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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-12-24, Page 6PAGE '6 THE CLINTON' NEWS7RECORD, . . THURS., DEC, 24, 196 Timely Information for the Busy Fairer (Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) Forest Conservation pro. lots up to that amount. It was point - ea out that a farm with a good wood - gram Started In Western lot is easier to sell and brings more money than when minus such a Ontario woodlot. It provides fuel for the home and lumber 'for buildings and A united effort on the part of repairs. It gives work in the winter, Western Ontario counties to start a tending to relieve unemployment. ' In program of conservation and refores- fact the scientifically managed wood- tation and to put a dtop to indiscrim- Lot area may be as profitable as any inate cutting of woodlands will be other phase of farm operations. .... commenced at once as a result of The indiscriminate cutting of young Largely -attended gathering in the trees in farm woodlots was heartily city of London on Thursday, Decem- deplored. This practice has grown to ber 17th. , . considerable proportions, especially This meeting was sponsored by Mr. in the tobacco -growing districts where W. H. Porter, editor, and Mr, Ernesti, fuel for kilns is required. The land Weld, publisher, of the Farmers' Ad- is being, denuded, streams shrivelling. vocate, and it was attended by War - I up and water wells going dry. The dens, Agricultural Representatives, proposal of the Norfolk Chamber of municipal officers and newspapermen Commerce that legislation be passed from the following nine counties• of to prohibit the cutting of any tree un - Western Ontario: Essex, Kent, Lamb - der 10 inches, two feet from the ton, Huron, Perth, Middlesex, Ox- ford, Elgin and Norfolk Counties. Messrs. E. J. Zavitz, R. S. Duncan, F. S. Newman and J. A. Carroll, repre- seating the Ontario Departmentsof Forestry and Agriculture, were also present. The meeting was a sequel to a pre- vious gathering held' under auspices of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce in Simcoe, when the seriousness of the situation locally was discussed • and when representatvies of other lend their active support to the new counties expressed themselves as program," particularly in the way of deeply concerned over denudation of undertaking to reforest land on their the land, the lack of moisture and own account, as county councils of shortage of water supply. The Lon- Elgin, Norfolk and Middlesex have al - don meeting crystallized the opinions of men from all parts of Western On- '•tarie Who have given serious thought to the subject. It resulted in the formation of a Central Conservation Committee comprising three repre- sentatives from each of the nine coun- ties, with a Provisional Executive The Central Committee will also comprising W. H. Porter of Middle- undertake to disseminate literature in sex as chairman, Monroe Landon of the schools of Western Ontario in Norfolk as vice-chairman and P. S. order to acquaint children with the Thomas, Elgin representative as sec- necessity of forest conservation and retary, together with six directors, 'planting of. trees. Demonstration representing the other counties as woodlots in connection with each rur- l°11°ws: -Angus IVIcKenneY' Essex; al school will be urged and essay contG. H. Wilson, Kent; Roy Downie, ' tests on forest culture encouraged. It Lambton; R. E. White, Perth; Ian is also suggested that a textbook on McLeod, Huron; William Lampman; reforestation and conservation be is - Oxford. It was decided to issue anl sued by the Government and added early invitation to the remaining five' 1to the curriculum in the rural schools counties of Western Ontario to join of Ontario. in the movement. Emphasis was also laid by speakers The Executive will meet in the near on the importance of not draining future to formulate a program of ac- land that is not suited to cultivation. tion and submit it to the Central These tracts often form moisture re - Committee shortly after the New servoirs intended as insurance against Year. One of the principal objectives times of drought and it is important will be to stimulate new interest in that they be left in their natural states. Recommendations adopted at the London meeting included: 1. That existing county -owned farms not suitable for farming be re- forested. 2. That a survey of river banks, swamps, hillsides and ravines be made to determine 'which lands were to be reforested. 6, That an educational program on conservation be circulated. 4, Thal, all R111911411/trit 129 Made to the Assessment Act whereby land uri- With 414 jIPP9aesl,. on neighboring der tree growth be taxed. assessment nonplanted land of similar soil and valuation rather than on the basis of site conditions. They ask that this the crop growing on it. amendment be made optional with Frank Newman of the St. Williams the county and that it come into force Reforestry Station declared that op- enly in such counties as would pass a proximately 12 million trees were ground, without permission of a county forester, 'is likely to receive serious ocnsideration by the new Cen- tral Committee. Drought conditions throughout Western Ontario in the last four or five years have made far- mers and county officials attentive to the fact that continuous removal of our forests without proper