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The Seaforth News, 1939-02-02, Page 2PAGE TWO HURON NEWS Steel Shipped To Smelters- A great many tons of steel blocks belonging to the estate of the late. Joseph Schmidt of. Carrick, farniliarly known as the 'Bruce Steel King," were shipped away to. the Toronto smelters: The deceased spent thous- ands of dollars in the purchase of these numerous steel blocks. The price received by the executors, Messrs, Jos. H. Se'hnurr and Albin 'Schmidt, is said to be 1$x7,510 per ton, and the cost of 'transportation would be 40c per cwt. The largest block weighed .about eight tons.—Mildmay Gazette. A Two Months' Job— THE SEAFORTH NEWS ....011.6.*,011.4antellitINIMSYMIIIRE. r THE BIG RIFLE Veryin est Qu,�'tft ty Except for the time we were: away. �! u'�J�/ y�(� (S i L({ • at school m cousin Rae Welles, At an expenditure of souse S.115,009 the power plant of the Goderich Ele- vator and Transit Company is 'being revamped, oil -firing ;being installed to replace the coal. The three boilers 'be- ing removed and scrapped are the old originals which went into - the plant on erection of the !elevator buildings forty years ago. The two new welded boilers being installed have more than double the aggregate capacity of the three old boilers. The revamping job will last two months. —Goderich Signal -Star, • Business Change— The department known as the An- nex or Variety Store of the A, T. Cooper Department Store has been purchased by Edgar M. Pattison who will take possession on February liet, Edgar has been managing this de- partment since it opened eight years ago and is thoroughly - conversant with the variety store business. The other department 'known as the main store and second floor will be carried on as usual by Mr. Cooper.- -Clinton News -Record. Mirror of the Nation With the increase by the Govern- ment of the 'appropriation for nation- al defence to over $63,000,000100, it. becomes certain that defence will be a major issue of the parliamentary session, The issue will not be the amount of the proposed expenditure on defence ,but the manner in which it is to be expended. Lt is now evid- ent that all 'the Opposition parties and groups in the House of Com- mons are preparing to impose a close checkup on armament orders and contracts given under the doubled de-. fence expenditures of the last three' years and on definite assurances re- garding the way in which the 'huge sum the Government is now asking Parliament to vote is to be spent, The proposed defence appropria- tion for the nett fiscal year is more than double that for the present fiscal year and near four times the author- ized expenditure three years ago, Lit- tle disposition is evident in any quar- ter to question the wisdom, or even the necessity, of these increases. The European crisis of last September to- gether with the elaborate defence plans of the United States Govern- ment have made all parties in Parlia- ment deeply defence -conscious. This concern for defence has been streng- thened 'by current developments in Europe. It is recognized by all parties that Canada must be armed as quick- ly as possible to meet the threat of danger. Two years ago the modest increase in the defence appropria- tions was submittedwithexcuses and apologies. Now the Government raises the appropriations to an unpre- cedented peace -time figure in full confidence that explanation is un- necessary. It has already indicated that it expects credit from the coun- try for the more generous provision for the defence of Canada. The amount of the present proposed ex - pe» diturc was decided upon only af- ter the .Administration had convinced itself that it would be accepted in Parliament and the country without criticism. There will be tittle. if any, critieisnl on the score of the amount. But Parliament, will to double tenet, e1 question the expenditure on defence. is displaying a deckled eli.