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and one -class drilling all the time.
The rural pupils have to 'depend on
themselves,"
Consideration of the request was
promised by the warden, as he thank-
ed Mrs. Davidson.
Govenlock, county home in-
spector, reported the home in first
class •condition, and assured Reeve
Turner, (Goderich, that adequate 'fire
protection has been provided. Money
collected from estates amounting to
$9,0'00 or $10,000 is 'being made use
of, the warden assured !Reeve Card-
in', who considered it poor 'business
on the county's part not to use it and
save '5T4 or 6 per cent.
In answer to an enquiry •from
Reeve 'Haake, Clerk J. M. Roberts
said the proper place to write for
.compensation, is to the welfare de-
partment explaining the case.
Reeves Bowman and Haake were
appointed by the warden to retake
arrangements for the trip to Simcoe
on June 9,
Ex -warden George Elliott of Clin-
ton, who was present, was asked to
speak, and gave a brief address, atter
which the council adjourned to go
into committee of the .whole albout
4.150, to meet on Thursday morning.
THURSDAY
The presentation of an enlarged
sketched. portrait of Dr, William (Ti-
ger) Dunlop. first avarden of Huron
county, by A. A. Asquith of Auburn,
to the county council of Huron, and
other items of historical value, featur-
ed the morning session of Huron
council on Thursday.
The 'portrait, whioh is one and 'a
half by two 'feet, shows the far..famed
colonizer and patriot seated at a desk,
and is a reproduction of .a pen sketch
contained in 'Fraser's Magazine, Ed-
inburgh, 'in '118130.
!Mr. Asquith told !of interviewing
Col. IF. L. Ford in Toronto,. author of
a biography of Dr. 'Dunlop, who ex-
pressed sunprise that there was :no
portrait of the famous legislator in
'Goderioh, and said a fine oil painting
is possessed by Stratford and is hang-
in'g in the library of that city, repro-
duced from one in the academy of
medicine in Toronto. The 'latter ;bears
the following inscription:
"William (Dunlop, Esq., M. R. t.
!Assistant Surgeon, 189th 'Regiment,
Lower Canada, Niagara 'Frontier,
18113114; 'bndia III&1151-20; Lecturer on
Medical ;Jurisprudence, University of
Edinburgh; 'Warden Of the Forests,
Canada !Company; Lt -Col. First Hu-
ron IRegim'ent, 11&317., •Commissioner of
the !Peace, 'London District, 1118318; M.
PrP. for Huron, 'Parliament of Can-
ada, 1184111-415; Literatuer. Colonizer,
Patriot,''
Reeve Bowman said he had seen
the portrait in Stratford, He thought
Huron county would do well to honor
Dr. Dunlop in some way. The appre-
ciation of Huron was voiced by War-
den Eckert to Mr. A guith for the
gift, which will be suitably framed
and hung in the county 'building.
Roy Patterson, county engineer,
who had been commissioned at the
fanvary session to make an -examina-
tion of Dr..Dlunllop's tomb and sur-
rounding lands in Colborne town -
13 court attendances. Forty-one new
said the proper improvement of this complaints were handled during the
historic spot will be affected by any Year'
ander ecca3e ufethe werere S 637 children
change in the location of Highway
No. '1I1', w'hic'h may reassume the !road ty. These
used by the travelers of Dr. Dunlop's are placed as 'foltowts Shelter 6;
boarding hornes. 3; adoption !probe- for the passing of a bylaw covering
tion, 8: wage 'homes, 4: free homes, existing and future tree placating and
34; nota -wards. 2; wards of other so- pole ru,ving, .several members ex-
cieties placed la Huron county, 35. jot -anima trona objection to the ntun-
There are -at pratent seven children ocipality payitt; any share of pole
in the Shelter. !Moving.
•Mayor H. J. A. Mac:Ewan invited A ram- !Rag and new ferns grates
the tttembets of the council to return for the, court hoarse will be r itrehaserl.
to Goderich for the celebration of The elate for the annual county
Old Home. Week beginning August council picnic was set for July 72nd.
