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Nazis Plundering^ Occupied Lands The German people have been «bl« lo live better during this war tlum during the last one because they have occupied the greater part of Europe and plundered the countries of their livestock, foods »nd economic resources, but as Ihis Is a process that cannot be con- tinued indefinitely to anything like the same extent, and as they have already lost the great whealfields of the Ukraine and will soon be out of Russia altogethei , the future outlook for food is black, comments the St. Thoma. Tim;s-JournaI. Norway, Holland and Denmark hav« been plundered until the na- tives live in a chronic state of hunger. The French government in London is in a position to give •Imost exact figures of direct leviei of food by the Germans in Fiance tince June, 1940, which re- Teal the extent of German reliance on looting in c^e country alone to feed their own armies and people. The Nazis have also "bought" great quantities by means of paper â- larkB In spite of the dislocation, re- moval and appropriation of French industries, Germany imposed a cost- of-occupation bill of $10,000,000 a day based on a figure of 4,000,000 occupation troops. Notwithstand- ing the fact that there are probably act more than 1,000,000 German •oldiers in France today, the Nazis â- till demand their $10,000,000 a day for their niaintenanc, the bal- ance being clear financial profit. Supply Of Butter Slim In BritaiTi Britain is seeking to increase her butter supplies which have been •tjfficient only to -naintain the weekly two-ounce ration. The Ministry of Food said Bri- SAFES rr«(cc( yuur BUUKS anil CA>)H #ram nRB and THIEVES. We kav* â-  slae and type u( Sate, or Oablact. for an; purpoae. Vlaii â- â- > »t *rrlt« r«r prlfFa. etc. lo Dept. W. ^.firJ.TAYLOR united TORONTO SAFE WORKS 14ft FroDi !«i l!^.. luruuiii lOatKblUhed ISfVft HARNESS & COLLARS Farmers Atteution â€" Consult your neatest Harness Shop about Staco Harness Supplies. We sell our goods only through yonr local Staco Leather Goods dealer. The goods are rifht, and so are our prices. We manufacture in our fac- tories â€" Harness, Horse Col- lars, Sweat Pads, Horse Hlau- kets, and Leather Travelling Goods. Insist on Staco Brand Trad* Marlced Goods, and you get satisfaction. Made only by: SAMUEL TREES CO., LTD. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE 42 Wellington St. E., Toronto Foot Itch Stopped in 7 Minules Does Athlete's Foot make your skin peel, â- nek and blister? Does the Itching nearly ^T« jrou mad? No matter how long you â- â€¢Ta aulertd or what you have tried, there â-  naw hope tor you in a new treatment Mllad Nbedarm. In 7 minutes Nlxoderm itopa th« Itching and starts combating ths mrms that cause Athlete's Foot. You wUl iiobably ae« a big Improvement the very {brat day or so. It not completely satlshed MUaQdann costs nothing because vou get {OUT money back on return of the empty Jar. ual Nbiooatin from your druggist today â€" tba mcoey-baclc trial oiler protects you. Asthma Mucus Loosened 1st Day Choking. Eospiiiif, wheezing Aslh- r. and Broiichitia ruin your health. • prescription A«i«o-Taba uulck- circuiates through the blood, fromptly halpinB to curb Ihesa at- Ltcka and usually the (Iret day the •ucua i* lootencd. thua living free 4m»y braatbliiK and raatful aleep. Jaat aand your n.-inie, card will do, jer ll.Ofl Asmu-Xaba (r«*. No cult. llo obligation. Just tell othera it it Mopa your Asthma attaoka. Knox Ktnpauy, 711 Knox Bldg., fort Kie North, Ontario. ISSUE T-1M4 tain is pressing butter-Producing countries to let her have more but •would not indicate if any specific request has yet been made to Can- ada. If the present slim supply in Bri- tain is pressing butter-producing sibility is seen that the blitter ra- tion may have to be reviewed with a view to reducing it. A food of- ficial said "we'll do our best to keep it at two ounces but we can't afi'urd to lose ships bringing but- ter" Japan Has Great Naval Base At Truk Tnik, the yrcat Japanecw :?aval base, is an objective of tne .\iiieri- cans in the South Par.u'ic, relates the Windsor Star. The island group is 900 miles from Rabaul, 2,- 000 miles from Yokohama, and 3,- 500 miles from Honolulu. Tnik is a rjroup of 250 islands enclosing a lagooi: that measures 130 miles around. There are four small gaps as entrances to this great harbor area, which is large enough to accomniodate the entire Japanese fleet. The islamis vary in size from a few square yards to a few square miles. But, even the small islands provide eniplaceinents for aiiti-aircral't guns or heavier artillery. Germany bought Truk from Spain for £l,0OO.O00 in 1S89. The Americans had taken the islands from .Spain in the Spanisli-Ameri- ca war, but pave them back be- cause they had no use for them. The United States little thought then that Truk would be a formid- able naval base to be used against the Americans irr 1944. Japan got the islands following the last war. It is going to take skill and dar- ing to capture Truk. But, it Is one of the obstacles to overcome on the wav to Tokio. Trapped Mink Keeps On Fighting For Life Mink-life, to a mink, is a good and glad thing, .