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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-7-22, Page 2*NO The Autornoblle MOTOR PROVES SOCIA.I., A STIN LIFE OF NATION it is not 'too mueli to say that the vragon through the unimproved made 'whole Eteeial life of the nation has to the 'nearest village,. these people are been greatly infineneed and profoend- now eble to greatly enlarge their eir- ly changed by the introduetion 41,n4 c'se of friends by the use 1,4 the 40 - general uae of the autoracbilat. Time tornolaile. They are able to attend we when most of the courting' was social functious with fataility, not eefsy done by young people in the perior , n the nearest villagebut in the near - of the house under conditions where est eity, evet though' it be ‘teverity it was quite possible for the father thirty miles away. to watk downstairs and kick hied Mtur moat of Country dasighter'a beloved out in case he The farmer's wife haa te a large everstaid his welteme. I extent ceased to be discontented wIth, This eituation to longer obtains, f r ° her envixonment, due te the ease with mere likely than not a father, in or- which ahe can remove herself from (ler to locate Ids daughter's where -lit. Tho children no longer have as ahouts while beingourteel w their main ambition life the becom- *ul need to find seine automobile miles ing of sefficient age to break away away front the paterna.1 roof. Whne been honie ties and by so doing have a this indica.tes a ehange in one career in the urban centres, where life •erassar social relationship, it does not appeared to be so much more attrace, necessarily prove, as has often been tive. At the present thrie these asserted, that the change is for the dren a.re beginning to realize that life bad. As a matter •of fact, it has been in the country with the -use of the au - (Anted ont that the method e of mak- tonaolaile has wonderful attractions, aud the fact. that their city cousins are breaking avvay from the noisy life of the city whenever possible to spend fe 2s days in the open country with them has done much to change the attitude of rural children toward their home life. The city cousins, Gf course, can now visit in the country mueh more fre- quently than heretofore, on account of automobile transportatiOnt and about the first thing a eityite does when he The social life not only of youth has a few lionise of leisure on his but of children and older folks has hands is to drive into the open cOun- been quite completely changed by the try. Thus the urbanite is finding his automobile. The change applies not social life much changed, and it now • only to people living in large cities, takes the form of week -end trips 'to but it applies with tremendous force some place where the social and re - to thoae hving in. the rural districts, creational life is most enjoyable, or In the small towns and cities and ea- taking the family on picnics in the burban developments. It used to be outlying districts or at the seashore the case that most ,of the social life of or to the mountains. people was expressed in connection When it comes to attending Grain - With the home or the sehooll -or the ary social engagements,no longer does church. Much of it still is, but the it make any difference to speak of social life as pertaining to all three of 'whether the weather is fair or stormy, these major institutions a civilize- whether it is raining or the eun is /Lion has been definitely altered. shining. The lady merely gets into As far as the rural communities her automobile, which usually is a are concerned, the automobile has rev- closed oar, and drives with ease to the olutionized social life. Instead of the appointed place. She can wear her feanily of the fernier being an isolated best gown without fear of having it unit or, at the best, having only e very spoiled. Consequently the automobile few scattered neighbors and finding has rhacle it possible to run social it difficult if not impossible during functions On schedule and with tre- certain seasons of th.e year to get the menclous satisfaction. {ng love in the parlor er in the horse- drawn buggy are not materially dif- ferent from the