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The Wingham Advance Times, 1931-01-01, Page 6nt WiNpn:A; al AnvANCI-TriVMEs hursday, Js. teary 1st,' , At~rr fees °dirties x?'ul lints. at ;AM + NTAI IO ThlaredaY ,Morning Craig' ubBaher'; prion crates en. One year $2,00. igonths $1.,00, in advance, A.. $2:50 per year, nertieie rates eu apt>licatien. • 1lin Cork Mutual Fire 'xis'lxramce Co,, E4t4blished 1840 klteks taken on all class of . insur- rac4 'at reasonable rates. Head ,Offiee, Guelph, Ont.' iSllZR, COSENS, Agent; Wingham J. W. Dori 1"wq doors south of Field's Butcher shop, PIRE, LT.FE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND`REAL ESTATE it. 0 Box 366 Phone 46 WINGHAM,. ONTARIO J. W.: BUSHFIELD arrester, Solicitor, Notary, Etc, Money to Loan ice—Meyer Block, Wingham }recessor. to Dudley Holmes H CRAWFORD Barrister, i olicitor, Notary, Etc. Success° to R. Vanstone Ingham - Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, Ontario DR, G. ILL ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store H. W. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon' �edica1 Representative D. S. C. R. Successor to Dr. W. R. Humbly Phone`, 54 Wingham DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND .l4LRC.S. (ENG.). L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON D.R. R. L. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto, Vacuity of Medicine; Licentiate of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office in 'Chisholm Block Josephine Street.>Phone 29 DR. +G..W. I-IOWSON DENTIST Office over 'John 'Galbraith's Store. F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases Treated Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on •Centre` Street. Sundays by appointment. ;, Osteopathy Electricity. "mane 272,: Hours,: 9 a.zn, to 8 p.m, A. R. & P. E. DUVAL Licensed Drugless Practitioners • Chiropractic and Electro Therapy. Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic College, Toronto, and National Col- lege, Chicago. Out of town and night,calls'res- ponded to. All business confidential. Phone 800. J. ALV•IN FOX Registered'' Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY Hours: 2-5, 7-8, or by' tapointment. ` Phone 191. J. D. MCEWEN LICENSED AUCTIONEER Phone 602r14.' Sales of Farm Stock and Imple- ents, Real Estate, Etc,, conducted oath satisfaction and at moderate charges. THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL. ESTATE SOLD horough kt�owlecige of Farm Stock Phone 28.1., Wingham RICHARD B. JACKSON AUCTT NBER Phone, el3rs Wroxeter, 1:s. , , ~weta.r, or address L. R. 1, Gorrie. Sales conducted' any. titers and satisfactiotr guaranteed. r g a ed. .. y ��y R g�� XM n �, Y4P iJl`� I1�,NTISTS lrlefice` mat, onald Block; Winghant, A. Jai +I1 A ti :8 A �► l�T IAL eine 'Wanted to Sweep Amy Dusty ,k' 'obleslns- Miiltions ',['hrown Away. ;During the lest irandree rears mankind hen zn;sde greater advances in knowledge and in turning nateirad iorees to his own use than in the course of any other petioli. in the 'wrorld's ,history, and therm is no ques- tion that .the coming eentur# will stuff a still more aetonishing forward staevenment, writes R.. W. Hallows in Tit -Bits. We seem: to 'be on, the verge of solving problems that have boned humanity through the ages—and yet the solution, elude us. 1'em;haaps the most needed of ail dls- coveriev etre cures for file ntanY ap- palling diseases that still afdiet the hiunan rate. Causer still bugles meta - /eat 'science. though any day its cause and the meson of curing it steer be known, We have discovered how to deal with typhus, typhoid, small- pox, plague, and other dreadful scourges of the past, but doctors are stili bailed be influenza and the com- mon cold. Means of eommunicatii a between one part of the world and almost any other are man -els to -day. A hundred years ago it took six months to send a message to Australia; now it can be done in a fraction of a second. But our communications, marvellous as they are, are not perfect, Magnetic storms may completely upset the working of cables for hours or even days upon end, whilst atmospherics may render the reception of messages by wireless