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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-03-14, Page 3• TI1UItS., 1V1.4ACI-1 14, 1940 ' CLINTONTHE N,6WS-RECORD MARY &SIM 1 CANT BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA WOULD LET IT'S FRIENDS PROFIT BY WAR WHEN THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN ARE GOING OUT TO DIE FOR THElIZ COUNTRY NOPgt`IC :PATRONAGE DO YOU MEAN TO STAND THERE AND TELL ME THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SOONER PUT A LESS QUALIFIED MAN INTO A POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY THAN GO OUTSIDE ITS OWN PARTICULAR. CLIQUE FOR AN EXPERT IT DOES NOT SEEM POSSIBLE BUT IT 15 TRUE! eicc3.Z\ WELL,OUTOF86 MEN CHOSEN TO HEAD 18 WAR BOARDS SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER -- --ONLY SIX WERE CONSERVATIVES, i HAVE NEVER LEARNED THAT DIVINE PROVIDENCE GAVE ALL THE BRAINS TO ONE PARTY 4.. YOU ARE JUST ABOUT RIGHT, MY DEAR. THEN THIS If NOT CANADA'S' WAR IT IS THE LIBERALS NO WONDER THE COUNTRY WANTS 8013 MAN I0N f NATIONAL GOVERNMENT! pro A NATION AT WAR NEEDS 6-24:rte eat A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATI 0 NAL GOVERNMENT Authorized by National Government Headquarters, 140 Wellington Street, Ottawa col WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE • GAY NINETIES Do You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The OId Century? THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, MARCH 15, 1900 Mr. a F. Andrews has &aught .the flax mill, not including the machin- ery, and will have it taken down, and converted into a barn; Mn Forrester is not retiring altogether from the flax industry, though it looks .like it. The question of being able to procure help is one of the most pressing prob- lems at the present time. Mr. David McConnell met with an unusual sort of accident on Saturday. While he was swinging the axe it struck a beam and then struck him on the back of the head, inflicting a wound that took several stitches to close. T. Beacom & Son, finding their business overflowing have rented two stores in the Clarendon block to which they x'09 move shortly. Mr. Sandy Innes, the well-known farmer of'Stanley township, will have a big barn built next summer and has let the contract for the stone- work to Mr. W. J. Elliott of God- erich township. Mr. Whittingham intends moving his barn and has also: let the building of the stonework to Mr. Elliott, Mr, John Scotchmer accompanied by his wife and child, leaves the lat- ter part of the week for Kelso, North Dakota where he will take up tam- ing. Jewitt's mill yard in Stanley town- ship is now crowded. A lot of logs have gone in from both Stanley and Goderich iownshir,s. Mr. Thos. Lane of Tuekersmith recently purchased from Squire Big- gins of Elmhurst Farm. the 'mare good red calf "Diamond Flash" which has a fine quality and an imposing line of ancestors. The storms of last week have fill- ed the roads with snow, but it has made good sleighing and is giving the farmers a fine chance to get their teaming clone. Many are en- gaged in hauling logs, Twelve privates from the 33rd went down to London Monday, and will shortly be sent to Halifax along with other battalions to do garrison duty when the regulars now on duty are called home. Three officers of the 33rd have been recommended for commissions, Captains McTaggart and Dunlop and Lieut. Gundry, When The Present Century Was 'Young THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, MARCH 18, 1915 Mr. Len. Weir, who has been the efficient leaderof the Ontario Street Choir the past ceuple of years has,. resigned. Mr, Weir has beena mean - her of the choir since boyhood days and has always been deeply interest- ed in its success: Mr. B. J. Gibbings: has consented to again accept leader- ship in which he gave satisfaction for many years. The choir has never had more loyal members than Mr. and Mrs. Gibbings. Mr. T. Jackson, Sr,, fell in his own house on Tuesday morning and frac- tured a couple of ribs and is conse- quently laid up. Mr. Jackson is well over the four score mark and the years are beginning to tell. The Priricess Theatre has changed hands, Mr. Ramsay having disposed. of his interests to Messrs Lee and Houghton, who have 'thus added an- other to the chain they own in West- ern Ontario. Clinton has been filling a large contract for army trousers and has' prospects of more to come; Goderich has turned out socks and Army wagons and Seaforth has just landed a contract for shells so t'he county is not doing so badly with Govern- ment contracts, Mr. John Derry has disposed of his cottage on James street, the purchas- er being Miss Tebbutt of the Mait- land Con,, Goderich township. The organ. of St, Paul's Church is being renovated and repaired and will be ready for use Easter Sunday. Mrs. T. Carbert and family of the 6th concession of Hullett have mov- ed into Clinton to reside on Huron street, The faun lately owned by Mrs. Gaubert leas been bought by Mr. John H. Quigley, a native of the township, but now of .Detroit. Mr. T, A. Tighe will be in charge this seasort. Miss Rudd gave a talk to the League on. Monday evening on her trip to Europe last summer. The party was unfortunate in not being able to finish their tour on account of the begiaaiing of the war.. They left Berlin on July 20th and spent several days in Austria after that, getting out of the enemy country just in time as it afterwards proved. Capt. Dowding, paymaster of the 33rd Bette London, was home over the weekend. Mr. Fred Ford, third son of Mr.. and Mrs. John: Ford, has enlisted and is now in training with the 33rd at London. .. FARM LANDS VALUE In its annual report on farm values for the year 1939, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics states that the average of occupied lands in Canada in that year was reported at $25 per acre, an increase of one dollar an acre over the 1938 value. This is the first increase :since 1935 when the average value rose from $23 to $24. Average values are still.rnueh below the 1926 average of $37 per acre; ' { 1 ' i ISL' HOCKEY AS SEEN IN THE WESTERN .STATES The following was clipped from a mid -Western United States paper, and tellsin an interesting.. manner how the mid -Western Americans lock at Canada's chief winter sport hockey. Ice hockey is a game that is sort of a cross between. mayhem and a 100 -yard dash It was originally in- vented as a means of legally killing some guy you didn't like, but in re- cent years it has been toned down a little, Now it is against the rules to carry a gun into the rink and your only weapons are a pair of razor- sharp ice skates and a wicked looking club with a crook on one end.. The object of hockey is to get a little gadget called a puck into a big wicker basket called the goal. The puck doesn't always confine itself on the ice. Now and then it takes a trip through the air and whangs svelte cash client on the conk, which is just to prove that the killings aren't limit- ed to those who skate around on the ice. We can give you this authorative description of hockey because we saw our first game last night. An affair in which Colorado college's mercen- aries, the best in these parts, tied the mercenaries of California University, 4 to 4, at the Colorado Springs Ice Palace. They play again tonight and somebody is sure to get hurt. This is merely incidental, but there are six players to a team, including a walking mattress with more pad- ding than an 1890 horsehair sofa and whose job it is to tend the goal. Act- ually, he's the fellow who gets tend- ed to good and proper when the other tefitii is down trying to .score,. A couple of gents' usually sit .on hien, another whangs him over tb.e head with a cue --or whatever they call those curved sticker -while the others try to push the puck through the goal. You might say ' that hockey is something like basketball. They have jump balls, except that they don't jump and they call them "face-offs.' That's when the referee drops the puck down between two, players and they start firing again. They have these face-offs when one team or the other is offside. So, you see, it's like football too. We never did get it straight how any- body got offside, but some pretty red and blue lines across the ice had something to do with it. 'ARM, the Man he Front insisted that those lines were only a way of dividing the seats. Those who sat on this side of the line had to pay a dollar and a quarter for a resting place, while those on the other side hadto pay a dollar and a half. Both sides substituted constantly and we couldn't figure out how any- body knew who was going in, for who, No word was spoken, nobody reported to the referees. But out from the side would skate two or three players and start whanging away at their opponents, while the men they replaced skated off to rent and patch up their cuts. Marvelous indeed, and a source of wonderment no enai was the way they passed that ,poor little puck 'around. They placed a lot of bank shots off the side, and' when the bal �-.pard:on us.,, the pueio-tasted' for the side, that was a general signal to choose The St.Lawrence PAGE Project (New York Times) During the World War the Midwest stood solidly in favor of the St. Law- rence project because of a passible saving of several cents a bushel in transrporting grain through the Great Lakes directly to Europe. Though the world is again at war the Midwest no longer takes the lead in urging the dredging of a lakes -to -ocean waterway, partly because it has lost much of its export trade, partly be- cause the Government is now aiding agriculture with bounties and other measures. It is Canada that displays keen interest in the development of the St. Lawrence, and this not so Much because of any advantages that may accrue to her wheat growers as. because of her wartime need ' of power. ` Though Canada has in the Province' of Quebec abundant additional power which could be developed rapidly, the Hydro -Electric Power Commission of Ontario has .urged the conclusion of a treaty with the United States for the exploitation of the