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Second Time West "I know all about that," Ward anâ€" swered, "bi it don‘t look like any girl will get him if he don‘t do something about it." "And the trails," Ward added. "D6 you reckon it‘s any use writing to the Governor of the Ss‘ate, Dave?" Dave shook ‘his head. "Jcan‘s range bred. She‘ll do it al) right. Eut TI‘d like to know what noâ€" tion she‘s got in that pretty head of "Farne won‘t give him up very easy, ward. I reckon they got that gaol well surarded." "He can‘t interfocre with a regular trial, Ward. Ard sesing as Farne has given Joan a week it looks like he was going to stage this business to make it seem legal. Him and that snide sheriff will fix it. .They got plenty evidence to hang Jim for shcooting Wesley Garâ€" nett." Ward shrugged. "Likely you‘rse right, Dave. Then all we got to do is hire every good man we can find and make a fight for it." "We‘ll start right away," Dave agreed. "All I hopes is that Farne ain‘t lying when he says he‘ll give Joan a week." "He ain‘t," said Ward. "I just reâ€" membered that the tax sale is Friday next. That‘s a week toâ€"morrow. Farne wants that off his mind before he starts anything else. With Jim in prison and us kept cut of Loomis, he reckons there won‘t be no competifion." "Well know toâ€"morrow." Dave toid him. "She‘s coming back right away." "But where‘ll she stay?" Ward wantâ€" ed to know. It was not till late next day that Jcan retuirned. She was tired, and, no wonder, for in all she had ridden more than seveniy miles. Dave waited to hear what she had to say, but all she told him was that she had szen Mark said in his flat voice. "Then why didn‘t you give it to me?" growled Dave, as he tore it open. "With my nephew, Mark Logan and his wife. I gave her a letter to ‘om this morning." He lowered his voice. "She didn‘t want to stay here when she thought Jim was coming back." â€"Ward nodded. "It‘s a dirty shame, Dave! She and Jim is just made for one another." "That‘s a fact," Dave said simply "But you know how Jim‘s fixed." "She ain‘t gone to Loomis, Wardâ€" sghes gone to Piedra." Ward‘s eyes widened. "What for?" "She don‘t say," Dave frowned. "It‘s a long ride, Ward." Logan and his wife, and liked them both, and that Mark had promised to find work for her. Yoi there was about her an air of subdued excitement which puzzled Dave. He, however, was too busy to think much of anything else. They couldn‘t do muth. All the counâ€" try to the south was desert, ard the few small ranchers ts the north and west were too scared of Farne to come in against him. The whole force that Dave and Ward could raiss between them was cnly a score, while Farne had OUT OF THE AIR Sam Loy interrupted. Excursion travel will be handled on Train No. 46, comnecting at North Bay with C. N. Train No. 2 On the RETURN journey, tickets will be valid for travel on C. N. Train No. 1 from Montreal, 7.30 p.m. Sunday, February 13th, and Monday, % February 14th, 1938. Tickets will be valid to leave destination point. Wednesday, Feb. 16th, 1938 hmmcmnxmmmmunm "FTHE, NORTHLAND" Traina 49 and 504 * â€" Points in the Maritimes via North Bay and Pembroke Jct., Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec via North Bay and Canadian National Railways BARGAIN COACH EXCURSION Thursday, February 10th, 1938 Friday, February 11Ith, 1938 Canadian National Railways. "You have nsws?"* Joan asked Lreathlessly. The boy‘s dark face was alive with excitement. "Great news, Senorita!l A tall Engâ€" lishman came this morning in an airâ€" plane and with him an American senor. The sale began. These men stood by hemselves, no one troubling them. The rarch of the Circle 0. was put up for sale, and the Senor Farne bid five hunâ€" gdred dollars. The tall Englishman said quietly five thousand, and all looked at him. Farne‘s face went red; there was fury in his eyes." Ward suggested that they raid the tewn on Thursday night, but, to his surprise, Joan was against it. For some reason of her own she wanted to wait until Mcrales arrived. . Ward and Dave Both noticed that Joan‘s excitement had increased. She ate little and slept An hour before sunset on Friday, Joan, sitting on a rock high above the house, saw a lone rider coming across the valley. She ran down and reached the door just as a slim young Mexican slippzd out of the saddle. Dave and Ward came out of the house, but Joan hardly seemed to see them. double that number of gunmen, to say nothing to his hangersâ€"on ir. Loomis. Luiz, the Mex boy, rapidly recovered from the snake bite. On the following Tuesday he had a talk with Joan, after which