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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1918-4-25, Page 6a t 6 THURSDAY, APRIL. 25, 1918 SIGNAL GODERICH, ONTARIO An Open Letter---- 1 To the Mayor and Councillors of Goderich Have your citizens organized to increase food production? If they have not yet done so, We, the Organization of Resources Committee, earnestly ask you to call them together in a Mass Meeting, and lay before them the necessity of immediate and vigorous efforts --the food situation is critical. It may astonish you to learn that in 1517 Ontario did not grow enough wheat for its own needs. Consequently every Ontario farmer whose land is suitable, has been urged to sow 5 acres more spring wheat this year so that Ontario's demand for wheat shall not be met at the expense of that portion of the Western crop that should more rightfully be shipped overseas. For this same reason every householder who has a garden or a piece of vacant land is being urged to grow vegetables, because the more vegetables that are gown and eaten in Ontario the less wheat and meat there will be consumed, and, that being so, the Ontario wheat crop should then be sufficient to feed our own people, and leave more Western wheat and other foods available for export. By intelligent effort, in tate cultivation of his own back garden, or from the cultivation of a nearby piece of land, the average citizen can grow, this summer, enough vegetables to support his family through the next winter. And remember, if food restrictions are enforced next winter, a supply of vegetables . in the cellar will be very desirable. If you already have an unofficial or semi-official organization to stimulate food production, so much the better. That will give you the basis for a comprehensive committee. A plan that has been adopted in many places is here outlined. You should adapt it to the needs of your own community. 1. A General Committee should be formeB, representing every impor- tant interest of the community. 2. The work should be done by sub- committees. The following list is sufficiently comprehensive for the largest places. You should adapt it to your own community. (a) A sub -committee on Finance.- The Organization of Resources Com- mittee is willing to help local branches financially with publicity, public meetings and organization. (b) A I'uhlici:y Committee to place local problems properly before the people, supplementing the larger work of the province -wide publicity, by securing pledges, sending out circu- lar letters, arranging for addresses in churches, schools, motion -picture houses, etc., and by supplying local papers with news items. (c) A sub -committee on Vacant Lot and Back -Yard Gardening to include re- presentatives from horticultural so - cities, school teachers, etc. (d) A sub -committee on Farm Labour, composed cf employers of labour, representatives of organized labour, war veterans, etc. Labour is the key to the food production problem. All boy, girl, part-time and vacation labour should be enlisted. Make sure that sufficient labour is ready to meet any demands made by your farming community. This labour should be placed on farms locally through the Agricultural Representatives or the Government Employment Bureaux. (e) A Farm Lands sub -committee, com- posed of groups of men to cultivate target tracts of vacant land in the vicinity of cities, towns and villages. Flax growing is profitable and suit- able—flax seed and fibre are much needed. (f) A sub -committee on Schools, to en- list all school -children of sufficient age to work either in home gardens, community gardens, school gardens, or on farms. (g) A sub -committee of women on Con- servation to deal with the problems of food -saving in the homes; the more broadly representative it is of women's activities the better. Exist- ing women's organizations should not be interfered with, but since con- servation is one of the greatest prob- lems, there should be a women's committee in each community to deal with this problem alone. 3. An Executive Committee should be appointed, to include the chairman of the general committee and the chairmen of the sub -committees. This committee should meet fre- gUently. 