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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-05-12, Page 7THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1932. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THE GOLDEN TREASTTRY !M!ay 1!5. For this cause, 1 ;bow nay knees mato 'the 'Father of our; Lord Jesus Christ, ,of wham the 'whole ,Family in 'hea- ven and earth, is .named; that he 'would grant you, according to the triches of his glory. to !be ;strength- ened, 'Scc.'E,ph iii. 14-21,, This is a prayer 'fit to be used by ministers';for 'their coagregations, and by .all .'(Chris'tians for themselves: it may be !used as a daily prayer; we should off'r tit up in faith, without ap- prehending thatathe favour we ask is too great. (God will do .exceedingly more :for than we can .either ask .or 'undeesltand, :Whatever !we,as'k, he will grant us sbill ^moe; 'for, 'th'ou'gh we are sinners, 'Jesus has 'received gifts even for sinners, .and to every one of 'us (verse'/)' 'is given grace' a'ccording to the tneasttre 'of the gift 'of 'Christ, that we may enjoy all things richly,. ;Christ being'ich towards all 'them that: call upon 'him. ,:0 God, 'thou art ,our (Father, reconciled to us' in +Christ;, FARM FOR SALE Lot 11,,'Concession 4,'H,;R.S, Tuck- 'ersmith, containing 100 acres of choice land, situated on county road, 154' , miles' south of the prosperous Town oft Seaforth, on. C.N:R.; convenient to schools, churches ,and' markets. This farm is all underdrained, wellfenced; about 2 acres of choice fruit trees. The soil is excellent and in'. a good ,'tate ofcuitivation and all suitable for the growth of alfalfa, no waste land. The farm is well watered with two aiever failing ;wells, also a flowing .spring in the farm yard; about 40 ,acres plowed and reading for spring 'seeding, also 12 acres of fall wheat; awmainder is •seeded with alfalfa. The buildings are first class, in excellent repair; the house is'`brick and is mo- dern in every respect, heated with fur- nace, hard and soft water on tap, a, three-piece bathroom; rural telephone,:. also rural mail. The outbuildings con- sist of barn 50x80 feet with stone, stabling -under; all floors in stable cement; the stabling has water sys- tem installed. A good feame driving shed, 24x48 feet; a 2 -storey henhouse 16x36 feet. A brick pig pen with ce- • ment<floors capable of 'housing about 40 pigs. The house, stables and barn thave hydro installed. Anyone desir- ing a first class home and choice farm should see this. On account of ill health I will sell reasonable. Besides the above I am offering lot 27, con- cession 12, Hibbert, consisting of 100 acres choice land, 65 acres well under - drained; 10 acres maple bush, all seed- ed to grass; no waste land. On the premises. are a good bank barn 48x56 Feet and frame 'house, an excellent well. The farm is situated about 5 guiles from the prosperous village of Hensel(' on the C.N,R., one-quarter of a mile from school and mile ,from church.• this farm has never been cropped much and is in excellent shape for cropping or pasture. I will sell'these farms together or separate- ly to suit purchaser. For further par- ticulars apply to the proprietor, Sea - forth, R.R. 4, or phone 21 on 133, 'Seaforth, THOS. G. SHtIQ LINIG- `LAIW, Proprietor. D, W, McInnes Chiropractor Of Wingham, will be at the Commercial Hotel, Seaforth -Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Afternoons Diseases of all kinds success- fully treated. Electricity used. Lord -,Jesus, d:o ,thou dwell :in our !Hearts and that we''may be !filled lith all the fulness of God, On thei'� iP,sa ens—fPsalni 13, 31, For who is 'God, ,save the ;Lord ? Or who Is a rock, save our (God? • "jeh!ovih" alone is the "God" or co veiean'ted IS'aviour of his people:. he is the only rock on which they may se- curely !build the'ir hope of heaven. Vain were ,the idols of ' the ancient world, 'Beal 'and'J!n'piter; 'they cannot ;bestow content, or make their Votar- ies happy lbelow; much less can they deliver 'front death; or open the ever- 1as:ting doors above. 