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have their way. Let us
as we enter upon our
situated geographically,
are almost sure to come
Circunistanpes will
not overlook this fact
new era. We are well
International air routes
our way. When nations consider international
trade expediency Canada is sure to be consider
ed. Our situation is of immense advantage but
a trade situation is of little value unless we
have something for airplanes and railroads to
stop for at profit. We have extensive mines-and
forests but these will avail nothing unless mine
and forest products are mined and marketed at
a profit. What concerns this locality is the nec
essity of getting first class farm products on
the market in sufficient quantity to meet for
eign requirements. Lately we have stinted our
selves in Canada, in order that the European
market may taste our farm quality. Let us not
overlook the fact that the European taste in
food products has been considerably refined
during the last three or four years. Further,
the European producers of food have been im
proving tlieir quality. Britain,, too, has been
busy keeping the food world off the mat. Two
wars have taught her how near she is to star
vation and she is very much in the line of grow
ing her own food. She is wide awake on this
point. All of which means that the farmers of
this fair province need to give their farm pro
duction a good deal of first hand study, What
applies to farming is equally in line with manu
facturing. Folk are not going to buy our goods
simply because they like us or for patriotic
reasons. We are but deceiving ourselves if we
think that we are in the foremost ranks to stay
there by loafing while others sweat on their
job. We have a good deal to learn in the way
of salesmanship, and in professional skill. The
average in these matters will need to rise if Wu
are to stay in the running. Here and there we
have first class men but the. average is by nu
means high enough. The day of “anything will
do” has vanished into thin air and we may as
well look to it.
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Returning Men
has been paid to the men
Those
Fitting tribute
who are returning to civil life from our armed
forces. It is right and seemly that this recogni
tion should have been given. In addition we
wish to say something.regarding the men who
are returning to the usual duties of the citizien.
For six years tens of thousands of our men.
women and girls have been on very special
duty. The call thereto is no longer heard and
the cooler and more sequested duties are call
ing to the plow, the office, the factory, the
counting-house. We sympathize with these folk
who inevitably look out upon the world with
bewildered eyes. They and the rest of us are
bound to exercise many a hard pinch. War or
no war, life never is easy. We may as well face
that fact squarely and get to business with all
our might. For one thing the day is past when
the world urges folk to take jobs. Rather, the
world is saying to everyone of us, “Get to work
or else!” Gone, too, are the days of picking
and choosing our jobs. A great many of us will
need to step lively tq get jobs. The world does
not owe any of us a living till we earn it. Un
fortunate will, be the man who says,. “I have
slugged along for a few years, I’ll take a rest
for a while.” As surely as one takes this atti
tude he’ll find that some competent party has
slipped in ahead of him. The soldier who has it
in his head that because he has’ taken a few
months’ course here or there that he is fitted
for journey work he’ll find sharp disappoint
ment coming his way. In the days to come
there will be active demand for competency.
Anything less will be left lamenting,
and civilian alike had better get a
work at it seriously while the getting
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Soldier
job and
is good.
. Nd Time for Napping
Japan and Germany alike Fell the world
very plainly that while they are defeated this
minute that they do not intend to stay defeated.
The danger is that the rest of the world will
not heed their warning. For the Allies to nap
now is for them to invite ruin and that at an
earlier date than We care to suspect. We give
but one hint. Germany ran neck,and neck with
us in the preparation of the atomic bomb. As
Mr» Churchill expressed it, only by the mercy
of God did We win out in the race for that
dreadful yeapon. We should not be surprised
if this minute somewhere in Germany or in
some coVe in Japan that weapon is not perilous
ly near its launching upon the rest of the world,
It is easy to expand our chests and to airily
declare that we have all the materials for the
making of that bomb and’that we have inside
track on the knowledge of its manufacture, but
on what do we base our judgment for this con
fidence? .
We are notorious for our childlike fashion
of telling the world, of our possessions while
our enemies have a way of keeping something
to themselves they scarcely tell to any. Further,
we hare the most engaging way of trying to
turn the world into a lamb and of trusting the
scorched serpent whose fangs remain undrawn.
Along with all this, goes our way of stoning
our prophets as soon as a danger is past,
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The Shift Westward
Circumstances brook no sidestepping. And
the circumstances we have in mind is the shift
of a great many things, including power, west
ward. For one thing, this country is hand in
glove with this mysterious power associated
with the atom. All the world is bewildered with
this new situation.
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The Russian Way
For generations there has been an unwhole
some way of regarding treaties and agreements,
We have been accustomed to comment, “That
is what he said, but what did lie mean?” Again
we have commented, “Those are the words ot
the treaty, but what does the treaty signify?”