- posit6m t" sec, as far as it can, that Canada gets defence for the ninny-. In this, it is now clear, the Conserva- tive Opposition i, going to have the earnest support of other groups fac- ing, the Government in the 1 -louse of Common.. It is practically certain, tnu. that the Senate will go .seriously inti, the question. In short, the Ad- ministration is likely to he on the de- fen.ire throughout the session in the matter of its conduct of the vital bus- iness of arming Canada for defence. The 563,000,000.00 defence approp- riation asked for by the Government the other day was. at once connected, in discussion in all quarters of Parlia- nncnt, with the disclosures recently made regarding the course of the Ministry in relation to the Bren ma- chine gun contract. The intention of the Opposition parties to explore the Bren gun transaction and to insist on an explanation of the Defence SI Mies try's - handling of that vital item in defence armament involving a cost of several millions of dollars takes on nmtich snore than a partisan complex- ion in view of their responsibility for doing all that 'Opposition parties can cls to protect the public interest in the .large expenditure now proposed. The doubling of the financial provis- ion for defence has load the effect of doubling parliamentary interest in the Bren gun cleat and in the larges ques- tion of what the country .has gat For the nearly '$,90,06'0;000 voted by Parl- iament for defence in the last three years. The first assault on the Govern- ment's handling of the Bren -machine gun matter came at the end of the week from a veteran of the great war, „Grant MacNeil, C.C.F. nuem'ber for north Vancouver. He devoted ,his en- tire allottted time in the debate on, the Address to the record of that trans- action as reevaled in fhe report of the royal commission, Junior Farmers' Games— The third in the series of Junior Farmers' McMillan .cup games was played in the Seaforth rink Thurs- day evening. The first game saw Eg- mondville and Londesboro in a fast exhibition. The first period opened fast, play going front one goal to the other, Egmondville forcing the .play but failing to score on two good than ee'.. Gray scored on a pass from Leiper. Egmondville evened the score when H. Nicholson scored on a solo effort. The second period opened with Egmondville forcing the play and handing out some stiff body cheeks. Snell scored off C. Rlntoul's stick.' G. Fairserviee made it 3-1 for Lnndeshora J. Nicholson after stick - handling through the entire team fail- ed to score. There was no score in the third period. The game was fres from penalties except one for tripping in the third period. Imre-ups: .-- Goal, Earl; 'defence, J. Nicholson, C. Rin - entl; centre, J. Flannery; wing., 13, Gemmel, H. Nichol., n, subs, al Rin tone Nigh, A. Nicholson, Veno.. Londesboro - Goal. F. Radford; de- fence, Arthur, T. Haggett, centre, 13, Riley; wings, Riley, Fairservire; subs, S. Fairservice. B. Leiper, 11. Gray, J. Snell. The second game «a- between Kin - burn and Winthrop. The first period opened un the eines- gide but gradually grew faster, A. Riley opened the scoring for Kinburn on a solo effort, then F. Riley was chased for hooking but Winthrop failed to take advant- age of the extra man. Carter scored for Winthrop at the 16 minute mark from a scramble around the Kinburn net, but S. Reeves banged in A. Scott's pass .a minute later to make the score 2=1 at the end of the first period. The second period opened rough and E. Darrance was chased for tripping. Winthrop couldn't find an opening to make a tally and F. Riley made it 3 to 1. 'Kerr was given the gate for interference but again they couldn't score, Betties scored for Winthrop on a pass from Nichols when Rintoul was driven out of his net. The third period opened fast with Winthrop forcing the play, and were finally rewarded for their ef- forts when Case tied up the score. G. Scott, 30 'seconds 'later, :put Kin - burn in the lead again, but Dale tied it up again on a shot from centre ice. Kinburn again 'went into the lead when 13. Riley scored. This ended the scoring final score being p-4 for Kin - burn. Line -pups; Winthrop—Goal, Montgomery; tle- fence, Carter, D. Dale; centre, :Farqu- harson; wings, Nichols, Dolmage; subs, Lamont, Betties, Case. Kerr. Kinburn—Goal, Rintoul; defence, F. Riley, Reeves; centre, Dorrance; wings, A. Riley, B. Riley; subs, A. Scott, F. Scott, G. Scott, Dale, L. Carter. Parent -''Young man, do you real- ly think you should he taking 'my daughter to night clubs and road- houses all the time?" Suitor -^°Indeed .not. Let's try. to reason with her." rent in .connection with .armaments is that of the 'public ownership and operation of armament plants,',At the Bren gun inquiry the Minister of De- fence profession adherence 'to that policy. In justification of his abandon- ment of it in the case of the Bren gun he contended that the thirty millions or so voted by Parliament for defence last year was not enough to permit of the establishment of .a Government factoryfor the production of machiue guns. It is now apparent that the Admin- istration will be disappointed in its hope of sidetracking interest in the Bren gun transaction by its proposal to set up a munitions purchasing board, The interest of the Opposition parties in securing further light on the handling of the machine gun order has 'been stimulated by the pro- jected increased, expenditure on de- fence. There will be a demand for inform- ation also as to what the Minister of Defence has to show for the ,doubled outlay on defence during the last two years. The declared policy of the Govern - and I grew atp on the extreme fron- tier of. the upper 'Missouri ootastry, We were great chums, of aboutthe Sante age. Two years 'before we reach- ed m aj.ority, we found ourselves work- ing gat the hay and` wood ranch of an uncle, Capt. fait Welles. Our enigioy- er .head contracts to famish hay at two eavalry posts, and wood for -steamers engaged iii the river traffic. The.captain had made' ,friends with the Sioux, spoke their tongue, had :been adopted ,onto the !Yankton 'tribe, and was 'generally considered a .friend and brother,. For years 'he and his THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 2, 1939 The Washington trade bargain will he the subject of one of the most ser- ious debates of the session. In prep- paration for it the Opposition has been assembling materia' since tate session opened. men had been .ilnnniune from attack, and tis .horse -herd bad suffered little from theft. We therefore felt'our- selves practically safe at, the ranch. I.n late September we 'had ,finished with the Ih•aybaling. Most of the 'hay- makers had returned down tihe 'river; the 'oaptain, two men !arid' I were out on ,the prairies rounding up ,scattered 'brood=mares and' heir foals, and Rule was left alone. :It was about noon that he diseoe,- ered the smoke of a steamier across a wide loop of the Missouri and far up the 'river. Therewere some bales of ran: skins s'har'ked for shipment, and Rufe 'trundled thesedown to the rant -landing, .and went anti 'the house to write a letter home. The day .• was warm, and to get the benefit of a slight 'breeze, he threw open every door and window of the three ranch rooms, and arranged his writing materials on 'the cook -room table. Suddenly he was interrupted by the "How! how!" of an Indian. He look- ed up and was annoyed to find the soft -footed red man already inside the door. It was a 'blanket tndian,— not tributary to an agency—greasy of leggings, pain'tibedanbed, and grin- ning in expectation of :a gift of coffee, sugar or other delicacy. Rufe answered his greeting shortly and 'asked what the wanted. For an- swer the I,ndian's eyes suddenly be- came riveted upon the wall behind the boy. 'And as suddenly he strode for- ward, and 'before Rufe could remon- strate or interfere, he had taken down a dott'ble-barreled rifle from its rack of deer horns. This performance was startling, but immediately it 'became apparent that curiosity and admiration, not hostility, had prompted the act. "How—how—how!" exclaimed the visitor, with deep emphasis, as She turned the gun over in his hands, his eyes glued upon a stock fitted with inset patch- and cap -boxes and inlaid with ornasnents',all of sterling silver, "Much — 'big — gun," he declared, 'heap--plenty—good gun!" Li truth, the rifle was a fine weap- on. It was any fealties. and I had been allowed to bring it up the Missouri It was a .heavy -weight gun of -big ea- libre, a muzzle -loader of English make. Probably no Indian of the tippet Missouri had ever seen such a weap- on, and its size and ornaments roused in the visitor a state of emotion hard- ly to be described. His whole body .seemed to radiate .astonishment end delight. Rufe watched 'him with amusement as he turned