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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1928-9-5, Page 2WEDNESDAY, SEPT., 5th 19.2k THE BRUSSELS POST IP MINISTER TO PARIS. 3132 Two hundred years agcy a teal like "SALADA" would have cost $$0.0° a pound—haat such Tea was then unknown - today millions enjoy the frag- rance and satisfaction et d6SALA9 A" for a small fraction of that cost. 5•w t e,1 i. t, The liyclro•1 leetele Power Com - 'mission of Ontario ha:, just iss'.te d an attractively irintei,;l pamphlet on "The Origin, :Administration a'id Achievements of Hydro-Eleef ie" which give•. an interesting review of the story of hydro since its incren'ae'u in 1900. The initial move, it vi11 be recalled, cane from the ntuni.•i'tal- ities, which appointed ch•' Omit, o Power Commission and pubiishel n very comprehensive report, givint the estimated requirements of power in the dietriets enncerned the ceet "f develnnment of Niagara power :rid other relative natter. It was as the result of this report that the Hydro - Electric Power Commission was are pointed. With this Conemission the twelve original municipalities con- tracted for power. These twelve municipalities rapidly increased in number until this year the Commis- sion is actually supplying electrical energy to 550 municipalities throut'h- out the Province of Ontario. Today the Commission is distributing l:to'• e than 1,000,000 h.p, and yet in spite of this figure. which 'seems inceedi- bly large. its engihteets are c.m- stantic• looking about for further sources of power, so as to keep the available supply un to the constantly inereeeine demand. Contract, have already been entered into which will bring the total supply of the Com- mission up to 1,100,000 het. and at so many new uses are daily being bound for electrical current it is an- ticipated before many years that sev- eral hundred thousand additional horse power will have to be found if the requirements of the people are to be mei. The-nrdine genius in hydro elect- ric development in this Province was of course. Sir Adam Beck, who for nearly twenty years was the Chair- man of the Commission. For him the undertaking became his life's work, and its outstanding eueeess was in very large measure due to his in- domitable courage, his constructive leadership and his great capeeicy as j an administrator. Sir Adam lived hydro, and the citizen= of Ontario, who have been the benefactors of his genius. are proud to pay eincere homage to his memory. It is only j when our pauses to think of the changes that have taken nlare in the home life of the people of Onta'"o especially in the ae'r)eultural rnnt- ntunitiee as the result of Hydro, that be realize; the debt of gratitude that is due to the life and work of Sir Adam Pork, Ontarin has every rea- sen. to he proud of Hydro. Io line been made available for so may , dome.:tie uses. has almost revolut• ionized life on the farm, and has quickened industry in the Province, since it has supplied cheaper light and power than can be, obtained any- where else in the world. It is rapidly making (.Ontario independent of Ant- i 1 .. i,.cause, of the ch.•aI`- ne = e i it.- power r it is ettraetingin- dustries in Lit,,' nowhere .front 1'ait- d tit tt e ,th..!i even tt from neig'hlt,ur- i;t hrovinee , Tb,. Cununigeioit was n'ol! tulresed ill issulte0 this, paut,Ihieet on the "Origin. At mmiecration and Achievements of Hydro" and it is to he looped that it will he given .very geeeral distribution, Its salient ion, tures at hist should be published in the presse of the country,. Vc~ ll Way )Liss., Kathleen Moore, diminu- tive Scottish dance star, with the E. V. Beatty Cup, emblematic of the Highland dancing competition at the Vancouver Caledonian Games..SIiss Moore also won a free trip to the Highland Gather- ing at Banff where .she will appear in the competitions held dor±u;; the festival between August 31 and September 3. NO DOUBT OF IT. Valet—T.he master must have been pretty well pickled last night. Cook—How do you know? Valet—He put his watch an' wallet in the radio cabinet an' spent two hours tryin' to get PDQ on the wall safe. PRACTICAL Child—Mummy, can we have daddy's stuffed eel out of the case? Mother—What for? Child—Jimmy has two apples and we want to play Adam and Eve, Witte for Fee Book Send for hand- some, free book, "Walls That Reflect Good e t Go Judgment." It gives valuable information on Gyprocandinte- rior decoration. Canada Gypsum and Alabastine, Limited Paris Canadaeo •Ca ity 1�' -;,.list ori°Y tm �; ,. Fires f it rx s with GYRit'wl Firep r of. 