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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1919-03-28, Page 1••, ZAND 'UES. ECIAL J)eMiIles luetion L7ome - 0.0 WED. to You' picture with tshburn. A war bout the hor- a picture in Ix is treated rely new angle. vonderful ie Kilig of Bel - the liquid fire e this great and ure that has the great con - LAND 1 iay as there are but tvel, the broad open leadeth to destruc- traight narrow way Lt o life eternal.—The William Elliott, on very narrowly es - n by fire on Sunday. Ne family were all a - ie passing noticed the ar and., securing help ting into the house, .ment full of smoke rerheated furnace. In nothing could have ty. William is very arierris who did find fr. Pepper, of Tuck- s operated on in the ie days ago, is doing an be able to return a family of J. T. Reid tting settled in their L'ictoria Street, this of the base line, horse last week. This he would make a the spring fairs. - il"."1111.1.111M11.11.111MMINIII •••• P•P LE NUMBER 2676 i Y TIllED YEAR f I tunnumnumniumimmummimmuni - • • SEA-FORTII, FRIDAY; MARCH 28, 1919: wilimmutiumwmanniummt _ reig Clothing Co!y Second to None " 1•••••••,./•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• One Hundred Men's I CO IMP at p. c Discount This is the chance of the season to secure a choice coat at real snap prices The lot includes: 3 Men's mole lined fawn parametta.. Tweed finish n grey, brown in = new model g Plain grey paKaMetta., . • .. Grey .mixture....... MIE I•E•r Green rubber coat. INN 11••G E Small size for boys. 1•111• 111 win lam I— I Greig thit moor Med SEAYORTIT MON •••• 4•M• mow 1 Us - • • • • - • • ...V7.00 0 $12.00 • to 15.00 \ • . 7.00 to 12.00 • 5.-00 to 9.00 • • e.)•, • e••••••• • • • ••• • • • • • Vg ‘.,* • i• • • • • •• • • • .3 0,0 to . .3.00 to 7.00 6.00 0 1M• I. letting the precious stuff tumble Ott. Somehow or other the words of this bonze of Tar 1ff were too sweet, sat passed among the congregation to heai what they might say. Just as I could not help noticing that the priests of atJ Tar Iff were pink and sleek, cold -eyed and soft -handed, high -fed and richly clothed, so I could not help noticing that the congregation was lean and herd bitten, callous -handed, toil -driven and full of care. Moreover the con- gregation was not praying—it was muttering. The temple of Tar 1ff, I also observed, faced East where the priests Wok their station, and the priests were comparatively few while the congregation was a multitude. With very little asking I found that the congregation consisted Mostly of the Grainar Were, a Western tribe of pastoral pursuits, who complained that Tar 1ff took cess even of their plows; the Yueffs, another rural" tribe, who were similarly put open; the Lebo Rites,' an artisan class, who grumbled that their drink was weakened for the -gratification of an ascetic sect called Upal Ift; and the Consu Mere, or city dwellers, who said that Ter 1ff took the very bread out of their mouths and .the very coats eff their backs. "Tar 1ff is ahog," said one pale - faced Consu Mer. "He not only devours our offerings, ha he charges us a temple fee so that we pay twice." "But we've got him guessing," chorted a brawny Labo Rite, "Tar 1ff is afraid. He uses fult pages in the - newspapers to bolster his gospel. • The = Cee-ErntEh or Sacred College—seeks • to divide us by class hatreds- so that E Tar Iff may prevail."' • - = pity. "Perhaps," said Hend Ers,4,e pia mild little man, "Tar -1ff may ha E The tools of our toil—the tarashere, = binders, tractors'—surely Tar 1ff • 3 not batten on them forever!" eA happy thought!" rumbled Richer 'Non the scribe. "We shall hope for pity." "Yes—that's it—pity," spoke up itedmi Chael. 'Tor. me, I worship Preet Rade, but I not abandon. Tar 1ff until the other god is set up in his place. Besides I have beeneg,ettina eighteen cents a pound for my hogs." ic "Pity!" exclaimed Fiel Ding, the philosopher. 'You may as well etpect blood from a stone as pity. from Tar 1ff. I speak with authority, because I know the bowels of the macbine." snarled Mah Arg, the head- man of the Gramgro Wers. "We don't want Tar 'if's pity! We want jeSt- ice.