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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-06-09, Page 2PAGE TWO HURON NEWS THE SEAFORTH NEWS TIIURiSDAY,' JUNE 9, 1938 brate 'her 1'00ih birthday. Mrs. Charters was the eldest of a family of ten children born to Mr. Youths Filch :Money— and Mrs. Henry Chesney who came Palmerston experienced a ' mild, to Tuckersmith from Kirkcudbright, crime wave in recent days. with an outbreak of petty thieving. The ob- ject of the thieving was money' placed in milk 'battles by local housewives. Chief of Police Robert Wilson was. put on the trail and in short corder had rounded up several 'teen-age lads, the culprits in the 'case, 'The situ- ation. is now well in hand and no further outbreaks are anticipated in the near future. The amounts 'filc'hed varied in cases from ,110 or '15 cents to $11.—Palmerston 'Observer. Restock Teeswater Streams— The Teeswater game and fish club has received some 5:0,00.0 pickerel from the 'Government to re -stock some of the district streams. To Build House— Mr. R, S. Hetherington has ,purch- ased a lot an the corner of [Frances Street and Diagonal Road, Wingham, from W. H. Fraser, and contemplates 'building a house on this lot, Resigns Position— Miss Jessie (Finlayson who has been teacher at S. S. 'Uo. 1111, East .Wawa - nosh for the .past seven years, has re- signed her position.--Wingham Ad- vance -Times. Take Over Historic Road— 'Upan 'recommendation of the :Min- ister of Highways She Ontario gov- ernment has designated the Govern- or's Road 'between Woodstock and fj`hamesford as a provincial highway. This means that the direct route, 'which is at present township road, will become part of the new four -lane highway 'between Woodstock and Thamesford instead of the present No. 3 Highway around by ;Beachvil'le and Ingersoll. It will have to be con- siderably widened for construction of four -lane pavement. Goderich Postmaster Dies— john Galt, postmaster of Goderic'h for 41 years, died in :Goderich on June 3 in his 218th year. He had 'been con- fined to his home for nearly two years. with a heart ailment. Memiber of a distinguished Canadian 'family, he was a grandson of John 'Galt, Ca- nada Company manager and author, founder of Guelph and Goderich, and builder of the Huron road. 'He also was a nephew of Sir Alexander T. Galt, one of the founders of Confed- eration. His wife who survives, was a daughter of Hon. M. C. Cameron, first lieutenant -governor of the INorth- west Territories. Children surviving are 'John Galt, manager of Bank of Montreal, St. Catharines; 'Mrs, Clig- an, Ottawa; Mee. Ivan Wilson, Lon- don: Mrs, Headiee, Long Beach, Ca - Mrs. Douglas 'Mitchell, •Guelp.h. He was born in 'Goderielt at "The Ridge", a large Canada Company es- tate on the 'high banks of Lake Hur- on. Early in life he was employed with the Grand Trunk and Intercol- on!ad railways as a civic engineer be- fore being appointed to the postmas- tership in Goderich at 36. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'ciock. Scotland, 'following their marriage. The only other metn'bers of rhe fam- dy still living. are a sister, 'Mrs. Thomas 'Grieve of 'Egmondvitle and a brother, Samuel 'Chesney, of Eg= mondville. Samuel was the youngest of the family and 'Mrs. Charters was married the day he ,celebrated his first birthday, "My parents came to Tuckersmith immediately following their 'marri- age," Mrs. 