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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-01-22, Page 4PAGE ,FOUR THE'SEAFORTH NEWS.. ' THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1931 Our Stock MUST be Cleaned Our BARGAINS IN BOYS' AND YOUTH'S LUMBERMAN'S RUBBERS BOYS' OXFORDS AND HIGH SHOES CLEARING AT AWAY BELOW COST MISSES', CHILDREN'S AND INFANTS' SHOES AND SLIPPERS STILL TO CLEAR OUT. Fred Woseafrth Wil The 1anciscape and roads have talc - en on rather a wintry appearance, a1 though it is keeping tecy:.nuld Which is mach appreciated a° ` Mr. Wesley Clark, a former tesid est, has opened'a barber at" p Mr: ,Edward. F.itzs rnutoins of TLioirnb dale„who has been spending a couple of weeks' holidays With -his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs, Robt. J. Clark of McKillop, returned to. his home this week, _ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gill spent the week-end with friends , 10 libnkton and vicinity. Mrs. Enoch Clark -who, has been out dkessm'aking in Grey Tp., has re- turned to, Walton , for the tvinter months. P. B. Gardiner was in -Toronto 'on business lasf week. St, George's Church held their. ves- try meeting on. :Monday afternoon of this week, The eggemarket tooka sudden drop. Living is getting back to pre-war prices, • The sewing club meets at Mrs. Neal's on Thursday, Clarence S•teiss has been laid, up with jaundice for the past week. 'Mrs. F. Hackwedl visited with. Mr: and Mrs. E. Hackwell for a couple of days this week. The young people of .Duff's Church had a debate in the basement of the church on Monday evening. A number from the village attend= ed the Fireman's. Ball in Blyth Friday evDetuiffg's. United Church congregation greg- tion held their annual meeting on Tuesday, Y, Jana 1'3th. Rev. Mr. Maines hes re- signed. Lt is five years since Mr. Maines first ministered to this - con- gregation and has made many friends during his stay. Y ' Mr. Ralph Conner who is here from the West visiting friends in Brussels, has been visiting old friends in and around Walton. - Mr, and Mrs. John Sholdice of Lon- don visited the •latter's parents a con pie of days last week. Mr. Suitor of London spent Sunday' with Mr. and Mrs. R. Hoy. Mr. Hoy accompanied him back to see his dau- ghter. Mrs,' B. Wilson who had a seri- ous operation in the hospital lint we are glad to report she is improving., THE SEAFORTH NEWS Snowdon Bros., Publishers. WALTON. Euchre and Dance, Friday, Feb- ruary '13th; in the GAV.V.A., Sea - forth, under the auspices of the Can- adian Legion. Walton Horticultural Society.—The Walton Horticultural Society met at the home of H. B. Kirkby in the vil- lage on Thursday evening, January 15Ith. There was a fair attendance. call- ed �l•I , F. Rutledge, a 1 r Thepresident,g , ed the meetinto order, and after the reading of the minutes of last annu- al meeting which were read and ad- opted. Pians were proposed for the best working of the Society for 1931. The elections of officers took place and the staff of 1930 were re-elected, viz.: Hon. President, D. Johnston; President, F. Rutledge; Vice Presi- dent, Mrs. H. Kirkby; Secretary Treasurer. Gilbert' McCallum. Dere- gates were appointed to attend the convention in Toronto in February. viz,, Mrs, Rutledge and Mrs. Kirkby. :Meeting closed with the intention of a further meeting after the conven- tion. Scotch Social -A Scotch Social was presented in the church basement un- der the auspices of the Young People. A debate on "Oratory vs. Music as a power in the w-,rld." was well pres- ented by both sides taking part. Af- ter the debate a Scotch program, con- sisting of songs, orchestral numbers and recitations. was well rendered. The committee in charge deserve coedit for their very helpful entertain- ment. A dainty lunch was served at the close, Quite a number from- here took in rhe Firemen's Bail at Blyth on Fri- day evening. January 16. Music was furnished by Kirkby and Watt. The January meeting of the Wo- men's