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The Huron Expositor, 1930-02-07, Page 6re A • IrrnyttiorrrThrArkr •r I blitgott,:,, .n. -at rittt , you knew what to do when tortures your joints aid they .amed, swollen .and stiff, :e e"1$ a ,soothing, pain subduing 'eat called 'Mat -base that is 4e right here in 'Caziada and sold every druggist in the Dominion. ub- it on that stiff joint to -night ," he one that causes you so much 1 agony and loss, of time -rub it in t+od and away it goes through the #1sn and flesh right down to the ten- dons and ligaments of the joints - right where all the trouble starts. Joint -Ease limbers them up - that's what it's male for -it brings them back to' normal -it penetrates diad out comes the .soreness -the pain ceases - the swelling is down -you're immensely pleased -a good job done swviftly. 60 cents a tube at druggists 'everywhere with a positive guarantee elf satisfaction or.,money back. Here's something more -put Joint - Ease to work on that poor, lame, ach- ing back -all better by morning! ;road CQlaattatetion. Road 19, Gray Tpp., south- erly from McKillop Tp$ 849.27 Road 21,, ' oppeeilte Lot 25„ West Wlavwanosh 146.25 Road 25, McKillop - Grey bounden"; westerly hem Logan Tp., grading and gravelling Road 30, Howick Tp., along Lots 29-31 Road 30, Hbwick Tp., Ford - with bridge Road 2, Colborne Tp:, cul- vert app. Lot 4, Lake Rd. Road 2, Ashfield Tp., culvert extension . Road 7, culvert opposite Lot 18, N. B., Stephen Road 2$, Howuck Tp., Gerrie bridge Road 1, Turnberry Tp., two culverts 8th annual grant, Wingham 8th annual grant, Hensall Highway liability insurance Compensation to workmen. Snow fences Signs COUNTY COUNCIL Continued from Page Three Salaries have remained about the same. The prevailing one for rural schools is $1,000, with as many above that figure as below. The salaries of the Principals of the town schools have been increased to $1,800, which is more in keeping with their respon- sibilities and the cost of bringing up a family in town. I have been especially pleased with the standard of instruction this year. With only a few exceptions, the teach- ers show fitness for their work and are an example to the children in earnestness, zeal and right living. Where school boards have been fortu- nate in retaining competent teachers over a number of years, superior re- sults are following in the schools. The inexperienced teachers who have begun this year have Shown an earn- estd,,,attitude towards their work and the results should show improvement as they gain in experience and confi- dence. The Teachers' Institute was held in Seaforbh and proved more than us- ually interesting and instructive. Add- ed• features were class conferences and a mid-day luncheon followed by an educational address. All the schools ,were visited twice as required by the Regulations. -John M. Field, LP.S., East Huron. County Engineer. During the year 1929, the construc- tion program was very much curtail- ed, but there was carried out among other is, the reconstruction of the Wrox bridge and the completion of the through the McNaugh` Femme, between the townships of Grey and McKillop. This work op- ens the road between the villages of Walton and West Monkton, and is part of the most direct route from Goderich to Kitchener. It is expected that a "great deal of traffic will make use of this road in the future. Satisfactory results were obtained from our maintenance operations, and costs were reduced in several respects. The following table shows the costs of our trucks and graders: . Trucks. Licenses $ 160.00 Storage 20.00 Gas 1,372.68 Oil 153.45 Operators 1,107.30 Repairs 1,120.00 Interest 432.00 35 per cent. depreciation2520.00 $6,885.93 Less value of 3,381 miles travelled on other jabs.. 522.15 71,163 yard mile cost $6,368.78 or less than .09 cents per yard mile. Graders. Cost of operation, includ- ing repairs $ 5,422.32 Interest and depreciation 1,452.00 $6,874.32 Cost per mile of operation, .68 cents. Truck Graders. Cost per mile of operation, .21e. One crushing plant was remodelled this year, and is ,giving satisfactory results. The annual returns too the Depart- ment of 114ghwayss show expenditures made as follows: Road cenetruction $ 23,065.47 Bridge cunretruction 13,091.48 Mau nten ante 120094.50 Superinten lence 5,933.48 County bridges 547.17 Machinery 12,584.44 $175,316.54 