'Charters recalled, "Their first hone :was a illag calbin that stood an the south hank of the Bayfield River, two miles from Egmondville, on the 'farm now owned Iby William Riley. I was 'born the following year, the eldest of a family of ten. There were no roads in 'those days and' everything was bush th'rou'ghout the Huron Tract. The nearest hamlet was Harpurhey, then a tiny settlement about a mile west of where Seaforth is today, and the nearest place of any size was Goderich, 135 miles away through the bush. Seaforth had not even been thought of, "There were all kinds of wolves in the bush and I •remember many a night my mother could not sleep for their howling. Mother did a lot of work in the fields When I was a 'baby and she often told of taking 'me with her and placing me in a sap trough, That was nay cradle many a time when she was busy. Times were so different 'then and things 'that would be hards'hi'ps today were all in the day's 'work then, Often my father would 'walk to 'Goderich and carry a sack of 'flour ,hone through the bush. the tleoug'ht no more of it ,than people today think of walking up town to do their shopping There were many Indians in Huron in those days,.•,but they were friendly and often came to our cabin, I ,can remember my father and mother talking to them in the sign language." Mrs. Charters received her educa- tion in a tittle dog school at Carno- chan's Corner, the school being known in the early days as. Largie's School. In .11868. at the age of 23, she was married to Robert Charters and cavae to reside in the big, two-storey white brick house in which she still lives today. Mr. Charters, who died a number of years ago, had ,came to Tuckersmith in 111842 front Scotland at the age .of three with his parents, the two families—the Charters and the Chesneys--being among the very earliest •settlers of the township. Mrs. charters has Your children, William on 'the homestead, 'Harry in Seaforth, Margaret at tome, and Mrs. Arthur Mason of Saskatoon. Charlie Mason of Saskatoon, who plays pro- fessional hockey with the Philadel- phia Ramblers, is a .grandson and Mrs. Charters is proud of the big pic- ture she 'has of hive 'hanging in her bedroom. 'Mrs. Charters derives great enjoy- ment out of life and is looking for- ward to the day when she will ;become a centenarian. To the age-old question of to what she attributes her longev- ity, she said, "I can only tell you that as long as I could get around well I did lots of hard work and ate dots of goad, plain, substantial food." A legion of 'friends, neighbors and relatives visited 'her at her Mild Road home on Monday to extend felicita- tions and wish her many happy re- turns of the day. She is a grand old lady. MRS. ELIZABETH CHARTERS MARKS 92ND BIRTHDAY Oldest living native of Tucker - smith township, Mrs. Elizabeth Charters on Monday. June 6, cele- brated her 93nd birthday at her home on the M'il'l Road. Born in a log cabin on the south hank of the Bayfield River, two utiles from tEgmondvi•lle, the Huron Tract was a sea of un- broken wilderness when she was ush- ered into the world in '11846. There was no such place as Seaforth and the nearest hamlet of any .consequ- ence was IGoderich, 25 miles away. One is ,instantly attracted to Mrs. Charters. For the nonagenarian that she is the years rest lightly on her, Her face is 'fresh, kindly, and her en- viable smile reflects a jovial happy disposition. Throughout ter •life she has possessed the 'faculty of making friends and keeping them. 'Well vers- ed on what is 'going on in the world, she makes interesting conversation and she prides herself on 'having been .always a ';good Liberal." She thinks Mitchell ;Hepburn is really trying .to do the 'best he can, espec- ially far the :farmers, But Macken- zie Xing is her favorite. Until she was 60 she wore glosses but they were always 'hand to keep track •af, so she has not worn them since, At 02 she reads the finest print and can recognize folk ,who pass along:the road fifty yards from the window where she sits. She likes books of all kinds, bait admits a preference for love and mystery stories. She also 'confesses to peeking sometimes at ` the 'hack page. She ;eats to bed when there is no one 'left to talk to, and She loves a ;game of euchre, She does not. ;play ;bridge because 13 ;card are