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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1927-02-17, Page 7Hell a .don '! New York Speaking WN+L ANTENNA • 11o'Jl$GN FAC 11,y.EAEN5 STATION -.T: cb KC -1 Poo lACrcvt sutnrlgNsPEATEII' NEW .'PORK ihAVSMrrT Nu�TN-'µwh•l 'SM�ONi WAALYE TrrAflltlir r[a cone-sgoo r. r •y,. SHORT WAVE. OO PATHL'LONG Y,EM0IO PAT„ ANA WIRE PATH , 'r u�udG TAna+ O`g RADE, LINTS /IR fJNDON NOM POINT.- WROUGIIT0t1-SB50 MILES DEAL BEACH -LONDON 3400MILts RUGBY " -NOULTON NB990NBEC5 WROUGHTON - LO,IOON - hO MILfs LINK LONODN -RUGBY - BS MILES V NO LION' ROCKY , - 600M MILES I 5 N - EW' TEAK � . ROCKY POINT- '/51: Y R .ICES When , Walter S. Gifford," Presi- 1VT dent of the•Bell Telephone Sys- tem, talked across the Atlantic a few days ago to Sir Evelyn Murray of the British Post Office in London, .at the• formal opening of trans-Atlantic telephony, the talking circuit con- sisted of 850 miles of wire line and 6300 miles of •ether path. East- bound, the ast-bound,_the electrical waves travel by regular telephone line from New fork to Rocky Point, Long island, thence by radio to the receiving sta- tion at Wroughton, 15ng1and,stud. from there by wire, tothe long dis- tance office of the general Post Of-- five in London. West -bound, the transmission passes by land line from London to Rugby, thence by.. radio across the Northern Atlantic Bell Telephone officials in New York to the receiving ;station at Houlton: listening in on the conversation. The Maine. From Houlton to New York , occasion promises to be, historic in the 000 mile link.. is - by regular long the progress of electrical communl- distance: circuit. The picture shows cation. Ontario Farmers in Favor of Pool Marketing Many of the the Farmers in South- western Ontario, after frank and free discussion of the co-operative pool system of marketing grain crops, have accepted it. Starting with a • bumper meeting on the aftelmoon of January 27th., at -Chatham, and cow= ering different points in Essex, ICent, Elgin, Lambton, Middlesex and•• Hur- on .counties, much interest • has been displayed, which indicates, a feeling in favor of the pool -system, Speakers at these meetings includ- ed' Colin H. :Burnell of Winnipeg, President of the Manitoba Wheat Pool, H. A. Gilroy of Alvinston, Pre- sident of The United Farmers. Co - 'operative. Company, Limited, J. J,. Morrison, Secretary of The United Farmer's of Ontario and others. At every, meeting questions were asked by the farmers, showing their inter- est in the proposition: Elevator men - also are interested, and haveselected. a, committee to 'wait on the manage- ment of The United Farmers Co- operative Company, -Limited, the pri- mary object being to ascertain what arrangements can be made to handle pooled grain through local elevators. Interesting experiences of the Manitoba Wheat Pool, and surpris- ing success, were recounted and de- tailed by Mr. Burnell, who talked as a fanner to farmers. At first the members of the regular grain trade were inclined to laugh at their -ef'• forts to organize. In a short time, however, they were taken 'seriously for many thousand farriers had sig- ned a contract to deliver to the pool all their grain for five years. It was pointed out that the present mens bership'is 138,000, and that last sea- son 213,000,000 bushels of grain were handled by the pools in Manit- oba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Fif- ty-two per cent of the wheat crop went through the pools. The result was that control of export grain had' now passed out of the hands .of three large export companies that for- merly controlled it. He positively stated that the'operation of the pools. had meant at least 25c a bushel more for the farmer on his wheat than he Avbuld have got had there been no pool, and he assured Ontario farmers that it would mean .more money for them on, their crops. Greater attention.te the" ninrket- inig end of the farming industry was urged- by; Mr. Morrison, who spoke- of pokeof experiences he had had as it young farmer, the as a foreman in a city enterprise, and later again• as a far - Mar. He pointed out that men in all other callings were well organized, and that the farmer was the only one who had to ask "What, will you give me?" After referring to the success of the poois'in Western Can- ada, and the Egg Pool in Ontario, he said he was convinced that an (Inter io Grain Pool would be of ben.efit to the farmers of Ontario. President Gilroy saw y a w in the growth of pool organizations an in- stitution that would bring the far- mers of eastern and western Canada -closer together, and a movement that in the near future would be world wide. He was No , 1 to signa con- tract --and on-tract—and President' Burnoll was witness, J. T. Arnew of Comber sig- ned the second contract at .the Chat- ham meeting. , Others also insisted on ,signing up although those in charge announced that they would prefer that they studied the contract carefully before signing their names. County captains will be selected, and canvassers named, to complete the oranization in the territory-, in the near future. HERMAN TRELLE ABANDONED AN .ENGINEERING COURSE FOR FARM College Associates it of Early Life of Young Westerner Who Car- lied off Wheat' and Oats Championship a Chic- ago rain The name- of Herman Trelle is well known throughout the length arid' breadth of this country, more, parti- eularly, probably, among the resid- ents of the 'farming areas. Mr Trelle, a young Western farmer, stepped in- to Chicago Fair last year ;and became entrenched' as wheat and oats cham- pion. Already he is known as the cereal king of the world. In the January" 15 issue' of the Grain Growers' Guide, published in Winnipeg, Gladys and W. S. McDon- ald, college associates of , Herman Trelle give an account of his early: life. The 'article which should be of interest to all Canadians is as fol- lows: We first knew William •Herman Trelle as a freshman at the Univ- ersity of Alberta. He was a big, fine. looking youth of 18, with 'fair hair and blue eyes that Were always jov- ial with the luxury of living, one was sure. An inch or two short of six feet, he was nevertheless a giant, for he was near the, 200 -pound mark,, andas strong as a moose, continual- ly overflowing with energy and eter- nal good nature.. IiiihOnce initiated by the strenuorCs ef- k, forts of a number of sophomores, he was inevitably drafted into the sen- ior rugby team, where he ,played a worthy part in securing for his uni- versity her first ,~Western Canada championship in 1914. That team is now one of our great traditions. Out of its 25 only _two or three were unable. to take e an active part in the war, and eight of them have paid the supreme sacrifice. - Although Trelle was only a beginner, he learned• quickly, and you can be assured that - those who faced hint hi the chain- pionship games knew it wasn't a tea party. We remember him also .taking his first lesson in wrestling that win- ter. It was the usual case of the be- ginner not knowing what to do with his hands or feet; yet -when the next provincial contests were held, he was a contender for heavyweight honors No man ever learned all about wrest- ling in one winter, but Trelle had the general idea • and the struggle was soon over. Van Petten sparred for an opening, blit in a minute or so Trelle had him in his hands, lifted him offthe ground, and , laid !tint down on the mat for; all the world like a shepherd casting a sheep for the shearing. The second fall was a :repetition of the first and Trelle was ' provincial' `wrestling champion. He had an advantage of some pounds in weight, but it was more his enor- mous strength' -which • won the bout for him. • But he did not spend all his trine on the athletic fields by any means. His academic work was also, as We. remember, of a high grade. Farris Lured Him • We do not know exactly, what mov- ed Herman to leave varsity with his engineering studies uncompleted, to leave behind him .the glamor of the city which calls young risen from the farm so insistently,seeking the lonely 'vastness of the silent north. Perhapsthe was enamored with a new adventure, -'stern though it was, calling him also to tbe frontier as it calls all red-blooded young Filen. • His father Wal oneof the first pioneers in the Grande Prairie dis- trict, having settled there abootit. 18 years ago, when the romance of 'go- ing into a new •country to possess it .was at its height. We are told that the ancestrial home on the nor- thern frontier was quite a palace for those days there, and the neighbors would come from far and wide for there was a piano in the Trelle home, and :Herman's sister Louise, was a cleverpianist. Unfortunately, this house was destroyed by fire and since then Herman tells us that he and his wife have •lived in a lean- to of the woodshed, but he plane soon to raise a new mansion which, surrounded by shrubbery and (itch - aril, will become a new centre for the community. Since our •university days were ended We have only heard of Iler- man vaguely until three years ago, when he carried back north from Chi- cago the third prize for bard red spring wheat. We should have known then that he