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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1917-08-31, Page 17 no a e gather repute S men is e and in *Hornig, II f these y re - Ion e deserve vna eneeg o tyi,es I've -the 'vexing r fair for any wants to dress 'moderate cost Coat No men `'individually tail- cted. rracticai1,. made for end looks it. aria' :right in weave ting sapelines and ales. Sow Good 2 Greig Clothing Co Second to None " Perhaps You Have Notice That alIPBritish Manufacturers of 'Cloths haie been notified that no more pure .wocl cloth it- to be made during the war. gverr yard of cloth manufactured' must contain at leastAo per cent. cotton. Fortunately- fOr,.. this' neighborhood_ we have stored up/a' goodly guard:4r of the pure wools in cloth and- in made up garments,. and earty buyerS. are sure to secure their re- quirements in clothing -and underwear. Please :make note that we say " early buyers " --- this meat* those who bur now, ---for there -is stich a scarcity in the mar- kets of the pure wool class orgoods that after present stocks are exhausted there'll he nothing but thel adult- erated to be had. Ottr •Puria '-Wool, Sultings Await your insOectioft. We posi- tively guarantee the quality and color. We guarantee workman- ship of only first grade, and our prices exceptionally low. #ine ,Grey Worsted Suits,made to measure Pine Indigo dye Serge Suits made to measure Fine Black Suits,made Fancy Brown Worsted Suits, made to measure Fine Fall Overcoats Fine Trousers, made 1 $10 to 14 The Fawn Para - Grey and Mixed $8 to 15 Need patterns to $30. 28.00 to $25.00 to $35.00 $22.00 to $30. S 630 to $ 9.00 Ready -to Wear Suits Of Choieest Pure Wool Goods SI5.00 to$ 20.00 Fancy Browns.. $16.00 to S22.00 Blues Greys and Mixtures_ Other Lower Grade $14.00 to $20 $10.00 to $13.50 Suits Boys' Ready to Wear $ 5.00 to 8 50 NewFallRaincoats That are Waterproof alai no Mistake The raincoats are so designed now that the style of the garment and material from which they are made, produces a garment suitable for wearing upon any occasion, when an overg-arment is required. We can please all comers from bur large and well selected stock ot New Coats . Greig Clothing Co SE AFORTIE WARFARE DT AIR HAS ITS IfXlidOR Much has been pablished relating to the experiences of Torontes Royal it might be atival#10- to suggest that I *ore mash feeda,'be used in the ra- tion. During slimmer both the ergot "PrdePortit'he emiddrY erbe Ledisat Flying Corps spilota, who are serVillg mash and less godu than u_suratt„ Canada and the Empire in the air on advised. min fail& such as shores the French and etket *mita ' : The and limn are Wolter to get and cheap - duties of aerial ebse.rvers, while close- er than the grainjteeds, aud when the ly resembling those of the. pilot„ are, birds are on reinft* edauld be eaten hr. however, more varied, and in mailer larger propertiona. cases, more interestbsg, not to say ex- For the grairttPert of the ration citipg. • it might be .nec4teary to use oats, For instance there have been sev- eral cases wldie flying over the ene- barley, buckwheek etc., when these are Procurable 4 -reasonable prices. lines where a wingstip ilat3 been To. inet\\,. shot away, on, one side of the aero- ed; jim tue. oosenings from flour plane, causing' ,greater "lift' on the milts and elevatort. lffiould be used. undamaged wing. The onlY thing to There are contsiderable buckwheat keeP -the machitte from a fatal spin screenings Procurable. at a reasonabe to earth is for the observer to 'elirab price at the erairk 'and Port Arthur out ,on the opposiW side and so bY eletators,.whichritake good feed. At 1 his weight and resistance to the air, the middle eaeteite flour mill& there reduce the amount of lift and so keel/ are quantitiee Oft eeteenings taken the maehine balanced. from milling w 'that:would form Copsider also, the number of cases almost an ideal: in mixture and in which the pilot has been wound- eouid be rumbas' ed, or even killed, in the air, and the of shorts. in fa observer his brought- the machine of feed is ground, safely to earth. Tlds, in a machine mill feeds end as* fitted with it dual control system,* is as a grain, eeid . comparatively easy, but in an aerot such feeds ' plane, when tell controle are hot tions espeeia4sr I is a wery difficult matter. The ma- and they are m chine generally "spins" to earth