far too many to hold. Eight years from now she hopes to cele - Women's Institutes 'Hold District Annual Meetings s g WEST HURON INSTITUTE MEETS AT BLYTH The annual district meeting of West Huron Warren's Institute convened EIGHT HUNDRED MILE'S AN HOUR Speed occupies a prominent place among those "products of modern times" of which we like to boast; and when I say that there is greater speed than that of the airplane or rocket - ship, my listener will most likely try to think of some lately invented ma- chine, But what I 'have .in mind is not a manmade device, and it is far from being 'modern." My entry for this race is the deer botfly. Really, there's no use in the pilot's 'gettitng ready nor in letting his 'b'lood pressure rise— he's .beaten :before he starts. A race between a 'hotfiy and an airplane would he a joke; for the plane at its best is hardly half as ,fast as the in- sect. It's somewhat confusing to learn that the 'botfly travels faster than sound, but t'he fact has ;been proved, While the sound oaf your voice stum- bles along at rhe rate of ,1,:080 .feet per second, the ,botfly is making 1,200 comfortably. That suggests startling possibilities. Say you line up the bot- fly for a time trial; the man 'with the stop -watch• at the finish Will be eon- gratu'lating the contestant ;before he hears your pistol shot! Saab .an event w'o'uld be 1ivrhly humorous. A neat lesson in hemility, this. Man has 'been sa cocksure that he was champion distance annihilator of crea- tion, perhaps the retake from a email and silent big will do 'him gond, Send us the games of your visitors. in Blyth 'Memorial 'Hall on Friday with a splendid :attendance present. Officers elected 'fat the ensuing years ware: President, Mrs. Fred Os- ter, Blyth; first vice-president, Mrs. Bert Thompson, St. Augustine; sec- ond ,vice-president, 'Mrs. (James Bis sat, 'Goderich; secretary - treasurer, Mrs, William Fraser, Wingham; Fed- erated representative, Mrs. C. Alton, Dungannon, representative to area convention, Mrs, 'Fred (Oster; conven- er of nominating committee, Mrs, E, Lawson, iAu'burn, Chairmen of the standing.commit- tees were elected as follows: Educa- tion, Mrs. C. 'Coultes, Belgrave; Health, ars. 'Percy Manning, Lon- des;boro; 'Agriculture, 'Mos, :Bernard Haid, Blyth; Legislation, ,Miss L. Brigham,. 'Clinton; Current 'Events, Miss •McAllister, Dungannon;; ,Oanadi- anization, ;Mrs. C. Young, IGoderich; Publicity, Mrs, Bowers, Wing'hant, Auditors appointed 'were Mrs. Wm. Henderson, 'Wingham, and Mrs, Charles Coultes, Eetgrave, Miss 'Flora IDurnin of Dungannon gave an interesting and instructive talk on the junior work that is ;being done. The 'hall was bee.utifully decorated with plants and .flowers. A very :fine display of needlework, the work of the members, was on view. Mrs. Fred Oster, district president, presided, The meeting opened with the In- stitute Ode. Scripture reading was taken by Mrs. Percy Manning and prayer by' Mns. Bert Thompson, St. Augustine. Minutes 'of 1.937 meeting were read by the ;secretary, Mrs. Fraser, 'Whtgham. Enthusiasm was the keynote of the branch reports which 'followed. Auburn, with receipts for the year of $2114 ,and expenditure of $1(115: sent bales of quilts to the West, also a girl to (Guelph in May, Blyth, receipts '$76, expenditures $64, held .grandmothers' meetings, also children's meetings. Clinton: „Receipts $61, expendi- tures 01, had display of antiques, ad- dress on training children, and a grandmothers' 'meeting. ,Belgrave:—Receipts6, expendi- ture $78, had 'coronation teas, made quilts, had re -arrangement of .furni- ture, provided flowers for cemetery. Londesboro: Receipts $1120, expen- ture $1110, had history of Hallett township given, held a picnic at'Gode- rich also address on .Canadianizatiom, !Goderich:—Receipts '$1161, expendi- ture $11.23; had membership drive, ad- dress by