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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1921-04-29, Page 111IFTY-FIFTH YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2785.} SRAFORT On t A. A. Cockbur BARGAIN STORE FIRE' AND SMOKE' The Manchester Guardian in a re- cent issue says: The American campaign for the prohibitign of tobacco baa opened up a het spring offensive lin New York. The weaklings may breathe smoke, but the virtuous are breathing fire with a vengeance. Outsiders may reasonably wonder where this 'busi- ness -of ending 'ices is itself going to end. For if tobacco goes theeway of all alcohol no doubt the huntsmen will be off to fresh wood4s. and pas- tures new. Setan will usually find some mischief for idle hands to in-- tenfere with. Nidotine made enemies from the days of its arrival in .this country, and the citizen's wife in "The Knight of the Burning Pestle" had hard words for "the stinking% tobacco" and•the young gallants who turned themselves into chimneys. Nevertheless the practice endured, and the race with it. Indeed, as the speed and stress of life become more intense the need fur this' relief seems greater, and in the competi- tion as to who really did win the war the manufacturers of cigarettes might claim honorable mention. No doubt the guilty person sitting at his pipe in America may not take his correctors ton seriously, and the dis- play of posters advising him to "con- sume his own smoke" may be left "for to admire." Those ingenious people who amuse themselves with econonrieally interpreting history to the last comma will perhaps see the sinister hand 'of the stomach -tonic merchant in this drastic advice, but all are not so suspipjous. Yet tolera- tion of the intolerant may one day break dawn and America be swept by an irresistible demand for the pro- hibition of all prohibition campaigns. Those who have been counselled to consume their own stroke might fair- ly naturally request their mentors to consume their own gas, and might urge that the fires of excessive zeal are more destructive to the nervous system than the smoke of a cigarette. In Britain we are not yet threatened. But we have our own very real smoke nuisance to combat. A little of the American fervour would do us no harm in our efforts to abolish that pest, _ LADIES' Silk Poplin Dresses in choice colors. All sizes. Regular 822.50 for • 515.00 COTTON" JERSEY Dresses on sale, in all sizes. Regu- lar $15.00 f, $5.00 CHILDREN'S PRINT Dresses in sizes 6 to 14 years,, on sale 51.35 at CHILDREN'S STRAW . Hats -a large lot to choose from�9C lot at GOWNS in pretty styles; white cotton gowns selling at $ 1.00 MEN'S INDIGO Blue Work Shirts, Regular $2.25 at $1.75 These are a Choice Lot. BOYS' Summer Jerseys, in all sizes. To be sold at 50c A Real Bargain. A SPECIAL in Bath Towels. Worth 60 cents. Selling at 45c A REAL WHITE Hospital Bed, worth $17 510.00 for With Mattress to match...57.00 L 29, 192 nitary, Serviceable, and Decorative. For Paint finish and Panel effect, use BEAVER'BOARD. For covering with Wall Paper:, use FIBRE BOARD. Meaner than Plaster. . *(ril1 not Crack or fall off. N. CLUFF & SONS SEAFORTH - ONTikRIO. and for cutting' pulp wood. But these river banks and spreads over the sur - fellows declare that they must have face of the streams. ;It collects in work in the city, and if not they ;pools, from which it has been ladled want $15 a week in motley for single in cups and taken away for use by men, and $20 a•week formai ried ones 'prospectors. Fires probably caused with $2 additional for each child. The when a rock was struck by lightning Mayor told them it Would net be done,have burned or smouldered for years. as Toronto was .becominugg a dumping 1 Geologists who . have been devoting ground for the , tinemplloyed of s,11'their attention to the district have Canada as well as the United States. been uniformly optimistic. Frequent - At the close, the woman who led 1y they go so far as to state that it and mothered them, screamed out: is the most promising oil district in Let us come again on Monday morn- the world. Certainly ip point of area ing. Let us come by thousands and it is immense. The Devonian forma - by tens of thousands and compel them tion is the one favorable for oil, and to keep us." A, lot • of these fellows according to Charles Camsell, Diree- were getting from four to six dol- tor of the Geological Survey of the lars a day all last season but let it go as they got it. It has cost the taxpayers $400;000 to ;feed them