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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1938-04-21, Page 2PAGE TWO * Wingham Advance-Times Published at WINGHAM ONTARIO Subscription Rate — One Year $2. Six months, $1.00 in advance. Tq U. S. A., $2.50 per year. Foreign rate, $3.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. .00 in 1936 rose still higher, 8 An 8% sales tax is far too makes the sale price of SUGGESTS CUT IN SALES TAX While expressing his views in the House of Commons regarding the National Employment Commission’s report, R. J, Deachman, member for this riding, riiade a bold suggestion which he claims would increase the purchasing power of the people and at the same time relieve unemploy­ ment. His idea is that the sales tax be cut 3 per cent, which would in­ crease the public purchasing power by $80,000,000. Mr. Deachman point­ ed out that each 1% of the sales tax takes $18,000,000 from the people but he pointed out that this tax is pyra­ mided and that the original 8% actu­ ally becomes 12% when the consum­ er finally pays this tax. It is on this basis of figures a 3 per cent cut would give the people $80,000,000 a year more to spend. In 1930 the sales tax was 1%, it went up to 2% in 1931 and 6% in 1932 and per cent, high. It goods out of line with production costs and imposes a tremendous bur­ den on the purchasing public. The Montreal Gazette in an editor­ ial on Mr. Deachman’s speech, said in part: “As pointed out by Mr. Deachman, the benefits of tax remission would be spread over the whole nation and there is plenty of weight in his con­ tention that this diffusion of benefit . would be more helpful than, say, the construction of a highway in some remote area or the erection of an un­ productive public building. The member for North Huron is on the right road. That industry is hampered by taxation everybody knows. That it would respond to any substantial easing of the burden goes without saying. Undoubtedly that re­ sponse would be felt in the labor market.” If the Government could see its way clear to reduce the sales tax what a blessing it would be across the en­ tire Dominion. True, the Government is in dire need of much revenue but the public also require relief from the burden of taxes. :k sk sk sk CERTAIN STUDENTS >, SHOULD BE AIDED ' The suggestoin was made in Legislative Assembly recently Hon. Leopold Macaulay that systems should be devised so that students could get direct monetary assistance in order that they may go to Uni­ versity. Hon. Dr. L. J. Simpson, Minister of Education, who is sympathy with this idea, revealed that he had under consideration plans for providing aid in the form of busaries and scholar­ ships to help industrious students barred from a university education by a lack of money. No doubt in the cities there are brilliant students who cannot com­ plete their education due to lack ofc the by I am agent for Bray Chicks in this locality. Phone or call for catalogue and price list. The Bray Chick does the trick. A. C. ADAMS, Wingham, Ont. 1 1 ..... f II THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES The inscription in the ‘The Tompron, London, It is still in a good state of 60,006,000 people, will see that * * one be- ■» Thursday, April 21st, 1938 per, mailed her answer, and then for­ got all about it. She was surprised to have the new radio delivered at her home. “It’s the first time I ever won anything in my whole life,” she remarked, “and all it cost me was a three-cent stamp.” Grey to Have 1,000 Acres of Forests Grey County is going into the re­ forestation business in a big way. At the April session of the County Coun­ cil the recommendation of the Refor­ estation Committee that an additional 400 acres of land be purchased for* this purpose, was adopted, thus bring­ ing the total up to 1,000 acres. The new property is on the Eighth Con­ cession of the Township of Glenelg, ■will cost the county another $1,750. funds. In the rural sections this is the case. We have in mind several In this district who were wonderful students at high school but could go no further due to lack of funds. This should not be the case. If a boy or girl has the brains and the will to continue their education there should be some means for these young peo­ ple to carry on. In some countries brilliant students have an opportunity to receive high­ er education regardless of their fin­ ancial position and thus the best brains are developed and this should benefit that country. This idea would be a splendid one to incorporate in our present day youth movement. * sk \ Jk A fantastic idea by an English ec­ onomist is a Canada, the centre of the Empire, with Not many of us worked out. 5k -k According to reports accords tween Britain and Italy; France, Bri- .tain and Italy, are one the way. The European situation does not look so black as it did. sk sk sk * In the meantime Britain is building up her defenses as never before. It surely costs plenty to insure peace these days. *k * sk sk Talk of sweepstakes in Canada has petered out for the present. It would not be surprising if this subject just faded away and gradually died. sk 3k 3k -k Mexico expropriated Jhe oil hold­ ings in that country and it now ap­ pears that they will take the stand of 'What we have we hold.” sk sk * * Bruce County cattle owners, ' at least 84.6% of them, favor a T.B. Re­ stricted area. There is yet one town­ ship to hear from but this will not likely change the situation. sk sk * * While playing “cops and robbers” a lad at Chesterville was shot by his companion. The boy who did the shooting thought the safety catch was one. Firearms are things. To Teach New Subjects at Goderich Miss Audrey Charbonneau, of Arn- prior, and Frank Walkom, of Red- nersville, were named by the board of the callegiate at Goderich to teach home economics and shop work com­ mencing with the fall term. Listowel High School in Bad Shape If a strong windstorm hit the Lis­ towel High School building dead on, it would “blow it over”, in the opin­ ion of one of three school inspectors whose reports were read to a joint meeting of Council and the Board of Education. All the'inspectors said the building was in a dangerous condi­ tion. The session was held to con­ sider a new school. The report made to the board have become ings; timber the heating Consideration is being given to build­ ing a new high school. asserted that the walls loose from their fasten- rot is in evidence and system is inadequate. f Burned by Gasoline Singed about the eyes, Bert Wald­ en, Huron Township, saved his sight by instinctively shutting his eyes when gasoline he was putting into a machine on his farm exploded. dangerous play- * * After twenty-two in Spain it now appears as if this war is about over. The aftermath will., probably be almost as bad as the war. 5k 5|« - The C.I.O. may change its name. If it wants public approval it will have to change its tactics. * * * The United States is going into the spending business in the hopes bringing business back to normal, will be a good idea if it works. * * months’ fighting of It NEWS of the DISTRICT 8 Bruce County Farmers Back Restricted Area With more than two thirds of the farmers in Bruce County polled for an opinion more than 85 per cent, have expressed a preference for Bruce becoming a tuberculosis restricted area. G. R. Paterson, county agricul­ tural representative, has been active in interesting farmers in this. More than 50 meetings have been held and farmers are signing petitions to have the county tuberculosis free for their cattle. Only Kincardine Township remains to be polled for the plan. Wins Radio in Contest % A $50 radio for a three-cent stamp was the good luck that came to Mrs. Wesley Vanderburg, cook at Clinton Community Hospital. Mrs. Vander­ burg wrote down answers to ques­ tions asked by the manufacturers of a brand of shortening, folded the pa- Maitland Creamery THE UNITED FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY, LIMITED. Wlngham, * - Ontario. Phone27i Brothers to Keep the Peace Magistrate F. W. Walker, Kincar­ dine, bound Arthur and Norman Fras­ er, brothers, over to keep the peace for a year after the latter charged his brother with assault, while Arthur .and his mother charged him with threatening to kill them and burn down the home. Dismissing the charge, the magistrate claimed it was childish and rebuked spectators for laughter- when family matters were discussed in court. A Spotted Salamander Mr. Nelson Bach, who is employed with Mr. Amos Albrecht at Brunner, left at The Sun Office a Spotted Sal­ amander which he found about a month ago. He was assisting in the maple syrup operations and when he turned over a stump for wood he was amazed to see this strange looking creature which had apparently been using an opening under the stump for its winter quarters. It was taken to the house and kept in a jar but now has joined the Sun Office menagerie. —Milverton Sun. Kincardine to Form Girls’ and Boys’ Band Without either pipe or brass band for some months past, Kincardine may soon have a band, but it will dif­ fer from others which have existed in that it will be composed entirely of young people, both girls and boys from 8 to 14 years of age.—Kincar­ dine News. Interne at Hamilton Hospital John D. Munn, of Ripley, a mem­ ber of the graduating medical class of the University of Western Ontario, London, has been appointed interne at Hamilton General Hospital and he will commence his duties there short; ly.