district president an Peace, sale of baking also membership drive. Dungannon; -Receipts $96, expen- diture $70. Sent .flowers to sick mem- bers, had grandmothers' meetings ,and current events at each meeting. Dungannon 'Juniors:—Receipts, $33, expenditure $30. Sent a ;gird to Guelph. St. Augustine: .Receipts $'416, ex- penditure $54. Papers on history of churches in village, also discussion on health education, St, 'Helens: Receipts I$1iit3, expen- diture $89. Had 'grandmothers' par- ade, address on care of the feet ,also fire prevention. Wingham: Receipts $267, expendi- ture •$3216. Had addresses by local doc- tors also a travel talk by Mrs. '(Rev,) Anderson, an her trip abroad. The roll call of ,branches was an inn teresting feature •of this session, when each told the history of their branch organization as to date organized. The federation delegate, 'Mrs. C. ,Al- ton, then gave her report. District conveners of standing ;committees gave brief reports. Dinner was served by the local branch to about '125• delegates, when Rev. R. M. Weekes gave the address of welcome responded ,to by Mrs. Henderson, Wingham. Community singing was led by Dr. Toll in open- ing the afternoon session. A solo was sung by Miss Weir of Aulburn. A touching tribute 'was .paid to the memory .of Mrs. ',J, J. Elliott of Wing - ham, who was district secretary for many years. A basket of 'flowers 'was placed on the table by Mrs. :Adair, Wingham, ;who is the oldest member of 'Women's Institute in Wingham, when a minute's silence marked the memory of 'Mrs. 'Elliott, after which a solo was Sung by Mzs, Fingland, Wal- ton. Mrs. Grainger of Vanguard, Sask., was present, and as an officer of the ,Home Makers' Club of that' prov- ince, ;gave an interestin;q talk on her work. Miss Hopkins of the 'Proviit' cia! Department, then took .charge of the beeline, She explained the differ- ent projects which are available to the branches, urging them to choose SOUTH HURON W. L MEETS AT THAMES ROAD FLYING COWBOYS The cowboy's toy horse today is an airplane. This ";aid faithful" of the modern ranch rounds up wild horses, ocates the stray 'calves, rides 'fences,_ brings buyers, mashes 'emergency sup plies and, when (business is done, ekes the owner 'ou't for d'i'version. Henry Minor 'of 'Hyannis, ;Nebras- ka, was one of the first to begin it a decade 'ago, when he 'went home from the state university to show his dad, who had been a cattle king since the days 'of the Texas trail, how a ranch ought to be run. With a .couple of oil ;barrels he m'ark'ed off a landing field on the side ;of a sand 'hill, 'bought a cabin ship, and the ;did place began to 'hurts. Toni Arnold, operator of the 100,- 000 acre X'U Ranch in northwestern Nebraska a'nd Squth Dakota, lb'ought one, too. So did Leonard Keys, an- other prince of the prairies. 'And Ol- iver 'Wallop, son of Lord Wallop, the 'Earl of Portsmouth, uses a plane continuously in his ranch 'operations in Wyoming. Flying :from Lincoln to Hyannis, Nebraska, one night, ;Harry Minor anda companion saw that the ex- haust , pipe running alongside the cockpit had set the plane afire. They dived into a pasture, grabbed the ex- tinguisher, •and ,had it out in no time. Then, with a few 'bits of wire and wood 'harrowed from a nearby fence, they did the necessary repairing and flew on 'home, Some ranohers pilot their own .pl'an'es, others hire ;phaui- nfeurs, Plenty of young fellows will leap at a chance to he a cow pilot, sharing the cowboys' b'un'k -house, and 'wordcing with the other hands when there's no flying to 'be done, Dudes are as 'out of place in She air as on Ibronch'os' (backs ]n this new vocation. At 'Alliance, 'N'ebraska, the boys boast that they use a log chain for a wind sock, and they say they're willing to fly as long as the chain is standing straight out—,only when it begins snapping the links off the end of :the