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The Brussels Post, 1926-4-21, Page 3WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21:xl, 1920: TklE BRUSSELS POST tltt '42.101* ;se, let, ,•:' -e; BUDGET AUTHOR AVING installed a New Bat- tery Charging Plant we are now able to give our Customers the best of Service. McIntyre & Cudinore Ford Cars, Trucks and Tractors Used Cars a Specialty Phone 73x ' BRUSSELS [ The Car Owner's Scrap -Book (By the Left Hand Monkey Wrench) Keeping the Car "Fit" , A. good repair job cannot be rush - Careful driving prolongs the life ' ed, regardless of how large or small of a car and reduces the operating . thd defect may be. expenses. it IG a well-known fact! A correctly heated carburetor runs that after a frame has been twisted ! on less gasoline and runs smoother in a collision it is difficult to restore ' than an unheated one. the automobile to its former condi- ! tion. This Is true of all parts of an ; After valves are ground the car automobile which have been M an i should be run for a day or two, with accident. The damage to antornob- I fairly liberal tappet clearances. Res is not confined merely to that arising from collision, but many cars I A partially clogged fuel line are daily ubjected to inconsiderate will permit the car to run up to cer- s use and thereby damaged. In des- I ttain speeds then a popping noise pito of repeated warnings new cars i starts in the carburetor. are frequently run at an exceset,et i An old inner tube can be used to speed, considering the newness of : the car. ' advantage by cutting it into strips i and laying on the clutch and brake Cover Radiator to Warm Engine pedals and over the openings to keep ' out draft and dirt. • To warm up the engine quickly,' place a piece of paper over the frontI . . Grease should be forced M the of the radiator and run the engine i bearings until it is seen exuding from at a speed slightly over idling. This ! the opposite ends of the joints as cuts off the air circulation through 1 I this indicates that the hardening the raliator, but the Paper should ; grease has been forced out of the not be left there when the car is ;grease passages. pulling, as it may wierbeat the en- : 1 When cleaning license tags use as gine. ___....,... ilittle water as possible, as any breaks Cause of Squeaks 1 in tho enamel will rust and start Squeaks that grow worse on a cold spreading. Enamel polish. such as is used on the fenders, is hest. for day are an indication of insufficient • , lubrication between surfaces that are cleaning the plates. supposed to be in the tight contact. I _ y i Parts that rub and squeak, but which BatterAcid Destructve I do not usually require lubrication, Be careful when testing the bat - will•;, just contact on a very cold day there- one drop of acid from ' by drawing away from each the hydrometer, if spilled on the rub - and make ore noise. other i her floor board or cloth upholstery, ill will eat a hole that will grow larger and larger until a new cover is need- ed. Noises From Spring Shackles Spring shackles are many times the WW1 of chassis squeaks. The noises are believed to come from the spring bolts, but when oil Is applied the shackles themselves are neglect- ed. A mixture of kerosene and light oil at such times will prove benefi- cial, even if the shackles or spring bolts are packed. with grease. Mills Cut Oil Diluition• Every hill is a potential oil recti- fier. If the car is forced up a good, steep grade every few days much raw gasoline in the crankcase will be 'burned off. Hill climbing is an excellent remedy for crankcase dil- uition. Whenever the migine does not seem to be using the normal a- mount of oil that is the time to sus- pect excessive diluielen. Head- for a few, hills and burn up the diluent. The oil indicator will soon show the engine needs fresh oil. Brakes—Vital Unit of the Car There is practically nothing about a modern car that should be given more attention than the brakes. Ev- ery driver should always know the distance necessary to bring his car to a stop. Unless he does, he is bound to 'meet with a serious acci- dent nine day due to failure to es- timate the distance correctly. Ple must also beware of the fact that semewhat differeet distances eve re- quired under different conditions of the pavement. Testing the brakes Is a siinple matter. As a given spot is reached apply the brakes And then measeee the, distance it requires to stop .the car. Try this at the differ: ent speeds at which the car is driven. If this is done after the brakes are put into first class condition, and fre- quently afterwards, it will be foetid that after the bake bands have be- come worn the cm- does not stop so quickly. As the distance required to stop the' car increase, the danger of driving it inereaaes, arid the brakes sheltie, be given the attention . they need to 'bring the car to a stop With- in the distance clerked off when the brakes Were in perfect condition, To Make Repairs Easy Before' attempting to do any motor repair work, such as removing the cylinder head or dropping the crank- case, it is a good plan' to get the en gine thoroughly warmed up first. All the nuts, bolts, and screws will turn with less effort whett wartn. WHAT THE BUDGET MEANS IN BRIEF Income Taxation Change Effective if Budget Passes by April 30; Penny Postage Means Cut of $5,000,000; Tax Off Receipts But Stays on' Cheques Ottawa, April 16.