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DAY, AUGUST 7th, 1923,
Lucky Children Indeed, If Their
Mothers Know and Serve
With all the bran
of the whole wheat
Children don't have to be coaxed to eat it --they like the
crisp, crunchy shreds of baked whole wheat. They have to
chew it --and that means sound teeth and good digestion.
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Province Stays Dry
There was no surprise over the de-
feat of the referendum for govern-
ment control in Prince Edward Ise
land on Thur:eday last. That pro
Vince has had prohibition in name
only for several decades. Liquor of
the hest quality flows into it freely
from St. Pierre and the West Indies
and can be purchased for half the
price in the provinces under govern•
anent control. Nova Scotia, the only
so-called dry provinces, will also
have a referendum on the retention sara
of the .prohibitory law, with little
doubt but it will remain in effect..
That province, through under pro-
hibition is the wettest in Caeeda and
at the least price. When the same
equality of liquor can be obtained
'without paying $10 per gallon ex-
-ease, Nova Scotian will certainly
economize.
To Curtail Naval
Programme
In attentive silence the British
House of Common::, Wednesday,
heard Premier Ramsay MacDonald
announce tho Government's pro-
posals for reduction in naval ship-
building, and in a veritable turmoil
it also heard that, in effect, the Gov-
ernment had dismissed Lord Lloyd,
High Commissioner in Egpyt, Right
Hon, Arthur Henderson, Foreign
Secretary, said lee had sent Lord
Lloyd such a telegram as most peo-
ple would have accepted as an invi-
tation to terminate his services. His
resignation had been received and
accepted.
Premier MacDonald first told of
his conversations with the -United
States Ambassador, General Charl=es
G. Dawe.s, who was himself seated in
the distinguished :strangers' gallery.
along with other dimlomats. The:
Government's purpose, he =alit was
to make. the Is illog anti -war pact
and effective iniluence in interim -
Bona] relatios,
With regard to the 1,92040 build-
ing programme, the Premier said in
any case no further sotseeitmentA1
would have iron enteredint() beforel
the -autumn, but that no -t to at all
would he taken to proee.ed with it
until the whole matter had eeceived
further consideration
HEAVENS!
Mr. Dubh (at conrertl She hes
quite a large repertoire. hasn't she?"' I
Mrs. Dubb : Ye-, and that are ,.
she's wearing makes it look all the
worse."
BARELY MADE IT
Little Boy—"Mother, are there
any more angels in Heaven?"
Mother—"Why certainly, dear."
Little Boy --"But, mothal: I never
saw any pictures of angels with
whiskers,"
Mother—"No, dear ; men get in
with a 'close shave,"
cazellecre
SURELY !
Golf enthusiast : "And then from
the ninth tee I had the misfortune
to top the ball. I must have caught
it a whack as I found that I had slic-
ed the,thing in two."
Sweet Young Thing : "Ah, yes, 1
have heard of that being done, That
i, what is called 'halving the hole',
isn't it?"
"Style was what made Oscar
Wilde."
"Yes, and Thornton Wilder."
oe=iOt
"Do you know," said the success-
ful merchant, pompously, "that I be-
gan life as a. barefoot boy?"
"Well." I wasn't born with shoes
on, either."
<==30C4.
Cop : Hey, you're making forty an
hour.
Driver : Oh, officer, I can't be—
I've only been „one twenty minutes.
CeiziOL'—o
NOT FOR LONG
Teacher ; "Who was King of
France during the I.evoiution?"
Confused St:vie/i .:—"Lout: the
tt±irr nth --•no, the 1'ifthecnth---no,
the fourteenth—nn, the—well, any
1,o -.v he was in the: teens."
oermeit==e,
JUST PARDNERS
:1 pretty gond firm ie Watch &
We Ree
And another is Attit, Early 8,
l,aytn,
And ,•ti!1 :mother is Doo & Dairet
But the beet is probably Gritm
& Barrett.
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Going Strong.