Bladder Weakness Wrecking Health of Thousands A big percentage -some claim two out of three -of men and women of mature years are trrubled with Blad- der and Urinary Weakness, causing Backaches, Headaches,, Nervousness, frequent night risings and burning ir- ritations throughout the day. These conditions not only make life miser- able, but they sap vitality, undermine health and frequently lead to most painful operations. In an effort to swiftly relieve and comfort even the most obstinate and distre, aiig of 'these conditions, a well known physician offers "the valde of "Vratnbs," a treatment' h'e' has suc- adeitti1t used .for oyer 40 years. Dr, nthworth'e otira'babs" come in plain sled paelteges containing 10 days' t eatment- 4and all who need eueh a iiiledicine erre invited to try it at once yap thout slightest tisk of cost unless ipteaseil, rovith resorts. Any good clttlgl ill sttpp1tyi you on a binding tate of aatheaetlon or money tsyyin, first rbzii-pureh'ased, • 2,832.63 1,388.80 536.40 594.39 426.43 792.95 1,032.20 1,279.40 6,766.00 3,055.00 648.00 55.50 2,460.01 202.15 $23,065.47 Magnesia or Your indigestion Road Machinery. 2 'Reo 3 -ton dump trucks, (2 2 -ton trucks traded as part pay), balance $ 3,200.00 1 snow plow 425.00 4 used trucks 450.00 1 Willett spring blade scraper 623.20 1 truck grader attachment and engine 500.00 12 slip scrapers 144.89 $ 5,343.09 Repairs to machinery 6,107.50 $11,450.59 Automobile 1,133.85 $12,584.44 Bridge Construction_ WroxeterBridge $13,091.48 Road Maintenance Weeds $ 4,047.68 Ditching and draining 2,942.99 Grading 2,972.61 Dragging 22,217.29 Culverts 3,470.97 Bridges 2,949.57 Resurfacing 64,447.13 Oiling and tarring 4,667.93 Snow roads 7,043.66 Calcium chloride 4,106.64 Guard fences. 1,228.03 $120,094.50 Superintendence. Salary of Engineer and Road Superintendent ...$ 3,600.00 Railway fares 77.66 Livery' Hotel bills Automobile expenses Clerical assistance Telephone and telegraph Expenses to Conference Filing equipment Stationery 8.45 96.90 416.46 975.00 118.64 29.95 310.37 300.05 $5,933.48 Total statement to D. P. 0. $175,316.54 Paid to Boundary Counties 2.842.76 Traffic Officer 1,264.02 Lights 20.00 Damage claims 215.65 Materials and work for lo- cal municipalities a n d others 6,659.37 Deducted for refunds for sacks, drums, etc. 1,498.48 Deducted for gas, re Harris 115.77 Total of vouchers to Treas. $187,932.59 Recei pts. Refunds deducted $ 1,481.28 Cheque refund ......, ... 4.50 Deductible Receipts - Refunds $594.63 Sales ..... 230.50 Rentals ............ 776.35 Received for work and ma- terials due 1929 Received for work and ma- terials, 1928 Received from Boundary Counties 1,263.28 Fines and fees, re Highway Traffic Act Special, Wingham Received for lights 1,601.48 6,653.37 300.20 1,481.50 2,651.91 13.32 $ 15,450.84 1929 levy 88,542.35 1929 subsidy estimated 87,658.27 $191,651.46 During the year expenditures in Blyth and Brussels were greater than the amount required by Statute. Agreements cover the rebates to WingNam, Hensel]. and Seaforth, while the other urban municipalities are entitled to extra expenditure during 1930, as follows: - Town of Goderich $ 170.03 Town of Clinton 130.67 Village of Exeter 41.00 This is the first year that our ex- penditures in the towns and villages have not in all cases exceeded the amount fixed by statute. Some work was done in this season in• the matter of clearing roads of snow for wheel traffic, and the roads in the southerly and westerly part of the county were kept open. But the December storms were so intense that the streets in the towns became block- ed and on Decetnber:23rd, we had the roads open for cars for a considerable distance leading to Galerieh, but there were no cars running in the town, so that it was decided to stop opera- tions, and we are, at present, keeping open only 25 miles of road. Attention to a great many features. is necessary before perfection in snow removal can be attained. If the snow was distributed evenly along the road, the problem would be very sim- ple, and drift prevention therefore, is worthy of a lot of study. Every drift has a cause, and some of them are the following: 1. Rail and beard fences. 2. Brush and shrubs growing a- long fences. 3. Tall weeds and grass growing on the roadside. 4. A single board on the bottom of a Wire fence, 5. Cuts in hills. 