The Brussels Post, 1928-3-14, Page 5O
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Hard and Soft Maple
Rock and Soft 1:,isn
Basswood, Beech, Eta.
Also Pine, Hemlock, Balsam and Cedar
HIQHI2ST PEl100:8 PAUD
Sawmill Now Running
Bring in your Custom Logs and get Lumber back
We keep a full line of Dressed Lumber for building purposes
13, C, Red Cedar Shingles on hand,
Mon Naar Ckkler - Vilrrn et r r, 0.
Phone No. 30 tevE DELIVER
MINISTER OF MINES IN
B.0 IS STRICKEN
Hon. Wm. Sloan, 61, Dies in Hos-
pital at Victoria—Cabinet Minister
Suffers Stroke at Theatre; Health
Was Poor—Born in Wingham and
Educated at Seaforth C. 1.
Victoria 13. C., March 2—Hon.
William Sloan, (]1, Minister of Alines
for P,ritish Columbia since 1916, and
Provincial Secretary 1924-27, died
al St. Joseph's hospital at 12:55 o'-
clock this morning following a stroke
v aich he suffered while attending a
local theatre last evening. He had
attended the afternoon session of the
Legislature,
Had Been Ailing
A few weeks ago he relfeeselehed
his portfolio of official eecretary
which he had held for several yarn's
along v4h the portfolio of nines
which he had 'teld during the Brew-
ster, Oliver and 1llacLean adminis-
trrtions.
Mr. Sloan had been in failing
health for many months. • He had
made a sea voyage at the suggestion
of his nu+diixtl advisers and had ap-
peared to rally on his return.
Hon, Willain Sloan, better known
throughout the west as "Bill" Sudan,
was born Sept. 19, 1867 at Wingham
Ontario, ani3 was educated at the pub
he schools and Collegiate Institute of
Seaforth, Ont.
While he was still a boy his father
Dr. R. J. Sloan, took a position at
Shanghai, and on his graduation
from the collegiate institute young
William Sloan went to the Orient to
him. There he remained for several
years, working at a clerical position When in 1924 von Oliver govern,-
in the customs department. Here, silent was returned with a reduced
too, be acquired a knowledge o£ majority, cabinet reorganization be-
Oriental customs and character which camp necessary and Dr. K. C. Mae -
he later utilized in his efforts to re- donald of Vernon was appointed
strict immigration into British Col- Provincial Secretary. IIs was de-
umbi'a from across the Pacific. • i feated in the subsequent by-election,
Moved to Coast. •: and this important portfolio was con -
In 1887 he came to British Collins- jsequently entrusted to Hon, 'William
bia, 'and after a residence of severali Sloan.
years in Vancouver went to live at , Health Declined.
Nanaimo where he entered mescals- I Under the load of these offices his
tile business under the firm name of health gradually declined, and he was
Sloan & Scott, a partnership that forced to absent himself, with the ex -
lasted five years. ception of three clays, from the 1927
When the first news reached "the Session of the Legislature.
outside" of the discovery of gold in I Called by his political opponents'
the Yukon, William Sloan with three "the master -mind of •the govern -
friends embarked for the far north. trent" and the "Political general" of
After prospecting in the vicinity of the cabinet, he was nevertheless the
the Stewart River for the greater part
of the season without success, itis
little party came of Illorado Creek,
where the future Minister of Mines
staked No,15, and his friends adjoin- ,
ing claims. It was Number 16 that
fiat reached bedrock and proved the
fobulnus richness of the creek,
It was the `strike" on this pro-
perty that led to the great Klondike
Pugh. In 1898 Mr. Sloan returned to
British Columbia, a rich roan. Ho
constructed Eldo Villa, a handsome
house on Newcastle Townsitc N'in-
aim°, and set timid spacious grounds
L is still the :how place of the Coal CELEBRATED HIS
City.
THE I3RUS
most popular man in this Clov,wu
meat,
One of tho loading, (n .c ry ativ,•
1 , ,Iles; of the 1,,... ia.,tc, : was wont
of him "hill Sloan wneild fih'ht
you to the death at an election, laugh
1'ith you the next day.- no molter
what the result might be and piny
r with ; ou in nud.t.'rs rir we'll.,
111. rlopurtne nt:: were rarely, if
t,arla'il
by the opposition in
:vI1;u,:• but a gond-natured way,
for he did not interfere with the
i , it work of his competent officers,
although he directed a vigorous and
siessessivo policy in each of his de-
partments. As 5'1'.inister of Mines he
waged relentless war against any-
thing he regarded in the light of a
"Tette mining proposition," and con-
tinually sought to improve the safety
of the men underground.