impossible,. One of the greatest needs • of the day is for a certain and absolutely reliable means of communication - Another invention for which the world is waiting is that of some sat- isfactory means of disposing of ref- use, Though refuse of all kinds con- tains huge stores of energy and many valuable chemicals, we do not knew what to do with it. We turn our rivers into sewers and disfigure our countryside with horrible. dumps. What Great Britain alone pours down drains and throws into dustbins would probably be worth at least $500,000,000 a year. Power for driving machinery is one of the greatest needs of ctviliseation. In the tides of the sea, which rase or fall twice a day, almost unlimited power is available if we could find a means of Tiring it. Some means must be found of furnishing heat and power without burning substances such as coal, oil, or wood. These are wasteful methods, d far ,nor im o • an e p rtant, the smoke that they produce seriously affects man's health and comfort. So far we have discussed inven- tions and discoveries that can plainly be classed as big, Many more of this kind could be mentioned, but they are not the only ones for which the world is waiting. There are much needed inventions which, though they may seem relatively unimport- ant, would have an enormous effect upon human health. Here are a few of the lesser in- ventions the world badly needs. The great majority of deaths due to traf- fic accidents -and these run into thousands in Britain alone in a year —are caused by skidding. A road surfaee upon which, wet or dry, wheels cannot slip is one of our greatest needs. Sudden changes in the weather result in enormous losses not only to farmers, but also to in- numerable kinds of business. We still have no certain method of forecast- ing these. Fog completely disorgan- ises our transport by land, sea, . and air, and we have found no meanie of penetrating it. Never before in history have there been such opportunities for inventors. MINDS AT .Kt1 JATH &WIREL l±ixaaavators Find Small "Lion and Sacrificial Altar.., A unique archaeological specimen of the pre -Greet[ period in Palestin- ian arehaeology, says the New York Times, has been unearthed at Kir- ja:.h Sepher—the site of tencities linking the Abraham's period 'with the Tomb of the Kings of Judah— by the joint expedition of an Amer - icon school of Oriental research in Jerusalem and the Pittsburg Xenia Theological Seminary. The expedition itas just finished excavations at Tell Belt Mirsine thirteen miles south- west of Hebron. . The object consists of a small lion wrought in bard lintestone in a per- fect state of preservation, crouching upon its forefeet,one of which is broken. The lion is said to be probe ably ocr.o eel the pair which flanked either side of the throne, or more probably it supported the sea of an ancient Canaanite idol. Nearby the expedition found a smatlaltar for Mcri.tictal often, , this being et a soft limestone piece, excellently preserved, in the form of a ridged trlanguar plate with three lions' heeds carved in relief at each corner. Skiing With Wings. Some of the thetas of flying, are added to the winter sport of skiing with a, hair of wings worn by the sk1 runner, The wings, made of alum - he as German inventor, ere ititte- teen feet from tip to tip and enable the wetarer tai fake sbbrt flights in the ai.r after gaining sufficient iso- tnon Uan on. the 'skis, Thee are tie eoestrueied that the aki rider is vir- tually seated in the centre of drew when, ho leaves the ground. They are reovab1e .froul t horizontal posi- tion and easily controlled, enabling the rider to change direetien of eight, Y'+rogress kn 'ltii A'aatanx At the tenth, anniversary of wba'- metes eitifrage In tits Milted States there were 140 ',oaten sittieg eh the Iaegielature et thirty-eight st*tas. In • the ev to t w . It s tS y, Eater coxt�rce s eight •w,o, then` ib014 seatO in the hennas. t;indcrgroare4 Shopesing. *smt roupeetion with itt4 Axil tem dttleago *ill km*. ilk grottntcl s'ttre,pt t o-tett!rt'te1 *itta ,liras I ora and frons1!00 :to lib tett *dk, ttn e Used tut a. hetet g *rink meta siilrrrlr ternwa Doc Tripp, wiping his hands on a towel, his sleeves up, bestowed upon I' the two of them a look of'unutter- able contempt and hatred. "You low -lived skunks!" was his greeting to them,. "Easy, Doc," continued Judith from iter desk. "That won't get us any- where, Who are you?" she demanded of the man standing at Lee's side, "Me?" demanded the mnatz with an assumption of jauntiness, ""I'm Den - ley, Dick Donley, that's who I `am!" "When did you get here?" 