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The Huron Expositor, 1920-06-04, Page 1MAY 28, 1320. -VSH-MACTAS Parcels - sent post haste by i parcel frost We pay the charge, - and other Items ERS WASH UNDER-. ,st be- SKIRTS These garments clas- will meet with finest marked favor. They come. in em- excellent wash r er y materials, are O r durable and made. may be had in € suit both light and taste. dark colors. and Price $1.50 and $2.00 each. QU ES lainty will vou.. nyeahR in Tial is )e and[] is cer- ' low. 3e and CORSET COVERS Dainty sheer creations that . are a delight to see even if you. don't wish to buy. Value is prominent in every garment Price 20c and upwards. HOUSE .E .DRESSE s `hey are made from ood quality wash ma prials. The assortment } large, both light and ark effects being well epresented. - Price $2,00 and up - aids. r ANT THESE WHITE 0c TO 85c b dainty and serviceable nnan should be without nd serving aprons, long t, in a number of styles , materials include lawn, me are plain and some ibroidery, hemstitching R VESTS, MC ,, made of good come withtapedar rstis = and the verybest summer ,Nel r'aj NOWN ABOUT THE A CORSET Mt I kinds of corsets tor- i hi°ucd right and o e the that must be known hat is why we are al-' the models best suited c o to $5.00 I You want the rl best Corsets 1. made -we sell 0 them D. AND A. u 14 B. AND I. - P.C. t CORSETS g $1.25 to $5.00 :5,3 WISHrn h SH--------MACTAV S , FIFTY FOURTH YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2738 SEAFORTH, FRAY, JUNE 1920. McLean BroL, -Pub' +hers I,E(i a meat Is Advance EN who habitually .buy ART KRAFT clothes are rewarded by the admiration of all who appreciate distinguished ap- pearance and up- right carriage. All of the -many ART •KRAFT models possess the exclusive Art Kraft cut, -smart y e t dignified. That's why they are so popular with the best dressers of the day. ,• Greig Clothing SEAFORTH C Seasonable Specialties.. The Big Hardware Use. Martin Senour 100 per cent. Pure Paint Covers more surface, lasts longer and can be applied by anybody Try Campbell's Varnish Stains and Neu -Tone flat finished paints interior for decoration. Poultry Netting, Etc. We carry a full line of garden tools Our Prices are right H, EDGE 'T'HE BIG HARDWARS, SEAPORTS THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE r MO With the first session of the fif- = teenth Legislature of Ontario already passing• into history, it is possible to sit back and get a view of the ses- sion's work as a whole and to con- sider the measure of success that has - attended the first attempt lat law making in• Ontario by -a new and inil - experienced coalition with little ap- titude for polities -to give the term its old and son'iewhat narrow senie. Frankness compels an admission that --- while while the Drury Government hat not shown itself a "strong" Govern- ment, it has, through a sincere de- , sire to serve the public interest, been able to make a very creditable record 5 of legislation. Perhaps the most out- ,= standing feature of its sessional re- cord is the absence of extensive leg- islation to benefit the agricultural community at the expense of the rest of the Province. "Class" legislation can never -be charged against Prem- ier Drury and his farmer supporters. They have in this respect shown much less aggressiveness than their = Labor- partners, and the uninformed observer, looking over the list of bills placed on the statute books would be = apt to surmise that the Legislature' last session was dominated by Labor men rather than farmers. The most important bills of the session. were . = undoubtedly measures in which the Labor men have taken a special in- terest, and while Hon. Walter Rollo, Minister of Labor, and his little 'group, did not get everything they asked for, they did, to a surprising degree, get their legislative pro- gramme adopted. Consider the measures passed to which the Labor group was pledged --passed, of course, with the support of the other groups in the House, but essentially Labor bills: . Mothers' pensions, which will give to every widowed mother with two a w or more children, or every mother with a disabled husband unable to provide for his family, a living 'al- lowance sufficient. to enable her to bring up her children without leav- ing them to go out to work. Workmen's Compensation