—It is estimated that there will be a reduction of $25,- 000,000 in taxation to the Canadian people as a. result of changes made in tariff. The changes can be read- ily grouped into four separate clivi - shins as follows : - 1—A reduction of 15 per cent, general tariff, in the duty on autos valued at not more than $1,200 re- tail (in the United States), and on motor trucks and inotorcycles, while on autos valued at more than $1,200 retail (in the United States) the en - duction In the general taeiff is from 35 to 27 per cent. . The Canadian duty is applied to the adveetised re- tail price ef the auto In the United State, plus the United States sales tax of 5 per cent, so that the duty on a car valued at $1,000 retail in Detroit would be reckoned on the 1000, 'plus the $60 sales tax, or on the total of $1,050. Tax Cut If Budget Through in, Time 2—There is the Substantial rodeo - don hi income tax, beought about by inerease in theexemptions, which are increased from $2,000 to $3,000 in the ease of married neo, and from $1,000 to $1,600 on single persobs. Hon. .1. A. Robb, Canada's finance minister, who in his budget announe- ed tax reductions totalling 56,000,- 000. The statement showed a large surplus, a record favorable trade bal- ance, a big reduction in the national debt and a prosperous year for the national railroads. Bona fide householders will enjoy the same exemptions as married persons. Where a husband and wife have each a separate income exceeding $1,500, each will receive an exemption of $1,500, as compared with $2,000 pre- viously. Income of personal com- panies incorporated for the ramose of evading the tax will be considered as a dividend to the shareholders and taxed accordingly. Asked by Robert White (Mount Royal) if these proposed increased income tax exemptions would apply to this year's payments, Hon. Mr. Robb replied that thfe would be UP to the Opposition. If the increase of exemption resolution were passed prior to April 30 next, the increased exemptions would be applicable to income tax payable on that date. Penny Postage Means Cut of $5,000,000 3—There is the reduction in gen- eral letter postage fromthree to two cents. The present rate of postage on postcards and drop letters will remain unchanged, at two cents. For some time there has been a strong agitation for reduction of postage and return to the "penny" postage before the war. The additional cent has, never been regarded. as postage, but as a war tax, and yesteeday after noon loud applause greeted Hon. Mr. Robb's announcement that on Dom- inion Day next the Canadians could celebrate by paying two cents for let- ter postage instead of three. The reduction in postage from three cents to two 001105 will not ap- ply to letters to Great Britain. It is unofficially estimated that this postage rate cut will, exclusive of any possible inerease in business, cause a deficit of about $5,000,000. Had the present drop -letter rate of two petits been reduced to one cent, 11 is estimated there would have been a further cut in revenue of $2,000,- 000. Tax Off Receipts But Stays on Cheques 4—There is mussunced the aboli- tion of the stamp tax on receipts, the• stamp tax on cheques and notes to remain as previously. A number of tariff changes are proposed RS aeeeult of the new Can- adian West Indies Trade Treaty, and they contain reduction on coffee, spices, ginger, canned pineapples and raw sugar imported from the 'West Indic% These changes, if approved, will become effective on April 15, 1923. The first resolution, provid- ing that the benefits of -the British preference will be available only to goods when conveyed without trans- hipment from a port of any British country enjoying the benefits IV the British preference, into a sea or riv- er port of Canada, is to become effec- tive january 1, 1927. The tariff change on automobiles is effective on April 16, 1926, also the provisions dealing with payment of drawbacks on 'sugar used in tho manufacture of loganberry, artificial silk tops and waste, artificial eilk yarns or filaments, cellulose acetate, yarns made from cellulose acetate. The reduction it postage from 3 to 2 cents becomes effective on julY 1 this year; the abolition of the stamp Inc on receipts is .effective on April 16, 1926, also the changes in the sales tax. 4 BRUCE COUNTY The death of Robert McDonald no. curred at the home of hie nephew, D. 0. McKinnon, ste Ripley, the victim of a stroke which he had suffered fee about fl.ve days, Deceased Wee born at Port Dover, Onterio, 74 years ago, eldest :ten of the kite Peter and Mrs, McDonald, The femily moved to 161. ora for a time, and labor to Kincats dine, where they resided for n yeer on Lot 18, Don, 8 TIMM the death of hie brother, D. H. McDonald, eine