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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1916-08-17, Page 4P ig. e 4 THE WINGHAM TIME� YOUNG MEN! Young men or others who ave unable to join for oversea ser vice can serve their King and Country by helping on Munition work. Apply to The I ebt, Bell Engine & Thresher Co. Ld. SEAFORTH, ONT. HARVEST HELP EXCURSIONS F t itST.e.bLabaii11.1 rola The Wingham Times I.B. ELL.lOTT, P0114tb11 NCR AND PROPJET()I't TO ADVERTISERS Notice of changes must be left at this office not later than saturday noon. The copy for changes must be left not later than Monday evening. Casual advertisements accepted up to noon Wednesday of each week THURSDAY, AUGUST 17. 19i6 AGRICULTURE The questions brought to the front by the disastrous fires in Northern Ontario, as to the best method of assisting the settlers, are so inter- woven with the broader field of agri- culture that they may well be consid- red together. Time after time the Ontario Government has been requested to seriously consider and work out an effective system of co-operation with the farmers of the - province, which are would enable them to cope successfully with the many obstacles which bar the way to the improvement of the farms in the older parts of the province and the settlement of the vast, uncultivat- ed regions in the North. As far back as 1912, Colonel Atkin- son (Lib. Mem. for North Norfolk) demanded from the government a statement of what steps they were taking to secure the early settlement of the great Northern Clay Bolt by suitable agricultural settlers. The only reply obtained was that "the policy of the government would appear as ne- cessity therefore developed." As no policy was put forward by the govern- ment during 1913, the Liberals again brought the matter up in the House during the session of 1914. They urged the government to look into the causes of the scarcity of farm labour through- out Ontario by the appointment of a Commission of practical men to enquire into the conditions of agricultural and rural life in the province, said Com- mission to report to the House what steps should be taken to remedy con- ditions. The government avoided taking any action on this occasion by stating that although an Agricultural Commission was appointed in 1881, in spite of the exhaustive report sub- mitted, the rural population had steadily declined ever since. In the ensuing session- the Liberals endeavoured to point out that it was not only an "exhaustive report" that was desired, but that action be taken to carry out needed reforms. They introduced a comprehensive resolution urging the government to formulate a policy to include (1) making more available to rural communities the scientific and technical knowledge taught in our agricultural college, by the establishment of agricultural schools and demonstration farms throughout the province; (2) the inauguration of an effective system of rural credits; (3) the development of co-operative efforts in buying or selling; (4) finan- cial assistance by way of loans, at a low rata of interest, on the security of land and improvements. There was quite a fight over this resolution. the government passing an amendment congratulating itself on its sound policy Mr. Bowman, the Liberal Whip, moved evening an amendment to this regretting that the government did not propose any radical advance in its agricultural pol- icy. This was of course negatived. A similar resolution was put forward from the Liberal side during the last session of the Legislature, emphasizing the necessity of the government pre• paring to meet the problems which would arise after the war. This time the government amended the motion by suavely congratulating the farmers on the response they made td the appeal for increased production during the war. The farmers of the province are not satisfied with the government's inaction, despite their self-congratulatory resolu- tions in the House, nor can they be placated by soft platitudes. The government has seen fit to follow the Liberal lead along many other lines, why not in Agriculture? The Liberal policy above set forth is clear and con- vincing. If the government is not to move until forced by the holocaust of fire, the people of Ontario will use their S ballots at the next election to place in power a party with an agricultural and settlement policy and with a leader courageous enough to carry it out. $12.00 TO WINNIPEG Aug. 15th arid 29th 1•01/1 :til Stations in Canada, Broc�k- lille, Scotia jet, and east, also north of Scotia jct. Aug 17th and 51st From :til stations Lyn, Ont., and west o and inclualing Toronto, Weston, Medford, Pulgrave, and north to and utli Huntsville. Aug. 19th and Sept. 2nd r0m all stations Toronto, Caledon last, Owen Sound, Wiarton and west and south thereof in Canada. Tickets and full information from H. B Eid,talT r 'Town Passenger and Ticket Agent, Phone 4. W. F. BUKGMAN• station Agent, i'hu,.e :•0. IAuetionee, all AUCTIONEERS MCCeanell & Vandrick s fur the Counties of Buren ann Bruce, are prepared to take kinds of a:+les. We are Certain we can please. You can have either one or bra hwithout extra charge. Orders can be left with F. McConnell, or with O. F. Vandrick at the Merchants' Brokerage (:o: s Store, Wingham, Charges moderate. iWINGFIAM g� zsca's? W. J. ilV . DODD Successor to .1. O. Stewart Fire, Life, Accident and Health INSURANCE P. O. Bos 366 'Phone 198 ONTARIO I SELL Farm and Town Properties Call and see my list and get my prices. • I have some excellent values. Office in Town Hall. 