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Huron County Loses ITALIANS TSO PROLMC
Two Publishers PROP. WILLIAM FAST TALISM ON
Rev, J. B. Snowden, of the Seaforth
News, and John W. Vanatter, of the
Goderich Star, Pass Away
Rev. J. B. Snowden
One of Seaforth's prominent bust-
nt;ss and professional men passed
away early Christmas Day with the
death of Rev: James Henry Snowden,
formerly active in the Anglican der -
EY and latterly engaged in newspap-
er week. At the time of his death
Mr. :Snowden was publisher of The
Seaforth News. Although in ill-
theannounce-
ment
Slue
health for some t
mas a u rrise and
ofdeath came s
P
shock to the community.
The late Mr. Snowden was born at
Kincardine, son of the late John and
Mary Snowden, and was educated at
that town and at Trinity College, To-
ronto. In 1886 he was ordained at
Ottawa as an Anglican priest, and
for a number of years was in charge
of the Fitzroy Harbor parish and
later assisted the late Von. Archdea-
con McKenzie at Brantford.
Owing to ill -health he retired to
his old home in Kincardine, occasion-
ally taking part in active parish
work. He later went to Manitoulin
where Ito conducted the Little Cur-
rent Expositor, incidentally taking a
prominent part in bringing about
construction of the long promised
Algoma Eastern Railway.
Mr. Snowden came to Seaforth in
1916. becoming proprietor of The
News. •
He married in 1899 Miss Henrietta
Heinricks, of Ottawa, who survives.
There is also one daughter, Gwendo-
lyn, of Blyth, and three sons, Cyril
anti Oswald, who• still oontinue the
father's publishing business, and Ger-
ald, attending high school, Brothers
of deceased are William, of Welwyn,
Sask., and Ven. Archdeacon Snowden
of Ottawa.
The funeral was held Sunday •
afternoon, at 2 o'elonk. from St.
Thomas Church, Seaforth, to Mait-
landbank Cemetery.
John W, Vanatter
The funeral. took place Monday
afternoon from the family residence
of John W. Vanatter, for many years
a well-known business and newspap-
er man of Goderich. Rev. C. F.
Clarke, pastor of North Street United
Church, officiated at thehouse, and
Maitland Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of
which the deceased was a member,
had charge of the service at the
grave,
The . deceased had been in poor'
health for the past year and last"
week suffered a stroke, death occurr-
ing early on Saturday morning. Mr.
Vanatter, who was in his 63rd year,
was born. near Stratfordandlearned
the printing trade at Stratford, tour-
ing to Goderich about 40 years ago,
1
where he Worked for the late D. Mc-
Gillicuddy, publisher of The Signal. ;
He later, with W. R. Robertson, took.;
over the paper and continued for a '
number of years. For a few years l
he conducted a grocery store, later
going into partnership with the late
Janes Mitchell in the Goderich. Star, I
and at the tune of his death was with
W. Naftel in the same paper.
Ile was an active member of North
Street Methodist Church for nearly
40 years and was a member of the
municipal Council during 1,010-11-
12-13. The deceased belonged to i
Huron Chapter, No. 80, R. A. M.; '
Huron Lodge, No. 62,, T. 0. 0. F., I
and the 1. 0. F. Besides a widow,'
one brother, Arthur, of Toronto, sur-
vives.
Il1TiVUGRAT[O\.
Twenty -*vol Per Cent. of Attlee-t'dt
People "Undesirables"—Prof. East
Would Bar . LIll But the ?Best
Immlgrants.
Twenty -live per cent. of the Amer-
ican people are "undesirable•e," in
that they are unfit to deal wife' lite
conditions; of modern life. So staters
Prof, William East, speaking en lire
"Biology of the Immigretinn Quem'
tion, before the population r, ease
table at the Institute of Polities In
Williamstown, Mass., says the Tor-
onto Telegram. In this connection crinis hay.
g n
road a "Decalogue ov fniniU ration,"
giving ten arguments for the restric-
tion of immigration by the United
States,
Only recently Prot, East aroused
the Ire of Italians when he criticized
Count Antonio Cipplelo's demand for
emigration outlets for Italy's sur-
. plus population. The Harvard pro: -
teaser declared that Italy should
cure overcrowding conditions by
curbing her birth .rate. Southern
Italy, with its large families, was the
offending portion of that country,
and had been sending the "dregs" of
Its population to Uncle Sem its recent
years.
