The Clinton News Record, 1914-07-23, Page 4uliateri•
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1914
Bee Ready FoiC"the Arley
Worm ifjIt Comes This Way.
On account o the crops in` some
distrlc,ts+'bn ng badly attackedby title
post, it ih advisable for every ream-
, or to be on the lookout and ready to
combat it if it conies his way.
The, army. tvorni is about one and
one-halfinches long, when full grown;
and is striped with black, yellow and
green, of a dingy appearance and
much resembling the cutworm, When.
detected, ell efforts should be ceatred
on keeping, the wonns out of crops
not yet attacked, A deep furrow,'
(several furrows' are better) ploughed
around the fields. with the vertical or
steep side of the sorrow next to 1bo
crop to. he protected, serves as a l:ar•
ler to, prevent the march .of the
Worms, as they will nob be able . to
crawl up 'he straight side of the Mr -
mow, - holes dr pets should ne dug
in the bottom of the furrow every 'ton
or twelve feet to catch the worms as
they crawl. along looking for a place.
3'o get out, They can 'then do de -
strayed with a blunt stack or by
burning straw over thein,
By thoroughly spraying or dust.
ing a small strip of the crop in ad-
eance of the worms with Paris
green, and liberally distributing pois-
oned bran (mixed at. the rate of filly
pounds of bran and one pound Paris
green with enough molasses and wa-
ter to sweeten it) Targe rnumrbers may
be destroyed, :1 field so poisoned
must not be pastured until rain has
thoroughly washed it, Whatever is
done must be done quickly and at
once, for a single days delay may
often mean the ruin of a valuable
crop.-F,C,N,, Commission o''i Conser-
vation.
Constance -
Mr. " and Mrs. Cecil a
e 11 O kai l a
Miss
i •,
c I
Oak of I gmondville spent Sunday as
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. Clark.
Mrs. W. woods of Walton was a cal-
ler in the village last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Webster of Fordyce
spent Sunday the guests of her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taylor.
Mr, and Mrs. L. Proctor and dau-
ghter returned to London on Monday
after a pleasant vacation spent with
friends hereabouts.
Those who are not busy haying
these days are berry picking.
Mr. Fred Milson of, Forget, Man.,
is spending a holiday at Atwood.
Dame Rumour has it that when he
returns to the west next week he
will not be alone. Although a trifle
early, we extend congratulations.
Tuckersmitth Township
Miss Hazel T. Elcoat, eldest daugh-
ter of William Elcoat, and a former
pupil of Clinton Collegiate has been
engaged as Commercial Specialist for
the Ontario Ladies College, Whitby,
NEWS -RI ;CORD -N E WS-LEADEII.
13ullett Townsihip
Mr. George. Crawford of the 13th
had his :'new ,barn raised on Tuesday
of last it cokd The weather looked
threatening tor a time, indeed, it did
rain a smart shower, but the men
worked undauntedly and got the
frame in place. in the evening
a
very pleasant social this was spent
in games, music, ore.
Mrs_ Jos, I3o •le.of Si. Au'ustl a is
} g n
spending a couple of weeks with her,
Parents, Mr:, and Mrs, John Shana-
han.
Mr.`'J'hos, Flynn of Stratford Sun -
Bayed at home,
Klippen
Mr. aryl Mrs., WaL.er of Pete lore
nroto}'ed, up and spent a iew days
visiting Mrs, walker's parents, 112x.
Anel Mrs, Ivisoh,
Mrs. James Fowler and little son
have been visiting -Dungannon friends,.
Wheat haeveet:ng is well on its
sway aril the seep is first Plass-
Mr. and -Mrs,,. Wm. Forrest of Mare
guts, Sask., visaed friends hereabouts
recently.
A ver y pleasant time was . spent on
Thursday evening last by the Metho-
dist" people of this burg and Varna
when a reception was tendeted on the
church lawn to the new pastor, Rev.
Mr. 13rowu, The ladies of the con-
gregatione servud ice creast and cake
and afterwards the pastor, MMlr. Ke;,u
a member of the Goshen congregation
and Mr, Deihl al Varna, gate scion
addresses and Mr. and Mrs. Ap-
pleby gave several vocbissti'e) tions., All
enjoyed the social 'gathering very
111uc11,.
