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FORTY-SECOND YlaAls--No, 2243
EXETER, ONT., THURSDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 27th 1919
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SPRING HOUSE -FURNISHINGS
The New Wall -Papers are Here
RUGS, LINCLEUMS,
CURTAINS
ETC.
We have a magnificent stock of
Rugs, Oilcloths, Linoleums, Mattings,
Curtains, Curtain Nets, Window
Blinds, Etc. at remarkably reasonable
prices.
Congoleum rugs at less than to-
day's wholesale prices. Ask to see the
new Jute rugs in all sizes from $7.75
up.
Special Print
Sale
This Week
Only 18 1-2c yd.
We place on Sale this
week 500 yards of heavy
print in good washing colors regularly w orth 30c yd. while they last 18 1-2c
LADIES! See our
Our new Wall -Pap-
er for the coming Sea-
son have just arrived.
They are without a
doubt the finest select•
ion we have ever shown.
Dainty bed -room papers
elaborate living -room ef-
fects, plain Oatmeal8 ,
Tile bath -room papers
ate. pre shown in scores
of different patterns and.
colors. Prices moderate
Spring Suits and Coats
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Exeter Council
i • Monday, Felty, 24th, 1919.
The Municipal 1CouneU of the V11-
1 [age of Exeter met ;1n 1negular session
Absent Councillor ;Elston. The min
' utes of. the meeting held Feby. 10th
were read ands approved,
Communieations Cireu2ar Letters
from the Canadian 1Coal'isonely, and
the John T. Denser 1Ooa1 Co„ were
read and, ordered .filed, Letters ,from
the .office of IBell ,send Pringle, solicit-
ors, ,Hamilton, ,re D • •G[tlies and
daughter; held] oven' for further con-
sideration. Letters from..hoeller boys,
Ramer Bagehaw and EaCtrerd Ander-
son were read.
Discussion regarding gdbd, roads '
Per "Paenlitale and Day le that the
Reeve ,and Mr. John W. Taylor, ex-
Reeve represent the Municipality as
a committee to interview the Prov.
incial Governments Commission of
Tdag+htvays•:-iCarried.
a:fessrs, .1. W. Taylor and J. G.
Stanbury ,presented to the Council
copies of petit'on-and resolutions as
prepared re freight rates and etc.,
over L. H. & B. branch of they G.P.R.
System, asking that same be approved
and endorsed by the jCouncil. Per
Pontiac and Snell that the Reeve
Frhid Clerk sign the petition on behalf
of the municipality.-1Cartied.
Adjournment by Day
J, Senior, ,Clerk.
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Clothes Baskets $1.40 to $1.75
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1• AR C;,UIHAR LADIES TO. ORGANIZE
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
,Farquhar ed
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members ofthe The
CrossSociety-t intend h
old'ar a me
et-
ing tat 'the Hall, Farigmhon March
4th to organize at Women's Institute
Lady speakers from Staffa and Exeter
will address the meeting= Lunch
will be served by the Red Cross
women-. All the ladies in the vic-
inity are cord'aly invited to attend
was in London last 'week where her ire -
calved this d'soharige from the army !
He returned Thome Friday visiting
Mr- Wm. Fletdhers in town before
returning to Woodlhazm
Mrs ` Wm. Pollen, President
Miss Jannis McCutlagth, Secretary
Miss Glenn. of .Glenn -Charles, Tor-
onto, Canada's ,Hair Fashion Store,
will be in Exeter, Saturday, Manch
8th, Central ,Hotel, with a full line' of
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair Goods.
If you tare not 4satisfied with the a+p-
apearance of year their consult with.
Miss 'Glenn who is an authority on.
Hair goods and individual chair styles.
Free demonstration.
HORN
fiodgins-In ,Biddultpih Sunday Feb 123
to Mr. and Ma's. ,A.. J:Iodigins a son.
Dine:y-1n Exeter on Friday, Feby.
".:1st to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Din-
ney a son. •
AR R1ED
Witlert-Sureruss-At Bronson Line,
Hay, on Feb. letth, by JRcv. F. B.
Meyer, Miss Flossie, daughter of
Mrs. G. Suretrus, to ; (Nilr. Otto
Willart, of ,Aliso. Craig. .
DIED
'Hamilton -re Exeter of Friday, Feb
2.tst, 'Francis R. ,Tiahhnilton, aged. 72
yeatie,8 months and 11 .days..
