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j1!tedne&daY, April 22nd, 042
wool
COLLECTORS — SHEARERS — FARMERS
Wo operate 'Et j;,eg stored Warehouee and wilt pay'you ;full
Government prices. Ship or deliver your wool to
William• , Stone Sons, Ltd.
Ingersoll, Ontario
Pay Your Debt
To.. Youth
(Laolinrow Sentinel)
The following article, written by
a local resident, is one of probably
a series 'o'f antldes-which will be
printed as we receive, although the
editor may net necessarily agree
with all the thoughts expressed by
the writer.
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If dot were poswtble to cull villages
and tangos of Canada as one culls
• the non -producing hens in a 4Lo07.
sae would with a Shock realize that
inast of the non-productive cam:
munitieswere those rich in tt'a•
diton; 'wlho had carried their past
-through .history with them and were
ROW complacently living init on the
deeds of their ancestors,• and the
majority •of those non,pradnetive
• vies that .had no past to .speak or
ore busy making one' nit. They
would no doubt be amazed - and
hurt tltait anyone could consider
Stern nomproducers, parasite vil-
iarges in stagnant Little corners, .How
would we stand in Lucknow I NMm
der? It is true we have some in-
dustry, wholesale. produce buyers,
a good outlet for certain beasts and
are Sairly well placed• regarding
markets for .much farm produce;
that within reasonable distance of
out town we have farmers with nat-
ionaI game. We have in these a nat•
anally firm foundation for a pros-
perous and progressve community.
East Huron
Produce -
Eggs, Poultry & Feeds
Phone '66
Brussels
HOG and POULTRY
FEEDS
Commercial Feeds
Mill Feeds
Bone Meal
Oyster Shell
Cod Liver Oil
Grit
Everything
to make the hens
lay' A' Grab eggs
Wei' are in the --
arket fur an kinds
POULTRY:
Culling
A Specialty"
Bring lis YourEggs
Our Motto— •
Honest Grade
on 'every egg
tees
mioramw
tomwsimminameon
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Our couivcil•nq...cioubt dismiss wayi:
and tneano of bringing to Lucknow
desirable industries, -way's of keen'
ing our town 'ooustantly in front'
,of. Governments and industrialists,
ways of increasing the revenues or
fanners 111 the' distrh t and resider ti
in the town, easier faclities for mar-.
kcts and in the town itself sued
desirable features as Will make pen
ple wish to buy in Lucknow and
farmers of tile district to sell there.
There are mane things. in which
we are sadly 1a•oking- +certain •rind•'
amental, decencies in .which we, d ae
to the definite limits which confute
us to our town, are deficient. These
became apparent during such in-
cidents as the current controversa'y
on slot . nva.chinee, bootlegging and
gambling, One does not condone
these things:. One trie,s to, stamp
ithem out, Action for stamping them
.out is discussed and no doubt steps
.are taken Pram time to time but 10-
fallab'ly they return 'again, sneaking
inthrough the back door to flourish
as much as ever. Now in connection
with evils such as these we are
blind, /or alas we are depriving our
young folk of what is literally the
only form of . amusement .available
to many of thein. it. is' not our duty
to place before therm a wealth of
varied aantasements, of Stealthy 1e-
creations more desirable in their
minds? Is it not cur social duty . to
see that recreations are available
that will make them better citizens
;more valued citizens to the com-
munity? And when these' recreations
are found let them not be .sectarian
and confined; run by this church or
that chmrgb, this .or that political
group, bub broad; healthy organize.
tions youthful and vital, run :bY
youth for .youth.
Years ago„in the youth of many 1
of our old and more prosperous cit•
izens, opportunities were plenttfu,.
If a respectable young anan With
fairly good education and the 'will
. to rrilciceed:;dei'sred to start himself
in business. he. approached the local
bank with •peaisgps the r'ecom;men-
dation of mane, prominent citizen
and not only was.'he able to get
finances, hie way was smoothedMind
`older, more experienced business
anew lent him their shoulders—for
was lie not the ,.backbone of their
future town?`•
I wonder how the young 'lean
would fare today. How much money
could he count a ,from that great
•se'rvant of the ptbile—the bank, how
much financial assistance could he
obtain from thoseolder men ;who
had dangled' him: on their knees,
patched lihn grog, noted perhaps
Irorst.early, how worthy he wee,
what an asset he would be in later
years 'as a business man in their '
cornmmnity.
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The youth of our town are sorely
worth investing in. Surely they, can.
be trusted: to 'Become gaud: finer
chants, good farmers, If sonic of the
money that has'lieem 'thrown into
gold and oil stocks, into vetches of
ground a' thousand miles from. Luck.
naw; given to Toronto brokers With,
out a Muurmnu an,d, .God help its.
• given with, rsimiro; had been. in-
vested 'in .steady, bfiilliant young,
local mot, it would have returned
proiit to ithe ..investor and to the
eorninwinity at large. The fact is
Slat • fi amt youths,' standpoint tb•e
town is a commercial col -de -sac, lit.
stead of a worthy grocery clerk
Starting his orvn .pl'ace. .of Business
we shall' live `to see •him employing
his talents as manager of a Chain
story and ,then leave town to Mau.
