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THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
Farmers are good spenders.
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We’d like to see a few days really good rain.
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Here is a meaningful little card
that I saw under the glass plate on
the cashier's desk in a big drug
store the other day;
“The man who .can’t deliver
the goods had better . hunt for
some business where goods are
not delivered.”
Does that ring the bell? It surely
•does.
A manufacturer with whom I have
had some delightful business deal
ings, stopped in the other day to
hand me this one:
“All you’ve got to do . . .
do. with all you’ve got.”
He said he saw that on a sign in
front of church. All that is neces
sary for me to add is that there is a
great deal of good sense in those few
•words.
Think them over.* * *
Originality is usually an age old
truth in a different guise.t * *
Why is it a fellow never has a
blow-out when he is wearing his old
clothes?* * *
Most of us feel we are qualified to
do the other fellow’s thinking for
him without knowing all the circum
stances.* * *
Too many of us visit those less
fortunate because we enjoy the con
trast.* * *
There is more thrill intf pleasures
which are not indulged in too often.* * *
THIS IS STILL TRUE
The world has always been divid
ed into two. classes: those who have
saved and those who have spent—
the thrifty and the extravagant.
The building of all the houses, the
mills, the bridges and the ship, and
the accomplishment of all other big
works, has been done by the savers,
the thrifty; and those who' have
wasted their resources have always
been their slaves. It has been the
law of nature and of Providence that
this should be so; and I were an im
postor if I promised any class that
they woud advance themselves if
they were improvident, thoughtless
and idle.,
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QUIDNUNC
While he is plowing with a two-
horse plow, a farmer has to walk
■about seven and one-half miles to
plow one acre.
Most people know that domestic
cats are fond of the common weed
known as ‘catnip.’ In many parts
of the world, especially in South
America and South Africa, trappers
who gather live animals for Zoos and
circuses bait t heir lure and traps
with catnip oil. ’ It is found that
tigers, panthers, leopards, lynxes and
other members of the ‘cat’ family
■are fond of catnip.
According to scientists, the gravi
tational piull of the moon affects the
earth crust as well a<s the oceans—
causing the rise and fall of the tide.
Reports indicate that the crust of the
earth rises and falls about 9 inches
twice a day. This includes the sur
face covered by large cities—the
weight of large buildings and mov
ing population has no appreciable ef
fect on the nine inch ‘pulse-beat.’
■Gold Fish were imported to the
United States less than one hundred
years ago. Today, • there are 7 80
gold fish farms which produce about
twenty million gold fish annually—
most of which are sold as ornamental
pets in private homes.
Scientists at the Smithsonian In
stitute maintain that “after-sun
down-sleep” (something very like
the sleep of humans and other mem
bers of the animal kingdom) is as
essential to plants and trees as it "is
to man and animals.
Although man is considered carni
vorous, in reality he is a grass eatex’
—grains like rice, wheat, cane, corn,
oats, rye, etc. are all grasses.
Since the first airplane flight by
man in 190'3, man has learned how
to fly higher, faster and farther than
any species of birds since the crea-
tion of birds by nature,
We don’t know the explanation but
have you ever noticed—especially at
flying fields—that the shadow cast
on earth by an airplane is always
the same size regardlesss of distance
above the earth (altitude.)
A dirigible is any machine that
flies and which can be guided or
steered—-thus, a dirigible balloon is
not an airplane but all airplanes are
dirigible—and an autogiro with pro
pellers above instead of in front of
the machne is not an airplane—an
airplane depends entirely on a for
ward motion when in flight.
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PRANKISH PROBLEMS
Prankish Problem No. 40: A ship
is twice as old as the boiler was
when the ship was as old as the
boiler is. The combined age of
ship and boiler is 49 years. What are
the present ages of the ship and the
boiler?
(Correct answer next week.)* * *
Infinite patience means ultimate
power.
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ADVICE TO THE MILITARY
Sir Charles Napier in taking leave
of his command in India, did a bold
and honest thing when he embodied
in his last General Order to the of
ficers of the Indian Army a warning
against fast, living—Six’ Charles said:
“Honesty is inseperable from the
character of a thoroughbred gentle
man. To drink unpaid-for cham
pagne and unpaid-for beer and to
ride unpaid-for horses is to be a
cheat and not a gentleman.’’
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‘ IN PARTING
If in the Book is written
That I must suddenly
To the Great Dawn be summoned,
Denied, Love, more or thee,
I pray the Dawning finds me
With little left to rue,
Save that I leave behind me
A half-dreamed dream of you.
