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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-07-30, Page 3TURSDAY, JULY30, 1931. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. I'k' • HAS! PAGE THREE hy P.C.1 Dundas igih- way — 6.00' p. m. Sunday. 'Traffic heavy in b o t • directions • • and slow. There's a bad curve abou,t to miles west o Cooksvalle r u ti - ning onto a long, very steep, curving hill. I was parked just off the exact center orf the curve at the top of the 11111. A chap with a big, heavy [car headed west huntled past me almost on two wheel's and started dawn she hill on the Wrong side of the white line. 'He saw me and tried to edge back into line, te' . but the west traffic was ;Waiver to bumper. He couldn't get hi. IHaftway up the hill was a driver ,coming east at .a good speed. Only one thing saved several 'lives. The man coming up the 'hill took to the ditch, fortunately a shallow one. He managed 'to hurdle it, 'went through a fence onto some plowed land, and came to a stop with lamp's, 'bumper and -radiator practically wrecked. Quickly I inspected the car ared 'found that, luckily, nd one was seriously hurt. Then I took after the driver who caused the accident. Two mile's west 1 caught up with hini. * * * • The charge was reckless driving and failure to eturn to the scene of an accident. The Moral is that a few minutes saved by cutting in and 'out of ltraf- fic may he very expensive in both actual money anct .human misery. A safe and sure medicine far a child 'troubled with 'warms Is afuthe'r 'Graves' Worm Exterminator. CLEAR 'TRACKS POR SILK IN railroad slang, "in the hole," means putting a train on a switch or siding in order to let a fatter, or mare 'important brain pass it 00 an unob- structed track. Everything and ev- erybody is "put in the hole" for the silk train on its flight across the con- tinent from the Pacific port of Van- •couver, Seattle or Sangrancisco. It 'has the right of way on every road and wthole railway systems, from vice presidents to brakemen, are keyed tip :and co-ordinated kr its impromptu schedule and its safety. On the par-, 'ticular occasion, writes George Mar- vin in the Baltimore Sun, when I watched the transit of silk through •one stage of its flight from Japan to ,our Atlantic seabdard, Prince George of England' was hustled 'into the •'hold" somewhere 'between Kamloops • 'and Field, B.C. to let the silk train pass, Well what's the hurry? Why, should such a commodity as silk hog! •the road over 'freight and ex'press,i 'tourists, regular passen,gers and even princes?, The answer is money—not mere casual !money, but an awful lot of money—money in seven figures'! When the Empress of Russia docked at Vancouver it carried 4% million dollars worth ,of raw silk in its 'holds. The wee'k before the President Madi- son iiacl steamed into Puget Sound to discharge a six -million dollar cat - go on the docks of Seattle. • While still manoeuvering the Em- press into its berth, the Skipper was 'bawling sill: talk to ageots and boss stevedores on the dock; Such and such and such holds were ready; con-; veyors co•ulcl best be used amid.ship,s1 and slings from' the ha'tc'hes forWarcl.: On the deck stood his royal high- ness Prince George, en route from his naval station at I-longKong to eat Christmas dinner with the royal fam- ily at Windsor. On the dock stood his worship, the mayor of Vancou- ver, and a group of leactitig citizens to welcome the prince and speed him on his way, But their worships aiid highnesses and all the rest of th.e ?passengers had to wait for his dollar - hip! 'Talk about the worm turnin-g, this was certainly the silkworm's turn! Before the huge vessel head al- together lost headway in the oily wa- ters af the berth, conveyors had been rim like so many lances into open ports and bales of silk, uniformly wrapped in strong brown paper ansi! labelled with Japanese .and English stencils, began their continuou•s• pro- cessions out of the holds on to spec- ially prepared landing stage's. 'The Empress of Russia was eight hours or so behind schedule anti one of the fast transcontinental trains of, the Canadian Pacific with his private car attached to the end. of it had been held for the prince's arrival. We docked at 9 o'clock, There were some brief cerernonies on board and then ' the royal personage and his host made the hest of their way ashore through a veritable no man's tan( created by 850 tons of silk dischang ing from shipboard and hustled ac - roes a wide warehouse dock to a spe- cial train parked on the opposite side 'Nobody in the silk battalions paid the slightest at'tention to the royal George. I never saw a prince reduc- ed to lower terms. The -re were no cheers, only the murmur of checkers