genre sg•o, be mewed le Ripley where be w: ette of the most highly respected cit. leen% ead Easy Sy DONALD Cl IAMBERLIN We lived le 0 lionse situated on a Park. I used to walls in the park a geed deal awl when the weather ad. milted often sat readitter on a bench located near the park wall. A. row of houses :backed up againet the other side of the wall, and one morning I saw a pretty girl tatting at a second story window doing sotne fancy work. The situation suggested flirtatio but, though I kept my eye on the gi without cessetion, I could not detec from her actious that she was con Woes of my presence. When I ha remained on the bench so long that felt to remain longer would seem as 1 I were watching her I withdrew, I was telling my sister Kate abou my observation and regretting that could not win a single glance from my beauty. "How do you know you didn't?" ask- ed Kate. "How do I know? Why, she kept her eyes on her work all the -while." "Humph! I once sat in a window and kept my eyes fixed on a young man in a window opposite without his knowing it." "How did you do it?" "By a mirror." "You don't mean it! Is that the way girls do?" "When they want to." "I don't believe this girl wants to.'' "I'll go with you some time, and if I can get a look at her I'll let you know whether her indifference is as- sumed or not." Kate went with me, and luckily the girt was sitting at the window. The latter did not scruple to look down upon us quite frequently. "She seems to be more interested in you," I said, "than she is in me." "No; she's interested in you. When you were alone she would not appear to notice you. Now that I am here she Is making up for lost time." "The dickens you say! You must come here with Inc every day." "Indeed, I will not. If you haven't the courage to manage the affair your- self you'lt have to let it drop." "What shall I do next?" Kate thought a moment, then told me to send a box of cut flowers anony- mously. I had sufficient courage for that, for the girl would have no reason, so I supposed, to think that I bad sent the gift, so I acted on Kate's advice. The next morning, armed -with maga- zines and newspapers, I took my seat on the bench. In a vase on a mantel In the room occupied by my charmer were the flowers. I waited for her to appear at the window, but she did not, and I went home. "Nothing gained by the flowers," I said to Kate. "They're on her mantel, but she did not come to the windovr, and I fancy she has a lover whom she suspected of having sent them." Kate laughed and said she would go out to the bench and have a look at them: When she returned she said: "Dick, you're a fool." "Why do you say that?" I asked hopefully. "She has put the flowers in tbe only place in the room where they could be seen from the bench." I was delighted. Why had I not noticed that? "What shall I do next?" I asked. "Well, you might write a message and hold it so tliat she can read it without appearing to mean it for her." "She couldn't read letters less than two or three inches high at that dis- tance." "Make them as large as you like. But she can use it glass." "You don't mean that this girl would descend to that with a man she has never met?" "She's not so nice but that she will do any spying that will not be found out Of course you must sit with your back to ber, else she can't see the mes- sage." "I see. What message shall 1 write?" "The words 'May 1 call?'" "Good 1gracloual Without an intro- duction?" e "Leave that to her. However, you bad better write your name and ad- dress." I wrote the message in charcoal and held it up with my back to the win- dow. By this time I had learned some points myself and held a pocket mirror so that I could see the window. Before long I saw the girl leveling a pair of opera glasses at me. With my tiny mirror, not more than an inch in diameter, I could see her straining to decipher my tnesSage. To my delight it took tier some time to n; rl Sir John Willison WILLISON WEDS cl The wedding is announced in Tor- onto of Mies Marjorie MacMurchy, Canadian novelist, and Sir john t Willison, veteran publisher, o so. "It's all right," 1 said to Kate when I got home, and I told her what had occurred, adding that I should take my field glasses with me the next day to read the answer. "You'll not get an answer in that way?" wild Kate, "Why not?" "Because) Jt wouldn't be ladylike."' "How will t get It?" "X don't know." A few, days later a girl told Kate that a friend of hers wished to knove her. Kate assented to an introduction, The girl who wished to make the acquaint. Once was the girl at the Window. "Eureka!" I cried, daneing around the room, "And she asked you to bring Me to call on her?" ' "She did no such thing. She WAS not so bold. I asked her to come and see me, When sho does the rest will bo easy." . The rest was ea easy as falling al greaSed log. Here andThere Charles Reddock, housemover of Calgary, Alta., has undertaken what seemed to be an impossible task of moving sixty houses over mountain roads from Bankhead to Banff. In forty days he moved thirty-eight of