The Coiling -wood Bulletin has en -
t eeel on its Mob year of publication.
l.d:tor Dave R ilih.ms still gives the
paper all the pelf it needs.
ff3'-."
There are a great many ways to do a !ob of
printing ; but quality printing is only done one
way—THE BEST. We do printing of all kinds,
and no matter what your needs may te, from
name card to booklet, we do it the quality way.
P, S.—We also do it in a way to save you money,
7hePost
Publishing .Douse
SPITALIc1Ef DS MARIUO'1,
Has Every' Known Inaprxnrew.ent In
Maa'ltet Methods,
The finest fruit and vegeutble mar-
ket in the world, that at Spitalieeids,
was ope lted r .c'Vutly ley the Qucea,
&aye an exchange,
Spttalaelds has been a market
since 1002, and fur centuries cunsIs'.-
ed only of a email gathering Of re-
tailers, Even e t enty years ago ite.
value W115 insignifcant, and the for-
mer proprletors found difficulty 10
selling their Meld. Eventually a Mr,
Horner, a poor salesman, bought the
rights himself, lf, for he could hod none
of life colleagues doing business
there wl h sufficient faith in the fu-
ture to assist hint iu the purchase.
Horner with a fortune. The mar-
ket became a growing centre of
wholesale distribution, and ultimate-
ly the Corporation of London bought
him onfor some il0.000.
fee::.y th't did,, with
1,550 tour of produce a day. Vast
Improvements have been made and
all the old difficulties of access have
been thoroughly considered. The
total area of roadways eurroundlug
the market;' part of which will be
used as "lay bye," will be about 2%
acres, providing accommodation for
between four and five hundred vehi-
cles et one time,
The gross extension is about 98,-
22u feet on the ground floor and up-
wards of 101.000 feet in the base-
ment, When completed the market
will have a total warehouse frontage
to the streets of 2,000 feet, and the
aggregate frontage of the warehouses
and stands will exceed one and a half
miles,
Some of the chief items in the to-
tal capital expended are: the • free-
hold, 8183,855; leasehold, £299,822;
property for the extension, 2235,-
931; and rebuilding, 2151,828, The
total capital sum, namely, 22,000,-
000, Is secured on the rates, which
may be drawn upon up to threepence
in the pound, but wben the market
Is operating fully It is anticipated
that the rates will no longer be called
upon.
POSTMASTER -GENERAL.
Another Successful Man Who Chang-
ed His Title.
"From printer's devil to Postmas-
ter -General" sounds like the title of
an Alger classic, yet It might be used
with truth to head the life story of
Hon. Peter Veniot, Postmaster -Gen-
eral in the King Cabinet. This am.
bitious Acadian rose from the inky
service of the printing press to the
command of Canadian mails through
the successive stages of port officer.
political orgaulzer and premier of
New Brunswick.
He got his start in life as a prlut-
er's devil In the prersroom of the
Plctou Colonial Standard. But, and
here is an Interesting angle to the
Postmaster -General's story which is
little known, that boy who rushed
hither and yen about the Pletou
pressroom' at the word of Rom Me -
Carvell, his "boss," was not Po el'
Veniot. He was Pierre Jean Vigne-au.
History does not relate 'why 10'
aspiring young printer favored Peter
over Pierre or replaced the Vigne-au
of his forefathers with Ventot. Per-
haps Platen was ahead of the times
and even at that date boasted out- of
those a:treeretic wizards, to day so
busy in reaping golden harvests in
all the larger cities, who will, frit a
cash consideraii' n 01.0 after austere
t ra:minion with the stars and p,an-
voive for one a brand new name
gu rtuteed to carry with It the as-
suranee of fame and fortun,e. I. e:
uuder<,'n,d that. the Postmaster -Geo-
-rid d, ides this theory, but the tur.-
which has net, nd,.,l hie-, in his
poh:k_ad eareer would seem to lend il.
color,
To MAKE ARISTOCRAT$.