Ravelle-In Bosaneoret ,on Feby,. 23,
Louis RaveJl , of Grand
Bend aged
Bd Yeats,
Sctilbe--At 14th con., Hay, on Feb.
17t1h, Mrs. Elizabeth Sehil'be, aged)
69 years, 11 mouths and lh days.
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InVela. 1Crt,h Hazel er
Stanleyon ,
infant aughter of Mr. and Mm.
,Herb Smith, aged •3 months • rand
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Perfeet fit gtatsrsotaed,. Any , etyie
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EXET~✓R SCHOOL BOARD
A.meetiwg wee held. in the 'rflice of
the sec•nettatry On Monday evening at
8 o'clock. .All members' preisemt,
The various committees '.a everted.
The Grounds end Sanitary Commit-
tee advised 'the ',Removal or the fence
north of the ,school, the filling in of
the. old Well, and the putting down of
some boalr;ds for a walk until a cem-
ent walk can :be laid'., Adapted.
It w'a's agreed to offer two prizes
to the. scholalrs of the, school -53 and
51 -for the best plans submitted for
the riimproslement of she sclueol ground
in front of and to the 'north of the
building. having specalallt regard to
walks, lawn, flower plots and shrubs,
the plank to ,be in: the hatreds of the
Board before April lst.
The Grounds Committee was auth-
orized to pnocure gravel for the new
walks,
The Supply Committee was author-
ized to procure .;bletckbo re dresehi,g
and ,.rise prices sof new blackboards.
Miss Horton wlas appointed princi-
pal of the Public Schaal. dating from
January first, and ,she was asked to
investigate and .repcirt as 'to the time
of dismissal of scholars at noon and
also aafternooma: The Board was nn-
anritnously of the opinion that keep:ag
children in at canon was absolutely'
unesec essary, end, (only rarely ist it nec-
essary in the afternoon.
Mr Thompson's engagement in the
High School at $1000 per year, was
confirmed
Miss Medd's request Was left in the
hand; of 'ihe cha(erman.
A few accounts were passed.
Adjournment was' made to the Third
Wednesday in March.
H. S. EXAMINATIONS
I. Honours', 75 per cent. and over.
II., Clear Paiss, 60 per cent.
III., Pass in the subject, 40 percent
Fptr'm[ I.
Algehra-lI. S. Stanbury, E. Reesen1
B. H. Sel-
dom
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B,iso Ach n, -
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don. J A. Cheist:e, E. J. Hogai,•th mid
R R.Ratcliffe. and E. Thomson equal
G. C. Hind, B, Tuckey, M. Gladm^in,,
er.
E Alex
Arta-I.. E. J. Hogarth, R. R. Rat-
cliffe and M. Gladmaau equal, A. Fish-
er ;E Alexa(nider; IL, B. Brown and
H. S•eidor equal, T. 13. Acheson and
E. Thomson equal, V. A. Hogarth, G.
I. Creech, J. A. C.hadetie, M. Rowe,
11. Elworthy and V. Ra•tciiffe, equal;
G. C Hind and E. Russell equal, E.
Aldworth, E. Preszcaeor and S. Stan,
bury ,equal; III.,, C. Davis, C. W.F'ctrd
L .Paulson, B. Tuckey.
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Form II.
Art -I. M. Hervey and G. Hatter
equal: II., H. J. Di,gna,n•, L. Amy, T).
Balkw!ill, M. Johns, G. Dew I. Fratnt-
cis, V Rowcliff'e, R. Broadfoot. III., C
Atvdel-eon. and F. Turnbull , cual, V.
Jones. M Kuntz, E. Pfaff, G. Baird
and A Harden; equal, J. W. Mond'',
N. Petty. C. Heamasa, V. Hodtrcyrt.
Grammar -E. Pfaff and V. Wille,;
ecual, C Heaman, G. Baird, C. An.
derson. V. Hodgert, F. Turnbnile Ili.
A. Herding. ,L. Amy, V. Tunes, G.
Hatter, G. Dew and M. Kuntz . and
J. W. Morley +equal, M, Johns, D.Balk
will and M. Harvey equal; N. Petty
R, tBroadfont, W. Lawson,
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ormlII.
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Greek History -Ie M. Strang, "hi.