Blake
1I:e Blake e Y
t'
omens Institute
held
tut successful meetings recently. The
June electing took plans at the home
of .Mrs. R. N. Douglas. There was a
good program, readings by Mrs. L.
Lsler' and Mrs. Wm.. Douglas, phono-
graph selections by Mrs. J. 00. Parke,
las, songs and instrumental nnus e by
ItIr, H. C, Zapfe, Mrs, J. H. Parke
and Mrs. G. Freckloton, on July and
at the )tome of Mrs. Peter Capling,
Miss t''owling of Toronto, the Gov-
ernment -Delegate, gave an interesting
address on "Art in the home" also
"Dental Hygiene and its Relation to
i -health. A vote of thanks to Miss
Cowling was proposed by Mrs. Wet.
Douglas, seconded 1 y Mrs, John Man-
son, and the meeting was closed by
all singing a verse of "God be With
You Till We Meet Again." Lunch was
serval by the members, A lawn
social under the auiraiccs of the In-
stitute will be held at the residence
of Mrs. John Keys, Blake, ,a rlday,
July thirty-first, supper will be serv-
ed from six until eight o'clock. '1'11e
Hensel' Balla will be in attendance,
There will be a short programme, and
refreshments booth.
N EWS-RECORD-FEWS-LEADER.
:
Rends
Tn-Wear
Garmen is
COU
m
Dry Goods
:ted Hon
Furnishings
Big Sale of
Soolofl Wnliams
15 and 18a values for 9G.
500 yards in fast colored gingham in
pretty stripes and checks including all
this season's patterns, your elyoice Satur-.
da.' 9 cts. See these in window,
Dress Goos Speoial 39c
390.
We put on sale Saturday 2C0 yards of
pure wool dress goods width 44" x 54"
color's' navy, brown, green, white. Some
of these sold as high as 85; none less than
OOe per yard. Your choice 39c a yard.
Black SiIk Wa r
ISIS .99
'We will halve on sale Saturday 9. black
and white silk waists. They are not the
newest styles' but are made of good dual-
ity, sold as high as $4 00 and $4.50 choice
Saturday 99c,
86 PERCENT OFF fLL
DRESSES.
Your . choice of any
summer dress in, ' store
25 percent. off, made of
Ratines,Voiles, Embroil-
eries, Crepes.
See These ?early Saturday,
1
Varna.
At a meeting of. the citiaens ori, Mon.
day ,evening .it was decided ;to ob-
serve Thursday July 30th as dela
holiday in Varna, Too small bo
have a wvip `r!milder ? Weill,`. not
much. We've; had one for years and
the eltizens thoroughly enjoy it. This
year the three churches will unite in
a. monster 'picnic Lo 1layfield.
The, Presbyterians ldtzna Raving
their annual garden party in ilia,
McAsln's grove' on Tuesday evening
nuxtr The °Met attraction will be
the ,Highlanders hand from Clinton,
rend it is a hand worth going some.
distance Lo hear, There will also
be an abundance of refreshments and
a .good time generally. Come along
and enjoy the evening,
Mr, John Reid of tdre Parr Line
the energetic tbreshere had the mis100-
Lune to meet with an accident the
other day which might easily have
proved to be a more serious one than
it was, 1Ie was driving through
Sealortii when his horses tool: fright
at-soanething and ran away throwing
friar to the ground, from which he was
picked and found to be pretty badly
cut and bruised.. The wagon was/ al-
most completely') smashed, Mr. Reid
is now improving and it is hoped he
'ill be 1i ii
n quite h usolf again before
the threshing season opens. .
The members of Varela, Goshen and
( iPPen Methodist congregation. had a
reception for the new pastor at Nip-
pon on Thursday evening testi
Stanley. Township
• It was stated last week that 1Ylfss
Myrtle Keys had successfully' passel
her prilnary piano exam. it should
have read Junior piano. • We congers -
'Dilate t ,
a c Miss Keys t ressului t6
0i sue e
The people
co 01
this s c cti
[
DnrC sor-
ry
or
1 t- to h aa'
e of the cicatb of ills. Sam-
uel Peebles of'Ilarriston. •She is
survived by a family of threedaugh-
ters. One brother. also survives.
