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TIIE.;WINGIIAM TIDIES JULY 25.
1912
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THURSDAY JULY 25. 1912.
EDITORAL NOTES.
If the Conservative leaders realize
that the true fighting ground is a
moderate tariff, they are the sure vic-
tors. The only mistake they can make
is eherepioning high tariff. The day
fer that is past. If an industry earnot
bs developed and maintained by a
moderate tariff, the country is probab-
ly better without it. -Ottawa Journal.
It is mow and more apparent that
both the poiitieal parties are lining up
for a general election in the fall of 1913.
Whether the "tip" has gone out or not,
each party organization has received
instructions to look carefully after the
lists so as to be ready for any surprise
which the Government may spring. In
view of Mr. Borden's promise that he
would subunit his naval policy to the
people nobody at Ottawa can understand
how he can adopt a policy of a contribu-
tion with a more vigorous naval program
later on without a general election.
The program, as now outlined, is that
the Government will come back in the
fall with its program, submit it to Par-
liament, introduce and pass a redistri-
bution bili and then go to the country
in September of next year.
The Sun has been closely watching
Mr. Rowell win his spurs. Able and
lucid, eager for moral reform, he has
seemed curiously indisposed to debate
social and economic questions in-
timately affecting the moral welfare
of the people. It was, therefore, a
pleasant surprise to read the sym-
pathetic reference in his speech at
London to the depopulation of the
farms of Ontario. It is a vain of sym-
pathy which it will pay him to
develop. How is he to enforce the
prohibition of the liquor traffic but by
maintaining in the country ridings the
sturdy population trained by the in-
fluence of Ontario civilization? It is
clear that the farm population is be-
coming so thin that it is losing not
only the power of organizing, but also
of maintaing its churches and,
not the least important, its country
newspapers. We refer him to a ham-
let in Bruce, which is typical, where
there were lately three prosperous
chuches, Presbyterian, Methodist
and Baptist. The Baptist church is
closed, the Methodist has occasional
services, and the Presbyterian has, to
preserve it, been joined in a circuit.
What, it may be asked, can Mr.
Rowell do in the arena of Provincial
politics? He can at least use his in-
fluence against the extravagance to
which, under the influence of Toronto
millionaires, Premier Whitney is
yielding, and he can reconsider the
position which he and his backers
have been taking on the development
of New Ontario. It is now plain what
the farmer of Old Ontario has paid to
equalize the West. Why should he
be now required to equalize the
North? -The Weekly Sun.
Gasolene From Natural Gas.
In the distribution of natural gas
there has been found a considerable
collection of liquid for which drip -tanks
had to be provided. This drip for some
years went to waste but it has been
found that it can be utilized for the
manufacture of gasolene. Some hun-
dreds of plants are now in operation
for the manufacture of gasolene by this
process and thousands of gallons per
day are being made. More recently it
has been discovered that by simply
placing the natural gas in a compressor
ani then passing the compressed gas Pl
through coils, six or seven gallons of
gasolene can be obtained from one
thousand cubic feet of gas. It may be
that this will develop into a very im-
portant industry as natural gas sells in
come places at about 20e. per thousand
feet or the price of a single gallon of
gasolene.
lion. Joseph Debuc, late Chief Jus-
tice of Manitoba has been conferred Y
with a knighthood.
In Tuberculosis
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Persistence.
I've swatted flies until I'm weary,
and I have swatter's cramp; I've fol-
lowed up my labors dreary until with
sweat, I'm damp; in soul and body I
am jaded, a worn-out, panting man,
but is my warlike ardor faded? Not
muchly, Mary Ann! Around my resi-
dence 1 totter, pursuing buzzing flies,
and swat them with my patent swatter,
and bash them in the eyes. The haus-
frau says: "Oh, rest now, Dearie!