4. A Secretary to the committee should be chosen, for his knowledge of the situation, who would be free to de- vote considerable time to the work. Lack of food threatens the battle -line and we must deal with the situation. TO THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN If you have not yet decided to plant a vegetable garden make up your mind to do so now. You will not regret it. There is still lots of time. Potatoes and beans may be planted up to June 1st and These are the best substitutes for wheat and meat. For good, practical advice upon how to lay out and cultivate a Vegetable Garden, write for a free copy of the booklet entitled: "A Vegetable Garden for Every Home." This has been prepared by the Ontario Department of Agriculture for the guidance of citizens who will respond to this call for increased production. Send for copy now. Mail the coupon below: Mail This Coupon 0.100. NOW Organization of Resources Committee, Parliament Buildings, Toronto Dear Sirs : Please send num a copy of your booklet "A Vegetable Garden for Every Home." 4 Name Address ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCES COMMITTEE In Cod)peratioa with Canada Food Board A TERRIBLE DROP With a,Ittuaculoua End --Haw Major Hews Escaped Almost Certain Death. The following account of a thrilling in- cident in the fighting area in France is Irvin an Edmonton paper, the Alberta cit y being the hornets( the young aviator who had such a narrow Gape. He is a grandson of Mrs. Jeckell, of the London road near Exeter: There are few, very few flying erten whose machine is shot down out of control at the dizzy height of 10.000 fest int e air who live to tell the tale- possibly percentage of one in a thousand. Yet such is the exceptional experience one Edmonton's flying officers. Major G. P. Howe, formerly O.C. "A" Company pony 202nd Spartamen's Battalion, who subsequently tc7�s1�r�a�d to the Flying Corps. wnting of Major Howe's thrilling ex - 't a correspondent at the front says: Howe, in company with two other pilots. was engaged in patrol duty on January 30, between 1.30 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon. They were sailing around, well behind the Hun line at a height of about 10.000 feet, free, as they thought. from the attention or molestation on the part of the Hun airmen. seeing nothing except an odd Hun miles behind his own lines. Suddenly the detonating crack and rattle of machine-gun fire m.+de things lively. Howe's machine was in direct line of fire and amid the first sweep of bullets received the full force of a well -directed fusilade. The force of the curtain of tire which enveloped the machine nearly stunned him. Howe was flying in the (ace of a dazzling sunlight and immediately he tried to turn his machine so as to discover his adversary or adversaries, but in doing so his machine went into "a spin." He shut ori his engines s. th the view ta again obtain control. but found he had o "lateral" control bullets having hit and broken his aileson control wires and also breaking the "king post" on the left side of his rudder. That damage was bad enough, but by skillful handling he seemed to gain temporary control of the machine. He tried to steer for his own lines, when to his horror he found that his rudr had been partially disabled, beingworkable only to the right. which would steer the machine still further over toward Our. land. By that time he had rapidly fallen from 10 000 to 2,000 and still on the downward ammft x s 4111, 11111000 1.10 s= B.ww•.«rns►.wiltalamll'•tlMMyrNmlMessagt ,0011.. rgor. 1 t 1 a 4 i 3 Hveryoae admire them three times s day—shining, spotless dishes. e . . 0 . e. . 0, . . . You know, if a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well. So, for your dishes and utensils, use Sunlight Soap. Its soft, creamy lather ensures a shining cleanliness that will be a delight oto the eye. 1SunlightSoap � t has great cleansing power, yet it never red- { dens or hurts the softest hands, being aef surpassing purity. z A $4000 - J.-antee .1 swam loom wit` ....y bar .d Samos, Soap. All gnomes ..Il is u .'nfliawtlf•rull!Ilir-mbnpa•.• ...-arum,.m..,...flo.n....tl,,,i„*.,pimab•1.talN,1,...., grade with his machine still out of con- - trot, which looked ominous for him. to I ...-_...,_. those of us who were watching him. He, gyp; if You have not an expert near however. kept his nerve and nosed up and You, a message to us will secure the did some kind of a side slip -then he services Of one in the shortest' possible seemed to go fairly straight. Fortunately i lime - for Howe the Hun who had attacked him In its own field the growing d flax is was not following him. but one of his lust as important as the production of fellow -patrol pilots was. Then he did wheat. As it can bearown where wheat some kind of a "flat turn round" and by will not succeed. a way of service is thus some unexplained means managed to died for those who have sod land to head for our lines. That was all he could y be surprising to scene reederstoMONO