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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-01-08, Page 3Most Valuable Cargo to leave Port Arthur this season -306,554 bushels of flax valued at $2,250,000—is unloaded from 480 -foot lake carrier Sir Thomas Shaughnessy at Owen Sound as she ended her record navigation season. Shaughnessy came through heavy snowstorms using her radar equipment. Sports And One Thing or Another By FRANK MANN HARRIS ("A Sixbit Critic") Following a custom dishonored by time we drag out the old binochlars incidentally wishing a certain• famous camera -man who borrowed the only good pair we ever owned 15 years ago would get around to returning theist—to take our usual peek into the future, trying to discern what the year has in store for lovers of sport. * * * Here we might reiterate that a cagey plan for readers is to slip all such expert annual predictions and carefully save same as a guide to future wagering. We don't like to boast—not if we can persuade some- body to do it for us—but over the years a man . couldhave become wealthy by placing a flat bet on all our personal forecasts. That is, of course, with a copper on, or in plain language, to lose. * N. * So we foresee that the first big feature of the year will be the Win- ter Olympics, and have no hesita- tion in prognosticating that a flock of new records will be set. Among the old ones due to be shattered arc the marks for back-biting. heaving, conversation conversation - endurance, bull -tossing and official -wrangling. International relationships will be so improved that the papers are bound to be full of talk advocating compul- sory military service for everybody above the age -of eight. (And why trot? When they get that age they know ev./rylliing--why not let (hers do it?) Barbara Am/ Scofl either positive- ly will 0y' positively won't Lein the figure skating 11110. 7f she docs, -it 7e ll br simple dustier. If sot, -rte's- pe'ct dirty 1(ork at the crossroads and look for the Mayor of Ottawa to 'jump off the Chateau Laurier roof. Canada may, or may not he represenlyd in hockey, If not, no doubt it's all for the best. * * * During February and Afarch there will be a lot of glades and some hockey played in the "'Big League," Frank Seiko, Dick Irvin, Frankie Boucher, Jack Adapts, Corrin Smythe and a few other shrinking violets will b: regretfully compelled to ac- cuse one another, and their respec- tive teams, of every Uhl/0 Ott the calendar, or in the dictionary. They will be greatly abashed at all the space these squabbles. get in the 'pa- pers. * * * When playoff tints arrives it will .be discovered that there ill a three- way tie -off for fourth position. Somebody will come no with the bright suggestion that they start afresh — all six of hem — from scratch, and continue their search for the champion all sumnmer. This will be properly frowated upon as too revolutionary—as yet. * * '1 New York Rangers will find thein- selves in- the finals and the dignity 'of Tile fVald's Fastest ,Sport will get another huge boost through be- ing Pea d out in favor of Ringling Brother e ' -. h -Oars the ((('(es is ,over ll'd11(1 the final audit is Made The Maple Leafs will have re- tained the Stanley Cup, or maybe not. If they, do, simple jttsice again. If not, lousy officiating. * * * Baseball, by this time or ever, several weeks before, will be in full swing; and about now the Brooklyn fans will be wondering why they ever hollered for the reinstatement of Leo Durocher. This holler ie,' liable to become more and more chronic, if the pitching they showed in the last World's Series was on the level. When the All Star Game is played the same Mr. Durocher will reluctantly yield to terrific public pressure and consent to lead the National League Representatives, al- though we do not thinly they will have to twist his arm to the tortue- point. About five thirty that evening he will be wishing he'd let Shotten Ito it. * * * But we era getting ahead of our- self. In the merry month of fToy, horse racing costes back—officially, that is, the "winter tracks" being beneath the dignity of. any real lover of The Turf; although ,somehow or other we notice exactly 'the .mine steeds running on, tlfent as perform on 1/18 more honchoed ovals. * * * If a horse entitled NING MIDAS should happen to win the clastic. Kentucky Derby do 'not be too much surprised—although we will, as we only mention him because his is the sole name among the entries we can recall. Nor can we remember the name of the steed that is a sure thing for the Classic King's Plate—as a matter of fact we can't remember the name of the one which took the last one, and doubt if you can either. • * * Along about knee deep in June a gentleman named Jersey Joe Wal- cott will find the cure he has long been seeking for his insomnia in fact he will find Himself asleep' so suddenly that he'll wonder howhe got there, The next morning .1Na•, Walcott.tvill be telling folks he was shannefull' misquoted when report- ed, this 'December, as saying he could lick a gentleman named Mr. Louis any time, any place. Mr. Louis