the gun over for the hun- dredth time. The desire of possession seized upon him, "You swap 'him?" he inquired, eag erly. "Injun got heap good pony.' Then seeing a lack of interest in the white man's face, "Got ,two pony — heap, plenty, goad pony," he declared "him, you sweep?" He seemed much depressed when Rufe positively refused. He presently Luang up she rifle, and muoh to Rufe's surprise, stalked soberly out, racking neither ,for sugar not' tobacco. Rufe returned to his. writing, and in the course of !another half hour had finished his letter. He was about to go out to look for the steamer, when his eye happened to fall upon the rack inhere my gun !had hung. The rifle was gone! The Indian had stolen in through an open !back door, and noiselessiy made off with the gun, Rufe ran out to find the rascal's two ponies tied to the rails of a near -by corral, one o them :hearing a small, 'flat saddle o Indian make. 'The Indian himself was to be seen a quarter of a mile away, going up the saver at a rapid 'trot. Beyond him at the distance of a mule or more, and on a rise of ground against which the shifting current had worn, were some dozen ,teepees, newly set up, and :oth- ers in process of erection, ;Numerous ponies and the figures of many In- dians moving about told of at big vil- lage. In a ,flash his late visitor's scheme was apparent to Rule. He was hurry - came discouraged, decreased the' num- 'Mg to his tribesnfien with the ,gun, bar of sows ;bred, and now find them- selves with fewer hogs to feed at a time when low feed prices; have made production profitable. • Attenhpting to guess -elle future 1, rices of •hogs arid feed simply can- not be done successfully, Farmer's Meetings February 6th, Ontario Swine Breeders' Association, Toronto. February ith: Canadian Swine Breeders' Association, Toronto. Febuary 7-9—Canadian Hortioul tural Council, Ottawa, February Stli=Ontario Sheep Bree- ders' Association, Toronto. February ,9th—Ontario Horse Bree- ders' Association, Toronto. February, 9th — Canadian. Sheep Breeder Association, Toronto, •Febrtta y lith Ontario Cattle Breeder. Association, Toronto. February 32nd — ,Ontario Plot -- mm's A sooiation, Toronto. February 72nd—Ontario Field Crop and Seed Growers' Assn„ Toronto. .agricultural Societies, Toronto. February. 23'rd—Class "B" Fairs Fars .-association, Toronto. Steady Production of Hogs In the raising of 'hogs the main point to bear in mind is that, by steady production based on the nor- mal capacity of the farm, it is pos- able for an individual producer to increases his average returns mater- ially, Profits from hogs are depends eat on two factors; namely, the price received and the cost of production, and although many of the elements governing prices attd the cost of feed are beyond the individual's control, it is not beyond his power to take ad- vantage of certain market conditions which are repeated at fairly frequent and regular intervals, Hog ,prices show a considerable variation from month to month. Usually the highest prices in any year are paid from July* to Septem- ber. a period when marketings am Iia-. By farrowing sows hi the winter months !December-F"ei ruaryl, the in- dividual producer will he .able to market hie hogs during the July - September period of peak ,prices. The winter farrowing is admittedly snore difficult than production during the so-called normal season, but the ob- stacles can he overcome, just as they were for poultry by supplying heat and more careful feeding. No one can predict future `prices for either hogs or feed with any ser; minty at the time sows are bred, hut, while yearly average hog prices .dur- ing the past five years have not shown much vsriatfon, there ' have been very drastic •changes in feed prices: low in"1934 and 1935; 'high in 1936 and 19,37; and low again in 1938. The combination of high hog prices and low feed prices in -the fal'I of 1939 led many farmers in some districts so increase the number of sows bred, re- sulting' in the greatly increased nhar- ketinge of '1I936-317. Many of the hogs were finished on the higher -priced feeds of 119136 so that much smaller profits than anticipated were obtain- ed. 