The Clinton News-Record, 1910-03-24, Page 3Match 240 1910 Clintos Islowa-Rocora
A BUILDER OF EMPIRE
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SIR THOMAS SHAUGHNESSY IS
IBUSY MAKING HISTORY.
President of the C.P.R. Has Had a
ICareer That Inspires Admiration, -
Once * Poor Lad In Wisconsin He
Is Now Head of the Greatest Road
1 In the World With an Army of
80,000 Men to Do His Bidding,
The Maoaulay or the Eroude of to-
morrow, whet) dealing with Use af-
faire of our age, will find his imagin-
ation fired not by the speechea and
campaigns of partizan statesmen,
but by the work of those Empire.,
builders who to -day are creatipg new
nations of Einglis.h-speaking people
where yesterday there was wilder -
nese. Among these Sir Thomas
Shaughnessy, president of the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway, will take high
place.
His recent visit to Europe affords
occasion for recalling something of
his achievemente.
i Forty years ago Tom Shau.ghneseY,
* poor lad in Wisconsin, joined a
railway in St. Paul, -starting at the
bottom of the ladder. Nature had
given him parents to be proud of and
good fighting Irish blood in his veins
-not a bad begimeing in life. To-
day he possesses mere actual power
than many a king. He is head of
the greatest railway in the world.
Eighty thousand picked men gladly
do his bidding. The line over which
be presides is the veritable backbone
of the premier of the &Utah over-
seas doeninions. The Canadian Paci-
fic Railway stretches from the waters
,of the Atlantic to the Pacific; its
steamers do their business from
Antwerp to Hong Kong and front
Liverpool to Shanghai.
For a man to be born in the West
is, for those able to seize their •op-
portunities, to be a favorite of for-
tune. Thomas Shaughnessy started
when the West was in the beginning
.0 its making. He rose rapidly nom
post to post on the St. Paul system,
and thirteen years later he was in-
vited to join the Canadian Pacific
Railway.
The step required courage. The
line was not yet completed to the
Pacific, and was faced by serious
financial and engineering difficulties.
The two master minds that set out
to make it, George Stephen and Don-
ald Smith, must at times, have won-
dered at their own daring. The rail-
way was still fighting to accomplish
the passage of the Rockies. Money
was none too plentiful, and the pros-
perity of Canada -on which the
'Canadian Pacific Railway must ever
depend -was the subject of many
.doubts. Many of the brightest young
men left the Dominion year by year
to settle in the States, and men free-
ly said that Canada must before long
beg for annexation by the Union.
The West was almost undeveloped.
Winnipeg was emerging from its life
as a Hudson Bay fort, and Vancous
ver was an outpost of civilization cut
off from the world save by the sea.
The Canadian Pacific Railway count-
ed as its chief asset, apart from its
line, twelve million acres of land
which no one then wanted.
. That was twenty-six years ago. The
tale of what has been done since then
is the most remarkable romance of
business that the modem world has
known. The making of the new
West, with its vast cities, its great
wealth, and its overwhelming pros-
perity, could • never have come as it
leas but for Stephen and Smith -
now known to us all as Lord Mount
'Stephen and Lord Strathcona-and
the pioneers behind them. In this
band of pioneers Shaughnessy soon
came to the front.
Ten years ago, when Van Horne,
the president, retired to the quieter
post of chairman, the lad from Wis-
.consin was chosen in his place. The
story of those ten years ha a been
written in the history of the world.
The advance of the past decade has
been phenomenal; but if the plans
of this fighting leader are realized
they will be as nothing compared
with the decade now before us.
In a quarter of a century £300,000,-
00 of new values has been created
beyond the Great Lakes. For this
'Canada has to thank the railway
'makers.
It is the fashion to depict Sir
'Thomas Shaughnessy as a stern and
unbending personality. Who it was
started the idea I- do not know, but
he is wrong. He is an intensely hu-
man Irishman, kindly, sympathetic,
and a man of many friends. In busi-
ness he is a relentless fighter, and
those who come into collision with
him find that he hits first and hits
bard. Not long since, for example,
a rival railway sought to extend it-
self into what he considered his
railway sphere of influence. He
promptly laid down a new line al-
most parallel to the route proposed
by the opposition. Away in the West
one can ride mile .after mile on one'
system and see the rails of the other
a few yards oft
How has Sir Thomas Shaughnessys
-succeeded? How, above all, has he
managed to retain the vigor, the
strength, and the buoyancy which to-
day display theffiselves in his bear-
ing and incisive speech, despite his
tremendous duties?
