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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-5-15, Page 5The Canadian Pacific steamer F{mpress of Britain will arrive at Quebec shortly oil her first voyage from. Liverpool as a cabin -class s eamer under her new name Ment- rdJal. She is the fastest vessel sail- ing out of Liverpool and is sched- ruled to run from there to Quebec in six Cepa half days. - British Columbia's payroll for 1.923 was $150,000,000, according to the annual report of the Work- man's Compensation Board. The payroll foe 1922 was el28,592,- 504 and for 1921, $130,099,373. Em- ploying firms operating at the end of last year numbered 6,524, an in c "ase of 145 over the previous year. The 1924 season for the port of Montreal Was officially opened on the morning of the 18th of April, when the Government ice -breaker Lady Grey arrived in the harbor. A big season ,is anticipated, especially by the Canadian Pacific steamships, whose vessels on the St. Lawrence route this year will exceed197,000 ;gross tons. Vancouver this season has beaten Portland, the great wheat port of the Northwest and formerly the great wheat port of the Pacific. Portland includes flour in its wheat totals, Vancouver does not. Accord- ing to the Portland press the Amer- ican city has moved over 29,000,000 'bushels of wheat to date. Vancou- ver, in the same period, shipped 36,- '�@@0,000 bushels, exclusive of a very nsiderable quantity of flour. The much prized Wilder silver medal, the highest award of the American Pomological Society, the oldest horticultural body in North America, has been awarded to the Central Experimental Farm at Ot- tawa for the sixth time. The medal on this occasion was given for the Lobo apple, one of the many fine -varieties of McIntosh Red parentage originated at the Central Farm. An estimate of $1,500,000 for fire protection and management of for •est reserves has been placed before the Government for approval by the Minister of the Interior. The Min- ister stated that more drastic meas- ures of fire prevention would be taken this year and in this connec- tion the Department of the Interior proposes to utilize the Royal Cana- .dtiaill,sAir Force for the detection of An appeal for increased pensions for the originals of the old Royal North-West Mounted Police is now before the Federal Parliament. The present pensions are based on the pay standards of 20 to 30 years ago .and are therefore quite inadequate, the appeal claims, and it is asked that they be raised to the same level .as those granted members of the present Royal Canadian Mounted Police, on retirement. "There is not a single geological reason why each and all of the world-famous mining camps, such as those of Kirkland Lake, Porcupine .and Sudbury, should not be dupli- cated almost anywhere in the 650,- 000 square miles of the Quebec Lau- rentian Plateau, which stretches erem the Ottawa and St. Lawrence .overs to Hudson Strait," according to a statement made by T. C. Denis, Superintendent of Mines of the Province of Quebec, at a recent meeting of the Quebec branch of the 'Mining Institute of Canada. Canada is financially sound. On April 14th the investors and savings :account holders of the country were offered twelve million dollars worth of Canadian Pacific Railway five per cent bonds and by four o'clock *that afternoon the issue had been over -subscribed and the books were closed. Telegraph oilers came from all parts of the Dominion, a splen- did evidence of the amount of money .available for sound investment and. -the country's confidence in the fu- ture of the big railway. Another evidence is seen in the fact that email investors are putting savings into C.P.R. common stock which pays ten per cent on par value of $100,000,. Since 1907, Canadian holdings of this stock have increased • nn 9.75 per cent to 21 per cent the present time and holdings in British Empire total about 75, le, le cent. • i Hensall Mr. Wm. ,Wait been very ser. lowly nil dusting the past week, Mrs.eG. 