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,I, :.MR. YOUNG ARRESTED .AT
V
GO'DER'IC1H ON FRIDAY,
iGo.deekh, Aug. 11110 --The arrest .of
'Gordian Young, -'treasurer Of Huron
,county, late 'Friday afternoon on
three offenses against the Criminal
Code -thee of $2,400, desltrudbion and
mutilation of books and records, .and
failing to .account for monies, the pro-
perty of Huron county -caused a
great sensation here. -
M. Young was arraigned before:
William Bailie,J,;P.,, in the apse sse of
Magistrate Reid who. is attending the
Sarnia convention. Be 'was not asked
to plead or deer and was granted bail
in the sum of $10,000, 'furnis'hed by
Sarah Young apd ,A. W. Young, which•
expires August 2'5. D. E. Holmact '
,ed for the Crown .and Faia'nk DDonnel-
lyrepresented Mr. Young,.'T'he in-
formations were sworn by Provincial
Constable P. E. McCoy, who.' made
the arrest.
IP. P. Gibbs, chartered aee'ounbant,
Of Stratford, started a' special audit
of the treasurer's books a :month ago,
and as a result of an interim report
made by him the inves'tigation was' i'n-
stituted on !Wedne'sd'ay last before
Mrs. Edna Reynolds, special examin-
er. At the 'first session Mr. Young is
said to have made certain admissions
as:a result Warden iB'all'anityne,.
ori the advice of R. C. -Heys JIr; co.un-
ty solicitor,-demlanded` his resignation.
door -Of bhe office has been kept
locked and all nig'h't a guard 'has' been
kept ou'tsid'e. Yesterday search was
made of . Mr. .Young's house by
police and records seized. Warden
Bttl}antyne and Reeve (Goldthorpe :rip -
resented, the county coun'cil at the
pro -be. The proceedings were conduct-
ed quietly, Mr., Young .was notified
trough his cou'n'sel of his impending
arrest al'td permitted time to arrange
'bail before reporting 'at the magis-
trate's Office. He appeared quite` calm,
and, on advice of counsel, blade no
statements.,'
After the wSarrant .for the arrest
had been issued Warden : Ballantyne
be ,was glad it was now in.,the
hands of the courts. He cominrented
on the fact that year after year,
auditors hail reported the books in
'Mr. Young, has admi'teed in a
signed st'atemen't,•' defalcations of.,$2,-
400," said the ,Walden: "Tire auditors
report a shprtage 'of over, $7,'000. The
cancelled cheque's cannot' be found,
and ,there is no trace 'of "-these p'ey-
ment's. Ak Friidlay'sinqui�ky'he refused
to make further statements om advice
of counsel, but we allege he apiprep=
iated the plo'c'eeds of $700 wof Pro'vinc-
ci tl County debentures to his • own
use tv
• Friday he was questioned dosely:
on further, alleged shortages of $I1 -.
'800. The total may,run into :,bhqus
nods;" The Warden said that so, far
the audit only covered the -year 1913.2
' an 1h;e,firs!t five anon'flrs of ,193u.
"I -em' calling a special �nieeting ofh
tfie County Council, within a week
or ten days, 'the' Warden `,eonttitiued,
"to eepeiaiit a successor to isfr. Young,
and to decade how far back the pies
cult audit 's'h'ould go, to the date
of ,Mr. Young's appointment six 'years'
ago or still further."
1The
,accused 'treasurer has enjoyed
a good reputation of runquestionable
integrity. Before his ap'pointm'ent, he
farmed successfully. ,Ile has frequent
ly admitted in open 'council his in-
experience in bookkeeping, 1lis fam-
ily has been pro'mineet in the life of
Huron County, and he was :for ten
years, the Reeve of Colborne' 'T'own-
sh'ip where' he owns two farms,
which with his home in Go:derlch'Iare
said to be h'e'avily mortgaged, He is a
Liberal in politics; and a Pre's'byterian,
and temperate in his h'ablits,.':He is
under a $20,000 bond with a 'Toronto
co•n•fpeny.. H,is arrest 'was the subject
of conversation everywhere, and of
sensational-surpriise.
