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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-09-12, Page 6PAGE 6 TEE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD TIIITRS., ;SEPT. 12, 1940' ,vi.•raWeaav aeahe agate r. rAr.•. WW.WLI.g+. v.�tir.�u'r; I Read - And Write For You r (Copyright) f. By John C. Kirkwood 1. yen aeala'.'1i'h`.'JW.W.Y.' 1Wi. Men who acquilre riches buy, in during the period September 9-13, .many, many, instances, a farm: they this year, the4100'th meeting of tae operate a farm as a hobby, and do not, ' American Chemical Society at Dotted; as a rule, tryto make it pay dividends; and that at this meeting representa- and they continue their city life and tives of science and, industry are to residence, using the farm as an 'escape, present reports spanning progress in place or as a week -end pleasure place, cientific husbandry since -1840, and and in the summer months they may that authorities on agricultural chem dive on their farm ---carelessly yet ex- istry will discuss Liebig's contribu- travagantly. , tions to agriculture and developments Even poor men dream of having a in plant nutrition. It was 100 years "place inthe country", and in times ago that Baron Justus Liebig, German of depression and of widespread un- chemist, made an epoch-making ad- employment farming takes on rainbow dress before the British Association hues --this despite what bona fide ,for the Advancement orf Science, and fanners themselves say about farm- published a revolutionary treatise on ing. "Organic Chemistry and its Applica- tion this is but away of leading me tion to Agriculture and Physiology."', up to mention 'a new book, "Practical Farming for Beginners", by H. A. Iiighstone (Harper's). I am suggest- ing to both rich and poor men that they should read this book before they actually start farming -by buying or renting a farm. The chapters of this bunk indicate its practical character. Here are some of the chapter head- ings: The Subsistence Farm; Deter- mining the Acreage of the Subsis- tence Farm; Major Crops' of the Sub- sistence Farm; When and How to Start; Selecting the Land; Capital Required. There are other chapters. Here is an extract from the Pre- face: Subsistence farming is not to be defined as farming for a bare exis- tence, but rather as fanning to the end of supplying all of one's reasonable wants as a direct tillage of the soil. In short, it is that complete indepen- dence on the land which sd many folk hope some day to achieve." Get your public Iibrary to put this book on its shelves, so that it will be available to you and to many others who dream of a life free from the anxieties and enervation of town and city life. Talking about farming, I heard a doctor (medical) say that he had ser- ious thoughts on the matter of giving up the medical profession to become likes in regard to the styling of res - a scientific farmer --a chemical fat- taurants. mu�--a farmer who uses chemistry to It is the same in the department make crops grow and to get the most store field and in the food store field: out of flocks and herds. In this con- there is no great stability in methods vection I note that there is to be held and in the manner ofdepartment store styling and practices. Thus, one very famous department store has inaugurated a "cash-and-carry" de- partment in its basement -conceived for the benefit and the attraction of the low-income buying public -the "submerged third" of the population. For the present the merchandise stocks in the cash-and-carry division comprise women's , men's and child- ren's ready-to-wear and accessories, Small counters provide easy customer access to the merchandise. Prices range from 9 cents for socks to $11 for nien's suit. With rapidity of turnover stressed, the basement will handle manufacturers' "close outs", job lots, seconds, irregulars and sea- son -end clearances. The elimination of deliveries, lower selling costs, more efficient use of available selling space, and lower marking may make possible a ten per cent reduction in selling prices. This idea of offering cash-and-carry items at special prices -lower than on delivered items -is being taken up rather widely by both department and food stores. The war has had a very disastrous effect on dog -breeding in Great Brit- ain. Many dogs have of ,course been de- stroyed; yet an effort -a reduced one -has been made to preserve the finer specimens' and to continue the leading and all-important blood lines. Official registration figures recently issued by the Kennel Club for the year ended June 30 last and: for the last six months of that year show that the re- gistration for the year dropped from an averag e of over 50,000 to 21,870 There have been few sanctioned showy, and mostly for the benefit of charities and services. During the six months ended June 30, registrations for all breeds totalled 8,345. For the same period in 1989 the total was 22, 599. Cocker spaniels hold the lead in re- gistration figures. Next were wire- haired fox terriers, with Scotties ranking third. I overheard a man say that the ro- taurant business changes its character every 8-10 years,, and that therefore a man in the restaurant business, to survive has to be constantly sensitive to' the ever-changing pattern of his kind of business. Changes take place in human behaviorism in relation to food and to patrons' likes and dis- In Alaska is an experimental