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Citizens Endorse Greater Goderich Campaign.
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THE SIGNAL - GODERICH, ONTARIO
lea eitiNLL PRINTING GU.,
lacar.tarl tae
LTD. All Should Work Together
Movement, Say Speakers at Dinner Given by
Board of Trade President.
would Ming fila Inerrasrd populaUul
About forty citizens prominent in the
lite of the town were guests of Mr. G. L. III would In his opinion be a good flung
to Ensure
of the
expressed Ma pleasure
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1918
EDITORIAL NOTEe.i
Hope for a Greater Goderich-wort for Parsons. presidenbof the Board of Trade. Judge Lewist D
a Greater (;oderith. I ata dinner given at Hotel Bedford on 1n' seeing ao many at flat, gathering
w Friday evening last. This dinner was in end Droudtred to
When the officer comes to the door tacit it prepay tan for the canvass on ThundaY might be decided upon. His ides of
the housekeeper dome t
ie the dog. the fkwr barrel or the atter and Friday of this week, and was re -
bag tbat should
be put out of sight. ( forded by the committee as a gratifying
Monday was the fiftieth anniversary of success.
the wedding of Sir Wilfrid and Lady, The president of the Board of Trade,
La It was their desire. owing to the
dress of war condtuons that tete day
and before calling on other speakers
all pease( the ponninion.afdSir Wilfrid's Greater Glsierieh movement had been
Laurier Mr. G. 1.. Parsons, occupied the chair
coobe passed quietly; but messages of gr sed in upon thanfrommade borne introductory remarks. A
con
followers in Parliament presented them
of gold plait. Instituted by the Board and this dinner
with a handsome piCwas one of lir means taken to get the
Countless admirers of the Grand Old Man
throughout Canada pin sib tatty in the active workers together. Nature had
felicitations that are due to the occasion. ( done mueti for Goderich but those
and wish him and his bride of fifty yf natural advantages had .not been suttl-
eny more years of health and happiness.
L. Henri S. Bland, M. P. for Beauce, was necesear)' and that was the obj
clently utilized. .\ concerted effort
Pct
who has been a prisoner In the hands of now in t levy.
the Germans since the early days of the IMr. Parsons then gave a very inter-
war, has at last been mamma. Dr. Beim',who was a Minister inStr Wilfrid laurier's resting historical review.
Government, was in Belgium on his I The year 18, he said seemed to have
honeymoon. after his marriage to a Bel- a peculiar eignlfiwnce for Goderich.
gran lady, when the war broke out, and
he remained in the danger zone giving
to wounded Belgian I In the Misses Limes' admirable book,
"In the days of the Canada Company,"
medical attention
add' and while doing so was captured t reference was made to a legend that
what the town should do was --adver-
tise. He had done something algae
these lines himself in bygone Jaye.
sue** some sue. : but the town arnv
had improved traMW_At$Uuo faiclltles,
it had a splesdld site tot rolling mills,
It had excellent facilities for shipbuild-
ing, and the Board of Trade should
advertise these things. Goderich was
the natural port for Guelph and London
end for the whole of Western 0 itarlo
and this entire portion of the provinceno
was Interested in Its developeut.
rens
b the Germans. About a year ago has (]iamplain landed at the mouth of the
~ifs was taken ill in Belgium and Meneselung river here in 1618. Then,
died. He was then in Germany and was
not allowed to visit her or evert to attend again, It quoted from the Canada (la-
the funeral. it is understood he is now zette That in Otte the fast steamer
on the way horse to Canada. I •'Walk in the Water." had been charter -
Presumably there are slat, era among ell to take the membertl of the Canada
from Buffalo on Lake Erie to
the towns- i Companyfr
the faintersIt there are amongpeople, built is entirely unfair to charge Mackinaw Island on Lake Huron, and it
farmers as a class with lack of patnotten was therefore about this time that
because they took at face value tthe
Ooderich was find put on the map,
asseverations of the ta
superlative imporu
tion as a factor in
vernment as to
c of faun produc-' although it was some four or five years
he winning of the later that John (fall, as secretary of the
war. A bulletin iasiaei by the Dominion Canada Coanpan)•, came to lay out the
Food Controller April 29th last quotes Sir town. The town was named after Lord
phasize e pert Borden as stronglyfollows: the a cannot beolutdy Goderich, a director of the Canada
uurtoo rgentt necessity for increased food pro- Company. Major Strickland of Peter -
duction. The issue of the war may de- borough was engaged to superintend
pend on the quantity of the food pro the laying out of the town and the
duced in Canada and the United States.