tabulating every hale by number and destination at the ship's side and at each of the fifteen cars. iBy 11 o'clock George was on h'is way across Canada on a train so charged to make up lost time that you think it, impossible to overtake it It was after midnight when "the silk train pulled off the dock siding and started east, but before dawn revealed the majesty of the C'anaclian rockies it had 'overhauled and passed 'a mere human majesty who had been , unceremoniously in the hole." was this trainwhy is any traing-of fifteen cars, running as a "passenger 'extra," shot from Van- couver to Port 'William, 1,896 miles, in fifteen hours less time than the fastest • long distance passenger ex- press that traverses the same dis- tance? The answer is that enough raw silk to fill fifteen cars has valee running into millions of dollars; it deteriorates rapidly in transit; insur- ance is very high and the market fluc- tuates 'from day to day with the available supply., so that. one day may make a differences of as much as e0 cents • a bale. ' Value, then makes the speed and "holes" the prince. But we are still left a little in amazement that silk should attain such value. As gold has become a necessity in internation- al barter ,as a standard medium of ex- change, so has silk become a near - necessity as a universal medium of feminine self-expression. If "the col- onel's lady and Judy O'Grady are sisters under their skins," almost as certainly are they kind -red next to their skin's. • In their millions the world over they have got to , have silk. Anything that woolen won't get along without acquires in this com- mercial era the nature ol necessity. But your silkworm being a quality rather than a quantity, producer and, a slow worker withal, supply without manipulation and mergers normally keeps far enough behind a multMly- ing demand to main'tain a super -lux- ury value for a pseudo -necessity. s codling financially interested, 'There were weld to do farmers in the lake 1 district of Heroew s ho listened; they - fell .under the citarni- of -this plausible gentleman. 'They .mottgaged their holdings in order to secure cash; they watched 'St. Joseph ,start to grow, anti they lived long enough to see it fade, and the fading process was also ap- plied to. their 'hold-ings in the scheme. Many of then% had gone info, the scheme to such a depth that 'recovery was imipos-sibre, 'Narcisse 'Cantin drove the first ear se-es'i in the district of the lake, and possibly in. We,stern 'Ontario. •On many of his trios to and fro, he drove that'lear ,Parkhill and from there he took. the -train to Montreal. ' One oS the first units of the com- ing city 'of St, Joseph was the hotel. In size it was generous; in fixtures and fittings it was elegant. Three stories in height, tong frontage on the lake ithbre road, ,anict considerable depth .along the space which -was one day, to be the main street of St. jo.seph, • the structure grew apace. When it came time for the fittings to he installed it was Sound they were taken from the Windsor at ;Mon- treal during the 'renovation of that building, There was a long bar where phantosa ,guests could secure real drinks in a phantom hotel. 'Then the rotunda—of course, 'the leading and only hotel in 1St. Joseph had to have a rotunda wh.ere. tired business men from the industries of !St Joseph could gather at the end of the day and dis- cuss the State of trade and the rapidly vuutting values in real estate. Yes, to be 'sure, they could sit there o.f an evening and recall the days when the various -blocks and residential sections had 'been nothing- but farm land, pur- chasable at fifty dollars an acre and no takens. Fti also Imemary that there was a wharf built at St, Joseph at the bottom of a steep clay bank, iWisat the wharf was 'for no person seemed to know .exactly. Yet a great city, which was to be .the starting point olf a great 'canal, should have a Wharf. The Minister of Public Works of that day -was one of a party to visit the spot, and the result of tlhe visit was the erection of the wharf. The cost was said to he about $25,000. 1By the time 'old Lake Huron loos- ed its winter and spring hunters on the structure there was little of it left. The lake frowned upon tlh-e idea of a wharf and its frown was. decisive. In the lake were a few pasts and sugli re- maining mute evidence of the glory that had been, After the -hotel VMS 'ready liar oc- cupation only one thing remained, and that was ,guests to Ihill the rooms a•nd make the place a financial stsceess. But the guests came not, and there was. no particular reason why they should, at was not a' summer resort capable of competing with Bayllielld, Gaderioh, 'or Grand Bend, It was not a place of his -toric interest, neither were there spe-ctacular .