First, he works on system. He is
a ruler and, as every railroad Dreg -
dent must be, he is. largely an auto-
crat. He is an untiring studerit of
detail. and nothing is too small for
this attention. He plans, bat he
geaves the exeeution to others, while
keeping in constant touch with all
f ides of the work He is master of
his work, and is a strong believer in
the theory that he works best who
remembers that work is not all,
During office hours he is a ma,
-ehine, mastering, directing, control-
ling. When he leaves office he leaves
business cares behind. "I never want
to see my secretary when business
tours are over," he declares. "The
busiest man should be able to end
his work in business hours, and
should have everything clear for
home and family and friends."
Monster Pumps. '
The great pumps made to pamp out
T eke Haarlem, in Holland, putnped
sno.000 tone daily for eleven years.
COUSIN -OF TRCANKRONDiST:
Late O. K. Laniaan Was Related to
Author of Famous Poem.
The recent death in Montreal of
George K. Lanigan recalls to the mem.
ory of those who knew him a lovable
and elever man, and also reminds one
a that very enduring piece of occa-
sional verse, "The Ahkoond a Swat."
For the late Mr. Lanigan was a cousin
of the brilliant and irrespousible Irish.
Canadian journalist. who one night in
New York wrote a seriea of whirasie
cal verses on the death of an abscure
Eastern potentate, and awoke neat.
morning to 'war a whole nation quot.
ing him.
George K. Lanigan, who died the
nther slay in Montreal, devoted hint -
self to commercial and military life,
being a veteran of the Fenian Bald
and holder of the long service medal,
aa well as a crack rifle -shot and win-
ner of many trophies. His cousin.
'George T. Lanigan, who wrote the
famous verses, was a newspaperman
in Montreal and New York, aud died
over twenty years ago. But his verses
still go marching on. His "Threnody"
-for so he entitled it -is a Piece of
work which custom can hardly stale,
and the present occasion justines its
repetition bere, in apite of nunterous
repriatings.
"The Ahkoorid of Swat is dead. -
London papers.
"What, what, what,
What's the news from Swat?
Sad news,
Bad news,
Comes by the cable led
Through the Indian ocean's bed.
Through the Persian Gulf, the Red
Sea and the Med-
Iterranean-he's dead;
The Ahkoand is dead!
"For the Ahkoond I mourn.
Who wouldn't? •
He strove to disregard the message
stern,
But he Ahkoodn't.
Dead, dead, dead;
(Sorrow Swats 1)
Swats who ha'e wi' Ahkoond bled.
Swats wheal he hath often led
Onward to a gory bed, •
Or to victory,
As the ease might be,
Sorrow Swats!
Tears shed,
Shed tears like water,
Your great Ahkoond dead!
That Swats the matter I
"Mourn, city of Swat!
Your great Ahkoond is not,
But lain 'mid warns to' rot.
His mortal part alone, his soul wee
• caught
• (Because he was a good Ahkoond)
• Up to the bosom of Mahound.
Though earthly walls his frame sur-
round
(For ever hallowed be the ground!)
And sceptics mock the lowly mound
• And say 'He's now of no Ahkoond
His soul is in •the skies -
The azure skies that bend above his
loved
Metropolis of Swat.
He sees with larger, other eyes,
Athwart all earthly mysteries-
, He knows what's Swat,
"Let Swat bury the great Ahkoond •
• With a noise of mourning and
of lamentation!
Let Swat bury the great Ahkoond
With the noise of mourning '
of the Swattish nation!
Fallen is at length
Its tower of strength,
Its sun ie dimmed ere it had nooned;
Dead lies the great Ahkoond.
The great Ahkoond of Swat a
Isnot"
Noted Graduate of R. M. C. •
Anther of the capable officers of the
British regular army •loaned bv the
War Office to Canada for the organn
zation of the Canadian staff has been
recalled in the person of Lieut. -Col.'
Robert Kellock Scott, D.S.Q.; who was
seconded for service in Canada in -
1907 and since 1908 has held the ap-
pointment 0 Principal Ordnance Offi-
cer, .one of the most important
the administrative. section of the staff.
Ccd. Scott is said to be a most capable
officer, with a wonderful mastery over
organization. • He has completely re.
organized. the Canadian ordnance ser-
vice -that is the machinery for re-
ceiving, inspecting, keeping arid issu-
ing of 'military stores. Although an
officer in the regular army and easily
mistaken . for an Englishman in ap-
pearance, Col. Scott is a Canadian
born and bred, the third son, in fact,
of Col, Thomas Scott of Winnipeg, who
raised the 91st provisional battalion at
the time 0 the Riel uprising in 1885,
and who represented Winnipeg in
the Conservative interest in the House
of Commons from 1880 until 1887. Col.
Robert K. Scott, like many other good
officers in the array, is a graduate of
the Royal Military College, Kingston,
and a noted one at that, for during
his course he had the honor of wear-
ing a war medal, the only cadet of
the R.M.O. who has ever had that dis-
• Unction. He won that, his first medal,
by serving, while a mere lad 0 four-
teen, as a bugler in his father's bat-
talion during the campaign of leen.