Act in- creases, bringing the weekly allow- ance for injured workers up from 55 to 66 2-3 per cent., and materially increasing widows' pensions and other payments made under the Act. Minimum wage legislation, which, through the establishment of a Pro- vincial Minimum Wage Board, will ensure to women and girl workers, other than domestic servants or wo- men, a wage suffi- cient on farms, g . to support them at a decent standard. of living. Local optign in taxation,, which will permit municipalities, upon a vote of the itatepayers, to take taxa- tion from income, improvements and business, and place it entirely upon the land, or to partly exempt any or all - of them. Elimination of the property quali- fication for candidates for municipal office. Measures from which the farm- ing community will benefit particu- larly are less numerous. The out- standing bills from the farmers' point of view are, of course, Hon. F. C. Biggs' Highway Bilis, giving m�c al Highway ef- i ef- fect to his -Prov scheme, and giving new assistance to rural municipalities in their road -im- provement programmes. The Pro- vincial -highways will benefit all classes in the community, but,- apart from the direct benefit the farmers will get from using them, the tak- ing over of so many county roads as Provincial highways materially as- sists the counties, and- in turn, the township in improving other toads. In addition to this, there is the 20 per cent. grant to township roads, a new feature, while other amend- ments assist the rural sections -di- rectly and indirectly. _ The Act providing for , the- purchase of milk and cream by test is - a measure that will help the dairymen to get the full value for their product, while the provision for loans to local co-operative organizations, to encour- age the storing and cleaning of seed, will, it is expected, prove an import- ant departure. The Government, however, is do- ing more for the farmers than the legislative record suggests. Rural education is being advanced, and very large sums were voted during the session for that purpose. In fu- ture it is the intention to pay all rural schools grants in full, instead of ,limiting them to the lump sum provided in the estimates, generally much ,,.below the amount to which the schools were entitled on their showing as too salaries, equipment, etc. Agricultural . estimates were al- so substantially increased. Of more general interest ,is- the new Election Act, which does away with the system of enumeration' adopted for the last Provincial election. In its place the old system of using the municipal lists with an improvement` provided for in the form of a com- plete revision before a general elec- tion will be re -introduced. your Roof is the most conspicuous part of your house. Shingle it attractively with British Columbia RED CEDAR SHINGLES . Like the Pyramids, Red Cedar stands the test of time. Most economical of .all roofing. CEDAR FENCE POSTS -ALL SIZES LUMBER FOR ALL PURPOSES BEAVER BOARD -FIBRE BOARD OAK VENEER FLOORING -A GREAT LABOR SAVER N, Cluff & Sons - - Seaforth MEI NM▪ I PIM▪ P _ IMOAIM ✓ IO▪ W MIS IMO IBM IMO VIM MEN int OEM IOW moo 4101▪ . IM▪ O M▪ IN San handed in his resignation because his health would not permit him to con- tinue the duties of both Main Street and Bethany appointments. Rev. C: W, Baker who has been pastor at Crediton for four years, -and Rev. Mr. McKibbor}, of Woodham, are moving this year. Rev. 0, P. Wells, of Gran- ton, has asked for superannuated re- lationship for one year. At the dis- trict meeting in, Granton last week it was recommended that Crediton and Ailsa Craig be united under one min- ister. Under this arrangement there will be. one preaching service in Cred- iton and one in Ailsa Craig each Sabbath, with the afternoon appoint- ment midway between the other two appointments. • THE ARCHIBALD HOLSTEIN SALE The dispersion sale of Mr. 3. R. Archibald's herd of Holstein -Friesian cattle, held at his farm on the, Huron Road, adjoining Seaforth, on. Thurs- day last, was Iargely attended by = buyers from many points in Ontario, besidesa large attendance from near by points and from the county. The sale from a financial point was also a success, but considering the breed- -: ing and condition. of the herd some of the buyers may consider them- = selves lucky in .getting such stock at the price, Evangeline DeKol topped the sale at $500. She was purchased by Mr. - Schrog, of Zurich, who also purchased her calf for $lob. The entire herd of thirty-two head' -was disposed of and realized the sum of $8,150. The following is -a list of the buyers, their addresses and the prices paid: Evangeline DeKol, . C. Schrog, Zurich $500.00 Her calf, C. Schrog, Zurich105.00 Cherry - Grove ' Lulu, Robert Thompson, St. Pauls , - 280.00 Heimke Mercona Faforit, F. Fraume, Stratford . , ... , . 