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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1916-8-31, Page 21 a ThUISSwAT Arai'.? SI, INS Tar, SIGNAL : 3ODICRICa ONTARIO lbeatifte' SiMal THY 8lUNAL PHINTINU CU.. LTD. Potusetelr Tux Sprat w pu(Mhod every Tbureday ren the r. 1• Th. North BuU,fir.a. \or, 1trent. Dederick. Outer 0 Telephone %a to Junacwrnoir T.Itlle.- 1.10•11•••/ and Flay aest. per )ear: if said *I mil)mil)l0 arhwill Moe vagne rho De11.r w.epuid : to •abeerlbw ieeIn tl. oiled statue tae rate t. trot Dollar and Flay fent..lrtotly in ads aura -Subscrltyn who :all to noel.• Tot elo.al regularly by mail willmufer •tet or by acquainting for pubD.b• et of the tact at s. esti4•o.te r. po..iule. M bet. ch t ane. of •collo-•- , &wir.d. bub aid and taa now addrer .uuuld br rnaea ltemlttasee. may be made by bent draft. elms.. mosey elder..o.l-alioe order. sr re.t.tertd letter. aubrrtpr lona inn eemenes a: anytome ADt asrlel vu T'malt on-ttatr. for i.play sed oestrin advert.rmenta saw be given 0o app11 ratios. tergal and other .imilar .d vert lenient., ten cent* per line tui drat tnrrtlon and four v.t. p.r Iles for each .ubrvturnt insertion. rdopured by •whir of .olid oonpsreil-t twelve Item to an Inch. Bu.iew cant. of .1a line. and .oder. rive Dollar- per year. Advertir- most. of Loo- Found. Arrayed. $itsatlo0- V avant, tlltsation* wasted. Ito use. for flake t r to Bent, Yarm. for 11.le or to Hoot. Article. tot Role, uta. set *acceding relit Ila.-, Twooty- d ve Cent- .ecb insertion : one Dollar for doer Meath. Tiny Costa for eon lieu ...Quest soot\ Mager adverti..weut. larioroportion. s- nornc-menta is ordinary reading typo, Ten Crow per Ilan. No arnica I... than Twenty - nee Cont.. Any asocial *dies, the object of which is the pecuniary benefit of any indlrid- salorr..nesstkea. t.. be o.0+ldered au adver- tisement and charred accordingly. To coanleoromDawns. -The cooperation of our autos—rider. and reader. le cordially invit- ed tower d,making To. srnrlu a weekly record .f all ketol. county and diet Wet Mime n com msnkauon will be a: tended to wiles. it eon - MM. the name and eddy... of the writer, met weesssevidence of good faits .'sere Wore bet as anreach Tis etmnat dice sot later than Wedos.de, won .fairs week. TEL R8DAY. ArtiCST :31, RADIAL RAILWAYS. built rich could link up l'ullinerwood. Owen loual, Durham, WIkerton, Lueknuw mud loam intermediate points which how 'have Daly • roundabout roomer - tion. It small develop new bonfires which now bes not a chance to exist. instead of dividing the *eliding twsi- ne.s with the steam railway.. It would make the outlying ds.tricts ler* depeIldent upon Toronto and would undo ubtrdly have a great kit titivate in the development, wcially and commercially. ot these diatrictr. We ale usiug this .uppo.ed Ortllia- l:.desich Zine only as an illustration of what might be done. Other lines would terve the sine purpoires In Ether parts tit the Province. ' %% len Hydi o power was flr.t brought to Godericb a county system of etre- tile railways. bringing together all Iters of the county of Huron. was planned And had the approval of the Hydro authorities. Later Sir Adaw Beck w,tbdiew his approval of this scheme and .tiled that any lines built in tbi. county would have to to con- nected with a ttuok line. This trunk line. presontably, is to run between Toronto and London, and so we are up against the 0.1.1130 old thing. the city connection of weskit we Have already quite enough. The only thing for the country dis- trict.