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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1927-03-31, Page 7The Bog Situation insfluron County (Continued- fro 'ii; last week) Someone remar•ke5 last week` that figures bored them, so' we, left ,most of thein for' this time. Anyway, the figniring that was • necessary .last week made us a little cranky so we thought' we would try ahem ort on the rest of you and then; when 'we all get in the same hrunour \ee'll have a real 17th of Ireland. The following suinma ry of what happened at Huron shipping points in 1925 and 1926 should make some People sit up and wonder what hap- pened tothe .hog business.. Then. again,,a few people should feel suite proud that their dripping Point held its- own or bettered its position as re gards quality of hogs shipped. • Shipping Po nti Total Bogs % Selects % Heavies . 9' Shops, Lights Feeders 1925• 1996 1925 1926 1925.'1925 1925 1926 Clinton , ..;:1,910 Londesboio ..4,276. Belgrave . , , ..2,998 Auburn ..2,314 "Winghzrm • 3,819 Heiman ..7,238 >i'ordwich 4;343 Blyth', , . , ..1,536 Gederich ..,1,015 Etceten .•71743 Bluevale, .. , , ..2,298 Walton , . 4,462 Centralia 2,225 McGaw 4,493 Ethel .. , 2,600 • Gerrie , .4,304 Brussels .. 0,771 Seaforth Wroxeter Brucefield , , 4,642 4,158 ,,..1,769 2,169 44,6 42.4 4.0 4.2 1.8 0 3,946 42,6 43,9 2.1 2.8 1,4 1.3 2,778 32:0 . 35.2 , 6.3 4.3 5.9 4.8 2,803 30.0, 35.1''' 3.,4 2.9 4.1-'4.2 3,464 29. 3115 5.0 '6.1. 6.2, 4.6 7,108 31.8 30.9 3.5 6.1 3.91 3.6 5,231 30.4 30.3 3.3 4.8 3.9i 3.9 1,1.38 32.3 20.2 ' '5.6 6,2_ ,'4.5',.3.$ 1.226 30.0 29.5 3.2 .3.4 5.0 1.5 5,695 31;5 29,3 3.6 2.6 " 3,7 3.1 1,538 25.6 28.9 2.8 4.7 5.5, 8.6 4,708 29.2 28.7 5.8 7.8 4.2 4.8, 1,510 20.7 25.7 6,1 7.6 8.0 6.6 5,702 32.1: 25.4 4,3 6.1 6,5 .7.6 2.328 30.8 24.4' 2.7 5.0 7.1. 5.1:. 2,3 2 24.5 22.8 6,•4 14.9 9.7 4.5 R46 30,7 21.8 3.1 3.9 7.0 6.1 3,897 21.8 21.6 3.8 4.8 7.6 4.1 1,533 45,1 21.4 . 6.7 13.5 4,3 5:5 3,150 1 0 27 .3 11.5 4.5 . 3.8 9.3 2.6 Clinton and Londesboio certainly haveto be congratulated on their ability to stand. the strain, but why in the world Wroxeter should. "ship;, -•2,600 hogs less in 1926 than in 1925 and drop from 45.1 to 21.4 percent. select hogs,.is a' "conundrum for which someone' surely has an -answer; and Brueefield.is just about as bad, in fact very bad, when that 11.5 percent selects stares you in the face.Just. why such a drop in quality et a few shipping points can be noticed tali hardly be answered by the fact that all the , litter losses were the goo 1 pigs ordinarily. Perhaps i!lordwich would get some of the Wroxeter atk Gerrie pigs and apparently a "fairly good. lot too as approebnately pp equal 'grade on 900 mord ,pigs was realized. 5 Apparently the ;farmers' n the cinity •of Auburn, -McGaw and • Goder- ich like pigs pretty,: well too. . At least there was more : oC thein ; by 1,900 than ip'1925 with a slight reverse grade at McGaw and an increase' at Auburn,. ; Goderieh . holding fairly steady. It is hoped that the Bacon Hog Fair in this district will improve conditions even more. Anyway, tire' hog raisers` there asked for the fain so we hope they get fair weather, good 'roads and well filled classes., By the way did you hear that some _Jolter was starting Into the Corn Belt hog farming. scheme • in -Huron Coun- ty? At, least, a report has reached us that a number of hog raisers are now using lard type;sows to improve, the bacon standards of the County, Surely -they-cannot. have heard that, even the ttinited States consinnrer has come to recognize Canada's bacon as superior to that fat, slobby, Corn Belt stuff that floods their: own mach leets at a price ruled more or: less by the conditions .of : the corn si1pply. -, }baron County' hog raisers are well advised to 'listen to the cozrsunier:'s demand rather than be persuaded by prejudice that -:has a5 : a basis that short thick hogs are easier to raise. Maybe they are but what would hap- pen if they were the only kind raised for ,our, markets? Better, think that one over andfigure where •your profits would be if such conditions should arise because it is presumed that