-Hes graduated in 1891 and the_ same_
year was awarded a commission in
the Royal Artillery, reteiving his cap-
taincy in 1899. He took part in the
campaign in South Africa from 1899
to 1902, being twice mentioned in de -
snatches. For his rserviees he receiv-
ed the brevet of major. the Queen's
medal with three clasps, the King's
medal with two clasps, and the D.S.O.
• An Amusing Typographical Error.
Professor McOrimmon. of McMaster
University, Toronto, went to Orillia
recently to address the Canadian
Club in that town, and as a result
of an amusing experienee there, he
brought home a good story to add to
his already extensive repertoire. On
his arrival in the northern town, he
considerable curiosity had
been aroused as to the subject of his
address, which had been announced
as "The Butt, of a Nation." What
was the butt of a nation? was the
question that everyone in the audis
t‘nee was curious to hear answered.
Prof. McCrimmon had to confess that
he didn't, know. He thought he had
written "The Birth of a Nation."
The mistake was worth the laugh
thin- folleiwed this unexpected de.
tinneteent. '
BATTLING WITH ODDS
THAT HAS BEEN THE LIFE WORK
OF T. C. ROBINETTE.
Famous Criminal Pleader Is a Man
• Who Dearly Relishes a Fight, and
He Has Managed ta Keep Well
• Supplied With Them -Is a 94iet
• Man With a Fund 0 Secrets Lock-
ed Away in His Boast,
All the world love$ a fighter. And
when that man almost invariably
has the losing end of the Aght and
as frequently as not wins out the
world is prone to love him ail the
more.
• The warrior who is a warrior for
• the sheer snorting instinct that is in
hire comes in all classes and con-
ditions of men. He may be as like
the ordinary breed as two peas, but
there is always one thing by which
you eam distinguish him- He ha$
* trick' 0 fighting backwards when
the odds are too great and keeping
at it until he comes to the last ditch,
Presently he recognizes that it is the
last ditch and if there is nothing else
left to do he lies down and dies in
It. But a man cif that eort can
usually find something else to de
and that is why you so frequently
bear from him again.
Canada has a liberal quota of such
men, but there is not one a them
who piques the imagination quite
so much as T. C. Robinette. Of
course no one ever calls hint T. C.
Robinette -except in a newspaper
itemor a legal document. Conversa-
tionally he is Tom on • the same
principle that William Mackenzie is
Bill, and his dietinguished confrere,
Daniel Mann, is Dan. It gives a
fine odor of fainiliaiity.
It was back in the regime of the
Earl of Aberdeen that Tom Robinette
registered his first indelible mark as
a criminal pleader. A man named
I T. O. ROBINETTE.
McWherral •killed an aged couple
near Brampton, and out of nowhere
in particular came a young lawyer
named Robinette to defend him. It
teas a long fight, but ultimately Mc-
Wherral went to the penitentiary and
not to the galkiws. Some &ay that
.MeWherral should have been hang-
ed, but that has nothing to do with
the case. Counsel for the defence
was .there to defend and every rea-
son why MeWherral should have
hanged is a testimonial for his law-
yer. •
From that day the name of Tom
Robinette' took its place along with
Ayer's Almanac and the Bible as a
family tradition in Canada.
Although this was his first intro-
duction to the country at large the
young criminal pleader had up til1.
that time been quite a celebrated
personin a smaller circle. He had
-arrived at the 'University with a
reputation as es political' spellbinder,
and whenever an opportunity arose
he was found on the Liberal stump
pointing with pride; and nailing
another lie," Nor were his pugna-
cious propensities limited to oratori-
cal invective. :There is, a well au-
thenticated story a his student days
to the effect that once on a midnight
foray he fell foul of the pollee. Fail-
ing to outdo the officer in debate he
was forced to fight for it, and even-
tually appeared . in court charged
with beating up • a constable. He
allowed conclusively, however, that
the polieeman had been completely
in the wrong and the charge was
immediately dropped.
r He graduated from the university
in 1884 with a gold and silver medals,
-
after having been the first president
of the Modern Language Club, and'
in 1887 finished. his Osgoode Hall
;")Furse•
Froin that'time on he threw hiMSell
k
into criminal law and since the Mc-
Wherral case he has figured in al-
most every great sensation in eastern
!Canada. There was Healey, who
•*Med Corrigan in 1899; there were
.:Smith andeitteenie who killed an
.old wontan near
Shy, Toronto; there was Mrs. Kyle,
;who shot and killed an assailant
near Woodatock; and last year Mrs.
'Turner ' and Walter Blythe. In ad-
dition to these there have been
scores of cases just as sensational in
'their time involving Lewier crirnea
:than the capital one. Then there are
:the divorce cases.The majority of
them pass through his hands. They
say in. Toronto that there is no man
• in that city who carries' leaked up in
his bosoxn quite so many family
secreti.
