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I;LUCI N0'W SENTi<NEI•
Pifihslred' ever sd"ai- i orning-
* "-- .s --a k-n'o Ontario, • ?-
A D. MacKenzie, Proprietor •
and Editor. '
CROP CONDITIONS` EAST.
AND WEST
The'; Sank of ' 1Vlontreal, which
gathers' information regarding busi-.
• nesseand :crop conditions:throughout.
the summer, ; issued the following;
: ' summary • on June '25th: •
Recent;' rains in the Prairie Pro -
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. . hive benefitted crops, but:
• further . ,mositure is required
DON'T GO UNDER A TREES
• . IN A. THUNDER STORM
, To seek shelter. under an oak tree
during a thunder. storm is almost :as
dangerous as to search for ,gasoline
with -a lighted' •snatch. •Of all trees;
the 'oak is the .wrest: susceptible to
lightning;'' '
Se says the, bulletin issued by the
Davey Institute of ' Tree . Surgery,
which has been studying the pheno
mena• of'lightning • in relation to trees
--Southern -Albert •wand most of '�Sask- -•-� _ .
Ifyou. must get under•a, tree,. says• •
-atehewan`. alit - in ._Manitoba. image, - te. _ nd_a eec , . or
the. ]Davey Institu , fi b h,_.f_...
from drought�`ariddwinds 'has`. 'been it is rarely evr the ,victim; of light'-
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nice.
ning. The Ta io` of the oak :to' the
beech in tieifig, struck by an electrical:
mu o e - _holt is 60. to A,f_according to the eh-
servations. made .over . a . period ' of
of the Great Makes, crop , conditions .
years e • .
;:general ly continue •highly. satisfac ,_T roots of a tree tap the sleet-
tory.. • In Quebec, crops . Contin ti e. to
make. good progress . ,and weather.
conditions are'. favorable. In betarib
t all crops •;are, making excellent. pro-
gress. Fall wheat is. headed out and.
filling well, and Spring grains are
showing rapid' growth. In the ',Mari-
.
, Mari-
"tinie provinces conditions have been
conducive to• good growth; buk
some districts in Nova. Scotia mere
Warm- dry weather would be helpful.
In British Columbia heavy ains have
• been general_.anil. havbeen lienefic'l_
to -•nearly all• -crops with 'the-�exeept-
serious .over large, areas of ..the t
Provinces; and.,. prospects •generally
dr •elibel W the: abe`ra
rical field of the ground. When a
storm cloud. is overhead the positive
electricity in . it is • attracted by th�,jj s
negative ;electricity.in•.the' earth, aii'd
lightning follows. '
Trees, such as the oak, which have
a large root area,: naturally • have
larger electric fields than others
Oaks also have "tap" roots,.which go
far into the .grotiq pad. bring large would 'be somewhat'difficult for the
quantities of waters tthe tree, which layman to make a scientific selection
serves as another attraction' for in -time of emergency. Better to keep'
electrical bolts. In '.the open spaces, . if no house • is
-:--The-best-advice-of-the---Dave y --J* near, --••arid get. thoroug ...., caret,: hap:
ion of strawberries ' and cherries. stitute is to�'avoid trees altogether' to offer yourself as a target for
which' have'suffered much damage. when. lightning is at ;work, . as it lightning.
a TRAVELLING OLDSTYLE
Bill .Heck, a young farmer set' out
from 'Goderich on June . 10 1a fora'
place called Cornmanda in the .Parry
Sound district.: He took :with him; a,
team: of horses and. a wagon load: of
settler's effect's. The distance to' be
*'ravelled' was about .300' miles, ' and
Bill.: decided. to •travel in, the .way
popular. before the. days'af railways
or automobiles -:that id" he' : would
have the team draw"• the whole outfit.
Last week ,lie 'wrote to a Gederich
- coin•"lei`s'•
-friend to .say t1ia�Ire 'had p .
the.. trip without_,mishali Towns vis-
ited.on..�th.e 7a_y are.•.Winghaii►, 'Mt'.'
