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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-09-17, Page 3THURS., SEPT. 17, 1936 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES Po You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? _ 277n Fom The News -Record, Sept. 19th, 1896: A colt being driven by Mr. Joseph Allenson last Thursday became un- manageable and he and Mrs. Allen - son were thrown out of the rig. There was no damage beyond a few bruises and a general shaking up. Dr. -Gunn returned on Saturday from a visit 'to several hospitals in Chicago. The freighting of apples on wag - 'ohs is beginning to tell on the -main .roads leading to .the station and freight sheds. ' Messrs. W. Jackson and H. Foster have made a canvas and have secur- ed many valuable prizes for " the Collegiate opening. Yesterday Joseph Allenson showed The News -Record a cabbage grown in his garden which weighed 21 pounds. From . The New Era, Sept. 18th, 1896: The evaporator commenced work on Monday morning with twenty-five hands, employed. Mr. Jackson sold. 61 tickets for. Toronto last week and Mr. Pattison 115, the largest number sold in one week for some years. Mr. Walper has sold his interest in the Mason house to Mr. Dowson of Stanley, who took possession on Tuesday. Rev. Mr. Millyard and family are .moving into the new parsonage re- cently purchased on Rattenbury street by the trustees of Rattenbury street church. The people of Ontario street church will celebrate the nineteenth anniver- sary of the church on the 28th. When The Present Century Was Young From The News -Record, Sept. 21st, 1911: Mr. Dick Tasker has returned to town, the baseball season being now over. He was, the pitching mainstay of the Brantford 'team and received bouquets not infrequently. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Langford and Master Harold and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Vodden of .Hulled made an auto party 'which visited Harriston and Fordwich the forepart of the week. The election returns will be given in two places tonight, at the town hall and from the. window of the Business College, corner of Albert and Ontario streets. The News -Record was presented with an apple of the Fillbasket va- riety, grown in the orchard of Mr. 0. A. Erratt of Auburn which tipped. the scale at twenty-four ounces and measured fifteen and three quarter inches in circumference. From The New Era, Sept. 21st, 1911: (The New Era' was really not print- ed until Friday morning, Sept. 22nd, on this occasion, so that the election returns could be published.) Bordon Sweeps Country! Summary at 10.10 'P.M. Conser- vatives 126, Liberals 72, Labor 1. The elections are over and the country will now square away for a big fall trade. With good crops and fair prices, business should boom. It was impossible to get the com- plete returns from the three Hurons but the three Conservatives are elect- ed, East Huron, James Bowman, West Huron, E. N. Lewis, South Hu- ron, J. J. Merner. ' The bird, that gets the worn is the bird that early rises. The man who gets the trade is the man who ad- vertises. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING OLD LANDMARK GOING An old land -mark is going. The dismantling of the salt block sees the closing, for a time at any rate, of one of Kincardine's earliest indus- tries.—Kincardine Review -Reporter. A DANGEROUS PRACTICE Bicycle riding at night is becoming very dangerous on account of the large number of automobiles on the streets and highways. Bicycles • are becoming more popular now than they have been for a number of years but they present a serious traffic problem both in daytime and dark- ness. It is nothing short of remarkable that there are so few bicycle asci- dents. Youngsters ride where ever they feel inclined and as their fancy dictates without regard to traffic. Some of them feel that it is all the same whether it is at night or day and whether the bicycle carries a light or not. To guard against accidents bicycle riders should use greater care. The youthful rider should be made to realize that he faces' real hazhrds. He should understand that he crust as- sume a great responsibility and look out for his own safety. —Listowel Banner. WHAT ABOUT THIS? Here is an editor without doubt asto his views respecting the auto- mobile. He is the occupant of the sanctum of the Almonte Gazette and writes:—"The Canadian provinces collected some four millions more in board said, he had shown "a lack of motor revenue in 1935 than in 1934. instinct and perception." He. had A cynical person might be moved to merely suggested, in the course of to comment that a lot more d— negotiations which he was conducting for the ministry with Imperial Air- ways,' that it might be a good thing, a little later, to name him chairman of the board. Think of punishing a man for trying to better his position! er had known of its existence we Jim Farley, we may be sure, would would not miss it. Towns and vn- never be guilty of such inhumanity lages would be many tunes as pros- —not if the man were a democrat in perous as they are today, and cities,' good standing.