Russia is changing all that by acting. W e
heard wliat you said or we have read what you
wrote but what are you doing about it?” Indeed
Russia goes a good deal further and pays prac
tically no regard to words spoken or written
but depends wholly upon what the other fel
low does, That is the only expression on the
part of the other fellow that she sets any value
upon. In other words, Russia sees that conduct
is the whole of human life. The wise old Greeks
made this
years ago
ciple with Japan. While some other people are
sowing the streets ankle deep with ticker tape,
Russia is seing to it that the Japs are well
and really conquered by administering to the.
deceivers a thrashing whose meaning is un
mistakable, After the order was given to cease
firing, the Japs kept on making war. The Rus
sians are showing that two can play at that
game.
discovery more than two thousand
Russia is exemplifying this prin-
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Blundering
We are not at all satisfied with the manner
of dealing with Japan. It must be remembered
that Japan sprang the war on civilization. Civil
ization was not given
negotiate with Japan before the treachery of
Pearl Harbour. Since
there has been the continuous necessity for th#
closest vigilance upon the conduct of the Jap
anese lest they perpetrate some new villi any.
Further the Allies said plainly that they de
manded of Japan nothing short of complete
surrender. Yet the Allies talked peace terms
with the enemy of whom they said nothing
short of complete surrender. It looked as if the
Orient has once more outsmarted the Occident.
It is argued
Japan, that
To this end
leaving the
Now, that w
be to have Japanese leaders run the affairs of
Japan. Some coo away about having the em-
.peror and the other Japanese leaders mere pup
pets who would te"ll the Japanese leaders just
what to do and to say. That wpuld be nice again.
Those astute Japs are quick to see the humbug
involved in such child’s play. It may seem harsh
in the saving but Japan, like Germany, simply
must be made over again or we’ll soon hear
the cannonading of the next war. If trouble
is to be. averted we must begin at the cradle
in Japan and Germany alike and do a good
job of educating in every department of life.
We have lost too much blood and treasure to
rest content with half measures now. There’s
nothing breeds trouble like mistaken kindness.
Better another year’s war now than five years
of war ten years hence.
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considerate
The Allies have treated Japan with genuine
tenderness since the war with that country was
allegedly over. Japan was given all the time
she wanted to sign on the dotted line. Mean
while she overlooked the formality of laying
down her arms and surrendering her ships and.
her army and navy and air equipment.- She was
told to sign.on a certain date but seems to have
replied that she did not find it convenient to
do so, or with words to that effect. Meanwhile
she offered to make an attack in the Allied
fleet but was driven off. At the same time their
armies were fighting in Manchuria, as the Rus
sians well know. Later, “a sharp note” was sent
Japan, the Japanese meanwhile making the best
use they could of rifles and such weapons to
kill more Allied soldiers. Some* people who
know something of the Japanese way of doirig
things believe that Japan is keeping the Allies
at arms length until they perfect some new
weapon or1 wheedle the Allies into disarming
only to pounce upon them after the treachery
exemplified at Peai’l Harbour. Surely we can
not say that Japan is defeated while her armies,
well supplied with weapons, still hold the field.
It is a bad policy to say, “Peace! Peace!” when
actual warfare is in progress!
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an iota of opportunity to
the outbreak of the war
that if things are to go right in
Japanese leaders must be secured,
there was a good deal of talk of
Japanese emperor on his throne,
ould be nice. Even nicer would it
Note and Comment
Thein? s a. large place among the immortals
for the party who shows us how to use the
atomic power for constructive purposes.
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Those sunshiny days are making partial
amends for the clouds of the late spring and
early summer,
•»
1Q YEARS AGO
Three members of the Main
Missio n Circle was honored
Thursday evening last at their
nual picnic at Riverview Park. lA
large group were present, also Mrs.
G. Layton, the honorary president.
An address was read by Miss Mar
jorie Medd to Miss Evelyn Howard,
president, who, has secured a school
at Blind River and she was present
ed with a shower of handkerchiefs.
An address was read by Miss Helen
Dignan to Mrs. T. Moffatt (nee
Eleanor Medd) and Mrs, Gerald
Ford (nee Ruth Balkwill) and the
girls were presented with silver
casseroles.
The interior of the Exeter school
has been redecorated ready for the
fall term, (
The home of the late Mrs. Mary
Ann Jones has been purchased by
Mr. Eric Campbell who gets im
mediate possession. Mr, Campbell
is an employee of the Tuckey Trans
port.
15 YEARS AGO
Exeter will be represented at the
Empire Games that are being held
jn Hamilton this week. Mr. W. E.
Quinn will compete in the one mile
interscholastic event on Friday. He
was close second in the mile run
at the WOSSO meet in London in
May.
The garage at Lucan owned 'by
Mr. Victor ’ Snell, was entered dur
ing the early hours of
morning and about $35.00
was stolen,
Mr, William Sangster, of
has opened a cleaning and
establishment in the
Block.
