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SEAFORTH NEWS.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1933
TEA
"Fresh from the Gardens"
HURON NEWS.
Mrs. Emma (Smith.-lMrs• :Emima
Smiths widow of !William Arthur
Smith, and mother of T'hom'as- ,Smith
of the :Stratford •paliice 'force, died
in :Stratford fallowing an illness of
±hree 'mouths. Deceased woman ,had
been a resident of ,Stratford the •past
twenty{five years and was ,in her '&3rd
year, Barn in a suburb of (London,
England, sine 'came to Canada with
her late ihusib'and in ,1l907. Mr. !S'mi'th
-was spacial 'constable in charge of
the parks at ,Stratford during the
stammer months. He died in 19124.
When ,they dame to 'Canada the fam-
ily settled in 'Stratford and with the
eXception of a dew years spent in
ISee$orth, Mrs. [Smith had lived there
ever since. 'Although she -had not' been
able to go about freely, owing to her
advanced years, she was 'known and
a wide circle of friends and acquaint-
ances .w•11l mourn her death, She was
a member of (Parkview (United church.
She is survived Iby two sons, Thomas
and Charles, 'bath of Stratford.
which Mrs. Gardiner closed the meet-
in=g with prayer. The Ladies' Aid
meeting was 'in change of the presi-
dent, Mrs. George MaTag'gant. ;The
meeting was closed with the M'izpah
bened'i'ction. The remainder ,of the 'af-
ternoon ' was spent in ,making quilts
and packing a bale to be sent to Sas-
katchewan. -
A number of tfanmers in this ' district
'have been taking - advantage of the
snow to haul' lags to ,the saw mild for
custom sawing in ,the spring.
a. J. 'MeGavin spent a .few days at
EXETER -
'Three services were held on Sun-
day last in connection with the anni-
versary services of Main street United
Church Sunday school. bn the morn-
ing the (Sunday school orchestra and a
ohiidren'a choir 'rendered appropriate
music. The speaker was Mrs. P. G.
Price, of East Tokyo, and ,formerly
Alma Dempsey of Exeter, a former
scholar in the (Sunday school and a
member of the choir. Mrs. Price told
the story of what the church is doing
in Japan to better social 'and moral
conditions and in spreading the'Gos-
pel. James Francis was soloist and
Eileen and Lillian Kestle gave a vocal
duet. 'In the afternoon there was an
open session of the Sunday school
and the children at which Takka, the
adopted daughter of the Rev. and
'Mrs. 'P. G. Price. who is in her first
year at Emmanuel College, Toronto,
exhibited and described a number of
Japanese curios. Forty-two slides de-
picting public and private life in Ja-
pan were projected and described.
Takka also taught the pupils a Jap-
anese song. In the evening Rev. Per-
cy G. Price, a brother of the attorney
general, and a superintendent of mis-
sions in East Tokyo, where he is re-
ported to be doing outstanding work,
was the speaker. Mr. Price emphasiz-
ed the importance of knowing Japan
and the ,people as they really are. The
men's quartet, Marvin Howey, Gerald
Skinner, Rev. A. E. Elliott and James
Francis, sang. The service was under
the direction of B. W. F. IBeavers,
farmer warden of Huron and for 117
years superintendent of the school.
ON THE TRAM Oi ?
THE ILLIICIT
STILL
Armed with a tstab'le ,fork the oibfi-
cers--Federal and Provincial -went
to the stall. They beganwork by.
cleating away the hay and straw 'that
littered the floor, Thenthey pound-
ed the
ound-ed'the floor for loose planks. Four'
were taken up. 'Underneath was a
well-equipped still.
"What have you to say now?" ask-
ed Mr. Bloody, in placing the 'farmer
under arrest.
f
.No'thin'g>" was the reply, "except
that I'm all in, and you've s'p'oiled a
good bustr:sss that's bean going for
three years r'ighlt under that ,stall."
'There was a fine imposed of $50.0
and costs.
Try, Try (Again'
IIn 11921; when the ;In'la'nd ,Revenue
Department was made 'a bnanc h of
the Customs, seizures ran 'Nigh, as
many as 250 in a year, pra'otiealiy old
of illegal stills eniployed •civ the mak-
ing of whiskey.
One .still was discovered in, Dur-
ham •county, hidden under a cow's
stable, with a trapdoor fixed up in a
manger and always kept covered
with Steed. The owner of the stall .was
a 'Russian.