And this is one of the most fasein.
lilting things :shoat Tont Robinette,
At any hour in the day you may See
,in the waiting room of his office a
'dozen 'Ames drawn from every rank
I in life. Ea ch in his turn goes in at
the door with its ineerutable frosted
glass. And while the visitor delivers
up every shred of his private life
that, he has tried so bard to keep
hidden, the calm impressive direcs
!ter of detentes sits beating a tattoo
With his lents slim fitigers, and i 0011-
'11.41ftthe figs ting chance. Presently
the nterview is at zni end and the
eempaign is planned. It happens
.over and over again a score of times
A day, but never a word Passes the
•
frosted glass door This Is no bust -
nese for a man ga, rulously
Now and again long years after-
ward. the loose enda of a story find
their way out into the world. In-
discreet assistants sometimes talk too
much or messages provide a loonhole
for escape. And when such a bit of
information gets away it provides in-
teresting reading.
MeWherral, for instance. Walter
111cWherral was the illegitimate son
of an English nobleman, who sits to-
day in the House 0 Lords.. His inc.
ther was a governess in the peer's
family. This was a fact well known
to Lord Aberdeen, and a judicious re-
minder of the fact secured a WM-
mutation of the sentence of death..
Everyone remembers Fred. tee Ries.
who with Rutledge and Jones created
so great a sensation some years ago.
Rice was a university graduate avhose
father had been an intimate friend
of Abraham. Lincoln. The father is
still living and is now a millionaire
in the State of Illinois. When Rice
the last of the band, lay in Toronto
Jail awaiting execution every possible
step was taken to secure a cornm.uta-
tion of his sentence. His father weist
to Speaker joe Cannon, himself from
Illinois. Cannon communicated with
Ambasador Joseph Choate, then Pleni-
potentiary at St. James, and Choate
took train a few hours before the exe-
cution and rode all night to Windsor
Castle to ask King Edward to grant
a pardon. The elaborate scheme was
unavailing, however, and Rioe"wfas
ha4ged.
It is Such etories as these that Tom
Robinette could tell if he only would,
but he will not. Some day his friends
say, he has promised to write a vol-
urne of his reminiscencesesbut not un-
til after the last ones who care are
gone.
But this is only the criminal side.
He figured, too, in some notable civil
cases, the Toronto Parks Investiga-
tion and the Landon election freed
cases. Then there was the celebrated
Peterboro election ease where he ap-
peared for the Governraent. He has
on two oecasions been through the
political mill as a candidate, twice
contesting Centre Toronto in the Lib -
end interest,
So when Young Canada stops in
the middle 0 a game of "pirut" -and
feels certain misgivings about the fate
of Blackbearcl and some of his other
illustrious predecessors he can take
comfort in the thoughtithat Tom Rob-
inette will be en hand' to defend him
so long as there is a fight in it.
MOTOR, BOATING.
It Is a Pastime That Is, Steadily
• Spreading In Canada.
• Of the many manly sports, particu-
• larly water ports; Indulged in by
• men 0 all ages and classes in Canada.
in none has greater interest been
shown than in nsotorboating, arid this
notwithstanding the fact that it is
• only Within recent years that enginein
have been constructed for propelling
'all kinds of craft by motor power.
What we possess to -day in this re-
spect,. is the result of many years of
strenuous and necessarilYscientific
study. The ingenuity displayed by
inventors in improving motor engines
• has been rewarded by producing a
mechanism undoubtedly one of the
most perfect ever constructed. ,
The steam engine was justly regard-
ed as a great invention, and was ao
perfected' as to be applicable to the
propulsion of any kind or size 0 boat;
but the discovery et the use of elec-
• tricity-Ihae practically resulted in the
supereeding of everything in the way.
of stearn power in pleasure boating.
The reasons for this are found in the
fact that the useof the electzicspark
for generating power saves trine, gives
greater speed, is much cleaner and
economises space. Each of these rea,
eohs. is a matter of the greatest Ina
portance, especially in the sznalkr•
olasses of boats. • • "
. With 'meter _power a yacht 'can be
started on a •nrunute'a notice, and can
develop a tremendous 'speed by which
a smell 35-40 foot launch can out -dis-
tance eyen such ocean' greyhounds as
the Mauretania, the Cunard record -
breaker of the fast service across the
,Atlantie.
The *supply of hid (gasolirie) can ts
stored in bunkers well protected, but
• which oceupy a 'space practially un-
noticed. The saving 0 space due to '
the absence 0 •large boilers and the
necessary fuel, together .with the great
• Convenience resulting from absence of
. heat from boilers, it sufficient to give
• some idea of the indubitable advan-
tages 0 the motor engine over that. of
thk% ordinary Steam engine.