Pickard; V Bell. H. M. Laing; He
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E Hogarth;, M. Walker, M. .M. Hog-
arth and M. Moodie, equal, N. Ander--
MI,
nderson, E Davis, 111. Harvey end de
Walker .equal, L. Beatvlers 'and T.
Creery equal, O. Tautenronier, G. R.
l ''eteterialnn, G, T. Connor; III.,- P.
Cana. B Medd, V. Heywood, N. K.
Geiser
Geometry -la, L. Be (triers en,cl P.
Cana. equal. V. Bell, Iii, E. Davis, M.
( Strang, N. Anid•,e(:'.sort and M. Pickard
i ewual, V. J. Truem,nler, J. Al. Harvey,'
N. K. Geiser; II., T. G. Creery and
M.,Hogarth tl encal, M. V
VI
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Medd, V. Heywood, I. Moodie; 1-
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E. 1{ognrtle L. Walker, M. Ford, G.
Tr' Connor, G. E. Xeitermlain.
H., I. biavtiiand, Principal,
TOE HA11vEss
lea tha5 been ,harvested ;on the river
above The .lam during ,the past week,
The ice is of ,fair quality and. thick.
rens, A machine from. Grand Bend
is 'being used for totting.
BCi1IED IN LONDON'
Mrs. John Webber, Mr: Nelson
Stanlake, Harry, William and James
Parsons were in London Monday at-
tandieg tihe funeral of their sister
cleannah) wife of Mr. John Kelleher
of Proctor, Minnesota, who died in
Duluth'. Fele 20th. Deceased was in
liar usual health until a few hours
before her death. She was ;seized
with a stroke of apoplexy,!beeanhe un-
conscious, end passed away a few
hours later Her :remains were
brought to 'London for burial. Bs:-
si(1es her !sorrowing husband she is.
survived by • Ive
brothers aced one
eist:r, ,Iliarry, William, John and
James of Exeter, Fred and Mrs. J.
Webber of Centralia.
DIED IN SIHE ,WEST ,, i
The iCarievaie 'News, of CCnrievale
Sash ', contains an account of the
death of Mr.' Enos Harris, a former
resident of this section: The limper
says in part; `'After 18 months of
suffering and pain, Mr ' Enos. Harris
,passed away at She home of his
brother, Mr ' John Harris 'in Gerrie-
vale on the 29th of ,January '. ,He
was laid to rest in the .Workmain
cemetery, on Thursday, the 30th of
January, in the !presence of an ex-
ceptionally large crowd of neighbors
and friends. The service in the
church was also very largely attend-
acl the sympatly and regard of the
comunity being slhown;, Enos' illness
had appealed to everyone's sympathy
and this merciful .release from his
troubles was viewed as .a blessing
Tt was generally felt to be impossible
to think of this gong save as a
happy release! Be is survived by
Mr; John lflarris a brother at
Carrievale. Mre Wilbur ,Harris, of
Estuary, Sask..), and Mrs. Duffield, of
Oranduff,. He lived in the Fyfe dis-
trict for many years and was well
known sand popular in that comunity
Mr,, Harris was raised just north of
Exeter and When a young man the
went west with the family; .Ge: was
around forty years of age„ Mrs. C.
Pym, of Usborna and Mre Henry
Horsey, of town are cousins of the
deceased,
DIED IN EXETER
Mr. Francis R. Hamilton en es-
teemed resident of Exeter ,died at his
.110131C; on Friday last aged; 7;L years,
8 months !and, 11 days. The deceased
heti-bezels ceiling for ,about twtd months
and (for about a ,month had been con-
fined) to his bed. He was born in
Dalhousie, County of Lanark and at
tie .age of four years came to J3lb-
b; r to:F n hin with his parents. In
lien .h' was marri.?d to Mary Mc-
Donald Watson. Two years later he
moved to the Townthip of Usborne
wih ra he resided for about ten years.
fn 1887 this wife predeceased them. From
I.T•sborne Mr. Hamilton moved to
Westminster where he lived .for two
years. In 1870 he was married to
Janet Allison and in ,the fall of 1880
they moved to ,Hibbert where they
'ivad until coming to Exeter 6 years
ago. The deceased was a man of
stirling character, highly esteemed by
a wide circle of friends. die was a
member of iCaven. Presbyterian ,church
Nie ,clhfl•dren survive: (Mary) Hairs.
J. S. efeI1raitlh, of .Dunham; Miss
Lizzie, of Cromarty; (illago,:e.) Mm.
