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the georgetown herald wednesday evening june 23rd 1941 irz we see it by j a strang one would think that it is about time to discard this modem idea of giving a premium with this that and the other thing we dont know how you feel about it but we do know that when we ask for ahelf pound of tea tor instance and and that we are handed alone with the tea a cheap slon tumbler that we neither like the looks of nor want that we feel like giv ing it back to the clerk and right in the face at that we think a much better plan would be for the ann putting up this tea or whatever the article la that gives a premium with it to put in better queuy or else to lower the price us ually the premiums are of some high ly oolored article that we would never think of choosing even tit the 5 and 10 store the firms putting up these premiums with their goods must be making- too much profit altogether one wonders if they know that therm jia a war on y plenty of publicity has been given recently to a purchase of some brew ery property at ottawa by ijhe domin ion government it seems that the price agreed upon was a little over a half million for a property that was assessed by the city at a little over sixteen thousand dollars we suppose a government that would be so gen erous would be called a liberal gov ernment it reminded us of the fol lowing during the last war houses and building material became quite scarce in some of our cities and it wasnt un usual for a contractor to go out to some of the smaller towns and vil lages buy a large building cheap tear it down and move the material into the city and build houses out of it the case that we are thinking of was over in huron county a firm pur chased an old brick hotel tore it down and moved the material to lon don after moving the material away the firm didnt pay any more taxes on the vacant property and as it was a desirable lot and on the main street we investigated it with the idea of building ahouse on it we found that the foundation was in perfect condition and was the cor rect size for our purpose by this time the back taxes had accumulated to over 10000 we wrote the firm that owned the land and of course when an inquiry arrived it made them alt up and takenotice they would sell this desirable property of course for 50000 we let them know that we werent exactly asleep and offered them 12500 for a clear deed to the property this would pay off the back taxes and give them a few dollars for their trouble they tried to make out a case for their own benefit however we had them corneredviby reminding them that they hadnt thought enough of the property to keep the taxes paid up nor had they even put in a claim to the court of revision to lower their assessment and they finally took our offer to get back to the ottawa purchase it seems that the brewery company had been contemplating putting in a claim for a lower assessment however when the government came along with this generous offer they decided to tforget about attempting to have their property assessment reduced- and ac cepted the dominions offer had we been m their place we would have done fhe same thing wouldnt you the mothers and fathers of canada can now give a sigh of relief both mothers day and fathers day are over for another year just as soon as these two days have become com mercialized to a greater extent we will iiave to start a daughters day and sons day later on of course we will atart a stepmothers day and also r stepfathers day then a motherin laws day and if the days arent all token up by that time we will per haps think of other titles for the bai ance of the unnamed days we dont think that the mothers ever asked for or ever wanted a speci al day set apart for themselves and we are quite sure that the fathers didnt nor do we want a smoking art or a new tie on that particular day either all we fathers want is to see the children get an education and then to make good at their own particular calling if there is- anything else that iwe expect of these children it is that they come home as often as they pos- sjbly can and tell us how they are get ting along we think that the same alms would be the average mothers alms as well often we hear a parent state that they would like to be able to leave a lib eral sum of money to each of their children ask that same parent how uch their parents had left them and they usually say that they rec nothing at all ask them if they were any the worse for having to hoe their own row and the tell you that they p- ibe beitet q lt jmd yet they id like to leave something for their own children we think that the est plan of all is to give these child- n all the education that they can lake and then let them stand on their own feet they will be the better men and women for so doing it is easy to misjudge people for instance take people who owe long atandlng accounts did it ever occur to you hat maybe the reason some of them dont pay up is because they iieeftald if they paid the shock mtent kill the chap they owe themoney to j oilier shelmirne free press economist hawk in the wind helen topping miller the man i- elor with has to get up heu bring me my toast and coffee with a rosebud on the tray vyou cant marry that fellow hva married already no weak- j cooke floor contractor floor latino bbsctbfacing sanding finishing we specialize in old floors good workmanship reasonable prices 1 nbwstv phone 838 bcrli n o t o n she did not ttke tjry hutton par- ucularly she did not care particu- arly for any man she had met as et they were all too obvious too aware of the fact that virgie mor gan was supposed to be a rich worn- n they were too glib or too dim- ient they gqtthetr conversation and iieir manners from pulp magazines ir moving pictures they were coun ty college men did not stay in ittle towns they went ranging seeking wider opportunities and hose who came in from outside ike stanley daniels came with an nr of condescending superiority she went around with bry as los- ie had- so shrewdly surmised to et her own way and