see me in this condition. The rags can't be helped. But the dirt!--" Out burst her sup- pressed loathing for all the grease and grime that smirched herself and the men. "Mud! slime! rancid fat! spoil- ed meat!' Alan ,Garth, I know that I have to go in dressed like a squaw. But this—this. .filth!" He surged the canoe around shore- ward with a powerful sweep of his paddle. ot "Nnecessary, Miss Ramill. A scouring with hardwood ashes and I sand will do the work of soap. We can go in sweet." They landed where an ice jam of some spring break-up had gouged through the muskeg mud at the end of the ridge and left a clear beach of glacial sand and gravel. Up over the ten -foot cut bank, Garth started la fire with one of his two remaining matches. Even Husby joined in gathering other piles of fallen birch branches for more fires. While they were Iburning, Garth beached the canoe and tilted it so that the sun would • dry the soggy inside. Huxby stirred the fires, and Mr. Ramill broiled the last of the partly spoiled bear -cub meat, while Lilith tried out a cupful Mr. Ramill's good -humor over his of the rancid fat for a final mess of fall into the muskeg pool had not been mosquito dope. Garth brought the forced. It was based upon his feeling girl pitch for the mix from the nearby of physical well-being. !thicket of young spruces. Instead of having been broken down No cleaning could be done until the by the hard toil and exposure of the fires burned out. When Mr. Ramill trip and the severe lesson in the took off the spits of cooked meat, all meaning of famine, he had come squatted down as usual to share the through it all in even better shape meal. Garth smiled his thanks as he than before the start from the lost took the slab of hot meat handed to valley. `The days of starvation had him by the millionaire. The .smile completed. Nature's raid upon the hardened. degenerate fats and poisons of his A sudden change had fallen upon once obese body. •his three companions. He could eas- There had followed the feasts of ily guess the cause. They realized tender bearcub ',neat.. He was again that this was the last meal they were putting on weight, but it was hard toshare as fellow voyageurs with muscle. The healthty blood flooded him. his brain with a 'comfortable glow The moment they stepped from the that was not to be dampened by any canoe onto the wharf at the emergen- amount of toil or discomforts. cy refueling post, their forced com- He was paddling as vigorously if panionship with him in the lost val- not as skillfully as his daughter, ley and on all the long trip out would when, mid-morning of the twenty- be at an end. Instead of a trio de- fourth day from the valley, the canoe pendent upon their' opponent for food neared a wooded point that rose well and guidance for life itself they above the swamps. Garth called out would be a trio not only independent from the stern of the canoe: I of, but hostile to hina and his inter - "If you want a surprise, friends, eats: a shut your eyes while we take ten That was at least true of the two strokes." • Imen. And even Lilith betrayed' in her He knew that Huxby Would keep on l took and manner a vivid conscious- ness of the impending change of rela- tionship. As for Huxby, the cold gloating in his stare showed how he was anticipating the robbery and ruin of the man who had so far outplayed him. Mr. Ramill had reacted in his own way. His temporary friendliness had disappeared. Ile was again the bland, adroit investor in mines who so gen- erously presented worthy prospectors with a thousand, and in return took over claims worth many thousands. Huxby of course had been a hopeless case. But Garth had fancied there were possibilities in the older pirate. Lilith Ramill, however, was the real CHAPTER XIV. The Gaffed Wolf, of an unscrupulous business, sharper. He broke in upon her rubbing of the begrimed diamond:; "May I ask yod for the saltand: tea bags, Miss Ramill? They're as good as empty, I. see. But I can refill them for my re- turn to the valley!' She stared at him, wide=eyed.' "Val- ey! You—you're going back there?" "To be sure. Why not? You can't suppose I'll abandon all that million n my platinum placer." IJuxby's .face had gone blank. His -Tate eyes stared with all their cold' rancor. But Mr. Ramill chuckled, 'Of course,my dear—the placer. He will bo going back to his placer next spring," The girl did not turn her astonish- ed gaze away from Garth. "Dad does not understand. I do. You mean' now: You planned it from the first.. All that Caribou meat and the—" "Good guess," he broke in. "It