(Illicit 'liquor -making used to be a
profitable, 'business and operators
would take .long chances- IOnie of
these was a'Barmer in IH'alton 'county,
a kw .miles ifro,m Milton. He did it so
openly that w ord s'o'on re'ac'hed the
authorities about the Operation ,of
stills in a bush on the farm.. Mr.
'Floody found seven stills, Tined 'up in
a row. (Notwithstanding a heavy 'fine
imposed, this man replaced the con-
fiscated stills 'and when the second lot
was .found and .destroyed by Federal
officers, a third and last still was in-
stalled. A ja'il sentence stopped 'the
business.
In another casae, a lost letter writ-
ten to a friend of the ,still owners, by
another friend who knew all about
the iblusi•ness, was picked .up in Niag-
ana 'Falls by a resident who knew Mr.
Floody. The letter, postmarked at
IHensall, paid a tribute to the ,hard
work that "`Moses and lAlaron are do-
ing +with the still, and the .wonderful
perfection of 'the .mo'ons'hine." Hen -
stall was visited.
Biblical Bootleggers.
"Is there a loan here named
Mases?" en old, resident was asked.
Yes, there was, and the informant ex-
tolled his virtues ars a member of the
church, which at the time was 'fight-
ing a battle for prohibition.
"Do you know a man named Aar-
,on?"
"Welt, you see, iAaran works ,for
Moses," the o'ld resident replied.
Visiting the 'hone, one of the best
in the county, Mr. 1Floody was made
welcome and was assured that ,some-.
body .had been giving the officer some
wild misinformation.
As a .residen't ihimself of the county
of ,Huron ,for many years, Mr. Bloody
was surprised to (find in an upse'airs
room one of the largest stills, with a
two-inch worm, which had been
working night and day. From this
farm it .was suspected :that some 5,000
gallons of liqudr had 'been sent to
Windsor and ether ,places along the
'border.
Mr. Foody has keptnoaccount of
the large amounts in 'fines that .came
into the treasury through his efforts,
or of the many 'thousands of miles
travelled in connection with his work
over Canada. He is one of the best-
known of local Orangemen and is a
past master for 'Huron, and a least
Grand Marshall, a .position which be
held 'for ten years.
Mr. IIlloody is one of the originals
of the 'Huron Old Boys' 'Association
whi,ch'he and Bert McCreath have de-
veloped into such a strong arganiza= paultry raiser's success or -failure than
tion, and of which be is the energetic the way in which he houses his flocks
secretary.
(Toronto Telegram)
;Stillah'un'ting over a period of thir-
ty seven years has landed some "big
game" •for Edward Floody, who now
retires with a unique record as (reven-
ue officer and inspector in the cus-
toms and excisebranchesof the Can-
adian 'Customs. Approximately 1,200
seizures Of iliucit liquor -making de-
vices and a thousand or more se'iaures.
of tobacco are on his list. In his de-
tailed reports to. the Department
have been a number of unusual ex-
periences, and, looking backward,
Mr. Floody, at seventyafive, now sees
these things, at .the ,time nerve-wrack-
ing and dangerous, as more or less
amusing. -
Appointed in .11896 to: the D'epart-
ment of Customs, his work was any-
where in Canada 'where .prevention of
fraud became necessary. Every 'form
of imposition in tobacco cases has
been dealt with in some way or oth-
er in his routine investigations.
(The first big case .in which "Ed"
Floody figured was one about which
strong representations had been 'made
to the Government by Montreal and
Quebec tobacco manufacturers. Well
known brands of tobacco with large
sales were being duplicated and the
spurious products sold as the 'genu-
ine. Mr. 'Floody was sent to Montreal
and from there set out to find the
source of the 'frauds. Visiting the bor-
der between Quebec and Maine•, he
searched a number of suspected
places without much success.
Smuggling Made Easy
IOn the frontier :between New
Brunswick and Maine, about 'twenty
miles from the town of Woodstock,
NIB., and along a well-known road,
stood a general store, This was built
directly astride the 'b'irder line. Out-
side was an iron post marked 'In'ter-
national Boundary," From this post
ran a black line about four inches
wide, right through the .store. 'Coun-
ters • were bui=lt on each side of the
ship—one being in the United States
and the other in -Canada. 'This store
was visited by Mr. Floody, but no-
thing could be done, for the reason.
that goods that were contraband were
all on the United States side of the
store, although people on the 'Cana-
dian side could ''buy thein with the
same facility as domestic goods, and
"smuggling" was easy and continu-
ons. ;T
However, in a number of stares
along the border, s'pu'rious brands
about which the (Montreal manufac-
turers complained were seized and
the merchants .prosecuted as the re
-
atilt of a week's operations, ntttin,g a
substantial sum to the Department.
