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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-11-12, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE RITy FLOUR PF636 wheat. Truly "Man marks the earth with ruin!” When we pause to think that only four hundred years ago this great American continent was practically unknown to the white race it is difficult to realize what havoc has been wrought in this short time by men in their greed and ig­ norance destroying its magnificent forests, leaving win’d swept areas which have become playgrounds for cyclones, unheard of in Ontario fifty years ago, Soil erosion destroying millions of acres and devastating floods taking toll of life and pro­ perty have followed the destruction of the forests in the United States. WWW, NOVEMBER 12, 1930 I 50 YEARS AGO LETTER BOX LETTER from the west to sjt- ex- November 11th, 18S6 Mr. Chas. Treble, Customs Officer of Fort Erie/ is spending a few days with hi^y sister Mys. Trick. Mr. Whn Ryan has sold his pro­ perty on Main Street to Mr. Jame. Lang, of Manitoba, formerly of Rod- gerville. Mr. Ryan will move Hensall where he has secured a nation in the Patterson Mills, The turnip crop is something tra this fall. .Several farmers report 900 bushels to the acre. The following advertisement ap­ peared “A Big Dollar’s Worth”: 2 lbs. Tea, 2 lbs. Soda, 2 bars Electric ■.Soap, 2 pkg. Yeast Cakes, 1 lb. Starch, 1 box Matches, 1 gents 'bow tie, 3 plugs Tobacco, 6 Pie Plates, 6 dozen Glothes Pins. All for One Dollar at Doupe’s Store, Kirkton. R. H. Fried, who for the past 2 years has been working in Saginaw, Mich., has resigned his position and will arrive in Dashwood this week where he will take the position of his brother, Mr. W. A, Fried, in the Dashwood Roller Mills, who quite recenty lost his arm. While Mr. Beck, of Hensall, was nearing the grist mill with a load of barrels, he got a little too near the end of the crossing and was percip- itated with his load into the ditch.. Luckily no bones were broken. 25 YEARS AGO November 9, 1911 Mr. and Mrs. nia, are moving ley is employed Mr. and Mrs. W. Greenly,, of Sar­ to town. Mr. Green- with M. II. Gould. George Moir and son George returned home Tuesday afte spending the summer in the West. Miss Margaret Smith returned to Hens^y^fter spending a week with h“'^|^^^.Mrs. Jarrott, Exeter N. Bawden has resigned his ■Ition as teller, 'of the Molsons :hcre and ’his place has been Mr. Earl .Spackman, who h the Bank in Ottawa. m, of Hay, has pur- of his brother, Elizabeth St. y Mr. W. H. Mr. The ho. Collins.- Mr. Herman </t, who for some time has been wy king in Mancelon- ia Mich., returndtLhome on Tuesday. Mr. Frank Case of town, has ac­ cepted a position as foreman of boil­ ers with the 'Standard Sarnia. Mr. George Wambold, the dry goods store of in Berlin, was home with his parents in Dashwood for Thanksgiving. Oil Co., at salesman in Laing Bros. 15 YEARS AGO November 10, 1921 ■Mr. Harold Jeffery, of Usborne, was the winner of the silver cup in the .five acre plowing competition put on by the Junior Farmers’ Mr. Jeffery was awarded 91 points, El­ gin Rowcliffe was second with 87 points Milton Luther 84 1-2 points, and Earnest Pym 80 points. Mr. El­ gin Rowcliffe was the winner of the cup in 1920. Mr. Philip Hern recently purchas­ ed three lots of land on Carling St., and has planted out' 48 silkworm trees. Mrs. M. E. Gardiner has returned after visiting with relatives in Es­ sex and Detroit. Mrs. J. Jarrott .returned home on Tuesday after a pleasant trip thro’ the West going as far as Vancouver. Mr. Newman Hardy has return­ ed home after spending the past two years with his brother, Earl at Connell, Man. Mr. S. B. Strothers, of Clinton Mr. .Hartley, of Seaforth were in Ex­ eter on Wednesday last week for the purpose of organizing a Horticultur- f^Societ^ Mrs, Gordon Sanders, of f ^rtroit, returned to their home on Friday last after visiting in Exeter Coldest Winter in Years Followed by EierVc Heat Wave and Drought The summer is past, and the har­ vest is ended. The summer was per­ haps the hottest in history of the country and the harvest in most parts of the middle west was largely a failure. This coming after several lean years is making it mighty hard for many of the farmers to carry on and when farming, our basic industry is hard hit, the townspeople share the depression. Last year promised a magnificent crop until the excessive rains of July brought on root rot and rust. jAs a consequence many fields of wheat, especially Gives and Reward were never reaped. After July there was little rain, and the stub'ble land in some cases became too hard to plow. However, this was followed by a winter in which much snow fell, and spring found abundant moisture in the giound. This is one indication of a good crop to follow, but all fail and when the moisture is distributed more evenly over period of growth the crops must suf­ fer as they did this year from exces­ sive heat and lack of moisture. June saw prospects fade and for 9 weeks the west sweltered under a copper dome and crops died out. The greatest heat was felt along International Boundary. From the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary to the Red River the temperature for July beipg 12 degrees above normal At Winnipeg it rase to 108 and at Emerson and Morden the official thermometer