\lan Devoe writes in The American Mercury. Its wild freedom, its stealth and strength, its lusting and exulting, are not lightly to be surrendered. And so, when the hidden frap-iaws clang together on the leg oi a niink, what happens is in the nature of t fearful thing. The mink, if it can, will gnaw off its leg in order to to go free. If it cannot free itself, there wells up in it such a fury, such a surging compound of rage and hate and terror and malignance and despair, that many a trapper could wish that he had never watched it. A trapped mink snarls, screams, scheeclics, froths and spits. It looses from its musky glands a stench that is subtler but more sickening tlian the odor of a skunk, and it fouls the trap and all the sur- rounding earth with as thorough a pollution as it can. Until tlie minute of death, a trapped mink battles to withhold, from an un- known woman in a far metropolis, the pelt which she will scarcel.v re- alize came from an animal, and the life whicli she will scarcely know was ever lived. PROMOTED Major General G. G. Sinionds, C.B.E., D.S.O., 40, has been pro- moted to the icting rtnk of lieu- tenant-gcnerml and to command of « Canadian corps. BLACK DAWN By I'j VICTOR ROSSEAU CHAPTER XV' They •were almost at the bottom of the ravine. Tor beyond It the cliffs towered up to meet the coal- black sky. There was green grass underfoot, and the sound of a rivu- l«t falling from the rocka abovt?. Lois reined in Black Dawn. "This !• the place, Dave," she said, and •lid from ber saddle, to fall in a crumple heap upon the grass. Dav^ flung himself upon his knees beside her. The upper part of the overalls. alr<sady stiffened with, blood, was wet with a new flow from the wound. iiola 'was breaihiug gently, but she had dropped unconaciou .. In the face of the rocks im- mediately to the right of him Dave saw the entrance to a cave. He gathered the girl into his arms and staggered into it. Then he laid the girl down on the pebbly floor. Dare tore off his scarf i.nd made a pad of it, compressing the wound and holding- it there for minutes. When he gently remov- ed it, there came another spurt of blood. Again, this time for half an hour, Dave held the compress In position, and when he ventured to remove it the flow- had dwindled to a small tricUk\ * • « He readjusted the bandages and went outside, unsaddled the hor- ses and left them to graze. He took a tin cup fi'oni his roll and felt his way foot by foot toward the sound of running wate^. He found a little pool that splashed down into the ravine, filled the cup, carried it back to Lois and forced the contents down her throat. Spreading his blaaiket In the cave, he picked the girl up and placed her upon it. After that there was nothing to do but wait for dawn. It came after an immeasurable time, stealing down the rapine and glowing rosy upon the - mountain tops. Xow it began -to grow light inside the cave, and Dare could see that this extended backward for a considerable distance. Tht-y seemed secure enough, so long as their food lasted. As he bent over the girl, her lips moved; he could just catch Today's Pattern Look cheerful as a sunbeam in this light-hearted deep-yoked frock. Pattern 1589 comes in niissesi" put together as a glance at the diagram will prove. Make it with contrast trim oi in one fabric. Pettterii 4jS9 comes in misses' and women's sizes 13, 14, 16, 18, 80; 10, 32, 34, 38, 38, 40 and 42. Size 14 takes 25^ yards 35-inces and Ji yard contrast. Send TWENTY CENTS (20) in coins (stamps cannot be ac- CtDted) for this pattern to Anne Adams, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St., West, Toronto. Write plainly Site, Name, Address, Style, Number. the fragmentary muttering: "We'll save him. Black Dawn. He â€" didn't do It, He's not the murdering kind." Then she slip- ped back into unconsciousness. A sudden feeling of tenderness â- wept over him. Why, this wag his girlâ€" he'd known it from the first moment he had seen her. • • • • Mescal was seething with excite- ment the following morning when Wilbur Ferris rode la. Curran had ai'oused the ranchm..n at dawn and informed