Forest, Creemore, Fennell's .Garners,
Gravenburst: ilere 'there was a lake,
to cr.oas, _so he,1oaded his .outfit` on' a
.boat which'took him to 'Rosseau. At
Rosseau he: hitched his team to the'
w.agon� again. -arid went._on„ta his des-
tination. . '
•He reported that the horses tired'
badly.,on the first -stages of the trip,
but• reached •Commando in: good' con=:
dition. He had put the' team in farm
er's barns a :few nights, but slept out.
himself. It took twelve days to make'
the 300 ,miles....' • •
THURSDAY, 'JULY and,' 1 X31..
SPECULATIVE A..N'D RI -AL.
VALUES- q
144 .MacKenzie, M.P: for Vancouv-,
er, $1.b..,...'14, his contribution to the lay hold of ,a Bali and .drive it to the
budget debate, referred to `•the, 'tie.' far reaches of any field•, but the Babe
inendQtls; sluinrp in the values .of..a' has'to ehaae drivesas well as hit
number • of Stocks, 'which for a num- :them. Keeping in trim : has come: to
- be an..ai year, job as far as he -As: con
THURSDAY, 4•ULY 2nd, t91; •
Eabe p,uth's Valuab'le Legs AURAL SGHQOL REPORT.-
The legs of George Herman Ruth i • Report for S. S. No. '5, Ashfield,
represent .a, •potential capital of some Results wof . • Promotion Examinations
$300.,-000 And so; naturally* ;the_ .k'a ihrP• 850 . Bon 486; Pass r 390
C be^ aa1� "a llt"- wrti irtefazt. L.�rL�i,= lh� �� `s. r Da e- 3
and even ,concern. Ones u,on a tmekrveyRite te;'424. •.
these '.were half , million dollar Legs,' Sr. III., Honors -Lane Gardner 498,
'but at 37 it's obvious that'•a• baseball Ellen Andrew; 493. CanterP3ss Jimmie
player can't go on _forever. , The Reid '462, e
ne question is: How long? Aid the ,an -'Jr TIS -Billy Drennan
ewkneeser .lies.; in, the case of Ruth, some- Sr. • II -Jimmie Bunter, • Eldon
where'' betyeen hiss' arches; and his ehie, Doris Reid.
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I -Kathleen Gardner; Lorna Reid,
Itis hard' toll conceive. of a day in Kathleen Gibson, Kathleen' Reid.;
which the eminent slugger could -not • •Ada M.. Webster, Teacher
Report, for . S. S. : No..9, Ashfield
Promotion Examinations
Jr 1V to Sr. • IV 4'Oliiiferd Blake,
Harvey Kzlpatrirk 75, ri;14 •
cerne
up, Much to..-the
of. years had been _ going up and Anderson 70, Alma Curran j 66
_ the delight o'f thousands d'
who had ,entered the; stock gamblingL.,, Rut�h.doesnit like to dwell much ori -Sr Ill to Jr'•:'IV Chester Twain-.
:.game and weye-haying -a
he=d d of h' th when he,;145!•69, Miir el -Blake : `6
af--it 4)f- mortes, the.:. dal f t• rs m i'hylhs Blake 66, B rtr ,
•ing, came, and "values" 'went down
much, faster, than they had gone up,
to. the ruin of =the -great . majority of =', ands which have been built around
•those in the ' He was distinctly annoyed when
Here., • are figures .quoted by; 'mentioned an old yarn 'of his hav-
merry unapt t ea aye, _ you ..,
mi ht' spree,"his Awa right tom the 1.T to rlr II1 Elmira Alton 167, '
-o£-recico . ...- e a am currari-6u-..
doors : of the park.. ' n , a+K , e' � • Ha le Philh s 6�4.
lined to.• pooh-pooh many of.thea le i y,
II -Mary Horton; Wilamina' Lan-,
' pan, Lorne Phillips, Eda Phillips,
Russel Alton.. ' .
Sr. Pr. -Clare Lannan.