'Wallboard For Sale By Wilton & Gillespie - - S. F. Davison Chas. F. Hansuld • Brussels, Ont. Brussels, Ont. Ethel, Ont. Hon. Philippe Roy, who has been recommended by the Government to His Majesty for appointment as Can- adian Minister Plenipotentiary to Paris, Higher Gas Tax Coining. Motorists of Ontario who drive a great deal will contribute substant- ially more next year t othe revenues of the province, by way of gasoline tax. Those who cover only moderate mileage, or lay the car up for several months of the year, will not notice the difference so much, because 'there will be a counter-leelancing reduction in motor license fees. Some months ago Premier Ferguson intimated that higher gas tax was coming, but he did not say just when. This week he announced that the increase would be imposed next year. "We wan.je to get as near as possible" he said, "to an equitable basis, so that people who use the service provided by our road system will pay in accordance with the use they get and the damage they do." The present tax on gasoline is three cents a gallon. The premier gave no intimation as to the pro- posed increase in the tax or the pro- posed regulation of license fees, Postal Regulations. It has been brought to the atten- tion of the post office department that some persons have made a prac- tice of requesting rural mail couriers to eerily parcels, etc., co residents on the line of the several rural inial routes for which they paid the cour- iers a nominal fee. As the Post Offi- ce Act clearly defines the several classes of mail matter and the rates of postage chargeable on such matter it is a violation of the said act for a mail courier to convey parcels, etc., on which the postage has not been properly paid by postage stamps affix- ed to the article or by an impression of an authorized stamping machine or in the case of a large number of circulars mailed by one firm in bund- les when the postage may be paid by affixing to the wrapper of each bund- le postage stamps sufficient to pay the postage on each piece included in such. bundle. The obligation of a rural snail courier is quite clear and all concerned in a further infraction of the act will be dealt with accord- ing to law. . PRAISES PREMIER Sit- Robert Borden, who at a meet- ing of the Executive of the League of Nations Society in Ottawa sponsored a resolution commending Pr mie x King for his decision to go to Gen- ova, ' MOTH -EATON Engaged Sister --When we are married, dear, we must have a hyphenated name—it's so touch smarter, What would go 'with Eaton? Her small Brother—"Moth "" se es sa NOT SCOTCH, EITHER What kind of a fellow is Smith? Well,tif you ever see ons fel- low trying to borrow money from another, the fellow shaking his head is Smith." •• et S n Driving on the wrong side of the road or "hogging" the middle of a street is the cause of a large Warn'• ber of aecidents. t'I.]'ll? WOR D)(31. Expert'. (ire leleice on Food and lelerinny batters. Scutt vv,ri de. r li I:•e vrld tel }MVO hi, dey in te rf-ct ee:unite. Spe- cial elubs t'er theta are eprine;tug up ill over Leedott. _l' thee dribs nothing but the •sub,; •rt e'f eattle. pets and the care if tug ni Is dteeueee'd. There are r•x- Per V> et band to git-ee :1(11,1,, no focxi .^d v.Th'inery 1natt'rn. Gue of t..:a' ellih4 in lite West land k a nuteeili,-111 t101.141, everlooking ltd 1'trl , nriU in ee.tett ('hates Dicie :r,= 171..,i ,j11,1 be ielt lee a Boli, lee; "lie a hers" ere Wert allowed in 'h" ?., 'I' '•,erne utwtitli•e, as these have painted ceilings and parquet veer,. eiei thlnee like Ole ate lost on tit.• law, Intt :.he bas.ut.