hog raising has been a profit- able enterprise for, the past few HOW ou You cpuid probably show him a Ma- sonic Emblem, Rotary Club Pin, an Elk card, an auto license, and per- haps give a few secret order high signs. But could you show him your G. C. L,? A G. C. L. is e, GOOD CITIZEN'S LICENSE. If you haven't an auto Iicepse,' it would be necessary for yoiz to pass a teat, proving your qualifi- cations to drive. And so it✓would be if a law were passed today, demand- ing that every person living in Glin- ton must immediately take out a GOOD CITIZEN'S LICENSE. Could you pass such a test? We all think we could, 'and many could do it actually. How about you?• Do you show and observe the"fine points of good citizenship? Remember that this town is your town and that you, as a resident herrn share in its growth and prosperity, profit from its advantages, and en- joy its comforts, its protections and facilities. One plain duty of a good citizen is to trade --at home. ' Do all your buy Mg' in Clinton for every dollar yob send away, stays away. But every dollar you, spend at home eventually return's to you. Trade --'At Horne ! Bum Here ! ' W. H. RELLYAR IRWIN'S-DRY GOODS MORRISII' CLOTHING CO. R. H. JOHNSON : • PLUMSTEEL BROS,- THE C. & S. GROCERS / THOS. HAWKINS CLINTON IIDWE. & F17RN. CO. DiA'VIS & HERMAN TIM W. D. FAIR CO A. T. COOPER T. J. McNEIL BURGESS' .STUDIO - W:OMM1EN'S EXCHANGE CHAS. V. COOKE • N. W. T7IEWARTHA W. J. NEDIGER MILLER HARDWARE CO. L. LAWSON -&s .00, SUTTER & PERDUE W. T. O'NEIL TI'IOS McKENZIE ESTATE J. A, FORD & SON H. CIi'ARLESWORTI-t C. H. VENNER W. GLEN COOK II, A. HOVEY J. B. MUSTARD COAL CO, R. J. MILLER E. WARD vears.- Se era'1 good lrog.r•aisers have told u5: they eyelid make good money even ii" they were obliged- to sell at around .8e; , These moil.generally 'hay's; around 50 percent select hogs, HURON HAS -FIFTY-ONE BENEFICIARIES UNDER 'MOTHERS'' ALLOWANCE ACT. On Monday of this week a greeting of. the Huron County Mother's -Allow- ance Board, was held at Goderieh, at which: meeting the Rev. ;Dr. Peter Bryce, of Toronto, the Provincial Chairman,.was present, 1t may be interesting to our read- ers to know that at present the num- ber -of . beneficiaries' on the Allowance List throughout the Provinee is 4,558 and the total amount of allowances $164,207, and the average amount of allowances per month to the mothers is 935,89. Huron County has ' 51 mothers drawing 'allowances, 'Bruce, 49, Mid- dlesex 53, Grdy 55, Perth 19; Oxford 35, Elgin 29. The ciinses o'f dependency are:near- ly all on-accpunt of the death of the father of the family, while a few are allowed because of insanity, deser- tion or other special cases. � The Act has i;edeived almott um- versal;approval.throughout the Pro- vince' and the Counties share equally with c' r n e in meeting eeting the 'ob- ligations..� , Mr. G. W. Holman is.'thairman of the County Board- and Ai T. Cower of ,Clinton, Is. secretary. Communica- tions addressed' to the Secretary will receive attention`'. THE BLASPHEMER PUNISHED Recently. Ernest V. Sterry, editor of the Christian Enquirer „yeas sent- enced to jail for'1ibeidus plasphemy ,against- the Word of God. •It is the first case of 'it's kind in the history of Canada. Judge Coatstvorth ,in speaking to the jury said: "We look upon the Bible as the basis of -every good law in our country..- 81 is. to us the dearest and most precious bo` ok in all the world. 1t -i s' always painful to ]rear any person question any part of the Bible. We do allow that' any person inaydisbelieve in God and the Bible and may express that belief in language and in writing. We insist, however, that in doing so the lang- uage or writing must be couched in respectful terms with such .a subject as is most sacred to nearly every per- soniu -our land. When the language or writing is in such disrespectful and indecent terms as to be resented by, and an offence to all our God-fearing people and to outrage their feelings and sans° ,of propriety, then it be- comes blas'phoniy." The Judge simply meant that Sterry in his writings simply passed the limits of decent and respectful expressibn of opinion, Ninety-nine out of every hundred in Ontario would have had feelings of revulsion had they read this paper of Sterry''s. In this way Sterry tros- passee, on the rights of the 'people and that an ' itself constitutes mute s a crime, It is said he will not fight deporta- Hion when his jail term is over, and Canada will be better off withopt such a rnan.