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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-08-22, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, AUGUST 38, IMS SHE PARTED FROM HIS MONEY Confidence sharks,' professing to be optometriic specialists, recently duped a farmer near Exeter out of $412 of hard earned cash. The strangers called at the house and of­ fered the farmer $12.00 spectacles for $3,50 as^a special offer. Con­ versation continued, and the agent professed to find something wrong with the farmer's eyesight, and told the rural man that ”out in my -car right now there is a noted eye spe­ cialist waiting for me to come out of here.” Called to the home, the specialist prescribed an operation which consisted in rubbing some 11- q.Uid, supposed to be radium, on the eye. He collected $412 after claiming to have removed a cata­ ract. Then the two smooth gentle­ men departed from the district to find more healthy regions to prac­ tice their nefarious trade. ° It isn’t what you do today that causes the blowout /” —it is usually something you have done weeks ago. Under-inflation—careless parking that pinches the tire walls—hitting rough bumps on high- Balloons deaden the jar. But later—a blowout! These things can be avoided. To avoid them means dollars off the cost of running your car. Check up tire pressures every week—We will do it for you. Keep to the exact figures for the sire of load of each tire. Ease down when driving over deep ruts and sharp ridges. Let us inspect your tires once a week. At least twice a ‘season let us take them off the rim3 and look for inside injuries. A Dominion Tire will stand a lot of abuse, but a little care will add thousands of miles to its life. DOMINION TIRE DEPOT JOHN TAYLOR HE DIDN’T THINK DYSENTERY COULD BE RELIEVED' Mr. John Mailing, F<ran«r, Alt*., write*:—“I am a returned soldUr, and when I came home from overwear I suffered greatly with dysentery. ^Th« doctor said it was chronic and did not think It. could be relieved. > Howevor, he doctored me for quite a while, but did me no good. One day the druggist Mfted me if I had over tried *'0n his recommendation I bought a bottle and after I had taken it got some relief, so I got two more, and have never had the dysentery since 1M5.” • ♦ Put up oaly by The T. Milbum Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Visit Lake of the Hanging Glaciers in British Columbia and the membership now o .....nu...-,, *(U AQ PASS H ♦ Hundreds of lovers of the great outdoors have joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian ^Rockies, an organization of poets, tnoveliets, scientists, educators, art­lists, Indian chiefs, cowboys, na- .£ure lovers in general, and those ■who wish to perpetuate ancient jtrails jn the Canadian Rockies and the grand kick of a wonder- ful horseback ride through the Canadian Rockies to scenic wond­ ers which have been viewed by a mere handful. John Murray Gib­ bon, of Montreal, first organized this great ride, which this year started August 2, for the Lake of the Hanging Glaciers, from Banff and Lake Windermere, B.C. Each year it has been bigger and better — —- ----- exceeds a thousand, many of whom have won the gold and enamel button signifying that they have ridden at least fifteen hundred miles. Of the hundred so qualify­ ing, 23 are ladies. Three of the girl-members who joined up with the main party this year on the start for the Lake had already covered upwards of 200 miles of mountain trails. The Lake of the Hanging Glaciers, about 7,500 feet above sea level, in the Selkirk Range, was discovered about 20 years ago, but is still as wild as ever. It* name gives some idea of its spec­ tacular appearance, which is that of an immense cirque, with eight glaciers forming a morraine which, drops off sheer in an ice wall nearly 300 feet higher than tho lake itself. From this wall ice­ bergs are falling continually, and forming a miniature Arctic sea in the heart of the mountains.1 Surrounded as it ie by jagged Alpine peaks, many of which ex­ ceed 11,000 feet in height, this district has challenged the ambi­ tion of many Alpine climbers. WANTED For Canadian West 44,000 HARVESTERS $15.00 g To WINNIPEG Plus J4 cent per mile to points beyond, but not west of Edmonton, MacLeod and Calgary. 'Returning $20.00 plus 20c. tax from Winnipeg, plus J4 cent' per mile, starting point to Winnipeg. ' ni From stations in Ontario, Toronto and cast to Kingston, Smiths Falls, and Renfrew Junc- Z i tion; Toronto to Sudbury, including line Medonte to Midland. ■______________________ Aug. 23 31 From stations in Ontario, Toronto and south, West and north to Bolton, including all stations in Ontario on the Michigan Central; Pcre Marquette; Windsor1, Essex and Lake Shore; Grand River, Lake Erie and Northern; and Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railways.