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HURON NEWS
Hurt By Swinging Log—
Bertram Yendt. Stratford youth
received a severely tptsberl foreheail
last -seek when one of a !limber .i1
log, which he was delirerina 1,, the
•Gislerich \Patna:Paring Gotie,any's
plant swung down and strut k hint on
tile head. He was taken to a ,l.wtot••••
office where the injury wa. attended.
Four stitches were rt. -quirt -if to close
the wound.
Many Mills Working—
The flood in the e,Clej
h.t. given the honber indtpary 1.1 He-
ron and adjacent countie. a ,lecidea
mulation. lany small mills which
have not been working for year, are
busy again. One mill in is
working day and ght. -1n:erica:I and
Canadian buyers are scouring the
country for soft maple. the hest sub-
stitute for gumwood, of which there
is a scarcity. The daily cm dr the
three mills near here is valued at
540. Farmer, are also benefiting- but
they deny that there is any undue
slashing of the 'little hardwood bush
which is left M these part,. Many
trees have shown deterioration since
the severe winter of 11933-34, and
these are being cut.-1Goderch Star.
Exeter Grants Billiard Licenuse—
A speciat meeting of the Exeter
council was called last week to con-
sider the granting of a license for a
billiard ajid pool room. A letter was
read 'from Solicitor F. W. 1Gladman
pointing out that the prohibition of
any lawful .busMess. calling or occup-
ation is .beyond the powers of the mu-
nicipality; therefore the municipal
council had no alternative than to
grant a license to Mr, Nelson Station
for a 'billiard and pool room.
First Hockey Garne—
The ,first hockey game in the new
arena was Played, on Monday evening
when Dashwood and Exeter played
to a one -one tie.—Exeter Times Ad-
vocate.
Stephen Piper, Wingham—
A native of the Wingham district,
Stephen Piper, passed away at his
home in Wingham on IFelb. 26, in his
69th year. ,For the past three years
he had been unable to carry on his
ditties at the Western Foundry where
he had been employed for I20 years..
:Early in October last year he fell,
.fracturing bis shoulder. He was born
at IGlennan, Turtlberry Township, but
had 'been a resident Of Wingham for
the past 45 years. His wife was form-
erly Margaret Burgess and they were
married on the 1201rd of March, 1899,
He leaves to mourn his passing bes-
sides his widow, two daughters and
one son. :Mrs. 'Kenneth „Margaret)
Love, of Toronto; Frederick ,C., of
Oshawa. and Miss Dorothy. at home.
He is also survived by two brothers
and one sister. 'Ralph, of Amherst -
burg; Samuel, of tRuthven, 'Ont.. and
rs. Sara Cooper, of Detroit.
To Pave Stratford -Milverton
Road—
Paving of the northern gravel ritad
from Stratford to NI il vert '11 t
Spring was announced fiver the week-
end by W. Angus Dickson. I. L. A.
for Perth. Work will start by the end
of :Nlay, at the latest. ,\ temffoot strip.
half the width of the regtdar highway,
will be laid at a total cost of about
Money to pare the entire
road lull width was not available this
year and rather than lay about eight
miles of full -width pavement, it was
decided to lay' a ten4foot strip for the
entire 116 miles. 'Hopes that another
ten4foot strip would he laid later on
were expressed by 'Mr. Dickson. He
also announced that considerable
work will tbe done this spring and
summer on the Mitchell -Elgin field
noad to put it in shape for a highway
later on. Several culverts are to be
widened and two bridges are also to
be widened. Taken. over this Spring
as a provincial highway of the road
running from Elmira, through Lis-
toWel; Wingham, Whitechurch and
:Amborley to conneot with the Blue
Water Highway, w.as also announced
by Mr. Dickson. This is all county
road ,at present and runs through part
of -Waterloo County, across the nor-
thern part of 'Perth and .a portion of
Huron, The taking over of this long
s tretch of road has long been .urged
on the Deriantenent of 'Highways.
