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CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 7th, 1921
Cautaiiga July 6-7-8-
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Mery d itpplrl }hist Received
Also Wedding Rings and Wedding presents
Including Out Glass, Silverware, Clocks, Chins Etc.
W. Yd1qar.
Jeweler and Optician
Phone 174w
Issuer of marriage licenses
Residence 174J
I YOUR DUTY TO YOURSELF IS TO SAVE
The man with a Savings Account need never
worry, over the futute,
Saving, backed by determination; is one of
the most satisfying -habits' to -acquire.
A Savings Department at every branch. of
THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
R. E. MANNING.
CLINTON BRANCH
MANAGER
INCORPORATED 1855
Capital and Reserve $9,000,000
Over 130 Branches
THE MOLSONS BANK
The cost of living is falling, also the price of food.
stuff. This necessitates increased production.
Produce more and deposit your surplus in The
Molsons Bank where it will be ready for any.
call and yet be earning interest,
CLINTON BRANCH
Safety Deposit Boxes to Rent
II. R. SHARP, Manager
READY-TO-WEAR
CLOTHING
1 he glorrtsh
Clothing Co.
ORDERED
CLOTHING
elal
rday
Ten dozen Overalls, with or
without bib, plain black and• blue
stripe, special for
Saturday
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8
Now is the
Time to -Buy
VO9RICH CLOTHING CO.
Nlotto o"A Square Deal for Every Man."
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CLINTON MARICETS,
Fall wheat, $1.50,
Buckwheat, 804.
Spring Wheat, $1,25,
Oats 404
Barley, 504.
Butter 254
Eggs, 304 to 314.
Live hogs, 810.50.
NEARLY HALF TAXES PAID,
$15,840 had been paid in to the
Clinton tax collector by midnight on
June 30th. that being the -last date
for the payment of the first instal-
ment of taxes. The amount of the
whole bill is $32,000, 50 -.hat nearly
half the amount has beenalready
Paid in.
CADETS AT LONDON.
Thirty cadets lett Monday morn-
ing
orsing for London, where they are this
week undergoing drill. They were
in 'charge of Capt. Fred Wallis and
Lieutenants Fred Elliott and Ernest
Livermore, Frank Scruton being
signalling officer. Since Mr, Foulds'
departure at Christmas the cadets
have had no instructor, but they have
kept up their practice, ` under their,
efficient captain, and no doubt will
aoqui+t themselves creditably in
eamp. -
DON'T WASTE WATER.
The -Public' Utilities Commission
has been obliged to ask water users
to curtail, to sone, extent, the. amount
of water used these hot clays, The
Pinups are working at full capacity
but cannot ,keep the standpipe more
than half full. When it is taken into
account that the town is using 40,000
gallons per day more than was used
a couple of months ago, it will ..be
readily seen that the situation begins.
to look serious. Should a fire occur
when the standpipe is so low the re-
sult might be disastrous.
HEAT TOO MUCH FOR "TOM"
NIr. T, H. Cook, while helping to
haul in hay at Mr. William. Steep's
on Tuesday, happened with an acci-
dent which will keep him holidaying
for a few clays. Mr. Cook was on
the load and something went wrong
with !the ropes and at the same time
Mr. Cook took a dizzy turn, owing
no doubt to the excessive heat, and
fell off the.load._ He had his nose
broken and was also shaken up and
bruised somewhat, and is nursing his
injuries for a spell. Happily, altho-
ugh painful, his injuries are not ser-
DON'T- FORGET TIIE BIRDS.
Last week The News -Record sug-
gested that some provision be made
so that horses 'could be watered eas--
iiy. within the town limits and on
Monday evening the council instruct-
ed the street committee to take the
matter .up. Now, at the suggestion
of a young lady of humane heart, we
are going tourge the people to set
out watering troughs for the birds.
As there is loss lawn watering than
usual, on account of lack of water,
and the weather is so hot And dry,
the birds must suffer for water. Any
sort of an olcl shallow dish will do,
only keep fresh water in it and if
a few hundred such dishes are set
out all over town the birds will, fig-
uratively speaking, "arise and call
you blessed."