M4ssionary Society and Ladies' Aid of Duff's United Church. was held at the home of Mrs. Wm, Neal Wednesday afternoon. There were fifty ladies present and Mrs. Edward Bryans presided. Mrs. Bryans offer- ed opening prayer and Mrs. McCal- lum read the dlet•otional leaflet. Mrs. Peter 'McArthur outlined the mis- sionary news, in splendid detail Hymn, Standing at the Portal," was sung, after which Mrs. Joseph Ben- nett had charge of third chapter of t'he study book, "The Fruits of Chris- tian Missions in Japan," lMrs. John McDonald read the minutes of the previous meeting. The roll calf was answered by giving the name of a missionary• in Japan. Mrs. Walter Davidson, the treasurer of 'W.M;S., read a splendlid report of the society's work 'during the year 1930, and was pleased to report that the W,M.S.-had exceeded its allocation which was $4'I.5, Mrs. Peter Gardiner offered the closing prayer. Mrs; •Peal' Shaw president of t'h;e Ladies' Aid Society, presided' over the meeting of that body, Mrs, Shaw read` the 19th • Psalm; Mrs, Robert Reid led in prayer; Mrs. P. B. Gardiner read the minutes of the previous meeting. Fol- lowing a lengthy business discussion and planning work for the society, two verses of hymn 282 were sung. Mrs. Maines closed the meeting with prayer. A splendid lunch was served by a number of the ladies. The following is the annual report of the various organizations of Duff's United, Church for 1930 giving: Ord- inary fund, receipts, $2,092.67; for maintenance and extension fund, $912; Sabbath School, $17.1.98; Adult Bible Class, $50.011; Sioung People's Society 158.25; Woments Missionary Society, 415.28; Gleaners' Missi n Band, d . 10570Ladies' Aid Society, 027;12. The large attendance present at the meeting was well pleased with the past year's report and the congrega- tion, as well as the pastor, Rev. W. J. Maines, BAA., are to be complimented on the splendid work that has been carried on. Much regret was felt when the pastor, Rev. Mr. Maines, who has administered to the congre- gation for almost five years, tendered' his resignation to take effect at the end of the conference year. A large number of the congrega- gation were charmingly entertained at a deiightittl Scotch social on Monday evening in Duff's United Church, Walton, with 14r, Douglas Ennis pre- siding. The programme opened by all singing one verse of "'O Canada" f-J:lowed by an orche'stra selection -The Bonnie ,Briar Bush." A very in- teresting debate, "Resolved that it is .,f greater ad -vantage to an individual to be gifted with Musical Talent than the Power of Oratory." was then given. Those on the affirmative were Miss Jean Turnbull, Mrs. A. McCall and 'Mrs. J. McDonald; those on the negative were Mr. Harvey Johnston, Mr. Gordon lfcGavin and Mr. Colin Fingland. The judges were Miss Isabel Ritchie. 'Mr, Kenneth Jack- son and lir. C. Sellers. The very ca- pable manner which both sides dis- played held the attention of the audi- ence throughout and made it a dif- ficult task ror the judges but after careful delibenation decision was giv- en iven in favor of the affirmative. After the debate a short programme, de- cidedly "Scotch" was • enjoyed by everyone. This consisted of selec- tions by orchestra. piano duets by Miss Gertrude .Miller and Mrs, E. Radford; scios by Mrs. C. Fingland, Mrs. H. Johnston and Mr. Kirkby. Two Scach choruses were pleasingly rendered by a number of the audience who were called unexpectedly to the platform. A very humorous panto- mime "Wanted—A Wee 't-\Wifie" con- ferred to the audience the splendid 'ta- lents of those taking part. After all singing "Coming through the Rye" accompanied by the orchestra, lunch was served cafeteria style and a soc- ,al half hour was spent. The conven r of the. Social ,Committee thanked all who had assisted in any way to make the evening a. sud'cess. This was responded by a hearty clap and the evening was brought to a close by all singing "Auld Lang Syne." celebrated her eighty-+OOttlt birthday last•�:eek, - Mr, and john Symington Auburn celebrated the fiftieth annl- per'sary of tlieir \xvedding' on Ohrist- tnae Day. Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Pym, of 'Us - borne, announce the engagement .of titai'r second 'daughter, Lena 'May, to James 13. Kirkland, of Usborne. Vernon. Tapp has taken a position with the largest chick hatchery, in 'Canada, and is manager of the in' 'cubator rooms at Regina, having a capacity of 174,000 eggs. William Thomas Shute, eldest son of the late Thomas• and Dorothy Shute, one time well-known residents of Exeter, died at Tacoma, Wash., in his 53rd year. One brother and three sisters survive: James Shute, Win- nipeg; Mrs. Johtt Evan's, of Montreal, Mrs, , Wm. Batman and Mrs. Thos. Oke, of Windlsor. Rev. E. L. Vivian, rector of AU Saints' Church, Woodstock, is com- ing to Exeter in February as rector o_E Trivitt Memorial Church, BLYTH. Horticultural Annual Meeting—The annual meeting of the B•lyth Commun- ity Horticultural :Society vias held at the manse on Friday evening with a representative number , of members present. ,The secretary -treasurer re-• ported an excellent year, with -a mem- bership of 127 and 'a good balance to begin the new year's 'work. The 'elec- tion of officers resulted' as -follows Hon. President, llrs. A. Taylor, Rev. Geo. Weir; president, Mrs. D. McCallum; 1st Nice' President, Mrs. F. Little; 2nd Vice President, Mrs. G. D, Leith; Secretary -Treasurer, Mrs. G. \I. Chambers;, assistaut Sec.- Treas., ec.Treas., Mrs. Taylor; two-year direc- tors, Miss A. Gillespie, Mrs. A. Tay - tor, Mr's, F, Little, Mrs, R. Wight - man, Mrs. L. Williams, Mrs. G. M. Chambers, Miss L. Mains, Mr. J. H. R. Elliott, lir. J R. Curt; 1. year dir- ectors. Mr. R. Watt, 3Lr. E. Bender, Miss L. Herrington. M•rs, F. Mar- shall, 3,liss E. Steinhoff, Mrs, J. Laid- law; Premium Comtuittee,, Mrs. Mc - Ca lum_Mrs..Little. Mrs. Taylor, Rev Geo. Weir, Mrs. -G. M Oharribers; Purchasing Committee, Mit; 'A. Gill- espie. Mrs. McOalluni, 'lIr"s: Taylor, Mrs. 'Chellew. ' Miss' L• :-'Herrington, Miss E. Steinhoff, Mrs.'G:'M. • Chain- bers; Park and Street'.Comniittee; Mr. G. M. Chambers, Mr. F. Argent, Mrs. A. Taylor, Mr. J. Laidlaw. . • Rev, Anderson was called, to. Sar- nia Monday morning owing to the serious illness of his mother, Mrs. CRev.) S. Andetison. Prix`s Aliie Toll, who had been • ill Dor the past few days, -is' recovering. The annual meeting of the Elyth Municipal 'Telephone System, will be held' in Memorial. Hall on Friday ev- ening, January 30Th. Mr. Franklin Ba'inton is about again after his recent illness, HURON NEWS. Goderich, Mr. Justice McEvoy will preside at the Spring Assizes which open on Tuesday, February 117th, The. Mc- Neil 'brothers, now in the County Jail, who are charged with robbing the Bank of Nova Scotia at Brussels while armed, will be given their trial at this court, So far this is the only criminal case on -the`docket. The returns from ithe office of Robt. Johnston, focal registrar of the Su- preme Court, registrar of the 'Surro- gate Court and clerk of the, County Court, reveal .someinteresting figures for the County of Huron; ` During the year 1930, there were 22.6 pro- bates, 2 probates resealed, 64 letters of administration with will annexed, 1 ancillary letter of administration, and 1 guardianship, issued from Mr. Johnston's office. and the total a- mount of property involved' therein was $1,223)446,317, of -whichamount $5:3'1,OSl:80 was real estate, ..In ad- dition to this there were 44 audit's, 1 citation, 7 contested matters and 350 matters in the non -contentious class, during the year. The County Court record shows 639 lien notes filed during 1930; involving an a- mount of $368,566190, and 220 chattel mortgages and renewals, involving a total of $1337,1842:97, with . 