As Provincial Secretary he was an
early and constant advocate of old -
ego pensions; of improvements in
health conditions and hospital facili-
ties, and of psychopathic institutions,
111r. Sloan was twice married Ills
first wire was Flora McGrtgor, Gla•
holm, whop he married at Nanaimo
in 1891. By this marriage there was
one :on, Gordon McGregor, a practis•
ing barrister of Vancouver. Several
yeti's after the death of his wife Mr.
Sloan married, in 1916, Catherine
McDougall. There is one son, Wil-
liam iticDougall, by this union.
Defeated in 1900.
106TH BIRTHDAY
Following his return from the !
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North the young miner evinced an '
intore'st in politics. He first essayed
to enter the House of Commons as a
et.ncliclate for Vancouver .district,
but was defeated in the general
•'t, ct!en of 1900. Four years later
ie, received the nomination for Som-
e ,-Atlin and was elected by acclama-
taon. In the following election, 1908
he was once more acclaimed as mem-
ber for the district. At this same
election Hon. William Templeman,
Minister in the Laurier cabinet, was
defeated, and- at the suggestion of
the: Prime Minister, Sir Wilfred Laur-
ier, Mr. Sloan gave up his seat for
the minister.
When the Liberal forces swept
tate province in the general election
for the Legislature in 1916 Mr. Sloan
was induced to enter the field and
headed the poll at Nanaimo. Premier.
13rewoter immediately selected him
as minister of mines, a portfolio
which he held under the Brewster,
Oliver and MacLean administrations.
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There is magic 5,in that
word " Home" ',which
never can be forgotten.
Did you ever stop to think
how few homes would be
secured unless someone
saved money?
We invite your Savings Account
and will arrange to accept
deposits by nail wli;en required.
K SCOTIA
ESTABLISHED 1832
Capital $10,000,000 Reserve $20,000,000
Resources $260,000,000 '28161t
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John Barnby, Ashfield Township,
111: rked Event Sunday—Is Lover
l of Radio—Lived for Time Near
Woodstock; Pioneered in AshCeld,
nrr+'ranron, March 0. ----On Smelly
Ashfield's "grand old man," John
Darnhy, celebrated his 105th birth-
' day at his home on the east half of
lot 2, concession 12, Ashfield Town-
siap.
I Mr. Barnby, for all his great age,
is still active and is still able to be
ahont the house every day, although
3m' spends a good ileal of his time in
- his chair. Age has dealt kindly with
him, however. His mind functions
well, and his memory is good. Years'
hove dimmed his eyes and his hearing
also te failing, although with the use
of eat• phones he can <till listen -in
on and enjoy the radio. He is very
fond of music, and in his younger
clays he had a rich and powerful
voice, and, even now, when he sings,
its he often does, his voice holds much
o1' its resonance and beauty. He
loves to sing the old hymns and
psalms, which, for scores of years,
he has been accustomed to sing and
which he loves so well.
He was born on March 11, 1822,
at Beoford, Yorkshire, England, a-
bout 18 miles from the city of Hull,
and was thus a young lad of 15 years
when the late Queen Victoria came
to the throne of England. He has
lived in the reigns of five British sov-
ereigns. At the age of 22, in 1844,
he came to Canada on a sailing ves-
sel with a brother three years his
junior. At that time there were only
18 miles of railway extending from
Montreal, and the first steamship
had arrived at the Port of Quebec
a short time previous to- this. He
remained at Montreal for a time,
coining later to the vicinity of Ham-
ilton and Woodstock, where he was
employed as a farm hand. It was
while at Woodstock that he married
Miss Elizabeth Johnston, who has
boon buried in the churchyard at
Zion Church for over 40 year's.
It was about nine or 10 years after
his arirval in- Canada, in 1854, that
he, came to the Township of Ashfield,
and, like many others, took up land
covered with great timber, and carv-
ed out of the wilderness of forest a
hone for himself and family, and be-
came one of those hard-working,
sturdy, clean -living sons of toil who
have been the backbone of Canada.
Ile settled on the farm on the 12th
concession of Ashfield, which has con
tinned to be his hone for upwards
of three-quarters of a century.
