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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-09-12, Page 6mwax, SEPTEMBER IS, 1935 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE STEPHEN COUNCIL Tlw Council of the Township of ■Stephen met in the Town Hall, in Crediton, on Tuesday, the 3rd of September 1935 at 8 p.m. AU mem­ bers were present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted. The Olerk was intrueted to write those contractors who had received the contracts to- draw gavel to finish their work at once. Moved by Mr. Chester Mawhinney, seconded by Mr. Roy Ratz: That a penalty of 2% be charged on arrears •of taxes from the 15 th ’Qf Decem­ ber to the 31st of December 1935 after which the statutory interest to be charged is one-half of one. per centum per calendar month or frac­ tion thereof and that a by-law be prepared for the general levy and collection of the 1935 taxes. Carried. Moved by Mr, Alonzo McCann, se­ conded by Mr. Edward Lamport: That by-law No. 498 to provide for the general levy and collection of taxes for the year 1935 having been read three times be passed and sign­ ed by the Reeve and Clerk and the Seal of the Corporation attached thereto. Carried. Moved by Mr. Chester Mawhinney and seconded by Mr. Mr. Edward Lamport: That the following pay­ sheets and orders be passed: Law­ rence Hill, read 4, $11.75; John F. Smith, road 6, $3.50; Lome Fink- beiner, road 8, $8.75; Isaiah Tet­ reau, road 14 ,$4.35; Roy Holt, rd. 20, $15.60; Peter Eisenbach, road 26, $38.45; Augustus Latta, rd. 18, $11.20; Sandford White, road 3, $10.22; Pay sheet re Adam Bridge, road 16. $372.26; George Eilber, supt., salary for August $54.00; P. Eisenbach, gravel $9.66; John Mor­ rissey, read 22, $6.50; Percy Mol- lard, road 16. $3.33; total $549.57. Orders: Exeter Times-Advocate, printing account and advertising $111.90; Canadian Bank of Com­ merce, cashing cheques $2.30; Hydro Electric Power Com., account $6.- 79; Treas. Co. Huron, indgent pat­ ient account re McPherson, $36,75. Carried. The Council adjourned to meet again in the Town Hall, Crediton, on Monday the 7th day of October A.D. 1935 at 1 p.m. H. K. Eilber, Twp. Clerk FABRIC—A MAGIC CLOTH A new fabric which seems to have revolutionary possibilities has been developed by a New England cotton mill. As described by one technical observers, it utilizes not only cotton but any other vegetable or animal fibre, and is produced by a process which has something of the techni­ que of paper-making and some me­ thods used in rubber goods manu­ facture. It hasn't any name as yet, but it can be made thin sough for a silk handkerchief or sturdy enough for factory belting. It is described as lending itself to a wider range pf colors than any exisiti-ng fabric and as having the power of absorbing sound when used as a drapery. That sounds like magic; but it is merely another example of the new things which industry stands ready to provide when the return of financial stability makes it prudent to invest money in their production and distribution. The research workers in the laboratories are not standing still but are working stead­ ily on new marvels, many of which we as yet have no inkling of, but which may be the commonplaces’of ■ten, years from now. THE FAMOUS RUBBING LINIMENT Rub on—pain gone. Get the new large econ­ omy size—Also avail­ able in smaller, regular Cedar Chests AND NEW FURNITURE Also furniture remodelled to order. We take orders for all kinds of ca­ binet work for kitchens, etc at the DASHWOOD PLANING MILL The Breaking Out of Boils An Evidence of Bad Blood THE GLADIOLUS THRIPS Since the first outbreak of the gladiolus thrips in Canada in 1930, this injurious insect pest has been under the observation of the En­ tomological Brunch cf the Dominion Department of Agriculture, and as a result of some fine co-operative work between the Branch and the Cana­ dian Growers of gladioli consider­ able knowledge has accrued regard­ ing both the effectiveness and short­ comings of the remedies originally worked out. Bringing all the latest information up to date, together with certain changes and modifica­ tions in c ntrol recommendaitons, a revised edition of the pamphlet “Gladiolus Thrip”, has just issued by the Dominion Department of Ag­ riculture. It may be obtained from the Publicity and Extension, Branch, Ottawa. The thrips is known to pass the winter on the corms in storage, but, as yet, has not been found hibernating successfully out of doors. All stages of the insect may be killed by treating the corms prior to planting, as Alan G. Dustan the author, points out in the pam­ phlet. Fumigating the corms with naphthalene flakes or immersing them in a solution of corrosive sub­ limate or hot water has given the best results. The spraying of grow­ ing plants with a Paris-green brown- sugar solution is also, very effective. PAINT PRICES SHARPLY