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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1929-9-11, Page 3Zile Broads , ii WL,IJNE$DAY, SEPt. 11th, 1029. ARECORD which compares acne What with that of 0, P. Scott, editor of the Manchester Guardian, who retired this year, is that of Ed- ward. ward Ji. Macklin, president and .gon' oral manager of the Manitoba Free Press, who celebrated his jubilee in. the newspaper business, jr, Mack- lin was with the Toronto Globe from 1879 to 1899 and with the Thea Press since then. Under the point guidance of himself and John W. Defoe, vice-president and editor-in- chief; the Free Press has been a powerful feeler in the affairs of Western- Canada for decades, c==ioi MME prophecies as to the econo- J.) mic unsoundness of installment selling do not seem to have come true. According to Leslie C. Har- binson, president of the Household Finance Corporation of New York, the essential honesty of the med ium to low wage earners, who con- stitute a big part of the installment buying public, has been proven. In- stalment sales in the United States have reached a total of $4,500,000,- 000 a year, while losses averaged by two of the largest firms in the busi- ness were just three-fourths of one per cent. These figures speak for themselves. A YOUNG Russian scientist is re- ported as having found n mrene of destroying cancer in rats, with only a trifling percentage of the treat ed rodents showing a relapse. Ie would be a mistake to think as yet that a definite cure for this terrible disease has been found, but his method appears to be promising and no doubt will soon be tried on human patients. Certainly there is every reason to suppose that with experi- mental work in cancer going on in every civilized country of the world, some means of coping with this scourge will eventually be found.' Meanwhile the only cure is early diagnosis and prompt application or the surgeon's knife. Alit—=J CENATOR NYE, of North Dakota, a psoposes to sponsor a resolution which will do away with abuses which have grown up under the present banking laws of the United States. The proposal is more in the shape of a threat. If the bankers do not get busy and clean house, and stop speculating with clients' money, then he will introduce hie motion. With several scores of bank failures in the United States during the past few weeks, just why should anyone ask the bankers to give a promise that they will be good? The rate at which banks have been clos- ing their doors is proof positive that the situation calls for immediate leg- islative action, and not simply moral suasion. ortpi,o QTARTTNG , in a penny -matching game with a stranger -at Niag- ara Pell<:, an American tourist found himself finally swindled out of $160. His misfortune follows that of an- • other compatriot, who a'few days earlier lost $800. Quite properly, police officers are looking for the croaked gamblers who have thus been vietlrnizing visitors. It is only right that the losers should get their money back, if it can bo obtained for' them, It is rather difficult, how- ever, to fool real sympgtby for those who have been fooled, If there lit one motto that every traveler should bear in mind every moment, it is "Don't gamble with strangers." These who so easily full into traps are simply inviting trouble, G=zsO' Y OUIS 73AMI3ERGER is reining L from the ownership of his big departmental store in Newark, and announces his intention of distri- buting $1,000,00.0 among his old employes. This money, he says, 1011 make up for the lack of a definite pension scheme in the large retail establishment. The old employes will be given their choice of taking a lump sum or a monthly pension, The magnate's gifts do not constitute charity, He is simply paying a debt, as he admits himself, The men who will benefit from his largesse aro those who have helped him to build up his great business, have aided him in amassing his fortune. He is re- turning them only that which is their due, and he sets an example to others who are often forgetful of the assistance they receive from their faithful servants. i1AY fever sufferers from many I parts of Cannda and the United States have been meeting in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. It is an annual gathering, held each year just at the season when the disease is uost troublesome. One naturally wonders what pleasure the victims can derive frim getting together at a time when their ordinary conversation is bound to be interrupted by coughs and sneezes. Psychology plays its part in the convention. During the time they are feeling the effects of the scourge, these people have some- thing in common, something which they do not have at any other time of the year, "Misery loves com- pany" is a homely old adage, but it is founded on psychological fact, At any rate, during their meeting, the sneezers may keep together, with reasonable safety from the laughs of the non -sufferers who see nothing