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Electric Wires May Bar
Guelph Prison Flights
Toronto •—- Hon, Harry C, Nixon,
provincial secretary, said the Ontario
Government was considering placing
a few electrified barb-wife strands at
the top of a high wire fence to be
erected around the. custodial block pf
the Ontario reformatory at Guelph,
His comments followed the escape of
eight inmates within the past week.
“Nearly all those who leave are pick
ed up," Mr. Nixon said, “but in the
meantime they are apt to steal a cat
or do things that will add to their re
cord."
chell Hepburn said he had notified
Premier King and the Rowell Com
mission on Dominion-Provincial Re
lations that the Ontario Government
does not intend to participate in any
more of the commission’s sittings, “I
feel that there is no use sitting in on
any further deliberations under the
circumstances," said Mr. Hepburn,
“It seems to be simply a case of giv
ing us the runaround, I have so ad
vised the Rowell commission and
Premier King,’’
Relief Should Be Federal Charge
Barry’s Bay, Opt — A solution to
the problem of refief, which should
be a federal responsibility, must be
-found to obviate the danger of
“wrecking” present-day civilization
and returning to barbarism, accord
ing to Hon. R. J. Manion, National
Leader of the Conservative Party.
The “vicious circle" of increasing re
lief costs and municipal taxation is re
tarding business recovery and slow
ing home building and home owning,
he said in an address here, adding:
“we must do away with these taxes
municipally, in part, and put the re
lief burden on the federal govern
ment."
Hepburn and Duplessis Back
Dr, Manjon’s Proposal
St. Thomas—Premier Maurice Du
plessis, of Quebec, stands with his
good friend, Premier Mitchell Hep
burn, of Ontario, in backing the pro
posal of the new Conservative party
leader, Hon, Dr. R, J, Manion, who
would have the Dominion Govern
ment shoulder all relief costs. This
stand was revealed by the Quebec
leader as he arrived at the Yarmouth
Township farms of the Ontario pre
mier to congratulate Mr. Hepburn on
his 42nd birthday and join in the
birthday party. The two premiers
drove a prize team on the Bannock
burn farm horses, tossed oat sheaves
into a’ threshing machine, watched an
onion grading machine at work, and,
perhaps, talked a little politics,
SEPARATED FROM PARENTS
Left behind when his penniless
parents and 10-year-old sister were
deported to Canada, nine-year-old
Gerrard Richard is being held at the
Gardner, Mass.; poor-house. The
case was described by Superintendent
A. W. Brown as an “uncivilized
barbarous attempt to tear the
away from his parents." Gerrard
separated from his parents, Mr.
Mrs. Maxime Richard, of Gardner, af
ter it was found they were Canadian
born and had entered the United
States illegally. Canada allegedly re
fused to admit the U.S.-born child.
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News and Information
For The Busy Farmer
(Furnished, by the Ontario Depart-
mept of Agriculture
Field Crop Repprt
Bruce County reports its wheat
sample generally poor to fai^r with an
occasional field yielding well with
good quality.' In Dufferin the crop is
badly affected with rust and ip Grey
a similar condition has made the yield
disappointing. Barley and oats pros
pects' in that district are exceptionally
good. Rust also did much damage ip
Wellington County, likewise in North
Simcoe. In the latter county the crop
of oats promised to be the best in five
years, but a general outbreak of smut
and army worm inroads have reduced
prospects to average. Wheat is run
ning up to 40 bushels per acre in
Brant, depending on the winter kill
ing and rust. Haldimand also has a
wheat crop running 40 bushels to the
acre or’better. The market for pew
grain in Lambton is very low, prices
quoted being: New wheat 64c; barley
42c and oats 32c. Field corn for sil
age purposes is looking splendid in
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a special feature of the Match” states
Mr, Carroll,
Great Britain Pledges to Settle Strife
London — Colonial Secretary Mal
colm MacDonald pledged Great Bri
tain to settle the Palestine strife on
the basis of justice both for the Jews
“who are building at long las’t.a na
tional home and the Arabs whose title
in the land of their birth is indisput
able.” Mr. MacDonald delivered a
radio address after conferring with
Prime Minister Chamberlain on his
visit last week to the Holy Land,
where he secretly met high officials
and made an airplane survey o’f the
troubled zones. x
Oitawa Given Control of Airlines
Ottawa — Canadian Airlines will be
brought under the jurisdiction of the
Board of Transport Commissioners
within six weeks, Transport Minister
C. D. Howe, back in his office after
a trip to the Pacific Coast, announced.
