HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-12-06, Page 3TrIIUR ., DEC. G, 1934
THE CLINTON
NEWS -RECORD
What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IIAPPENED DURING TOR LAST ,DE-
CADE OF TIiE' OLD CENTURY?
From The News -Record, Dec. 5th,
1894: '
Grober Robson has in his store a
citron which measures 19 and 26 in-
ches and weighs 17 pounds.
Polling places and deputy return-
ing officers were appointed as fol-
lows at the council meeting: St. An-
drew's,
drew's, Town Hall, W'. Manning; St.
Tames, Joseph Chidley's furniture
warereena Victoria street, H. Wiltse;
St. John's, llumball's carriage shop,
Thos. Cottle; St. George's, Leslie's
carriage shop, S. 3. Andrews.
Only two weeks from next Tues-
day until 'Christmas.
Mr. Lack Kennedy has rented • a
comfortable cottage on Orange street
and will occupy it (not alone) ere
many moons.
There was an unusually large turn-
out at the annual meeting of the
Clinton Liberal -Conservative Associa-
tion last Wednesday evening ...The
following officers were unanimously
elected: '
President: A. M. Todd.
Vice -President: Dr, J. S. Freeman.
Secretary: D. D.S. Cook: l tending a meeting of the executive of
Assistant: Ogle. Cooper. ' the Synod.
Treasurer: S. J. Andrews. i Mr. 19. E. Ball, master of moderns
Chairman of Committees: St, at the C:C.I., has accepted a similar
James, J. B. Hoover, St, Johns', Thos. position with the Hamilton 0.I., and
Walker; St. George's, F. W. Watts; he and his good wife will take up
St. Andrews, D. C'antelon. residence in that city during the
The retiring vice-president, G. D,
McTaggart, was 'accorded a unani-
mous vote of thanks.
D. of C.: Thos. Bell.
Lecturer: James. Cox.
Committee: A. Porter, T, Sowerby,
W. Sowerby, S. G. Colwell. •
A. very pleasant event took place
at the residence of Mr, Samuel Rath -
well on Wednesday evening, Dee. 5th,
it being the marriage of his daugh-
ter, Annie, to Mr. Wen. Beacom, all
of Goderich township. The marriage
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Mr. `Olivant of Bayfield.
WREN TEE PRESENT CENTURY,
WAS YOUNG
From The News -Record, Dec. 9th,
1909:
Reeve Gibbings is attending Coun-
ty Council this week.
:Mr. Gordon Johnston, lately with
Seeley & West, has gone to Paris.
Mrs. R. Welsh and Master Wilbur
were guests of Goderich friends from
Saturday until Monday afternoon.
Mr. John Ransford and Rev. C. R.
Gunne were in London this week at -
From The New Era, Dec. 7th, 1894:
Reeve McMurchie and Deputy -
Reeve Kennedy are attending the
County Council in Goderich.
Mr. Albert Seeley has rented the
blacksmith shop adjoining Leslie's
holiday period.
Miss Grace Tedford, daughter of
Mr. John Tedford, formerly of Clin-
ton, was married on, Nov, 24th in
Weyburn. Sask., where the family
now reside.
Mr. Harry Fitzsimons' big white
steer won fourth prize at the winter
fair at Guelph yesterday . . Harry
was offered a big price for the
steer but preferred to bring it borne
carriage factory andwill commence for the customers of R. Fitzsimons
operations on Monday. and Son at Christmastide.
Mr. E. Muir, late with Mr. 'Can- • The Masonic Lodge received an
ninghame, has taken a situation in official visit last Friday evening
Galt. Mr. I. Cantelon is looking af- from the Deputy Grand Master of
ter the express business at present. District No. 4 in the person of Mr.
Mr. W. Aikens of Hullett left us C. Biodgens of Liman.
four "snail" cabbages on Wednes-
day. One weighed 22 pounds and the
others were in proportion.
Winter has evidently let tn.
On Tuesday last Messrs. Ed. Cante-
Ion, W. Grigg and N. Roeder were
out and succeeded in cap-
turing 4 foxes, 6 partridges, a bare
and a black smiirrel, whichwas a
rare day's sport.
