The Huron Expositor, 1931-06-12, Page 7el
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1931,
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By Max Brand
(Continued from last week)
Finally, the evening ended. He left
the house and the puzzled smile of
Marianne behind him and went to the
bunkhouse and a sleep of happy
dreams. But every dream ended with
the thought of a wild chestnut run-
ning ixtto the circle of his rifle's sights
leaping into the air at the report of
his gun, and dropping inert on the
grass. What wonder, then, that when
he wakened he thought of Marianne
Jordan with mixed emotions? Per-
haps the really important point was
that he thought of her so much, whe-
ther for good or evil.
He went in with the other men to
breakfast in the long dining room of
the ranch house, and there was Mari-
anne Jordan again presiding at the
head of the table. But half of the
glamour of the evening before was
gone from her and she kept her eyes
eeriously lowered, frowning. In fact,
she had duch to think about, for late
the preceding evening Lew Hervey
had come to her and showed her the
first note that her father had written.
She was not alarmed by this sudden
trip over the mountains. There had
leen so many vagaries in the actions
of Oliver Jordan in the past few
months that this unannounced drive
to an undetermined destination was
not particularly surprising. It was
.only the delegation of such authority
to Hervey that astonished her.
She forgot even Red Jim Perris and
the lost Coles horses in her abstrac-
. tion, for whenever she looked down
the table she saw nothing saving the
erect, burly form of the foreman,
swelling, so it seemed to her, with a
newly acquired and aggressive import-
ance. However, he had the written
word of her father, and she had to set
her teeth over her irritation and di-
gest it as well as he could.
Hervey had presented reasonable
excuses, to be sure. There was cer-
tain work of fence -repairing, certain
construction of sheds which he had
called to the attention of Oliver Jor-
dan and which Jordan had -commis-
sioned him to •overlook during his ab-
sence.
"I told him they wasn't any use in
writing out a note like this one," Her-
vey had assured her, "but you know
how the chief is, these days. , Sort
of set in his ways when he makes up
his mind about anything:'
And this was so entirely true that
he was half -inclined to dismiss the
whole matter from her mind. Oliver
Jordan paid so little heed to the run-
ning of the ranch and when he did
make a suggestion he was so peremp-
tory about it, that this commission to
Hervey was not altogether astonish-
ing. Nevertheless., it kept her absent-
minded throughout breakfast.
Red Perris was naturally somewhat
offended by the blankness of her eye
as she passed him over. She had been
so extremely intimate and cordial the
night before that this neglect was al-
most an insult. Perhaps she had only
been playing a game -trying to amuse
herself during a dull hour instead of
truly wishing to please him. He grew
childishly sulky at the thought. Af-
ter all, there was a good deal of the
spoiled child about Red Jim. He had
had his way in the world so much
that opposition or neglect threw him
into a temper.
And he stamped out of the dining -
room ahead of the rest of the men, his
head down, his brows black. Lew
Hervey, following with the other men,
had noted everything. It behooved
him to .be on the watch during the
time of trial and triumph and at
breakfast he had observed Red Per-
ris looking at the girl a dozen times
with an anticipatory smile which
changed straightway to glumness
when her glance passed him careless-
ly by. And now Hervey communicat-
ed his opinions to the others on the
way to the bunkhouse to get their
things for the day's riding.
"Our new friend, the gun -fighter,"
he said, pointedly emphasizing the
last phrase, "ain't none too happy this
morning. Marianne give him a smile
last night and he was waiting for an-
other this morning. He sure looks
cut up, eh?"
The bowed head/ and rounded shoul-
ders of Red Perris brought a chuckle
from the cowpunchers. They were
not at all kindly disposed towards
him. Too much reputation is a bad
thing for a man to have on his hands
in the West. He is apt to be expect-
ed to live up to it every moment of his
walking hours. Not a man in the
Valley of the Eagles outfit but was
waiting to see the newcomer make
the first move towards bullying one of
them. And such a move they were
prepared to resent en masse. That
Marianne might have made a good
deal of a fool out of Perris, as Hervey
suggested, pleased them immensely.
"Maybe the ranch suits him pretty
well," suggested Slim, ironically.
"Maybe he figures it might be worth
his while to pick it up by marrying
the old man's girl. Eh, Lew?"