Death of Wm, Logan --
The death occurred on Saturday,
February 37th, in Stanley Township,
of Wm. Logan, in his seventy-second
year. The late Mr. Logan was born
on the farm in Stanley and had 're-
mained there all his life. 'His interests
were centred on his borne arid in his
work on the farm. He leaves to
mourn their loss, three sisters, hiss
Fame Logan, ,with whom he made his
home, Mrs. J. 1,1. :Keyes of 'Nashville,
Tenn.: Mrs. Melvin Elliott of Grand
View, Manitoba. A sister, Margaret,
died several years ago. A private ser-
vice was held at the house on Mon-
day afteroo,,a. At 2 o'clock a public
service was held • in St, John's An-
glican church, Varna. The services
were conducted by Rev. \V. G. Bugl-
er. Burial nos. made hi Baytield cem-
etery. The :itcal Orangemen had
charge of the service at the grhveside.
The pallbearers were Fred McCly-
wont. Ed. Foster. Orui. Dawson,
1.1ify .1 Keye,, George Johnston and
Melvin li!liott. a nephew—Clinton
NC •-• R110011,1.
Strikes Settled At Wingham—
Strike conditions that are creating
much trouble in the furniture indtts-
try in Ontario at present leaves only
one of three factories elosed here at
pre-ent..\s we go to press no set ti -
01101 has been made %kith the em -
;,1.),r, ‘Vingilani Maniliavturing
Companj. Pao,. favtorY
Nlomlay morning,- a settlement was
between the shot, committee
and the official, 2 the com-tany. The
igreement -sa, a his p.c. inn -ease at
once sith a 11;•ther 110 increase 111
Caret- month., Thi, agreenunt at a
meeting Monday III.ett -sas
is,ted to a 15 1o, bwrease at one,
pa-. additional in three months.
1111 factory tt a. at Ito 0111 dose!
down. Tht. Fryft 111ak.cllplain sas
at no time elosed fCa 11. \Ir. 'E. S.
Cotadand and \l 1'. \N. a11Vy,li: met
the shim committee on Nloaday morn-
ing anti satisfactory arrangements
w ere agreed upon. 1111- strike ivhith
w as general it: the furniture industries
I 'Ontario affected plant- in Hanot',
Strat(ord, Kitchener. Lin -know. To-
ront, 'Preston s 1 lespeler, f)Aen
Strathroy, la -tel. Kineards
hie and Wingham.-- \Vim:chant Ad-
vance-Tinwe
Livermore-Barlow—
A. pretty 'wedding Wil cleniniz
011 Saturday ;thermion at 4:30 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs.• William Bar-
low, INetvgate street, 4'ioctet-it-IL when
their second 'daughter, Mildred Ro-
berta, was married to John Benjamin
Livermore, son cif S. G. Castle
and the late Daniel Livermore. Of
Glinton. 'Rev, C. IF, Clarike, of the
,1J1nitecl 'Church - officiating. .l'he house
was prettily decorated in color
scheme of pick and white, •th'cere-
mony taking .place muler a large
white bell, The bride, given in rnar-
triage by her father, was •gowned itt
coral crepe,- with brown accessories.
Miss Norma ,Barlow, in. blue crepe
and pink accessories, was her sister's
bridesmaid; while the ,bridegroom was
attended by his 'brother, Mr, Harold
Livermore, of Clinton. Mr. and Mrs,
Livermore will reside in Clinton,
Late Mrs. John Schnell—
Another df lZurich's .elderly resid-
ents was called •by cleath on Sunday
morning, ,February Reth, when the
call came to Mrs, Elizabeth Weber,
relict of the late 'John. Schnell id Zur-
ich, at the age of 79 -years. Deceased
Was a resident of :Zurich practically
all her life, being a daughter of the
well known family of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Casper Weber, pioneers of the
district On December Ond the late
Airs. Schnell fell and fractured her
hip, at which tittle she was removed
to Clinton Hospital for treatment. Alf -
ter a month at the hospital. she long-
ed' to Come baok to her home in .Zur-
jell, which wish. was grained, and
since that time she grew gradually
weaker and -weaker until Sunday
ellen she passed, 1A4ways •of it cheer-
ful and jovial .disposition she was,
very- pleasant to meet. and she bore
her sufferings with great :patience,
1 ler hu -band predeceased her about
ten years ago. She is survived by
three s.fITIA, 111.(1Ward SC1111(111. ni llay-
field: George. of Border T.,. N.
jersey. and Eldon of Detroit. Twit
daughter, Mr,. Ed. •Challes and Mrs.