—•Brandon-Sun' while not so large, wouldn't be over- crowded with misfits' who are on the the relief rolls. The 'automobile` is one of those things that prove men A Stratford man who grows huge like Henry Ford are not always bene- vegetables tells of obtaining direc- factors of the race. You say: "Look tions from a woman who appeared how many lives die automobile has to him in a vision as he slept. Most saved through its use by doctors." In of us who do any backyard gardening reply it may be said: "Look how have been driven to it by a woman. much work the automobile has made, who appeared in broad daylight. —Woodstock Sentinel -Review. A few years ago a brilliant young English diplomat was discharged in disgrace, merely because he had used inside information to further his per- sonal speculations. By contrast, con- sider how respectful we are in our own city hall and county building to- ward officials who, use inside infer mation to build up personal fortunes. We don't discharge them. We pro- mote thein. The incredible English carry their quaint prejudices into even higher spheres. A few weeks ago a popular labor leader, J. H. Thomas, was forc- ed oreed to resign not only from his post as colonial minister but even from parliament. And why? Merely be- cause a friend who made a lot of money by insuring himself against tax increase which was presently an- nounced, gratefully presented Tho- mas with a $75,000 home. The 'bud- get. leak," you see, was traced to Thomas. It was inside information such as our "silver senators" used to get so easily in Washington, in the clays of the New Deal's frenzied silver, speculations. And the strang- est part of the whole affair is that no sooner had poor Thomas resigned than his friend refunded the money which had been collected from the insurance companies. Really, these English would puzzle anybody. And how they must as- tound .our own Bob Sweitzer- And that is not all, continues The News, The English have even gone further. A few'days ago a high of- ficial, Sir Christopher Bullock, per- manent secretary of the air ministry, was dismissed summarily by the pre- mier, because as the civil service. tial fools were burning up gasoline in '35 than in '34. We would have been bet- ' ter off if the automobile never had been invented. It has been more of a curse than a blessing. If we nev THE USUAL EXPERIENCE When Steel Came To Goderich = (F. R. Inkster, F.R,G.S., in The • Canadian: National Railways i. Magazine). Tourists have a word for it. On seeing Godericn, with its beau- tiful and colorful setting and its old- world atmosphere,' they say : "Quaint!" The place is quaint, in a romantib way. And that romance has been woven into every fibre of the town's being to echo a song that goes back to the time when "salt was king", when stout-hearted pioneers calved a clearing in the wilderness, when Indians camped on the flats at the mouth -of the Menesetung. Nature has been kind to Goderich. The ,blood -red sunset with its re- flected path of gold dancing across Lake Huronis worth travelling miles to see, and the Maitland Val- ley; with its. wide meadows and high banks lined with gaudy colored trees bowing to the tumblingi singing waterfalls, takes one's very breath. Up the Maitland Valley, at Ben Mil- ler, there is a picture from the pages of yesterday with a dam and water - car is travelling at fifty miles an hour it hasn't the extra speed avail- able that niay be needed to cope with an emergency. -Sault Star. NO HOLIDAY An exchange had a letter in its Friday issue to the effect- that threshing day was a near -holiday for farmers' wives. The writer of that letter -has quite evidently never at- tended a threshing, but was drawing on his imagination. Hours must be spent in a hot kitchen, roasting meats, . boiling potatoes , and vege- tables, baking, pies and -cakes, and preparing the meals so necessary for the men. The rush for the tables and the gleeful shouts must emphasize the threshers' appreciation of the women's efforts, but to call thresh- ing day a near holiday for the wo- men is assuredly a misnomer. —Goderich Star. for the doctors and undertakers through the dreadful accident roll it is running up year by year." —St. Marys Journal -Argus. TOO FAST Kaye Don, who once drove an au - THOSE FUNNY ENGLISH tomobile at close to 200 ,piles an hour, believes that fifty miles an Foreigners are queer people. The hour is too fast for cars on high - English, in particular, really are an •ways, but his reason -is one that will odd lot, says The Chicago Daily strike the average person as a bit News. unusual. He contends that when a IS IT PRACTICABLE? A visitor went on to speak of the present-day tendency towards small congregations at the Sunday evening church services, and in this connec- tion made a suggestion that we con- sider worth passing on. It was that, instead of having several ministers in the town talking to empty pews, the churches should hold one united service on Sunday evenings, on some plan that could be arranged by con- sultation among the ministers and officers of the churches.. This would remove the depressing effect, upon both preacher and con- gregation, of the empty pews, . it would give to preacher and hearers the invigorating influence of a new environment, and it should tend to a more brotherly feeling among the various denominations who might take part in such united services. Is the suggestion a practicable one?