farm "We didn't know whether or not he was corning .. . WitYD 4w4 EOG =JriSTARICE . just to show he hadn't forgotten us." And so it goes. Long Distance is the single man's answer to many a problem -ane' 'the married man's shortest road home. Always at your service wherever you may be. EL' hF 1880 r P 1940 60 yFARS OF PUBLIC SERVicE -something never imagined' in the Klondike days. Alaska is having an- other "rush", but today the "rushers" are men who are to build, up barriers of sorts -to make it hard for Russia to get into North America should she be notioned that way. The U.S. Government experimental farm is really a farming project -a settlement project, begun in 1935, with 200 families. Just now this rural settlement- is booming; it supplies farm and dairy products to nearby markets. The colony is a cooperative, It has its own vegetable cannery, chicken hatchery, cheese making, plant, dairy and power -house. There are colony schools and social centres.. The summer temperature of Alaska is about the same'as that of our Can- adian Maritime Provinces -60 to 70 degrees. The, section from Prices Rupert in British Columbia to Skagway in Al- aska is totem -pole land. Most of a .he Indians run curio shops! Canada may have the largest an- nual exhibition in the world, but when it comes to county or country fairs, the foremost fair is in California, not far from Hollywood, It is the .Los Angeles County Fair, which lasts tee; weeks, and is held at Pomona. The fair grounds equal those of the. Can- adian National Exhibition in extent- 350 acres, but the attendance for the. two weeks is just about half that of the C.N.A. It was 637,000 two years ago -the peak achievement. A feminine occupation by 'no means over -crowded is landscape gaedening. This type of work can be learned at college. The Lowthorpe School. of Landscape Architecture, at Groton, Mass. Until quite recently landscape architecture or gardening waseuppos- ed to be strictly a masculine voca- tion. This Lowthorpe School was es- tablished by a woman, a MrLow, about forty years ago. The grounds of the school provide its laboratory, and each year at least one design for garden, terrace, lawn or flower border is carried out to com- pletion. Students are taught survey- ing. At this school a woman can take a 2 -year course in horticulture, giv- ing training in estate and greenhouse management. Need Weed Control on Ontario Roads Clean Up Should be Considered as War Measure by Every Property Owner, States J. D. MacLeod of Ont. Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch, Toronto When roadside weeds are neglected, farmers who are making an effort to maintain farms free of weeds become discouraged and the public in general lose faith in rural Ontario as a pro- ducer of'agvicultural products of high quality, states John D. , MacLeod, Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch, Ont. Department of Agriculture, Toronto. It should be remembered that weeds on roadsides will mature 'seed which may result in an infestation of .ad- joining farm land; will spread plant diseases; will prove dangerous to traf- fic; will gather and hold snow; will clog ditches on roadsides and thus hinder the flow of water and proper drainage of the road bed; will prove dangerous from a fire standpoint; are unsightly to residents and to tourists. Many Municipal Councils have ask- ed ratepayers in the interests of econ- omy to prevent weeds from maturing seed on roadsides adjoining their pro- perty. Such work should be consid- ered as a war measure and should re- ceive the consideration and support of every property owner, Mr. MacLeod declares. A clean attractive roadside Is an advertisement for adjoining farms he points out, and may be considered as being the show window of the farm. The removal of old fences and fence bottoms, eradication of weeds and brush, removal of stumps and stones, and .plowing"; levelling, and seeding down of roadsides is suggested as be- ing one of the jobs to be undertaken at an early date this Fali. By following this plan, the appear - ante of one's property will be improv- ed, the value will be increased, the seeded area may be pastured, and a hay crop may be removed, Mr. Mac- Leod states. When weeds and brush are eradi- cated, snow will not bank up, and the expense, tithe, and labour of keeping roads open will be reduced consider- ably. PEACH UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE 1/2 cup boiling water i� eup shortening 1 cup molasses 21/2 cups /Your 11 teaspoons gtiouncl ginger 1 teaspoon soda tea•spoon salt r�, teaspoon cinnamon iia cup: sugar` Half peaches, Melt shortening in boiling water. Add molasses. Mix flour, ginger, soda, salt and cinnamon together, and sift thoroughly. Gradually beat flour mixture into liquid. Beat until smooth. Peel and halve preaches and arrange in bottom of baking dish. Sprinkle with sugar•. Pour ginger- bread mixture .over peaches. Bake 50 minutes in a, .moderate oven (350 F,) Perennials To Propagate Now (Experimental Farm News) Spring and early summer flowering perennials should be divided without. delay. If the iris plants are large and the flower smaller than: usual it is time to take up the plant and divide it. The old central part should be.dis carded and the outer part divided in- to clumps containing from one to four fans of leavesaccording to the num- ber of plants required.. If Peonies need transplanting or, if