* to do is to get together. as our Orillie contemporary suggests. and de- clare clearly and emphatically that 1918 when they assume the liability for new electric litres they must have the say as to white these hoes *ball lir We all know that the country dis- tricts of Ontario have not been de. veloping at a rate ctrresy,onding to that at ahicb the citira have been able to measure their pr. gross. In fact, while the cities have grown. the coun- try districts bare shown an actual de- crease in popul+tion. The reaions for Dos state of affairs are varied. Use reason is that Canada's fiscal legisla- tion favors the cities at the expense of the country districts. Another is that the cities. and especially the city of Toronto, are allowed to dominate in matters in which city and country have • Common 'airiest and a com- m ri reapoosibiltty. To coma extent this is the fault of the people of the eurutry dietricte. and partly it is due to the nature of things as they are. The coy people can organ 7. wore quickly than the people cf .•,tarred c •untry place.. and can 1,t Mg intim rice t.• ;pear to gel I1.., g. dune the nay It tor want them while the rept rsenls- tires of the country di -u.. t4 are try. ing to teach an agreement among themselves 0' 10 what they want. Thele is bop great a dirpeeition among tilt country people to let the cities do their thinking and plantar,/ fol them. :.red. ot ,•."lrse. when the cities do the pl.unag they du It to suit :brit own tlltereet.. • It should he the deliberate policy of •the leaders Of country co:ntuunitir, to wean their people from this city in. fluence, and The Signal is ph ii -ed to 100 is it. erteel.ed contrwhnr ai y, This 04111io l'acket, an exhortation along this line. The Parket, in the course of au article on "I'r:.viccial Papris and Tti.-ir \113aoo, nay. : noire i• n speCi,J re;. -on for raising tlti- gn^*uun j.l.t how, which carne• u- still fat the' . shortly, this Province will be faced with the g,lr.tiou of pr,o- j-sting and financing' o gigantic -v.- lelrl .l radial railwAy.. I'h1+-etleiiie li is it. genesis in the city of :tial it ]r+ign. d chute,- in the ulleiest and for the benefit of 1 h.t elf y. 'nor+e I .Ilwa)'p• are to 1•e built by 111e bricking raid .it the 114.1 of the rest of the Prov- ince. Toronto and other large cities only air cetl0111 to reap the lienrht,. The irer.l ,.t trade allrady is to the larg. cenrtra. Thr coma), t- towns, and particularly the small vibage:, are aw- ing bird while. 'Phis 1. tieing done largely through the Medium tit the o•Ity lapel. Torcutu tiaDer4 Dray , Barrel about anything and esriy thong rl.e. lila when it is s gnestinn of Tot• onto. a selnah int.•r,-.l• they ale always a unit If the T.'rontu plroo can have its trey, On•ari., will be gridironr.l by ,. aystew-of satlia1 tailwayo, the trade of that city said reeelee a treme.ulaus iwpetri-, and all the rest of the flint• ince nil *offer. Therefore thia is a good girlie for the country 10.41 10 "get tntgether" and show sauethiug I.1.' a ted front against the ,•osu• rano enemy. The que•.tinr. will beat discussion. There is no lack of ability is country a.wspmp,r crakes. i.et in Wore ;the discussion now, before it is 1..0 late. We presume -that The Packet is not opposed to the construction of • sys- tem of electric ladways in the Prov• ince BO long se thew sate built with a view to the imterellry-of the people who pay for them Tate a map of the Province of On- Ottio and hook at the 1silway loran marked on it. A stranger surreving it would he led to imagine that to get in and out of Toronto was about the only thing tot which a railway line is this Proviocei could be used. Any eccentric iadisiiduaI who waste to go from Goderi-b, not to Toronto, but. say, to (Milia, is taken to Toronto just the same. and Lien Rosa oortb. a trip of about gr, miles for a dietasce of 11 .Iles. Tc do/plicate the striat- ing steam limn with *Mettle lime. would perpetuate obia state of affairs. Why should net the new Mantel* Ikea M so 0oa0tes.cled as to give direct ooe*eetios to dis, mt. sow poorly towed by the steam lees wad is am- ass( point.. lake OMMla and (idwha►, sow sully iedbeetly eeaseeted f A lime arrow etmetry Fou Orel. te Rode - A JOURNALISTIC STRIFE -BREEDER. The Montreal Witco.., which has Consistently ratted the flag of British ideals in the Province of Quebec, wares the people of Ontaio against those who would fnwent strife Ire- tween Ontario and Quebec. and inci- dentally pay. its respects to the editor of The Toronto •iews in this language: "An edito,. who was once the adu- lator ot Sit Wilfrid Laurier, and who now cannot find words for his spite ' against him, . doing what be C411 to C,rate air Irreconcilable S.vn Fein ;.pirit in the French Pr..vinte by ex- citing the already (atter prrivd,ces of the English of 1'anl4da against tb-ir French fellow -countrymen. %Vern it calfiler to .tahbin the party of tub ch he once aspired to he the prophet. or detawiog the lender he once ext cited, he does not +erupts. at rlan.icr. Whet' • Sir John Willison rays of ta Liberal paat t nulabe w ink rty towarthd'Is secparattm;tiaon, lin utd o-IU.la( hoof those'who will neither wear uniform ' nor contribute a dollar to protect itt.d preserve free British institutions,' he knows he is atandering by implication thousands tit parents wboie b..ys lie Lunde1 little crurea 0r in unknown craters in Ftaucr. He 11 revamping by insi,iiat • what he once knew to he a 4re40,,nahle 11.•• narr elC, that the Libel Al. of t'4r104la--on« 1/Alf .4 the people—are .1.:I„y J. 1 It coni se. s. Iknow that heir. as.rLrwbrie. he 1, slashing a1 the French. But for a.up- porter of the teoveinu:eor that owes ' its shut footing in the Ptorince of Q oilier to hien allose election was w'..n tinier the battle sty of 'no ntiyv,' • and by appeals to the people against I Kir %\ ilft id L401 ier as being F.ngtand r agent to tear tbro sons froth thew to rera•ronfon•igo b:u:,lrfirkin,'o make � t III+ A. 'Jeweils la 1 crime ag'u...t b .tb I troth and•decency. Sir.l..hn \%-inion incus how Su' %%iltild Lwrter and I \It. 10lllietlx hoar !rule ab not the , count v spesku.g as wholeheartedly . �.+ Sir Bobcat Bolden for the detenor of the Empire. and far. more whole- ' limitedly than it would he p•ooiihle for Su .I•.hn %Vtlli•on to do anything hie adulate or tech... %'.-t be takes the occasion of n ix.htical truce to say that 'to te0lore Sir %%',Mild Lawler to tower would be to 'Mow away all the fruits of sacrifice..' The 11uits of our sacrifices will h•• the restoration of Belgium, of Poland ate' °1 `3erhie. aud the him esfaleisilwrnt of prate throughout the sitorlh. Is it sir %Vl- teid or Sir John wh • would throw those great things away EDITORIAL NOTES. B nim•nis is for fourteenth nett )n to enter the war: Roumania by been sating on the temxY • long time, nut she ass at I.st climbed down on the right side. Many a citizen. ,s. he.tirvey* the lax rate This year, Mill murmur. "Well, the only way to got over that will be W fly ak-ite.- Houwauir'1 entrance should shorteu the war materially. Once the Balkan situation 1T -cleared up. the beginning of the end will he in sight. The Toronto fair is reported to be a good one this year : Mit those bhp want to see a real live Exhibition will wait for the tiodericb InJuetrimf. it is said that chlorinated water iM jure@ the bair, 11rning it whits. As chlorine Ion oridol is now present is (ioderich'e water supply. the ladles should have a rare. The denim of war is baring • marked effect upon the atteodmaee at the Ontario Agricultural Cellsg.. President Creel - man Nate* that tie at Mmdasee this year will sot likely be much over twa hundred. •boat hall the stew' Seer.. The (Hobefi.reely assails the idea that 81e Sam Hughes stay be gives the command et a Casadiss army at the frost. It declares that the titian world he a wise, a ghastly mad mwt- derous grime. "if the Prime Mabee, hem soother way by which tie colas. try Ilea be rid of Sir Saga Mugbes, let PROM CAPT. WILL PINGLAND. Something About the Werk He is Dsiag as a Y. M. C. A. Mow et the Prost Tb. following letter front ('apt. %Villi•tu Fiatland to his parents, Mr. and Mr*. John Fingland of Mullett, will be of interest to a great many readers of The !Signal : to:h Hitt/ilia,. $ome+herein 1/4ane$. A,yru,t N. 11.1*. 1)2.414 FOLK*, —%V. b..