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
St. James' Church, 1Vliddleton
Co Sunday morning at eleven
L. 0. L. No. 300 will hold their an-
nual parade service in this church,
when the sermon will be preached
by the Rev. Carew Tiallowell, ,
Willis Church
The pastor will preach on Sunday.
The morning subject will be: "Stored
Sunshine." Evening, "Refreshing
Rivers."
The annual S. S. picnic will be
held on Wednesday next.
St, Paul's Church
Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morn-
ing prayer at 11. Evening prayer
at 7 p.m. Preacher, Rev. S. E. Me -
Keeney.
The Women's Auxiliary will meet
on Wednesday afternoon next, in-
stead of• Tuesday, on :Hiss Bawdon's
lawn and will have a picnic tea.
Ontario Street Church.
On Sunday morning next the Rev.
W. E. Millson of Aylmer, Social
Service Secretary, will preach to the
united Methodist congregations in
this church.
At two -thirty in the afternoon the
Orangemen of Clinton, will attend
divine service in this church, the
Rev. S. Anderson to preach. The
Rev.Mr, Anderson Will also preach
in the evening,
During the remainder of July all
the services of the two 1Vlethodist•
congregations, with the exception of
the Sunday Schools, will be held hi
Ontario street church.
On 8 Hziday evening the m-onthly
conseeraton service was held in con-
nection with the union League -meet-
ing, Miss Many Gibbings and Mr,
M, T, Carless presiding. The fea-
ture of the meeting was alt'' address
given by the .Rev, 0, I. Burns of -the
Baptist . church, on consecration,
which was 'anpreeiated by all who
heard it. Mrs. Downs and Mies
Wiltse sang a duets Miss' Mettii•on
Gibbin s i
ai solo an
g9 >~ a d Miss Nellie
Jenkins contributed an instrumental
diming the evening, A large tim-
ber answered to the ;roll, Next Mon-
day evening Cho topic will be a 11118-
sioniary otic and the 1tev. ,Carew
xllalloweld tivill be the speaker,
THE BOY $0011TS:
The boys go to camp on Friths
the 22nd.
On Wednesday morning the bo
did a "good turn" by assisting i
moving the chairs from the town
hall to the Chautauqua ton,WILL RE -OPEN IN GQDERICH,
Owing to the fact that the morn-
ing- train, eonnecting with the Lon-
don train here, was cut off some ante
ago and is not .to be 'restored, the
Clinton School of Commerce will
open as branch, in Goderich in Sep-
tember. While this Accommodation
train was on students could conte
from the west each morning, return-
ing In the evening, .. but conning by
the ,early train makes too.long a day.
Many of the C.S.C. students tonne
fron Goderich and before' this train
was pat on a branch of the school
was operated in that town.
COUNCIL TAKING ACTION.
The council made a wise move on
Monday night' when they took the
first step toward providing another
well. The citizens in a town like
Clinton would have reason to
censure a council which did not' see
that provision was made for their
protection in case of fire, and its
such hot weather . as we have been
having, end as' we always have in
the summer, the citizens should have
no 'scarcity of water for all their
needs,.. Nothing is so necessary for
the health and comfort of civilized
people:as„plenty of water and, we
should be able to use it lavishly,
shot weather especially, inside and
outside our homes. It is honed the
sinking of the new well will begone
on with without delay. -
IGIVE DOBBIN A DRINK,
Y; The matter of a drinking place for
PS
horses came 'up for diseuesion at
Ys Monday evening's icounoll nteeting,
Mayor McMprray introclueing tlie,
subject, and the street committee
was instructed to deal with 'the
natter taking whatever action they
seemed fitting.
It is now the need is greatest and
it is to be hoped the tconinittee will
beable to work out a plan to supply
drink for the horses as soon as pos-
sible. A bucket chained to a tap, if
there was a tap to chain it to,
woukl work all right, until better
accominodation could he provided,
"HONORABLY DISGII .RGED."
As the work of 'the won.en's Pa-
triotic Society is completed the treas-
urer has handed over to the war
veterahs 3292.29 to be applied as the
contribution of the women to the
memorial tablet.