Lady Advocate's Plan to Pick Chil-
dren for Social Eminence.
A torcia,„ house for aristoeracy
where e p•'rf ct tr istr e 1 ats could be
pr tdaeed was the suggestion put for-
ward by Lady- Emily Lutyens In a
lecture to :he Anglo -Swedish a9ociety
at the Swedish Hall, 'Harcourt street
west, London.
Indy Entity. who is the wife of Sie
Fd Win Loetens, the architect, said
ttr i-to.eracy vas declining all over the
world. r was being killed by medi-
a house of aristocracy w"'
Lett, re -esti -0e and desirable. It would
be necessary to study heredity and
•nae -nice, and prevent the production
'f the nitf:t.
The washer must be the perfect
urietncra• ,o that he could inculcate
the r;grit Idras Into his pupils, Lady
Emily ndd.,rl:
I have seen many democratic
schools for democrats. I have not
8,,:1, a school for aristocrats. In :melt
,t school I would have children vide.
ea because of their birth, and I should
educate them to he more aristocratic
than they are by birth.
I should train them to he the flow-
er of mankind, melee' Unman beings,
and I sbeeld make them realize that
training towarde perfection implies
and iuvolvss a tremendous corre-
sponding responsibility. It would In
no sense be a school of luxury, but a
school of simplicity,
Always I should uphold within
them that by right of birth dh.ey must
rise to the level of their best,
Vegetarian Won Wager.
A bet of $126 was made some time
ago in England' between a meat eater
and a vegetarian, as to who would
live the longest. A few weeks ago
the fiesh-lover died, and his friend
was very much surprised to diegover
that the amonpt of the bethad beoh
provided for in his deceased friend's
will. As he himself had not thought
of making any such provision, he re-
fuses to accept the money for him-
self, and he is diverting the sum to
charitable purposes.
Sending Pianos to New 7,ealand.
British plane manufacturers have
captured both the Auetraljan and
New Zealand. markets,
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Petition Refuses
Dr J. T. M. Anderson, leader of the
allied Opposition groups in the Sas-
katchewan Legislature, whose writ-
ten request to Lieutenant Governor
11, W. Newlands, asking for the dis-
missal from office to the Gardiner
Government, was refused.
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Keeping Cool
The ease with which one stand
the heat is largely a matter of avo
dupois. The fat person, wearing
coat of fat about the vital organ
shuts in all the body heat swelter
The thin person loses the heat b
evaporation and is much more co
fortable when the thermometer flirt
with ninety degrees.
The clothing we wear also makes
a difference. If it is porous it per-
mits ventilation. Light colored cloth-
ing is cooler than dark, since dark
colors absorb heat rays.
Exercise and perspiration make for
coolness. If any one simply sits on
the porch, he does not perspire and
therefore loses heat, Exercise 'also
makes one forget the heat and one's
interest in something else affects his
attitude toward the heat. If a per-
son does not exercise much all sum-
mer, he will come to the autumn
feeling weak and exhausted, We de-
velop strength of mucles, either
summer or winter, and exercise in
the heat is not injurious provided
one perspires freely.
The drinking of a great amount
of water has much to do with the
summer health. Ice water is not cool
ing as it retards perspiration, If one
drinks too little water in the summer
he will be liable to 'headaches and
nausea and will have a rise in tem-
perature.
L. $ !R' O
A $0:50,000.000 RC'if I ','BI.,
'Would Build Tunnel d.'uder I':n lish
('hauael,
A far-reaching sells me for lbs- cern-
stt'uetlon'<if a new railway h' c,
London and Paris. :41. a c ust of t 1
900,000 is described lu the, \t do re
Transport,a Loudon journal.
The proposed line wanee be of
bread gauge, 7 feet, and xtiuh ptiee
through a 44 -mile tunnel tinder the
llagllsh 010u1zlel.