- • reses,,,*heedlingsand more:Attie/is I'm sick of this talk of partial muscles We won't pray to Tar 1ff much lenge •1•1 a iuuIIIIuu1111WI l Mil 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111Militailemniniiiiiiiineueinmiema AN IDOL FABLE e The great god of !Tar 1ff filled the sanctuary with his presence. He was, as I remember, solid gold—a naked golden god of overwhelming stature. Let me describe him as well as I can. His face was a strange blending of jest and earnest—a smile that some- how or other had merged in a threat. They told me that this strange ex- pression had grown on him within the last forty years—the smile being a relic of the happy days of long ago when he was the protector of helpless infants, while the threat was the curse of his later years -Where he devoured men alive. This mingled aspect of benevolence and ferocity was to be seen in his mouth, which turnedtip at one corner and down at the other—a caress and a .1e,er: On the whole, it was a cruel- nioath—the lips thick and loose, the eye teeth sharp to bite, and the under- shot jaw firm to hang em. it was a large mouth, moreover, which bespoke a prodigious appetite, and it was sub- tended by a double chin frilling the short thick neck which goes with over- feeding and apopIeet • , • The eyes, blazing under :their pent house brows were two dimontls thirty- five carat; and these, with another smaller diamond of seven carats, which did duty as a wart of the extreme end of a fat nose, brought the 'face value Of the idol up to forty-two per cent. The seven carat diamond, I was told, was a late addition and was not really an essential part of the idol, having been put there only five years ago to strike terror into the Huns. It has miscarried,however, and had only suc- ceeded in striking terror into the god's own worshippers, who would now re- move it and divide the proceeds among the sufferers from the god's extortions. Indeed the small diamond already showed marks of chipping, and it was only a matter of days when it would fall off. The Votaries of Tar 1ff told me that this would be a good thing, because the small diamond, situated at it was, interfered with the god's breathing and gave him a bloated feeling. -They further informed me that Tar 1ff would be able to see better when the small diamond was removed, just T1OW, it had a tendency to make him cross-eyed, which was too bad because so they said, his eyes orginally had a henignent expression. Time and the credulity of human =tura had altered their gaze, opening one eye and par- tially shutting the other, which gave the deity a most evil and -distressing wink, not at all in tune with his native goodness of heart. Atiother amazing feature of Tar 1ff as his hands—long, strong, grasping hands on long, strong, over -reaching arms. On of theist hands was labelled Specific and the other Ad Valoren. The nails were sharp and curving, the palms cupped to clutch greedy help - "Tar teee said one a the attendant Priests whom I had buttonholed; "can grab four es as much as any other god in the b siness. That is why his hands are b g . and hollowed. We would be greet fools to exchange Tar 1ff for Incom t Ax or Warp Rofits, half a dozen other little deities I could name. Grea is Tariff. The rest are as nothing :side him., Tar Iff shall rule and the ther minister to line" "And wh e,". I asked, "is Freel 1st," mentio g a small wafer some- times used in the worship of Tar 1ff. , "Oh, that," aid my guide, with. a shrug, "that is a blasphemy against Tar II!. Hej spits it out. What we feed him nos is Importem-Bargo. It does not e him sick at the stomach and is more "r4i keeping without esoteric doctrine. We do our best to keep the faith pure, b t,". he added with a smile "we have ou troubles." "You will observe," he went on, "a little bunch spinach on Tar Iff's chin Obviously it is glued on. It is not an integral pro t of the celestial coun- tenance. AsJ yob yourself would say, it does not long. It can be pulled off, put back!, increased or diminished, as we choe e That little bunch of spinach is B 'tishpre Ference, a flimsy sorb of orn ment, mostly gauze and paper, whic we have added to make Tar 1ff look frettier to the low -brows. We priests f Tar If do not belive in - it ourselves. We think the god looks more impos ng with a clean 'shave."' "More bar faced certainly. I should think ,Whis ers would he a merciful disguise." at he chose. to overlook my ribaldry. "The grot ng scepticism- of the .age,"'said y guide sadly, "has dealt somehard blows to Tar TM For ins - stance, eight years ago, he got this., He pointed tO a big dint in the tumid; golden belly; of the god. "Year he continued sadly; here ran Reeipris City's dagger—not through—it did not, as you Alvin see,puncture the skin —but quite enough to hurt." "Some -eine after the • sacriligeous stroke," he' centir' med mournfully, "Thr 1ff broke oat all over in red spots which are known in The Schedules— our holy beok—is Freak Attie and Freew Heat, dread signs that our ven- erated deityt had been contaminated by Preet R e, another god of evil potency whOl we priests of Tar 1ff' are sworn te destroy. I tell you," he went on, his leye in fine frenzy rolling- -"if Reciprs City renews its out- rageous asseult,. Tar Ill - will suffer intestinal coroplications which will pre- vent him