-things taking plate in the development of the city. Narcisse Cantin departed and 'left his 'hotel because he codlil not take it with hitm. It was not long before fiats found it a 'fairly good place and all with chose to do so !could roam inside the place. ICotneils sent their financiers to see who was tgoing -to Pay the taxes, and time solved that prob- lem. It is stated that sections of the building had the habit of falling to pieces, and as they did so the -bricks were seized and sold, the revenue therefrom going to satisfy the pay- roents. . Strange stories used to 'be told of the manner in which 'Narcisse Can - tin paid off the men who were' work- ing for him at St Joseph. When. be, had enoney payday was hang-up 'and the pay came from a. container same-, thing like a 'wash tub. •'When the wiles of the promoter failed to Ibring home, cash, then it w -as that the pay slipe. were sold for What they would being, and speculators hi those days were not bidding high for the privilege cashing the work -'paper . Many drive past St, Joseph ;knowing nothing Of its strange history. Where once stood the hot -el there is not even' a good sized hole in the ground to yriarl: the spat. 'There is' simply nothing on that corner. 'Othe'rw'ise, StJoseph is much ,the same is it was 'before Nar- cisse Cantin tried his ltancl at promo- tion there. The lake -attended to the dock an'd time -performed the opera- tion on the 'hotel. THE FARMERS FRIEND .' !Fro in the big white f a r Indian se c bellthild !the trees at the foot oaf the a mountain, appeared a little black dot 51 moving swiftly straight across the a broad fields .af the valley floor, swing- c ing in rythanic motion, growing ever r larger as it approachell. 8 neglected a my trout fishing to watch. NV Larger and larger grew the black dot, a swiftly-Intoying, rippling ball af fur, until clown through th'e long lane easily and swiftly came a joY.ous, laughing, tricolor collie dog stretched out at his swittealt pace. Only the tong Shadows creeping out from the foot of the western mountains and c,e!gain. little black and white specks Sores Heal Quickly. --Have you a persistent sore 'that refuses to 'heal? Tilien, try Dr, 'Th-omas' ,Eclectric Oil in the dressing. stop slough- ing, carry away the ;proud fles.h, draw out the pus and prepara a clean way for the new skin. It is a recognized healer among oils and n.uMbers, of People can 'certify that :it healed -where properly applied. • NARICISSE M. CANTIN. Word Tram Ottawa a few day.s ago told about another move being made by Narcisse M. 'Cantin of Montreal to secure rights to develop water power on the north ,side .of the St. Lawrence river on a scale quite com- parable. to that af the Beattharnois plan. 31. Gentili has made similar ap- plication .before to the `DOminion par- lialment but with no particular success, his' request never having reached be- yond the preliminary stage. ,Mention of the name of INareisse Cantin :brings memories of the effort to build w -hat might well be •called the Phantom city af St. !Joseph an the sho-res of Lake Huron, about eight miles north of Gnand Bend, It also recalls his ef- forts to promote a radial tine running through 'St-ratford, negotiations being entered into with Cantin in :March of 1904 when two transportation dev- elopments were !facing the city • of Stratford, One WaS a proposition from M. Caritin for the 'radial right of way, wads the ,other Isola Mr. Sloan, the offer of the .latter being consider- ed thc better because it incorparated a city service, in. which M. Cantin was not interested and with which he would have nothing to doss The street car ser,yiee tor .Stratforcl did not materialize, although the Pre- liminary work was done. .011 the lake ,shore district the com- ings and goings- of Narcisse Cantin were off greater 'moment, and his ap- erations there took place some years before his attenspted excursion to the field of radial promotion. It must be about 38 years ago since the start was made to bullet ti city at 'St. 'Joseph. Cantin's idea was that there should be a great canal dredged out running from that point across 'Western On- tario, !finding an outlet in Lake On- tario, thus eliminating the St. Clair flats and It -he processing of lelciIng up and down tlhriough the Welland Canal. 