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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-06-29, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1933 Each pad will kill flies all day and every day for three jveeks. 3 pads in each packet. 10 CENTS PER PACKET at Driiggists, Grocer?, General Stores. WHY PAY MORE? THE WILSON FLY PAD CO., Hamilton, Ont, When using \ WILSON'S FLY PADS READ DIRECTIONS \ W\ CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW THEM , WM- CLIMIE OF LITOWEL NOT IMPRESSED BY CHICAGO FAIR Former Publisher Describes His Three Thousand Mile Trip from Pesadena, California, to Listowel —Visits the Marvelous Bonder Mr. William Climie, former pub­ lisher of the Listowel Banker, who ** has been residing in California for the past year and a half, has written the Banner a highly interesting ac­ count of a motor trip rrom Californ­ ia home to Listowel by way of Chi­ cago and the Century of Progress Exposition. We republish the letter herewith:— The editor ask me to tell you something about my trip ’cross con­ tinent. It was just an ordinary un­ eventful jaunt such as many hun­ dreds are making every day. Just jumped into my car one morning, in Pasadena, took a little ride, and here I am—no difficulties and no hardships anywhere. We suffered neither hunger nor thirst, bandits or holdup^, tornadoes or landslides, ac­ cident or danger, could nor—yes, it was a 'bit warm at times, 105 in Wyoming and Nebraska, but with plenty of fresh air, it was not very uncomfortable. The speedometer from Pasadena California to Listowel, showed 3,- 076 miles. Made it less than seven days on the road, no night driving Used 1913. gallons of gasoline, cost averaged eighteen cents per Ameri­ can gallon, eleven or twelve cents in cities, fifteen to twenty-two cents in mountain or desert. Oil and grease about $6 for trip. Average mileage per day, 440. A day’s program would be: Up and off shortly after daylight, about five a.m. drive fifty or seventy miles till we struck a likely place for break­ fast, on and lunch about twelve, din­ ner about six p.m., then on till dark or a sleeping place that suited us then a good shower and to bed. We stayed overnight for the most part at tourist camps. The cost per per­ son was seventy-five cents to $1.00 per night. There were four Of us in the car as far as Chicago. All could drive and we changed off about 100 miles or oftener. Itinerary: Left Pasadena, Cal., at nine a.m. June 1. Lunch at twelve­ fifteen at Barstow. Arrived Las Veg­ as, Nevada, at four p.m., 296 miles Out' of Boulder City, 25 miles out of our direct way, for the night. Visit­ ed Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam com­ monly called) that night. I was at the dam in the fall 'Of 19J3il when the first blast of dynamite was let off to start the work.- This was my fifth visit since. The preliminary (work is now finished and they are just starting to pour cement on- the dam proper. I never will want to pass within a thousand miles of Boulder without going out to see the dam. I could write till I was paralyzed or talk till you were blue in the face and you would hardly have the least idea of what a marvelous place it actually is until you would go and see it. I could quote you a string of figures as to size ana cost, but would not mean much to you and you would straightway forget them I could tell you pf the dam going 184 feet down into bedrock and 5$5 feet above water level, of four tun­ nels each fifty feet diameter parried through the solid rock to carry the river during construction of the dam and furnish power for the turbines after construction. I could tell you that four million cubic yards of ce­ ment are to used in the dam, that the Colorado river will be backed up stream for 125 miles, four to ten miles wide—and a lot more such like things, and then you would have little notion of what it all means, till you have climbed up the rocks and looked up and down that black rip-roaring gorge for yourself. So we will let it go at mat, But I will say that I would rather sit on the rocks up there and let the beauty and grandeur of that wild gorge sink into my memory than trudge thro’ all the World Fairs that the adver­ tising genius of man ever invented. Friday, up through Nevada desert into Utah, 453 miles, for the day. We slept in a Mormon hotel at Span­ ish Forks. The irrigated Mormon valleys are fine grazing and farm lands, Mormons are Kindly and thrifty and just folks like any other white folks, Saturday, out through Provo Pass, up through the mountains purpose­ ly avoiding Salt Lake City—and saved time and distance. We always avoid city traffic when we can. Raw­ lins, Wyoming, for the nrght. [Mile­ age, 373. Sunday, seventy-five miles to Med­ icine Bow for breakfast, Laramie at 9:15, Kimball for noon, and slept at North Platte. Saturday and Sunday sky overcast, cool and pleasant driv­ ing. Run for day, 432 miles. Monday was hot, hot winds from south, 104 degrees. We were cross­ ing the high