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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1934-11-29, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE TJIVRSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1931 Ended/ Mrs. n. T. Rowsome, Athens, Ont., writes, “My baby boy was troubled with constipation. I gave him Baby’s Own Tablets as direct­ ed . • . Before I had given half the box the constipation was righted.” By relieving constipation, Baby's Own Tablets prevent more serious ailments developing. Much easier to take than nauseating laxatives and perfectly safe for all little folk from the wee babe to children of school ago. 25c package. I Feed crops little being was cut for and sweet half a crop, and near to wanted to win the were an induce- ■of people are to. he in Canada than in Dr.Williams' Another Letter from Mr. and' Mrs. Ijawrence - Pollock the home of Mr, -and Mrs. I. C. Good- visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pollock in j hand. Eddie Hartle led in the open- Kerweod last.............. ’ .. . day. On Friday people of the ed at the home of Mr Woodburn (nee Evelyn Isaac) and held a very successful house warm­ ing. Sixty-four young folk can have a lot of fun under such circumstances and this was no exception to the rule. During a lull in the merriment Miss Dorothy Belling read an address and Mr. Robt. Brunswick presented th Irindsc choir, where year,-. joined gram life, Mr. and Mrs. Woodburn ex­ pressed their gratitude to all for the gift and their presence there that evening. The R. p. S. held their regular meeting last Thursday evenin and made plans for the Christmas concert which is to he held Christ­ mas Eve, Mrs. J. IL McGregor was appointed teacher of intermediate class A and Mrs. Elton Curts assist­ ant teacher of class B intermediate. At the close of the meeting lunch was served and a social time enjoy­ ed. On Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steeper entertained Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Hutchinson, of Park­ hill when the latter couple cele­ brated the fifty-second anniversary of their marriage. Their family was all present, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hut­ chinson, Mr. and Mrs. M. Morley, Mr. Leslie Hutchinson and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steeper also eight grand­ children. Their many friends in this neighborhood where they spent many years both before and after marriage, extend very hearty gratulations on this event. The members of the Harmony clas> held a very enjoyable social even­ ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pollock last Tuesday. Wednesday and ThurS'ing devotions. Gordon Young read the Scripture Lesson. The latter part of the program was in charge of tlie Literary convenor, Thelma Sheppard. Bob Brunswick read a humorous let­ ter which had been written to a sick person, Thelma gave the topic “The Need for Quiet Tunes”. The Misses Hicks favored with a vocal trio. The roll call was answered by naming the authorship of certain books. Plans were made for a special citizenship program to be held in. the United Church Sunday evening, December 9tli, if speakers could be obtained. The meeting was closed with the hymn “Oh Love, That Will Nvt Let Me Go” and the Mizpah benediction. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shmtler and Mr. Robt, McPherson, of Buffalo are visiting their parents Mr. and Mrs. Edmund McPherson, Mr. S. England and a friend from Windsor spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. English. evening the young United church gather- and Mrs. L. ed to grow grain and more wheat. Of course they war-—-and prices ment. No finer class found anywhere South west Manitoba and their spirit is wonderful, but something must be done to keep them here and so far our Canadian Government has done nothing towards reclaiming the land. Perhaps it is a job too big for the province or even for the Federal Government to handle. It may be International, yet surely it is possible fur i-ome scheme to be worked out in tree planting, d'amning creeks or rivets and bringing parts of the land back to its c.riginal condition of sod as nearly as possibde—for our west­ ern sunshine makes this a mighty healthy country to live in. 7 Janet Weir Ransom year and to gather their con- happy newly-wed couple with a ome clock un behalf of the the Y. P. S. and Sunday Schoo] both have After a to in wishing many years of happy wedded Mr. and Mrs. Woodburn served for many untiful lunch all the bride and I the Peape Gardens Interesting’ Letter Lroni Mrs. Sidney Ransom, of Mountainside, Alan. The sixteenth of November more like September, so much that over most view point prairie with farm houses and fair- and so we hitched up Dobbin and went wood.'.-y trails several to Turtle Mountains, one gets from this away for many miles miles al-, What a •• vantage over the extremely gardens neighbors their work and hopes are maintained for better weather for crops next year. In Turtle Mountains crops were fair, wheat running as high as thirty bushels to the acre but much of it was considerably less, were no good, very threshed, though some green feed. The hay clover was more than ] People came from far 1 cut hay in the meadows in the tim­ ber reserve, and about two thou­ sands head of cattle and! horses were I brought in from the droughted area i for pasture. The native blueberry or Saskatoon grew in abundance this many came long distances them.’ On the whole, despite dry weather the “Bush” were good; one of our having in. her garden a .plot of 300 gladioli, in size and variety the fin­ est I have ever seen. A few weeks ago we motored to Morden, about 115 miles east. Here is situated a Demnstration farm. Around Morden the feed crops had been fairly good and gardens also. UJut on the prairie to the west of us 'conditions are somewhat similiar to those in the middle United States. Several dry years in succession SHIPKA haveLT, xum ,ked c g>sized barns dotted here and there, la fhn .nh nvo1. n „,r1o the would-be sports- deer are becoming in this district which i pers completed the job over a I area. The crop losses would been much greater but for bait put out for these pests. Wind's have caused (soil-drifting in some places giving the fields a desert-like appearance, whereas formerly only an occasional field would blow out i in the spring and have to be re­ seeded. Many fields last spring were not sown at all. The great tree planting scheme ! our southern neighbors are planning will, if it can be successfully carried' ■ out, be of great benefit as a shelter belt and. no doubt we should derive considerable benefit from it. Cer­ tainly Uncle Sam is doing things these days. Imagine a strip of trees one hundred miles miles wide and a thousand'| miles long, reaching ifrom Manitoba down to the Pan- I handle of Texas. This project tak- I ing ten years to complete will co.-t ‘75,000,000 dollars, ninety per cent, of which will be paid in. wages to farmers, more or less expert in the kind of work involved. This forest belt is to be made up of about one hundred strips of trees each .strip seven rods wide and1 with the strips about a mile apart. The , lane] between the strips about a mile wide have poison The regular meeting of the Ladio’ Aid will he held December 5th at the home of Mrs. Thos. Keyes. Mr. and Mrs. George Sheppard, <;f Parkhill, visited Sunday with rela­ tives here. Mrs. A. Tilley and family spent, part of last week visiting her sister Mrs. E. Lamport at Crediton. Messrs, Win. Sweitzer and Percy Mollard spent Saturday in Strathruy. A meeting was held at the close -of the Sunday School on Sunday to arrange ment. for a Christmas entertain- Canadian Dinnerware madeNew in Canada from Canadian material. When in Exeter call and see it on display at S. B. Taylor’s. GRAND BEND one good sized town viz: Boissevain to the north east, while farther west on the northern horizon are occas­ ional elevator that marks some little village or siding and Whitwater Lake now almost dry lies between. Whitewater Lake whieli 40: years ago was a sportman’s paradise, so numerous were the wild! geese in spring and fall. Some six or seven year* ago when rains -were abundant we saw huge flocks of Jack Miner’s pets flying high over and around this lake in spring. But Government police were here and there protect­ ing them from man's gun. White tailed more numerous at one time was the abode of moose, elk as well as beaver. Unfortunate the season for deer stalking is leng­ thened this year from ten to twenty days. Hunters are allowed only one buck but how often d'o they exceed this limit! Sport? Unnecessary as there is enough cheat’ beef in the country—■ and a hunter’s license costs $5. One of the most fascinating sights is to see these fine animals standing beautifully poised ready to dart off waving their “white flags” at the ( r -— -------x—------- ----- first alarm. It is pleasing to know I aPa.rt. The land between the strips that a number o;£ farmers in this, remain in private ownership to district have put up notices forbid­ ding hunters to come on the place in quest of game, which are protect­ ed and fed on their land. On out* drive home today we met several autos carrying white clad hunters with their rifles, returning to town, but glad that we did not see one carcass, of these beautiful animals which are as eager to live and enjoy life as those who are try­ ing to kill them. 'Beside (the prairie chicken and partridge which are natives there are Hungarian partridges now be­ coming. quite common. Another im­ ported game bird is the Mongolian pheasant. How delighted we were to see recently a male pheasant strut­ ting about in all his glorious plu­ mage among the tree's and another rare sight as we drove along a bush trail was that of a ruing on a log. lAit walked off his, log and disappeared in of our neighbors had an unusual experience this 'fall stopping a fight between a hen partridge and a tur­ key each with its brood. One Sunday afternoon in Septem­ ber we visited the Peace Garden site Here a customs house has been opened at the International bound­ ary on the C. to C. Highway. A short distance to the south Uncle Sam had established a camp of workers and a fine dam across a deep dry ravine was being erected. No doubt a pretty lake will be the result, filled with next spring’s melted snows andl sum­ mer rains. But there will have to be differ­ ent weather fi’om what we have