has taken a bit longer than I expected to get you out. But in my light birch - bark, I fancy I can make the head of canoe water before the freeze-up. After that, 'frost and snow will snake: no difference. S'R have a pair of webs —snowshoes." ' The millionaire spoke in place of his wild-eyed daughter: "But, man, the cold V' Garth smiled. "Have you forgotten I told you that I wintered with the Eskimos at Coronation Gulf?" "They have dog teams." "Solna of those teams were reared from wolf pups. I might experiment nyself. There are several wolf fam- 'lies in the valley." "`You're stark mad! If you think you can—" Mr. RammiI paused. He listened h to w at.Huxby was muttering in his ear. His frown smoothed out, and hen agar favored Garth with the smile that did not go up as high as his w shre d eyes. • "Oh, well, my boy, if you're bound to risk your life in foolhardy adven- turing, that's of course none of our business." ' "Quite so," Garth agreed. "If our sixty -forty deal had not fallen through, it would have been your business to do the legal assessment Garth met the suddenly anxious looks of Lilith and her father with a smile. "All pilots have orders to sight non- bout the hotel at Edmonton. But for stop posts in passing. Tobin has a the most part she sat in moody si distress signal. There'll be a plane lance. The grease that dulled the bril-. coming south from the Arctic coast tient blue diamond of her engagement ring seemed to annoy -her. She ub bed at it with a bit of dry moss, be- tween bites at her meat. By the time Garth finished his own staring ahead. But he guessed right about Lilith and her father, At the end of the tenth stroke, the girl flung up her paddle and uttered a shriek 'of joyous dmazement: "The river! The river!" Close upon the cry came the deep - lunged shout of her father: "By the Ahnighty, you've done it, Garth! Iluxby continued to stare fixedly a- head at the mightly flood of the Mac- kenzie. He was last to speak: "Out of the nuiskegs; but a tong way from out of this damned North!" "Long by canoe or even by steam- er," Garth agreed. "Not so far, though, by air passage. We can disappointment. Though she had done make the emergency supply post by nothing, so far aa Garth could tell, two or three hours' paddling down to disprove her declared hatred of stream." him, she had seemed more arid more "What of it? That fellow Tobin to show a spirit of fair play, It had told us planes never stop there, unless led him into thinking she possessed a foul weather runs them short of gas." true spirit of sportsmanship. Yet now the girl avoided looking at him. Occasionally she gazed rather hard at her fiance and murmured a- within three days—probably tomor- row. You'll be lying in the lap of lux- ury at Edmonton within a week or ten days." The millionaire felt at the grease- half -spoiled meat, 'he managed also to and -pitch mat of his month-old beard. swallow his bitterness. Alter all, He chuckled. "A bath and a barber! what else could he have expected?. Hand over that last cigar, Garth. The girl was the daughter of Burton Here's where I ,celebrate:' Ramill—the selfish spoiled daughter work on ' the claim. But as things stand, I' may as well put in the winter doing the work myself. The metal I ` Remember—coke will heat your home at a !ower cost than other hard fuels, WWH�Iry � GooD HEALTH during a long winter depends in great measure, on keeping your house equally warm in all rooms and at all hours. Your task is lighter with Hamco Coke — the modern, all - Canadian fuel which maintains a steady heat all day long. Switch to Hamco Coke for a trial ton. You'll have a cleaner house—no dust, no soot, no smoke And you'll have a warmer house because there's less waste in this fuel—every shovelful produces the maxi- mum heat. And you'll have less ashes to carry out.! 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When you consider that Hamco Coke costs considerably Iess per ton than any other hard fuel of comparable value, the monthly savings in your own home are obvious. Fuel experts say:"Stop think- ing about coke as a low-priced substitute. Irrespective of price, it is the perfect fuel. You can't buy a better fuel no matter how much more you pay—the money you save is an extra asset." ,cs HAMCO COKE gold in Clinton by: J. B. MUSTARD COAL CO. W. J. MILLER & SON VICTOR FALCONER A. D. McCARTNEY "Apologize or get up and take what is coming to you." Huxby stopped blinking. The daze sled out with my wolf team should cleared from his eyes. They took on pay enough to buy me a fair-sized their usual calculatinglook, He felt freight plane." I again at his sore jaw, and replied, The millionaire beamed. Yes—ah with cold deliberation: "I withdraw —tru!" Garth smiled back at him. . "By the the term. way, I meant to let yon discover for I Arrogant as was the tone, the yourselves at Fort Smith" the happy, words were an unqualified apology,I surprise I've had all 'along for you. Garth turned to ''Lilith, who stood But since you're so pleased already ow 1 gazing at him with a peculiar hard er my prospects, I'll let you into the glow in her blue eyes. He spoke as secret right now." if nothing had happened: "Secret—at Fort Smith?" 