Tn t -i ii i is grave an 1 urgent be- erection of the Canada Company's
gond Pneek,ility of exaggeration." The buildings, and it was somewhat of a
official publication of the Canada Food
coincidence that Mr. Strickland of the
Board issued under date of May 4
(les Bank of Montreal, who, the speaker
than two weeks ago) quotes Mr. H. B.
Thomson (chairman of the Board) thus: understood, came ,from Eastern On -
"Every man and woman in Canada Carlo and was no doubt related to the
should realize that in order to keep the Major, had come to live in Goderieh.
batik line in France and Flanders ta� In the year 1830 when the name of the
broken we must do all in our power
keep the food line unbroken. And a river was changed from Menesetung to
in the Fame issue of this Maitland, a Yankee millwright who had
tparagraph
gives the toren engaged to build a mill for the
Europeofficial in
tot 4.7fo.000 Per Company Isere made a speech at a local
begaof whileevatiorn since the
war began, about 4.260 000 celebration- vhereln he remarked,
have been killed by fighting. Nan "Waal, I gueiw when this country is
suppose the war should last fo once cleared up the roads made and the
danger
and greater with each mason; but place like It In all creation. In*
the farmers of Canada could never again the fine frontage you have on that big
be appealed to as they have been thi. sea- pool alluding to Late Huron and the
Ida -
ion jor tlTeaur ted (0ti°n• e" plats that t goad harbor, and land that can't be
not be expected make plana
might be interfered with at any time by a brat nohow. All you want Is to go
new order front Ottawa. The Govern- ahead, and you may take my word for
ment may be right in its present costae It that this will be the garden of Gan-
-it has sources of information that are alts yet " That was a prediction made
not available to the general public -but it
ought to be absolutely certain of its upwards of a hundred years ago. We
ground before it destroys the faith of the bate a Bettet, harbor now, two lines of
peopk in the value of its own promuea railway and better facilities in every
crud emesis decimations; . The war has eta but there Is still murk to he
to be won - m that there is no question - y
and the people must look to the Govern- donee, said Mr. Parsons, if we are to
ment for guidance and advice as to the attain the prosperity That rte should
greatest needs oI the war situation as it rightly enjoy•
varies from time to time. 1 is�orr at I Rev. Canon Hill was frilled upon and
important. then, that the people
not have auee to place : discount up- gate a t igurous adders. if this move -
on Government pronouncements. merit fess to he a *tierces, he said, here
--- — - must he eo-operation on the, part of
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at the head of N►eti•tei of Trade.
This was It young 'Wu's proposition
and it would be a shame If the young
nom did not take and put. 11
through. HP hoped "Greater Goderich":
wuik1 develop into.* regular daily
new e}ritper.
"Let us bring forte end produce the
results of this night's meeting. I?arh
man should do his dut) and the cam-
paign will be a stolon•."
Mr. M. O. Cauert>a, K. 1:., follooed.
"Surely .very oae hero.• he said, "Is of
One mind os the natter that has been
spo►ea of this evening." He hoped one
of the results of Ills revivinratlua of
the lsostd of Trade would be the roue -
Ing of those who shooed be lntereeted.
As) pretldent fur some- years of the
$wird of Trade he had had rather a
iseouraglar experience, because • the
merchants and othees who should be
interested would sot do anylring,
would not even attend the meetings.