he disappeared. He was away all night, but returned in the morning. He had been to Loomis and brought news that the gaol was heavily guarded, and Farne‘s gunmen in force in the town. For the rest, all was quiet. The tax sale was at midâ€"day on Friday. He had arranged with another young Mexican, Franz:isco Morales, to watch the sale and bring news of it. Morales paused. Like all Mexicans, ie had a strong sense of the dramatic. He went on. "Farre cried ten thousand, and the Englishman answered fifteen thousand. Farne said twenty thousand, and the crowd were so silent I could hear my own heart beating. And so they bid, one against another, until the price reached fifty thousand. Then, with a great oath, Farne ceased to bid, and the ranch was given to the Englishâ€" "Bill Beverley," Joan answered, her lovely face flushed with excitement. "He is Jim‘s friend and agent. I cabled him a week ago." "But how in sense did he get here?" "In the German airship to New Yorkâ€"then on by ‘plane. Don‘t forget that Jim is a millionaire, Mr. Condon." "Fifty thousand for the Circle cried Dave. "Who was this kidder?" "I wonder Farne let him get away with it," said Ward. "Farne couldn‘t do anything," Joan said. "Ezra Holmes, the State Attorâ€" ney, was with Bill." "Geelâ€"that was smart!" declared Dave. ‘"Maybe Holmes can do someâ€" thing about getting Jim out of prison," Mcrales spoke. "Gore to register the sale, I reckon," said Dave, but Joan looked disappointâ€" ed. At that moment a dull thunder came out of the sky, and Joan gave a cry of delight as she pointed to a ‘plane coming at a great height out of the North. : "Senor Holmes and the Senor Engâ€" lishman have gone away in their airâ€" plane. They say they go to Sant.a_ Fe." "Here they ars! I knew Bill would come. Now we shall have news." "I krew you would come, Mr. Beverâ€" ley," she said. "I am Joan Chandler. Le: me intreoduce you to Mr. Dave Conâ€" don and Mr. Ward Haskell." "I know you both for Jim‘s friends," Bill said warmly as he shook hands. "Well, Miss Chandler, got here in time to buy the ranch, but that doesn‘t help much. If anything, it‘s made things werse, for Farne is foaming and, since he can‘t take it out of anyone else, ‘he‘ll take it out of Jim. I don‘t know wheâ€" ther lyrching parties are still in fashâ€" : The big ‘plane sideâ€"slipped down on the flat below the house, and Joan hurâ€" ried to greot Bill Beverley. That desperate ride up the narrow winding, rockâ€"floored pass was theâ€" most terrifying experience Bill Beverley had krcwn. There was no moon, but the night was clear, and by the light of stars Dave‘s little army climbed to the summit, then slid and scrambled down the far side. Onvse on the level Dave drove in spurs, and he and the rest galleped hard across the desert towards the glow which was Loomis. THE BROKEN LAMP Within an hour the Painted Cross party were on their way. Bill Beverâ€" ley was with them, and Joan, too, inâ€" sisted on coming. Noah Trant had begged to come, but he was no horseâ€" man, ard Dave pointed out that they had to ride hard.. They rode by Last Chance Pass, andg they rode fast. Aware that the Pass would be guardâ€" ed they paused at the foot while Ben Cottle with Luiz and Mart Dowling went on afoot. They were to climb the heights above the pass and ambush the ambushers. To the rest the wait seemâ€" ced endless, but at last firing was heard, and Dave gave the order to move on. Ben Cottle met them. "We shot two," he told Dave, "but there was three and one‘s got away. Mart says he‘s wourded, but that won‘t make no odds if he gets to town afore us." Dave‘s lips tightened. ion in this part of the world but, if I‘m not badly mistaken, thet‘s what‘s in Farne‘s mind this minute." Joar went white and looked as if she would faint. Dave put an arm round her. "We got to beat him to it. Come on, boys. Only don‘t go too fast over the pass or some o‘ you will break your necks. Remember we need every one of you. Ward and I will lead Beverley, you take care of Joan." All were hoping for sight of the scout who had got away, but there was no sign. A mile from the town Dave pullâ€" ed up. "That fellow‘s kot clear away," ne told his men. "I reckon he‘s warned Farne. That means they‘ll be laying for us this side of town. Ward and me think the best thing we can do is "That‘s right, boss," came several voices, then they were riding again. The men were grimly silent, but all knsew that the fact that Farne had been warned cut their chances by a full half. Joan was desperately anxious. By her wristwatch it was nearly ten. If Farne really intended to lynch Jim it mighs be already