260.00 Her calf, Percy Sparling, Cromarty 70.04 Countess Calamity Korn, W. W Williamson, Tilsonburg 290:00 Lillian DeKol Queen, Percy Sparling, Cromarty Scarborough 250.00 Cherry Sehuiling, Geo. Sexton, .. 320.00 Duchess Johanna Lyons, WW. Williamson, Tilsonburg .... . 250.00 Johanna.Korndyke Intra, W. W. Williamson, Tilsonburg . , . 180.00 Beauty Pietertje Posch, George Damson, Weston 210.00 Her calf, A. Trick, Clinton .. 25.00 a 1Annfield, W. W. s tna d, ofA fi Ro e Williamson, ,Tilsonburg .. , . 270.00 Her calf; re -y • Sparling, Sparling; CPe>ro> y ... - .. . 75.00 jewel Mercedes Johanna, Joe Pridham, Cromarty 395.00 Her calf, C. E. Stewart, Teins- ford115.00 Fairmont Lady Alcartra, � W. Stirnacker, Sebringville 260.00 Her calf, C. E. Stewart, Thamesford' . 150.00 Blanch DeKol Pontiac, Dan Dews, Hensall . , .. ...... , , 235.00 Her calf, Andrew Stimacker, S,ggn... - 100.00 Jenny ebrin1^Iartogvie, W+, Archibald, Seaforth , .... 300.00, Calvert Queen, W. S. Shearer, Listowel ... .. . , .. 800.00 Calf, 3 'st wee 95.00 Ianthhe W. S. Shearer, rere Mechthilde KListowel ornEdyke, Carl Smith, Arcona .. , , ... 1190.00 Korndyke Alice Segis, F. Fraume, Stratford, , . ... 210.00 Her calf, Jno. McNay, Seaforth 45.00 Zetta Burke Creamelie, Orvil Cann, Exeter 185.00 Princess May' Hengexveld, W W.' Williamson, Tilsonburg, 230.00 Belle Pontiac Alcartra, George Lowery, Seaforth ..... , 190.00 Calamity Jane Alcartra, J. E. Beacham, Lakeside . , . s , , 150.00 d Intra Pontiac Alcartra, Edgar Beechen, Kakesid,e 137.50 Huron Sir Pietertje Korndyke, W. Wordell; Wilisonville . 60,00 Huron Cherry Snowball, Archie Muir, Scarborough 190.00 Huron Cherry Dutchland,Archie .. 205..00 Muir, Scarborough Guieh Korndyke Boon, W. W. Williamson, Tilsonburg 125,04 King Creamelle Netherland, 3. Shea, Dublin :15.00 Dutchland Colantha Alcartra, Jas. Beacham, Lakeside 50.00 Sir Pontiac OrmsbyPau line , W. Kerslake, Seaforth .. 137,50E 'Lady Jane Dewdrop, W. Sin- clair, Sebringville 300.00 Calf, J. A. Edgar, Gorrie 20.00 Mentel Calamity DeKol, Archie Muir, Scarborough 340.00 Calf, A. Frick, Clinton 80.00 Norah Lyons, Percy J. Parsons, Staffs , • 235.00 Rosie Rockwell, Geo. Lowery, Seaforth . , , , , 190.00 creased expenditure now inevitable. The Government and • its support- ers were well disposed toward pub- lic ownership measures. The Hydro bills went through aln'iest without discussion, and the `Government stood by the commission in provid- ing money for the compitstion of the great Chippawa-Queensten develop - without ques- tionment. It also passed the very radical bill permitting the cancellation of the rights of any electrical development comteny that continues after warning to use more 'than the amount of water at Niagara permitted under its agreement. The temperance question proved a worrying one with. the. Drury Govern- ment, just as it did with every other administration. Little • change was made in the, temperance law of the Province, but there were - two signi- ficant developments -the carrying by a large majority of the McCreary re - In the face of strong Roppos,ug sentiment, in. the :ruial section, a sentiment that was much stronger Dear Expositor: -The winter that than is generally known, the Govern.