-The Womens' Patriotic Society,
composed of ladies of the town and
surrounding jvicinity, did excellent
work throughout the years of the
war and they are to be congratulated
upon carrying through so important
a work as they did and coming out
with so nice a little balance, which
will be appreciated by the G,W.V.A,
They are now "honorably discharged"
from service.
I.LITTLE LOCALS.
"Well, -is it- hot enough for you
,
'The weekly band concert will be
given .on Thc7clay. night from now on
Stratford baseball team won from
Clinton on Thursday evening last in
a score of 13-6.
The Model School promotion ex-
amination results will be found on
another page of .this paper.
The "Glorious Twelfth" will be
celebrated at breezy, Bayfield. A good
place to spend a July day, surely.
Dominion Day was very quiet in
Clinton, -many going to Goderich, Bay-
field or elsewhere for the day.
Clinton baseball team took part inn
the baseball tournament in Goderich
on Dominion Day, losing to the
Goderich team, Zurich won the tour-
nament. •
THE CHAUTAUQUA IS ON.
Tn spite of the intense heat of
yesterday the attendance at both the
afternoon and evening sessions of
he Chautauqua was very good. Both
entertainments were much enjoyed.
The music by the Chester Scott Co.
was exieedingly good and Mr. Babb's
lecture was both entertaining and
educative.
Today- "Prince" the accordionist,
will furnish the music at both ses-
sions and in the afternoon the lec-
ture, "Red Russia" will be given and
in the evening, Davis,' Master Ma-
gician, will perform.
Tomorrow there will be a musical
;program by' the Qualen trio and a
lecture on "Community Nuts to
Crack," and in the evening the play,
"Contentment" will be given:
Saturday, the final day, the musical
program will be given by Ferguson's
Light Opera Quintette and in the ev-
ening the Hon. Percy Alden will lec-
ture on "The Outlook in Europe."
LONDESBORO
Mr, Thomas Inch and Mrs. Rober-
ton of London spent the . week -end
at Mrs. E. J. Crawfords,
A JUNE WEDDING.
The marriage was, solemnized at
St. Luke's church, Snrithville, on
Wednesday of last week of Miss
May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred-
erick Joyner, formerly of Clinton, and
Mr. John David Merithew, the Rev.
Mr. Dumas officiating.
The bride wore a handsome grown.
of navy bine duchess! statin with mohair
hat and carried 1l' bridal bouquet of
Ophelia roses and ferns. She also
wore the bridegroom's gift, a neck-
lace of pearls.
The bridesmaid was Miss Eva Car-
ter of Clinton, cousin of the bride,
-whosefrock roc was of navyblue taffeta
e
and georgette with which she wore a
white lace hat. Mr. Stewart Joyner,
brother of the bride, was groomsman,
The bridegroom's gift to the brides-
maid was a pearl sunburst and to
the groomsman a gold tiepin.
After the •ceremony the bridal
party and guests drove to the home
ef the brde's pinrents, Where ithe
wedding luncheon was servecl,
Mr, and Mrs. Merithew motored to
Clinton, Goderich and iKitchcner on
their honeymoon and will reside at
Sntfthville,
TIIE BOWLING TOURNAMENT,
Twenty rinks of bowlers took part
in the annual touurnanent on the
local green on Dominion Day, com-
peting for the Taylor trophy, . ten
towns, not including gCli1
Clinton,
being
b
represented.
The trophy was won by a rink.
skipped +hy Mr. A. B, Cash of Strat-
ford; second prize by J. E. Hovey's
rink; third prize by ,I, Taylor, and
fourth by G. E. McTaggart, Blyth,
It Was hot but fair, and the day's
sport as much enjoyed. ed, Pollow-
ing is a list of the rinks and scores
made by each:
A, E. Cash„ Stratford, won 4 games
plus 42, Taylor trophy and set of
pyrex.
J. E. Hovey, Clinton, won -4 games
plus 15, Weclgefood fern pot.
J. Taylor, London, 3 games plus- 48
sdish.
1VteDaggarteatgie8', Blyth, 8 games plus 25
pyrex dish.
