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thursday auotarr 1 1031 the acton free press on the counter at the back or the general merchandise tor of young hanover ac company aat horace young junior member of tho una his face a trifle pale after trying ordeal duncan saunders lumber man and aawmlll operator had reserved his heaviest ahot until the men he had brought with him into the store bow horace up had passed out ssun- tors considered it just as well that the community as a whole did not know everything at once he intended to glvo horace u bit of inside information lor al own gmd the conversation of the nations timber is a pretty story to put into child rens ochoolbooks but im here to tell you that your holdout policy is going to ruin this town timber cut and sawed into lumber means bread and butter on this part or tho western slope and do you forget that im not forgetting what spell bread and butter in this country answered horace crisply you know what i mean warned saunders idle lumber camps and closed sawmill moan no pay checks in uanders cove does that moan anything to young hanover t company 1 believe that you are trying to con vince me that tlie lumber operations of pendleton and saunders are about over aald horace i have not enough faith to believe that as long as you call get standing timber you will keep on cutting and sawing much as it lnjuit our country we pay honest wages flared satin tiers while denuding tlie hills surrounding our valley in time that operation will kill our country 1 heard all about tlwt earlier this evening cut in baundors sharply you have a tract of good standing timber said ive made my top offer for it when tlie other tracu have been milled off our company pulls out and you will bo left with your timber on your hands it wont be worth a dollar as no logging outfit will want to organise- for tliafc alone its a fairly big tract smiled horace as though lit still were far from being impressed by saundor arguments 111 give you time to come arotind to a business frame of mind but not a long time onvred saunders and walked out of the store a business frame of mind repeated horace mr hanover call me hart same as your dad did aid barton hanover who was horaces senior by less than a doaexl years bart im a partner of yours baunders wants me to acquire a bus iness frame of mind your business sense eults roe said hanovet you havent left me in doubt of your stand and im thanklntf you a million times for that besides horace and barton there were two other persons in the store both strangers one being a man hi tlie earllv thirties and the other a boy in hli teens uy names itoyal pendouon said the boy as he stepped over to the counter on which horace aat you certainly talked up to em lectured the whole bunch regular just like our coach at blair academy i like the way you stood off lt saunders even if lie is my dads business partner a jolty freckled- faced boy was this and horace warmed to hfm as lie thrust out his hand pleased to meet you royal meet my friend andy mccrea si id the boy best aviator in the little old xx b im doing soma touring with him andrew mocre and hoaco shook bands i have enjoyed the evening immensely aald mccrea you have belped me make a decision if youll pardon a personal reference the way you dove into that crowd with your timber conversation stuff wms a body blow for me luck fat destinycall it what you please served mo a good turn to night may i see you tomorrowt horace liked this modest stranger the fact that mocres was dying with pendle tons son as a passenger intrigued his interest he was cert4bi that lie would like to develop an acquaintance with him he wished john pendleton hlmelf would come out to the blue huiigo wintry and plan with him as he could ot plan with duncan baunders whom horace considered ruthless and wasteful lit his logging methods ah extended talk with andrew mccrei ttext morning strengthened horaces liking for him the young man learned that the avojtor had been indifferent to the offers of tlie supervisor of the bluu range national purest to take him on as the regular flying nrc patrol mccrca confessed an indifference to the forest service until lie hod heard horaces plain speech of the night before in which he portrayed a future for the blue llange region that depended on forest conservation and- irrigation the visit ended with horaces agreement to fly t with mccrea that afternoon in order to fcolot out to the aviator the effect of the wholesale slaughter or the spruce ojid pine throughout the pendleton baunders holdings in the blue hang the flight was made under perfect weather conditions im converted announced mccrea take hmt large and burnedover section for i instance thats a scar on the mountains that may never iwal you say thats the loggers own work 7 yes pendleton and saunders slaugh- tered everything and did not clean up their brush the new growth had no chance two years ago a fire swrpt through that jungle like an express train we all turned out fought fire eight days and saved tlie company the only tract it has lort then saunders lias something to thank you for laughed mccrea i volunteered with tho rest of