32 Itis ;God that girde'th me with strength, add roakebh My way perfect. •l In !this 'and the ;following verses are enumerated the gifts /of iGio'd • to the sp'ir'itual warrlior, i5lhereby"he is 'armed and p'rep!ared for the battle, after ,tire. example cif his 'victorious, leader. God invests him with "strength," or "what the apostle calls ,the spirit of might itt the inner man," as the lotus of a so'l- dier are 'braced by the military girdle; when that 'of Si. iPaul, "having your loins girtabout' with truth." He re moves everything that may impede his progress, until he has accomplis'h- ed his warfare, 'andfinished his course in righteousness, which seems to''bewhat is meant by Snaking his way perfect" , THE GARDEN. There could be no more delightful hobby 'for.a flower lover than :the im- provement of one's favorite flower ,by breeding, To rear something "distinct- ly your own, new and valuable, is to elaperience the full reward of creative effort. On could name' a hundred' or more prominent firm's ,and .individuals in Great !Britain, Ireland, :France, 'Ger- many, , ,H'oll'and, IBeigium, `United States, JAustralia and ether 'countries who• are engaged in. the origination of plant novelties, at is not generally realized, that some Of the Tose -firms carry on hyb'ffdizing as an ' essential part of their enterprise, ;At least one firm raises as many as 3,000 neve seed- ling roses_ annually. 'In irises others carry on continuous, systematic hreed- ing.operations, Most foreign intro- ductions come` to us from climates milder and sometimes much milder that. our own sothat from this stand-. point 'alone we have the !best of rea- sons for 'undertaking hybridizin'g o.n our awn account, (With"many plants .it is' a very sim- ple and easy matter to raise new var- ieties, distinct from' all other's in 'cul- tivation. It is, 'however, 'much more difficult to improve upon' the 'best sorts alreadyin existence, Any person who intends to enter comimet-dial plant breeding should remember that the only sound policy is to restrict one's offerings to those of .deoid'ed superior- ity. Inyferior varieties spread disa'p- pointmen't andr'discouragement. Good ones, beget interest, satisfaction and en't'hustias'm: One of the most remarkable ex- anaples 'of improvement is the chrys- anthemum, in which the diversity df form, size acid color are most re- markable. At least one ,American 'firkin is carrying on the ibroeding of 'mums, but credit for the developutent of this beautiful flower ,belongs to the Japan= ese, The original .species were two in number, small flowered and itt- significant, The best modern example which may he cited to show the possibility of improvement by' breeding is the gladiolus. There .is scarcely a gladiolus variety now cultivated which was in ,existence :be'fore11895. We have now an army of gladiolus breeders and while 'we are 110 d'ou'bt due .For a flood of -.second 'rate and -inferior varieties, CI NLY 75 466.50 ROUND TRIP between B173,8FA.L0 and CLEVELAND Aegean may nine, enrolled ger naa0y03.75 ($4•751ess zer to Sept, ii'/' inclusive) Why drive when yoti can VII: your car aboard for less than the cost of oil and gas? More restful... cheaper...and saves a,day. Steamers each way, every eight, leaving m9:00 P.M.,. May 15th to November tsc. Cleveland -Pt, Stanley, .Canada, Division July 1st to Sept, 5th incl on Fiiday, Satur- day and Sundayonly 0:3. 8® ®ns+>n tday;; $"5.00 Rd. Trip. Any 'eat' annnlly G„s'Y1U, Ask your Loral Tourist n' ricket. Agent An nett/C&13 Lhie Nalde,', incinthng Fret Alis fMap and dump on our 11 /1 Expense Tripe �'ffi1tl CII.L^'S5,•A.e l'tib .41,NI's, 15;ilfil"FAvL905 TD54lidSIT 40OIKIP.f.wT4t Poot'Seanley, Canada • •13ufralo,'N. Y.. .. r ' : d�i�.tlti,Sv'1a1Nal hitt,".'". d',IS!",t..tai l'� .fe,!:7;tr ni„> 8 ii>•,+ 41.11111. PAGE SEVEN there: is still no danger of exhausting the po!ten!tialities of the plant. One variety now on the market resembles a talip .flower much more closely than it does the 'ordinary type of gladiolus. As to perfume, there are no less than five 'South 'African wild epodes which are scented and there is every reason to believe this quality can be worked into the large -flowered types if desired. Gladiolus 'tristis 'G. recurvus and G. s;pathaceus are sweet stented, the ,first named in evening only. IG. ,a'lattts has a quaint scent 1'ike su'm'mer apples and G. ma'culatus has a decided freesia 'perfume. One" s of � the nt �ms proin�ising !fields, in plant ibreed!ing is in roses. T;he most difficult 'phase of this is pro'bablythhat of developing varieties resistant to black spot and mildew. 