The decalogue of Prof, East Is as
follows:
1, Emigration forced as an eco-
nomic necessity by population dens-
ity affords
ens-ityaffords no permau.eut relief to the
homeland, because the t4tsuiner birth
release re-establishes the old equili-
brium.
2. Conditions in the United Slates
are to -clay, and will cnntinne to les. -
such that newcomers will meet In-
.creasingly bitter competition whlel
Innst be accepted under ual e filar
conditions and often with a illi tris:,e
handicap•
3. Inmrigrants who come wire a
lower standard of living tend to
reduce American stetnderd',;
4. Immigrants who are relatively
incompetent when compared with
the native and. there are many
such—are expensive employes, bee
cause of our tendency to thins it,
terms of it minimum wage. -
S. Incompetent Immigrants are
expensive fellow -citizens, beC1It"
they add to the tax rates; that lx to
say, they require more than n 'fait -
share of the public money lo lee
spent for benevolent institerlair:;.
6. Huge numbers of fore Sen -bunt
lead to a foreign -policy hosed ori
expediency, rather than sound 11110-
etplee- There are nuneeroui, grin'
to ] area
p ac
7. Large grouper of fortixr-hr.^r
prevent us frons dovatopiur_• 11 11111-
t01111 national culture-
8.. xeessivelt- 100ill tr-rnvth 1. •'
Shorthorn!) Bulls•
FOR SALE
Prize Winners from
Prize Winning Stock
The last We have from the great
breeding sire "White Wonder."
WE SELL CHEAP
Also a few Cows and Heifers
0. Turnbull & Sons
Phone 2814 Brussels, R. R. 2.
GREETI-NGS
E wish to thank our patrons for
-
their patronage during the past
year, extend to them the season's Greet-
ings
ings and our heartiest wishes for a bright
and prosperous New Year. Also solicit
a continuance of your patronage during
5926,
The Seaforth Creamery
T, C, MCCALL, - C. A. BARBER,
Local Rcnrttsentativr.. Proprietor,
Tope -lis. Inness bring real
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your cyst frets tree Stagar-
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from wcarimt Tolc.LIC, burse, oleo ea it .noes
Leash almu1 the Fdvantun of tbia wondetlul new
tenv reeomtsrnded by.11 letdlpg 'death% tndudlag
sir(liver Lodge. J
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wily every pair.
Maude C. Bryans
Optometrist
In Brussels Satuvday:only
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to Tile c lees'ca or natural re-
, sources too qutokly.
tl. Immigrant nompetitlon tends to
Sterilize Lhe native population,
19. Iiuml ration, waren forced by
econoihic necessity, tends to lower 1
the biological quality of the race.
Calling the tenth point the most
important,. Prof BBestt pointed out
that Individuals vary In their Inher-
ited mental capac tv, just aa they do
In their physical tettributes. 11. is an
)3tablislied Coot '•arefully (tial;'zed.
'Psychological tests as now develop—
ed," remarks the professor, "I have
no hesitation in .(Sing measure _astire in-
herited ability as arcnrately as
.lebool examinations measure knowl-
edge. Generally ssoaking, the medio-
crities are the most numerous, and
is one passes to the extremes of the
terve on both tildes (the clever and
the feeble-minded) the proportion
becomes lower and lower.
"Roughly, in this country, to -day,
about 25 per cent. of the people may
Justly be called t.ndesirables in the
senile that they do not have the
capacity to deal with modern complex
souditions, and mustbe aided direct-
ly or indirectly by those who do have
this capacity. It Is merely a cold
fact, therefore, that an Immigration
which comes largely from this (still
limber Unfit) group 10 tuber nations .
lowers the quality of tho nation to
which these • individuals come, and
When sadh immigrants have greater
fertilitythan thenative oat v population,
which is also a fact, the consequences
no disastrous," !�
Of the high-grade llnropean brains
which she would be glad to admit,
eta United States Is, says Prof. East,
getting too few. On the contrary,
psychological records show that by
far the greater majority of the new-
comers to the Land of the Free with-
in recent years grade lower than the
average•already on the sole It is
mostly the inferiors who are forced
by competition from Europe to seek
an easier living in America. If they
are accepted, neither their descen-
dants nor the descendants of native
Americans can- have a fair chance
when the -same type of struggle for
an existence as Europe presents to-
day collies to this continent in the not
far diet hire,
Isle of Bled 4lteictons.
