The Signal, 1931-12-17, Page 8Doe•ephse
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£(srything that's nada
in Men's Wear
Hand Tailoring and
Special Order to Your
Measure
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Chas. Black
Pe 219 Goderi
CALL
Donaldson
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"Mummy" Wheat
Will Not Gro
0...00• I.f AaeA
THE SIGNAL
whINla hau tdltaluel from the tomb
m!
of Tutankhamen. And they
raked credible."'During my years of
...service MR
If I believed that sorb a thing was
W krtywr ,of I.Ky'I$lau antiquities in the
ti)DfentAr 14,111 11 Must•un, I wap asked this qutes-
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Oaref11i Trial by Exp• flan. either by better or by word of
from Ancient mouth. on an average twice or thrice
PTOVM that Seed ek and alis. director received
l we uettlou.
ligyptian Tombs Is Dead wavy tetteer+e asking the raise V Ian
Dr. Birch had said,'Ancient Egyptian
Irb* .aeeaak.,,d1111t111". I:'1"'rl' 1 ,wheat will not grow,' and we gave that
Farm, Ottawa, has t.•l est the fiiClow`'-``rx ru rnialirM`"t+►- ` "
kw note-.-7^.1-,-
reels to have been au unusual revival
cued. In Western stern Theltr0. a t[oeitr 1iK 1
of Interest In the yltrlltY Of wheat tneu of „.
wo0lru moil,' t nu aadmi
claimed to have been found lu the Egyptian granary. which had just been
tombs of 'luclrnt I:gYld. $amp" °` found In a tomb of the nineteenth dy
this so-called "Mummy- wheat hrcr nasty. sal. 1200 B.l'. 11 e0utatn,cl Utile
buns and the usual staircase. and the
been received by the cereal division, wb/ale• Siwe, toot ....vowed by the blas
ch
Experimental tWrm. Ottawa. w'ith'al
re•rwt months, front farmers who iliiUl era eoverel with x laver of der►lxh
to have produce -4i the raid seed from f lorowl, grain. wheat or barley 1 I know
- samples coming directly from thew• not which 1. several Inches de.p. i
EgyptJaw towats Statements have also i poured out the grain Into n (tether
appeared in the press which might lend brR end brought it holtlee in due
one to believe that the tombs of F.gypt ,cnlrw•. _,
sl ttttt Id give .0me of the grain to the
appear to posses mom" mysterious powi -I suggested to the director that -
authorities at Ken Gorden. and aRk
er to preserve the germinating ability !
of cereal Ra1a.•-i)1r r Tong period of 1
time. ApparMt!7 these .irtrmenta {1 them to make a careful exprr4me'ot
have Ittrat'ted-the atteutiou of r num• I Y 1 Ira us know the mien. With his
..bo ha%i f Thteotietwl I)y
_ ..yaatyuly good fortune gave me the op-
DnAng [tie tore few there- s.af miring. in IAg7,4t my own
s
Phony 431, Bayldd Road
to have your Furnace
put in good repair be-
fore the oold weather.
Alae any plumbing or
Metal Work you may
have to do.
ber of Old Country p'"lele'
appealed to certain officials of the BrO-
Musetrm for Information as to
approval 1 wrote to Dr. .
er. the curator. and tusked lehe help. and
he protnlod to give the planting of
-^/%1vvprnrr aitirknoser iilm^
GODBRICH, ONT. `�
T HIE FARM
. Notes end Ceaanr•nta
Agricultural Topica
Calendar for 1932
Tells of'p Year
Only One Friday the 13th in the
Agricultural statistics re -leaved from Whole Year-SeVelll week.
Ottawa as art of the 10331 census re- end Holidays•
veal an increaw• in the acreage soap
to the principal crop,. 0a every from
exvoot 0418. wheat jultrpoe Gordon A. Sinclair epos to The Tor-
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' .o il-eia millhuu aeras. onto Rally Star:
whether or not wheat stored in tombs the grain his personal erre and at e
for a long period of ;ears 1% capable I tion. He prepared soil ami divided the
As r result of these en- aln into four little hent.. red he
of growiSg• planted each heap separately, and
QulrleR Sir Ernest Wallis .Budgpr.
keeper of Egyptian antiquities in the I covered each little Clot with gloom of a
above museum. published the follow- different color -white. yellow. red. and
ing article in The London Times re- blue. The whole of the Kew staff was
Cents : -- intensely interested in the ex1wrlmeut.
td *port from Amer They wafted tawwfier dry ween aft
i f0 grow whoa ed At length, after
:-1 �t 1. - amid -69* - _fled to (ast- Tote happen to bee knits
ant
f 11ltop wpm hats de•Ilutd by I Ing for r word of chive theca crisp
hal nt take a pe.k at the
anon mar,n�+wr't"'lt n►illloh scree• Detxmhrr moeaiq[6
Thier* were alight lnereases In the ease + i932 cal* udars now• bitag delivered
of potatoes. • cultivated hal. mixed I with the weekend groceries.
