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"could settle the our final sylvan hour. & "full length. THE NEWSPAPER SERVICE OF THE DRYDEN DISTRICT COVERING THE TERRITORY BETWEEN FORT WILLIAM AND KENORA. VOL. X. DRYDEN, ONTARIO, JULY 29nd, 1932, No. 30. JOTTINGS BY THE COLUMNIST With increasing knowledge of human nature that comes, per- haps with age, or may be sojourn in small towns, I anticipated to myself the criticism over "The Three Mosquitoes". Of course, I have not heard it all, but anyhow quite an ear- ful. My most candid eritic said, "Why write such nonsense?" My reply, "Look at Will Rog- ers,"" Her reply (excuse my divulgence of the sex) "But you are not Will Rogers." And that naturally floored me, so that this week, chastened, squash- ed and subdued, I write of A Day In The Woods. %* * * One or twice, in the summer, I promise myself an outing with friends of different views. We anticipate the trip, by one of our number preparing a gallon or so of root beer. This seems to liven the brain. We pack six of us in the car and off we go. Where we go is no matter, be- cause the District is ro rich in spots, not money rich, but yo kriow what T mean, full of beauty spots, each one beating the other. Well, anyhow, there is no great comfort six to a car, for ten or twelve miles, but we pile out near some lake, in the shad- ow of the pines. : Now, If I were writing this for the Board of Trade, T should of course say, that taking deep breaths, we gazed with awe at the scenic grandeur of igland verdure. clad, set like gems in crystal water, veflecting the cerulean heavens, ete, ete., and SO on. : But we. did nothing of the kind, living in this District we are bored with scenery, it is the cheapest thing we own. We straightened our legs, and packed the victuals a few hun- dred yards. i I do not pick these friends of mine for what they eat, or how they drink, but for the sheer love of hearing what they say. These fellows read up world polities, and each one of them he Irish question, dominate the Ottawa conference, and make a better job of Lau sanne than MacDonald or Herr. iot. I want you to believe, that HEENAN TAKES THE TIME OFF TO ATTEND DINNER KENORA, Ont., July 19.--Hon. Peter Heenan, M.P.,, engine-driv- ing politician, doffed hig over- alls last night and stepped on board the rear end of a train Lound for Ottawa, where he will attend the dinner given by the Government of Canada to dele- gates to the Imperial Economic Conference, July 21. Mr. Heenan, who was Minister of Labor in the former Liberal Government, last week went Lack to his old job of driving a railway engine on the Kenora division of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He is taking time off to renew acquaintance with dele- gates from other parts of the Empire, whom he met while in office. ANNOUNCEMENTS BASEBALL Transcona will play two games at Dryden on Saturday, July 23. 3 i First game 2.30, second game 6 ney west. Passing through Field, They are bringing their|{a small town away up in the best team so a good exhibition! mountains, p.m. of baseball is assured. Turn out and give the boys your support. To 2% #® 3 C.Y.P.C. Garden Party--Bingo and ete. Lunch by the C.W.L. Afternoon and Evening. * * # A Silver Tea in aid of St. TALKIES THRILL trance. ; 'The following 51 pupils from fned 0 ; Ciel: rep puny ton (Continued from Last Week) Dryden Examination Centre, ; (Dryden, Oxdrift, Rugby, Aub- Returning to camp, we packed rey, Glengoland, Cairnhrogie, up for continuance of our jour. Britton," Rice Lake Dinorwic railway, being a divisional point, tal back up a piece in my story as I forgot to mention the Great Tela Sis CH Divide. This is a boundary|ochenan; Gladys Byington; stone between the provinces of Alberta and British at an altitude of 5,550 feet. FIRE DESTROYS EVERYONE PARR'S HOME She The event of the week has! A disastrous fire occurred at been the advent of the 'Talkies'| J H. Parr's«farm, east of town, in Dryden. Friday evening, about six 'With the Strand Theatre new-}2'clock, when their fine resi: ly renovated, Manager Bailey! dence was completely destroyed has installed an up-to-date talk- by five The blaze, which started from ing picture apparatus, and those | who have attended the theatre the chimney after a fire had this week are high in their praise been started in the cook stove, or the splendid results