will sink back into his habitual state, of septi -coma until the -next time somebody tags him too 'rudely. * * * There's a lot wore coining in 1948, 'which we can clearly foresee but haven't the time to tell you about. Maybe we'll do so later! but, if not, don't lei it blight your life too much. One tiling, however, we are certain of coating to pass. Sport broadcast- ers will.. get a greater quantity. of excitement frons watching .1001 than anybody else—or anyway sound as though they dot Be a `,lake a chance I Even a turtle gets nowhere until lie sticks his neck out. Prophets Made Bad Guesses Even Then Back in the year 1888 there was all English clergyman, The Rev. F. Barham Zincke, one of the "chaplains in ordinary" to Queen Victoria. He published a phamphe let in which he gave his views of what the world would be like a. century from then — that is to say, in 1983. By that time, according to his calculations, there will be a thousand millions of English-speak- ing pie in the world — 800 wil- lies-1n il- lie t"til the United ,States, 64 mll- ,Ilon in Canada, 48 million in Aus- tralia, 16 million in South Africa and 70- million in the United Kingdom. Among these thousand million, he thought, there will be no savag- es, no serfs, no slaves and very few drones or Sybarites. All will be able to read and write and in- clined to turn such knowledge to good account. They will all occupy their own land and manage their own political affairs. They will have a high standard of morality and have women occupying a far higher position than they did at the time he wrote. Competition be- ween nations will be intellectual, not military. Almost 05 years have passed since he made these prophecies; and if the shade of the Rev. Mr. Zin- eke is hovering around, we would say that — with a mere 85 years or so to go — time .is rapidly running out on them. Still, we have prophets of our own, these days, whose "batting averages" aren't much better. Rain and Snow In Ontario 5* Rainfall during the growing season for most crops, April- Septetnber, during 1945 was 13.58 inches. This was 8.17 inches less than the preceding year, and 111 comparison with a 65 -year period, 1882-1946, this was 2.28 inches be- low the average. One month was above normal and five below. May with 0.55 above and July 0 9 below had the greatest de- partures during the growing sea- son. The total amount of rainfall from November 1946, to March, 1947, inclusive, was 8.17 inches, 0.53 below average for 6e years. In this pe iod there was a snow- fall • of 88.5 inches or 19,9 above normal. Saboteurs in Canada Cause Untold' Ruin Saboteurs are at work under- mining the foundationof thous- ands of ' Canadian homes. While they, are seldom detected, -their sabotage goes on day and night. They are not hirelings of a for- eign power, however, but are the destructive fungi which cause wood rot responsible for losses amounting to several million dol - tars annually in the 'Dominion alone. The ravages of these unseen enemies is evidenced everywhere=- the, rotting foundations of wooden houses and barns, sagging mine timbers, crumbling porch pillars and steps, bulging well casings and shaky bridge planking. But the losses do not stop here. Numerous accidents and even deaths are caused each year by the collapse of rotten structures, It took a war' and the ' clever hand of the chemist to'find some- thing to combat this insidious foe. The weapon was copper naphthen- ate—hailed by last war troops as a wonder chemical which added many years of life to ropes, net- ting, tents, boats and wooden barges. Pale green in color, copper naphthenate solution contains two per cent copper. When applied on wood or canvas, it appears as .a light green stain which can be covered over with ordinary house paint if desirable. While it may be brushed or sprayed on, it is best applied by dipping—allowing the wood to soak in the solution for two to three minutes. According to paint chemists, the preservative w also highly effec- tive in prolonging the life of tar- paulins, canvas chair coverings, binder canvases, awnings, tents and nets. It is safe to handle, harmless to livestock and poultry, and does not affect plants and seed grains stored in treated bins or granaries. The popular impression is that wood rot is confined solely to high humidity southern countries, but a survey has shown it is equally destructive in the Dominion and per capita loss to Canadians is as much as anywhere' in the world. The fungi which cause wood rot and mildew are invisible organisms carried in the atmosphere in great numbers, When they come to rest anywhere and are given sufficient moisture, they immediately set to worn feeding .on the cellulose in wood, rope and fabrics of vege- table origin. Destruction is quick nad sure—unless the fungi are killed. Copper naphtenate does this very effectively. Stumped A member of the Baker Street Irregulars declared confidently at the clan's annual meeting that good old Sherlock Holmes could find anything "Hmpf," grumbled a more skeptical brother. 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