--Kineardiue Review -R - porter. A JUMBLED SALE Sometime ago, writes 0. M. of Port Elgin, a man trim .the city '(if I'm not mistaken he came from the City of Bornholm) bought a faint not far from here, but found that agriculture did not return the proniising divi. dends he had hoped for. Consequent- ly, he decided to dispose of the whole lot. Following is the list he took to the printing office: "One Jersey mare, 20 years old; two Berkshire colts, . 10 years old; one team of mules, one had red hair and some freckles, the other cross- eyed; eleven DeLaval cows with ice- cream attachment; two T.H.C. riding heifers, good as/new; ten Plymouth Rock milk cows; 4 Yorkshire year- ling calves; six years, old; 72 Berk- shire sheep; twenty-four dapple grey Monorky chickens; ten Holstent Jer-' sey roosters; one Durham hen, soon fresh; one John Deere binder with foal; 'one Poland China bobsleigh, good layer; ono yultivator that can be ridden or driven by chicken; oriel riding dray; one new cutter, runs fine if driven slow and 'smooth; ,two fallen -top buggies; one which has fallen; one plough 'with Valentine flounce; one right-handed pigseraper; two cultivators, coming in soon; one wheelbarrow, can pace, trop, gallop and is not afraid of Ford cars; one. -broken milk stool; twit empty corn cribs,' with springs complete; one rackingohair, better than :new, with game leg; one fleece -lined cupboard without shelves; two uitwashable milk pails; good as, new; one left- handed.pancake turner; oner.piano horse; one well, 25 feet deep;' a num- ber of post 'holes; one green cat, and other articles too valuable to men- tion,', "Everybody welcome. Free lunch , 10 cents a piece. All things must be sold for I' want to go back to my own city again. The auctioneer will `fie picked on tire- day of the sale." EXETER: One of Exeter's most prominent business risen died quite suddenly last week in the person of Janie$ G. Jones, senior memBer of the first of Jones & May, in his 72nd. year. For over: forty. years Mr, :tones has been in active business in: this community, first :at Winchelsea' ani' for the ,past twenty years at Exeter. In addition to a flourishing Mercan- tile business, he was extensively in- ter-ested in poultry sand seeds: He • al- so took a deep interest in the church and in his younger days was actively associated with the James Street Methodist Church,_ now United. Fa is survived by his widow, one son, J. Hubert «Tones, and one daughter, Miss MAy Jones. The funeral took place from the James Street United Church on Friday at 2 p,nr,,, the merchants of the town closing their places of business from 2 o'clock to 3 o'eloelt during the funeral service. Fi'0UR times'd'uring„their two hour-; stay "gentlemen F°"' yeggp „ exploded charges of soup" an an .effort to break open the safe at the Neal Baking Powder Company in Windsor. Securely trussed to a chair in a cupboard the watchman heard the disappointed robbers' leave the building, Wriggling to a nearbytele hone, with F , his month he •lifted- the receiver off the hook and yelled, "Ifelpl Police!" The ever watchful, Bell operator picked up his: cry and relayed it: to Police headquarters, with the result that in five minutes the police flyer carryingy'as squad of uniformed men was on the scene and taking q' ;at a yai: photographer akrng r re -set the trail of the bandits. An enter risiai p e photograpper to The incident is one of scores of receipt events 51whichthe telephone has proved to c' fireman' or the h si:ian t the scene as recounted by the watchman beiffe most helpful ally of thepollee, th News of appenings in the Couvi1j and r. District HAY TOWNSHIP: Mr. ,Cecil Rowe of Hay Tp., had the good fortune to shoot a silver fox on Friday of last week,the pelt of