2'74, certi- ficates issued. There were 24 bills of sale and 19 assignments of book'de'lets filed. There were 35 writs, 20 ap- oearances, 13 judge's .orders end 13 judgments in the County Court, and 45 writs, 13 appearances, 20 judge's :rders and, 23 judgments in the Su- preme Court, and 39 executions is- sued, with numerous filings and other sundry items in all courts. The above records show the tremendous amount of work done by these courts in the county of .Huron. All records are open to searchby the public, Reg. Glenn h ' as been appointed the treasurer of Colborne 'Township, -suc- ceeding R. M. Young, the former treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Young re- cently moved to Toronto, owingto the ill -(health of Mr, Young, Mrs. William Walters of Colborne Exeter. The death o'ceurred on Wednesday evening, Jian. 7lth, of Richard J. Murphy of Exeter. in his 68th year, et his residence on Carling street, "after an' illness • of a little, over two years. The dleceased was born on the 116th concession, 'Goderich township, the Henry Mur 'h He sonthelate et otH PY y was a widely known business •mac of Exeter, having represented the Mas- sey -Harris and other firths there for over thirty years. His disposition was quiet wore , a snand pleasant, and he al- ways rile He was twice ^ married, first to Agnes Bruce, Clin- ton, who died- about eight years ago; then three years ago he married Mrs. Josie White, who, with his daughter, Miss Mildred, mourn his loss, as do also his mother, Mrs, H. Murphy, Clinton, who is 93 years old; three brother's, Thomas, of Goderich; Bert, of 'Clinton; W. H.. of Winni- peg, and' foto sister, Mrs, H. Mc- Carthy and Mrs. Fred Ford, Clinton;. Mrs. C. Daymenr, of North Dakota; Mrs. G. C. Laithwaite, of Grand. Forks, Minn, He w'as a Conservative in politics, Anglican in religion and a member of the. Lebannon Lodge, A. IF. 'R IA. '11., Exeter, The funeral service was conducted at the house by Rev. Walter Jones' of Ridgetown, d former pastor.. SECRETS OF THE ICE OWE' UP THOSE WHOM IT HAS OLAIDJED. Over Thirty:. Years Elapsed Belpre Bodies of Andree and His Ooh-'• minions Were Discovered and the Story of Their Heroic Expedition.• The sea seldom gives up, its se- erets. With the ice it is otherwise. It receives its victims in its frigid' oelba:ea, but presently it yields itp to the world those whom it Has claimed. Within the last few months a party workg over the frozen wastes of, Use ate 'd'wie ,upon •evldenee of Daman remains. • Beneath the snow bail t sere was outlined -all that re- l.-inane(' e- B maned o$ a prtlaattitve camp aueh ab. 4retle exgp_t_o�set up against the e8 ihanie. AA first those who had made the dieeovery wondered what expedition,: i}bie oeuld have been. Close inapee- tion gave a pint here and there. Now it re gym ewere aroed se of somea tact hat the of the Wingharm \fir. Finlay Anderson, upon com- 'pleting' his thirty-ifive years as treas- urer' Of the Tolwnship of East lnrawa- nosh, has tendered his resignation. Mr. Anderson celebrated his 9Ist birthday on August 9th last, and has resided in East Wawanosh for sev- enty-five years. Irvin J. Pattilson died on January 12th in his 60-th year. .He -was born in East \Va'wateosh. His wife died sev- enteen years ago and he -is survived by one son, Oharles, of Sarnia. Sur- viving also are his mother, and. three sisters. Mary, at home; Mrs. Thomas Leakey. Kincardine; s-cardine; Mrs. J. John- ston, Toronto; and one brother, John W. of Port Elgin. Joseph T. Saint, mayor of Wallace- burg. is'a former Wingham resident. A 'Toronto first is securing con- tracts for the right to drill for oil on farms in this neighborhood but it is not expected that any drilling will be done at present, 'Peter S..Keyes, a former Wlingham resident, died in Winnipeg recently, Mr. Keyes went to the 'West about thirty years ago. • MANLEY. Massey -Harris No. 19 Sprung=Tooth Cultivator The NEW CULTIVATOR with the Great "THREE-WAY” CLEARANCE Makes a Fine, Clean' Mois- tine Retaining Seed Bed, 1.01 -IN GALLOP AGENT POR PROST FENCE' SUPERTEST GAS and OILS All Repairs and Labor Cash. most intrepid . of Arctic explorers. They had lain in the snow for thirty- three