Goderich Township: At the last
meeting of L.O.L. No. 145, 4th con-
cession, the fallowing were elected
officers for the coming year:
Master: Chas. Johnston.
D.M.: Chris. Johnston.
Chaplain: T. McKee.
Ree: Secretaty: Robt. Cox.
Fin. -Secretary: T. J. Johnston.
Treasurer: Robt. Mdlwain.
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From The New Era, Dec. Oth, 1909:.
The license commissioners have
paid to the town treasurer, the se-
cond installment due the town, mak-
ing a ,total of 8951,00 received by
the town from the license fund for
1909.
The Doherty Piano and Organ
Company are worknig every night
with orders, untia after Christmas.
Many a Christmas stocking should
be well-filled this year as a conse-
quence .of the almost unequalled
market for poultry, • butter.' eggs,
cattle hogs and cheese. Some;grmtb-
lers may find fault with the high
prices but it should not be hard for
the producer to get on 'a genuine
smile over the results.
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS _ ARE SAYING
BUT SHALL WE?
The indications now are that we
will have a green Christmas. Perhaps
a green Christmas doesn't add to the
Christmas spirit but it certainly
makes a wonderful''difference in the
fuel bill.
—Kincardine Review -Reporter.
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WEIGH SCALES APPOINTMENT
Mrs. Christina Stubbert, widow • of
Mr. Chas. Stubbert, late proprietor of
the Queen's hotel, Walkerton, has
been appointed by Town Council in
her husband's. stead itt respect to the
to know whom or what to believe con-
sequently all suffered in the attempt.
There were possibly more ladies
present at the nomination meeting in
the Town Hall on Friday evening Iast
than at many a previous meeting of
the kind. As many, of the men were
disgusted at the whole affair we won-
der what the reaction of the ladies
will be.—Exeter Times -Advocate;
TOWNSHIP TO PAY $1,000
The long standing arbitration pro-
ceedings started by Mr. Sol. Pollock
of . Grand Bend against the Township
town weigh scales. One of her em= of Stephen for payment for the site
ployees weighs loads brought to the of the School Section taken off his
scales, collects the fees, and accord- farm have been terminated by a judg-
ing to the agreement, she retains half ment of itis Honor Judge Costello
of the monies so collected, handed out this week. The Township
. Walkrton Telescope, expropriated two and one half acres
of land in 1930 and as the partihs
could not agree on the price Mr. P'ol-
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CARS BUMP NEAR SALTFORD
Messrs. D. B. Nairn and Ned Sale
met with a slight accident while re-
turning to Goderich last Saturday ev-
ening at about 10 p.m. Coming down
the Saltford Hill their heavy ear was
bumped by a lighter model on the last
turn just before entering Saltford.
The other ear, driven by 3. Ryan,
Colborne farmer, lost two wheels and
the Nairn -Sale car went over the road
and plumped into a six foot ditch.
No one was hurt although it might
have resulted more seriously. Police
were notified and a settlement ar-
ranged on the spot. Ne charges were
laid.--Goderich Star. `
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WHAT DID ,THEY THINK?
"Passing the buck" was a familiar
sport at the nomination meeting Fri-
day evening and as is usually the
case both sides suffered in the at-
tempt. The public is none the wiser
as to just what took place in conned.
tion with relief measures and other
questions during the early sessions of
the municipal council this year. Char-
ges and counter -charges were made
and refuted and as it was impossible
lock had the matter referred to e
County Judge, who took lengthy evi-
dence at Crediton and also viewed the
property. His decision isthat the
Township must pay Pollock $1,000.
Mr. J. G. Stanbury of Exeter was
Counsel for Mr. Pollock and Mr. D.
G. Kerr, of Kerr, McNevin & Kerr, of
Chatham, represented the Township.
Exeter Times -Advocate.