too late to save him. "That‘s just about what the dirty dog will do," Dave said harshly. "Ward, we got to get going right away." Dave‘s party reached the East side of the town without meeting a soul. He halted them again a few hundred yards from the nearess buildings. He, Ward and Mart talked in low voices. "They haven‘t spotted us yet," Bill said to Joan. "Probably they‘re wonâ€" dering 1f we can‘t rush the gaol, pull Jim ow‘ and hook it before they get wise." "It would take time to break in," Joan answered. "And there‘s no: shelâ€" ter. Thsy would shoot us down." She stopped. "Listen!" she said sharly. Highâ€"Grade Samples From Week‘s Run of the Press S7th Birthday Observed â€" by Pioneer of Swastika Brampton Conservator:â€"To see a lady smoking at the dinner table besideâ€" her husband who does not irdulge in the weed may be alright, but it takes cld fogies some time to get used to it. Times and practizes are changing,. || lafrmcre Enterprise:â€"A Scotch woâ€" man ef West Blairmore demanded a dollar from Charlie Saertoris becmae she was unable to attend the free conâ€" cort on Friday night. Barrie Examiner:â€"The Canadian RBroadeasting Corporation is finding :l lct of static these days. Its inspedou1 should have no difficulty in locating the sourceâ€"the proposect 235 per cent. increase in the price of a radio license. Through the cool, crisp night air came an ugly soundâ€"the hoarse roar of many angry voices. "A mcb," Bill muttered. "That‘s a crazy crowd, Joan. I‘d say most of ‘cm drunk." * "It‘s the lynching srowd," said Joan with deadly calm. *"They‘re started." Dave and the rest knew as well as Joan what the clamour meant. Bignal ard Farne had been priming their men with liquor and stirring them to rush the gaol. Ward spoke. "If we rides in behind them we might stampede them," Dave said. "Looks like it‘s our only chance." George Archambault, one of the ricneer residents of Swastika, but more recently living with his daughter in COttawa, last week celebrated his 87th birthday. The family had a reunion at Ottawa for the occasion. Mr. Archâ€" ambault settled in Swastika in 1911 and lived thers for many of the early years of the camp. "Let‘s go!" came from the men, who were ready to take any risk to save "All right, boys," Dave said. He turned to Bill. "Beverley, you stay with Joan," he ordered. ' "We got to work quick, Dave, if we want to save Jim‘s neck." circle rcund and come in from the (‘T ‘o be Continued) _ _Can you hear British and octher imâ€" perial programmes on your set? Can you hear foreign stations? _ _Can you> hear programmes from ..Northern.Ontario.â€"stations?.. : Government Should Deal With the Radio Present Setâ€"upâ€" of Radio Commiission â€" Considered Wrong. In its last issue The Northern Triâ€" oune of Kapuskasing deals with the radic question.â€" On the same page as the editorial reference to the radio matter there is â€"a questionaire which all readers areâ€"asked to signâ€"and reâ€" turn. On this questionaire there are thirteen separate questions, and in adâ€" dition there are blank spaces. left for further comments by radio owners. Among the questions the reader is askâ€" ed to answer are the following:â€" ‘ Do you average . reception of programmes from Canadian stations satisftactory ? . | are to be considened as the custodians | cf the popular interest in radio matâ€" ters at present. When the 1938 radio‘ cstimates come before the House of Do you hsar United States stations clearly ? Do you think the new high power staticns have improved radio reception in the North? Is this reception better than a year ago‘ A h Do you think increased fee is justifiâ€" able* Can you hear the new Canadian staâ€" ticns clearly? Thereâ€"are questions also in regard to theâ€"desirability of building enough highâ€"power stations to ensure good teâ€" ception in all parts of: Canada. Do you approve Oof the C.B.C. selling its programme time to. United States commercial sponsors who directly boost their products over the air? _â€" Do you think that the Canadian Government should consider the whole question of. radio. reception from the idea of rendering public service,. than as a revenusâ€"producer?