him of th« •Tent:3 of the night, and the futile attempt to follow the trail of the ftwitives. Judge Lonergan's house was the •ubsfantial one. Lonergan's Mexi- can servant admitted Ferris into a comfortably furnis' d living-room where Lonergan was seated at his breakfast table. "Morning, Ferris," Lonergan greeted his visitor. "Sit down and have a bite, won't you? I've got a quarter of an hour before hold- ing tue-iuquest over old Hooker." « • « He wiped his mouih with a napkin, leaned back, and surveyed Ferris with a sardonic look that was not lost on the ranchman. â- Wilbur Ferris sank heavily into a chair. "What the devil's all this mess about?" he demanded fiercely. "Damn you. Lonergan. I believe you brought that murdering cow- poke into ihis district for some Infernal reasons of your own.'" "Now that doesn't do credit to your intelligence, Ferris," respon- ded Lonersan, after draining his coffee. "Fact is, I never set eyes on him till he came into the Wayside Rest, day before yester- day, and paid off old Hooker's mortgage interest." "1 want to know what that girl, Lois Hooker, is to you." said Fer- ris. • "What did you bring the Hookers here for, and why have you kept them here these twelve years past? And why did you de- cide that the time had come to get rid of them?" "Go easy, Ferris," Lonergan ad- vised him. "You don't want to worry about my business. I've stood by you a good while now, when you'd have been down and out, andâ€"" "Yep, you've about drove me to tny limit. Lonergan," answered Ferris. "You put that man Cur- ran in chai'ge of the Cross-Bar, and you sent away my good cow- hands and brought in a gang of Mexicar.s. "And now this Bruce feller comes along and plays hell generally, and, afttr his Tnurdering old Hooker, iliat girl, Lois, stages a rescue from the lynching party. I tell you. it don't look straight to me. I want to know what's be- hind it." • • • Lonergan bit off the end of a cigar and lighted it. He emitted a puff or two of smoke before re- plying. "So you think I've ridden you too hard, Ferris?" he asked. "Well, maybe I have seen my advantage and taken it when it come aloug. I^Kjmme see. Ferris," he continued la an irrelevant manner, "you must bo close to sixty, if I'm not mis- taken." "What's that got to do with it?" demanded the ranchman. "Quite a lot," said Lonergan. "Why go on worrying, and mud- dling your head with things that botlier you? Ever think of a little place In CaJifornia to end your days in peacefully? A place where you won't have to think o f â€" well, of me? I'd never trouble you, Ferris, if you should decide to sell out to me. "Of course, prices having drop- l>ea so low, I couldn't make you a very advantageous offer, but if you liked to consider eight or nine thousand dollars â€" why, you could go a long ways with that In Cali- fornia." "You devil!" shouted Ferris, springing to his feet. "So that's what you've had In mind, .netting mo out of the district! I guessed It!" "You guessed right, Ferris." an- swered Lonergan. There was a steely glitter in the ju'jge's eyes now, in place of the sardonic look. "After all, Ferris, you owe me .everything .vou've been, don't you? No, I'm not going back over old times. But there's my offer." "The Cross-Bar's worth forty tliousand. If it's worth a pennyl" Ferris shouted. "I'd say it will be nearer fifty, when prices lift," responded the Victory Chop Suey t tablespoons fat H teaspoon salt 1 cup sliced onion 1 cup green pepper strips H pound fresh pork cut into slript 1 cup celery strips % cup uncooked rice Ui teaspoons Soy Sauce 4 bouillon cubes Xcups oved-popped rice cereal 4 cups hot water 1 tablespoon butter Heat fat in heavy frying pan; add onions and meat; cook until lightly browned. Add rice and stock made by dissolving bouillon cubes in hot water. Add salt, green pepper and celery atrips, and soy sauce; cover and simmer about 20 minutes longer. Serve at once with crisp rice ••real which has been buttered and toasted. Yield: 4 teirviuga <l cup yer s«:\i.ig>. VENO'S COUeH SYRUP Invaluable for COUGHS-COLDS BRONCHITIS ASTHMA WHOOPING COUGH SIMPLE SORE THROAT ildren love Veno's DON'T DELAY- BUY A BOHLE TO© .