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WHY $1.98
The origin of $1.98 or similiar
“split prices” has at last been deter
mined by an enterprising statistician
•who has investgated the mattei’ and
written in an eastern trade paper—
the substance of which is as follows:
99 shoppers out of 100 believe
that the reason prices of articles in
stores ai^e in uneven sums, such as
$1.49, $1.9S, etc., is fox’ the psycho-
logocial effect it may have on the
minds of customers—yet these prices
were first used fox’ a different pur
pose.
Many years ago the founder of
•what is now one of the largest de
partment stores in New York used
the scheme as a means of compell
ing his clerks to be honest. There
were no cash registers in those days
and he wanted prices which ’would
make it necessary to give, change
back to the customer. If an article
sold for $2.00, the clerk might put
the money in his pocket, but if he
price was $1.9 8, the clerk would
have to go to a cashier at a central
point for change and the transaction
would be recorded.
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It is easy to be wise—afterwards.
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A ‘boob” is only a wise guy out of
his element.
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A man can no more be successful
in his business if he does not love it
than he can be successful in his
home if he does not love his family.
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How many people realize that S.
America boasts a population of
more than fifty million people? That
Brazil is more than 200,000 square
miles larger than the entire United
States? That Argentine is as big
as all the states east of the Mississ
ippi? That Rio De Janeiro is, one
of the most beautiful cities in the
world? That the Plata and Parana
Rivers discharge double the quant
ity of watei’ of the great Mississippi?
That the diamond mines of Brazil
furnished one stone value at fifteen
million dollars? That the forests of
Chaco in Argentina are valued at 10
billion dollars? That Buenos Aires
is the largest Latin city in the world?
That the cascades of Herval has a
Sheei’ drop of 400 feet? That the
ruins of the Incas antedate those of
Babylon? That the Iguazu Falls
are higher and wider than Niagara?
That a million square millions of
territory still await the eye of the
explorer? That the world’s finest
opera house is in Sao Paulo?
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How to end a column
Without prose
And not make it solemn
Nor yet to pose.
THE COLONEL
That question of soil-moisture control has not been answered
by any means.
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Come to think of it, there’s all the difference in the world be
tween a food and a fad.
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There never was a better season than the present for buyers to
do trading in Exeter.
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“What sort of town would this town be
If everyone in it were just like me?”
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Have you noticed what a fine “top” the fall wheat has? We
noticed that some farmei’s are pasturing Ithis crop. *
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About the best business suggestion we have seen is tO' do a
little better and a little more of what we already can do well and
profitably.
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Stop, look, listen. This is the sound advice Tom Exeter is
giving his fellow electors before pre-election bally-ho clutters up
theii’ judgment.
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In nine cases out of ten persistant
headaches are caused by some de
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Burdock Blood Bitters removes
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corrects acidity, regulates the con
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“I gave a thought, and through that thought of mine
He found himself, the man, supreme, divine!
Fed, Clothed and crowned with blessings manifold.”
Are you preparing to winter well? One should give at least
as much care to having his mind function efficiently as a good
farmer gives to the productiveness of his dairy herd.
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A TRUTH FOR THESE TIMES
“England never was made by her statesmen; England was made
by her adventurers.”—General Gordon
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The better times of the last while are not the coming of boom
days for any but the foolish. We had good times a little while ago,
but they were stifled by the greedy and the stupid. Let’s keep our
wits about us.
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A VERSE FOR THESE TIMES
“Let us then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate—
Still achieving, still pursuing—
Learn to labor, and to wait."
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REAL ANXIETY
Churches are sincerely anxious about the conditions under which
mission work is being prosecuted in China, owing to Japanese dom
ination. We know what Japan has done for missions in Korea.
Japan, so far, has accepted Western advantages without western
ethics. Meanwhile the missionaries are carrying on, no matter What
is done with their lives and no. matter how their goods are spoiled.
So far, it looks as if Japan were having everything her own way,
though we comfort ourselves with the thought that many 'things
may not be as bad as they seem. The church lives in the faith that
the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church and that persecu
tion is the inevitable percursor of advance.
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IN THE DIRECTION
While we hold no brief for Premier Hepburn, we wish to ap
prove his policy of attempting to get something done. For in
stance, he is altogether right m his effort to get people to work by
assuring the able-bodied men that they caxlnot reap some other man’s
sowing, that they cannot continually sup another’s boiling.. He is
altogether right in insisting that men cannot get relief who will not
take the jobs offered them. A sane community is sick and tired of
this thing of folk not working unless they get jobs they like to do.