__________ From all stations in Ontario west of Smiths Falls and south of Sudbury and Renfrew Junction. SPECIAL CARS FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN FULL INFORMATION AND TICKETS FROM NEAREST CANADIAN PACIFIC AGENT OR W. FULTON, DISTRICT PASSENGBR AGENT, TORONTO. CANADIAN PACIFIC THF) EDITOR ASICS A QUESTION If you were editing a town paper what news would you print? What would be your*>pollcy? Would you print all the news? There is no small amount of worry connected with a satisfactory week by week answer to this question, One’s first impulse is to say ‘‘news is news.” But a town paper that publishes all the news, all the Bcandal and one- tenth part of the gossip of a coun­ try would 'be anything but a force tor the upbuilding of a community, To be sure, it would be eagerly await­ ed and eagerly devoured by a cer­ tain element, but we are convinced there is a nobler job for the town newspaper than searching for dirt. There are always movements in every village that need the work of the paper. It is, we are convinced, possible to glean from the newB of the town, enough wholesome news, news that urges on "every agent for good in the community and greater efforts. THE QUESTION OF GRADING HOGS Mr. W. W. Revington, of Lucan, who was fined $25.00 and costs for not grading his hogs prior to being shipped to an abbatoir, has appealed the case. The law, which is being Enforced only in Ontario, according to information, reads: “All hogs for grading shall be marked in a man­ ner approved by the Minister. A specific mark shall be placed on each farmer’s lot of hogs, in each and every carload, truckload, or other shipment, when two or more lots of farmers’ hogs are marketed together. A shipper's manifest giv­ ing the name of the farmer and the number of hogs shipped, and their mark shall be made out by the ship­ per or drover. This manifest shall be presented to the hog grader at the stockyard or abbatoir to which the hogs are shipped. The dele­ gation declares that the regulations are impossible of/observance and ask that the gracing required be done at the abbatoirs. They de­ clare that in other provinces there have been no convictions and no person brought into court for failing to observe the regulations. SO YEARS AGO Mr, Francis Cornish, of Ihjbofne, has a number pf large apples which are nearly three years old and are as sound as ever. Mr. Cornish in- tends keeping them till Christmas. A drunk woman carrying a child and leading another by the hand? took up her abode in a vacant house on Main Street pn Saturday even­ ing, Constable Gill attempted to eject her but found she was unwill­ ing to leave. The woman left town the next day. We understand a running race of 100 yards has been arranged to take place on the Exeter Driving Park on Saturday next, the competitors be­ ing W. Balkwill, of town, and Mr, A. Murdock, of Hensail. Consider­ able money is put up on the result and as both men are fast runners it will no doubt be an interesting race. There will 'also be a race between W. Balkwill and B. Connoway, of Grand Bend, for a wager of $20,00, Con­ way to have fifteen feet start. We were shown a young apple tree in its three year which bore nearly one hundred apples. It was purchased from Mr. John Allison, of Thames Road. His trees seldom fail to grow well and to reward the pur­ chaser with a bountiful harvest. Mr. R. Sanders, who has been on a visit to the old country for-about a year returned to Exeter last Wed­ nesday evening. We might say for the information of the young ladies he is still unmarried. The Pacific Circus exhibited in Exeter on Monday. The crowd in the afternoon was small but there was a fair crowd present in the ev­ ening. The exhibition was better than most of the people expected. School commenced on Monday last. After the school boy ha3 worn a cheerful smile for the past six weeks now the parents look happy and feel glad that school has start­ ed. McDERMID—ADAMS A yery quiet wedding was solem­ nized ut the home of Rev. J, C, Ma­ caulay, Quebec City, when Evelyn. Adams, of Seaforth, Qnt,, was unit­ ed in marriage to Mr, John Gordon McDermid, of London. Mr. and Mrs. Thierrien, of Montreal, supported the bride and groom- After spend­ ing a few days in Quebec, Mr. and Mrs. McDermid, left on a motor trip to Montreal and other points before taking us their residence in London, Ontario. The Wallis 20 --- 30 THE MEASURING STICK OF THE TRACTOR INDUSTRY The University pf Nebraska, whiqh is the standard for United States and Canada in their Official Test No. 134, has the following to say about the WALLIS Certified Tractor. The Wallis Tractor pulled 75% of .is weight on the Drawbar at 2.98 miles per hour. It Delivered 76.55% of its maxium belt power to the Drawbar. It Delivered one HORSE POWER at the Drawbar for each 168 pounds of its Lincoln Test Weight. It pulled 27.05 h.p. on Low Gear at 2.98 miles per hour. It pulled 26.36 h.p. on High Gear at 3.77 miles per hour. Arthur Jones ' MASSEY-HARRIS MACHINERY Here and There (123) Tourist traffic to Saint John this season is the largest in its history, and so far is equal if not greater than during the whole of last sea­ son. Tourists started arriving earlier this spring, and have con- *tinued in much larger numbers than in other seasons. Colonel Scott, who is success­ fully producing tulip bulbs at Sal­ omon Arm, British Columbia, be­ lieves that the industry has a fu­ ture. He has one acre under this production with drying, cleaning and storage sheds. He grows fifty- two