Mr. R. Cutting, of Shallow Lake,
who has succeeded Mr. Birney as
section foreman for the C.N.R. is
moving with his wife and family,
to Exeter,
Miss Pearl Wood has returned
ater spending five weeks in Toron-
where she took a summer course
music at the Normal 'School,
to
in
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LETTER BOXj
Monday
in cash
Hensail,
pressing
Oddfellow’s
25 YEARS AGO
The annual bowing tournament
of the Exeter Club was held on
Wednesday of last week and was
favored with fine weather and a
large entry, forty-eight rinks being
present, forty-five being from out;
side places. The Free Press
Major Heaman trophies and
sets of prizes were played for.
The Musical Recital given
Lila Sanders and her pupils in the
Opera House on Monday evening
was a decided success. Mr. J. G.
^tanbury was chairman and intro
duced the players.
A German trench mortar arrived
at the Exeter station in Thursday
last, addressed to “The Reeve”. It
was sent by the Canadian authori
ties and was captured in battle in
France. It will be set up on the
Library ground.
On FridaW^afternoon last the
contractor finislied the paving of
Main Street.
50 YEARS AGO
and
five
•by
‘'From the crowded state -of
James Street Methodist Church
some time past it has become a
necessity to enlarge the building.
At a meeting Monday night the
matter was thoroughly discussed
and it was finally agreed that the
church should be made square and
that the interior be of modern and
amphetheatre style.
J. W, Broderick has removed his
general stock into the premises va
cated by Mr. John Matheson, north
■of the Rost Office.
The electric dynamo, used for
operating the street lamps, which
has been in 'Montreal for several
weeks undergoing repairs, was
a-gain set in place last week, and
the lights are now giving good
isfaction..
Mr. James Beer is enlarging
improving hig premises by putting
front addition to his dwell-
the
for
was
sat"
and
a large
ing.
Quite
Monday
cursion _
toba and North-West. Among those
who went were Messrs. Ed., Morgan,
A. Hodgert, J. K. Ehlers, D. Scroe-
der, C. J. Cave, E. Wild, Chas.
Wood, Jas. Miller, Mai, Lamont,
Warren Davis, Percy Cann, -Henry
Cann, Hugh Brown, H. K. Towle,
John Loadman, D. Johns and Robt.
Sanders.
a number left this station
evening on the harvest ex-
to different parts of Mani-
HENSALL SAILOR HOME'
Chief Petty Officer Maurice
Tudor, R.C.N., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Stan Tudor of the New Commercial
Hotel, Hensall, arrived in Hensall
Wednesday of last week, accompan
ied by his wife and little son, Jackie
of Edmonton. Maurice wag attached
to the cruiser Uganda, which dock
ed at Victoria recently.
Modern Machinery
Ends Glamor of
Threshing
The threshing season is here -but
it lacks the old time excitement.
Threshing machines have been im
proved and need fewer men. The
bees have almost disappeared.
They were the means whereby 15 or
20 men exchanged time so as to get
help when their turn came. In
Huron County the wheat and oat
crops are far above the average,
and nowadays the
thresher and binder
grain as it cuts it in the field.
Threshing helped break the mon
otony of a summer holiday for the
boys of the neighborhood. They
combination
threshes the
M n
would go far to meet the outfit and 1
ride on the water wagon when, they I
could. Steam engines, used in those
days, forty years ago, to power the
threshing machines, used lots of
water, and no creek could be passed
by without stopping to fill up the
water wagon. And no water wagon
was ever filled up without the boys
to watch. Sometimes, even 'they
would help.
Two horses pulled with all their
strength to move the ponderous
engine. The first threshing engines
had to be drawn by horses but later
they were improved by gearing the
single cylinder steam engine which
rode on top of a horizontal boiler
to heavy, notched tractor wheels
under the fire .box. The front wheels
steered by means of chains fastened
to a worm and gear under the boil
er and actuated by the counterpart
of the modern auto steering wheel.
The old steam threshing has given
way to the modern gasoline or
diesel tractor. .
The household would be up ear
lier than usual. Later neighboring
farmers came 'with pitchforks. The
thresher would attach the wide
leather belt, to the engine and a
pulley at ..the side of the thresher.
Steam ■ " ~ ‘
would
at the
sheaves
pitched
the opening,
sieve that pushed the shieves inside
to separate straw from the grain.
Other men stood at the other end
of the machine and pitched the
clean out-coming „straw to form a
well-made stack. There were no
blowers on the earlier threshers
and the straw came from the ma
chine on a wide conveyor.
The thresher was paid ten cents
.per bushel, also a fee at every
farm for “placing the thresher”.
For the average threshing of oats
and wheat on a 35 or 40 acre crop,
it took at least two days if the
weather was fair and the separator
didn’t break down.