had the last couple of years before we again have many lakelets and ponds to reflect the blue of the sky. The water has been lower in sev­ eral of the Mountains one of the eyst part" of some unaccountable reason: gone dry aud.'this dispite the fact thatxa sec­ ond growth of timber has now reach­ ed a fair size. This has been a wonderfully fine fall as up to 'the present itime farm­ ers have been able to work on the. land, and are well ca'ught up with A play entitled “No Account David” is being presented at the Grand Bend United' Church, Friday even­ ing, December 7tli. Mr. and (Mrs. Sol. Pollock visited Mr. and Mrs. Emery Desjardine on Sunday. Mr. and-Mrs. Frank Station ^visit­ ed Mr. Felix Wild in Dashwood on Saturday. Mr. Ralph Williams, who has been visiting in Ohio and Detroit return­ ed home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. AV. Holt visited in Forest on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bossenberry, of the Imperial Hotel, left last weex to spend the. winter in California, motoring and visiting along the way. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Turnbull and family visited friends in Park­ hill on Wednesday. A carload of young people of Lon­ don visited Mr. and Mrs. Howard Desjardine on Sunday. . Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Pfile, of Dashwood', spent Sunday with his brother Mr. Herb Pfile. partridge drum- our approach he quite leisurely the woods. One beautiful lakes in Turtle during this drought and larger lakes at the high- this hilly plateau has for be cropped or grazed. The Americans hope by this huge planting 'project to provide work for large numbers of farmers in areas brought to the verge or destitution by successive years of drought. In the years to. come it will provide wood and! timber in an area where there is now a great shortage of both Perhaps the most important of all is the aim to lessen the velocity of the wind, check crease the catch Perhaps, too, Americans hope effect on the climate which this large scale planting will have. There is no doubt that the great American plateau has undergone a profound change since it was first settled. It is no longer a. young country of unibroken sod with abun­ dant ground water which can be tap­ ped by shallow wells. The cultivated soil has lost its resistance to wind1, erosion and in some places the water table has been lowered. It has been proved in Russia and in other European countries as well' as in the United States that tree planting well planned and on suf­ ficiently large scale can effectively check wind erosion. Droughts are concurrent andlwhen wind and drought came togethei’ the soil .is whirled away in clouds, that this year, the worst of all, have left traces of havoc wrought all the way to the Atlantic. Something must be done. Farmers who have spent the best years of their lives establishing homes for themselves on the prairies find them­ selves almost destitute with no. grain o,r other feed for their stock, nor money to buy it; and worse still, no means of providing food or clo,th­ ing for their families, and this thro’ no fault of their own. Recently, we motored thirty miles over a fine highway with fine farm homes and good buildings. The fields were bare of stubble, the only thing growing on the drifted soil, being Russian thistle, which is a dry year annual. A few short years ago. we saw these same fields thickly dotted with stooks. Who is to. blame? This is a difficult question to answer. In 1915 farmers were ask- evaporation and in- of drifting snow, and in this the to succeed, is this Women are Recognizing A Friend and Benefactor ■Ml WINCHELSEA and1 Mrs. Emerson Gunning, and last tI.. From girlhood to old ago, through the trying time of a woman’s Jifof Milburn’s JET. & N, Pills are becoming recognized, more and more, as their great friend and benefactor. To the pale, thin, bloodless cheeks thoy supply the iron so necessary to mako rich, red blood, and bring back the glow of health. To tired, weak, worn out, run down women thoy help bring back strength and energy, and rovivo their drooping spirits, Ask your druggist Or dealer about Milburn’s H. & N. Pills, Mr. of Kirkton visited with Mr. Mrs. Wm. Clarke on Friday of week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fletcher Norma spent one day lasit week with Mr. and Mrs. Mac. Cromarty. The sympathy of goes to Mrs. Cecil death of her Hooper. Mrs. George Harold, of near days last week Nelson Clarke. Miss Mae Coward, of Hensail, spent the week-end at itlie home of Mr. and Mrs. John Coward. Mrs. Freeman Horn had the mis­ fortune to fall down the cellar stairs one day lasit week and suffer­ ed a severely sprained arm. Quite a number from this com­ munity attended the chicken supper at Centralia on Thursday night of last week. and Hammond, of the community Camm in the father, Mr. John Frayne and1 son Exeter, spent a few with |Mr. and Mrs. ZION Rev. Hugh D. Taylor, of Thames Road, preached a splendid mission­ ary sermon on Sunday morning to a good' sized congregation. The Sunshine Workers Mission Band will hold an entertainment in the church on Friday "evening No­ vember 30th. Mr. and Mrs. son Grant spent nephew Mr. and' Mr. and Mrs. . ... __ . daughters of Kirkton and' Mr. Wil­ liam Stephens, of Blanshard, visited With riarn On Hern it being the celebration of the lat­ ter’s birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Melville Hern, Mar­ garet and Gerald spent Sunday With Mrs. Hern’s brother Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kerslake. Mr. Fred Hern, of Saskatchewan, has been visiting in the community for the past week. Miss Thelma Jaques is at present employed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melville Sikinner. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Brock and daughter Jean spent Sunday with the former’s mother Mrs. William Brock at the home of Mrs. James Woodham. Hector Taylor and Saturday with their Mrs. Harold Hern. Orville Rogers and their sister Mr. and Mrs. Eph- Hern on Sunday. Tuesday .of last week Hazel visited with Margaret Jaques GREENWAY Routly, Mrs. Goodhand presided regular monthly meeting of M. S. which was held in the Church last Wednesday afternoon. The following mOmbers took part, Mrs. J. H. McGregor, Mrs. Elton Curts, Mrs. Frank Steeper, Mrs. Goodhand, Mrs. Sherritt and Mae Wilson. Reports were given and bus­ iness discussed. A short meeting of the Woman’s Association followed, The members of the iS. S. Execut­ ive met at the home of Mr, and Mrs. S. W. Webb last Wednesday night at the the W. United BANK OF Established 1817 31st October, 1934 $630,218,835.10 35, 255,876.00 185,183.19r« 6,522,749.56 10,386,724.55 $682,569,368.40 .76,538,810.08 $759,108,178.48 LIABILITIES TO THE SHAREHOLDERS Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits and Reserves for Dividends .... This amount represents the shareholders’ interest in the Bank, over which liabilities to the public take precedence. Total Liabilities presentation, in easily understandable form, of the 'Hank’s ANNUAL STATEMENT LIABILITIES LIABILITIES TO THE PUBLIC Deposits ...... Payable on demand and after notice. Notes of the Bank in Circulation Payable on demand. Bills Payable Time drafts issued and outstanding. Letters of Credit Outstanding Financial responsibilities undertaken on behalf of customers (see off-setting amount [x] in "Resources”). Other Liabilities to the Public . ... , Items which do not come under the foregoing headings, in­ cluding $9,000,000 advances from the Dominion Government tinder The Finance Act. Total Liabilities to the Public . . . . . 4 z RESOURCES' To meet the foregoing Liabilities the Bank has Cash in its Vaults and in the Central Gold Reserves Notes of and Cheques on Other Banks -Payable in cash on presentation. Money on Deposit with Other Banks Available on demand or at short notice. Government and Other Bonds and Debentures . Nw exceeding market value. The greater portion consists of gilt-edge securities which mature at early dates. Stocks ........ Railway and Industrial and other stocks. Not exceeding mar­ ket value. Call Loans outside of Canada ..... Secured by bonds, stocks and other negotiable securities of greater value than the loans and representing moneys quickly available with no disturbing effect on conditions in Canada. Call Loans in Canada ...... Payable on demand and secured by bonds and stocks of greater value than the loans. Bankers’ Acceptances ...... Prime drafts accepted by other banks. TOTAL OF QUICKLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES . (equal to 71.97% of all Liabilities to the Public) Other Loans ....... To manufacturers, farmers, merchants and others, on condi­ tions consistent with sound banking. Bank Premises ....... Three properties only are carried in the names of holding companies; the stock and bonds of these companies are en­ tirely owned by the Bank and appear on the books at $1.00 in each case. All other of the Bank's premises, the value of which largely exceeds $14,500,000, appear under this heading. Real Estate, and Mortgages on Real Estate Sold by the Bank ........ Acquired in the course of the Bank’s business and in process of being realized upon. x Customers’ Liability under Letters of Credit Represents liabilities of customers on account of Letters of Credit issued by the Bank for their account. Other Assets not included in the Foregoing Making Total Assets of . to meet payment of Liabilities to the Public of leaving an excess of Assets over Liabilities to the Public of I* 16,764,669.62 317,936,912.23 103,789-95 32,133,844.20. 8,399,657.67 26,528.08 $491,247,207.75 243,477,041.21 14,500,000.00 1,487.975.10 6.522.” 0.56 1,873,204.86 PROFIT and LOSS ACCOUNT Profits for the year ended 31st October, 1934, after making appropria­ tions to Contingent Reserve Fund, out of which Fund full provision for Bad and Doubtful Debts has been made Less Dominion and Provincial Government Taxes Dividends paid or payable to Shareholders « Reservation for Bank Premises .... * Balance of Profit and toss Account, 31st October, Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward CHARLES B. GORDON, President *■** 1933 . 4 » $3,204,369.51 $2,980,000.00 W. A. BOG, JACKSON DODDS, Joint General Managers (The strength of a bank is determined by its history, its policy, its management Tl and the extent of its resources. For 117 years the Bank of Montreal has ||» been in the forefront of Canadian finance. JJ