â€" The: Northern [Tribune also makes Cin part) the followmg editorial comâ€" ment:â€" m _ The Radio Q}lestion In other columns of this issue of The Northern Tribune we print a quesâ€" ticnnaire addressed to. our readersâ€" on the subject of radio. reception and adâ€" ministraticn in Oanada. It is our deâ€" sire to render a service to ‘the many cwners. of radioâ€" sets in this district by ccmpiling the retm‘ns and forwarding them ~to Prime_ Minister King, Mr. Bradette and others in public or exeâ€" cutive positions. No cost will be enâ€" tailed upon anybody, and the names of those who return the signed slips to us will be guarded. the signatures being forthwith ~detached by the editor. Therefore it is hoped that the responses will be so numerous as to constitute a representative expression from the usâ€" ers of radio sets in this district, and put into a form which can be employed to influence the handling of the whole question by the present session of parâ€" liament. We consider the present setâ€"up . of the Canadian Radio. Commission to be serâ€" iously defective, in its faillure to proâ€" vide for responses and protests from the many thousands of radio cwners who pay their annual license fees. It is the experience in the United States â€"where radio has reatched its highest achievements, and per capita possession of radios is by far higher than any other countryâ€"that people will send in "applause cards" and other forms of approval of programmes. but a much smaller proportion will take the trouble to send in even mild criticisms. In any case, the objections would be sert to private concerns operating commerâ€" cilally, ‘because there are no public license fees on radios in the US.; so any station there, or any sponsor, can. treat such communications just as he upon the members to gauge the wishes of their constituents and appraise very criticaly ‘the proposals of the radio commission. â€" Whatever contributions Montreal. w5 SJAMES E. DODDS f $ i. This is a copy of the paint.ing by ‘Kenneth Forbes. R. C A which was pxe- sented recently to the retirlng general manager of the T Eaton ‘Co. in Our members of parliament, then, l ! l ! 1 i We want to say without invidious disparagement that the Canadian. Radio Commission and its highâ€"salarâ€" ied staff are much more. approachable by, and responsive to, a dilettante coterie in our larger centres who asâ€" sume to say what type of music, literaâ€" ture, drama and lighter offering is best suited to Canadian tastes, and who cverlastingly pester programme direcâ€" tors with their pet ideas. Addedâ€" to these are thousands of artists and nearâ€"artists, with their legion Of friends who are forever secking easy money on radio programmes. â€"These two eleâ€" ments are somewhat interâ€"woven, and when they are not a twin embodiment they claque each other. By far the: greater part of the encrgies expended by the commission and its staff are absorbed in catering to them. Seeing that membership on the commission itâ€" self passes as a subtle form of cultural diplicma, the members cannot resist this pressure. Nor have they done so! of a license fee; but after the first radio commission was formed, the arguâ€" tributlon.tom.‘lmmistmfionmm *interference checkâ€"ups, etc.) of $1 per year. There was grumbling: is ~ment about going even that far; but ‘ with a rosy picture held before them : of the transformation which was to be | effectedâ€"bigger and better publiclyâ€" 5 they can make to inject sanity and equity into the radio administration will be read in the papers closely noted throughout the <country.. They will ibeâ€"expected, furthermore, to make their views known to the cabinet:which approves the radio commission‘s subâ€" missions, and if necessary cast, votes critical of measures which they know to be unacceptable in heir own. ridings. Perhaps the radio commission: needs to. be forcetbly reminded that the poor man‘s ‘radio. license® feecounts, Jfust as1 much as.theâ€"rich man‘s, just, as under a. democratic system the poor man‘s balâ€" lct has cxactly theâ€"same value as the pulocrat‘s.. _ Poor men‘s radios;: overâ€" whelmingly outnumber those of the wellâ€"toâ€"do in Canada; if people in the crdinary walks of lifeâ€"could ~not buy radio sets, the present: radio. industry in this country: would be forced into. bankruptcy, and .the last Justmcztion for the existence of the Canadian Radio Commission would be ‘obliterated. It is represented that the: proposed, increase in the anpual Canadian ) license fee is trifling, and should not stir up such animated: protests.