would win again, though perhaps even he himself never imae heed the glory in store. ' But how can . we account for a young pian of 31 who has -scarce 10 years of farm life to his account wining two suck stiffly contested honors? His achievement is a ehall- 'einge to us all whether we be city dwellers or tillers of the soil. He has unbounded energy and knows how to control it. His farm has a wonderfully fertile virgin soil and is -located where the seminar sun has long days to nurse the growing. crops. But even allowing. f these g on s ee favoring circumstances the. ulti- mate success owes much of its impulse to that serious' handicap under which, as a city -bred' boy; he was convinced he would labor. Had he been. born and raised in the coun- try, no doubt he would have been quite satisfied that all the knowledge he needed for farming was, what ex- perience his father had taught hint. But when his training for it was hardly sufficient to enable hint to tell the difference between wheat and oats his mind was free from the pre- judices of the past and so was able to turn with enthusiasm and indui- try to what scientific research had to offer the, farmer of today. So let us congratulate Hermann Trelle on his deserved success in becoming cereal hing of the world. And let us not- forget to honour his father who had the •foresight and vision to •see the possibilities of those great stretches of fertile but unproved land. And though the pas- sing of the years prevented hien front reaping the full benefit accruing from a new land, may he have his reward in the triumph of his Son— who has proven it decisively to all the world. . FARM LABOR SUPPLY The farm. labor 'situation in the County is anything but a happy -one. Too many farmers are finding it' impossible todo the thousand and one jobs around the farm without suitable help. Something has to he neglected. It may- he the farm, the live .stock, the hone or politics. In any, event, it is a serious drawback to rural prosperity and happiness. The Immigration and Colonization Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture : is doing its utmost, through its agents in the old land, to fill the requirements for .farm ]Celli. This year the Department has an increased number of applications front' married men in :Britain tobe placed with Ontario farmers. Many of these men have families while others have no children. Sorely a place can be found for scene of these, people right here on the farms:' of Unroll County. Send in -an -applica- tion early and your chances of ,re- ceiving suitable help are consider ably enhanced. See ,or write your Agricultural Representative and he Will be glad to file an application :for you: 1! rr STATIC; CAN SET ,'SOI; h 1AU40MO11ILE ON IrIRE (By Erwin Greer) Static was in evidence long before thebirth of the'railio; 'And wherever, there is friction—thele is•^static. Brushing off ',a eat .on 0 cold night to produce sparks proves that, as does your hair when ,you run a rub- ber comb through it. And because of static all gasoline trucks trail a chain.. And because of gasoline sta- tic, sparks cause fearful fires and ex plosion S. Gasoline rushing through a hose at a gasolipir filling stations getcrates static, which passed• -`through the metal parts of the automobile, where it is stored up because of the -rubber tires insulate the automobile from: the. ground. Touching the car with any conductor of electricity will valise the static to be discharged. The hand of the attendant at the filling station or the hose nozzle as. it is withdrawn from the gas tank may supply such a conductor. Many fires and'-;explos ions have occurred under •these con- ditions. Former accidents ' of• this kind were attributed to the backfire of the motors, but . those who have studied it are certain that the cause was static. Static generated by the rubbing of silk garments itr the cleaning estab- lishments has been known to cause damaging fires. 