Miss Mayne Keys spent a week
with Goderich township Mende re-
cently and on Tuesday left with bliss
Myrtle Keys .on a trip to the west.
Wiese; .Eliza . Robinson and Meta
Keys were in attendance at the sum-
mer echo01 at St. Thomas last week.
Mr. W. 1I, Talbot, our Itonie
thresher, has returned from the west
and is Mee, fitting up his threshing
outfit for a big season. He has al -
50 purchased a now bean thresher,
having all the latest improvements,
and will he prepared for the fall bean
threshing. Anyone having beans to
thresh should see Harry about it
The thresher will be run by a gaso-
line engine.
1YIr. A. E. Gates, mechanical engin-
eer, of Detroit, had a thrilling exper-
ience 011 Lake 11111011 on 'Thursday
last, Ile was 011 his, way to j000 a
fishing party at Little Current, Man-
itoulin Island, Georgian Bay-, with
itis gasoline boat, whet the. shaft
broke, leaving' hire helpless in the
lake at a point about, 10 miles oil
Hayfield, where he anchored for the
night:. lie was too far from land
to attract assistance and there were
no boats in sight anywhere on the
big lake. As the main shaft was
broken 1
r
0 there -
te tar no 1
osstble '
na• 1
1 t tc
P0011el the boat by power from the
engine, so he set in work to rig a
sail. Ile hada flagpole and an ail•
cher, and 'with them and what linen
he 00)1111 find, he tint:dory:ed 'the
mart into a sailing vessel, While
nailing for favorable wind the craft
drifted southward, Dre'sdale • was
sighted and he was finally taken or.
')'115 OLD BOYS'
RF. -UNION :\.'I.' S'IRA'TFORIJ
Several games in the Western On-
tario Baseball Leagues will he played
at Stratford during Old Boys' Week,
Aug. 1.-8,.
George Goulding, world's champion
1. to 3 mile walker, will complete
with five others; at Stratford 011.1
Boys' Reardon, Aug. 1-8.
NIGHT filADE1 BEAUTIFUL,
Bp the Electrical Decorations at the
Canadian National. Exbihition,
Electricity as an, ornament will be
a striking feature of this year's ex-
hibition. You'll remember a year
ago those Little electric bulbs flicker-
ing like iileflies among the leaves of
the trees. That was only a startetr
for a series of electric. novelties that
tvidl this year make the grounds a
vision of loveliness by night,
Above the entrance will be the Un-
ion Jack and the Starts and Stripes
entwined, with the dove of peace
floating over them, while at the
sides of the entrance will he two
electric panels', one emblematic of
Canada,, and 'tire other of the United
States,
The Grana Plaza has been strung
with a network of wires and will be
canopied with twinkling electric
stars.
These with other docorations.will
make it Elcetl:ic Year as well as
Peace :'Year at the Canadian Nation-
al.
NEWS -RECORD NEWS -LID -ADE
HOM E
STUDY
The Arts :Course may
be keubyeorrespon-
dente, but students
desiring: to graduate
must attend' one
session.
•
Q1JEENS
UNIVERSITY
KINGSTON, ONTARIO
ARTS APPLIED SCIENCE
EDUCATION tneaudingq
MEDICINE' ENGINEERINC
SUMMER SCHOOL
JULY And AUGUST 25
G. Y. CHOWN, 'Registrar, Kingston, Ont,
An Arley of Army worms is
innumerable and 'travels
at theirate,of:100 yards in
Yesterday inoening Ide army'wor:nls
were reported to be; ivithin''le,ss than
a' Dille of the eastern borders of 1VIed-
dleeox, aud` advancing toward; that
001)1113' at the rate;; of ono 111111100131
yards per liilur.
They had cleaned up a large part of
the wheat field of George Fdrze, Mil-
Boris of the worms were located la
the field, and it in estimated, that
they devastei fully twenty acres of
what yesterday was a fine crop 'al-
most reading Cot cutting Today 0n-
1' the stapes are standing..
