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The Exeter Advocate, 1924-5-29, Page 5ii Zurich mime *lige Agnes ia rei'awhoo a; as, beer', for s!sine months at Bad Axe, Mich,, has returned to Zurich; Mr. P. Ravelle has ,been apPaitated carrier of R, R. Not, 3,Zurich for a term of years!, and biegtas hie duties .oni July 1st, Mr. and Mee. J, A.• •Meyers and 'daughter Peggy of London, are spend- ing a few days Isvith ifruends here. Mr. Bennie Weber, son of !1•Ir, and Mrs. A A, ,Welber ,,of the. Bronson Line, her cotnpletted his ,fgrat year at T,oron to University. Mr. Harry Gellman has purchased the dwelling property of 'thejate Fred. Schrader. Mr, Joseph Harbener, who spent the winter months at Toronto has re- turned to Zurich and is assisting his tw brothers here thei bee business. Hensall :or. Gordon Knapp has ,entered upon the. practice .of dentistry here, having purchased the practice and good will •of Dr. Smith. Mae. J. B. 'Simpson, recently receiv- ed; a tni(easage advising her of the death of her uncle, William; lija;ni 'Lang, of the West, a former well known and re- .spected resident of the Township of Hay, in his 84th wear, A number of our 'villagers on Wed- ttesday attended the geaduatiom ex- •ercises at Victoria Hospital, London, the centre of interest for thein relat- :ing to Mass Rattle McQueen, of this village, who numbered among the nurses graduating. Mrs Carroll, of Sarnia, is here via- ithaher s,vs eir•, Mrs, John aleD. Wil - gra': Mr, Sellers of Zephyr is assisting in the Sterling Bank, Mrs, Percival Phillips, of Toronto, nee Hiss Ida Cudmore, gotour village, spe,ndang a week or'tcvohere with heir uare,nts. Mr, and Mrs. Alpine McEwen are moving from their rooms above Joynt's store tothose above the Sterling Sank, airs. Kirkwood has returned to. To- mato after spendiing several weeks here at the rectory, ;with her daugnter. Mr, Andrew Boa is taking services in the, Melbourne Methodist church. efr. and .Mars, Alfred Taylor spent a day during the ,pas' week with rela- tive,s and friends in Searorth. Mr. Wm C. Davis, :merchant, has been, quite ill during the week but ?s reroveriing Mr. T. Murdock, mail contractor, has been quite poorly, but es getting better. Death of High J. nIcDonaLd,— An ,old-tetme resident of Hensall, 1-lugh J. Mc,l-iia, passed away in the Sea - forth Hospital on May 22nd,: following an; operation two 'weteks before, tar a disease from which he had suffered for years, He was well known through out the diitriet, and had, been amem- ber of the Hensel' village council on several occasions.. He was twice 'niar-1 IL* dauglit'er Miss Edne .of' '/het 1 ,k oaf Toronto London, and a s�ozi,..W ening- ton of Philadelphia, Pa!, The remains were brought to Hemel on. Saturday, and a private funeral was held on Sun- day afternoon to =the Hassall Urii;t cemetery. Mr and Mrs. John ,Young{of Hensall r:onoun!ce the (engagement of their youngest daughter, Phyllis Mary, to Mr. Robert Duncan, Harrington West, son of tele. Philap lnuncan, of St. Marys', the marriage to, takeplacd about the middle of June, ried ; the second wife tsurvuvin,' , also a BRINSLEY Clandeboye • attended. Miss Vi;ns Walker a ridgyd the graduation ,exercises of St. Joseph's Hospital Landon,, on Maly 21 as her sister was a, member of the graduating class. The cemetery board of St. Tames' Cburch plans to give a public picnic to be held on, /the;'Glebe land on, Junq 11. the proceeds to ;bel applied to the .fund being raised for the upkeep of the cemetery. Clandeboye Women's institute held their regular business meeting nail May at the home of leas, Chas. Hodgins, Biddulph, with a full attendance, Of- ficers elected are :—President, Mrs. Ja.s. Dixon of McGill Bray „(unanit'mous- ly re-elected for the third year); 1st vice, Mrs. Hiram Thompson; 2nd. vice, Mrs. Thos Brooks; 3rd vice, Mrs, Normal Farrell; sec'y-trews., Mies Marguerite .Maguire; assist secretary, Mrs, Elsner 1lurdy; district director Mrs. G. Young , pianist, Mrs, Paton; representative to Craig, W. 1. Meet- ing for Janie S. Mrs. John McNaugh- ton, Mrs, Esh. Hodgson, and Mrs. H. McFalls. A grant of S10 itdas /noted to Atkin - son's school, •Biddulph, towards the purchase of a semi table.. An encouraging feature of !the meeting was the enrolling of thirteen new members, which brings the new members for th•e institute year to 27. The institute acc,epted an invii,.