6. flare Mures and plowed fields adjacent to the roads, Moat people who suffer either occa- sionally or chronically from gas, sourness and indigestion, have now discontinued disagreeable diets, patent foods and the use of harmful drugs, stomach tonics, medicines and arti- ficial digestants, and instead, follow- ing the advice so often given in these columns, take a teaspoonful or four tablets of Bisurated Magnesia in a little water after meals with the re- sult that their stomach no longer troubles them, they are able to eat as they please and they enjoy much better health. Those who use Bisur- ated Magnesia never dread the ap- proach of meal time because they know this wonderful anti -acid and food corrective, which can be obtained from any good drug store, will in- stantly neutralize the stomach acidity, sweeten the stomach, prevent food fermentation, and make digestion easy. Try this plan yourself, but be certain to get Bisurated Magnesia es- pecially prepared for stomach use. 7. Orchards. 8. Buildings. Considerable improvement has been made by the removal of hedges, rail fences, brush, etc., and by the use Of snow fences, but a great deal remains to be done. We have, at the present time, in use over five miles of snow fence which is of great value, and consider- ably more is needed. This snow fence however, will have to be replaced in a few years, and considerable labor is involved in erecting it each year, and I have under consideration the planting of permanent snow fences in some places on the lands adjoining the highway. Regarding snow removal, I have been impressed by its practicability, and by its low cost. Districts, having snow fall similar to ours, report costs of about $40.00 per mile on snow re- moval and from our experience this would appear to be about the right figure. We have been expending up to $7,000.00 per year on snow remov- al, so that with double the expendi- ture, we could keep the roads open for cars. Considering that we have winter roads for three months and open reads for nine months, the monthly cast of gravelling and drag- ging our summer roads is $9,000.00, approximately, while with a $19,000 expenditure on winter roads, the monthly cost would be $5,000.00. A point that is generally overlook- ed is that car traffic on frozen and snow covered gravel roads does not destroy the road as it does during the summer, so that a road surface is provided at little cost. The benefits of open winter roads are obvious. Along roads that have been kept free from snow, the farm- ers are disposing M their drivers and cutters, and with the main roads kept open, I am sufficiently familiar with the ingenuity of the people of this county to believe that those on the sideroads will also get out their cares by making a track for thein in some manner to the main roads. Expenditure on snow removal will, no doubt, give a great return in im- proved business and living conditions, but every new practice in road main- tenance has met with criticism, and we naturally find many persons op- posed to keeping open the roads in winter, Complaints are received that the snow plow has covered mail box- es; that entrance roadways have been filled with snow, etc. While there may be cases where complaints are warranted, and while methods of op- eration will, no doubt, be greatly im- pr-rved, I do not think that the abjec- tir ns raised are sufficiently great to -tend in the way of a work that will ;se of a great benefit when generally carried out. However, until the pub- lic demand is greater, it is not ex- pected that much extension of the work will he undertaken, as it is not desired to force an improvement on the public that is not wanted. It would appear that the resolution irar;sed last January, petitioning for increased subsidies, would have re- sults, but it is possible that an in- crease will be given to the townships only, and not to the counties. While any increase will be welcomed, a con- sideration of the traffic on the county roads and the revenue that it produces would warrant very substantial in- creases to the county road subsidies. From the number of cars in the county, and total number in the Prov- ince, it can be computed that the County of Huron is entitled to three per cent. of the revenue of the De- partment of Highways under present conditions. The approximate expen- ditures of the Province is as follows: County Roads $90,000.00 