in than wheat. In a steeP nose. dive, during. tins time ducted ag tee the observer has to climb over the al atation seteenmss top of the fuselage into the pilot's cost of gtooe etbeto seat. Then the pilot's ;body has to be lifted off the control levee and his feet oe the rudder bar before the observer can take zontrol and get the •machine out of the "spinning - nose dive." Needless to say, unless he aelvplane is at e considerable ' height to begin with the foregoing is quite impossible. The observer is responsible for the success of the flight in a two -seated inachine. He is responsible. also for safety of the pilot during an attack . by enemy machines. If on an "ar- tillery shoot it is the observer who corrects the aka el eur 'gunners, with: different batteries at the same time; alsO watching for any sign of special enemy activity. The observer of course, =mot speak to the Pilot be arranged, and- the seeret of sue - ore a simple .code of signals has to owhig to the roar of the engine, there- cessful fighting in the air is the- eierit- _riniedtenbu:edrverstanere dinIngthb:reeennnelione piloitt may be interesting to knovr that the most important signal -re tap, ote the pilot's head when the ob*ver sits behind Signifies; - "enell117( nut - certainly the lastest Iform of to -oper- ation between aeroplanes and troops is what is knovvn as "contact patrol" work, which consists in mainta—ming communication between advancing troops and their headquarters. This system has beea perfected by the R.F,C., and it is undoubtedly due to its use that our troops have achiev- ed such brilliant victories this year. For very obvious reason, it is im- possible to enter into ,details as to exactly how the system is employed, but by a very simple methed the in- to the aeroplane observer above, in- formation which naturally is price- less in value to those directing' 0P- titions. By means. of signalling ap- paratus their requirements are also noted above, and dropped into a mes- sage bag at headquarters'. These "contact" flights • are -made at very low eltitudes, which, of course giyes the enemy a chalice to open fire not onty with machine gunge but also rifles, etc. However, the adventage is not all on Fritz's side in this re- pect, as it has so often beem proved by opening fire by Machine guns from above, a form of attack which is very dentoralizing to the German Our pilots and- obeervers are al- ways sp,ringing little surprises on the enemy. Sometimes they are suecess- ful, and often they have their humor- ous side. For instance, a certain obt server in France thought to add to his laurels by taking ^"upstaire" a quantity of grenades to drop on any tndops he might see. These he strung along the -side of the fueslage,. behind his seat. Unfortunately a machine gun bullet set one off, causing a very . fair imitation of the Toronto. Exhibi- tion fireworks in the vicinity of the machine. The machine—a Morane- Saulnier Parasol, ca.xne down, minim any fabric rear of the cocksprit, minus also the Wireless transmitter:, machine gun • magazines, many cross -bracing but with two very scared and wiser PoCography also forms. a very im- portant part of the observer's work in many .squadrons, and the speed with which photographs are taken, - developed, printed, and delivered to headquarters by aeroplane wbuld put the press photographic depart- ment of many newspapers to shame. It is from these valuable "snaps" that the all-important -trench marls are made, which are Of such aid irk planning an attack. ust received a full car of Mc atr Shingles . PRICES MODERATE J. B. Mustard business in Canada and in the facil- ities for handling it, mnd that Gode- rich is keeping paee with the advance wae well in evidence during the past week, when in the course of two or three days 8 vessels arrivca, carry- ing a total of nearly a million bushels. As nearly three-quarters of a million bushels had arrived,the previous week, it means that the railways have been kept busy shipping grain out keeping the elevator capacity clear. To transport a million lmshels of grain requires approximately fifty trains of twenty cars each. J.1',Sheppard of Clin- ton, has received from his son, Nor- man, a, picture of the U.S.A. Seneca. the armed transport on which this Clinton boy is "doing his bit" for the cause of freedom. Norman enlisted eight months ago, Now, he says, his boat is all