'M'uch more`' ,;night he said and many other interestinv os'sllbi•li i g p At ee pginfed out. The i'mp'ortant 'thing, however, is to ch'oos'e your specialty and get started; Study varieties and species, 'Collect all you can. Testand observe thein thoroughly. The''grea't trick' ns to know which two plants to cross together and 't'he only'guide to know ',varieties:thorouglaly. If you make the right combination you can- not fail to get results. Use the 'best material .available, , otherwise you are wasting time'; in covering ground which has been already traversed, The second great trick is to grow- your stock, I't is surprising easy to lose .a valuable lot of seedlings , by damping off or . by some simple pre- ventable accident, Ther1e its no .known ruleasto•hi w tch parent the progeny o'f a cross is likely to resem'b'le in habit of .growth, disease resistance, color, hardiness or any other quality. Individuals of the same parentage may produce plants show- ing wide ,diversity in all-charaeteris- 'THE MARKS BROTHIERS, :No glamor of former show' days, no laughter, no vaudeville repartee—only sadness and a colorful memory ,a't- tended• Robert 'Wfli'iam 4lfarks, oldest 'living Canadian ;theatrical producer - manager -actor as the other day he made the 'long journey from Toronto to Perth, the remains of May 'Belle Marks, his companion and fellow - tro'u'per. for 36 years, -two coaches ahead. May Belle Marks, dancer and sing- er, known and loved -all over Canada by theatre goers' of 10 and 20 years ago, died at -the age of. 60 at the Tor- onto t(;ieneral Hospital,;after suffering from pneumonia: She was buried at Perth in t'he family plot. Just out of a sick bed, Rabect W. M'arks, age 7:7, was frail and broken of heart as he travelled alone, on his sad mission. For 56 years Robert Marks manag- ed and produced' his own shows itt city, town and hamlet throughout -the Continent. At one time he had 11 shows "on 'the road” at once. There isn't a man on 'the continent who knows Canadian life so intimately, :The grandfather 01 the Marks bro- 't•hers—there were seven of them— came to Canada from - Ireland' 120 years ago. A log cabin was built on the site at Christie's Lake 'where now stands the A'rliedale'hotel, still owned by 'the Marks. "There ,were only 'five Ringling bro- thers, but there were seven of us,". "RMW." proudly stated. ,Ernest is ex -Mayor of Oshawa, au'd owner of elle Martin theatre. "I -Ie was with me ten or 12 years. He was'a great comedian. How he'd make thein roar with laughter. "He married a 'Brockville girl, Katie Rey holds. -What a record'. that maim has! Thirty-five years in show business. Then there was Tom Marks. "Le't's see. Ernie would' be 50, Tom's 76. He's been living at Christie'.s.'Lake on the ald hoinestead. Re manages the Ar- liedale hotel. It's too bad about Tom: He had a'stroke a few days ago, Fifty-oh•e years of show business is Toin Mark's record. "He was a coun- terpart of P'at.Roo!tey," !his elder bro- ther said, not 'without 'considerable Pride. '"Tom was one of the best Irish' comedians I ever knew." Tom Marks' 'd'aughter, Arlie Marks Perrin, follows the 'footlights , too. She and her husband Jim closed up their own show in; Niagara Palls and went to Perth to be with 'Tong. ".Then there's Jioe,".•Robert Marks continued, "Joe` is up. at the hotel while Tom is away. Joe 'Managed a dramatic 'and vaudeville s'h'ow of his own until a year ago, His wife is a beafit'iftil actress. .Toe almost event through for the Anglican rnirnistry." There were three others: One died young. Alex,, Whom Robert described as the "living image of Lionel B'arry- niore," died e few 'years ago. jack is in British Co'lum'bia. The CWP:R, had not been completed when Robert and Tom A(arls, with another man, started out front Perth t0' Winnipeg, in a'btuggy, 'deterinitied. to bring "drama",`to ' the early settlers of the west. It was ih 1879; The Winnipeg Free (Press chronicl- ed .the hronicl'ed'.the arrival of the show -men' with an editorial' "Hurrah, we're not in the 'backwoods any more. A' show has come' to town. We drove a team and buggy to Ow- en 'Sound and then boarded theNor- thern Belle to Parry S'oundd," RIW. related. "Then we went to Copper Olaff,_tlie'Manifoulin Islands and Port Arthur." "In 1!8179 ''Winnipeg was a m'udhole with about 1500 inhabitants. 