International Rapids, a forty -mile section of the St. Lawrence which is familiar to Americans because of its Thousand Islands and from which 2,200,000 horsepower could be extracted. Since it would take from: five to ten years to construct dams and power plants in the Rapids and excavate a ship channel in accordance with old plans that cannot be essentially changed, it is obvious that the negotiatiops in Progress have another object in view. Both' Ottawa and Washington admit that Niagara is the immediate stake. The Administration has scarcely con- cealed the fact that if the State of New York is permitted todevelop its half of the Rapids into what has been called "a gigantic Northwest yard- stick" -in other words another TVA -it is willing to conclude an arrange- ment whereby Canada and the United States may tap and divide enough additional Niagara water to generate 510,000 horsepower at a joint expense of only $2,000,000 -all without ruin- ing the beauty of the Falls and all in accordance with the excellent proposals of 1926. In a year or so Canada would have the power which she thinks she needs and Western New York cominunities would meet the demands of their rapidly expand- ing industries. This looks like good poker until we examine the pot and the conditions of the game. A ship channel of twenty- seven feet must be dredged and blast- ed where needed between Montreal and Lake Ontario. So long as only a mile is uncompleted -and scarcely any work has been done upon it - the present fourteen -foot channel must serve. Moreover, Chicago, Toledo, Sandusky and a score of other lake ports can make no effective use of the proposed deeper channel unless they improve their harbors at an ag- gregate cost of perhaps $2UU,0UU,000. What the total cost for power and navigation may be is a guess. As the proposals of 1938 stand, the United States would appropriate $272,453,000 and Canada $270,9'76,000. There is good reason to believe that the ultimate total cost will be $1,- 350,000,000. We must think of St, Lawrence power in terms of this huge sum, for the reason that the seaway, designed to handle about 30.,000,000 tons annually, with only a fraction now in sight, is not likely to fulfill its purpose for many years, it at all. Moreover, the river is closed by ice for five months of the year; not more than 30 per .cent. of the world's ocean tonnage could use it because of its inadequate depth; and Canada is in no financial ,position to carry on an engineering enterprise which may well coat her between five hundred -and six hundred million. We must charge off most of the cost to power, which neither .the Province of Ontario nor the State of New York needs if Niagara can be further exploited, About 2,200,000 horsepower may be expected frons the International Rapids And the cost to the State of New York of 1,100,000 horsepower -its share? About $90,- 000,000, on the sr position that $272,- 453,000 is all that the United States will have to pay to carry out its share of the navigation and power project. But with the certainty that the actual American expenditure would be at least .$400,000,000 - in order to obtain electric energy which is not needed naw and which could be generated and distributed by steam plants at strategic points less expensively the State would be obligated far much more. No matter who pays the bill, $300 a hon sepower is far too high a priee to pay, all the more since the Niagara Falls im- provement would cost less than $4 a horsepower. a partner and start knocking hint into the board fence. The goalie anti the other guys can stop the puck with anything that comes handy, their clubs Skates, stomach or face. And some of the guards made beautiful one -handed catches of what looked like certain home runs. This we found out:. Whenever any- body else stands and cheers, you do the same thing. If they groan, you groan. And if you can't think of anything else to do, boo the officials. That always goes' over well and preves that you are a true follower of the sport. WHAT CANADA SAYS ABOUT OUR CANDIDATE "I ran ante Mr. Deachman's speech in going over Hansard and I have read it twice since. 1n fact, I have used a good part of it in my magazine. I want to say that it was one of the finest addresses on agricul- ture that I have ever read os heard and I propose to make very considerable rise of it in my work, strictly non-partisan and strictly farmer movement." Chas. A. Hayden, Editor "Country Life in. B. C." "I would appreciate very much, your giving me the information as to how you arrived at your figures on farm income. I would be glad to use it in our brief to the Royal Ooinmission on transporta- tion. Having already had it presented to the House of Commons would add considerable weight." H. H. Hannaun, United Fanners of Ontario. "We do not always agree' with Mr. Deachman but in his argu- ment on the sales tax he made out a strong case and the govern - meat would do well to give it special consideration," Editorial, The Gazette, Montreal. "R. J. Deachman, member for North Huron, is