Threshing meant as much work
in the house to prepare meals for
so many hungry men. Baking and
cooking were done 'over, a large
kitchen wood stove, but there was
always plenty of help as neighbor
women made a bee of it. Some
housewives prided themselves in
the meals they served at threshing
time. Their best china and silver
ware were used; red checked table
cloths made the,, tables gay, .and
delicious chicken,' choice cakes and
pies were served in profusion along
with corn on the cob, a second
vegetable dish, pickles and iifed tea
" But there were some
the threshing meals
the best time to dis-
extra fat pork they'
the family eat, and
'“Mrs. so-and-
Dear Editor:
You may think this rather
strange, but, after eleven years “no
see” my niece, Mrs. Elva Long, of
Detroit, Michigan, formerly Elva
Wuerth', daughter of Alfred Wuerth,
shoe Merchant and a Roaring Lion
of your gay town, called on me, and
although it being a long time since,
I did recognize her at first glance.
It was like seeing an angel from
home and it was a real treat to see
her. She had a very sweet little pal
with her whose name I have for
gotten. I. receive your paper each
week and enjoy reading every word
of it even though it has been many
since I was one of you. It still
me great joy to read
of the old timers.
, Yours very truly,
An Old 'Timer,
Edmund (Ted) Wuerth.
Highland Cedar
FENCE POSTS
LARGE RUN
Sound, Straight and PeeiCd
AT LOWER PRICES
also Lumber and Shingles
A. J. CLATWORTHY
We Deliver
Phone 12 Granton
I gives
. some
about
JOSEPH STEPHENS, KIRKTON,
DIED IN HOSPITAL
would be up and the work
begin. The thresher stood
feeder and pushed in the
; regularly as they were
on the “table” in front of
like a big yawning
by the gallon,
who regarded
they served as
pose of their
coulin’t make
some would remark,
so serves platters of fat pork that
trembles,” and
would say, “It’s
they won’t die.”
considered too
apple sauce or
enough for the
homes neighbor
bovs and hired men.
The threshing whistle blew
and long at noon and at six o’clock.
The long, leather belt would slowly
quiet down and gay, chaff-and-dust
covered men would gather under
the spreading maple behind the
house to Wash their faces and hands
in the tin basins and tubs of cold
water, Then they would sit down
to a well-earned meal. It was their
pay. When it Was their crop to be
threshed, their real remuneration
came.
But today the gas powered trac
tor needs no expert with boiler
papers. The grain feed to the separ
ator is all but automatic and the
blower deposits the straw with no
forking required. A buck-rake like
ly makes stocks and pushes them
x say, um man, he said. “while: Jo the thresher and the farm
you’re about it, you might break housewives feed five or six where
these in for mo.” use(l to ^c ^0,
Smiles . . . . -
Betty: “He's just grand—ruddy
Scotch complexion, smiling Irish
eyes, Grecian nose, 'built like a
Norse giant-—”
Loir “And Roman ’ hands—I
know that >guy!”
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Teacher: “Lot was warned to
take his wife and daughter and flee
out of the city. Lot and his wife
and daughter got safely aWay.”
Student, “What happened to the
flea, ma’am?”
♦ in ■*
father Was marching
at 1 a.m, with a wail-
his arms, when there
The weary
up and down
lug infant in __
came a knock at the door. It was
the tenant from below, carrying a
pair of new shoes.
“t say, old maa/*
*
“K.P., where’ve you -been all
morning?” “Filling the salt shakers
as you told me to, Sarge.” “Yep,
it ain’t easy pourin’ the salt through
those little holes,”
♦ *
He: “See that big substitute ball
player down there on the bench? I
am sure he’ll turn out to be our
best man.”
•She: “Why, you darling! Isn’t
this rather sudden?”
Mrs. so-and-so
only threshers and
Pies and cakes she
much trouble,
syrup .were
threshers. To
farmers sent
so
good
such
tlieir
loud
The death of Joseph Stephens, of
Kirkton, occurred in St. Joseph’s
Hospital, London, on Thursday,
Aug-. 16th. He had been in poor
health for the past 10 years and
his 'death occurred following an
operation. 1-Ie was in his 80th year.
Born at Woodham, he was the son
of pioneers, Mr. and Mrs, William
Stephens, who settled in the Wood
ham area in I86 0. Forty-three
years ago, he was married to Eliza McNeil, who survives. He was a
member of the Kirkton 'United
Church-. Surviving, besides his wife,
is a son, Andrew, of Kirkton;
three sisters, Miss Alice Stephens,
of St. Marys; Mrs. William Mc
Neil, of St. Marys, and Mrs. Alonzo
Knowles, of Woodham, and one
■grandchild, Joseph Stephens. A
(funeral service was held at the
residence at Kirkton, on Saturday
afternoon at 3 o’clock with Rev.
A, Laing, of Woodham, officiating.
Interment was in St. Marys Ceme
tery.
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