so far this past winter, add the end is not yet in sight. Legislation at Queen's l'ark still continues and It is said our Provin- cial Treasurer will soon float a loan for a few more millions, among the sums voted is $67,000 to be expend- ed in a bonus of•ti600'to each of the members, which brings their pay up to $2,000 for the session, with free rides thrown into the bargain. There is $50,000 set apart to: pay for the timber probe, as it 'ie,„,;lied. This probe is nearly over slid;, as far as it has gone no one has been punished. One of the Huron members, Mr. Hicks, has been touched up for say- ing that some of the U.F.O. members were approached in a naughty man- ner. Mr. Hicks had better give no more orations on a windy day, us I understand he blames it all on the wind. Hoping for better weather so fann- ers will get their seeding completed and escape worry. J. J. I. FROM AN OLD McKILLOP CORRESPONDENT Toronto, April 25, 1921. Dear Expositor: -In giving the names of friends in Seaforth who have passed away from earth, 1 for- got to mention at least two amiable and kindly gentlelnen, who, I believe, wanted to befriend everybody. These were Samuel Dickson, the late post- master, and B. B. Gunn. • The referendum contest has passed into history and I do not intend dwel- ling on the result. The prohibition forces were led by preachers and ex - preachers, and the Liberty League, who favor moderation, had as leaders professional men, who,' I think, are all graduates of the University or of the other colleges. With your permission I will give a short sketch of what took place the night after the day before. I went down to the Mail and Empire build- ing but the service was not good, so I went a block to the Evening Tele- gram building. Here a great crowd had assembled and the returns were thrown out on a large canvas, and between the returns moving pictures of a sporty nature were shown to entertain the crowd of people. Every "No" majority was greeted with cheers and shouts of: "Ben Spence, put that in your pipe and smoke It." And anyone who attempted to say a word in favor of prohibition got a kidding and sometimes with coarse words, more forcible than polite. About 10 .p.m. I went to the Star building, so as not to show 'partiality. Here another great crowd was in evi- dence. The returns were given the same as at the Telegram, with other movies thrown in for good measure. When it became known that those who voted "Yes" in the Province had won, an old British -born chap near me gave vent to his feeling thus. He said it was the bloody Methodists and Babtists and such like trash that lues the cause of it all. "Why," said he, "over in Hingland such a thing would not be allowed, but in this bloomin' country-" At this stage a lady standing near spoke up and told him not to worry, the country had not gone dry; there was still lots of water in Lake Ontario. He turned on her in an ungallant manner and told her to go and drown herself in her lake and to take a few thousand of the other wenches up and down the country with her. One of the worst rascals I have heard of for some time is one Coop* He was a dancing master and hat a dancing academy over on Sp dins AVenne. But this did not keel" him busy enough, so he commecced to rob and steal, and rented a 10,118e 00 Darcy Street to stow away his plunder. Among other t}ings in the house were five ladies' R'ersian lamb coats, seventeen Mho's overcoats, seven baby carriaged, three grams - phones, eleven golttmnvatches, a num- ber of sofas and pile of silverware and nearly all:kinds of household effects, except pianos. He was sen- tenced on fear .counts which would bring his line up to nearly fifty years, but as they run concurrently it is reduced to fifteen years in the penntenitta'ty A 'gang gathered at the Labor Temple on Saturday and headed by a woman, Marched to the city hall, clamoring for money or work in the c1., Thwere needed on the feWere rmis,ld nhe that nnsines STRIPED GINGHAM in different colers at a yard 250 WORK SOX worth 40c. A big lot in Grey and Black, to sell at 25c MISSES' RAIN COATS A real bargain at, each....