`ut 15 i•e- .e rv, 1 ter Hem. i. Thede4 i . Ole roof garden with a Pleasant outlook, tend Maine ere pro- vided for tyine up ilh' i tv also n rich vuti l� e 1 divee•••l i in t i e form of entered rubber bettre rood halls. S('hru title r1itb wee Met opened does were not allowed In the bed- rooms upstairs, bun the woman own - ere made such a fuss shoot it that the rules were stretehe.el to let smell lap -dogs by. Now eaeh bedroom con- tains a boudoir -hanker for rho happy Peke, These aro certainly dog ditys, says A London paper. Swede! cheap week- end tickets are issued on the rail- ways so that they ani get away per- iodically from the strait of life iu a big city, In America they go so far as to provide beauty parlors for dogs. These aro run by veterinary surgeons, and ailing canines may matte health cure retreats, or go there merely to attain a permanent wave and have their nails polished. L1Th]RATCRE AT WORK. ,ten 'Translate English Into Spanish for Benefit of Oignt•-nutkers. Cigar makers must have their news and literature whilst they work or productivity of the eictory declines. So when the starting whistle blows each morning men who translate Eng- lish rapidly into Spanish mount high chair or platforms in the many fat- iorltts in Florida and begin their day of reading, while below them workers listen and roll leaf tobacco deftly in- to cigars ranging from the "stogie" to the highly priced "perfecto." The reader's desk is at the end of s long hall in which Cutan and Span- ish workers sit in rows at tables. Silence, but for the reader's voles, prevails. Often reviewing sporting events the reader goes through the entire morning paper. Ole repeats the process when the afternoon dailies come off the press. In addition he has Spanish papers and magazines, novels and non- fiction books from which he rends. Ivlagazine serials are especially popu- lar with the workers. At first the reader was regarded more or less as a luxury, but now he has become a necessity. Operators report the productivity of a factory increased by 10 to 50 per cent. when readers are employed. In soma instances cigar makers have refused to work without a read- er and a substitute usually is at hand to occupy the chair if the regular reader is absent. WILL Igvii IN STONE. Memorial to Comte de Cttstetmore, Original of Duinae' Hero, D'Artagan, symbol of gallantry and awordmanship, immortalized in "The Three 'Musketeers," It to live In stone as well as in the hearts of all romantic persons. Down in the town of Auch, in Beare, a committee of solemn gentle- men whose hearts are gay and young, have arranged for a monument to Dumas' hero and they will place a plaque of bronze on the house where was born 300 years ago the real D'Artagnan whose love affairs, duels and military • prowess have hardly been exaggerated in the novel that made memorable the battle -cry of the four fine blades, "All for one and one for alt." Charles de lilaatz, Comte do Cas- telmore, who took the family came of D'Artagnan so as to distinguish hitn- self from hi's father, was a real gas - con, famous in his day, He has been glorified into a French type of "chevalier," a keen -witted, brave, loyal knight errant, almost anxious 10 dile lighting for "his lady or his king." Will It It'epla.ce Gtasolito? Petrel may be replaced for internal combustion engines by a new fuel called Mahoniu, The motor of a hydroplane tested with the new fuel In France left no exhaust trail be- hind it. The ordure of the fuel is a secret, hill it has one singular quality; it will not horn, explode, or catch fire in tlir open air. It is a dark brown color, old Is said to give an economy of thirty per cent, in weight—that is, a gaton Mahonin would keep a motor going for a time nearly a third as tang again as in the case of petrol, says '1 it Bits, i eathceed Dustbins. Would you care for a vulture in place of your dustbin? In Tibet, where there are no modern facilities for getting rid of refuse such as nee afforded in this country, vultures are used for this purpose, The lainas make a practice of trap- ping the cinerons or buck vultures and fastening a ]png rope to tee bird's leg. The ether end'of the rape is attached to a peg driven in the ground, and each bird is provided with a big rock on which to perch. Garbage le strewn around it, and the scavenging birds feed on this and Quickly elear it away. In Memoriam. "Mother preserves a lock of fath- er'a bale" but your father isn't deadl't "No. But he is bald!" -- Jonrasi 4lriusant, Parte. , .» ebfai0fi Here and There (123) Toutist traffic to Saint John th s season is the largest in 11s history, and to