because bry as stimulating being with him as a constant battle and dominat ing him was an aohievement for any votnan marian rather liked th truggle to keep bry aloof to main- ain her delicate arrogant remote- iess and she had to get away o stop thinking about branford v ills lean sardonic face at the drugstore she parked net tar and went inside the one clerk wabbed off the lop of the counter jnd said what for you marian tmjuslwaitingshe shnnk the rain from her coat has mothet neen in not this morning shes been try ing to find perry bennett lucy and mildred were calling all over town 1 guess they found him i called a vhile ago and told lucy i saw him noing into piutes shoeshop i sked hei if she wanted me to yell t him but she said never mind marian stcod near the door atching shi was sorry she hart old bry to come hurt every one l town would know in no time that ie had gone ut somewhere with im but that might be jusi as ell if every one knew it ada lark would know it and the sharp- msed girl who was head nurse su- erintendent and manuger of the bsurd little hospital would know it lltimately by the shei i saturatinp tect of knowledge in small placet iranford wills would also know she waited until bry was actually n the store and then said with elab orate casualness if youre going ver to t- courthouse bry do you mnd if 1 ride along with you i ave to see a dentist and mother ornes when i dr on wet roads bry stared stupidly began i nought you i did marian cut in vith some corn i meant to go alone but if uure going anyway 1 could save ly gasolne couldnt i sure come along bry compre- ended finally and instantly appre ciated the element of the clandea- ne going to leave your car sit ing there its dirty anyway it doesnt natter she lifted the latch and bry said wait a minute till i get some cig arettes cash a check for me will ou ed if its any good i will the lerk snickered it ought to be good its on the ild man and i signed it myself heu come in here and raise he devil about it he has to raise it somewhere vhat do you run a drugstore for nyway the clerk rang the register and ounted out some bills if your mother wants to see per y bennett about that piece of spruce jf his marian he said you tell er it aini any use perrys sold they drew the papers saturday he sold it to wallace withers what would wallace withers vapwith hai spruce dont ask me maybe hes go ng to sell christmas trees what ever he wants theres money in it that old guy is so stingy he honed a ickel razorblade and used it over nd over for ten years marian followed bry out to his ar she was quiet and thoughtful s bry lore through town and found the mountain curves she new a great deal about her mi- rs affairs she was certain virgie had counted on buying perry bennetts spruce what are we supposed to do when we get to ashevillet bry broke in on her silence we arent eloping by any chance in a raincoat marian gave him a pitying look when v elope tt will be by moonlight and the man will be lean and handsome he wont look like you what does it matter bow be looks in the moonlight it doesnt matter butit mat ters a lot when 1 look at him next day and discover what ive eloped with and i wouldnt be thrilled at ooking at you across a breakfast able bry for years and years i never get up far breakfast when i elope it will be by moon light and the man will be lean and handsome minded angelic sap like that could possibly have escaped until now it isnt weak to be gallant mar ian was abstracted because she had been trying to picture bry across a breakfast table his dampish hair and eyes full of things he had seen things you didnt like to think about gallant and goory bry finished for her your forefathers hitched their women to the plow along with the ox if they didnt pull a straight furrow they got the whip around their legs ill bet your greatgrand father sa by the fire i scotla and smoked while his wife did the milking and brought in the wood they didnt bum- wood in scot land they burned peat well whatever it was she had to carry it in youre soft all you women 1 you marian stated dryly arent so hard yourself if this car stalled in the mud right now ive got more muscle to push it out than you have i dont need muscle he was complacent ive got brains i know enough to give you good ad vice while you were pushing the car out you make me sick with your conceit i dont know why i came with you anyway turn around i want to go back okay he turned the cat into a drive without protest backed it and turned it not looking at her chapter vii virgie had spiked her old hat on the hook and given a flick across ber desk with a feather duster when branford wills walked into the of fice that afternoon i made it he grinned feebly i wont be an important asset to the pulp business for a day or two not till my knees stop knocking to gether anyway but here i am virgie grinned back she liked this lean cleareyed young man with the trace of iron in the set of his mouth and chin and she needed him days had passed and still tom pruitt had not come back well she said aloud to wills it looks like im going to need some young bones in this business my old ones are about worn out come along out with me and til tell the boys youre here you better bang around and watch the process for a tew days ask questions and get underfoot you cant work in a pulp mill unless you know what its all about oh yes this is lucy fields mr wills i run the mill and lucy runs me lucy looked up and said how do you do swallowing nervously 1 shall probably have to ask miss fields to boss me for a while he said ill be a sad tenderfoot im afraid 111 boss you virgie stated firm ly and this plant cant afford ten- derfeet you have to cut your eye- teeth quick and cut them hard be gin by stepping high over that steam hose u you dont want jerry shel ter in your hair there was to virgies eyes only the customary reticence of the tjountain man in the attitude of the old hands in the mill toward bran ford wills they greeted him with the taciturn howdy of the h looked him up and down went on with their work you show wills