years. The last chapter of a tale of daring had been told—told by the ice., In 18ef, Salomon Andree, a Swed- ish engineer and patent expert, set out with two companions by balloon t r over the top of a em t to drift p in a ati The roseand drift- ed The .b loon r the world. al ed away north from Danes Island, its three adventurous occupants wan'- ing to friends assembled below. Nothing more was ever seen • or heard of Andree and his party. The North swallowed them up. P All that came back from the sil- ence were rumors. There were ru- mors u mors that bottles had drifted ashore on the Norwegian coast containing messages. There were stories of the men themselves, stories that circulat- ed and refused to die down. Two years later an expedition set forth to search for the lost balloonist and his two companions. A -thorough search was made—even a story of: the balloon's descent in Siberia was in- vestigated. For over thirty years nothing was heard. And then, as often before, the ice gave up its dead. All that was left of Andree and his -ill-starred fellow voy- agers were their skeletons. But An- dree was a scientific man. He had made photographs. Ho :had taken great care that . the damp and frost should not destroy those negatii-es. - Now the whole world has seen those photographs. Thus there lives vividly again a story well-nigh for - • Lamp Explodes.—What might have been a bad accident occurred last Thursday evening when Mrs. Peter Eckart was lighting 'their Aladdin lamp. The lamp exploded causing her face and hands to be burned, 'but miraculously escaped from serious in jury and no serious damage was done to the dining room where it occurred as the blaze was got under control at once, Another Lamp cut tip antics at the home of Mr. Gerry O'Hara last week but Mr. O''H'ara managed to throw the lamp with ids contents out in the snow before any dam -age was done, Mr. William J. McKay, froin Tim- mins, Ont,, is at present visiting With his friends here and the call came to see his nephew, 'Mr, Wilfred O'Hara who is stilt in a precarious condition. Mr, and Mrs, W. Manley spent Sunday with friends in Seafortlt. Prepare for 1932 Show The Ontario Department is tak- ing time -by theforelock, as it were, insofar as making preparations for the World's Grain Exhibition. and Conference of 193-.�2 is concerned. Farmers- are being urged by the De- partment to keep this year's seed in the event of the crop of next year not being up to the high standard of former years: Fall Fair judges have been instructed to be on the watch for' extra fine quality grain and seed at this year's fall fairs and to , send samples to the field husbandry branch at Guelph for examination. Officials of this department report, that already there has been much in- terest evinced by growers, many o'f whom have announced their inten- tion of preparing for the 1932 exhibi- tion. Cause of Asthma. No one can say with certainty exactly what causes the establishing of asthmatic condi- tions. Dust Dram the street; from flowers,' from .grain and various other irritants may set up a trouble impos- sible to irradicate 'except through a sure .preparation such as Dr. J. D. Kellog''s Asthma Remedy, -Uncer- tainty, may exist as to cause, but there can be no .uncertainty regarding a remedy which has freed a generation of asthmatic victinie from this scourge of the bronchial tubes. It is sold everywhere:, Want land For Sale Ads, $_-fimes 50c Even stranger than the story of this finding or the remains .of .:the Andree balloon expedition fo ' the Pole is the amazing story of the Hamel expedition. One hundred and ten years ago Dr. Hamel, a Russian naturalist, 'set out to ascend Mont Blanc. In those days this great mountain was not known by theguides as it is to -clay. The climb was thus. far more perilous. The weather was bad,- and tho ex- perienced eyes of tire Swise guides saw worse to come. But Dr. Hamel overrode alltobjeccions. He had pier ned to stare -start he would.. Pro- testing, the