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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-1-27, Page 5lat 'DAY, ;TAN (AI Y 27, Oa E.X1i TIMES The Epwerth League last Week was largely attended. The program, was ititerepting. Among the many good things wile aesolo by Mervin El- ston, a reading bY W. 13rintnell and, a paper by Miss He. The Box Social in the school house on Friday evening last, tinder the allsPieee of the Epworth La, 'was a good success, The Program was ape. predated, and the boxes -,brought ,good prices, Lote,ot bye stock is being shipped ;from t,his point every week. Saturday the 1J..0, shipped a mixed load of cattle' and sheep in charge -of Mr:S. Pyial; Matt. Regan and Byron I-Iicks shipped a load of cattle each', all to Toronto. Tuesday, Mr. W. Colwell shipped two iciads to Jersey City. • LlaTTIIIII,O/7. APPRECIATION. nleatollgwing letter Was reeeived from Dr. W.. E. Heowning, of Cale- dortia,, 'Mina., and rea-ds as follows: Caledonia,, Minn,, Jan. 14, 1921 The Exeter Times, Exeter, Ontario. Dear ,Sire: You please „find (sincloged, check'or fiivddllars my subscription, which I see will poen eitpire. 1 am always glad ,to re- ceive The Times and while we sor- row with you over'the sad news, 'yet, we eau rejoice wheu the happy events are made known, and always feel proud over the progress of our Old Heine Town. Yours for Auld Lank SYrie, W. E. Browning. ....owse......nomoomammrsum. 4'/V117 C4NADA" "MY CANA $300 Cash Reward to any. Person who is nearest right on 3 Guesses Frankly, we want to draw your attention to the enorateus lain -oats -of United States goods in Canada. We Want you to realize what it all means to every Canadian -to Labor especially. So w'111 pay in Cash $800.00 First Prize, $1,00.00 Second Prize, $50.00 Third Prize --and the next elev- en prizes of $5.00 each to any person who makeand' sends into us the nearest guess to the amount of money in goods that twill be imported in- to Canada from the United States for FEBRUARY, 1921, as will be re- ported in :-Canada's Trade Returns for. February, 1921 The figures for February, 1920., were $60,701,248„0,0; •eor Februaree 1919, they were $52,255,909.00; for February, 1918,. they ' were $41,- 185,814.00; February, 1917, were $53,578,027.00, and for February, 1914 (before the war) they were only $23,286,731.00. You will see wherewe „are and what we are coming to in Canada! What will figiares be for Feb- ruary, 1921? Are you a good guesser? If so, win one of the Prizes. HOW 'TO WIN e Get' two Of your neighborS, to: give you only ONE DOLLAR each for a year's trial subscription to "MY CANADA" (regular priee:'Two Dollar-S.per , - • - • • •year), and send.% the Money with your three guesses. . 'Babb • subscriber is ate) allowed three guesses! Will you risk 'an elurnr ef, your Urine 'to .Win, THREE•EHINDRED DOLLARS? Opole! '."G(); GET III!". • . . - "MY CANADA" yvill be published Monthly. It lives to help- you and Canada to better things. It goes 'Without' saying that the more readers we, liseye the better ,this National periodical will .be. This is net ()illy true. commerciallYabut we feel that every additinnel reader •Ccreene so much added moral Support. Your guess . must bedaliy-Febrnary, 28th; 1921: As the old- adage -'would say, obey Jhat inipalSe-obey it new! Help Us by this Means to r,e- inforce our coneletions as to the future and the peeseetain :Canada, and' of leading the way to better things for your, and yours, and us. Address \ your guess and send subscription to the publishers, "MY -CANADA," iiites 314-5, .p4i!ir Bldg.,- Toronto. • , The E ISON "The Phonog:..aph With a Soul" e 11 What E ison id during the War rriHE official annOtmcement is out; .i Ask us Rir your copy- of "What / Edison Did During the War." Write - , for it, if you can't call. , tells how Edison left his home and business and went to sea, how JEdison's "Yankee magic" foiled the