which is in first- class condition and quite valuable. Mr. Rowe had p«eviously captured a white owl which he had shut up in a build- ing and w,b,ich had escaped. Seeing a bunchof crows harassing something in n nearaby field, he thought' it crust be the owl and he secured a single barreled gun and went over, when the fox jumped' out in front -of hint The pelt measures 4 ft. 8 in. from tip to tip. -Exeter Times -Advocate. MITCHELL: Rev. A. Murray Stuart, B.A., pastor of St. Paul's United church, Petrolea, has accepted ,a :cordial and unanimous invitation from -the official -board of the United church, Mitchell, to become their pas- tor at the end of June next. Mr. Stuart is a young man, risinrto the prime -of life, and has had a very suc- cessful career since his ordination. He is a native of St. Thomas, where he received his early education, and where, in'his high school career,he received instruction under two of Canada's greatest- educators, Princi- pal Quance and Dr. Voaden. IIe later gradult ed in. from Victoria Uni- versity, and at present holds the unique distinction of being the young- est presbytery chairman in the Lon- don conference, being chairauln of Laiubton Presbytery. There is every likelihood that the settlement coin- mittee of the London conference will honor the invitation and rttppoint him to this charge. Rev. II. D. Moyer, •pastor of the United church, has pur- chased home in Presto and eha ed a c n at s the close of his pastorate in Mitchell at the end of June ilii and Mrs. Moyer will go to Preston to reside. DUNGANNON': -Thi death o. Ralph Disher, eldest soil of Mr, and Mrs. Adrian Disher, occurrf!d very suddenly at the home of his parents, one-quarter of a mile west of Dun- gannon, Although\ he had been in poor health for the greater part of the winter, his death was not looked for, The funeral took place from the family home Friday to Dungan, non cemetery. The service was eon - ducted by Rev. J. A. Walker, pastor of Dungannon United church, assist- ed-- by Rev. E. Hayes, of St. Paul's church, in the presence of a large assemblage of friends and neighbors.' Deceased, wha has in his 31st year, was the local Ford agent for this district, and was a young man of ex- emplary character. Besides his par- ents, two sisters and' a brother 'sur- vive, Misses Margaret and Marion, at home, and Delos„ of the Royal. Bank staff, Owen Sound. The palI- bearers were: Parkie Wiggins, W. J. 'Stothers, Melville Culbert, Harvey Treleaven, Arthur Resell and Cannan: Anderson. SEAFORTH: There was a' fair attendance atthe bridge • and euchre smoker held in the. G.W.V.A. rooms. under the auspices of the Bowling Club in aid of the new bowling. green on the C.N.R. property. T1111 prize winners were as follows: Bridge prize Dr. Beacheley; euchre, great- est.number of games:. T. G. Seott; lone hands, F. D. Hutchison. A very enjoyable evening lea's spent by all. Present, Varicose Veins educed 45r ., aaneq Back sags J. E. Eioveu Simple Home Treatment That is Giv- ing Amazing Results The. world .progresses. Today ail- ments thtit took week"s.t6 t'r'eat can now be ended to a few days. If you have varicose veins or benches you can start today to bring them back to -normal size, and if you are wise you will do so, • Just get ' an original bottle , af, Meen&s Emerald Oil at any dispens- i`g pharmacist and apply it night and morning to the enlarged veins. It is very powerful and penetrating, and only a little is r_equir;ed. Alter -a few days' treatment the veins will begin .to grow smaller and by : regular use `will soon' reduce ' to normal. Moone's Emerald 011 is also a'mar- velous healing agent,. One alplica- ti'on for instance stops the itching c;f eczema, and -a few applications cause the eruptions to day up, scale off and completely disappear. It' is` equally as effective int barber's itch, ' salt rheum, reduesa Aird' inflammatory skin trouble. beople who want to reduce varicose vents, or get rid of ec2Gina, ulcers, or - piles in a few days should not hesi- tate to get a bottle alt once. It is so powerful that a sunlit .bottle lasts al long time, Any pliarhaaciydan supply