Deep Concealment
Perhaps his most noted seizures
were made in the county of Grey,
There a big still with a capacity of
eight barrels .a day was uncovered
under a stable. lIt had been operated
for three .years.. Thousands of ,gal -
tons of liquor had been sold, some-
times in bottles at $1.50 each, or by
the can at $5 a gallon.
The premises of the still owner
had been searched several times by
officers who had been "tipped off."
Then word reached the Federal offic-
ers, through social channels, that a
of export cattle to E•nglan,d on Wed- stilt was being wokked on the ,farm in
ntesday 'last from the 'Barth, White- oneof the back stalls of the horse'
churoh, Wingtha'm and (Walton 'ata- stable.
tions ITlre farmer watched the officers
BEL'GRAV'E
The 'Women's ;Association of Knox
United 'Church held its regular meet-
ing 'Wednesday at the 'home of Mrs.
J. A. Geddes with a good attendance.
The president, Mrs. F. ';McCallum,
conducted the meeting, Ther most
important business was making ar-
rangements for a social evening which
will be held its March. Dt was decided
to make more quilts during the win-
ter. .At the 'conclusion of the meeting
lunch was served by the hostess, as-
sisted by Mrs. Jos. Miller and Mrs.
Jessie Wheeler. A social time was
enjoyed. -
A gloom was cast over the com-
munity whenit became .known that
Fred Logan, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Logan of near Belgra've, had passed,
away, 'Fred, who was 22 years of age,
contracted the flu and later complica-
tions set in and in spite of medical
aid he passed away Wednesday after-
noon. The funeral was held from St.
Augustine Church on. Friday m'ornin'g.
He is survived by his parents, and
two brothers, Clayton and Cliffdrd,
WALTON.
3, 3, McGavin shipped five carloads
Ai3^I;pr.,ti,u.,on,nt'•9 R}J,'
HEN guests come unexpectedly
for dinner, the housekeeper ap-
preciates her foresight in maintaining
an emergency shelf in the pantry. And
when one of those calls come upon the
family financial resources — as - come
they do in every family's history -she
thanks her - good fortune that a tidy
sum of money is lying ready for use.
You'll not find it difficult to build up
a substantial reserve if you deposit a
few dollars every week in any branch
of the Province of Ontario Savings
Office. Here you will find courteous,
personal attention and a desire to help
you to achieve• your objective.
Seventeen Branches in Ontario
ta PROVINCE OF vSAvINGS O
�r A�'�oOFFICE
PARLIAMENT
HEAD OFFICE \�G�°\�F1Do15 fAa4NE; BUILDINGS
3. M..MCMILLAiN, Manager
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United States, Argentina !and • Den- average price forthe sale running
mark m particular, is a very consid` araunr $80.:00 for all cattle of all ages.
erable item in IBritish foreign trade. This was considered most satisEac-
IHe' further stated that reports 'fndi- tory by all concerned. The sale was
tate the 'B'ri'tish 'Empire as .having very well attended and bid'd'ing was
one-third of the world's sheep, forty remarkably brisk at all times. Both
per cent of its cattle, but no more Haldimaud and !Kent counties report
than four per cent of its pigs. that plowing was general in 'January,
many farmers taking advantage of
British Apple Market the mild weather to catch up on this
The current newsletter :'from An- work which was delayed owing to the
drew Fulton, overseas fruit refire- dry weather last fill, The wheat crop
sentative, states that the outlook a 'p- has suffered in some districts owing
pears more promising for a steadier to unusual weather cond'it'ions. On
apple market in the United Kingdom, the -I heavy lands some heaving has
as the indications are for s•upp'lies to taken place and the crop somewhat
be slightly lighter .from North Am- discoloured. New seedings of clover
erica, with better regulated distribu- have also suffered. Lincoln .county ra-
tion. 'It is the opinion of the trade parts that eggs are being produced
that good quality red dessert apples in mu -ch larger quantities now that
soh as Baldwins, will continue to be spring is approaching. Hatcheries are
:n demand at values ranging from 224 incubating eggs .by ,the thousands 'and
to 28 shillings a barrel for No. 1 in a few cases the first torts of chicks
grade in sound a hard condition. The have been sold. There are more en -
Domestic grade should range from quiries now for productive breeds,
18 to 24 shillings, according to 'the namely 'purebred registered stock.