tin bunch soma of our citizens cannot sec that the complete destruction of the forest grow til means tho wrmunciit crippling of tills section of the state hold tho largest tract of virgin timber left standings adjoining my property any several other holdings owned by some of the men wtto wore present last night what we want from saunders ik a contract to cut ripe timber under national forest conditions cleaning up the brush afterwards but saundnn 1 an oldtlmd timber butcher you heard hi talk lost night john pendleton it man of dif ferent callbei so i understand why doesnt he come up to see his bimlneas hero lie is interested ty many large busi ness enterprises oh yes sighed horace as long an dlvlden ils come in saunders 1 a good partner for pcndloton mccrea departed for his hotel and horace for tho general storo where lie found two men waiting for him mr hagstrom and mr hawkins longtime rrldents of wanders cove told horace that thoy had been sent to him as a committee repruiuntlng nearly all the owners of standing timber between min ders cove and bluo itldgo nuttonal porost wo got together last night after leaving this building and came to the agreement that you have tho right view of tho future of our local lumbering and farming industries aald hagstrom wo want to stand with you 111 the fight to preserve the forests upon the atersheds thats tho befit news ive heard in many months sold horace the in come from your holdings will not coma hi as large chunks as it might wuro you to sell your standing timber without restrictions but hi tho long run you and x will bo better off if we oomervu the natural resources with which ood has endowed our country you have the right gospel horace stick to it said hamilton tlie youthful merchant went homo looking up at the stars he had not been without liopc tliat the most influential men in tlie community were with him in his stand against saunders ruthless onslaughts upon the forest cover but now he had positive proof of it hag strom and hamilton were men of their word i mocrea was in tlie store shortly after noon next day to talk over his prospects with tlie forest service he had come to the conclusion that no better way to employ his skill as an avnitor could bo found he said that his contract with john pendleton as pilot for his adven turous son expired with tho present tour im oh duty for uu day he said royal the rascal induced saunders to let htm take a ride up the tramway with the loggers i itope he keeps out of danger its not his intention to miss anything r im for him laughed horace couldnt be otherwise after his boost th other night you won his regard he has a sen sible streak occasionally hi spite of a lot of folks who are trying to spoil htm mccrea stepped out into tlie street he noted a group of men in front of the lumber companys office talking excitedly horace was drawn into the street by the same loud voices men were calling across the street to one another occu pants of buildings on both sides of the thoroughfare quickly gathered in front of the office or the pendleton saunders lumber company horace learnrd the cause of the exclt- meiit from a clerk of tlie lumber com pany three cars loaded with logs had broken loose from tlie string that had just started from tho upper station they would smash thler way through everything at this end saunders lud telephoned a warning to tho men at the sawmill word had come from the flrjt relay cable station that a boy was riding on one of the runaway cars thats itoyal groaned mccrea wont tho- boy know enough to mani pulate the brakes asked jlorace know enough he probably is enjoy ing the ride thinking thats the right way to send logs down dut of the mountains can you drop me on those runaway asked horace i could clomp on the urskea tho grudes on several long stretcher are not so steep but that i cculd slop the cars i bellcvo you could coma on cried the aviator the airplane was standing in a held the rear of young hanover jti companys general merchandise store mccrea led the way at a run ill bring yoii down within eight feet of the topmost log when you see that the speed of the plane is the same as that of the j cojcvsvjvkslsl xwbxvaxv 0j sw -jks- jq1x wml ox4 rfdroseltfv exhitlflon toronto kaleidoscopic action color grandeur progress from the moment the impressive open ing day ceremonies inaugurate this years canadian national exhibition to the closing ceremonies on the evening of septemberl2tli every hour will be crowded with countless features of tremendous importance and interest st hildas band of england each member a brontc silver and gold medallist kayc don holder of records on land and water with his remarkable speedboat miss england ii tlie craft in which sir henry senrrave was killed costly exhibits from foreign countries the products never been displayed here before sports attractions of inter national prominence carded only at the canadian national exhibition such colossal and diversified programme warrants a visit from all canadians this year immml m v- sv jaif excursion rates apply on railroads steamships and busses avoid disappointment and inconvenience by mailing reservations now for orientia