guider followed. Six hundred feet above the fambus Grand Crevasse, the roped party's feet set moving tt giant mass of snow. Alt avalanche moved, gathered speed, overwhelmed them, swept them into a giant crevasse. • Seventy years passed and the He- mel expedition was nearly forgotten. Then th,, Slow; downward march cf the great glacier gave up its dead. Embedded in the ice were the bodies of the doctor and his guides, in ap- pearance exactly as they were at toe moment of death. Locked in the crawling ice -river of the Glacier - de Bossons, six bodies have been moving slowly clown from Mont Blancr the towards w ds t e valloy below for the last fifty years. The slow march of the glacier now nears a point when it will deliver up its bur- den, and, with them, the secret of what fate overtook the Corkindale- Bean expedition, It is true that something is already known of the tragedy, for Dr. Bean's body . was recovered and his last scrawled message to the world. It was addressed to his wife, He wrote: "We have lost our way, and we are in a hole dug in the snow at a height of 15,000 feet. I have no hope of descending. We have nothing to eat. My arealready feetlr a dy frozen, -and I am. exhausted. 1' hove only the power to write a few words." Maybe, in a year or even less, the last messages of the other members of that party will be hewn from the solid lee in which they have been travelling slowly for so many years. In Chamonix, the village that lies at the foot of Mont Blanc, there' lived for years a widow. She seldom spoke, butuentl r E gazed towards. the. eq y , snow -el . ad summit m t abova the village: In her employment. were several guides. But they were never called upon to climb.. Their task was !gra- pier: it was to watch the slowly mov- ing Glacier de Bossons. Her story is soon told In 1864, two Austrian counts, with Swiss guides, set out tomake the ascent, They reached the peak; but. on their way down, while crossing the Grand Crevasse, the snow gave beneath them, 'and they, were precl- pitated into the chasm of ice. For twenty years the widow of one of them waited for the ice to deliver up its dead. • But the glacier watchers were not rewarded for their patience. No bod- ies embalmed in ice appeared in the slowly moving, gigantic,, mass. This time the ice had kept its .secret.' Westphalian Wild Horses. There are still many wild horses in Europe. Anannualround-up took place recently -on the estate of the. Duke of Croy in Westphalia. The horses there—about 200 in all—live in an enclosure of 1,200 acres. Each year many beaters surround thein, and drive them forward until they are enn.'d rra Tho p LA a eo L T o animals are quickly tamed, and are generally good-tempered. The horses aro a lit- tle taller than Shetland pontes; each one has a black stripe running along the back. WEST BRODHAGEN. There died in Bro'dhagen during. the week Mr. John Wolf who had' made his home with his daughter, Mrs, John Querengesser. Mr. and- Mrs. Wtn, Koehler mad son Manuel and Mr, and Mrs. Charles ors a' visit with Mr. Regele were Sunday and, Mrs. Geo..Hloegy of Grey. IWe are having a nice winter so far, lops of snow for sleighing but not too much. It is so dry that thefire is seil'l burning it 'the pineewamp• n a much have beeti .What might at a b" morn serious accident occurred at the home of Peter Eckart on' Thursday evetritfg when Mrs. Eckart was light- ing an alladin lamp and it exploded, ;with .the result that she was badly •burned about the face and hands, Her spa extinguished the lire and - :saved the house, The doctor was called from 'Dublin to attend Mrs, Eckart. She might have lost her eyesight, if her glasses; had not saved her eyes, but -the glasses were burned. MARRIED. COAOK:LEY,AIIJL'EN —At the Unit- ed . Church parsonage, Londesboro, on • Jan. lab, by the Rev..5, W. Johnston, Lillian Allen of Bien- heim, to Harold Coakley of Con- stance. * * * * * * * * * * *. * NEWS AND INFORMATION * a FOR THE BUSY FARMER * * (Furnished by Ontario