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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-03-05, Page 4T •" ,1 THURSDAY, MARCH 5th, 11936,; i .5 AND THEIR died of of the ex­ city stor- first ever «- k ■ ’ -— ......... i'of- badly addled eggs scrambled 'in a MODERN, EFFICIENT BANKING SERVICE,..i.. THE OUTCOME OF 118 YEARS* SUCCESSFUL OPERATION PAGE FOUR NOW SENTINEL g^.l ■0 x ' — X' 7^ 7^ > 1 <5 tE i . CANADIANS INDUSTRIES —AND THEIR BANK , -FISHERIES JIM: “Bill, do you ever get tired of handling fish, fish, fish, all the time?” ' BILL: ”Yes, Jim, but it helps me to keep goin’ when I.think of ithe_thousands of .folk? we’re helpin’to feed!’’ - ------ - JIM: ’’That’s right—fish is important and we’re in a fine big business.” ' ' __ BILL: ’’Wasn’t always big, though. The Chief ” “was tellin* meHffie day abour how this com-— pany started. It seems funny, now. He and his partner figured they would dp a whole lot better' —if they could—keep their bait: fresh for all-year fishin’. They went to. the Bank of Montreal and borrowed on their personal securities to build a cold storage plant, Of course, they soon paid back the loan, because a. lot of folks saw what' a good thing this business was goin’ to be and bought ......... v «ock~in“tLe/compainyrNDwiook arthe-bu?iness!—cheques^ banking by maiL L; But the Chief admitted to me, confidentially, of course, that if it hadn’t been for the Bank-of Montreal, they couldn't have succeeded, and he said it was the same way with a lot of the other fishery concerns”. __ • s, JIM: “A good story, Bill, and I kripw it’s true, because the Chief told me, too. I reckon he tells ■ 'most everybody, because, he likes to talk aboutm his Bank. It’s my Bank, too. I have; a savings' account there.” s ■ ■_____’ ■____j ..............1BILL; ‘’Have you, Jiin? So have I.” ...4 Some of the Bank’s services to the Fishing Indus­ try and its employees; Business chequing accounts; financing of shipments; commercial loans; trade and credit information ; safekeeping .of securities; savings accounts; money; orders; .travellers BA N K O F M O N T R E A ESTABLISHED 1817 • HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL Lucknow Branch :S. D. WHALEY, Manager .•■,.■ I ■ . . • • . . . ,. i BOUNDARY WEST I . Owing to disagreeable weather, the meeting, of the Paramount U. F. y..W*Q.- was postponed from Tuesday, Feb. 18th, to. Wednesday, Feb. *26. Was--held - at: the j’home of Miss Ethel Martin with a~ Very good at-r, ringing the Maple Lebf,, foliowed.4>y? repeating the minutes of the last meeting -were read and adopted. The roll can was answered by New Ideas for this year’s meetings. The March meeting is to be held at Mrs. Grant <\IcDiar- inid’s. There is to be a tart contest, each member to bring six tarts their choice of berry, lemon or butter tarts Anyone not caring to enter the con­ test can bring sandwiches. A prize Is to be given for the best tarts, A' discussion for the preparation of the program for !he Kairshca meet-. “ing followed. The .program consisted of a reading by Miss Ruby Reid; community singing “Just a song at Twilight” arid “There’s a long,-long " trail 'a-winding”; instrumental, Miss Verna Hamilton; humerous^ptfpef^R^9' Miss Ethel Martin; instrumental Mrs. 'Grant McDiarmid; paper, Mrs. Arthur Cooke; community' singing “Old Black Joe”. The program camp to a close with a spelling match with Mrs. Art Cook and Mrs. John Jam ieson as captains, Miss Verna ITam ilton' being the b.est speller. 'Mra Jack Hamiltori moved that a hearty vote of thanks be given to Miss Mat of her home. The by all. singing God and a MAFEKING > • • » — _ ... The funeral-of the late Wm.. Jv Hall was held from his home Tues­ day afternoon, with interment in, Greenhill cemetery. Rev. Wm; Pat­ ton of Ashfield United Church assis­ ted by Rev. C. MacDonald of Luck­ now - Dungannon Presbyterian chur- and .graveside. Mr. Patton' based his rem arks on, the text, Reyv 2,7,. “To. ■him that overcometh wiir i give- to eat of the tree of life, which}, is in the midst of the paradise of God.” He spoke t of the Christian fortitude and patience with which Mr. Hall had borne his twenty-five years of blindness, overcoming the . tempta­ tions which no doubt assailedHiim to lose faith in the kindness and wis­ dom of his Heavenly Father. The sympathy of this community. is ex­ tended to Mfs* Hall and to Messrs. Godfrey and Thomas Hall anti Miss Mary Hall, his