'Gasoline dealers. draw off static charges from their trunks by supplying them .with metal chains which trail on the ground -and convey any static generated to the 'earth. Static is described as lightening in miniature, and, like lightning, hurls its spark at unexpected times and places. So no specific reason calf be offered as a safeguard against its danger. Yet the average car owner will dowellto. observe a few general precautions:' ' Don't allow uncovered gasoline to stand where-sparks—from static', or other causes may ignitethe fumes. Guard against the spilling of gaso- line in your home or garage. Its fumes are !heavier than air and are not varied -off by the ordinary circu- lation of the atmosphere. Carefully ventilate, any inclosed place where gasoline' fumes have been allowed to escape.e GOOD ROADS BRING RETURN IN TOURIS' TRADE Quebec had no good roads in 1911 and most of the villages and parishes were isolated. Fifteen years, says the report of the Minister of Roads, have sufficed to build a road system comparable to the best in the United States and superior to most in Can- ada. As a result the sunn of $45,000,- 400' was spent in the province by American tourists alone in 1925, and it is estimated that the sum rose to $50,000,000 in 1920. "The field is vast," says the report, "and we have barely tapped this source of reven- ne." • ORDER ALFALFA SEED EARLY Alfalfa on every farm! Alfalfa the uiversal hay crept These are slogans that are' becoming more and more general each year. The pre- sence of alfalfa on every farm in Huron County is a highly desirable •epndition, Of course, there may still remain a few who take a viewpoint opposite to ;Abse ej' :the writer. Nov. ei!theless if"a"3,aige crop of highly nefejy nal -le iiminous hay' is wan- te'd atld surely it must be in a great livestock county, then -why not more of it. Each spring finds more '-seed re- quired to fill the increased demands of the growers, old and neve. ,There is plenty. of high quality, hardy alf- alfa seed in Ontario but growers are well advised to order their. supplies early. -Our neighbors to the south are buying car loads' of Ontario Var- iegated seed. because they know it is suitable to their needs. Therefore, get in ahead of them and avoid em- barrassment and higher prices later on. Poney fox you, $600.00 in prizes (R(OPIIOS You may win .the first prize -$100.00 cask -- in the Nyal Word Cod,. test. There is no obit- -- to the Nyal ation to buy; rug Storetust o 'nd ask for the NYAL CREOY'HOS Word Contest sheets, Make m as any words: as .you can from the twelve letters in NYAL CRlEOPHOS; send your entry to the ad- dress, shown on the cdntest sheet. Of course, the famous Nyal Line of Reliable Fancily Remedies is available at every DRUG STORE "Once a triol— always, Nyal" 3 1loicg a Lhiiig. Wheir you a ndertalce RuMiDalious, ,loY: t up:to',von to dp it INC (((��j (((��y Alter all, it is only a Jew years that _ el theo little I too soon. Andhelplmothers grow nip all soon.' And mothers and fathere, too, will admit that the clays when the little ones were about A"Column Prepared Especially for Women— theit knees "were the happiest days they had. The job of caring well for, But Not Forbiddento Men the little ones in' the home is worthy a man's and woman's best effort and the little sacrifices made for them A MOTHER'S PRAYER This gift Thou givest me, I. take With deep humility. And pray That I may guide His stela aught. Not in the path, perchance, Of lienor or of Fame But rather A Good Name, That, my task. done, He. May be in Thy sight A. man! —Anon, A report comes from New York City that heart -disease is a very ser- ious disorder .among school children, girls and.:boys, the, increase in the death tate. since 1910 being placed•at fifty-two percent. • Experts . seem • to be at a loss to know the:eause. Theresniay be more than one cause but it looks from. here as if one of the causes might be the fast pace at which children live . in the present age. The human frame -was• not de- -signed to stand the strain of grow- ing rip, attending school' and keeping pace with the prescribed studies, and spending seven nights, a week attend- ing exciting picture shows or equally exciting social ,gatherings, dances, etc. The pace is too fast and 'many .fall by the wayside, only'- he fittest, that is, .those with the strongest of bodies, survive, , The school girls and school boys, not only in New York City, but right here in Clinton, go, too fast. They burn the candle at both ends, and dis- aster is sure to follow. They may. not die of heart disease,' but they will not grow upas strong and vig- orous, physically, morally or men- tally, as they would if they took more care of their bodies. Last week I said you couldn't put old heads on 'young shoulders, and you cannot. For this reason the older heads- must do the thinking for. the young ones and upon parents lies the responsibility of restraining the, young .folk'whose ardent young spir- its crave for constant action, and es- pecially excitement. One reason, perhaps, why the .young folk seem to think that evening lost which is not spent at some sort of social function is because their mothers and fathers seem to have the same idea. The parents seem to think it not neces- sary