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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-05-11, Page 9May Ilth, I$I6 Clinton News -Record 2,44444+4444444444444 44 444444444444444*44444444444444 4 4 4 The 161st Huron Battalion has been 4 STRENGTH. 4 Will your County 44 UNDER STRENGTH ? a 1 4 4 4. 1 1 ordered to mobilize about the 15th of May AND AT FULL Will the word "Huron" ever stand as a word of reproach throughout the Empire ? Or will the people of this County rally to their pride and- to THEIR HONOUR ? To the Men, --- The Last Call for Volunteers. To the Mothers, Wives and Sisters,— The business of the young man of the County today is the completion of the Battalion she 'vas asked to form, Do you know what is happening to women in Europe today ? Do you know what the women of Belgium, of Servia, of Flanders and even of your own race in the old land have suffered by the invading Hund ? . ' Do you know that thousands and tens of thousands, 'with their little ones, are driven starving from their homes to -die in misery ; that they are being violated and slaughtered ? Are you content to remain at home in ease and reap business advantages while other e Do you realize that if this War is not fought out in Euro xnen;talee your place in the firing line ? be forced to share the sufferings of those in Europe ? p ,You and your children may Do you realize that if Canada is to protect her people, her homes and her liberty, her Does the sight of your chum in khaki have you untroubled and undisturbed ? men must be given without stint to take part in the struggle? ]Make such sacrifices as maybe necessary youThousands of glorious mothers, wives and sisters have given their dearest to this cause 3 (the Empire is worthy of them)to enable of Humanity and of Empire. Can you meet this type of womanhood in social intercourse ? Are to take your place in your County Battalion,you content to see other mothers, wives and sisters proudly sending off their manhood to protect von and your men -folk? ENLIST AND ENLIST TODAY, with the knowledge that, at last, you are playing Or will you meet the burden of this generation with COURAGE, "the highest of the part of a MAN. Divine Virtues ?" be one ? Kitchener urges "men and more men," Canada has promised him 500,000. Will you Your Reason Is Only a Lame Excuse. � 1IL : 3 250 Huron Men for Huron's Battalion and in 15 3 V � dais.sprier* eriopos stivs•mukt it•i• It vet sot items 1•1*****, opt veep* lover sp. opii• feet svpii geolueoriv. iv* itirript *vet tip tit to Iv votas OU will find a gripping detective story in' the M a y number o f MACLEAN'S MAGAZINE—"Behind the Bolted Door"—by Arthur E. M.cFarlane. Full. of. mystery, tense with interest, alive with action, passing strange in plot an.d incident, i.t is baffling until the last paragraph of the last chapter. This McFarlane story 'is but ono of .many "specials" in the May M:ACLEAN'rS---ali issue really remark- able for its high quality, as witness the following writers. These conisibutors are; as you will recognize, a inostexceptional company—the best known of Canadian writers, Arthur E. McFarlane Stephen Leacock Nellie L. McClung Robert W. Service Agnes C. Laut EDITORIALS HY:. Sir Herbert Ames N. W. Rowell C. C. James James L. Hughes J. P. Downey And next issue (June), the first of ARTHU R STRINGER'S iipm serial story, "Tate Anatomy of Love." CLEA NI A 1 NJ has orae feature which commends it to all readers Review of Reviews department, Here is reprinted the heart of the best things appearing it the leading magazines and periodicals of the worrier. So in MACLEAN'S one gets the essence of many magazines. Pith promise in this May Number bf many hours of genuine • entertainment and profitable reading. A bi:g 15 cents' worth— more than you find in a $1,50 work of fiction. For the price of a new novel, you can have twelve numbers of MA;CLEAN'S. bfACLRANis MAGA/INA Is Canada's best periodical, snbllcs• rf Hon. It, is out.and.out Canadian and is doing n one work for the encouragement of Canadian literature, and writers. Asa good Canadian, yon should be a yearly subscriber. Begin your Subscription with the May Issue, $1.50 Just write your three and address oa`this advertisement, and man to the snbilrhea-he faaLean Freshehing Co., Ltd., 143. Ufil jem lty 6.q„ Taranto, gin for *two will be sect tater. yla.Jose remlftinee,It you Pntrr. Get the May Issue - at your Bookseller's i One of the Most Important debentures to $50,000 ane the Prov - Sessions, ince could purchase these to the amount of $500,000. Toronto, May eth.