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THE
LUCKNOW SENTINEL
Published every Thursday morning
at Lucknow, Ontario.
A. D. Mackenzie, Proprietor
and Editor
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1923.
BASIK. OF HAMILTON
LDcKROW BRANCH—J. A. Glennie. Manager
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WAR ON THE
“MUTTON HOUNDS”
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ROBT. A. SPOTTON,
Lucknow, Ontario.
Until we are permanently settled,
gee W. J. Douglas
Lucknow L. O. L.. No. 428, meets in
their lodge room every second Tues
day of the month at 8 o'clock p.m.
W.M., H. M. Parker; Rec. Sec’y.. Wm.
McQuiliin.
So numerous have the “mutton
hounds” become in Bruce Twp. and
so great has been the death rate
among the sheep herds of Bruce
owing to the depredations of these
killers that the Township Council are
offering a reward of $10 for ever clog
destroyed in the act of worrying sheep
says The Port Elgin Times. At al
most every session of the council, one
or more claims are handed in for
sheep killed by dogs and the money
leaking out of the Township exche
quer as a result is causing no little
alarm to the municipal financiers.
When a farmer loses a sheep by
the dog-worrying route, instead of
arming himself with a musket and
vowing vengeance on the death-deal
ing canine, as was the custom of
the pioneers, he simply valuates the
deceased mutton and hands in a
claim to the municipal council and
leaves that body to do the cussing
of the dog. With a bounty placed on
the heads of the sheep-killers the
council has a hunch that more than
one of them will be wiped out. The
council ask that special effort be
made to get the license tag of all
dogs so killed so as to find the own
er, who will be held responsible
for the reward. From now on a dog
that so much as barks at a sheep in
Bruce Twp. will run a great risk of
having a bunch of hot lead discharg
ed after it and if Bruce’s aim is true
paying bounties for dog-hides will
be routine business for the Township
I §pun?il fsj? to §ome.
V
THE EMPTY SEATS
IN THE CHURCHES
The unoccupied seata in churches
is a subject to which reference is
frequently made by ministers of all
denominations, and recently the emp
ty seats was taken as the subject of
a whole sermon by a local clergy
man. The subject, announced in ad
vance, excited a good deal of interest,
and on the occasion there were fewer
empty seats than usual.
The subject’ was “catchy” and drew
hearers because of the general recog
nition that the old-time interest in
church services is flagging—a recog
nition mingled with the apprehension
that the change is not for the best.
So the people went to hear what
might be said on the subject.
A modest minister may feel that
the falling-off in attendance may be
due to his own lack of ability to
make the service as interesting as
services used to be, but he has only
to look about to see that all churches
of. every denomination are in ithe
same predicament as his own. In
deed the ministers of today are bet
ter equipped, and no doubt are quite
as good men as were the ministers of
forty years ago, when men and wo
men would walk long distances to
church, and would be much concern
ed if weather or any unexpected in
cident prevented their attendance.
Little did folk think in those days,
as they trudged along the rough
roads, making as many short cuts
as possible, that, when roads were
better and “horseless carriages”
made travel much easier, attendance
at church services, instead of increas
ing, would greatly decrease.
The change, of course, is not due
to physical causes. It is much easier
for people to go to church now than
ever it was before. The cause is
psychological, and it is general. The
trouble is not with this individual and
that one; and the explanation is not
because the day is wet or it looks
like rain, nor because the people are
tired. What is lacking is the incen
tive. People do not feel that they are
doing anything wrong if they don’t
go to church, and if instead they go
elsewhere.
Those who still have conscientious
scruples about remaining away from
church service on Sunday are dis
posed to blame the younger genera
tion. But the question may well be
asked: How is it that the older gen
eration did not instruct the younger
in the way it should go? The older
generation, no doubt, did what it
could, but there was at work an in
fluence, or' influences, stronger than
theirs. It is something involved in
what is called human progress.
Counter attractions and thje many
things which may now - occupy the
mind and attention has much to do
with the change. In days gone by
there was little else to do on Sunday
but go to church, and no doubt, many
of the young folk went, there because
of the social attractions. They were
looking for a “pass-time”. They still
look for a “pass-time” and they find
one more to their liking, at the lake
shore or in the neighboring town,
and the automobile enables them to
go there. Sunday becomes a holiday
for recreation and an enjoyable time
rather than a day for worship.