but humor in their plight. THHyoung woman who has reached the age of 25 without marryin, and who desires to h!ve a husband, had better look to her chances, statisticians of the Metro- politan Life Insurance Company have decided. The chances of a girl of 20 marrying have been found to be 2 in 3; at the age of 25 the chances are 1 to 2; at 30 the odds increase to 1 in 3; after 35 she is more likely to remain single than get a husband. When it comes to the Wren, however, the situation is different. Very few men marry be- fore 25, and the majority marry be- tween 25 and 35. But there is no age limit at all for men who decide to marry late in life. These figures are chiefly based on statistics com- piled in the United States, but they New Things Are "News" EN VERY member of every family in this eum- L' =unity is interested in the news of the day. And no items are read with keener relish than announcements of new things to eat, to vear or to enjoy in the home. You have the goods and the desire to sell them. The readers of TIM PONT have the money and the desire to buy. The connecting link is ADVEIBTISIhG. Give the people the good news of new things at advantageous prices. They look to you for this "store news" and will respond to your messages. Let tis show you that "An Advertisement is an Invitation" RU.SSkLs POST probably apply fairly aecuretefy Sit Canada, The moral, of course, is for the girls to make sure of getting husbands early, while the getting is good, ot,e�pC-' R'1'. HON. 3. II, THOMAS, in ari interview In Montreal, mike Canadiaua to buy more products Made in Great Britain. Unfortuna- tely,' however, for the English manu- facturer, buyer's' tastes in this coup- try aro North American not Europ- ean, and the goods made by Amer- ican manufacturers, pra;tically with- out ehange, are perfectly adapted to the demands of Canadians. That is also true of certain lfnglish manu- factures, and such lines enjoy a spleedid and steadily expanding market in Canada. J)ut a great pro• portion of English goods, while no doubt of splendid quality, are not what people want in this 'country, and so their export languishes. The hest remedy is to make accurate mar- ket surveys of Canada andproduce merchandise that this market wants. There will be no difficulty in getting the business then, provided prices are right, and there is no reason. why the prices should not be right. Great J3ritain has the d;enefit of the pre, feiential tariff to help Wer manu- facturers in this market, as against the much higher tariff against Un- ited States products. �.719Co ANTI -TUBERCULOSIS measures in Canada are obviously having a beneficial effect, This country has invested heavily in sanatoria and in public health service, and the div- idends are being reaped now. The death rate for the first seven menthe of this year was the Iowest on re- cord, 91 per 100,000 persons, as compared with 95 in 1928 and, 00 in 1927. It is true that the Great White Plagub has not yet been con- quered, nor will it be until a specific for tuberculosis is discovered, but the work that is being done is giving encouraging results. There was, however, a slight increase in the Canadian mortality rate from all causes for the first seven months of 1929, which possibly may have been occasioned by last winter's influenza epidemic. In the case of diseases of children the mortality was paritcul- arly favorable, especially as regards scarlet fever, we are told. It is pro- bable that mortality rates front all causes will not be lower for some bine to come, because the people of the western provinces, largely set- tled.,,,within the past 35 years by sturdy and comparatively young people, are beginning to reach a nearer approximation to the general age level of the older provinces. -As everyone must die some time and most deaths occur in old age, it is certain that the low mortality in the West will gradually creep up. Field Crops Branch .Test Use of Chemicals in Weed Control Two experimental projects in weed control involving the use of chemicals are being conducted dur- ing the present season by the Field Crops Branch of the Saskatchewan Provincial Department of Agricult- ure, according to S. H. Vigor, Acting Field Crops Commission&. One of these experiments is on control of wild mustard in grain crops, and the tither on the use of chemicals in the eradication of perennial sow thistle. The work on wild mustard is being done in the Regina district with tho co-operation of J. S. Fields, Regina, and O. . Fenton,Grand Coulee. A year ago, the Department purchased a horse-drawn spray with a 16 -foot boom and this is being used in the application of the chemical solution. Both sulphate of iron, and a com- mercial preparation offered for sale for the same purpose, are being used, and applications ander field conditions are being made at differ' ent stages of weed growth, and with a varying strength of solution. Sufficient information is already available to show that it is quite