You'll learn. aa you probably al-
grrlus And r)'*. • •
• ready know, that the ceasing Chrtat-
l'Iean and Sterilize All Dairy Maths mar falls on Friday and moat places
The keeping quality of milk de• of bovines,' have already decided to
pouts directly elpal the number of remain closed over Saturday. Thur
bacterin present and this Iu turn
depends ups the thoroughness with
which dairy utensils have been cleaned
nal sterilized. The use of live steam
or scalding with (soiling water Is al-
ways effective provlding It let available
in sufficient volume. but *s -e general
rule the quantity Available on the
average farm is blade' mate for effective
results. It 1e for title camas that the
use of *hinny* in sui 0ble form Is
rreotmpelded by Iweleriologtcrl ex-
perts. it acts rapidly its eold water,
and is cheaper and more convenient
than the heat treatment generally re-
totumendel. %%lieu properly employed
chlorine sterilization g1ves exeellent re-
sults nut the 'mortice. already gen-
eral among milk and other food planta.
dairy t
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tis in
press have rung me up and told tae that waiting for The grain to germinate.
er
they had received a r ' •
Ica that a dlsttngllished farmer had I week, but no %hoot of any kind ap-
0ueceedel III making t I Deer f er three months.
'they turned over the little plots and
- Toutkd that -alt the grail had turned to
--- .asks=s•• It-fhiatlefeo---Dyer re-
ported
a
ported that ancient Egyptian wheat or
barley would not grow. and then went
on to talk about the shortness of the
life of the germinating properties in
grain generally. Many others tried the
seise experiment. with the same re-
sult i
"As we shall have all the old stor-
Irs and statements brought up again
- In the pare* generally. i_ would tale+
' writ you to put oo_reeord In The
Dyer'* exhaustive ezperlmeat."
WHITE CLOTH
7o whiten the clothes, and to lessen
the dirt. pour a 1016 'drops t1r tttrDeu-
tine Into the wa111 Miller when washing,
READY FOR WINTER
Have you had your Furnace looked over and put
in good order? If not, now is the time to do
it, before the weather gets too cold.
We do all kinds of Heating, Plumbing, and Tiossb•
big. If you are contemplating a new job or an o�ssi>1Ml,
-11e4-aa ;ia,a figure on same.
We carry a full line of high-grade nno
Coke and Pocohontas Coal
clinkers or
slate.
CHAS. C. LEE, at the Harbor---
_PHONES -Store 22, Hese 112 -
A
_•.+s�tsw
UPS? OOURSI TO BE HELD
£T DIINtiWOiI THIS YEAS
The Ontario Deport:o ust of AgrI-
cylturg conducts each year a [tooth's
course in, agriculture suet home two-
pongee
we
pongee in eaelt county In the Pruritic*.
The course to Huron county this year
Ix being eonduetet lu the village of
I)ungantioa, from January 5th to 29th.
1932. and la uuder the supervision of
the agricultural Littler In Clinton.
Thee classes are held In a different
district each year sod, as the count.:'
is a 'large one, the opportunity to at=
tend otter ut thew• monies comer once
is abets& ♦fight or ten yestra
The more Important phase* of agri-
culture and home economics will be
dealt with and a number of special
lecturers will be featured. Over 2,100
toys nud girls have attended abort
courses of ibis nature In Huron county
and every young man and young Wo-
cele» for New Year's Day. too.man in the district should plat[ to at -
Then conNx 14th;", a leap year, when tend this course if at an possible
it's open rrrRun for hseb4loce and For further information and an out
-
Monclnp mornings oft The firm boll -
line of the course apply to the e,ntarlo
day is Good Friday- This, believe 1t
Department of Agrleultur,•, Clinton.
or not. falls 0n Friday. E*oter Mon-
day. which follows. Is likely to be ob-
rerved by more Nosiness offices than
before.