1, He asked that a little extra decara- Reeve !Archibald stave a report !et
ting of the court house the -done. "1't the section of the OlE.A, convention
won't costmuch and we - will apple- which he attended to Toronto res rep-
ciate it very nttuch,as a town." A mo- re-entative of Huron County Council.
Hon was later pas -ed and a committee Shaddirk'Davidsou, that this coun-
appoiu'ted to carry out the request of ty council take no action in respect t-
His Worship. the proposition -re the Masse family
,Dr. W. F. (;•allow in addressing the as set fonth by 'Mr. Delbridge of Ex
council on the sante ,a'b'ject said: eter. Carried.
"Ten years ago we celebrated the Huckins-'i turner, that the matter of
centennial of the opening of the Hu- decorating -'the court house building
ron Tract, With the surplus derived for the 'Goderich !Old Home Week
a cairn in Harbor (Park and pillars celebration be left with a committee
were erected in memory of the early composed of the county clerk, treas.,
pioneers; the County Home and Chit- the caretaker. •and the warden. Carried.
dren's Shelter were given a treat. A !Huckin'-Westcott, that no action
pageant 'Britannia," portraying, the at the ptesetet time be taken with re -
history of Britain from the time of gard to fire prevention equipment for
the Druids to the present will feature- the county home. Carried,
the program 'besides horse races, Arehihald-Westcott, that J. M. Ro-
baseball, softball, Caledonia ,games beets be appointed secretary •of the
and the Huron Old Boys will he here old age pension and mothers' allow•-
'n faree with the .list Highlanders ance boards for Huron, Carried.
Band." bryausaGraist, that we ask thus
kite \S'edatesday afternoon session county to take over the boundary
e as given over to the presentation road tbetween Turnbet'ry and Hawick
and discussion of committee reports townships front 1Vroketer to the Lis -
The !Finance Committee asked that towel-Amberley highway, a distance
of explanation be given by the Pro- of 2ii. pules. Road cont.
terty Committee on ware authority staw"hiney-Iluekins, that a member
a perforator coating $415 was purchas- of the county council be appointed to
•4 for the Registry Opfer. The the old age pensions and mothers
machine had been ordered .by Col, allowance board, Carried,
Denison, Ltspector of Legal Offices, - Council adjourned to meet Friday
"'Col. Denison is taking things too morning,
tigli-handed and. it should be brought FRIDAY
o the notice of Queen's Parlc: He With the reading of bylaws con-
hould have consulted the Property firming, le_gielation enacted during the
Committee Before staking the pur- session, June meeting of !Huron couit-
chase," said Reeve lMcINiaal of Blyth. ty council Was 'brought to a chase on
No action was taken in providing Friday evening, council adjourning to
offices for the magistrate, the superin- meet again on !November .16.
en -dent of the 'Children's Aid and for Before doing so !council appointed
witnesses, which would necessitate Reeve R. Bowman of '.Brussels and
moving the lavatories to the base- Mrs. Nelson Trewartha of Clinton to
rent, The changes were ordered by the mothers' --allowance and old age
Col. Denison who threatened to cut pensions 'board, and. recommended to
tff the county's share off -fines if this the provincial government that R. 'E.
was not done. - Turner, •Goderich, William Mole, and
The Ward'en's !Committee consider- Ctrs. Merton .Reid of Seafortit be the
ed as the court house being 170 years government -representatives oe the
old, with walls three feet thick, that board. County Clerk J. M. -Roberts
the architecture should be considered
in ma'kin'g changes.
Reeve Bowman, ."If the govern-
ment insists on carrying out their
threat, that situation will be dealt
with when it arose."
'Later in the afternoon, council pas-
sed a motion spmtsored by Reeve.