possible to kill wild mustard in a grain crop wthout significant injury to the crop, but these experiments are designed with a view to finding out the results obtained at different stages of seed growth, and the cheapest application that will do ef- fective work. Testing Different Chemicals In view of the markedly increasing interest in the use of chemicals for the control of pereiaial sow thistle, and the considerable number df com- mercial preparations that aro offered for this purpose, it was considered advisable to conduct a series of con- trol tests on the various materials offered. Through the active co-oper- ation of T. W. Coyne, Reeve of the Mural Municipality of Prairie Rese No. 809 the Department was able to secure the use of a field in the Jan- seen district, very everily covered with a heavy growth of perennial CALLED TO PREMIERSHIP James T. M. Anderson, leader of the Co-perative Party— Conserva- tives, Indepentents and Progressives in Saskatchewan, who has been ask- ed by Lieutenant -Governor Neve- lands ev -lands to form a Government follow- ing the resignation of the Gardiner Liberal Administration. The resig- nation was effective on Monday. Dr. Anderson was born at Fairbank, a suburb of Toronto. sow thistle. On the four acres un- der test, the plots show a plant pop- ulation of from 250 to 350 plants per square yard. In this experiment six different commercial preparations are being used, as well as sodium chloratte, and also sodium chlorate mixed with other chemicals. Each of the prepar- ations being used is being applied at several different rates, and the applications are being repeated at three different stages of plant growth. These experiments are creating considerable interest among the farmers and municipal officials in those parts of the Province where perennial sow thistle has made a pretentious appearance, and it is fully expected that they will be pro- ductive hf considerable information on a subject that is of great prac- tical importance to the farming pop- ulation of Saskatchewan. Golf Golf is a form of work made ex- pensive enough for a man to enjoy it. It is physical and mental exertion made attractive b ythe face that you have to dress for it uc a $200,000 clubhouse. Golf is what letter carrying, ditch digging and carpet beating would be if those three tasks had to be per- formed on the, same hot afternoon in short pants and colored socks by gouty -looking gentlemen who re- quire a different implement for every mood. Golf is the .simplest: looking gams in the world when you uecide to take it up, and the toughest after you have been at it ten or twelve years. It is probably the only known game a man can play as tong as n quarter of a century, and then dis- cover that it was too deep for him in the first plaice. The game is played on carefully selected grass with little white balls and as' many clubs as players can afford. These little balls cost from 75 cents to $25, and it is possible to support a family of ten people (ail adults for five months on the mon- ey represented by the balls lost by some golfers in a single afternoon. A golf course has eighteen holes, seventeen which are unnecessary and put in to make the game harder. A ",role" is a tin cup in the Centre of a "green." A "green" is a small parcel of glass costing $1.98 a blade and usually located between a brook and a couple of apple trees, or a lot of "unfinished excavation." The idea is to get the golf ball into eadt of the eighteen cups in the fewest strokes and the greatest num• ber of words. • The bell must not he thrown, pushed or carried. It must be prop- elled by :shout $200 worth of curious looking implements especially designed to provoke the owner. Each implement has a specific purpose and ultimately some. golfers got to know what that purpose is. They are exceptions. After each stole has been completed, the golfer counts his strokes. Then he subtracts six and says, "Made that in five That's one above par. Lets play for fifty rents next hole, too, Ed." After the final, or eighteenth hole the golfer adds up his score and stupe, when he has reached eighty- seven, He then had a swim: a pint of gin, sings "Sweet Adeline" with six or eight other liars, and calls It the end of a perfocl day. INGHAM Monumental -"WORKS Has a large and complete stook of Family Memorials In newest designs at very reasonable prices, Cali and see us before plac- ing your order, R, A. SPOTTON Phone°nee. leo Winkharn House Tia Here and There 382. Canadian Pacific steamer Min- nedosa recently brought over to Canada two fine stallions belong- ing to the Prince of Wales, "Alde- baran" an Arab, and "Crusader", a Clyde, to go the royal ranch at High 'River, Alberta. The two horses broke their journey at the Toronto Exhibition, and later were carried across the Dominion by Canadian Pacific Express. Special accommodation was provided for them on the Minnedosa, Rt. Hon. L. C, M. S, Amery, se- cretary for the Dominions in the Baldwin