• bad the wetly beet of weather now for • tow works, line all the time. art • bit of rant. For a few day. it was a lit:ls warm but not hot We don't vertu lin have 'soy but weather like that in Huron and the nights are always am getting te!sow biro well. I have WOO bore moven months SOW and the time s.ewe that and I hope that when another *even months have goose by the war may be over. In many ways we are gaining rte advas- age over the Hun When I came to kraut:* the liftman am oplaaes were a sort of menace and wire • sort of Poke, but now the tables have turned. A couple of days &so it look.0 good to stand and watch a flet of at least twenty five beg British bmttleplattes salting away over the British lin,... I •oppaw they weir oo a bombing em- pedt. son oe W wake oba.rvatioos • or both. Thea, taw. our guns are wore plentiful. more effec,lye rood lilt ger. %yio are getting a greater number of troopall the time. 1 ►m kept very c.xd : 148t night 1 slept 411441 lwa bury .11 the time You see I have the blankets over me.. tarp.ttlin and my three places to look after. One is head- w'u.ter overcoat. Pr ,0 tannins are quarter., one about two wed a -half jar -t beginning to cur their ,grain. miles Irwin there, and the otber about My ! how 1 should bks to have you six and a -halt wailer farther. My head- er, their Inagniticeu. •dope ! Tnev quarters consists of a hut iUrUOieet, • are worderfuf. Illy ranew sleeping tent Iuz7l*eet, a cook house and a but 19rtal-itt stenos .0 that rbe grain canvass but 7g15feet. In the latter I toucher it. oats that cone alutoe4 to have say hod and sort of °Mloe, also say shoulder. %Vben they are ripe I keep home of the athletic staff. It is ant going to seed a few brads home to a very comfortable spot. In the tent you the boys sleep and ws store junk tier* Toddle 1 had a visit from Nal r as iiirdL The big but is half seated Bre k., the chief V. M. C. A. °Meer and there area dozen of collopsible over -era. He i. frosts Montreal, one tables for writing, reading and ail - of a fIg w ot j-w«Ilere, anti 1 thunk they log. On the plattorw isa piano. In this we gal. -d w willi0uanrrs, ,batt he 'libel' we have our concerts, sing songs v-ry Hae rota. one of the chnicest.1 and bold Sunday services.' In one w humble on unassuming and yet w corner of the but le our canteen, keen vial islet'. Tonight 1 bed one wirers we carry o line of .tock Obit . plem.stit surprise when four no: meets the scads of the atldiers, with College boyo dr,pped'(n on me. They such things as canned fruit and veget- hate just come over here with a bat- able., fish. meat, milk, also chocolates, tory. 1: was good to see them and 1 tobacco, pipes. cogitate, towels, brushes, think th-y were glad to see me. The polishes. shoo lace*, writing ped., night before !sat Cspt..C.rrie of (lode- pencils also lemonade when it is bot, rich stayed with m.. We were at tea when It is cold, toothbrushes, Collegiate together. He is in Y. M. eodlpr. etc. In this but we do from C. A, here, tot, 8o you see I am not 10100 to 100n francs (='DOU to IrIZ) alone out hire. These are some of worth of business a day. I have a the things that make life pleasant staff of eve men at pretreat. At the here aud, what is wire, we seem to place two and a -half miles from here value mud appreciate friendship bene we haven teat 80zitneet with a skid - witch more t,,h•n in civil life. lar canteen, so piano but it small amy- 1 have recently received many Mg picture outfit, four wen being in letters enquiring about sons. brothers, charge. etc., who have been killed or are miss- The place six and -a -half miles away ing : some of them are very pitiful is • rained house. 1t is in full view of and hard to answer. But this may the enemy by day. being two nr three lead you to believe that i am living miles from hie trenches. eo that we somewhat despondent. Piot eo : in have to keep away- froom there by day. Squeezing the Kaiser The Moult ion Man% and ill.• (part he 1- taking in the great wwr.