obtained.!niade such rapid headway that With distinet voices and sound | there wasn't a chance the pictures have delighted |guishing it. Some furniture from everyone and Manager Bailey is! the down stairs of the house to be congratulated on his sue-l Was saved, but nothing but the cess as well as for the splendid; cement foundation of the large appearance the theatre exterior) Nouse remains. Luckily the wind, Low presents with its new stucco, Was not high her build, ings on the farm escaped the! front and charming foyer e J! a blaze, and ot < £1] HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCE RESULTS FROM DRYDEN TO VANCOUVER and Dyment) are now eli for admission to High Schoo Margaret Ayers; Hubert F lett; Agnes Blake; Bert hower; John Brignall, Brisson; David Brown; maintained by the also by mining. I will have to Annie Chaschowy; Eileen Coop- er; Thomas Crawley; Florence Dagg; Hans Eger; George Ir. newein; Katherine Evans; Nor Columbia LRP, At this point the Kicking Horse River divides, cne half flows to the Atlantic by way of Bow River and the other half to the Pacific by way of the Columbia River. To resume, we went through, possibly, the ort piece of driving on all our trip, Matthews church, Fagle River, will be held at the home of Mrs. A. J. Gardiner, Eagle River, on the afternoon of Thursday, July 28th. # The Wabigoon Baseball Club will hold a dance in the Wabi- #* ; ; ; Wg > FE Annie Makueh: dna goon Community Hall Tonight, |the Kicking Horse Trail is a son: Ha Martingon: Berthi July 22nd. 50e¢. pass cut through the chain of mountains high enough up to Admission 75¢ and Lunch will be served. : Isabelle Novgate: William ND ; * 8 0 avoid too many grades. At somel is. Arnold Nymark; Howar The Legion Picnic, which was|Roints we looked down a sheer Reany; Hazel Richardson, Mil. to have been held on July 28th,1 drop of 800 feet into the canyon dred Ripley: B Robinson ; have been postponed. If the below, my wife looked once and Josephine Salina; Mike Semal Mill is not running the week of 20t dizzy headed, so it did net] Edna Storey; Emma Strafr: August 1st, the pienic will he Matter how beautiful we Blnee bs Thavel "Wald : held on Thursday, August 4th, ¥as, she refused to look again. {py en Bertha Wilton: or the following Thursday ac- This day I took the wheel my- George Withrow; Edie May cording to the Mill, ete. comfortable with the wheel ths [eon all the time, I felt more = == gitting in the back with gome- J ce I ene else driving. Hairpin bends Social ann Hersonal galore, in fact the whole trip | ! 'this day was a series of twists Ee = and turns. We went so slow I believe they could handle any delicate situation, out in the woods. | Perhaps, you have noticed the remarkable effect of root bese when in the wilds, it seems to recognize its home, and acts with | much exhilaration," and because of this, we spent a happy day' of argument, Some steer died that we might have a luscious steak, cooked by the member of our party, that did not talk, and lulled by Lucullus, strife ceased. There is no feeling like that! created by a meal in the woods, | and as we lay around, twilight fell. I think it falls, I know the shades of night do. Let' me attempt the picture of £3 * * Nature in agonized paroxsysm had made a rock where six] could git. made behind this rock, a mossy niche. In thig I stretched at The topic turned to London, good old London, not the Canadian parvenu. The five sitting on the rock, waxed eloquent in reminiscence. A rabbit, feeling friendly and 7 ER Kinder nature had | | AE Mrs. A. Sfreddo has returned that if I remember right, we from Coleman, Alta., where she Only did just over 100 miles all liag been visiting her sister, Mrs.! day, but scenery, absolutely past To Clason, i dleseription, every turn of the * 0&5 % = |road showed more glories. Al Stanley Galloway and Jack though our road was fairly level, White, jr., have returned to W€ Were sometimes looking into Kenora after spending a couple chasms and at other Himes on the of days in town, the guests of, floor of the. valley, this was on Tighe Bind. {account of the rise and fall of 5 the valley between the ranges, We passed through the town of Golden and it was raining, i rained up in the mountains a lot but not down below. In early days Golden was one of the bus iest and wealthiest towns of the West, but now it is only noted for lumber trade, no place to park here, so we continued. down from the Kicking Horse Pass, down, down, down, for miles. 