REDUCED A sharp reduction in the price of first quality house paint to $3.75 per gallon is announced by the man­ ufacturers of some of Canada’s best- known brands of paint, the reduc­ tion to take effect immediately. In making the announcement, the companies concerned state that the reduction is not justified by any change in market conditions or man­ ufacturing costs. They point out, however, that during the past few years many householders have been misled by “bargain’’ prices into us­ ing inferior paint wth results that reacted unfav-ourablly on the whole industry. Drastic action was felt to be necessary to check a situation that seriously threatened property values all over the country. The nw low price is designed to make it easier for property owners to use first quality paint only, with resulting benefit to property and to the community in general. The companies announcing the re­ duction are Canada Paint., Interna­ tional Varnish, Martin-Senour and Sherwin-Williams. THE DISPOSAL OF GARDEN WASTE In all gardens there is a relatively large amount of waste material such as grass and the leaves and stalks of flowers and vegetables, which is generally burnt or removed as gar­ bage and is lost to the garden. Most of this waste is organic, that is, largely composed of carbonaceous matter, and is derived from the car­ bon dioxide in the air, from the wa­ ter in the soil and the plant food constituents dissolved in this water. When retted, this material is often called humus, which is a mass of or­ ganic material which has largely lost its fibrous structure. This ma­ terial is valuable to the soil, both for the nitrogen and other plant food which it contains and also for the beneficial action of the organic mat­ ter on the texture of the soil. The rotting of garden waste is a simple matter and can be carried out by making a compact pile of the waste and occasionally wetting it in order to hasten the rotting. It will be found that in a few months the materia] is in a fit condition to be spread on the soil and ploughed or dug in, At this time the coarser materials such as cabbage stalks and woody materials can be separated and burnt, the ashes being distributed over the garden, A better plan, if manure is avail­ able, is to form a compost of the manure and the garden waste. This is done by placing the waste and the manure in alternate layers, and mak­ ing the heap compact by tramping and watering. Composting hastens the rotting of the garden waste. Raise the Ante Mr. Simms—A. penny for your thoughts darling. Mrs. Simms—Make it a ten spot, dear, I was thinking of a new hat. When boils start to break out it is an evidence the blood has bo- come corrupted. One of the worst features of boils is that as soon as you seem rid of them others break out- to take their place. What is vitally essential to rid yourself of this painful eruption is to go right at the blood and give it a thorough cleaning. When the blood is purified, cleansed and vitalized by Burdock Blood Ritters the boils will quickly disappear, your misery will end, and your health and strength be improved, YOUNG GIRL DIES following operation PARKHILL—Jeanette, 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell McIntosh, of Moray, died in st. Jo­ seph’s Hospital, London, on Sunday, September 1st at 5 p.m. After an at­ tack of measles in the spring she developed mastoiditis and an opera­ tion was performed on Thursday. THE BIGGER THE BETTER Mr. Charles Hill grew a bumper crop of wheat this fall which ran 49 bushels to the acre from the mach­ ine. Mr. Hill says that he consid­ ers this great output is due mainly to the fact that he sewed nothing but the biggest and plumpest ker­ nels last fall—Parkhill Gazette. .AIRS. WESTMAN, NATIVE OF BIDDULPH, SUCCUMBS Mrs. Anne Westman, widow of Gorge Westman, and widely known in Biddulph Township, died in Park- ■wood Hospital, London. She was in her 87th year. Mrs. Westman <was formerly Miss Ann Gowan, member of a pioneer Biddulph Township family. She had spent much of her life in Granton district and recently had lived in London. Her death came within a week of the death of her sister, Mrs, G. A. Johnson, London. Chas. West­ man, of London, is a son. WHAT COMPETITION IS THIS? iFor two days of the past week several men, who claimed to repre­ sent the Canadian Legion, were driving up and down the streets of the Town calling on housewives for donations of bedding, clothing, cook­ ing utensils or in fact anything that was eatable, wearable, sellable or usable. These gentlemen so im­ pressed the good citizens of the Stone Town that they are reported to have gathered two whole motor­ truck loads of goods. Officials of the St. Marys branch of the Legion when asked by the police if they knew these men, replied that they had not heard of the idea and they denied that the canvassers had any connection with the Legion here. It has been suggested