He had almost come to the eulielusion
that we might as well close our doors
and give up the effort. The ot►ly hope
of success. he saw was that we altgMld
all make up our minds to ,hi something
uurbelves. It was an err,ueuue idea
that prosperltr would comp without
our exerting ourselves, making sacri-
fices and securing unity of settee to
\tr. C. A. Reid -There Is material
right here to put Ooderieh on the map•
Enlist ore co-operation not only of
the business people but of the working
men as well. Get them talking and
they will help to "boost" Ooderleh.
Mr. U. 11. MCFartand, ,the represen-
tative of the Town Development Com-
pany, who %vas next called upon by
the president, said it was perhaps not
realized here' how great had been Ber
advance in the last ten years in e
niereial nrgu niuitlon methods. l&es
had seen the opportunity of building
themselves up by organised effort and
had begun to build up chambers of
commerce, put capable men in charge
of them and supported thele with their
money, and there had grown up a class
of men v\ho as secretaries of these
chambers of commerce had made almost
a ' scientific business of commercial
organization.
'ro male couunerel.t organization a
aUCCPtre here were several Pssentlais.
1st. Representative membership, In-
cluding everybody in the community
who ran afford to pay the dues.
?mi. Working capital. It takes
money to run a business, a church, er
any organization. and it takes money
to run a sueressful rnminereial organi-
zalien.
3rd. Personal sem ice. Every man
should Bite his own personal assistance
In the conduct of the organization.
ith. A capable man on the. job. The
secretary would not only supervise the
work, keep track of prospects,
but would also keep the people of the
town working In res-cipentlon.
Across the line the old methods ha¢
beep scrapped and commercial organi-
zations were adopting the bureau form
of chamber of commerce work. There
would be a bureau for each depart-
ment of the work. Thus :
1. Industrial. •
2. .agricultural or rural.
3. Retail trade.
4. Convention ams publicity.
3. Traffic and ransportation.
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three or four Yeats yet. The creeks bridged, there won't he another
of famine would be increasingly ghat at
advance the Interests of the town.
Ile did not think much of the man wtio
had not some local patriotism. That
was what was needed 1n Goderich.I
Surely it was only latent and would
conte to the .urface with opportunity.
That opportunity bad arrited. We
were making the endeatnr, anyway, and
It we did not sueeeed ur should have
no regrets -sal surely we should not
fall.
Mr. Cameron said he had had no part
In the wort that hal been done pet far
In ronnecliun with this movement, but
he put himself at the command of the
committee with pleasure, and he
thought the rest of the community
owed a vote of thanks to those who had
Inaugurated the movement.
Mr. C. L. Moore said he was more.
than pleased with the expressions he
had heard that evening and ale° with
what was heard on the streets regard -
Ing the movement. He told °f a cam -1
paign that had been carried on with
success in his old home town in the
States two years ago, with success, one
gratif> ing result being w marked re-
ductiee in the rate or laxation. Every
man, woman and child In ltoderieh
should be Interested. When he came i
to Goderich five years ago he was im-
pressed with the beauty of the town ,
and he thought It should grow and ever
-since he had been trying to do some-
thing to help in Its gruwth.
Ret . A. L. G. Clerk.% who was next
heard, declared MIK was no sltch word
as "can't." I Of ^.Defile there weer dim-
rulties and obstacles, but he remember-
ed that when he was a boy at school •
they 11:4.1 obstacle racer, and die game
was to get over these obstacles that
were placed In their way. \n diffi-
culty existed here that could not be
overcome by a body of determined men
who worked together. Education was
necessary. The criticism heard a few
days before was that "Itis is a new
In each of the departments men were thing." and the people were inclined to i
put in charge who were especially in-
terested in that particular phase of
activity. In this way there were Ile-
celopeil groups of men interested and
expert each in Its men (Inc of work.