--Goderich Signal. GODERICH LADY'S'. DREAM COMES TRUE If there are any Signal readers who believe in dreams -and there un- doubtedly are -pull up your chairs, for a well-known Goderich lady had one come true within a few hours. She dreamt that a cousin, residing In Ohio, whom she had not seen nor heard from for over twenty years, was talking to her—talking of old times. On rising in the morning the dreamer told her husband •and her daughter all about it. "Something's going to happen—wait and see," she told skeptics at the breakfast table. Called away from her ironing at 10 a.m. to answer the door -bell, in walk- ed the cousin. "Don't tell me dreams don't come true," the local lady said. "My grandmother believed they did, so did my mother, and now I have proved it."—Goderich Signal. .t wheels in the two old mills. Built after the style of Washing- ton, the plan of 'Goderich is perfectly geometrical. ' In cartwheel style the eight streets radiate'at as many an- gles from the central park and "square". Though Etienne Bride, in his ex- plorations along the ' Great Lakes;' may have been the first white man to visit the mouth of the Menesetung, the first recorded contact' by white men' was when Gooding. and Duch- arme built a trading post on the wide flats in 1826. But even before Gooding, an American, and Duch- arme, a French-Canadian, formed their trading partnership' at Detroit, plans were being laid beyond the sea that were soon to unbolt the door at, Western Ontario and open a vast area between Toronto and Goderich. In 1823, the Canada Company (an enterprise planned by John Galt) was formed in England. With York, Galt, and Guelph es- tablished, John Galt determined to establish a townsite on the shore of TOO STARTLED TO "HOLLER" To interrupt a robber in the act of looting the basement of his father's home on South street on Saturday night after dusk was the experience of Billy Wood, aged fourteen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood. Billy gives a graphic account in typical boyish fashion. With the rest of the family out, he entered the kitchen door and descended the cellar stair- way bent on getting one of his play- things. As he turned on the lights there stood a man, who said nothing and promptly bolted out a basement entrance door, leading to the yard and into darkness. "I was glued to the concrete floor for some things which they produce and the lump in my throat wouldn't —including their cattle and hogs — let me holler," said Bill. are but half, or even less than half. The boy, however, once the strap- what the consumer has to pay. But ger had disappeared, had the pres-, ence_of mind to bolt all doors before looking for. Tom Gundry, county con- stable. Mr. Wood recently moved his en- tire stock of automobile accessories, tires and batteries to the basement of his home, but the would-be robber was scared 'away by the unexpected appearance of the boy, who says he could identify the stranger. —Goderich Signal. (Continued from page 2) YOUR WORLD AND MINE plained that his selling price was too high. This man told me that for ev- ery dollar paid him' by the public it was costing him four dollars to get the dollar. That is to say, in order to make his product available to the public, and in order to make the pub- lic know 'about the new product, he had to spend a very large sum of money, and that the public's resis- tance to his effrots to sell his pro- duct compelled him to get a good price. Later on, when the public be- gan to buy freely, and when all the initial costs .of marketing his pro- duct and of malting people know a- bout it had been recovered, then it would be possible to lower -the price. When electric refrigerators were first put on the market the public would not buy them,- this to any large extent, and the makers of elec- tric refrigerators, even selling at the high prices quoted, were "in the red". It took years of costly sales effort in order to arouse public interest suf- ficiently in refrigerators — to the point where hundreds of thousands were sold per annum. Then down went the price of electric refrigerat- Lake Huron. In 1827, after despatch- ing Tiger Dunlop—his `warden of the forests" overland with- a num- ber of axe -men and chain -bearers, Galt set out for Lake Huron, Galt travelled. overland to York, then through Newmarket and Barrie to Georgian Bay where, at Penetang uishene, His Majesty's gunboat "Bee" steamed around t h e . Bruce Peninsula and down the Huron shore line to the Menesetung River where she was welcomed in the anchorage, at the mouth of the river, by Tiger Dunlop, his helpers, and Indians, On the hillcrest overlooking the Menesetung, .Dunlop had built a log cabin—the first in Goderich. When the town celebrated its centenary a cairn was erected on the brow of 'Harbor Hill Paris to mark the spot where Dunlop's cabin stood. It was, through the vision and abil- ity of