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thobsdat ootobbr sra ism the acton free press pacwqkvdx oil 3frpj jrrh0 lnrt tnnt lost airport join scott douolas vobert stuarts lean body wrj stiffened as the following mes al sag came over the ether waves through his radio cor phones robert stuart olympic sky ways robert stuart olympic ways dont land at airport dont land at airport robert stuart bootleggers have knocked out air port manager robert stuart olympic skyways dont land the message flowing through his ear phones ceased abruptly and in its woke came blur of static his thin freckled face hardened perceptibly as robert studied the instruments on bis board altimeter five thousand feet bank and torn indicator level gasoline sud denly his heart quickened lta beat the black space almost covered the face of his gasoline indicator tank almost empty he hammered the instrument board angrily he hod ordered hat tank at seattle he examined the dlcator again some reading did he have leak ho turned back to his radio juijusting it with twitching fingers but he could not pick up his broadcast from the olympic skyways airdrome for several minutes ho sent out tentative messages trying to reach the radio operator who was giving him his directions ho result finally ho removed his ear phones and abut off his radio he could only guess what had liap pencd at his home airport one hundred miles west olid south of spokane wash ington some one had interfered with the operator who was supposed to direct his course on just such nlghu as this rg crept up from the snakclikc thread of the columbia river south of him spreading fleecy blanket below him the moon was bright ullver disk over head small help that would be to him when he had to penetrate unit wmle blanket of fog to make landing he thought again of uio message his throat tightening dont land robert stuart danciandl swell chants have to do any thing else with nearly empty tank ho growled why shouldnt land are they afraid those bootleggers who knocked out the airport manager will take my plane tills is no country to make forced landings in fog again he glanced at ills gasoline gauge that decided him nearly empty was right better chance landing now while ho still had little fuel loftl he pushed forward on hin control stick and uddenlyslartcdasd white linger of light probed through uie fog in eerie fashion it was beacon light undoubtedly suiely lie had not travelled sufficiently far to reach the olympic skyways or had he he examined his wrist watch by tiie blue glare of his dash light he was not due for twenty minutes yet ho must hnvu made excellent time flying over the cascades from seattle or cle his watch was alow there was no other airport he cut lils un giving his twoseated machine throttle from time to time to prevent flooding as ho dived toward the lights with snarling spasms the two seater nosed earthward tiu revolving beacon light made binding glare of the fog robert strain ed lils cyis to km some distinguishing mark on the olympic skyways pre sently lie was able to distinguish the four flares outlining the corners of the field he jerked backward on his stick as he neoreti the airport and struck in per fect uureepoint landing roaring ocrigs the field the warning acalmt landing lie had received dashed across his mind and quaunti sebusd him for moment he jumped out as the aeroplane camo lo stop drained of its lost ounce of gasoline then ho started the hangari which had been on the field when he liad left that morning were burned to the ground his eyes darted about tha deserted held anti hki htmurt grow deiily cold how could that warning wvocoi iu7iromthj nutlo operator ftl ut hangars were burned down wliat had happened he felt little shivers of apprehension racing down hbi ipuie as ho walked for ward on shaking limbs the charred embers of the hangars caught ida eyoi and held them soniethng un inter about tills busuieii suddenly lu shvered and rubbed shaking hand across hid damp forehead gross was growing bclwuei uiose charred embers and he had left the airport just uiat morning abruptly he laughed this cant be my airport but still those beacon and rlare lights are bi the right place ull right robert pushed buck his feather lielmet and run hoi ringers uirough hkt tousled red lioir the airport at which ho hail just landed looked like his own tlm beacon signals must have been lighted recently by sonw one or else left lighted and tho liangars looked about tho sam atxe as uiose of the