Jr.' Pr. -Alvin Cooper: '•
A. Class -Clarence Cooper. ,
om roll'18' Ave. Att. 16.2. '
Olive L. Anderso
MacKenzie, showing the decline that
took . place in sixteen months. The
figures . evidently represented the
total value of shares in the various
enterprises, and suggests what .may
happen when. the air is let out of the
International Nickel' has dropped
from 39991,000,0.00 to $148,00,0001, In
ternational: Petroleurh has fallen
from'. $472,7,50,00b to, $128,000,000;•
Imperial Oil has' crumbled frons. $1,
0se,700;00•:,
0 to $128�U00; .Brazilian ha
crashed' from $518,200,0000
400,0001Consolidated ' '-Mining and
Smelters has .tumbled from '$293,din) ,
000 to $38,300,000;; Ford of Canal,
was sweptf $111;200,000 to$23
--a- ,
Dr ve '2,500 Tons , at 251/2: Knots, '
}Y'�${•'r••.tl•'r6d;;'y,•�:�:;.'�'°> rz a...,.er:� :.:•.: v •:: rn•x`�•'3 Y � —,
outstan ane ea ure• o e pie lire is e
.whichlni
,.•- ... ,. ., , , , , .. _ huge rudder, �weighs 67 tons. This ha a lie
had to be transported to the builders yard on a specially constructed truck. It was preceded during the . ourney
• othertractions encountered'on the En lisp roads.
by a construetioa•gan� which removed telephone. poles�and obs a ..... .. tile _. ,g. •_, Speed
Lower left iseein insert of the Empress of Britain as' she'steained'-over the ineas'ured mile at the fastest speed
41eveld od b anew' itish liner• since the war.
Tit!i rnpreaa of Britain colli Srroin goutbaln_ptnn Ma th'..nd its due to reach Quebec Ave days later.
The Iargest east bronze pro�iellers in the world are
l seen above in this unique, view of the after end
of the new 42,500 ton Canadian Pacific Lim
"Empresa of Britain."- These huge screws+, the two
larger ones 'each weighing. 25 tons, and the smaller
pair. t7 % tons apiece proved their ability during
recent trials to drive this new palatial/ship through '
,the water- at a s ` eed of 25.52 hots. •
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_Another d feature' of t th
4s'
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ing: eaten two dozen 'frankfurters just
i)efore a doubleheader.. ,•
"I don't know where people, get
:his • stuff , a'bout my being a big eat-
ir," • said. the Babe. "Maybe I, don't
iietr'in a strict , sense; -but all .I eat '
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is t;wo meals • a day. That's not . • se•
much." .:
Ruth ; takes baseball hard, arid cer-
tainly fights to 'win. ' •A close game
c n probably. get him as!. excited . as
an�undergraduate.. When 'the mood
is on him •: `he will give any • ball . hit
into his• territory' what- the p"rofes
aionals• call` "the old college try," 1
Saw him once. charge straight into a
field . box,• do. a somersault over the
low wall, t,.and reappear to, throw'
man out a third :base. But it 'stand::
to reason that in the course of' 159
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SHEETS ..LOS:S$S:.-,HEAYY
A `resent. survey' of ':sheep :losses
lue to dog's,. conducted in Ontario by
authority.' of ;.!lion: T. L., Kennedy,
shows 'that, this situation is growing ,,
nore serious. It : is possible 'that this
,,ear's.:claims will, . more than equal
he revenue ;collected 'by -the muni-
ripali•ties from', the dog tax. To• date;:
.t is- estimated :that, bill amounts oto
',veil over $100;000. with losses run',
. rein , :. �_
ming -up to . 7;000 in' some• 'counties:
000 000• . Canadian '�Pacffic Railway done:' During a.. period:,like 'tile lire-
' .21100 000 to
f om 2 -wet; slipped _.?�, _� _�;...,_ __......._- _:_ :. ...-. ,.. _
• British American Oil has league games, not •to mention "'dozOn: sent,, •when municipal 'finances are
$$8,060,000,',, British
of_exhibitions, Ruth :mus+.:.•trained ;to the limit, some. less ex_.
fallen front $9`5,9.00;000 to $23;00'0';0,00 and dozens e , ,
�- a • . - ...get-Jlittle=bo-.ted' and.,.weary of the aensive amusement for , our stray ,
Shawinigan has dropped 1rom�$214,.. ' logs than.-----M-6—dig. scep wfl ve to
$00,000 ' to : $85,000;000; •Mlintreal grind,
At any rate; .:baseball is not, tht• ,e found., One suggestion is the ,old
Power has: shrunk from $1.83,800;000 '
to $90,900;000;;-and-`Fower•,-•••torpor --- abs xtte--spot• •Ile is the count :ustem ' of • putting Wells on several
tion has dropped from • $62,300,000 to try's most enthu iastic golfer, : anc;:. _ :nennbers of each flock as a means o
$19,400,000. -lis eagerness• fOi this pastime ,i: ,irotecetion from dogs? •
' The smalls,: figur-es eprese--t the whetted -by -the -fact -that-during--,-s-_
amount upon which the enterprise long baseball. seism? golf is' denier' srestler: But .this' has been dropped .