glamorous spectacle of the mystic east nightly grandstand pageant also for the 4 concerts by internationally famous exhibition 2000- voice chorus in the coliseum grandstand pageant orientia reserved seats tloo box seats si jo each 5 or 6 chairs itrracb box exhibition 2000voice chorus sat aug 29thurs sept 3 tuts sept 8 and sat sept 12 ground floor reserved he boxclain 100 aug280 sept 121931 worlds greatest permanent exposition 55c0msecutiveyear mloooooo invested in buiioimcs parkequipmemt 3am harris futljtml h w watbrs j cadesky oiptomfitiusr wiul visit aoion om monday sept 14th anyone suffering from xyeatrain defective vision or headache should not miss the opportunity of consulting uu eyesight apeeuuai appointment may be mad with ur a t brown orucgisa consultation vrkm offlmlburi itauh4aa- tramcars you can drop and cling watch yourself i the pilot fastened a rope to the right wing and showed horace how to handle himself when he climbed out over the wing for the drop tlie airplane roared over the village toward the mountains twice horace leaned forward from his scat to point out tlie direction but whci mccrea liad picked up the tramway then in use he followed it unerringly visibil ity was perfect and mccrea called upun his twin motor for tho last ounce of power available to howard the rarth hocmcd to float backward willi tantuuxlng slowness con sidering tho ufu and death character of the errand upon which he had rni- bar ted yut the deafening roar of the motors unaured him of a upecd not ob tained on tho previous flight with fur- prising suddtiinran uio high umbered lands thut luul mmunrd- so fur away loom ed clone at hand anxloiuily ho scanned the narrow winding ribbon that was the lodging railroad for u gumpim of thir runaway curs that lin cars had not jumpod the truck before thry were nlghtfd by tho occupant of the ulrpuuio gave mrcrru luid uoraca cuunt for unbounded joy thoy could in tlm imy pcrchnd on u log on tho leading cur hncuth them was a 4ompunitlvhy iitrolght utrvtrh of track and horn mrcrrj planned to drop hlk poiuiciigcr hi- cut on hln motor hunkml und glided ourthwurd ho iilwiutid to horace to get rrady tlie lat ter rllmimd out upon the right lower wing hi grlpl4kl the loop of ropo that had wm fastened to thn wing for libi umi in mak ing tho drop then ho nlul ovur tho rear udgn of thn wing lhiirulh him u log uppeiind stationary ilo could almost touch it wltli his fht us ho dangled in tlie ulr ho tvleamd his hold upon tliti iop dropped uiul clung hn haw itoyul ivndlntnn utuntl vip and heard him yell hortuo knew hli imtuodlatu tunic wiut to iuit the brakns ho applied them evenly running from one car to another until ho luul evvry brake whtol turned down hard at tho top of a strep gruds juiit biiyond the last ciiblo suitlon above man dura cove tho runaway train calro to a stop qomn ride bjg boyl cauinl out lloyul tho lrrcitreiltlblo it wouul havo imhiv a ride if you hid ntarted down that lasit grade said llor- uc whoio relief was beyond meiiiure now thut ho could look into tho laughing eyes of urn boy who had not yut coma to a full realisation of tho doom that had threatrunl lilm two weeks later mccroa wrote to horace i am reloaded from john pcndlotons employ and am now in the forcit itcr- vlcc my ilrut job is to bring pondloton to mundcrs cove to show him your country all that ho has written you doesnt begin to revoul hu real fesllngu uoyal is hu one and only interest in llfo i lvulf believe ho is going to ask baunders to retire or accept all your uptodate notions about forestry as applied to private lumbering i the statement recently issued by tho fruit branch of tlie dominion depart ment of agriculture provides an inter esting reference to tho fact that can adian apples last year were exported to twentyone foreign countries tho united kingdom heads the list by taking 1007 516 barrels helglum last year took eight times the volume of 1020 among the other countries buying canadian apples in quantity are the united fltatcs denmark holland new foundland france south america new zealand germany a with africa sweden hhtuh west indies tho orient egypt east africa mediterranean africa tfjl dutch east indies cuba india and mexico it is interesting to note from tlie satno totement that canada imported 130637 barrels of apples duruiff the nscul year just ended of whlh goo came from aus tralia 3850 from now zealand and the balance from the united mtates just recently nhlpmcnu of very atraotlvi upplea have made their appearance on the market from south africa it is particularly interesting to nolo in con nection with tlie imports uiat kastorn canada absortw 777 per cent of tlie total brought hi b e 1 1 e r at night fob the childrens auppar for your own enjoyment lata in the evening eat kellogga vllv uran fluke crisp sunbrown full ot whole wheat nourishment wltrrjubt enough entra hrarf to be mildly laxative wo wonder theyre called better bran flakes at your grocers in the redandgreen package mada by kellogg in london ont pep bran flakes acton fall fair september 1516 1931 special prize list iiohe hpeciai ncx 1 jjeat high stepping horso til liarnesa 1st by dr h a ooxe oasli afioo 3nd by oco