'Phone 184 J. O. S ET WART Real Estate AgentONTARIO WINotAM - CASTOR/ MUSIC IN MEXICO, Every Little Hamlet Has a Band Stand of Its Own. A HELP IN THE GAME OF LOVE. To the Strains of Melody the Youths and Maidens "Play Bear," a Peculiar National Diversion That is the Cor- set Road to Matrimony. Music plays a very prominent part in the social life of Mexico, not alone in the capital and other larger cities, but all over that picturesque land. A. Mex- ican who can play no musical instru- ment is nothing less than a curiosity. There is no hamlet so insignificant that it has no band. plight or ten men get together and decide to form a band. Having reached that decision, they go to the jefe politico, or mayor. All right,"be will tell them. "You to play Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9 and Sunday mornings from 9 to 12," and a record is made. And during these hours, rain or shine, hot or cold, through famine, war and pestilence, as long as those men are alive and in the town, the band is in the band stand playing for gush as choose to linger in the plaza, or public square. About the evening concerts much of the social and domestic life of Mexico centers. It is at the concerts that many a youth and maiden first meet and begin to "play bear," a game in- digenous and peculiar to Mexico, with- out which no self respecting Mexican couple adventures on matrimony. Tho general plan of every plaza is much the same. In the center is the band strand, Immediately surrotmding the band. stand is an open paved space. Then there are flower bordered walks with plenty of benches. Round the edge of the plaza, outside the trees and flowers, is another broad paved walk. Upon this outer walk are grouped the poorer Mexicans, the peons. On the benches sit the fathers, the mothers, the older folk, of the bet- ter classes. Round the walk that sur- rounds the band stand saunter tireless- ly the youths and maidens of the same class. The women circle to the left on the outside, the men in the opposite direc- tion, on the inside. Thus every one every one else innumerable timet during the evening. And in this melo` dious circling a youth sets eyes on r maiden • who strikes his fancy—the game of "playing bear" has begun. He looks steadily at his ebarmer ev- ery time they pass, and she, if she 15 pleased, glances at him In return. Aft- er they have passed each other ten or a dozen times he is at the edge of tilt procession in which he walks, and she has moved to the edge of the column of young women. Then the young man, with a friend, withdraws to some cantina, or cafe, and writes an ardent note. On the next round his friend in passing slips it into the hand of her companion. Then they continue their strolling un- tll the concert is at an end. On the next concert evening the per- formance is repeated, only this time the young lady is the one who presents the note, which she has written in het home. If she rejects her suitor's ad- vances be persists or desists, according ss he is faint hearted or not If he meets with success be begbas the next phase of the game. Each be will be seen opposite hi lady's house, passing back and forth like a sentry walking his post Even during business hours be will rise end denly from his stool, seize his hat. rush frantically to his accustomed beat and for several minutes walk up and down, gazing reproachfully at the bar- red windows across the way. As time goes on, after six weeks or two months, say, have passed, the girl is at last to be seen seated in the pin• dow. . Then ensues another period of from two weeks to a month. The young man's walks gradually shorten, and one evening he is to be seen under- neath the window, gazing mournfully upward for hours, much to the discom- fort of passersby. But no one gruar bks. All the world loves a lover— especially in Mexico. After this stage father and son call formally on the father of the young lady and make a proposal of marriage, When all the arrangements havt• been trade the young man for the Irsi time calls at the home of his affianced wife and meets her face to face, Mot sever except in the company of a third person — mother, father or anat.