The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-02-23, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES^ADVOCATE
BEING ‘ON THE JOB’ ISN’T ALL
You aren’t being paid for squat
ting your body somewhere and stay
ing there.
You aren’t selling your time to
your employer — you are selling
him your ability to do something.
You can put in eight hours on the
job every blooming day and still do
only two hours honest work.
Of course, in every big organiza
tion, there must be regular hours.
There wouldn’t be any organization
if there wasn’t some sort of plan
or system.
But don’t get it into your head
that you’ve earned your wage merely
by being in the works.
'* Being on the job isn’t all. Being
part on the job — putting into it the
best of which you are capable —
studying your particular work anil
trying to improve it -—• devoting not
only time but skill to the task at
hand—- that’s what counts.
‘Clock-punchers are just that and
nothing more. EARNERS are the
BUILDERS—every time.
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Our statesmen are seldom mis
quoted in print — but it is some
times charitable to think they are.
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An orderly person is one who is
mentally well-balanced.
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Many an immigrant boy have built
up big industries employing many
hundreds of workers — some of
whose ancestors came over on the
Mayflower.
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The fellow who buys the cheapest
goods is the least satisfied.* * *
Every time a man puts an idea
across, he finds ten men who
thought of it before he did — but
they only ‘thought’ of it.* * *
MY WAGE
I bargained with life for a penny
And life would no more
How e’er I begged at evening,
When I counted by scanty store.
For life is a just employer
He gives you what you ask
But once you have set the wages,
Why you must bend to the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire
Only to learn dismayed
That any wage I had asked of life,
Life, would have paid.
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Exporation still has many lands to
conquer. Approximately ten million
square miles or eighteen percent of
the world’s land area have not yet
been explored. This expanse is
greater than that occupied by the
whole of North America from the
Panama Canal to the Arctic Ocean.
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The U. C. Chamber of Commerce
states in one of its bulletins: “The
foundation of business is confidence,
which springs from integrity, fair
dealing,, efficient service and mutual
benefit.”
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THE “WHY” OF HENRY FORD’S
SUCCESS
One day, Henry Ford said: “Have
you ever' noticed that the man who
starts out in life with a determina
tion to make money, never makes
very much?”
It was rather a startling question
and without waiting for a reply, he
went on to answer it:
“He may gather together a com
petence, of course — a ifew tens of
thousands ■— but he’ll never amass
a really great fortune. But let a man
start out in life to build something
better and sell it cheaper than it has
ever been built or sold before—let
him have that determination and
give his whole self to it — and the
money will roll in so fast that it will
bury him if he doesn’t loolc out.
“When we were building our ori
ginal model, do you suppose it was
money we were thinking about? Oif
course, we expected that it would
be profitable if we succeeded-—but
that wasn’t in front of our minds.
We wanted to make a ear so cheap
that every family in the United
States could, afford one. So we
worked morning, noon and night, un-
til our muscles ached and our nerves
were so ragged that it seemed as if
we just ccouldn’t stand to hear any
one mention the word ‘automobile’
again.
“One day when we were almost
at the breaking point, I said to the
boys; “Well, there is one consola
tion, nobody can take this business
away from us unless he’s willing to
work harder than we have worked.
And so far” he concluded with a
whimsical smile, “nobody has been
willing to do that,”
This remind us of what Elbert
Hubbard once said along this line:
“Those who never do more than they
get paid for never get paid for more
than they do.”Jft * *
ROAMING IN WYOMING
Away out West in old Wyoming.
Where for homesteads they go roam
ing,
Where the big buttes are in sight,
Where the coyotes yell at night,
Where the air is crisp and bracing.
Where there’s sheep and cattle graz
ing,
Where the antelopes wander out,
Where sage chickens fly about;
Where they’re in their shacks by
dark,
Where the prairie dogs do bark,
Where sage grass and cactus grow,
There is where I love to go,
Where they greet you with a smile,
Where they don’t care ’bout your
style,
Where the hand shake is much
stronger.
There is where I love to wander.
***Mary M. Kennard
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PRANKISH PROBLEMS
Answer to Prankish Problem No.
53 which appeared in this space in
our last issue: The trip was sixty
miles.
Prankish Problem No. 54: A wood
en cube 3 inches along each edge
is painted black. It is cut into 27
small cubes, 1 inch alon geach edge,
but cuts parallel to the faces.
How many of the small cubes will
have just two sides painted black?
fC'orrect answer will appear in this
space next issue).