far is equal if not greater than during the whole of Mot sett. - ton, Tourists started arriving earlier this spring, and have con- tinued in much larger numbers than la other seaeons. Colonel Scott, who is alleePts- faely producing tulip bulbs at Sal- uron Artn, British Columbia, be- lieves that the induetry has a fu- ture. He has one time. under tide produetlon with drying, cleaning and storage sheds, He grows 11113, - two varieties of bulbs and has about a quarter of a million bulbs on baud growing. The Alberta Amateur Champion- ships will take place ehortty at Banff, Alberta, where the annual Highland Gathering and Srottisb Musical Festival is being held from August 31 to September 3 An. elaborate programme has been ar- ranged of a Scottish character, many of the. athletic contests being peculiar to that race, such as toss- ing the caber and putting the shot, Plans are reported to be on foot among ebeep raisers to tetablish in Vancouver a wool grading cen- tro similar to that functioning in Trenton, Ontario. where at present most of the wool business of Can- ada is conducted. An authority states this would probably have the result of increasing the returns to the producer from 25 to 60 per cent. Although the automobile is some- times said to be a rival to the rail- road, it gives the latter a great deal of traffic. Tihe number of freight oars used by the Canadian Pacific Railway for the transport of automobiles has doubled during the past five years, and the latest order of 300 new cars for the com- pany Inas just been completely filled. Trans -Atlantic records have been nn•ecle by two new vessels, the "Duchess of Bedford" and the "Duchess of Atholl," the first two of the new cabin class quartette to he built by the Canadian Pacific Steam;:hips. The former has just aecnmpliehed an eastbound voyage from Liverpool to Montreal in six days, fourteen and a half hours, while her sister ship, rnroute at the same time, made a westbound crossing front Montreal to Liver- pool in six days, 13 hours. The second school car operated jointly by the Canadian Pacific Railway end the Ontario Depart- ment of ]tdueation has been issued from the Angus Shops, Montreal, foe seryl'^ in the district west of Fort William, The eat' is a re- modelled first chess coach equipped like an up-to-date "little red school- hmtee" with bright classroom, with blackboard, globe, school books, regulation desks, and so forth; a library for the use of students and adult visitors as well; and comfort- able living quarters for the teacher. The school car is able to reach remote areas where permanent school facilities are not available. Western 'Fair Valuable to City and Country Ever -Increasing Crowds Each Year Attest Popularity. Presenting exhibits of special inter- est to every type of visitor has been the secret of the Western Fair's de- velopment into leadership. Naturally the displays of farm pro- ducts, live steak and poultry have remained the dominant factor in this great exhibition of today, showing the vast improvement in methods and results achieved during the past sixty yeart. Along with this advance in agricul- turoal activities have been developed wonderful exhibits showing the edn- cational, governmental and artistic progress of Western Ontario. Here is a complete picture of Ontario's true greatness, The exhibition reveals to city peo- ple the variety, andiessential worth of faa'm activities and creates a more intelligent appreciation of the mutnal interests of city and country. No oth- er agency has greater potential poesi- bilicies in creating a sympatheticpathetic understanding among all the interests involved than the Western aFir, Another feature of the exhibition ]las been the improvement in the en- tertainment furnished, consistent with the dignity of the event. It has been a definite policy of the board of directors and management to 1, provide a genorous measure of eleett, wholesome amusement unsur- passed by any other exhibition, With admission at the nominal figure of twenty-five cents, every visitor is' assured of many times the value of the entrance fee in educa- tional and entertainment features: Because of its pre-eminence among the exhibitors pf the Jcountry, West- ern Fair is attracting a greater num- ber of visitors