can pay reasonable dividends., The nim. -On the •links, as, on -the diamond: ' 'roh5:"the quota of sports as too. ;dap -
larger g' fi ure's indicate to what •ex-' Ruth is a. terrific' slugger. Very fewserous "for a man who- must not pull:.
tent speculative 'values; when invest- of the professionals• are as consistent;•'i'•muscle. out of place under therisk •.
have been tly long from' the ,tee: Anything les: if disaster. Slimming isalso tabu.
ors hay because the prices ha
going, up, may outrun..real value-
the amount than ' 300 yards is a inisadventurt ,ecause it. might tighten up 'a. shoal -
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on •which -reasonable' divi- ifor :Ruth. but ,his wallop .may go r fou' 'ler. or •throwing arm.
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lends can e paid- in :golf . as • well as in .baseball: Bu. `Included in the repertoire: of :Ruth
fors g hwildness- he might clasf s lawn •tennis `es well. The Babe tela •.
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amongthe truly. ' great,' for in` addit: ne proudly that he had once' played
NOT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
ion to :.everything, elsehe happens tt r scop against Tilden. But I imagine
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1 -couple of weeks ago we publish- be a superb putter. ,hat -all- -he--got, from.. that` was;
'an--article-under the -general-headingThe-rale-against-golf daring a set •ee• '
of •'` ental ea ills' and ea1ilire-with 'eon-is"lsgsed 'o the'iioti'on- that- 1� -•The--career-:-.of.._•.Rutle_..in,_the_ Iong_./
the problem of suicide. The - -article holes take too •niuch out of, a nrar,
was supplied by "The Canadian Nat- Who. is going to play a double-head-
ional. Committee, for Mental Hygiene, er in the afternoon. Ruth, for : in -
and the figures and statements no stance, finds that -,he needs ,no addit-
doubt are: correct. ienal exercise after. the big league
What struck us most in the article race has. started. I asked -hint hose
was,that: suiclide is*. 'prevalent much weight lie' would be apt to: lose
in what are regarded as the fairest on a : hot .afternoon 'while perform..
and most desirable portions of thi ing, in 'the outfield, 'and he said that
continent -California, .in ,the United genefally he would drop aroundeight
States, and British Columbia, in pounds. "I lost 12 once when, I: we:..
Canada. These • are , the places where • pitching," he ;added. "But, of :.course,
people• might be expected to, be most Chats more work."
contended and• happy, and Where The Babe's batting prowess ha:
life, one should think would be most somehow obscured" his other ta'ientr
desirable. , ' • in baseball. In spite of his size anct•
It is the same • regarding' ' other 1t 225 or 'thereabouts he is in his
circumstances.of life. One might ex- ')est playing condition, he covers c
pect that suicide .would prevailwhere great deal of, ground., Ruth is a
the people are poor and life. hard, .:trueball haw's. Moreover; I've' never
and that the ease and comfort which seed' a finer thrower. He can speed
wealth- provides would be ,a ,protec- a ball into the,. plate from deep right
tion against suicide:, Such, however, field and have it go' almost on,a line
is not the cane; for we are told that all the 'ray. &s a pitcher; 'Ruth stil'
the Irish Free State and, Mexico pre- holds the record forconsecutive seer- :s doing wrong. .
sent the lowest records, for suicides. :less innings in the World Series. , - The terns "hostile" cannot be aptly
Yet, in these two countries,, the mass He is a man. of curious build. His ipplied to any crowd so far as Ruth-
of the people are very poor and their amts are short, told 'his • underpinn-• is concerned. "I always kid back at.
lot h }•d. It is suggested 4hat re- 'ng also seems inadequate for his .hem," he says. And it is true that'.