GORDON YOUNG 1RESIGN'S
AS 'HURON 100. TREAIS'URE'R
,Goderich, August 118. = Gordon
Young, treasurer ,all Huron 'County
since Decendber, 11926, has . tendered
his resignation. A ,special :padlock
on the door of the treasurer's office
in -the court house here prevents any
person but ,members of the special
auditor's staff front,;gaining access to
the books , and records in the Ofact ,
and as an added precaution, a night
watchman stood ,guard in the bui'ld-
in'g.
Young's resignation was tendered
at a secret 'con'feren'ce held in the
oourt house to consider information
w'h'ich 'had been prepared by F. P.
Gfblbs; -chartered accountant ,of 'Strat-
ford, and memlbers of This staff, on ,an
audit of the treasurer's :books .which.
ls'as been in progress - since late in
June. Present'at the conference were
Mr. Gibbs and.. an assistant, Warden
J. Ballantyne, ;County Solicitor R.
C. Hays Jr., Reeve 'A..3..!Goldthorpe
of Colborne' To'wns'hip, dhairnvan of
the warden's 'co'ntmibtee, and Mr.
Young.
Faced with alleged shortages in 'his
books uncovered during the audit, the
treasurer is claimed to have signed a
statement admitting certain defalca-
tions. No charges have been laid as
yet,
The 'former 'treasurer, it is under-
stood, •has engaged counsel since
Wednesday's secret meeting, and his
legal adviser may also be present at
the neat conference. County 'officials
have declined to state whether they
will -prefer' charges against the former
treasurer,
IMr. Young, it is said, had signed t
a confession admitting certain defal= e
cations. This confession was said to o
have been' :signed under oatli, and is
now in the ,Hand's. of the coun't'y
solicitor. e
'Reeve Goldthorpe declined to stake 'fi
the .amount' involved in the former t
treasurer's statement, but on good
authority it wit said tb be in the o
neighborhood of $,600, ':Reeve Gold- S
th.orpe admitted that county oPfi'cials a
fear that -discrepancies An .the county s
books „will emceed ; that amount con- 3
siderably. He steadfastly declined to .1
nta'ke ;any -estimate, 'however, because a
the. auditors have not yet co'm'pleted e
their investigation,
Questioned as to whether others th
might be involved in the shortages, y
Reeve ''Goldthorpe 'w'ould give no
definite answer. It was "possible"
he said, the did not -deny that the in-
vestigators are working on th'a't pos-
sible angle Of the. case,
When the subject of the. special
p'adloc'k on the door of the •treas-
ureq'a' Office was broached, Reeve
Goldthorpe ansiwered "We are just
aking dare of 'uh-inlgs."
The decision to place ' a night
wabdhim'an on ,,guard Thursday night
was precipitated, it was 'believed, by
small blaze which was dis!cavered
n . the oourt house early one Morn -
ng. The (fire was ,extinguished before
an.
extensive damage had been done,
tad 'weecaused by defective 'wiring.
Coun�4y officials have no thought that
he 'blaz'e .m:igtht 'have been of in'cendi-
ry origin.�Hrowever, the small blaze
ad the effect of deciding county
Aficials tq ctugage'. a night watch-
man 'to :prevent any possible attempt
d gain entrance bo. the -treasurer's'
f;fiwce;.i(uring the night.ISibarfages revealed so fat are said
o extend back no further than ,1932,
evera1`insltances ,where 'the brea'sttrer
a l issued '•tn-o sal'ar'y • cheques to
iniself:;.in -.the one month are' said.
o have; beeitbrou'ght to light.
IReeve'Goldthorpe hinted that' theme
aterestin edireladions o;n the Man-
er in g which the cotuity's business
ad 'been• 'conducted during the past
ew years might :come out in' the '',c
ort of the' epecial snsesfigetion.