Hauled by electric locomotive's a :t
maximum speed of 120 m.p.h.,. the
journey between the two cities w;,uld
be accumplislaed in 2 ]tours 4I miu-
utes, the average speed being 92
miles an hour,
The route suggested for this new
high-speed railway, which would
have the London terminus 114 W - .at -
Minster, is by way of Sidcup, Pam -
Ingham, Maidstone, Chils on Tunnel,
Ashford and Monk's Horton Mellen
(seven Julies east of Aeliford), W11e1'e
it would enter an 11 -mile approach
to the Channel tunnel, On the French
side the proposed route is through
Ambleteuse, Mer, Amiens, Beaumont -
sur' -Oise and Amiens, Beaumon,-sur-
Oise and Ecoueu.
The promoters aim at providing a
45 -minute service mon way over a
daily period of seventeen hours, Thus
accommodation for mcre than 13,000
passengers each way would be pro-
vided daily,
Allowing for additional summer
traffic, it is estimated that the ser-
vice would give 10,000,000 seats and
carry 8,300,000 passengers a year.
The proposed fares are '
London to Paris, single, 22,
London to Boulogne, 21.
Ashford to Boulogne, SOs.
,s Gross receipts on this basis are
,e estimated et' 235,000,000 against a
working expenditure of 523,000,000,
a Tho scheme, which has been en-
s, dorsed by Me Theodore Stevens, con-
e, suiting engineer, of Lincoln's Inn
Fools, W,C., owes Its inception to ?,Sr,
Y William Collard of Savile row, WI.,nl- London,
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Times Have Changed
A correspondent laments the de-
cline of the old time community
spirit in the rural distrusts and clainns
that with the passing of the barn -
raising, the husking bee among the
sawing bee among the mem, and the
quilting bee and the like among
the women, there is not the spirit of
sociability that should prevail. Ile
seems to overlook the fact that time
has only worked out its changes here
as elsewhere and that now we have
the church tea, the garden party, the
family re -union, the horseshoe and
other sporting leagues, women's in-
stitutes and clubs for young and old
without number. We fail to seo
wherein the rural or any section of
the country is suffering from a lack
of gettogether function. Most people
find it difficult to keep in touch with
even a small proportion of what is
going on about them in the way 01
recreation and amusement. It is
suggested that , what the country
stands most in need of to -day is less
pleasure -seeking and more intensive
development of our industries and
resources, --.Glencoe Transcript. .
Ex -Monarch Is Not
Wanted
Although; Germany has abolished
the law which hat excluded the for-
mer Keiser Wilhelmfrom returning
to Germany, it is very unlikely that
the aged monarch will be asked to
return to his native heath. Accord-
ing to reperts from Berlin, the ex -
kaiser is still "not wanted", i
BUILDING MEXICAN DAM
Hydro -Electric Project Undertaken
by Canadian Company.
One of the largest hydro-electrie
projects in Mexico has been under-
taken by a Canadian company, the
Mexican Ligitt & Power Co., Ltd.,
which has its headquarter In Toronto.
This is the creation of the Tepuxtepee
dam on the Lerma river in the State
of Mlcheaean, Work is progressing
rapidly and it Is estimated that the
project, including construction of the
dam, tunnels,.pipe lines and generat-
ing plant will represent an invest-
ment of approximately $10,000,000,
More than 1,500 men are being em-
ployed on the, construction of this
plant which will be operated by the
Southwestern Power Co. of Mexico,
a subsidiary of the Mexican Light &
Power Co„ Ltd.
The company plans an initial in-
stallation of turbines and generators
of two large units of 30,000 horse-
power each. This will be increased
later by another .30,000 horsepower
unit.
This dam will not only render
available water for hydro -electric
purposes but also for irrigation in the
stows of Michoacan and Guanajuato.
It is being built with the co-operation
of the Mexican Federal Government
from which the Canadian company
obtained a concession for it hydro-
electric. . project.