Ross, Brussels, 8 games plus 21
Kennedy, Teeswater„ 8 games plus 20
7.'ei,fer, Blyth, 3 games plus 1a
Goodwin,, I.•Iettsall, 2 games phis 16
Morrish, Clinton, 2 games plus12
Roberton, Clinton 2 games plus 6
McGill, Mitchell 2 games minus 8•
Bush, Hensel', 9 games minus 8,
Cantelon •Clinto t 1 minus
n me 6.
Reid, Luh
r, now..
1 game 1.9.
Robertson, Hiytth 1 game minus 22.
Jeffry, Seafirth 1 gapto Minus 22.
Stell, Exeter, 1 game minus 82,
Broderick, Seaforah 11 game n11110324
Cantoron, Goderich 0 game mires 44
H'haig, Seafor'th 0 game minus 40,
•
•Little Miss Susie Steepe,- younger"
daughter of Mr; and Mrs. D. Steope,
had a birthday party on the lawn on
Saturday, entertaining a number of
her little girl friends.
This is Chautauqua week. Don't
miss the sessions because of the heat.
Unfortunately the opportunity will
not return next week, or when the
temperature, drops.
A couple of motor accidents oc-
curred on the way between here and
Bayfield on 'Dominion Day, resulting
in some daniage to the cars and in
one case to to 'seine injury to one of
tbe' occupants
Public- Library hours during the
summer months are fromtwo to
five -thirty in the afternoon and from
seven to eight m the evening, ex-
cept Saturday, when it remains open
until nine -thirty. - The Library is
closed all day and evening on Wed-
nesday during the summer months.
People You Know
Mr. Clarence Kilty of Toronto bee
been g
visitin • in town.
Mrs. Webber of London is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs, John Derry.
Miss Norma Bentley was in London
oven the holiday and week -end.
Mrs. W:. H. Ferguson of. Toronto vis-
ited Miss Zetta Bowden .last week.
Sfr, and Mrs. W. H. Kerr of. Beuse
,secs were in town on Dominion
Day,
Miss Higgins of Toronto is a guest
at the home of Mr, and Mrs. 33, R.
Higgins.
Mr. Willie Lotf of Goderielt spent
the week -end as Mlle guest of his
aunt 'and uncle, Mr. and Mrs, John
Farquhar,.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mustard -andfam-
ily of Toronto were in town last
week on their way to their sum-
hner Monte at Bayfield.
Mr. Harry Hunt
f
It
yo Ga is spending
p g
a few weeks in Clinton as the
guest of his niece, Mrs, W. Ham-
blyn.
Dr. and Mrs, Thompson have gone
on a trip up the lakes. They will
visit Mrs. Thonipson's sister, Mrs.
Hughes, of Port Arthur,
Mr, and Mrs. Glousher have return-
ed from their itoneyntoon trip and
have been visiting at the bride's
parental home in town.
Mrs. R. B. Carter and Miss Eva Car-
ter were in Snuthville Iast week
a,ttenditig the wedding of the fou.-
finer's niece, Miss Eva acting as
bridesmaid.
Mrs, Boles of Crookstown, Minn., is
. the guest , of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
11/fanning, Mrs. Boles has many
Mends in Clinton who are delight-
ed to welcome her bask to town.
Rev E. R. May and bride of To-
ronto ,and M•rs, Rowe and Miss
Mildred Rowe of Exeter spent a
few days last week at the home
of Mt, and Mrs. A. -Hooper,
tnn.
Ms
. Welsh1
who has bed' visiting
0 e1
the home
,.
at O 1 Ont O�' the ve
c, Rev, 'C I Snow-
don of towns and with her cousin,
112rs • .lllc •
ice
d deo of Goderich town-
ship, isas returned, to Hamilton,
where 4114 will spend some time
before ramming to her hone hi
Vancouver, ]3,0,
The Council Is Colyte, ' ;. !toting
the Sinking of Another Well
The council met on, Monday even -1 lowed Supt, Chant of the Public
hag, Mayor McMurray in the chair,
and all the members present with
the exception of Councillor Nediger.
A conintunication was read from
County Engineer Patterson, inform-
ing the council that Bylaw 18, 1920,
had been approved by the Minister
of highways. This bylaw had to
do with the taking over by the
county of the road known as the
Bayfield Roads from the railway in
Clinton to the village of Bayfield.