- has passed was long and cold, com- ment placed the civil service supbran- mencing the latter part of October, nuation bill on the statute books and and being ushered in by heavy rains thereby cleared the way for the re- and snowfalls, and right up to the tirement of over one hundred aged middle of this month it has been very employes and the reorganization of backward and cold, but since that time the service. much warmer weather has prevailed The revenue legislation was ex- with copious falls of rain, which have tensive, including decided increases been very encouraging and sorely in succession duties, heavy additional needed. Vegetation in all lines has charges upon race tracks, further made rapid strides. Since the seed - taxes on theatr>, loam corporations, ing and planting of all kinds of grains and an increase in the stock trans -rand vegetables in this and adjacent fer tax. All these extra taxes will i states had been very much retarded be necessary to meet the greatly in- and delayed by unseasonable weather. In this immediate neighborhood it was useless to plant vegetables of any kind as the 'most of the seed would likely rot and spoil in the cold and wet ground, butnow, and the Season, is . far advanced, growth is' rapid, and a beautiful green adorns the landscape everywhere. The trees, grass and flowers are doing their duty and lend iri •beauty their to t cheer umankind lInd adorn the face of nature. The birds are apparently more than well pleased by the change from a wintry and cheerless aspect to a much warner temperature. By the way they act and sing they show they are happy, too. Owing to a dry spell up to the middle of May, forest fires were again fiercely burning in territory in close proximity to Duluth, and the sky had a smoky tinge, and already they- had done considerable damage, but _ the long wished for rains came and . put solution asking for a Dominion Pleb- them out, and people's _fears were iscite upon the prohibition of the ini- again calmed on this threatened dan- portation of liquor into Ontario, with ger. 'In this .section we have only stop d the adoption of the San y;,;dill to t P too good a reason to dread these fires short-circuiting if im ation is as we remember only:too well the barred, and the a p ointntE of sr corn- terrible le holacust of death,des ction mitteeof the House to investigate and desolation caused by the on . oc- the administration of the O. T, A. curring on October 12th, 1918, when nearly 350 human lives were blotted out; 10,000 to 12,000 made homeless; a property loss estimated at from $20,000,000 to $25,000,000. The Ioss in St. Louis County, in which Duluth is situated was estimated at $4,658,000. October 12th, 1918, was ushered ing as a most beautiful day, but as the afternoon advanced, a pall of smoke overspread the sky and the sun show - and report on improvements. It is a good 'guess that one of the improve- ments suggested to the House next session will be a modification of the Act to permit the sale of a more pal- atable beer under strict safeguards. Proportional representation is one of the U. F. 0. planks, but the Gov- ernment showed no desire to intro- duce legislation. But it could do no less than promise an inquiry when ,ed as a blood -red orb. Rumors of Hammett- Hill, - Conservative member terrible fires and small villages being for West Ottawa, brought in a pro- burnt out and in flames, cane to the portional representation bill and sug- city, and then the most urgent and gested that it be referred to a con- pitiful appeals for Assistance. Autos mittee of the House. The committee by the hundreds were rushed through was appointed and will meet during blinding smoke and flames to their the interim. rescue. Many of the former were A promise of trouble is contained scorched, some caught fire and in in the appointment of a small corn- cases rendered useless. Some of the mittee of members to investigate the question of "more equitable distr i- buton' of power and more equitable prices." The demand for a flat rate is bound to come up again, despite the faet that municipalities within reasonable distance of Niagara Falls will bitterly oppose any evening up of rates that will give cheaperer power to the far distant community at the expense of those closer to the source of power.' Looking back over the session, which was one of the longest, but not the longest on record, it is evident that the "group system" .has tended to a more friendly spirit in the House and a greater measure .of co-opera- tion. The Liberals and Conserva- tives regarded with some skepticism Premier Drury's early pledge that he would be glad to receive sugges- tionsi groups from the Opposition gr ps but as the session progressed, and first one proposal and then another from the Left was accepted, skepticism 'gave way to appreciation. The Drury Government was for- tunate also in .securing as Speaker a man of the type of Hon. Felson Parliament. The Prince Edward member