1 thought we were never going to stop, eventually we to Windermere, and as it was still raining, we did not camp, but stayed at a small hotel for the night. The next day we went fishing on Windermere Lake, but caught nothing, so we left ® 0B» Hughie Mitchell was a visitor from Winnipeg for a couple of days this week. * # He Mr. and Mrs. E. Pillage of St. Vital, Man, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wright. Te JE * ® B® Rettie Edgren of Port Arthur s visiting at his home here. * * 3 Mr. and Mrs. Donald Me- Kenzie have ag their guests Mr. and Mrs. Sadler and Miss Doris Sadler of Winnipeg. 3 knowing intuitively the kindness of Englishmen, for of such bread were the rock sitters, joined the : ss at about 1.30 pm. and travelled party. Mine was the privilege 13 : : a SAT a : ter) miles ao a place called Vahk of seeing the picture. Five 30 miles ao a place called Vahk where we stayed at a camp for the night. : ; Next day was Sunday, up at 7 and away by 8.30, we wanted to get to the ferry at Kusha- nook before it left, we had 66 miels to go and twe hours to do it in, it is easy on a straight road, but not so in the mount. ains. Well we arrived in time to see the last car loaded on and no more room, so we had the pleasure of seeing the ferry zo Britons and a rabbit lined up on Laurentian formation. The hu- mans unconscious of the rodent, the bunny conscious, but not alarmed. : Suddenly, out of the blue, I think that ig the literary way of explaining the unexpected, a voice mentioned that Crosse and Blackwell were in Soho. This was questioned. Battersea wag the place. val Findlay; Leila Maie Gamble; Olive Gour: Rus: sell Helen King; Gladys Lyon; Robert Callum; Ruby Me(Guire; Mar McMonagle; James MeMonagle Foulis; Ella daeckgon ; Thos Me- oy Hawke; Jennie Johnson; John Moline: Wright. Successful Candidates at other Examination Centres: Ignace Centre -- James Ether- ington; Mabel Quirk; Roy Tap- say. Eagle River Centre, (Eagle River, Minnitaki, Waldhof, and Pine Grove)---Roland Anderson: Lawrence Campbell; George Davis; Gertrude Delong; Hans Gruen; Dean Holmes: Vale Kell- berg; Teresa Korzinski: Anna Pearson: Gwen Wragg. Quibell Centre, (Quibell and Vermilion Bay) -- Violet Allen; Johnnie Berg; Colin Corbett; dack = Corbett; Walter Tcton: Florence Jones; Lempi Kivi; John Lafovest; Winnie Reed. LOCAL ASSOCIATION SCOUTS & GUIDES Who hath smelt wood smoke at twilight? the birch leg burning? Who 1 quick to read thé noises of the night? Let him follow. with the others. For the young men's feet are turning to the camp of proved desire apd known delight. --Kipling. The Guides are already at camp. The Scouts will go to camp at Vermilion Bay from July 28th to August Sth. The fee will be three dollars. All Seouts wishing to go to camp should hand in their names to the Scout Master on or before Monday, July 25th, together withthe fee. It is hoped to take a party of Cubs to camp from August 8th to 13th. This is the first year for Cubs and it is hoped that sufficient boys will go in order Now I do not give a Heinz pickle whether Crosse and Black- well's factory was in Soho or battersea, but the long eared visitor did. I swear that he} without us and it would not be back for four hours. We hunt. ed a place to eat and put in the time somehow and were the first to make camp a success. It is unfortunate that work and cash! {is scarce for father, but please make an effort to let the boys go, if they are Scouts or Cubs. 1- , vised to Who hath heard |E ou if afford to neglect ur | INSURANCE gazed at the speaker, made a shudder, and inside of two leaps was in the bush, nor did he re- turn. " Who has not heard of Crosse and Blackwell's canned rabbit? Home again with all its com- forts, but once in a while, give me a day in the woods. Fe on the ferry when it came back, a two hour trip up Lake Koote- nay brought us to Boswell land- ing, then a short drive of ten miles or so:fnd we crossed the river on a small ferry, then we were in Nelson and there' camp-| Fifteen hundred performers ed for the night. take part in the Canadian Nat Prices have been cut as low as possible. Three dollars for Scouts and $1.50 for Cubs. Par- ents must give their permission before the boys can go. . J: E, GIBSON, Agent SCHOOL PICNIC The pienic