olympic skyway the gross growing in uvtf charred um ber however proved it could not be tlw right airport ftv moment his brow wrinkled in tfhougnt suddenly robert grinned know bow con prove it is the wrutig airport my flivver was parked just beyond tho beopon light ho strodo rapidly toward the light blinded by its brilliance ho could see nothing until he had passed it there apparently in tho same spot where ho had left his car that morning was his flivver this was strange indeed ho oat down weakly on tho battered running board trying to reason out what had happened while ho had been absent tho hangars might have burned down while was gone he said grimly but the ashes are cold and as for grass growing hi those embers in one day he shuddered perhaps im second rip van winkle asleep for some yearol it came to him that this mystery still might take on logical ospectu this was not his flivver he jumped eagerly into to tho drivers scat and fitted his key into tho lock with nervous fingers hki heart fell when tho key fitted per fectly ho shook his head dazedly itn beyond wl ho muttered as lie started tho car lie drove for perhaps two miles try ing to reason just what could have liap pened whllo ho had been absent that radio warning tho burned hangars the grass in the debris uio lighted beacons his car feel hatvo anyway he muttered disconsolately suddenly his flivver stopped with choked sound his heart leaped cliccr fully now know its the wrong car filled my gas tank before drove out to tho dromo this morning lln looked at the license number wn 230tloi his number all right robert ran his ringers through his unruly mop of red lialr and then ills blue cyi brightened if its my car theres gallon of gas hi can under tho back ucat ho lifted tlio back scat almost hop ing not to find the can but it was in its place it was heavy when lie lifted it and when he unscrewed tlie cup he could smell gasoline he emptied it into the tank and climbed back into tlie drivers scat after tlmo he got the cor started again trybig to reason cense out of the cliaos of his thoughts at loifc grin lighted his freckled face as solution came to him unless really urn craty tills next town will bo palrchlld and not mllltownl ii li spirits soared when he reached the outskirts of small town the sign read plainly welcome to vair child robert stuart drove directly to tho sheriffs office man with battered brown liaton athaggygraylieacldav before littered desk line of per plexity cleft hid broad forehead for moment then ills gray eyes narrowed remember you from your plctureal he said in gruff almost unfriendly voice what do you want here robert stuart robert winced dropping hls lean body into chair came for your assist ance youll get no assistance from mo snapud the sheriff you should bo in jail no shouldnt said robert upirli edly be patient for minute sheriff andrew and lot mo tell you the facta in the cose in chlch you and everyone else misjudge me the sheriffs face was like gray stone as he eald oo ahead his face was white and twitching as robert leaned forward id dreamed being pilot since watt little sliaver he said tersely worked toward that end sheriff finally earned enough money to take training course passed it and got job with seattle air trans port company lztlmi nil rnmo nnf in your trlnl grunted tho slierlff yet agreed robert and it was all true but no one believed it well after id been working for that company for come time bootlegging king matt orogan came to me ho said lie wanted to transport liquor across the border by plane he offered me 500 month jnorehiuijljvwgettlntf mad and told qrogan id hang before id go into such rotten business here what lie said to me as nearly cii remember stuart im going to wreck your good reputation im going to send you tu jail and when you come out joni work for me for an thing want to pay ycu see laughed at him sherlif didnt be lli vu he could do what he threatened but he could and did was bringing passenger over from victoria qrogan or one of his men filled the turtlcback of my plane with liquor and then tipped off the olficers wiui caught lvd handed ono man camo to my assistance an old friend my fathers horace jor dan whp owns the olympic skyways he got detectives to sift out the truth tiiey found linger prints on uie turtle back nono of them mine the jury frwd me but no one would believe ma inno cent mo one would hire me wnully jordan camu to my assistance and of fered position ive been flybig for him for year the sheriff gray