was elected as a Liberal, but the House never had a more impar- tial Speaker. He gave the members a good deal of latitude at times, re- cognizing the factthat most of them were inexperienced in Parliamentary procedure and that constant remin- ders of the rules would not only prove a source of irritation, but would retard . progress. But when) the occasion demanded it, he show- ed that he was directing the House. FROM MINNESOTA -1. - drivers were partly burnt and scorch, ed, and some almost overcome by smoke and flames. - As the evening came and night wore on, thousands of refugees were brought into this city and Superior, and many by train, also numbers fleeing for their lives were overcome by fire and smoke and 't lay dead upon highways, in datelie s, cellars, fields and woods; other res- cued were badly burned. It was an evening and night of terror. The sun blood -red disappeared beneath the western horizon in a canopy of smoke. Northwest, north and northeast of Duluth dense columns of smoke bil- lowy waves rolled across the, sky, lurid tongues of flames shot into the heavens and only for a providental change of wind, a great part of this city would have been laid in ashes and the further loss of life would have been PPga it , a 'n and the writer of this article would probably be now num- bered in- the ranks of the silent ma- jority. Even as it was, fire swept through several sections of this city and many residences and other build- ings were destroyed, and other havoc wrought by the fire fiend. Animals by the scores, from the horse down, partially burned and still living, were humanely destroyed in order to relieve their sufferings when such was con- sidered necessary. Assistance for the burnt out set- tlers and refugees came in every shape and form, in money, food, clothing, shelter and other lines, and from every part of the United States and also from Canada. • . Humanity was on the test and nobly responded to_ .its duty to alleviate the sufferings and die plight of thousand& of human beings` in their hour and time of need, Hundreds ._upon hundreds lost those near and dear to them, beside all their earthly possessions, and simply had to make another start in life. October 12th to 15th, 1918, will go' down in history as a day of i terrible disaster for Northern Min- nesota. Robert McNaughton. -At the London Conference which meets in Stratford this week, it is expectedthat there will be several changes on the Exeter District. Rev. Medd, pastor of Main Street Methodist church, Exeter, several months ago, of Goderieh, formed a deputation from the Alexandra. Hospital Board which waited upon the Soldiers' Aid- Circle, of Ashfield, at its meeting on Tuesday. The Circle has a fund of 5500 and had not decided what disposition was to be made of it, ' The deputation spoke of the various phases of the work of the hospital and the Circle after careful deliberation decided that the fund should be invested in Victory loan bonds, and should be retained until the new hospital was being built, when it should be employed in furnish- ing an Ashfield memorial ward. -Three Winglunn youths were be- fore Mayor Gurney and Reeve Tipling of that town on Tuesday afternoon, two charged with theft of articles from the residence of Gavin Wilson, and the, third with having stolen goods in his possession. Their par- ents were in. court and made a plea of guilty for the boys charged with the theft. With the consent of Crown ' Attorney Seager, who was present, and in view of the boys ages, the magistrates decided to suspend sentence. The lads will be required to report each Saturday morning for six months to Officer Phippen as a guarantee of good conduct. The third lad, charged with having stolen goods, was allowed to go. County Agent, G. M. Elliott, of Goderieh, represented the Children's . Aid Society. The stolen articles, consisting of rings, tools, electric lights, etc., were brought into court by Mr. Phippen. McKILLOP Up On Serious Charge, - On a charge of obtaining goods under false. pretences, William Heffernan, and his son, Vincent, of McKillop town- ship, were arrested and brought be- fere Magistrate Reid at Goderich, on. Friday last, and remanded for fur- ther hearing The men were captur- ed by High Constable Whitesides and County Constable Fred Welsh, of Seaforth, about two - o'clock Friday