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The Seaforth News, 1934-03-29, Page 3lossoOs?:"SOI: ' s'oesoiss:V. see THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1934. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. PAGE THREE TEE ONTARIO . LEGISLATURE The Henry ,Government scored their '.third overwhelming ,vote of the session .wshen the House divided on carrying the 'budge't by 7i9=119 this week. In conolud!ing the d bate for the Government, 'Premier ;George S. Hen- ry delivered a smashing defence ,upon opposition oriticisttmm on several issues .particularly in connection with tate re- cent $r10,0I10,000 loan flotation. Again She 'Premier drew cdmparisou with the loau•s floated by the Drury admin- istration, under which. the ,Premier charged their .friends had beneifited, while under this loan the IGovernanent had obtained the lowes't rate of any loan floated in over twenty years. 'With the same 'vigorous argument the ;Premier c!h•atlestged both Progres- sive Leader Nixon and ,Dir, L. 5. Simpson, Liberal, Centre Sirncoe, Liberal financial critic, to say whe- ther they approve of the policy of Liberal Leader Hepburn to dismiss civil servants in wholesale numbers should they be returned to power. Dr. ;Simpson held that political members of the Hydro.commission - should be dismissed, for being allied with the Conservative party. To this 'Premier henry defended the Government's policy in basing retired one former commissioner who had failed to agree with the policies laid down by the late Sir Adam ;Beck, Upon the division being registered the House went into committee of supply to consider the estimates to - tailing V17467;519, which are a slight advance over last year. .The 'Premier drew lung applause when he announc- ed there would be no supplementary estimates. which is the first time in 31 years this has been accomplished, On a similar division the Govern- ment was also sustained on the issue of use of dogs in hunting deer, the division being requested by D. .j. Taylor, Progressive, 'North Grey, thus maintaining the present law 'prohibit- ing the dogs, Attorney -(General W. H. Price in- troduced the Government wider sale of beer and wine policy in amend- ments to the Liquor Control Act, The measure .provides for sale of beer and wine with meals in dining roosts in standard hotels, and at the option of the Liquor Control 'Board may in - elude restamtrants and clubs. It also provides for sale of beer by the glass in refreshment rooms in standard hotels, and in veterans' and labour union clubs. Supplementary legislation likely to be introduced will empower the Li- quor Control '.Board if it deems it ad- visable to make it unnecessary to have a permit to purchase beer and wine or Weither of them as is carried out under the present liquor law, The act will not be brought into force until proclamation, which is in- terpreted to mean not until after the provincial election. 11,Vith a view of establishing con- trol on the measure, the amendnnents lay down several drastic stipulations. Only British subjects may secure[li- censes, or as the act terms the privi- lege "authorities." 'No authority is is- sued to any one interested in brew- eries or wineries, neither will sale be Permitted to any one on premises who are minors or intoxicated persons IN'o bars are to be erected. No pack- ages of beer may be removed from. authorized sale premises, and no slot machines are to .be`opera'ted therein. "Notoriously 'bad characters" are not permitted on premises: The (Board is given powers to des- ignate the premises to he used as re- freshment rooms; where roosts are to be located; what and bow much beer .and wine are to be sold, and the per- iods of the year, days and hours when they may be sold, served and con- sumed. I -Folders of permits or author- ities mist keep books, file returns to the Board. Attorney -General Prince in introduc- ing the bill said that the measure is an aide to temperance and sobriety, pointing out that the free distribution of beer and wine would :meati a fur- ther decrease in the consumption of spirituous ligators and an increase in the,consumipti'on of beer and dight wine, ;It Would also reprove the feel- ing of the average working man that he has been discriminated against 10 not being permitted to buy a glass of beer; elimination of the home=brew menace as built' up in the province under Federal jurisdiction and. auth- ority. The bill, Col. Price pointed out. also maintains the 'Lova 1 Option Clause as included in the present act, but they will be extended so that Lo- cal Option districts may vote on whe- ther they want beer and wine in din- ing' rooms or beer in refreshment rooms. "Liquor consumption in the prov- ince has dropped from the peak year of 1939 froth $55;000,000 to '$$30,000,- 000 in i1933," said Col. 