—Kincardine News. It’s No Surprise That You’re Constipated! If constipation has you bogged down so you feel tired, sunk, all played out-it’s time you asked yourself some questions IWat have yon had to eat lately? Just meat, bread, eggs, potatoes? It's no surprise you're constipated I The chances are you don’t get enough "bulk.” And "bulk” doesn’t mean a lot of food. It’s a kind of food that isn’t con­ sumed in the body, but leaves a soft “bulky" mass in the intes­ tines and helps a bowel move­ment. If this is what you lack, your ticket is crisp crunchy Kellogg’s All-Bran for breakfast every day. It contains the “bulk” you need plus Nature’s great intestinal tonic, vitamin B„Eat All-Bran every day, drink plenty of water, and take a new lease on life! All-Bran is made by Kellogg in London, Ontario. Sold y^by every grocer. _________y Plan to Call Pastor At a joint meeting of the congre­ gations of^Ashfield and Ripley Pres­ byterian Church, both of which lack a pastor at the present time, it was decided to join the two congregations into one' charge. They will proceed to hear ministers with a view to call­ ing a pastor. “The Clansmen” New Name Adopted by Lucknow Club “The Clansmen” was the new name adopted by the Arena Club, and hereL after the Club will bear this name. The winner was W. L. MacKenzie of Lucknow, who receives the $5.00 cash prize. Mr. MacKenzie’s entry was the fourth of fifty-foUr received and his promptness in submitting his names was responsible for him winning the price, because entry number thirteen and fifty-four also included the same name.—Lucknow Sentinel. Seaforth Street Now Under Province The Department of Highways will assume costs of ma'intanience of the connecting link within the municipal­ ity on No. 8 highway, Seaforth, coun­ cil learned at its., meeting, when the Department submitted an agreement to be signed by the town. While for a number of years the Department has been doing certain work on the road, nothing definite had been agreed between it and the town with resulting confusion. The agreement, as presented by the Department, will end this confusion. 70 Years in Practice in Exeter Seventy years of continuous prac­ tice in one municipality is a record •we believe that cannot be beaten. On Wednesday Dr. J. W. Browning cele­ brated the 70th anniversary of his op­ ening up a .medical office in Exeter. He was down at his office for the day as he is every day in the week. It was on April 13th, 1867, the year of Confederation, that Dr. Browning hung out his shingle in Exeter, and he has now rounded out seventy years of service.—Exeter Times-Advocate. Two Sets of Twin Calves When the stork visited the stables on John McGee’s farm j-ust north of Blyth, he did things in a thorough manner. Two of Mr. McGee’s cOws were expected to give birth to calves. Imagine Mr. McGee’s surprise when they calved on successive days—-and each cow had twins. of ................. t Given Custody of Captive Deer Mr. Geo. Bonesteel, proprietor Hillcrest Lodge, received word from the Ontario Department of Game and Fisheries that he had been given the custody of the young deer captured here last January and that a permit for it would be issued to Jan. 31st next The animal was removed to its new home where Mr. Bo'nesteel has constructed a special pen for it. The deer was rescued by local men in an, exhausted condition along the ice banks at the river mouth last January and has since been cinfined at the H. Diebel mill stable.-—Southampton Beacon. Old Watch Mr. Levi Trick, Dorchester, while in the office the other day showed us ,a watch he has carried for many years. This is an English lever, chain drive affair, has no second hand, huge gold hands, all enclosed in a heavy copper case, back reads ' 1710.” I ’ repair and keeps fairly good time.- Clinton News-Record Walkerton Clerk Honored Walkerton Clerk Chas. ,M. McNab was recipient of a floor lamp, when members of the town council at their regular monthly meeting took advant­ age of the occasion to honor Mr. Mc­ Nab, prior to his joining the ranks of the benedicts in the near future. Mayor Harry K, Watts read an ad­ dress which expressed the feelings of the colleagues on the board and also extending felicitations. 20 Members for New Clinton. Grain Club Sponsored by the Clinton Lions Club, the Clinton Grain Club was or­ ganized with 20 members. The offic­ ers are: President, Robin Thompson, Goderich Township; vice-president, Alvin Bateles, Goderich Township; secretary-treasurer, Robert Glenn, Stanley. Each boy agrees to plant one acre of barley and each one receives one and one-half bushels of register­ ed barley. PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle “CALVES” there is any creature any 'more FREE! For Premium List of Wm. Rogers & Son Silverplate write to. Thos. J. Lipton Ltd., 43 Front E., Toronto. .389 If cantankerous than a calf, then I would like to know about it. Hon­ estly, we’ve had about the fightingest bunch of calves at Lazy Meadows this year that we have ever had . . and there’s been a mighty lot of them too. Now there’s one little red fellow who has a, wicked glint in his eye. He’s Jessy, the brindle cow’s calf and does he ever like to fight and play general tarnation. I believe in weaning them off on a pail , as soon as possible, and .so last night it .was warm outside, and there was a god bit of fresh $.ir coming in the stable doors and I decided to'give this frisky gent a taste of milk that was handled by a middleman instead of going directly from the producer to the consumer. He blatted away all the time I was milking and kept up a general hulla­ balloo from where I had him fenced in in the next stall. Jessy was a mite worried herself and kept nuzzling ov­ er the top of the.