BELL & BENSON::
BRUSSELS,ONTARiO
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public
Elmer D. Bell, B.A.. C. Joseph Benson, B.A.
(Absent on Active Service) Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons)
BRUSSELS OFFICE HOURS
Daily from 9:00 until 12:00 and from 1:30 until 6:00
(except 'Thursday from 9:00 until 12:00')'
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Polls open From
8 a.m. to- 8 p.m
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
„eft r<
t, ttii ! .Issued under authority Department of the
ecretary of State, Ottawa.
age a larger branch 'in the city.
There are empty :stores' in town,
there are commodities you have to
buy obit of town and there are young
melt well able to sell them to you
but who, through lack of capital
could not even consider going into
business for themselves. There is
your investment, safe and sure. Does
it have to be printed in a pretty
prospectus, and presented to you by
a ;high powered, well manicured
broker's man, You would gamble
a thousand Milt anon a semi racing
tout' but could not find a hund^ed
for that quiet, well mannered boy
who live.sitext door, who is perhaps.
desperately anxious. to. make enough
money to marry anti build a home.
"You are har'dl'y worthy to Iive next
door to him,
There are farms vacant and land
fallow. Thera is a sure market,' far
fain products. Yet these farms will,
rat into complete disuse, buildings
will become worthless through Jack
or human care, land become un-
workable, but there are children ao
Iingtand •who can only eat one egg
a week, who don't often see meat
or vegetables. Whale passing through
the sideroads around' . Luellnoiv'
have 'counted as many as twenty'
eight abandoned farms 'which with
'a little care and labor could be
'worked et' a' profit, These are no
more than monuments • to your
brutal lark of interest in your own
comunutiity,
You .have in the town one'' of the
finest bonkey arenas in the county.
In the early winter a few old head,
holders get together and coindnence
to .talk hockey—'not because rlio5'
wish to liven the deadly monotony
of the young folks or to provide ter
the town a fine bisia for social and
athletic, recreation—but to get 'tire
building paid for, Hockey players
are approached and they 'hesitate,
tr
•Sha11''tltey piayithis tyear or net?
There is not< -a;= great' deal of enthus-
iasm for 'hockey the Players
and this has itslbc1aes'in' town. Vis-
ualize another situation tbiat might
be. Conjure np iu' ydnrrmiind a hook
ey club composed tor say two hun-
dred people' 'who elect ;live working
committees ::for • entetitainmemt carn-
ivals, .coaching, skating, etc Imagine
a chub emibratimgthalf' the fans in
town orf• if'polsible ALL the Dans
in towmwho meetr'int the town hall,
hold dances; enitetttieinmenbs, ice
carnivals 'etc. tet club? runby the
players' theunseltves.''%backed tip' by
scores of enxthausiastic fans. • I won•
der ft young: • men would miss... a
nl:eeting1 to play' at putting nickels
in ,a maelt£ne.rthat 'persistently re•
fuses to show three..eherries thrqugh
a glees, wihtl w, Young men must he
the guiding' spirts in their own ao.c-
ial activates, .fheyt,rltnow best what
they want and it the church has,
done its duty what ' they organizo
'will be'liealth"y 1011 valuable.
., , ,r . . ,t: •
It doesn't ,'take ,anmtoh ,money to
start,•a toxon growing -=—a pottery
here, a little factory: there, a •few
more, stores; all the • . vacant faros
woilking•snd.prospeous and a pro-
cess has' started whielt becomes al
most automatic, infusing into youth
a new hope for the, future and a
wilt to go ant and; get. •In'oonolusien
I want AA tall yon old ,folies with
little money, salted down In that
old .sock, if these young mon are
good 011°11,41i to go out and light it,
your warsto protect your property.
and, your .bantlt .accounts against the
marauding ,fingers;.or Jap and GGar•
duan, then they are, good enough, to
asps for--niy, demand front you ha6F
in getting them established in their
native town,, and hi getting them re-:
eslablisliect, when they return, and
moreover to do at not too 'hnimbly,
as thought they, were receiving Et
favor from you but to expect it as
a return for a favor they have dons •
for you, to demand it as a debt.
owed them. And 00, when you go
t ch rch next Sunday pray that
these, young risen will he returned
to you and above all prayhat ad when
they are back among you
will
not only open your hearts but your
pusses. too.
GRASS SEED
NOW IS THE TIME TO CHECK YOUR
. GRASS SEED WANTS
Steel Briggs 4Fannous Linn Brand. Seed
for greater germination of seed.
f
Alfalfa; .lied Clover, Alsike, Timothy; Yellow Blossom Clover
White, Blossom also mixtures at Special Prices.
It will pay you to,get our ;prices before buying.
We can supply you with all your pasture grass, Rape, Etc.
Full Line of Feeds
For Better Results feed
Rose Brand • Chick Starter
orO.A.C. Chick Starter
We have'
"®Bran, Shorts, Oil Cake, Pig Starter, Hog Concentrate;
Poultry Concentrate, at reasonable prices.
Livingston Stock Feeds. _
Highest Cash Prices
paid for Eggs & poultry.
We will, cull your poultry to your satisfaction.
APJ. Pearson
Ethel Ont. Phone 22rY