replace- ment of young trees is imperilling the future of agriculture. County councils will be asked to ready done. Norfolk has 1,000 acres of land owned and reforested by the county. It is felt that each county should purchase and reforest each year as much as 100 acres of land, until all available cheap land is taken reforestation throughout this area of Ontario. It was pointed out that there are large tracts of submarginal and waste land that should be planted to young trees. One drawback has been that the land -owner in undertak- hi? to reforest his land faces the prospect of *reaping taxation. In this connection the Nogg* Chamber Of Commerce has already asked ter ho amendment to the Assessment ,Act which would provide that land under tree growth be taxed on an assess - rept valuation on a basis comparable by-law validating it. The question of the farm woodlot received close consideration at the London meeting and a campaign of education among the farmers for scientific management of woodlots is in prospect. It was felt that every farmer should aim ' to maintain at least 10 percent of his farm' as a woodlot. The Government has already realized the importance of such a practice by granting exemption from Municipal taxation for fenced wood - planted in Ontario last year. "We are on the eve of a tremendous boom in reforestation" he predicted. "Nat- urally it will cost money to maintain all the plantations, but if you visualize the profit and the work cre- ated for countless men by a compar- atively small expenditure, you will see the necessity of such work." E, J. Zavitz, provincial forester, declar- ed that so-called waste land can pro- duce a revenue of $5 per acre annual- ly if tree -planting is carried on. WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS ARE SAYING SHE'LL MIND HIM King George will get along all right. He has a sensible Scots girl to look after him and keep him from stepping into any holes. —Goderich Signal. BOXING DAY Boxing Day, the day after Christ- mas, will be observed as a public holiday by still more towns than did so, a year ago. That day is a pub- lic holiday in England, and as it falls this year on a Saturday, it could be celebrated with very little distur- bance, as most of the industrial plants close down at noon on Satur- 'days the year round. —Goderich Star. MRS. MURRAY HAS 92ND BIRTHDAY Congratulations and best wishes are extended to Mrs. Ellen Murray, Goderich St., West, Seaforth, an old and honored resident of this town, who on Thursday, • December 10th, • celebrated her 92nd birthday. During the afternoon and evening scores of people called at her home to extend tongiatulations.—Seaforth Expositor.: CLAIMS COUSINSHIP WITH MRS. W. W. SIMPSON While the people of the British Empire listened intently and anxious- ly by their radios for further word of the crisis that was at hand last week caused by the abdication of King Edward VIII, Goderich had it's own connection with the affair and especially with the woman whose friendship with the former monarch resulted in the latter's renouncing the throne. Herbert Simpson, who claims to be a . second cousin of the now famous Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simp- son, was in Goderich over -night in the latter part Of last week. Mr. Simpson stayed at a local tourist hope and took an exceptional inter- est in the activities in London. --Goderich Star. DO YOU? A pertinent stateinent, written by Jessie Allen Brown, newspaper col- umnist, appears in an exchange which reads in part "Women expect the home town merchants to support everything that is done to make mon- ey for their organizations.. How can they expect this support if they do not patronize those same merchants. The next time your organization asks yoUr merchantto buy tickets, do, pate prizes or lend, decorations, ask yourself firSt if you are supporting the home ' industries." Or in other words. 'Do you buy at home? If not, the Christmas season is a good time in Which to Start. • • —Mitchell Advocate. THREE TIMES THREE • Yes, three times three to M. Stanley Baldwin, the man who saved the lour for the Empire! Not- an un- kind word passed those grim lips, not an unkind thought in that big, deep breast, not a squint in those steady, forward-looking eyes, not' a single thing done of which his family need not be proud, not a single act in those portentous hours that he need fear to meet before a just God. An English gentleman is he! He did his bit if ever a man did, Not a single effort to screen the guilty. So here's to the man of the hour, a plain, wise, unselfish man who knows and heeds the ancient requirements "to love mercy, to act justly, and to walk humbly with thy God." —Exeter Times -Advocate. BE FRIENDLY - Life is too short to be wasted in saying mean things about other peo- ple. Thy to take a generous view of other people's actions; even if you can't bring yourself to think kindly at least control your tongue. It is nearly all a matter of habit. You get the habit of making spiteful re- marks without realizing how much harm it does you. A loose tongue is a dangerous weapon anywhere, any- time. Be careful of yours that it may not bring sorrow and ruin upon your head in the end. Watch out for unkind remarks—be friendly. --Cranbrook Courier. BOXING DAY Kincardine will this year observe Saturday, December 26th as Boxing Day. A motion at the last meeting of the tow -n council, after consulta- tion with the local merchants' organ- ization, was passed to have this day kept locally. Boxing day has been kept in England for many years. Of recent times some of the larger pla- ces in Canada have observed this day, the day following Christmas, and this year, as Boxing Day makes a long week -end more places are re- cognizing it. There are many arguments in fa- vor of making the observance of Boxing Day permanent. We do not propose to set them forth here, but it is to be hoped that Kincardine, having now taken the first step, will see fit to continue the practice in years to come, All merchants agree that the day following Christmas is not one of the best business days during the year, and the aditional holiday at this season is more than appreciated by those who have to serve the public up until a late hour Christmas Eve. 'There is, of course, the argument advanced that we have too many holi- days throughout the year, as it is. We believe that a seasonal holiday such as Boxing Day,- coming when it does, deierves serious consideration as a permanent holiday, even though one of the others might be discontin- ued.—Kincardine Review -Reporter. EDWARD SAID FAREWELL "At long last I am able to say a few words of my own." All the per- plexities, all the resentment, all the misunderstanding of the past week crumbled, when that beautiful voice coming over the air, out of old Wind- sor Castle last Friday evening, from a' harassed and overburdened man to his millions of ex -subjects awoke a- new all the old loyalty and roused a sympathy which, echoing in every listener's heart, must have met in an immense wave and engulfed and strengthened and comforted Edward Windsor, as, with "God save the King," he concluded his last words to the British people. Such was his personality that, even in spite of our- selves, in spite of all our cynical real- ization of the knowledge that, as King Edward VIII, he had sold all he represented, all we held most dear,. for a mess of pottage, we had to be- lieve in the personal sincerity that flowed through his words: "You must believe me . • that I have found it impossible to carry the heavy bur- den . . ." The recent crisis in England did not arise in the past week or year or ten years. It has always been felt that, as Prince of Wales, Edward re- garded his position not as a privilege but as a prison. We do not feel his marriage was the real ,issue of his abdication, but rather his own char- acter. Always strongly individualis- tic, this was encouraged by- an unus- ual an& unprecedented freedom al- lowed him, and developed more deep- ly by his experiences in youth among the soldiers and in the war atmos- phere in which he mingled at a par- ticularly impressionable period of his life. Edward was never fitted for the restraints and persona? efface- ment he had to make as lVfonarch of Great Britain.—Hanever Post Iron. W., D. Euler Minister of Trade. and Commerce; leaves Satur- day' on his delayed trip to Australia and New Zealand, where he will .ne- , gotiate new trade treatfee ;between' Canada and the two southern. Domin- ions DOINGS IN THE. SCOUT WORLD Sir Percy Everett, Deputy Chief Commissioner, will represent Lord Baden-Powell at the Australian Scout Corroboree, at Adelaide, December 26 - January 4. African University Adopts Scouting As An Educational Study A study of the Scout Movement has been added to the course on the His- tory of Education at the University of Stellenbosch, one of the largest universities of the Union of South Africa. It will be included in the examination papers for 1937. A Javanese Tribute to Baden-Powell • "In these obscure times, full of un- ending perils, it behooves us all the more to be grateful to those who are willing to give their powers on be- half of the moral health of our ris- ing generation. It is for this reason that the bronze 'spoor' of this noble friend of Youth, Lord Baden-Powell, will gladly be given a place of hon- our in the meeting room of the De- partment of Education of Java."—Dr. De Kat Angeline, Director of Educa- tion, at Batavia, Java, upon receiving a cast in bronze of a foot -print of Lord Baden-Powell. Another Boy Scout Faces Suffering and Death Cheerily Another instance of a boy's peace- time heroism in enduring suffering and facing ultimate death uncom- plainingly has been awarded with the Scout Cornwell decoration, as an- nounced in the official News Bulletin of The Boy Scouts Association, Lon- don. The lad, Rover .Scout George Turnbull of the East Fortune Scout Group of East Lothian, blind almost from birth, was admitted to the East Fortune Sanitarium in 1930 with tu- berculosis of the spine and bowels. The last of several operations proved a failure, yet notwithstanding this the 18 year old boy has never com- plained, nor lost his courageous cheer- iness. Said Medical Superintendent Cameron, "Probably his Scout friends do not realize the extent of George's courage, for they do not know what is under his dressings. He knows he is going downhill, but during all the years we have had him he has never grumbled. In fact, I have never known him to do anything but smile. Like Mary Tapley, George has come up strong under his terrible adver- sity." Alberta Gets $600,000 Loan! From Dominion Will Permit Province to Continue Paying Direct Relief The Dominion Government has' loaned Alberta'6600,000 to permit the Province to