'Price. "Tate greatest reduction has occurred in spiritnotts liquors, a mach smaller -re- duction in the consumption of beer, while the consunm.ption of wine has de- creased very little, "Nearly 117'5,000 home brew permits granted by the federal authorities have presented a menace which had to be met," said Col. Price, "This act puts the control of the consumption of beer back in •time hands of the board and should be an aid to temperance and sobriety." Premier 'Henry agreed with the re- solution tabled by A. Russell Nesbitt, Cons, IBracondale, that some action should be taken into the charge that practically racketeering exists in the sub -letting of contracts to the detri- ment of those employed. The' Premier agreed that the Labour committee would be called to deal with the smatter, PIONEERS OF KOOTENAI !Where is Kootenai ? To reach. it you' take the train across Canada to hied:icipe Hat, and thence by the tam- cue .Crow's Nest Pass to Kootenai Cake. After the long monotony of the plains thane carnes a morning when the eye is delighted with the .vision of a singular monolith of purp'lis'h rock, crowned with snow at the summit, and clothed with green at the base, gathered rotund which are seven mountains of the same formation., The train crawls slowly round vast precipices, hangs suspended on groan- ing tresle-bridges, and finally plunges down in a great gorge, through which a roaring river flaws: Several 'hours later the traveller reaches a sheet of water embosonted in primeval for - esus. 'An immense silence reigns, L\1ong the shores the bare poles of burned forest trees rise above the newer growth. A steamer awaits the traveller, and he sails along a lake of exquisite beauty, until at nightfall he reaches Nelson, the rapidly, growing metropolis of this section of British. Columbia. It is upon these shores that a grow- ing band of pioneers has begun the experiment of fruit -growing, Amid scenery comparable with hutch of the finest scenery of Switzerland, and in a climate which is free from the great extremes of heat apd cold, these pio- neers have discovered a region more perfectly adapted for the growth of fruit than any other in British Col- umbia. .One morning, years ago, there came to a youth of eighteen at an agricul- tural college a telegram suututonino him house for an important consult- ation. The parents of this youth had heard of Kootenai and its prospects, and they asked him whether he was prepared to start immediately, inspect and purchase land, and take up the life of the fruit -grower. He at once assented, and two days dater started on his long journey of more than three thousand miles. He arrived at Nelson without the least experience of fruit -growing be- yond such ]knowledge as he had gain- ed at the agricultural college. After some days of inspection, he selected forty acres of forest land upon what is called a "bench," a relatively smooth plateau about two hundred feet above the lake, and within fit -e smiles of Nelson. For this land he paid eighty dollars an acre. It consisted of forest, principally red cedar and fir, and almost wholly .uncleared. One night he put all his small belongings into a crazy boat, which he had pur- chased for twenty dollars, and rowed down the lake to take possession of his unpromising estate. Let us remember he was but eigh- teen; he was city -bred; hehad spent only a year in the agricultural col- lege; and he had never known any thing of the solitude of untamed na- ture. The impenetrable forest rose of all sides. He had to begin by building his own shack. Then followed the felling of trees, the clearing of the bush, the blasting of stumps, the burning of vast quantities of useless timber. His chest expanded, his muscles grew hard as steel, and he tasted the joy a' rude health. iFe•om morning till .nigh he was toiling in an air brisk, pure ani ,A ,Ilouseliold Medicine.—They that are acquainted with the sterling pro- perties of Dr, Thomas' Eclectric Oil in the treatment of many ailments would not be without it in the house, It is truly a household medicine and as it is effective in dealing with many ordinary complaints it is an inexpen- sive medicine. So, keep it at hand. as the call for it may come most un- expectedly. ;Want and For Sale Ads, 1 time, 25c His shack expanded into a comfort able dwelling. iIde attained to the glory of a veranda and a flower -garden. He built from his 'logs of red. cedar a house for his man, a stable and a root- hpnse. He split his own shingles, hewed and trimmed his own logs, and took an infinite delight in the success of his work. And, in the third year, where he found a savage wilderness, there were fifteen acres of cleared, and for the most part Revel, land, planted with six hundred apple -trees, potatoes and strawberries. Too many amen ,came to the district under the delusion that fruit -growing is a "soft jab." They soon discover their mistake, and after a short ex- periment, tire of the life and sell out. It is not an easy thing to slash bush - land for clays together, to fell trees, to drain swamps, to blast out mots, to burn great piles of wood, with con- stant vigilance lest the fire should spread; but ald_this has to be done in the preliminary stages of the work. And after this conies the clearing of the land from rocks, digging and plowing, until at last it is possible to plant the trees which constitute the tortoise of the fruit-growe. The youth of whom I write .had many hours of discouragement. It seemed at times as if it were a thing impossible to man to reduce a wild - erne -,s so savage to a fruitful garden. But after a few months he began to taste that rarest satisfaction, the joy of the accomplished effort, He was not working for another man, but for him- self. His reward was direct, if not im- mediete. dint it must not be supposed that the life picture was a mere dull round of monotonous toil, Daring the summer months there was cutch vis- iting from house to image, a cheerful hospitality, parties, sometimes a con- cert, The youth of whom I write came hone on Christmas, the prend pos- sessor of two fine bearskins, with much more t o say about the pleasures of his lite than its difficulties. For 'tntong the advantages of his life is that Buri :g the three winter months it is possible for diim to leave his work, with the double knowledge that he has earned his vacation, and that nothing is lost by this extended ab- semcd I asked him if he would care to ex- change his life for any other? He replied unhesitatingly that he was living the one life which to him seemed most desirable. The solitude, which in the (first months of his exile had seemed dreadful, had now grown sweet to him, The freedom of the fife was a thing beyond price. 