that these can­ vassers were probably representa­ tives of some second-hand store or other commercial firm in the city and that the goods collected, osten­ sibly for the poor, were in reality going to- enrich a few individuals. If this is the case, it would seem the activities of these gents should be investigated by the Provincial police, —St. Marys Journal-Argus THREE KILLED AT C. N. R. CROSSING Motor Car Hit By Train Near Thed­ ford. - THEDF'ORD—Lives of three men were snuffed out almost instantly in a level crossing crash on the C. N. R. line at the 6th concession of B'osanquet Township, about one mile and a quarter west of here early on Thursday morning. The men were Thomas -Crawford, 64, storekeeper, at Alienford, near Owen Sound; James Sherriff, 53, of Alienford, farmer, and his son, Aus­ tin Sherriff. All three men were thrown from their car by the impact of tile crash and the car was reduced to a pile of junk, with three doors and roof torn off, the radiator thrown about 30 feet, engine broken in half and the body a twisted mass of wreckage. Mr. Sherriff and his son died in­ stantly, while Mr. Crawford lived for about half an hour. All three were badly mangled and battered and died of fractures of the skull. The three men had left Alienford at 2 a.m. to make a trip t’o Sarnia for parts to repair a threshing ma­ chine and the car contained broken parts from a grain separator. The car in which the men were riding was apparently struck as the front wheels mounted the crossing. The car was hurled or carried about 40 feet from the crossing and about 20 feet from the track. THE LARGEST DIAMOND The largest diamond ever discov­ ered is coming to the United States. A year ago the world was amazed by the news from the South African diamond fields that a flawless dia­ mond as big as a hen’s- egg had been found by a poor farkner named Jon­ kers. The fortunate finder sold it for something like $100,000 to o*ne of the big diamond companies, which has been holding it for the market until somebody was ready to pay its real value. It is reported that the American purchased paid $750,0-00 for this stone, which is still uncut. Probab­ ly when it is properly cut and pol­ ished it will be worth a lot more than a million. What interests me, however, is that there is still money in such huge sums ready for investment in diamonds. The diamond market is looking up. Many who formerly hoarded gold are now putting their money into diamonds, as the safest portable investment and one which can be turned quickly into cash at any time, besides holding tlie reason­ able certainty of becoming worth more as the purchasing value of the dollar goes down-. PROVING OF ELITE STOCK SEED STOCKS The rules and regulations of the Canadian Seed Growers Association make it necessary for growers of Elite Stock seed to have their seed stocks verified for purity every four years, or more frequently if neces­ sary. Each spring, the secretary of the association gathers in the seed stock of the various (growers who 1 have Elite seed and half of each sample is given a number and sub­ mitted to the Cereal Division, Cent­ ral Experimental Farm, Ottawa, for a growing test. At the Central Farm, these samples are sown in five .rod-row plots which provide on the average 1200 to 1500 plants for testing. As soon as the plants are -6 to 8 inches high, the assistant in charge of the particular crop involved, wheat, oats or barley, as the case may be, inspects the plots and notes any characters in the plot which may be abnormal for the var­ iety concerned. Then, at one wee’k intervals until harvest time, and par­ ticularly just after heading, close watch is kept on the plots and any “off type” or suspicious heads are tagged with small labels. These so- called “off-types” may not really be off type but, from experience, it has been found that suspicious heads are often the start of a break-up of the strain. Then, at harvest time, any heads marked earlier in the sea­ son are pulled and put away for close, critical examination in the la­ boratory. The centre row of each plot is pulled and the heads kept for reference, should any question with regard to the plot arise. The marked heads are then crit­ ically examined and a detailed re­ port submitted on each test to the executive of the association. As a further test, not only of the grower’s seed stock, but also of the one re­ sponsible for verifying the seed, the seed from the suspicious, marked heads is sown and a check made on the resulting progeny. This test is very interesting in that suspicions are frequently justified and one finds that a diversity of types result from this test. The Cereal Division is glad to report that, during the (past few years, due to these frequent tests there are very few off-type heads ■found compared to the conditions pertaining when this verification test was first originated, about 1924 The