Lew Hervey shrugged his shoul-
ders. 'He did not wish to directly ac-
cuse the gun -fighter of anything, for
talk is easily traced to its source and
the account of Shorty had filled the
foreman with immense respect for the
fighting qualities of Red Perris. How-
ever, he was equally determined to
rause a hostile sentiment towards him
among the cowhands.
"Well," said Lew, "you can't blame
a gent for playing for high stakes if
'he's going to gamble at all. I guess
Red Perris is all right. A kid like
him can't help being a little proud of
himself."
"Damn fat -bead." growled Slim, leas
merciful, "sat right next to me and
didn't say two words all through
breakfast. 'Ain't going to waste no
words on common cowpunchers, may-
be."
.So the first impression of Red Jim
was created on the ranch, an impres-
sion which might be dispelled by the
first real test of the man, or which in
the absence. of such a test might cling
to him forever: Perris was a conceit-
ed gun -fighter, heart;breaaker, and
bully. The men who trooped into the
bunkhouse behind him already hated
him with a religious intensity; in ten
minutes, they might have accepted
him as a bunkie! For your true Wes-
tern cowpuncher, when all is said and
done, unites with Spartan stoicism a
Spartan keenness of suspicion.
It was not hard for the foreman to
see the trend of events'. Something
had roused an ugly mood in Perris.
It might 'be, as he surmised, the girl.
No matter what, he was obviously not
in a mood to bear tampering with.
Hervey determined to force the issue
at once, knowing that his other men
p.m. would be a solid unit behind him.
2.80 "Hey there, Red!" he called, cheer -
2.46 ily enough, but brusquely, and then,
2.55 bending over to fuss; at a spur, he
8.11 winked broadly at the other men. They
8.17 were instantly keen for the baiting of
8.29 Perris, whatever form it might take.
"Well?" said Red Perris.
"Trot over to the corral and rope
942 that Roman -nosed buckskin with the
white stockings on her forelegs, will
you? I got a few things to tend to
10.99 in here."
10.18 Now there was nothing entirely un -
10.8d1 heard of in a foreman ordering one
of his men to catch a saddle horse for
him. But usually such things were
done by request rather than demand,
and moreover, there was something
a.m. so breezy in the manner of Hervey,
6.60 taking the compliance of Red so for
5.55 granted, that the latter raised his head
0,04 slowly and turned to the foreman with
6.11 a gloomy eye. He had come to the
6.225 ranch to hunt a wild horse, not to
6.40 play valet to a foreman.
10'61 "Partner," drawled Red Perris, and
10'86 the silken smoothness of his tones was
andple proof that he was enraged. "I
a.m don't know the ways you folks have
11.48up here, but around the parts where
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I've been, a gent•that's big enough
12.01
to ride is big enough to saddle his
12.1! own hoss."
12.21 The reply of Lew Hervey was just
1214 sharp enough to goad the newcomer
12.41 --dust soft enough to stay on the
moa windward side of an insult,
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"I'll tell you," he said quietly.
"Around the • Valley of the Eagles, the
boys do what the foreman asks 'em
to do, most generally. And the fore-
man don't play favorites. I'rn writing
for that hoss, Perris."
Perris rolled a cigarette, and smil-
ed as he looked at Hervey. It was
a sickly smile, his lips being white and
stiff. And in another, it might have
been considered a sign .of fear. In
Red Perris everyone there knew it
was simply the badge of a rising fury.
They knew, by the same token that
he was as dangerous as he had been
advertised. Men whom anger red-
dens are blinded by it; but those who
turn pale never stop thinking. Mean-
time, Red Jim looked at Hervey and
looked at the cowpunchers behind Her-
vey. It was not hard to see that in
a pinch they would be solid behind
their foreman. They watched him
with a wolfish eagernes. Why they
should be so instantly hostile he could
not guess but 'he was enough of a
traveller to be prepared for' strange
customs in strange places. There was
only one important point: he woule,
not saddle the buckskin. Moreover,
at sight of their solid front and their
aggressive sneers he grew fighting
hot.
"How gents come in these parts,"
he said with deliberate scorn, "I dun -
no. .And I don't care a damn. If
they brush their foreman's boots and
saddle his hosses for him, they can go
ahead and do it. But I come up here
to catch a wild boss that the gents
in the Valley of the Eagles couldn't
get. That's my job, and nothing else.