D. Allison, of Roland, Man.; Albert
of Roland, Man.; William and John
of iCronae.rty ; Miss Jean. of Regina,
Sask.; Andrew, of Roland, and Agnes
at home. One son, John, Idie'd in in-
fancyt ie Ales.
to Jessl ,
andon.. d,a r
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r. Jae.
R. Hamilton, of London is la's only
,turvivin,g brother. The funeral was
held on Monday interment in the
.:eater ce.meter .
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LOIC.A.LS , t s
Mr. Jss. Mcralls has purchased, the
•property of the late John Dauncey on
Andrew Street.
Mr. Luther Penhale has purchased
the interest of Mr. D. II, „San -dere in
the Exeter Canning Factory.
Among those who attended the
funeral of the late .F. R. Hamilton in
Ex iter on Monday were: Mr. Jas. R.
Hamilton, of London; Mr. and Mrs.
F. S. H,amilton, of Galt; Mr. J. S,
Afcilraibh, of Dunham, .hues '.Jean
Watson, Carthage ; Mr. Jack ,Barr of
Stratford; Mr. and :Mrs. R. Frets
bl'' and Miss 3•. Hamilton, of Ilderton
Air. Scott Barr, of Mitchell; Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Watson and .Miss Jessie
of Motherwell and numerous ,friends
,frorn Cromarty and Stadia.
Mr. John ,Mallett, Who.recently
,H
sold Itis residence on uroiSt. to
AIr. 'G..W. Davis, is ,this week moving
!this family and household ,effects to
London Where the has secured a sit-
uation. Mr. 'Aeailett served with the
Canadian forces overseas, enlisting •a-
bout three years ago ;with the Huron
Battalion. Previous to that time he
was the genial clerk at the Central
Hotel and was widely known by the
travelling public. His friends will
wish him every su•oces in London.
C;ENTRALIA
Call and examine that Gold Medal
.Binder twice at F,airlhalla where, prices
era right, quality right and service
is given away..
Crediton
Miss Mabel Wenzel ;6,vs , returned
from Toronto.
Mr. Isaac ,Blake of Grand. Rapids
Mi•dh. is v'siting at the home of Mr.
Godfrey Nicholson.
.Anniversary services will be con-
ducted in Evangelioal church ,on Sun-
eay neat 1Bidhete ie.m•ller,of ,Cleo -
eland Ohio, will officiate.
ICai.tain !Church aeturned Chaplin
aplin
will occupy the pulpit of the Meth-
odist dearth next Sunday ,warnings
fn tih.a evening the service is „ with-
drawn,t being tare anniversary of the
else. ''/,ion Evangelical church.
The two boys' groups met in the
b'tsemeet of She Evangelical. Church
on Friday evening. The ,first half
hour the groups met .separately and
had their Bible ..study. After ,the ,Bi-
ble study the groups ,met in one body.
and Mr. E. G, Fwhner gave a very
interesting and helpful talk ,on. First
Aid, You can be assured ,they will
not forget the -things he told. them.
Following Mr. Falhner's talk ,the boys
gave ethort speeches which ,came un-
der the C.S.E.T. program. ,These
spee:thes were very helpful.to the boys
and the next speech ,will go very
much easier for them. The mentor's
faces were full of joy and; -pleasure to
s, i and 'hear the boys give their
speeches.
A Former Creditors Boy Has Bril-
,leant Record as Aviator,-CaptainEle
donA. Burn„ a son toe, Rev E. Burn,
Waterloo, formerly of Crediton Evan-
gelical Church, enlisted in. the Royal
Air Force May 1917: He trained at
Desioresnto and Camp Borden and in
Sept. 3917 was transferred ov'grseeas.
After six months training in England
and Scotland he seas sent to France,,
engaging in active hostilities until the
cessation of h'ostilit'ies: In July 1918
he w'us given 'tit,e Disten,guished . Fly-
ing Cross, and was afterwards given
the title of Ace, which honor is.•on-
(erred on. one wwho;l>aas brought down
et
least live enemy pluses. In one of
these encau m ers he fell is No Malt's
Land, but made .his ieape to' the
Australian Lata:, A few days prev-
ious to the signing of the Armistice
he, was advanced to the rank of Cap-
tain and is now stationed with the
army of occupation in Cologne, Ger-
many. Capt. Burn attended the con-
tituation school while his father was
stationed an Crediton.
