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Zurich Herald, 1921-03-31, Page 3TORNADOES AND FLOODS CAUSE DAMAGE TO ONTARIO TOWNS One 'Farmer Killed and Another Fatally Injured Near Kin. cardiae and Considerable D amage Done to Property— Floods Northern S ection of Port Hope, in the river. Traffice will be tied up for several days. Water flowed through the Nichol- son file ;factory to a depth of six feet, and the damage to stock and machin- ery is very heavy. The Cosmos Chem - lea/ Co. are also ver heavy losers. Their whole ground floor was flooded, and inose than twenty barrels of oil were carried down the river.' Hundreds of. logs frcr the Port attle and horses that wore in it were IIepe veneer factory were carried not injured. away, and a portion -of Spiers & T e's Ab t y Kincardine, March 20. --Hugh J. Mc- • Arthur, aged 50, was instantly killed, and Wni. Ferris, aged 47, ryas so badly !rjured internal's; that he is dein;; :n the hospital here, when Jahn M, Bowie's barn, on the 1st concession of. Bruce, was fiattcned out by a wind- storm here yas'eeda;; news ig. Mr. Bowie was injured in the head, shoul- der and hip, but though the barn was entirely flattened out, several head of ott 10 o'clock a strong wind came up from the southwest over Lake Huron,while simultaneously a blow came from the n'ortheas't. 11ieet- ang• in this district, they. formed a regular cyclone, whirling sticks 50 to 100 feet in the. air. Thousands of , sawinell was wrecked and a large quantity of shingles and lumber was lost. About eight thousand dollars' worth of stock in the Port Hope felt factory 'was badly damaged, and the north es. s d,ainage was clone over an area. past caflrriecl a waof the y at the lace factory of some four by eight miles, centring The streets adjacent 'to the river about Tiverton, and reaching from the were all undermined, and concrete first to the fourth concession of Bruce. walks and crossing were smashed up. Some particulars of the havoc fel-' The damage is estimated atone hu - low: John Drummond—Barn completely blown down, C. S. Woad—Barn blown down. ' W. G. Cole—Barn blown down. Duncan Mckenzie, Colin MacDou- gw 1, D. S. McLaren, John McKinnon, b. J. Patterson—Barns badly claniag- red thousand dollars. Orono/March 20.—A heavy down- pour of rain, a:co nipanied-by an ex- ceptionally sever- electrical storm, caused •extensive damage in this neigh- borhood last night. A. returned soldier who iecently settled near Kendall lost ed, s.crofs carried away.a horse, which was drowned when a Capt. McKa bridge caved in, while his wife tar - blown down. 3 r "ani completely'rowlyescaped drowning, being rescued j withdifficulty from water up to her Malcolm McIver --Basra unroofedk. . Ross McKenzie—Kitchen carried! nec T completely away. Three washouts. occurred on the C. Some went • N Rys., fort Ha east of Orono, the rails and. ties were Hope, March 20.._ -yesterday's five feet in the air. • heavy rain turned the Ganaraska I Leskard mill ,clam gave way, and River into a torrent, with the result. a dale oil the 8th concession of Clarke That the business section and the! tnu,,, ca S twenty other faring and places, at 81.MiAtge 37, gMileage8,48,s damaged. p and Mileage 81. At Mileage 48, just northern part of the town were com- pletely flooded. Every business place on the north side of the main street suffered, and ship was torn to pieces. Laing' bridge, on the 4th concession, al collapsed. The barn of Allan Cathcart, nee Kendall; uc e by ightnf s so r rn rranv place's water rushed to a burned, together rw thfeed, seed, sorry depth of five and six feet. Two sec- implements and live stock. The los tions of the Midland railway were, is about $3,500, with a little more than undermined' and the rails toppled into $2,000 insurance. e s Recommend Compulsory the hygienic advantages must be 171 - Physical Training A d: . e t sacll • _fi. circ p Parisayss of Fx.an :—Halfce's..youth are physically un- fit for military