— Youth's Companion - For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears �� theZtteg Signature of COAL Best D. L. & W Scran- ton Coal. Every advantage i with the consumer in buy- ing his coal early, better service, less cost, none of the disagreeable features of winter delivery, and the t added satisfaction of hav- ing your coal in your owns bins. Place your order by the 20th inst. for delivery at June pries Dressed and undressed lum- ber, lath, shingles and wood. '---o-- J. A. McLEAN DAAL5Th IN LUMBER, COAL, WOOD AND SHINGLES. PHONES 5 Residence 55, Office 64a, Mill 64b BACK YARD GARDENING AN ANXIOUS TIME (Windsor Record) Householders who were enterprising enough to start a vegetable garden th s spring are reaping their reward. The tomatoes are ripening, carrots and beets are reaching the full stage of development, cucumbers are almost "big enough to pick", ears are show- ing on sweet corn and filling out rapid- ly, muskmellons are coming along fine, new potatoes are getting to be quite a size and beans are "just right for a mess." Nothing pays better than a garden. It pays not only in the actual cropping but in the physical benefits that the gardener derives. Gardening is the finest kind of exercise for the pro- fessional or business man. It beats golfing all to pieces, if they could only see it that way. As for reducing an 'aldermanic front' and the elimination of flabby fat gardening is exactly what the doctors order. NATIONAL OSTEOPATHIC CON- VENTION. Thursday, August i7th 1916 OR ALL PAH Children Often Seem to Pine Away and ordinary Medicine Dues Not Help Them The health of children between the ages of twelve and eighteen years, par- ticularly in the case of girls, is a source of serious worry to nearly every moth- er. The growth and development takes so much of their strength that in many cases they actually seem to be going into a decline. The appetite is fickle, brightness gives way to depression, there are headaches, fits of dizziness, palpitation of the heart at the least exertion, and sometimes fainting. The blood has become thin and watery and the sufferer must have something that will bring the blood back to its normal condition. At this stage no other medi cine can equal Dr. Williams' Pink P' There whole mission is to make ew, rich blood which reaches every rt of the body, bringing bac iealth, strength and energy.r s Helena Taylor, West Toronto,, ays: "Two years ago I was so y run down with anaemia that so of my friends did not believe Id get better. I could not go u s rs without stopping to rest, suffer t from headaches, loss of appetite, and for two months of the time was confined to the house. I was under the care of a doctor, but the medicine I took did not help me in the least. A friend advised my mother to give me Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and although I did not expect they would help me after the doctor's medicine had failed, I thought they might be worth trying. After taking two boxes there was such a marked change for the better that people asked me if I had changed doctors, and I reallly told them the medicine that was helping me• I continued taking the pills until I had used eight boxes, when my health was fully restored, and I have since enjoyed the best of health. I hope my experience may be the means of con- vincing some sickly parson that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can restore them to health." You can get these pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail, post paid, at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2 50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. (By Dr, R. F. Parker, Listowel) A new campaign against infantile paralysis was announced at the twentieth annual convention of the American Osteopathic Association, in Kansas City, Mo. The recent epidemic startled the public when medicine, and the newspaper reports produced somewhat of a panic in some sections of the country due to the loss of confidence in medical help• But now the osteopaths come forward and claim at this con- vention that as this fatal malady is distinctly a disease of the spinal cord, it is one which falls peculiarly in their field, as the spine is their greatest specialty While it is recognized that osteopaths have been performing miracles in restoring paralyzed legs and arms, the general public had not grasped the fact that the osteopathic philosophy applies as well to the acute disease during epidemics as to the paralysis which follows later. As there was not a hotel in Kansas Fair w LONDON, ONTARIO September 8th to 16th, 1916 WESTERN ONTARIO'S POPULAR EXHIBITION ART, MUSIC, AGRICULTURE, AND AMUSEMENTS A Fine Combination at London's Exhibition A Real Live Program of Attractions Twice Daily Two Speed Events Daily FIREWORKS EVERY NIGHT tNew Process Building Every Building Full of Exhibits SINGLE FARE over all Railways West of Toronto r Prize Lists, Entry Forms, and all information from the Secretary SPECIAL EXCURSION DAYS W. J. REID, A. M. HUNT, President Secretary V ViiV V7AV�iV V� 1' Vim}V V ca -A4 -75.V .V ice- PrIcs--7.V -a* • 1 Il.,�.d.•.�.-....��.Ot;AD .,., ,,.,,•r../.r•.r,r rd, r, v.rr•00.OW• Ili�• • `•aft,•<„•� •e.w•`N.•�.•,.. ►•r. - (O is" Diamond Rings, 1.0 Engagement Rings, h� Wedding Rings fffi FOR THE JUNE BRIDE pounced by Dr. Earnest Armstrong of New Bern, N. C., who uses a diet of raw or rare beef in connection with City large enough to house the con. osteopathic treatment of the spine. vention, the sessions were held in Con- vention Hall. Nearly three thousand Kansas City were occupied Sunday by delegates were present. Dr. O. J. eminent specialists who were delegates Snyder of Philadelphia. president of the I at the convention. They preached Pennsylvania State Board of Osteo- health sermons, advocating reforms pathic Examiners, is the president of i in the methods of individual and the association and presided at the con- community living. Dr. Asa Willard, vention. of Missoula, Mont . in his sermon ad - Announcement was made that osteo yocating universal military training. pathic training is now on a compulsory High blood pressure may be re - four -year course in "every osteopathic lieved by osteopathic treatment, ac - college, with more total hours of teach- cording to Dr. S. N. Robuck of the Chicago College of Osteopathy, who announced at the convention that it will often reduce or cure many of the cases of paralysis from high blood 111 111 11� 11i 11! /Il ;l� Phone 65 Silverware of All Kinds rl� "Community", "Roger's- and "Pearl Handled" ' I !1! 