more modern medium of courtship. The chances for better- ment appear to be in favor •of the younger generation, since In most matters they demonstrate their dapa- city to take care- of themselves to as good, if not better, advantage as their parents did when passing through the same period, Afethed of Dile Changed Natural Resources Bulletin. is completely maintained, the timber — may last for a considerable period of time. Unfortunately wooden materials Fence posts, poles, bridge and so treated are almost certain to have wharf timbers, shaft timbers, planks, the protective coating broken, either roof decking and general building though abresion or ehecking. When , t imber will last for many extra years this happens, the untreated interi;r1 if properly treated with preservatives. is at once attacked. by the Alegi of . t,he railway companies who now make shalli is completely destroyed." is has been well demonstrated, by decay and the effect of the protecting it an almost universal practice of It will be apparent, therefore, that, treating their ties, usually with creo- material superficially treated will isote preparation. Coal tar creosote is have th be watched, and where abets -- undoubtedly one of the best preserve-'ioccurs a fresh protective covering tives and e.e many points throughout at once applied. Canada large plants have been estab- lished which are engaged in the treat - anent of railway ties, piles and timber Creosote r not tha onlyt ri I for many other purposes. now being used for this purpose, how- eleasemeese MAY BE arvEN AT noma ever. There are many others of which The user of fence posts, vineyard the best known are sulphate of copper, sticks, planking for walks and other chloride ef zined iiquid n1phur. small dimension timbers may, how- Indurating wood with sulphur is a ever, if commercially facilities are not rather re ent deve'opment 40 which - at hand, do his own creosoting. Prof. there appears to be considerable inter- n. W. Smith of the New York State est, notwithstanding the fact that College of•Forestry, who has made an many testa will have to Tao rnade to investigation into the subject says that determine the properties imparted by satisfactory equipment for the treat- the treatment: Practically all woods merit of fence posts can be installed for ten dollarsa and consists only of an ordinary steel oil drum of 1.00 -gal. capacity. Or the creosote may be ap- plied with a brush or by spraying, but immersion in the open tank is best. It may be peinted out that railway may be impregnated by unneersion m molten sulphur by -a simple open- tank,treatment, and the quantity of sulphur absorbed varies within wide limits, depending largely upon struc- ture and chaeacteristic of the species. The -wood is generally immersed and ties are usually treated under high held beneath the surface of the sul- pressure so that the preserving ma- phur bath, which is Maintained at a teriai is actually forted into the wood temperature of 140 to 150 den. C. for structure and that in consequence 5 or 6 hours, or until all evidence of moisture has dlsappeared. - It is then advisable to allow the temperature to drop to 120 or 125 deg. for another I or 5 hours, when the wood is removed. The f perintration is eral` "In sound timber deeay ca.n occur evidenced by the buoyancy of" the o only froze outside agencies. If the wood in the sulphur bath and alsby werface fo the wood is rendered,. resist- complete cessation a bubbling. A ant to wood destroying fungi, the Sully impregnated piece of white pine entire timber will remain sound. This will expose only abOut onetfiftla of its contention is doubtless correct and volume above the surface of the sul- when the surface of a ember is phur and will, of coursi, sink in water. f preserved and the surface protection superfleiar treetraent by dipping ar with a brush is sufficient. Mr. B. V. Look, president of the Canada Cre- osoting Co., writing in the Engineer- ing journal says: The following table in icates the -per - MUTT AND JEFF: ---Ey Bud Fisher. PLANNING TO RAIBE ellefORIC ip -#"--'------- ilAre•P'.... ,,,,,s;•,1, egatar n __, '_..eiel;,...rf.......-7,-.Issass-, ' •-*--,,..-s?'