chain do they advise remaining an 'the ground. More 'accurate testi- mony as to sandhill mind comes 'from Bill Manning, a cow pilot who made a,record run in a ship with a cruising speed of only 7151 utiles an hour. He noticed the towns slipping along be- low pretty fast, 'but he was so busy 'keeping his suitcase from coming down onto his head from its ;place (behind the seat, while the plane bounced around like a kite, that he didn't have 'titre to m'a'ke many calcu- lations. Later he discovered that he had travelled 25,0 miles in one hoar and twenty minutes, which means that his 73 -mite -per -hour plane was going .1160 miles an hour, thanks to the strength of the tail wind. Out In the mountain country, 'fly- ing is a valua'bte aid td the man whose wealth is scattered through those nooks and crannies. Modern ranchers deal in terms of thousands, whether it he acres, cattle, sheep ar antelope. M,uoh .of the property often Ilea . far away from headquarters,yet the rancher must he 'constantly in touch with it in all kinds of weather. Take the Arnold property, for in- stance. H'eadquartera are in South Dakota, :but much oaf the grazing land is down in Nebraska. In addition to 35,000 acres which he . owns, Tom Arnold leases .thousands more from the Indians. He :also runs cattle on a 'tear -'by government forest range. About 46 head find pasture on each section of land in this vast domain. Some of these animals graze in such remote places that an armed 'guard must still be ,kept to. prevent rustlers making away with them. It's no small responsibility k'eepin'g track of so much territory, so many cowhands, such big herds. But if saddles, 'brand- in'g iron's, spools of barbed wire, or any other items are needed down in Nebraska; the Jboss can send a cow- hand flying with them from the home place in South Dakota in no time at a11. 'Personally, he can supervise the work in a dozen different 'places. The plane, 'throughout the .spring and summer, enables hint to see to it that wells art kept going, fences repaired, and,•calves looked after. "We always get a good calf crop," boasts Tom's son and pilot, Eddie Arnold, "We never get less than an 8S per 'cent crop, which is about 3000 c'alves.' Maintaining suet a record would Ibe exceptionally difficult from a saddle; it's not so strenuous ;from a cockpit. In the fall; when the cattle are ready for market, the plane again pays dividends. The big .western ran- chers sell nearly all o'f their livestock to small farmers, who 'buy, the range - fed animals and fatten them up' on milk and 'corn for the market. In the old days, these cattle were shipped to a central marlcet and there re -sold to a feeder. This involved considerable shrinkage in the animals themselves, and there was also a middleman's fee to be paid, Now, Tans Arnold and his pilot ran hop into the ;plane, fly ,five or six hundred miles 'to Iowa, 'and Mane, hack three or fotir prospective byersin 0 single day. They show these farmer -quest, the ;neck 0n the Itnof, and .sell it to then' on the spot. Then they ship it direct to the feed.er.1 At the annual meeting of the South Huron Women's Institute 'held in Thames Road (United IChumdh` Rule's. Arthur .Rundle, H,urondale, was elect- ed 'president. There were '1125 dele- gates :present. Aft address 'of welcome was given by Mrs. Ru its iIIestle, •Hurondlale.' This was replied to by Mrs. J. T. Scott, 01 Seaforth. The minutes. elf the 'last annual meeting were 'read 'and . adopted. A gratifying report• was received from district secretary -treasurer, Mac. Emmery IFahner, 'Crediton, .Mrs, H. K. Eilber, df 'Crediton, -pre- sented the auditor's report. The secretaries of the different branches of South Huron Women's Institute read their ;reports es follows: Crediton, :Exeter, Hensall, 'H•uraudale, Kippen East, Seaforth Juniors and Zurich Seniors. Officers of fhe 'various standing committees gave very interesting and educational 'reports, Miss Ethel 'C'lark, of Kippen East, favored the meeting with a ;piano sato, "Country ;Gardens," by Percy tGrang- er. 