After passing through ane turbines
of the hydro -Electric plant the water
will be distributed by means of an
extensive system of irrigation canals,
fetilizing thousands of sores of a.gr!-
cnitural lands. Ily 10. ane 4 1' ,itis darn
an artiilrial lake of nearly 12.000
acres, contaielug utl(r ttidlion cubic
metres of water will be cleated. The
storing of this v,, t ame u1.t of water
during the rainy season will be a con-
slderable aid In preventing floods. It
will be 0 big factor in :he develop-
ment of more than 125,000 acres of
farm lands,
NATIVE WINId4.
In 1027 Canada Produced Nearly
Three Million Gallons.
Canada produced 2,804,437 gallons
of wine. in 1927, of whirl` 2,731,745
was fcermented, a report issued by the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows,
The total selling value was 92.631,-
227, of which 92,336,114 went to
Ontario concerns and 9195,113 to
planes in Manitoba and British Co-
lumbia. The total quantity of wine
produced increased 2,632 gallons and
the value $46,091 as compared with
the year before.
The"e was imported Into this coun-
try in 1927 91,473,906 worth of non -
sparkling wines end $1,562,688 of
sparkling' wines, or a total of 22.-
036,694. Most of the . wife came
from France, Speen and Portugal in
the order named,
The quantity of fermented wines
exported from the Dorninlnn during
1927 was 22,732 gallons as compared
with an export of 32,724 gallons in
1926, while their value decreased
from $1.15,564 hi 1926 to $112,313
In 1927. The United States was Can-
ada's best customer, taking over 95
per cent, of the total value of wines
exported,
Poor Poets.
The British poet laureate, Dr. Rob-
ert Bridges, is possessed of a some-
what caustic wit.
When, a short while back, he paid
• visit to the Huffed States, he tra-
Veiled by the American liner Levia-
than, which advertised ha steerage as
"college cabin," Tho advertisemedt
read;
"Our new third class, college cabin,
arranged exclusively for ministers,
students, and professlonale."
Commenting on this the laureate
acid; "College eabine are all that our
poet -war ministers, students and pea
feesional men can hope for any more.
You notice that the poet are lett out.
"Poeta aro not even up tb college
cabin standard,"
"The re -eon, I suppose," continued
Dr, Bridges, smiling whimsically, "id
that posts are born, not paid:"
Cre m
Wanted
We pay Highest Cash Price for
Cream. 1 cent per lb. Butter Fat
extra paid for all Cream delivered
at our Creamery.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Brussels Creamery Co.
Phone 22 Limited
CANADA-U.S, HIGHWAYS •
One Ontario Town Oonnected With
Detroit by New Bridge -An-
other by a Tunnel.
The longest span highway bridge
In the world will be completed this
coming sumnier. It will join Detroit,
Mich., with Sandwich, Ont„ and will
be known as the Ambassador Bridge
It will be a substantial boon to mo
torists of both countries, providing
an excellent entrance to tourists from
both shies of the border.
For years before the arrival of the
white man the site of this gigantic
structure was the spot where the
Huron Indians found their most con
venient fording plane, says au article
In the Toronto Star Weekly. Itis the
culmination of more than fifty years
of effort. When Detroit was but a
small town and the river was far
from busy with the commerce of two
countries, early and curious plans
were offered for the bridging of the
river. One such plan called for a ser-
ies of pontoons or iioate to be strung
across the water to form the found-
ation of a bridge roadway, including
sections which could be swung aside
to permit river traffic to pass through
'he opening thua provided.
Then the automobile came along
.nd played its part. • And it seems
odd that this vehicle was perhaps the
means of building a great edifice
which it will soon use Itself. With
the advent of the auto, Detroit and
'he Canadian border cities grew to
astonishing proportions, The neces-
sity for free interchange of passen-
gers and freight was a part of the
growth. The volume of traffic could
not be coped with even by the ever-
expanding ferry service.
A New York consulting engineer,
Charles Fowler, took the li.rut step to
project a bridge along modern lines.