'Bout an hour ago."' "What did you come for?" "Lookin' for a job." ' "Did Carson say he hadn't anything for you?„ "No, he didn't. You're askin' a lot of questions, if you want to know," he added with new surliness. "Then why are you going in such a hurry? Don't you like to see anyone shoot pigeons?" Donley stared back at her insolent- ly. 01BLUE #Jackon W 45017 Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR For thelove of God, lead me to him.' But, instead she led him to the doz- en white pigeons which Carson had brought in. Tripp, all business again, improvis- ed his:laboratory, washed the pigeons feet, made his test, with never an- other curse to tell of his progress Judith left' him and went into the courtyard, where, in a moment, Car- son came to her. "You better tell nic what's up," lie said sharply. `,`I know .something is. That new guy that come in is damned hard to keep. Just as quick as I grab a shotgun art' go to shooting pigeons he moseys out to the corrals an' starts saddling his horse!„ 'Don't let him go!" Carson smiled a dry, mirthless smile.' "Bud is looking after him right now," he explained. "Don't worry none about his going before we say so. But I want to know what the Bud Lee, horse foreman of the Blue Lake ranch, convinced Bayne Trev- ors, manager, is deliberatly wrecking the property owned by Judith San- ford, a young woman, her cousin, Pollock Hampton, and Tirnothy Gray, decides to throw up his job. Judith arrives and announces she has bought Gray's share in the ranch and will run it. She discharges Trevors. The men on the ranch dislike tak- ing orders from a girl, but by subdu- ing a vicious horse and proving her thorough knowledge of ranch life, Judith wins the best of them over. Lee decides to stay. Convinced her veterinarian, Bill Crowdy, is treacherous, Judith dis- charges him, re-engaging an old friend of her father's, Doc. Tripp, Pollock Hampton, with a party of friends, comes to the ranch to stay permanently. Trevors accepts Hamp- ton's invitation to visit the ranch. Judith's messenger is held up and robbed of the monthly pay roll. Bud Lee goes to the city for more money, getting back safely with it, though his horse is killed tinder him. Both he and Judith see Trevor's hand in the crime. Hog cholera, hard to account for, breaks out on the ranch. Judith and Lee, investigating the scene of the holdup, climb a moun- tain, where the robber must have hid- den, A cabin in a flower -planted clearing excites .Judith's admiration. It is. Lee's, though he does not say so. They are fired on from ambush, and Lee wounded. Answering the fire, they make for the cabin, Here they find Bill Crowdy wounded, Dragging him into the building, they find he has the money taken from Judith's messenger. Beseiged in the cabin, they are compelled to stay all night. Hampton, at the ranch, becomes uneasy at Judith's long absence, With Tommy Burkitt he goes to seek her, arriving in time to drive the attack- ers off, and capturing one matin, who is known as "Shorty." NOW READ ON— In less than half an hour Doc Tripp showing every sign of a hurried toilet rode into the courtyard. He came swiftly into, the office, bag in hand, Judith, waiting impatiently for him, lost no words in telling hint her sus- picions, And Doc ',Tripp, hearing her out, swore softly and fluently, brief - 1y askingher pardorrfor what he had done. "I'm a jackass," he said fervently. "1 always knew I was a fool, but I didn't know that I was an idiot! Why .Judy, those d—d pigeons have been i e seining all over time ranch, billing and cooing and picking up and toting cholera germs, Any fool: can see it now, I might have known something was up when Trevors bought the in- fernat thing. It's: as si:ittpie as one, trop itinfeta