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If he is destined to be ^General
Manager’ he doesn't get the swell
head over a $2.00 a week raise.
* * *.
Business hint: Other birds are earl
ier in the woods, but'the robin comes
out and advertises.
* * *
Don’t carry around a lot of opin
ions with which to start an argu
ment — because the fellow with
facts Will always have the best of, it.
* * *
SELL EFFECTS NOT ‘THINGS’
Don’t sell pianos — sell home life
and music and pleasant evenings.
Don’t sell clothes — sell personal
appearance and attractiveness.
Don’t sell shoes — sell foot com
forts and the pleasure of walking
in the open air.
Don't sell automobiles — sell tra
vel and scenery and the great out
doors.
Don’t sell life insurance — sell the
feeling of security in the family
circle.
Don’t sell fruit — sell health and
pure blood and a, life without drugs.
Don’t sell furniture •— sell a home
that has both comfort and refine
ment.
Don’t sell books — sell the joys
and profits of knowledge.
Don’t sell candy — sell happiness
and the pleasure of taste.
Don’t'sell printing —r- sell the pow
er of publicity.
Don’t sell theatre tickets — sell
forgetfulness and amusements and
romance and adventure
Don’t sell toys — sell gifts to make
the children happy.
Don’t sell membership tickets in the
Chamber of Commerce — sell the
pride and prestige of being an emi
nent citizen.
Don’t sell advertising — sell a
short cut to more sales and more
profits.
Don’t sell ‘Things’ — sell ideals,
feeling’s, self-respect, Home Life and
Happiness.
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RED TAPE
Happy the organization whose auditors’ reports are dull,
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Spain is having the option of British bullion or Italian bullies.
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That syrup made from the first flow of sap has a deliciousness
all it’s own.
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Thos rabbit drives make for nimble rabbits and hardy and ob-
servant youth.*♦
Oh, well, things soon
will soon be home,» * *
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will
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be
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moving here. Mitchell Hepburn
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When policitians spar for positions, the country is liable to be
knocked out.
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50 YEARS AGO
188!)
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The weather man keeps a number of tricks in his pack. We do
not know what they are till they are played.
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' Late Feruary and early March snow storms kick a lively shindy
while they last, but the sun smiles knowingly, meanwhile.
The Exeter groundhog is grateful to the folk who sent him a
donation of succulent clover and some choise pease ensilage.
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No longer can the law hide behind its dignity, religion seek
safety in its sanctity, or the state seek refuge in its dignity.* *******
Something’s wrong. A whole week has
having anyone tell us just how this good old
run.
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passed without our
Dominion should be
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Mussolini and Hitler in chorus
fighting. We’ll take the spoils.”
looking on.
* * $ *
We came across a farmer
iO
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to Franco
course
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one fine
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“You’ve done the
France and Britain are
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day as he brought in
from his pit some ripe, red and rosy Spy apples. For real crispiness
and juiciness they left nothing to be desired.
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A Hitler and his friends make their pie crust promises, John
Bull says, and acts, “If you’re bound to play an expensive game, re
member that we are old hands at that very thing.”
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We have just heard of two women’s’organizations that respond
ed to the roll call by answering the question, “Why did I not vote
at the last municipal election?”
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Mussolini is stating openly what his actions have implied for
many a day, namely that he is bent on domination of the Mediter
ranean Sea and possession of Gibraltar.
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■Sometimes we wonder why Britain does not start the other
European nations guessing. Then, again, we wonder if that is not
the very thing she is doing, tit may be that she carries out this
policy in a quiet way rather than in a noisy way. She counts on
winning in the last stage, an important stage in any affair, by the
way.
February 28,
John Gill, operator,
spending a short vacation with his
friends in Exeter.
Herb Elliott, mail clerk on the
L. H. & B. dropped off at Exeter,
for a few days this week.
In the Exeter Council minutes it
wag moved by T. McCallum, second
ed by T. Carling, that signs can-*
tioning drivers and teamsters against
driving over the sidewalk at Central
Hotel at a faster rate than a walk
be placed in conspicuous places at
that point, and that persons found
violate such notice, shall be punish
ed according to by-law.
During the year 1888 Mr. W. J.
Carling, local agent of .the C. P. R-
sold tickets to the amount of $2,000
to passenger^, principally ffor the
Northwest.
Mr. Richard Blatchford, who has
recently come to town from Usborne,
last week purchased a parcel of land
lying directly south of the Main St.
Methodist Church.