The Pula Vega - Islands, in the
China seas, are surrounded with
spiky reefs of coral and Clouds of
spray, few boats have ventured to
land there, but one or two sea cap-
tains have done so out of enrtoslty
and afterward have marked it clown
on the chart as Bird Island, because
the whole te1aed is white with the
skeletons of birds. A species of a.
rare tropical tree grows on the island
and this tree at a certain time of the
year bears seed vessels which. Perot
natured tra-ps for births or any small
animals so unfortune as to come in
eontaot with them. These seed ves-
sels, which cover the brarcltes of the
tree, aro Cull of small, sharp, curved
hgoke which not only have the power
of tension after piercing the sktn, but
are also full of a resinous gum as
adhesive as bird lime. The luckless
bled alighting on the tree :finds first
the tips of the feathers fast and,
struggling to release them, is grad-
ually drawn closer and closer into
the embrace of twit vegetable mon-
ster until death puts an etid to its
sutfering.A
Skeletons of seabirds as
large as the albtitross have been
found beneath the trees- or in their
branches and a dead petrol was dis-
covered in the snare. The tree Is a
variety of upas. -
undiscovered Treasure.
To world adventurers the follow-
ing hidden treasures may prove a
luxe: Trinidad Is believed to be "a
mine of treasures. Much, of the
wealth of the richest of the South
American cities' was conveyed to that
island by the sea rovers who plun-
dered the matutand. In a great cav-
ern In the cliffs on the Aucklaud
Islands Iles the 0enerel Grant, which
was wrecked In 1806, with 50,000
°mutes of gold on board, It is known
that the hulk is still within the cave,
but expeditions from Australia and
New Zealand have been baffled by
the undertow and the great embers,
Somewhere in the ihtet River, U.S.A„
is 52,000,000 in gold, It has ludo
there elute 1780, when the British
frigate Buzzer, carrying money
forr
the royal forces engaged he the Am-
erican war, struck a rock opposite
the upper end of Randall Island and
sank only a hundred yards front the
chore, LO'ers of ",romance, too, will
end food for dreams in the thought
that on the matltland of Panama '15
it great store of gold hidden by "Sir
Francis Brake alter he bad sacked
Ilia city of this demur . neuro, The
treasure s never retrieved,t
s wa et vard no
tro kPO si-witego to look ft, it.
STANLEY TOWNSHIP—J, A.
Manson • (acclamation). Council,
William Douglas, John Ettue, A, P.
Heys, Wilson Carlisle,
1)1 his 98th year, Rev. Dr. W. T.
Mcil'fniI to preached vigorous induc,
Aloe 5010101 in United Church,
Waotiatoek. ..,
Whitt it felt like iii Brussels on Sunday.
Haphazard
Ey JESSIE E. SHERWIN
t- 66•%4•6ym 65
(Copyright, 1919, by the western News-
paper Uaton.) -
1 "All vacations cut to a week."
Thus the head stenographer of Merle
& Co., a city mercantile house of ex-
tensive business prestige and narrow
views as to the rights of their em-
ployees. -
"Straiueft:t, crime an indignant oho-
res.
• "And no pity for the week spent
away."
A rising Storm of protest was speed-
ily repressed as the manager' of the
establishment chine into the room.
There was one exception to the general
group—Arline Drury. The others sat
with an angry luster of eye. Her
bands strayed from her typewriter,
nerveless, an expression of infinite die-
' appointment crossed het' features.
Arline had lost her mother a year
pervious and bad been cast utterly on
her own resources. She was not an
expert typist and had not acquired
even the fundamentals of stenography,
Her position, a poor -paying one, had
been thrust upon her almost grudging-
ly, and became a work of such drudg-
ery thnt she was too tired eve-
nings to attempt to perfect her-
self in taking dictation,
To the usual vacation with a fort
night's extrit pay Ariine hod looked
forward with glad anticipation. She
had snapped out a stay at some cheap,
, but respectable snorer resort. It seemed
to her that alone by herself, mind and
body at ease, she could think over pres-
ent and future In a clear, coherent way.
The double anouncement had upset
alt her plans. The circumscribed ;
term of leisure seemed scarcely worth
caring for. The withdrawal of salary
during the period meant deprivation. ,
She had saved less than 520. When
she got home that night Arline count-
ed over her little fund and viewed
the prospect dolorously._ She had se-
leeted a resort, the five hours' ride to
which would be qulte a. novel enjoy -
trent. She retrnversed the advertise-
ments of places nearer the city. Fern-
dale—the fare thither was low—if she
event on a vacation at ant that must be
the limit of fare expenditure. l
It was just before noon on Monday
that Arline arrived at Ferndale. She
found only a lonely station with a gem
eral store opposite. She was informed
that the real town was two miles die-
tint on the lake, comprising a taste
tunable hotel and the homes of rich
'people. There were no modest houses
where one 'could expect moderate
board and lodging, and the hotel was.
a 54 a day house.