- stall or else trying to shove her foot into the pail all the time. I was milking and I had quite a job to get finished. But at last I ..was finished and I climbed over into the young gent’s stall. He kept his distance for a mo­ ment or two . . in fact he never mov­ ed as I shoved the pail of milk over and under his nose. Brrraattt! Down went the entire head with a splash to the. bottom of the milk went up, and bib of my overalls, heels and he tore like mad. I managed at last to get him pen­ ned in the 'corner. This time he seem­ ed to get a sip or two of the milk . . .gagged a little and blew the milk up like a little geyser in the pail. _ He managed to finally get the idea ger pains would be starting to go however, and take a few sips off the round in that stomach’of his and he’d pail. A wave of down behind 'the Then up went the around the stall T1LBTH0HE TALKS IN THE WATSON FAMILY Reductions in telephone rates—local and long distance—in 1935, *36 and ’37 have effected savings to telephone users in Ontario and Quebec of nearly one million dollars yearly. r Another been for some time. But Jack took Sally by surprise (she really hadn’t expected a ring this spring) and in this case one iring naturally led to another. Sally just has to call Mother who is visiting out-of-town. “We’re to be married right away,” she says happily. And Sally will call some of her out-of-town friends as well, who will appreciate having the news “first”. Wouldn’t you? JACK ROBERTS and Sally have “friends” finger. That was fine and lie kept it up, but the wear and tear on the fin­ ger was getting to be a little too much, so I gradually tried to slip it out. Little by little, and yon calf was drinking by himself. That is, until he discovered that he had been bam­ boozled and he immediately was go­ ing to show the world that you simp­ ly couldn’t get away with anything like that. The tail went whizzing around in two or three jerky ^volutions and the calf lunged out from the corner. I scrambled once or twice, looked ra­ ther helplessly at old Jessie, and then finally went down. And believe you and me, there are more pleasant plac­ es in this world to fall. The-calf to make the task complete, lunged again and the milk streamed over'me. For a moment or two I wanted to lambaste the hide out of that calf, but when I looked he was standing there with his head cocked to one side . . . his tail jerking around . . . and some­ how or other all my anger seemed to up and disappear. It was when I was going out of the stable that I heard the little fellow bawling. Right about thatjame, hun- fool for clowning around so much. Next time he wouldn’t be so wild when it came time for feeding, and. you can lay to the fact that he’s go­ ing to think it over tonight. I guess we’re all about5 the same way. We clown around a bit and then learn by experience. But now I’ll have to amble along. Mrs. Phil wants to go away on a trip, so I gues> maybe if I get back alright I’ll be with you again next week. Atlantic Salmon Tagged Ottawa—Thousands of Atlantic sal­ mon are swimming in Maritime water marked with a price tag of one dollar each. The Dominion Government will pay the dollar to any one catching them. It’s part of a scientific plan to gather accurate data on the migration of salmon, their travel routes and other characteristics. PICOBAC PIPE ___TOBACCO______ FOR A MILD,COOL SMOKE ~1 F SCOTTISH CAPTAIN STANDS AT POST AFTER LINER CO LLIDES WITH TUG Following the tradition of the sea to the finest detail, Capt. Daniel Cam­ eron refused to leave his tug, the Fly­ ing Spray (LEFT), until the last pos­ sible moment when it went down in' OLE) stayed aboard until it began its the River Clyde, near Glasgow. The vessel's seven crew members left it shortly after the tug collided with a liner, but Capt. Cameron (IN CIR- journey to the bottom. The Flying Spray was badly gashed when it was struck by the propeller of the liner Cumberland. Capt. Cameron later re­ ported that his small vessel “had* been sucked in when the Cumberland’s en­ gines were reversed.” The lug crew went up ropes to safety aboard the liner, but the captain (IN/cIRGLE) refused to leave the deck Jbf his ship ...... .......... .. until his ship had almost gone down (RIGHT) under his feet. A launch picked him up.