Passenger and freight rates on the
Airlines will be subject to a control
of the sort now exercised over rail
ways. “Undoubtedly it will help in
meeting some of the difficulties of the
air lines operating into Northern Can
ada,” said Mr. Howe.
Insull Estate 1,000 His Will Reveals
Chicago — Samuel Insull’s will dis
closed he was worth about $1,000
when he died July 16th in. Paris. The
man who built a $4,000,000,000 house
of power and once had.a fortune esti
mated at $100,000,000, left the paltry
sum that constituted his estate to the
widow, Margaret. Insull, who died at
78, left London at 20 as a $1.25 a
week clerk, and in America he rose
to dominate a power kingdom that
collapsed in 1932. Once he was pres
ident of eleven' companies, on the
boards of sixty-five; his utilities net
work had 6,000 units in thirty-seven
States and Canada, employed 75,000
persons, and had 600,000 investors.
to have called Italy’s attention to cer
tain “allegations” that she has sent
new troops to help the Spanish in
surgents despite her understanding
with Great Britain and her non-inter
vention commitments. The matter
was brought , to the Italian govern
ment’s attention both here and in
Rome. Italy has not replied. Great
Britain said France was “placed in a
very embarrassing position by the al
legations—made by opposition mem
bers of parliamnet before the adjourn
ment. France has closed her frontier
to war materials for government
Spain. French Iefists now are clam
oring for reopening of the frontier,
contending Italy is continuing to sup
ply aid to General Franco.
Grasshoppers Swarm
Through Regina Streets
Regina — Grasshoppers
Reginans. " The pests took
city and made themselves
The “visitation”
clung to
over the
at home,
was probably the
worst Reginans have experienced this
’hopper season. Unabashed, the ’hop
pers invaded the storekeeper’s count
er and the cafe’s tables. Science, was
called for defence. Many a store-
lceeper used various kinds' of bad
smelling stuff to keep the insects out.
The chemicals, sometimes kerosene,
were sprayed on store entrances, with
the warning, “ ’Hopper, stay away
from my door.’’
Ontario Will Not Participate
In Rowell Commission
St. Thomas, Ont. — Premier Mit-
Wil! Fire Royal Salute
Of 21 Guns
Kingston —• Canadian artillerymen
will fire the Rayol salute of 21 guns
twice in honor of President Franklin
Roosevelt when he visits Kingston
and Ivey Lea- Aug. 1.8th. The Royal
Canadian Horse Artillery now in
training in Petawawa would be taken
to Kingston to fire two salutes.
Ecuador Earthquake Takes .Toll of Life X U
Quito, Ecuador — Ecuador’s Inde
pendence Day was marred by a ser
ies of earthquakes; which destroyed
three towns, causing undetermined
deaths and injuries, and damaged
buildings in Quito, the capital, and
Guayaquil, the country’s main port
and largest city. The small towns of
Sangolqui, Eltingo and'Alangas were
'destroyed. In Alangas 35 shocks were
felt in 24 horus^ leveling the town and
causing several death and many in
juries. The minister of war rushed
troops to stricken areas with tents,,
medical supplies and other first aid
equipment.
Plan to Divert Water to Lake^
Toronto — Facilities for diverting
into the Great Lakes waterways sys
tem water which normally flowed
north'into James Bay and the Arctic
Ocean will be completed within six
months in the Long Lake area of
Northwestern Ontario, it was learned.
The project will permit a controllable
flow of up to 1,200 feet of water per
second. Undertaken jointly by the
Ontario Government and the Hydro-
Electric Power Commission of On
tario, the work has been directed by
hydro officials. It had two purposes:
To provide facilities for water diver
sion for possible later use by hydro
and to provide an immediate water
way for floating down millions of dol
lars of pulpwood and other
from the Long Lake basin.
timber
fliers
New
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Mussolini’s Bad Faith
Insulting to Britain
London — Great Britain disclosed
lances
CONSULT
Berlin-New York Hop
Made in 25 Hours
New York — Four German
who left Berlin dropped in on
'York to complete in 25 hours
tion’s 'first westward flight between
the two cities. Over 3,942 miles of
land and water their 24-passenger
Focke-Wulf transport flew to demon
strate, it was explained, the feasabil-
ity of air service between Germany
and North America. But so unher
alded and* casual was the flight that
it had been under way hours before
it came to the public’s notice.