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A FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT
Fred Hayden fifty-five year-ola.
bachelor of East W'awanosh, was
fatally injured this morning about 11
o'clock, when he was crushed beneath
his car as it turned over in the ditch
after he lost control. The accident
occurred two .and one-half miles south
of Belgrave. Tire marks : swerving
down the road before the car took to
the ditch lead police to believe the
steering gear was at fault. It is not
known „how` long the •man was in the
ditch under' the •ear, but he was still
alive when Norman. Welch and Albert
Nesbitt noticed the wreck and releas-
ed the imprisoned' man. Hayden, be-
lieved to be injured internally, died en
route to W+ingham hospital in a ear
driven by Harry Spotte:a ',Provincial
Constable P. E. McCoy investigated.
—Goderich Signa:.
FEW AT TAX SALE
Fourteen Properties. Sell for 82116—
Owners May Yet Redeem
Fourteen propertieswere disposed
of at the deferred tax sale of county
holditngs in the Court House on Wed-
nesday ;' afternoon at two o'clock, the
total amount received for sante being
$$1161. •
Ten other parcels were not in de-
mand and will have to revert to the
townships.
Reeve 3. Bowman bought in three
pieces for the town of Brussels. These
were located in the town. He also
picked up one for a friend, Reeve Mc-'
Nall of Blyth, Cardiff of Morris and
McNab of Grey were on hand to look
after the interests of their municipal-
ities, Apart from these four, only
about sixteen interested citizens ap-
peared to see what was going on.
One farm of 160 acres in Colborne
was picked up for $100 while other
properties went for little or nothing.
The owners still have twelve months
in which to redeem their properties
by paying the taxes plus 10 per cent.
of the purchase price.'
-Goderich Star.
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MUST TELL THEM FIRST
"Tugboat Annie," appeared in the
Amherstburg theatre recently and the'
editor of The Echo of that place com-
mented as follows: "Wit do not know
whether there was a moral in the pie-
ture or not, but there was certainly a
lesson to be learned from the size of
the crowd that attended it. A lesson
that every business man in Amherst -
burg should learn—that a product, no
matter what it is, as long as it's gen-
uine and of good quality, can be sold.
It was through the medium of Echo
advertising that the people of the
town and district learned that the
show was on. They read the ads,
came to the show, even through some
had to stand in line to get their tlls-
kets, and got their money's worth. Ir
a merchant has something to offer
the public, wether it be pictures or
pins, hats or hardware, shoes or
ships, he must tell the people about it
first. If it is good they will buy it.
The people have proved they want to
get what they are paying for and
they want to know what they can buy.
Link a product with advertising, and
it is half -sold at once. They want
what they conte after and if a mer-
chant gives them quality goods at
reasonable prices the people will pur-
chase it. A merchant must have en-
thusiasm, ideas and. faith in iris pro-
duct. If he has that it is easy to dis-
pose of his goods.
---aaniherstburg Echo.
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BEER BILL TO BE EQUAL TO
BREAD
Mr. Odette announced some time
ago that beer sales in September ex-
ceeded. $2,000;000 and that the increase
over the previous September was
something like 100 per cent.
He now gives the figures for Octo-
ber: Direct beer sales $2,156,313 com-
pared with $920,916 a year ago; in-
crease of 134 per cent.
If this continues, Ontario will con-
sume, in the first twelve months of
beer parlors, about $25,000,000 worth
of beer alone. This is within $5,000,-
000 of what the province spent on all
liquors a year ago.
Mr, Odette "points with pride" to
a reduction ofa few hundred thous-
and dollars in spirit drinking during
September and October. But the in-
crease in beer consumption in the
same months has been in excess of
$2,000,000. It is enough to set people
thinking.
Total direct beer sales of 0.5,000,-
000 per annum mean an average of
over $7 per head from every man, wo-
man, child and infant in Ontario. It
is instructive to note that in 1932 the
gross wholesale value of bread and
other bakery products from 1,111 On.
tario establishments were less than a
million dollars in excess of $25,000,-
000. Thevalue of bread alone at the
point of production was less than
$19,000,000.'
, Is Ontario going to pay more for
beer than for bread?
—Toronto Star.
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HOW IT IS
Short -weighing is said 't0 be a
quite common practice in Canadian
stores. But women are the nation's
shoppers and they themselves always
prefer to be a bit under -weight. It's
the men who are accustomed to long
waits.—Hanover Post.