NOW this other atdsper, pretending' to look for a job, brings on . some more of them, so that the disease will spread the faster. Let me get. arty two hands ort luta, ;rttrksth; Judith told him. Carson shook his head. "Think of that?" he muttered, "A a man that would do a trick like that oughtn't to be let live two seconds. Only," and he wrinkled his brows at her' "where does Poker' Face come in? We ain't got rio 'call to suspicion he's in on it." "You watch him, just the sane, Carson; You know that somebody here has been working against us. Some one who turned Shorty loose, Maybe it isn't Poker Face, and may- be it is." "He plays a crib game like a sport an' a gentleman," muttered Carson. "He beat rtie seven games out'n nine last night!" And, still with that puz- zled frowie in his eyes, he went to watch Poker Face and the new.mnan. To have one of the men for whom he was responsible suspected hurt old Carson sorely. And Poker Face, the ran with whom be delighted to play a gave of cards—it was almost as though. Carson himself had conte un- der suspicion. "You're going to stick around just a little while, stranger," Bud Lee was saying quietly to a shifty -eyed man in the corral. "Just why, 1 don't know. Orders, you know." "Orders be d -d," snarled the new- comer. "1 go where I please and when 1 please," .T. -le set a foot to his stirrups. A lean, muscular hand fell lightly upon his shoulder and he was jerked back promptly, T.>ee smiled at him. And the shifty -eyed matt, though he pro- tested sharply, remained where 11e was. A thin saturnine man whose lips never seemed to move, a man with dead -looking eyes into which no light of emotion evercame, watched them them. exriressiole,�sly from where e he stood with Carson, It was Poker Pace. "No," Poker Pace answered, to a shar question fr t thesi p tt o n per stent Carson. "Sure, aro you?" At last word cam t froth Judith, Carson and Lee were to bring b of the sctepe ted sten to the ht "Because I didn't fall .for the crowd," he retorted bluntly. "An', if you want to know, because I didn't hanker for the job when I found out. who was runnin' it." "Meaning me? A girl? That it?" "You guessed it." "Who told you I was running the outfit?" she demanded suddenly, her eyes hard on his. "You must have found that out pretty soon! Who told you?„ Donley hesitated, hiseyes running from her to the other faces about him resting longest upon the expression- less, dead -looking eyes of Poker Face. "What difference does it make who told me?" he snapped. "Answer me," she commanded. "Who told you?" "Well," said Donley, "he did. Pok- er Face told zee." "Who told you that his name was Poker Face?" Judith shot the question at him. Donley moved a scuffling foot back and forth, stirring' uneasily. That he was lying, no one there doubted; that he was but a poor liar after all was equally evident. 'You ain't got no call to keep me here," he said at last, "I ain't goin' to answerquestions all day." 'You'll answer illy questions if you don't want me to turn you over to Emmet Sawyer in Rocky Bend!" she told him' coolly. "How did you know this man was called Poker Face? Did you know him before?" Donley's eyes went again, furtive and swift, to Poker Face. But so did all other eyes. Poker Face gave no sign. "Yes," answered Donley, taking ne- fug° at last upon the solid basis of truth. "Did you know this man?" Judith: asked then of Poker Face,turning suddenly on him. "No,'' said Poker Fare. Donley, having guessed wrong, flushed and dropped his head. Then he Iooked up defiantly: and with a short, forced laugh. "Suppose I . know hint or don't know him," he asked with his old in- solence, "whose business is it?" But Judith was giving her attention to Poker 'Face now. 'Where did yott: get that white "Wouldn't Have Been Afraid, Not Bein' a Hawg!" pigeon you tattled; loose'this moat= ing?" she asked crisply. "Caught it," was the quiet answer. "How?" "With myhart's," reWhy'?