The next day off. 24th of May. is
a bit upsett1ag, because 1t tall% on
Tuesday a� elimleatee that long
trip you were planning. But both
the third of June. which be honored
by school teachers. stockbrokers,
bankers and other% with %oft jam,
and the first of July• which is a holt-
day for all except traffic rope. fall on
Fridays. and many will expect to make
It a week -end.
is spreading t0 the a ry arm%. Then there is civic holiday. Labor
Diu" ..*nd.. Tbankagtving Day, all sat
- aloha happti3 by
111* tioyernmeut batt notified the (`hemi '*ted 1Rrw Years. 5)00 0che-
Ikttario Agricultural Development. duled for Monday.
Board. which holds 535,000,000 of If 191,2 were Just an ordinary eom-
farm mortgages. not to foreclose under mon or garden variety of year both
*ray 44reutiwianees - when J11ortgagors Christman and New Year', would fall
-a.*14e t.. meett_ their- obligations. on Saturday. which would be too
Aon. ' W. 11 1'rtee; ac P Tare MIDI- bad. Th. antra day. however. pushes
*ter. pointed oW that the Province these over to Sunday. and you know
holds a greater number of farm mort- what happens then.
Rngees than any private tympany. and Even the trout season opens on
he intimated that legislation would be Monday in 1932: February 29, the
brought down At the next "%swiom extra day, falls on Monday. and. If
to provide fora modified moratorium you happen to be en Amerkan. you
on mortgages. -We realize that In can make whoopee In realisation that
these timer of- flnatichl stress many the grand and glorious fourth of July
farmers who othrrw ee would be able is it Monday opening too
to meet their payment% nor In cowgirl- If this isn't quite enough to pep
er.6iedi-Sentry -end SheHoverrtment Is Fo p- aka blither .11tart• There 1s
'ultimo" to help them over this period only one Fsida7 the thirteenth lied
of financial stringency," said Col. whole year. 1 could go 'on and tell
Price. adding that be had asked loan you that both Christmas and New
eompanies to be lenient in thlR regard Year'* are Monday dates In 'INS. toe.
and made the same rtgneet to sheriffs but perhaps. 1 grow tedious.
and bailiff.. The proposed legislation
will seek to prevent the mortgage being
foreclosed in ease of default of Interest
payments, giving the mortgagor an ex-
tenslun of tltn,
The sigttrl fur ihr balance of the
year free to new sulencriber0 for 1032.
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Ontario Wins at Chicago-
, °Mario wed exhibitors at the Inter-
national Grain and Ilay Show at ('hl-
eago more than held their own against
the flow[ etilries of grain and grass
weds from all States iu the Union and
1 other I'ruvtlu• ss in the Dominion.
SIIehtly more Ilan (IMI exhibits were
SCHOOL REPORTS
S. S. NO. 1, WEST WAWA -NOSH
The following is the report of S. S.
No. 1. West »'awai*4M11, for the mon
of November:
V Class --Josephine Murpby 66%.
Sr. IV -Beatrice Klnahan Ii5%; Rat-
mtrttd Boyle 81, William Blake 79, Maty
t'arroll 72, Clifford Ledd7 5$. -
Sr. 111 -Noreen Klnahan 87%, Nor-
man.
onwan Boyle 71.
Jr. III --Margaret Blake 72*, FAO
-7-
[ut waadai fes .. ?ifWlr (e4 Edmund Irddy ga. -
+ seventy-five prt ere swan to 11- Gordon teddy 01'7
l Ontario exhibitors. The wlwl,gm In- Primer -Louis Blake.
--{eluded--chs la. -*torn. beans .Nilinber on rolls 13; average latent' -
.
and clover wed. - once, 13.
I Mr*. 11. E. Mayeoek of Milford has We are holding tar Chrintmas, coffin --
the MA111c•tlun 0t winning - thee field nett in st. Augustine hall on Mondaj
bean championship for two years 10 night. 14,Ini.•r 21.
snecewion MAR(- 11018. Teacher.
1
,may 1
make a s4estion?"
