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having' eggs in the warehouse, ready
for delivery, in cases not properly
marked. Magistrate Watt reserved
judgment on a second charge of ob
structing an inspector in the execu
tion of his duty.—Hanover Post.
NEWS
of the
DISTRICT
B «
Falls From Load of Hay,
Badly Injured
Falling from a load of hay Monday
afternoon, Alexander Sterling, well-
known McKillop farmer, suffered ser
ious injury to his back. He was un
conscious when rushed to Scott Mem
orial Hospital, but on Thursday was
reported by the hospital as being
somewhat improved. Mr. Sterling
was unloading hay in the yard of W.
Montgomery, John Street, when the
load slipped in some manner and he
was thrown On the wagon tongue.
The accident occurred shortly after
six o’clock.—Seaforth Expositor.
Business Purchased
The Exeter Times-Advocate have
taken over the Wickwire Press and
in the course of a few months will
amalgamate the two places of busi
ness. At the present time the both
places are being operated as formerly.
Dive Stock Tortured on Farm
Near Orangeville
Farmers of Mono Township are up
in arms over recent attacks upon live
stock by an unidentified^ person who
delights in torturing animals. Two
•cows owned by James McCutcheon
have been tortured by fastening a
loop of fence wire about the foot or
tail of the animal. The wire is then
tightened until all circulation is cut
off. If this wire is not released in
time gangrene sets in, causing serious
consequences. One of Mr. McCutch
eon’s cows lost its tail, but the foot
of another animal was saved by re
leasing the wire. An intensive inves
tigation has been conducted by Pro
vincial Officer T. H. Hammer.
Tourists Crashed Service Station
When two American Jady tourists
breezed into the Superrest Service
Station opposite the Town Hall, on
Saturday afternoon, for the purpose
.. t.-jof asking road directions, the driver
\vA>f the car failed to apply the brakes
with the result that the machine
crashed into the-new building and de
molished some four feet of the wall
and knocked out the door, leaving
the structure with the appearance of
a building in the Spanish war zone
after a rebel air raid. When asked by
authorities what happened, the driver
of the machine said she "just rolled
in and the next thing I knew the
building was tumbling down.’’—Walk
erton Herald-Times.
New School Inspector
For East Huron
Appointment of eight new public
school inspectors to replace those who
have retired or who have been trans
ferred to other inspectorates, was an
nounced this week. J. H. Kincaid, B.
A., B.Paed., assistant principal of R.
H. McGregor Public School, East
York, was appointed to the inspector
ate of East Huron with headquarters
jn Clinton.—Clinton News.
Tailed to Grade Eggs, Is Fined
First cases of their kind heard in
Guelph police court, two charges un
der the Farm Products Marketing
Act came before Magistrate Watt last
week. A fine of $10 and costs was
levied against S. Smith & Co., Clif
ford, when the firm pleaded guilty,
through L. W. Goetz, to a charge of
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New Mail Service Inaugurated
Commencing on Monday next, July
11th, an improved mail service will
be in operation in Walkerton and in
consequence will prove a great hen-
efit to those using the mails in town
and vicinity. Under the new system
a letter received in the noon mail off
the train from the south can be an
swered and mailed the same day, so
affording a postal service not 'before
enjoyed in this locality. The contract
for carrying the mail from Walkerton
to Hanover where it is taken up by
the C.N.R. train going <outh has been
let to Johnston & Adams, local taxi-
men. Mail for the special route must
be mailed not later than 2.45 at which
time the bags are closed.—Walkerton
Herald-Times.
Newton Family Re-Union
The Newton family re-union took
place at Pike Lake on Saturday with
125 present, members being in at
tendance from Gowanstown, Belmore,
Clifford, Ayton, Harriston, Wroxeter,
Hanover, Toronto, Listowel and Gor-
rie. Races and games were enjoyed.
The children were treated to a motor
boat ride by Mr. Reg. Newton. The
oldest lady in the group was Mrs. W.
Newton, and the eldest man Mr. Reg.
Newton of Gorrie. The youngest
member was George Newton, aged
one month, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Newton of Toronto. The election of
officers resulted as follows: president,
Edward Newton, of Wroxeter; vice-
presidents, George Murray and James
Newton; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Jas.
Newton; convener, Sanford Newton,
of Gowanstown; sport committee,
Mesdames Bert Horton, L. Galbraith,
A. Gibson and H. Henry.
Fatally Burned When Clothes Ignite
Mrs. Elgin Long, 36, of Normanby
Township, Grey County, died in hos
pital, at Mount Forest, Wednesday,
two hours after she was admitted for
treatment of burns suffered when she
was enveloped in flames after pour
ing coal oil in the kitchen stove. Her
daughter, Elizabeth, nine, and her fa
ther-in-law, were asleep in the upper
part of the house and did not know
of the accident. Mrs. Long was
found sitting in a kitchen chair, her
clothes almost entirely burned from
her body, by Kathleen Hastings, a
hired girl.
