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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-01-07, Page 2—Rev: anter n, and. Maou h, and a ITe had :iiite.: Mr, to London C1uff's re- st, Janes' wing been ap- to going to year. in the. 1-d gland. County, was or-. He1!- e fol- oitit- Talk- at St. lying and, and ea'l. in THE SEAFORTH NEWS. TH1JRHH>?IAY, j'rINUAIRY 7, 1932. • AUBURN, At the annual school meeting held at No. 3 Colborne John Huston. was re-elected trustee for another term, iThe chief matter brought up at the meeting for discussion was the hold- ing of a reunion to mark the centen- nial anniversary of the first settlement of the school section; This took place about 1834 or 1835. A committee was appointed to '•work in conjunction with the present trustee board in ting up historical data relating to ecttson and making a report of findings at the, next annual meet - When the land in this vicinity first taken up civilization, or set- n+t spread' gradually eastward Goderich. In the early days the 1 was a landmark. tic ell, he wedding remony a dinner about twenty-five .1frs. Burgess spent A lnoneyimoon in Eastern Ontario, mad will reside at the manse in South Kinloss. Former Kippen Teacher, -The fol- lowing. ol low'ing•gives a sketch of Mr. W, H. Johnston, well known in this district, r and now a resident of Exeter, Mr. 'Johnston is the eldest son of Henry Jotingtoti of Ashfield Tow•snhip. He was born north of Toronto in 1858 and when a child came with his par- ents to Ashfield, where. they took up farming,- ;41r, Johnston attended No. 9 Aslifield school until he was four- eeen, when be left school to learn •cheese -making in a factory at Dun- gannon. At this he proved to be a good cheesemaker and when his terns was completed he went to Brooke township, where he managed 'Watford 1_Tniou cheese factory. His mother, being of a farseeing disposition, was anxious that he return again to school, which he did. Mr, Johnston with a determi�nation to make good in the least pasbie time entered God- erich high:` school and after six months ,cured his certificate. After three nt nths spent at Normal in To- ronto '(e commenced teaching in his own home school, No. 9 A -}field, where he taught over eight years 'luring which time he was married to Miss Sarah Blake, daughter of the late Robert Blake, of Ashfield. He finished his term and moved to Hay township, where he was engaged to teach S. S. No, 2, After twelve years spent at No. 2 he moved to Kippen, where he remained twenty years, after which he again returned to No. 2 and taught two months, He was of- fered a position in the Exeter Roller Mills as bookkeeper at a more reran-. eratite ,alary. This he accepted and was in their employ for over eight years. 1Tr. and Mrs. Johnston have been all their lives great church and temperance workers, Their influence in every field of labor is for the bet- terment'o'f the community, air. Johnston for nearly fifty years has been a localpreacherand has oficiat ed in many 'pulpits throughout the county. He has held nearly every office in the church and 'Suud'ay school, and his great store of knowl- edge is always available to those who hire. Their family of three sons and one daughter received useful edu- cations. The- sons are -FreebornJohnston, of Washington. D. C. en- gaged with- the Carnegie Institute in " T'errestrial Magnetism"p Alberti Johnston of Toronto, actuary with the xcelsior lLife Insurance Co.; Wid- m Cecil' J'ohn'stori, M. ID., physician he hospital at Kerbonleson, N.Y. daughter, Dr. M�' y Johnston,, an at the Moun,fid''n Senator nilto'n,. for eleve years; died Mir. and Mrs, ho'ston have Exeter for el' ;it years. BRODHAGEN. itors in the vicinity over New 's, e1:r, and Mrs. Leslie Wieter- and daughter Grace of Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. August Hille- ht; Miss Mildred Murray of Dub - with Mr. and Mrs. J. Bennewies; o and Siegfried Alberti of the aterloo College, Gottfried and Hans the Kitchener College and Eva, so is attending cotitinuation school Ayton, at the parsonage with their rents, Rev. and Mrs. J. Alberti; r. and Mrs. Clarence Mogk of Lon- a. with Mr. and Mrs. John Mogk. Visitors away for the holiday were Ray Hart of the bank staff at his home in Palmerston; C. E. Gies, 'man- ager of the bank, at his home in Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Heinnzand son Kenneth at Tavistock, with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sipper. \•fr, and Mrs. Ferdinand Miller have returned from Toronto. Mr. :Hiller has been in the hospital for several weeks, having- undergone an npera- tion. NEW YEAR'S STORM. .Snow-, sleek, rain, gales and hurri- caites ushered in';1933 in Ontario, a large part of the'tUnited States, and t a wide section of Europe. Dozens ei Ontario towns were still t cut off from wire communication last night following the sleet and wind 1 storm which raged through the wes- p tern part a3 the province. Com- munication with Western Canada was impossible. Damage was caused to s orchards in the fruit belt, and power service was disrupted in certain sec- t tions for a time. b In England rain which froze as it fell completely demoralized traffic t and halted electric railways using a b third rail. r. In Italy a hurricane ripped roofs off t hundreds of hones. e Ontario escaped without a single reported fatality, though several seri- t ons accidents were reported on iced c roads near St. Thomas, Chatham and s Hamilton and Clinton. 