-when the On- Another move in the same direr- tario Legislature prorogued last tion was an amendment to the noun - Toronto, and the royalrassent.was given icipal drainage act, so that the to 1..118 bilis, one of the most impar- amount any municipality might put . tent sessions in the Province came into a local drainage system is -in- to an end. The session will stand creased from $30,000 ,to $60,000, and, out with special significance for the the, investment by the government temperance and hydro -electric legis- from $350,000 to .$$00,000. lation passed. The Ontario Temper- ance Act will do more to enhance the name of Premier Hearst than almost any other measure that could have been sponsored by the government. immediate advantage of, this has' It is not without interest. to look been shown >,)y this Meteases1 pro back a few months when there were dlfcdlon in distracts Whore pro(ief unmistakeable signs of the trend of drainage facilities have been Re- public opinion towards prohibition. vided. This added margin for both ti drainage and municipal drainage wi encourage the people in many rur sections to instal More extensiv drainage works at small costa The ing the advance will be provided, and it is hoped that ,this will prove a great boon to those willing to take up residence in the new country but who lack sufficient capital to make a start that will lead them to ultimate success. Mr. Ferguson also announced that negotiations were under war .to establish a special agricultural community; in the north where boys and girls' re - le quiring a farm education could re - 1 ceive it under properly regulated al agricultural conditions, removed e from the. distracting elements of ur- Notwithstanding this there was an To deal with the immediate noes- element in the Province -an element sities of the war and to prepare. that was not without considerable ler the period of reconst&lctiou when influence -that declared the Premier would never face the prohibition is- sue ; his own party would repudiate him ; if he dared he would seal his political doom. All of this was cur- rent gossip. But the Premier has dared, he has survived and will con- tinue to grow in the regard of the People of the Province for the stand he has taken. Perhaps less spectacular but not. less in importance was the legisla- tion enlarging the operations of the Hydro -Electric Power, Commissidn; the extension of the service into the. Trent valley (Midlands) district, and the proposal to develop 300,000 horse power by a new installation at Niagara Falls, This legislation was in accord with the policy that has been maintained bh the government to give every, encouragement- to the development of the !Pro -electric cheap power movement, to make available its .benefits to all classes, Legislation' was also passed making; Provision for another step in the movement to build hydro radials, and the announcement was made that before long it is expected that an independent source of power will be secured in the far eastern part of the Province, and thus complete,, a province -wide system of public own- ership in power franchises, The- requirements of the rural dis- tricts were given careful considera- tion. Hon. T, W. McGarry introduc- ed legislation to enable municipal- ities to deal more extensively in drainage debentures, The tide drain,. age act was passed a few years ago with the' object of encouraging farm- ers to nnprove their , places with proper drainage. A -township could invest up to $40,000, in tile drainage dslientures and sellthese to the government which was limited to an investment of $200,000 for the prov- ince. As many townships had al- ready reached their limit the Provin- cial Treasurer lrad the act amended so that each township could Issue stances, A. simple method of scour the war is over, the Premier brought in a bill empowering rthe appoint- ment of a select committee of the House to organize the industrial and agricultural• resources of the Province and to assist in recruiting, The Lieutenant -Governor has been made chairman pl this committee, and its statutory powers are wide enough to give it an opportunity to render useful service. The commit- tee will act largely in an advisory capacity, and in the meantime the government win proceed as it did Iasi year arid take advantage .of every ,opportunity to assist the Em- pire and the Allies