Renal tn•INaa+hn_uf. t'a$w• matt.._1 jj`
new exhibitor w -o
se-ehleer . 1 '.S.N. N4►,--t.-1.1UL80&NE __- 1
ehsmpiottship in red clover. incident- Following is the November report of
ally Mr. l emalche also %sup the red C.S.S. No. 1. Colborne:
lclover .hump ionRhip at the Royal and i• -- i examined In agriculture, Brlt-
0ltawa winter fairs. fah history. algebra, geography) (76
Other prize -winners were J. H. to 100%. lot -clam' honors; 66 to 76%,
Frisby. Gormley. J. H. iempman. 2nd-vela%ou honors: on, to 6i6%, 3rd -vials Is
- Rtdgctosen. Peter (lark" -& Sons. 111.11- honor!: 50 to 6o.; , credit ; below 50%,
gat-. John E. Alton. Rockwood. in the failure,. Eileen romanFgan 2 1, 11, C.
rlwstoaA. Feta td.ebereteb. )r-- lllld- Neteort--#•*asap. 2. 114 .111.- C. 1
' may. nod H. L. Oohs. Hraeebridtle. ',pagan 11, 111, (', r.
dere well up at the top.- Sr. IV -Donald Williams 73%; Ken-
t)ntarlo -abet scored heavily In the nt'l&--WLllam0 110; Benson Feagan W. 1(lye shrk rtlrlakrtl, taking fleet place drlip-Bordon Wlllinma 82%; Ben-
among- the province% with n total of 0011 Kerr 38.
1 ntn',e ('i'TTRptr"'ttttrr 1111w- w.w
e4-.im-•AL f.--11T-Isek Wilson 34%, Elwin
1*,':, In the grain and se•ol dh•ietomlr Ryan 83: IMAs Williams 80; Phyllis
Ont .rice I,vl the iromin{on xs 10 that Kerr 73; Margaret McKnight 70; Arn-
old Young 67: Kenneth Kerr 64; Olen*
Williams .7.: Mary Robinson 45 (two
exams not tried).
I1 --Lawrence Williams 714%; Ruby
Wilson 67: Harry Fungal) 43; Helen
Free 29; Eimer MeWhinney Al (missed
an worm}.
We all kiroi plat the bestir yIOWish a friend a Merry - _-.-
Christmas is to My it yourself - especially in the case of ----
out-of-town
. out-of-town friends who appreciate your
than any other form of greeting.
BUT - if everybody waits until Christmas Day to make
these calls there ate bound to be crowded lines and
delays.
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We telephone operators all wish to avoid that sort Of
thing. We want to put your Christmas calls through
promptly and pleasantly. We therefore suggest that
y.�'place your calls as many days before Christmas
yeti can.
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A memos greeting is just as timely and appreciated
before Christmas as on the day itself; it iY-spoiletf only
when it is Inc: Sp &est. be early this year and Ict us
she>otr r--vo hour yuki, and cner4/7=' uPlityke can be.
voice more
n,unber of firsts.
f;nnado !node ate encs •1.1e showing
at ('hicurocapturing t.•n champion-
ships. and three reserves in the grain
dirlaton. and ten proven, sad ten re -
ser e% In the live 'tock. Lending n11
Caasdlrpexhibitor, -far ItullvMust
'hewing was Herman Trent. of Wem11-
ley, Alta.. with five crowns In grains
and seeds.' No one else among the
tra to 4.--tbe-.abast.:.-1511194414.i Ila
record.
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Put Flesh on Market Cattle
With the plentiful supply of lewd,
the cattle going on the market this
*inter Rhould be well -fleshpot. Well-
ed yowls psttle command a prem-
ium on both the home and export
markets. The poor quality. under -
fleshed animal% have n depressing ef-
fect on the market. Steers or heifer,'
showlne breeding and type make gond
use of the home-grown feed. Time
alone will tell what the profit will
he on the hundreds of 1 cattle going
Into the feedlots this fall. Rut
It le rewsonsnls to expert that it w111
be the dept, mellow -fleshed trnitor-kg'
that r•mmmsnd the top privet' when
they go on the market. inferior fed
or • skimpy ration does nobmake mar-
ket trippers of even the best type of
cattle
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Crate-Few/Ate Pays
Farmers who are In a reaffirm to
follow the praetlee find that critte-
thete-
feeding of their • prntltry polyp
big dish:Ir in. There are %*feral rea-
sotne for This. 1t proctor's the milk -
fed goads. which brintg the highest
price": the leading whaleasle merelt-
ante *re now baying poultry by
Gov-
.rwanwt grades with gt*,'tta» tial dlf-
ferentials between each grade: the pre-
minm aawnred for Mrdo which grad*
"mllkfed" mikes erste-fading worth
while: and all poultry intended fbr
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Sr. I ---Violet Free: Hilda Kerr.
Jr. I -Lola Moore: David Robinson.
['rimer -Helen Young; Dorothy
Yea no's.
A Class -Harold Knight.
Number on the roll, 29; avenge at-
tendance. 27.6.