JfcNall and Armstrong that to future
any purchases made for thk council
be made by the committee respons-
ible for such purchases, or they at
least be first consulted and the vari-
ous departments at Toronto be noti-
fied.
bndigent patients in hospital must
have 90 days' continuous treatment
before the county will assume full
cost. 'Siunicipalities owing hospital
bills are advised to pay as soon as
possible, asthe municipality is liable
if it does not notify the clerk within
30 ,days.
it was recommended that the ap-
peal off S!S. No. 4. Goderich township,
he dealt with by a board of arbitra-
tion consisting of W. R. Archibald,
as county arbitrator, the county judge
and the public school inspector,
A grant of $115 was voted to 5. M.
Game, public school inspector at
Walkerton, for the transportation of
exhibits in art of the pupils of 18
schools in Herron, to the C,NjE., To-
ronto.
Council concurred with the resolu-
tion :from the county of Perth that
no public ,school 'be closed without
the consent of fifty-five per cent of
the ratepayers within the section; and
if the school has been closed that it
may be re -opened upon the request
of 55 per -cent of the ratepayers.
This clause taken ep in the report
of the education committee was dis
cussed' with Reeve MdNall in the
chair,
"It costs as .muoh to •close a school
as it does to run it," said Warden
Eckert. `1In fact, it costs store."
"The first 'consideration is the
child," said 'Reeve Archibald, chair
man of the education committee. "A
school of five pupils is not in a posi-
tion togivethe hest results. It lacks
co-operation. Instead of a spirit of
co-operation, it igitrla into a child a
feeling of individualism, Nothing is
going to be •forced on the people of
the province. W'ha't we as agricultur-
alists lack is getting together. Con-
solidated schools cannot be !forced
where they are mot wanted."
!Reeve !Grain favored the resolution
as an advantage to young or delicate
children. ,
Council concurred with the resolu-
tion regarding the opening and clos-
ing of beverage .rooms; and decided
to take no action in the Wentworth
County resolution seeking substant-
ial reductions in licenses for light mo-
tor 'trucks of producers.
'Council decided to delay action an
Me request of the Bell !Telephone 'Co.
time. If this be the case, access to the
plot will the improved.
Mr, Patterson had persuaded H. J.
Moore, who is interested in the work
of beautifying the roads, the con-
struction of picnic and parking
grounds and in the preservation of
points of interest, carder the Depart-
ntent of Highways, to look over the
site,
Mr. Moore had suggested the con-
struction of a superstructure above
the cairn to protect it and give it a
somewhat more imposing appearance,
Mr, Moore had kindly offered to
make a aketch showing shrubbery,
grass paths, etc, that will offer a suit-
able design. He believed that an ex-
penditure of two or three thousand
dollars will create an improvement
that will be appropriate.
Mr. Patterson continued: -
"d approached the owner of the
property, and 1 believe that the land
south of the railway may be purchas-
ed at a reasonable price, and I have
nn doubt that the Canadian .Pacific
Railway will permit the portion of
adjoining land owned by theta to he
included in the park.
"Part of the original house occu-
pied !by Dr. Dunlop is still in exist-
ence, and there is though to permit
of restoring it, if found desirable.
"The ,merits of Dr. Dunlop appear
to have been more appreciated out-
side of the County of Huron than at
house, until this time, Much has been
written concerning hint, and 'valuable
pictures of his exist in various places,
while article,, formerly belonging to
hitm, are prized possessions.
"I feel that it would be a fitting
tribute to all the pioneers of this coun-
ty to improve the ground around the
grave of this great personage who
played' such a big apart in the early de-
velopment of our, county.
"If it is decided to take any action,
I suggest that a committee he ap-
pointed to direct the 'work, and I
would further snuggest that Chas. As-
quith of Auburn, who has an extend-
ed .knowledge of Dr. Dunlop's history,
and who has taken a big interest in
the matter. be placed on the commit-
tee,"
!George Laithwaite, invited to speak
said he was .not so much interested in
Dr. Dunlop's tomb as in' the memor-
ial to the thousand's of -pioneers of the
county. 'He .urged that a !pioneer log
house he found and moved to a suit-
able site which AQr. Laithwaite was
willing to donate and would be pleas-
ed to care for any relics stored there.
The thank.'of the council were ex-
tended to 3stn (Patterson and to Mr.