yon, J. E. Hpvey sb9Ys lotus et it. 0 Num�oa�m�s of Rebefah A Column Prepared Especially for Women-- But Not Forbidden t Men u 4' lyi There's a long, long winding road, That never wearies rue, A road I often travel - When .old friends -I wish to see. That road is called "sweet memory," So, -old 'yet ever new; And' I oft infancy wander there, To laugh and talk with you. -J. B. Downie.. A lady whd has travelled a:1ot gave as her reason that she would be old some day and that she wished to have her memory stored with beauti- ful and interesting pictures 'so' that, when site could no longer take part in the interesting and diverting things of life, she would have some- thing pleasant and entertaining -to ,think upon. Pleasant and diverting memories are very pleasant companions to have with uy always, even before old age creeps along to slow clown our activities and removeus from the busy haunts of, business or society. It. is not good for people to think too much upon themselves. You hear doctor's or people 'who have charge of semi -invalids, especially those suffer- ing from nervous disorders, devising °means' of getting .the patient to quit thinking .of. himself or herself. We •are so constitut4d that if we have rolling to think of except ourselves we often become morbid and lose health and mental balance.' It is well for us to- have interests outside of ourselves. It keeps us sweet, whole" some and interested fn life, ' One of the reasons why most 'peo- ple are such poor company for them- selves is that they fail to store their minds and they have nothing to think of waren left to their own resources. Everyone cannot travel, as the lady quoted at the opening of this article, and so store their memories with in- teresting . pictures of their own and other countries, bit there is one reme- dy for an empty mind of which almost any person in this country can avail themselves; That is reading. A per- son who is fond,of arcading, who can lose himself or Herself in a book, has the way opened to the best com- pany that the world affords. You may be set in lonely places, you niay be shut olit from much that you would wish for and enjoy, but with' a bobs no one is forlorn: And in this age of b9oks anyone in this land niay have the;,fine solace of reading. "Oh, lint," I heal some one say, "that is just the trouble: There are too many books and many of them are not fit to read." Of course there are a lot of books and some of them, it is true, are not of a very highqual- ity. Indeed, I've wondered ssoale- times why publishers accept some books, at all, so little of value seems. to be in them, But, after all, it 's better to have too many books than too few, and the man or woman•whq starts rhe boy' or girl on the way to enjoy : good reading is more of a - benefactor,: perhaps, than even the one who gives them bread when they are hungry, Parents in this country, the ordnl- ery folk of Ontario, do not encourage their children enough in this great aid to self -education. They make great sacrifices often to send them to school but asid,e from school books, they do not provide them with books. Indeed, as often as not parents dis- courage their children -from r�aaing,' which they imagine to be n waste of time. An English writer complains that English_ people, while their plane of living has been raised very much during the past few 'years, spend far too little on books. The same might be said with truth of Canadians. library - of any size -is the exception in the homes of ordinarily well-to-do people in Ontario; an expenditure of 910 per year on books is a rarity. "But," again some one says, "In every small centre there is a Public Library,• we do not need to have one in the house. - The choice in the Public Lib- rary is much larger than we could hope to have," " I agree. The' Public Library is a wonderful boon and the fact that every* small centre, almost every community either has one or is trying to obtain one is a•very hope- ful sign. It shows that people an beginning to feel the need of books. But the 'tome library is also a need and it is a need that is beginning to be