• .As to the use to which smaller even
ot the inexpensive variety can bent'.
lised, there is no country equal to
Canada either for ;short or long
cruises. The enormous areas covered
by rivers and streams of various sizes.
as well as the inland fresh water
• lakes, 01 of which aie navigable and
. picturesque, makes' this 'country •the
• home of pleasure boating. Every pro.
vince in Canada, from the 'Atlantic
to the Pakille, contains streams Ann
lakes which' are being utilized for thie
• pastime, so that in every part of the
broad Dominion this manly sport in
growing in popularity amongst those
who need or seek recteaflon. Even Ors
anteednir3H-the,-Rodky-Moun tains .
created by the melting snows and
which form Takes and rivers in tile
valleys, are being utilized for risotor
boating. It .is a sport that takes eine
out into the open. Ahab is enjoyed in
the fresh air arid, while it is not
strenuous, affords some physical exer-
cise and calls for the display 0 con-
siderable, skill. And what may b»
equally important and beneficial. it
tends to develop an appreciation ot
the beauties of nature andof the
charms of our latidscripts.-Cariadian
Life and Resources.
More to the Purpoet.
The Chitese consul -general at 01.•
tawa fold the Canadian Club of that
City that eonstitutional government.
as We understahd it in this wuntry,
is nothing new, but had been prase
tire( in China twenty-four centuries
ago. So many good things: were known
and prectiend by the. Chime* in rise
tient times that it is no wonder the
Chinese of to -day hold their antep.
tors in such profound reverence. But
it would be Mere to tho' purpoee it
they imitated those aheestors instead
,(11 worshipping theme. Iltunilton Her.
ehi, •
CONSERVING RESOURCES.
• Hon. Clifford Sifter' Has Set His
HanicliXrde
4 Blt Sifton, M.P.561°"
WhenCfor
Brandon, resigned his portfolio as
Illinniter of the Interior on disagree-
ing with the Governerient'as western
educational policy, regret was ex.
pressed by his political opponents irt
the House. Many of them had felt
his keen Iance in debate, others had
tried hard to drive him out 0 nubile
life, but still they liked him. He
was a bonnie fighter, and they liked
a man who played the game. Some-
times when someone On the Govern -
merit side was making a slashing
attack on the Opposition or an in-
dividual member thereof, Mr. Sifton
would send a note to an acquain-
tanee ateeng the "lion, gentlemen
opposite' sornething like this: "Now,
take your medicine." or, "How do
you like this for a dressing down?"
Then everyone knew that when
Clifford Sifton took part in a debate
he would say something worth While.
Usually the first three or four
speeches in a big debate virtually
exhaust the subject. Itt the auton-
omy discussion. however, Mr. Sifton
came -considerably later and made
the clearest exposition of the ease
delivered by anyone.
Since then the member for Prandon
has been little in the public eye Until
the Commission of Comervation met
in Ottawa recently, The man who
more than any other is responsible
for Canada's • vigoreus immigration
poliey of the last decade came to the
front again as chairman of it body
whose work may be of untold benefit
to the country. That, this country
has vast natural and undeveloped
wealth every one knows; that this
wealth may be foolishly developed,
wasted, ot.relegated to the advantage
of a few is shown by the experience
of the United States and other cowl -
tries. Mr. Sifton's masterly opening
address and the enthusiasm with.
which Use work was subsequently
taken up by his two -score associates
are evident that muchgoad will come
from the meeting. For he has the
energy, mental equipment and .organ-
izing ability to miake a name here as
he did in the immigrationnnovement.
Mn Sifton was born near London,
Ont,, in 1861, and at one period 0
his school days had an inclination to
join the Indian civil service. The
family moved to Manitoba in 18751
and there Clifford Sifton remained
until 1896, save for four years at
Victoria University, Coboure, '1876-80.
In 1882 he was called to the Bar in
Manitoba,and practiced at Brandon.
In 1891 he joined the Manitoba Gov-
ernment as Attorney -General, where
he • remained until he joined the
Leader Cabinet as Minister of the
Interior in November, 1896, which
post he resigned in 1905.
JORDAN NOT A ma •
The Renfrew Lad Knew His Hockey
••Far Better Than That.
The thriving town of , Renfrew,
Ontario, is hockey crazy, as every-
body knows -at least everybody in-
terested in sports. And these. who do
net peruse the sporting pages of the
daily papers " occasionally Miss a
story shill of suggestion in a broad,
huusan way. Such a story, for ex- •
ample, was that which concerned the
recent downfall -for the time being -
0 Renfrew's mighty professional'
hockey team. This organization ot.
stars, oollected regardless of expense,.
made a 'bedsit showing- when ' they
lined up on the home link, for their
fitst game -against Cobalt -and all
Renfrew grinned and felt sorry for
the poor, clumsy huskies from the
silver town. • And What a lesson in
humility to giants was then Most
harshly read to all that. mighty ag-
gregation and their friends and back-
ers, when it seent'down to defeat be-
fore the good team' playof undis-
tinguished opponents! Still Renfrew
is still greatly interested inhoekey,
as will be noted by an incident, which
occurred there recentlY. It is told
by The •Reafrew Journal' as an ab-
solutely Iran story. To appreciate
it one Must know that Renfrew's
amateur hockey teain is :called "the
Rivers" andthat the centre man on .