'We (played three nights in the city hall. Those 'who didn't have cash paid their admission fee in gold dust. Some of the crowd s'a't on beer kegs." ,'Frain Winnipeg the little troupe_ went to the mining -camp town's' of Uni'ted States. : i "There was money around in those towns an d we played to packed houses," Mr. Marks said. New York was a 'better city in 1882 than it is to -day, he thought. "There are too many foreigners ;there now." Some of the shows were 'one-night stands. Sometimes the troupe re 'st'a'ined three weeks in a city. The. Marks ` Bros. claim credit for inaugur- ating the ten, twenty, thirty cent show. -In several cities they hired a three storey building, and carried on a vaudeville show on the 'first floor, a.dram'ati'c sketch on the second floor and, a freak show on top. "'In Pittsburg in 082, two ladies were added to the company," Mr, Marks went on, . Some of the towns had no 'piano— others charged an, exhorb'itant .rate— so Robert M'a'rks b'ough't one, and carried it with them on a truck wher- ever he went. • "In .1880 we came back to Canada; and worked out from. fRetufrew. Ren- frew was a more prosperous town then than it is now. We worked' at Pemlbroke, Alinonte, Carleton Place and Perth. We tied up with 80 bands. in 80 town; and cities and they'show ed with us." • ' May Belle Marks joined the Marks troupe 37 years ago in res,pon'se to en advertisement Robert Marks inserted in a New York newspaper. "She was a .first class singer and dancer, and had been in vaudeville two years. She joined our company at Ottawa. . Two years later we were married. 'She had a lovely 'disposition. And then the bereaved husbanid paid 'hera graceful tribute. "She was a real woman," he said. "She had studied with Theodore Ro- berts, who later became such a pap- ular screen star. She had two. broth- ers who were skilled musicians. In fact, alt the family were musical. The late Mrs. May Belle Marks played'the lead itt 300 different plays. She was known all over the North American con'tinent, ,S'heplayed on the same, bill with :Marie .Dressler years ago when Marie played slapstick comedy roles. Three children were, born, to Mr, and Mrs. Robert W. Marks. They are: George, Masie and Robert. All are in the show business, Mase is Mrs, M. Crandall. "When they were small thcy''bravel- led along with us," the pioneer actor said. 'We had a tutor, so they re- ceived a good education. They did song and dance ,numbers. They were great favorites. "I tried to tell May Belle that it was time to `stop,but she loved, her work: She and I have been on the .road doing a little act of our own for the last few years. cRecen'tly she was asked to do a radio sketches and we left our home at Chris'tie's Lake to go to Toronto. Then she took ill. We took her to the hospital. She had the best doctors, but she slipped; away .on Thursday." • And right there the eldest of the famous Marks brothers declared that he was through with the stage for good. ""I'•ll -never appear before the footlights again," he said. "My ;am- bition is no longer alive. She is two coaches ahead, in a coffin." Robent Marks has played with the best of them.. the knew Pat :Harris, and Batchelor. He has seen the greatest stage,sters "I liked Irving,"' he said. He lilted Martin -Harvey and' 'George Arliss, too. TREK" TO GREAT BEAR LAKE A fleet of airplanes is rapidly gath- ering for an invasion of the Great Bear 'Lake radium field, Today there are twelve planes carrying freight and paseitgersto this isolated area, These belong to Canadian 'Airw'ays, Royal Air Force, Prince Galitzitte and 'to other individual prospectors and min- ing companies.; This district is rightly named the rich man's field, as it requires 8 Min- imum off $5000 for equipment, aerial transportation and preliminary devol- olitnent work. Inquiries