Following are extracts from a re-
cent letter to his home, -
Dear Mother and Father -I received
your last letter also several parcels
for all. of which 'ten mille remetriie-
inent'',. I haven't written for some
time so now for a 'at of news.. 1 at
last caught a 'decent attack of Span-
ish Influenza, which put me in bed
for a week and out of action for ten
deers. I am stilt a. bit run down but
otherwise quite fit,, The General- .-
chief of the R.A.F. was here to -day
and what he said about us and our
work in this squadron pleased us all
immensely. Apparently we. had done
much better than we knew, As you
see, I am in Gerpnapty with the army
of occupation, and how long we will
have to. stop here is a question.. I
have had plenty of opportunity to
visit cines. Have seen Brussels, Ant.
,verp, Ghent, Lille, Contra!,. Ronitaise
•cot/e Liege,
e the battle of
Wats'tr'esa
erloa site, the Rhine t .t l..oBon,
where Beethoven and 'Sohumann. liv-
ed Here in. the city there is a very
line opera over the holidays, to which
we go occasionally There are eight
sc+_ualdrans here., They have been
Cram the, R. A. F., es haviingedome ex-
cellent work, and therefore to have
the honor of coming upl As I still
remember considerable German I was
given the job of billeting .otticer for
when, we
few
'days, wl tt
squadron, for
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first got here. So I went to the resi--
deatiti part of the town, took a huge,
great, fine house. for our mess. It is
vnnderful, a reel
palace, all done in
,vhttemarble inside Nvhth wonderful
plitures, rugs and £urarlturc 1 They
have ten or twelve servants, and I
have my own bcsides.i, I occupy a fine
',uxturious room, with a bath room at-
:ached, and also a slitting room, and
everyone pn the place bowitnglorgl salr
uting, and saying : "Jawohl, Nein Herr
..!tiger" (Yes Mr officer) to any de-
nrantl or request.. We won 'the war,
wehave thehes
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so why „shouldn't
•lt 0tur soul
PRESENTATION AND ADDRESS
On Friday evening of last week the
Junior League of Main Street Meth-
odist Church met tat the home of Mr.
'Charles Northcott and !presented Miss
Mabel Brooks, tine President, wllo is
Leaving in a few week's ;for the west,
with a mark of alppreeciat:on of her
interest and devotion to ,the ,work of
the League.. The occasion was a to-
tal surprise to Miss Brooks. The
young ireopte to the number of about
25 came with their •basketq prepared
to spend a sociable evening and to
say that they had a pleasant time
is drawing it mild. The evening was
spent in games and ;amusements and
were entered into with the entetus-i
iastn that only youngsters know howl
to enjoy. In the course ,of the even-,
ing en address of appreciation was:
read to Miss Brooks ;and she was pre- I
seuted with a .beautiful ivory mirror,.
Miss Brooks has been president of
the League for several, years and has:
takena great reat interest in the young'
people. She expects to go ,west with i
1fr. and Mrs. Northcotttt in
the spring.;
1`b a address was .read ,by Miss Wanda I
von Wnscinsk[ and the .presentation i
made by Miss Mary ,Elston. After.'
the games ice •cream and refreshments
were served.
Following is' the address.
Dear Miss Brooks, -
We !the aneimbers and attendants of
this Junior League have heard with
deep sorrow of your intended depart-
ure from us in the near futatr-m
We wish 'to 'tell you before you go
chow matzoh. we appreeiate your inter-
est in us. You 'have always been no
kind and that we are
clad no' a,e:l Pul too, ,
sure that we ,shall miss you very
. i .eh, when you are gorse,
Will you please aceeept this gift ea
a sli'g'ht token of the esteem in whish
you are !held by the boys 'and girls
et Main Si;. Junior League.
t'ea wi never fully know alt the
good you (have done us an our' League
,neeetlegs.
May God bless .you in our rte'
Marne. Signed cut ehalf ' of the Jr.
League Of Main Str. et 0
Want Government Bonuses
Sanens' Land Settlement Comritte•
of Huron County Council Meet at
Clinton
This committee to whom it was en-
trusted to collect data and to investi-
gate to what extent the Government
would assist the returned heroes of
Huron to settle down in civil life, met
in 'Clinton on the loth inst.
The committee was composed of
Warden Campbell, Chairman LaPorte,
Ex -Wardens Livingston arid. Govenlock
and Councillors Ford, Beavers, Petty
Young, Sanders and Moffatt, County
officers Holman and Lane were also in
attendance.