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At the first warning sneeze or sniffle, use raged in a 'fair 'bargain, acrd so refuse! t o give sup the riffle, o There was no .ranoli 'horse within each, and Rube, knowing that- he nnus't on 110 account Bouch the In diian% pony, raced away in chase of the thief. Although the rascal: gave no other sign of ,acknowledging 'pursuit, . he very soon 'quickened his pace. Hindi- capped as he was, with the 'fourteen - Pound ride, 'his long, swinging 'trot carried him to his village a hundred yards in advance of the panting and exasperated Rife, A crowd of Indiana, big and little, had gathered, exoitedly wa'tdhing the race, and Rule, walking now 'toward them, heard their exclamations 'of asp tonis;hmen't as their tribesman exdiib- ited his ill-gotten Mae. And 'hearing snore distinctly their foreign dialect as he neared them, Rufe suddenly tea - limed that these Indians were not Si- emer, hut some waasdening village of the plains, of .unknown 'tribe, He felt a distinct thrill of alarm and a sudden falling off of any hope of re- covering his friend's rifle. However, he had walked, or rather run, into the lion's den, and putting on a 'bold front, 'he demanded to vee the head man. • He had difficulty in making 'himself understood, hut be was finally- eon - ducted to the teepee of a large, fat in- dividual, who seemed possessed of too much dignity to mingle with the crowd. To Rufe's immense relief this man spoke "trade" English fairly well, and 'immediately invited hitn'to a seat on a robe, Rufe accepted, and without awaiting further •preliminaries, 'brie'fly stated this ,case. The Indian he had chased had stolen a gun and run off, leaving :two ponies 'tied to a corral; and he demanded the return of 'the weapon at once. Without stopping to quarrel with the men, he said, he had some directly to itis chief as one liav- dng authority to command -the return of the -property. The big man listened attentively, blowing thin wreaths of smoke from his nostrils as he pulled on a long- stemmed pipe. In 'the end he spoke some words in his own tongue to a 'bystander, who hastened away among the teepees,. Presently this messenger returned with the thief, a crowd following. ,The ctidprit had put the rilie in his teepee or placed it in charge of a friend, for the weapon was nowhere in evidence. The chief apparently •questioned hitt' shrewdly, although tattle could understand nothing of what was said. The man ,answered with a brazen face and great vclueeility, his manner and gestures expressing evident contempt for a white man who was trying to hack out of a trade. At the close of this taking of evi- dence there was silence, while the -chief smoked and meditated for some minutes. ;Finally the spoke. "Cheyenne he 'lie 'sometimes," he said. '"Whi'te man he lie a lseap•,Me rink more ,better you fight." He got .to his feet, motioning Rule to rise. "Come," ',he said. "You put Injun in river, you take gun; Injun put you in river, 'he'keep " , He repeated this judgment in Chey- enne, and his 'braves whooped their approval. Apparently the .disputants could .hare no choice in the matter. Rufe found himself 'hustled forward to a steep bank, .high' above the river, .down which a small landslide had made its way. A half -circle was quick- ly Formed, several braves acting as police to keep the crowd off a space of five or ,six square rods allotted to the,contestants. Rule tried to thrust his way out of -the mob, but was firmly ,pushed ,back and made to take his stand in a apace marked out ,for grim, His opponent, weaponless, stripped •eo'tlhe waist, oily ,af stein and eager for the fray, stood facing 'hint at the distance of six paces. Seeing it was neck or nothing with him, Rufe took oft Itis' flannel shirt and tightened his ':belt Taking ac - taunt of the muscular and now fierce - visaged warrior, he ,saw that the man was tallier and heavier than himself, Very 'pos,si'bly the Cheyenne was an expert wrestler, which Rufe was not. He had learned boxing at school, and he determined to trust to that exer- cise. He taut himself 111 a position and signaled that he was ready. A"grn cracked, and the Cheyenne, confident !of superior strength, bolted at hint, hands aubstretohed, having in mind no then 'tactics than those •of a clinch and an instant ,trial of