service, owing to lack of opportunity- to bake physical ex- ercise, according to reports by medical boards which have been examining the class of 1921, which will join the colors next month. Out of more than 300,000 eligibles, only 165,000 measur- ed up to the ordinary physical stand- ards. Doctors recommended the pas- sage immediately of a law making physieal education compulsory in all French schools. Also they insist that creased. The h' am of Chinese line se women is s una- formly black, becoming grey:. only in extreine old age. Recently Albert, King of the Bel- gians, fell heir to an island in the lake of Como, Italy. He offered it to the Italian government on condition that it should become a residence for artists. The Italian undersecretary for the fine arts is now carrying out the King's wishes and believes that the community will be ready for painters, musicians and poets by next summer. Weekly Market Report Toronto. Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.87%; No. 2 Northern, $1.84%; No. 3 Northern, $1.80%; No. 4 wheat, $1.84%. 1to 2 to $3. Maple sugar, Ib., m. gal., Honlb.; 5 -2% -lb. tins 23 sto 25c per 22 to 23c 1b. Ontario comb honey, at $7.50 pee, 15- Spring Magic. Spring icnccked at uty door of We, Spring peeped slyly In, Saying, "All the birds are cut, Coarse and help them sing!". Saying, "1 have changed the woods To a fairies' bower,,. Aided by any friend the sun And a southern shower. Ah, but I was sitting glum In any house of life! Seeing dust and cobwebs conte, Fearing tears and strife. Tbinking, "CalaI clean themout, In the dust heap fling?" When I heard the south breeze shout, "Come outside! It's spring,,' tip I leaped and opened wide , Every door -and then' Spring danced with the sun inside Made it sweet again. - Dust flew on the southwest, breeze Out of sight away— - I forgot it --for the trees Looked so fresh and gay! What I feared might turn to tears Turned to morning dew! How could one,hai stooped to fears With the sky so blue? • Fairies'. bowers are roofed with blue, Flower bestrewed, 1 find, Since the world laughs I'll laugh toolSpring was very kind! Easter Eggs in true MaIdng. Probably not one person in a thous- and who buys Easter eggs knows how they are made. Most ofthe eggs are made by ma- chinery. First a soft, jelly-like mass. of sugar and other ingredients is boil- ed in cauldrons, and then, when still soft, it is cut into oblong or brick shaped pieces of many different sizes by machinery. These pieces . are thrown into huge copper cauldrons,. with wide peen, gaping mouths. When the soft sugar bricks are thrown in, the kettles begin to revolve, and the pieces rolling around and around shape themselves into eggs, and grow harder and harder, although the inside still is soft. And, after the "shell" is formed it is colored to suit the taste. The great fancy eggs are made of sugar crystals. The crystalized sugar is moulded into egg shape, in moulds the size of just half the egg, and then the two halves are sealed together, and the delicate sugar flowers and pictures are put on and colored by hand. The fluffy little Easter chicks are made of real feathers, which are glued to a body generally Y g 1 made de ofi Relies. macho,aI .thoagh"'sonteitfilles'•o wool cotton or wood. ' The putting 071 of the feathers is a delicate task, and is mostly done by girls who stand all day pasting little soft feathers on the forms, as the I bed' Called. Then the bodies are turned overto the men who color them after the glue is dried. These men are excellent workmen and sit with their brushes and paint chickens all day, sometimes using an air -brush to color the delicate little feathers: After they are colored they look exactly like a crowd of fluffy little chicks. Then they are dried again and placed in long rows on shelves, after which they have little chocolate eyes .75 ut on them. Manitoba oats—No. 2 CW, 48%c; sSmoked ection case ' 5 to Nuc. 3 • CW, ,l44%e; extra No. 1 feed,' 