Renfrew's famous National Hockey
Association team is an expert named
Jordan
The *true tale runs like this: At
Sunday school: in that town a Week
ago the teacher of a class was giving
a fine de,scriptien of the River Jor-
dan. Noticing that one boy in the
class was inattentive, • the teacher
thought to catch him napping by
suddenlyturning to him and asking;
"And now (calling hint by name)
what is jordan?"
"A hockey player," was the, prompt
but unexpected reply.
no 1.." said the teacher, "will
some one who has been paying atm
-
tion, give me the correct .answer?"
"Jordan is one of the rivers---"
begins another scholar in response to
this, but he was promptly interrupted
by the first bey.
"He isn't one of the 'Rivers,' at all,
he plays centre for the seniors," he
said.
Ontario's Railways.
eording to thereficirf the Mtn
A
JEW of Public Works Ontario has
now 8,660,42 Miles of railway, of which
260.23 was constructed during the past
year.
The Grand. Trunk Pacifie accounts
for 188 of the new mileage, while the
Algoma Central is constructing 110.
New Ontario had 146 miles of new
colonization roads opened during the
year.
Eleven steel and twenty timber
bridges were completed in the same
part of the country, the largest being
that near the scene of the Webbwood
wreck, which has a single span of 200
feet. • ••
The development of •40,000 horse
power will be provided for by the
storage dams constructed at the out..
let of Dog Lake, near Fort William.
Nickel Industry.
It Is hoped that the investigation
the mines tonlreittee has bsgun inte
the eeonomy of nickel production in
th'ie Country will lead to the taking
of effective measures for a great ex -
pension in the production and eon-
semption of tdekel and nickel -steel in
Canadian. industries. ---Toronto Mail
and Empire.
•
3
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A: LAND RUM
01.11}01W1,9•M,Wan,
Remarkable Scene In Lethbridge Re-
cently When Reserve Was Opened.
Lethbridge was the scene of a n4.
• vel and abreast historical event a le
days ago. when 974 men lined up,
many 0 them waiting for days, for
• the alletrnent of lend in twenty-one
townships which were thrown alien
for settlement in Southern Alberta.
down DY the Montana boundary. The
rush was ;probably the biggest one oi
the kind in the history of the Cana -
wan West, and the wait for some of
the men lasted from Thursday night
until Monday morning.
Amongst the crowd were old men
and. young men: men who possessed
thousands of dollars and others whose
-capital- was mainly to be found in
strong muscles and willingness to
work; there was a man on crutelies;
there were also wonseneeene of them
with a child in ber arms. There were
Doulthobors, gentians. Prenellaion,
Britishers, Canadians and
• eitizems of the United States, The pep.
portion of foreignerof European ex-
traction was, however, very small, the
• men from the States and others of
British extraction predominating in
an overwhelming degree.
On Saturday afternoon when the
land office closed for the day the en-
trance was cleared and barricadecn
leaving only a narrow gateway wide
enough tor one Man to pass through
'at a time, and a chute constructed,
No sooner was this completed than
the men immediately formed 'up hi
line along the fence, and prepared to
spend the long wait irf the best way
passible under the circumstances.
Boxea and planks were requisitioners
valises, cushions, furs, etc., erstinged
to secure the maximum of comfort,
while they kept their long vigil un-
der the • starry canopy of the night.
Some of the men rolled thenissives
up in coats and rugs arid passed the
night lying on the sidewalk, sleeping
if piissible. But the majority sit or
stood, • engaging in conversation and
repartee, general good feeling being
the, predominant note, Many of the
men arranged with others to hold
their place while they exercised their
chilled limbs or went to secure food,
The Owl lunch wagon was drawn
up opposite the land office and Pro-
vided much -relished hot meals and
drinks, day and night.
On Sunday night there must have
been geite 300 lined, along the north
and west sides of the block. Early
Monday morning preparations were
made for business. Boxes, etc., were
packed, and the line became a con-
tinuoue string0 humanity, Most 01
the men placing their arms around
those in front of them to keep any-
one from 'crowding in, The later ar-
•
rivals fell in behind and when the
office doors were opened at 9.30' men
were elotely lined up along three sidee
of the block. • ••
In reply to a remark that it secmeu
a sham° that some more humane svs-
tem of allotting these lands was net
adopted, one of the men in line ro•
plied "that the reward was worth the
trial. If a man secured a homestead
and pre-emption it represented $$,000
for the two days' wait." •
The excellent manner in which the
crowd was handled by the police was
worthy of the highest commend-
ation. Besides several 0 the cite po-
lice and • specials, the Northwest
Mounted Police also furnished several
men, mounted and unmounted. and
their Preaence doubtless had. a saltp
tory effect on a bunch of men 'W 41,k.
from appearances, had 'plane for en-
deavoring to, sepure an undue advan-
tage over their competitors. •• • '
• During the previous night the same '
men endeavored to form in a bunch
opposite 'the barricade,. but were
promptly and politely Mid to fall in
in -the endof the. line :or go home.