Nora 1 bittgland, hath of Detroit:- four
brothers, Iltarry •Weber of Kitchener.
\ (loth welwr nf fitgersolit Louis
and Charles Weber of Zurich; •and
three sisters. Mrs, Beers of Buffalo.
Mrs. Demuth if Port -Arthur and
Nirs. Jas. Laid-laCrosswell, Mich.
--Zurich Ill:raid.
.Charged With Theft of Iron—
Last. week three -Goderich youths
were 'arrested on a charge of stealing
iron, the property of \Vni. 'Forrest,
for sale as scrap. The youths alleged-
ly todk the iron from the north side
of the harbor and smashed up many
useful pieces, preparing 1,270 pounds
for shipment at nearly $7 per ton.
The iron, already on 'the 'train, was
seized by County Constable j !Ferg-
uson. It is said the youths were pre-
paring to leave .for Poet Colborne
when :wrested. They -appeared on
summons before Magistrate J. A.
:vial:ins.
PIPE
TOBACCO
FOR Pe 'M 1 LD, COOL, SMOKE
,..11111.0
HOWIE MORENZ, HOCKEY
STAR, DIED SUDDENLY.
1 -in the comet of centre
ice. lost fore-,er to hockey, hi, flash-
ing siihed in death. Death vonc
suddenly to the -Peerless Howie" of
Montreal Canadiens 45 he slept Mon-
day night in a Montreal hospital. A
heart attack, brolutbt on by a nervous
breakdown, took 11111 in the midst of
recovery from the leg fracture that
had snapped his National Hockey
1..c11n1e conirback. The swiftness of
his death left a shaken hockey world
speechless. Its sorrow was best sum-
med up by the broken-hearted words
of Cecil ilart, manager of Canadiens,
the man who brogght Morenz back
to the Flying ,Frenchmen and one o
Howie's closest personal friends: "I
can't talk about it. It is terrible—a
thunderbolt" - the dub ,physician
who attended -the 34 -year-old Morenz
since his leg was fractured little ,more
1111111 a 111011th ago, had no inkling as
late as Monday .affternoon the end was
near. Worry—mainly about his hock-
ey 'future—led to the breakdown
about two weeks ago. The ,fractured
suffered when Morena crumpled
to the ice Whil his skate imbedded in
the rink boards during a game Jan.
38, had been on the mend,
At lit a veteran's age in hockey,
Morenz had 'been to the top .of the
hockey world and down again. But
this season, once more with the club
.he broke into the IN. H. L. with in
3933, he started up again, All—or very
nearly all—'the old-time speed with in
Howie's legs, lAs he 'and Canadiens
moved ahead at the top of the stand-
ing, he became "Hurtling Howie"
once more, blazing through or around
the defence, Ifeeding passes to his lit-
tle wingmen, 'Johnny 'Gagnon and
Amid 1.Ioliat, with whom he formed
the .greatest of all ..Flying ,Frenchmen
forward lines.
IHe played on Stanley Cup winning
teams, the Canadiens of 1024, '30 and
311: was awarded Ithe Dr, IDavid Hant
trophy as the league's most valuable
player three tittles and made the all-
star team twice since '19311. He tasted
ail the honors a player cold win in the
National League, He 'tasted :bitter-
ness, too, when atter his slump in
19354 Canadiens traded him to Chi-
cago Black Hawks. IHe went to New
York Rangers after another poor sea-
son with 'Hawks and there also, the
"something" that ;brought him great -
Ile:, with Canadiens was missing, 'The
11•111111111CSS who 1forgaten this winter
in the joy di being hack with :Hart
and Canadiens. Though he knew at
the time lie was through for the year,
Morenz never believed he could not
come back 401111 next season.