Scores .o1 farmers gathered to 000
the -most, )-hundreds of thousands of
worms were sta)nped to death,: es'-
ci
1)11 aall
y when' they were making their.
way across the road,: but :couritloas,
others folloeved them.
i, 13. Whale, the district agrioultur
al representative, was at Tliorndale,
yesterday afternoon, anis advised the
digging of trenches and the use, of
coal oil to fight the pest.
The situation is Inc most serious
that the farmers of the district have
had to face in years, and it is feared'
they will nose heavily.
It was with great regret that
Essex parted with the `
Rev: Dr. Medd.
(1! rout Essex Free Press.)
- The Suaday school roan of Grace
Methodist church, 1 ssex, (0115 the
scene of a most pleasant .gathering
on Monday, June •29111, when helmeen
two and three
lutidre
d of thef
friends
and
s
of. .Ret Dr. Medd and family, gather-
ed to11
1 tl them larewcll primate their
leaving to take up their residence in
Chatham where Dr. Model will become
pastor of the Methodist church. The
evening was essentially :asocial even-
ing only .a brief programme being of
Mind. lYliss Mary Auld, accompanied
by bliss 111. Richardson rendered sev-
eral solos which were greatly eujoy-
ed, Mas, Autsley delighted the pom-
my with a reading and Rev, J.
Crawford gave a brief address.
During the programme Rev, Dr,
Medd was called to the 'platform and
the following address was read by
Mrs. Treeklierry and a purse of gold
presented to him bp Mrs. Ilei,
"In the providence of God the time
has cane when our relations as pas-
tor and people are about to close,
and we, a number of your friends
Imre gathered this evening to spend
another pleasant hour together, and
to 00nveyl to you an expression of
the very high esteem In which you
and rotr family are held among us.
and our regret that our associations
are so soon to end. As pastor of
our church we desire to express our
admiration and commendation of the.
ability, -skill awl faithfulness, which
have characterised your efforts in all
departments of your work t'3r•ough-
out the year. As a preacher your
able and faithful presentation of the
truths of the gospel have enlightened
and inspired us. As a pastor your
kindly I
t t tollsf cheer brei' and aclnitat
have cheered and uplifted us, arid as
i ratan you have so conducted your-
self et all times as to maintain the
dignity of your high calling and cm -
man! res,.ect and admiration Irres-
pective of church of creed. We
trust 'Duet in the providence of (led
you may, with the inspiration 01 a
larger sympathy and a more hearty
ea -operation be enabled to accomp-
lish else morn in the interests of
Ili
Kingdom. iVe ask you to ac-
cept this might token of the appre-
ciation of your friends in Essex and
we trust and pray that the Divine
blessing may rest upon clan and
yours in your new 110111e and amid
your new associations,
Dr. Medd very feelingly replied
thanking them Cor their great kind -
(1000 to himself and family through-
out the year, for thel'r hearty co-op-
eration and support in the work of.
the dwell, and this last expression
of their appreciation and goodwill.
Refreshments were served consisting
of ice einem a.ncl cake or wlfi.C11 all
abundance had been provided by the
ladies. Alter singing "God be with
You 'fill We Meet Apia," and ex-
tending fal'cwell greetings to Rev,
00, Meda and family the company
broke up at a late hour:, Rev, • Dr..
Medd and family have now gone to
their uew field of labor at Chatham
hearing with them the very hest
wishes of the whole community.,
He Didn't Know.
Superintendent J. 11. Rogers, of the
Ontario Provincial Police, who was
receully despatched to Chicago to file
t110 extradition snipers in the Case of
Dr: Beattie' Nesbitt, relates an amus-
ing incident of his experiences in
passing Canadian money in the Illi-
nois metropolis. He sought to pay his
hotel bill with Canadian bank cur-
rency, but, was informed that a five -
per -cent. discount would be charged
on all bills with the exception of the
Dominion one and two dollar notes.