Laithwaite by the Warden and
heartily endorsed by the members.
'Ea E. Edwards, superintendent of
the !Children's Aid Society, gave a re-
sume of the year ending in March. Hg
said it was only in rare cases that
children are tirade wands of the coun-
ty where homes are unsatisfactory.
All efforts are !bent to peaking !homes
suitable and in staking the father and
mother realize the sacred responsibil-
ity which is theirs.
There were 191 visits made in
homes throughout the county during
tine yea•; had 309 office interviews and
tlti lowest tender; main corridor,
$138)19; sheriff's office, 835,35: &leak's.
Alva 1134:45; law library, $3l.90; to-
tal, $199.80.
That the tender of Fred Hunt for
removal of radiator in the law library
heaccepted at the sutra -if 520.
That the tenddr of ca..... 14.'Scha•e-
tet for lntoletnn r t!'r deur of the.
matriatratea office he tempted, 551195.
- That a photograph s+.titably:fram-,
,gid, of Wm. Lane be placed in the cor-
ridor of the Court House.
That a curb -be put its the street in
front of the registry office.
That the two back roams of the re
istry office and the wa h room lbe
given two coats of paint:
That the county engineer and the
chairman of the property committee
he appointed to interview the owner
of the property defined in the engin-
eer's report, with a view of purchas-
ing at a :reasonable price the two
acres of land referred to.
That the ,pensketeh of Dr. Dunlop
presented to the eoun•ty. by Charles'
Asquith be suitably framed. and hung
in the corridor of the county build-
ings.
County Road Commission
The county road commission re-
potted:
The contidatous rains of January
caused the roads of the county to be-
come satetrated with water, which
later froze. The long. cold spring de-
layed the melting of this ice and kept
the roads in a soft condition. which
resulted in a great deal of damage.
and many section of road were im-
passable for traffic for a time.
A considerable mileage of the sys-
tem has been examined attd at pres-
ent the roads are in ;good condition
for dry - weather traffic, Inspection
shows that much work is needed in
replacing bridges and culverts, in
draining and grading and outer works
of a permanent character, but it is
felt that the most service to the traf-
fic can be given. with 'the limited
funds in prospect, by devoting more
to the supply of dust palliatives and
providing all weather tops on our
stain roads by constructing low cost
bituminous surfaces.—Carried.
Your commission has examined the
requested additions to the county
road system, and we recommend that
the toad from Saltford via Benmiller
to Londcsboro; the road between
was appointed secretary of the board. Concessions 8 and -9, Tuckersmftlt,
To equalize the assessments of the from county road No. 3.!, easterly to
several municipalities the !following
autounts were set: General .purposes,
$86,3136,7i9 highways, $7,5,3011; provin-
cial liig.hways, i$11. -1y -4.S0.
Bylaws were passed authorizing
the borrowing of 51151),000 for high -
wile purposes and 511110,000 for gen-
eral account, and ;$412,3i60 for school
purposes.
bylaw was passed aothorizing
consent to the Bell Telephone Comp-
any for all the plant which is now
standing, granting permission for fu-
ture plant and empowering a definite
official assign locations and to sup-
ervise the construction: to permit tree
trimming with the consent of the ad-
joining landowners under the super-
vision of an official. to empower an
official to enter into an agreement .for
apportioning the costs of moving ex-
isting plant on account of road con-
struction.
A grant ,of 550 towards policing the
village of !Grand Bend du -ring the
summer months was defeated on divi-
sion, !by ,211! to 7; and a grant of $50
was given to the Huron educational
Association after considerable discus-
siot. ,bv a vote of 132' to '6.
Council endorsed, the motion of
Reeves Huckins and Turner that
Cambria road, IGodierich, be taken
over by the ,county and added to the
county road system. to 'bwlaw was
also passed making the following ad-
ditions to the county . road system:
From Saltford to 'Londesbo•o: Ash-
field-. Con. 8 and A; T-ckersmitlt, Con.
8 and 9 east into !Perth county,
Considerable discussion followed
an appeal mad -e !personally by Mr.