CHUCKLE COLUMN
“Tell me, papa, what’s a consulting
physician?”
“He is a doctor who is called In at
the last minute to share the blame."
A dashing young fellow named Tim
Drove his car with a great deal of vim
Said he: “I’m renowned
For covering ground.”
But, alas, now the ground covers him.
Offered
Hotjpoint Water Heaters, by General Electric, pro
vide plenty of Hot Water withminimum cost.
Estimates for Installation gladly furnished.
Electrical Appliances of All Kinds Repaired and
Serviced at Reasonable Rates.
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Wingham Utilities Commission
Bicycle Proved Fastest
What’s the fastest vehicle in heavy
city traffic?
A bicycle won a test designed to
answer that question.
The distance wds approximately
one mile,
born and.
and Van
The time
The results, in minutes, were:
Bicycle lify; taxicabs 11%; elevat
ed train 11%; private auto 12; horse
12%j; bus 23; street, car 24.
A pedestrian made it in 12%.
The course led from Dear-
Quincy streets to Halsted
Buren streets in Chicago,
was the noon rush hour.
The Jones family went for a day’s
outing to the cave of echoes. Wheri
they reached home Jones- noticed that
his wife was not there.
“Do you know where your mother
is?” he asked his daughter.
“Oh, I suppose she’s tryihg to have
the last word,”
number, about 140 competitors, will
use strong reliable and well-groomed
horses, the cream of the plowing
teams in Canada. “A Horse Show is
practical solution if the weed is prev
alent and cultivation impossible.
The first plant found on your prop
erty is a danger signal, says the De
partment. Eradicate it and save more
trouble later. The Crops, Seeds and
Weeds Branch, Ont. Dept, of Agri
culture, Toronto, will gladly forward
you free of charge a phamphlet on
how to get rid of this dangerous pest.
Write for it immediately.
Bladded Campioq^Lsometimes mis
named “Whiu Cc/kle’^ “Catchfly”,
Campion,howeh^r, can be\easily iden
tified by Hy branching stems,
in pairs/which meet
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HISTORIC WOOD MAKES GIFTS FOR ROOSEVELT,
diesex/have been ba
smoothjXeastorm/, but early threshing
whea| and barley indicate good y?ci
of satisfactory quality. Rust has dam
aged'wheat and oats in Oxford coun
ty. '
Fmit Crop Report
Total cherry production this season
is estimated at 123,6000 bushels as
compared with 101,900 in 1937. A 3%
decline in production of pears is indi
cated, with' conditions so far very fav
ourable for good sizing and clean fruit
production. Tree and fruit develop
ment of peaches is excellent, with a
minimum of fungus or insect injury
apparent. While some early varieties
have shown split-pits, the condition
is not expected to be more serious
than usual. The preliminary forecast
of yield places the crop at 515,200
bushels, as compared with 525,700
bushels last year. While the set .of
plums is very irregular, the existing
crop is now developing well, with on
ly normal drop having taken place.
Pests are well under control. Produc
tion is expected to be about the same
as a year ago. Condition of grapes is
excellent for good development of
berries and vine growth, with hopper
and other pests well controlled.
Summer Care for Brood Sows
An abundance of good pasture dur
ing the summer greatly reduces the
cost of maintaining brood sows.
Crops such as rape or clover supply
needed minerals, vitamins and other
nutrients. The exercise obtained in
grazing also contributes in no small
measure to the general health of the
breeding stock, with consequent bene
ficial results at farrowing time.
Sows raising only one litter per
year need but little grain after the
pigs are weaned, if good pastures are
provided. While it is a mistake to
allow sows to become, too fat, it is
equally unwise to allow them to be
come too thin. Enough grain should
be given to keep the sows in thrifty
condition, and in any event they
should get some grain such aS a mix
ture of ground oats, ground barley
and middlings, supplemented with
skim-milk or fish meal, for two or
three weeks before breeding time in
the fall. Sows raising two litters per
year naturally require more feed than
those raising only one, but if early
spring and fall litters can be accomo
dated, the average cost of rearing
pigs to weaning age will be lower if
two litters per year are raised.