- tioa to attend ,the memorial cervi. es la honor of the ,late Mrs:. W':1,s•an at Parkhill at May 24. An invitation was received from Lucan W, I. to {attend the meeting on. June 2, when illus. James Patter- son will be one of the "summer ,speakers," The: financial report showed a very successful year with a satisfactory surplus on hand. Greenway Mrs. Lawrence Pollock is M. Wo hope for a speedy recovery, We congratulate W. T, ,U1ens, who bas been promoted. to the rank of Lt, - Col, of the 135th Battalion( sof Middle- sex County. The Methodist Church will have a lawn sori l on June 24th, • 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, r Languages, Political Economy and Natural Sciences -24 courses.. Social and athletic program throughot t the entire six weeks makes th e Summer Sessionas delightful 1 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 for Furniture -Floors & Woodwork Write to Heed Rice, Montreal For Free pooklet HOME FAINTING MADE EASY SOLD BY e i G. A. Hawkins, Exeter • s ooing Before you buy that roof come in and see us. For the n.elL two weeks we are Offering�eprices,either in •special Asphalt Roofing- or B.C. Shingles. LUMBER p®�j. In lumber our stock is com- plete. V �Je. Call and w e will estimate your requirements. Co. The ROSrI� a 1t7►�' The $upper, following tlic,anmiversaay services !held by St. Mary's Church Brinslley, was a 'great •SaccessJ Over $73 was /taken, 'ratethel "dour ,ancli well on to $125 ,was aece,ivied i,'n.the collections at the Satibeth services ,while. a sale of cooking Bead at the c)ose of the en- tertaiuune;nt realized a, satisfactory amount. The, program given by 'eight male singers of Parkhill; Muss Ken- nedy dramatic readier, and several other artists, was much ,enjoyed.. In-. teresting addresses were given by. Rev. T. F. Whealaneapel Mr. iWbealama Juni, ,of :Aiusa Crag axnd. Rev. Mr. 'Mc- Tavish of Crediitoin;, - SEAF RT — he remains. of Gil- bert Ritchie, ieldest noon *t Mr. and Mrs William Matichae1 of Seaforth, aged 44 years who was killed suddenly in an automobile accident in Canton,. Ohio were 'brought here on Mondays for in- terment, He, was !unmarried, Here and There Theannual statement of the Canadian " Pacific Railway and the report which the company's presi- dent, E. W. Beat- ty, made to the shareholders at the annual meet- ing are matters of first rate in- terest, not only to the fast growing number of Cana- dian citizens who are part owners in the great rail - e, w, Beatte, rec. road, but to all interested in Canadian progress and development. By reason of the way in which the company's operations touch all phases of Canadian life and enterprise there can be no pro- nounced depression or prosperity in any part of the country without its being reflected in the earnings of the Canadian Pacific. There is a barometer of the country's foreign trade also in the results of the opera- tions of the company's. steamships upon the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Thus there was considerable rea- un for gratification in the presi- dent's statement made at the annual meeting on May 7th, that the opera- tions of the company had been eon- ducted throughout 1923 in a satis- factory manner and with satisfactory results. Mr. Bea l,ty pointed out that gross earnings for the year, which had totalled $195;837,089, were greater by $9,162,000 than those of 1923. Working expenses, however, increased by $7,984,000 to $158,358,- 079. This large increase in operat- ing costs was due to large expendi- tures made upon the property in order that it might be kept to the' highest possible physical standard and capable of rendering the best' possible service to the community. As a result the property was never in so excellent a condition as it novo is. Net earnings for the year were $37. 