You're faint and tired and hot!" But,
sending forth my warcry cheery, I
swat, and swat, and swat! My Granny
says: "Lie down and slumber, and
rest at least a line; you've swatted
flies beyond all number, so now take in
your sign." Much I admire her kindly
feeling, but, with my scalping -hawk, I
swat the flies on floor and ceiling and
knock them round a block. My charm-
ing niece, May Agnes Lillian, says:
"Uncle, cut it out! You've slain some
fifty-seven million, so can your battle
shout!" But still around the house I
to ter, to kill the due amount, and here
a fly and there a skeeter goes down to
take the count. And that's the only
way to carry the noble warfare on;
don't loiter by the way or tarry, but
swat to dusk from dawn. Let no flies
live or flourish under the rooftree of
your cot; let other business go to thun-
der, and swat, and swat, and swat! -
Walt Mason.
Sheep Husbandry in Canada.
Coincident with a number of other
active agencies designed to revive the
sheep raising industry in Canada, there
has been issued by the Live Stock
Branch of the Department of Agricul-•
ture a new edition of that exhaustive
and practical treatise 'Sheep Husband-
ry in Canada' which received such a
warm reception some four years ago.
This work of 126 pages, which consti-
tutes a report as well as a helpful bul-
letin of instruction, covers the history
and condition of the sheep industry in
every province, pointing out the weak
points and offering useful information
for the guidance of older shepherds as
well as those who are just beginning,
or desire to begin, raising mutton and
wool. In this work the author, who is
a trained sheep man, brings out clearly
the great advantages of keeping sheep
from the dual standpoint of direct pro-
fit in cash returns, and the even more
important one of cleaner farms and
better crops. Then there is a special
section, 'From the Block to the Table'
designed to popularize the consumption
of mutton and lamb. Other sections
deal with weed destruction by sheep,
diseases, wool, housing, enemies,
breeds and breeding, feeds and feeding,
and other important matters. Under
'The Industry in the Different Provin-
ces' some startling new facts, concern-
ing the profits made from sheep are
brought out. It is shown that a flock
of about 150 ewes are worth $6 each,
after housing, feeding and care were
charged against them, gave in 1911 a
profit of more than $600. This occurr-
ed on a Manitoba wheat farm. A spe-
cial feature of tbis bulletin is its many
beautiful illustrations in sepia tints,
many of which are worth framing. A
large issue has been printed to be sup-
plied to those who -apply for it to the
Publications Branch, Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa.
ONTARIO MIGRANTS.
In some respects the first volume
of Canada's census is saddening, for it
puts in concrete form -in figures which
are beyond denial -the long -acknowl-
edged depopulation of many of Ontar-
io's towns and villages. It is disheart-
ening to note that out of 140 incorpor-
ated villages, exactly half have de-
creased in population in the last decade.
Out of 126 towns, 42 - exactly one-
third -show a similar decrease, and of
the 84 which have remained stationary
or grown, 31 are in Newer -Ontario.
The two great factors in the depopu-
lation of these smaller places are the
migrations to the cities and "to the
West. The young folks are looking for
excitement and big profits. Their de-
parture from town, village and coun-
tryside results in poorly -worked farms
and business interests in the !smaller
centres of population. It may be inev-
itable, but it is not altogether a desir-
able condition of affairs. There is a
substantial and a certain living on
many farms which the younger genera-
ticn have deserted. With these re-
populated, the trade in town and village
Would improve, and the failing -off in
population might be checked. Many
of those who have left the farm for
the lure of the city and the gold of the
West would have done better in the
end, at home. And it would have been
better for Ontario if they had stayed
there. -Toronto Star.
It is now announced that Fenian Raid
veterans will, after all, receive their
$100 grant, without waiting for Parlia-
mentary sanction, Grants are to be
restricted to those who did actual ser-
vice at the time of the Raid.
Floods in the valley of Santiago,
Mexico, have destroyed two cities and
a number of towns aad villages. The
loss of life is placed at 1,000 and pro-
perty lass at $20,000,000.
THE CROPS -OF CANADA.
A bulletin on the crops and live stock
of Canada was issued by the Census and
Statistics office at Ottawa on July 17th.
The correspondents of the office report
that in the Maritime provinces and
generally throughout eastern Canada
the weather of June continued cold and
wet, and growth was therefore slow.
In the Northwest provinces the weather
of June was hot and dry, and rain was
badly needed at the beginning of July.