'Western Ontario fought through a Ib maze of telegraph acid telephone wires lb to resume communication with other re parts of the province. o'f ing conditions, and as Disraeli sug gested, be ready when the opportinttty tames." Better 'Prices For Poultry. rInteresting.results were ach'ieve'd at the poultry fair at Napanee when it was estimated :that at least $2,500' meas added to the cash value of some 16 tons of .poultry marketed through the grading station operated in the Armouries there, and that fully $3,000 more was added to the cash value of so'ld "on the street" during the Fair, The Nap'aaee Fair showed. conclusively that buyers „'111 pay, a premium for a product that is Prop- erly 'prepared, for market and also that farmers' can grade and pack their poultry with efficiency and despatch under the supervision of experienced government assistants, For the first time in the history of the Fair, poul- try was "sold," not simply delivered to the buyer. The approximate aver- age price realized by members par- ticipating in the pool, for the four top grades was 27c per pound net, while the 'fair average for corresponding quality at "street" values was 20c to 21c per pound. Equally important was the sharp rise in prices on the market as poultry moved. into the grading station. Front around 20c to Zlc they moved to around 24c to 23c per pound. Potatoes for Poultry. Farming increases in value as an occupation just in proportion to the extent to which incidental by-prod- ucts can be marketed at a profit. Not only must the farmer sell all his good quality products at a fair price, but he must also find a market Tor as much as he can of the unsaleable pro- duct. It has beect found that greater net profits per bird can Se made and a finished bird of finer quality and flavor produced through crate -feeding on a ration oboiledf*equal parts of mid- dlings, rolled oats, potatoes and skim -milk than is the case where cornmeal is fed. Potatoes, finely ground or boiled, are proving excep- ionalty good for finishing poultry, particularly when fed in conjuttc- ion with the "white" grains andmilk, Crate -fed poultry offers a real - y attractive market outlet for cull o tatoes. Testing Cows Pays. The Peel County Cow- Testing As- ociation ja gaining in favor with milk and create producers to enable them o cull their flocks on production of utterfat mid milk as determined by Wilk tests each month for the en - ire year. Interesting figures have eta compiled to show the growth in ecent Years and the value of these este. The number of 'herds increas- e from 32 to 58 in the period 1929-31, al Lite number of cows on test tronthly increased front 494 to 766. A o-naparison of high and low herds' howed a high herd of eight cows having 10,332 lbs, of milk and 380,516 s. butterfat and a low herd 6.3125 s, milk and 234.46 lbs. of butterfat, presenting a difference of 4,007 lbs. milk and 146.10 butterfat, From Many Climes. A review of th,e students who have tended O A:C. during the last half ntury is contained in the annual re - rt from the College. It shows that ung men and women from every oviuce in Canada have been enroll, as well as representatives from no s than forty-four countries in Eir- e, Asia, Sotith America and eise- e're. Empire -wide and worldwide cognition ,is being given O, A. 'C aduates, Each year brings •evid- ce of worthy contributions to world vice made by graduates, With inl- ayed facilities for instruction, re- arch and extension, even greater vice should be possible. November Harvest. . H'arves'ting a second growth of oats th,e 26th of 'November Ts an ex- ience seldom enjoyed by farmers,' n ni Southern Ontario. Yet this s an actual accompiis'hment this ✓ by K. H. Robertson, of Jeait- te's Creek, in Kent 'County. The s were not ripe, but many of the ds were- almost ready to turn en they were plowed under as .fer- tilizer. The .stalks were over 40 inches n long, Whereas straw in the first crop a was short. The heads were just as- i large and the kernels just" as solid, t * * * * * * * * * s s * NEWS AND INFORMATION * * FOR THE BUSY FARMER * at * (Furnished by Ontario Depart- * ce * meet of Agriculture.) *' po yo Important Suggestions, pr An article containing very valuable ed suggestions regarding agriculture in les Ontario was recently prepared by Mr. op