Township roads 48,000.00 al cost of pavement) 100,000.00 $238,000.00 The revenue of the Department of Highways during 1929 was approxi - Ontario Man Speaks With Great Enthusiasm MR. J. A. SHOOK TELLS OF DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS He Says He Uses Them More As a Preventative Than a Remedy. Corbetton, Ont., Feb. 6 -(Special) -It is with true enthusiasm that Mr. kA. Shook, a well known resident of this place, gives his opinions of Dodd's Kidney Pills. - "For the past thirty years I have been working at pick and shovel work ditching, road building and seetien work. Pretty stiff work on the back, kidneys and bladder, with the result, a pain in the small of the back. A friend recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills. I used some with the following results -less pain and more work. That was some thirty years ago. Since that time I have used Dodd's Kidney Pills more as a preventative than a erre. I use them when 1 have hard work to do. Fat lots, work hard and use Dodd's Kidney Pills is my mar- ine I am in my sixty-third year and can do a man's work yet thanks to Dodd's Kidney Isi11g." mately ,114,OQ0,020 (0: Three per ce t• of a •$i oil is $4300 0(90) and it mpy be .Seen ghat trhe rnai npce could afford to pay nearly the whole cost of all roads from its own rev- enue. The revenues of the province in re- spect to roads are entirely apart from the revenues of the Dominion • which have been collected in duties on cars, road machinery, sales tax, etc. Motor vehicles are responsible for the pres- ent road expenditures and it would be only reasonable that revenues deriv- ed from themor from any other source associat,ed with road construc- tion, be expended'. on the roads. If this were done, the ratepayers could be relieved of their road taxes. In conclusion I wish to thank the members of the Council, the Road Commission and all others Who have helped to carry out the, year's work. -T. R. Patterson, County Engineer.. FROEST OF SCOTLAND YARD MAN WITH IRON HANDS We have often heard discussions as to the difference between detectives in real life and detectives in fiction. But the most vital difference has just occurred to us; Detectives in real life die. As all admirers of Sherlock Holmes are aware, detectives in fic- tion even survive being tossed over terrific cliffs. The worst that can ev- er happen to a detective in this cate- gory is that he retires and goes dawn to Sussex to raise bees. The melan- choly reflection that detectives in real life are subject to all the ills that flesh is heir to, including that which removes them from this life, is prompted by the recent death of Frank Froest, former superintendent of Scotland Yard. Mr. Froest was 73 years old and for some years had liv- ed in retirement. In 1912 when he quite the force he received this per- sonal message from the King: - "Good-bye, Mr. Freest, and God speed. . The detective and police organization in which you have served so long is, in my opinion, the best in the world." Whether it is now as good as it was then may be open to question, for we regret to say that some ugly scandals have recently smirched the metropolitan police force. But when Fxoest left the ser- vice there can be no doubt that it de- served the heartfelt tribute from King George. Frank Froest was known among his associates and among English crimin- als with whom he came in contact as the "man with the iron hands." He had tremendous physical strength and used occasionally to amuse his friends by tearing• a pack of cards in two or breaking a sixpence with his fingers which were like steel. It was a safe bet that once Froest got.his hands en a suspected criminal the ar- rest was over and the suspect as good as lodged in the police station. But early in his career as a police con- stable his tenacity of grip nearly cost his life. Walking his beat in a rather disreputable part of London he came upon a group of Italians who were attacking an Englishman. H+e tried to get their victim away and seized ane of his assailants. A stiletto flashed in the Italian's hand and the next thing Froest knew he was lying in a hospital wishing himself safely ,back in Bristol. It was in Bristol that he was born. had his early education and began the commercial career that came abruptly to an end when the curious ambition to become a police- man took possession of him. Freest