digesting the National Debt," "Tar If, hen,"tquizzed,—"is the god of love, the god who teaches little children to walk, the god who upbuilds; while Freet Rade is the hard-hearted god who leas people -fend for them- selves, the ,&d who tears down—in 14- woi4 the Detril. Do I get you right?" - "You do," he said, and turning on his heel, made his way to the high altar where ; he presently disappeared lugging a huge pot of gold which he had extracted from Tar lies capacious interior by the simple process of open- ing the hack • door of the shrine and We'll shake it out of him." When Mali Arg had calmed &owe enough for reasonable speech, I asked him why Tar If slanted so much to the East. The eyes squinted that way, the mouth was twisted diet way and now as it seemed to me, the whole body of the god, lurelfea to starboard like a drunken sailor. "It's very simple," said Mah Arg, "Tariff, as you will observe, stands on two legs named East and West. The Eastern leg is shorter because the god throws his weight in that direction, while the Western leg is longer be- cause it has been pulled .so often. If we can't get it on an even footing, we'll pull it down—that's all." LAND AND RETURNED SOLDIERS Editor Expositor:—"Land and reL turned soldiers" has been the theme of many a patriotic (?) spell -binder ori almost every platform in Canada dur- ing the past three years. The writer, being one of those having a son whe sacrificed home and position ni order to do his bit in the greatest war of the ages, and whose remains are now "Somewhere in Germany," having died after he -was wounded and taken. priES- oner, has a kindly feeling for all re. turned heroes and would not Eke to see them "stung" bY any scheme of the Politicians. - We must bear in mind that the aver- age politician is always planning, not "how to do it." but "how not to do it," so far as doing People any good is concerned. During the war, as well as in previous days, we had mountain peaks of profiteering. from Halifae to Vancouver, mostly be peliticiansloi their friends. And now that peace ia declared, does any person think that profiteering schemes are at an end, or that they would hesitate to "put it all over" returned heroes? The politician of the Hon. J. AJ Calder type who has hatched the land scheme for soldiers, is a shrewd, long- headed man. Hon. Calder was first a teaCher; school inspector, lawyer, then -cabinet minister, and was con- sidered the brains of the Scott govern- ment of Saskatchewan. His life was a great success from, a money point of view, while others, though they labored late and early,, were often ready to suicide in despair. He is no better and no worse than moat others in the same position. Their consid- eration is for themselves at the ex-, oense of the labor of others. first, last, always. Hence the necessity for careful consideration of any of their schemes. The people- of ancient Troy were undone as soon as they accepted the gift of» the wooden horse from the Greeks. Hence, "Beware of those who come bearing gifts" is a suitable warn- ing to those who expect the politicians are going to "give" them something. People should spurn gifts, but demand justice. If the heroes fought for just- ice abroad, surely they can't stand for anything less than justice here at borne. The returned heroes have fought in vain if they don't demand economic justice from the governments here at tome. Upon them is 'a tre- mendous responsibility to the rest of us. Willthey rise to the occasion? Or will they disappoint us? They talk of "giving" land to the• soldiers. But, strictly speaking, land can't he given away or moved, or in- ; Icreased or diminished. We don't eat land, nor "drink" land nor "wear" it on our backs, nor shelter our heads with it. All We can, do With and is to labor it. So that:giving a person laud is simply givetig him a chance to labor it. Thigte, who get free land get a free chance to 'labor .and make a living. So buying land is sim- ply buying risky chances to earn one's living. It 10 wrong, to say that the government owes every Person a living. It is false and ' misleading, But the government owesevery per- son a "free chane" to earn a living with his own labor, and the chance to earn a living is hold." Mny got "free" land for henteeteading and had a hard job to pull through. / So how hard will it be for o,se jho must buy land? The speclators who got the land got it, for .. practically no- thing. The Hudeon'a, Bay Company never- had any Moral or legal claim whatever to their vast heldings. In 1670, . when Canada was under French rule, King Charles II, of England' ave to the "Company of -Adventurers,all the land adjacent ter Hudson Bay— but the land Wasetot "his" to' give. He had no claim to it, even, if