each year and the management is confident :that the sixty-first consecutive exhibition of the Western Fain Association will establish new attendance reeerde. M iiiii12111011 1Iar,'itlg been appointed I)istributor for the t9f' Corporation \1';n(f'ir Czars at.695.00 and up, inch. ding six different models, viz.: Plymouth 4 ; 1)e Soto .6 ; Chrysler 62.6 ; Chrysler (ij 6 ; Chrysler X5,6 ; and Chrysler So 6. All with the longest wheel b;ise of ally small car, also hydraulic 4 -wheel brakes. Come in and look them over. E. O. CUNNING Phone 9x BRUSSELS I The Car Owner's Scrap -Book (By the Left Hand Monkey Wrench) PROTECTION TO IGNITION UNIT In washing the car or in driving through a heavy rain, great care must be exercised in preventing any water getting around the distributor cover to which the ignition •.wires are attached, which causes a short circuit. To overcome this cut a piece abort 12 incites long out of an ofd scrap of inner tube and slip it over the distributor and wires and tape the end tightly together. This snakes it next to impossible to short-circuit the ignition system at any 'time. VALVE TEST PREVENTS LEAKS. Make ,sure that the valve nut is tight before inserting a new tube lit a casing. In this way a slow leak may be avoided when pressure is ap- plied. ADJUSTMENTS SAVE OIL Several gears, gaskets and :bush- ings permit the escape of oil unless they are tightened occasionally. If oil drips from the engine when it is warm on being parked after a long drive a leak is probable. NOISE FROM SHACKLE BOLTS An annoying rattle which usually cannot be found by shaking the ear when it is standing still is located in the spring shackles or ,ends of the springs where 'they are secured to the car frame. Wear at these points will cause side slap when the car weight is suspended after rebound of the spring when the car passes over a bump, and only a light amount of lost motion will create a great deal of rattle. It is remedied by placing shims or, washers at ends of shackle bolts, drawing up the lock nuts on these bolts or by replacing worn bolts with new. MARK Parts ,for IDENTIFICATION If it becomes necessary to remove any part of an engine, note care- fully just how it was fastened on. and if necessary mark it with a punch so that there will be no doubt a; to where it belongs. Thi sapplies es- pecially to such parts as valves, valve lifters, valve caps, etc., which holt alike, but should be replaced in their original places. Never drive at without night a tail g light burning. The rougher the road is the more power is wasted, by reason of the real• wheels bouncing. Permitting a car to operate which ,is;badly in need of repairs is danger- ous as well as false economy. Relax the body as much as possible . when driving, so that an ,exhausted feeling may not occur when com- pleting the trip. The unmistakable mark ,of an in- experienced driver is one who allows the car 'co roll back when attempting to start on a grade., Use a good top finish to restore the car top and apply a coating at lease once every six months. See that the top is thoroughly clean and dry be- fore apply the finish, A fiat brush may be used. A lot of glare is caused by dif- fusion of light rays by particles of dust. Keep both sides . of the wind- shield clean and the rays from head- lights of oncoming cars will not cause j this discomfort, A totched fob Is usually one done in a hurry, by a crit -rate printer, who was not able to submit a proof to the buyer of the printing. The price at which' the job was done necessitated chick work and the minimum attention to detail, R suit Tho customer uses the printed matter much against his will, and possibly to his detriment so far as his customers aro e Wed all because the printing con(, 1 1 t g wits done by a printer at to distance, and ;that the job was not checked before printing. ' Insist on Proofs 'home printer w Your p 1 will always gladly submit proofs of all work so that it may be carefully cheeped for er'r'ors and alt- ered for appearance if deemed advisable, while any desired additions or deductions may be freely made. This results in a satisfactory job of printing, and pleases all concerned. See that all your printing bears the imprint of your local printer. .. The Post Publishing House, !Brussels