was greatly helped in many of his investigations because o'' the fact that except when in uniform on important occasions he looked niers like a prosperous business man than a detective. He invariably wore a silk hat, with the inevitably tightly rolled umbrella, and we believe that .when he wore evening clothes they were either faultless or immaculate. In factit would appear that he bore a striking resemblance to the detec- tive of fi^tion. Freest came into the seotlight when he arrested the notori- ous .Jake; Balfour. Balfour, it will be recalled was a swindler on a mam- weth scale. His defalcations brought ruin to hundreds but when the police went to look for him he had fled. He was finally Ideated in the Argen- tine. But there was no extradition treaty between Britain and the Ar- gentine at the time and it• seemed that Balfour was safe. Froest was despatched to South America to see what he could do. He was amply pro- vided with funds and was told that it was important that somehow or other he should get Balfour back to Eng- land. He studied the problem at close range for nearly a year and became acquainted intimately with Balfour's every movement. Finally Balfour was induced innocently to walk on a Brit- ish ship which was then taken out- side the three-mile limit, where Freest put him under arrest. But Bal- four had friends and money, and the proyincial authorities were favorable to him. When Froest took his pris- oner ashore, the provincial police served on him a warrant for arrest on a debt charge. By this time the train had left for Buenos Aires and it seemed that Froest would have to surrender his prisoner. But he kept those iron hands on him while he pre- tended to consider the matter. By some quick work he chartered a spe- cial train, and bundling his prisoner aboard steamed away toward the cap- ital. The authorities telegrapher a- head and a sheriff dashed on the track waving his hands to make an arrest But Froest stood between the engine driver and his levers and tlia train did not stop. In fact it ran over the zealous sheriff. Another co*iplica- tion again arose and en attempt was made to arrest Froest for manslaugh- ter, This he avoided by chartering another train, reaching Buenois Aires and eventually England with his pris- oner, who was sentenced to,14 years im prisonment. On another occasion Freest outwit. - ted newspaper reporters and photo- gra.phers and the general public when be was in charge of the prisoners who were tried in London for the Jameson raid. Instead of taking them through the streets, he put them aboard a tug and landed them from Qraveeand to Temple pier. Perhaps the case 'with Which his name will 'be befigesit aeStais eted Wall that ef" lir. Crlppelr. bdaa' • r •3VtaolgTat � �wt#�bcaRixonam: a is Ish etexonaea were uc"` o71n coats: ■ Or'ippees folly in distributing soma of the jewellery worn by Mrs. Grippen whom he had murdered that first drew suspicion to him. The work of search- ing for the body was in Froest's hand's and it was eventually dug up in the cellar of the house where the Crippens had lived in London. By this time the murderer with Miss Ethel Le Neve had fled. It was learned that he was aboard the steamer Montrose, then in mid-Atlantic, and bound for Canada. Froest communicated with the captain of the ship by wireless, which was the first time this agency had been used in the pursuit of crim- inals, and then sent Chief Inspector Dew after the fugitives on a faster boat. When the Montrose touched at Father Point to take on a pilot the Scotland Yard officer went aboard with him and made the arrest. Crip- pen was hanged, but Miss Le Neve's innocence was established when she was tried separately. VIi,LAIN OF WORLD WAR TO WRITE APOLOGIA 494.OX O. 1. 0.0017 la'' P9 ' d�'' owiavpy s,, 470:; of war disaj pe rs. �'riesl �Ihaai #iuye. stayed gpiiet in e1g' :tie, " T!