of the Church. of England School was held on July 14th, at Thunder Lake. The day was ideal and due to the perfect or- ganization of the Sunday school staff and the cooperation given by the parents, every one had a most enjoyable time. © 'The attendance was, perhaps, the largest for some years, and one especially pleasant feature was the presence of such a large number of parents. This wag: of great assistance to the teachers and a favourable indication of their interest in the Sunday school. : There were three-legged races, wheelbarrow races, and a whole | series of others, based on the ages of the entrants, with prizes! given to the winners. Games were organized under the guidance of some of the teachers and finally the pleasant afternoon was brought to a close by lunch and a peanut scramble. Great credit is due to those who: so generously lent their cars and time, to them may be attributed, in a small measure, the success of the picnic. DRYDEN GOLF (LU Once again the club is ghow- ing signs of great activity in the yearly struggle for the Preai- dent's eup. The course has heen put into first class shape, pos Tr B » sibly better than ever before, and all members should take every - opportunity to practice daily to come up to true turna- ment form. The handicaps and gehedule of games may be scen at the Dry- den Pharm and all are ad- into touch with to arrange dates acy AY y zet their opponents for matches. The membership committee have received complaints of per- sons using the course who are not bona fide members. In view of the fact that the 'club' is hav ing quite a task in meeting fin- ancial obligations this year, this 'complaint is justified, and it is only fair to ask the public not to break the rules of the oeia- tion, ase ST. LUKE'S SUNDAY Dryden Sunday BARN DANCE BIG SUCCESS One of the largest crowds ever seen at a dance in this district, wecording to the word of the ldest inhabitant, assembled last Wednesday evening, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Norris to celebrate with them the comple- tion of their new barn, over 75 feet in length, and in proportion &8 high and wide. The upper deck was packed to capacity with the merriest, most enthus- iastic and yet the most sober crowd ever seen at a barn dance. The popular Bicknell Brothers string band played the music and dancing was kept up until four o'clock. i . The dance floor was well lit, and supper was served at mid- night, "och boy" what coffee and cakes and sandwiches too, you can't stick the : Norris's, they seemed. to provide for everything and think of every- one. 2 A hearty vote of .thanks was tendered them 'with loud ap- blause, and if the gratitude and good wishes of hundreds of people carry any weight in for- tune's balance, our host should enjoy every success. : With everyone erying hard times, John Norris puts np one of the largest barns in the dis- trict. The success attended by Lis efforts of the past few years should be a guide and inspira- tion to the rest of us farmers who have an idea it doesn't pay. GROW MORE WOOL We make over thirty million dollars worth of woollens and import over fifty million dollars worth and export practically nothing. Why do we not raise more sheep? So far our govern- ments have shown no leadership in this matter which is so close- ly. allied to the agricultural in- dustry. If this province produe- ed all the wool she could sell there would be a distribution of many millions of dollars among the farmers of this provinee an- S85 nually for fleeces. TRA oo SE AL L TAL THUR., FRL, SAT.--WILL ROGERS IY "AMBASSADOR BILL" "A gplendid comedy that the whole family will enjoy. FOX NEWS COMEDY--"Monkey Business in Afriea"' KING MON, TUES, WED --CHESTER MORRIS IN "CORSAIR" Action on the high seas. We promise you plenty if you see this picture. COMEDY ADDER Menday. NOTICE--Adult prices will he reduced to 40e start ng Only one show will be given on the first three days of the week, the comedy only will be shown twice for the benefit of those coming late. COMING--"E AST OF BORNEO" Kelvinate ' Congratulations to ALFRED PITT LIMITED on the installation-of r Refrigeration We feel confident that thiz installation: will result in better food, sold in perfect condition. J} i You too can have a KELVINATOR in your home at moderate cost. Dryden Pharmacy Ltd. ~ (Continued Next Week) Li Exhibition pageant. E 3