Market hogs make faster gains if
confined to a pen, but sow pigs that
are to be reserved for breeding,
should be given good pasture to en
sure good vigorous breeders. They
should be fed liberally to ensure sat
isfactory growth when they are on
pasture, but if their yard is small and
the gilts get only a limited amount
of exercise, heavy feeding should be
avoided.
Bladded Campion
Bladder Campion is considered one
of the most serious weed pests in On
tario by the Crop, Seeds and Weeds
Branch of the Ontario Department of
Agriculture.
It is difficult to kill owing to its
deep: fleshy rootstalks ahd the num
bers of stems growing from One
crowfi. The crown is often down six
to twelve inches in the soil And this
explains the difficulty in cutting it off
with the plow and the need of deep
plowing followed by a stiff toothed
cultivator with wide shares which ov
erlap. Roots and root stalks brought
to the surface will not survive but
any portion left in the soil with a bud
attached, will produce a new plant.
Thorough cultivation will eradicate
Bladder Campion in cultivated areas,
Chemical weed killers is the only
found in lclose clusters
nd th$ stem, its tfrliite flowers
ten drooping
and its ir -shaped calyx or
pod. It is from this the plant some
times gets the name of Bladder Weed
or Cow Bell. It is adapted to 'high
land and soon becomes established if
neglected.
Get after it now, is the best advice
of the Ontario Department of Agri
culture.
To Visit Plowing Match
An official visit by His Excellency,
Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General
of Canada, to the International Plow
ing Match at Minesing, near Barrie,
Ont., on Thursday, October 13th, is
announced by J. A. Carroll, Manage
er of this annual agricultural event,
the greatest plowing match not only
in the British Empire, but in the en
tire world.
Last year the attendance was over
100,000 at the four-day event and this
record, it is expected, will be shatter
ed this year. The dates are October
11th to 14th inclusive.
“There is no doubt” states Mr. Car
roll, “that the invitation of the On
tario Plowmen’s Association was ac
cepted by His Excellency because of
his genuine interest in all phases of
agriculture and particularly good
plowing and fine horses.”
Scotland, the birthplace of Lord
Tweedsmuir, is rich in plowing lore,
and her sons, well-skilled in the art
have transplanted a desire for good
cultivation in every part of
ish Empire, particularly
where for over 160 years
matches have been held.
“While there may be 70
modern and powerful tractors in op
eration on a busy day, double that
the Brit-
Canada,
plowing
or more
When President Roosevelt arrives
in Kingston, Out., on Aug. 18th to
receive his D.C.L. degree at Queen’s
university, the mayor of the city will
present him with a teakwood box
that will contain the good-will offer
ing of the Kingston war veterans.
The box, fashioned by William Hag-
garty, chief mechanic of Fort Hewry
there, is of wood that once formed a
part of an ancient gun-carriage that
was mounted to ward off a possible
American invasion more than 100
years ago. Inside will be two little
cannon of bronze and teakwood made
from, the ancient gun parts.
HUMAN SKELETON FOUND BY LAD
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MAY PROVE MURDER VICTIM i
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Acting Chief of Police John Thom
as Of Whitby has voiced the opinion
that this skull found with a complete
skelton oil the bank of Lynde’s creek
just west of the town may be that of
Ambrose Small, Toronto theatrical
magnate who disappeared 19 years
ago, Because of the skull’s condition,
it and the other bones found have
been forwarded to Dr. E. R. Frank
ish, provincial medico-legal expert.
“I was rather surprised to hear that
you were thinking of marriage again,
Mrs. Jones,” said th.e vicar, “Let me
see—*this is the fifth time, isn’t it?”
“Yes,” replied Mrs, Tones, defiantly
“and as often as Heaven takes ’em,
so will I.”
While on a visit to Whitby, Ont.,
Dick Henry of Rochester, N.Y,, went
for a bike along Lynde’s creek with
two companions, spotted something
shiny in the soft earth of the batik
and discovered a human skull. Here
pointing at the spot where lie made
the find, the lad immediately reported
to Whitby police. Later investigation
revealed the entire skeleton of a mid
dle-aged man who had been stripped
and buried in a sitting position. Pol
ice said the skeleton was at least 20
years old,