level plateau, 5,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level and a width of two days’ run. Made Grand Junction, Nebr., for the night. Run for day, 439 miles. Tuesday, off at 5 a.m., seventy- five miles to Marsnailtown foj breakfast. We avoided Omaha by the cut out to the north over the Missouri, into Iowa. On to Chicago at six p.m. We spent a couple of days at Chi­ cago and one at the Fair. For me the fair was a wash out, the build­ ings ugly colors and design, as if the architects had conceived them in a series of bad dreams of a con­ tinuous nightmare. And the exhib­ its, I may have seen one per cent, of them, but if it was a fair sample I would say the whole fair is 100 per cent, advertising, mostly techni­ cal and probably most interesting and instructive for specialists, who know enough of their subjects to un­ derstand their specialty. But I have seen so many World’s Fairs that I am a bit weary of them all. But the first Chicago Fair remains with me as as a marvel of beauty. This one is a nightmare. Friday, June 9, on through In­ diana and Michigan, to Ann Arbor, where I spent the afternoon and night with my nephew and family. The trip through Michigan was most beautiful and satisfactory of any, almost as beautiful as Old Ontario itself. Saturday, on to Detroit. Over the bridge at nine a.m., London at noon. Stopped a couple of hours in Strat­ ford and home to Listowel at five p.m. Sunday and Monday was 'so cool here I felt like starting back to get warmed up,, but I know it will soon be warm enough. Times have been and are hard ip the States, much worse, I think, than in Canada. More money has been lost, but they had a lot more to lose, and’their banking and finan­ cial structure was more rlcekty and spread out. I could fill pages with hard luck stories, but what’s the use? —WILLIAM CLIMIE And so we’ve passed midsummer day for 1933, • **• *■*« Justice travels with a slow foot but she’s sure to overtake the guilty. ******** We greatly need rain, 9,5 per cent of farm success lies outside the farmer’s hands. • ••«•*** The strawberries did very well by us considering the dry, hoi reception we tendered them. • **••»•* Wednesday the 28th was Black Wednesday for the preachers who this year are on the merry-go round. Oh why do not those politicians give us a rest till the weather is better and till we have our work done. » ******** Word comes that in the Western Provinces 2,000,000 acres of farm crops have been ruined by grasshoppers. ******** The Economic Conference being held in London these days does not seem to be attracting a great deal of attention. It’s mov­ ing on a lame foot, It’s still dogged that does it. Let’s not forget this old saying: "The shoemaker won by pegging away. Wellington won Waterloo by pounding harder than the other fellow.” • •*•••«• Cautious Sandy welcomes the fine thrill his heart gets as he hears the talk about better times. He says, however, that he’ll fem better when the siller starts jingling in his pocket book, • *«*«*« * The Exeter ground hog respectfully requests the motorists io drive slowly till the younger members of his family learn the traf­ fic laws. For a while the. inexperienced youngsters will be crossing the roads and will appreciate caution on the part of motorists. ******** , ANXIOUS This district has suffered a good deal from lack of rain fall. Pastures are drying up. Meadows are short. Fall wheat is short of straw nd defective in foliage. Even the cereal crops are lagging considerably. Apples are falling because of lack of moisture. Some wells are becoming low. At the time of writing, rain seems as far off as ever. ) *♦*♦♦«**. Every day we hear of firms who were in the red who are now getting into the black. In plain words men who have kept on keep­ ing on in business are now working for a profit. Then comes the word that one of the big telephone companies finds that its orders for installation of telephones are exceeding the cancellations. This is fine news. Courage brothers, we’re wrestling through. Just put another roll on the shirt sleeves. The ounding’s hard but we’re win­ ning. • ******* NOT QUITE CRICKET Word comes of youths from well to do familes who set out to hitch hike from one place to another. This is not cricket. In fact it is a mean form of sponging. The youth who deliberately sets out to do this sort of thing when on pleasure bent is a sponge. The youth bent on finding empoyment is in quite another category. He is the sort that all right thinking men delight to help. The youtn who sets out to get something for nothing will do well to hold him. self at arm’s length and to comeK to* a well thought out conclusion regarding the sort of youth he is. ******** GOOD TO HEAR Every so often we hear of men who are being set back to work. Many "men who have been idle for a year or more are now back on their jobs. . 