German submarines. ' The bulletin. tells many other 'things Edison did while Chairman of the Naval, Consulting Board. It explains how Edison kept the price of his phonograph at bed rock during an era of higliz, costs and soaring prices. Since 1.914 the New Edison has ,advanced in, price (in the, United States) less than 15% -and part of this is war tax. This,. bulletin also describes the Bud-: get Plan, which makes it possible for every home to enjoy the benefits of good music without „feeling the fin:mei:11 outlay. T r leIXETER, OICTARIO, Irratdi for the annorzneemegt 's Rezo Ilwarth Aerf Mr, Feed Baker 15 qui,te in 'at Pm - Mr. Cla,yton Ffile spent' the Week- end in Detroit. T, Klunipp Wa,Sta business vis itor in London ou Tuesday. * 'Rev. P'.'Graupnorjs this week at- tending'„conference at Elmira. 1VirS. Wm., Klienstiver sperit Sa- turd'ay I ' n d o re. ' • '1rrs.P. "lVleIsaac and „sour Ervine, visited in London a few' daYs last ee1C. ' 'Don't forget the •missionary play in the Evangelical Church on Friday night, Mrs. ,Dan McCormhielc of Bridge - burg, is visiting her`father, -Mr. Fa Baker, who ie quite ill at present. • There will be no' services" in the Lutheran thureli Siinday as the,pa,s- tor, Rev. Graupner, will preach in London.; Mr. and lyIrs. ,A. Harts returned to their home in, Cavalier, N.D., on last Thursday,, after epeading the pat six weplcs with Mr.-, and Mrs. Geo, Schroeder. • Greenway 'Mies DeVina Mason has returned •from a visit in London. Mr. Will Stewardson has been vis- iting friends in London and Forest. Mrs. Geo, Lutleer IS ill ; but, her friends hope for a speedy recovery. Rev. J. R. Bytler, of Granton, will tell his Yukon experien.ces in the Methodist Church here on Tuesday evening, February lst. es Mr. Frank Turner was operated pn in London last Friday for ap- Penclicitis and last reports say that he is doingeas well as can be expect- ed. Weyburn Miss. Ta.rrel of Saskatchetvan is a ' visitor in our community. She is a uiece of Mrs.. TeFt. Turnbull. Job Baker. of the Town Line, son ; of Mr: A. Baker,, had the misfortune to break otte of •the bones of his wrist nf. the .1pft arm. while .playing on he the iee rail: Saturday. • The U.F.O., Club of .Grand Bend, has ar'ranged fora, public debate' on Friday 'night, February 4, 1921, sub- ject: "ReScilved that it is good policy on the Part of farmers td destroy the English sparrows." Affirmative led by M. Holt, negative by Mr. -N. Turn- t bull: Come along and hear a good de- t bate. • 1 Farquhar USING FARM TRACTORS Viewing the Matter as a Purely Business Proposition, Sitting' Down to Count the Cost - What the Machines Can Do -The Personal Pact*' In Tractoir Management Important. h (Contributed by 'Ontario Department t Agriculture, Toronto.) HE farmer, vvho is always of conseryntive naturei, is Nit so readily convinced of the tractor's paying qualities. He has seen demonstration machines with one man plough as m nett ground In an hour as he could plough in a daY; he has, also seen tractors give a very.creditable showing on the • belt. Then again he has seen ma- - chinea which for some' reason or. other ) did not give satisfaction; he has also seen Instances where ma- chines were tied up for weeks for want or a spare part to replace a broken one., The result is that they are not "falling over each other" to buy tractors. A tractor costs a lot of money, and he is -afraid to make the plunge, not being, so certain that it will pay tor itself. Aneroid saw -miller once said to the writer: "Every second that saw is not actually cutting lumber she is a bill of expense." Manufacturers tell us that the factory which can be kept going twenty-four hours a day is the factory which gives the biggest re- turns. The same Is true of the farm tractor; the most, profitable machine is the one' which is kept at it for three hundred days of the year: This means that' if we have not enough work to