Mr. .Rogers :.had tendered the amount,
of his account in Bank of Commerce
bills. Somewhat exasperated be be-
gan to thumb) over his "roll." The
clerk watched hits meanwhile.:
"We will take those without dis-
count," he observed, pointing to a
five -dollar Dominion Bank bill,
Mr. Rogers smiled, paid his account
in Dominion Bank bills, secured his
receipt, and then had his revenge by
pointing out the rii1ioulous ignorance
of the wise accountant of the metro-
politan hostelry.--Oanadian Courier,
THE INIIV7 ER T RAt
The Trip of the PeaRiver,',
460.-
Rive'ome
steader !Into Town is. a Rare Treat,
The oxen drive up bo tile door ole
the homesteader's' spd-roofed shack'°
bedding 'and gruff box are thrown bra
the baled hay on- the sleigh tack, and
.hurrah for civilization I Thedrive may
be two hundred, five, seven hundred
or more Miles. Bnt,u'Uat is that? The
grub' -box is the main thing (with good
weather and luck).
In the r -
g ub Uox:yon wi]!. find plea•
ty of small" bannoeks—those will not
freeze as solid as brad and can be
rapidly thawed out. There is a bag
of boiled potatoes, frozen, likewise one
of chopped meat patties,' and the ba-
con -bacon wields is always with the
Peace River freighter. A pail of sy-
rup, granite cup,'' plate, a butcher
knife, fork, spoon, fry -pal. and copper
tea -pail complete the outfit.
At noon, while the. oxen or horses
eat their hay, the traveler i cooks and
eats hie dinner by a fire in the open.
If there is no water available, he
melts snow in his tea -pail, it occa-
sionally' being necessary to melt
snow for the oxen .as well when the
frost has gone to the bottom of every
creek. Western animals will lick 00n-
si ra 1
de b e snow, but the watethole in
the river is met with delight by man
and ox.
And supper—why, that's' just an-
other hie .1 prepared in the same way,
blit this time camp is made, i.e,, the
team is, if possible, sheltered in a
clump of spruce or willow: Dry
branches, hay or .preferably spruce
boughs are thrown near the campfire
-the big, heating campfire which fol-
lows the cooking fire—to insulate the
sleeper from the snow or frozen
ground tender jump.
Very few people are so reckless as
to travel after night, It doesn't pay,
except on a few stretches of good
trail, well known to the driver., Lake
and river 'trails are now and then
used ingood moonlight.
moon 1t.
g
It is roll np his bed befoorre daylight,
ht
feed the oxen breakfast and
away in
the same manner as before, until
within range of the bunk -houses,
Facility is then afforded for eating
food and provender under shelter. The
old roadhouse had a mud and pole
fireplace, and also ground space for
bedding when there was no floor, The
interior lighting consisted of a small
space cut in the log walls and covered
with a flour bag. The more preten-
tious stopping place provides a cook
stove, water, table, and in some in.
stances bunks, otherwise a bunk -house
and eating house. Hay and oats are
usually on sale for horses and oxen,
which are Housed in a more or less
comfortable stable. These stables are.
often in sad need of chinking and
very wet in springtime. And this is
the Life of the trail for days, weeks
and sometimes longer. Thus men,
and frequently their wives and chil-
dren, pass south north, east and west:
But women, especially new settlers,
prefer the caboose, which, at least,
is an independent, if at times a des.
perately seasick, institution.
When the city is reached all sup-
plies for the coining year must be or-
dered, collected, phcked and well rop-
ed on the sleigh for the return trip.
Occasionally the homesteader, along
with bis comrades—he always travels
with others when possible — has an
"Oh -be -joyful," which is usually cur-
tailed by the shallowness of bis purse,
bat this is gradually growing less fre-
quent. The settler in northern Al-
berta lives beyond the alcohol belt,
Theatres, picture shows, hotel din-
ing rooms and various places of in-
dividual interest aro eagerly visited.
The effect is deliriously intoxicating
by way of sharp contrast to the more
or legs isolated life of that pioneer,
Then copies the return trip, And
many a strange incident occurs where-
in the man who does not carry the
rudiments of a mechanic's shop in his
head or his hand is badly handicap -
pod. Sleighs will break, runners curl
ander their loads, dogs snap and let
loads slide back in steep pieces, some-
times dragging a team clown, and
off their feet et that, R.oughlocks dip
and loads crash down steep hills.
Block and tackle are called into re-
quisition. There nee also upsets,
Every trail has its dead oxen, horses
and little dead colts. Yet your west-
erner pushes on through plain or tall
timbers, ever with 1101 eye for lost
horse or ex shoes, and, where there
is no forge, shoes his own horse, even
taking chances on wire flails, which
he drives in the hoof with the back
of his axe. --Lila I':. Clendonnn in The
Saturday Globe.
da,
Orientals Object.