36c,•• heavy, 27tto 29e;t eo It d, 50 to 39%e} , e; No. 8 feed,55c . Manitoba barley—No. 3 CW,83%c; . No. 4 CW, 72%c; rejected, 60%c; feed, 60%c. All of the above in store at Fort William. American corn -96c, nominal, track, Toronto, prompt slnipnnentt. Ontario oats—No, 2 white, 43 to 45c. Ontatiio wheat—No. 2 Winter, $1,80 to $1,85 per'car lot; No. 2 Spring, '$1.70 to $1.75; No. 2 Goose wheat, $1.55 to $1.65, shipping points, accord- ing to :freight. ; rolls, 31 to 320; cottage rolls, 33 to 34e; breakfast bacon, 43 to 46c; fancy breakfast bacon, 53. to 56c; backs, plain, bone in, 47 to 50c; bone- less, 49 to 53c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 27 to 28c; clear bellies, 26 to 27c. Lard --Pure tierces, 19 to 193je; tubs, 193 to 20c; pairs, 19% to 20%c; t e ces, 18 to 13%c; 20% to 1i abs, 13% to 14c; pails, 14 to 14%c• prints, 15 to 15%/c. Choice heavy steers, $10 to $11.50; good heavy steers, $8;50 to $9.50; hut- ches cattle, choice, $9 to $10; do, good Peas --No. 2, $1.55 to $1.65. $8 to .9; do, need., $6 to $8; do. coni., Barley --:Malting, 80 to 85c, accord- I 4 to 8do butchers' $6 bos; choice, ,, to4 co $7.50; , good, to , do, ncoin i to freights 7; en ht4 g sou '.', g tsnde ,$ t o 'S• $ butchers' , cows, ., - choice, Bucl.7.50 ii ht.1t--NO. 3; ,`�1.Oo to $1,10,. $8.50; deo good, ,$G:25 to 7 • '$ to nominal,$ , do, court., 1$4 to $5; feeders, $7.75 to $8.75; do, Rye—No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50, nominal,1900 lbs,, $7.26 to $8.25; do; 800 lbs. according to freights outside. I $5.75 to $6.75; do, corn., •5 tof Manitoba flour --First pat. $10.70; canners and cutters, -$2,50 to 4.550; second pat:, $10,20, bulk, seaboard. milkers, good to choice, $85 to 8120; Ontario hour—$8.50, bulk, seaboard. do, coin. and med. ' I d , $50 to 60 Millfeed Delivered, • Montreal springers, $90 to $130; lambs, ce rl- f3eight, bags included: Bran, per ton, ings, $9 to $10; de, spring, ' 112arlo $37 to $40; shorts; per ton 35 to , 35.1$13.25 • calves choice $ to good feed flour, $2 25 to $2 6U • bag, , ; goad to choice $].4 t , per p Straw -Car lots, per: ton, $12 to $12.50, track, Toronto. Hay --No, 1 per ton, $22 to $23, track, Toronto. Cheese—New, large, 32 to 33e; twins, 33 to"i • �4c t ri 1 ers , 33 to 35c; old, large, 34 to 35e; do, twins, 34% to $35%. Butter—l+'resh dairy, choice, 48 to 49e; creamery,' No. 1, 58 to 61e; fresh, 60 to 63c, Margarine -29 to 33e. Eggs—New laid, 41 to 42e; new laid, its eartons, 43 to 44e, Beans—Canadian, rand --picked, bus.,. 3.50 to $3.75'; primes, $2,75 to $3.25. 15 $ . sheep, 0 $• $ $9; hogs, fed and watered, $15 to $15.25; do, weighed off cars, $15.25 to $15.50; do, f.o,b., $14 to $14.25; do, country points, $13.75 to $14. Montreal. Oat s Can . West. No. 2, 65 to 66e; do, No. 3, 61 to 62c. Flour --Manitoba spring wheat pats, firsts, ,$10.50. Rol- led oats—bag of 90 lbs., $3.40. Bran, $36,25. -Shorts, $36.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $24 to $25. Cheese—Finest eastorns, 29l/ to 80c. Butter—Choicest creamery, 58 to 59e. Eggs ---Fresh, 42c, Good veal, $10 to "'$11; med.. $7.50 to $9:50. E• wes, $6 to ,$8.50; lambs,apans, 8c; Limas, Madagascar, 10%c;1 good, $12 to' $12.50; coni.,�11 to $12, California Limas, 12%c. Hogs, selects, oft' -car wei hts p e pro-ducts—Syrup,$ per imp, to $16; sows, $11.75 to 12 s' $15.75 Maple p Whentine Birds Come Bac In the early, early morning When the sky is flushed with ros You may hear the robins' carol In the dreaming garden -close, And the honk of wild geese winging O'er their blue, ethereal track, 0 the waking hours bring gladness When the singing birds come back• There's a nook I know where snow drops Angel -fair, and clad In white, Nun -like veil their saintly faces From the glory of the light. All in vain the winds donne wooing— Yet for loves they shall not lack; Blushing blossoms crowd in thousands When the mating birds come back. The faster LHy 1-1 HIS is the tale of a lily bud that