the houses six and a half miles. Exports from Canada for the month ef February were $87,512,147 while imports were recorded at $70,- 908,980 for the same period. For the twelve months ending February 28 last, exports reached a value of 51,297,744,583 while imports were fixed at P11,107,055. One of the largest business trans- actions recorded in the West took place here on March Ilth last when the Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers mailed approximately 190,000 cheques amounting to a total of $37,000,000, to members of the wheat pool. The rapid development of the fish oil and fish products industry on the !Pacific coast this year may necessi- tate the fitting up of three coastwise vessels as tankers to carry oil from the reduction plants. Last year one vessel found this method successful. Fish reduction plants, it is esti- mated, will produce 10,000 tons of fish meal and fertilizer this year. President E. W. Beatty, of the Canadian Pacific Railway, has asked approval of the shareholders for the construction of two new passenger vessels of the type of "Montcalm," "Montclare," and "Montrose," to be available for service in May, 1927, and five freight vessels of 8,500 tons, with a sea speed of about 14 knots, also to be ready for'1927. During the past season 1,235 moose and 3,508 deer were killed in New Brunswick. Of the former 207 fell to the guns of non-resident hun- ters and 617 of the latter. In the same year animals killed for fur in- cluded 1,567 raccoon; 6,017 skunk; 18,314 meskrat; 5,410 foxes; 9,470 ermine; 177 martin; 2,823 mink; 105 otter; 67 fisher and 192 bear. The Canadian champion two year old Ayrshire heifer, "Princess Bea- trice" 3rd, owned and bred by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, has another record in supply of milk and butter fat. From January 12 to March 15 she produced 4,010 pounds of milk, an average of 67 pounds a day. Butter fat was 220 pounds for the same period, equal to 276 pounds of butter. Their Majesties Ring George mid Queen Mary paid a private visit to the first Exhibition of Paintings anti Sculpture by Canadian artists which is being shown in London. Among the exhibits are pictures by Leonard Richmond of Lake Moraine, Lake O'Hara and Lake Louise, painted by the artist during his visit to the Canadian Rockies last year with the Trail Riders. According to an announcement by D. C. Coleman, vice-president and general manager of western lines of the C.P.R. at Winnipeg, the Calm- dian Pacific Railway is to construct 1 ' a hotel of 200 guest rooms on a downtown site at Regina. This hotel is being built in response to a re- quest voiced on many occasions by representatives of the, citizens of ?Agin% , „ , , w The politeness of the peasant which makes it impossible for him to 4contradict a statement by one of the "gentry," was tested one day by a friend of Nevile Wilkinson. Strug- gling against a howling gale, he said deliberately to his compan- ion. "There's • very little wind Lo -day, Pat." "Sure, your honor, but what there is, is strong," cattle the qttielt itninVer.—real`son' W nted 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. Limited Phone 22 11111MIREIMEmiummaissommummpy PERTH COUNTY The Mitchell Advocate was 66 yeaes old last week. Phil. A. Martin's garage at Se. Marys, had a close call from fire. Au overheated boiler was blamed as the cause, Frederick George Bender died at his home in Wallace Township, and his wife died three days afterwards, Both had been residents of the town- ship for many years. Owing to the illnese of William Ir- win, North Perth school inepector, J. H. Smith, Inspe01:1r for South Perth, will look after all the work until the end of the school year. During March, there were nine deaths, one birth and no marriages in Mitchell, according to ths: records of Town Olerk A. W. Blows. This is the largest nurabr of deaths in that town for one month in a long while. Miss Hilda Gertrude Roxie Kidd, daughter of George Kidd, Mitchell, was married to Gem ge Neal, at the United church pax sonage, Rev. IV. L. Hiles officiatitig. .511'. and Mrs. Neal will reside in the West Mull, Mit- chell. 0. J. Warner has eold his block on the South side of Main street, Mit- chell, at present occupied by Messrs. A. Saab & Son, to Messrs. Berry Bros., who are now located on the Market Square. Possession will be given on Sept 3td next. Messrs. Sachs will get another location in town. Both firms are in the plumbing and heatiug bueiness. Frank Don nely, Listowel, appeared befote P. M. T. L. Hamilton, to ans- wer a charge of vagrancy and non support. The ()curt found him guil- ty. Ile had been given a chance to improve his ways previously, and ap- parently failed to do so. The magis- trate sent him to Stratford foti two months with hard labov, Fred Wick, a respected and highly esteemed resident of the vicinity clay, of Rostock, died on Wetines- 51arch 24111, at the home of his son, ViTilliarn Wick. The late Mr. Wick was born in Germany 75 years ago. He came to Canada when he was 32 years of age, and took np farming near Rostock. The