of this vast mineral discovery are being received from as far away as South America. The. Federal 'Government has . an- nounced that, owing to the inaccess- ibility.of this area, and the inrush of prospectors, a radio station.. will be opened on 'Great Bear Lake' during the, sunnier. This station` will' enable- air pilotsto obtain; accurate and speedy weather ^reports. . The Gov- ernment has revised the m'inin'g regu- lations in 'this area under which the :Government takes authority to super -I vise and -control!the,developwtent, pro- duction and couservatton of ores con- taining radio'acth s elelmen'ts 's'o that there will be no prolfiteering> on rad - tun Besides a'irplaiees; dog' teams, rail ways, scows, 'canoes, ,and tractors will be used 'to transport the horde of prospectors and geologists 7into Great Bear Laken more than 1500 miles north of ',E'dmonten, where the richesta' known deposits in the world of rad- ium -bearing 'pitch'blende have ;been found.' The area also contains high- grade silver'an'd• copper ores. Government analysis places the sil- ver ore at 9000 ounces valued at ap- proximfately $3000 to the 'ton or al- ntost 50 per cent silver and copper; running ,as high as '47 per cent to the ton. Samples analyzed of the pitch- blende ore run up to 60 per cent ur- anium "oxide from 'which radium is produced.' The great ,distance of this field from the end of roads and railroads is a' tremendous handicap which prospec- tors and mining companies.; are en- deavoring to solve. The cost to char- ter air airplane from. 'McMurray to ,(Great Bear'Laike via !Port Fitzgerald and Fort ,Rae and return,, s rou'n'd trip of 2200 miles completed in two days, is quoted at $14140. This would include a load of (approximately 1200 pounds and would likely.' anean the transportation: of two men and suffic- ient outfit to lash 100 days in the min- ing field. At present the planes hopping off for the sub -arctic field are equipped with skis for descending on the ice and snow and when the ice goes out of Great. Bear Lake in (the Midd'le of June the .planes will be equipped with 'po'n'toons. . The three points 'on . Great Bear Take at , which the bulk of the claims have been Staked .out are at Echo .Day, ILindsley IBay and Banter Bay. Echo (Bay itself has beam staked complete- ly ;and the !movement, of prospectors has taken a northerly direction. So keen has been the interest in this mining discovery ' that even the Ind- ians, members of the Rabbit Skin. -tribe are filing personal claim's, The !Government :has allowed each prospector to file on six claims in his own name 'and six each in names of bwa proxies, a total of 1118 in all each year and the size of the claims are limited to 4500 .feet square. One of the 'ndticeable features of the exodus to this mineral area has been the num:- her um-'ler of northerners. and : residents of that country who have taken advan- tage of their proximity to the field to he in' the vanguard of those staking claims. S'n the summer tune when there is no snow' dog's are still used' as beasts of burden for there are no horses. The 'load strapped on each dog's back weighs about 30 pounds, but in the ,winter when the powerful huskies— half wolf and half dog --can pull the slelds on the straw and along the fro- zen river' bed's, a much heavier, load may be carried by thedog team. 'Many tons of supplies are going north from Edmonton each week for prospecting parties and it is stated ,that four ' parties from Winnipeg 'and 40 from Toronto are 'preparing to go to the Great Bear 'Lake area. New 'York and Detroit interests are said to be squiplpinig planes which have this 'far northern' area for their destine tion. . W!O1ELD TELEPHONE DEVELOPMENT World progress in communication. the development of those facilities which bring ,the .human race ,intoclos- er and closer contact, is of universal interest. Necessarily the project of. collecting and assembling the data is fraught with difficulties, and must al- ways fall.short of 'being of the char- acter of last minute information. In a recently published 50nln'tary. made from official data by !Bell 'System stat- isticians, world telephone figures are now available tip to the date