The growl of his cowpunchers was
sweetest music to the ear of Lew
Hervey. •Hie glanced at them as much
as to say: "You see what I got on
my hands?" Then he stepped for-
ward and cleared his throat.
"You're young, kid," he declared.
"When you grow up you'll know bet-
ter'n to talk like this. But to -day we
aint going to make no trouble for
tell you short
yPerris,
ou'll go out and rope that,
or
else roll your blankets and clear out.
Understand? I was joking when I
asked you to rope the hose first. I
wanted to see what sort you were.
Well, I see, and 1 don't like what I
see."
"Hervey," began Perris, trembling
with his passion. "Hervey-"
"Wait a minute," said the foreman.
"I know your kind. You sign your
name with bullets. You pay your
way with lead. You bully a crowd by
fingering a gun -butt. Well, son, that
sort of thing don't go in the Valley
of the Eagles. Lay a hand on that
gun and I'll have the boys tie you in
knots and roll you in a barrel of tar
we got handy. Perris, get that boss
for me, or get out!"
II1(JRON OOI1NT y fli1,1' T0I''
Centineed freee O Three
Oilingand tarring 20,000.,00
.Calcium cbleride . , m 1,000.00
Snow roads ,....... 4,170000
Guard` fences .. 1,000.00
Gravel pits 2,000.00
$81,30.00
Machinery- 1,000.00
Distributor $
Remodelled crusher 1,000.00
Scrapers, etc. 2,000.00
Repairs 6,000.00
•
$10,000.00
Superintendence .. $ 5,000.00
Towns and Villages- 1,892.50
Goderieh $
Blyth
'Clinton
Brussels
Exeter
`Wingham
Hensall
e..
Traffic Officer
Signs
Snow Fences
Bridges -
Culverts and small bridges 51,500.00,000.00
Boundary Bridges
Construction -
Road No.2, Kintail north $
Road No. 2, Goderich south
Road No. 35, Clinton west
Road No. 9, Zurich west
Road No. 2, Grand Bend,
south
Road 8, west from Hibbert
Road 32, Tuckersmith
Road 25, Grey -Logan Bdry
Road 25,Blyth Waw nosh
Road 25,,
Hullett
Road No. 22, Whitechurch
south
Road 19, North of Ethel
Road 28, Wallace-Howick
Boundary
Road 21 -West from Wal-
lace
Road 31, Bluevale north
Road 30, West of Clifford
Road 7, West of Dashwood
Road 27, Colborne at Ben -
miller
Road 2, St. Joseph south
1,615,20
553.65
1,083.15
6,766.00
3,055.00
$15,918.75
1,800.00
300.00
2,000.00
LONDON AND WINGHAM
South.
a.m.
Wingham 6.45
Belgrave 7.01
Blyth 7.12
Londesboro 7.19
Clinton '7.38
Brucefield 7.56
Kippen 8.03
Hensall 8.09
Exeter ... 8.23
North.
Exeter
Hensall
1 ippen
Brucefield
Clinton
Londesboro
Blyth
Belgrave
Wingham
Gode`rich
Holmessviile
Clinton
C. N. R.
East.
Seaforth
St. Columlba;a
Dublin
10.59
11.18
11.18
11.27
11.58_
1236
12.23
12.33
12.47
a.m.
6.35
8.50
6.58
'7.12
7.18
7.28
6,500.00
7,000.00
1,700.00
2,000.00
3,200.00
4,200.00
3,000.00
1,600.00
5,000.00
2,200.00
6,000,00
2,600.00
3,100.00
' 3,500.00
1,600.00
2,000.00
3,500.00
1,200.00
3,000.00
$62,900.00
Due Boundary Counties... 2,000.00
Total Expenditure .. (. ... $187,718.75
Widening and ditching of many
roads of the county is badly' needed,
and as this type of work can be car-
ried out by men and teams, a consid-
erable amount is meoroparted in this
p.m.
2.54
2,57
8.08
3.15
3.33
4.58
4.51
4.04
4.18
West.