brothers and sister. The condition of the roads prevented many from attending the funeral. The pallbearers were Messrs. Rich­ ard Johnston, Ernest Blake, “ Herb. Curran, John Little, Norman Shackle­ ton and Willie Irvin. . Miss Mary Hall and Mr. Ernest 1 Ashfield Council Council met op above date, all members present. The council and Officer? took the bath of allegiance to His Majesty King Edward VIII. •.. Minutes of January meeting was read and approved on motion of Sherwood-—and--McDonald. ■"Moved "by and carried that March 20th be last ^a^terLVpajHH^;'Taxe^'afid';;^ll:i'PaWi:e'fi”; be notified that seizure would be made. • . Relief Officer reported the amount of relief for January was $15.00. The auditors gave their report which was received oh motion of McDonald and Sherwood. > Moved by • Culbert and Sherwood and carried ’ that the’ auditors be paid five dollars each for extra work imposed by the ^government. The following bills and accounts were ^ordered paid on motion of Frayne and McDonald. / W. P. Reed, excise stamps^ post age and . supplies .. $36.25;. Bank of Montreal, rent of safety box $5.00; Clifford Blake, sheep claim $6.00; s. iz:ir Lome MacKenzie, bulbl'''f5r" street Calgary's Perpetual Sunset X ■ --' - BY:—E. X. HQFDS ^pw easterners are aware that at, very- doors ^of the city - of Cal- gairy, lies one of the greatest pil fields in the British Empire. From many points of vantage within the ifiw, the spectacle of the “perpetual Sunset” of Turner Valley, forty pules away, affords .one of^ the specr tabular sights of the district. Its, golden glow, lighting the midnight ^ky like a glimpse. of • the morning, Isup seen through a fog bank, con­ stitutes one of the wonders of which this city is justly proud. It is stated tqat at certain times, ♦when condi- tiphs have been most favorable, the sunset glow of the gas flares in the Turner* Valley field have bben seen two ’ hundred miles distant. \ In this fipld, Calgary finds the chief cause it^growth, and from which she itains most of her fuel. The first real developement of this industry began about t^e year 1912. {»veral men,, sensing its possibili- 3s brought in skill and experience om other fields, and a survey e area was made. The result is investigation culminated in rganization of a company to ilore the stratais beneath the sur­ face, and drilling operations were begun. Along the valley of Sheep Creek the first derrick was built, and after years of; heartbreaking toil the report of the result set the district afire with enthusiasm. —lB-the--ear4y-7falL-of-1914, -oiL-was struck in the old Dingman well, which precipitated one of the most spectacular dil booms in the history of western Canada. Millions of dol­ lars were, invested in “OIL STOCK' most of which were later found to he worthless. “ On reaching Calgary, the—travel^- ler was met at the station’ by a flock of stock salesmen, resembling a reception given a man of politi­ cal* prominence. High pressure sales-, iften w;ere on the job and the unwary soon was parted from- his capitak Speculation was rife, and the was afire with the extravagant ies in circulation. It was the real oil boom the. west ha4 known. 4 . , But gradually the enthusiasm Difficulties encountered in develop­ ment seemed to be. unsurmoimtable. In some /prehistoric age, the - area had been visited by some tremen­ dous upheaval, resulting in a mal­ formation of rock strata made .. profitable drilling almost possible. Tn many oases, the oofiition wps hopeless. . It was soon found that, no ^feils~4ogg^;d’^exactljr alike, .though euTties encountered in one hole diff^ "ereS-' [adjoining. One well might be drilled with? a minimum of cost and delay, while only a few rods distant the hole must be abandoned because it became, clogged w{ith tools, irritriev- ably lost. This, and many other things re­ tarded development for many years. Gradually as wells reached produc­ tion, confidence grew, but advance­ ment was exceedingly slo[w. Not until the year 1925 was the develop­ ment carried on.with the feverish­ ness of the boom days.. From then on, till the peak was reached in 1930 l.fie”growth wad rapid and certain. With the . crash yof Solloway-Mills, Corporation, the industry found the skids , greased again, and millions One of the amazing things ip con­ nection with this field Ss the tre­ mendous pressure that is encoun­ tered. This pressure, at tlfe well head is usually