County Clerk Holman wrote giv-
ing the amount of the county rate
for 1921 as $8,969.52; General rate
32,600.72; Good Roads $1,368,80,
Dr. Shaw, M,O.H., wrote regard-
ing a tent which had been purchased
some years ago for the Board of
Health and asking about its where-
abouts;
Applications were read from H.
Glazier, E. F. F. Copp and A. Me-
Garvafor the position of assessor.
On motion of Reeve Miller and
Councillor Johnson the matter of the
appointment of an assessor was con-
sidered by the council in committee
and H. Glazier was given the ap-
pointment at salary of $150, a by-
law being passed to that effect.
The property committee was in-
structed to look after the B.0•II,
tent andsee that it is found,
Reeve Miller of the street • cons
mittee reported that the grass and
weecls had been cut on several
streets and would be on others; that
the road at the north of the town'
was about completed and work had
been started on Isaac street.
Councillor Johnson of the Fire and
Water Committee said - he had no
special report but• wished to say that
he did not think the fire yells should
he rung for any other reason than a
fide. He said the firemen were per.
fectly willing to dp their share to-
wards hunting lost children or in
any way necessary but he thought
the town bell rung at eight o'clock,
or any unusual hour would answer
just as well as the fire bell and it
would, he thought, be wiser to ring
the fire bell only in case of fire,
Mayor McMurray said he was the
one to blame for the ringing of ' the
fire bell a few nights ago but he
agreed that it would be just as well
to act upon the suggestion of Coun-
cillor Johnson.
Some discussion was caused by
the financial report, Councillor Coo-
per having allowed a couple of me-
chanics, who worked on the grand
stand at the park, fifty cents per
day more than Councillor Paisley,
chairman of the park committee,had
agreecl or intended paying their. Af-
ter some discussion the report was
adopted, substituting $2.50 per day
for the $3,00 allowed in the report.
Councillor Cooper brought in a
notion that a few barrels of tarvia
or oil be purchased for the new road
at the north end but Reeve Miller
thought the road would be injured
instead of helped by the application
of oil and he wasn't in favor of tar -
via, either. Councillor Paisley said
there was no money to buy tarvia
and the motion was lost.
Councillor Cooper and Reeve Mill-
er brought in the following motion,
which was carried: That the Public
Utilities Commission be asked to se-
cure quotations and specifications for
sinking • a
n additional web for the
waterworks .system and that the
Commission report to council before
any action ie taken,
During the discussion which fol -
Utilities was asked to explain the
situation at present, He said that
the town was using. 100,000 gallons
of water daily, which is 40,001) gal-
lons more than that -used iii; normal
tithes, spring, fail or winter, that
the two pumps were working twenty-
four
wentyfour hours per clay and doing all the
woric they can and yet the standpipe
and resevoir cannot be filled beyond
a certain height, Ile said there
ought to be another well as, if any-
thing happened either of the pumps,
the town would be without water.
Councillor Johnson said he under-
stood a well would cost only about
$5,000 and that one fire might easi-
ly cost more than a well and the
town would be that hunch poorer.
The Public Utilities Commission
has been recommending the sinking
of another well for years but until,
now the council has taken no action,
In all probability the matter will be
carried on as speedily as possible.
Mayor McMurray suggested that
some provision be made for the wa-
tering of horses, and on motion of
Councillors Johnson and Paisley, the
matter was handed over to the street
committee with power to act as
they see fit.
The following is the financial re-
port for the month;,-. r •
'Street Account
Pay sheet June .. ..,.:.$107.00
J, Carrick, cleaning .streets.. 0.20.
S. J. Andrews, for tole , . .. 14.04
Geo. Davies, cutting grass , , 3,00
Corless & Venner, for tools.. 3.84
Street Oiling
Pay sheet for May, June , .-1173.7.
Corless & Venner, supplies , 78
Electric Light Account
Street lighting for June.. .. 138,013
Lighting town hall ...... 3,02
Lighting public park , , . , 5,00
Property Account
Corless & Venner, supplies .. 1.63
T• H. Cook, earth for flowers 2,50
A. Scott, five hours work .. 1.25
Dry Eapth Closet Account
J. Carrick, salary for June.. 54.17
Cemetery Account .