By request, Mr. A. Murray Allan. of
Stratford, representing the Department
It
of Soldiers' Vocational Training Work,
was present and gave a very interest -
ng and instructive talk on the work
being carried on by the Government in
re-establishing returned soldiers in
their former occupations, and fitting
the disabled ones for useful and pro-
fitable employment in every sphere of
life. Instances were cited of the good
work where soldiers returning to ail
'stents and purposes totally disabled,
were now earning good wages in fac-
tories, etc. His work was intended, to
make the returning men not only use-
ful citizens but also to make them feel
independent of charity, or any resem-
blance of it, and' to restore their self
confidence. Young men, who, when
enlisting had not completed their edu-
cation or trades, were taken in hand
and assisted liberally to do so. Sur-
veys of factories and other places of
empioyment were being made to as-
sist those looking for employment or
wishing to learn trades. Any returned
soldier, wishing any information of this
nature, should drop a card giving his
name, regimental number, date of dis-
charge and place of discharge to A.
Murray Allan, Industrial Survey Oh-
cer, Straftrod, and his case will re-
ceive immediate attention.
The Clerk presented such correspon-
dence and information as he had gath-
ered, and the committee discussed very
fully all the phases of the question so
far as the Soldier's Land Settlement
scheme has developed. The legisla-
tion so far enacted is in the formative
stage and nothing very definite can be
determined until that is complete. .-
But every Reeve and his council, and
every other citizen can do much to-
wards furnishing the names and other
information looking to absorbing these
brave boys into the civil life of our
country. This work can be begun at
once and the sooner the better, to head
off any murmurings of discontent that
may possibly arise through any real
or apparent indifference on our part.
Cards will be sent out to each reeve
and such information will in due
course be collected.
The following resolutions, which ex-
plain themselves, were adopted by the
committee, and ordered to be forward-
ed to the proper authorities and pub-
lished in our county papers:
The first, while expressing apprecia-
tion of the efforts so far in attempts
at repatriation, calls attention to a
phase of that work which needs very
serious attention. Farming being the
basic industry of our country, upon
which all others depend, it was felt
that very generous measures must be
adopted to induce the boys to get back
to the land. This is made more ap-
parent, when we consider the liberal
inducement held out in other walks of
lite. Canada being essentially an agri-
cultural al conn rti thelack ofabor nr on
the farms is the
most serious obstacle
to production that the farmer is up
against, and any measure of liberal
bonuses or other inducements, similar
to that rendered those wishing to learn
trades or go to school to induce our
young men to settle on farms, will do
much to restore farming to normal
conditions and help put it where it be-
longs as the greatest and most needed
of occupations.
The resolution, which was moved by
Mr. B. W. F. Beavers, of Exeter, and
seconded by Mr. Jas. A. Ford, of Clin-
ton, is as follows: "That we the
committee of Huron County Council ap
pointed to consider the Soldier's Land
Settlement proposition, wish to place
on record our appreciation of the et••
fort of our governments, both Domin-
ion and Provincial, towards repatria-
tion of our brave soldier boys and
recognizing in a tangible manner their
patriotism, sacrifice and bravery, and
we pledge our support to the further-
ing of any scheme whereby these ef-
forts for world freedom. on the part
of our heroic sons will be recognized,
not only according to their merits but
that they will be dealt with in a man-
ner, commensurate with our apprecia-
tion of their heroism and our ability
toe
d ai generously ousf
Y with t e
m. But
we are of the opinion that more at-
tention should bei
g von by our govern-
ments
to devising schemes for the re-
taining of our boys c the farms by
assisting such after the manner of the
benefits allowed others for vocational
training or further education, said as-
sistance to take the for.n of bonuses
or gifts other than, loans to those
who wish to return to farm life, and
that the Legislature of the Province be
asked to pass legislation empowering
County 'Councils to supplement such
grants or bonuses made for such pur-
poses."
The following resolution, moved by
Messrs. Young, of Colborne, and Coven
lock, of Mcllillop, was also adopted:
"That the reeves and council of each
municipality be requested to act as a
look out -committee to collect in the
speediest way' possible all particulars
regarding our returning soldiers that
they may be assisted so far as pos-
sible in- resuming their former posi-
tions or occupations In the civil life of
each community, and to take all sects«
sary steps
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