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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
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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.”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. ’