administration, fulfilled bis wish recently when he climbed Mount Amery, 10,940 -foot peak in the Rockies, to accomplish, which he had travelled some six thou- sand miles by Canadian Pacific Em- press of Australia and lines t0 Lake Louise from England. Fie fought his way through blizzards and many other hardships to the top of the peak. He was accompanied by a Swiss guide, Edward Feuz, of Lake Louise. "Mr. Churchill looked very funny working on one of father's thresh- ing machines," said the Bon. George Rodney, aged ten, wbo with his younger brother John recently tra- velled to England to take up school- ing. Winston Churchill is a cousin of Lord Rodney who operates a ranch at Fort Saskatchewan, Al- berta The fourth game refuge has been established in New Brunswick by the provincial government at Be- caguimac, consisting of 43 square miles located In Carleton and York counties. This makes a total In all of about 640 square miles of terri- tory set aside in the province as game sanctuaries since 1919. Hon. J. L. Perron, Quebec min- ister of agriculture; has announced the loan of two-thirds of the pur- chase price of pure-bred sheep, without interest charges, to Quebec farmers. He aims to place 25,000 pure-bred sheep throughout the province to bring in a yearly rev- enue of 0250,000. A. yield of 3,599,995 barrels of apples is expected in Canada this year, as compared with 3,235,970 in 1928. Compared with the five-year average of 2,085,310 barrels this is an increase of 30%, making it a bumper crop. Homestead entries in the four western provinces continue to run well ahead of last year, Por the half year they number 7.129 as compared with 5,165 in the same six months period of 1938. Alberta topped the List with 4,052 filings; Saskatchewan followed with 2351; British Columbia recorded 371 and Manitoba 325. Sixty-three wells are being drilled in the Turner Valley, 30 miles south-west of Calgary, 21 are just about to be started sad 28 are producing crude naphtha or crude oll—a total of 112 wells. Mr. Wins- ton Churchill. on his recent trip across the Dominion by Canadian Pacific mild a special visit to the Turner Valley accompanied by Mayor Osborne of Calgary. Selection is ar 'unlaced of John W, Defoe, Editor of the Winnipeg Free Press, to act as a commis- sioner on the part of the United States on the International Com- mission tinder the Treaty for the Advancement of Peace between the United States and Germany. Mr. Defoe was selected for this post by the United States Government not- ing through Hon. William Phillips, United States Minister to Canada, The International Commission now being set up by the United States and Germany is to have five mem- bers, of which Mr. Defoe is the First to be named. All disputes between the United States and Germany, after ordinary diplomatic proceed - lugs have failed, are to be referred to the Commission. Higher education in Canada is carried on in twenty-three univora• Kies and eighty-five colleges. Poultry WANTED Will pay highest market prices for all kinds of Poultry Having taken a course in Poul- try culling, I ant able to cull out your poor layers and de- ceased ones. Any one wanting to sell cr have their flocks culled. Phone 108xr5, Prices reasonable Jno. Rutledge WEDNESDAY, SJPt, llt)r, 19 RON DON ONTARIO Sept. ath a 14th Iuciusive, I�?9 A Oroaioe Western. Fair invites a greater crowd of visitors 1 Entirety housed In modern up -to -dote 1uitcgin go, Farm [tiepinys will bo finer than over, All Indications point to largo entry ,lata of L,vo Stook, Poultry, Agrloultural Products, 950 Now poultry Ia4tidlny, resurfaced racetrack, Biggar Attractions in a Bigger - Way. $40,000.0O IN PRiZSS AND ATTRAOTIONS Aro VOL, ropreeentod 7 rieys' anti Girls' Coif FoodingCompotltion, Complete Poultry Olusai19T cation With lineral prized. SPECIAL LICH7' HORSE SHOW—Sept. 9 to 12, In the now Arena. Send for Prize List NOW. °losing' date Aug. 29. For furtherinforma- tion, writet J. H. BAUNDERS, President, W. D. JACKSON, Secretary London, Ontario The Car Owner's Scrap -Book (13y the Left Hand Monkey Wrench) EFFICIENCY OF BRAKES, Brakes of a car are most efficient just before they become locked. As soon es the wheel action stops and the ear begins to slice, the only braking power is the friction be- tween the road surface and the rub- ber. When wheels lock, release the brakes and start over. BLOCK CAR TO REMOVE WHEEL Play safe and lock up the car in a most thorough manner •before re- moving a wheel. It Is unwise to trust to an ordinary jack the duty of upholding the ear when the wheel is off, The usual narrow base of the jack affords too much opportunities for it to fall. WHEN SPRINGS ARE WORN. Continued riding upon :moiled or ungreesed springs results in grooves being worn at the point where the leaves overlap. Such a condition greatly hinders the riding comfort of the ear and may be overcome by removing the leaves and grinding the surface. WHEN BODY BECOMES NOISY Body noises can often be traced 