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ALBERTA MINERS STRIKE TOO
Just as Ontario folk were begin
ning to believe that they had found
in Alberta coal a means of relief
from the bondage of the Anthracite
miners and mine-operators of Penn
sylvania, we read that the miners in
the Drumheller coal mines of Alberta
have gone on strike. This is the very
mine from which 'the Alberta coal
has come to Ontario. Not only have
these Alberta miners gone on strike
and quit work but they quit work in
violation of their contract and with
out permission from the head organ
ization. It is said that if they don’t
go back to work they will be
treated as were the miners of Cape
Breton—that is their local union will
be deprived of their charter by the
general organization — the United
Mine Workers of America.
The incident goes to show that coal
miners and mine operators are much
the same whether they are in hard or
soft coal mines, in the United States
or in Canada. Like conditions breed
like troubles.
The miners, perhaps, are no worse
than other folk. The trouble they
make is due to the position they oc
cupy. It is a danger that comes with
the specialization of industries. When
a comparitively small body of men
are supplying a large mjmber with a
necessary of life they sooji become
autocratic and domineering. The own
ers and workers of coal mines have
the people of this northern country
at their mercy, and their ever-in
creasing demands is but their way of
exacting “all the traffic will stand.”
As yet there appears no solution
of the fuel problem and it likely will
remain a serious one for years to
come.
THE MOST POPULAR SPORT?
When the history of our time is
being written a few hundred or a
few thousand years hence a chapter
may well be devoted to what appear
ed to be the most popular entertain
ment of the early 20th century, name
ly man-fighting. Bull-fighting, dog
fighting and cock-fighting have be
come much discredited in what are
called civilized communities, but man
fighting seems to grow in popularity
on the American Continent where, it
is said, civilization has reached its
highest point.
The crowd at the Dempsey-Firpo
fight staged at New York on Sept.
14th numbered about ninety thou
sand and must have been about the
largest assemblage of human beings
that ever gathered to see a sporting
event. The admission fees ranged up
to $150.00 for seats close to the ring
side and the c/owd paid in all about
one million five hundred thousand
dollars to see the fight. Besides, re
port of the event was broadcasted, by
radio, so that the words spoken on
the platform and the cheering of the
fans was heard all over the continent,
and there were eager listeners every
where. It is difficult to imagine any
other sport or entertainment event
which would enlist the keen interest
of so large a number, draw such a
crowd or bring in so much money
Of course, the event or the crowd
that witnessed it cannot be taken as
representative of the people at large,
aor of our time; and we must not
assume that all who were there were
of the “rough-neck” variety. Many
were there who readily give liberally
of their means to charity and to
movements calculated to promote the
good of mankind. And there were
others among the spectators and a-
mong the listeners, who are very civ
il and worthy people.
The rarity of such an event (su
preme in its line) has much to do
with its popularity. Should heavy
weight championship contests become
every-day affairs the great majority
of folk would turn from them in dis
gust, and in all probability adverse
public sentiment would demand that
they be stopped.
The bout was quite a big business
venture a one million five hundred
thousand dollar turnover. Apart from
the preliminary arrangements i t
involved the preparation of the huge
arena capable of seating about one
hundred thousand people; the pre
paration of the public mind so as to
insure a crowd, the preparation of
the two principals, who recruired a
month’s scientific training, and the
cleaning up of the whole vast busi
ness.
And with all this the central per
formance, to see which many had tra
velled thousands of nines and paid
$150.00 for admission, lasted less
than four minutes. This, of course,
was a disappointment, but those Who
paid were willing to take the chance.
We take for granted that the bull
fighting—the popular sport of Spain
and Mexico—is a mark of barbarism.
One wonders what folk in countries
where there are no pugilists think
of this sport in which men are dazed
and knocked down by -blows on the
jaw or neck, or paralysed by punches
over the heart or stomach.
WILL THE SMALL BANK
SURVIVE?
(Toronto Saturday Night)
There is a feeling in some quarters
that the day of the small bank is
passing and it is inevitable that soon
er or later they will be swallowed up
by the larger organizations. Small in
relation to our banks is a compara
tive term. As a matter of fact we
have no small banks when we com
pare our financial institutions with
those of the United States. With a
paid-up capital of two, three or four
millions, with ample reserves and to
tal assets ranging from twenty to
seventy millions, our “small banks”
are really not small at all. No “small”
banks in Canada ever went to the
wall by reason of its size. The size
of the Home Bank had nothing to do
with the fact that its doors are now
closed, and the same may be said of
the Farmer’s Bank, which was wreck
ed mainly through the Keeley Mine,
which to-day, under other manage
ment and further development, is one
of the world’s great silver producers.
The Ontario Bank went to the wall
by reason of reckless Wail Street
gambling, while in the case of the
Ville Marie Bank a thief of a man
ager and an old man in his dotage
acting as president, were the contri
buting causes of its failure. In the
case of the Merchants’ Bank, which
was by no means small, it appears to
have been an instance where the till
was open to a pack of gamblers on
the one hand and unstable business
on the other.