His family consists of one dau-
ghter, Mrs. Meredith, of Edmonton,
and two sons, Wiliam Barnby, of
Whetitlands, North Dakota, and Jas.
Barnby, with whom he resides, He
has been associated all his life with
the Methodist church, being one of
the mainstays of Zion (now United)
Church in the Ashfield circuit. Two
years ago, when this church cele-
brated its diamond jubilee, his pict-
ure occupied a prominent place in
the booklet gotten out by the church,
Until he was 80 years of age he walk
od to the church, a distance of four
miles and hone again every Sunday.
--o—Female workers in 'Germany num-
her nearly 50 pot cent, more than
they did in 1007,
ELS P 051' WI?,DNI'.SDAY,
lustorn
Saw]. ..,
Done at
Lot 21, Con. 6, Morris
Satisfaction Afisured.
ins J. Smith
Phone 51-5
BLYTH
Ruhr. •- On Friday afternoon, th,
Mtge If vet y barns and garage beton}
fug &) Mton Stubbs was totally de.
seroyed by tire. The fire was fust
noticed In the olli.cn whore an over.
heated stove had caused the walls,
etc, to ignite. It was with great dif-;
fioul1y that the hareem end a number
o1' pigs were taken out. All the bug.
gips, two cars, some entrees trod it.
great deal of equipment were burned
Owing to the high wind and atom I
which was raging at the time, it was
with difficulty that the fire wan con-
fined to the one building. The rest- I
dance adjoining caught, tits several,
times, but was extinguished, though 1
the house was damaged inside by
stroke and water. The loss is part -
hilly covered by i1P1111',1.11 Pc, The fire -
risen Ore deserving of great et'edis rm.,
tate way in which they kept the firs in
eon tre 1. Mr. Stubbs has not decided
tt hauler he will 1'e -build,
WALTON
Misses Anuio pad ,lean lergnenn
have retumet] from Peterbot'a, 81i9a
Annie Intl leets under the doctor's
nail, for some time, but she is improv-
ing rapidly now.
The Women's Auxiliary of St. Geo-
rge's Church, Walton, held its reg-
ular rnnlliltly meeting at the home of
Mrs, Wtn, lllttnplttit's, last Wednes-
clay afternoon, 'There was a large at-
1enilaneP. Following the business
pact of the Meeting, the hostess seise -
ed a dainty Iturth.
Peril Ennis has rented the far in of
Henry 11 lover, better known as the
Wm. Sholdiee tarot adjoining Wal-
ton, for a period of three years. Jos.
(101•1 Pr atel fondly, rot 11111' necnp]ers
Uf Ibm,, fa,'itl. have 1,11,5•`1! (el their
home at the North end of the village,
Quite a number attended the euchre
box serial and diner, held recently
An pl,tly,tIde time was spent in play-
ing ouch, e, after which the boxes
were auntioneri by J. J. tlicGavin,
Hiram Shannon, Roy Patrick, Stan-
ley hiller and Jag. nae supplied the
music' for the dances 'Che winners of
the prizes were ; Ladies', Mrs, P, 13.
Mufflimr; Ladies' Consolation. Bliss
Alethea O,ti'ter ; gentlemen's, Gilbert
Smith ; gentlemen's consolation, Wil-
lis Dundas,
Visa Gertrude Miller has returned
froth Toronto and purposes opening a
millincrt- psi int', at her home. This
ah,,1d :rove a great convenience to
the ladies of the community. She
hopes to have her that shipment, on
the 16111 of March, All the ladies
should avail themselves of this oppot,
tut fry end try 10 come on the opening
("Nye. They may also have their pres-
ent hats re -modelled
The following taken from the
London Free Press refers to a dau-
ghter, of Wm. and Mrs. Thaymner, of
Warrent—The members of the Miz-
ptuh girls' Bible class and the Goforth
Auxiliary, of New St. Janes' Presby-
terian church, poet at the home of
Miss Ella Upshall, William strelet,
where they gave a farewell party in
hour of one of tate members, Miss
Pour] Thaytu'•r, who id leaving the•„, rbw.a .uww .,etr+,N.w.w rww
ty!otake nt .z, tt•rtt.ng.Several
semesw rte )A t el rtut to tu.' evtnr:•u
011(11 w 0
v.•, fltn.