one of Canada's outstanding . authorities on economies. He is an ardent low tariff advocate who has read widely on all questions of vital int- erest in the days which lie ahead. Mr. Deaehman has been one of the most efficient members of the Banking and Commerce Committee of the House of Commons where upstart economists delight to air their unworkable monetary theories and where the restraining hand of knowledge skil- fully andconservatively handled is invaluable." Editorial, ChesleyEnterprise. "Of all the speeches delivered in Parliament on the neutrality resolution of Mr. Woodsworth, and the companion resolution of Mr. Douglas to take the profit out of making munitions, there was, in our opinion, more sound common .sense packed into the address of Mr. R. J. Deachman, member for Huron. North, than in all othere combined." Palmerston Observer. "Early in the present session Parliament has been provided with a startling picture of con- ditions in Ontario agriculture. Claiming that the positionof agriculture in Canada is the most o i n thecountry's economic status serious factor in y s , Mr. R. J. Deaehman. (Liberal, Huron North) de- clared the average net yearly income of Ontario fanners was $362, and urged that Government should do something for an industry that made such poor returns to those engaged in it." Editorial, Globe & Mail, "The speech of Hon. R. J. Deachman, M.P. for Huron North, in the House of Commons, in which be presented surprising low estimates of the earning power of average Ontario farmers, has come in for wide discussion. So great is the interest in Mr. Deachman's statement that The Daily Sun -Times is reproducing in full that part of Mr. Deachman's speech which deals with the farmer's situation . . Mr. Deachman is a Wingham man who has made a very clese study of faun conditions." Editorial, Daily Sun -Times, Owen Sound. "Mr. R. J. Deaehman, Libeiral from Huron North, who is credited with being one of the deepest thinkers in the House, yesterday set forth what he regards as one of the fundamental prob- lems which the country has to deal. It is, he claims, dislocation of population. Of the total population, he pointed out, 46% live on farms. The national income is about $5,000,000,000 an- nually, yet the farmers receive only a little more ' an $750,000,000 or only slightly more than one-seventh." Editorial, Windsor Star. "I feel sure that all farmers will appreciate very much the able way in which Mr. Deachman has placed these facts before our House of Com- mons. Certainly, these conditions must have been. realized for years by our Government, and we are sorry that so little has been done about it." Reeve Wm. McGregor of Sydenham, Grey County. "I read the synopsis of your speech and also -an editorial in the "Globe & Mail" and enjoyed it very much. It was striking from the shoulder without pulling the punch, and I want to eon- gratulate you." 'George Hoadley, former Minister of Agriculture,. Province of Alberta. "We have read with interest an account in. "Family Herald" of your speech in Parliament. We want you to know how much we appreciate. the 'help you are giving the farmers of Ontario and Canada. Your method is very effective. We wish that all farmers might have an opportunity to study what you have written and said:" Mrs. W. G. Barrie, Norwood, Ont. "R. J. Deaehman is a Liberal, confident that. problems can be solved by the application of pare- Liberalism. He has a more thorough knowledge, of Liberalism -'the theory, history, operation of Liberalism than any other member of the House,. with the possible exception of the Prime Minister - himself . . He is a Liberal of t'he school of Dr. Michael Clarke and Sir Richard Cartwright - a thorough going progressive." W. M. Davidson in The Albertan, Calgary.. "It is most heartening to find a member of Parliament courageous enough, and with the necessary ability, to express sentiments that ought to be read, marked and digested by every: citizen of the country." Hon. M. Burrel, formerly Chief Librarian of the, House of Commons. "We have read an article entitled "Back To The Town" by R. J. Deachmem., M.P. for North Huron. In this article Mr. Deaehman makes an analysis of our present relief expenditure in Can- ada, and suggests means of combating it which, to us, seem reasonable and well worth considera- tion. onsideration. His claim is that costs of productionere tco high due to the concentration of industry in the cities and suggests that there should be a gradual movement of manufacturing away from. the large centres to the outside areas, the towns. of Ontario." Editorial, Napanoe Beaver.. "It can be taken for granted that the Death nam estimate is not a long distance off the path of accuracy for he has a reputation for being right in statistics of that nature. His sizing up• of the situation can be taken as close enough toe be accepted and it presents a picture that should, give everyone some concern." Editorial, Peterborough Examiner.. "R. J. Deachman, Liberal member for North Huron., is ere of the best informed men