Dublin 11.24
St. Columban ...... 11.29
S'eaforth 11.40
Clinton 11.55'
Holmesville ........ 12.05
Goderich . 12.20
C. P. It. TIME TABLE
Goderich
Menset
M)oGaw
Auburn
Blyth
Walton •••........•..•.'
MoNauglht
East.
Toronto .. ............. .. .
West..
Toronto............. ......
IVIeNaught....... .......
Walton ....... .....:.Te...
Blyth......................
Auburn ., ..........
Menneeseta....,.......•.....:
Goderieb ................
5.46
6.00
6.04
6.11
6.80
6.48
6.55
'7.05
7.20
program.Your Commission feel that
uring the present period of low pric-
es it e thie
work until such time be letoas labor isscarce
and prices high. Moreover,
many the esidents and ratepaye
coun-
ty are in need of opportunity to earn
money from work on highways.
The cost of this program to the
County of Huron is equivalent to a
two mill levy on the county, the same
as we have had for a number of years.
But in view of existing financial con-
ditions of the ratepayers, and in view
of the fact that money can be bor-
rowed at 4t/z per cent. by the county,
the lowest rate for a long 'period, we
recommend that the cost of a large
part of the permanent work (e.g.
grading, hill cutting concrete bridges,
etc.) be met by an issue of $22,500.00
of debentures, and the county road
rate be 1',4 mills. •
'Due to the fact that the Depart-
ment of Highways may incorporate
in the ProvincialHighway System
certain parts of the county roads in
Clinton and Exeter, the work to be
done on these streets is in doubt.
We recommend that the policy of
the Merchants and Employers
i Insur-
ance Company, re highway,
ity,
be accepted at a premiun of $451.67.
-James Ballantyne, Chairman.
Second Report.
We, your Road Commission, beg to
report as follows:
1. )Re motion of Messrs. Stewart
and Ritchie, that the county maintain
three lights in the Village of Dungan-
non, we recommend that the county
pay $10 per light toward the main-
tenance of two lights as has been done
prusl
2 mo Re resolution from the Council
of the Township of Stanley, that the
traffic officer be asked to patrol the
road south of Bayfield on Saturdays
and Sundays, the said officer will be
asked to give as much attention to
that road as the requirements else-
where in the county will permit.
3. Re request of delegation from
the Town of Goderich that the Blue
Water Highway be surface treated,
we recommend that as it is advisable
to provide se much work as possible
for men and teams this year, this
.necessary work be left over for the
future. -
Report of the Old Age Pensions
Committee.
The' Old Age Pensions Cotiimittee
beg to report as follows:
During the year 1931 to date of this
report the Committee has held five
meetings or one per month.
The total number of new applica-
tions received and dealt with in these
months was 72, and the number of
these granted pensions was 70. This
included some left over from Decem-
ber, 1930.
The total number of applications re-
ceived and registered since the com-
mencement of the Act in 1929 is 766,
and the total of these granted pen-
sions 672.
The payments made to pensioners
in the County of Huron during the
past five months was as follows:
$ 11,162.75
10,668.55
11,442.91
11,052.48
11,454.09 ,
Red Perris sat down on the edge
of his bunk. He made no move to-
wards his revolver. 'Indeed, it lay al-
most arm's length away. Almost ---
everyone noted that. He crossed his
legs and his glance wandered slowly
up and down the line of grim faces.
' "Partner," he said softly to Her-
vey, "Pm not going to get the boss
and I'm not going to get out. The
next move is up to you. Is it ar?"
For a moment Hervey was dazed.
No one could have forseen such dare-
deviltry as this. At the same time,
he was badly cornered. If his men
rushed Red Perris, Red Perris would
get his gun. And if Red Perris got
his gun the first -shot would be for
Hervey.
"Hold on, boys," he called suddenly,
above the angry curses of his men,
"I'ni not going to risk one of you in
getting this f„ol. Miss Jordan hired
him. She can fire him if 1 can't.
Vslhich we'll find out pronto. Slim, go
get her, will you?"
Slim jumped through the door. They
heard his footsteps fade away at a
run. And then, after an interval of
steady- silence', his voice began in the
distance, replying to sharp, hurried in-
quiries of Marianne. In another ,}mo-
ment Marianne was in the bunkhouse.
Her glance shot from Hervey to Per-
ris and back again.
"I knew you'd be up to something
like this!" she cried. "I knew it, Lew
Hervey!"