The special a'ud'it of the boaks. ,was
tele -red during the last week in June,
fter the County,•Council •had voted. In
aver ofthe probe by 21 votes to 7.
lle'invesbigatioe has been in -progress
nee 'that torte, 'resulttnig.in. disclos-
res. whh ;caused the'-^trasurer `, to
nder'h•is resignation.
'Thtn
e, lforei . reas•urer is also sec-
tary•of thei'Cdnnty 'Olid Age Pea-
on's ebee l arid• bite Mothers': . Al-
iwance Board. He is a former reeve
r Colborne Township. ,He is past
THE SEAFQRTH NEWS.
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PAGE THREE
middle age, and has a grown-up faun-
ily. Lip until -a year ago fast June
lois salary as treasurer, not including
and fees for other du-
ties w'hi'ch he performed, Was $1,800
Per annum, County adieureductions,
howe'ver, resulted :in his salary be-
ing pared to ;ilj+,300..
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* NEWS AND INFORIVIATION:'r'
s, FOR THE BUSY FARMER 0'
* (Furnished by 'Ontario Depart-.' 's
ment of Agriculture.) it
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Poultry Demand Fair
'The consumptive demand for poul-
try has been fairly good.,.Receipts are
being well cleaned pp from day to
day. Stocks of storage poultry - are
very light: The holiday season is, of'
course, a handicap to sales Of both
and poultry fn '•the large centres,
Weekly Crop'Report.
(Peel County reports alsike ' yields
'from 3 to 6 .bushels per acre. Dealers
'are offering $6' bo $7 a b'us'helfiat pres-
ent, The late blossoms on alfalfa set
seed but the, yield per acre will belo'w, dieting to the failure of the first
blossoms to properly pollinate and
'fertilize. Fall wheat has turned out in
!bushels per were and in quality much
better than antici'p'ated a month ago,
adoording to a report from Danib'ton
!County. Nor1thutnlberl!and has a wheat
crop with a 25 and 30 bushel average
-on the better l'an'd. Crops` in Carleton
are .up to or above the average. The
oat crop in Essex will average about
20 bushe'l's to: the acre.
Prices Should Be Good
(With practically every pound pf
lash year's honey sold'-
1W'ith' a yield :of thirty pounds per
colony below average --
With a crap of unusuallyliglrt,
high q'uali'ty honey -
(With increased prices of all sugars
in Cana'd'a
1Wibh a general shortage of light
honey, not only in Canada but in the
tanked' States and New Zealand-
-With an ex'port prefe+renlce of seven
shillings per 1112,potmds on the Brit-
isheral, t •
he Cwith the exluhange on the Bri-
tish Pound. practically $L00 higher
than last year -A CONS'ID'ERABLE
A.DVAuNCE IN PRI'CE'S IS CER-
TAINLY'IiNDI:CATED,
Honey Prospects 'Goad
In a survey, just completed by the
Department of Apiculture, 0. A. C.,
reports were received from most of
he larger beekeepers in Ontario, op -
rating in all more than 27,1500 col
nies,
!Ontario's light honey crop is esti-
mated at about thirty pounds per col-
ny be'llo'w average but of un-usuallyne quality and obtained mainly from
he clovers,
an general, the Counties lying north
f a line drawn from Toronto to
arnia have from slightly below to
n: average crop, while the Counties
outh of this line have between 30 and
5 pounds per colony, below average.
dost of the Counties east of Durham
nd Victoria repor,t.a crop below av-
rage. '
(Reports from other Provinces of
e Dominion also indicate a lee,
ield and reports from other coun-
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tries give every appe'arance of a short-
age of honey in the main producing
(centres of the world„
Package Weight Variation Disadvan-
tage to Producer
"Uately, while visi'tin'g the T'orpnto
wholesale markets, said C. W.
Bauer, Secretary, Ontario Growers'
Markets Council, "•I have received
numerous indica'taon5 that buyers, e-
specially those 'from. t'he chain store
arg'anipations, are becoming dissatis-
fied with the ,great variation itt weight
of sitnnl+ar products in similar pack
'Tomatoes," he con•tinue,d, ' oonstl
ttt!te an example of this condition.