-'17,;est.t:", ' ,,,e,::..6 -000 --"- es:. ----1" , . 9,1v e• ...../. , • es.- e.s.:e-- ..- --..-e" s'-'1 .../..) REMAINS OF THE GALLANT "NANCY" TO BE RESURRECTED The announcement is made that the Ontario Govetrnment will undertake the raising of the old British schoanere."Nancy," erhech for over a century has lain in the bed of the Nottawasaga River, if the county of Siracoe would. look after it. This is a sketch of the Nancy, described is "a masterplecaref workmanship and beauty." It is planned -to leave the historic relic on "Nancy" .1aland," Wasaga, which will be turned into an island park. The sn.ggeetion to remove the boat to the Canadian National Exhibition. met with general disapproval. centage of sulphur absorbed by cer- tain woods. Wood Per Celle Poplar............ . . . .. 76 Cypress • 60. White Spruce . ...... 64 White Pine ..... . . ... 75 Red Oak 40 It is advisable to treat seasoned, wood, because the presence of mois- ture inhibits the penetration of sul- phur and when in excess, prevents the entry of -practically any sulphur. This may be explained by the fact that it is difficult for the sulpher to enter the tracheide, pores or resin ducts while moisture is being driven off in the form of steam, and in addition, the conversion of water to steam requires a certain -lumber of heat units and has a tendency to lower the -temper- ature of the woody mass, with con- stant -cooling of the, molten sulphur in immediate contact with the wood. The rapid solidification of the sulphur on the surface and particularly at the ends of the treated wood, irnmediately seals the poxes and prevents the loss of the molten sulphur contained within e woody s ruc me. Sulphur. imparts many other desir- able e .s to wooci such as • sister:ices high dielectric strength and a "case hardened" surface which is subject tot a Sigh finish and polish. CANADIAN HARDWOODS SUBJECT TO DECAY. astern Canada ha a to -day one of the largest bodies of hardwood on the ' I continent, censisting of principally, birch, beech and maple, all of which! woods are subject to quick decay. All of these di , 1 and "treated," are very long lived. It Is estimated that proper treating would reduce the annual maintenance of l docks letforms crossing planks • cattle guards and other structures,1 envelving in the aggregate millions of dollars in,- investment, at least 75 per -ant.. per ennum, 14 cests no- more -to make geode of heavelful design that it does to make ugly ones.—A. M. Samuel. -sta......e.ogremouteoriurgasseinairram 101.. PURE SEED PRODUCTION IN CANADA 1 The annul report of the Cenatilan four cleeloade of registered sseed were seed, esrowere" ASetielation disenisea.' disnosed tWa nf th'egl.*4 earl°a4 Of the progreee which iseheing made en "Marquis" -wheat and. on "13"tuer" , 04s -being consigned to the Areen- the growing of pure seea In Cattada.tine and, two cars of barley being sold . The slumber of seed fields, inspected for Nov Ontario raelubers to the Can- ana reported upon by the Association ada 'Malting Compeny, A shipment Pf In 1925 was 2,501, an lacresee ot 106 registered "GrImm",.alfelfe eeed was aver 1921 .and 1,061 over 1523. For "la these crops there "were issued to mem- e(1,1esmP°s.Cetsitt%toone ltileeadllge steeielesettls.eieesGeercl-' Ibere 2,552- certifeates of orep reels- many took a quantity of the sameeseed. tration, which represents an laereese Varieties of oats, wheat,:. sled barley %acreage and estimated yield of seed sia, and • the Ukranian ,00-oeerative of 184 over 1924 and 1,052 aver 1923. ,.p.rovea in substantial quantity to Russ crepe regletered wheat led with 19,188 Societe has' been sal/plied eVith alfalfa,,, acres and 500,70" bushels; thilowed red clover, alsikeseand timothy seed, lby oats with 10,752 acres and 412,572 Argentina looms upe peosnective purs bushels; and alfalfa 2,461. -acres and °baser of oetstamlieg importance, one 503.,570 ;The, Other eeed eros regiS-1 melee es eight being from a conceen toed were barley, cern, fast, peaS,,whieh. purahsees some 250,000 bushels soybean, rye, sweet 'clover, and swedes' efebarley seed annually, whilst vete- turnips. Itionron carloads ofirhea.t bave, been There is every sindicatisan, too, that furnished three, other buyers. In - the fame of thesqualitiee orCanadiaie-; qUiries-received have included barley grown eee.d is spreading afar, and. that [for Mexico, wheat for New Zealand, It Is coining into Increa7singly greater and oats for the 'sWiss Cooperative emend. Export values of seed for the three twelve months periods -end- , ing February 1924, 1925 ,and -1926. have ( been respectively $8,714,21.9, $10,241,- 254, and $16,486,194, showing a virtual increase of one hundred per cent.