Hervey made a gesture of surren-
der.
"Ask the boys," he pleaded. "Ask
them if I didn't try to go easy with
him. But he'll be all teeth, He wants
to bite. And we ain't going to put
up with that sort of a fent here, I
guess! I've ordered him off the
rarfch. Does that go with you?"
"Oh, Jim Perris," cried the girl.
"Why have you let this happen/
"I'm sure sorry," said Perris. He
disdained further explanation.
"But," said Marianne, "I've got to
have that terrible stallion killed. And
who can do it but Jim Perris, Mr.
Hervey?"
"Gimme time," said Lew, "and I'll
dd it."
She stamped her foot in anger.
(Continued next week.)
a
urr
Evening rates on "Anyone"
(station -to -station) calls be-
gin at 7 p.m. (local time).
Just give "Long Distance"
the number you want - it
speeds up the service. If you
don't know .the distant num-
ber, "Information" will look
it up for you.
Rita had to arrange her vacation trip in a hurry. A sudden
turn of events at the office made it a matter of now or
never ... and Rita chose "now".
After seven o'clock that evening (when evening rates over
Long Distance were in force) she called her old school
chum Helen to ask her suggestion as to the best place to go.
"Wonderful", said the happy voice at the other end of the
line after she had explained everything. "We are all going
to Seabeach for two weeks tomorrow. Now you will be
able to come with us."
And so Rita spent the most enjoyable vacation she ever
had, thanks to her call over Long Distance.
And the cost of that call was less than the tip she gave to
the colored porter.
The total number granted for the Ihim on as to securing a pension, ask -
County at headquarters has reached led what would become of the $2,000,
the number of 672 and of these 92 I and when he was informed the Gov-
ernment would get it, he no doubt
came to the conclusion he had better
care for the father his few remaining
years than lose the $2,000, and the in-
terview ended there.
- The Committee is of the opinion
that the new method of pooling the
liquid assets of husband and wife and
working the same out on the annuity
basis is a big improvement, as the
pensions in this way is based on a
mathematical calculation and will be
definite and fair to all, and also elim-
inate any possibility of a charge of
favoritism toward any applicant.
The Committee also approves of the
method of asking a return of paid
pensions where such is possible, as
the same will have a tendency to avoid
the method resorted to of concealment
of financial capabilities or transfers
in name only, but not in fact, and
more care will be given in preparing
the statement contained in the appli-
cation when it is known that any de-
fault will prejudice any chance of suc-
cess and will receive a careful check.
ing up.
It has often been pointed out that
children are liable for their parents
under the Maintenance of Parents Act
whereby any sons or daughters who
have property in their own name are
liable.
That is the Act and there are so
many unwilling and have been brought
into court in certain parts of the prov-
ince but not inHuron. The part of
the Act is hard to enforce and some-
times works a grave injustice. We
cannot follow the children outside the
Province, and there are families in
Huron where most of the family who
are able, live in the United States or
in other Provinces and it is very un-
fair to make those in Ontario pay for
the whole family.
'We can't collect from a daughter
who is married well off, unless she
has means in her own right as we
can't compel a son-in-law to keep his
wife's parents. Wherever this meth-
od has been tried out, it has caused
very much litigation, separated fam-
ilies, made them had friends and with
the result that only some can be re-
alized, hence the report to the other
safeguard to secure the proper ac-
counting.
The County of Huron has never re-
sorted to this method and the Com-
mittee has been commended by other
counties for evading such trouble, leg-
al worries, and expenses and keeping
families together instead of making
bad friends and separating them.
The pooling of the incomes of hus-
band and wife works out after this
fashion: A man and wife are held
equally responsible. If a man has
$500 income and his wife nothing, they
are rated at $250 each. If one dies,
that is when both are pensioners, a
claim is entered against the combined
estate if worth while and a refund of
what was received and 5 per cent.
interest.
But so far not many refunds have
been demanded, but some have been
made and some paid. Usually the es-
tate is not worth while making a re-
quest for a refund worth while.
Many applicants think that when
they agree to an transfer of property
that they have no more obligations to
pay interest or mortgages, or to make
repairs and some are even asking the
province and county to attend to these
payments and obligations.