'V. Laughton and two child- ren, of Torotato, •'arae visiting '-blr, and Mrs. C, A, , v cponuel&, ,Mrs. Laughton's parents. Mrs. George Glenn, of .the London Road, a coupleof iij1est mouth of our village is making a good recovery from her recent operation for append;cie,s end was able to returns to her home. Mr. Janes Gew has rented Mr. Z. lDesjardnne's dwell:rte property on Richmond Street No,•th, tend hasi mov- ed into it Mr. E. Ed stein:hes rented Mr. Wm. W e.bber s dwelling property on the, same street fund( moved into .it, Mr. John Berry, who wast so very seriously fill ws Inpw marking•,+a tap d re- covery„ Mrs. John. Murdock, of our village has been, confined to her room for the past week through Walesa,/ Mr. W. +ri A. ,Bele who just recent- ly paased his final examyna,tionj at the University, es here visiting heel mother. Mss. F. W. •Hawksha,w .of Haralltos end at (onye time r) Irtesicient of our vil- lage +before her .marriagte hero visit- ing her brothers; Thomas and Alex Murdock. Dr. Colin Fletcher, assisted -loll the Mothers' Day servi(cies in Thames Rd. Church, thus former charge, on Sunday, Zurich Charles F. Hey, of Bad Axe, Mich,, died in the leeeg tall at that place ori May 2nd. Rea, 0, Schreg, Mr.and ,Mrs. Joseph Gascho and ,slop Samuel, •left to at- tend the • funeral of Mr. Jou. Gascho's sister, Mrs. Wideinaln at Pigeone Mich. Mr. and !Mrs, Ed. Challis and child- ren, of Detroit, were vrlset•orsf with Mr. and Mrs: J. Schnell, , A1r. Ed, Schnell returned to that city with them. An auto collision took place at the swamp on the Zurich Road when a. Ford coupe from near Crediton, r ol1- ided with a new Chevrolet car from Michigan. The passengers were not insured, but !the cars: were '+ considerably wrecked. While ioad!n,g the large bread mixer of Mr. E. Koehler, our; new baker, at kiensall station, Andrew Prime had' his index finger badly smashed as the machine. came down on top of it, Mrs. Theodore Foster and two children of Detroit are 'visiting with the former's parents, lir. and Mrs, L. Weber, Mr. and fairs. Wendel Smith/ Left for Minaoat city, 11.ich„ to attend the funeral of the 1aij efichaelr'Cash, who was a former well known resident here Mrs. Kathryn, Barry late. o,f London, who spent the last Le;w,weeks with her parents, M. and :t fxs, Jacob Hotvald, bas gone to Detroit, Siouth' Bend and Brazil, Indiana, Mr, and ears. E. Restemeyer of N. Dakota spent a day o+r 'cwt in town. Miss Clara Weber, who spent a, week at her home here has returned to Detroit. EGMONDVILLE.—A quiet wedding took place at the,'Egmondville.Presby- terian. manse, on Wednesday afternoon, klay 7th, at 4 o'clock, tvhen, Mee Carnochaan McGeoch, daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McGeoch, of Eg- ihondville, was united in marriage to Mr. Paul Doig, sot of Robert C. and Mrs. Doig, of the 'sixth concession ;of Tuckersmith, LIEURY—The late Capt. W. H. P.obertso . passed away May 3rd, at the home of his son 'vV;liam, naar Lieury. Deceased was born in Mt. Clemens, Mich., and was en, his 89th year, He served with distinction with the Mich;lga,n .regiment throughout 'the American Civil war. He Alloyed to Ontario about 50 years ago, laving at f 1•edferd Grand Bend and for the lest fork years has been a resnient I of Lieury. He 's survived 'ey hes ' daughter VTrs. Ellwood, c;landeboye. !else two 'sons, William of Lieury, and j George of Toronto. 1. Alberta woke up Monday morniing "wed' after an alcoholic drought of eight years all but two months. The province entered the prohibition, period ea July, 1916, after the vote of the peeviou, year. r SCHOOL REPORT rOF S. S., NO. 4, USBORNE, bals.ed on +examinateoris sand daily work;—Sr. 4—Hubert Hunt er 54. lee 4—Do,reiem Westcott • '69, Marjorie Westcott 64, Harold Mitch- ell 54. Got, Thompson 57e Lily Htmm- er 53, Gerald Ford 40. Sr, 3—Mary Hunter Z5. Jr. 3—Jean Coates 84,11a Hunter. 79. Promoted to Jar. .3—Rtoy Hunter '61, Archie 'Thompson 60. Jr. Z A—Norman Hunter 79, 1ies,sie Coates 70 ,Florence Metchell 50"` Jr. 2B-- Ar - Ford 51. 1—Allan Westcott 74. Sr. Pre -Elgin. Luxton; Wumbe,r enrolled 1$„ average :attend . annoe 17.—L. M. 'Dann, •teach.er. PAST DUE ACCOUNTS We have been sending out accounts for past due sub- subscriptions, and we would ask those who receive them, 'and others owingsus to 'kindly remit what is due. Do not wait for a bill, as the work. and expense' ef sending out a statement, means considerable fo us. LOOK AT YOURLA BEL NOW, and send what you owe NOW. If our appeal does not have the effect of bringing to us the money due then we shall have to place them in other hands for collec- tion. We have done our part in serving you and we trust you will show your apnrecira tion in return far value giv i. Ztpays to use MARTIN -SENOUR wooer -LAC STAIN for Furniture -Floors A /Ya®dyv-rk Write to Head Orrice, Montceml for Free Booklet HOME PAINTING MADE EASY SOLD: 'Bl( aaxls, Exeter• _ . (INFECTIOUSABORTIO» A Mach Too Common Trouble With Cattle To -day. Care Needed in Purchasing Cows.