A. R, G. Smith of New Hamburg. wh president o'f the Ontario Field Crop re and Seed Growers' Association, and gr has appeared in a number of public'a- eu tions, Prominent among his recon ser inendationd for improving agricul- pr tune are: 'The fencing of woodlots in se order to keep live stock out and ser allow the baby' trees to grew; the appointment o'f a consulting forester from amongst the people of each nru- nicipality, who could show people on how to harvest many mature trees in per Ontario's wood lots without diuiin- eve ishing the:supply; continuation of the wa practice of making land as clean' -•as yea possible, in' order to help maintain the net soil fertility; and building up of herds oat of good producing live stack to. con- hea sutne our agricultural produce. Itt wh conclusion Mr. Stm!th gays this trib- ute: "The farmer's wife. and his. family deserve great credit for adjust- ing themselves to unbalanced cotidi- tious. 'Let us hold steady under try Mr. Roberts'on 'had 140 acres of oats this year, They ripened very quickly during the latter part e the .harvest season, but the result that when, they were cut they were very ripe. T'h'e, grain shelled and 'fell to the ground, accounting for the second crop, Another Step ` Towards Better 'Seed, One of the most interesting and practical steps tdwards providing a better seed su'p'ply for Western On- tario was taken recently when about fifty operators of seed -cleaning planes in various parts of Western Ontario carne together at Q,;A;C, fora two- day school. of instruction and prac- tice with 'the -most' up-to-date equip- ment, Since these men were all ex- perienced seed cleaners they came to the school with very definite ideas as to wheat they wanted to find out, and they were so well pleased with what they saw and learned that before 'dis- 'persing they passed a resolution urg- ing that such a school should be held again next year. The program was arranged by the Markets Branch in'Toronto and in- cluded some excellent addresses by widely experienced men, and demon- strations of actual seed cleaning with the best kinds of machines nowv'ntade for this purpose. The course was given in the Field Husbandry Build- ing at the 'College, where the dif- ferent kinds of machines had been set up for operation, Valuable Reports. Among the' various reports issued by the Department during the past year, which are of especial interest and may he obtained by'anyone in- terested in them, are the following: Ontario Agricultural College and Ex- perimental Farm, 1930; Ontario Fruit 'Growers' Association, 1931; "Manure and Fertilizers: ?Their Use in On- tario;" "Results of a three-year study of certain poultry rations as they affect the hatching power of` hen eggs as well as: the number of eggs laid" °Prepared by O. A. C. Depart- ment of Poultry Husbandry); Para- sites Injurious to Poultry, by Lionel Stevenson, provincial zoologist; Wo- men's Iustilutes of 'Ontario (report for 1930). Much valuable informa- tion is contained in these .reports and they will be gladly Turnished' free cif 'charge upon application to the Publi- cations Bran'ch of the Department of Agriculture, Toronto. press itself in the polished period and the rounded phrase, an administrator neon whose shoulders had lain •heavy responsibilities, but in whom repos ed the capacity for discharging thetas honorably and efficiently, Sir 'George, was always a sturdy combatant .on the field of political polemics. I -lis earlier. role in party affray's was that of the skilled fencer; the :verbal rapier was his arm, catfstic and sattt'rieal com- ment withering the aspiratioais and anitagonisnrs of many an opponent In his 'latter years his speeches were much more mellow and the ,Public cause to understand him as the kindly gentleman. he was. A student of the classics, Sir George possessed a vo'ca= bular-yl rich in! allusion Vaud' apt imagery, In the later years of his life he de- voted his efforts to advancing in Can- ada the objects of the League elf Na-, tions, Present at the Versailles con- ference, Sir George was its eulthusi- a'stic proponent in this country. On several occasions he had represented Canada at Geneva,'and it was a com- pliment to his outstanding eincerit3 and ability that a government to which he was opposed from a partisan vie'wpoin't, selected hint to be a meat ber of the Canadian delegation to the league in 1926. Side by side with in teruattional good -will was Sir George's strong protagonism of temperance. A life-lonvg prohibitionist, one of the earliest acts of his political career was the introduction of a resolution in -to the. House • of Commons affirming the 'principle of, prohibition. One o his great speechs-:in the Senate it 1930 was on this subject, a strongly voicedxsta•p-port of the action' of 'Liberal ad'minis'tration' forbidding th clearance of liquor -laden vessels to United Sitates ports. sir G'e'orge