- in two years. The two principal items of export have been clover seed, araomits Ing in 1925 Ds 416,723 btieheis eVerth $3,380,4S1, and fax Seed amounting. to 5,387,82 bushele Worth $6,538,194. The principal country of import, is the United. Kingdom, though clover .-Seed movee in quantity also to the United, States. Denmark, France, Germany, Irish Free State; Netherlands, Neer Zealand and other countries, The Canadian Seed ,Growerst As, sociation has been aetiese hi facilitating interprovincial seedtransactionse6f a Wholesale order and. in promoting the export trade. The year 1926 promises to be a bu�y one in, this retard. .A1 - ready in. the first -couple of months 'Onion at Zetunole • - ,A survey of the Association's report inclicetes the; ceaseless activity pre- vailing for the enhaucement and pro- motion of the pure seed industry in Panaaa.. Iinportations of new ma- chinery are frequent aud in the past few months mill unitd'have been in- stalled at Carp, Ontario; Morden, Manitoba; .Scott, Saskatchewen; and Palrenhant, Ontario. The improve - meat in, the seed grown is continuous, and the,Assoolation especially stresses the progiess effected in increesing the Supply of home-grown field, Toot and garden vegetable seed. Tee work is oompreheneively supervised by six seed boards which blanket the Do- minion and mairatiin touch with head- qyarters at Ottawa, ant its gratifying results are apparent in the ssontinually, growing prestige of Canadian -grown seed 'abroad, and. the greater demaed for the product. "The.Grave Tree:" %- Let me -have a scarlet maple For the grave -tree at my head With the quiet sun behind It in the yearsewhen I ans. dead., . Scarlet when the AprU vanguard Bugles up the -laggard. Spring. Scarlet- when the banned Autumn- elarches by unwavering . . . Britidi Justice. Inexorable British Justice has brought to the gallows a woman, the mother of three children, convicted oe murder and, robbery. Popular sym- pathy had been aroused in her beb.ale. and thousands of petitions for re- prieVe were -presented without avail. In the view of tb:e authorities, the sek of the criminal enid_e no difference; the penalty of the law Must be paid. This entire ahsence ot maudlin. senti- mentality in the enforcem'ent. of the refusal of the courts to Permit. needleslidelays to interfere with the ad -ministration of criminal Justice and the certainty of punishraexit for -the 'guilty a‘re among the -causes of the en- viable position occupied by England in the matter of the prevalence of crime and in the small proportion of the major criminals who go unpuniihed. 11 the 'certainty of arrest and pun- ishment is a deterrent to crime, then the British practice has mote than Justified itself, .savsethe Editor of the Philadelphia Ledger. The contrast be - tweet conditions in this country and in Great Britain is profoundly diecred- itable to us, not only he the enormous- ly greater number of crimes here in. proportion to population but in the breakdown of the machieety of justiee as revealed' by the small' preportion of eonvictions to the total number of crimes. Our courts are largely to, blame for these conditions. The evil are fully recognjzad by the die' and the bar, but"little, is done to find and apply the remedy. , There is no lack of..power, but there -is a a lament- able unwillingness to exercise it. _ "'Canada is to the fere aeaong all the nationof the worlds% the matter of aerial survey," stated Col. C. R. Ryder, of London, England:,in an interview. on eehis arrival at 'Ottawa.. eColonel Ryder, who has come, to this country - to atudy survey .work, stated that servey work in Canada was Of a very advanced nature arid- that the Do -4 minion could