keep the machine going for a certain length, of time each year we will be losing money. The debt which a tractor must wipe out wIi en it sets foot upon a farm s a two -fold one. First it must more than repay operating expenses, and second it must pay what the mann- facturer calls' "overhead expenses," The machine has no -reason to fear the termer obligation when it is pro- perly.: hapciled. We know that the eost'of ploughing with a tractor costs only from $125. to $2.00 an acre, while horSe-ploughing will come to anywhere between $3.50 and $6.00 peracre, while other work shows an equally fav,orable comparison for the ractor. Besides the draw -bar work he tractor offers itself as a source of belt power which work horses have ong since ceased to perform. • The "overhead" expenses which the ractor must face consist mainly of nterest on money invested, together with a reasonable allowance for de pre,ciation,oii theorice of itself, .plus he price of anyvmachinery hoUght xpressly for use •with the tractor. l'he price of a three -plough tractor is omewhere near $1,400; the ploughs ost $200. To this we must add say 500 for part ownership of a thresher nd This makes $2,100 in 11. The interest on this at 7 per et.. is equal to $147.00„ and the de - Williani Pollen, is avieiting relatives in -,Mitchell this week. The regular monthly meeting of the Farquhar Women's Inetitute will be held Tuesday-, February 1st. A paper will be given on "Winter' Amusements in the Home." A good attendance is asked for. Miss Reta Pollen rettirned to Mite, chell after spending- the past; inoratir at her home here. , Miss Jessie and Mr. James -Hod- gert visited at Mr. James Scott's, Cromarty, on Sunday. Misses Pearl and Gladys and Mr. Percy Duncan spent Sunday at Mr. Archie McCurdy's. a a predation of 10 per .cent. per annum is equal to $210, or a total of $357, which our tractor raust face, no mat- ter how much or how little week it does. If the machine does only ten days of work per year the cost of the overhead per day would be $35.70; if, however, the machine is used for ne hundred days the overhead drops o $3.57 per day. So that the greater he number of days in whin the raptor is employed per year the more rofitable will the machine prove. There is plenty of work for a trac- or on most Ontario farms but the or -k is not in such shape that the actor can do it satisfactorily. A actor cannot do good work in small elds. Turning around, even with a tall tractor, is labbrious work for oth the operator and the machine, nd Is not conducive to the Maximum amount of work per day nor to the est quality of work. Most Ontario farms have too many nces for p'rofitable horse -farming, say nothing of using 'a. tractor, ences meari waste land; they harbor' eeds; and it costs' more to keep the usual quota of fences in repair than It does to build a temporary fence when needed- and roll it up when not , needed. Removing some fences is the first step toward fair play for the actor. It is hard work to cultivate ong stumps and boulders with horses. With a tractor it is impos- sible to do good workin such condi- tions. The second step in arranging our work for the tractor is to remove all obstructions. Give the tractor a fair chance at its wnrk and it will not disappoint you. h In summing up the tractor's case as a business proposition we must consider. the following points:- 1. That the tractor will do farm, work more cheaply than horses can do it, if the*work is properly arrang- ed for the tractor. • 2. The personal factor in tractor operation is so great that it alone may. cause success or failure. 3. When. a tractor is kept busy enough, its upkeep ancl overhead cost per year is far less than the same on the horses, which it Is able to sub- stitute for. 4. 