registered 112 degrees. It took hardy people to s^tand this. But fortunately out here the sum­ mer nights are usually cool. North of this southern strip on the Canadian prairie a narrow irre­ gular strip marked 10 degrees above normal, and two points of this zone extended north, one east of Saska­ toon and one west of Battleford. But up in the north it was 4 degrees cooler than normal and in Quebec and the Maritime provinces July cool. Around Great Bear Lake across the Spruce woods of north and in the Peace River coun­ try rain was plentiful. Coldest in Fifty Years Scientists who study .climate and weather tell us that weather condi­ tions are not caused by the moon, nor perhaps it is greatly affected by sun spots, cold of last the coldest followed in est heat wave and drought we have known—were caused by the lack of movement of air masses. A mass of stagnant air hung over the contin­ ent in the summer, absorbing heat from the sun and reflecting heat from the ground. Where this mark disintegrated—or rose above the cool polar air mass‘there was pre­ cipitation but it was too far north to help the sweltering prairies and the middle states and Ontario. In this northern country we have a continental climate. It has po large bodies of water to modify the extremes. So we have wet years and dry years or periods of wet years and "families” of drought—as in 1930- 1936. signs not the was and the But that the extreme winter—January being in about fifty years— six months by the fierc- SIMPSON—DATARS Me­ ant! A quiet wedding took place at the Presbyterian manse, Exeter, on Fri­ day evening at 9 o'clock when Rev, Mr, Hill, pastor of Caven Presbyter­ ian Church, united in marriage Dor­ othy, second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Datars, of Hensail, to Harold Simpson, also of Hensail. The bride was attired in a royal blue tunic gown, with accessories to match, and she carried a handsome bouquet. Mr. and Mrs. Simpsoh left for Toronto where they will in fu­ ture reside. The bride was a valued member of the choir of Carmel Pres­ byterian Church, Hensall. Tree Rings Show Rainfall From 1865 to 1885 there was “the wettest long spell on record." From 1900- to 1920 the weather was suf­ ficiently wet to produce average good crops; 1910 and 1914 being ex­ ceptions. Tree rings show that back between ,1755 and 1780 was a more normal rainfall, other wet spell set in early in Evidently the air masses had moving during those" years. The last general drought condition extended from 188(6 to 1895 with some good years as exceptions. So much for the weather over which we have no control—and which we cannot pre­ dict more than a day er two ahead, . away there An- 1800, been Forest Areas Denuded During the drought periods of the last century the sun was never black­ ened by dust. But in. recent years war urgencies and higher prices cre­ ated a further effort in grain pro­ duction. More land was broken up, much of which should have been left as nature planted it, in sod. Sloughs which 'produced hay in summer were drained. Forests areas, for we have them out here, were denuded of their trees and not allowed to grow up again, but broken up to grow, Soil Drifting But in the middle west which in the U. S. is now called the “The Great Dust Bowl” a very serious situation exists. The prairie sod has been broken up and destroyed then the fibre worked out of it, till it has lost most of its bond and the par­ ticles have, become so tiny and light that it takes little wind to lift them. Though the summer of 1934 was nob excessively windy we remember that clouds of this light soil or dust blew high into the air and spread over the sky to the Atlantic and people said our prairies was becoming a desert. Well—this is not ery likely to hap­ pen, especially as in the natural or­ der of things, wet years will come again and in a country which has produced so richly, that has spent millions in the purchase of farm im­ plements and machinery, where mil­ lions have been spent in building roads and projecting railways, where towns and cities have sprung up, and fine bridges span the rivers—a country peopled by a strong virile race with the blood of pioneers in their veins must not be deserted. So the Government is undertaking the task og securing the rehabilitation of the drought and soil drifting areas. It is now evident that if this work has been undertaken twenty years ago farming and ranchers would not have been facing the present serious situation and the industries in the east which depend to a considerable extent upon farming in the west .Golden Wedding | M< and Mrs, William Berry cele- ; brated their golden wedding anni- i versa: y on Tuesday, November 3rd, at their home in Brucefield. Wil­ liam Berry son of the late Mr, and .Mis. Adam Berry, of Hay Township and Jane, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ross, London Road, were united in marriage on Novem­ ber 3rd, 1886, at the bride’s home at 12 o'clock noon by the Rev. f H. Simpson, minister Building Bums 1 Presbyterian Church. ; maid was Mrs. D. B. Dams, great, and small, have been of Winnipeg, sister of and are being built in the U. S. ‘ the groomsman Mr. Some pretty lakes have been created‘both of whom are still living. Mr. in Manitoba by darning rivers—as at and Mrs. Berry recall that the day Birtle, Minnedosa, Rapid City and [ was like