would not bloom as a lily should. The little girl gave it her kindest care, she wanted it so for Easter Day; but ever the flower seemed to stay stiffly :wrapped in its Tittle green hood. On Easter Eve not a sign of white. The little girl looked, then. turned away. She didn't have even a word to say, but she cried herself softly to sheep that night. At twelve o'clock, or.a. quarter of, fairy Raindrop and fairy Light and fairy Beauty and fairy Love (the four good fairies that set things right) came` and worked in the dark of the night.' They climbed the stalk and the tall green stem and dusted the leaves and polished them; they slowly opened the tight green bud, and smoothed out its petals creamy white; two of them carefully lifted up the fair frail bell of the lily cup, ,filled it with sweet- ness, all it would hold, then powdered it deep with shining gold. The little girl stirred in her sleep to say, I wanted my flower for Easter Day. Then her eyelids moved, for she dreamed she heard tinkling laughter and whispered word, flutter of wings and silver cries,— "Quick, be quick, or she'll open her eyes !" And deep in her dreams again she stirred. The fairies fluttered around the room, and hid themselves in the fireplace, and clung in the gauzy curtain's lace, waiting for dawn of day to come ; and the little girl slept with a smile on her face, and the tall white flower was fair in the gloom. At peep of daylight she wakened wide. "Easter is here," I think," she said. She sat up straight in her little bed and thought of the lily plant, and sigh -ed. Then day- broke over the edge of the wood, and a ray of sunshine came peeping through and shone on the spot where the lily stood. "Oh, most beautiful—look!" she cried. She could scarcely believe that it was true, yet there was the lily, brave -and new. "Everyone come," she cried, "and see what a wonderful thing has happened to me!" The flower nodded away in the sun. The fairies folded their tired wings—dear little helpful, happy things—and silently, softly stole away. And the little girl sang all Easter. Day! University Appointments. ntme y 1niS. P1In ' roma e , �,�i s � nxy Huale� pulse ofu,t grey esti-;seienciss "of his fume, tri recipient of every honor which Britt science could bestow, a man who name is a household word in all civi ized countries, was an applicant 1851 for the position of professor of present duties, P d tees as to expect p the On- tario ;Le islature a• g ,.already o , ver-bu - l:e y rd e sh se 1-+ to the intricacies of university expen- lni ditures and appointments. see. a,Mt ,.e ameefd edetrailLed 1 .7 vincial public works, law .e�nforcenienf; agriculture, lands, forests, mines, asylums, jails, etc., to give attention Zoology in the University of Toronto. The daily newspaper whiich records this fact goes on to say that the re- jection of his application threw Hux- ley into a slough of despond from which he did not emerge for more than two years. Why did Huxley fail of appointment to the staff of the Provincial Univer- sity? Because in those days profes- sors were appointed by the Legisla- ture, and a local pian, so it is said, had the necessary "pull." Only an- other example, if examples were need- ed, of the necessity of placing educa.- ]t. I tional matters in the hands of men whose sole interest is education! It would be just as reasonable to expect e I a town council to take over the duties of the public school board and the Ka When the redwing Butes a measure fIB y the waters, rs, wi llo w -lin.e d ,`ten tiie meadow lark's clear pipingComes a -floating on the wind, Then my happy spirit follows On that vast and viewless track Winged with song, it knows no limit When the nesting birds tonne back. 1'ar beyond the city's tumult— Blue horizons circling wide, Bir dsann d scented winds for co • mta de s Let sine go and there abide! For my thoughts are winged sandals, And my spirit knows the track, Every pulse -beat is a wingsong When the homing birds