ready for a cruise and he hopes its destination will be Europe. BRUCEFIELD —The general orders of the Canad- ian Militia on July 12, 1917, announce aa u P the windshield of the car. —Owing to the numbers of Can - granted the honorary rank of Lieut. - *Sequence is lost thin 'a gin reeouldn't shoot the bullcon MeLE.A.N BROS., Fallible* $1.50 a Year is Advance on the 2.30 p.m. train, ansie show- ! ers of confetti on a trip to Revelstoke and Nelson, B.C., before lasing' up ' their residence in Winnipeg, where the groom is in business. Mr. Guest is a former Goderich boy. CANADA —A despatch from Winnipeg, August 26th, says: Up to midnight last night 12,537 harvest laborers had been handled by the railways to points west, of whom 6,266 were from. points east; 2,991 were shipped from Wirmipeg alone. There are 2500 more laborers en route from the east. —Five persons are in hospital as a result of Sunday motor accidents at Calgary. A daughter of Major J.C. BrUce received probably fatal injuries when two automobiles collided on Mount Royal 1:11)1, Four other occu- pants of the car are badly hurt. In another accident a tlaree-year-old child of M. Scott was htrled through a th jtm pull either. Scoietists saY j tg 33 d whit rnienons. in the Imperial arm th yery suitable ea- ; wing ir of wing, stock char. actheriatic athributes, and me ore economical • - • gi ks that Jawn Chinaman an Poor to bear - • .0 e "Fer ways that are dark and thricks pecooliar," and the way Injuns two-thirds the less cost than did Yes the this feed may be fed whole and some ground for a mask. Samples of feeds hand prices in car tote have been 'eulmaitted which. even with a 'reasiniable commission, could be retailed at a compartively low price. Some of:these samples, are —Buckwheat sereenings, $25 per ton at Saskatoon, thistie a cracked feed; 96 per cent, wild ,buckutheat and cracked wheat, 4 pee cent. seeds of verious kinds. It is a goed rearing feed and may be fed whole or ground. Another sample, was quot„ed at $1:90 per cwt. f.o.b., Toronto; a sample of small wheat with # low oats and a trace of wild buckWheet, price V per cwt.; two samples somewhat betteh at $2.10, a, good sample of burnt wheat at $2.50 and a better 134-inpie at $2.90. These are all eatiefactory feeds and the pricee quoted ihovi that compared wheat they iire. cheapme They gold be used las itluileitietin•, or as 'a mash feed. In svine of them weed seeds will be found arid' eare. must be teken to feed se th*se will$not spread, Local flour Mills irt Ontario and Que- bec submitted all the saftlitlee but the Wfellidlt- 4°k -107i -teat POULTRY FEED The question of feed for oultry is becoming serious. Corn pract- ically off the market, oats igh price, barley and buckwheat Yen' scarce as well as high. Wheat, the most popular poultry feed in Canada wheat. Some of SCOM att rae frind Brit were ' fists ineee No doubt, add be eecured it, more of trynien would as would be available For BriUshleolumbia, and the Marit 'dine Provinces, the buckwheat screen- ings seem the best available and a little co-operation. inight•be the'means of securing this feed in carilots. Poultry that his been eating good wheat and corn may not at first take to the screenings but with a little time and patience they will eat it readily. A car load of it was receiv- ed at the Experimental Farm, Ottawa at a cost of $35 a ton. It has proven very' satisfactory for growing chicke and, for summer feeding of hens. It may liot be ideal for litter (feeding in the winter but for fattening and. mashed feeds is most satislactorv. PATRIOTISM AND PRODUCTION —that this woruld was made up av P? The politsicians have their Pull, the big interests and the tittle wens to, have their pull, the inerchaiat, the farmer, the Indiati an the ladies all eve their pull, but the greatest pull av all these pulls was the pull pulled wake whin they betook thiraselves out to Billy James Shannon's fart= in Mickillop. an pulled in a fifteen acre plot a -v. flax to keep it from rot -tin in the field an presarvin it for the use pull resolved itsilf round about in this ithor, the Flax Mill Company had a grate dale to much faith in the Al- procissis av "Lo, the poor Indian," with the accint on the poor, for ye must remimber the motto. -"the poor shuns. Now to make a long story short, at this juncture on the pull the dicament for flax pullers, and afther ransackin