Personally, I have examined' the con-
tents of several baskets of tomatoes
ostensibly the sante weight, only to
find' weight variations as great as
three to four pounds in many cases,
"This situation is ac'ting to the dis-
advantage of producers, since natur-
ally,' buyers are concentrating their
attention onthe'-well-'filled baskets,
leaving the lighter weight baskets, in
the hands' of the whaIeslaler,: As the
growing season advan'ce's, and prices
drop, returns• from these slow mov-
ing packages will decrease, the resul-
tant loss being sustained for the nvos't
part by the producer.
"So until such time as regu'lation's
call for specific weights whdc'h, in my
opinion, is the only practical sdlution
to this question, producers will pro-
teot their' own interests only 'by seed
ing well-filled baskets to these dis-
tributing points."
Will Be Asked.For .Permits
After Fifteenth of August
'Fruit dealers must bake out permits,
and complete arrangements as to
their bonds, . by the -fifteenth day of
the present month. Although a great
of Vegetables
1346 Hardy Alfallta
347 Hay and Pasture Crops
3-18 Amateur Dramatics
'350 The Warble Flies
372 Potatoes
3914 1The Pear
395 The Raspberry and Biackberry
956 Top 'Working and Repair Ora+fit
lug, including Budding
358 Th.e European Corn, Borer
339 'Insects Attacking. Vegetables
360 Farm Underdrainage
13611Farm Water Supply and ;Sew-
age Disposa'l
3163 (Parasites Injurious to Poultry,
3164 Manures an,d Fertilizers
1365• IDr<•fft Horses
3166' Soy Beans
3167i 'Pork on :the Farm
.360 !Farm Poultry
369 'Vegetable Gardening
3170 Testing Milk, Cream and' Dairy
IB y prodne'ts
3101' Buttermilk on the Farm
317E ;Soft Cheese and Cheddar
!Cheese
13173 (Dairy Cattle
STUDY THEGAIRDEN NOW
FOR NEXT YEAR'S PLANTTkgjB,
'Some small ' gardens give little'
more than a flpwer-show effect, 'tlilat'of'
a citllection ref species and varietie'a:.
In other gardens we are struck by
the planting as a whole, only, ncbtfc.
- ita,g individuals tupolt closer inspection.
Old country gardens have this quality
which :make's for peace and Ibeartty„,..
and which many designate. as,
"charm."
As a first step toward the acquisi-
tion of charm the small garden.
should be freed oe any straight fines.
Secondly, it should be contadned.
within a definite 'boundary. Gently
undulating edgings willovercome the.
directness of straight paths and the
sharp outlines of square borders....
tall gro'wth of shrubs or vines wife
unify the garden and provide a :back-
ground. for 'the-flo'wers, A hedge of
privet,' or trellises of rdses or :grafi
vines are inex'pensive and a quick
means ,af 'attainin'g privacy. Tail;
dahlias and annual vines will help and
unt'il the permanent su'b'jects attain -
effective size.
Lt is :only familiarity that prevents
many of us from appreciating the ex-
tremely decorative character of the -
common grape. The leaves off soft
green, silvery (beneath and decorative -
in outline, and the graceful tends ed.
branches cohtapose the beauty of tile=
vine. Trellises Of grapevines offer' iia-
teresting possibilities, too. Ibf the -vines -
are trained high the lower pants: air
the trellis' may be used for some-flow-
ering
ome-flowering vine, such as the large -flower-
ing cJlemaltis, 'Clematis montane, aas
early flowering 'sort, bears anemone -
like bloom's ,of rose -flushed' white:.
Hall's and other honeystrckle's are-
free-grdwimg vines for screens. IIaI s -
variety, 'Lonlicera halliana, Leafs out
very 'early in the spring and carries. -
its foliage well into the new year..
Apple Export Outlook
Writing prior to departure for his
filffh year of work in the British mar-
ket en behalf of the fruit gro'wers of
!Ontario, Mr. Andrew Ilulton pays
tribute to the 'loyal support he has re-
ceived from the growers, thus en-
abling hint to grealtly intensify the -de -
bland for Ontario .apples and build-
ing up
uild-ing'up a fine reputation for On'tario-
growri brands in that market.