'Then. too, he 'hoped. to find aluminum in large quantities in the clay banks at St., Joseph's, and great factories would be erected there te give employment to many hands. It was indeed a colorful -picture which the Montreal promoter sketch- ed .ior the trusting folk who were prepared to listen to the point of be - far up the western slope gave me a 01'30 to the doge missionlit was tine 1.) get the cows! The collie passed swiftly with four white feet isa rhythmic beatSwiftly he diminished in size as he raged along up through the etunm-dotted ,pasture until he again became a black speck, triaging agalest the dark green far ttp at the edge of the woods. Then there came floating down to my ears a suc- cession of Sharp, staccato barks, dis- tinct orders to the herd; "Up ! UP I Up ! Home 1.1p I Up I" ill I had been nearer 1 cloulatleas Should have seen that the big black and white iHolsteins in the upland pasture did not hesitate, but with one ye -cord turned their heads thoineward. The dog stood and watched them for half a minute, as if counting, then he wheeled into the woods, and soon two more cows and a calf came out and joined the herd. IB y the winding paths that made de- scent of the steep easy the herd came slowly homeward. The collie danced behind them, harking with joy. I -Ie did not hurry them, but kept them moving constantly. At the stream he lay down and waited while the COWS It is nearly two miles ' from the farmhouse among the maples to the distant borders of. that mountain pas- ture, and yet every night at a word trom his master the dog goes up there and brings. back the herd. For a man to do that would require nearly two hours each day, and it would mean climbing the steep maintain side on many a hot afternoon. Moredver, in R' time some of the herd doubtless would be hidden away in the thickest part of the cool wood, where a snan could find them only after a hard search. • , Dogs have always' been associated with the farm' and have always helped with the farm work. ISince the begin- ning of flocks there have been dogs toguard them; no sooner had the Ca- nadian farmer cleared his acres and acquired a few head of stock than he bought a dog to help him. He took the English sheep dog, •the old-fash- ioned square -nosed, wide -headed col- lie, and itade a cow dog of it. Those first dogs must not be confused with the big, shaggy -haired English sheep dog That is another breed. Shep's ancestor's were collies; the old collie before it had been bred to. a long, nar- ro'w head ancl a slharp nose, Both the long-thaired and the short -haired col- lie swere brought over, although the short haired dogs were not seen so frequently, The prevailing color was black and white with now and then a touch of brown, A little later orange and White or yellow and white -dogs began to appear. They were ail broad between the eyes, square of nose, strong and heavy and capable of run- ning the treadmill for the churning if necessary. And it generally -3-vast Re- gardless af color, those dogs were of about the same weight and size; they weighed from forty-ifive to sixty pounds They were known as "sihep- herd dogs." and thousands of them were named S'hep; they are the same dogs that still handle tile Sheep in Scotland, in northern England and in. Wales. The old breed of shepherd is scarce now; the modern sharp - nosed collie has taken his place. I do not hold with those who think that the modern narrow -nosed collie is not so good a dog as 'those of the old breed. A narrow head does nal indicate a lack of larains;' our collies are every whit as intelligent as the old dogs, The intelligence of some of these stock dogs ranks wi.th the highest in the canine world, Dogs that will "go and get the cows" are common' enough, but merely driving home a herd of stock is not by any me.ans the imit of the breed's intelligence. A farmer who sometimes bonght and sold stock was driving a herd to _Albany. He and a man who was help- ing him were riding in a wag -on at a coasiderable distance behind the he -nil leaving the task of keeping the ani- mals on the move and in the road to a very wise yellow and white collie. Only in the villages was it necessary. for the men to leave the wagon and help. While they were going Up a steep hill over which the herd had al- ready passed the dog came running back toward his master, barking loud; 0 "Cow's got an apple in her thorat," aid the driver, Whipping up. Muth to the amazement of the as- istant they fatted a young Jersey eekle the road under an apple tree, baking to death. 