^'4 •- other. "I'll make it nine thousand clear, if you accept my o.ffer and quit within the next two weeks." • • • Ferris was standing like a statue, but slowly his head and shoulders bowed. A look of utter misery came over his face. "Listen. Lonergan," he pleaded. "You know how I came into this district years ago â€" " "With Blaue Rowland, your partner, who ran off with that check for the cattle," Interposed Lonergan. "Ive made my home here. It's hard to have to pull stakes and start afresh. If you'd make It twenty thousand I'd feel it might be done. But can't this busUieHB be settled somehow else?" "Nope," answered Lonergan de- cisively. "My offer's nine thou- sand, and it's got to be accepted or rejected within the next couple of days. And two weeks to vacate. Youll have to excuse me now, Ferris, because they'll be waiting for me to impanel the jury." He walked past Uie ranchman, took down his hat from a stag's antler in the hall, and clapped it on his head. Wilbur Ferris, who had been watching him in dumb despair, mo,ed slowly toward the door. /Contlitued Next Week) U. S. War Casualties TABLE TALKS Your War Saving Stamp Recipe The Food Industry of Canada has undertaken the huge task of selling 2 million dollars worth of War Saving Stamps during the month of Februar> . This column presents a penny saving recipe, which will help you buy your War Saving Stamps. Here it is: FROSTED MEAT LOAF % tablespoons fat 1 onion, chopped 1}4 lbs. chuck beef, ground yi lb. pork shoulder, ground S'/i cups corn flakes, rolled 1 egg, unbeate.. 1 tablespoon cornstarch yi teaspoon salt dash of pepper and paprika yi teaspoon poultry spice 54 cup milk 1 teaspoon grated leniond rind 1 teaspoon lemon juice 4 steamed weiners 5 cups fluffy mashed potatoes 2 medium carrots, cooked whole Heat the fat and add the chop- ped onion. Cook and stir till the onion is tender and golden brown; add all remaining ingredients ex- cept the weiners, potatoes and car- rots; spoon half the mixture into an oiled loaf pan 9" x 4" x 8'. Press the weiners into the meat mixture, laying them end to end and touching. Cover with all re- maining nii.x'ure, pressing firmly. Bake in a moderate, oven; after the first half hour drain off the liquid. When the meat loaf is cooked, invert on a hot platter. Frost all over with mashed po- tatoes. Score the cooked carrots with a fork and cut in thin slices. Decorate the sides a:; J top of the meat loaf witli the carrot slices. Heat again in the oven till the po- tatoes are slighty' browned. Temperature: 330* F. Time; l'^ hours. BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS HASTEN THEIR VICTOR- IOUS HOMECOMING HEMORRHOIDS 2 Special Remedies by the Makers of Mecca Ointment MecoB Pile Kf.-mniy No. 1 i.s (or PrutriidluB Bleeding i'iles. anil w sold in Tubfl, with pip«« lor internal appli'-ntioD. Prire 7.'k'. Mecca Pile n«ly No. 2 is for E-xtcrnal Hchinj; Pile*. Sold Ib Jar, and is for e\terna] ii»o only. Priro 50c. Order by number iruiu yuur l>rvie*i«t.. Latest available figures on .Am- erican war casualties total 142. 2S9, including o2,Gl)2 killed in action. The United States Office of War Information announced the figures last week. They cover the navy casualties through January 22, and army losses througli December 31. Look out for Trouble from Sluggish KIDNEYS Try the Original "Dutch Drops". It ia poisonous waste tliat your kidney* •hould be liitering out of your blood that may cause backache, dizzy spells, leg cramps, restless, sleep-broken nigh's, and unarting and burning. For relief use tha remedy that has won the grateful thank* of thous;mds for manv vears â€" GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This effective diuretic and kidney stimu- lant is tlie original and genuine Dutcli Drops in carelnlly measured amounts ia tasteless Capsules. It is one of the most favorably known remedies for relieving congested kidneys and irritated bladder. It works mviltly, helping the dolicata filters of your kidneys to purify the blood. Be sure you get the original and genuine-â€" packed in Canada. Insist on getting GOLD MBD.\L Haarlem Oil Capsules. 40c at your druggists. 1 How in llic world can a woni.Tri have charm and pOise if she feels "all wound up" with nervous tension? On the other hand . . . calm, strong uervts actually give a woman poise and quiet nerves take the hard, tense look from her facial muscles. If ner^ es bother, treat them with rest, wholesome food, fewer activities, plenty of sunshine and Iresh air. In the meaiiimie take a nerve sedative ... Dr. Miles .\er\inc. Nervine has help'x) scores of women who sullered from overtaxed nerves. Take Nervine according to directions to help relieve general nervousness, sleeplessness, nervous fears and ner- vous headache. ElTcrvescing .\ervine Tablets .ire 35c and 75c. Nervine Liquid: 25c and Sl.OO. MIDDLE-AGE< WOMEN i^l) HEtD IHIS ADVICE! ! It you're cro.ss. restless. NERVOUS â€" suffer hot tlu,shes. dlzzlnessrâ€"ciiused by thi.R period In a woman's li:e try Lydln E Plnkham's VoHctabl? Compound Made cspecia:: i /it li'miicn. Hundreds of thousands re- markably helped. Poilow label direc- tions. Made In Canada. am