John Galt that Goderich came. into' existence but Tiger Dunlop finds his place in history as the town's first and most illustrious citi- zen: A Scottish military surgeon,' Doctor William (Tiger) Dunlop serv- ed in Canada 'in the War of 1812. Later he served in India where he earned his enduring sobriquet. While' boating one day on the Ganges, a member of the party seized a tiger eub. An infuriated tigress rushed the boat. While others of the party Went into a panic, Dunlop (coolly it is said) tossed his snuff box into the tigress' face and then killed her with his sword. And there is an amusing story of Tiger Dunlop and his brother, Cap- tain Dunlop, regarding the latter's marriage to' their housekeeper. When the Tiger suggested to his . brother that one of them should marry the lady they decidedto flip a coin. The Tiger flipped a coin -and chose "Heads". Ile won,' of course, and his brother married the housekeeper. The coin had two heads - ors. And here is an interesting thing: it becomes definitely advantageous to many a manufacturer when com- petitors arise, for it is only when several competitive firms begin to appeal to the public that the public. becomes large consumers of what they severally make and advertise. If Henry Ford were the onlymaker of motor cars . on this continent, cars would cost more and fewer cars would be made and sold. The mar- ket for Ford and for every other make of ear is larger because there are sd many competitive makers, and so many firms doing their mightiest to persuade the. public to buy cars. A monopoly may not be by any means a good thing for the monopoly firm. Contrary to the views held by many good people, neither manufac- turers nor wholesalers nor retailers are triyng.to get the largest pos- sible price for what, they sell. The primary natter is, 'o£ course, to get the profit absolutely necessary to pay all selling' costs, but every seller knows that the lower his prices the larger will be the number of buyers. A good many persons think that advertising adds to the consumer price of geode. . It may, in some cases, but broadly speaking, , prices would not be lower if the seller did no advertising, an& on the other hand, because of advertising, prices in hun- dreds of cases actually are less than they would be if there were no ad- vertising. Take electric lamps, for example. Good lamps can be bought today for 20 cents or less. Poorer lamps, made by the same makers, were once nearer a dollar than they were to 25 cents. The explanation is. advertising focuses a heavy and continuing demand on the advertised article, which makes mass production possible, and where there is mass production, both production and sel- ling prices fall—often quite aston- ishingly. Because of the mass pro- duction of motor cars, the car which' sells today for under $1000 was pric- ed 10 years ago quite $2000, and it was a poorer car. The big depart- ment stores spend only 2% or less on advertising, and if • they did no ad- vertising, their business would be but a fraction of their present mag- nitude. Farmers complain rather bitterly that the, prices which they are paid farmers should remember that, speak- ing broadly, it costs more to sell than to produce. If it be any comfort to farmers,and to consumers, then let them know that the big effort of the industrialists and of distributors is to have distribution or \ marketing costs lessened. In' this ,connection it is to be said that interest in the British cooperative method of pro- duction and distribution is rapidly increasing, About the time the Canada Com- pany was formed living conditions were terrible in the British, Isles. Weaving machines, farming m a - chines, and machines of all descrip- tion • were being introduced and un- employment became a black ogre, From those times we still hear re- ferences to "potatoes and point'.' The early settler in Canada did not cross the Atlantic in search of adventure -though adventure formed part of. his very existence. He looked upon the opportunity to settle in Canada and create a living as a godsend. Having paid his few dollars as an installment on his land, the settler hewed a home out of the virgin for- est, cleared the land, planted grain and• vegetables, bartered for pigs, cows, and horses, and established himself. Hard work was his lot and money was scarce. But the settlers had something to work for. By sheer determination, and co-operation that is unknown today, they went into the bush, took root, and built an empire. The investors back in England clamored for more returns and when the settlers could not meet their pay- ments Galt did not worry. He knew the land was good. Only time was required to prove its value and the settlers' sterling worth. The direc- tors grew impatient and, about the year 1832, Galt vas superseded. Disgusted, he returned to London. When Galt returned to England,: Tiger Dunlop retired to his hone at Gairbraid across the Maitland from =SNAPSHOT CUIL Making a Hobby of One Kind of Picture Subject Many amateurs make hobbies of finding subjects with which to typify a single idea, phase of life or activity. Here are two pictures frons an amus- ing