Fos -ter was first elect ed to' the House of Commons fa King's County, New, lBruuswick, ii '1882. On petition, however, the elec tion was voided. Undeterred. ` h' again contested the seat and wa returned by a larger majority. Thre years dater he was taken into th Cabinet of Sir John A. Macdonald as minister of marine and fisheries That portfolio he retained for thre yeads, when, on the resignation of Si • 'Charles Tupper from the ministry, h betaine minister of finance. Sn the subsequent administrations 01 Si John Abbott, ,Sir John Thompson, Sir Vackenzie Dowell and Sir Ch'arle Tupper, lasting from 1892 to 1896, Si George continued to hold the (inane fprtfolio,' i' In 1896, the Conservative Govern- nten.t went forth into tie wilderness, where it remained for 15 years. Twice contesting seats in that period in 190 and again. in -1903 Sir George tasted politica .lata+ `' ;.a„fit 1904 he re turned to the House oC "G,atru pt,5vL sent thither by the constituency o North Toronto. Until his elevation to the 'Senate in• 1921 he sat for thi riding, not again courting the politica favors of his native New 'Brunswick. 'When the Government of Sir Rab ert L. Borden succeeded that of th late Sir Wilfrid Laurier following th election of 1911, Sir' George was give' the portfolio of trade and commerce. He was responsible for the preferen tial 10 -year trade agreement with th West Indies colonies and he also made extensive travels in the Fa SIR GEO'RG'E FOSTER WAS East. In 1912 Sir George effected an GRAND OLD MAN OF arrangement with the British govern CANADIAN POLITICS. meat whereby the British consuls service was officially opened to th Rt. Hon. Sir George Eulas Foster use of Canadian commerce, During died at his residence in Ottawa short- the Great War, Sir George with othe ly after 5 o'clock Wednesday evening. members of the Canadian Parlianten The veteran statesman had been ser- visited the western front. 'There the iously ill for two weeks, He was 3'4 were conducted to a number of Can years old. Until ,ix months ago his adian battalions in reserve positions health was remarkable for a mats of Sir George delivering brief speeches his years. His mind was clear and During 1916 he attended the allies keen, His speeches in' the Senate economic conference at Paris, as one showed all ihs old -tine Vigor. Then of the four representatives n8 the Bri- he was stricken ' with a cerebral rash IG'averiiment, .and in that year be hemorrhage, A fortnight ago he suf- was appointed a'mem'ber of the Im- fered.. a. second and more -serious seiz- Aerial Privy, Council, a cls i t i tire.. He rallied, however, ,and with wst' rho' 'bleb carried with the title of "right his strong constitution, he fought a horn,” Fallowing the war Sir Geo: ac - great, but losing battle. Christmas companied Sir Robert Borden to the Day found his condition very critical peace conference, Two years mater, in and little' hope was given that he 'I Sir Robert's absence from Ott would survive,• Lady 'Foster was in .became actin awn, he g Prime minster. His. almost constant attendance upon her elevation to 'the Senate in 1921 was distinguished husband during his'ill- just prior to the defeat of the •,7iei .hen ness. Regarded by political friends administration, in which he had again and foes alike as the "Grand Odd held .the office of minister of trade Man" of Canadian public life. Rt. and coninterce. From that time on Hon. Sir George 'Eulas Foster had Sir George devoted the major- part of had his. "exits and entrances" upon his efforts to stimulating Canadian the stage of Canadian politics 'for half support of the League of 'Nations: a century. Through him not a little Sir George was born in Carleton of the history of this Dominion was County, New Brunswick, ' ort, Sep - written and with 'hien had lain a close .tenter 3, 19417, a son of the late John link between the Canada of todayJ t the scattered and :Foster .o�f United Empire 'Loyalist provinces of pre -Con- 'descent. He was educated at the federation times, Sir George was 20 'University of New, Brun Fred - years of age when Sir Brunswick, Fred- J+ohn A. Mac- evictor, where he won several scholar- donald brought into '.being .the first "ships and nnedals, goverairnent of a United Canada in Sir George was married 1867. The strenuo ' ed twice, o - us days when Can- in 118149 to Miss Adeline Dravi'es, old - arta was in embryo, 'the colorful years est daughter o'f the late 'Milton Davies of his country's. birth 'and develop= of Hamilton, Ont. S'he meant 19, from •cu' ' died in 19:h- ny to nation, were all and in 1920, he married Jessie, datugh- part of 'his lt•eri•ua . /In that develop ter of the lalte'iSir William Allan, M. tent Sir Geccge Foster played' a not= P. of London. There were no chif- ble'and ,useful part. A'parliattrentar- dren. On his death Sir Ge a• art of unusual ability, an'.orator io'f the longest standing ° �e'wae