eyx oateiied perceptibly under the spell of the youths evident sincerity why did you come to me uow stuart robert explained the mysterious events of that evening and skeptical glint crept into tho face of his listener you expect me to believe all that just minute aold robert hur riedly sold that thought had landed on the olympic skyways dromo and had found the hangars burned to the ground but that kmt where really landcdl no no think ive figured out uho whole thing coming to town and thats why had to tell you past events to make you understand tho whole situation re member that chap named anthony built up little airport designed exactly like ouro just few miles outside of palrchlld tho sheriffs eyes glowed you mean you landed at that airport but what about tho light and your car all port of matt orogans plot lo make mo seem despicable in the cyca of the public no ho can break mo puzzlement came into tho sheriffh eyes but why should orogon listen said robert abruptly what im going to tell you is pure conjec ture but think it holds water matt orogon luu some design on tho olympic skyways though what it is dont know he didnt want mo to land there because if started to do so might seo uomethihg unusual going on and spread tho alarm how could ho prevent mo from ar riving to spread the alarm by seeing tliat didnt have aufflcient gas to reach ue olympic skyways dromo its pos sible for specialist to figure such tilings wlh pretty fair accuracy ordered tho mechanic to fill my tank and took hls word for it tliat iwd dono so he was new fellow ive never seen bo fore suspect lie was an employee of matt orogans all right well assume in pw first place tliat was given in sufficient gas to reach homo orogan wanted my reputation ruined uintthe one rqiowwhb still believer in me horace jordan tho sheriff nodded tliat all tounda possible but wliat about thu beacon light and tile flivver being there robert smiled grimly all part of the plot to delay me so that it would appear tliat was in grogtuia employ wiicn appeared many hours later with the utory ivo told you who would be lieve it whats more lie wonted me to be lieve it whs my own drome he thought tliat the mystery of it would hold me longer than it ho probably stole my ilhucr nnd moved it to the dromo whlcli anthony built near here the hangara burned down year ago feut there arc two places where grogan slipped up fint lie may luive cut the lined of telephone communica tion to our airport but the radio operat or was able to wxnd mo warning before he was stopped secondly although orogan drained most of the etui out of my flivver he forgot can of gas under the back seat go was able to reach rairchljd in time to sound warning which couldnt have done if id come here qn foot and now if youll call the olympic skywaji tho sheriff sclye his telephone and calleda number wlflch robrtgavelm piesently the operator in mitltown in formed him tliat the line mubt be down ills grbded face wan grim as an drews glanced at robert gucis you were right lines cut evidently he called the sheriff in mill town next sheriff andrews palrchlld speaking he said curtly sheriff rockwell ooodl listen rockwell have information that matt orogan or come other liquor operators have made raid on the olympic skyways drome for some reason or other could you form potlo and go good ill drive over to the drome myself but itll take couple of hours the sheriff arose came on stuart ho said gruffly they climbed into the sheriffs car and started driving over the shortest route dirt road connecting the two towns they paused momentarily at the sheriffs offlco in mllltown it was empty they then hurried along the road leading to the airport ten min utes later they reached tho field robert lumncd ou nnd hfct blue cvci widened at tliat whlcli lie uaw tiierc was big trlmotored plane standing oji the field several big trucks and num ber of coru which undoubtedly belonged to the parse standing in circle of grlmeycd men were matt orogan and seven roughlydressed men including shiftyeyed aeroplane pilot horaajjoruunitrodo forwaidlib face lighting thank ood youre cafe bob the uullo operator told me unit as boon iui they knocked me out he lucked hliu ielf in lib room and sent out wurnlui to you he thought if you received hi warning you might investigate in timj to catch these fellows what were they doing here de manded sheriff andrews oh matt or agons been bringing liquor across the line for some montlis by trimotor plane he loomed that hijackers were