— Isolate ows.-•Isolate and Treat Infected Animals —The Horse With Fever Potato Disease Investigation. (Contributed by Ontario Department of Agriculture; Toronto.) • After an exhaustive study of the causes and treatment of infectious abortion of cattle, Dr. C. D. McGi1- vray, Principal Ont. Vet. College, Guelph, has come to the following conclusions: 1. In purchasing breeding cattle, make careful enquiries to ascertain if the heed from which they are being obtained is free from abortion disease. 2. If doubt exists as to their free- dom from this disease, have all newly obtained pregnant females tested or keep them under observation until they calve. 3. Cows should be placed in ma- ternity stalls to calve. 4. Whenever a cow aborts keep her isolated until she cleans. 5. Thoroughly clean and disin- fect the stalls in the stable. Tb,: bedding and litter removed from the steels should `be burned, together with the aborted fetus and the after Birth. 6. Wash the hind parts of all th • exposed pregnant cows with an anti septic, solution. 7. Cleanse the genital passage c. the aborting animal in all cases of retained afterbirth. Irrigate th. womb with a mild warm antisep.:, solution or a saline solution, Mae: use of uterine antiseptic capsules. 8. Do not allow cows with re tabled afterbirth to remain ni stain adjacent to other pregnant fema,ee 9. Keep aborting cows segregate. from the others so long as they aye discharging. Wash their hind part before allowing them to return cv the herd. 10. Allow a period of one mond, to elapse before returning aborter. cows to the bull. Wash the buil sheath after service of aborting coy;... 11. Do not allow the bull to serv• cows which have a discharge fro. the vulva,. Serve all cows on. neutra. ground. 12. In affected herds obtain the au - -gee of a qualified veterinarian as to the use of vaccines combined with sanitary measures, 13. In badly affected herds best re- sults are obtained from the use el a live culture vaccine administered t the nonpregnant females two month: before breeding. 14. In the case of valuable covra becoming barren, the services of e. skilled veterinarian should be ob- tained for the purpose of treating the womb and ovaries. 15. If calves become affected wits white scours, immediately separat. the sick ones from the healthy. Con- sult a veterinarian regarding the us. of calf scours serum in conjunctioe with sanitary measures. 16. Nutritious deficiencies shoul;: be corrected as far as possible by sup- plying mineral elements in the feed. THE HORSE WITH FEVER. Drenching May Cause Foundering or Death -- Medicine and General Treatment Recommended. Many good horses die every winter, eesed by well meaning people' whs • i.ot know. On many farms if aa —mai shows any symptoms of ii. wealth the first thine done is to give .c -ie sic drench or ball. If it is a cos;, sheep or pig, an unnecessa,, r.i7'sic is not likely to do any ha; m, .,at with the horse it is different. rurge a horse when there is free. ✓ essnt and you will in all probau.a:- Ly kill him. If you do not succeeu in killing him, he will likely be Greatly handicapped for the rest of life by founder. Never physic a e ;r•se that has a fever. Use mild lax- ative only. Fevers come on suddenly.. Severe cases show coldness of the extremi- ties, surface of the body, nose and ears, shivering, breathing increases In frequency. Time to call a qualified veterinary if there is one to be had. IY not, the following treatment is suggested: Blanket the horse" well and put him in a warm, comfortac_e stable, and give two ounces of the fo,- lowing every fifteen minutes; or until the horse begins eo sweat: Aconite, une drachm; Spirits of wine; tour ounces; water to make a pint. Wito sweating started give, the follow a,, fever mixture at the rate of two ounces every two hours. Fluid Extract Aconite -1 drachm Belladonna -2 drachm ' " Gentian —1 ounce Potassium Nitrate , . —1% ounces ' Water to make 1 pint. Keep a bucket of clean water in ,,which ;' small quantity of potassium nitratt .s been dissolved in front of the u,,rse at all times. Feed soft feeds, as boiled oats . and bran. 'Do ndt move the, horse out of the stable until the temperature has been nor- mal for at least 48 hours.—L. Steven- ton, Dept. of Extension, O.A.College, Guelph. Potato Disease Investigation. Investigational work carried on by the Department of I„otany of the On- tario Agricultural College during the past six years has brought out the: following facts: That selected, certified .seed pota- toes give muchbetter results than `. the uncertified. 