qualty and purity of most stocks is above reproach and it is only in the odd case where by accident some impurity has crept in or where na­ tural crossng produce irregularities. Canadian National Railways. A Great Agency of Public Service. The C. N. R. is one of the world’s greatest transportation systems. Its length of track alone entitles it to that distinction, but its chief claim rests upon the nature and extent of the services it renders. While entering practically every important centre in Canada it also serves widely diversified and distant areas, and in very many instances is the sole agency providing railway facilities. The C. N. R. is a large direct employer of labour, and indirectly, by virtue of the nature of its freight and other services, also enters importantly and indis­ pensably into the commercial and industrial activities of the Dominion ..« creating new wealth . . . distributing raw and manufactured goods * . - enabling more employment and wages to be provided. Notwithstanding the sparsely populated condition, of much of the territory from which the C. N. R. obtains its freights of grains, minerals, forest products, etc., its charges for haulage, are very low . . . Canadian railway freight rates are probably the lowest ih the world. On an average the C. N. R. receives less than one cent for hauling a ton of freight one mile.- Of every dollar of revenue received the C. N. R. pays more than one half to its employees as wages, and it purchases every year many millions of dollars worth of Canadian made or produced materials. The C. N. R. also pays in the course of a year over six million dollars in various taxes. These facts, although thus briefly stated, are of tremendous importance to Canada and Canadians. They are here presented in the hope that greater patronage will follow a wider appreciation of the part this great railway system is performing in the commerce and development of the Dominion . . . and of its vast potentialities for future service. Standing as we are at the begin­ ning of an upward swing in business generally, renewed and enlarged opportunities to use transportation facilities present themselves. The C. N. R. is ready and anxious to serve ... efficiently and economically, Its departments embrace passenger and freight transportation, express, telegraphs, steamships and hotels. During the present Season the C. N, K. £f pro­ viding special fares and excursions between points throughout Canada. These are exceptional travel bargains. The nearest C. N. R. Agent will be glad to give full particulars. WESTERN CANADA fcjl EXCURSIONS GOING DAILY—SEPT. 21 to OCT. 4 inclusive * Return Limit; 45 days_______________ 0 CENT A MILE — EACH WAY ________________GOOD IN COACHES ONLY_____________ SLEEPING CAR ACCOMMODATION Where sleeping car apace I* required the Following (lightly higher fare* applya (a) Tourlit Sleeping Car* pt approximately 1 He pyr mile, plu* regular berth rate, (b) Standard Sleeping and Parlpr Can approximately 1 >jc permlle, pig* regular berth or chplrrate CONVENIENT TRAIN SERVICE Standard Class Tickets good via GREAT LAKES route; meals and berth extra. BAGGAGE Checked. Stopovers at Port Arthur, Armstrong and west. tss? Tickets, Sleeping Car reservations, and all information from any agent, ASK FOR HANDBILL CANADIAN NATIONAL •...........,.....,..........,-----------------........—..—« NORMAL ENTRANTS MUST PASS STIFF MEDICAL EXAM. Toronto—As the first step to­ wards reducing the over supply teachers in Ontario, Hon. Dr. L. J. ■Simpson, minister of education an­ nounced that all students wishing to attend Normal Schools this fall would be subjected to a thorough medical examination and only the prysically fit would be allowed to enter. The Ontario Department of Educa­ tion will pay return fares of appli­ cants who 'fail t'o pass the examina­ tions. Coincident with the opening of the fall term, medical boards will be set up in cities in which Normal Schools are located, said Dr. Simp­ son. Little Mae—Mother, I know why people laugh up their sleeves. ■Mother—Why, dear? ILittle Mae—Because that’s where their funnybone is. REV. GEO. JEWITT RETIRED METHODIST MINISTER DIES Rev. George jewitt, retired Meth­ odist minister and one time Presi­ dent of the Loudon Conference of the Methodist Church died in Park­ wood Hospital, London, August 4th in his 76th year. Mr. Jewett served for 41 years in the active ministry and retired 12 years ago. He was pastor of 11 charges in Western Ontario, includ­ ing Wilkes’port, Melrose, Harwich, Warwick,'' Eliinville, Hensail, Dut­ ton, Mt. Brydges, Lambeth, Wyom­ ing and Forest. Surviving are his widow and a daughter, Mrs. (Rev.) M. C. Parr, of Peterborough, and three sons, O. V. Jewitt, Winnipeg? Dr. G. G. Je­ witt, Leamington and Rev. E. W. Jewitt, Owen Sound. The funeral was held from Hyatt Avenue Unted Church on Friday af­ ternoon. Interment at Brussels.