how the drum- barkers work mank virgie or dered start him in with the logs at this end and hell come out with the pulp into the stuff chests at the other r but tf the was satisfied with the calm of events at the mul she was displeased when she went home at night vary weary the rain had stopped the ground was freezing again and the wind was friendless and dreary lossie had not lighted the fire and the room that virgie persisted in caning the sittingroom was cold the upper floor sful smeiled of camphor and alcohol and ada clarks starched scorched uni forms but it was very stfll los sie had cleaned up the sickroom and put a clean coe rpane oh the bed very nat and mte if looked lonely marians room was empty loo and vlrgie felt irrtated at that ymu spent your besi vtare raising young ones you gave them the best of everything and all the freedom in the world you were a good parent and what did you tet a cold house empty and forlorn nobody to talk to nobody to give a darn if you dropped over from weariness or got pleurisy from dressing tn a cold room even in her own mind vir e was only half aware of the real cause of her irritation the pressing appre- rfensionhalf ignored which was her anxiety about tom pruitt she sat and stared gloomily into the fire wondering what had hap pened to the old man and what he meant by wandering off anyway without a word tetany one the old mulehead sat all unaware of the drama lhathad been enacted thai dayr on the cold slope of the ridge above hazel porhs a drama with only one witness that witness was young bui gallup bill gallup had been driving the maintenance frucwalong a rutty mountain road the road followed the slash rib bon over the slope of a ridge where the steel towers and wires of a main transmission line linked up the ea ger plunge of mountain torrents with the deeper surge of the commerce of the world through the low growing brush of the slash he saw a tall figure ap proaching a man who carried a gun he slowed the truck and waited mountain men were sensitive for all theirjiaxsh exteriors and to pass on without stopping to pass the time of day might give offpnse that could trng down on a power concern the vindictive and sadistic enmity of a whole family connection bui called howdy neighbor and trod the brake the engine in stantly sighed gurgled steamed and died the man with the gun cam8-narsr- and- bill sa t i was ld tom pruitt hello tom hfe greeted what are you fixing to nuni up here this time of year that looks like a bear gun to me yeah he said this heres a dear gun i been toting it round over the ridge yonder thought i mought maybf- couldsee me a var mint i was just shackling down to net me a bite to eat you goin buck to that there lighthouse of yourn 111 ride along and see if jim bishops wife has got a cold pone in the stove sure get in you must have been out quite a while youre pret ty muddy and tired out from the look of you slepl out tom was laconic- at the bishop house tom got out and went around to the back door jim bishops wife was a girl from the village and bill remembered that he had heard she was distantly related to tom any kinship to the most remote degree was important in the mountains bill drove back to the plant confident that tom would be taken care of an hour later as he went back to work after lunch he saw tom pruitt again gun slung over his shoulder tom was slogging down the muddy road his shoulders were slumped and his legs moved heavily as though he were very weary tom turned off the road presently and struck directly across the ridge following a dim trail through the crowding laurel the path was steep and tangled having been made by game it crept beneath tall knotty thickets of rhododendron and skirt ed open places keeping to the shel ter of the undergrowth it bad been trodden out by creatures wishing to hide and it suited tom for he had no desire to be seen twice he rested crouched on rocks stretching his legs bis ears buzzing as his heart strained in the thin air on the upward climb he did not bother to look about him but toiled on stooping the gun heavy under his arm his head down but once on the crest his maimer changed turned feral cautious his eyes glinting he stalked silently his old hat jerked down the pocket of his overall jacket sagging from a double weight of cartridges the opposite slope of the ridge was very different from the brushy way he had just climbed ahead as far as his eye could carry was a great untouched majestic ex panse of hardwood forest trees vast and quiet leafless and magnifi cent in their aloof columnar auster ity covered the slow descent and a rolling expanse below tom breathed heavily air whis tling through his teeth as he looked at them his eyes for a moment were worshipful taking a downward roundabout way he advanced from tree to tree carefully finding the moss under foot making no sound a bunch of cwild gooseberry bushes offered am bush and be dropped into them tjarting the twigs soundlessly lyuu the british commonwealth air training plan one of a series of articles written specially for weekly newspapers by hugb tetnprjn editor of the fergiukewsrecord joint air trabting plan canadas greatest enterprise tt vm a nrft ia t j sprinkling- from the argentine the j l21j on straits settlement the united ontario but over in europe the war had boiled over in a new direction as usual hitler had chosen the be ginning of a new week and the time of the full moon to launch another attack the radio was pouring out bits of news at regular intervals ac tually there wasnt much to tell yet and most of the bulletins were made up of what some government thought or what another statesman had said itl seemed that most of europe was being heard from london vichy berlin rome athens moscow and washington there was no official comment from the government of canada and yet there was one to be heard even louder t than the voices on the radio every lew minutes there was the sound of a plane passing over our- village the loud roar of a harvard trainer or the duller sound of the twin motors of an avroanson bomber it was