new plants are desired, early in September is the time to do the work, advises the, Division of Horticulture, Central Ex- perimental' Farm, Ottawa. The roots should be dug up carefully' and allow- ed to wilt by exposing them to the air for a few hours. This makes the tub- ers less brittle so they do not break so easily when handled. After wash- ing off the soil and cutting the foliage, pull the roots apart with the hands and cut where necessary. A division must have roots with two or three eyes. Oriental poppies can now be divid- ed ,and transplanted at this season when they are dormant. If dug up the thong -like roots are easily divid- ed. Plants with a spreading habit of growth like dwarf phlox, pinks and othere of similar habit which bloom early, may be torn apart and divided, or small pieces can be removed like cuttings only small roots should be attached. These, planted in eold frames of sandy soil, should quickly start to grow and will be good plants for spring planting. Shade should be provided for a few weeks and the plants must not be allowed to dry out. HUSBAND COULDN'T FIND THE MAN BUT WIFE GOT EGGS SHE WANTED For many years the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture has been ad- vocating that consumers buy eggs and food products by grade and thus buy with confidence. Here is a true story on how this advocacy concerning eggs impressed one woman in an Ontario centre: This woman (who is said to be very particular about things in gen- eral, had been taken ill. When Satur- day morning came she said she would get up and go to the market to get the eggs as there was one certain party there whose eggs she could ab- solutely depended on. As her husabnd did not wish her to get up he offered to go to the market and getthe eggs, to 'which she agreed. She told him to be sure to go to the north-east corner of the market and ask for Mr. A. Large. This the husband proceeded to do. After many inquiries no Mr. Large could be found, Ile then called on the police officer, but the officer did not know any one by the name of A. Large in the neighborhood, The husband then de- cided to buy sonic eggs in a carton and take them home. On arrival there he told his wife that he had not been able to find Mr. A. Large. She took the carton of eggs and looked at theme and said: "But you did find Mr. Large as I have every confidence in him, for his naive is on the box, the maid who worked in the house and who had been standing by la the meantine lis- tening to the conversation spoke up and said: "Madam, that is not the man's name; that is the name of the Government grade on the box, so it Is not the man but the Government grade in which you have such confi- dence." "YOUR HOME STATION" CENX 1200 kea. WINGHAM 250 metres WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th: 8.00 a.m. Breakfast Club 10.00 Harry J. Boyle. 7.15 p.m, "Eb and Zeb" '7.30 King's Serenaders SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th: 9.30 a.m. Kiddies' Party 1.30 p.m. Sovereign Trio 6.45 Wilf Carter '7.45 Barn Dance SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th: 11,00 a.m. United Church 12;30 pm. Harry J. Boyle 1.00 Freddy Martin 7.00 Anglican Church MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th: 1.00 pan. Genre Autry 61.5 Harry J. Boyle '7.15 "E'b and Zeb" 8.00 Songs Sarah TUESDAY, S nTgEsaMBEbyR 17th: 9.00 a.m. "News and Rhythm" 11,00 Piano Ramblings 12.45 pm, Songs for the Soldiers 6.15 Harry J. Boyle WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th: 8.00 a.m. Breakfast Club 1.00 pm. Polka Band 6.30 Baseball Scores 7.15 "Eb and Zeb" THURSDAY, SEiPTE'MBE.R 19th: 8.00 am. Breakfast Club 11.45 Fashion Club 7.30 p.m. Pym at the Organ A CHALLENGE .:: TO CANADIANS, ERGENCY CALL! From the shores of our Motherland comes an appeal for help which no true Canadian can fail.to heed. While we live in comfort, death drops on that embattled island. The need for Red Cross assistance is urgent. Our sons and brothers are over there. On land, at sea, in thi air, they face death daily. We must be prepared to help them when they are sick or wounded. Red Cross help is needed on behalf of soldier and civilian alike. Hospitals and hospital equipment, surgical supplies and dressings, ambulances and X -Ray equipment will he needed. Overnight the need may become so urgent that lives may be sacrificed if help cannot be sent at once. Never before has there been so great a need for Red Cross assistance. This challenge to humanity must be answered. Give to the Red Cross. Give to the utmost NOW ! EMERGENCY CALL FOR $5,000,000 -COMMENCES SEPT. 23 CAN `i1 Treasurer's Sale of Lands For Taxes --- County of Huron BY VIRTUE OF A WARRANT issued under the hand of the Warden of the Cenpty of Heron and having the seal of the said Corporation attached, bearing date the fifteenth clay of July, 1940, and to me directed, commanding me to levy on the lands hereunder enumerated, for the arrears of taxes respectively due thereon, together with costs, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in accordance with The Assessment Act, I shall proceed to sell by public auction the said lands or so much thereof as may be sufficient for the payment of the taxes thereon, unless the same ce sooner paid. The Sale will commence at the Court House, Goderich, on Tuesday, November 12th, 1940, at the bout' of two o'clock in the afternoon. Goderich, July 19th, 1940, ) Name and Description STANLEY TOWNSHIP Years in Arrears Hugh McKay -Lot 222. Main 1936-7-8-9 Bruce Moore -Lots 6, 7, 8, Range A; Lot 5, Range B; Lots 1937-8-9 1937-8 .1936-7.8-9 1937-8-9 5, 6, Range C. A. Catling and J. Sturgeon, 207 Louisa Laura Cook -16 Howard I. Wm, Gray -51 Dow A. I1 ERSKINE, Treasurer, Huron County, Taxes Costs Treasurer's Total Advertising Commission 295,24 2,00 7.3S 304.62 50.02 27.18 6.76 4.78 The Adjourned Sale, if necessary, will be held on Tuesday, November 19th, 1940, above mentioned. All lots described above are patented. Treasurer's Office, Goderich, July 19th, 1940. 