varieties of bulbs and has about a quarter of a million bulbs on hand growing. The Alberta Amateur Champion­ ships will take place shortly at Banff, Alberta, where the annual Highland Gathering and Scottish Musical Festival is being held from August 31 to September 3. An elaborate programme has been ar­ ranged of a Scottish character, many of the athletic contests being peculiar to that race, such' as toss­ ing the caber and putting the shot. Plans are reported to be on foot among sheep raisers to establish in Vancouver a wool grading cen­ tre similar to that functioning in Trenton, Ontario, where at present most of the wool business of Can­ ada is* conducted. An authority states this would probably have the result of increasing the returns to the producer from 25 to 50 per cent. Although the automobile Is some-. times said to be a rival to the rail­ road, it gives the latter a great deal of traffic. The number of freight cars used by the Canadian Pacific Railway for the transport Qf automobiles has doubled during the past five years, and the. latest order of 300 new cars for the com­ pany has just been completely filled. Trans-Atlantic records have been made by two new vessels, the "Duchess of Bedford" and the "Duchess of Atholl,” the first two of the new cabin class quartette to be built by the Canadian Pacific Steamships. The former has just accomplished an eastbound voyage from Liverpool to Montreal in six days, fourteen and a half hours, while her sister ship, enroute at the same time, made a westbound crossing from Montreal to Liver­ pool in six days, 13 hours. The second school car operated jointly by the Canadian Pacific Railway and tho Ontario Depart­ ment of Education has been issued from the Angus Shops, Montreal, for service in the district West of Fort William. The car is a re­ modelled first class coach equipped like an up-to-date "little red school­ house” with bright classroom, with blackboard, globe, school books, regulation desks, and so forth; a library fbr the use of students and adult visitors as well; and comfort­ able living quarters for the teacher* The school car is able to reach remote areas where permanent school facilities are not available. 25 YEARS AGO Quite a number took in the I.O.- O.F. Excursion to Sarnia on Satur­ day. From Sarnia many of them went on to Detroit by boat. Among those who left from this station were: Mrs. Alfred Sheere, Nelson Sheere, Mrs. James Oke, Mrs. John Rendle and son Harry, C. H. Sanders N. W. Creech, W. Taman, Dr. Kins­ man, Mrs. Richard- Treble, Miss V. Flynn, Miss L. Howard, IMrs, R. H. Collins and daughter Katie, Miss K. Bonthron (Toronto), Miss Oella Hill. Fred Sweet received a post card of congratuations from Inspector Tom on Wednesday on his having passed the Senior leaving examina­ tion, a thing not often done after one year’s work. While assisting to kill a beef last week Mr. Geo. Davis received a se­ vere njury to his leg. Mr. Davis was holding the 'animal by a rope, which was passed through a ring in the floor, when by some means the rope broke and the animal rushed at him and inflicted' a very painful wound on his leg. Mrs. Geo. Armstrong, Huron St., reached the great age of 90 years on Saturday last. To mark the oc­ casion her children, Mr. Irvin Arm­ strong and, Mrs. Vance presented her with a beautiful easy chair. In nearly all sections of Huron and Middlesex the harvest is ended and threshing is being started. Many Exeterites drove to Hensail on Sunday to hear the Rev. J. S. Henderson preach his farewell ser­ mon. Mr. Henderson and family left Tuesday for New Westminster, B. C. 15 YEARS AGO The Exeter Bowlers held their third annual tournament on Wed­ nesday of last week and it was a decided success. <George Ortwein proved himself a hero on Friday afternoon when he rescued Clifford Brimacombe from the swimming hole in the river at the dam. The pulpit of Trivitt Memorial church was occupied on Sunday by Clarence Duplan* James St. pulpit by Russell May, Both are local boys and are a credit to the com­ munity. Mrs. A. G. Dyer passed away on Sunday, aged 62 years. Mr. F. Forrester, of Clinton, is relieving at the G. T. R, station in the absence of Mr. Dore, who is on his vacation. Mr. and Mrs. W. H'. Tom, of Med­ icine Hat, Alta., arrived from the west on Tuesday morning to visit Mr. Tom’s mother, and sister Mrs. C. Tom and Mrs. W. D. Yeo. Gala. Day at Grand Bend on Tues­ day was a big success. The sole at­ traction was a balloon ascension, A lady ascended from the ball grounds in Leavitt’s park and whs carried out over the lake. She came down in a parachute. She was picked up by a launch. • Fertilizer ORDER YOUR FERTILIZER NOW AND GET IT AT THE RIGHT PRICE PUT UP IN NEW BAGS AND THE CONDI­ TION GUARANTEED FOR SOWING. A. J. CLATWORTHY Phone 12 GRANTON, ONTARIO WANTED SHIP US YOUR Live & Dressed Q Goose & Duck POULTRY & FEATHERS Highest ’ market prices paid Buyers 12 months in the year FOR OVER 30 YEARS Crates loaned free Write for our guaranteed weekly price list Returns made the same day poultry arrives References:- Royal Bank, College & Bathurst: Dun’s & Bradstreet’s A. STORK & SONS Poultry and Feather Merchants 24 St. Patrick’s Market, Toronto