do and await a crash to earth. By now he was falling over our lines with ground beneath heavily studded with shell holes full of water and half broken trees, upon which he seemed destined to crash to a certain death. We watched him in his appalling des- cent. thinking an second might be his last. He made a desperate effort rdo those Provincial Orjanization of Resources up" and by one i the extraordinary Committee. Toronto. freaks of fate his machine turned turtle and crashed to earth upside down, both ends of the machine resting on the outer walls of a huge shell hole. There, with water beneath. and gasoline dripping from the tank above him. he hung securely in the pilot's seat by his leather belt and waited while some of his fellows rushed to his rescue and dragged him safely oat of his sore plight. Had a spark but ignited the petrol he would Lave had a warm end - frit not warmer perhaps than his miraculbus escape was greeted by the cheering troops as we escorted him to the rear where a good nip of brandy given by a sympa- thetic medico pulled him somewhat to- gethei. We had hardly got Howe free from his machine than the Huns. with their extra- ordinary politeness. commenced to shell the wrecked machine. Well, they were welcome-- Howe had brought home the machine and we had him safe and sound and not a prisoner of war. The wing commander called up the next morning to congratulate him on his safe return and his splendid effort at land- ing. The wing commander insisted on Howe Going on seven days' leave to re- coup -which is usual after similar ex- ceptional experiences in the air. The day before this Howe with his other pilot friends was in another fine scrap. getting three Huns down in flames and driving down two other machines out of control. They themselves all returned in safety. be informed that one-third of all the aviators in the British air service are from Canada. This country therefore has a peculiar interest in seeing that the air boys have wings with which to fly. Any person thkiking at putting in some flax this year and d*ninng further information should commute with the 111111111111111111111111111111111IIIMg1111INWIqYWYqNNIIIIUIYNIW WII1111IINMIIINIIItlIINNNAl111111111INWNAYgWWANAAIIIIIININW The Signal to January Ise, 1919, for $L00 Waste Waste 1s Now Illegal. Anybody who discovers cases of waste of food may notify the legal (authorities, who have power, under the new order, to take action. Wilful or careless waste has become illegal, and municipalities who secure the conviction receive half the fine. while Provincial officers securing the con- viction receive half the fine for the Prov- ince. Woman's idea of domestic economy is to induce In r husband to give up smok- ing. Discretion has a greater commercial value than valor. GROW FLAX THiS YEAR. -1- O G■■a■■■ ■if■■■■ ■■i■ nuai van D O o 0 a ■ ■ A Woman • a ▪ Advises Women p IIIa IThrow* P.O.. Oct. a ' I received year sample or GIN ■ PILLS mod after acing them I felt so ■ a Stich better that I got s boa ■1 my ■ • dresgi.t•t sod sow I am taking the :• • Mitre bora ■ "The pain acres my hock asd ■ IMs almost entirely goof and ■ 1 1 better than t have bees for ■ years. 1 was • great sufferer from • • rheumatism but it has all left me. 1 • straggly advise all mosses wheedler • tans pais Is the back and weak SI • kidneys to try GIN PILL." •■ Mab T. HARRIS. ■ ■ Fibre is Needed for the Wings el Aeroplanes. The Provincial Organization of Re- sources Committee is sending out a call to farmers to grow flax this year. Flax - fibre is used in the construction of the wings of aeroplanes. Russia and Belgium formerly sspplied five -sixths of Great Britain 'sdemand: now they supply little. if any, and Canada is looked to to relieve the shortage. Last year thirty-three flax mills were operated in Ontano and 8.000 acres were planted. The mills are in the market for all the flax straw and seed that can be secured. and it is hoped ithere will be a largely increased acreage in this crop this year. A circular fmm the Organization of i ResotrcesCammittee says: "Because flax can be grown mimes - , ▪ fully upon newly plowed sod land, and because the growing of flax on this land h a splendid frepanfor the towing of fail wheat, flax -growing should be con- ! by every municipality in the neighborhood of which there s hod land Which will otherwise remain eisemdtx- live. "If you have a fax mill in your vicin- ity. the experts should he consulted with regard to seed and the cultivation of the ■ ■ • ▪ Gi, Ma sell for p etc. a Ms .r theses • for rigs .t .a geed dealers. 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