® The entire fee, of â€"whatever figure, is a. tax that American listeners are. not called upon to bear, and they get better proâ€" grammes and less governmental interâ€" ference there than we do here.. There is more than the amount of the fee to ccnsider, too. To the average Ca.na dian the purchase of a*radio set repreâ€" serts a financial strain which he asâ€" sumes for the sake of providmg his, whole family with varicus Lypes of enâ€" tertainment and culture. . ~With the rapid strides that have been made in the: fielda . of ~radio, sets soon. become obsolescent; but the poor man esnnat keep on discarding one set after anâ€" other to buy the latest models. . Tubes burnr out and have to_be replaced, and there are other items of upkeeps, such as electric current. â€" Radio sets are much cheaper in the United States, they are untaxed; the per capita wealth. of Americans is higher than. that of Canadians, and they can listen to inâ€" finitely more andâ€" better programmes! than can Canadians, without tell to anyâ€" authority. In the drought-stricken‘ west, in the homes of many : thousands o£ "marginâ€"living" farmers and workâ€" s and many more thousands of men long. unemployed,â€" the cwhership and operation of a radio setâ€"though . it nevertheless provides ‘theâ€" cheapest imaginable form of stayâ€"atâ€"home enâ€" tertairment and gloom chasjng-â€"im-: peses a real hardship in terms of actual money. This great majority of: GCanaâ€" dian listeners are the least. articulate in any dissatisfasction with Canadlan radio administration. 4 their macy associationsâ€"whe supported the recommendations of the Aird com« mission that radio transmission in owned stations, better programni@s, It was the common people of Canada _ It will be a strange thing if the govâ€" ernment does not pay heed to the righteous. wrath of radio listeners and speedly withdraw the proposal of an increased license. Not only that, but considerably alter the procedure of the radio commission.. Otherwise, should the b@nis-ter of Transport, Hon. C. D. riseâ€" in the House of Commons ;and,. essay- the part of a ‘"Charlie Mcâ€" Carthy" when putting forward the 1988 estimates of the radio commission, he is They have been disappointed in every ; single respect. It is only a few days! since the word came out cf Ottawa that| the radio lcanse fee would be increasâ€" ed this year, and already the floodâ€"tide of protests indicates that far less than five per cent. of Canadian radio listenâ€" ers are even tolerant of the past perâ€" formance ard present proposals of our radio commission. However, some form of poltk to positively establish the exâ€" tent of dissatisfaction seems to bs highly desirable. So The Northern Tribume is making a sincere effort to gather pollt of responses from radio owners in this district (separating their names from their questiornaires to preâ€" serve confidences) which may be sent on to. Ottawa for the consideration of our legislators, the only people who can direct the course of the Canadian Radio + oi o abolition of local interference, ,cleared chansels, far better reception, and so validity modified their opposition Try Salada Orange Pekoe Ble:d 4A NY DA Y @ Even if that dauntless fisherman didn‘t have any luck, today, he can have fish for supper . , . and he will like it! Your dealer can secure Dried or Pickled Canadian Fish for you no matterâ€"how far you are from open water. You can choose from such Dried Fish as Cod, Haddock, Make, Cusk, and Pollock, and such Pickled Fish as Herring, Mackerel and Alewives . . . and every one of them can be served in tasty, different ways. Enjoy this food in your home. You can get Dried or Pickled Canadian Fish with all its goodness rerained for your enjoyment. Ask your dealer. You will find it very economical, too. radio listeners greatly WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLET Ds Dt CTotminieg 190 debinilal and ~A #% € + économical Fish Recipes. tnek uts DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, OTTAWA. Hurtingdon Gleaner:â€"Through the medium of the newspaper, Dr. J. H. Peck, of Tooele, Utah, has given notice in 1988 he will deliver no babies "not paid for before delivery." Said the doctor in the newspaper: "In 1937 I delivered 75 babies in Tooele. I got paid for 50 of them in the most prosâ€" perous ysar in Tooele‘s history, I do not need the experience, but I do‘need the sleep." With its issue last week The Naw Liskeard Speaker commenced its thirtyâ€" third year of service to New Liskeard and the North. The Speaker and The Haileyburian are friendly rivals for the honcur of being the oldest newsâ€" paper in the North. The Speaker in any event is the oldest published by the one family during all these years. Both these newspapers are creditable to their communities and have been very helpful to the Both are community newspapers in the finest sense of the word, and to wish them continued life and prosperity is also to extend best wishes to their communiâ€" ties and to the North. New Liskeard Speaker Starts Its 33rd Year € °’ m’l‘fl“. a2% a t# p Wt 4 4 9 o 4 ww # # * lOl'.'ooo"