come back: The human child acquires its. full brain, in size, before it is four years old, The Canadian Governtinent steel steamship Canadian Skirmisher, 8,350 tons, has been launched at North V•an- couver,'B.C, In order to uncover an area 1,000 by 1,300 feet of asbestos -bearing ground, 600,000 cubic yards •of over- burden has to be removed at the .King Mine, Thetfc.rd, Quebec, For this reason the Provincial Uni- versity is controlled by a Board of Governors appo'in'ted by and respon- sible to the Government of the prov- ince. This system is in accord with the practice of other communities possessing state universitiies and has been adapted because it prevents uni- versities becoming "political foot- balls." Success consists in finding the shortest line between two points: where we are and avhere we want to be. A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.—Dr. John- hagh school board, in addition to its son. EXPLOSION OF GRAIN DUST WRECKS CHICAGO ELEVATOR WO3TH $10,000,000 Southern Section of City Rocked and Every Window Smash- ed 'Within Mile Radius—Heavy Damage Caused to Nearby Towns. Chicago, March 20.—An explo.siont were shatteded in Ilammond, Whiting .1 • g grain of dust racked the entire south -land Rast Chicago. The heaviest suf- en.nl section of Chicago early Saturday night; wrecked one of the world's largest grain • el'evatons and broke every window within a radius of a utile. i Ofthe nine watchmen who were; trapped in thestructure by the blast feieee was Whiting, where it was re- ported every window in the downtown business district.. was broken.' The. property loss there, according to mer- chants, will reach $100,000, Normally about' 5,000,000 bushels of grain are stored in the elevator but two are known to be dead and four are, at the time of the blast there was only missing. • about 500,000 bushels. This was de - The elevator, which consisted ofstroyed by the fire. a o ,. t ,.ones of steel and concrete towers, The explasoni, took place just after: was built at a coat of more than ten1 150 employes had quit for the day, Million dollars and was operated by According to one eye -witness there the ...xna•our Gram Company. fIT n e explosion Sici was due, t wa s said by Officials, who made an Baily in- quiry, to fire that started in a loading chute. The blaze set fire to the dust - filled air and the resulting blast rent asunder the big tower, realeasinng. thousand of bushels of grain. The explosion hurled great concrete blocks fiir hundreds of feet and de- railed a freight train which was stand- ing on a track beside the elevator, Heavy damage was caused in near- by towns by the explosion. Windows were three separate explosions, os o ns, the being tha most st severe. The ex- plosion tore the entire top off the ele- vator, This was of light steel -concrete construction and was designed so that the force of any blast would be sent through the upper part of the elevator —like the mouth of a :great cannon, So great was the force of the blast, however, that the tower itself was shattered, great pieces of concrete from its sides being thrown about in ail directions. Early estimates put the property loss at more than •$6,000,000. WHEN PEACE CAME 13y Alva Audrey Merritt Easter dawns! And as 1 watch the glory of the heavens my soul is tilled with joy and reverent wonder, The Master Artist is at work. Purple and silver mists veil the sky, These slow. ly disappear and dull blue and rose and palest gold transform the east. Rose -bosomed clouds hide the rising stuff; but at length, through crimson vapors, the sun shines forth, casting a radiance over valley • and hill and mountain, : caressiaag every tree and shrub, gilding alike the gorgeous homes of the wealthy and the shabby monies of the poor. In the treetops just outside my win- dow the birds twitter drowsily, An early robin begins to warble joyously; now other birds blend their notes with his, and day is ushered in by a mu!ti. tude of feathered