„ 'Jus' for fun " "Did you know that pigeons could carry hog cholera on their feet?" "No,' But I wouldn't have been 'afraid, not'bein' a hawg," Donley tittered, Poker Fact looked unconcerned. "Take that man Donley into the hall," Judith turned to Lee. "See if he has got any pigeon feathers stick- ing to limn, anywhere,. inside his shirt, Probably. If you need, any help, sty so. Very gravely Bud Lee ptit a hand on Donley's shoulder. "Come ahead, stranger,".;: he said quietly. "You go to h--1!" cried Donley, springing away. Bud Lee's hand was on hire, and though he struggled and cursed and threatened he went with Lee into the hallway. Tripp, watching through the open door, smiled. Donley was on his back, Lee's knees on his chest. "I'll tell you one thing, stranger," Bud Lee was saying to him softly, as his hand torte open Donley's shirt, "you open your dirty mouth to cuss just once more in Miss Sanford's pre- sence and I'll 'ruin the looks of your face for you. Now lie still, will you?" "Connect me with the Bagley ranch," Judith directed the Rocky Mountain operator. "That's right, isn't it, Doc?" "Yes," answered Tripp. "That's the nearest case of cholera," "Hello," said Judith when the con- nection had been' estabishedi "Mr. Bagley? This is. Judith Sanford, Blue Lake ranch. I've got a case of hog - cholera here, too. I want some in- formation." She asked her questions, got her answers. Triumphantly she turned to Tripp, The Bagley ranch, though a hun- dred miles away, was• the nearest cholera -infected place of which Tripp had any knowledge. •Bagley did have a flock of pigeons; a man, a month or so ago, had bought two dozen from him, the man wasn't Trevors. Bagley didn't know who he Was. The same man, however, had shown up three days ago and had asked for an- other half-dozen of the birds. There had been three white pigeons among them. He was a shifty -eyed chap, Bagley said, old brown suit, hat with a rattlesnake skin around the crown. That,point for point, spelled Donley: : hee returned with the shirt which he had ripped from his prisoner's back. Adhering to the inside of it were little, downy feathers and three of four' larger feathers' from' a pi dI eon's wing. ` "I guess he rode mostly at night, at that," concluded Lee. "A great little fat mart you must have looked, stranger, with six of those birdies in your shirt," Donley's face was aviolent red. But a glance from Lee shut his mouth for him. Poker Face, still looking on, gave no sign of interest. "Put him in the grain -house," said Judith, here eyes bright with anger. "And see that he doesn't go Shorty's trail. Poker Face, have you 'anything to say for yourself?" "No," answered Poker', Face. "Then," cried Judith., hotly, "you can hav,eyour•time right now! Don- ley, I'll prosecute, He's going to pay for this morning's work. I've got no- thing on you. It's up to you to see that 1 don't get it! And you can tell Shorty for me—yes, and Quinnion, too, and Bayne Trevors, if you like— that I am ready and waiting for your next play! And don't forget that when San Quentin is full there's still room in Folsom." Judith telephoned Emmet Sawyer that she had a man for him, Lee and Carson, conducted an expostulating Donley to the grain -house and jailed him wordlessly. Then Carson put a man on guard at the door, daylight though it was. When all was done he filled his 'pipe and turned troubled eyes after Poker Face, "She made a mistake there though," he said regretfully. "A better cow- hand I never ask to see, Bud, An' you ought to see the game of crib that man pays! Nope, Judy; you're wrong there." But Band Lee, the man who did not approve of the sort of woman who did a man's work, said with unusual warmth: "Don't you fool yourself, Carson! She hasn't .made one little misplay, yet!" Judith Tritunphant Though, under the surface, life up- on Blue Lake ranch was sufficiently tense, the remaining days of June frivoled by as bright and bonny as the little meadow -blues flirting with the field -flowers. Since from the very first the ranch had been short-handed, the hours from dawn to dusk were filled' with activity, c y, Carson, who, tette to Jud- ith's expectations, bad brought back some new ideas from his .few days at the ',experimental farm--yideas not to be admitted by Carson, however -- bought a hundred young steers from a neighboring overstocked. range. In the lower corrals the new milking.. madhines were working