1 to carelessness in use of more powerful brakes as well as to abus- ing the advantage of ballean tires. To stop suddenly places a strain on the body of the car. loosening and weakening it. There is a tendency to drive too fast over rough spots when balloons lessen the bouncing, but the body and the chassis are taking a terrific strain under such circumstances. TESTING THE BATTERY When testing the electrolyte so- lution in the battery with a hydrom- eter, the condition shown by the fol- lowing reading : 1275 to 1300, bat. tery is fully charged ; 1260, battery is three-quarter charged ; 1160, bat- tery is three-quarter charged ; 1120 battery is discharged. MORE MILEAGE FROM TIRES Aside from watching that tires have the proper air pressure, they should be inspected for bruises and cuts and for foreign objects that might have become embedded in the rubber. Irl looking a tire over care- fully, one will find nails, stones pieces of glass and many other ob- jects sometimes so deep in the rub- ber that they are practically hidden and to leave them there simply means that they work deeper until they reach the fabric. Water, sand and gravel will enter the cut, rot the fabric, or cause thud blisters and the tire's life is ended before it has given part of the service for which it was intended. If foreign substances are removed from the tire with a blunt instrument, probably a screw driver that has no sharp edge, the cuts cleaned out with gasoline, so as to remove all dust and dirt and then filled with tire cement, the life of the tire will be considerably pro- longed, CLUTCH iCARELESSNESS Carelessness in handling the clutch causes more wear on car, than any other one thing. Many drivers let in the clutch with such suddeuneses as to cause the, driving wheels to turn a little on their taporee axle ends. Looseness at this point actually be- comes a safeguard ; otherwise pinion and ring gear would have to endure more ;train than at present. Univ- ersal joints are strained by sudden application of power, especially if they are worn to a point where they are loose. Sudden stepping on the gas ,pedal is more apt to strain the clutch and the rest of the drive line though it also frequently loosens the rear wheels from axles, injures the universal joints; strains the spokes of the wheels and helps burn up tires, Clutches are designed for easy operation and it the engine is speeded beyond the point where the ear itself can immediately follow, clutch plates will slip. This heats them up and many ,permanently damage them, Often when et clutch slips it will heat up and expand, re - suiting in sudden grabbing that is particularly hostile to the drive line. To prevent excessive wear, it is necessary to keep tires well inflated 'during hot weather. Never use a metal funnel to pour distilled wet° ria the battery. One made of paper is much better. Pliers are a poor substitute for a wrench. The slipping of a pair of pliers is quite apt to round the cor- ners of the nut and so make its re- moval more difficult. Always apply brakes when wait- ing at a crossing where pedestrians are passing. Otherwise there is a danger of getting a bump from the rear, causing injury to those walk- ing. • Do not operate the windshield wiper while the glass is diet if the wiper is moved across the surface of the dry glass, the small particles of dust are quite apt to leave scratches. WITh FIJ E elmommemencommramman. AND HOW Father : You kept the car out rather late last night, son. What de- layed you ? Son : Had a blowout, dad. Father : Huh ! Tire or roadhouse. ,y A LOW AVERAGE Mrs. M. : "What is your hus- band's average income?" Mrs. N. "From one to two, A. M." es ,e se n NO TIME FOR SLEEP • Muriel : "I always think of all the unkind things :? have said during the day before I go to sleep at night" Her Best Friend : "You don't say so ! How can you do with so little sleep 7" • DOMET1C SCIENCE "Oh, Peach, didjn sew that but- ton on the of pyjamas ?" "No, Plum, I couldn't find a but- ton so I sewed up the hole.". SOB STUFF Pert (in alarm) ; 'Look 'ere, Liz, f'd better stop bringin' you to the pictures if you let 'cm upset you like this." Liz (between sobs) : "Do leave me alone, Pert, and don't be a (till joy." s '9 '9 ALL THE WINNERS Captain You bathed here with- out my peramssion. Don't you know that the sea is full of sharks ?" Sailor : "Yes, s, sir, but sharks can't worry me., 1 am tattooed." Captained : "What has that to do with it ?" Sailor : "On my I have in tattoo 'The Americans won the war' and even a shark can't swallow theft," TO MEET HER He : "What, part do you play ? She : "Oh, I'm just the poor girl' echo goes astray and is thrown out into the street. Rut where are yen, going 7" • He t "Out to wait in the street" NO APPEAL Visitor : "Don't you ever ell when your father whips you ?" Son : "What's the use '1 The Dill. man's deaf." 4 Sfi? THOSE CHINESE EGGS, Dear Sir, --I bought twelve of Hibbs : "Have you seen one of even chicks hatched out,