of'%Jan- wary 1, 4'91311. North lAnterica has 21,8016,301 :tele- phones; or 61.80% of the world total; almost twice the total of , all other countries, Canada with '14.0 tele- phones for each ,100 population comes second in telephone development one p a_ int to: the 'United States 'whic'h leads . the world .with 16.4'telephones per 100 of its inhabitants:I New Zealand comes third with 10.2, 'followed by Denmark with 9:9, '!Sweden with 8.7 and Ans- tralia 'with 8'1 telephonesper ' 1 100 in- • habitants, M- tn Canada the telephone is used to a greater extent than in any other country. '.!hang '1030 Canadians made 364.8 telephone conversations per ca- pita, while the ' cited States and Ncw Zealand with 226.0 and 208,3 were the only -other countries with over 200 telephone conversations per per- son. Denmark .with 452,2 was the leader of the European countries in conversations per capita. Canadians make t8 tittles more use of ,their tele - Awes es .than the :British whio'reporte'd 33.1 conversations per capita ,and over 13 times more th'an the 'French who make' 20.3. calls' -per capita. Canada 'with 1,402;861 ranks fourth in absolute number of !telephones, be- ing led only by 'United (States, Ger- many and Great Britain. ;Brit in Ger- many and Great ;Britain the number of ,telephones per 1100 population is only 5.0 and 4.3 respectively. It is in- teresting to note than in Canada 82 per cent and in United States 100 per cent of the telephones are udder pri- vate ownership and operation, while in 'Germany and 'Great Britain all tel- ephones are operated by the govern- ment. Combine to Honor Railroad Veteran W. d. Chester Serves Order Railway Conductors for Quarter Century linen W. G. (Billy) Chester, of \VV Winnipeg, retired after twenty- five years service as general chair- man of the Canadian Pacific section . of the Order of Railway Conductors, something of the character that had won him the esteem of not only the mea for whom he acted as chief spokesman, but of the company with which he negotiated was :re- vealed by Grant Hall, senior vice- president of the Canadian Pacifie Railway, when he said: "I have been associated with Mr. Chester for many years. Never once has he broken his word. We often differed in our views, but I al- ways knew that when he told me something, he at least was sin- cerely convinced W. G. CHESTER that it w a s right." Speak to the conductors whom he represented so well for a quarter of a century and one learns that "Billy" Chester was "a square shooter," than which in the ranks of his kind there is no prouder title. Chester is sparing of words and always has. been. Throughout his career as head of his order he has 'maintained the balance of a keen loyalty both Lo his men and to the Canadian Pacific Railway, with a realization that discipline was as important for the protection of the former as the latter. Be knew how to be firm when what he thought were the rights of Itis men were at stake, without creating ill -feeling in the minds of company officials with whom he might be negotiating. This is what Chester himself has to say of these relationships:"My relations with the members .of the organization and with the general officers of the company have been most friendly and satisfactory and the boys on the road have always given mea fair break. I have had the same treatment from the com- pany's officials. I have tried to reciprocate." Mr. Chester began railroading away bask in 1881, and had 25 years with. the Company before entering the service of his Order. 4ii 4114`,,10-' 1,044:;;, ';ay;ltlrtl?@lk 1 We can give you prompt and satisfactory service at a moderate price in the following lines of printing;_ Letterheads Envelopes Statements. Bill -heads. Private Cheques Circulars Tags Cards Tickets Sale Bills Dodgers Menus Blotters Booklets Business Cards Visiting Cards Wedding Station - Factory Forms ery Society Stationery Invitations The News has an up-to-date • commercial printing plant and we are equipped to turn out all classes of job work. Give us a call. We have a new automatic press with , great speed, recently installed to, produce printing, well done, with speed, and at modem erate cost. THE 81EAMItili DE ;ti S