collection picturing "Innocuous Desuetude." WEALTHY art collectors. often indulge their fancy by special- izing in one kind of picture sub- ject, such as landscapes, marine views, genre sketches or portraits, and assembling the pictures in a separate exhibit. ' As an amateur photographer you do not have to be wealthy to enjoy a similar hobby. With your camera you, too, can make a specialty of one kind of subject and derive exon more pleasure than, does the art collector, because you have made the pictures yourself. Choices for a one -subject photo- graphic collection are endless. There are all sorts of appealing in- dividual 'objects, types of which. may be selected; there are the dif- ferent activities and phases of life, the various phenomena of nature, and the characteristics of human nature, all of 'ivhiclr may be por- trayed in interesting pictures, if you will cultivate a discerning eye for them, and have your camera with you when you go places. We know a clever amateur who chose as his subject WIND—big winds, hurricanes, cyclones, bliz- zards, breezes and zephyrs. He was so enthusiastic that he would hard- ly take his camera out if the wind were not blowing. His pictures con- sist of things in movement under the impetus of wind, or the results thereof -trees bending under the force of a storm, pretty girls with tresses and garments fluttering in. the breeze, white caps at sea, wind- blown snow drifts, whirling chim- ney smoke,: wind -whipped flags and bunting, and the havoc wrought by wind. Another' has specialized in faces of cows and produced a collection of cow portraits wonderful to be- hold. It is surprising how much amusing variety there is in the ex- pressions of cows, especially those taken when the cow is alarmed. All who see this collection laugh. "Innocuous Desuetude" is the subject of another collection, being "off -guard" snapshots of human beings in all sorts of attitudes of repose, and chuck -full of human interest—bench warmers in the park, tramps, dozing fishermen, water -front loafers, and gossipers on the steps of the country store. Still another, a circus fan, spe- cializes on circus pictures, inside of the big tent and out. No one can see his snapshot collection of side- show freaks, clowns, barkers, ele- phants and gaping spectators with- out immediately yearning for pea- nuts and pink lemonade. Picture hobbies of others are fires, lightning, waterfalls, yachts, rail- road locomotives, and so forth. Pick your subject and try it. There's a world of fun and adven- ture in it, and a great chance to use your artistic talent in the pho- tography. 98 JOHN VAN GUILDER Goderich, where he sought to form a rival community , In this he was not successful but his efforts in cham- pioning the cause of disgruntled set- tlers caused no end of trouble for the Canada Company. The newly -appointed officials of the Canada Company became known as "The Family Compact", while Dunlop and his following drew the title of "The Colborne Clique". Out of their keen rivalry grew the fam- ous contested election of 1841, though the first election was held in 1835, • when Colonel Van Edmond opposed Captain Robert Dunlop, R.N. Captain Dunlop secured 35 votes (continued on page 6) TAKE ATI P From NATURE Lay in your winter's supply of HAMCO COKE now 1 ��n sunny days prepare for winter blizzards." The animals of the field and forest obey this dictum by instinct — man's logic gives him the same good advice. It is the height of wisdom to settle your fuel problem now. Turn your thoughts to Hamco Coke— order your winter's supply —and settle down for the coziest, most trouble-free winter you've ever had. Hamco Coke is easy to bank at night and quick to respond in the morning. 'Think of these "extras" too—lighter on the shovel, minimum ashes and com- plete ornplete freedom from dust or dirt. Remember—coke will heat your home at a lower cost than other hard fuel. ENGLISH SCIENTISTS OISCOVE EO COKE 'WAY BACK IN YEAR 1600 Although the Chinese are believed to have known the merits of coke 2,000 years ago, the credit for the of coke as a practical fuel goes to an English scientist. It was not until the middle of the 13th century that industry began to ,rely on coke to any considerable extent. By that time smelting with coke was in vogue in England and on the continent. One hundred years ago the first Beehive Coke Ovens were built on this continent. The superior merits of coke as a heat- ing agent were soon recognized and it was not long before coke was manufactured . at the pit mouth of most bf the coal mines in Pennsylvania. By 1919, on this continen alone more than 44 million tons of coke were .being produced each year. Since then, as the value of coke both in great in- dustrial plants and in home furnaces has become more gen- erally recognized, the increase in tonnage each year has been phenomenal, In the coking process, the. volatile matter is driven off from coal, leaving a' fuel that is high- ly heat producing—a fuel which contains approximately 89%. carbon, the vital heating element in all domestic fuels. ,2 HAMCO COKE sold in Clinton by: J. B. MUSTARD' COAL CO. W. J. MILLER & SON 'A. D. McCARTNEY