They are even sicker of giving relief that makes the recipients more
comfortable in food, heat and shelter than their fellow citizens who
earn what they can and hustle and scrape through as best they can.
We welcome Premier Hepburn’s sanity in this regard.
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IT CAN’T BE RIGHT
“Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad.” This old say
ing should be written -over the doors of Ithe German government as
they persecute the Jews. It is unbelievable tha't any nation should
be so insane as Germany is in this respect. We hold no brief for
some Jews but we make our protest against the way they are being
treated this hour. Germany’s conduct is one of those offences
against humanity against which the stars in their courses cannot
but fight. Just now Germany will do well to read what history
(beaches in this respect. Surely the majority of the peace-loving,
kind-hearted( courteous, fair-dealing German people do not approve
the conduct of their rulers. -Surely the common people of France
and Britain and Russia and Italy are having their quiet but very
angry thoughts as outrages of unexampled savagery are perpetrated
upon the people from whom civilization received ithe Ten Command
ments and the principles that have been her guide for more than two
thousand years.
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. A CHANGE
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Conditions are changing in the United States. The last elec
tion tells the story of sanity in business and public administra
tion while no 'one doubts the good heartedness of President Roose
velt. In a difficult time he gave heart to his people. Something
had to be done and he acted. But he over-acted. He made the
mistake of putting too- much upon the government and too
little upon the individual. He seemed to- be saying “We’ll let no
one starve ill this country” and failed to acknowledge the justice
of the staement. “He that will not work, neither shall he eat.” Dur
ing the dark days of the slump that men saw for a decade Was in
evitable, he over-did relief-giving and in that way he robbed many
of his people of their business initiative and of their respect. He
made he mistake of over-governing of over paternalism. While his
plan brought relief to many of his subjects, he jeopardized the enter
prise of many of his finest citizens. Under his administra
tion scores of the best men in the republic refused to venture in
business saying to themselves “Under Roosevelt anything may take
place.” He now reeps the harvest of the extremist.
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KEEP STEADY
No one unless actually in the struggle knows anything of the
anxiety and the courage of the men who have kept things going dur
ing the period from which we are apparently emerging. At times it
looked as if we were within an hour of war, Brave men were do
ing tlieir utmost to provide for the gravest contingencies. The
most that the best informed could say was “I will not sa.y that
the situation is not without hope.” Under circumstances so terrible
these men are unafraid, but did their duty as they saw it. Informed
men this hour realize the perils of the times but are carrying on.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER W
They know the possible fatality -of an action open to- a false con*
struction or of a word or phrase that may be twisted into sinister
construction. Meanwhile they must act and speak. They are not
onlookers in a game so portentous but participants.
Out of circumstances so fateful and delicate there seems to be
emerging a better time, a time of understanding and constructive
work. There is more of hope of a better day as this is being writ
ten than there has been for many a weary month. Of course wei do
not know what may happen in a world that looks as if it had gone
crazy, but there is ground for hope that sane men are again taking
the lead and the control. In the meantime let each one stick to- his
guns and gee that no impostor takes the whip hand, We have many
a good shot in our locker.
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GREAT STUFF
The following from Dr. Banting’s address is all gold,
“Sir Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin and Professor #
of Medical Research at the Upversity of Toronto, told students of
Dalhousie University Medical School recently:
“Knowledge alone is not power,” he eaid, “it is thinking that
is power. There is a danger of too ilttle thought and too much
work.
“The idea is the most valuable thing in research. Ideas come
only to the man who asks himself why, and answers the questions
for himself.”
“Knowledge alone is not power.” That is a maxim that needs
to be. over the door of every High School and Collegiate Institute
and University in the land. Especially should it be engraved on
the door of every Sunday School and church from coast to coast.
Banks have failed, farmers have lost their premises and business
men have come to bankruptcy because this teaching has not been
heeded. The impotency of modern churches comes from the same
source. Only usable knowledge used amounts to anything. The
ruin is paved with knowledge. “It is thinking that counts.” Dr.
Banting has beep through the mill. He has benefited the race be
cause he has done a deal of tall thinking.,
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HARDLY CRICKET
Whenevei* there is a surplus of population or an over-abundance
of labour or anything like that in the cities or towns, someone starts
an agitation to get the overplus “out on the land.” The idea is for
these people to secure food and such at a low cost.
We confess we do not see the fairness of such and effort. Why
not “start up” drug stores or haberdasheries or“beauty parlors or
millinery institutions or grocery stores or newspaper establishments
or automobile concerns for such unfortunates? Just now the farm
ers are finding the sledding mighty stiff. Not one farmer in a 1,0'00
this minute is making five per cent, on his investment and earn
ing decent wages for himself and his family along with his invest
ment. Yet men who should know better urge keener competition
for the harrassment of the farmer and his toiling wife.