GRACE BLAKE, Teiefler.
TRUTHS
Truths. of all others the most aw-
ful and Interesting. are too often con-
sidered 11 so true that they lose all
the power of truth. and lie bed -ridden
In the dormitory of the soul. Ride by
slip with the most despised and ex-
ploded terrors. -R. T. Coleridge.
There were two farmers and their
faros were nest to emelt other. A cow
belonging to one of them took. 111, so
he went to 01,1 neighbor and asked
4►m what he should do with the ani-
mal.
"Well." old the neighbor. "i had •
cow ma'sel' that wit. geY bad. i'll 1e41
you what 1 glad It. i geed It three
ducks' eggs and a half-pint o' turpen-
tine."
Two dale later the fanners met.
"Well." Raid the one, "bow's your
cow getting along? i)1d you gle 1t the
turpentine and the enter'
"Aye. 1 did it. but It did."
"So did mine." was the reply.
IT YOU WANT THE MEN -
EST OF FOODS cOOKL IN
THE TASTIEST OF WAYS
to clean and modern kitchen
xurroundings you COLD get It
at the
CAPITAL CAFE
I1.gular Dkrter and Stype,
-Seo--
Owe wheal win wievtwee 7•u
• . .r -P 'r ' ,r..
THE COCKSH ! i s
IMPLEMENT SHOP
Wire Fascia, Cream Sovereign
Repairs for Cocllahutt,
Frost & Wood Farm im-
plements and Machinery.
Telephone 598
Legates Street Gedericb
r
Good Things Galore
for Christmas
at Geo. Price & Son's Grocery
Just now our ter*-io replete with delicious, fresh things
for Christmas baking and for the Christmas dinner table.
They have just arrived from tropical and semi -tropical
eeountrieg in the British Empire and elsewhere.
lata.. and D S for cooking or
for the table, Ourraa=nttas, Lemon, Otsego, Ottroa and Pine-
apple Peel, delightfully firm, fresh and clean. Also the
fruits, Oranges, Lemons, Pineapples and Bananas, and
the crisp vegetables so necessary for Christman dinner,
Celery and Lettuce. ISTILAS
WE HAVE A LARGE ASSORTMENT -
CANDIES AND NUM
We handle the complete line of BP= CANNJD GOODS
"The Best on the Market"
(�jpA�I�I1(OOUNCI IG OURANNUAL
CHRISTMAS GUESSING `O `•ES
See our window --'lave a guess. There is no obligation
Prise -A basket of 15 Violent varieties
of Heintz' goods - - -
lAftng lfnrprenere-ehos14 1. properly fin-
ished' before hetnR merles...41 The
farmer Wbo hal pts►try to market
Ilan* 66 non to remewll.er shah it is
the last pound which bring% the finish
anti increase., the valve of the Mrd by
ilfty or .aveety-Ave (eta.
1-
1
to buy
• THIS CHRISTMAS SHOP AT
GEO:-PRICE & SON'S
l}ROCElt.' WE DELIVER PHONE 248
AnteitiaCtegeatC
WESTSTREE
HARDW ARE
for Christmas Gifts
•
Wiwill!
SPORT01115
SLEIGHS ` 590 to $4.39
See the new Hummer Ski -Sled -combines a of Suds, a
Toboggan and a real Steering Sled -all in one.
WAGONS -Well -made and the price is moderate.
Bee the fury's DUMP WAGON, all -steel body with rubber
tires.
FLASHLIGHTS, 39c to $2.96. ELECTRIC IRONS AND
TOASTERS
O.O.Y. HOCKEY SKATES . $1.00 to $6A0
BOB SKATES at 49c. PUCKS, Sc, 10e and ISe
HOCKEY STICKS...... 16c, 20e, 26o
POCKET KNIVES 16e to $4.00
BOYS' KNIVES and CHAINS, with 2 good blades at 25o
FOR THE KIDDIES
Dolly Ann Kitchen Seta, China Kags, Kitoben Cabinets,
Baking Seta, Toy Irons, Washing Sete, Whistle., Erectors,
Tlnkertoys, Mouth Organs, Toy Sand Wagons, Jewsharps,
Plows:, Snow Shovels, Kazoos, Doll's Nursing Sets.
TOY DUSTPAN AND BROOMS for 290
CHILD'S NEVER -TIP PLATE AND CUP 790
Child's 3 -piece, Knife, Fork and Spoon, stainless 460
-Silverware, Pyre: and Carving Sets -
Alf. Tebbutt & Son
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