deceased man had been ailing foe the last couple of years, but was only confined to hie bed for the past foul: months, lie was a faithful member of the Luther- an church all his life, He was mai ied in that church 4270018 ago to Miss Lizzie Rehberg, of Rostock. v• Miss Mabel Oooper, a niece of Mrs. J. M. Schinhein,Listowel, passed away suddenly in Toronto. The Brooks Stearn Motors will not move from Stratford. They have just closed a successful year, Stratford Bowling Olub will hold their annual rink totivney on July 14t11 and the Scotch doubles on Aug- ust 11th. The date for the annual picnic of the Stratford C. N. R. employees has been definitely set for July 24th. The excursion this year, will be to Orystal Beach, Mr. Carroll ha e been successful having a transformer placed in the Mitchell High School, so that the students now work with electricity in stages of one to thirty volts instead of one hun cited and ten volts, This eliminates all danger of some students getting a bad shock while studying this branch of the work, Announcement that Hector B. Mc- Kinuon, a former newspaperman.had been mentioned for the poeition of Secretary of the newly -appointed Fed- eral Tariff Board, will be learned with interest by many Listowel residents, where Me. McKinnon is well-known. Mr. McKinnon held a captaincy in the. 110th Perth Battalion when stationed in Stratford during the war, and many warn, friends who have follow- ed his career with interest, • An increase in receipts fot Custom::: and Excise of 8129,618.90 is reported for the Port of Stratford for the year ending March 31st, as compared with the receipts for the preceding year. Judge 3. L. Killoran had but one case before him when the non -jury sittings of the Perth county on Tues- day. In this action. Frederick and Olearles Priestay, of Ellice, executots of the will of the late George 11.*Dill, Ellice, are suing Fvank and Henry Doehl, sons of the late Mr. Dill, to ob. possession of certain goods aed chat - tele of the deceased man. The plain- tiffs are asking 8500 in lieu of the goods. Miss Isabel Whitten, daugher of the ate T. E. 'Whitten and Mrs. 1Vbitte0. of Listowel, and James H. Tate, of Orangeville, son of W. J. anti Mrs. Tate, were tnarried quietly a the Listowel Knox Pt eshyterian church, manse, on Tuesday afternoon, by Rev, J. M. Nichol, Theywere at- tended by Belt and Mrs. Whitten, of Elmira, Mr. and Mrs. Tate will make their home in Orangeville after O wedding trip. An Artist's View of the Rockies Cathedral Mountain Trona the Yoh° Valley eonard Richmond, R.B.A.,R.O.I., 1.4 the well known British artist is among the latest to succumb to the lure of singing the nraises of the Canadian Pacific Rockies. In Apollo, a magazine of the arts, Mr. Rich- mond writes of the Rocky Mountains as one of the most magnificent sights of the world. Towards the end of March 1925, the artist rnade his first jdurney into the heaet of Canada. He writes, "As the train advanced from Calgary, the "Foothills" of the Rockies gradually emerge(' in view, suggesting the appearance of a body -guard, or sentinels, guarding the sterner moan - tams beyoud. '51 18 not expedient or desirable for me to•describe in detail the emotional ascending scale that my feelings experienced as the train approached the actual Rockies themselves. It is enough to state that my highest imaginative thoughts had never visu- alized so much impressive force and dignity as those austere mountains conveyed that lute afternoon in Ma"711‘ 11egenertil color on that par - Dealer afternoon wee monotone 11) effect. 1 have not Met any hipanese wood -cut print that equalled the superb draughtsmanship of the finely designed groups Of pine trees sethieli were almost black in tint, contrasting sharply .against the virgin snow, "The molmtainti of Canada sagged many forme of expression for artists In that respect they are probably unique. The intelleeteally endowed modern painter hes scope enougn to ereate works of art, based on the leteernerable suggestions of dynamic force, grim tragedies of form caused by ancient volcanic eruptions and occult feelings, too, can be awalcened by close contact and communion with the soul of the mountains. "It is impossible for any artist to sketch more than a fraction of such a vast area of varied subjects. Once the artist is situated right in the mountains there is no occasion to seek for subjects or to walk any distance for desirable views. There is some- thing interesting to paint from any angle. 'Some of the most interesting pictures that I have seen recently of the Rockies are those where the artist has ininrovised in colour and ferns on the original theme in nature. By this means Nature can be made to look inure natural in a picture and the artist's thoughts can be crys- tallized into positive expression." Ur. Richmond, who painted a number of beautiful views, states that although Lakes Louise, O'Hara, ?tloraineafld Emerald are famous in t e lake world of Canada, he was intrigued by the smaller sisters, Lake Mirror and Lake Agnes, known as the "Lakes in the Clouds," above Louise.