'Sonne of the ashes are now cool "Yes. I forwarded my papers by enough for you to use, Miss Ramill. the southbound Bellanca before I had Rub them on as a mud paste till the the pleasure of meeting you and Miss potash cuts the grease, then scour Ramill. My claim has been on record with' sand, and rinse. "Better take for the past four weeks or so, •your ashes in the blanket, and use it Huxby glared with a sudden change for protection while you do your from gloating to cold rage: "You lie- laundering. The sheets and bulldog You were going out in your canoe." fliesare swarming. You'll find a He was on his feet almost as soon !bit of sand beach just under as Garth. His fists swung in blows that clump of spruce." driven by all the force of his fur- ious anger. Garth side-stepped both, (Continued Next Week) DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD The site of the great world camp of Boy Scouts to be held in Holland next summer is appropriately known as Vogelenzang, or "Song of the' Birds." English Scouts Like Get-Togethers 1 Nearly 30,000 Boy Scouts attend- ed four "Jamborees" held in different parts of England this summer. A North Country gathering at Durham attracted 10,000, a West Country af- fair at PIymouth drew 8,000, the, jVlidlands Jamboree 8,000, and Sea Scouts from throughout the British Isles gathered at Portsmouth. between two iron steps. Slue receiv- ed a very severe cut behind her knee, There were at least 70 people wait- ing to catch the boat, and not one had any knowledge of first aid. The poor lady had to await the arrival of the boat fifteen minutes later before ef- ficient help was forthcoming. All this time her leg was bleeding pro- fusely, bathing towels which had been wrapped round her leg being saturat- ed with blood. When the steamer arrived there were calls for a doctor, or anyone with first aid knowledge. Of at least 200 people on board only one stepped forward, and he was a Boy Scout. He did the job well, and the lady was taken to hospital. I envied that Boy Scout's knowledge and efficiency. —W. B. Nottingham. Dutch Queen Patroness Of World Scout Gathering Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands has expressed her willingness to be Patroness of the Fifth Boy Scout World Jamboree, to be held near Vogelenzang, Holland, next summer. The Queen's late Con- sort, Prince Henry, was Patron of the Dutch Scout Association, and shortly after his death the Queen assumed his place as Patroness of the movement. and clipped in a hook to the jaw. Huxby dropped as if hit by a sledge. Yet it was not a complete knock -out After three or four seconds, he sat up, blinking like a dazed owl ,and rubbing the flattened .wad of beard on his jaw, Garth had stepped back. Ile said: READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE NEWS -RECORD --IT WILL PAY YOU -- Of 200 Only A Scout Could Help The Injured Old Lady A letter to the Editor of the Not- tingham Journal: . Sir,—The value of a knowledge of first aid is not appreciated until the time arrives when it is most needed. On August Bank Holiday, Tuesday, I, with my familiy, had a day trip to Sandown, Isle of Wight. While waiting at the pier steps to catch a return boat to Southampton, we ob- served an aged lady who had the mis- fortune to stumble, her leg slipping Chevrolets of New Design for 1937 Chevrolet announces two cars for 1937 -the Master and the Master de luxe. They are of identical wheelbase and both powered by a SMARTLY STYLED UNISTEEL BODIES WITH NEW POWER PLANT new valve -in -head motor of 85 of both. A cutaway view of the ani- door panel, is shown lower right. All -silent all -steel steel body is shown lower left. The The generous capacity of luggage horsepower.trunks a feature of all sedan Turret -Top bodies by Fisher of flashing'speedline, which extends models' is shown upper left. Upper unisteel construction are" a feature from - the hood through the front right, the Master de luxe Sedan. NEDIGER - Clinton