*e beef t• at Beaciitol l would not thieve leen s ed from 1)ie course even if Ser- bia's . answer hadbeen unconditiozral acceptance is strengthened by a letter from Prof. Baron von Holyt, expert on international law for the Austrian foreign( ministry to his brother-in- law, Alexander 1Vlusulin, also a for- eign -office official. He says, "If Ser- bia accepts our ultimatum under pro- test we can consider the answer un- satisfactory alid declare war. If Ser- bia accepts our demands in full, with out protest, we can always argue that she has not given proofs, within the time limit of the note, that she has carried through all measures which she was required to do immediately, and of whose carrying out she should have notified us immediately, for in- stance the dissolution of the Narodna Odbrana." Berchtold did not need to fall back upon this pretext because of the two reservations in the Serbian reply. In the meantime he was assuring Ger- many that Austria did not desire a foot of Serbian territory, and this as- surance Was repeated by Germany in London, and St. Petersburg as proof of Austria's pacific intentions. But when the king of 'Roumania asked the question directly he was given an evasive reply. Sir Edward Grey's proposal, which included a conference of .ambassadors and his offer to pro- cure for Austria all passible guar- antees for its future from Serbia, was not answered. When Bethmann-Hol- weg saw the Grey letter he wrote: "The German cabinet in these circum- stances proposes urgently and em- phatically acceptance of England's in- tervention on these honorable terms. It would be uncommonly serious for Austria-Hungary to assume responsi- bility for rejection of this proposal." The emperor of Austria, too, was kept in ignorance of what Berchtold was planning and he understood the fatal minutes of the cabinet council in Vienna, at which the due for war was cast three weeks later when, in his own words, he "took cognizance" of them. We note the rather curious fact that, the young Serbian who was one of the agents to bring about the world war by killing the Crown Prince of Austria and his wife, is to have a monument erected to his memory. Apparently it is a boast with this assassin end his admirers that he was lethally "the man who started the war.' In only a limited sense can this be true, and the manufac- turer or vendor of the revolver with which the murders were committed might claim an almost equal responsi- bility. The man who, according to the best available consensus, brought about the war, is Count Leopold Berchtold, Austria's foreign minister in 1914. News now comes from Vienna that he is about to publish his memoirs. We have no idea whatever that he will be able to persuade those who read them that he was merely a victim and scapegoat, as so many other principals in the great tragedy have done. The best that can be ex- pected by his friends, is that he can argue plausibly that Austria was confronted with the choice of fighting or disappearing as •a European power. It can be taken for granted that he will not seek to vie with the Serbian assassin for the title of "the man who started the war." Berchtold may re- main a villain but he is an unsuccess- ful villain and is not likely to brag about his colossal failure. What is supposed to have goaded him to break his long silence is the publication of the Austrian official documents. They show that beyond all question Berchtold deceived his own colleagues and allies, even his own Emperor, and that he had dom- inated them to action before they knew they were irrevocably involved. It has long been known that he de- ceived Sir Edward Grey and while pretending to give serious considera- tion to pleas for peace he was quietly forcing matters ahead to the end that whatever might happen Serbia at least would be crushed, The Aus- trian documents show that if Serbia had accepted the famous ultimatum, to do which she would have had to abdicate all pretensions as an inde- pendent nation, Berchtold had ready other pretexts to force war upon her, Perhaps Count Berchtold will satis- fy a very general curiosity as to whe- ther he really believed that a conflict aetween Austria and Serbia could be localized. He pretended at the time to assume that no other power would he drawn in though this was in op- position to the opinion of practically all other protagonists in the affaii and all dispassionate observers. In the short time intervening be- tween the despatch of the ultimatum to Serbia, Berchtold heard from most of the European chancelleries,.. and they were agreed that a refusal by Serbia must have the inevitable effect of bringing the great powers into conflict. These were confidential reports to ,Berchtold by diplomats whom he had himself appointed and whom he could trust. From Serbia came the report, "Serbia is quiet and has no thought of war. A war is possible