planning to grab hu lilune and cargo so he radioed it to land at our drome instead trusting tliat hlt ruffians could take paiscsslnn of the held this ln one time wlien malt aroguji will get whats coming to him you wouldnt liave caught him if it hudnt been far the quick thinking of your yomig pilot lierel sold sjicrltf andrews smiling at robert stuart hows that demanded jordan and rockwell ut once slierlff andrews bruriy told him uie wliole utory itoruce jordan turned to his young pilot knew you were straight as they make vm bob he said warmly but when it gets out hi all the paper to morrow that youre responsible for matt orogans capture ulere wquft be person twenty tears ago from the bane of the free pre of thursday october th 191s scrgt coles who has been lnr capacitated for service expected homo rrom jhe houpltal in england this week mrs coles and ernto will accompany him mr james rath of the fifth line has purchased farm at st george and will remove this month at tho county council last week chronicles of ginger farm written specially far name of paper by gwendoline ciflrkk there now can alt down and writ even though have got kink tn my grant of 360 was made to the county back and an ache hi my head and tho fair and 15 each to acton burlington reason for it is that liave just been oakvillo and georgetown housccteanlng the pantry job have uout john henderson jr of the gls been itching to got at ever since got battalion winnipeg spent day onto my fret but last week had at the homo of his grandfother pickles to do otf this week pears to can henderson and ll dumt dani messrs eoward ryder and john mowat cleaning uie twntry isnt the only job can see waiting to be done there are jobu everywhere hi fact there are jobs to tho left of me jobs to the right of me jobs hi front of inc yui volley and thundcrl and some of them almost need to be stormed at with sftiot and shell to move them at all but try not to ace all the work there is because that way madness lies slnceyihe most can do besjdal getting meals is one extra job about every two days one reader sent mo some good advice which try to put into practice but find it terribly liard work tho advice was embodied fhi small poem of pay inchfawns and am going to repeat it right lairo and now because knjw there are plenty of other women wlio are or have been perhaps will be al though hope not hi uie same pre dicament hi whlcli now find myuulf the poem is culled in cokvaliscicnce formed partneruhip and commenced the manufacture of leather gloves and mitts in tho premises over caldwells machinery warcrooms on mill street tho epworth league gave largo audience very enjoyable evening on tuesday tho occasion of their autumn rally an excellent program was given concluding with delectable pie social wth tho town of burlington still to report halton ha contributed 42 10775 to tho patriotic fund tho second annual pteld day at tho public and high schools was held on friday afternoon baseball matches and raceit were on the list of events and lunch was partaken of on tho school grounds mr swackliamcr of tho wa laceburg knitting co lias been inter viewing the council with regard to es tahjlshlng knitting factory in acton tin pkxk pjirss received letter from scrgt harwood who is in tho hos pital at shorncuife for the second time telling of meeting some of the acton boyu and says ktup the home tires nol long ago prayed for dying grace for then thought to tee thee face to burning for they will soon be marching homengnint born colk in acton on saturday lbth sep tember 1015 to mr nnd mrs john cole son iiti arul now iuk lord tli weaklings cry tliat thou wilt give me grace to live not die hall at the home of her parenm such fooush prayen know yet play church street acton on wednesday scptembur 20til 1115 ktliel hunter wife of george hall ramsfcly at tmen muli on friday october 1st 1015 john ramsey in ills 01st ear its quality sells it the fact that many thousands of intelligent peopli continue to use dr tiiomas kclcctrlc on oil fipeaks volumes for its healing effic lency kver since it wan flnit introduced it has grown steadily in public favor owing enthely to 1u manifold ueful ness in relieving and healing slcknctji as specific for cuts bruns scalds and various inflammatory pains its record in beyond reproach must lord help me lielp me not to tee the dustl and not to nag nor fret because tho blind hangi crooked and uie curtain dw behind canadas silvkr mining indus try primary production of silver lead