2.00 1.25 2.00 .70 2.00 .25 2.00 .25 53.27 29.88 9.01 7.03 at the same hour and place as A. H. ERSKINE, Treasurer, Huron County.. Twelve O'clock and All's Well (From 'The Constitution", Atlanta, Ga.) There must be today, millions of spirits that walk, bravely, across the length and breadth of beleaguered Britain. The spirits of those men of the ancient race who gave to her the greatness that is knowing miraculous resurgence as, once more, the fate of human liberty is laid upon her hands and hearts and courage. It is good to think that, among those spirits, walk the ancient watch- men of the night, carrying their lan- terns to light the dark hours and cry- ing, as they walk, "Twelve o'clock and all's well," All's well with Bri- tain as her sons and daughters stand, undaunted, a final rampart to the ruthless foe. All's well because the tongue of Chaucer, of Shakespeare, of Milton, of Keats, of Shelley, of Kipling, of Tennyson, of Barrie, of the King Jaynes translation of the Scriptures, can never be the tongue of an enslav- ed. race. All's well because the blood of Fro- bisher, of Drake, of Raleigh, of Crom- well, of 'Wellington, of Nelson, of the millions of :fighting men who have died to keep Britain free can never course through the veins of an en- slaved people. All's well because the passion for human liberty and human rights that inspired the men of Runnymede, that set aflame the hearts oe men,who dar- ed their all that tyranny should be erusiiid, that forced British demo- cracy ever to march on, side by side and step by step with the growth of empire, can never be; quenched under the oppression of any disaster. Albs well in Britain because the common people are aroused, because from the ordinary, average people, from whom England's• greatest_ have ever come, there still arises that de- termination, that bulldog stubborn- ness, that unconquerable spirit which cannot live enslaved. The wisest seers among men can- not say what yet is to come. But this all men may know: There is a very lovely heart of civilization and of freedom threatened by 'an obscene force, an indecent return to savagery sparked by unmoral. ambition, The shadow today lies ovr an ancient and a noble land, It darkens the graves of poets and philosophers and mar- tyrs. It hangs, threatening, over the very birthplace of human liberty and human progress. The vultures soar over England's green fields and stately homes. They swoop upon the humble cots and quiet hills. We on this side can know little of the one factor that must, in the final accounting, decide the issue. That is, the spirit of the people awakened.and determined. There must be a marvel- lous story, being told on the pages of history, in Britain today. The spec- tacle of a people arising as one, to de- fend to death the land they hold so dear, must be a tremendous thing to watch. Even Hitler has been awed. What other interpretation can be put upon his petulant and ridiculous complaint that "home guards" can be only viola- tors of the code of war, to ,be shot against a wall when captured? The world has never witnessed such ab- surd effrontery as an aepeal, by this man, to any code of war. lie, and Germany, of all races, have most ruthlessly and heartlessly scorned the codes of war, of honor, of humanity, of human decency, wherever it serv- ed their foul purpose. Hitler cannot conquer Britain. We who know the history and the spirit and the meaning of British civilize tion, we who know the courage that Arms, her people, who know the love of country that fills their souls, know that no invader can stay alive on English soil so long as one Eng- lishman remains alive to strike a blow for freedom, There can be but one outcome when the British people have arisen, mow ed by a single impulse, to defend This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise; This fortress, built by Nature for herself, Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house - .Against the envy of less happier lands - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, This England. The vultures gather, but still the spirit of the ancient watchman walks in England and still his brave voice reassures, "Twelve o'clock, and all's weld" MOVIE PEOPLE AT HUDSON BAY Churchill, Man. -Movie actors and camera men have come to Churchill, Manitoba's seaport on Hudson Bay. They are working on the British film with' the Canadian setting, "49th Parallel", and brought with them a large-sized plane. Before they left, they spent some time at Stevenson Airport, Winnipeg, making pictures of the arrival and departure of Trans- Canada Air Lines transcontinental pieces. Miss Carla Lehmann, former Winnipeg girl, plays the part of a T.C.A. stewardess, She wears the peopei uniform and was trained in the fine' points of her role by the chief - stewardess of the air line.