13elt work constitutes; a large °melon of the tractor's usefulness. In order to nial(e 11 a paying proposi- tion, it must do the farmer's belt G. Heim pel, ern ptville Agricultural School, t• War -time prospertiy is' GONE. It t remained too long as it was. The re- p 'sult is that many of us had. conclud- ed it was a Something We'lad a right. tr tr fi to expect as a permanent thing, In- stead of' what our better judgment should have told us was only a pas- sing wave, to blow away as quickly as it came. • -sn a News of the District b • , Tlw,,home of Mr., W. 1gpa, ,of fe AlothlerwelI, was the, seeneeef a geipe to wedding on Monday, "JandiarY 17th, K. when his daughter;lrene, becanie the w bride of 1VIr.fRobert G. Nairn, of He - ward, Sask., son of Mrs. .A. Nairn'•of Motherwell. The bride, who, was un- attended, wore a pretty blue taffeta dress, and carried a bouquet of car- nations and fern. The ceremony was tx performed by the Rev. GT F N At- am kinson. Mr. and- Mrs. Nairn left on the 3:30 C.P.R. train from St. Marys for their home 111 Heward, Sask. The groom was one of the -Princess Pat's Regiment in the Great War. • On Wednesda.y of last week, Thos. Miller, of Mitchell, appeared before the magistrate charged with the vio- lation of section forty-one of the OrS- tario TemperanceAct. License In- spector F. 'E. Ellibtt laid the inform- ation ,and Crown Attorney McPher- son prosecuted, while Mr. F. C. Richardson appeared for the defend- ant. The charge was admitted. Thin was the first case tried in Mitchell under the 0.T.A. The lowest fine un- -der this net is $200 and lighest $2,000. Miller was mulcted in a pen- alty of $225 and $9.00 costs, and the fine was paid fothwith. The funeral of the late W. H. Gra- ham, pioneer resident of Blanshard Township, who died at the family residence, St. Marys, on 'Tuesday of rest week, was held on Friday after -- tenon. Rev. A, J. Langford, pastor of the Methodist church, conducted the services. Frye sons and two daugh- ters survive. They are: Miss Minnie at home; „Mee. 'W. R. Butchard, of St. Mary; J. D. Graham„ of Toron- tb: Rev. W. H. Graham,' pastor of the Central Methodist Church, Strat- ford; Rev. H. A. Graham, pastor of Lincoln Road Methodist -Church, Walkervalle, and formerly of the Centennial and Wellington Street Churches, London; R. S. Graham and J. W. Grattan) of St. Mary, Save Ma nitre. There has never been a dine When the naa^aing, saving, and utilizing of all sorts of farm . manure was so essential. All fertilizilig wateriiti is NEWS TOPICS irnportant, Events Hav? Occurred Dui ing Ihe Week, The Busy World's Irlargreninas Care- fully Ce)tupiled 00(1 l'ut Into Bandy and Altreictive Shape ten the Iteztders of (Jur Paper --- A Solid Hotrr's Enjoyment. • T CTESDA ; Parliament will meet on Monday, February 14 'Sir 'John Martin Harvey addrcssed the Canadian Club in Toronto. premiees Lloyd George and Brjand will meet in conference on ,Jan. 25, • A serious peasant rebellion against the Soviet ha e broken out in Podolia., , Johnny Wilson middieWeight box- ing champion, ou (pointed Ceorge p. to work ,e:11%•ike a ilb Siuii e 1;11157 at r913tIr'rtiluilg1 Home-made wine is said to have caused fatal shooting in Toronto's The ,Ontario Motor League are holding their annual, convention in Toronto. • •e" Toronto's Beard of Control confers With bailiffs to stop eviction of un- employed. Sarnia will spend very little mon,dy this year, and that only for abso- lutely necessary work. , University of Toronto Schools beat St. Andrew'e, College in an 0. II. A. juntpr game by 8 to 3. Canadiens of Montreal defeated St„ Patrick's in a National Heckey League game by 9 to 5. v Caught on a railway bridge near Amherst, NS., Honey Morrison, ae,•ed 85, was fatally mangled. -The employment situation in Can- ada is generally iaiprovitig, according to reports received in Ottawa. The Tillsonburg intermediates beat Ingersoll by 4 to 3 in an 0. A. game which went tweney minutes' overtime. The ChineseGovernment has bor- rowed 4,000,000 taels from, foreign' banks to give relief