eklwurds cash 3 0q 7 00 a beat otnglo turnout lnt by ales mclsaac cash 400 2nd by w d talbot cash 2d0 v 00 3 heat light fcxpress home in harness 1st by ii d hachlln at co cash afioo 2nd by j si leuhman cash 3 00 7 00 host lady driver 1st by j stewart cleaner and dyer uuolph cleaning value 6 00 2nd bo hansen cash 2 00 7 00 0 heat joir of saddle horses bo ridden by a lady and gentle man int by a j ivttenum cash 3 00 2nd by k h vincent cash 300 v 7 rjfl fl host colt one or two yrars old sired by a thomuglibrvd horse suitable for a hunuir by llotiurt stnwart ijmltcd ouelpli cash 1st fioo 2nd 3 00 3rd fj 00 lo 00 7 host high jumping home threo out of live tests by tlio hank of montreal acton cash lnt a00 jiul j 00 3rd s3 00 10 00 0 jkhit agricultural urood mare 1st by cjeo cowle whllfletroes value 400 this kpoclal to apply ui claim 3 sootlon 1 4 00 0 llest dnnight agricultural or amoral itirposo anunal on tho gtoimda cham pioivhip lliulgc da host agricultural tram int by eastern steel products ltd lreiton hound end tank 2 feet by 43 inrlies by 0 feet listed at 10c5 uliu ipoclal u take tui place of 1st prize clajui 4 section 2 10 85 10 heat o roomed colt 3 years or under by a h kentnor cash 3 00 11 heat and lousiest lfivad horso speed 10 tier cent conformation aiid soundness 40 imr cent to bo driven on 00 around tho track to a fourwlieolcd vehicle without boots or liobbles o give threo yxhlbltums of ujwhjd 1st by ilalik of novo scotia aoum raidi 10 00 2nd by j m mcdonxld cauli 5 00 3rd by w m ooopor cash 300 ib 00 cattle hikoiaii 12 holt herd of shorthorn oattlo 1 bull and 4 females 1st by oilion manufacturing 3o ouelph 0 plow shuixh value 000 thbi npoclal to apply to class h section 8 first prlaa fl 00 13 best baby bcof by d d waldlo lroaldent cash lnt 300 2nd 200 6 00 6 00 b 00 14 host herd of jersey cattle 1 bull and 4 remains 1st by ontario bakery duolpli bread tickets value 4 00 2nd by j mellon cash 300 ib best dairy cow any breed 1st by chan mckeowii cash 3 00 2nd by l storkmon cosh 3 00 hiikk1 hoc ano wul1ily hfvctmx 10 best pair of vine woollotl ewe lamhii exhibited by a boy or girl under 14 years by ipred dmltli uockwood 20 pounda honoy to bo received at edwards bakery value 3 00 17 best throe marketable wothor lambs 1st by h j kerr cash 300 2nd by acton branch u v o casli 2o0 b 00 ib best boor and sow most suitable to produce bacon type 1st by losallo cleaners ouelph cleaning value 500 2nd by ohos tliatcher uockwood caah 300 7 00 10 best pair of bacon hogs weight from 100 to 230 pounds 1st by ititchlo agar cash s 00 2nd by w o murray cash 300 a 00 20 host pen of 13 brodtolay pullets b o w leglionis or b i crocks by woodluill ju mussclle stock from green house spring 1032 1st value 300 2nd value 200 8 00 chain iloot and vecktaiuj specials 21 best collection of smrm produce including grain roots vege tables fruit xlowers domestic science ladles fancy work f and clilldrenvt work not more than 40 samplek gardeners not eligible 1st by gmlth jhimlture co ouelph fumlturo voluo boo 2nd by dr buchanan cash 300 7 00 33 besl throe bushels of oats any variety 1d31 crop donor to reoelvo some- the evening of tlie ialr jby tlie canadian industries ltd d ii lindsay agent fertilizer to be taken out in out spring of 1833 lirat lertlllser value 800 2nd 1 fertllbser value 400 10 00 33 best collection 3 mangolds 3 turnips 3 pumpkins and s cabbages 1st by w j aklns secretary cash 4300 2nd 100 j s 00 24 best two bags cobbler potatoes donor to receive same by dr j a mcnlven ouh 25 best bushel early potatoes donor to receive same by a t brown cash 4 20 best bag potatoes donor to receive same by j a smith cash 27 best bag potatoes donor to receive same by john mowat cash 3bj boat bag cobbler kvtatoe donor to receive same by thos watson cash 20 best bog cobbler ipotatoes donor to receive same by j o mattliewtf cash 30 best peek dan vers onions donor to receive same by e j hansard cash a 00 1 bo 3 00 3 00 3 00 lit hit hpkcials 31 beat bushel spy apples donor to receive same in october sample to be shown by j n oneill georgetown wheel barrow value 7 00 33 best bushel king apples sample to be shown donor to receive same hi october by dr ml j nelson oaah bo 33 best bushel mcintosh hed apples sample to bo shown donor to receive same in october by pauauts clothing store eash 3 00 34 best bushel spy apples sample to be shown donor to receive kame hi october by a ii lanta cash i a 00 35 best batrel spy apples sample to be shown donor to receive same in october by kenney bros pair mens or ladles shoes value m tt 00 iaulv ani omkyxic h01knck rfttcialu so best 3 lbs butte hi print donor tojrecclve name by dr tt j nolsonpcotrtl 7s7z 7 t 3t0o 7 bftat 10 lbs butler hi crock donor to receive same to bo delivered to nelson co evening of fvur by evan jones cash a qq 38 best 7 lbs butter in prints donor to receive same by jak symon cash 7 z b 00 30 best b lbs butter hi crock honor to receive some by w b e- blair cash g qq 40 best 6 lbs buttnr in crock open to any member of tho womens institute by dublin branch womens institute cash i a jo 41 best pair chickens dressed donor to receive same by j w jones cash a concluded on page seven