1»01,11, wIr.11 .g.
v.» ). j'.' n' 13 ,paha wen fr.)))
ii:a.; Ldv R• ,'t f t+'s;nt by it l +rr',•
u,t•l in. • A?' aft i,,...
alt 1 :ao Ir; pr. 111„1 ;tri., Th'y
l t lttu)!.y lith Heck. 11i a
hr;nr•1' i..p1 ..1 ,,ttiii,i,l)•. .1t
or ('1,•11ita„ (i'111;1tt1'uf r•-
,1111 0 emv'l h tut.. fe.:t.
.a ay :r. t .] i)}' :,n:, It,,.0 Al,.
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GORRIE
1 ,4l1(1 affair hap-
pened ttll'n Jew.: Rowe, 1etit ,ion.
of llegidlivary, a re'=pccted resident
reeelved .such gyre(. injani"s while
lading log on '1'wedey afternoon,
Feb, 28, with his brulaer Anthony,
that he succumbed at 8 o'clock that
evening, before preparations could
be clltupleted to take }tint to the
hospital. i11r. Rod'r wns very well
known and a hard worker. The
funeral was held from his late reei-
denec., Lot 17, Colt. 1311iGillivcny
on Friday, March 2nd, service being
held in St. Mary's is Church, Brinsley
at 2.30 p.nt. The funeral was very
large showing high esteem in which
3Ir. Rowe was held and the flowers
were most 'beautiful. He leave:; a
widow and e..ven children whirls have
the sympathy of the community his
Wife Wei (pee Miss Lizzie Ardell)
formerly of Gerrie.
BLUEVALE
Gen, Yenhas purchased the Wm,
Stacey fat m, on the 4:11 1i 110.
The many friends of Ails, 1Vttt. Ii,tl-
four will be pleased to Ieat11 Lltt, she
is Imps ovine; and getting along nicely
after het recent operation.
IN'rrrtrrt':—The Wotu,n's Institute
hello very
111, 11.'11.1, meeting, on
Thursday, Morel) 8!l), at the home of
,'X..'1, , ttl Io. t s P 1n1eut-
i31nn nt' th1le 11
tir)'1.1"11:11.1)''.1:101
l:(11t(11tu)1hfave1ha (1,10100
ill "110101 Nursing and Fit et Aid,”
snm0Li lt:• elating the coming Sum-'
mer, directed by a Goverumeta In-
ert actress. Any woman or girl in the
rntununit3' is at liberty In take )u1-
vatntage of this course. A debate was
also planned, to be given in the C. 0,
F. ball, on the evo,nitut of March 23 �.
auI,l'ct i ''R'-.,,tved ;110,. tut•
Autorunitit20 10 more pr1,110etivo or,
Evil than of Good,” rlflirmative being
taken by Miss Brown and Chas. John-
ston, the Negative, Mrs. :Aitken and
Leonard 13Illott. Thi+ promises to he ;
a real live debate, sn don't miss it.
A paper on "Gardening" pupated by
Ars. Hetherington wog vete instruct-
ive, dealing mostly with the proper-
atinn of a hot -bed and the arranging
of flower beds in nyder to have con-
stant bloom, ,llio9 Olive Se"tt read a
very interesting account of the thin- ,
teen Governor -Generals' wives since
Oolfederatinn, pointing out their
strong points, habits and hobbies, f,
Ladies of the community are always
welenne at the mem i',g4.
Th W. M. S. will hold a St. Pat-
rick's Social in the United Church
on Friday evening Masclt lfith, •.
good program is being prepared.
Lunch will also be served.
The C. N. R. have laid oil the ex-
tra men they had on shovelling snow
after the big storms of last week.
The weather has turned mild and
looks like spring once more.
Milton Smith recived a telegram
stating that hi sbrother Thos. Smoth
had passed away at 'Winnipeg on
Monday. He was well and favorably
known around here by a Large circle
of friends who will be sorry to learn
of his sudden death.
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ARCH 14th, 1028
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GORRIE - ONTARIO
Phones—Corrie 5 ring 3 - Wroxeter 23 ring 9
Henrys Made a Lady 0 u of Lizzie
So She Doesn't Speak to Big Sister
Confirmation of • the "pop" hit,
"Henry's Made a Lady Out of Liz-
zie," is given in the newest Ford
story, which has been going the
rounds.
:An °wnor of a Lincoln, was driv-
ing on the highway one day last week
-•-just "loafing along" at about 35
miles an hour—when he heard a de-
riand for the road from behind.