'Mrs. T. J. 'McDowell then took change of the election of officers, The following slate of officers pre- sented by MTS. M. W.:Telfier of Ore- diton, convener of the nominating committee, was accepted: Honorary president, Miss IN, Reddy, Huron - dale; first vice+president, Mrs. W. IE. Walker, •Exeter; second ,vice-presid- ent, Mrs. 'Glenn 'MacLean, ;Kippen East; third viceapresident, Miss Maud MacLean, Hensall? secretary -treasur- er, 'Mrs, H. IK, Eilber, 'Crediton; fed- eration representative, "Mrs. A. Run- dle, Hurond'ale; alternate, Mrs. M. W. Telfer, Crediton; district ,delegate to convention, Mrs. R. 'Kestle, Huron- dale; auditors, Mrs. C. 1Z,wic'ker and Mrs, Si. IK. ;Either, Crediton. ;Conveners 'of standing committees: Education, Mrs. Andrew Crozier, Sea - forth; home economics, Mrs. M. Beakler, Hurondade; health and child welfare, Mrs. H. Neeb, Zurich; agri- oulture .and Canadian industries, ';airs, A. ,Morgan, Hurondale; legislation, Mrs, Elmer 'Lawson, 'Crediton; tonical research and eurren•t events, Mrs. B. W. F. Beavers, 'Exeter; cons- mu'nity activities and relief, Miss Maud MacLean, Hensall; peace edu- cation and international relationship, Mrs.' Archie Hoggarth, Kippen East; publicity, 'Miss Beatrice Manson, Zu- rich. Mr's. '1'. J. 'McDowell, of Milverton, president of the F. W. I. IO., and one of the ,guest speakers at the 'afternoon session, in a clear and concise man- ner, explained the co-operative pro- gram in 'home economics, Glove -mak- ing was chosen as the 'local leader project, to be held at Hensall in the early fall if possible. It was also un animous to have a district dfficer ral- ly, to 'be 'held at 'Hensall in the fall The subjects chosen on which the of- ficers' training school will be based were `9Ddscussion Methods" end "'.Preparing Malan of Work." Mrs. V. Thompson, convention area chairman, brought greetings 'and gave a splendid address. A ladies' quartet from the Zurich branch, consisting of Mrs. Brice,,,•Mrs. M. ,Oescit, Mrs. Dr. O. Dwyer anti Mrs. W. Fritz, was very much en- joyed. Mrs. Gus Campbell, F.W.I. repre- sentative of Mount 'Brydges, ba -ought greetings from the federation' board and gave a report on the ,boar'd's ac- tivities, In the 'absence of Miss Durnin, county coach, Mrs. fOldfioid, of Sea - :forth, ;presented the junior project 'work. She exhibited a girll's ,dress which was trade in the project held at .Seaforth tlie,past. year, and. an- nounced that the achievement day is to be 'held on 'June :30 at Clinton, A 'question drawer was ably con- ducted by Mrs. T. J. McDowell. Mrs. Elmer Lawson, Crediton; ,Mrs. C. Fritz, ,Zurich, and 'Miss 'Decked of Ex- eter, .were re -appointed the resol'u'tion committee, Miss IO+rd, of 'West York, spoke 'briefly on sociology, 'Phe Kippen 'East Women's Insti- tute invited the district ,annual to convene in .Kippen next 'year. The invitation 'was accepted. what would be most suitable to their .community. ,Mrs. Crozier, of Walker- ton, Federated 'Representative from the Department, was .the neat speak- er. She urged the choosing of a name for our convention area. She renins(- ed. those present of the travelling li- brary evadable. An interesting :feature was a shawl parade in which fourteen women de- monstrated shawls of ancient origin. JUNE S. M.T.W:T. F: S 5 6 7 8 g o t 1 i 12�1314t5163r 17re '9'27282930 The iwhoe business is not only done aster, it's 'more :profitatb'ile. In the winter, top, the 'plane 'h'as an ;Wyatt - age 'over the cowboy's beloved ;pony After a heavy snow, cattle often ;be- come caught in :pookets of the halls and mountains, Finding them on 'horseback may take too 'long. From a plane, ;flying low, such 'animals can be spotted quickly, and feed ;caa be dropped for them. 