in the famine- - stricken districts. , Beatrice La France, aged 11, of La Sarre. Pontiac county, Que., was Inirned to death when the family home was •destroyed. ' The Berlin Government has invit- ed Huga Stinnes to join the delega- tion of experts which will meet the allied representatives at the BrusSels conference. - ' WEDNESDAY. Girl Guides of Toronto received a message from Princess Mary. • , Dr. T. J. Glover replies to Academy Of Medicine report on cancer serum. Canadian Express employesenvage deemands go to Conciliation Board,. The, secretary of the Retail Mer- chants' Association, Toronto, looks for big business in February. Hon.. N. W. Rowell says the United States cannot remain outside League ef, Natiosas. Ottawa City `'Ciiuncil ha's deelared for daylight saving this -sunaniera from May 1 to September 19. Dominion authorities say danger of e coal famine in Canada is eemoved, if importations are not interrupted Re.v. G. A. Leicheter, as London Baptist pastorerefused to accept $800 increase voted him, and would teke, only $600 raise. • Chief Justice Mulock dismissed a damage action at Hanailtoja fter•the jury had awarded the plaintiff $1,00b I dainages for the death of his wife ' aria $2,500 for personal injuries. "Pussyfoot" Johnson arrived in New York yesterday from Europe. 'He says people in Wales wanted to take out his other eye. Three persons were killed and 40 injured in a train wreck near Rome, The offices of the American Quak- ers' Society, engaged in relief work in Vienna were entered and one mil- lion crowns stolen. It is announced in Paris that Pre- mier Lloyd George ,and Earl Curzon would arrive on Sunday for the Allied Premiees' Conference. Niagara Falls beat Welland in an 0. H. A. intermediate game; 9 to 2. IJnversity of Toronto 0, H: A. sen- iors beat Aura Lee in ten minutee' overtime by 3 to 2. 'Canadian entl'ers touring' S'Cotland were ..again•sucdesSf ul in winning taVo matches in one day, ' , Many games in the' Ontario Tank- ard primaries were curled y,esterday and last night. - Toront o International Ba.seball League players have been asked to report at Columbus, Gra, on March 10. T SDAY. 'A iloderation League is Gabriele d'Annianzio bade fareblevien18.1 fornied at Winnipeg. to Fiume on Tuesday night. The work of the Canadian Trade Commission is about finished. . An exhibition of work by Toronto artists was held atr Hart House. A Montreal firm gets an option on the Cosgrave brewery in Toronto. :Two Woodstock firemen 'were ser- iously injured when a fire truck turn- ed over. - Ottaiga beat Hamilton 4 to -3 in overtime, and St. Patrick's defeated Canadiens 7 to 5. A Toronto coroner's jury finds an unknown Russian guilty of the mur- der of Steve Popolink. Manson A. Young, r4.0.11.. engi- neer, dropped dead at Si. Thomas as he was preparing to board hie engine. 'Ants. Kloee and Hinton gave evi- donee before the Court' of Enquiry on their balloon flight to I-Indson DaY. Reports from L'ngland are to the effeet that Great Britain, will prob- Ibly net' compete -in the next Olyan- piaci. . ' • • Three centuries were made, by Aus- uilia in the second innings of the tird test crieket match , with Peng- ., s. Irrank Wilkins, an old -tinier, per- hed almeet in sight of Stewart, .City, taken territory, because his feet ere Mit. ' The firet shipment of radium to antilten, rto bigger than a pinpoinl 7ut avoeth ;10,000, reached a day:tied-eta high in lime, and sonie kinds 'cannot be had in sufficient quantities at all. ' Farm manure may be used for n num- ber of purPoses to a much' greater y atidlivzaget erirsta;Thehntaotal cgotimainnteirtcylaolf nure 'can be greatly increased 1*. keeping live stock Sheds and Stable$ Wen, bedded with straw, lea,V001. 