felt more keenly. The trouble is that the majority of people have not got over the 'idea that a book is a luxury. But even so, the radio is a luxtu'y and yet many people have the radio, If I were living in a lonely con't'immity, dependent on myself for entertainment, I should much rather have a well -stocked library than a radio, if I had to choose, between the two, and 1 still think the radio is a wonderful thing. But, when you turn on your radio you must take what is being broadcasted at the time; you cannot pick and choose, and if the offering does not fit in withqyour mood you can either put up with it or turn it - off. With a library' of books you can choose the one which fits your mood, you can open it when you are ready and close it at your own convenience. "Of the making of books there is no end," said the writ- er ages ago and to the'man or woman who has acquired ,the reading habit and has the means at band to feed it, the clays or, evenings need never, be lonely. Books become to them like old friends, with whom they can walk and talk and hold sweet coin- munion. RE-BEKAH ..SP,,AFORTI-I The regular septi- DUN�GtANNON; Frank Sherwood, monthly meeting o1', thei.Liols Club• a boy school ten years old who had 1 was held in the Comnrerci ii Hotel on Thursday evening. Lion E. Bright acted as chairman, D. L. Reid sang two solos, accompanied by Earl, Van- 'Egmond, which were much appreciat- ed. Reports from tho committee in charp of the C.N:R., Improvements were received and• discussed,' 'Reports from the finance committee gave 9105 as 'the .' net : receipts • from the dance on March "1'7. The meeting closed with. the National Anthem, WINGIIASI': There was a splendid turnout :for the combined choir con- cert; held in the United church, on Friday\evening, , there being about 300 present, Besides the senior choir, there was a'choir `of boys and gips,' making about eighty voices in ail, The choir leader, J. IT. Christie had spent considerable time in:.prepai- ation and was' well 1•ewarded for his labor, as each and evory numberwas bxt;ellent. Solos' were very beauti fully rendered by Ronald Cowley and Bruce Edgar, Mrs. Walter Variwyck gave several splendid readings and there was a quartette by Celestin Carr,Gertrude McDonald, Vesta and Marjory Gibson. • The proceeds were irnaid of the•Sundaysc?roof, GODE,RICII a After a long period of failing health,. Captain William. Robinson' passed away last week; at his home, in his seventy-sixth year. For about seventeen years the Cap- tarn had been peeper of the''Govern gent lighthouse at the lake. The funeral was held on Saturday after. noon from the .family residence, Wellington 'street, to Maitland ceme- tery. accompanied his uncle,. James Alton with whom he resides, to the home of Herbert Alton, was severely bitten on the_face by the latter's dog. He was immediately taken to Lucknow, where the wound was dressed by a doctor, it being necessary to put several stitches in his lip. • DIJNGANON: A call hat been ex. tended by the congregation of Ash- field Presbyterian church to Rev. George L. Ritchie, of Winnelago, Net. Mr. Ritchie has signified his intention of accepting the call and the' induction will take . place .:early in, - Mey. The congregation has been without a settled pastor' since Octo- ber, 1925, almost a'Trear anda half. When Rev. J. S. Hardie, now 'of Lon- don, who., had been the minister for a number of years, tendered ,his resig- nation an1d retired from active duties in the ministry. OUR GRAVEST MISTAKES i Here are seven mistakes of life that many of ,us make. The failure to establish the habit of saving money. Attempting to compel' other persons. to Believe as we do. The delusion that individual advancement, 48 made' by crushing others down. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or. corrected., Insisting that a thing, is impossible because we ourselves can not accom- plish it. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences in order that important things may be.. accomplished.. Ne- glecting development and refinement of the mind , by not acquiring the habit of reading,=Exchange, It