One man might belong 10 more than • mored people wanted to get on. The
one group if he desired. The bureau 1 slogan should he, "All aboard for a
methal had been adopted by x00 organi- greater Goderich."
zatfons in large and sutall cities in the Mr, Joseph Kidd saki lie had a great
United Slates. deal of faith and hope In what was
Mr. McFarland then explained the being done. Though bis epitaph had
methods by which it was intended to
continue the campaign In e�nderieh. Ile
laid that since he had come to Glide -
rich he had waived a marked change in
the attitude of the people. Men who
'formerly were knockers had become
boosters. -
Mr. McFarland gave some information
from his own experience of how sone,
cities acress the 'lin, support their
Board of Trade. When a ejty treetop
to invest in Its own growth It usually
keep, on increasing 1M investments, as
It M found that larger Investments give
larger dividends. 'flmierleb had an as-
sensed valuation of 81,H0.iX10 : but many
a business of If•0,000 capital spent more
M advertising itself then (hie town had
done. It would he ROA husiness for
flo erlch to make a Write investment
in placing Its advantages before the
world.
Build Up the Blood '' business nian of this town. All
•' artist mute in. The ladies loo, were
Interested and he hoped there would
You Cannot have tlealth toe Moto on the Ilse for their names.
if the Blood is Weak .11.• knew of two or three who had
and Watery. I stated their wfllingnen( to subscribe
it is a hopeless task to try to restore their twenty -Ore dollars a year. There
your health while your blond is deficient were also many former residents of
in quantity or quality. The blood circu- the town--Goderich 0141 Boys -Who
THE KIDNEYS
between
3b and 40
Whatever else you do, keep your
Yidneysre alaraadacdve. Their
work is of vast importance to
your health and at the first evi-
dence of trouble, often occurring
from the thirtieth to the fortieth
year, take • treatment with
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KIDNEYS
The Inducts' erect 1e to el ter Impart-
tfes from the blend. e•ideac.sf moe-
t►iag areas mita the Illa.ys may be
feesawtsed quits elle--pains 1a the
sides .ad beak. Rheumatic teriags.,
eeasss.t heoa..hest emetics Oise
restless sleep and wrier,
troublGIs. pints are the guiakeet sad most
s s.ti.e remade you tea take.
ase . box or I boxes for pm, .t all
dealers.
ample fr.m r yea write J.
rt.si ria D..s a Chemical Ow
of Game. Limbed. ..Tenon
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for the spring rains 1
6 your roof and eavetrough
in good condition T
Our work in that line is
always satisfactory.
W. R. PINDER
Phone 116 Hamilton Street
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distrust It, but ttithtn the last few days
there had been a marked change of
sentiment. Towns were somewhat like
trains. Nobody wanted to be on • train
that was standing still ; but when it!
lath through every portion of the body. tt,,uI I hr
distributes it to the various orgy Interested and should be hi-
lt takes nourishment frons the food and tiled to give ficin assislal7ex. There
muscles; it takes also any medication that were the farmers too. If
mshare liin'its
is administered through the mouth. The ahead they would a
blood is the only means by which medi- prusf.Prlty• He had been talking to a
tine can reach the nerves. Hence if the farmer who says he would not object
Mood is poor the body becomes weak and
the nerves snaky, and the victim may be to Delp make things go. They might
subject to headaches and dizziness. poor br rereiv441 as honorary members at
appetite. indigestion, a constantly tired s 1,,,. ,.1 810.
feeling ne perhaps to rheumatism. sciatica Ile hoped that all present would not
or neuralgia- Poor blond is the forerun-
ner of nearly every ailment to which only pay their fee hal would take an
mankind is subject. and you can only active part and make a personal effort
enjoy robust health by keeping tine blood to inter, •,t others. They should seise
rich, red and pure. To keep the blood in opportunity to show• the ad -
this condition no medicine vet discovered
an equal Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. t every
vantages of this movement and get the
Every dose helps 10 make new, rich blood half hearted anti the pesslmistle ones
which carries new health and new strength cnnverled.