•Further, farming or landworking for a profit, is about the
hardest commercial proposition anyone can tackle from a scientific
or mechanical point of view, as tens of thousands have found out
to their bitter cost.
“But the big company will stand behind these land adventurers!”
someone protests. That may be so, but does not this make the situ
ation all the harder for the farmer who- must compete with such
subsidized farmers? Why add to the farmer’s already too- great
disadvantages? Why cool the pot to boil the kettle?
Hotson-Carruthers
A quiet wedding was solemnized
at St. James’ Anglican Church, in
Parkhill when Miss Pearl Eileen Car-
ruthers, eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Carruthers, of Stephen
Township, was united in marriage to
Willis Herman Hotson, London, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Hotson, of
Greenway, McGillivray Township.
The ceremony was performed by the
rector, Rev. F. L. Lewin. The bride,
who was given in marriage by her
This outstanding triumph is
proof of quality. Twelve first
prizes In twelve classes, in this
year’s Baby Showsat the Toronto
and Ottawa Exhibitions, were
won by babies fed on ‘Crown
Brand* Corn Syrup,
What better evidence can
there be of the confidence which
Canadian mothers and their
physicians have in the purity
ana quality of ‘Crown Brand.’
A delicious table syrup,
‘Crown Brand’ is a treat
for the whole family.
Tell the boys that pictures of
famous hockey stars can still
be obtained for‘Crown Brand’
Com Syrup labels.
CROWN BRAND
CORN SYRUP
THE FAMOUS ENERGY FOOD
The CANADA STARCH COMPANY Limited
father, was gowned in pale pink lace
net trimmed with pale blue silk crepe
and wore gold shoes and matching
accessories. She was attended by her
sisters, Ruth and Willa Carr-uthers
wearing wine color silk crepe. The
groom was unattended. The wedding
music was played by Mrs. F. L. Le
win. A wedding reception was held
at the bride’s home immediately fol
lowing the ceremony. On their return
from a short honeymoon, Mr. and
Mrs. Willis Hotson will reside in
London.
Making Canada
A Better Place in Which to Live and Work
A Series of Letters From Distinguished Canadians on Vital
Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada
Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
and Addressed to the President, George W. James, of Bowmanville
■LETTER NUMBER 27
Dear Mr. Editox’
You have beexx kind enough to ask
xne to- join with other Canadian citi
zens ixi stating what the weekly news
papers caix do to mak our beloved
Doxninion a better place to live and
and work in.
I believe that these weekly news
papers exercise a far-reaching and
eveix a determining influence in
forming public opinion. They are
close to the people; they caix really
gauge the attitude of the votex’ and
citizens in the problems and politics
of the day. Yoxx possess incalculable
power and a responsibility commen
surate with your power.
1. The first thing you can do—
and for the most part actually do-—-
is to set before youx’ readers a true
statement of public happenings and
a fair commentary theron. Oux* press
is not gagged or "officially-control
led” as it is, alas! ixx some lands. The
press is a bulwark of our hardly-won
freedom and must be kept free.
2. You will constantly tell the
people how happy they are to be cit
izens of a country like Canada, with
wholesome religious and moral, tra
ditions, with healthy educational
ideals, with vast material resUrces,
with high standards of living, still
with opportunities of work and ser
vice. ‘Canada is a country worth
living for, working for, planning for,
sacrificing for. Nothng can hold
Cana.da back in the long run but our
own folly oi’ stupidity. We have re
ceived much; from us much shall be
required.
3. You will urge the widest coop-
cration, of East with West, of city
with country, of industry with agri
culture, French-speaking with Eng
lish-speaking ‘Canadians. Separatist
tendencies and actions and propagan
da must be sfallowed up in unities
that are essential to oui’ continued
national litas and that are not incom
patible with endless variations. To-
Iday, urge the vital need of coopera
tion between all parts of our Empire,
A strong, united, free Empire can
keep the peace of the world and re
strain the aggressor and the tyrant
and the ego-maniac.
4. You will urge oxx a young na
tion inclined to be wasteful the val
ue of conservation both of material
and of human resources. Tell youx’
readers to plant trees, Reforestation
and scientific reforestation are
among the xnost urgent features ixx
public policies. Governnxents must
lead, but individuals caxx follow ox’
even anticipate, Education and so
cial crevices within our financial
ability wll help to coxxserve our hu
man equipment and make it happy
and productive.