In the seasons Canadiens and Mor-
eitz went skyrooketing along at. the
ton , he built up a lifetime National
Leanne scoring record, broken only
recently by Nets Stewart of New
Americans. At his death he still
held the record N,H.L, points. In 14
years be had scored 70 goals and as-
sisted itt WV for a 4617 total,
Speed and Morenz became 'synon-
ymous in the 'National ',League. It teas
In 119213 that Hart signed, him to a
Lanadten club contract after watching
him play for Stratford 'Midgets that
year. It was with the Midgets Mar -
'ii -a first was named the "Stratford
Sbreak," so'brictuet that stayed with
him thrmigh the years.
A native of 13ifitCheill, lOnt., Morenz
played hockey there until 191117 when'
he started as a junior 'with 'Stratford.'
Five years later he was in inItermadi-
ate company Ifor a half season before
turning pro.
idie is survived Iby his widow, three
children, 1Howie Jr., 101? Donald, four
fold Marlene, three; his father, Wil-
liam F. 'Morenz, 'off Stratford; a bro-
ther, William, Feltz Mills, (N.Y., and
duce sisters. Mrs. :Gertrude Bush:field,
,;tratford; Ifirs. Irma Boyd, Toronto,
Mrs. jack alluring,
lVisconsin.
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1937.
Manager
People in every walk o: life—
a cross-section of Canada—are
interested directly or indirectly
in the telephone business,
Nearly twenty thousand men
and women of all ages and cc-
cupations have invested their
savings in Bell Telephone sto:k.
Almost ten thousand men and.
women are Bell Telephone
employees.
There are more than 710,000
telephones in Ontario and Ques
bec alone.
The lines of some 860 other
telephone companies connect
with Bell lines for interchange
of service—adding some 140,000
additional telephones to those
of the Bell Company to provide
a unified service that touches
the lives of virtually every
citizen of this Dominion.
The Trans -Canada Telephone
System — a co-operative enter-
prise uniting the major tele-
phone systems across the Do-
minion—provides a service from
coast to coast that is available
to practically any telephone user
anywhere in the country, Can-
ada's leadership in voice -com-
munication is the logical result
of the spirit of service which.
animates telephone workers.
SOME FALSE FOREST IDEAS
(By IJ. W. Curran in The Soo Daily
Sitar.)
This paper believes Canada is 'Re-
in a fool's paradise as far as its pulp-
wood is concerned.
It's pretty hard to get the public to
believe that trees grow old and die,
and that therefore the crop should he
cut when 'mature.
Also it seems to be an impossible
job to get across the idea that spruce
and pine trees cannot become of com-
ntercial value unless there is a "cov-
er" crop to protect them.
So it comes down to this: That
man's reforestation plans areseldom
worth the money spent on them from
a commercial standpoint.
Practically the only method of
growing conifers of commercial value
s natnre's,—says the old bushman, -
where there is a stand of say poplar
or birch to shelter the young tree and
thus make it reach up towards the
sun. Man's scheme of planting coni-
fers in 'long laws on' 'bare ground does
not result in trees -of any value in
commerce, no matter how beautiful a
picture they may make.
Why is it that pulpwood trees inttst
have "cover crops," must he sur-
rounded by trees that shut out the
ground light to some extent?
Because a tree in the open grows
too "limby", as they say in the b risk
And a "linrby" tree means knots in
the pulpwood. And knots will quickly
wear out any knife in the dressing
process that all pulpwood has to un-
dergo before it reaches the pulp
grinders.
There are queer things about trees.
A swamp spruce, any size, will have
about filS .per tent. more wood in it
than the white spruce which grows
on high. ground. 'rhe fibres will be
longer,
The swamp spruce and the white
spruce are two .different trees, They
don't grow on the ,sante kind ,tif
groundedifferent leaves and different
bark. and in a way, a different texture
of wood. The cost of cutting, hauling
and processing the two 'trees when
they reach the pub mill is the same,
andnaturally, mailmen prefer - the
Swamp variety, because it gives 'inore
tinIP. size :for size.