to every part of the bodyy one oe be Mr. W. H. Robertson, tchn was next
tomes weak and pule Dr. Williams'Pink
Pills restore the blood bring the glow of railed upgn, said that he felt eure
health to the cheek. and make weak. ail- i eters person financially Interested In
SSing people eWirtli and strung. Mrs.. I the town woald be willing to contribute
says: - o Wieaams. Kyehe lt, Ont., a year U these things would be
says; - 'Some yea s ago r s ,health slat'' ac o.m liabete in the town which they
led to fail. The doctor said my blood p
was thin and watery. but the medicine 1 all deslreel to see. The great need of
took did not do me any good. My }cents ' the town was increased populatlon-
and limbs would ache and swell, until it I
was atm not Aeration of any *penpal virtue In
wt imoible osfew me to get up
and down, and no one knows how much numher,a but bedtime bunions rould
i suffered or how d smuraged 1 was.he mire el -SW ectad a much greater
Reading of i e. Williams' Pink Pills i de- I measttee Of lluenalle than with the pre -
tided to try them. 1 took a couple o1 sent pwpmintlnn. With • liege popu-
hoxes, and by the time 1 had taken them
felt an improvement. I then took sixLatino there would he greeter provision
boxes more sod before I had taken them I for entertainment and reereatlon ; and
all 1 felt lake a new woman in every he had been told nisi tt was because
wwaayy 1 could do my housework without Ooderich was lasting In 14. amu,rment
feeling head. and in tact 1 was enjoyingss. f _ flea that It was so dlM.ult to kr#p
irettf7 hearth than 1 had ducat for yft.ta arr{rtlr a
You he sure t will strangle otom workmen here. Thereen were other
snoodId
Dr lams Will Pink Pills things That were to ail other bol for noderleh
dent
wa aw 5. • that were unnbWa•hNs unless there was tbtheirh though
TaM or resit at SOrents • m. hreer numher rat people to seaport
Mosate boles the 81) fere n The Dr. theit the present movement by
Medidne Co.. Brrxiiville. bringing in even • few new Messick*
OIL
been written, ••Iicstlt.g still" "referring I
to a recent wittleism;, tie was not dead
yet, and he hall been quietly working
for Goderich in his connection with the
C. P. R. At every contention of the
C. P• R. agent- Ire hadhammered into
the'`officials the possibilities of f;rNJe-
rieh. There tt..- a c,.mhinatlon right
here at tioderiel Whish cool' he found
nowhere PNP-.•.lt, mineral caster and
fresh water. From . salt P64 by -pro -
dude were to be obtained. Why not
develop this er:at mine of wealth that
is benebeneath..nr feet ' IIP also talked
at thine meetings about steamboat
business for ;Ankh and hail con-
verted the oi'ficials to his view, and
they had promised to She Goderichthe & Wed ronnaetlnn but on aeeount
of the scarcity of vessels rout,'not do
anything until after the war. 11e was i
Riad to see the enthusiasm that wa-
manifested e•,urerning the present
movement and I Would do %%hetet'er
Ito could. ,
Mr. George Porter Gold of some of the
work that had alreadybosh done by the
committeeI
committee 01 whid) 1..' it a member.m
and sell he felt sure the n,oveeat
mold be carried to sueePng brandied
effort. He had been x member of the
Beard of Trade for thirty years and had
paid 130 In fees, but flid not get much ;
for It. When he pa1,1 81. a year he
would expect to get value for the In-
vestment. There would now he better
methrsla : but even with the better
method% they must use diem to good
soh antsge they wnlillt he throwing
their M. one% allay. He did nut think
Ise) would make this ndatake.
The preeid►nt tta•IP a fete eonelt,Mng
remarks and etpre•.ed the hope that
all prreent wouill Join In furthering
the project of a Greater Hoeferlell.
After the elegise M the Natiosal
Sheriff Reynolds, the next speaker,
Indulged the hope that this meeting
would be the planting et the acorn that
would grow tip into the mighty oak.
He did taat-hulieve Aod.rbeh was on the
don grade. Ile der not believe there
was a town that hid done better in
backing up etery proposition for the
advancement of the town. Some mis-
takes had been made --every man Makes
ur
mistakes --hut the pple of Golerieh
were of a class that were not satisfied
unless they were making KowtowsAs
an example of what mull Mir done in
Goderich the Patrlotie Fund f ampaign
was mentioned. It had rnmmr
enwl
with a meeting very slimly attended.