'seed' potatoes' which 'have been commonly used by the fawners of ,thi§ province 'in the past: That Northern Ontario seed nota-„ 'toes give as good yields on the avei'- age asFtlose :imported, front' the' Marie' time provinces. That; in (1.' :tail, .sectionsd aft old Ona tarso excelllent::seed :,potatoes .can •. be produced by contidiied selection and roguing, • Stephen Council `The Council of the '> i eW lnip of Ste- phen, meet in the Towel I aU; ,Crediton,. on May 5th, 1924, atf 1 p.m. P,G11 mem- bees were present. Minutes . read end adopted, . Sweitzer—Snell-Thet the assessor's roll and school census book for the year 1924, as filed with the clerk, be accepted, and that he be paid his sal- ary.—Carried. al-ary. Carried. Idayes-Goetz—That the Court of Revision to hear and determine appeals against the Assessment Roll be held at the Town Hall Crediton, ort Monday, May 26, at 1 p.m., at, which date grav- el contracts will lso be let.—Carried.' The following •orders were passed :— P. U, Commissions, Exeter rep, Hall bracket 81,25; Clinton News -Record, S88.50; Tress. Tee Ueborne, work on boundary, 53,92; J. Kestle and others, dragging, $8; Ed. Shapton, dragging, $6.50; Jes, Ryan and .others, dragging $13; H. Appleton and others, dragging, Dr. J. W. Orme, va,ccinetjon, 8192.50; Jos. Guinan, assessing, ;,154.00. Th,e council adjourned to meet again in Crediton on Monday, May 26, at 1 o'clock. Henry Eilber, Clerk, _ ___•.�• — KILLEI) BY FREIGHT TRAIN Tb oma+s Churchill, aged 83 'years,: of the 16th concession of Gode ich '1'p., Huron County, wain instantly killed and, hips' son, William B. Churchell, aged 43 years, seriously injured. when the auto Mobile its which they were! riding was struck by a southbound Canadian Na- tional Raelway freight train fns route from VVinghanu to London, two': inees north of Clinton Juncti nn et 9.35 Thursday morning last. The younger reele will !recover although :heeIts badly bruised and cut. They were driving in mill, !open car .with eche curtains down. The whistle was sounded and the bell rung, but apparently they did Cruot hear them, Dr. Shaw of Clinton held an inquest which was adjourned until May 27, when it is expected the son will have recovered, The deceased was a prominent man of the district and his remains were enterredt.on Sun- day afternoon with Masonic honors. S, WATERLOO BY-ELECTION The Ontario Government by an or- der -in -Council passed on Saturday has fixed Monday, June 23rd as the date for the by-election in South Water- loo, the seat from which Carl Holnuth was disqualified followen,g a protest. Nominations will be held on June 12. Excepting only ;,n sheep, Canadian hive stock and live stock products show an Increase itu hipments,,to the United States all along tha laic in the January-Fcbruary period of thts year compared • with the corresponding reoeths of last year, according to the montlsly report of the Canadian, Live Stock Branch. Our cattle .shipmen,ti to our neighbors were 11,190 oom- pared with 16,310; calves, 1,787 com- pared with 1,257; beef, 923,400 lbs. compared with 446,800 lbs„ bacon, 81. 700 lbs, compared with 30,100 'Lbs.; pork. 165,300 lbs, compared with 90,80e lbs. and mutton, 2,400 lbs. 'om- pared with 700 ,lbs. To Great Britian excepting only cattle, there was a detreas,e, the figures beinLg 7,7% cattle against 4,/9e; beef, 587,300 lbs. against 1,817,600 lbs, • bacon 16,076,300 lbs, against 19,186,600 ibe. :and park, 54e,500 lbs against 917,100 les, For Yuar Protection There is an established cash price for all Fordprocluct,s, which price is fixed by the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. In co-operate with the Traders Finance Corporation the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited has also established a fixed price to be paid if a purchaser wishes to purchase on the deferred payment plan. The purpose in establishing this definite time price is to protect the buyer against excessive charges. The charge authorized by the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited and charged by the Traders Finance Corporation is ab- solutely fair to every purchaser who buys Ford products on deferred payments. This deferred payment plan is a simple business arrangement devised for your con- venience—by means of which with a small down payment you may drive your car— paying the balance in small monthly in- stalments. These rates are as follows: Touring Touring (Starter] Runabout ` Runabout (Starter) Coupe.....