$'5,00 while they last. MEN'S AND BOYS' Tweed light weight Caps for Sum- mer, selling at 500 GIRLS' WHITE Middy& in all, sizes, at $1.25 for tide weak oil7. • WE STILL HAVE a few Men's Night Gowns. Regular $2.75, for MEN'S AUTO COATS the real thing for your car selling 54.65 at MEN'S COMBINATION Underwear in Llama Wool; light Summer weight, at ravine, of Brltleb Colli ji�enzie 'distrlet nostril% AY. rare -milep kb is a nee,.ere ld pa' tbahly:. net *the -a . t on the eantlea aurfaoe, to Dr. T. O. Bosworth We for the Inepenisi Oil COMformation concede of sante; of !black biturceinotld limestones, re ing upon 800 feet of black bitusuineus shales.. • iGeelogiets' opinions, however, caue-- -ed. no stampede. The thing 'which .prospectors and adventurers want to hear about is a real "strike,' andthat has. now been supplied. The first party for the hnperial -Oil .Company went into the.distriet in the summer of 1919, but it was not until last summer that they were in a position to sink a drill. There is obvious significance in the statement that the "strike" they made, at a depth of about 700 feet, followed the only drilling that has been made to date. Several independent parties spent the season in the distnict. As a result about thirty.claims, practically all in the immediate vicinity of the "strike" have been staked, Two formiidable problems must be solved before the Mackenzie River basin becomes a factor in the oil production• of the world.. First, 'the oil must be found in quantity. Geo- logists' reports and even a single "gusher" do not make an oilfield. In this respect progress may be expect- ed during the approaching summer, for drilling operations must be ex- tended :in view of a new Government regulation requiring an actual dis- covery of oil before a lease may be obtained. All operations, however, will inevitably be hampered because of the district's inaccessibility. The second problem is that of transporta- tion, but if the oil is found in any- thing approaching the quantity the optimists predict transportation of some sort will be improvised. For an understanding of the Mac- kenzie River basin's problem the first requisite is a good map and a .lesson in geography. The district of Mac- kenzie is one of the great unorganiz- ed territories which were not included when the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out twenty years ago and which are, ,therefore, still known as the Northwest Terri- tories of Canada. It is inhabited only by Hudson's Bay Company posts and by Redskins. There is not sufficient population in the whole area to war- rant a single member of Parliament. Theo distances involved are immense. Edmonton, the roost northerly elt"fn Canada and the jumping off place for the Mackenzie district,- is 2,260 miles by rail from Toronto, and in latitude is 7011 miles due north. Fort Norm- an, the point near which the oil ha strike s been made, is 1,000 miles as the crow flies northwest of Ed- monton: It is almost in the shadow of the Arctic Circle, and -is still some three or four hundred miles from the mouth of the Mackenzie River in the Arctic Ocean. Running north from Edmonton in V-shape are two branch railways, each of them 200 or 300 miles long: one recently purchased by the Can- adian Pacific Railway, which runs as far as Peace River Crossing, and the ether an Alberta Government colonisa- tion road running almost to Fort Mc- Murray. To get to the Mackenzie ravine, opt' the �' Geographical Smarr the 'Oevoalasp' foible on Eyesight Specialist Now in. Seaforth From April 28th to May 7th inclusive. THE OIL FEVER IN CANADA The adventurers of the earth are mobilizing at Edmonton for a dash into the fastnesses of Canada's far northwest as soon as the ice on the, Arctic slopes breaks up. Oil is the magic word which is drawing them, for the oil fever is now just as dan- gerous as the gold fever ever was. The Mackenzie River basin is the area on which the eyes of the new ad- venturers have been fixed since last August, when a real "gusher" was struck by a drilling party in the em- ploy of the Imperial Oil Company, a Canadian corporation which is affiliat- ed with the Standard Oil company of the. United States. T e precious liquid oozes from the rocks on the BOYS' ROB RIB HOSE Extra good quality, at a pair...45C An sizes. 111111,1\ 1 1►ilillllllllllll We are pleased to announce that we have again secured the services of the well known Eyesight Specialist Mr. F. A. Graham who served so many in. this lo- cality when he was with us some years ago. We would suggests that you make your appointments by telephone, and as early as possible, as the last few days are usually so busy. Mr Jo.180 btt`. Marring 10 at Lucklsow, naliMs of • dim ex at e McNalre. ' Wot down he got 1YAP,A lb towarde. The deer' c he fell- down- demi - Aged %tall tree runic: was appearances a • nun a1 good and in the very pointe of lite "in the Midst of life we are in dtssfh,'' The funeral tools place pnSatnrdsty the 18th, at Tacknow, and in spite ef- a very severe storm, was well at- tended. Rev. H. Royle conducted the - services. CONSTANCE . Notes. -Mr. William Clarke has- - purchased Mr. James Rand's proper-, ty of thirteen acres. This was part•. o'f the lot of Mr. Clarke',.