amount of colour and attractiveness Down 'fn Peterborough County, the
of the fruit. Russets are meeting a attendance of farmers when the swine.
good demand and ;Ben Davis will be train visited that .county recently
wanted as red apples become more showed that there is still considerable
scarce. The above prices, Mr. Ful- interest in hog -raising despite low
ton remarks, are given only as a prices. (Eastern; Ontario has lacked.
guide, as nobody can foretell exactly :snow and much heaving of meadows
what the aupplies will be between is reported and heavy damage for hay
now and 'Mirth, and supplies greatly crop next summer is feared. Wood,
influence values, 'Ontario, shippers are
advised to keep 'their apples moving
regularly each week to the markets aSix hundred' 'b'u'shels •of soy beans
re being crushed daily in the mann-
beat suited for the varieties and 'sizes facturing plant .recently opened at
available in order to realize the beat
The February meeting of .the 'Wo-
men's Missionary Society and Ladies' 1
Aid orf Duff's United Church .was held
on Wednesday afternoon. The dexo -I
tional leaflet entitled, 'Saheb, a b'ra'e
and lfearleas woman,' was, read by
Mrs. D. McCallum, ,after which a
prayerwas offered by Mos. ,'Rev.)
Oum•m'ing. The 'topic entitled "Fifty
Years of Mission 'Work in Canada,
was given by M=iss ,Edna Reid, after
search the place and smiled as they
passed from one stall to another al-
ong the stables. °'You didn't get any-
thing," he laughed in a ,chalien.ging.
manner.
"But we're not through yet,''.re-,
plied Officer Floody. "We're going
a search the box sta'l'l where you
'ceep the stallions
"By all means, search the place
cellar to roof," was the defiant re-
Canadian Turkeys Welcome
A 'Canadian representative has re-
cently returned from 'Britain 'where
he was associated with the marketing
of the Christmas :trade of about 9.0,-
000 fatted poultry. The shipment, ,which .consis'W-
mostly ,of turkeys, . went over in
n.
"chilled" instead .of the usual frozen
,condition, there came in direct com-
petition with the Ih'omte-'tilled rather
than imported stock. He reports that
because orf the quality and attractive
presentation orf the -shipment, .which
was sold ,chiefly in 'London, the stock
immediately atracted the attention
of the 'wholesalers and was quickly,
sold at 'favourable prices. He - was
given the assurance of the trade that
a shipment of equal quality for the
next Chris't'mas season could •easily be
doubled in q'uan'tity without over-
stocking the m'arke't.
Europe. Appreciates Apples
Grown In Ontario Orch r
That
ur can appreciation ciafion of
n
European
pp
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tario-grown apples is increasing was
indicated in a recent statement of
P. W. 'H'odgetts, secretary, 'Ontario
Fruit ''Growers' Association. He slaid
that two more shipments, comprised
of the 'Ben Davis variety, would leave
for France on F'ebrua'ry 12 and Feb-
ruary 26.
(These shipments, total'lin'g some
5,000 barrels, will serve to utilize al-
most the entire iOnhario surplus of
this particular variety.
Chatham. Meal and oil are the inain
average prices. products, although others are likely
Layers Need a Real Home to follow.
While there are manly factors ,that -
enter into the management of the Hao. T. L. Kennedy, -Minister of
poultry flock, there is nothing that Agriculture, in addressing the annual
will have greater infl'uen'ce on the meeting of the 'Dual -Purpose Short-
horn 'C'u'b, urged the members, to
study 'feeding and blood lines, in ord-
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a NEWS AND INFORMATION *
k FOP. THE BUSY FARMER *
* (Furnished by Ontario Depart- *
* inof Agriculture.)
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Ten thousand lots of seeds were
sent to approximately 10,000 ''fanners
of Ointario last year by the Experi-
mental Union Some of the best.
strains of leading varieties have been
distributed through this agency to the
gain of the farriers.
Central Potato Grading
Established at Toronto
"I:n an effort to offer the consumer
still further satisfaction," said J. T.
Cassia, "the Central Ontario Potato
Growers' Association has es'tablis'hed'
a central grading station, in Toroatt°
"Growers are, now shipping pota-
toes to this station, where their pro-
duct will be graded and bagged, the
entire operation being effected by the
most modern ma'ohinery. -
"In any estimation," 'commented M•r:
Cassia "this will prove to be the
most practical step, to assuring the
ccansttmer of top quality and uniform-
ity of pack."