'Commenting on prospdc'ts for the
coining season, Mr. Fulton states
that there is every inldiieation of 'lib-
eral supplies of apples in North Am-
erica, Nova Scotia promises to have a
heavy crop of apples while Virginia,
Ontario's principal co!nipetitor in the
Un'ited Kingdom will likely export fair
many applications have been received quantities during the coming season,
for permits, a large number of truck- even though there is not a heavy crop
er dealers and commission houses there. Im British Columbia the. crop is
'have yet to make application, and stated to be about 20 per cent. light -
present -bonds as security for their re- er, which should help the barrel situ-
spon'sibili:ty, as required under the ation -considerably. In England there
new Fruit Act. is an heavy crop of early .cooling
The new Act has been in force: cooking apples, which is bound to af-
since the first wedk of July. Untilt,feot the price of Canadian .cookers
DOW, however, no definite date h'as until Christmas: Mr. Fulton concludes
been set when the Fruit. Br'an'ch,that good quality Ontario apples will
would take action to restrain fruit,Ibe wanted and that this coming sea -
dealers who have not complied with•son will be a year whew "quality"
te' c , an its regulations. The date will count.
has now been set for ,Au'gust :115, 'al- Fallowing an inspection tour of
ter which no trucker, dealer or coon -:Ontario, he declares that the outlook
mission house may continue in bust -tis' fora .slightly larger crop of apples
ness without taking out a license. On- than last year, E'a'stern Ontario will
this date a check will be commenced,' be about 10% lighter and and West -
covering all commission' houses and ern Ontario approximately 76%
'heavier than last year. He adds; "The
quality is exceptionally good, and so
far, well -sprayed orchards are clean.
I have never'lanown more spraying to
be done in Ontario than this year, and
there is every indication that the bulk
of the crop will be eligible for certi-
tfication for the export market"
dealers. Truckers on the highways,
will be asked to show their permits.
(Applications should be made to
P. W. H'odgeltts, director, Ontario
,Fruit Branch, Parliament Buildings,
Toronto.
Department 'Bulletins
322 The Gralpe
13,39 (Forty Ye'ar's Esdperienlce with
(Grain Crops
1333 Tobacco Culture
13317 Parasites Injurious to Sheep
33.8 Hints on Judging
'340 !Parasites Injurious to Swine
'3142 Sire Blight
3413 (New Fruits,
1344 The More Itnp!ortan't Fruit
(Tree Diseases
3415 !Fungus and Bacterial Diseases
A certain professor wore side
wh'iske'rs, much to the 'discomfort of
some 'members of his family. One
day he appeared before them, razor
in 'hand, with one cheek shaven
HARM•S:WORTH RACES*
OVER LABOR DAY'
The Harmsworth races are sched-
uled for ,September 2, 4 and 5.
The course will be in ,bhe .St. Clem
River this year, not far from S'arnia..
The race is for the Harz/swords
between Gar Wood and Hubert Scott --
Paine, 'British challenger.
In the sheltered waters of the SL.
Clain tRiver, Hilbert _Scott -Paries
small challenger is expected to have: -
a better chance against the huge ma-
hogany -hulled Miss America X than
in the rougher seas of Lake St. Claire -
where last year's race was field.
'The 'colonel's wife sent the follow.
ing note to ,Captain Green:
"Colonel and Mrs, 'Brown request'
the pleasure of Captain 'Green's com-
pany to dinner on the 20th."'
!Captain Green's reply gave her a•
shock. IIt read as follows;
"With the exception of four men
on leave and two men in tine guard'
house, 'Oapt'ain 'Green's 'company -
have great -pleasure in accepting your:
invitation."
"How do you like it " he a's'ked. As a vermifuge an effectiver
"Lf you think it looks well, I'll shave aration is Mother 'Graves' Worm PEx-
the other side, -too." terminator, and it can be
given to the
most delicate child without fear of'"
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