it had been under British rule, ' So the multi-milliene that company got from people for the chance to use spots of earth was simply -legalized robbery. Do the heroes propose to allow this robbery of .themselves and others to continue? - The 25 minim acres of land granted to the C. P. R. in 1880 was instead of $25.000,000 and in all the speeches discussing that bargain, it was stated the C. P. R. were to let settlers' have it at one dollar an acre. Can the re- turned heroes eriotV make them stick to the bargain? ' • In 1906 the paskatchtniran Land Co got 250,000 acres fteini the Daminion government under Sir Clifford Sifton, at one dollar an acre. . The C. N. R. got 100e00 acres from the late Roblin government of Manitoba at $1.56. an acre, paying a few colts deem. hal- artce when they had exploited the settlers. . • So, if such got land easy for the purpose of robbing others for the "chanee" to labor it, hew nmeli easier should the returned heroes get it to live on, labor it produce wealth and make homes for thernseleas ? But what is land wolth what is its ;value to him who wants. the chance to labor it Have the her*fignred this , out'? During all their *fleet -fens, heve theyrellectoervewd, ...Or -At -they ime... g 1 en't, they are goin,•eo be rstutig" sure. ts —give' free jobs -to thousands—jobs at good pay; easy jobs; sure money, and no expense attached to the job. 80, seeing that land is only a -job;' a "chance to .labor, and that farming, requires long hours, hardships, risks, r etc., so the government should give e heroes "free" land, and a bonus for every acre they break up. Does the Calder land scheme provide for anything lilre this, 'or does it plan to have soldiers "buy" the chances to labor? , A father of a soldier talked to the writer recently about buying a wild quarter of $2,000 for his son. The in- terests on purchase price, plus the taxes would take $180 a year. or. $15 a month, even if he never paid a cent of principal. That $15• a month would take, practically all the calves, poultry butter and eggs he could raise. He would- 'get no crop out ef it the first. year. In five years if he had a hun- dred acres broken he would be lucky He would be sure to have losses of one kind or another. The chances area he would work all his life, then jump into the grave, leaving a mortgage on. it as a legacy to his family. Buying a wild quarter at $2,200 is assuming. # mortgage' of that much for the bare chance to earn his living, Does the British flag that they guarded so lo g and well stand for such inequality mongst us --giving some atlas free aid forcing others to pay for their jobs.? Or does our hag stand for equal chances in the race of life? A person labors the soil and gets „out of it wealth, in -the shape of crops, cattle, hogs, horses, etc. This wealth is ,composed of only three elements-- rentainterest, wages. Give him wages interest on money invested in capital to, develop his land With and how much is left for rent, for "use" of the. sdil ? A loud chorus ewould ?reply, "Nothing; less thannotrung " But labor deserves wages, and money al- ways deserves interest. And -if there is. nothing left after giving him wages aad interest, then the land has no rental value. That is, its value is "Oil!" At least, its valhe is not more than one or- two dol'ars an acre at the outsitle. High-priced and drives away people, and vice versa. Tbe kilo quarters are not taxed for federal purposes. In Alberta, since 1915, they are taxed one ,per cent for provincial purposes, . They are also taxed for school' and- municipal purposes, same a$ the "used" quarters. But the tax on the writer's pen was 821(t per cent fOr federal purposes. The same with thousands,. of other articles in use, produced by labor. So that "idle" qUarters are escaping many millions of taxes due the Ottawa government. I So, in View of this fact—a fact th t hes escaped, attention too Jong—is it net up to the provincial eovermnente to at once levy a 5 per cent tax on the value of "idle" quarters 7 The federal government the same. And ask the holders -to value their own quarters, at once, Such valuation to be 'what they Will sell at during this current year If they vatue,at $2 0O0 4hen they would have' MO taxes to 'pay to the provincial and federal gdeernments, Sue the regular tax fair municipal and shoo} purposes. That would mean the holder of 20. 