17 ,c 10, an inertia se of $1,177,000. The total tone. e reeved by the company cltuing the year amounted to 30,852.994, an increase over that of the previous year of 2,108,408, due to a heavier movement of grain, lumber, manufactured articles and general mereh..ndire, the largest increase being in grain and grain products. Mr. Beatty pined out that this satisfactory condition had extended well into the present year and that due to favorable operating conditions and heavy traffic net earnings for the first quarter of 1924 htd increased over those of the sodic period last year by $1,253,814. Referring, to the Government sys- tem of railroads, Mr. Beatty said that. the difference between it and the Canadian Pacific was largely in. name only and in the accident of personnel of shareholders. The securities of both systems were own- ed by private investors throughout the world and there was a signifi- cant steady increase in both Cana- dian and British holdings of Cana- dian Pacific common stock. Two phases of the general railway situa- tion called for criticism. T.Trder a statute passed in 1919 the Govern- ment-owned linss may construct branches without approval as to location and other detail; by the Railway Commission. Thus they may parallel or dnplieate existing lines of any other company once the Minister approves and parliament authorizes the expenditure. ?3r. Beatty stated that in his opinion it was equally in the interests of the Canadian people and of all Cana- dian railroads that the co spa acs should b9 in the same position in this respect. The other phase was the resut of the Crow's Nest Pees agreement of 1897. It. had estab- lished special statuary freight rates under conditions of operating costs. • r exist anddiffer- ences - which no longe ea d f ences in rates which would not be permitted under the general Railway Act because of their, unfairness in relation to commodity rates on other articles and to the rates effective in other parts ' bf Canada. The greatest advantage to shippersas a whole would be secured if all rates were made subject to review and change as conditions warrant by the tribunal eonstiniter1 see that purpose. In referring cu me :oucrooe fox ,the future; Mr. Beatty said that ' while there was a noticeable lull in domestic and export shipments due in part to unsettlement in inclestriai districts, general business during the first quarter of the year had been satisfactory. The crop acreage would probably be about thesame as last year and, generally speak- ing, soil conditions were excellent. "If the total yield approaches that of 1923," said Mr. Beatty, "there will undoubtedly be a very extensive autumn business and a vastly im- proved mpxo ed psychological and fn nca ] situation throughout the whole come. try. There is no real ground for .pessimism in respect of the future of .either, the ,company or the coun- try,though an .extraordinary and too rapid advance is neither to be expected nor desired." Elirnville Seven years ago hundreds of peo- ple" listened with delight to a Teni- iperance Drama presented at )lint- Ville, Exeter, Woodham and Fuller - 'ton by a number of young people from Elimville and Winchelsea en- titled "Dot, The Miner's Daughters." It was the talk of the seasonand people drove miles to hear it two and three times. WELL, a number of the same act- ors, assisted by others, will on the evening of THURSDAY, JUNE 5th, 1924 AT ELIMITILLE present another Temperance Drama, entitled "TI3E TURN OF TEE TIDE" A. drama in three acts, equal in qual- ity and humor to Dot, the Miner's, Daughter. The play will be put on in the church shed with a seating capacity of one thousand, so everybody may come. Miss May Clark will sing A Splendid Orchestra will play Everybody will be happy Proceeds for Repairing Churches Program begins at (8.15) eight fifteen p,m. Admission 35e and 20e. Newton. Clark, Manager. For cast of characters see large bills. MORTGAGE SALE MORTGAGE SALE OF FARM LAND Under and by virtue of a certain registered mortgage, which will be produced on day of sale, the under- signed will offer for sale on SATURDAY, JUNE 14th, 1924, at 10 o'clock a.m., on the premises, valuable farm land known as Lot 12, Con. 9, Hibbert Township. On the property is a comfortable frame house with cement foundation bank barn, orchard and about 10 acres of bush. Cultivation and fencing fair. TERMS OP SM 1) 10% of purchase price in cash on date of sale and balance in 30 days. For further particulars and con- ditions which will be read on date of sale, apply to • THOMAS CAMERON, Auctioneer GLADMAN & STANBURSf, Exeter Ont., Solicitors for Mortgagee.. Whalen ,11rs. Thos, Gunning leaves Tuesday to attend thebranch', eeti g the ,m orb of t, ie W.M.S. at St Thomas. Mr and Mrs. H, ,Perrin of. Prospect Hill spent