4414 Osteldeeee rfifvsp abqutAkt fArpt 11 Canadians curlers I cotland keit the team that totired ca.nadri in 1903 and ,alito that which. toured the Dorn inion In 1912. Both games were plaY ed Wednesday. The Executive Council of the Bel - gran Federation of Labor has put a ban on bueiness activity between 6 o'clock Sunday inerning and 6,0leloe1t Monday morning, lER1.DAY. Galt retail clerks have formed a association. ` An epizootic line broken out among, horses in Renfrew dietrict. The Granites beat ArgonautS by 3 to 1 in an 0. H. A. senior game. Timber inquiry hears eueeess of brush -burning experimeua on timber limits. " St. ThorniTh has 'added four con - ,stables^ to its force mid Galt will add three. • Tile second hall of the National Abckey League schedule will open on January 26. Large deposits of bass and pickerel fry are to be deposited in waters.' in East Hastings. All -Scotland beat Canada in the' firstaest carding match at Edinburgh by .120 tO 101. An American map in circulation shows important Canadian cities in IJ. S, boundat.y. The Cowley report shows Adoles- cent • Act affects 17,000 „Toronto school children. T. B. Wnikern, 1C.C., Kingstoia;leas been aplabinted Chancellor of the A.nglican Diocese of,Ontarlo, S. A. Gibson has been appoiuted postmaster of Ingersoll, succeeding' his father, the late Joseph Gibson. The Moscow Reds have addressed an appeal to the workers of all coma - tides. to boycott Spanish products. A band of Apulian brigands held tho Adriatic night express at Frog- gia, but were held at bay by a, squad of ,Carabinieri. • The U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has decided to recommend the adoption of Senator Borah's reso- lution for a naval holiday. Pope I3eneclict in an encyclical in- vites the Christian 'World to solemnize in 1926 1926 the seventh centenary of the death of St. Francis of Assizi. SATURDAY. A. new Communist peaty has been formed in Italy. There are seven cases of sleeping sickness in Montreal'. ' Hon. A. L. Sif-ton, Secretary of State, died at Ottawa. - Canadian curfers veere again vic- torious over the Scottish rinks. Guelph. city, Council has stopped' chlorina.tion of the water,supply. Hon. Walter Long says the British navy is both sufficient and efficient. The Ontario Government May grant wider powers to loan com- panies. The United States Davis Cup team won, matches in ,Australia. on Friday. • Assistant crown attorney protests against professional juries ht inquests in Toronto. • The Public Service 'Commission•re- cemmends raising maraiage ,age -;ef males' to 21. ' It is planned to 'erect rinks artificial ice plants in St. CatherineS arid Kitchener. A big scheme for road improve- ment is to be undertaken by the ,3n- lario G,overnment. • Lord Reading, the newly -appointed Videroy 01. India, will leave for that chantey on March 17. - Owing to the mild weather, the ma- jotrity of Friday night's 0. H. A. games were postponed. " Mrs. M. Adams, wife of a Windsor customs broker, was held up on the street by two armed men. The French Chamber. of Deputies voted confidence in the Briand Cab- inet by an averwhelminghnajority. An old-time rabbit hunt at the Na- tional Park, Point Pelee, 'resulting in killing several hundred cottontails, G-iuseppe Dinietto was. ahsolvedsby the jury at Hamilton of the ,slaying of 'Michael Vescia, finding he , it in self-defence. . Gus Cox, 12 years old, was 'acci- dentally shot and killed by a churn at target practice in the cellar of a Hanailton home. , MONDAY. Aura Lee beat I-Iamilton in an O. H. A. senior game by 6 to 2. Skeletons of Ojibway Indians were re-interred in Toronto with Christian rites Two lads were badly injured in Teronto through rushing befere auto -I mobiles. , Crown Prince Gustavus of Sweden on Saturday saved a British sailor frona drowning. Premier Lloyd George and his party have arrived at Paris 'for the allied conference. The National organization has decided to add women to the National Committee. Over fifty games have been Post- poned in the Ontario I-Iockey Asso- ciation this season. The Canadian curlers dontinned