Arline sat down on a bench outside
the little depot, glooined and almost
homesick, contemplating the necessity
of returning to the city. She noticed
'only casually that an automobile had
driven up containing a chauffeur aao
a matronly looking woman, The tat,
ter alighted as she caught sight of Ar•
aline and carne straight up to her.
"You are Bliss Eve White?" she said
half interrogatively. "We have been
here daily since Monday expecting you, '
but feared you had found some other
appointment. Mrs. Elston needs the
care of n nurse greetlty and she will I
Indeed welcome you, John, will you
take the lady's Suitcase?" and almost
before she was aware of 1t Arline
found herself In the elite with the
good-natured housekeeper of ono of the.
show plaices on the lake, telling her
enough to know that n fell p id p
osl
tion was Open to this Miss Eva White.
who had not appeared
"And why not?" whispered, Arline te.
herself, - "If she does not come, what
wrong Nilotic by my having a free va-
cation and one us°ful and helpful us
well," and both hopeful and tempted
Arline Drury lent herself to e tleoep
tion that was favored by the non•up• 1
pearaiice Me the real nurse that day—
end never.
For the nest time in many years Are
line drifted contentedly Into a. new er-
perienc0 that was delightful. The tie
Valid lttrs. Elston trented her as If she
were some reel friend instead or a de
pendent. The second day her 'atm
Ilnr Diet, ti tall, -ltanelsonie young fellow
about two years the Senior of Arline.
appeared on a hasty Jaunt from the
city, Ile stared strangely when Arline
Was introduced under her tletitlotis
nature, Ile followed her billet/allege
with his gianfc, het when he noted that
his mother rogarded fondly, almost my,
bitty, he suppressed sons powerful lm-
•
pulse that souget expression.
Two weeks went by, a'month. All
thoughts of returning to the city were
abandoned by Aritae. Harold cams to
visit his mother twice a week, and he
could not help but feel attracted to-
ward the bright, intelligent companion
of his mother, to whom she was as at-
tentive and thoughtful as au own
daughter. Arline defined the dawning
of a mutual love, each felled to con -
seal from the other, and one day, in
tbe lovely garden of white shadows,
when he confessed his affection, she
bowed her head In humiliation.
"I am not Miss, White—" she began;
but he interrupted Iter gayly.
"Oh, I knew that the first day I inet
your" he declared, "for I had received
word from the nurse that she could
not come. when I found you here, and
Try dear mother get rug beet. r each
day under your true, 1 only longed to
have you remain. And now—"
That "now" was the vital hour of
their younglives, where soulspoke t
o
soul and Arline told all the stet, of
her life to her affianced husbendU
From the Sea Bottom.
Some surprising things come out
of the sea, for it is rich not only in
fishes, but in works of art.
Remarkable treasures have been
dredged from the bed of the Bay of
Naples, and only a few months ago
a diver sighted a drowned city off the
North African coast. Now some poor
Greek fishermen at Marathon have
raiseda beautiful bronze statue
which was lying twenty fathoms un-
der the sea. -
Experts say it is a charming figure
of a boy, eau belongs to the best
period ole" Greek art 2,300 years ago.
It re-sembles f1 a work of the school
Of the great' Praxtteles, and is prac-
tically perfect. Probably it is a relic
of a shipwreck, or flung over-
board in a storm. -
New Office •
Z have opened up an office in the
North end of the American Hotel
for the Winter months where I
will keep .in Stock --
De Laval Cream Separators
A few Phonographs at cut Prices
Singer Sewing Machines
Radios and Pianos
Drop in and leave your order for your Spri
Automobile.
House Phone
994x•
S. Carter
fK
ng
Brussels
New Use ft - . -(lysed.
ra recent Inaustry, is collecting,
(leaning and drying seaweed to sell
to wholesale milliners for trimming
hats. The gathering season or the
feathery strands of weed cast up on
the shore lasts from October 1111 thin
end of March. The weed is picked up
by laborers, who sort out the best
strands and are paid for the harvest
according to quantity and cleanness.
To make the feathery fronds stand
out well, the weed is treated with
glycerine. *The greatest carp has to
be taken to keep the weed sheltered
from fresh water, for rale will turn
it brown and ruin it completely. When
tbe weed has been dyed with special
waterproof dyes it is nursed in arte-
sian -well water, and is than ready
ear the utiliuer.