Sunday sit thehome of Frank Sq .wire. Rev, Livingstone of Elimville had charge of the service here( ions Sunday while Rev. Kiitley took chargei of the anniversary services at Sunshine. Miss . Gladys Earl of Z;iota had the fortune. to break leer ,ae e while crank - en; a. car. .. TAO UES—GUNNING` A very pretty wedding took place at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. Albert Giinningl Whalen when. their daughter Tessa Blanche was united In marriage /td Mr. floury, Allan, Jaques sol s of Mrs. Soloman Jaques of Usbor e. Rev. W. A. Kitely of Centralia officiating. The bride, who was given away byher father was becomingly attired in a :,goevn t. of white silk with pearl trimmings carrying a bouquet of white and:.pinki carnations, while the wedding march was played by Mis's Verna Brock, niece of the groom. The groom's gift to;ithe bride was a sunburst of pearls, After the ceremony wasover about ninety guests sat down to la aumptouef wedding d n• ner. The bride received many ,beauti- ful and costly presextte. Mr, and ;vlrs. Jaques left on a "short honeymoon trip to Toronto and other points amidst showers of _ confetti the bride 'travelling in anavy suit with sand hat, After their returi1 they; will reside on. the "grooms farm 'inl Usborne, SEAFORTH.—Henry Edge who has been in the hardware and plumbing business foe several years, disposed ;this week of his /stock; to Mr. George D. Furguson of Teeswater, who is now engaged in taking stock and will tae ;possession; as soon as that is coinplt'eted. :11r. Edge is ,not quite decided as to. the ,future but wel probably continue h',s contracting business. CLINTON,—Mr. W. Jackson re- ceived word that his sister, Mrs, W, R. Laing, had passed away at her home in Sac City, Iowa ori May 20th, at the 'age of 64' years and the body was brought to Cl inton for burial on Sat- urday, May 24th. STANLEY. --A highly respected resident of Staxttey was called, away on May 18th in the eaersonr of Mr. Waite: Stevens. He has been in -fa Bing health for some months and gradually grew worse. He leaves to mourn his loss We wife and four daughters.' Y OU have tie free:donor. of the ship— bright artistically furn- ished drawing rooms and lounge, card rooms, smoking rooms and dining rooms—spacious decks—comfortable, restful state rooms— with cuisine and service always up to the Cana- dian Pacific standard. For full particulars ask Local Agent, t ravel writ, Cans Pacific IL CLINTON,—The marriage took palce at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lucas at noon, May 21, of their younger daughter, Annie Margarette, too John Stewart Taylor, elder son of Mr. anti Mrs. George Taylor all of Clinton. • ST. MARYS.—The call given, to Rev J J. Brown of Ayr by the Presbyterian church of St. Marys, has been accept- ed, and he will he (nrducted on June 22, Indian Treasure Hidden at Bon Echo low 4111111? Above, left—The Big Rock in which the Silver Hoard is said to be hidden; right—The Rock viewed from Bon Echo Inn.' Below, left—The Landing Stage; right—Another View of_the Big Rock. long before Jacques Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence to discover Hochelaga, a now -forgotten race of people were making pilgrimages to the Big Rock towering above the waters of Lake Mazinawe in Eastern Ontario to observe religious ceremonies, to worship before this great natural altar and to propitiate the gods who dwelt within its granite mass. In the backwoods now, five hundred years ago the Big Rock of Bon Echo was in the center of the greatest white pine forest the world has ever known and on a main highway between the north and Lake Ontario. There were no backwoods in those days, and the .streams were the travel routes for the pagan people who followed the seasonal migrations of the animals with which the forests teemed. To them the Big Rock at Bon Echo must have been a thing of mystery, as it remains today both to arche- ologists and geologists. one can reconcile the sheer untouched face with the glacial markings along its top, along in the same way the paintings g the face are an unsolved riddle. "Who put them there"? and "what do they mean"? are unanswered questions. Along the face of the Big Rock a few feet abovie the waterline are the hieroglyphic records of an unknown people. Painted,in .a virtually imperishablepaint, whose