the grey matther ay. their tillashun, oidea, permeated wan an thim, e., apply to the Seaforth Food Producshuo Associeshun for help. No sooner sed than dun, The F .A was on the job inshtanthee. Mayer Stewart proclaimed a Leif hol- iday for the minchants an their Van- dthribilts for Wednesday aftern000, an in, flowin' robes of office headed la prof -fowl= av volunteered automobil#s filled wid pullers to ;the flax field, where :they rowled utf their pan an Pulled an pulled to their hearts' contint. To be sure, the Mayer was in geed company whin he was flanked to the right av tdm am, flanked to.the left, av him. by Runlet Wilaon anid Praycher, Miclrinley *as aided -came. The, ladies of the Rid Crass Societe. edenia or McKillop, where "the fields were ripe unto the hart, 4414 000 g voted their twesident, Miss Case, an it was a grate day's entoirely, an the stories the bys tell about their flax puffin' exploits would make me mid frind Jonah and his fish story blush with excoited invy, but it is now ginirally conceded that Doe. Beachlay, the dintist, pulled more achers thin d'ye git me. Shure, it was a long pull, a &throng pull an a pull altogether, begar,telieve me -you it was some pull. An there ye are, ye pays your money an ye takes your choice av the horns av the dilemma of Big Divvydends. Pull, and War Time Food Production. Feiner I've unbounded confidence in the capacity of the modern Creosus who doesn't want to be enny richer at the close av the war thin whin it began. Afther the war, the' Soeial- steppin an political economy. Well, well, the flax was saved to the ben- efit av the counthry an nawthin else matthers ..—Yours for pull, age limit _or such, is beireg reduced. is of course, still major, as the militia NOW) be taken over 35 years of age, and if a large number of appli- tations are in when the next selection is made the preference va. be given to those under 30 years. —Though no actual frost has been reported, low temperatisze prevailed over all the prairie provinces during the past week end. Rain was repozt- ed at a number of points. The lowest •mininium temperature was about 33 director of the weather bureau fore- casts cool and fine weather with dan- ger of light frost* within the next twenty-four hours. Te—reLloy,dwactftwataue jur8 yedeasreaturoldtht, night, when he Yeas ethetk down by an automobile driven by Austin Phillips at Spadina avenue and College street The boy's skodl was fractured and. he died a =pie Of VOLU\-6 after beinff ad- mitted to the Hospital -ler Sick Child- ren. The lad pulled away from bis mother as they were tdighting from a Moor car and darted right in front —• thHeenryaGniaraldniiee'r an elderly harn- etsmaker of 13..mntLE:rd. and well-known throughout that city as an e email, was instantly killed and N. ear at the Morrell Street croseing near the Dominion Stwl Pro - plant in the Hohnedale. It is is that the old man was re- , long the tracks from a, -fish. and did not see or hear the ---Traffie into the Union - Station Toronto, from the east, was held UP OA Sunday night, for several hours owing -to the derailment of a parlor car attached to the Montreal train ar- riving at the York Street loop. The heavy' parlor car ploughed up the roadbed and twisted the retie of both tracks 5 and 6, pulling a day coach 'which wag at the rear, also es the track. No one was injured, as the train was slowing up for the station stop. The following trains were brought in on the freight tracks, south of the station proper. the fields a standing grain entered in the eat crop competition under the auspices of the Fullartop, Logan and Hibbert Agricultural Seciety. r. Elliott is a capable mail and an extensive farmer himself. He ex- plained the method of judging and showed how there was such a cliff. erence in the number a pointe a - Warded, He said that where a stalk of wild oats er now thistle was found in a field of grain, it lowered the test 5 points, and if two were found 7% points and so en. Some fine fielde were ex.arnined and the awards were made as follows: Amos Doupe, Kirk - ton, 90; G. Hillebrecht, Brodhagen, ris, Ilibbert, 85; W. G. Millson, Pub F-ullarton, 77; William Potts, Fuller- ton, 74%; G. Bennewies, Fullerton, 72%; IL R. Greenwood, Fullerton, 73%; W. Forrester, of Fullerton, 70%. Mr. Elliott has been engaged to judge in the Ma,ritime Provinces. —Charles Silverthorn, reeve of Ete- bicoke