1.0 0 alt 1.0 ilt 1. Fancy Clocks, Cut Glass, Jewelry OF ALL KINDS Fine Watch Repairing a specialty. All work guaranteed. ing than in most medical schools. The' technique for, newly discover- ed cure for cataracts' was made pub- lic for the first time by 'Dr. R. II. Dunnington of Philadelphia., Os- ; pressure. teopathic "twilight sleep" .without the use of drugs was discussed by Dr. An inquest has been ordered into the D. V. Moore of Iowa Falls, Iowa, and death of Mrs. Samuel R. Pennock, of Dr. Earnest R. Proctor of Chicago, Dr. Whitevale, near Whitby, who died on Frank A. Wright of Fond du Lac, Wednesday night. from the effects of Wis., Dr. F. A. Luedicke, of Denver, Dr. E. C. Dymond of Des Moines and taking a poisonous pill by mistake. "Dr. M. E. Clarke of Indianapolis. The Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association presented to the Duke of Connaught at Ottawa for Great Britain forty carloads of flour. OLDER Diff STRONGER To be healthy st semisty, proven at forty, is sound advice, bcoawse ix the strength of middle lite we too often forget that neglected rude. or careien trest- meat of slight aches and pans, simply undermine strength and bring short weakness for latex' yeses. To be strongor whet older, keep yo blood pure and rich and artist with the Continuous clinics were held all week by specialists in the various sec- tions and hundreds of patients were treated for diseases of various sorts. A new cure for malaria was an - Grass fires at Birch Cliff between Stops 18 and 19 on the Kingston road endangered about twenty houses in the district Monday afteroon. The fire was put out by \the East Toronto brigade. When Solid iron Floats 21xperiments have shown that if a ball of solid iron be lowered into a mass of liquid iron by means of a metal fork the bail at first sinks to the bottom with the fork, but that in a few seconds it will leave the prongs sed dee to the warfare, where it antl a - vies to idoat until it melts. The tieing Is eY•piaiometi by the expansion of the ball, due to heating, whereby it becomes, balk for bulk lean dense than the molten toetaL Fri.adly Ci4tkilstn• lwwibe-Two of my latest poems appeared in the lawt•isans of Yemirs Yaraaine• Inkeet *--Yee; I noticed them. Pennibs—Wold you mind liv- ing me your opinion of them? lakes. last—Well, to be ensile. I there* Om ate was awtuUi Noel* sad lin Wear strength -building and hfood-noutishang stiligay "Mel 1. properties of Sectt' a Rostibien whirls is a _ Mod, a tonic slid amedicine to /rasp poor Yeitksd 311.7•11lases grin, filler Mood rich, alleviate rimasnatiwa and 'u raid sickness. At any drag More. meows ivancrd is lit S. I & amm . Aefr f!!Ak etst70#1e0111. No warping, bulging or breaking at the centre of heat— the strain is taken up by the two-piece fire -pot which permits no ashes to cling or clog. Mae 101 S Farizaco Let me show you the special features of the' 8unahtne that help to effect tliat economy in fuel'for which itis notae�d. Sold by R. R MOONEY A. M. KNOX Jeweller and Optician Eyes Tested Free ',t.`.••r•r•.w,r..e.r•1•.ore' . 1••„r.. ,.a..• ••••••,,..-a.•a., ....,. Try the "Times" with your next ord er of job printing. TO FARMERS The Bank of Hamilton offers every facility and convenience to both depositors and bor- rowers among the farmers. Special attention to Cattle Busi- ness and Sale Notes. Wingham Branch C. P. Smith. Manager Capital Authorised 15,000.000 Capital Paid-up • $3,000.010 Surplus - .. $3,475.004 Summer Oress 'Goods o Delightfulness Every lady will find the wonderful collection of Summer Dress Materials here a great help in planning her summer ward- robe each piece is beautiful in design and of high grade fabric. As we start stock -taking in a week we have decided to put all our Summer Dress Goods out at cost. This is your chance to secure your summer dress at a very low cost. 12c to75c per yard. Scarce Goods Real good values in Ladies', Mens', and Children's Hose are hard to procure and unless placed on old contracts are now impossible. We were fortunate in being able to forsee the present conditions and about 9 months ago placed our order for a good stock. We have a real good strong ribb3d hose for children's wear unequalled any- where. We want to show you real values and invite you to examine these lines when in need. Straw .Hat Time These warm days sure makes Summer Straws move. Its time to throw off your heavy felt and get a nice light Straw. Boys' fancy Straw Hats, extra good quality. 50c Mens' fine basket wove sailor Hats 1916 styles at $1.50. Mens" extra good quality Sailor Hats ' all the latest weaves and shapes $2.50. J. A, MILL$ Successor to T. A. Mills PHONE 89. WINGHAM, ONT