canadas answer to hitler some time before that hon c o power minister of national defence for air had put it into words from one of his speeches in parliament i quote just jme paragraph canada has a responsibility to bear we are the senior partner in the cornmnpavsauh ouubcte creat britain we are not as was the case in the last war simply making a con tribution to the common pot we are in the war as a partner it is patent to all the people of the world that eventual success cannot be won until we first achieve air equality and then gain such air supremacy as wuljoer- mit us to take the offensive without which no war can be won in this respect the dominion of canada has afar greater responsibility than was ever dreamed of during the last con- flic we are the mainstay and right arm of great britain in so far as the joint ajr trfttmi plfl ti foncerned we believe that we have reached the point where we can predict the success of the plan and the attainment of our common object in order to do this we need the help the advice and the support or all the people of canada i do believe that we will receive it canadas greatest enterprise the british commonwealth air training plan has been called can adas greatest single enterprise it is our countrys outstanding effort to help britain to hold out at home and later to strike back so hard that the war is certain to be won it attracts the attention of much of the world canada has placed at the disposal of great britain and the empire her vast area in which to train student pilots unmolested and has also as sumed the responsibility for much of the cost of the plan and supplying most of the young men who will be come the members of the air crews and the ground crews as to the suitability of canada as training ground there can be no doubt there is plenty of room the sites for landing fields and the build ings for training schools are available the united states is nearby to supply certain types of planes and a large number of extra instructors the total cost of the project was originally estimated at 1600000000 of which canada was to pay some what more than half but as the pace of the war has accelerated the cost of the plan has mounted it is now re vised to 824000000 of which canada to pay 5310o0jw0 the men come from various parts of the eknplre england and scotland australia and new zealand with the 1 states and numerous other coun tries but the royal canadian air force ia in charge of the training and four out of five of the recruits are canadians every one of them seems determined to become a pilot and to follow in the footsteps of bishop col- llshaw barker and the rest but of that more later canadian juont know the story yet with such a great and important task on our hands it seems strange that canadians dont know the story of the british commonwealth air training plan they have read about it again and again without real what lt really means early in mftyrthredltors of weekly newspapers in ontario and quebec had an opportunity to visit one of the bombing and gunnery schools near lake erie more than one expressed surprise at the magnitude and effi ciency of the camp yet this is but one of 83 training camps and schools which will be used in the completed plan another ontario editor recently spent an afternoon lzi a great peat bog on the high tableland of south western ontario tt is hat country side where there is nothing to ob struct the view tor miles and no sound except the occasional bird he was amazed at the continual procession of planes high overhead it seemed that before one was out of sight and hear ing another would be coming over the horizon most of them bombing planes which had travelled many miles back home that night he stayed outside for an hour to watch more bombers cutting across the sky though all he could see each time was one more star distinguishable only because lt moved and was sometimes red or green he was filled with a iyjibouthow these men- are trained the first of a series this is the first of a series of ar ticles about the air training plan and the rcji they are being writ ten for the readers of ontarios weekly newspapers to answer soma of the questions so often asked and to tell canadians what their royal canadian air force is doing when the officers of the canadian weekly newspapers association met at ottawa recently there was much discussion about what their papers could do to help the war effort it was suggested that one editor be chosen t to write about the air force the fullest cooperation was freely offered by the department of public infor mation not only in the matter of ar ranging visits to the various camps and schools but in supplying pictures to go with them i was chosen for that interesting task already i have visited several centres in the next few weeks i will bp going to many others already i con testify to the courtesy and warm welcome from all whom i have met questions have been freely answered and i have been shown all i asked to see the only restriction is as to the numbers graduating and going to the motherland the need for secrecy is apparent to anyone but already tt has been announced in parliament that over 50000 young canadians have enlisted hi the rcaj enough to make jup three divisions of infantry r four student pilots at no 10 elementary flying training school meant hope ontario walk off the field l to b lac l jbothweu of smiths falls ont lac j a tamer or westboro onl lac l scbryer of montreal quebec and lac t m saanderson of montreal quebec still for a long interval his gaze axed on the slope below there was an indentation in the halffrozen ground and into this his elbow fitted easily because hi that place for two days it had rested the ground was cold and toms body ached after a halfhour in the cramped place but he shifted his limbs flexed bis hands and shrugged his collar up about his neck always keeping his eyes on a spot far below between the tall pop lars a north american harvard aircraft is ready for bight as the post the cockpm at no 1 service flying training school at camp borden onl i