maintain' its direct relief payments. The Alberta. Treasurer returned to Edmonton from the Dominion -Pro- vincial financial conference in Otta- wa, which, he believed, would result in establishment of a Royal Commis- sion to study financial relationships between Ottawa and the Provinces. He said the Western. Provinces sup- ported the Commission, encountering some opposition from the East. Will Cover Deficit The 2600,000 -loan will cover a de- ficit in the Alberta relief account. Or- iginally, the Province based its relief grants to the cities on a monthly grant of $175,000 from the Donain. ion. Subsequently, the Dominion grant was cut to $138,500. The reduc- tion being passed along to the muni- cipalities. - In recentmonths the number of men and women on relief in Alberta has been increasing, despite reduc- tions in other parts of the country. One explanatiOn has been an influx of transients who anticipate Social Credit dividends and wish to estab- lish domicile here. Treasury Notes Security This has added to the relief burden of the Province and created a deficit in the account. The loan will pay off the deficit and enable the Pro- vince to continue paying relief for some months. The Provincial Treas- urer intimated another loan might be negotiated when the present one runs out. The loan will not result in inereas- ed relief grants to Alberta munici- palities the treasurer said. The 'Province gave 3 per cent. Treasury notes as security, dealing directly with the Federal Government, and not with the Bank of Canada. Canadian ploughs are breaking up the land in the re -settlement of Pale- stine, and Canadian wheat flour also figures among the principal Canadian exports to the Holy Land. cteSNAPSWOT CUIL DON'T INCLUDE TOO MUCH IN ONIE PICTURE This picture, while striking, is really two pictures in one. O101 of the faults often seen in the work of an amateur pho- tographer, especially of a beginner, is the inclusion of too much lis one picture. He \tries to "hog the whole show," as it were, with results that are uninteresting or distracting. • For example, from the top of a mountain or other eminence, he is impressed by a vast panorama of country—several hundred square miles of it spreading to the horizon in a great seml.circle—and prompt- ly tries to compress It into a few square inches of film. The result on the film is little more than a wavy 'or jagged line—the horizon line— separating a white space from a dark space. He failed to note how all the interesting detail was swal- lowed uip in the vastness of the scene. Such e panorama may he saved by beautiful cloud effects obtained by using a color filter and, of course, it can serve, and may well be treas- ured, as a "record" picture of a vis- it, but vastness unrelieved by near- by detail generally makes a poor picture. Better to let the panorama be a background for something worth looking at in the foreground. A foreground object—a single tree, a human being, a grazing cow, a nearby cottage on the mountain slope, often will make all the dif- ference in a scenic picture between something interesting to look at and little or nothing. Again, in nearby scenes, there is frequently material for two or even more complete pictures that the pic- ture taker has crowded into one, with the result that the eye wan- ders from one point to another, pro- ducing a sense of irritation rather than of pleasure. All right in a three-. ring circus, if you like, but not for- a good photograph. Selection, leav- ing out what is not really required, is a lesson to be learned. The view-, point should be chosen carefully, remembering that much that is ex- traneous may be eliminated, or at least made unobtrusive, by moving the camera to the right or lett, up• or down, nearer or farther away, by focusing from different planes, or - by using different diaphragm open- ings in the lens. But sometimes, you say, how can you help getting in several objects of competing interest when Nature or circumstance has them in the pie- ture you want to take. It is true that this.situation cannotalways be easily avoided but, when you are confront- ed with it, you may find yourself lucky after all. Go ahead and shoot and then examine your print. Imag- ine a scene on a river. Your point of interest is a girl in a bathing suit about to dive from a row -boat lzi mid -stream. You have to snap the picture from the river bank fifty feet distant. You find when the print is finished that interest ia the girl is rivalled by that in a small boy in the foreground at the right, fishing from the bank. Beyond, diag- onally across the river on the left is a dam and picturesque old mill in a setting of willows. You have three pictures in one. What do yea do? You take your print and mask each one of these interesting pictures from the two others, mark them and have the corresponding sections on. the negative separately enlarged, Many a fine picture is made by en- larging a selected portion of a mist- cellaneous composition. 107 JOHN VAN GUILDER vapiiiimistiortataiworitioirwor giormiminiiiwormorminawitimirmior MovvaigAvadivakvAltwalgmavemAgaveowrvol 1 g /., ft, t 1 t 36 t t t i The NewswiRecord • From Now Until Dec. 31, 1937 E. 41 For $1.50 0, t k k WHAT GIFT WOULD BRING MORE REAL PLEASURE TO ALL MEM- ge BERS OF THE FAMILY? 0 kiva sraimAtmosk5segmmi,oitosboltositowla The Clinton News -Record Gives the News of Clinton and Community—Read It