Homeless Group Gets Assistance
Deported with his four children
from the United States, Joseph Court
ney, middle-aged native of Huron
County, arrived in Goderich on the
late C.N.R. train Thursday night,
homeless, penniless, but not friend
less. The party of five, tired and hun
gry after a 15-hour train ride, know
ing not which way to turn, but kind
people soon came to their assistance.
Mr. Courtney, who wife died six
years ago, left Ashfield Township 20
years ago, and has worked as a farm
hand and as factory hand both in Can
ada and the United States, where he
neglected to take out citizenship pap
ers. Two of his children were born
in Michigan and one of these was left
behind in a home. The station master
located a kind motorist, who drove
the wayfarers td a distant relative’s
place in Ashfield Township, 12 miles
from here. It was after midnight
when the deported family arrived, un
heralded, but they were taken in, fed,
and given accommodation.
Would Regulate The Attire
Of Male Bathers
Declaring complaints had
made about bathing attire favored by
some men at the beach and also on
the town’s main street, Councillor
James MacGillivray suggested at the
July meeting that some action should
be taken so that more than trunks
been
would be required, as a bathing, cos-
WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, July 14th, 1938
A PLEA FOR NEWStreatment.tume. “It looks pretty crude seeing
big fat men laying on the beach with
just trunks,” he said. In this connec
tion there is an archaic by-law regu
lating not only costumes,' but hours
and,places of bathing. So outmoded
are its regulations, that every person
who goes bathing on Kincardine’s
waterfront is guilty of breaking the
by-law.—Kincardine News,
Deer Killed by Car
One night last week, a Walkerton
gentleman, while motoring along the
highway in Lakelet district, was
startled by a deer jumping out into
the roadway directly in front of .his
car. The deer was instantly killed.
The only damage to the car was a
slight dent on a fender. The game
warden was communicated with and
ordered that the animal be dressed
and the meat used for charity pur
poses in Clifford, which was done.—
Mildmay Gazette.
Walks Though Neck Fractured
Although two vertebraejn his neck
were fractured when Nelson Squire,
farmer a Woodham, in the Exeter dis
trict, fell from a load of hay on Sat
urday afternoon, he got’ Up and walk
ed 40 rods to his home. The fractures
were revealed when the farmer was
brought to Victoria Hospital for
Maitland Creamery
Buyers Of
THE UNITED FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
Wingham, » b Ontario.
Phone 271
Badly Burned When Cars Takes Fire
Transformed in an instant into a
living torch when gasoline in his mot
orcycle caught fire at a local service
station, Bruce Finlayson, 22, son of a
Harristoil grocer, is in the Palmers
ton General Hospital suffering from
serious burns to his upper body, face
and hands. The accident occurred
early Sunday afternoon when the mot
orcycle tank was being filled, and gas
oline is believed to have spilled from
the filling hose on to the hot motor.
Finlayson was seated in the machine.
In an instant, machine and youth
were enveloped in flames. Finlayson
jumped clear, his clothes in flames,
and rolled in agony on the grass.
This apparently did not give relief
for the young man rushed to the of
fice of Dr. J. R. Riddell which is just
two doors away front the service sta
tion.
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Tomato and Celery Blights
Tomato and celery blights are caus
ed by parasitic • fungi *^rhich, under-
favourable conditions,, attacks the
leaves and sometimes the stems of
the plants, killing various sized areas
and frequently resulting in Severe de
foliation in the case of tomatoes, and
a withering of the older leaves of cel-
e.ry. Severe attacks, particularly early
in the season, stunt the growth of
the plants and reduce the marketable
crop.
Since these blights are parasitic
they can usually be readily controlled
by careful and adequate spray meas
ures, but similar recommendations
are not applicable to both crops on
account of a %variation in their toler
ance to fungicides. While celery ben
efits from applications of copper;
fungicides, even when blights are not
present, tomatoes should not be
sprayed except to control 'the dis
eases.
The recommendations for the con
trol of celery blights are to apply a
copper fungicide. Bordeaux mixture
4-4-40 or Burgundy mixture 4-5-40
at least twice to the seedling plants
and every seven to te,n days in the
field, preferably before rather than
following rains. Rapidly growing
plants require the more frequent ap
plications since it is essential that the
new growth be thoroughly covered
with the fungicide. These blights may
also be controlled by a 20-8 dehydrat
ed copper sulphate plus lime dust,
provided they art treated when the
air is still and the plants are wet with
dew.