'Still others who have been working but half time are now working full time. All this is to the good. ^Almost every­ where we go we hear of improvements in general conditions. There are a good many folk who are still unemployed, far to many, in fact. There are enough idle folk to cause us to face the coming winter with real anxiety. At the same time, every day brings its word of brave folk who have invented their way out of the stringency in which they were caught. All honor to these folk! ******** last year’s fety FREE This emblem with red re­ flector protects you if your tail light goes out. Come in and join the Silver, town Safety League. Sensational NEW INVENTION Vve thought __ , Goodrich Silyertown was about as good a tire as could be made. But the new Safety Silvertown has jumped about three years ahead of other standard tires at one stride. The new Life-Saver Golden Ply in Goodrich Safety Silvertowns resists terrific heat, and keeps fabric and rubber from separating. Blisters don’t form inside the tire. Thus blow-outs are prevented. You just can’t afford to buy any other standard tire when the Safety Silver- town with Golden Ply costs you not a cent more. For still greater value it has the most skid-resisting tread on the road. Drive in and let us put Safety Silvertowns on your car. SILVERTOWNS ARE GUARANTEED FOR 12 MONTHS HURON GARAGE LOOK FOR THE MOUNTIE This sign tells you we sell Goodrich Safety Silver- towns with Li fe-Saver Golden Ply, O. J. Stewart, Proprietor Exeter, Phone 155j, 155w The heavy storm that visited this part of the country some time ago seems to have interfered with the clover crop; Bee men say that the clover heads were considerably damaged. The hail was more hurtful in some instances than appeared at first. The violent beating by the wind seems to have injured the clover stems. At any rate, the clover this year is not as fragrant as it has been other seasons. The effect of the untoward season upon the feeding qualities of the clover remains to be seen. • «•*••«« THAT INSURANCE RESERVE Insurance companies are doing a great deal of thinking reg­ arding the necessity of building up a reserve sufficient to with­ stand any special strain that may come upon them. This is part­ icularly the case with mutual fire and wind insurance companies. The idea suggested in a number of cases is that the policy holder* should contribute regularly a sum sufficient to building up such a reserve. It is further suggested that this reserve be placed in tho hands of the government for safe keeping and so left that it can be called upon only in cases of an outstanding character. It is con­ tended that such a reserve will in a comparatively short time be­ come practically self supporting. In any case the law oi averages obtains and will prove a safe guide in such matters. Canada is a comparatively young country. For that reason her financial institutions, particularly some of her insurance companies have relatively few problems that seriously try them. Alt the same time events are giving grave hints that such periods of trial are in­ evitable and should be provided against. Insurance company run­ ning is not the easy matter some folk think it is.AH’s well when everything runs well. When a series of conflicting situations evolve matters are altogether different. BALL PLAYER MARRIED DESPITE BROKEN JAW Bill Carswell, Catcher of the Grand Bend softball team, had the misfor- fortune to have his jaw broken in two places and suffet the loss of several teeth in a game at Goderich a short time ago, just on the eve of his marriage. 'The wedding took place according to schedule on Tues* day of last WeOk with Bill’s jatw wir* ed up and vetyvSore. He has been unable to eat any solids since the Accident. Friday night a benefit game was played at Victoria Park, Gbderich, for the groom. 'Carswell is unable te wbrk ana will have heavy doctor’s and dentist’s bills to, pay. ETHICS IN BUSINESS Speaking of ethics of business The Christian Century has this to say: "No stones need be thrown at individuals. The fault is that the nation as a whole—one my as well say the business world as a whole—has allowed to grow up a system of finance in which the intricacies of the process and the conventional methods of the mar­ kets have concealed the fundamental issues of right and wrong. The vast scale upon which modern business is done has necessitat­ ed the use of symbols and tokens for commodities and values, ana constant dealing with these symbols has dulled the perception of the underlying realities. That is the reason big business is less hon­ est than little business. Little business deals with things and people. Big business deals with paper and the public. Unless we can have a thorough overhauling of our ideas of the meaning of honesty in business, from bottom to top—and especially at the top—we shall not get out of this depression except to get into another one” ******** THAT’S THE SECRET While Britain in business as in all other worthwhile matters, is willing to confer with any man or nation that is trying to find ways and means of getting business onto a better foundation, she is