--The.an- nual meeting of the Sunday echoer was held Tuesday evening, The school was found in a very thriving condition. The old officers and teach- ers were re -elected. -The wet weather has held up the seeding for the past ten days, but we hope for spell of fine weather to allow the farmers time to sow their seed. -Miss Mar- jorie Jewitt, of Brussels, is visiting - at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Wm. Britton. -Miss R. McLeod, of` To- ronto, is spending a few days with• her cousin, Mra. Ed, Britton. -Mise. Johnson, of Lucknow, is visiting at. the borne of Mr. Thomas Livingstone. -Miss Rose Regan is ape mg a. few days under the .parental roof. DUBLIN Seed Corp. -.tact arrived. a first elan, lot of ,eel corn. William Stapleton, Dublin. Phone Sl. 2781s2 Obituary. -Mrs. Catharine Gormley who died on Thursday of last week at her residence, on the 7th concession - of Hibbert township, was buried with all the ,honors given to faithful mem- bers of, the Roman Catholic church. Deceaseds lady was a devout member of herchurch and brought up a large. family of sons and daughters. Her six hying sons lovingly bore her casket to its last resting place 'hi - side beiside her husband, who predeceased• her some thirteen years ago. fists' • -- son, Rev. Thomas Gormley, died 11' yeara ago, and one daugbtegr, !ire, John Morris, died shortly after her marriage. Mrs. Gormley's sons are: John, of 'Stratford; Charles, of De- troit; Louis and Alexander, at'home; William, of Dublin; and Edward, of the 4th concession of Hibbert. Her daughters are: Mrs. Hugh McMillan,. of Tuckersmith, and Mrs. McGuigan, of Montana. Rev. Father White, P.P. sang a solemn High Mass for her on Saturday at which Rev. Father Goetz, of Seaforth was deacon, and Rev. Father McCardie, sub -deacon. Inter- ment was made at St. Columban cem- etery beside her devoted husband and two little boys. HOURS: -9 a.m. to 6 p.m Rivet• one starts out by . either of Special appointments i.t" -.he even- these lines. By the Peace River route ing, if desired. j one takes a river -boort at the crossing and is interrupted by two portages, FRED S:.SAVAUGE one of four miles at Vermilion Chutes Jeweler and Optician or. the Peace River, which is one of SEAFUK'1'H. Phones:_Basiness 194. Residence 10. 5 The ,Happy Family. Sometime ago our home was sad, Aird all because our bread was bad. 1,4a grieved, Pa frowned, and Little Ted Had a pain when he went to bed. Mn said, "I don't know what to do, I've lost my skill, my patience too; To mike good bread's beyond my lower, We must buy seine of Harveys' Flour." Now, baking day has lots its dread And mother makes the best of bread, And new she's.amiling every hour Because she's using -Harveys' Flour. Dail says he wishes all around Did only know what we have found. That Model Flour stands the teat And so does Manitoba's Best. Last night at tea, it was so nice, We all called for a second slice; Again, at nine, cried little Ted: "I want a piece of Mammta's bread." When Dad came home at half -past six, He wan again at .his old trieks; He said he wished to hug the bread, But he kissed dear old Ma instead. And now, good friends, we want ynur trade. Our Flour this year's the best we've made; Our prices, too, are always right: Our rule in business, Honor Bright. AT HUTCHISON'S GROCERY SOLE AGENCY FOE SEAFORTH. Nature's great spectacles, and the other a 16 -mile portage between Fort Fitzgerald and Fort Smith on the Stave River. On the Fort McMur- ray route, Vermilion Chutes is avoid- ed. b rom Fort Smith to Fort Nor- man and the Arctic Ocean is clear sailing for river -boats. But naviga- tion dnesn't open early, partly be - rause 'of '.he shallowness of the lakes. In Great Slave Lake one may be out cif sight of land and in only fifteen fret of water. The boats .however, on this northern system of navigation are surprisingly commodious. They are lin by the Hudson's Ray Com- pany and by two other trading com- panies. The Mackenzie River is one of the world's great streams. Its width varies from one mile to two miles. TUCKERSMITH Notes. -Mr. James Rivers will not be engaged in the Kippen beef ring this season, as he has resumed his job of butchering at his old stand