13ut the farmer had piece of rubber hose and a can of oft soap in the wagion for just such n emergency, and they saved the ow. Twice again' before the hercl cached Albany the dog came back nd informed the master that a ci'm 550 choking. ' .A ,cattle buyer went into a neigh- boring county and bought same fifty head o'f stock of all sizes ancl ages. Night found him far from hoille; so he put ge at a country bold and, herding the stock in a near -by barn- yard, left the, dog in the barn to watch them, About midnight he was awakened by a loud 'banking, He jumped out of bed and called his herder. The stock. had broken out and were running back up the road homenard. • "Take yetir time," said the cattle beyer. "They won't go far." "I cess you don't know cows!" 1 guess you don't know, doge!" A quarter of a 'Dile up the road where there was n fence on both sides the homewardabound herd had stop- ped. The dog had headed them on his own initiative and was standing there, guarding the road, Its a neighboring village there is a good cow dog that considers it as Iris duty and privilege to fetch the cows off the mountain every even- ing One day his master sold one, of the cows to a neighbor and forgot to explain to the dog That afternoon when the dog went atfer the cows he was gone an unusually long time, but after a while he returned, driving the missing cow. He had gone a mile over into a neighbor's pasture and made the cow Minp fences until he could drive her homel The next day the master went with the dog and carefully explained that the cow was sold, and the deg n -ever bothered her again. II know another dog that will go after the cows and faithfully cut tbe non -milkers out of the herd and bring ',home only those that are being inliTliki:ttnces of clogs coming to the house and barking for help henwone af the herd is in trouble are too 1111- • unrolls to mention, In the West it is not uncommon for a good sheep dog to put all the rams of a flock into one corral and all the ewes into another. In addition to their work with cows and sheep these dogs can be taught to go and get the 'horses. to keep the chickens out of the dooryards and the garden, to guard the children, to watch over the farm property and to keep down rats, woodchitelcs and other vermin. This is no brief exclusively for the beloved collie. Other dogs have their place on the farm. The different breeds of dogs best suitecl for the farm are as follows: Collies. They are good for all kinds of stock work, especially work with cattle and sheep. Good umtch dogs, Excellent for vermin. Gentle, friend- ly and resist disease. rhe collie is the only dog that should be consid- ered for the farm where there is stack to handle. Setters and pointers. They are mainly useful for hunting ganse birds such as grouse, quail, pheasants and wood,cock. The setters are long- haired, the pointers short -haired; they are virtually the same in disposition. They need careful training for hunt- ing. Spaniels. Spaniels make good hunt- ing dogs, especially for rabbits and birds. They .are great retrievers for waterfowl. 'They make good pets and are easily trained. Airedales. They are large terriers. They are good for killing rats, wood- chu'cles, etc., and are good watch- dogs, They are net good cow dogs. They are overrated as hunting clogs for small game. Hounds. Little beagles for rabbits, larger lsounds for foxes and coons. Hounds are good for little else and do not make good pets. Of course there are many other kind -s of dogs,—terriers, bulldogs, greyhounds and many mose,—whieh can be considered only as pets, valu- able and lovable enough in their ,place, but of no real value on the farm. Whatever breed you choose it is es- sential that you get a good dog It costs just as much for food and li. cense to keep a mangy mongrel as it casts to support a blooded, .highly - intelligent dog, The only difference is in the price you pay. The price of a good dog is really small; from fire to fifteen dallars will buy some pedi- greed stock—stack not available for bench showing. Of course you can pay more, and often it is wise to do so, especially if you know the father and the mother to be unusually good dogs. 'There is no sense in getting a dog tb.at is too young, The longer you wait the Odes the pup is and the less trouble and risk you will hay.e in ,always had too much to eat will sur- vive heavy feeding better than pups ftom kennels where they have been, kept 13ungry. When hungry dogs from kennels get a 'chance to gorge they will make the most of it. Be care-ful in feeding 11 11,:l\ kennels. , ,A growing pup alleuld be ied fittle• aoti often; that is, just as often as he will eat everything .