Rains have since fallen however and
conditions have improved. Prospects
for spring sown crops are generally
favourable.
According to revised figures obtained
at the end of June the total area under
wheat this year is 10,047,300 acres,
compared with 10,377,159 acres as re-
turned by the Census of 1911. The
area sown to fall wheat in 1911 was
1,097,900 acres, but winter killing has
reduced this area to 781,000 acres. The
area sown to oats is estimated at 9,494,-
600 acres, compared with 9,233,550
acres in 1911, and to barley 1,449,200
acres as against 1,423,969 acres in 1911.
In the three Northwest provinces spring
wheat covers 9,029,000 acres as against
8,946,965 acres in 1911, the increase
being in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Including fall wheat the total wheat
acreage in the three provinces is 9,-
246,100, compared with 9,301,293 acres
in 1911, the decrease being accounted
for by the large area of fall wheat
winter killed in Alberta. Oats in the
three provinces occupy 5,037,000 acres
and barley 826,100 acres, as compared
with last year's census figures of 4,363,-
203 acres for oats and 761,738 acres for
barley.
Whilst not equal to the exceptionally
high figures recorded this time last
year, the condition ,of spring sown
crops is generally good. The highest
figures for spring cereals are recorded
in Prince Edward Island. and British
Columbia, the per cent condition rang-
ing from 97 to 99 in the former and
from 90 to 95 in the latter province,
the average for the Dominion being
from 80 to 89. Fall wheat remains low
being only 70 for Canada, 73 for Ont-
ario and 71.6 for Alberta. Last year
the condition was also low, viz: 75 for
Canada; the average of the four years
1908-11 was also 81.5. Spring wheat is
89.73 p. c., compared with 94.78 last
year and 88.25 the four year's average,
oats 86.43 against 94.46 in 1911 and
90.42 average, barley 88.58 against 93
in 1911 and 89.28 average. Rye is 87.84,
peas are 80.08 and mixed grains 84.98.
Hay and clover show a condition per
cent of 85.59 against 84.97 in 1911, alf-
alfa 90.50 against 82.31 and pasture
95.56 against 00.77. In the three North-
west provinces spring wheat, oats and
barley range from 80 to 88 p.c., figures
which are close to the average of the
four years 1908-11 and which are below
last year's exceptional records by from
about 10 to 15 p. c.
The estimated number of live stock
show further decreases except as re-
gards horses and dairy cattle, the for-
mer being 70,400 and the latter 14,500
more than lastpear's estimates. The
Census figures of 1911 are not yet
available. The condition of live stock
In Canada is uniformly excellent, the
number of points being 97 horses, 98
cattle, 97 sheep and 98 swine.
A new railway will be built connect-
ing Edmonton with Fort Churchill.
An old man, William Ford who was
lost in the woods for several days, died
in a London hospital as a result of his
su fferings.
Hon. Jacob Baxter, M.D. of Haldim-
and and formerly Speaker of the Ontario
Legislature died at the age of eighty
years.
A farmer tied bis horse to a telephone
pole in Aylmer. About the base of the
pole hoop iron bands had been placed
as protectors and the end of a telephone
wire had been tied. The latter crossed
an electric wire, and the horse putting
its nose against the post where the iron
bands and the telephone wire met be-
came a conductor for the electricity,
and lost two teeth and was put into
dreamland. Two men who came to the
rescue received lesser shocks, but man-
aged to pull the animal away and save
its life.
An Italian woman in Montreal has
given birth to triplets -two boys and a
girl -with a Combined weight of 15 lbs.
2 oz. This is the third set of triplets
added to Montreal's population this
year. The previous record, held by
triplets born three weeks ago to Mrs.
William McEchran, was thirteen pounds
fourteen ounces.
It has, says Youth's Companion, long
been known that traces of arsenic are
to be found not only in human and ani-
mal organisms, but in certain plants,
such as cabbage and potato, and in
wheat. Two members of the French
Academy of Sciences, Messieurs Jadin
and Astruc, have shown that arsenic is
also to be found in rice, peas, beans,
lettuce, celery, asparagus, parsnips, and
in most vegetables used as food by
man, as we as in apples, pears, pine-
,..,
THE
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Total Assets *70,000,000
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Identify the owners, and can be cashed in
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WINGHAM BRANCH,
N. EVANS, Manager:
Ottawa is experiencing an epidemic
of typhoid, sixty cases being reported
within a few days.