Depart- * * ment of. Agriculture.) * * * * * * * * * * * * Never neglect times of feeding for regularity in. feeding is most impor- tant, aid' its effects are far-reaching. Will Count Crows' Feet Farmers of Essex County have de - tared an open warfare on crows dur- ing the next few weeks. The cam- paign will close with a- banquet at Leamington and crows' feet will be counted at this function. - Crows drive out the game end song birds and to this, is laid the. increase in insect pests in the county, A, few years ago a targe number' of quail and 'Hungarian pheasants were dis- tributed through the county in' the fight to bring back game ands- song birds and these have increased,- 'dur- ing the. years to an appreciable! ex- • Cut Production Costs. Pointing out rhat: • history 'down through the years showed 'seketi fat years and seven lean years, the I -Ion. T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Agricul- ture, in the course of a recent ad- dress. remarked: "We are experi- encing.one of the, lean years now, but we mus not tot wort y � or become o discouraged, for hardship is good for us all." He urged fa•t'hers to inter- est their sons in farm :activities: The in and out"farmer had suffer- ed during the past ' few years, he said, and would continue to find the industry unprolfi'tab'le. To succeed in agricultural pursuits, Col. Kennedy said, the producer must -maintain production costs' 'at the minimum, which means that the farmer must feed only the best live stock. Won $100 Scholarships, The winners of the fifteen scholar- ships donated by the T. Eaton Co, to members of the 1930 'Royal 500" party have been announced. ;Catese. scholarships of $100 each are to be applied on a regular course at 0, A. C, In all, 198 young men tried the examination .held in each county. The winners were: Western Ontario George Downey, Bruce;, William Keyes, Kent; Thomas llcGlalialtan, Wellington; Cameron 12cTaggart. Middlesex. Centrsf Ontario—Alexan- der W, Davidson, York; john Dry- den, Ontario; James Hancock- Dur- ham; Austin Broamn Dufferin. East- ern Ontario—'Phil 5tltrader, Dundas; Lawrence O'Mara, Grenville; Gor- dbn Reid, Prince Edward; James 1'fe Neice, Carleton. Northern Ontario— Gladstone Ridler, Fort Wlilliani; Ern es't 5, Gosselin, Rainy River; Ray- mond Baker, " Manitoulin, Thee young risen' will snake 'entry b at O. A. C. next Septernber. The Ontario Government is cancelling all tuition fees for such winners during the first tw'o years of their respective ne courses: Coming Events. ' Ontario Field: Crop- and Seed Grow- ers' Association annual- meeting, Feb, 3, King Edward Hotel, Toronto. Ontario . iPlawnien''s Alsso�ciatio.n annual meeting, Feb. 4, King Edward Hotel, 'Toron'to. Ontario Association ton of Fairsu. Exhibitions annual convention,a d Feb. 5 and 6, King Edward Hotel, To- ronto. Ontario Vegetable Growers' Asso- ciation annual meeting, Feb, 10; an- nual convention, Feb, 11, King Ed- ward Hlotel, Toronto. Ontario H!osticul'tural Association 'innual convention, Feb: 12 and 13, King L+`•dwa•rdHotel, Toronto. Dog Menace Continues. In common with other counties in 1 Ontario, dogs still appear to be a serious menace to the sheep industry in Si'mcee County, according to the annual report of Stewart L. Page, district representative. During the last five years 1,089 sheep were de- stroyed with payments of $12,692. MrPage puts the loss through sheep Wiled by dogs and injury and worry to -sheep in the flock et about $20,- 000 'annually. - A committee of the Sinmoe County.Council has beet; ap- pointed do investigate the matter. New interest, h'ow^ever, is apparent in the sheep industry in Sitncoe• Coun- ty.' With a total of 111 tanks in the county, 6000' sheep were dipped dur- ing 19130, Three sheep clubs organiz- ed in the fall of 1928 are carrying on under supervision o'f the Provincial Live Stock Branch. Two lamb fairs were held, one et Barrie and one at Carley, which - proved. successful as demonstrations on market require- ments