teach the other countries many things in teis Line of work. It will be My leafy cabin - Large enough when jute returns And I hear the golden thrushes Flute and hesitate by turns. And in fall some yellow morning. When the stealthy frost has _come, . Leaf by leaf it will befriend me As with comrades, going home. . . Then fear not my friends-, 'to leave me In the bodingautumn vest; There are many things to think, of When the, roving days are past. Leave me by the scarlet maple, When the Journeying shadows fall, Waiting tell tee Scarlet 1111131BM Pass upon th,e endless trail. —Bliss Carman. ae, Wanderlust. I know not where the white road tuns, nor what the blue hills ere, But man can have the sun for friend, • and for his guinea a stay; ; And there's no end of voyaging when once the voice is heard„ For the river calls and the road calls, and oh, the call of a bird! -..-Gorald Gould. _ There is on one thing that a man ought to buy without first looking into it, and that is a shotgun." -' in estitnated national wealth in mil- lions of dollars. ,Canada stands seveeth on the list, higher than Australia, Bra- zil, Argentina, and in fact higher than. in any of .fdenieWer countries, accord- ing to Dr, rt. A. MacGilabon, Professor of Political Economy University of Alberta. In -wealth_ per 'capita in dol- lars, Canada is only serpassed by the United States and Great Britain. Cae- ada is among the only five nations showing. a surehis on current account and Is also among those countries hav- ing a toed surtlus. She' renks fifth among the_n.ations as an exporter and seventh as an importer, 1 Aerial Teas Are Latest Thrill for .Gay London .Aefial tea parties are the. latest novelty In society circles. The guests take rides in airplanes after refresh-, meets are seryed. The first aerial "at home" was given at the Stag Lame flying. 'field. with Mrs. Sophie Elliott Lynn and Mrs. Sherwood Kelly hose- esses. Mee. Lynn is the first woman in England to be granted a pilot's license. She conceived the Idea of aerial tea parties with a view to in- teeesting -society Women in tieing. Marquees, were erected on the ground in wateh tea -was served, there beleg aboue,10-0 guests. "%stead qf dance music, tea was dispensedtothe accompaniment of the drone -of .a light airplane °Ilene and other familiar sounds of the aerodrome. ' Anotlaer aviation, social stunt plan- ned for the'surnmer is -to be a Meet organized by the recently formed Bri- tish private Aircraft Owners Club. Each member will pilatetds woe plane to some selected nee:sting place and 'from there will return in formate:1u to the club's headquarters at Stag Lane. s Attempt Distinctive Air in Doorway tosResidenee. Welcoming'. giiests has been the graceful gesture sieoe Adam's, time. When Mr: Stonehatchet's guests came 40 peaee affrs. Stoneliatchet' probably Chipped off ,a few more rough places from the cave entrance—toemake a good.impression. To -day we still make the'doorway te the leousi'distinetive. The Lighthouse'. Far in the bosom af the deep, , O'er these wild shelves ansr watch I keep; A auedy gleam of changeful light,v s The.searnan bids enyluseer hall Andescorns to strike his timorous sail, —Sir Walter Scott. "My husband's birthday comes next week," aid: Mrs. Seniele '"Well," asked her companion, "what are-yousgiving , Mrs. Smith seined .proudiey, "Pee been Wiring ,m cigar out °this case every day for the, last three months, I've got a. hundred now, and runmelting .4Im a pr‘egent.of those." — Herbert Janvieri Browne Ocean ateteoeolokisf, who predicts that. 1927 will be a year without a summer. XIs Seduces this from polar -radiation and ca/ean, currents, , [THECII F.; V& r4)k F _ In view of the vigorous efforts wlaicii the Port of Quebec has ben maldng to 'secure a greater ahaTe1of Canadian Import and export trade, and of the action ef the -Dominion. Government in Jens, 1925, in -voting the sum of $5,- 000,000 for the improvement of the har4 bor at the ancient capital, it is gratis tying to note that in. 1925 Quebec port experienoed the best season of its hid: tory, and that at the time of writing a great deel of new construction and re- pair work In being undertaken in an- ticipation of a SeasOn of yet greater activity., This latter half -Special re-. ference to .gteater ,engagenientsin the grain and cattle export trade, -whilst the augmented immigration movement, already indicated ,in early spring ar- rivals at Saint John and Halifax, would augur fin 'extremely busy season in -this connection for Quebec. . There was an increase in vittually every line of busidess at Quebec in 1925. The total number -of vessels to arrive there, from the sea,. Montreal -and. the Great Lakes, was 957 as against 668 in 1924, an inerease of . 