around 1600 . pounds !o the square inch. Those accustomed to steam or air pressure under normal conditions will understand the care needed in handling equip­ ment under such pressures, and the demand ftiF nothing but the best in pipe, tools and fitting. ~ For when a pipe, or 'a fitting fails, as it some-, times . does', the resulting explosion is usually fraught yvith. fatal conser quences. \ , .' . • . From the well head, 'the product is carried /to a “separator” consist­ ing of a large d,rum, 6’ in diameter, by teta to twenty feet in length', fitt­ ed . up with • baffle plates, through which the product is driven by the velocity of the well pressure. This velocity is so great, it brings up from the well bottom, the oil in the form of “wet gas”. . • This .product is then sent through pipes to a scrubbing plant or a re­ finery, in the field or in Calgary. This is not essentially a complete digest of the completed process, but will serve to .indicate something of the process. Most of the wells in the region send.forth a product that is as colorless as spring water.. It functions well in nearly every sort of automobile or tractbf. Millions of gallons have been sold to the trade in cars, and distributed thru out the southernTyart of the prov? ince and into- British Columbia, .and Saskatchewan. Farmers haul. it for hundreds• of miles by truck, .the .pro-, duct taken direct from the. pipes at the well head. In fact most of the tractor.fuel is dispensed to the far-., jners in this way.? But for' it’s high’confenCo^sul” phur which tends to heat a, motor unduly, it is regarded as very good fuel. Another . distinctive . disadvan­ tage is the horrible, odor which ac­ companied if from the,, bowels of mother earth. In the early days it was named ‘skunkum’ ,a name which- has largely lost its meaning.. To give some: idea of thii distasteful odor,, it has been likened, to .tons which inv pro- two KilpWjck, sheep jmlu&r_J^0g^ 5 • , ----• v -------- ----— -—- uunic xuaCn.viiz.ic, uuius xvi avicvl btrBrantfbTd^^ W f^.20;"MuniCrpnrwbridr dog- concrete mixer! As this gasoline is brought the surface, mostly from a ,'depth of 6000 feet below, by the.force of the pressure in natural gas, some­ thing must be done with this gas bi-product. After separation from the gasoline, it is usually piped half a mile or so from the well head, t.here exhausted into, the" atmosphere and^burned. -With so many wells in red) . this tremendous ..amount- ■ ..of: igas.?^emg^exhausted-^ihte--4he -^‘ir. would asphyyxiate every particle of animal life in the region,. Pipelines were laid to Calgary, and- sufficient of this natural gas is brought to this city for fuel, yet millions , of cubic feet are still going to. waste, burned at the .exhdust pipe head, to create the phenomena known as ‘the midnight sun’ or the ‘perpetual set’ as you will. Notwithstanding the - /fact Drumheller, one of the. finest fields in the west is distant from Calgary by less than one hundred miles, little coal is brought:into the city from there. It. is said that^over 20,000 homes in Calgary are heated by this finest of all fuels. Perhapk no city bn this continent, or in the to sun that coal ST. HELENS Mr. .George McQuillin was..a mem­ ber of a team, that represented the O. A. C., Guelph, at the Canadian Intercollegiate Boxing meet held at Montreal last. week. . Mis. Torrance has returned to her home near Lucknow, after spen­ ding the past few months with her son-iif-law and dau'gter, Mr. and Mrs. T. D: A ndergop. Former Resident . Bereaved A. letter received b.y Mrs. Emma Cranston on Friday, contained the sad news of the death of her son-jn- law,. Mr. Dohald McFarJene of Win­ nipeg,' Mr. McFarlene, who was: a' former resident of the Brussels: dis­ trict, is survived by his widow, for-, merly Miss Della. Cranston of ? St. . Helens, and one little son. ’ ' / . ; ' Over twenty ladies gathered at the home of Mrs. Robinson Woods on Friday * afternoon, to . observe the Day of Prayer in common with the .Christian women throughout the world. The program . prepared ■> by Senorita Laura Jarquira of Santiago, Chile, with its theme “On Earth, Peace, good will towards men,” was led by the president, Miss M, C. Rutherford. Others taking part in­ cluded Mesd.ames D. Phillips, Jas..