in the House of Common,. There is nothing he enjoys more than the pleasi.nt task of debunking fal- lacies, Let some one rush to hasty conclusions and suggest a sumptuary cure, foe all our ills and his program is ant to meet a logical and deadly analysia from the man who know, the • facts as well a; how to use then," Editorial, The Times, Victoria, "R. J. Deachman whose articles have beast familiar to Herald readers over a long period of years, is one member who ought to be returned to the House of Commons with an overwhelming majority. He is a Liberal with a string spirit of independence. He is not a "yes-man" by any means. He gets to the bottom of a question and decides on. which side the weight of evidence lies, then he goes ahead. He is one of the few leen in the House thoroughly familiar with monetary problems. He has a place every year in the Bank and Commerce Committee." Editorial, The Herald, Lethbridge... "Mr. Deachman should be congratulated on his analysis of the sugar situation. We cannot afford to open new industries when present equip went is capable of producing more than we need:. Canada needs less waste - not store" G. W. Stockton, Merchant, Carlyle, Sask. "It is gratifying to note that Mr, Deach- man, a review of whose speech o'a the "Conduct of Government" appeared on this page, is a mem- ber of the special Parliamentary Committee ap- pointed to deal with Civil Service natters. The int'uence of men of Mr. Deachman's calibre will be strong toward effecting improvements in the Civil Service rather than undermining it." The Journal, Ottawa. NORTH HURON LIBERAL ASSOCIATION FARM 'ROUSE IS DESTROYED AS CHIMNEY TAKES FIRE The frame farm home- of Lorne Fairish, concession 10, West Wawan- osh, was completely destroyed by fire last' Friday evening. The chimney caught fire from a stove while the family was at the bait, attending to chores. - By the time the fire was discov- ered it had got into the joists and partitions of the second floor and little .coteld be done to save the dwel- ling. Owing to snow -blocked roads very few neighbors could reach, the scene -of the blaze. However most of the contents were carried to safety*. Loss on the building is covered by insurance The family are living with rela- tives for the time being. In order to secure reliable infor- mation en the most profitable meth- ods of field crop production under various climatic, soil, and marketing conditions, the Field Husbandry Division of the Dominion • Expert-. mental Farms Service conducts vestigations into cropping, cultural, fertilizing, andfarm management 071 the different Experimental -Farms throughout Canada. The Dominion Experimental Farms extend from the Atlantic to the Pac- ific Ocean, and . constitute the most comprehensive system of its Mind in the world. "YOUR HOME .STATION" CSNX 1200 kes. WINGHAM 250 metres 'WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FRIDAY, MARCH 1.5th: 11.15 a.m "Mary, Queen of Scots" 6.00 p.m. W. E. Harris 7.00 p.m. Landt Trio '7.30 p.m. J. W. Morley SATURDAY, MARCII 16th: 1-00 •p,m. Leigh H. Snider 6.43 p.m.: L. E Cardiff 7.00 p.m. Wes McKnight 7.45 p.m. Barn Dance SUNDAY, MARCH 17th: 11.00 a.m. Wingham United Church 2.00 p.m. Triple -V Bible Class 6.45 p.m. Roy Mundy, organ 7.00 p.m. St. Paul's Anglican MONDAY, MARCH IStit: 11.15 a.m. "Mary, Queen. of Scots" 7.00 pan. Ray Netherton 8.00 p.m. Tommy Parker 9,30 pan.. Harold Pym, piano. TUESDAY, MARCH 19th: 12.45 p.m. Cactus Mac 7.00 p.m. The Jesters 8.30 'pan. Orton Grain's Gulley - Jumpers 9.00 p.m. Harold, Pyen, piano WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20th: 11.,15 •a.ni. "Mary, Queen of Scots" 6.00 p.m. W. Et Harris 7.00 pm. The Norsemen THURSDAY, MARCH 21st: 1.00 p.m. R. J. Deaehman 6.00 p.m. Karl D, ICnechtel 8.15 p.m, J. W. Morley 8.30 p.m. Grenadier Guards Band SPECIAL ILOLY WEEK RADIO PROGRAMMES Some of the world's most beautifuli sacred music will be heard over the. National Network of the Canadian. Broadcasting Corporation, during, Holy Week. From its Montreal studios, the CBC will present three. great works, inspired by the most. important festival of the Christian faith, These will include the "Motets" by Palestrine; the beautiful Rossini cantata, , "Stabat Mater", and Hon- neger's "King David", which will be. presented in oratorio form. On Holy Thursday, Mareh 31, fem.., 9.30 to, 10.00 p.m. EST, a mixed choir with organ accompaniment, snider the direction of Jean-Marie Beaudet, will be heard in the Palestrina "Motets".. Orn Good Friday, March 22, from 8.00 , to 9.00 pm. EST, leading Montreal: soloists and a mixed choir under the direction of Victor Brault, will offer Rossini's "Stabat Mater", and on Easter Sunday, climaxing the Holy Week music, "Ring David" will be presented with 'orchestra, soloists, and .a choir of fifty voices, and Rape girt Caplan as narrator. The oratorio. will be heard 9.00 to 10.00 p.m. EST:. In addition, there will be a series. -of "Holy Week Meditations", heard at, 2.15 p.na., daily Monday to Thursday, and on Friday, March 22 at 6.15, p.m. EST.