HURON COUNTY.
The Klu Klux Klan are organizing
in Goderieh,
Stephen and Mrs. Andrew ,
Goderieh, celebrated their Goth wee-
ding anniversary last week. Mr.
Andrews was born 83 years ago and
Mrs. Andrews is a year older.
John McQuees, one of the pion-
eers of the Township of Usborne re- -,
siding on the boundary line diet{ af-
ter some weeks' illness. Mr. Mc-
Quees was 77 years old.
The funeral of Mrs. Thomas McXay
an old resident of Hensel!, was held
Thursday afternoon f mom her late
Mrs, McKay died on Tuesday In her
residence to Hensall Union Cemetery
SOth year.
1
Dry:Cedar Kindling Blocks it.
(Great for starting wood or coal fires)
AbsolutelyDryMixed Siabwood 116n.
At Mill $2.5o per cord
Dry Circular Hardwood 16 in.
In Pile : - $4 0o per cord
'We can deliver in Brussels.
Gibson Lumber & Cider Mills - Wroxeter
PHONES of l:nee zS
Banff Stages Bi g Winter Classic
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world -championship Dog Derby to the "Top of the A special train will run from Calgary to Banff to allow
those who saw the teams start to view the finish,
d -'b., 'World and Beek" will be run for the first timoan the
h .tory of do;;-inuslting ut the Banal Winter Carnival this
y. ar, according to pians now being mud,' by the, Carnival
eser amitteo under President Standish, Tho course from
Calgary to the Great Divide and back to Banff will be the
1 nag r t ttn, rate m the 'world and will exceed the ftetnous
e 1l D.. by 23 tiles, The Strongh,ari Trophy and ,Tutt
hoteetre l`dvllurs will go to tho winner.
From t"et,;'try, the si:trting Senior, the ti.n Barris will
tee red tv a h 66
;ht of ,31111 Net over a diet:men of. 133
melee.'lilts) i'it et the 'Great l.)fvide, the backbone of
t he h Thal -Aet .ri t n .c ntu n. nt,: which in the Canadian
Bowedee a cartses,'t Lln .,..t front: Bei -Cult Columbia. Tho
.reetteteusets v 111 hat r ,enen t•t Banal via Lake Louisa,
,eernpia..eg th 1 e es of 173 nils"i. 'rio' course, lies
a :r filki 11110.las d tett' its sen niter mad will be the
T
,a •.t t.ntqu tun <v est, !< by+ ung a.,d trlv'd.
'1". teseedscharemeee h= T <10 -tette -rites will be made an
r tut:i i, tl 1, ...; 1 it i••i• I •:u•mvnl front now on.
Aimee; 1 he feeeA. lion et r'+ e n:, have itireacly signed up
Tar th' r t mi. 1 i.T.ils vi h lliv team of fatnaus all-
hl:,clt<+; Ilse y re T'tl• , 1h lee -seer -old boy who has
laic , relreetly wot, the Sh -..eleetel Trophy and will here
to *in it wetly thiea veer to e.eret Into possession of it; Jinx
laryC rr 11' , r ti .s.-eset feleei ,wd othelti of loss nota.
TIL oma of tree raeo sari be et lebruted bet big buffalo
krarbeetl itt bairn Seginn:v.ttnit't, r even miles front Banff:
Tho Banff Winter Carnival, which has now become
one of the big Canadian winter classics, will extend over
two weeks this year, from February 3 to the 17th.
Another feature of this year's events will be the ski-
jumping contests over the new, enlarged hill which will
participated its by Nels Nelson. the Canadian Pacific
Railway brakeman who holds the world's championship
in both the amateur and professional classes,
To enable tate winter vjsiters to Banff to aee something
of the scenery, 13111 Potts, ramous Rocky Mountain guide,
will brims in twenty horses to be used to pull ski-jorers and
tnb
tainogganerss. to scenic points in the surrounding moue -
Other features of the ice carnival will be the ladies'
hockey championships .and skating contests for all
classes; swimming contests itt the famous hot sulphur
pools; aki and ski -foxing races and the peeking and saddle
coptosis by the farnous Rocky Mountain guides of wog
Canada. Dog teams will be used to taxi the visitors
instead of the familiar Banff summer automobile. Those
tonna will he provided by the Breuator Transport Cota-
tohl toioeeWiththBA d hnweivotlosgefftcuI3
is expected that the srq nBand Carnival will be the
biggest In the history of tthe Root/cies.