'tO .urree,t all moot pull tegelher and
hack the efforts or Mr\lerarland rine
thing he liked about Mr. vIrrarlau.l .tan
that he made no promises. HP came to
the even of .,o Ierich and said, ' l tau
are the Filen who have to do these
things.- H'e lite speaker. was glad
they had a young mall Bb Mr Parsons t' tm the pati ' Il f dii.pererd,
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NOTICE
Owing to the scarcity of
Coal. and the fact that
sales have. of necessity, to
be made in very small
quantities, we have found
it absolutely necessary to
make a rule that
ALL COAL BE PAID
FOR ON DELIVERY
Mac Ewan Estate
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Ladies' Silk Dresses
The quality of the materials, the neat designs
and the clever work on these new silk poplin and
crepe de chine dresses just from the makers com-
bine to make them splendid values. Onr first
showing of ready-to-wear dresses and they are
exceptional. All colors and bIsSk, at each $15 andl$18
Sultings and Dress Goods -
These are guaranteed French and English
Berges of the old standard grades. Fine all pure
wool serges in fast shades of navys and blacks at
prices of two years ago. `2 inches wide at per yd. $1.75
Men's Wear Serges
Men's Wear Serges for ladies' suits made of
finest soap -shrunk botany wools in men's cloth
finish that does not shine. 56 inches wide, at per
yard $2.50 and $3.00
Sheetings
Special prices. 72 -inch bleached Sheeting, 3bc
heavy even thread, at per yard
36 -inch bleached fine twill Sheeting. Entirely
free from dressing. Good weight for sheets or
general household use. Worth 35c, at per yard 28c
Flannelette
800 yards old stock white Flannelette. 28
inches wide. Heavy and soft. Worth 22c, at per 15c
yard
Bonner Worth and Kitchener Yarns
The most satisfactory knitting yarn to he had
today, we believe, for soldiers' socks. Four ply of
purest selected long wool, in white, light grey `?
mid grey, at per 1b }
Mill Yarn
300 lbs. all pate wool, clean scoured. 2 -ply
and 8 -ply yarn. Soft and strong, in white or
greys, at per lb 4,,$1,60
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Floor Rugs
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4 yards wide, extra heavy weight and British
make, in floral, tile and block patterns. WorthIF
81.10, at per square yard 85c
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TAPESTRY, BRUSSELS AND WILTON RUGS
Our stock is still very large and every Rug is
at prices of over a year ago. All sizes in stock.
3x3, 3x31, 3x4, 3}s4.
W. ACHESON & SON
0101VPINPI!!MW9YluivIl WO"
THE SIGNAL TO JANUARY ist, 1919, for 75c.
20 DAYS WrFHOTF
BREAD!
At Your Service
We are at your service
for
Plumbing
Eavastroughing
Tinsmithing, etc.
We know how to do it
and we have the men
to handle the work.
FRED. HUNT
"TIIC PLUM11LR"
laamalle . Street Pl.ww. res
Press Despatch from Wasbiagtoa:
Food shipments to the civilian populations of
the allied countries will be suspended for ten
days to move three million bushels of grain to
the Belgians, who are declared to be in desperate
straits.
The decision to concentrate on the shipment
of this grain was made following the receipt of
urgent cablegrams from the Belgian Relief Com-
mission's representative in Brussels.
One of the cables said :
" Provided all shipments now en route arrive,
the Belgians will still be without bread from
exotic grains for 20 days."
Will You Help to Get
these Children Out of this
Country of Death ?
Children under 13 years of age who have
become debilitated through lack of nomisbutent
can now be removed, for the duration of the war,
to Ho11Qud, Switzerland and France, where they
receive medical care and proper ttcatment.
Hundreds of lives are thus being saved, their
numbers limited only by 1 f. k of funds. This
special 'work is known under the Passe of "Tbe
Belgian Children's Health Fund."
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