in weight and finish required. As 1930 was the end of the second year for the clubs, a sale, of club rams was hell, most of ,which were pur- chaeed by club nternbers. Weekly Crop. Report. , A somewhat more optimistic- note is struck in the weekly crop report (rani the district. representatives. Generally speaking the number of live stock an -hand on Ontario farms is about the same. as in previous years. but is inmuch better condi- tion. Farmers are also purchasing smaller quanttities of feed grains, due to ample supplies in their own barns. Little feed is being purchased in Bruce, farmers having' plenty of hay and grain on hand. With eggs at 22c per dozen in Durham, production generally remains about 50 per cent. All stock in Frontenachas reduced slightly and a ntnch heavier flow 'of milk in the district is indicated'. Far- mers of Glengarry are still forced to draw water owing to its continued scarcity.. Grenville reports that large quantities of alfalfa, ,sweet clover and, grains' are being cleaned out at the seed -cleaning plan. Dairying is ons the increase in Grey while an increase in the number of cattle being kept is re- ported in Hastings. Egg production is heavy in Huron and dealers are paying > 28c for extras, Hogs are scarce in Middlesex and are selling at a top price of $9 per cwt. Surplus cattle in Oxford have been marketed at fairly satisfactory prices, while in Prince Edward a small demand. • for dairy cows is indicated,: Essay Contest Winners As a follow-up to the 19130 Royal 500 Pasty" the Agricultural Repre- sentative Branch conducted an' es Say contest open to : all titem:Fers. In addition to local prizes offered for the three best essays in each county, Y, each of the writers of the ten best essays in the province receives free transportation, board and lodging for two weeks while attending mac of the s`horr courses at O. A. 'C., Guelph, or the Keniptville Agricultural School. The winners of these prizes and the counties they represent were: Donald Watt, Glengarry; -Wallace Holliday, Grey; Jack Lawson, Halton; R. S. Lumsden, Lanark; Kenneth Bolton. Leeds; •Nortna•n-Fdfndall, Northumb- erland; Mervyn Oeh•nt, Penth;' W. J. S. Grant, South Sitncoe; Wallace Mooney, Sudbury; SherwoodT,aylor, Waterloo. That trip • holds much of educational value is clearly indicated in the essayssubmitted by the 284 young men, Lessons in efficiency of production and marketing were glean- ed from their visits to the various in- dustrial ndustrial plants, while 'front the Royal Winter Fair they received an inspir- ation that will -result in "Better Agri- culture" throughout Ontario, Increasing Turnip Yield. An increase of 25 to 35 in yield per cent. y e d of turnips has been obtained in a number of demonstration tests` conducted by the Department of Chemnietry, O.A.C. In the past twenty years, the ,growing of turnips has be- come an ; important phase"' of farm- ing in" Central Ontario and although profits were diminished due to con- ' tlition's itt 1930, turnips continue to be an 'important 'adjunct of many mixed farms in- ;Ontario, Growing co'ndi'tions of 1930 were especially bad„ due to the long .drought. The ttsual pest, the turnip -louse, . was in great evidence, rendering many a crop absolutely worthi'less. This in- sect is difficult to combat, because it is a "sucking mouthed insect" and sprays have little effect upon it. T -en different Fertilizers were used in last summer's experiments, rates varying from: 400 to 750 petards per acre. The average yield for all 'fertilizers was 639, bushels: per, acre while the average for the unfertilized' was 4161 buslhels. :'This .is convincing evidence of the profits obtainable ,from the use of fertilizers. The turnip crop is one Which seems to require a special supply ` of phosphoric acid, hence -a relatively hf hhos hat P p e Fertilizer''' lilt e2r-= 1'2— 6 is well atupted: to the crop.; Thoroughness of application is one "of the important points in the uses of fentilizer on turnips. 4u.