British Meat Importations
Big Item in Foreign Trade
Carroll, Director, Markets
Branch, states that the import of meat
into the United Kingdom 'from the bulls and $1,35.00 for cows„ with 'the
Birds of good breeding, no matter
how well fed, will not return maxi-
mum profits ,unless well 'housed. The
poultry house is the ,hen's home, and
to be comfortab'le and give good p'ro-
du'ction, the house s'hould have prop-
er ventilation, insulation and sanita-
tion; it should have a proper 'location,
plenty of light,' be dry and have ample
floor space.
Ontario Apple Exports
Show Appreciable Gain
'One orf the bright spots in our ag-
ricultural situation, is the increasing
volume of apple exports," stated P.
W. Hodgetts, Secretary, Ontario
Fruit. Growers' 'Association.
"To date approximately 100,000
barrels of Ontario apples have gone
abroad, while '50,000 more will be
shipped in the next few weelcs. Five
thousand: barrels have been sold for
February delivery alone.
"Total ex'p'ort shipments last year,
through 'this'A'ssoci-ation, approximat-
ed 1125,000 barrels. This year's 'busin-
ess will show an increase of some
25,000 barrels, w'hi'ch is most en-
couraging, in vie -w of general' market
conditions."
Weekly Crop Report
SHaldiinand County was the scene
of a sate of purebred Dual Purpose
Shorthorn cattle recently, at which
the bap price of $1217.50 was paid for
Small Seed Situation -
A recent snthvey of the small seed
situation in 'Western Ontario, reveals
that about :60 per cent of the red
clover has been sold; 90 per cent of
the alfalfa; 80 per cent oif the alsike;
50 per ,cent of the sweet clover; and
25 per of the' timothy.
Prices offered: growers range a•c
er to increase the 'butter -fat praduc- cording' to quality. Red Clover is edi-
tion of 'dual-purpose herds in the ing from 7 to 9% 'cents a pound;
province. The ,member's reported
brisk Bidding and good prices at the
various sales held during 1932.
British Markets Warrant
Increased Hog Production
;The oppontunihy ,for 'Empire coun-
tries to increase shipments oi pork
products to the United ,Kingdom, is
shown in reports to the Department.
The reports setforth that imports
of bacon, 'from outside the Empire,
average over 400,000 .towns annual8y.
,Ninety per cent -orf the imports of
bacon and 'h'am were of foreign, sev-
enty per cent of 'bacon corning from
Denmark, and eighty per cent of the
hams from the Un=ited States.
No Waste in Celery
Celery is one of the most econ-
omical vegetables one can buy, not
only because .of its special value as
an agent in the promo'tioit of 'health
but ,also because every bit of ,the
stock can be used in one way or
another. Many ,people are in the
habit of throwing the leafy part away
as useless but this is a mistake as
the ;eaves provide an interesting new
variety of greens. at is also unneces-
sary'to discard the hard fibrous butts
as these .are ideal for giving 'a fine
aromatic flavour'' to ail soups, sauces
and stews,
alfalfa, ILS to 14 cents; alsike 3 to 4a4
cents; sweet clover, 1 to 2 ,cents; a,nd
timothy, 3 to 4% cents a pound.
......,.,Screenings to ,Burn ••.
One of the interesting efifects 'of the
present low :price for grains is sllrown'
in the fact that screenings which dur-
ing periods of high 'price found sale -
ermt In the export market as a con-
stituent of feeding stuffs is: now be-
ing used for fuel. D'em!and for tefttse
screenings - as feed has practically .
ceased and getting rid af' this bulky
and fast accumulating material was
quite a problem .far the elevators until
a market,was found for its use aa fuel
at heat and po=wer 'plants in 'N'or'th
western Ontario -and in. Manitoba.
Persian Balm' Creates lovely com-
plexions. Velvety smooth. Coots
and relieves the skin. 'Makes it deli-
cately salt -textured. 'Alluringly ,frag-
rant, 'Delightful to use. !Swiftly ab-
sorbed Iby the :,tissues, imparting that ,
elusive c'harmnso distinctive of the
dainty 'woman. Persian Balm 'protects
,'
the d'eli'cate skin, 'Preserves and en-
hances‘ the loveliest ,complexion. Ev-
ery dis'c'rrm'intalpin'g woman ,s'hould use
this silvery lotion. Pt is unrivalled as
a 'flawless aid to 'beauty.
Want ansi For Sale Ads,'3 times 50c•