In regard to the suspension of the
Home Bank it appears certain from
what is now known that this insti
tution assumed top-heavy obligations
in lines of business that were to say
the least speculative. Loans of a size
that were out of accord with its com
paratively small capital stock and
smaller reserves were made, and
these have gone bad on its hands.
Had the Home Bank continued busi
ness on a conservative basis, showing
proped judgement as to the exteiii
and spread of its loans there is no
reason to believe that it would have
met with serious reverses. Its size
had little or nothing to do with its
fate.
The small bank unquestionably has
its uses, and deserves to survive.
Banks with a million or two paid-up
capital and proper reserves might
well confine their business to a given
locality, as do the banks in the Unit
ed States and as does the City and
District Savings Bank, which for gen
erations has served its Montreal cli
entele in its own field. In banking as
in other activities the human equa
tion is too often lost sight of. Men
make or break banks as they do other
business institutions, and too often
may it be said, they handle the funds
of the bank as if it were their own,
in place of it being the property of
the depositors, placed with them in
trust.
GREATER PROTECTION NEEDED
AT CROSSINGS
Ontario Motor League to Approach
Dominion Railway Board
•Railways are not going to be al
lowed to put the bulk of blame for
level-crossing fatalities on reckless
driving of motorists and refuse to
take any further safety precautions
themselves, if the Ontario Motor
League can change existing condi
tions.
At a meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the O.M.L. held last week,
it was unanimously decided to appear
before the Dominion Railway Boarc
and ask that a survey be made of
every one of the thousands of leve-
crossings existing in the Province
with the object of rendering then
safer for highway travel.
A similar survey made under the
direction of the State Railway Com
missioners in the‘State of Califiornia
proved that at least ninety per cent ;
of the level crossings in existence
there would be rendered less danger
ous by improving the approach.
It is contended by the O.M.L. that
there are thousands of level cross
ings throughout Ontario which, ow
ing to obstructing trees and bushes,
high board fences o r protruding
banks, are a source of peril to all
who have to cross them, and esneci-
ally so in the case of motor travel.
The O.M.L. concede that at the
present time the railway companies
and the public could not stand the
expense involved in abolishing all
the dangerous level- crossings in the
Province, but at the same time con
tend that at a nominal outlay which
would be involved in removing ob
structions to the view of approach
ing traffic the present high mortality
rate could be very considerably re
duced.
Action Long Delayed
This matter was taken up with the
Dominion Railway Board by the O.
M.L. some considerable time ago and
although action was promised, prac
tically nothing was done. As a re
sult, the number of accidents occur-
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ring at these crossings has increased
at a most alarming late and the rail
way companies have now started a
campaign against reckless driving of
chicles. The League, while admitting
hat there has been too much reck-
essness displayed by certain fool
•ardy drivers, and while being only
oo glad to co-operate with the rail
ways in a campaign against the high-
■ dangerous practice of attempting
o beat a train, does not agree that
- lis is the main cause of the increase
f railway crossing accidents.
In this regard the League will seek
o have warning signs placed at a
renter distance from crossings than
s at present the case, and if neces
sary will seek the enactment of the
necessary legislation to bring this
about. These signs were placed by
the railways almost on the very bor
der of crossings in the days when
horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians
constituted all the highway traffic and
practically no change in this regard
has been macle since the advent of
250,000 motor cars in this Province.
A horse could be stopped within a
very few feet when the driver be
held a danger sign, but a motorist
travelling at 25 miles per hour would
find it almost impossible to stop in
time when suddenly confronted with
a sign. In the opinion of th O.M.L.
these crossing signs should be mov
ed several hundred feet from the
crossing in order to allow the motor
ist who sees it to have ample time
to stop in safety. - -
JUDGE KLEIN Fl 4CK HOME
Judge Klein arrived home last
Thursday after spend: ng a couple of
weeks at Battle Cieek, Mich. His
Honor states that there were no less
than fifteen hundred guests and pa
tients at the Sanitarium, most of the
countries in the world being repre
sented in the cosmopolitan crowd.
In conversation with Americans from
different parts of the States he was
impressed, -as he was on former oc
casions, with the scant knowledge
many Yankies have of this country.
They would ask if Ontario was in
Canada. Some had -the impression
that Canadians paid taxes to the King
of England. The Judge found busi
ness conditions a bit dull in Michi
gan. The fact that almost the entire
working ^population have to finance
the up-keep of cars, many of them
high-priced ones, makes it bad for
some other lines of business when
money is not plentiful. Years ago
every workingman’s home had a little
outhouse, now it has a garage.—
Walkerton Telescope.
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