• A large namber of citizens were .ozi.
the spot Monday morning, trianv 611-:
ticipating that "there Would be
something doing,' but the police Were
on the -job, and. an excellent :exhibi-
tion 0 the maintenance of law and
order was ali that seecurred. •
,
Earl Gery's Only Son and Heir, •
•' Viscotutt HoWick, only Ben and heir;
of Earl Grey, who was one of the. de-
• feated Unionist candidates in the Brit-
ish general elections, is, like His -Ex-
cellency, an ardent imperialist, • and
• tile cry was used against henin his
campaign that the adoption of his .
principles would make both the eon.
sumer and the termer in England
suffer for the benefit of the colonies.
His lordship, who was educated 'at
Eton and Cambridge, giaduating at
the university with the degree 0 B.A.
in 1901,. was reported by the Radical
press as conducting an energetic cam-
• paign and as being a good Maio
speaker. After leaving the univera
say, Lord Howick joined the army,
serving in the Firat Life Guards for
a few years and resigning his mamma-
sion to :go to South Africa as assist-
ant secretary to the Earl of Selborne,
• the High • Commissioner. In 1906 he
• married Lord Selborne'e ally daugh-
ter and- they have two children.
Although there has not been mph
said about it, Her Excellency •Laay
Grey has been in very bad health and
confined to shaS .rnentafen 40Ole„ two
weeks, not being able to attend' even :
the private house dinners. Her Ex-
cellency's malady has been a veof nen
sistent, bronchialtrouble; but at lima
the remedies applied are affording re-
liei mid cempleterecovery is soon
looked for. During' Her Excellency's
illness, her place as hostessat the
various guest events at Governtnent
House has been most charmingly tak-
en by Lady Evelyn Grey, whohits in
a peculiar degree the grace and tact
of her talented aunt the Countess of
Minto. •
Hale at 102.
Able to shake off a severe eoid that
settled on her, and threatened 'mei'.
monis, is the somewhat remarkable
record of Mr, Ruth Brislin, still ac-
tive and optimistic at the unasual age
0 102 years. This venerable woman
lives near the village of Chantry.
Leeds aellutlk With her youngest
daughter, Mes, D, Wood, wife of it
Like mny
well-knownafartner
t,another old woman of
the early days, Mrs, flrislitt had a
queer fondness for arnoke, and him -
dies her pipe like a veteran of the
Wars.
Our, now story "
• boa
ho Giant's Strotigt
in loozt•Hisisua.
NEN WHO USE ZA1110111/14
.110W IT SAVES MEM 140703Y,
Look at the financial eide of Zaraea
Bukhi um A mit euetained. In The
workshop, a sore which is unatteadeda
results say in festering or Mod -phew -
leg. You have to lay off for a day or
• two. What does that mean when pay
day comes round Zam-Buk Sueurea
yea against that loss! A little Zatin
Bak applied to such an injury at tke,
timepor as soon afterwards as possible,.
prevents all danger of bloodspolsoning,,
takes out the Smarting and starts un
healing.
Heads 0 families know how costly
• doctoring is. Be wise and act on the
preventive line. A box of Zam-Buk
the home is so all-round useful. net
baby's rashes, the older childreahi out
and bruises, the inevitable burn, eon or
scald -for all these, as well as for more
serious ailments, such as piles, ulcers,
eczema, riagworM, etc., Zam-Buk Is
without a rival,
Dangers of Shaving. -You got a ent
at the barber's shop. A little Zarn-Bule
OMeared on the wound prevents alt.
danger. If any ailment has been cone
traeted, Zam-Buk eures, Mr. George
Hobden, 108 Manitoba Street, St -
Thomas, Ontario, says: ;;I contracted
barber's rashaand the whole of my left
cheek broke out in one 'mass of red,
watery pimples and sores, These epreat
• to the • other parts of my fries, mita
face and neck were covered with run-
ning sores. How far the disease woaitt
have spread had it not been for Zam-
Buk, I don't know. 1 applied this
balm, and in a short time Zam-Buk
effected a complete cure."
The 8portsraan knows that Zara -Bak
iq used by all Abe 4,4eraelts," because
It is the best liniment and embrocation.
Men like Longboat, Sherring of Hamil-
ton, Kelly of the Toronto Ball Team,
all the famous lacrosse teams and bali.
teams use Zam-Buk in this connection.