Shepherd of the Base Line. Hullett,
for some compensation for the loss of
a horse valued at 51180 which was
drowned •when he went to the rescue
of a car in which were a woman and
two children when a data broke in the
vicinity of his home. Many consider-
ed it an errand of mercy; others that
the county was liable and. that the in-
surance co-mpan'y was. Finally it was
recommended to the road commis -
5/ 011 that the claim be taken up with
the insurance company to seek an ad-
justment,
R. Turner, the clerk, treas., warden,
J. Huckins; IGeo, Feagait. Wilmot
H.aacke were appointed to arrange
for the annual county council picnic,
Reeve Haake gave a comprehen-
,ive report of the agricultural advis-
ory committee and received a vote of
thanks.
Property Committee
The report of the property coition
tee was adopted as follows;
That the tenders of W. A. William-
son of Brussels be accepted for the
decoration of the stain corridor of
the court house, the sheriff's office,
the office off the clerk of the oounty
court and the Saw library, it dieing
Perth- County, be assumed—Carried.
The road is in the village of Man-
chester from Taylor's store to the
Base Line is close to other comity
roads, and the recommend that no
actfnn be taken on this toad, --Carried
Your conmiissinn called for tenders
and exchanged two trucks for two
new Word clump trucks, and the en-
incer's car for a new one,—Carried.
A meeting was held in Toronto
during 'February, where tracks and
equipment were examined. Sessions
of the Ontario road association were
attended, and. many instructive ad-
dresses were heard!
Ott March 17, Mr. Swell, one of our
workmen, suffered a severe accident.
from which he is recovering. Some
time later .we -were advised by the
auditor of the Department of High-
ways. that no subsidy wotfld be paid
on compensation for this accident, or
others as had been tate case in form-
er years. We were advised that cover-
age .must he taken with the -Work-
men's Compensation Board. and if ap-
plication for such coverage were re-
fused, that subsidy would be .paid on
a premium paid to an insurance com-
pany carrying the risk. The Work-
men's Compensation Board will take
the risk only if all employees of the
county are included. Considering this
as a rejection of the application, it
would appear advisable to procure a
policy from an insurance company to
cover the risk, to secure the govern-
ment grant on future payments.
Several accident claims have been
referred to the company carrying our
liability insurance, and settlement was
made by them, A horse, owned 'by
Mr, Shepherd of the Base Line, 'Hal-
l -en, was lost in a flood, and the com-
pany could see mo liability on the part
of the county, Mr. Shepherd appealed
to your committee for further consid-
eration, but in -dew of the fact that
the insurance company, that is re-
sponsible -for such payments, refused
to admit liability, nt did not feel
warranted in staking any payment.
the estimated expenditure of the
road contntdtte for the year 1937 are
as follows: Maintenance—Weeds, 53;
000: grading 53,000; dragging, 58,000:
culverts, 51,01111); bridges, 54331(0: re-
surfacing and tarring. 559410.99';
snow, 51000; calcium chloride, $8,-
000:: drains. 54,000.; signs, 5600; guard
fence, 51(000:- Total of $105dtlo.99.
Road construction—Culvert, Logan
-,[-chillop boundary. $500; other cul-
verts. 51,000; cattstrnction Carlow
north, 56,000. Total, 57,500. Machin-
-
ery—new, $311509 repairs, $7,000; to-
tal 510,5170: Urban rebates. 55,000;
county bridges, $5100, Superintendence
54'5'00.
Non -su'bsid'y etpenditure: Traffic
officer, $3;000; legal costs, 5100; road
Liability insurance; 55100; campe•nsa-
chin e
ethiropractor
Elaetro Therapist — Massage
(.7Efiee Commercial hotel:
Hours—Mon. and Thurs. .after
props and by appointment
FOOT' CORRECTION
by manipulation—Sus-ray treat-
mant
P'itene 207.