— Fr nil Today. y. Londom fact, i don t think I bare ever been so bright and cheerful in my lite before. %♦ r cannot afford to Int our minds d'sell on the sordid side ot thing.. We hear of aur frleods being killed and wounded, hut go oe with our rpm tr. conceits, rte.. joist the sane. We have to. or where would we be Thin is war time and we must tlo th1. thing that makes for rM-ieocy. We have our daily hasetsall, sports, etc. This may sound strange to you, hug dd not judge'harably. We had a very line *orrice in our lint toeight : the speaker was Capt. Thnrlow Fraser. late of Owen Sound. He makes an excellent chaplain and ii, well liked toy the l*.ye. I had dinner with H.Iph Conn••r on Friday. He is doing • splendid piece of work out here ,.a chaplain., 1 see quite a lot of hide aod Canadiens at home endure the antic - tit n 10 it* worst and its last rather than imperil the lives of Canadians at the trent by an army command aa the plies of his eesigaai loo " H,vmania'e intervention in the war bad an immediate effect on the grain markets. With'ibe prospect of the re- lease at as early date of the Russian stores of wheat, prion dropped seven W eight estate on the Chicago Market. The city of Berlin. Umt., tonight sheds its old same and will hereafter be knows as Kitchener, the Ontario (:cabinet haviag at last giten effect W Use eri.bes of s be citizen. tubo for • year or more leave bees keeping up tin agi1atioa foe • ebaage 01 same. Referring to a little slam by The Globe at the Socialist eaedidats is the oncost bye -election. The Toronto Star declares that Mr. Coulter Is soot • dangerous character. Tbe3Har w right. A cas/idats olio pall. 445 setae l• a total of over LOUD -and that with the strong support of The Star—esm lordly be termed demonist, •. 1 One day a obeli was put through, it, but of cute se no one wee the' r then. It is ellen only for night, when mac. tically all the wowing id men and sup- plies is done ler cover of darkness. It is just a .ural l piece owned hy two •.•Idirl... Its chief function is to give 13.41, hungrv,'war, cild parsers -1,y a cup of bot tea and w bi:e to eat. A small stock of stuff is also carried there. but as this place lo frequently looted to daytime when no one is there to look after it the stock is kept small. 1 hare now • staff of good boys, so that I leave them largely to tb-m- .eIve. while I put in my gigue with the h.ttalion ninn,ng @ports, cancers, or talking with the hen. Tbev conic to me with all sorts of request'. it is bard to get money orders, posited notes, ete., eashid here, eel gats them the 1•'rencb money for them at the curt ent rate of exchange and send them to say hank account in the Bank of Montreal, Loudon, England. 8o wary people write wanting particu- len of friends who have bean killed and it sometimes take@ a lit of time getting this, hitt i know bow much it means to relatives. My time seems to be spent in doing a multitude of„ little things that do not make a spectacular show. but things that 1 tbiak are worth while and tholes that swan .ometbing to the sostestment, cheer- fulness and efflaieecy of the men. One example will .ranee, A few battalions of the lie Division, tubo have been tried is nasal battles. were detailed to make a charge. Amongst three were the lScb and 18th Matta- lions. attalions. the two to whbb i am attached cad amongst whom i have made • host of friendi Nall newer teems the night they west la W make the he It wee Sunday . i had pest y osier the mos getting these to wrier a IOW. or saed stationed owe, for Nub they and 1 knew that for some it would he thele bat MN - sage oa meth. Matey of these more a the addr se of Meade to whom W writ. "if •nythits3 b•ppased,".• they pat it. Many Nell their snowy or other valwlies 111th mei. Mases them it has bees my tall task rte egad massy of these to fetes* In Maeda sad tae Old U.smtry. 