The 'question of the empieyment of
white girl labor in Oriental business
houses is a live question in the
larger Canadian cities, but especially
in Western Canada. There a large
number of Chinese and Japanese are
owners of laundries, eating houses
and even general stores, and these
have been accustomed to employ
white girls, Recently the Legislature
of the Province of Saskatchewan
passed an act forbidding the employ.
menu of white girls he such e.stablisli-
merits. This la,v came into force on
May ist, and the first •trouble came
in Moose Jaw, This city has more
Chinese and Japanese residents than
any other city in the province, The
Chinese would not likely make iron-
ble of their own accord, but led by
the Japanese they are assisting in
the discussion, The Japanese take
the ground that their rights are being
curtailed, they being '• naturalized
British subjects. They are prepared
to contest the act as a question of
international law before, if need be,
the Canadian Supreme Court or even
the British Privy Council,
A Record Ice Harvest,
Toronto companies harvested this
year the biggest ice crop on record
in that city, and .have 200,000 tone
stored, valued at nearly 92,000,000.
About ten per cent, advance in
prices is to be made, tete first increase
in eight years. The reason given fox
the advance is that prices of plant
equipment are much increased. Te
offset this advance in prides, the ice'_
harvested this year is the purest and
clearest of a decade,
News -Record means News -Leader.
National Portland
Cement !
We have just received a carload of the same old brand
of Portland Cement which has always given you such com-
plete satiefaction. It always fills your requirements. You
cannot make a'mistake:using-the National;
Sm J. ANDREWS,
Clinton;
1
FORthe ,
benefit t o f our
Q
many customers toners, from
the country ante o have aV e� not
J w
had
an o
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rtu
nl
ty
of v
id
itingtheStoredurlng•the
past week
we ha
vedecl
-
ed
ontinue
t0g lVe
doable Coupons ons f0
ran -
other
week, . .,
ending Sat-
urday, -
y, August 1st.
Concentration.
It is better to advertise inten-
sively than extensively when the
sum to be devoted to advertising
is small. 'I'liis means the regular
use of The NEWS -RECORD -52
messages a year addressed to the
same constituency of readers.
Intermittent 'or divided effort is
not likely to be ,resultful. One
full -powered blow is better than
two half blows,
Concentration of appeal will do a
work of conviction and persua-
sion that 'fvill surprise you when
the year's returns are totalled up.
A WORD TO THE PUBLIC.
There's advice for you in this little hom-
ily to advertisers : it is Reward with a
full—not divided—custom the merchant
who steadfastly solicits your' good -will.
The more you strenghthen the hands of
the man who serves you the better will
he the service returned.
Shop Where You Are Invited to Shop,
1
Stock4tc.Ineing Sale
Hr+ving bought out the Furniture and
U n ti e r t a king business of M r. Wesley
Walker,and in older to reduce stock, for
the I.ext 'fifty days, we put on one of the
largest sales of Furniture that was ever
held in the county of Huron,
THIS STOCK I'1.UST BE REDUCED AND THE
PRICES ARE NOT TO BE CONSIDER1D.
Ail Goods Bought During Sale Will be Cash,
J.S. DUFORD,
Night and Sanday calls answered at residence
over the store. Phone 28.
Amman
PAP
Western Fair
LONDON, CANADA
Ontario's Popular Exhibition
September llth to 19th, 1914
INCREASED PRIZE LIST
MAGNIFICENT PROGRAMME OF ATTRACTIONS. TWO SPEED.
EVENTS DAILY, NEW FIREWORKS EVERY NIGHT.
Come and See
The Experimental Farm Exlsibit aud the Canadian Royal Dragcares,.
The Oon, T, Kennedy Shows will fill the Midway,
Music by the best available Bands.
Reduced Railway Rates commencing Sept, nth
Special Excursion Days, Sept, 15th, 11311) and 17th,,
A11 tickets good till September 21st.
.431 information fi'orn ,the Secretary.
W. J. REID, President, A. ,111. HUNT, Secretary