xlnc cobalt and arsenic in 1034 was silvtr 1ci152q2 fine ounce valued at 7700 b10 lead 340275570 pounds valued at 8j3gge8hino j08s70cb3 pouxidsvalu ed nt 9007571 cobalt 504071 poundt valued at 502407 nnd arsenic 1059513 pounds at 50052 according to report issued by the dominion bureau of stutltlcs of the total value of metal production in canada during 1934 tliat of lead com prised approximately 435 per cent idnc 70 per cent and silver per cent in 1034 li tine improvement was wit nessed in leadzlncsilver production with the output of lead and zinc reaching the highest point ever recorded in the history or the canadian mining indus try silver production for the year realized an fl per cent gain over 1d33 and its value at 770840 reflects the 25 per cent increase in the price per ounce of fine silver over tliat for the preceding year silver mining tn canada is not dis tinct mining inductry as silver or silver bearing minerals usually occur in asso ciation with other metals of economic value with cobalt nickel and arsenlo with lode and placer free gold in cop per gold and nlckelcoppor ores and at with uranium and radium sllverlead xlnc mining is very important indus try in british columbia and to lesser extent in tho yukon territory there is no production of bllvcrleadzinc ores in niuteni canada at tho present time but during past years this induitry occupied position or importance hi ontario lbec novn boo tlatliouilning nf fill ores in confi to northern ontario tiiiuity kcotcii sandy maeoregorys flivver liad besn stolen too bad sandy sympathized friend have you no trace of tho thler aye admitted sandy know uie mon who has it and you have made no effort to redeem not yet dlnna yv kin tho tires were old well am waiting until tho rogue puts new ones on lit thought so anyway wife dont you thhik man more sense after hed married yes but its too lute uien hi uie state who can uny longer enter tain uie belief uuit you and orogan were ever ooiuiceted hi any way you will come pretty close to being public liero tomorrow old son im mighty glad lor your sake the kitchen cupboards what sight twill toko at least monui to get uicm right jlnd that lastcocoa had rt smoky last and all tlie milk iuul boiled away to waste and no resolutely will not think about uio ijiucepans nor about uie slnk tlieso light afflictions are but temporal tliings to rl above them wilt thou lend mu wings then shall smile when jane with towzled halr and lumpy gruel chittcra up uie stair resides tliat little book of pocma which has dono so much to help me when have felt particularly restlci have had letters postcards and picture ecnt to me by people whom liave nevr met but wlio in following tliesc chron icles liave felt that tliey and had something in common and so hi their kindness uiey liave written to send me word of cheer some of uiese cards and letteru have not yet answeied not be cause did not appreciate them but because by uie time liad dono the writing was obliged to do absolutely could not do any more many people have sold suppose wlui so much tlmo on your lianda you liave dono lots of writing how wish had but now since confession is good for uio soul and find friends and readers are slll wondering why did not make better use of my time lot me explain all through my illness tliat is ever since last kaste uie doctor lias been dosing me wlui certain medicine which be sides having depressing effect makes my head eel as if swarm of bej hail made it tlieir lieodquartem now ask outcomototr only answering letters if bees were buazing in your top storey from mornlig to night glad am to eay uiat uie douage had been tlecreascd so now it only feels is if one lonely bee li left buzzing alone all his noisy companlonn are dnul now and goiu and perchance may do some wrllliuoet atnny nite uiosoinvey flettenrtruntwertrtirn fctomewll hevert til ally get answered all these weeks and weeks have been so terribly afraid these chronicles would bore you who read to tears when it seemed that luui been nowliero and kiuew very little of wliat was going or on the farm and ulere teemed so little ootild write about tlmo after time have written or partly written my nrticlo only to tear it up and burn it ono thing was determined did noli want any grumbling or whining to find its way into anything liad written people hove enough troubles of tlielr own wlui out being bouiered with uioe of ouier people would not luive taild us much as liave done ubout myself from week to week except uiat lutvo found