20, 40 ouarters would have to sell and sell quick, some quart- ets to pay the taxes doe And would that not mean cheap WO for heroet? her schemes may fail,t-but this olle FORTY - FIFTH Anniversary Seaforth Methodist Church Sunday, April 6th REV. W. G. HOWSON Of London,. will preach A special offering of '$1,500 will be received to wipe out the balance of the debt on the church. MINISTERS' CONCERT MONDAY NIGHT, APRIL 7th. Programme of inetrumentah selec- tions, addresses, readings, solos, duets, quartettes and choruses. The following Ministers will take part: ---First tenors—Rev's. Dr. Lar- kin, W. A. Willson, Harold Bently, K. D. Moir... Second Tenors—Rev's. A. E. Jones, T. Brown, A. Sinclair, D. Carswell. Baritones—J. A. Agnew, S. McLeit, Adj. Leighton, R. L. Wilson, Basses --Rev's. J. W. Dewey, J. E Osterhout, T. E. Saw J. McCormick. Programme at 8 ADMISSION , • yer, (Plutist), gck sharp cen 2671-2 couldr- not fail, Those who go on wild land to ke a home ehould have, first, land fee,- - or very, very cheap 'land. Second, x- kinption from local taxes the firs 3 years. Third, all implements on he "free list"—that is, free of duty. Given these conditions, those ho go on the land will soon have ho es free of apy mortgage and a share of life's comforts. But if they d n't have -thee conditions, then most of them arel sure to get "stung." me g 4g ifeliBAN BROS. linblishers 111•59 a Year in Advance . out from Scotland, London Tom in jto certain regulations laid down by 1860, some years after the first nn- the Departinent of Agriculture, are portation, and in 1864, Netherby, making .rapid advancement in the both horses that helped to show the West. This means an increased de- sapericaity of the Clydesdale ,as a xnand for Clydesdale stallions. Con - draft animal. ,_ sequently the Government is being Other importations made about utged to facilitate the bringing in the same period were: Sovereign, of horses from Scotland. Just now imported by R. Johnson, Sea:bore', it is practically impossible to secure Yorth County, in 1845; Sir William transportation for horses across the Wallace, haported by John Sander- Atlantic owing to all the shipping son of Markham, in 1854; Bay being equipped and utilized for Wallace, imported by William bringing home Canadian soldiers. It Cochrane, of Pickering Township, is hoped, however •that conditions in 1254, and . Black Douglas, mm- in this respect will -01-z-e up 'very ported in 1857, by Wm. Miller, of shortly, and that *M.- shall see a Pickering, Ont. H'e was owned at one number of good Clydesdale stallions ,tune by John Miller, of Brougham, brought in to meetethe needs of the Ontario. They were all useful West and other parte of Canada as horses that aided immensely in well, The day of Or ap imported bringing the good qualities of the lee as, is, howe ace, past Importers Clydesdale to the front and • laying I will have to pay much higher prices the foundation for the type of high- I than ever before for Clydesdale class Canadian Bred Clydesdales brteaing stock, owing to the marked They also served to establish the 'the war, which still remain high. This I which we have in Ontario to -day. advance in prices in Scotland during breed in Canada, and were the fore- may prevent importektioris, even if runners of the long strings of all transportation difficulties are over- - 'Clydesdales, both stallions and mares, that have been brought to this country in the intervening de- cades, The- first importation of a Clydes- come, from reaching pre-war figures. But so great is the need that it is safe to say Canadian importers will bring- in large numbers., • even if the price is high. dale female we have any- record of 'While Canada's horse population was made by Mr. Strathern, of has been reduced but little because Claremont, Ont. Unfortunately she of the war, a large number of the horses we have are not the. kind in demand to -day. We have too many . of what might be called the non- descript type, which nobody wants. On the other hand there is a dearth of first-class draught horses, of weight and quality for transport work in cities and for work on farms. Not- withstanding the, advent of the motor truck and the farm tracton, horses on farms are as much in demand as ever. In cities it has been found that the horse is more economical than motor power for hauling heave loads up to t a couple of miles where frequent stops have to be reader On the farm the Beith, now Senator Beith, for $3,000, . horse is still needed whether a tractor.. In that year Mr. Robert Graham, then t is in use or not Investigations- made a boy, made his first trip to -Scotland , into the displacement of horses on with his father to bring out this horse. , fawns the farm tractor show that Is -it any wonder that the genial "BO?"' on fermi of 250 acres and under there who has judged more horses, both ill no displacement of the horse. On Canada and elsewhere than any other the larger farms the tractor displaces Canadian, still thinks the Clydesdale horses to some extent, depending up - was not registered, but she left some good stock in the