3Ie had ben- efited by it both p'hysicaily and moral- ly. He had grown strong in body, firm in temper and self-reliant in will. He went to the life, as I 'have said, a mere - boy, whose entire life, with the ex- ception of a single year, had been 1 passed in cities; he cane back a man who had discovered the truth w•hicl so many of us miss, that the neare elan lives to nature, the more perfec is the poise of mind and health o body which he enjoys, In a city he would have been struggling unit among nuiltitudes 0 other units, living an artificial an hondaged life, Among the forests o Kootenai he had become a man, livin in the large liberty of nature, and ,building up that .kind of character which is only possible under, condi- tions of a strenuous freedom. But wiiiat 'is to be said about the practical aspects of his hie ? .Planting apple -trees does ons appear an occu- pation Which affords a short road to wealth, 'It nnay be at once conceded that fruit -growing contains no prospect of immediate wealth; but it may be also confidently stated that no occupation affords a better prospect of ,ultimate competence, and even wealth. iI titer'e- fore give the exact details, so far as I know thein, of What this one rancher did. He started with the great initial advantage of being able to pay cash down for the landhe bought. It is not every man who is able to do this, and it is obvious that serious difficulties may arise when a man pays for his land by instalments, `The reason why many then failed is that they start burdened by financial obligations, It a long aid expensive ,business to clear forest laud, and the growth of apple -trees cannot be hur- ried by any process known to rnan. Therefore it often 'happens that the man who has not counted the cost finds the financial situation too seri- ous for him, loses heart sells out af- ter some months of laborious endeav- or, and often goes away to denounce the whole business of fruit growing; The first condition of successful fruit - growing is therefore clear enough— pay for your land. Ten acres is con- sidered as much as one man can care for. If a man was 'able to buy mare. he night do so with the certainty that it would appreciate in value; but whether he buys mach or little, the first rule is that he should be able to pay for what he buys. Tits next thing to be noted is that no success is possible torics: the rigls kind of land is bought. As a rale, the only desirable land is bench land, that is to say, level plateaus on the mountain slopes. In buying; such land rare :should be taken to secure water rights; for although there are copious rains., there are brief Periods when irrigation is necessary. It is (polity rather than quantity which is the first consideration. Ten acres of fine soil are worth more than forty acres of poor or rocky soil, with tatewrong exposure. When the land is brought into cul- tivation, the planting of trees begins. The trees planted by the settler Were usually of two years' growth, planted on the scale of seventy-five to the acre. The usual ealctilatian is that they will begin to bear fruit in the fourth or fifth year. From this point the bearing will rapidly increase. I believe there is a growing tend- ency in the youth of all countries to turn toward a simple and natural life. Such youths, conscious of health, strength and a wholesome appetite for adventure, or at least for an outdoor life, dread the artificial life of cities. with :its strain on nerves end mind, 0 narrowness, its many deprivations, its dreary outlook of congested and often disappointed effort. They ask continu- ally, .Is nothing better possible? Is it worth while to be ground clown, by the fierce attrition of city life for the re- wards that such a life offers? Is it living? Is not the prince question to live rather than to get a living? And is it not possible somehow to get a living in such a way that life itself is not robbed of its natural joys? iI reply with the story of this young man. Even if his estimate of final suc- cess should fall somewhat below his expectation, he is still the gainer. And even so, he would not complain, for his true reward is in the nature of the work he does, the kind of life he leads. and not in the mere return of money w'hic'h his work may bring hint, r a d g 0 ook We Are Selling Quality ooks Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. Alt styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. r b SEAFORTI`I, ONTARIO. daily weld -being of four 'mildin Paris- ians. 1 could have applied drastic at- tiort—attd would .have brought on a worse reaction. ;Instead, 1 sent for the leaders, told them Mow far they might go, and made item responsible for the good _ conduct of their followers, By placing them on their honor, so to speak, I automatically squashed nine outbreaks out of ten. Once or twice it was necessary to arrest