- pup should eat dry bread, baked potato skins with nothing on them, beets, boiled onions, apple csires and indeed, if he is healthy and hungry, any food • at all. He should dance and bark for Ns food; if he does, you may he sure he enjoys it and is healthy. Remember that wild do.gs, wolves and foxes sel- dom get enough to cat. Nature in - thing on his plate, even as little as is healeh" may well be e good axiom for dogs. Old dogs should not be fed more' than once a day unless they are work - u -g and never oftener than twice a day. Feed them only as much as they will eat in a hurry. Doe't worry because the dog gobbles his food; a stomach that can digest a bone in a few minutes can easily digest a chunk of meat. It is a most serious mis- take, if a dog refuses his dinner, to coax him to eat with cookies. told meat, cake and such. By doing sc. you will not only teach the dog to. refuse his dinner even when Ire i hun- gry—because he will soon learn that refusal means better fooci—bnt will kill him. If a dog refuses a meal, he is sick. Watch him and yam will see him eat- ing grass—a sure sign that his di- gestive organs mwout of order. Forc- ing or coaxing the dog to eat at such• a time is dangerous. Any dog will' let you knots- when he is hungry. Re- member that if your dog leaves any- thing on his plate, even as little as one good lick, he is being overfed. In feeding all dogs you should avoid sweet milk. It is an excellent food, but it is likely to breed worms. Older dogs can drink sweet mill:- more safely than pups can. Sour milk is better. Po.tatoe.a seem to be quite indigestible for some dogs; baked po- tatoes are not so harmful as other' kinds. Do not 'deny a dog meat and bones, They are his natural food. but don't overdo it! Large bones to• gnaw and suck answer the purpose. They are more of a plaything than food for the youngster, but his mar- velously -strong teeth will work off more food than you think. Feed whole Wheat bread instead of white bread. Corn -meal mush and johnny- cake are excellent. Give your dog the table scraps; ordinarily there are en- ough to feed any dog on a farm. Can- ned fish is fine, mixed with his bread: to make it palatable. Dog biscuit are expensive in the country. Dogs will get sick. There are just three serious diseases that commonly afflict our farm friends — distemper, worms and indigestion. Of course there are other ills, hut those three are the most prevalent in the oder.- named. Dog distemper is a deadly, contagi- ous disease. It often sweeps over a section of the country and kills off a large percentage of the dog popula- tion. In its symptoms it resembles pneumonia. The dog coughs and runs at the nose and has a tempera- ture. Not mh canuobe done except to nurse the animal carefully. If he is a long-haired dog, keep him in ao cool, though not a cold, place, Short - haired dogs require greater warn -Alia though they should also have plenty of 'fresh air. Do not feed the sick dog. If he will la,p a little water or broth, all right, but do not feed him by force, no mw atter hostarved he looks. No medicine will clo the least bit of good; forcing the dog to take • noxious doses (013' makes 'him sicker .. Leave 'him alone! Worms are a simpler Matter. Only pups seem to be seriously troubled with worms, although an old dog will somethnes have them, especially if he is being fed with rich food, 'Takf • it for granted that every pup has , worms. Don't wait for symptoms: . Not one in a thoesand escap•es, Every month so give the dog a table- spoonful of syrup of buckthorn M hi -in • food. Follow it two hours later !with ou wait for ringing hin1 up. Pups eight weeks a dose ot castor Mi. If y 4d can be weaned, but they are too symptoms of worms, the dog rrns). y 11 y b h c, is p a Pl in hi ming to take away -from their other. Three to four Months is oung enough, and SIX' 111011`thIS is otter, 13y the end of six months they ave for the most part passed the lestructive age' and are no -0 so like - y oa cheer shoes and the legs of hairs. At ten months the ordinary og has his grawtha Ile may become havier, but no taller. Most ,d-ead pups were killed with Oldness. That is 'a- fact! A fat pup n't long for this world. Give any up a chance, and he will commit Weide at the feed d)sh. I never eard of a pup's starving to death. If pup is tall, maw -boned, thin, active, ages and hungry, he is in good con- ition, A round•ibelllied, six -Months - d pup that turn's .avoay from his ed dish in disgust is sick; he is be- g killed .by the hand that feeds m. Steange to say, pups th,gt have,c. hve ahas or some other trouble. For - small dogs the closes of medisinc. should be pro'portionatelly smaller. 'Indigestion and Matrel trouble are nearly always the result of improperfsed5ng, feettiog, Correct the trouble at the soince: feed the dog PrOperly. -Every dog has' fleas sooner or, later, :hut they are harmless. Ordin- ary, sheep clip, properly 'diluted with water according to the directions our the c.an, used M two application sev- eral days apart, will rid the dog of the pests. Fleas usually multiplyisa the dog's hed. :Keep it clean. It -aught not to 'be necessary to tell anyone to see that his dog hats plenty of good 'ell ea n water to drink, especially in the summer. And the, owner of a good, hard-working farm! dog' will surely think enough of him. to brush and eolith out the burs and matte cl ha; ..Let s'as---sos-gassisaso-I, sg. , r, •