locality, which has been a famous one for Clydesdales ever since. -. Since those early importations, many Clydesdal of note, both stal- lionsel, and femal . have been brought in by enterprisin , Canadians. hi 1876 Royal Exeange, first at the Royal show of . that year, was brought out by Richard .Graham, Claremont, Ontario, father of the Gra- ham boys. This horse made a record in the shim ring winning -first in 18 classes and a number of championships and was afterwards sold to Robert is the daddy of them all. on the kind of farming piactised. EconDuring the last quarter of the 1 The continued demand, for the omist nineteenth century and the years of di aught how, in spite of motor this one up to the war, importations power, and which demand is likely to ---remain for- many years,- has etveu- the breeding_ of heavy horses' a sure footing. And that is the reason why the Clydesdale is favored. The Clydesdale of weight and quality stands in the front rank as -a draught horse. In fact, it may be said to be without a peer in this particular field. A Clydesdale gelding weigh- ing 1,800 pounds and over, witlm good underpinning, is without an equal, for heavy transport wait in cities and towns. It coinbines weight and size with superior quality of feet and legs. It possesses action and speed unequalled by an ot r draught breed. It surpasses all other draught breeds in lentgh of stride and in straigtness and snappiness of movement It is superior to all other draught breeds in soundness, possess- ing feet and legs and quality of bone of good wearing character. It has 'pull- ing power of a high order And gives equally good service in the city or on the farm. It is tractable and -will re- spond quickly to- the -wishes of the careful and sympathitie delver, A practical farmer and horse -breed- er in Scotland a century ago described the Clydesdale of that day as having strength, agility and docility of a high order. That has been character- istie of the breed ever since. -And '- what was said *century ago will apply to -day, the Clydesdale has no superior for any description of work where strength, agility and docility are re- quired.. CANADIAN HISTORY OF TH of Clydesdales were nambered by- * TYDESDALE I • Iiindreds instead of „tens. Ontario. • soon became known as the chief, It is over three-quarters o a . en - centre for Clydesdales on this i con- tury since the first Clydesdalg stal- lion was brought to Canada from Scotland. That horse was Grey Clyde, imported in 1842, by "Arai - bald Ward, who resided at Weston, Ont., and who died shortly after the importation was made. The herse was then taken to the farm of Rob- ert Armstrong, near Markham, Ont. 1 Grey Clyde was an upstanding horse, a stylish grey with long eek and very little hair on his legs. He I was, however, an excellent breeder, ' all his 'offspring being grey in color.. He left his impress upon the horses of the district in no uncertain fashion. Grey Clyde was shownat the Toronto Exhibition some time in the "forties," where he ,iwag much admired by visiting h rse- men. At that Exhibition 18 of his colts, all grey in colore were shown, following him around the ring. It was a sight that was long remem- bered by the horsemen of the day. Either the same year or the Year following he was shown at Buffalo, N. Y., where he was sold to a United States buyer. 'Grey Clyde, however, i had remained long enough n Can- ada to abate the value - of his breed- ing in improving the horsesof the country. So much was his stock prized that Robert Armstrong of- ered $1,000 for a pair of igrey mares shown in Toronto, a Pretty high figure for horses at that time. It is difficult to say who made the next importation of Clydesdales followin Grey Clyde. There were several importations -made shortly afterwar through the stiinulas given* to ho improvement b the bringing fir of Grey Clyde. Joseph Thompson., Columbus, Ontario, who used to travel Grey Clyde, brought atinent. Quebecfell n line, and not 'a few of our best known Clydesdales had their home in that province. 