in Hibbert. -Mr. John Dobie, who has. been attending the Agricultural Col- lege at Guelph, left on Wednesday for Moose Jaw, where he will take. the position of butter maker in a. large factory for the summer. Death of Mrs. W. P. Thompson. - A sad death occurred on Thursday of last week, when Margaret Button, ' wife of .Mr. W. P. Thompson, died at her home on the 3rd concession af- ter art illness extending over some 3 months. Mrs. Thompson was born in Mullett township 37 years ago, and was a daughter of the late John Button, of that township. About 14 years ago she was married to her now bereaved husband and is surviv- ed by one son and three daughters, by whom the loss of a loving and' tender wife and norther will be most keenly felt. She is also survived by three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Sample, of Detroit; Mrs. Mc -Guth, of (`nlorndo, and Mrs. Wright and Jas., of Saskatchewan. A private funeral' was held from her late home on Sat- urday afternoon, interment being male in the Maitlandhank cemetery, the services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. Capt. Edwards. The sincerest sympathy of many friends is extended to Mr. Thompson and family in their great. loss: Hargreaves-Shillingiaw.-The home of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Shillinglaw, of Tuckersmith, was the scene of a. happy event at high noon, Thersdaa- April 21st., when their second daugh- ter, Janet, was united in marriage te- Mr. W. Ivan Hargreaves, teller is the head office of the Bank of 'Com- merce, Toronto. The ceremony was performed by Rev- S. McLean` of Egnmondville, in the presence of the immediate relatives and a few friends of the contracting parties. The bride who wore a smart travelling snit of heaver colored duvetyn with hat of Miami shade, trimmed with French roses, and carried a bouquet of Ophelia roses, was given away by her father. Mr. Earl Van Egmondville, played the - march. Mies Reedits Branded, Marys, acted as flower girl.' happy couple left en . the tfl�i train for Mnntreai and and 'ptrthil HURON NOTES -Thr Royal Hotel stables in Ethel have been purchased by the town, with the intention of converting them int, s garage. -Messrs, Merner Bros. have sold their flaxmill and farm in Clinton to Mr. 11. B. Strothers, of London, and the transfer is being made at once. Mr. Strothers' agent .and Mr. E. P. Merner have been nut the past few days securing flax land, having pro- cured two hundred pr more acres. The rent for flax land this year is con- siderably below what was paid last, owing to the serious slump in the price of flax products, but time new 'roprietor is confident that the pres- ent depression in the industry is but temporary and that things will bright- en up. -Mr. James Mulford, who sold out his furniture and undertaking busi- ness in Clinton some time ago, has become a director in the Home Bur- ial Co., Ltd., Toronto, and goes down to the city next week to take charge of the office. The company consists of President Mann, Vice -President Oulds, Secretary Conners, Treasurer Harnwell and Directors Dunford,Cove and Davies. Four of the men are un- dertakers. They intend havitg a the.East.Side, e of Main Street The balance of the Greig Clothing Co. Stock of Mena and Boys'. Suits and Ladies' Spring Coats, etc., has been placed in the front part of Mr. George Bell's Auto Store, where a temporary arrange- ment has been made in order that the seasonable snel'chandiae may be quickly disposed of to the public. ON SATURDAY 30th OF ' APRIL selling will commence, and we mention below some of ttx linea offering fur the first week's selling, and these will be cleared at prices even lower than the sale prices of the last ten days in the old store. Men's Suits $14.00 to $30.00 Boys' Suits $5.00 to $1Z-00 Ladios' Fine Velour Coats, in Fawn, Gray, Light Blue, Rose, Green and all the Newest Shades '$18.00 to $30.00 Ladies' Fine Tweed Coats. All new patterns and designs...