readers were wateldng uils colunui to see how was getting oiong now tliat is very nice of you and tiuiuk yoel all so much for your friendly interest tlie ust two weeks have indulged in on orgy of reading and because many people like to hear about books will tell you what liave read yellow briar by patrick suter story about iriali canadians farming tlws vlcbdty of ubiio mills about the slats diary by robs farquhar friday pa and me got good laff tonlte when we was drlvclng out tn to thj country to get few thmips to eat they was woman drlvclng ottomo bccl in frunt of us and when who comes to crass rode she made signal for right hand urn and uicn sho mado rite hand tlrn saterday pa went to bankwet wltcn was gave by utc men wlui wliom he wirksi with and he scd he lnjoyed it very very mutch becuz lie nod when he was useln uie rong fork and ccl uiey waaient ennbjjddy tluurc witch liew uio differ ence sunday pa was flggcrbig up sttls tlels today and he lernt uiut out at cvr 100 ineii becuins rich and becums well to to and 30 becums indcpendlnt and sixty are supported by uierc ruaishuiu so lie says it looks like he woodent liave nu thing to wlrry about hardly munday tkc youncd and his wife planned trip eaatuiis weak as they was going until there munny was gone then uny was going to start back and doc found out uieywos bearing burnt out and tlie clutch was slipping and uiey had to have new tires and when utcro mutiny was gone uiey haddent started yet mrs younce oed it was lovely trip if uiey liad tuk it teusdav pa was speaking of his unklc witcli went hi to bankrupcy lat week he scd good uilng about him was he started at tlie bottom but he never got enny furuier down wensday pa was tawking ubout air plane witch landed acrait uie crick to day ulid lie balled it lla and ma scd they most genrclly ull ways referred to air planwi as she pa ull ways has to have his utue joak and lie laffed and mid tlilt wiui mau plane tliinlay joe hlx told ma they never was male man witch was the boss in lils own house after he reaches two yrs old ngc time tables at aoroxr gotnx kaaft tjolly except sunday 700 sum dally except sunday loatajn dally except sunday lispjn sunday only 73ipjn the chicago flier that passes through here at 931 castbound atopa georgetown at 40 going wcsi dally except sunday 8jws ajn dally except sunday x33 pjn dally except sunday isa poll daily except sunday 12 31am sunday only 008 am sunday otay li 26 pm standard ttmk quick action taives trouble worry kv douglas iarptuui liniment ulwuyi lumdy stops bleeding lnstanuy cau terizes wounds quickly relieves barbers itch and ringworm sail testing service offered te malum kartoers as uie years roll by more and mow farmeni are confronted with soil prob ltmtwhlch do pot respond to the general farm pracuco now in operation as every farmer is aware solla do vary con siderably hi the same community on tlie uimc farm and quite frequently in the same flelcl an analysis of uio soil wtll quite often give toluuon to this problem tlie department of chemistry guclph provldce uus service at all times at uie provincial piowlug match to be held near caledonia just soutli of hamilton uie department of chemistry lo planning to maintain soil testing laboratory hi the agricultural college tent which will be located close to the headquarters and hydro tents halton farmers who are meeting wlui soil problems arc invited to toko hall pint samples of soil wlui them and liavc for nitrogen available phos phorlc acid potash and lire at uio sumo time advice will be given as sod treatment sample chould bo taken boui of uio top soil and also of the sub soil in uie event it is not convenient for you to attend the provincial match soil samples can be left wlui tho agri cultural reprtsentauve at milton who will be glad to transport them to cale donia far tear liv arrow bus schedule leave westbound 94 1145 except saturday 215 315 saturday only 515 715 1115 105 tn saiurdaya sundays and holiday leave eastbound 100 daily except sumlay 910 tn 1245 tn 4j tn 645 tn 900 tn itinkiiauiks ffjlnned to aix points in canada jniteo states mexico consul tlocalagcnt wiles restaurant central ontario bus lines toeonto wt patterson r0 speclmllsi in 70 rmmhfllnn orinsptto treutnenbi fi uiliilhi 108 wjndnun st nad uwm o0elpn phone 2108 qmdliy aeenmey savage co watches diamonds very thoughtful mouicr to son sliding down banisters what are you doing there cyril cyril making trailers for poor 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