5. You will preach confidence to
all our people. We need more con
fidence to all our people. We need
more confidence in ourselves, in oui’
owix power to overcome difficulties
and to make progress. We lean too
much oxx governments. The pioneers
of the past and of the present chal
lenge us to follow in their train. We
need more confidence in one another.
No strong nation caxx grow up in axx
atmosphere of suspicioxx and unchar
itableness. We need more confi
dence in God, the God of Nations
Who has givexx us half a continent
for oui’ inheritance and requires of
us that service which abunlant pos
sessions make possible.
6. You will nevei’ cease to remind
us tliat our national character, made
up of individual characters is the
most important element in natonal
well-being, You can emphasize the
combined value of intelligence, in
dustry and integrity. The true wealth
of a nation lies not in the veins in
the earth, but in the hearts and
lives of the people. Still it is “right
eousness that exalteth a people” and
"the fear of the Lord that is the be
ginning of wisdom.”
I salute the weekly paper with
profound respect and wish it contin
ued prosperity and leadership.
H. J. CODY,
President of the University
of Toronto
STEPHEN COUNCIL
The Council of the Township pf
Stephen nxet in the Town Hall, at
•Crediton, on Monday, the 7th day of
November A.D., 193’8, at 1 o’clock
p.m. All members were present.
The mimutes of the previous meeting
were x’ead and adopted.
The Clerk reported that the ap
plication foi’ the one mill Municipal
Subsidy amounting to $2,740.31 had
been made to the Department o£
Municipal Affairs.
Moved by Mr. Edward Laxnport,
seconded by Mr. Edmund Shapton:
That the folio wing Pay Sheets and
Orders be passed:
Wliliam Rollins, road 3, $62.71;
James Willis, road 2, $'101.43; Law
rence Hill, road 4, $9 8.56; William
Oestriclxer, road 6, $138.52; Edward
Chambers, road 7, $89.70; Joseph
Finkbeiner, road 8, $1153.14; Henry
Eagleson, road 10, $192.73; Henry
Eagleson, road 10, $11.27; Ben Mc
Cann, road 12, $d93.10; Matthew
Sweitzer, road 15, $10.55; Placid
Desjardine, road 16, $16.88; Harry
Isaac, road 17, $5.60; Harold Turn
er, road 19, $19.47; Harold Turner,
road 19S'B, -80c.; John Gill, road 20,
$17.70; William Bowman, road 23,
$19.66; John Klumpp, road 26,
$11’34.0-1; Pay Sheet, road 1, $26.92;
Pay Sheet, road 3, $6.83; Pay Sheet,
road NB, $2.80; Skinner’s pit ex
penses, $4518.88; Huston’s Pit ex
penses, $110.41; Geo. Eilber, Supt.,
salary, $72.9 0; Huston estate, gravel
$■85.45; Russell Skinner, gravel
$'19 3.10; James Patterson, gravel,
$■3 4.50; Fay Sheet, road 24, $21.50;
John Hirtzel, road 5, $89.6 8; Exeter
Times-Advocate, advertising $2.25;
iCora Gaiser, gravel road 21, 30c.;
Joseph Regier, road 111, $8.00; Pay
Sheet road 14, $3.00; total $.2382.-
35.
;F. W. Morlock, postage, $35J00;
Petei’ Mclsaac, burial expense re Ida
Haines $3 8.67; C. Murdy & Son,
burial expenses re Mary McLaughlin
$34.17; H. Eilber & Son, expenses
re Haines and McLaughlixx $5.00;
Mildmay Gazette, non-resident re
lief forms $1.0'0; Canadian Bank of
Commerce, cashing cheques $1.10;
Exeter Times - Advocate printing
$32.95; E. Guettinger, acct, as Milk
Inspector $1.3,00; Dept, of Health,
insulin account $2.00; Township of
Hay, relief re Jackson $8.65; Queen
Alexandra Sanitoriuin, account re
Lochner $3.00; Chas. J. Lochner,
conveyance re Lochnex’ $6.00; John
Appleton, rent re Merner $»2.00; Ed.
Willert, account as Weed Inspector,
$28.75; Earl Shapton, grant, Plow-
mexx Association $15.00; J. H. Dalton
relief re Carruthers, $7.00. Carried.
The Council adjourned to xneet
again in the Town Hall, Crediton,
on Monday, the 5tlx day of Decem
ber A. D., 1938, at 1 o’clock p.m.
HERBERT K. EILBER,
Township Clerk
Whexx a boy washes his ears with
out being told, there is usually a girl
about his own age who inspires his
desii’C for cleanliness.
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