,ligion._may . account fork the rarity. of - tigantic torso.. But he .,has stood +up_..ven on the road the fans want to- - -�
suicide in these countries, the people .ander the strainfor an amazingly see .Ruth gethold of one. And as-
being'very much under the influence long, time; At 3' the average hal' Far as huzzahs and plaudits go, he
of the church.
olayer is really - in the sere and yel- warns'them• hi two ways. If he' knocks
But this does not appear to be the 'raw. And--thy'-Babe-''is still : ,' heirr�trim there • is a great shout
:un must serve as a moral fable for •
'Ilea'''. living and care. There's• no '
4uestion -that the great slugger was
slipping until he decided tot - , turn
,ver, . not just one leaf, but .a whole
iandful:' And to -day the outer many
s tamed -and- 'docile. He speaks in
terms' of • toxicity and abdominal ex-
:rcise.; Even the lesser vices have.
leen :rigorously excluded: Thu's, When
i asked hien, "Do: yon read much?"
1e replied, almost indignantly, , "No
f don't' read." And he seldom attends'
.notion" pictures, for here, -too, ' he
'ears strain.upon the.batting eye.
We discussed the question of going
stale, and whether it. was" advisable -
:o cut down on batting- practice at
•,irises of slump. , Ruth doesn't think
>o. He,_uses the opposite method and
ricperiments in his style 'of hitting
.when things are not going right. And
re's inclined to ask some player to
vetch him and advise as to what he
whole explanation, for it will be
found that among the poor, hard-
" working and frugal element of the
population in England and Scotland.
suicide is coinpaVitliively rare. On.
the; -other hand, ,:in every country,
among those "on Easy Street" cases
of self-destruction will be found most
numerous.
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AN 1)Ltr 1YriMi FIDDLER'
Last week's Ripley Express had
the following: ' Mr. Mike Boland of
Lucknow, visited his old tinie friend
Mr. Duncan Campbell this week. Mr
Boland' who has passedthe four score
mark in life, is sir' accom•plishel vio-
linist, having competed and Won in
'many . contests. It is a pleasure for
anyone with an ear, for this kind of
music to listen, to him play some of
the- old familiar tunes, •handling - the
bow with„ the agility of a real exnert
in his profession:. n•
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And zioW some 'people think the
most important thing about StindaY
is..tie Weather." r -
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•along very little, if any, -bele* his . of appreciation. And if he strikes -
reit.: This happy result can undoubt- tut, the roar is just as loud. As a
edly be• traced to the enormous :natter of fact, it is,more exciting
amount of care and consideration he . ;o see Ruth fan than o- watch some -
.nuts upon his legs.•.All his gymna- )ody else hit the ball oyer the once.
;lupi workocenters upon keeping Mini- Fie takes, in every case, a very 'din
;elf supple leloiv the waist. McGov= zero cut at the ball. •
.ern, •his' trainer, tells me that Ruth No more colorful figure has 'ever
is • not hard to train once you • have leen 'known in baseball. The glories'
learned the trick. • rf myth and legend 'surround him.
;`The Way I do it;' he explained, kndr the end is not yet. Ruth likes
"is• to; make everything a game, a '.o' present himself as 'a reformed
kind- of competition. You can always !haracter and it may he that this is -
ret the Babe to work if you put' it for; ever and ever. But I :wouldn't
up.. to him that he's out to beat 'some- 'ie, too sure. II don't' want to be too
�ocly else.' I couldn't get anythini• :ore: I hate to think of the obstrep-
,ut of him With this," .showing int irons - Babe wholly in terms. of his
two stationarl+ bicycles that had been present status as George Hernran
teamed together!. on `the same indi- Ruth,; Ltd'., referred 'stock and.a
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Gator; "until' I got the idea of nsak- regular dividend player:
ing•it a race. Now, when'•Ruth get:
in
spite of the rinciease iii wealth,
on one I have to get on the, otireT, `'Health and •wisdom, there still it les
and work just as hard as be does,' in the giantA1
frame „of Babe Ruth
Much., of his betweei LLaeaso'n eater- something o ' .and,, � f the old half�m'ad •a
else, filo handball in .which he is a half inspired energy, of athletic .gen.-
real expert, is designed 'to get hn'tf•itf:4, .If he. is not Very ac urate) .des
accustomed to quick movement' of a cribeda as't}bet
of the dia
spherical object. Also, he boxes e a
,. .. with ... , . mond, he can at• least ua11f as an- •
little and considerable skill, And • Other, of the' fattoup ifluakatears, He
at- one time he was an ' >:xce lent )6, this Pol'thini of Orli pssti'm9, -
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