only if Austria will have it at all costs . . . It would be im- possible to isolate it," King Carol of Roumania •said to the Austrian am- bassador, "Within a week we may have a European war." The ambas- sador further reported with reference to Carol, "As I know he had had the intention of intervening in Belgrade, St. Petersburg and Vienna. The quick and secret action of your eitcellency had anticipated his plans." From Lon- don Berchtold learned that Sir Ed- ward Grey had described his ultima- tum as "the most formidable docu- ment ever sent by one stater to an- other," and the Russian foreign min- ister said to the Austrian envoy, "You set fire to Europe. As you want the war you have burned your bridges." When the pacific Serbian reply was sent which demurred upon only two points and left these for negotiation, Baron Giesl, the Austrian ambassador, CATARRHAL DEAFNESS MAY BE OVERCOME j If you have Catarrhal Deafness or bead and ear noises or are growing hard of hearing go to your druggist and get 1 ounce of Parmint (double strength), and add to it Y pint of hot water and a little granulate!! sugar. Take 1 tablespoonful four times a day. This will often bring quick relief from the distressing head noises. Clogged nostrils should open, breath - isle become easy and the mucus stop dropping into the throat. It is easy to prepare, costs little and is pleasant to take. An. '. ybne who has daj;arrl�al 'Deafness or head noieee should give this prescription a trial; PERSONAL GLIMPSES OF AUTHORS 'Twas a dark and stormy day. New Yorkers who had to be out had the blues about it to the tips of their noses. They shivered and couldn't keep their teeth still. But suddenly they forgot the cold and their faces were wreathed in smiles, for up Broadway walked a jerky little man clad in tropical "ice-cream" trousers and a little woolly coat and a panama hat. Funnier still, he was a Britisher. Funniest of all, he was a Scotchman --the best Scotch joke New York had ever seen. The young Scotchman, chilled to the bone by the cold, but warmed to the heart by mortification and in- dignation, glared New York in the eyes and boarded an elevated train to get away from its stares. But he felt so conspicuous. in his queer clothes, that he stopped on the rear platform instead of entering the car -and so the wind captured his Panama and sent it whirling back along the high trestle, It was the last straw, in more ways than one. Perhaps the little Scotch - man yearned for nothing else so much as a chance to flee those amused glances which fell on him from everyone who boarded the car. Or perhaps he yearned for sudden rleath. Anyhow, he gave one wild cry -"Me 'at!" --and leaped from the train -and dashed back over the tres- le in pursuit of the only straw lid New York had seen for months. He had only a few dollars, that young Scotchman, and he saw he had nothing but a fighting chance in cold New York. But fighting was his game. He'd gone out from Scotland when only 17 to be overseer of al big planta- tion in the very jungles of Jamaica. He has taken such leadership that when 19 he had made a speech be- fore the Governor which had made the latter exclaim: "How does it hap- pen that this young man can tell Jamaicans about Jamaica?" He had established such repute for knowledge of the island and for ability to ex- press himself that when the usb- editor of a Kingston newspaper had died the paper offered the vacancy to him instead of cabling to England for a "pressman." At the age of 21 he had downed many an obstacle, handi- cap and glass of Jamaica rum, was known all over Jamaica and was worse off, financially, than when he had ar- rived from Scotland. So he had gone to New York, arriving there on that aforementioned dark and stormy day, in 1901. So New York roused his fighting spirit -and his Scotch humor. He found a room within his means and thawed himself out. Then he sat at a rickety table and wrote his experi- ences. He stuck the manuscript into the pocket of his little woolly coat, clenched his teeth and his fists and went out. Los Angeles hadn't yet given the world the hatless fad, and he looked more ridiculous than ever. to all observers to whom the diecom-'I fort of others is funny. He found the offices of the New York Sun, but was stopped .outside the editorial sanctum by a snippy office boy. "Wihooja wanna see?" demanded the office boy. That