Actual work on the bridge was
begun on May 7, 1927, on the U. S.
side. A month later work commenc-
ed on the Canadian end. By con-
tract the date for the opening of the
bridge was established as August 90,
1930.
Machines and men were thrown in-
to the mighty task without delay,
every exertion was put forth and by a
recent announcement It appears that
the tape will be clipped on the huge
span in July, 1929.
The bridge structure itself, from
entrance to exit, is approximately
9,000 Peet, or almost two miles. The
main span over the river is 1,850
feet in length, which exceeds that of
the Philadelphia -Camden bridge—
now the longest in the world—by 100
feet. The bridge will carry an un-
obstructed 'roadway forty-seven feet
wide, with a capacity of five lanes or
traffic and an eight -food sidewalk.
The clearance over high water in the
river will be 135 feet near the shore
and 152 feet near the centre of the
span.
But the Ambassador Bridge will
not have a. monopoly of the ever-
increasing traffic between Michigan
and Ontario, for et the present time
several hundred men are employed
underneath the surface of the Detroit
river on rho Detroit -Windsor vehicu-
lar tunnel, which will cost approxi-
mately, $20,500.000 or more, and
will be open to tine public in ,he t1alI
of 1929. This tunnel will be, nothing
more or less than tt brilliantly illum-
inated boulevard connecting Detroit
with Windsor, and the trip from one
ity to the 0 her will be made within
Ire -9 :ninutos.
The rtuin•H will be 5,600 feet in
-'ng -le and 11-• top will be thirty feet
ender lite rivet' eurfa.et: at the hareem
in, and feet; fele at the e;ntt',' of
Its, river. Three liras of vel:cola•.
est.- will br provided.
1 Is Wefituair d that this tunnel •,v134
i (Unrlr to handle I,75e cut,
enr venielc-= and 23,040,000 pee -
:a lhe Lie, year. Ail elate...,
d tr,rtnigrali,cn problems, 110 11 Can-
iau anti 104' the United States, wilt
. lietr'l"d tit the Ontario end of the
'1nne1,
.e Mese estimate places the cost of
le Ambassador Bridge and the D,-
eoit-Windsor tunnel at $45,000,000
SCHOOL FAIR DATES
Following are the dates of the var.
rious school fairs to be held in Flue
on County this year:
Sept. llth—Hensall.
Sept 12th—Zurich.
Sept. 18th --Grand Bend.
Sept. 16th --Colborne (township,
Sept, 17th Ashfield Township.
Sept, 18th— St. Helens.
Sept. 19th—Wroxeter.
Sept, 20th'--Howiek Township.
Sept. 23rd—Ethel
Sept. 24th—Belgrave,
Sept. 25th—Goderich Township,
Sept 27th—Blyth.
Oct. Ord --Clinton Rural.
Oct, 4th --Clinton Town.
FALL FAIR DATES
Atwood Sept, 20-21
Bayfield Sept, 25-26
Blyth Sept. 26-27
Brussels Oct. 3-4
Dungannon Oct. 3-4
Exeter Sept, 17-18
Goderich . , .... Sept 30, Oct. 1, 2
Gerrie Oct. 5
Harriston Sept. 26-27
Kincardine Sept. 18-19
E irkton Oct. 1-2
London (Western) Sept, 7-14
Luekno-,v Sept, 26-27
Mildmay Sept. 24-25
Milverton Sept. 26-27
Mitchell Sept, 24-26
Palmerston Oct. 3-4
Ripley Sept 24-25
St. Marys Oct. 8-9
Seaforth Sept. 19-20
Stratford Sept. 16-18
Teeswater Oct. 1-2
Tiverton
Oct. 1
Toronto (C.N.E.) . Aug 23, Sept 7
Zurich Sept. 23-24
Wingham Oct. 9-10
RETURNS
HOME
Dr, J. H. King, Minister of Nat-
ional Health returned to Canada on
the Empress of Scotland, from a
visit to Europe,
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Several families, as a rule, share a
communal kitchen in which they do
their cooking in Moscow.
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