1 With the openingup of the West came a demand for more Clydes- dales At the start ,this demand was met largely by the purchase of Ontario -owned or Ontario -bred Clydes- dales. ' Later on, enterprising °West- erners; and chief among them men from the "Landof Heather," who' bad settled on the prairies and who knew the good qualities of the breed in the home land, began to make importa- tions direct. In this way importations increased in number to as many as' 1,300 and 1,400 annually in the years immediately proceeding 1914. Canada became. Scotland's greatest buyer of Clydesdales. Many enterprising Can- adians made special business of im- porting Clydesdales and -thus aided greatly in raising the standard of Canadian horses and in increasing the popularity of the breed on this side' of the Atlantic.' So great has been the influx of Clydesdales during the past forty or fifty years, and so thoroughly has the breed impressed itself upon the horse stock of the country that the Clydesdale may with justice be claim- ed as Canada's national draft horse. During the war importations dwin- dled to very small proportions. In fact, in 1918, only a couple of Clydes- dales came to Canada direct from Scotland.. While the breeder at home during the years of war and before has not been idle and has been pro- ducing home -herd Clydesdales of quality and breeding, there is a de- mand for more importations, more especially in' the West, where stallions of size and quality are required to meet the demand for improvement in horse breeding. There lea larger pro- portion of good Canadian -bred Clydes- dales in Canada to -day than at any previous period. There was a striking demonstra- tion of this at the exhibition of 1918, both in Eastern and Western Can- ada. There were strings of Cana•- dian-bred Clydesdales but last year that would be hard to beat any- where. This was particularly true of some of the younger classes at the Guelph Winter Fair last Decem- ber. Ontario is more than holding her own in the production of high- class Clydesdales horses. But the supply, more particularly of stallions, will be needed in Ontario this season. The Ontario Act governing the in- spection and liscensing of stallions, which has been in operation for sev- eral years, contained a provision that no grade stallion would be allowed to stand for service in the province after August 1st, 1918. This provision is being rigidly adhered to, so that from this on none but pure-bred stallions will be allowed to stand for service Ontario. Over 450 grade stallions have been shut out by this enactment, and this shortage will have to be made up by a -greater use of pure-lAds. It can readily he seen, therefore, that all the Clydes- dale stallions of breeding age will be needed in Ontario and this is all the more neeetsatry because of the dearth of importatioas clueing the war. And speaking of importations, these are, urgently needed, particu- larly * the Western provinces Horse breeders' clubs-, which receive financial aid from the Live Stock branch at Ottawa, when conforming "What her eyes have seen you eyes shall see." > Rita jolivet In Metros' Mighty Spectadle 'Lest We Forg • Immortalizing, the sinking of the Lusitanat. Rita Jolivet, the distin- guished actress who survived, and to whom Charles Frohman spoke the meniorable words "Why fear death; it is life's most beautiful aAve ture," was engaged to head the cast 3,000 People in this inamraoth $250,000 Production Here, for the Spring Fair I Thu. Frt. and Sat. April 3rd, 4th,'5th: Matinees Frii. and. Sat, at 3 p. On account .of tlie -extra length of this drama, our evening -performauce will start at 8 o'clock, sharp. I 1 • HURON NOTES —Mr. Harry Falmeer, of Stephen, last week delivered to Mr. I. R. Arm- strong, one of the largest hogs ever shippedfrom the Exeter station. The animal- weighed 740 pounds. The price paid was We centre: amounting to $114.70. —At Exeter, on March 19th., Rev. J. W. Baird, Rhoda Jaw Kers- 'lake was very quietly united in-roar- iiage to Mr. Robert George Reid, ,of Varna. The bride is the third dau- ghter of Mr. John Kerslake of Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. Reid left for their home where a grand reception was tendered them on their afrivaL —Mr. W. M. Clarke, who for several years has been organist and choir- master of .the James St. Methodist church, Exeter, has tendered his res- ignation to take effect the middle of April. lifit Clarke has accepted a similar position with a Baptist church at Leamington at an advanced salary. —The Goderich Star of last week says. Making maple syrup in the Middle of January and catching butter- flies in the middle of March are surely indications of an exceptional season. Both stunts were pulled off by KnYvett Naftel, Hayfield road. Of the early run of sap we ‚understand Mr. Wafters experience was that this produced a larger proportion of syrup than the usual later run. As to the early ap- pearance of the butterfly, the Star has the evidence, the captured moth hav- ing been brought to our office last Monday. townshb fathers died their Mar& session on Tuesday, and like some Parliamentary sessions, it extended over many hours the pros and tons ol 150 chiefly the Taylor +MI The council not being able any decision as ite'rebuilding it re -opening e raod 3 and 4 conces- sion 3 anddi the il)nilaicf Railway board is being asked to eine tin Ana bold a Sitting here to decide for the -council,