LIVE STOCK 11IAIttiETS,
Toronto, July 22 -Union Stock Yards
-Receipts were 128 loads, with 2,432
head of cattle, 884 sheep and lambs,
514 hogs, and 47 calves.
Trade was fair and even brisk for
butcher cattle, but export trade was
slow, with prices for the latter from
15c to 25c lower than last week. Choice
butcher cattle were in good demand,
buyers from Montreal and other points
taking a share of the best offerings.
competing with the local abattoir men
to that extent. Butcher prices were
holding generally about steady with
last week, and a shade firmer for the
best loads.
Lambs were from 50c to $1 lower
than last weak.
Hogs steady at $8.20 to $8.25, fed
and watered.
Export cattle, choice $7 50 to $7 75
do medium 7 00 7 25
do light 4 50 6 20
do bulls , , . ....... 4 50 5 50
do cows 3 75 5 50
Butchers choice . 6 75 7 25
do medium ,... 5 50 6 25
do cows ................550 5 00
do common.... 2 50 3 00
do canners ,... 2 00 3 50
Short -keep..... ..... .... . 5 60 5 55
Feeders steers 5 50 5 75
do bulls .. 5 00 6 50
Stockers choice ... . 5 00 5 35
do light 3 50 4 25
Milch cows, choice, each 50 00 70 00
Springers 40 00 60 00
Common and medium 30 00 45 00
Sheep, ewes ...... 4 50 4 75
do bucks 3 00 4 00
Lambs, yearlings 9 00 10 00
Spring lambs, each - 7 50 8 40
Hogs, f. o. b. .. 7 65 7 70
do fed and watered . 8 10 8 25
Calves ..., 4 00 8 00
WING Ilan MARKET REPORTS.
Wingham, July, 24, 1912
Flour per 100 lbs 2 75 to 3 25
Fall wheat ,... 1 00 to 1 02
Oats 0 48 to 050
Barley.. 65 to 0 80
Peas ... 1 00 to 1 00
Butter dairy ...... 0 22 to 0 23
Eggs per doz .... 0 19 to 020
Wood per cord 2 75 to 2 80
Hay per ton
Potatoes per bushel,
Lard
Live Hogs per cwt
10 00 to 13 00
0 75 to 0 80
018 to 018
735 to 735
Grand Trunk Railway officials stated
that 8,500 heads of families in older
Ontario have left for the West this
year, and have settled along the route of
G. T. P. or in Peace River district.
Every one of the farmers had at least
$500, while many of them had much
more.
TEACHER WANTED
Qualified teacher for School Section
No. 8, East Wawanosh. State salary
and experience.
J. W. BONE, Sec.-Treas.
Marnoch P. 0.
EARLY CLOSING
Take notice that we have agreed to
close our offices during the months of
July and August, after the hour of one
p.m. Saturday's and 4,p. m. on other
days.
June 25, 1912.
J. A. MORTON
DUDLEY HOLMES
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VOTERS' LIST, 1912
Municipality of the Township of Turn -
berry, in the County of Hugon.
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Notice is hereby given that I have
transmitted or delivered to the per-
sons mentioned in Sections 8 and 9 of
the Ontario Vot s' List Act, 1887 and
the amendment ereto, the copies
required to be s transmitted or de-
livered of the list, made pursuant to
said act, of all persons appearing by
the last revised assessment roll of the
said municipality to be entitled to
vote in the said municipality at elec-
tions for members of the Legislative
Assembly and at Municipal elections,
and that said list was first posted up
in my office at Bluevale, on the 22nd
day of July, 1912, and remains there
for inspection. Electors are called
upon to examine said list, and if any
ommissions or other errors are perceiv-
ed thereinto take immediate proceed-
ings to have the said errors corrected
accordiug to law.
JOHN BURGESS,
Clerk of the Municipality
of Turnberry.
Turnberry, July 22nd, 1912.
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