R. Hunter, salary for June.. 71.43
C. Lovttt, 24 days work , ... 60.00
J, Farquhar; for team. , ... 6.00
Corless & Venter, account .. .61
Salary Account
R. B. Fitzsimons, for June .. 54.17
R.B. Fitzsimons, col. taxes., 50.00
R. B. Fitzsimons, war tax . , . 1.00
Insurance Account
Royal Insurance Co.. ...... 11.40
Grants Account,
Hospital, for lighting , . ... 8.67
Hospital, for wailer .. 12.61.
Town Band, to Jury 1st 200.00
Park Account
T. McKenzie, for lumber , , . , 83.94
Coriess & Venner, .. , . .. • , : t(6
Pay sheet for labor •. .. 13.80
Printing Account
W,H,,Kerr & Son, advertising 2.Z5
Board of Health
J. W. Shaw, expenses Toronto 15.00
Legal Account
W. Bryclone, law costs • . • . 44.27
Incidental Account
Bell Telephone Co., , . , .. .4,33
D. L. Macpherson, postage„ 3:10
Good Roads Account
Pay sheet to July 4 1256.00
W. Steep, for coal 112.0:)
R. B. Fitzsimons, for bolts.40
A. Morrell, 3 ends wood... 11.20 '
RECEIPTS
R.13. Fitzsimons, market scale 6.5,3
R, B. Fitzsimons, hall rent10.00
R. Hotter, sale eem. lots
Care in perpetuity . , . , G5.'i:4
Work .. . , 29.011
Warm, Hot, and Very Hot.
How do you Like It?
That it has been hot during the
past week or so nobody will deny
anti, indeed, most of us have been
willing to believe that all records
have been broken.
In Toronto the heat has been hov-
ering around 98 all this week but in
191 which wlt ch se nt have e to . v been lit-
s c
orally a "scorcher," the first five
days of July the temperature never
dropped below 90 and it rim es high
as 108, In London it was .101.5 and
once 'since that it went tip to` 106.5.
From records kept by a reader we
also learnt that in Jute and July,
1911, in Washington, D. C., the hot,
test weather in forty years was ex-
perienced, So that summer semis
to have •been an exceptionally hot
Mto�
Being curious as to how the mer -
Bury bas boon behaving in Clinton,
and knowing that Mr. John Rans-
ford usually keeps records of such
things we called him up Tuesday af-
ternoon and we take it as an indica-
tion of his courteous and obliging
disposition that, with the tempora.;
tura at 100, he made out for us the
following little record of the tan'
peraturo for the last day of Tune
and the first five days of July every
Year running back to 1905. It is
rather interesting and ought to con-
vince people that we usually have
pretty hot weather along about this
time of the year. •
It will be noted that while Tues-
day was one of the hottest days
this year, the corresponding clay of
1920 was decidedly cool, ahuost a
frost, indeed.
June 30th ,Idly 1st July 2nd July 3rd
1905 warm Het very hot
1000 -II et warm warm
19.07 warns warm coal
'1908 warns wutrnt Warm
1909 Hot warns warns
1910 very hot Hot very hot
1911. Hot very hot very hot
1012 Ilot Hot very hot
1918 Hot very hot Hot
191,1 warns cool warts
191;ii warm Ilot Hot
1916 warm Ilot Ilot
917 warn rnt tt,
warm warm
1916 warn
. cool Wf[Y."1t.
19.1•'9' warns very hot very hot
1920 Ilot . Hot ;Clot
1021 Hot very, hot very hot
iallies
Explanation -Cool --Below 70 degr cos; ^•' warm -Damen
hot--Botweetl ho and ,90f very hot- ever 90,
Hot
Hot
cool
Hot
Hot
Hot
very hot
IIot
very hot
warn
warns
Ilot
warm
warm
very hot
slot
very hot
July 413 July 6th
Hot Hot
warm
Warm
Hot
warm
warns
very hot
Hot
very hot
warn.
Ilot
Hot
warm
Warm.
Hot
Hot
very hot
warm
Hot
Hot
warns
warm
very Trot
very hot
very hot
wa rni
Warta
Hot
warm
warn.
Hot
cool
vets hot
70 and 801,