- You will meet bushmea who are
Want and For Sale ads„ 1 week 25e, not so optimistic about 'Canada al-
ways having a dominant position in
the newsprint industry. They will
point out to you that U.S. second
growth is corning along fine, and that
in 1115 or :30 years it may be very plen-
tiful, and so the present strict conser-
vation may 'be relaxed. The fact
seems to he that the U.S. now real-
izes the gravity of its forest waste,
and is building up new supplies of
raw material for its newsprint mills.
In the meantime it is using Canadian
Ile wsprint. importing Canadian pulp-
wood and conserving its own. Canada
may regret its Present lavish cut and
tvaste. Would it be worth while to
wake up at once?
Reforestation stations do not copy
nature. The old bushman scoffs at
them. They lack the indispensable
protection which makes the seedlings
concentrate on reaching height with-
out limbs. So that these men whit
S'11C1111 their lives in the busk will tell
you that artificial reforesting under
the conditions which exist in Canada
is useless if you want trees for com-
tnerce,—pnloW00f1 that it will pay
newsprint mills to use. •
Not a vonifer will grow to com-
mercial value in the open. without a
cover crop, and 'here the cover is
available, there , invariably are the
trees the mills want.
And it is asked here: They make a
s ccess (sr artificial reforestation 1 ti
Germany,—why Ontario?
l'he conditions are different. 1 ler-
man "forests" are in units that can ibe
adequately guarded. These are sur-
rounded by cultivated land, and so
the fire risk that always fares On-
tario's illimitable expanse of trees ie.
not present, 1Naturally a forest that
has little or no risk of fire is different
to one where the trees' have to rtin
this danger for the 60 or 80 years of
'their life. Then the ,German always
sees the cover crop is there,
Are 'forest .fires always bad? Old
bushmen think they some ti m es help.
Take an area ,covereci by say, dogwood
and hazel. The growth is too dense to
allow a start :for spruce or pine seeds.
The old bushman will tell you of
cases where this dense ground cover
was hunted and he will claim that the
succeeding stands .of conifers were
made possible by the burning, To
clear the ground littered with old
slash and fallen trees he will claim
that ,fire is the right thing.
As to "selective" cutting he has his
doubts.
'"Cut out a wide bush road. and the
trees on each side will be blown ,down
by the wind. The trees along the
road. 'being deprived of the cover
crop, will grow "limby.' These make
a nicer picture than the tree that
:branches only towards its top, but
they are next to valueless as pulp-
wood."
Some bushruen claim that it is next
to impossible to burn a second
growth of balsam and 'poplar, and
some say that even second growth
spruce is safe from fire so long as
there is no accumulation of brush on
the ground. The vital point is to .keep
the forest clean of dead trees and
slash and grass, and this is most of
the so-called German system. So the
calamity elf a forest fire that cleans
up an area of debris eventually 'brings
good in its train. A lire doesn't hurt
the soil so much, except on rocky
.ground where it is pretty- much de-
stroyed. But it is on burnt -over areas
where the trees get .the best start.
The lire destroys the ,fungus and
parasites as well as doing damage.
Bit -Amen generally have respect for
the booklearning of the college forest-
er, 'but some havea't. When it comes
to estimating a stand of trees, or
working out the details of how to cut
a hush or how to lay .out a camp,
there are tbuslimen who think the
school man is hopelessly sunk. Some
clain: that no amount ,of book learn-
ing can equip a man unless he has
spent years in the woods using an
axe, lie will quote chapter and verse
in -Algoma operations to prove his
claim.
Are all .b.usli !fires accidental? The
old tinier doesn't think so. Get close
to him and some will even go so far
as to snort that the greater portion of
bosh .fires now are set by men who
want jobs to put them out. And he
will grow cod when you •suggest that
nothing can be done about it, 'For he
doesn't believe .our .forests should be
open to everyone, or, in fact, to any-
one who can't. show he should be
given the privilege Of wandering in
them. 'He is for the striotest kind of
rogillation when it •comes to forest
vagrants.
\ Vant and For Sale ads, I! wed. 35c