In the case of tomatoes, when
blights are present it is advisable to
spray with Bordeaux 4-3-40 in the
seedbed as well as in the field. Since
growth may be retarded by the appli
cation of the fungicide, particularly
if applied close to the transplanting
period, it is advisable, unless the
blights are causing severe damage,
to withhold the spray for five to sev
en days before, and five to six weeks
after transplanting.
Two colored privates were discuss
ing. the relative merits of their bug
lers.
“Why, man, dat bugler of mah
re’ment am so good dat when he
plays ‘Pay Day’ it sounds zacjtly lak
de symphony orchestra playing ‘De
Rosary!’ ’? . '
“Hush yo’ mouf, nigger. When
Snowball Jones.wraps his lips ’round
his. bugle and plays de mess call, ah
looks down at mah beans an’ say:
“Strawberries,1 behave yo’self, you’re
kickin’ de * whipped cream out o’ de
dish.’ ” •
If anyone has-
Died,
Eloped,
Married,
Left town,
Embezzled,
Had
Had
Sold
Been
Broken
Moved
Bought
Visited
Swiped
Been in a car accident
That’s news — Telephone 34.
a fire,
a baby,
a farm,
arrested,
a limb,
to town,
a home,
your home,
your silver,
f
i
I.
1
f
I
f
“Where you been?” . ,
“’Avin’, me ’air cut.”
“You know1 you can’t ’ave yer ’air
cut in company’s time?”
“Well, it grew in company’s time,
didn’t it.”
“Not all of’it.”
“Well, I ain’t had it all cut off.”
NEW CONSERVATIVE LEADER’S FAMILY IS PARTY STRONGHOLD
LETTER NO. 12
MAKING CANADA
A Better Place in Which to Live and Work
/
A Series of Letters from Distinguished Canadians on Vital Problems
Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada
Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Dear Mr. Editor:
I hardly feel that I am competent
to offer you suggestions as to mat
ters of policy. However, in view of
your definite request I am offering a
suggestion which might possibly be
fruitful, and that is that the press of
Canada in its editorial policy do
something constructive towards the
-welding of the provinces into a more
closely knit federation.
The enclosed clipping from the
editorial column of the Windsor Star,
dated July 31st, indicates to a certain
extent the tendency of certain mem
bers of the press to foment a bitter
feeling between different sections of
I thecountry and in certain periods this
feeling has been very evident.
Suggestions for the West
“The East will do mofe than simp
ly sympathize with the West in the
latter’s hour of trouble. The folks of
the prairies do not need to worry
about what the East will do. Help
Will be given the West this year, just
as assistance has been rendered in
other years of drought.*
Saskatchewan, especially has been
stricken this summer (1937), Searing
heat has frizzled the crops Until they
ate worthless even for feed in some
places’. The farmers will lose com
pletely, even being out the cost of the
seed.
The disaster is more than a local
catastrophe, it is of national extent.
For, With art impoverished West, the
purchasing power of the prairies is
curtailed.
The East will rally to the aid of the
West, Generous contributions will be
made from this part of the Dduilti-
ion to our neighbours In that part*
Newspapers In the West are hop
ing and suggesting that the East do
something. They can rest assured
their pleas will be answered.
H Hi
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W. R. CAMPBELL
And, while we are’ on the subject
We would make this suggestion to
three or four newspapers in the prair
ie provinces. It is that they be a lit
tle less malicious iii their constant
attacks on the East. 'Some of the as
saults made on Ontario have been
particularly bitter. In, fact, a few days
ago one Mahitoba pqper had ah edi
torial asking the East to help the
West, and on the very same day it
had another editorial'bitterly assault
ing the East. That’s hardly cricket.”
If you really want a constructive
policy I feel certain that a well
thought out program which would
tend towards closing gaps between
the various sections of the country
would be most beneficiat
... *
Yours sincerely,
W. R. CAMPBELL.
President, Ford Motor Co,
of Canada*
Windsor, Out*
Two votes for Manion were record
ed at the National Conservative par
tes Ottawa convention by this group
and there would have been a third
but for age limitations. Dr. Manion
took. time out from the rush of his
tw duties As head of the party to
pose for this picture in the garden of
his Ottawa home, Dis son, Paul, was
a delegate to the convention front his
home town, Port Colborne. His two*
year-old gtandson, Paul, Jr., was no
delegate, but fie sc^ed f0 enjoy
eXA4tenJ?nt as as a11 .the hard-
° * who hailed d-
K / ‘fr t0 SWeed
Rt» Hon, R. b, Refinett*