strength. Rife, who was really quick end clever, side-stepped the impending grapple, and with a swift blow dealt in the neck, knocked .the Indian clear off this M feet. uch to Rufe's 'surprise, his suocegs was greeted with ye'll's of delight; men and women 'dou'bled themselves in laughter as the Cheyenne lay for a moment in a dazed condition, his head wa,b'b'ling to and fro. But the "came -to" quickly, and 'lofted a gaze so full of venin that Rufe was ,glad no weapons were within his reach. That look settled the Indian's fate. He lay within ,two or three yards of the edge of the thank, and Rule mnght have toppled 'him over at once, but had hesitated to hake such advantage.Now as the 'Cheyenne ,gathered him- self to leap to his feet, Rufe shot at hitt !like a football -player about 'to make a tackle. He caught the' 'savage with a low shoulder -hit just as the lat- ter was straightening on his legs, In vain the Iridian ,clutched wildly at his an'tagonist's !bare body; he was 'bowl- ed over the 'brink of the 'bank. Rufe himself fell upon ;this breast, his face and 'shoulders thrust out aver the hard clay edge of the bank, He saw, to 'his horror, the Indian% body go 'hurtling duke a dust -raising missle, down the almost perpendicular sur- face of the recent landslip, fifty ,feet or more in height—saw it strike with a splash and sink in the muddy cur rent:He had had no idea of the peril otines that plunge. and he saw that the chief's judgment had meant nothing less than probable death to himself or the Cheyenne. He leaped to his feet and ran at the mob, which quickly and silently made fray' for him, as for a mighty man of valor. He'ran at the top of hie speed down the bank to a point where he could leap into the current without danger. Pausing to look for the defeatedCheyenne, he saw ,him come to the surface, feebly struggling, some twen- ty yards above. Then he jumped into the river, and holding his head high swam with all his might up -stream. The Indian, strangling and nmcvyn- couscious, sank a few yards in .front of hien, gait ,s under for !the eecoesik and perhaps the third time. Mi ceased his stroke, and treading water, drifted with the current, his eyes alert on all sides. It was half a minute be- fore the Indian's lifeless body came to the surface near at hand. Rufe tow- ed its dead weight swiftly down the stream to a lower bank, where In- cliarte, men and women, were at hand to assist in hoisting it to land. "Him dead," said the big chief, turning away with callous indiffer ence: but severel women seized upon the body. Two of thein held it in a drooping position, face downward, while others worked tete arms and pounded the back. In the course of. twenty. minutes the man was 'brought back • to the .prac- where he would declare that he'had traded his ponies for it. There had ,been no witness, and e''houbd the white !man Follow to claim the gun, he must pit his word hvgainst the Indian's, and the Indian, (backed by o•verw'hehning odd:, world maintain b'us't, he lead tical certainty of restoration. When it was known that the Cheyenne was all right, save for some severe bruises, the chief again appeared on the scene. He bore the 'big rifle, which he placed in Rufe's hands with a wide grin of approval. "lnjun no good," he said, with a sbrssg of contempt for the defeated one, "You heap good man—make 'big warrior—you keep :gun." Successful winter pig production depends largely upon three factors. These factors are: warm, dry sleep- ing quarters, free from draughts; suitable feeds and care in feeding them, and exercise in the early stages of growth. Exercise for the glowing animal is practically a necessity. This is particularly true of the pig in the early stages, and especially so if the pig. is being forced by heavy feeding. Ffeasy feeding without exercise is conducive 10 ,crippling, it. is wise, therefore, to allow- the youaig pigs to run outdoors .durinag the 'fine fall weather, and when they must be kept inside due to 'bad weather, they should be allowed sufficient pen space to .exercise freely. With regard to :providing warm and dry sleeping quarters, if there are 'buildings ,available It would be un- wise and not econontsical to 'build new Pig quarters. Want and For Sale ads, -,3 asks. :510c.