summer and during the Rivers and a small one in the Peace {afternoon the young couple drove to Garden by one of Uncle Sam’s C.C.C. ‘ When President Roosevelt made a tour recently through Dakota the re­ quest by the people was for “water" All agreed that what we need here is more water, and the movement is to build small farm dams or reser­ voirs especially as the present season has emphasized the value of such, as the heat and wind has not been able to drain many of the ponds which had been properly constructed. In a municipality to the west of us where the drought was severe 150 reser­ voirs are being constructed with gov­ ernment aid. These small ponds will be valu­ able for watering stock, supplying water for wells and in some eases for irrigation of small areas. ;So much for dams but the real problem is with the soil itself, much of which is too light for cultivation, and fails to produce a crop wliere- ever the rainfall -slackens and the heavier sod produces in abundance Much of this kind of land has been abandoned especially in Alberta and if left to itself may in a natural pro­ cess go back to its original state, sod. The process will be speeded up by utilizing wet years in planting grass and control over farming prac­ tices enforced in the interests common safety. would not have been so hard hit in the past few years. Remedial measures worth consid­ ering for the rehabilitation fall in two divisions. One is to -change the nature of the soil itself—the other to modify the force of the wind upon it. Strip farming is the most ready to hand method of fighting drifting soil that has as yet been discovered. Next comes the planting of trees and hedges which in addition to forming a wind break help to retain the moisture in the soil. U. J. of Brucefield The brides- M eEwen, now the bride and James Swan,WlNt'HESEA PUBLIC SCHOOL The following is the report of 8. 8. No. 6, Usborne for the months of September and October. The pupils were examined in all subjects, Exeter and back. They lived in Hen­ sail a short time., then for three years cn the Mill Road, now McCart­ ney’s farm; and Brucefield on the ston farm where years. In 19<10 Brucefield. home was in Hay Township about three miles northwest of Hensail. Mrs. Berry’s home was on the Lon­ don Mr. ten the Berry have Brucefield; velle of Saskatoon and Vancouver, who visited his parents last Christ­ mas; and Hugh F. Berry, of Bruce field. Dr. H. H. Ross and Mr. A. Ross, Seaforth, are brothers of Mrs. Berry. —Seaforth News later south of Woodley or John- they lived for 20 they retired to Mr. Berry’s boyhood Road, the farm now owned by Charles Wasman. in the Berry There were Ross family and ten in family. Mr. and Mrs. three sons, Bruce R., of Wilson, commercial tra- 4- TON OF RECORDS AT TRIAL A literal ton of books and records constitutes the exhibits gathered in couit, Goderich, for the trial of Gordon McLaren and Robert Flet­ cher, charged with forgery. They were piled high in large cartons on the tables of the courtroom, cn the floor and the overflow was stored in a room downstairs. Huron County town seat was crowded for the triai, which has created exceptional inter­ ests throughout the district. ROOM II V Class—Ethel pooley 88, Gladys Skinner 88, Clarence Ford 87, Mar­ garet Miners 80. Clayton 77, Arthur Hern 76, Billy Alvin Sr. Davis Johns Prance 57. Jr. IV—-Eilene Johns Pooley 79, Etheline Johns 76, Laurie Stephens 69, Doreen Coultis 66. L. McCulloch, teacher Murray 61. IV—-Graham Bell 75, Doris Elf ord 71, Mildred Veal Herdman Brock 70, 82, Jean 73, Bessie 70, Lois 79, Irene ROOM I Sr. Ill—Leona Coward 88, Myra- line Murray 87, Isabel Cooper 82, Burdene Clarke 73, Harvey Sparling 53, Nellie Sparling 50. Jr. Ill—Grace Brock 82, Shirley Coultis 79, Carmen Herdman 73, Edith Fletcher 70, Shirley Murray 70, Dennis Cornish 60. II Class—Annie Elford 80, John Batten 73, Lois Coward 69, Bobby Ccleman 65. Sr. I-—George Kellett. Jr. I—Mildred Miller 87, Marion Murch 85, Walter Fletcher 81, Mur­ ray Stephen 79, Shirley Brock 73, Patricia Johns 72. Pr. — Kathryn Batten, Jackie Cornish, Murray Coward, Rosie Fletcher, Gordon Ford, Wilma Veal. M. C. McGugan, teacher MAWSON—CUORLEY A quiet wedding took place recent­ ly at the Lieury Church parsonage ■when Miss Florence Morley was united in marriage to Gordon Maw- son, both of Lieury. The ceremony was performed by Rev. w. M. Kite- ley, pastor of the church. The bride wore with After gar a groom’s farm, McGillivray Township. a becoming borwn crepe dress hat and accessories to match, a brief honeymoon trip to Nia- Falls they will reside on the 19th concession of TIIOMAS PALY DIES The death occurred after a short illness Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Dever­ eaux, of Thomas Daley, one of Sea­ forth’s oldest and most highly as- teemed residents in his eighty-eighth year, He was bom in Egmondville in 1849 and spent practically all his life in this district. In 1871 he was united in marriage to Miss Alice Allen who died about thirteen years ago. Mr. Daly purchased the late P. McGarey’s grocery business in 1886 retiring a number of years lat­ er on account of failing eyesight. He was a devout member of Saint James Catholic church and of the Holy Name Society. Surviving are one son J, F. Daly, Seaforth, and three daughters. J. W. 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