smoothly, on- ly a few of the older cows refusing to have anything to dowith them. Tripp had succeeded in locating and getting back sotne of the uteri who had worked long under Luke' Sanford and whom Toevors had discharged, Yt was a joy to see the familiar faces of? Sunny 1arper,' Johnny Hodge, 8ittg,, Xelleyy Tod truce, , 'T.lte alfalfa rage was eeteeded, a little tttar+c thawt 411 doubled. Plans were made, fo abundance of dry' fodder,to be with the lush' silage during the ing lean months. Bud Lee brolt string of horses and, with T Burkitt and, one 'other. .dept; inert, began perfecting their edu with an eye toward a profitalal in January. Quinnion, perforce, was left un turbed upon the sheep -ranch, whitjt Emmet Sawyer had followed iiitna Against Bud Lee's word that he had', had a band in the trouble at the old'. cabin were the combined oaths of two: of the sheepmen that lie had been, with them at the time. Hampton's guests, who had pl ed for a month at the ranch, stays on, l.3ut they would bee leaving at tit end of June. That is, Farris and Rog ers positively; the Langworthys, per- haps, The major was content here,..` and to stay' always and always, would: be an unbounded joy—of course, with little runs to the city for the opera season and, for shopping trips,,and a great, jolly house -party. now and': then. The only fly in Marcia's ointnnent was Hampton himself. She confessed' as much to Judith. She liked him, oh„ ever so much! But was that love? She yearned for a man who would`. thrill her through and through, and Hampton didn't always do that. Just after his heroic capture of the terrible Shorty, Marcia was thrilled to her heart's content. But there were oth- er days when Hampton was just Pol- lock Hampton. If it could only be arranged that she could stay on arta on, with no day of reckoning to come;.. no matrimonial ventures on the hori- "That's simple, my dear," Judith smiled at her. ,"When you get through being Pollock Hampton's guest, rot' can be mine for a while." Hampton, was now a great 'nuzzle to Mrs. Langworthy, and even an ob- ject of her secret displeasure. Not' that that displeasure ever went to the limit of changing Mrs. Langworthy's- plans. But she longed for the right• to talk to him as a mother should: For",' seeking to emulate those whom' he so unstintedly admired, Bud Lee and Carson and the rest of the hard - handed, quick -eyed men in the service of the ranch,. Hampton was no long- er the careless, frankly inefficient youth who had escorted• his guests._ here. He went for days at a time un- shaven, having other matters to think of; he came to the table bringing with him the aroma of the stables. He also wore a pair of trousers as cylindrical in the leg as a stovepipe; over then he wore a pair of cheap blue overalls, with the proper six-inch turn -up at t. the bottom" to show the stovepipe trousers underneath. The overalls got' soiled, then . dirty, then disgracefully - blotched with wagon grease and pic- turesque stains, and Hampton made no apologies for them. Twice he left the ranch, once to he gone overnight, intending that it be a mystery' where he went. But, since he rode the north trail which led to the Western Lumber camp, no one doubted that he had gone to see Trc- vors, in whom he still stoutly believ- ed. (Continued Next Week.) Mother (teaching nursery rhyme to: little daughter): Ding dong delt pussy's in the well. Now, what, comes next?" Up-to-date five year old: "Pussy wants a coroner." --) CHILDRJEN C F O e+IIILDl EN hate to take. medicine. ' as a rule, but every child loves' the taste of Castoria. And this pure vegetableust re aratioti 's j P p a 1 as good as it tastes;,uas bland justand j{mst, as harmless its the recipe reads, When Baby's a ' .. ysc warns cry of toiiaa;, a kw drops of Castorla iras hitt, soothed, asleep again in a jiffy. Noth. ing is mere valuable in ` diarrhea, Whet' eoated tongue, or bad breath tell of constipation, invoke its gentle aid to cleanse and regulate a child's: bowels. In colds or ehildreat's diseases, you should use it to keep the system, from dogging. Castorin is sold n`tt"every dr.•ngstore;: the genuine always bears Chas, It lei.ther's signature,