morning, after a hunt. They were discovered in. the attic of the house, both standing on the trap door lead- ing to their retreat. They submitted to capture without putting up a fight. It- is alleged the Heffernans have been evading the law for a long time. Their method of procedure, it is claimed, was to buy stock and imple- ments at sales and 'give their notes in exchange, with land as security, did which theynot own. The notes were not discharged and it is claimed; dozens of farmers were defrauded in this way. Recently at a sale near London, the Heffernans secured a . couple of animals,but the eowners learned of how /natters stood and went to the McKillop farm and got them back. They appeared before- Magistrate Reid and were committed. 1 bythe. county for trial, electing tris , judge. They were immediately taken before Judge Dickson; pleaded not guilty, and were remanded till June 15th, to allow the erown to get evi- dence. 1 HURON NOTES -A sad accident, attended by fatal results, happened to - Mr. Henry Rob- inson,, of Exeter, at the Exeter Salt - works on Thursday of last week, and as a result a family of five small children are left fatherless.' Mr. Robinson was -engaged on the edge of a platform and was in the act of raising. a partition by rope and pulley when something gave way, and he overbalanced, falling about eight feet, He landed on his head' and shoulder and was .rendered unconscious. He was taken to his home and for several days was in a very critical condition. He paused away early Wednesday morning. Mr. Robinson was about fifty years of age. He came to this community about six years ago from Toronto, He was on a farm for three years and about three years ago moved to Exeter. -Rev. J. E. Ford, Sheriff Reynolds, Dr. A. T. Emmerson and Miss King, DUBLIN Notes. -Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Looby attended the reception for Mr. and Mrs. J. McCarty at Kennicott on Tues- day, Hymenialy There were three pretty June weddings s onn Tuesday, one in. Logan, when Miss Mary, the- eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Curtin, of Kennicott, became the wife of J. McCarty, of Kinkora. Rev. Father Kelly performed the marriage cere- mony and sang the nuptial mass. Miss Curtin looked lovely in a gown! of white silk crepe de chine, veil and orange blossoms, and carried a shower • bouquet of roses and lily of the valley. Miss Mary Uniac, dressed in pink, was bridesmaid. Mr. McCarty was sup- ported by his - brother. Mrs. D. Mahony presided at the organ. The young couple received their many friends in the evening and the time was spent in dancing. -At St. Colunban R. C. Church, Joseph Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Murray, was -married to Miss Rev. bite CaPt. W AnnzeMcKay,byp ,. P.P. Miss Carlin presided at the Organ. The bride wore white $lie crepe de chine and georgette trim- ming and carried sweet peas and !lilies of the valley. She was assist- ed by Miss Camille Murray In sand colored silk and pink hat; her boevt. being pink and white. the en- . ing a reception was held"at which over a hundred couples were present. 'The presents were very costly- and -useful. -At St. Patrick's R. - a Church, Dublin, Miss Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ryan, of Hib- bert, was married to Patrick, the second son of Mr and Mrs, William Jordan, of Hibbert township. Rev. Father Noonan, P.P., sang the nuptial mass and performed the nmrr:ge ceremony in the presence of many friends and relatives. Miss K. Car- penter presided at the organ. ` The bride was richly dressed in white silk crepe de -chene, seed pearl triniming,. wreath of orange blossoms and veil: Her bouquet was bridal roses and My- of ilyof the valley. She was assisted by her sister, Miss Annie, who Were pink. Mr, Edward L. ,Jordan, Man- ager of the Standard Bank, Staffa, was grooprsmair; The happy couple spent the afternoon motoring, and in the evening a reception! was given to relatives and friends at the groonf's. fine home lately purchased from Mr. Brennan. Douglas Bros, Orchestra provided the music for the dancing jawasnd at n;iidni.,g'Theht ahsubstane aFpytialmaple lun will served spend the honeymoon on. the shores of Lake Huron. Many useful pres- ents anda good sum of money was presented to the bride, who hlis gi'en. up city life for the good fresh country air.