- Durnin, Robinson Woods, Lome Woods, W. I. Miller, W. E. Gordon. An interesting history of the Day of Prayer was read by the president. At the conclusion a pleasant social hour was enjoyed over the tea cups/'. Through the courtesy of Joe’s' Radio Shop, Lucknow, the congrega- tion bf tlie Unit'ed ■Church 'Were priv- ileged to listen in to the King’s broadcast on Sunday morning. In the service that followed, Rev. H. M. Wright continued his series of sermons on “What I believe”, speak­ ing on “I believe in Salvation”. The meeting of, the Y. P. U. on Sunday evening, was in charge of the Christian Fellowship committee, Avith Isobel Miller, in charge. Mrs. Toni Todd read the Scripture lesson and Laurine Miller the Bible charac­ ter on “Stephen”.. The topic “God and ourselves” was taken by Earir Durnin. '■ . Little Miss Caroline ftumphrey, elebrated her birthday On Saturday, ’aroline is one vof the unfortunate., ones whose birthday comes onreb- ruary 29th. and vears ’eged altho she is 12 old, she has only been privi- to celebrate three birthdays. ASHFIELD Friday evejiing, Feb. 21st, theOn Friday evening, Feb. 21st, the imenibers of the Kintail Branch of ohe Women’s Institute spent a very enjoyable evening in Kintail • hall, -A’ith their families and friends. When the -draw,,was made for the -ofa pillow,, it was found that Mr. 'Frank. Hamilton hold the. lucky ticket. The funeral of Mr. John Johnston as. held' in the Presbyterian church, in Feb; 2Jlth, wfien friends and neigh­ bors gathered to pay their last . re­ spects to one who had been a resi­ dent of this part of the community for many \ years. Mr. Johnston was one of our oldest residents, having nassed the four score years. He had been in failing health for some time. We extend sympathy to Mrs; John- . ■’’ton and family. , The sympathy of the community ■s extended to Mr. and 'Mrs/ A. Thompson on the death of their in- /ant daughter. ' ' % ' R. J. Bullen , was called to , Owing to the serious ill­ ness of her father, Mr. M. J. Mac- ?<ay. ' : ;■ . ■ '■ natural gas. Those who have trayelt- ed extensively in foreign lands tell us that Calgary is the cleanest city of its . size in the world. To illustrate, ph cold mornings, sqch as those in the. early weeks ol February of this year, the plumes of twenty thousasd ’chimneys white as snow, climbed straight, upwards into the heavens. It reminded me of the ‘card’ of wool we used to get from the carding mill in Lucknow, fifty years ago; Not a sign of soot (>n pure white snow..Not the sign Or tinge of coal smoke ’anywhere, just pure white vapor sweeping up­ ward, like great Stryams of cotton. Though developement in Turner Valley has been retarded for some years, .mostly by overspcculation, and by advt'Fae legislation, the new Al­ berta government has given favor­ able consideration to a decided mod­ ification of restrictive legislation, and a new period of activity • seems assured. / Jh the. southern, end of the field; the British American Oil company has just laid foundations for a n'ew refinery, .'one which' will absorb the, pioduct of most of the independent %6lls in- that part? of th(. fieM, The- Murcury Oils has had in operation fox a'tyear, a refinery which /fakes, a Ihrgfl percenta/l-p' of the product of Hie centre of the finld . n._ .sent the industryJnto such an_eclipse that only in- recent .months has the old fire been rekindled, and the. fu­ ture of .the field been more assured. Since ^,1930 a steady decline in pro­ gress ha? been traced across the pages of the Valley’s history.1 Short­ ly after the Soloway-Mills incident, the Alberta Government undertook to put into dffect its conservation urogram.* This was? the final blow to the industry. Deyelopement ceased, companies "went into bankruptcy, unemployment stalked through the valley like a stag on a rampage. ~ . It looked as if the word ••-jfinis’ had been definitely written. .. If one has never visited the .fam­ ous Turner Valley, and made a cur­ sory study of its setting and its pos-. sibilities, one is enable to grasp ad­ equately 'the potentialities of it, nor the difficulties with which ’the pioneerj was faced. Having resided in Canary during most of the per- v...o '...