any more for them to stay hone with their children, so the children, when they get too big to be dragged about with the parents, make "dates" for themselves. One . another I was 'talking to the other day said she did not go out to many parties, she felt'. it wasn't good for her growing daughter to be out much at night and 'she couldn't be left alone ho would like to go," the `mother said. "Bub I :find that it is too much for her to keep up her necessary school work and music without plenty of sleep" This mother was taking, ser- iously the responsibilities of mother- hood. Many couples with one young daughter, -who : would asic no better than to go along, would think it a fine thing to be able to join all the social festivities of the community. But they are thinking -less of the daughter's future than of their own present pleasure. , I• cannot rensernbeni of ever hearing of so ninth loss of life from" -fire as has been reported during the past few months in the daily press.-Whole- families ress.-Wholefamilies have been burned or, as in some cases,, the' children who were unable to help themselves. It would 'seem that proper care in managing fires is not observed. One very path- etic case was that of a family of lit- tle ones in Toronto who were all 'burned, to death in their hone While their parents spent :the evening with friends. ' Tlie jury, which inquired into this tragedy strongly condemned the practise of leaving children alone in the house, a .practise which is said to be more or less in use every- where. It always seemed to me to be a very cruel thing to leavelittle children alone, even though there might be no danger of jre. A child, even though a sound sleeper, may awaken and one can imagine the terror of a child on awakening in the night and finding no one to an- swer to its call. Under such cir- cumstances a child might get a fright which would affect its whole after life. • No child who is not old. enough to- understand that itis be- ing left alone should be left, espec- ially at night. "But," someone objects, "young married, people find- it quite a tie having to stay in with their young children all the time" Yes, I fully realise that. I have often thought when watching young parents giving- up ivingup nearly all the pleasures of life to attend to the needs of their young family that they here marring a very great contribution indeed to the counitry. But the caring for these young lives is really their work and there is no particular virtue in half when they are little will never be re- gretted when these same girls and boys grow up to healthy womanhood and manhood and go out to take their places in the world. R17BEKAH • HEROES ANI) HERO-WORSHIP In an interesting and reasonable letter a subscriber calls our attention to the disparity accorded a hero of the "sport" variety' and that given to the plain "common or garden" type. A well' known Toronto man sub- scribed the sum of five thousand dol- lars to buy a home ` for they oung channel swimmer -and his mother, al- though a considerable fortune is al- ready assured the plucky, youth as the result" of his achievement. It would' seem as;. if everyone wants to do something for the Scotch lad who brought credit to the city of his adop- tion. Well and good!, • During two recent fires in 'Toronto three 'men distinguished themselves by acts of "conspicuous bravery. In one instance four children were burned ,end smothered- to death. An unknown hero at risk to himself en- deavored to effect rescue. His efforts were in vain but he was himself burned and injured in the • attempt. In' the second case two men were in- strumental in saving the lives of sev- eral small children whose lives were endangered by fire during the ab- sence, of their mother. Thse men who braved the most terrible of deaths go on their way unrecognized as heroes beyond a passing tribute from the daily press. Thousands of dollars to the hero who distinguishes himself in any line of sport! A medal and a fervent "God bless youl" for the hero who merely endangers his life in an .attempt to save others. It does 'seem ranter inconsistent. Both Canadians and Citizens of,, the United States are lovers of good clean sport. But the spirit of appreciation may be carried too far in tributes paid to morn physical prowess. No one denies that George Young did something worthy of recognition. But so many other cases of bravery equally meritorious are passed by be- cause they happen out of the realm of sport. It almost appears as if our sense of proportion is out of focus.. 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