About twenty-five of the employ
ers of the late firm of Samwell &
Pickard, surprised Mr. Samwell, the
retiring partner last Monday even
ing and presented him with a hand
somely illuminated engrossed ad
dress, beautifully framed. A very
pleasant evening was spent, many of
those present not having met one
another foi* years.
The Canadian Pacific railway ex
hibition car, filled with products
of the Great Northwest arrived in
Exetei* on Monday last and remained
on a side track during the day.
Selves-Kirk-On February 26 th by
the Rev. D. A. Moir, at the Methodist
parsonage, Woodham, Mr. John Sel
ves, of Fullarton, to Miss Grace Kirk
of Kirkton.
Kirk-Selves-At the Methodist par
sonage, Woodham, on February 26th
by Rev. David A. Moir, Samuel Kirk
Esq., of Usborne, to Miss Mary Sel
ves, of Fullarton.
Kelland-Miller-At the residence of
the bride’s father, Hensail, on the
13th inst. by Rev. J. S. Henderson,
Mr. J. Kelland, of Exeter, to Miss
Maggie, daughter of Mr. David Mill
er.
of Buffalo, is
25 YEARS AGO
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“THE FOOLHARDY CLIMBER”
The foregoing is the heading of an article teling us of 100
deaths in the Alps. The article remifids us of the old saying of
fools rushing in where angels fear to tread. Those dead climbers
went where they had no business going. Guides would have told
them to keep out of certain regions, but what cared these foolhardy
ones for tire voice of experience? They were super somethings or
other. Their own impulses were their guides. They preferred a
grave to a groove and got their choice.
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TOO MANY FIRES
Almost every day we are informed of disastrous fires breaking
out endangering life and property of innocent parties. At the end
of the report of the catastrophe we hear such words as “the cause
of the fire is unknown.”
These calamities are altogether to be regretted. The public
have a way oLregarding those fires with suspicion and anger. Very
often we hear some informed persons saying “Somebody has been
asleep at the switch.” Some piping has been defective. Somebody
has been smoking carelessly where he should not have been smoking
at all, or proper precautions have not been observed in regard to fire
or lighting oi* wiring. Fires don’t just start by themselves.
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WE DID IT OURSELVES
We were talking with a member of parliament some time ago.
“The cost of runnink this country is mounting too fast,” we sug
gested. “You never said a truer word” .he replied. “But what are
we to do about it?” Every day, before 12 o’clock, we have depu
tations here in parliament making requests, supported by largely-
signed petitions asking for money which, if we granted, would mean
that we open the Dominion’s strong box to the tune of a million a
day. With every request a pistol is virtually held at our hearts. In
the main, these requests ar made for things worth while, to get in
their aggregate they amount to tremendous sums, every cent of
which must come from the wealth of the taxpayers. What would
you 'have us do with the people’s demands?”********
INVENTION NEEDED
Canada finds that she needs more consumers for her wheat crop
would be all the better of 'discovering more bread eaters who
afford to pay for their food. But as all the nations in the world
She
can
who can do so are already .producing a large portion of their own
meat, there is no encouraging outlook in that direction. That is
why we say that there is a keen demand whereby wheat may be
manufactured in various ways and put various uses other than those
of food. Dr. Carver of the Tuskagee Institute long ago demonstrat
ed the various and .profitable uses to which the humble peanut may
be devoted. .By doing so, he saved the day for the Southern farmers
of the United States. Still others are showing what may be done
with the Soy bean. 'Careful students have done a great deal in the
way of wheat’s overcoming frost and rust and kindred wheat foes.
Can not something be done in the way of manufacturing wheat into
furniture, parts of machinery, building material, paper and articles
that will meet the needs of the race? Let us hope that there is
some way. We’d like to hear from the O.A.C. and Our universities.
We are encouraged to believe that relief of some sort will be found,
believing as we do that necessity knows no law. Where there’s a
will there’s a way, as our copy books used to tell us. We have every
confidence that for Canadians to see a .problem is for them to find a
solution thereto. „
Obstinate
Coughs and Colds
Some coughs and bolds seem hard
to shake off; stick right with you m
spite of everything you do to get nd
of them. „ ... ,These are the kind that are dan
gerous. The kind that stick, .the
kind that develop into bronchitis,
the kind that may end in some
serious trouble.
Get rid of the cough at once by taking Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine
Syrup before matters get too serious.
Tlio T. Milburn Cd,, Ltd., .Toronto, Ont,
A colonel was transferred to a
new command. On reaching his
station he found stacks of useless
documents accumulated in the files
of his predecessors, so he wired to
headquarters for permission to burn
them, The answer came back: “Yes
burn them, But make copies first!”