com- position is unknown, and which has defied the weathering effected of wind and water, these records bafliethe archeologists of the continent. Whetherthey have a warlike/or religious significance is not known, although some people hold that they record a great victory' of the Iroquois over the Hurons and Algonquins and have been written in some involved and mystic code. A more conservative interpretation claims that the paintings of the Big Rock are trail marks, records of the hunt, signboards for other travellers. The natives of the backcountry claim that they holdthe secret to the treasure cave located in the Rock, and that the solution of their riddle would open the entranceway to the long lost silver of the Indians. From -Brockville to Trenton, on the shores of Lake Ontario, the legend of Meyer's Cave has long persisted. The hint of such a cave first came when the Indians from the country to the north brought in bars of native silver to exchange for food and firearms. For years they refused to discuss the source of their wealth with anyone, but in time, a trader by the 'name of John Meyers, who had been brought up in association with Indians, was able to ingratiate himself into the confidence of two members of the tribe and in exchange forliberal quanti- ties of fire -water, they agreed to conduct him north. Late in the fail they set out, made their way up the. Moira and Skootamatta Rivers, portaged from . Lou- mishtigouche Lake into Lake lalazinawe and carne to the Big Rock. Conflicting stari�s tell, of Meyers actual find. One tells of a fissurae between two huge masses of rock; a long entranceway through whieh the trader crawled, and of a cavern at its end. When the fat pine torches carried by his drunken guides illumined the interior Meyers found himself inside an irregular cube fifty feet in size and along whose sides were piled rough east bars of native silver, as one piled cordword. The trader took what quantities of the metal he could place in his knapsack and in his pockets, and departed, making as accurate a mental record of the 'acetic n of the entranceway as he could. His companions would not allow him to blaze a tree, or to place a cairn, for by this time they were becoming frightened over their betrayal of the secret. The small party set out for home but crossing the lake at the headwaters of the Skoot River, their canoe was swamped by a heavy storm, and the Indians abandoned Meyers who had made his way to shore with difficulty. In order to save himself from drowning he was forced to throw away all but a small quantity of silver carried in the pockets of his coat: Without food, his firearms gone, i11, wet and hungry he reached Belleville after ten days hardship. As a result of the exposure he took pneumonia and died in the course of few months. It is an improbable story but one thing is certain. In the Meyers family there are spoons made from the silver he brought down with him. He left a map, drawn from memory, and in time this fell into the hands of a lawyer, rge Merrill, who went north and relocated the cave, company with another man. Loth to divulge the dis- covery, he did nothing for some years and when he did return the fires had swept through the backcountry and had altered its typography to such an extent that he was never able to locate it again. Several comfortable fortunes has been spent trying to locate the cave. One man lived for fourteen years on top of the Big Rock going ever every square inch of it, time and time and again, certain to the day of his death, that his perseverance would be rewarded. Today in a sheltered hollow there are 'a few rotting logs at right angles to hark his home. Another expedition spent thousands of dollars scraping the earth off the central portion of the rock, in a vain sear ch for the cave. Once or twice every summer a group of old prospectors will appear at Bon Echo Inn, and armed with pickaxes and hammers, will mysteriously disappear up the iron staircase mounting the Big Rock, certain that at last they are going to find the lost millions. A day or two later they creep down the staircase, climb silently aboard the Canadian Pacific train, and go home as they have come, without the treasure. And over all the Big Rock watches as it has watched a millions years, serene and indissoluble.