township, was instautly killed and three year old lames Garbutt and Guelph radial car crashed, into Mr, Silverthorrie's motor at a private crossing, near Summerhill, at 10 a.m. Saturday. The little Garbutt boy died within an how aftee the ac- cident, which was witnessed by Mr. Silverhorn'e daughter, Marjoxy, and by the child victim's fathtie Rufus Garbutt. Mr. Garbutt detJeres that to the best of his knowledge, the rad- ial cat gave no warning signal when approaching the crossiag. Accordiew, to 3. W. Walker, who was acting as motorman, and J. S. Hughee and W. Drake, the passengers on the radial,. the special ear was not travelling at a high rate of speed; but the motor was shattered almost to splinters and was carried for a distance of about 50 yards by the car. Mr. Silverhorne bad metered to the home of his neighbor, Mr. Garbutt, to make ar.- rangements for the threshing of kis crops. On leaving, he invited the little Garbutt boy to take a drive. and the ehild readily assented. They started down the roadway' leadired from the C-arbutt, firm -house to the Dudes road and which crosses ftee radial tracks, when the people at borae it -mowed up ort toeleeroes orders do net affect the C.E.F. -e-Mr. Earl Steep, son of Mr. Dav- id . Steep, of the Huron 'Read, near Clinton, met. with a very painful acci- dent last Friday. While at his work a wheel struck his hand, injuring it so badly that the ends of his fingers had to be removed. He was able to come home to Clinton Friday night, but it will probably be several weeks before he can go back to his week. —Mr. George Binnie, Of Priceville, judge in the Field Crop Competition held under ' the auspices of the Blyth Agricultural Societyt, corn- pleted his inipection of white oat. crops on Monday and the following decisions have been imade. The first seven named will be awarded prizes: 89; David Laidlaw 88; Duncan Laid - Young 831/2; R. liVightrean 83; R. G. McGowan 82; William McGowan, 81; James Jackson 75. —Miss Sybil C,ourtice \left Clinton on Wednesday last for Shizuoka, Ja- pa:ima, Taste osneeisnarymore. shetaketiaup hal; engidutiges_ ed in evangelistic work, 'superintend- indsellwE4r:getheod:t:alhillinteewd. 11:ilafaoeblip tyisbechaQiitthlindr831tereiedebil"8ndtedby'w111511:iec \melle: three tied . s in conn Misses Blackmore, Hard and Scott, who are going for the first time to the foreiin field. —The Clinton Model School opened on Monday moreing with the follow- ing students: Margaret Isabel], Cam- eron, Tiverton; Evelyn Campbell, Rip- ley; Mem& Campbell, Elmwood; Eva Rose Carter, Clinton; Marion F. wards, Watford; Ida Margaret Elsley, Mount Forest; Florentine A. Marquis Clifton; Grace Ina Monroe, Hagers- Stell• 'a Henrietta Nelson, Clinton; Isa- belle Parker, Bayfield; Dora Scarr, Moorefield; Margaret. iJ. Schrieber, Mount Forest;Davidson Mary Short, Rockwood; Sadie Wood, Zurich. —The funeral ,sf jennet Robertson Cruickshank, widow of the late Wm. McGee took place at Clinton Friday morning of last week and interment was made in the Chime] Cemeterv. ;he late Mrs. hieftec was horn in Clinton and was a daughter of the late Charles Cruickshank, a former merchant of that town. Deceased married W. M. McGee, who was book- keeper at the Doherty Piano Co. and about 25 years ago moved to tiind- sor. Mrs. McGee had not been in good' health for Berne time and was under medical eare, but nothing of a serious nature was thought of. She passed peacefullsr away on Tuesday morning. She ii survived b - two rii/ daughters, Mrs. Donald S Smith and Mies Kathleen, of W. dsor, and one sister, Mrs. A. Wei , of Sarnia. She was A member of the Anglican church. . :—The Gederich Signal of last week Carling's Heights, on Tuesday last and succeeded in maldng an arrange- ment with the officers of the mounted troops in training there Lo a visit to the Goderich Fall Exhibition. The proposal is that the visithig contin- gent shall include two officer& and twenty-four N.C. Os . 'and men, all mounted. Dr. Clark says they are a splendid .body of men, with beauti- ful horses and equipment. They. do some very interesting manceuirrieg, including the musical ride, relay rac- ing, high jumping and wrestling,. all On horseback. It will be a find sight for the people of Goderich. and sur- rounding district to watch a company of our own boys performing on hor- se% The men are well trained in horsemanship and are ready for the front when the call comes.." —A pleasant event took place at the home of Mr, and Mrs. William Warnock, Godericb, on Tuesday, when their daughter, Isobel Grace, was united in, marriage to Mr. Spencer Cox Guest, of Winnipeg. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. James Hamilton, at 12 o'cloek, noon. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked very pretty in s travel- ling gown of brown velour with bat acre," belaying there was more pull City. to match. She carried a bouquet of at Leinty dollare than there was at 1 —It is not a great many years since orchids, Killarney tibses and maiden - tin dollars. Av coorseothe flax mag- ; the arrival of a vessel, bringing 35,- I hair fern. mins Agnes nereilton nates were cons000med wid hostile 00 or 40,000 bashele a wheat was played the wedding marela After the intinshmee at loosin a good tin dollar considerable quite an event At Gode-i ceremony friends and relatives of the pull, an from an effulgint divoydind rich harbor. The intervening years ' happy couple parbook of the wedding point av view could ye blame thim, : have brought big changes in the grain repast, and Mr. and Mrs. Guest Left HURON NOTES —The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Harris of Clinton, was struck by a fender of an auto and had Ids arm broken last Thursday evening, —Mr. Alex. Haste delivered to Thomas Fells, at the Bluevale station, on Saturday, 37 hogs for which he received a cheque for $1504.45. —Mr. Morris Bosman, of Bluevale, has secured the contract for mail route No. 2, /tom that village and will take charge on October 1st. —Rev. 3.E. and Mrs. Ford, of ye hay always wid ye," an they hired Gocierich, announce the engagement a bunch av Indians, composed chafely 1, of their daughter, Helen, to Mi. W. av min, wimen an childther, barrin the i 3. Scott, of Beaverton, Oft., the mar - dogs to pull the flax in this sietion at I riage to take place quietly the last the plethoric imice av tin dollars an 11 of August. acre, an iverything was being pleas -1 -The engagement is announced of antly pulled aff, to the praise and I Ruby Irene,, younger daughter of the glory av Big Divvydends and as me i late Rev. G. M. Kilty and Mrs. Kilty frind Davy Harum sez "to thini that 1 of Clinton, to Mr, Alfred Moreton, has gits." i3ut to th'eir utther dis- ., son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Moreton, comforture wan night along came wan ! Mere Heath House, Davenhamr" Eng- av Sam Gommers destroying angels au land. The marriage is to take place sphrinkled the front door-posht av the quietly in September. brown stone mansions av the Indian -One of Clinton's oldest citizens. pullers wid threasonable litherathure. I Mr. Thomas Mason, sr., met with makng a fifty-fifty, 'free-for-all purse ' with a very serious accident last Sat- av twinty dollars an acre nate for urday. He was- cutting wood when pulling flax a Seleringville, To be one piece rolled from his hand and in shure, Torres Vasiris—like the corn- reaching for it, he fell, fracturing his pany sat soilently -widin the `Tate av hip. The accident is all the nfore Tears," an: wouldn't git it out av the unfortunate, owing to Mr. Mason's ad - wet, or cash in to save their anty. Be- vaneed age and it will take a long gar, in the opinion a.v the Injtms the time for the bone to knit. company's rigiday in favor av filthy —At a meeting of the boderich lucre transhended their judgraint, an public school board on Thursday ev- follovving the example av the Arabes, ening, Mr. Charles Cook was appoint- -they folded their tints an sthole ed caretaker of Victoria school at a soilently aws.y. " durin the noight, an salary of $600. It was arranged to at any price, should not, under present nixt mornin Poor Lo's habitation was I advertise for a kmdergartai teacher conditions be used for poultry if it is plisantly located by the quiet wathers to take the place of Miss Dickson, who fit for milling purposes. for the pros- av sthrame." Twinty dollars per resigned to take a position at Dawson pees are that this year's crop will leave the world's supply of wheat still short and itivoll be necessary to save all suitable wheat for human con- sumption. Pouliewmen wall there- fore bsve toi look for a substitute. Before looking for other grain feeds , house heetrd parently, Mr. his machine, izacks, but the ea run mi and both passengere ern*