---. Tudor......... F�rdor......... Truck Chaoais. . Truck Chassis [Starter] Down Monthly Payment Instalments $32.66 37.08 30.09 35.75 45.66 51.84 60.00 32.75 38.08 See Any Authorized Ford .Dealer CARS-TRUCK.S - TRACTORS UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO. An excellent opportunity to all teachers to advance their academic standing. General B.A. and Honor B.A. courses offered. Astronomy, English, Mathematics, History, Languages, Political Economy and Natural Sciences -24 courses. Social and athletic program throughout the entire sit weeks makes the Summer Session as delightful as it is profitable. Splendid new Uni- versity Buildings occu- pied this summer. For information write the Director, or Dr. K. P. R. Neville, Registrar. Summer School London, Ontario. June 30 to. August 9. 1 In Unhurried Quebec • Old fashioned Quebec' tags at the heartstrings of the summer visitor, because her appeal is personal. Without intention, so to do, she has struck . what the advertising men work so hard to acquire... the human interest angle. Quebec is natural, simple, lovable. In our race for a living we of the cities have reduced' life to a- system with every action in subordination to hours. and minutes. But in Quebec the habitant: rises above the leash. He has something in himself which holds him to old ways. To family life, to the farm, to the horse and hand -plough; to the scythe, to cows. Wives and Baugh- tersand boys of all ages lend a handat everything. All the dhanges of the seasons fit in to the scheme of life. And yet there sews to be no particular scheme, no hurry, none of that driven feeling. No friction. And sdwhen we get into Quebec we are sensible of a freedom of spirit. The shackles of "the drive" fall away as we come once more under the benison of the simple and the fundamental. Here by the road are the wayside Crosses common in Old France and once in Old. England. The Mower is abroad in the fields. The: dogs drawing their little carts still hold the road. And nothing is more humanly appealing than these dog carts of the Quebec highway. The "Dog of Flan- ders" has won his way to publicity on the screen, but these ""chiens" of 'Quebec have, had no Jackie Cooganto da them justice:.' And yet what a'part they playin the life of Province,f ,;. tHowt he far s larger in extent;, than' Flanders. How the dogs fifl niehesein the households, jobs long . ago ;,Qum inated from our.,scheirie of" life, are performed, by: to dog carts' as a' matter of course, in Quebec. Boys ; of the family break their hand in from babyhood, harness Ing, unharnessinng, driving "le chien." ' The boy that as con as he is big enough will have the horses in hand. "Deep meaning oft lies hid in childish play" down in Quebec. , And yet the dog cart is not merely a means toward an end. As farm life is arranged in Quebec, the dog cart is. no mere child's toy, but part and parcel of French thrift. Boy's sent an errand cover the miles in the dog cart. Wood to be brought from the distant woodlot on the mountainside is loaded into the little cart. With the aid of these "tiny horses and carts" small boys do this work quite easily, releasing their fathers and big brothers to men's jobs at the plough or with the heavy scythe. ' Textile work,eis in the big mill below Montmorency Falls, living in Seine Gregoire and other villages nearby,.. have their dinher-palls brought to them by their small boys in dog carts, and if you happen, along this road at dinner -time it is to see perhaps as many as thirty er forty of these little chariots. The speed attained of the dog is surprising, especially when homeward bound. • Then, little M'sieu can hardly hold him in. But you must not think 'tis only youth that these gay dogs of Quebec serve, their tails wagging, flying along with the baby in the cart and the family broodof boys and girls running helterr'skelter gathering framboise in their pails. - „What would the old... the oldcouples, the old women, do without their old dog and leis • little cart? But, I think perhaps one never realizes more, how mately a••part of every day life the dog; cart is, until you 1 ppeu along by some wayside smithy and see the smith hard at work turning, twistine heating, hammering the miniature axles. and tires in the most matter of fact mniner, rt W9• the day's work, as much as shoeing a Dti se.::. YIa Harvard.