An druggists and stores sell at 00e.
box, er post free from. Zam-Buk (lo., To.
rout°, for priee. You are warned
against harmful imitations.
• HURON COUNTY
Stook and Seed Show
CLIN FON APRIL 7th
PRIZE LIST
HORSES
•'CLYDESDALES s
1st 2nd rd
• •
5(.010 3 yrs and over ........$10 $7 14
4th•St
•
Stallion under 3 yrs .„, ... 6 4 I
•SHIRES
Stallion 3 paned over 10
Stallion undera yrs 6
:PERCHERONS •
Best Percheron stallion ..........8
' HACKNEY
• StalTion 3 yrs and over ... 4
Stallion under 3yrs 6 t
• HEAVY. DRAUGHT .
Brood mare 3 yrs and over (see specialstit
Filly or Oelding 3 yrs and over
Filly or Gelding under 3 yrs ' • 3
Team in harness.. .- -*ea specials)
Family of 3 colts of 1909, progeny
°tome sire. . . 6
.Yearling, 1 year'and 'ut;der.2 . 2
' • • . `AGRICULTURAL'
Team in harness ........,(seespecials) 6
lirglycdYoorturOaeridd3iing under 3 years....4 •
yncrs3aynrdsoznedr aver ..45 33
Yearling, 1 year and under 2 -.3 2
• GENERAL PURPOSE
Team in harness ... ... 4
ROADSTERS
Stallion 15/ hands and over ..... 6
Stallion under 151 hands., .: 6
• Carrjage horse in harness, equip
ment 'considered 6
Roadster horse in harness, equip -5 3
C• arrnilaegneeteacmildienrheadrness 5 3
Rotuister team in harness ..... g 23 2
Sa(Aged die ihno4rsne
Clas*ses to be considered. Agile&
Oslo from Jap. ist.)
(Brood mares must be in foal, or have raised
a foal;)
CATTLI3• ..
stioRT noRss
Bull 3 yrs and over , 8
Bull 2 years ,
Bull 1 year• 5
Cow 3 yrs and over. . . ......
Heifer 3 yrs . 5
Heifer 1 year 4
'HEREFORDS
•
Bull 2 Yrs or over • 5
Bull under 2 yrs.. . 5
Cow 3 yrs and over 5 .3
Heifer under 3 ers ;.....•.. ... 5 3
• POLLED ANGUS •
Buil 2 yrs or emir •6 . 3
Bull 1 year. :•5 •3
Cow 3 yrs and. over6 .3
Helfer under 3 years 6 3 •
' DAIRY COWS AND FAT CATICLE
Dairy bevy, any age or breed.- ,4 2
Fat heifer, age conSidered ...... «,3 2
Fat steer, age cordidered 3 2
Two stocksteera. Zits and under 3 2
Two stock heifers, -3 - -2"
SWEEPSTAKES
Best 3 of any breed, 3 yrs and un-
der, with bull .... . . ... 4see sodden
Best male any age ..... Diplorati
Best female any age Diploma;
Cattle date from Sept, aOtli
5
3
3
3
2
3.
3
••••••••
GRAIN AND SEEDS
Pall Wheat, any variety.... «.....3
Oats, black, named 3
Oats, white, named . 1
Barley. twolowed, named .. . ...3
Barley, six -rowed, named ........0
oatned 3
litnetby seed.... 3
Clover seed- . . . ......... .3
Potatoes, late,' named a
Potatoes, early, named 3
2 Ja
2 .6*
2 .80
2
• 2 J.
2 ,/81
2 le
2 .511
2 .11(tp
2 .86
Belfries to all Classes per
4••••••••••••••
SPECIAL PRIZES
For best three horses, agricultural or draft,
mares or geldings. an consieered, open to eaels
Township of the County of Huron. The aid
mals must be owned 6th April, 410, resi-
dents of the nainad t011enshiaS, Any number
of entries will be received from each township,
sPhtle1205nalgytotiel6t‘ovswtnship oompote.,,
Should two townships compete 1022
Should three townships compete
Should Mar townships eompete .....
Should live toWnshipa or more temente 35.0e
For best Heavy Draught Team ikt barite*,
prize Or %Ole gold and diploma, giVer1 by Mr,
W111. Proudfoot, H.C., M«P*P., Goderich
For beat Agricultural Team in harness, ohm
of HO In gold and diploma is given by tha
'Vice President, Mr, Goo. Hoare,
nor best Prood Mitre, heavy draught, Tho
Molsons Dank Trophy, valued at VS.
'rile Royal Hank. Clinton, niter a speeiti Drixft
of 51tri gold and diploma for the best herd et
cattle, three of any breed, 3 years and surto
with Mill.
Clintall, MarC11101.1), 114111,
Jas. Snell, President
C. E. Dowding, SeeretarY.