* * *
Some look out a window
And see solitude and dearth,
Others look out the window
And see an enchanted earth.
THE COLONEL
IT’S UP TO YOUTH
We say again that it’s up to youth to state its desires, to make
known its plans, to let the rest of us know its programme. It’s not
sufficient for youth to say that things are wrong. They should tell
us what things will be like when they are set. right, according to
their conceptions. It is the privilege of youth to tell the world that
the political and ecclesiastical machinery of the world is out of gear
altogether wrong, but it is its further obligation, having dealt out
its criticism, to show what is wrong with it and what should be done,
both forthwith and remotely. It should not only tell of the goal
desired but of the steps to be taken to reach that .goal. Especially
should it indicate the first step. Youth in its meritorious eagerness
to get the political, ecclesiastical and social and moral aspects of the
world properly energized and adjusted should tell something of how
these great 'forces are to be set agoing satisfactorily.
It is up to those who would set the world wagging as it ought to
tell us of the first thing to be done. There must be a first practical,
constructive step and those who would make things better are ex:-
pected to state What that step is and to indicate the solid ground
upon which it may be taken. Youth is quite right in saying that
things ought to better in every department of human activity. An
interested world is asking what is to be practically done about it.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY £8,. 1939
Every Farmer and Gardener should have our Ur
, , 1939 Seed and Nursery Book. It includes full
Information on the world famed Cannells* Boot Seeds for Which we are sole North-American distributors* Write today*
DOMINION SEED HOUSE, Georgetown, Ontario
WARNING TO TURNIP GROWERS
London, Norfolk, England, Feb. 1st, 1338,
It has been brought to our attention that ‘certain
Ontario Seed Firms, other then Dominion Seed House, have been offering Turnip Seed purporting tp be
“Cannells' Purpip King”, This 18 to notify you that
seed? of our growing are available on the North American Continent only from The Dominion Seed
House, Georgetown, Ontario, or their duly authorized agents. For .your protection, all our seeds are sold In sealed packages only and bear thia signature.
Measuring Rods
To Guide Farmers
Tested Recipes
February 26, 1912
Word has been received that D. C.
McAllister, of Montreal, is in Paris
financing a new radial which is pro
posed to build from London via
Parkhill, Grand Bend and Stratford.
Mr. and. Mrs. Marshall Stewart,
who have been residents of Qrystal
City, visited with their grandmother,
Mrs. Wm,. Cudmore last week, leav
ing Friday for Seaforth, where they
intend making their future home.
The prize winners at the Carnival
on Monday evening were as follows:
humorous costume, Gerald Hurdon;
original costume, Miss Maud Rollins
and Winnie Huston; old maid, Jes
sie Manson; graceful lady skater,
Miss Maud Rollins; potato race, Da
vid Ross; barrel race, Trueman El
liott; open race Dave Ross.
Mr. John A. Gregory, of Toronto,
who recently returned from a trip
to Europe arrived here Monday to
visit with his mother.
15 YEARS AGO
Miss Stella Gregory of the teach
ing staff of the Brantford Collegiate
Intsitute, has been forced through ill
health to give up. hex* position and
on Thursday entered the Brantford
General Hospital for a complete rest.
Mr. Ed. Harness and family, who
have been living in Windsor for sev
eral months, intend returning in a
couple of weeks to Exeter to reside.
The young ladies of Exeter and
district to the number of thirty or
more, who are taking a special
course in dressmaking, millinery,
cooking, etc., undei* Miss Edith Hop
kins, of the Women’s Institute de
partment, Toronto, are taking a trip
to London to see the new University
of Western Ontario, the War Mem
orial Children’s Hospital and other
interesting places.
A screech-owl in some unaccount
able way gained entrance to the
Trivitt Memorial Church some time
last week and remained over for the
Sunday services attracting consider
able of the congregation’s attention
in the evening.
CERTIFIED SEED WHEAT
The Canadian production Of regis
tered and certified Seed wheat in
1938, while varying in the different
provinces, was for most kinds larger
than in 1937, the Plant Products Di
vision of the Dominion Department
of Agriculture reports. In Manitoba
and Saskatchewan alone, the supply
of registered and certified grades of
rust-resistant wheat was estimated
at 1,867,000 bushels. In addition,
there was an abundance, of No. 1
commercial seed, mainly of the
Thatcher variety. Other commercial
Canadian supplies of seed were:'re
gistered grade 844,429 bushels; cer
tified grade, 475,000 bushels.