(Mincing in his rear-view mirror he
noted one of the new model Fords.
lie d - "ided to irdisfy his curiosity as
to the speed reputation of the new
car and instead of making room he
-esse-t1es guff" in 10,• Mee, new Lin-
coln.
The speedometer needle introduc-
ed itself to 45, hut almost immediat-
ely came the insistent `be-e-ep, beep'
from the rear. Down went the acce-
lerator a Little farther and Lizzje's
big sister stepped ahead to 65. But"
the latest arrival in the Ford family
:hung on, so the club member stepped
on it unt]l th needle nodded to 60
and spoke to fin.
Again came little Bo's "b -e -e -e -p"
so tate hon. member decided to ex-
cuse his dust and n:tiied the throttle
to the floor. Sixty-five took on 20
years—aed hing at 85, but to the
dismay of th member the annoying
signal couldn't be "tuned out," and
the big car pulled over.
As ir.'.,..t i -a.. waked past, her
guide and mentor leaned out and yell
ed: "Say, 1 just bought this thing;
how in blazes do ya gittit outa
see'nnt?"
Mre. M. Clegg le at present visiting
with her daughter at London.
1W'm. (Robertson received an deliver
ed a car of fertilizer this week.
Geo. Thomson is able to be around
[train after being on sick list.
• We are sorry to learn that Mrs.
Wm. Duff is under the Dr.'s care at
present.
WeeI(SGrit
Mentombie plentSintie
hiL1ort of tlfe Empire.
Char/es
March 15—Death of Sir Henry
Bessemer.
Thirty years ago, on the 15th of
March, 1898, Sir Henry Bessemer,
one of the most versatile of Britialt
inventors and the discoverer of the
steel
process
which bearsh1S name,
died at the age of 85.
As a boy he spent all his leisure
(tours in the type foundry owned by
his father, from whom he inherited
his remarkable mechanical genius,
and at the age of 17 he commenced
business o nits own account in Lon-
don, where he established a foundry
for the casting of works of art in
white metal. The excellence of his
wor'b .speedily .subtracted attention,
and in less than a year scene of his
products were placed on exhibition
at tate Royal Academy.
The business was a great success,
but he soon tired of it, for his fertile,
brain was always seeking new pro-
blems to solve, and before he was 40
he had revolutionized several indust-
ries by the creations of ,his genius,
His invention of a removable per -
fended die for impressing the date
of embossed stamps, which saved the
Government a large sum every year
by preventing revenue stamps from
being used a second time was follow-
ed by the production of the first lead
pencil and a type -setting machine,
the latter being the fore -runner of
the modern Linotype. He also invent-
ed a piyocess for embossing velvet
which reduced the cost frost six shil-
lings to a few pence per yard, while
his activities in the production of ,
gold paint brought the price of that
article down from four pounds to a
few shilling's.
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It was ion 1854 that Bessemer first
turned his attention to the steel in-
dustry, and after a series of experi-
ments and much research Werk,
vltich extended over a period of two
years, he made the first public an-
nouncement of his famous process at
a meeting of tate British Association
in 1856. The essential idea of his
process was to remove excessive car-
bon and other impurities from cast
iron by forcing a blast of air through
the metal while in a molten state,
and his many ingenious inventions to
effect this revolutionized the steel in-
dustry.
He met with considerable hostil-
ity from tate British iron'ntasters, and
to overcome their opposition he was
compelled to establish his own works
at Sheffield, where he produced an
improved steel which he was able to
place on the market at a reduction of
twenty pounds per ton. This com-
petition led to his process being in-
stalled in all the large steel. manu-
facturing centres throughout the
world. Bessemer amassed a handsome
fortune front the royalties paid for
the use of the process, and he was
honoured with a knighthood by the
British Government and elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society.
Ono of the last of his numerous in-
ventions was designed to prevent sea-
sickness, from which he himself had
been a great sufferer. He built a
largo passenger ship, in which the
saloon was so contrived that no mat -
tor how much the vessel might pitch
and toss the saloon would always re-
main level and steady, but his in-
genious proved a failure in rough
seas and was abandoned,
Burns Moffatt is at present visit-
ing with his sister at London.
Geo. Thornton is at Barrie this
week attending the Orange Grand
Lodge.
Harold Proctor of Beigrave spent
Sunday at the home of Jas. Masters.
J. Underwood received a car of ,
Western cattle this week.
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