wounded like Hindu or Chi- nese to the young Scotchman. He tried vainly to translate it. Ther!. the up uand handed his manuscript to the boy. "Gie that to the editor," he com- manded crisply, and turned away. The story fell into the hands of the great "Dad" Clarke and next morn- ing the Sun played it up, under the headline, "Me 'lat." So the young Sootchnuan again sought the Sun of- fices --and was welcomed, notwith- standing his costume, as soon as he mentioned his names Stephen Chan mera: He was offered a job, starting the next day. But while he was strolling about the office, getting aequahtted, a letter arrived for "Mr. Olialmers, care Nees York Sun" It was from the New York Times and asked hint to call at ohee. "Are you the man Who 'wrote X0•1441(0111a0cifeg bag* gad r a sogicom motesa normal apPatite. 41 *taro r•" - the hat story?" demanded the Times editor, when he called. "Then I want you and will give you a job out of which, by doing extra work for the Sunday paper, you can make $100 a week." For six years Chalmers was one of the bright lights of New York news- paperdom, working and enjoying him- self so hard that his health broke and the doctor ordered him to quit. "Notify the paper," said Chalmers. "This is my day off, and I must go rest up right away." He left for his favorite resting place, where he knew he would find sympathy and consolation and had forgotten all about the doctor when the telephone rang. A moment later a waiter came to him. "The Times wants you, Mr. Chal- mers. Are you here?" Kingston, Jamaica, had been , de- stroyed by earthquakes, the cables had been, broken, only meager reports were coming from other West Indies towns -and Chalmers was the only writing man in New York who knew all about Kingston. "I• worked sixty hours without stop- ping," says Chalmers. "Then, as a re- ward, they sent me off on a 'pleasure cruise to the Indies, as Jamaica cor- respondent. It was such an easy as- signment I had to write a novel to fill in my spare time. Bob Davis of Munsey's took it and asked for more." That was in 1907-8. One of Chal- mers's prized possessions is a clipping from a New York paper showir.g that in 1910 the "six best sellers" for the season were led by "When Love Calls Men to Arms," by Stephen Chalmers, with "Simon the Jester," by W. J. Locke, as the runner-up, and the other places going to Robert W. Chambers, Herold McGrath, Sie i- kiewicz and Montague Glass. His greatest success, however, has been "Don Quickshot," of which 250,000 copies have been printed. Just as. Don Quixote was intended to satirize chivalry, so "Dan Quickshot" was in- tended as a satire on the conventional western story. Chalmers had never seen the Rio Grande, on which the story was laid, and wrote the story as' a sort of joke. But the public has taken it as a rattling good adventure story, full of thrill. Chalmers has developed a following which makes every book of his a suc- cess. His latest, "The Crime in Car 12" is just off the press. In •1919 he came to California. He has a home at Laguna Beach and a cottage at Big Bear, where he is called "the Laird of Bear Valley." He and R. H. Davis were the originators of the Stevenson Society at Saranac Lake, N. Y., which now has branches everywhere. Apple Snow Pie. Line a pie plate with flaky pastry and bake it in a quick oven; then cool it. Fill it with the following; one egg-white, 2 large sour apples, one cupful fine sugar, pinch of salt and a few drops of vanilla. Use a large platter. Into the egg whites grate the two peeled apples; add a little of the sugar and the salt. Beat hard for lx/2 minutes; put in remaining sugar and beat 10 minu- tes more. Result will be light, fluffy and delicious. Flavor with vanilla.; Fill the crust, and serve immediate- ly. Do not put in oven after the fill- ing is added. Apple Butter Pie. Two cupfuls apple butter, 1/z cup- ful water, 2 teaspoonfuls flour, 2 tablesponfuls sugar, ea teaspoonful cinnamon, pastry. Mix thoroughly together the apple butter, water, flour, sugar and cinna- mon and use as a filling for a pastry- lined pie plate. Bake about thirty minutes in •a moderately hot oven. Canadian Deep Dish Pie. Peel and core six tart apples. Cent into eight pieces and arrange in a deep greased baking dish. Cover the apples with one-half cupful of clean- ed seeded raisins. 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