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78„19NROLLED IN THREE
MONTHS' SHORT COURSE
Judging from the large enrolment
in the three .months• course in Ele-
mentary Agriculture and Home Econ.
Oinks which opened in Mitchell here
-on Tuesday morning under the man-
agement of the Ontario Department.
of Agriculture, this venture will be ae
almost unprecedented success. On the
opening day thirty-seven interested
young men had enrolled for the
course in; Agriculture at the High
School and a full day's program was
carrijsd out with a Lecture oh Farm.
Drainage and Botany' being given by
Mr. H. L. Atkinson; B.S.A., of Olin
ton; in Field husbandry and Public
Speaking by II. A. Dorrance, 13.S.A.,
Brantford. Mitche11 Advocate.
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FORMER RESIDENT IS BURNT
OUT
Mr. and Mrs, T. G. Grieve', former-
ly of M'clai11op township and now liv-
ing at Monteville,- Northern ' Ontario, -
had the mi);fortune tohave their
home,'burnt to the ground on Novem-
ber 13. The family got out with on-
ly the clothes they'had on and lost
the contents of the house including
the winter store of fruit and 'vege-
tables. Mrs, Grieve had her arms',
burnt and hair scorched but the rest.
of the family fortunately escaped
without injury. Mr. and Mrs. Grieve
and family are staying with neigh-
bors till they get a shack .built. Mr.
Grieve is 'a son of Mrs. Thomas
Grieve, Seaforth.--.Huron Expositor.
A CONTRAST
The Suez eanal is 100.:milee long.
It runs at sea level through its whole
length it cost $150,000,000. 5,000
ships, representing 31,000,000 tons
and 260,000 passengers, passed
through in 1938. By way of eon.
trast the Panama Canal is 50 miles
long cost $375,000,000, rises through.
three locks at each end to a height of
85. feet above sea level, and carried
7,000,000 or 8,000,000 \tons less last
year, The Panama lost over 813,-
000,000 in the first eighteen years ea
operation. The Suez canal is um
questionably well managed. There
are constant improvements to meet
new conditions. The average depth
has been increased to 45 feet, and the
width to 70 yards. It is now lighted
throughout its length by electricity,
so that ships pass through by night
as well as by day. The average time
taken for a passage has been reduo.
ed from three days to about 13 hours,
and 15 ships can go through in a day.
—Orillia Packet -Times.
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THE DRIVE TO BEER
Opening beer parlors seems to be
Ontario's major business. In Toron-
to, at least, it takes precedence in
Government activities.' It is a dull
morning when the citizens cannot rub
their eyes and inquire where the
latest emporium is to be located. It
is an eventless day when Friend
Jones cannot ask Friend Smith if a
beer room is in his neighborhood yet.
And it is a nsbnobonous noon hour
when a new group of school children
is unable to discuss the mysteries of
beverage quarters. Inst fixed up at-
tractively along the way.
An industry of overwhelming con-
sequence has been discovered, jndg
ing by the energy with which it is
pushed. No one has observed such
day-by-day activities to deal with
unemployment, or highway aecidents,
or life-saving, or health promotion.
These things can take care of them-
selves in the routine of events, with
the aid of an occasional stimulant.
Santa Claus and Christmas come and
go naturally in the course of time.i
Why bother overmuch with such mat-
ters ? , But beer! This is different.
Beer, the long -forgotten -by -the -glass
necessity for human existence; it has
been rediscovered in a moment of in-
spiration. Give the people beer. If
they don't want it, give it to them
anyway. If they don't like it, make
them Iike ft. Make them whiff it
every time they leave their domiciles
for a breath of fresh air. Surround
them with it, deluge them. Put it
where they cannot dodge it. If there
is not a qualified hotel, get one.
Bring along your. vendors. Dbt the
map with beverage rooms. This it
the job to be done the real job. Is.
anything else as worthwhile?