g g member of the he old achool which delighted to ex- Dominioni Privy Council, w'hic'h- he entered 'under .S'r John A. M'aedo'np ' old Its 1855. Sir iG�e'orgn was, created 'se Kanight otnntander of ,St. Michael and St. George, and in 19118 Knight 'Commandr, Grand 'Cross Sir George was president of several. mining and clevel'optncnt -companies, and first vice pre iileait and general manager of the Unice Trust 'Com- pany of Toronto. He was a Baptist. dSir 'George was always fond of boat- ing and fishing and he` was an enthus- iastic gardener. He was also a lover of cricket and art arden, bicyclist until late ,years, ALLUVIAL GOLD PN BR'ITISH COLVIVIBbA. Geologists tell us that buried' in the wilds of Bri'tislt Columbia is gold —to the ,value of hundred's of millions. Unfortunately this particular • Brit- ish Columbia gold. is alluvia! deposit so finely distributed that not even, the modern dredges and hydraulics can .prcliiitably recover at.. Scientists are searching for some method to solve the problem. This hoard of fine e'lu'sive, gold is • situated in the wild "Cariboo region of which Barlcervi'llle is the centre- B'arkerviile, a ghost - village nolw, which was a roaring camp of thous- ands When primeval 'forest yet cov'- ered the site of Vancouver, The William's Creek which over an area of 150 feet wide and 2 miles Tong, yielded an estimated $25,000,000 in al- luvial gold, front "dirt" never equal- led in richness. And much of , the wealth came from the little 100 foot square' claims of individual claims of individual and group miners, Its bul- lion was in the coarse dust and nug- gets characterizing the bonanza camp. Here be it said that the creek got its name from William Diets, "Dutch Ball," the miner who discovered it fn 1'$59. Here are few examples of William's C'reek's richness. The Steele claim operated by three btrothers, pro- duced at one time 409 ounces of gold a day valued at $6,544. More than $1,000,000 was taken from one' digging which measured only 80 by 25 'feet in area. Itr 1862 the adjoining Cun- ningham claim produced $2,000 a day for the whole working Season. The Adanns claim netted its becners $4 000. In 1863 three claims 11 lime's Creel: produced $300,0 twenty more were steadily pros front 20 to 400 ounces per day. (Butcher which washed out 310 our in one day, the Aurora which to out from 300 to 400 ounces daily f a time, and the Caledonian with a re ord of 300 ounces in 24 hours, a other evidences of the hoard of tree ure which lay there. Moreover, pioneers did practically all the d G -gang and vas'hing with their ma ha 'ghboring An tier, Light nitf,wr ouse Creeks produces much -ieaa t ,, though claims .adja•cen' to the ren est profit ` s even on Wil liant's Creek, somettt. •alta,-aardf miner wages. !In 1909 placer trinity in the Cariboo was at a low ebb. The few large companies had mostly giv- en up and few individuals were work- ing claims, 'We saw- one outfit of several nett playing a hydraulic stream from a big nozzle, fed by a pipe from a mountain twice, against the dirt sides of Iefink Gulch. In the process the stream battered down the bank, unloosing the timbers from old shafts and sending a flood of muddy water down a sluice box, We saw the clean-up of black sand and ga'len'a, in which, ,with mercury, the miners were catching .particles of gold. The season was short and the profits only fair, from this ground wiiich 0ia-'ta been tunnelled in the early days, But the writer has always hankered to,'re-' visit the Cariboo and to pan its creeks for gold. One can quite appreciate the lure such quests have for the old sourdough, with their possibility of sudden riches. Alas, many a malt has wasted his life in such useless effot'ts. Veterans talk of locating "the old beds" of the famous streams which muslt be heavy with,, gold down at bed rock. In fact we knew: one man who olid locate the attcieut.channel at Ant- ler Creek, front wltic'h be showed us rich specimens in gold. He ran' a shaft to the rock but water seeped in and some'how Ise was never able to make it go, 'One reads about, but seldo'm sees, Chinamen washing out gold from .the bars of 'the Fraser River farther down. For years Chinamen 'have been able to make better money wash- ing clothes orcaokitt'g in Vancouver: Accessible pay dirt is mostly too 'poor nowadays, though ,one ,fanciest in these har'd times that even the poorest dirt would attract a'ttention. One can get "colors" in hundreds, of British Col- umbia rivers and ,creeks, but even a'. few cents ,worth of gold will gleam in the bottom of a pan., Ground must be fainly rich to warrant 'prolffable hand' lalboi- or even modern placer uaa'c'hiu- ery. If the Canadian geologists ca find a way o'f saving the fine, "flan gold" of the rivers or profitably ex ac+acting the isamall quantities coit'ta'inc int ntotuntaitos of 'rdirt" .they will sur ly confer a benelfit upon that region,