-..t.u’s deyelopement, tended the funeral. Before returning to Brantford, Mi;. Hall visited his father, Mr- Thomas Hall of Kincar­ dine, who is confined to the' house, this winter. Willie Taggert and . Richard Kil- week-end at the latter’s home here. . Patrick of Sheppardton * spent the (Intended for last week) t" The monthly meeting of the W. M.S. was held at the home of Mrs. W. Irvin Thursday afternoon, with an good ’attendance, . considering the condition of the reads after a few days storm. Mrs. S. Kilpatrick pre­ sided. After the» devotional exercises ’and • business period; Miss Alice Shackleton gave a very interesting synopsis of John F. Tucker’s book, “Old Ways and New DaVs in Angola, Africa”. A number of Heralds re­ ported on their particular field* The March meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Richard Johnston, .uheh a quilt will be quilted for hos pit.al supplies./ . , ■ Mr. and Mrs% Isaac Cranston en­ tertained a number of neighboring ybuug folk at th.eir home Saturday evening., I ’ /. / Mrs. George Andrew of Lucknow, is-the guest of her son, Mr. Will Andrew and Mrs^ Andrew this week. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. John Blaki»* find Mr. tin for the usp meeting closed Save the King, served. Miss Minnie an extended visit with -fcyla of Toronto, Mrs. W; R; Ferrier and son Garnet spent Tuesday of this .week with the former’s sister, Mrs. Sam . Reid, Mr. Thomas Cook of l.angsiue^ts engaged cutting wood in €he commun­ ity this week. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kempton spent a day recently with Mr. and Mrs .Mel. Irwin, 2nd con. ® Mr. Leonard Webster spent a day this week at the home of Mr. Wm. Hamilton .of the 2nd con. f /' . Mr. Thomas Robb of Amberley has purchased a fine horse from James Webster of <Ashfield. * Mrs. James 'T. Webster and Leonard were visitors over the week end with Mr. and Mrs., James McNain lftnd Mrs. Ernest Blake, were at Ati- lunch- "was Richards has made her-- siste" son tags and supplies. $36.90; Art Cdubtr rtey, relief account $10.00; Samuel Swan, rejgef account $5.00; Wilfred McCarthy, salary as auditor $18.00; Leo Clare, salary as auditor $18.00;- -Treasurer West Wawanosh, assess ment on Girvin drain $79.20; Pedlar People, freight on snow fence $5.85; Charles Congram, widening road $7.60; Herb Curran, salary $9.90; Herb. ’Outran, w.ork of men.$2!0*i By-law No. 3 re expenditure on. highways was duly passed on motion of McDonald and Sherwood. . Council then adjourned on motion of McDonald and Frayne. < C. E. McDONAGH,Clerk. “Can. you serve company?” the housewife when she was the servant. “Yes, mum; both ways.” . ‘ l‘What do you mean?” asked the puzzled one* / ‘‘'So’s they’ll come again, or stay away.” asked hiring burn during ‘the: week-end. Their cousin, Miss Eliza Munroe of- Auburn passed away suddenly Thursday ev­ ening. '■ Miss Mary Hall and Mr. Ernest Hall of Brantford; ate here to at-, tend the funeral of the late Wm. J. Hall. * ; in Calgary during m iod bftf this oil-field’: I have watched the situation with grpWing 'interest. I saw it in jits infancy, when it struck, the .peak of developement, and*. when it took its giddy ta'ilspi^ into the dust; of the depression. I may be pardoned for believing! know something of tlm situation. With this in mind, let m<> briefly state some of the difficulties with ii.cn as those in 'ebruary-. of this year, the plumes .....”■.......................f tb<' ,,entre of lhp ’wwie the Which the bromoter and the driller ..RoyMite maintains one of the finest- wag faced. - . - ■ ’ ' . aw'd' most up-to-date refiners in the “ ountry adjacent to the town of furtfer Valley. . • Investigation is being carried on ■to find new uses for the. wastes of the field. That the vast quantities . d nitlural gas which is now being ' jxhausted into the atmosphere and burned lias commercial bi-products* »f value, has. been the contention of hemists for years. .. Already, the Mercury Oils are manufacturing 'afnp black, and carbon blacks for copyingG^apefs and inks, making' a splendid contribution .to the finan­ cial wealth of the field. Others will doubtless follow, until the wastes of Turner Valley held will be turned into a gain* which in time might ex­ tinguish the fires now existant, and perhaps destroy one of Calgary’s •Jhique spectacles, “the perpetual sunset.” : . ' ' ..." Calgary is hopeful fog the of Turner .Valley. The fact that on- the Vancouver, the Toronto,.and the ♦ f.algary exchanges, Turner Valley stocks are advancing in value, would " '^>c.ate (hat confidence -is returning* lough the levels of 1930 may never he reached, -it is^ffidently 'expect­ ed thAt the industry-,‘will'make a Pood showing injhc very near future, ■J and will enjoy a prosperity not ' known since 1930. February 17thr 1936. ’