289, and their total tonnage 3,897,576 tons as compared with 2,460,311, an irelne crease, of 1.437,265 tons 'for the year. Import trade totalled 686,16e tons, as against 594,614 in the previous year, and 10,099,686 F.B.M. of Itinaber and . timber as against 2,876,504 F.13.111. in 1924. -General exports amounted to 2-38,508 toes, as aga40st205,784 tons, in whiCh is included 10440 tons of grain shipped as compared with 136,213 tong. Other items' of export Were 12,- 8e1,961 P.BM. of lumber and tim • as compared with 10,472,012 P.B.M. in .- 1924, and 9,139 head of cattle as against 1,505. The surplus ef revenue over operating expenditure for 1925 was $83,863. A Period of Record Activity . - A survey et port ectivities for -the past five- years discloses the nine months season of 1925 as one of cord activity. The movement of ves- sels was. 'practically -double- that' of 1921, and in railway traffics the num- ber ef care handled exliibits a substaxe lion increase over any year in the half decade. Cattle exports overseas, the resumption of a new trade long lost -to Que,bec, weee'six times greater than in the previous year, and grain ex- mitred- and delivered compared very favorably with any Previous year. In the last two mentioned, Quebec is anticipating a substantially ens-- nieeted activity in 1926 and feture years, and has simile Preperations ac- cordingly. Prospects for future cattle shipments are considered very bright, estimates of 50,000 head to be haadled in 1926 having been made; and to com- ply with the urgent requeets, of cattle shippers, facilities haVe been in= crea.sed so that 2,000 head can be ac- coramodated easily at the one time at the port eleesas. The port has a fire- proof concrete gaain elevator, with a capacity of 2,000,000 bushels, and a loading capacity of 60,0,0 bushels per hour, and according to available tad, - mation the grain trade at Quebec- wine/ - receive a marked impetus in the 1926" • TA Vest Pocket ,,..n'dition of a Truck elp.rden. would seem to have openeet out for Quebec pert, for which it is adequately equipped or makieg- preparations. New services from the port:4avo beer, in- augurated and IticreaSed sailings pro- vided, for .existing services. Construc- tion ofsneW terminal facilities 'for which the Government gran(: provided ' Is under wayfana will be completed in ' 1928. A cold storage plant which 1V8 S started in 1923, now compastosl P.21d 40 litil operatiOrt,„ glees ,complote salts- ' faction with ite 550,000 cubic, fest ca- pacity in the main wayeboese see feel , house,„ thoroughly eutlipped for tho freezing of fish, with a Storage Oa" paCity of :1,000,00,0 patinas. Expansion„ • at the port is ceaseless !n the expeo. °tat ubouns .steadily in area si n g 'volume • Three Thrifty Soule, A , Hebrew and two Sooteni as en do- clided '40 go to ohurch, aed had just mind the two. sootohmen carried iiim otLbeet seated by the tither Nyhen the maileter announCed the offering was to be taken The Hebrew promptly fainted, and with rata preseeico aae 'ewe -flume, i R St Dive 'f • etaieee SID', tees eeenee, . sl-ely us) LoNtoN Atqb RAtse vEG eilstit.e s Fes R A Liesseel E.. teAter 'Ye%) •• tvgAr's 'n-kiNT OLD DCsAfe?. - ss .. I'm GoNNA RA;SE, Psfee., 2Abtsties, ceAls AGE, ec-Ams, , . potAyoesse ,Asst• sreseAerocss- - .:naaT ? 12'1.1-1-fo : t.") / / Iee,(ek.'S )fouR teiesses lei sc,09e, N 4 - 7 -SIR SIDNGIn. . I se ASN' r SPOOF' t el G Ri NA: to mc. AND 17sit 6 A ',..,_,--..,_tie-RE _e_ . - ARC:- fse\I PEAS: seilL,_ IN THE, M (Isle La. oe -t-fAE P05';' Bo V., A ft G R.AnnSteesS, sees: . . - a'• ..ef.,;.1a P,Nb po-urThes. 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