Thousands of respectable, law-abid-
ing citizens protest—ion the platform,
individually, by petition—for their 1
district. Foolish, mistaken citizens
who don't realize what's good for
them! The Government has decreed
they must have beer. Governments
know and promulgate their - knovv
ledge through laws. And the Gov-
ernment is aware that stern call of
duty—let the chips fall where they
may-hequires beverage rooms to be
opened. downtown, uptown, among the
stores, the residences, wherever peo-
ple may be induced, by habit, temp-
tation or otherwise, to drink beer.
If there is a. dime in the neighbor-
hood, let it go for beer, by all means.
Hotel beverage reemal Beverage
roomsin hotels! The hyprocrisy of
the whole thing is lamentable. The
elementary school child knows there Is
no business for a hotel on St. Clair,
Avenue, Danforth Avenue, and a mul-
:titude s of. Toronto streets where so-
called hotels are opened or planned.
The majority of these places are beer,
rooms surrounded with camouflage.
Their sole aim is to sell beer, . with
the blessing of the Ontario Govern-
ment and by permission of a civic, ad-
ministration.
People may well ask what is behind'
it. Wlty has it been discovered sud-
denly that Toronto needs scores of ad-
ditional hotels when those established
for years have difficulty in balancing
accounts? Why are "hotels" popping
up like mushrooms where they were
never needed and every one knows
they never will be? . - Why is beer
being poured into neighborhoods ov-
er the protests of Citizens who wish
to see their districts occupied by
happy, • prosperous homes? Why
does the Government seem to`oon-
sider it rix ent to catchall the dimes.
ft can for the beer industeyi
It would he stetter to call these
places satoons and have it dote with,
for the terns "'hotel" deceives no
one. Toronto and other places are
simply becoming overridden iv'ith
bees saloons.
The di.' 'e goes on --the drive to
beer. Leading is too mild a wore!.
The eitizeos will have to make up
their minds to resist, at any cost, this
vigorous, overwhelming campaign.,
—Toronto Globe.
Objections to the Exemption of New
Buildings Answered'
Thtemployment is still with us and
the only constructive. suggestion, for
its reduction made by any legislative
body or any prominent member there-
of, is that made by the Tion. A. W.
RRoebucic, Attorney General for On-
tario, and this plan is to exempt
from taxation new 'buildings and im-
pi:oventents to old ones throughout
the Province of Ontario, for a term
of years. • This idea was adopted in
New York City in 1921, in order to
enconrag'e the buiiding of 'dwellings
and in four years, buildings to the
value of over 000,000,000 were er-
eeted, ample proof that an exemp-
tion will produce results. The build-
ing and allied industries in Ontario
furnish fully 75 per cent 'of the un-
employed; so that anything that will
stimulate building willimmediately
create a demand for labour and will
soon affect in a . favourable manner
the labour situation. 'Building has
fallen off 80 per cent from the peak.
of 1929, and is the most seriously
discriminated against by taxation
of all industries. It is the only man-
ufacturing industry which pays a
sales tax on its raw material. It is
the only industry whose finished pro-
duct is by law taxed at its full value,
at an average rate of over 3 percent,
equal to a mortgage of 50 per cent
of its value at 6 percent per annul -re
This severe handicap et: building has
produced the inevitable result of un-
employment, lack of house accommo-
dation, and the non -repair of unpro-
fitable, or poor buildings. The re-
sult is congestion, slums, and heavy
taxation for the relief of the unem-
ployed. To break this situation
drastic measures are not only defen-
'sfble but imperative.
The report of. the Lieut: G'over-
n0r's Committee on housing condit-
ions, shows a deplorable deterioration
of house property due to lack of re-
pairs and replacement during the de-
pression, and estimates the immediate
shortage in Toronto at about 14,000
houses and a potential shortage of
about 25,000 houses if banes were
storms!. It is proposed to use publto
funds to the extent of $1,2000,000 to
try to correct this condition and prn.
-vide employment.
Experience has shown us it is not
enough to replace alums by new
buildings, for people do not live there
from choice, but necessity, therefore
industrial sondit1oes must be im-
proved or the result will simply be to
create slum conditions elsewhere. The
employment situation is of much
none i:itportance than the question.
of Housing, for given employment,
the housing will take care of itself.