in the 'struggle at hand, and will make such use of the war tax as the. conditions from tinie to time warrant. ' me appointment of the Soldier's Aid Commission, under the chair- manship of Mr. W. D. McPherson, M.P P., has beep confirmed, and the powers of the Commission have been enlarged to consider tliecase of any man Who has served in the ranks of the Allies, ne matter whether -of (Canadian birth or not, so long as the good offices of the Commission may be useful on his behalf. While much attention was paid to problems arising out of; the war, matters of important domestic con- cern were not neglected. The Min- ister of Agriculture had several meas- ures to improve the quality and quantity of agricultural production. Notablyamong these was an act- to improve the quality of dairy pro- ducts under which the "pooling" system of purchasing milk and cream Will he discontinued, and the pro- ducers of high quality milk and cream will get a better price. In Northern Ontario Hon. (l, Howard Ferguson proposes to assist settlers by loans. A special cont-. missioner is to be appointed who will investigate all applications and recommend such loans as he thinks is warranted tinder the circum, ban life, and this same scheme he hoped would be of use to settlers anti returned soldiers who Were will- ing to go on the land, and could receive elementary instruction in farmwork so that they would not. be handicapped in their own opera - The needs of labor found a good friend in Hon. F. G. Macdiartnid, who, realizing the importance of this branch of the government, asked the House to authorize a Depart- ment of Labor, under a specially qualified suptrintendent. ' In this Department would be consolidated the scattered inductrial branches, such as the Bureau of Labor, the Factory, and Shop Inspection Branch, '. the Boiler Inspection Branch, and in this way build up the nucleus of a new service that should prove oft inestimable value to labor in.' re u- I 'ar^ lating employment and securing the 1 best, conditions possible for the ar- tisan and employe. McKillop Township Mr. .T. J. Irwin spent the recent. Easter vacation period' visiting his mother and other relatives in Blan- chard and St. Marys. Miss Annie Dundas has returned to 'Toronto after paying a brief visit to the parental hone.. Mrs. I iiectel has been on a ;i13as- ant visit to Toronto and points east. Mr. Adams of Walton has moved to the farm until recently occupied by Mr. Wm, Barron.. The dredge is moving rapidly up the Crozier drain. Janet Davidson, an old resident here, NS been removed to the Ho.ise of Refuge -at Clinton. McKillop Township. The epidemic of measles and mumps has about spent itself and happily without any fatalities. The schools which have been closed are now open. Seeding will he somewhat late this season but that does not by any means mean small or poor crops. That will depend upon the weather later, which we' hope will be favor- able. Warning is • being sent, out that physiciaxs of the Provixce who fail to register births will he prevent- ed., -,t e Add ho Ply urs to your day Summer will soon be here and you will want all the time you can get out-of-doors, free from work and worry. Get a house Telephone to help you! Nothing can do it so well; and it will cost only a few cents a day ! No installation charge. sY Hensa 11 1)r H. Oroker of Titsonburg was .the guest of his sister, ,Mrs. Hardie, for a few days during the holiday season. - Mrs. John Rinehart of Binscarth, Man., has been here visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Joseph„Ellis. Miss Helen Macarthur of Loa ion visited at the home of her uncle, 'Mr. -Harry, Arnold, recently. - The Public Library board selected forty dollars worth of new books last week. ' Pte. George Washington, a mem- ber of the 161;st Battalion, passed away on Wednesday after but a few days' illness, from pleuro -pneumonia: The deceased ryas'born in England twenty-frvo years ago. He had been a resident of Hensel' for about three years, having been connected with. the Local branch ,of the Molsons Bank. He was interred in Hensall cemetery oar Friday . "with military honors. 1VIrs. F W. Brooks autf children of London visited the Tally's grand- mother and. other friends in towit reeentlyl, e ass 1 Let us call ,and talk it over -. — fil] out the Coupon below and wail it to -day I. The Bell Telephone Co. of Canada. Gentleman—Please see me «bout Residence Telephone Service. N1tme , » . _ .'Address ....