their winning streak in Scotland on Saturday, beating Galloway 128 ,to A British Congress of Labor to dis- cuss wages and other issues will be held in London during the present • elt' e'' Newfoundland has retnoved for the present year the restrictions against hunting seals on the ice flees off the Labrador coast. , National Hockey League games on Saturday resulted as follows: St. Patrick's, 5; Ottawa, 4. Canadiens, 7; Hamilton, 5. Lemon Edgeworth, farmer, in Smith Yarmouth, 'was 'fatally injured by a large limb of a tree he was cut- ting up, falling on his neck. More than 100 cases of hiccoughs are reported in Windsor district, one physician treating 25 persons, all members oe a fraternal society. When Rev, J. H. Turnbull, M.A,, pastor of High Park Presbyterian Church, Toronte, attempted to crank his automobile Saturday, the engine backfired and broke his man. A special despatch from Tielsing- fors says that the Ruselan tappers now admit that Lenin IS seriously ill. It is declared that he has bee*i order- ed by his physicians to take abeolute reet. nsall JT0°YrfrcItlirt°c:1 relies Maude Porte is Yoltives in w is visit- ing- Nil's. Alice JoYllt fe•-'vdays, ingMirlsei• Mr. T. 0. joynt was in Mentreal, Que., during .the latter part of last ' week, on laueiness, Mr. Earl IVIcEeinn who ha beet). visiting Iris brothel', Dr. J. MabEwen, in Cal'Iton Place, returned home, Mrs, James DougalL of laloantain- side, Mane who has be,en visiting with Mt', and Mrs. Robert Eaerett and other friends for the past few weeks, has returned to her home lit 1v4rs A. i\leN euglaton , , 'Thornhill, Man., ere visiting for a few days evitll Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dickson. , The directors of the Hay Fanners -Mutual Fire Insurance Company have issued their 46th annual report of the company for the year ending December 31, 1920. During the past year they have issued 494 pohcipc, covering an Insurance of $1 640 955 and the year closed with 2,107 poli- cies in force and a total amount at " risk- of ,$6,699,600'.` There was $4,- 660.75 paid out for issues to 27 poli- cy holders. 21 of these issues were caused by lightning. The last load of sugar heats came in on Tuesday last and the last car was shipped out to Toronto on Thurs- day. This winds up the sugar beet business for the past year, which was an exceptionally good year, be- ing- away above the ,„average. 2 i;28 - tons were shipped from theHel a11 station; being about double tin. a- mount Shipped from here a year a ro. AT THE TAILOR'S. "Will you have two pockets be- hind, sir?" "Most assuredly." "For pints or quarts -which will you have?" Farmers Atfeiitioii , NOTICE. 'I will be -pleased to qatote you my best prices on the following: , Lumber, either rough or dressed, pine or lieni`lock. ' Best grade X.XXXX B. C. shingles., • Asphalt slate surface twin shingles. Ready roofing in rolls. Cedar, Fence 'Poets, and Anchor Posts. - Frost Woven.Wire Fence. Barb Wire .at'oe19 Fertilizer for land sale. Cement and Anthracite. • PHONE 12. ' A. J. CLATWORTHY GRANTON GRAND-TRUN RAILWAV SYS. E'mi The Double Track Route BETWEEN Montreal Toronto Detroit, and Chicago UneXcelled dining car service. Sleeping cars on .night trains and parlor cars on principal day trains. Full information from any Grand. Trunk Ticket Agent or C. E. Hor- ning, District Passenger Agent, Toronto. ' N. 3. pORE, ` Agent, Exeter. Phone 46w. GENTRA , e-3-N0117©3RIL5u;: WESTERN ONTARIO'S BEST ,COMIEEECIAL SCHOOL. Our winter term,commences Tuesday, January 4th and students may register in our cominercial, Shorthand and • Telegraphy departments at any time. Our courses ard thorough and practical and we assist graduates to posi- tions.' Get our free cata- logue. D. A. MeLACMJA.N, Principal eleglanmetiememeasemeeestseeteemeaeleataleamrauwe. ASTOR I For Infants and Chitdron lir Use For ver 3 Years Attvnys bears ,....w....(em* the Signatme of