work­ ing like a tiger to get her own work done. And she’s Winning. All ■trade returns point that way. Here’s what The St. Thomas Tiines- Journal has to say on that point: "While the Economic Conference is trying to restore normal prosperity to the world it is just as well for each nation to do its individual utmost to help itself, and in this respect Great Britain is certainly making definite headway.A government report shows that 123,000 people signed off the Unemployment Insurance Fund during the month of April, which is the largest number in one month for several years. There were 300,000 more people at work at the end of May tftan in May last year. The total number of insured persons who are now employed is very close to 10,000,000.These increases are partly seasonal, 22,000 jobs having been found in the building industries and 11,000 in generall engineering. ******** THE PLAIN MAN The world will not be guided out of its present dilemma by the work of alleged experts. The world will come to its own as the plain man comes to know his duty and his opportunity. Of course there is the place for the man who knows more about the situation of things in general than is known by the average man. At the same time the man who gives himself largely to the stuay of a cer­ tain phase of world conditions is likely to know more about that condition than is known by the everage man. However his looking so long and steadily at one phase of things is altogether likely to dim his vision to other and equally important phases of world con­ ditions. A man may study the maple or the oak so exclusively that he neglects the pins and the cedar. This is the limitation of the series of conferences that has been held to settle, if possible, the difficulties that have been emerging for more than a century and that have become acute witbin the last two decades, The plain man has receded too far into the back gtouttd in business and in public life. When all the people think they will in the main think right. The voide Of the people is the voice bringing the same message. Till that voice Is heard we’re not likely to get anywhere. History has a way of laughing at the con­ clusions of alleged political and financial experts. Let the plain man be heard. STAFF REDUCED Miss Hellyer of the Seaforth Col­ legiate staff has resigned her posi­ tion and the board have decided not to fill the vacancy but to carry on with one teacher less. VITAMIN SOUP Dining car chefs and sea-faring chefs of the Canadian National or­ ganization recommend it: Take all the kitchen "trimmings” such as po­ tato peelings, carrot tops, beet tops, the outer leaves of lettuce and the trimmings from celery, the stems of spinach—everything in fact, from green or root vegetables which would commonly go into the gar­ bage. Cover these with cold water and boll gently until they seem done then strain. Now boll some lentils or dried peas which have been soak­ ing overnight with an onion and a carrot. When nearly done, add the vegetable broth. Now boil 1 1-.2 lbs. of liver and when done put it thro’ the mincer. Return to the broth in which it was cooked, simmer until there is only about half a cup of liquid and mix it with the vegetable soup. Serve with rorce-meat balls or sliced brown bread and butter. This year marks the 100th anni­ versary of the spanning of the At­ lantic by the Royal William, a Cana­ dian built vessel, the first to make a crossing from mainland to main­ land entirely under Iier own steam. A previous crossing had been made 'by a steamer using both sail and steam, and another ussng machinery only had made the voyage from Eur ope to the West Indies, but to the Royal William is conceded the hon­ or of the first complete crossing by steam power only. A SMILE WILL DO IT A judge who is famous for settl­ ing legal cases out of court says that if you can get two opponents to smile at each other, they are all ready to laugh. If once they laugh, the rest is easy. Most of you under­ value the importance of a sense of humor in keeping matters on an am­ iable footing. If thwre were more laughter in your home, there would be fewer quarrels, fewer injured feelings. How many times on an average do you laugn. before ten o’clock. That explains why you take it so to heart if the breakfest ba­ con is underdone. When you feel out of sorts at some member of the family or a- schoolmate, try a smile. Weakening Diarrhoea Dangerous Dysentery Diarrhoea and Dysentery do not need to run for ahy length of time until the whole system is weakened and debilitated. Few other diseases so quickly Undermine the Strength and bring about a condition of prostration and often collapse. Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry is not only prompt and effective in checking the looseness of the bowels, but at the same time it strengthens, stimulates and braces up the system. Never be without A bottle of Dr. Fowlefs. Always be prepared in base of emergency. 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