1* le aud to woke a atwa,r eMeb'LMtlassidbti, HMI Nth 111111Mne wee eh. friends and tell 1 hem of the death of their relatives io battle. tin many write back for particular., wbieb are often too borrti,l. to give. 1 loot sow. of the brit 1, i.nds that 1 bad amn11gst the °Marrs. When ooe is standing under the deadly lite of the Berman foe and knows not what a few o1Mutes may bring forth, b. thanks Heaven for the comrades shout hint. and it doesn't muter whether they • are Protestant, l'atbolie or Jew. We cannot afford w wrote ono energies • over these trifling diversifies of epic inn when there are x111 strongholds of • evil tobebroem k d0.011. •••••••••••••••••••••••••. ••• • W. ACHESON & SON • - - -- • 0 • • • EXTRA • • I am enjoying say work and feeling flue. This cake and sock. arrived • U. K. Your loving sou, WILL • • • • •• •• Little Job or Big From repairing of a faucet to the installa- tion of a complete plumbing , system, we ped tote dp- o the job. W. R. PINDER Phone 153 Hamilton Street Make Gasoline Your Motive Power 1 This is the season when a Gasoline Engine would be a valuable asset if added to your farm equipment. Just at the present time we have on the floor .of our ware- house all sizes of Engines from one and a -half to six ' horse- power. They will do a great deal to take the drudgery out of life. Call and see them. — ROBT. WILSON Hamilton St , Dederick ••••••••••••• The Saults Coal Co. ;+�•„_-•,r_ , %L I..e +I[A a Walt :II AC.F.NTS Ft.R LEt1IGH VALLEY THE C,•.41. THAT SATISFIES We deal in Hard and Soft Coa', Lime, Cement, Fire Brick. Fire Clay, also Hard and Soft Wood, Maple and Hemlock Slabs. Hemlock Nail, $2 per cirl Fresh cars of Lime and Cement Just received. OFFICE Pifo\F: - - - R. J. Saults' Residence 27.1 W. W. Saults' Residence 202 A SHOWER of comfort in warm weather you can take any time you feel disposed when your bath- room is fitted up in modern style with a good showier apparatus and bath - tdb. Let us put you in improved sanitary plumbing worthy of the times. If we do it, it's done right. -1111111111•11— Fred Hunt HAMrLTOKSTRAWT 'PROMS lilt • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • ••• • • • • • • • •• Dress Goods Values ! 40 to 44 -inches -wide all -wool Dress Goods in Whip- cords, Serges and Tweed Effects. August 5oc sale price 30 -inch all pure wool genuine Halifax Tweeds, noth- ing better made for boy's or men's wearing suits. Greys and navy blue (old buy"ng), worth 90c, at per yard Linens Our .tock of old Linen values is still very large and price- we have not changed from old before the war buying.• Damask Table Linen. bleached and unbleached, all Linen, at p.r yard 50c, 60c, 73c, 51 and $1.25 Cloth. with Napkins to match in all desirable sires. Tea Sets with Napkins to match 52.50 to 55.00 • • • •• • • • • • • •• •• • - - Turkish Towels -- • Speei.tl clearing sale of :rl) down Turkish Towel` at • about halt price. Yen pair 30c, 40c, SDC, and 75c • French Silk Poplins •• Fine showing of the.* high-class materials in all hest shales and black. A beautiful material of silk - and woor, 44; inch*, wide and recommended for service, at per ar.i 51.25, 51.35 and $1.50 IP Knitting Yarns For the %%omen who knit for thesoldiers. and who doe?: not Superior Tarns *pecially priced. Undyed natural soft gull farts at per ib . 90c 2.p!� kotrh EIngering in light grey at per 11)51.10 Fi ie'.1 1,:per Scotch 4 --ply at per lb F 51.60 • • ••• • •• O i tie. A CtHESON & SON •••••••••••••••••••••••••• a. .. c one 4 al j S est? The person trained, in a Commercial School. We guarantee to give a Stenographic and Commercial Course equal to ,*hat given by any School in the Province and to place you in a position when you graduate. Write for rates and make arrangements to enter as soon as possible. Fall term begins September 5e1.. Students may enter any time. School of Commerce CLI%TON, ONTARIO. PHONE 204. B. F. WARD. S A , M. ACCTS. PRINCIPAL r Western Fair LONDON, ONTARIO September 8th to 16th, 1916 WESTERN ONTARiO'5 POPULAR EXHIBITION ART. MEW. AGRICULTURE AND AMSEDIENTS A PINE COMBINAT1ON AT LONDON'S L niornoN A Real Live Program of Attractions Twice Deily T• (peed gums Daily PIREWORKS EVERY NIGHT I Nue Mrecew SlrileinTwoevery suggi.lg Pull K gsdll SINGLE PARE ss'sr all wed if Urals SPECIAL EXCEED= RATS Prise Lists. gets Po, nes a.td all in'ormetion Iran, the S•ertorrs NM PlesidM0t A. M. HUNT, Secretory • V • 4'