songsters, From a distant part oz the town come the sweet, solemn chimes of church bells. As I listen d think of other town's, of other churches, in a far -away land. A ray of sunshine steals in at the window and rests upon a mass of lilies beside my bed and as I gaze at their loveliness and breathe 'their sweet perfume I think of other lilies —the lilies of France. Tlie merry laughter of a child floats up to me from the street below. My heart is filled with joy as I listen. Like the tinkling of bells, like sunshine dancing on the waters, like the rustl- ing of leaves in the breeze, is the laughter of that child. Many tildes I have watched the sun rise, ina.ny tines I have listened to the songs of the birds, but this is Easter Day! The sunrise is more beautiful, the birds' songs sweeter, the sunshine more golden, for upon this morn I have fount] new strength and courage. New life is stealing through my veins. Hope is born anew. Three years ago I watched the dawn of Easter Day from a shell -hole in No Man's Land. Severely wounded, I prayed to God to let me die, for I knew that I would be badly crippled if I lived. But the thread of life was strong, my life flickered like a flame,. but the hand of God shielded it from the breath of death. Through blinding, bitter tears I watched the glory of the Easter heav • ens, and I cursed my fate; cursed, and cried like a child. Then uncoae scio usn ess blotted out everything.. chin • g• One year later the• Easter sunshine awaleened me from a ,-troubled sleep, wa's•'iymm-='in''a, snbw1Y`litrIl; ia'y"Ti il,.,:.- ested' on soft billowy pillows. I was t home in my old room. I glanced about. Ahl everything as the same: There was my clot• red desk, here was the big cozy arni- hair, there were my college trophies nd pictures of college chums. But, ! The room was not quite the me, something was missing. Then remembered. My old snow shoes at had decorated one side of the 11 were gone. Who had taken thew way? Ah, in a flash I knew—moth• ! I glanced down at my legless dy and I turned my face away frons Easter sunshine and wept tears of ony. The door opened quietly; some one s coning .toward me with quick, it steps. A hand caressed my hair, cite murmured, "My son! My ed one!" Then a pair of arms en• cled my neck, a soft cheek rested inst niy rough one, and tears like scutes' rain fell upon my face, then," I sobbed. "mother! mother!" a, * 1 'K a well. I have found peace at last. the old rebelliousness against e is gone now. I have found heal - in the Easter sunshine, in the uty of the lilies, in tine laughter a little child! * $, some one 18 coming! "111o'ther!" y gladly. Her hand caresses my her tears fall upon my face. But ile and whisper, "Dry your tears, . I have found peace and cour- and strength today! Thongb. mV 'is crippled ed isn't—it•- •" pl ni Soul 1 to climb the heights!" exquisite smile is upon' my moth - face now! I hear her voice say- oftly, sweetly, "Ply son, you have very near to Goa." Then, gently draws my head dawn upon her t just as she used to do when I a little child, and her tears fall my upturned face, and as they hey heal nay anguished heart. ow I face. the future unafraid, have found peace and courage rength. r r a w to c a no sa I th wa a er bo the ag wa lig a v lov cis aga sun "Mo .And Fat ing bea for I cr hair, I silt dear age body free sill er's ing, s been she breas was upon fall t Ah, for 1 and et The Nanaimo, B.C. Fish Meal and Oil Refin el • s c Y om mei 1C ed opera- tions, with th a capacity of twenty Porus of fish per day, five•tons of fish mak- ing one ton of meal and produeiri:g fifty gallons of coarse oil, A wallboard made 'of sawdust and calcined magnesite with a binder, that is fireproof and moisture proof, and that can be painted and l:alsofntined, has been produced by a British Col- umbia roofing plant, Maskakee Lake, Sask., is being deos veloped for epsom salts, glauber salts, magnesium carbonate, sodium chloride mid potass'iunn salts',