The Government in granting pen-
sions, is not going into any real estate
business. As a matter of fact, the
question should not be there as it is
misleading, and whether the applicant
says yes or no it makes no difference
and the granting of a pension impos-
s no obligation on the part of the
Government or County to pay inter-
est or mortgages, etc.
There is another matter often aim-
447
fol- ing up to the Committee and that is
447 the amount of pension given to a man
246 and wife. It has been held land gen-
7i; erally carried out that 11-2 isension
be .granted instead of two pensions. It
an depends on the circumstances.
have been reported dead, leaving the
list at present of those in the County
receiving the pension 580, and of this
number, 50 are in the House of Re-
fuge.
These latter all receive the full pen-
sion of $240 a year, but must assign
to the County $216 of this or $18 per
month, retaining themonth 2 has been
er month.
The sum of $18 p
adjudged as the average cost per
month per inmate in these homes, in
the Province, and this was recom-
mended to the County by the Depart-
ment as the proper rate of charge,
and this has been universally adopt-
ed in Ontario.
The number of applications per
month does not represent the number
of considerations engaging the atten-
tion of the Committee at each meet-
ing, and during the five meetings of
the Committee this year these• consid-
erations were 22.17, 24.26 and 36, or
a total of 125 making 25 per meeting
on the average; the extras being
for
up of re -applications or app
increase, many readjustments owing
to the s as for
instance the deathe of of either ehusband
or wife, references back from the De-
partment or changes requested on re-
investigations, etc., at the instance of
the Central Authorities or otherwise.
In view of the fact that the pensions has been asie
of calculation of p
re-
centlyhchanged, and of te placed chpurchasing powergovernment
appli-
cants assets to secure a g
annuity, and that the total or combin-
ed assets of husband and wife must
be considered or pooled to determine
the pension to be granted, there will
no doubt be a material decrease in the
amount of pensions granted. In fact
this process has already been put into
effect and there has been lately a con-
siderable scaling down of pensions.
An example of how the Government
annuity plan is carried out can be ex-
plained by an example which actually
occurred very recently: A father and
son cane into a certain office seeking
information as to pension matters for
the father. The old gentleman was
asked.. his age and he said 85, and in
reply' to the next question as to his
circumstances, as to assets, etc., he
said he had $1,000 in the bank and.
$1,000.00 in bonds. He was informed
that he was not eligible for pension,
as the $2,000 at his age invested in
government annuity
as ongdasproduce
he liv-
edannual payment
of 8520.
His son, who, no doubt, was urging
A man and wife owning their own
home, no rent to pay, a' garden and
can keep hens or a pig, are better off,
with a pension and a half, or $30 per
month, than those living separate
without these comforts would be with
$20 each or $40 per month.
Regarding the duration of the
scheme as a county institution or as
it exists now, is not yet announced,
but it has been suggested that the
Dominion will take a greater portion
than now, while leaving enough to the.
counties to pay to create an interest
and ensure co-operation in th
working out of the scheme.
of introducing the annuity s
calculation looks to be a for
of taking it over, beside re are
only six Provinces of Canada taking
the pension system, and those not en-
joying its benefits have to pay under
the present system, which is very un-
fair.
Another valuable amendment car-
ried out is as to the transfer of pro-
perty. An inspector attends the Reg-
istry Office to ascertain these things,
which are very often indifferently
stated, and very unsatisfactory, but
this information if in doubt can be
cleared up in that way.
In many ways the Act has been im-
proved, and these all point to the tak-
ing over of the system by the Govern-
ment and if it is so taken over, it will
be placed more on a mathematical
calculation or the system employed by
an Actuary in. arriving at the amount
of insurance to be granted.
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January
February
March
April
May
Total, per 5 months ...555,781.08
Of this total, the County paid 20
per cent., or $11,156.22, and the aver-
age paid by the County per month
was $2,231.25.
At the end of the year 1930, the to-
tal registered applications for pen-
sions was 694, and the last one reg-
istered in May this year was 766, or
a total registration for the 6 months
of 73, or 15 a month, while the num-
1 ber registered during the first six
months of the operation of the Act
Was 447, or practically 75 per month,
or five times as many per month as
this year.
The totals registered were a
lows.
1929-6 months
1980--12 months
1931.--15 months
Cr a total as shown 766
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