a leader.. I made the arrest thyself, quietly and discreetly. Again, the use of a little imagina- tion once prevented an ugly demon- stration which some agitators had arranged to take place at an air dis- play which was to be ,attended by the President and the Foreign L't.ttaches, Among the agitators was a woman. When the demonstrators arrived I welcomed then personally and es- corted them to a special stand from which they might obtain a good view of the display. It was not until some time after - that they discovered that they were standing on the roof of the Chateau do `Incennes, where Mate .Hari was shot i This fact rather quietened them._ Besides, I had placed them so far from the .President that the loudest demonstration could not have inter- fered with him. In dealing with the Apaches, the drug traffickers and the ordinary classes of criminals, I had possibly a more difficult task. Hundreds of criminals, many of them foreigners, were infesting Mont- martre, preying on wealthy tourists who might be tempted into an expor ation of the city's more obscure quar- tern, So 1 organised a series of sud- den, raids. swooping down on csfes,. dance Italie, and amusement houses, checking the identity papers of ev- eryone there. Suspicious characters were trans- ported en 5masse to the police stations —and.: es- a result, hundreds of want- ed men and women. who nmigllt never -have been found otherwise, were tracked down. The result of the raids has been. that a stranger can walk in any quar- ter of Paris at night in perfect safety. The apache has disappeared, :Some people may regret that Mont- martre and La .Bastille have lost a picturesque character in the apache— but these quarters have gained in re turn safety and moral reputation. Of course, moralising !Paris was nor my job. 1 had to look after crime, not morals, except when: immorality becomes downright crime. For ex- ample, 5 waged an unceasing war against the wave of immorality which- in hichin a city with a huge mixed popula- tion like Paris. was affecting youth as. a whole, 1 received hundreds of letter ins'- Adoring me to use active measures, against the .student population of the Latin quarter to clean out he dance halls where the students congregate. But I realised that I had nes right_ topry into the private lives of thous- ands of perfectly honest and respect- able young people, the young stud -- ants, who, from practically every country in the world, had come to Paris to continue their studies, :In- stead, tI conducted a personal inves- tigation, rounded up a few undesir- ables and discovered that not one was a genuine student - To -day, I can say that the Latin quarter, with its queer Bohemian pop- ulation, is+no worse than it was years, ago when I myself was a student in. - it. Although women constitute more than 30 per cent of this population I can say that Paris strident life has never been more disciplined than it. to-day. And so, to -day, looking back upon, what I have accomplished during my six tears' service as Paris Prefect of: Police, I can say that I have managed; to make Paris a better city, It will always remain the gay city —but it has found a new cleanliness,, a new safety, and a new dignity. CLEANING UP PARIS The famous ex Prefect of the Paris police, (Jean Ciniappe, whose removal from his post led to the recent wild scenes in 'Paris, recalls in the follow- ing the campaigns he has instituted during a memorable term of office. He is to -day one of the most popular men in 'France: When 'I started to clean up Paris five or six years ago my friends ad- vised me to use 'strong .methods. 'They told n1e that otherwise +I could never get rid of the apaches, etc. who had defied the law- for so long, - i diel not then and do not now be- lieve in drastic action. So laughed at my friends and went out to see whether my own methods could ap- ply, The result? Paris to -day has been cleaned up, yet I have Clever had to use force. NOW, the task of a Prefect of Pols ice is not always very agreeable, and the only way- he can effectively do his job its Paris, the most international city in the world, is to combine vigor and energy with popularity. Even with criminals, popularity is often as rfcetivc a weapon as force. You must make friends 0 you want to Snow the 1A -Sys of the underworld Now, tale for example the Com ntnnist agitations whie ha few years ago represented 'a realmenace to tho HISTORICAL EVENTS Three important events in the hist- ory of Eastern Canada are to be cele- brated this stunner, according to in- formation received by the Canadian National Rys. The first of these is the Toronto Centennial, The second is the 40015 anniversary of the landing of Jacque- 'Cartier at 'Gaspe in .115134 and the third will be the .300th anniver- sary of the .founding of the city of Three Rivers. P,Q, Historically, the event at Gaspe is the most important. It was on the shores of this bay in the •Gaspe Pen- insula of Quehec that Jacques •Cartier landed on July hi, 1'S!31-1, and in so do- ing was the first 'European to set foot in, Quebec although the lana was sighted by Gaspard"de Cortereal fn 1500. When Cartier landed, his first act meas to erect a thirty foot cross and to take possession of the territory for the King of France. The exec spot where this cross was planted is not known .but a similar cross, as -close• as r possible to what is believed to he the• spot, will be put up during the cele -- Want' and For Sale Ads, 3 tines, 501c