LONG BRANCH RACES
Never 'before in the sho{-t but bril-
liant history- of the Lang Branch mile
race tracks, 'situated a fewniles west
of Toronto, has there !been( as mach
interest in a running race ml:eting as
in the seven-day!session getting •under
way, Wednesday, June 9.th. What
with the introduction .of the saliva
test, the inauguration of a 55•,000,100 -
added fixture and the installation of
a proving picture machine bo take
"movies" of all close 'finishes, not for-
gettint a dozen and one other Im-
provements of -a minor nature, the
Orpen-Hare interests have certainly
planned for an ambitious meeting for
the beautiful Toronto suburban track.
Approximately 5413,000,00 in stake
and pttrse :money is -to he distributed,
which explain the 'keen interest the
horsemen are taking in the meeting
and the shortage Of stalls. !Hundreds
of horses have ,had .to he stabled at
Wopdhine. Thorttc11ffe- attd Dufferin
I'at'k acid-,vndll be vanned daily to
Lon, Brtiich to fill engagements. The
sante will hold good for the Dufferin
•Park session that gets under way on
Saturday, Juste .19th.
.Decision to use a movie camera for
close 'finishes is undoubtedly the most
ambitious innovation employed at arty
Canadian track and is especially in-
teresting in .connection with !the tOnp-
en-H ta-e interests for they were the
first in Canada to use any photo finish
at all, that 'being` with a "'still" camera
at .Long Branch 'and Dufferin, ,Pat'k
last year. 'Makin'g movie perfonmers
of race horses will be quite a novelty
for Canada.
Seven crates will be staged daily,
post time 'being 12:310 pm. with as tit-
tle time as possible ,wasted between
races. The daily double as usual will
be on tlte,first and second races.
Where th;:.3'e is any post delay at all,
prices each and every horse will pay
in the. -event rpf winning will be an-
nounced, something !only done at the
Orpen-1Hare tracks.
Naturally great interest centers In
the $5,!000.0'0 special which was pat-
terned for 'horses eligibles for the
King's 'Plate. 'I1 has already attracted
Goldlure, the winner, Silver jubilee
and Red IPirate, the :fast rites for the
Guineas; tAldwych, the third choice;
`Fore Isus and many other leading
contenders. 'A number of hoists that
weren't ready for the !Plate running
will the in good shape for the Long
Branch special. r
Weaning The Litter
Natural weaning gives the best re.
sults with a litter of young pigs, and
to obtain this, feed suitable for young
pigs should :be provided in the creep
A good mixture for the purpose is a
half and 'half combination of midd-
lings and finely ground oats from
from wad* the hauls have been sift-
ed. Young pigs !will start to anibble at
'feed at about two or four weeks of
age. and by 'the sixth or seventh
week should be eating quite freely.
Under such a 'procedure shock inci-
dental to more abrupt methods is ov-
ercome and weaning develops as a
natural event.
tion and premium, 1511,400; lights, 550;
interest ,charges, 53,500; committee
pay lists '590!; total '$11411412160.
Receipts: Levy -47 mills, $76460,-
99; sundry receipts, $500; traffic fines
5500; subsidy, 59510111:0; total $141,-
360,999,
,Regarding road liability insurance,
three tenders have been received, and
we recommend that the lowest tend-
er, that of Thos, H. 'Wilson, !repres-
enting Lioydas of England, at a prem-
ium of 541118.317 for 5410,000 :' coverage,
be accepted- Carried.
Re motion of Messrs. Turner and
{ogridge that insurance on traffic
officer be considered, we recommend
this insurance be considered and plac-
ed when such insu••rance of other em-
ployees is settled..Carried
-Re letter from F. Fingland, Clin-
ton, re ,bylaws of Clinton and T:uc'k-
ersntith. closing certain streets in the
town of Clinton, we cannot see that
any other municipality is interested,
and recommend the passing of the
confirming bylaw. Carried,
Re motion of Messrs. Bryan and
-Grain, requesting the addition of the
Turn•berry-Htowick Mainline south of
Road ;No. 112, we recommend that
your commiss'ion look over the road
before tnaking decision, Carried,
W'aat and For Salle ads, 3 wkss 50c. •