How much wiser it would be to re-
mit the- fine of taxation which now et
taches to the erection of 'houses in
order to give an inducement to the
.employment of labor and the replace-
ment of slum .buildings by primate
enterprise.
An exemption on all new buildings
anywhere in Ontario for ten years
would create such a demand for em.
ployment as to break the back of the
depression in e short time:
The only ergument raised' against
the proposal to encourage building
by tax exemptions is the alleged un-
fairness of., subjecting buildings al
ready erected and taxed to the com-
petition of untaxed buildings, This
objection is; usually made by people.
who have not given the proposal any
proper consideration aril for their
benefit we would like to place before
them the following consideration:—
The property class are in a better
position to contribute something to-
ward aiding the unemployment situ-
ation than are other citizens and
should not object to a moderate sac-
rifice, 11
ac-rifice,-11 it will benefit the commun-
ity at large and the unemployed in
particular. But as a matter of fact
it will involve no ascrifice, even by
the property class. as it will not in-
crease .their taxation one cent. On
the contrary, it will reduce taxation 1
by at least the amount required to
support the unemployed. Pf it is
widely successful it will so increase
the demand for houses, due to re-em-
ployment, .that house owners will be
sure of their rent which at present
they are not. It will tend to raise
rents to at least a fair return upon
the present valve of the property.
There is net a single argument a.
gainst it which -will stand investiga-
tion, and opposition to it comes whol-
ly through lack of investigation, or
the selfishness of the property alas.
res. In conclusion we would warn
the property classes that unless
something is done toward providing
employment 'in a constructive way,
taxation to the extent of confiscation
will inevitably result.
Re -Employment Association,
98-100 Lombard St., Toronto.
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88. W. WILSON
newly appointed President of the
Royal Bank of Canada
S. G. DOBSON
who has been appointed General Man-
ager of the Royal Bank of Canada
NOVEMBER NIGHT
The trees have caught the thin moon
unaware,
And twisted tangled branches are a
stair
Where breathlessly the wind. elimbs
up and down
And shrieks in high defiance at the-
town.
hetown.
The chimneys and the eaves in
frightened tone
Take up the echo in a minor moan.
A dog 'barks, and an old man in his
chair
Stirs restlessly and mutters: "Who
goes there?"
—.Ella H. Enke.
The advertisements are printed fns
your convenience. They inform and
save your time, energy and maaey.
"...So that Our Visitors
will be Sorry to Leave"
"If we are going toinvite people to this country,
was must be honest with them ... Courtesy costs
nothing and is one of our greatest tourist assets
. Let us so treat strangers within our gates
that it will be easy for them to conte, pleasant for
them to stay, and difficult for them to leave."
Rt. Hon. R. B. BENNETT, Prime Minister of Canada, to the Cana-
dian Association of Twig' and Pablicity Bureaus, November 6, 2934.
anada's .tourist activities represent more than a great industry from
whicth everybody benefits. - They provide an opportunity to create what the
Prime Minister has described as "that feeling of neighbourliness" which is
sixth avital factor in building up cordial relations within the family of nations.
%or both these reasons, may I urge upon the people of Canada the im-
portance of showing consideration, courtesy and honesty to guests of our
country? Let as all do those little actsof kindness which count for so much
when one travels in a strange land.
We have a beautiful country. We must keep it so. We want our visitors
to travel highways free from disfigurement, walk the streets of cities that
are orderly and'clean, and find at the end of every day's travel an inviting
spot to rest. Canadians should turn their attention now to the impcutant
work of preparing for next year's tourist season,
as a nation, we are advertising abroad the attractions of Canada as a
holiday land. We must see to it that our guests return home with only the
happiest recollections -and the determination to come back again and again.
,or should we forget, in planning our own vacations, that there are
beauties to discover and friendships to be made in our neighbouring,prov-
inces. We live in one of the world's most glorious playgrounds — let us
learn to know better the rich variety of its travel attractions.
CANADIAN
1 UNISTIIE'OP RAILWAYS AND CANALS
EL BUREAU
Ottawa, Canada
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