Encouraging progress has been
made towards the establishment of
standards as applied to agricultural
products during the- past decade.
Wheat, apples, beef, eggs and many
other farm products are described
by a grade which has became known
tp those who produce or use these
commodities. This progress has been
of value not only in the commerce of
these commodities but to farmers of
increasing their returns.
Farmers, and the public generally
are more familiar with the standards
of measurement for units of farm
products than with standards per
taining; to the whole farm. It is true
that farm revenue comes from the
sale of a multiplicity of products but
the factor of greatest importance to
the farmer is that of taking in suf
ficient net revenue from the com
plete business to provide the desired
living standard for himself and his
family. It matters little from what
product or group of products this de
sired net income is secured.
Use has been made and will con
tinue to be made of several useful
farm management measuring rods
based upon physical quantity such as
milk production per "cow, eggs per
hen, and yield per acre. As farmers
live less on farm products and more
on cash income than formerly, new
standards for rating farm manage
ment are required. These mayi be
learned by a study of a large number
of farm account records. The farm
management study of 780 dairy
farms in Ontario, the first year of
which has recently been completed,
provides many suggestions in
connection. Two’measuring rods
determined, are cash receipts
cash .expenses per crop acre.
The average cash receipts per crop
acre, for the eight whole milk mar
ket zones, ranged from $28 in the
Owen Sound, Peterboro, Ohsawa area
to $43 in the North Bay-Sudbury
zone. The cash expenses per crop
acre for the same zones, ranged from
$122 in the Owen Sound-Peterboro-
Oshawa zone to $29 in the Sudbury-
North Bay zone. In the Eastern On
tario cheese zone, the average cash
receipts and expenses per acre were
$22 and $16 respectivly. For West
ern Ontario, the figures were $31
and $21 respectively. These new
measuring rods many serve usefully
as a basis of planning or rating a
dairy farm business.
CANADIAN CODFISH SCALLOP
WINS FRIENDS
How Good It Tastes on a Cold
Winter Evening
The ground is powdered with white
new-fallen snow there’s a crisp tingle
in the air, with the appetite runs
away with itself, That’s the time
to bring out your hearty main, dish
es, good stick-to-the-ribs meals, that
build energy for cold days. Just try
this Canadian Codfish Scallop and
see how well your family1 like it, and
hear them ask for it again and again
Canadian Codfish Scallop
cup Canadian Codfish
pimiento chopped (optional)
eggs, well beaten
this
thus
and
1
1
2
Pepper
2 cup mashed potatoes
2 cups milk, scalded
2 tablespoons butter
Salt (if needed)
Flake* the codfish very fine, and
parboil. Drain. Add to mashed po
tatoes, and mix in the pimiento. This
may be omitted if desired but it adds
a touch of color and a spice of fla
vour that makes the dish outstand
ing. Add the milk and beaten eggs
and butter. Beat until very light.
Season well with pepper and taste for
the mixture may need a little salt.
Grease a baking dish and fill with
the mixture. Bake in a moderate
(3 50 F.) oven for twenty.minutes.
This makes a splendid main dish.
It should be accompanied by4 a green
vegetable, and some of those sour
mixed pickles you put up last fall.
Little curls of hacon can be served
with it, and follow with a raisin and
cocoanut pie. Most of the time you
think of a raisin pie with a double
crust, but do try it with a meringue
top and shredded cocoanut, toasted
to a delicate golden brown.
Wise Guy: And the maiden’s cry
on the Nile was “Egypt me!”
* * *
She: “But, seriously, doesn’t your
wife object to our being seen to
gether so much?”
He: “M-m No. What worries her
is when we’re not seen, you know.”
Why not buy a cheap, second
hand lawnmower to loan to the neigh
bors this spring?
Over 1.000.000 deposit accounts .
Th* lorn In which
t*ba«c® can he
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Established 1817 ... 121 Years of Successful Operation
Experienced, Conservative, Modern Management
“What,” queried the unsophisti
cated youth, “ is the best way to
find out what a woman thinks Of
I you?”
“Marry her,” replied the Exeter
sage, “then whit a few days.”
THE STRENGTH of A BANK
is determined by its history, its policy, its manage
ment, and the extent of its resources. For over 121
years the Bank of Montreal has been in the fore
front of Canadian finance.
BANK OF MONTREAL
Exeter Branch: W. H. MOISE, Manager
of Montreal- An Outline of t« History’’*’*'/ "Services of the Bank of Montreal*
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