'Frequently, too, planes can get through with food or Other supplies for men and beasts when roads are impassalb'le, Sheep men have been 'converted to flying, too. ,Often a shepherd 'and his floeic wild he sent from ;headquarters in the desert areas with, orders to go wherever 'feed 'can 'b'e Sound. Alter a week or ten 'days the owner may not have the slightest idea where the sheep are 'located. A ,plane . 'can run them down in a few hours, whereas it night take several days by any other mode of travel. Commuting to the 'city is now made easy. This advantage appeals panni- cularly to the womenfolk. And even though the rancher's wife may net eare to do her own ;pil'otin'g, she al- most certainly will want to 'borrow the ship to go s'ho'pping. From the Belden place in Wyoming, for in- stance, it is 1117151 miles' to Billings, Mon'tan'a. A 'trip there and back by train takes three days, but Mrs. Bel- den can go and get back the same day by air, Many of the 'biggest ranches nowadays are owned by men who do not live on then, and these men, too, are ;often aviation de- votees. E. John Brandeis, millionaire sportsman, is a regular patron of the commercial ;fliers. He has 'his own ranch in California, and last 'fall Bel- den shipped a few ;of his choice young antelope out to the Brandeis place by air, Although they are ex- tremely delicate creatures, and diffi- cult to ship by rail, they 'survived the flight in fine f ettle, So picturesgaie is. ranch life that outsiders 'often over- look its business side. Successful cat- tlemen must ,be more than good rid- ers and good shorts, they must be ex- pert 'buyers, managers and salesmen. They •must have the same. 'kind of skill and judgment that an executive of any other commercial enterprise needs, They have the added handicap of being far away from their principal markets. A plane helps overcome this difficulty. Airplanes, of course, ,will never take the ;place of cow ponies for ranch work, but recently two planes were 'used to assist in rounding .up a herd of wild horses in the country that was once ridden by Buffalo Bill. This particular herd of 'horses had. ranged the region and bail 'defied all efforts of cowboys and riders to bring them into 'carrells. Finally, the local stockmen arranged with Bill Monday to 'fly over this rough country and chase the .horses dawn to the flats, where lenge corrals were 'built. The roar of airplane motors swoop- ing through rough .canyons started the horses down over dry washes and arroyos toward !fheopen country where rulers waited to pick then up and haze them into corrals. The horses, however, soon discovered that the airplanes were not giant birds with sharp ;claws and, in order to keep them moving toward the open corral, the ''.flying cowboys" had to 'bank their planes .low over the ;backs of the running animals. A corralful of snorting horses at 'the end of the round -up attested ..to the practical success of this modern aid to the .04d - fashioned method for capturing these outlaw mustangs. Late Stephen Stothers, ,Goderich-- Stephen Goderich—Stephen Stothers, •Gaderiali, passed away at his home there on Sunday morning in his 86th year. Possessed of remarkably good health up to last Tuesday, Mr. Stothers was seized with a fainting spell while working in his ,garden and since then :had 'been confined to tbeci. Born on May ta; 181513, int ;Dungannon, 'he was a blacksmith and woodworker, having learned his trade in I'nge'rsoll, .and for the past forty years had occupied a shop, 'in Goderi'ch, He was married in 118612 to Miss Sarah Davidson of Dungannon, who predeceased him by thirteen years. .13e was rhe: last of a fam,iiliy of nine. Surviving are a son William Stothers off IGoderich, and two 'daugh- ters, 'Miss Clara Stothers, at home, and Mrs. Walter Hawthorne, PIPE TOBACCO, MltD Coot SMOKE