$14 to $20 Girls' Coats, sizes 8 to 12 years, in Velours, Fawn and Blue, and Rose $7.00 to $14.00 Men's Fine Sox .30c Men's Felt and Straw Hats 50c to $3.00 Men's and Boys' Spring Caps 75c to $2.50 Boys' Knickers. All sizes. $1,45 to $2.75 Men's and Boys' Raincoats $8.00 to $15.00 • The Greig Clothing Co'. t A. A. Cockbur BARGAIN STORE FIRE' AND SMOKE' The Manchester Guardian in a re- cent issue says: The American campaign for the prohibitign of tobacco baa opened up a het spring offensive lin New York. The weaklings may breathe smoke, but the virtuous are breathing fire with a vengeance. Outsiders may reasonably wonder where this 'busi- ness -of ending 'ices is itself going to end. For if tobacco goes theeway of all alcohol no doubt the huntsmen will be off to fresh wood4s. and pas- tures new. Setan will usually find some mischief for idle hands to in-- tenfere with. Nidotine made enemies from the days of its arrival in .this country, and the citizen's wife in "The Knight of the Burning Pestle" had hard words for "the stinking% tobacco" and•the young gallants who turned themselves into chimneys. Nevertheless the practice endured, and the race with it. Indeed, as the speed and stress of life become more intense the need fur this' relief seems greater, and in the competi- tion as to who really did win the war the manufacturers of cigarettes might claim honorable mention. No doubt the guilty person sitting at his pipe in America may not take his correctors ton seriously, and the dis- play of posters advising him to "con- sume his own smoke" may be left "for to admire." Those ingenious people who amuse themselves with econonrieally interpreting history to the last comma will perhaps see the sinister hand 'of the stomach -tonic merchant in this drastic advice, but all are not so suspipjous. Yet tolera- tion of the intolerant may one day break dawn and America be swept by an irresistible demand for the pro- hibition of all prohibition campaigns. Those who have been counselled to consume their own stroke might fair- ly naturally request their mentors to consume their own gas, and might urge that the fires of excessive zeal are more destructive to the nervous system than the smoke of a cigarette. In Britain we are not yet threatened. But we have our own very real smoke nuisance to combat. A little of the American fervour would do us no harm in our efforts to abolish that pest, _ LADIES' Silk Poplin Dresses in choice colors. All sizes. Regular 822.50 for • 515.00 COTTON" JERSEY Dresses on sale, in all sizes. Regu- lar $15.00 f, $5.00 CHILDREN'S PRINT Dresses in sizes 6 to 14 years,, on sale 51.35 at CHILDREN'S STRAW . Hats -a large lot to choose from�9C lot at GOWNS in pretty styles; white cotton gowns selling at $ 1.00 MEN'S INDIGO Blue Work Shirts, Regular $2.25 at $1.75 These are a Choice Lot. BOYS' Summer Jerseys, in all sizes. To be sold at 50c A Real Bargain. A SPECIAL in Bath Towels. Worth 60 cents. Selling at 45c A REAL WHITE Hospital Bed, worth $17 510.00 for With Mattress to match...57.00 L 29, 192 nitary, Serviceable, and Decorative. For Paint finish and Panel effect, use BEAVER'BOARD. For covering with Wall Paper:, use FIBRE BOARD. Meaner than Plaster. . *(ril1 not Crack or fall off. N. CLUFF & SONS SEAFORTH - ONTikRIO. and for cutting' pulp wood. But these river banks and spreads over the sur - fellows declare that they must have face of the streams. ;It collects in work in the city, and if not they ;pools, from which it has been ladled want $15 a week in motley for single in cups and taken away for use by men, and $20 a•week formai ried ones 'prospectors. Fires probably caused with $2 additional for each child. The when a rock was struck by lightning Mayor told them it Would net be done,have burned or smouldered for years. as Toronto was .becominugg a dumping 1 Geologists who . have been devoting ground for the , tinemplloyed of s,11'their attention to the district have Canada as well as the United States. been uniformly optimistic. Frequent - At the close, the woman who led 1y they go so far as to state that it and mothered them, screamed out: is the most promising oil district in Let us come again on Monday morn- the world. Certainly ip point of area ing. Let us come by thousands and it is immense. The Devonian forma - by tens of thousands and compel them tion is the one favorable for oil, and to keep us." A, lot • of these fellows according to Charles Camsell, Diree- were getting from four to six dol- tor of the Geological Survey of the lars a day all last season but let it go as they got it. It has cost the taxpayers $400;000 to ;feed them so far this past winter, add the end is not yet in sight. Legislation at Queen's l'ark still continues and It is said our Provin- cial Treasurer will soon float a loan for a few more millions, among the sums voted is $67,000 to be expend- ed in a bonus of•ti600'to each of the members, which brings their pay up to $2,000 for the session, with free rides thrown into the bargain. There is $50,000 set apart to: pay for the timber probe, as it 'ie,„,;lied. This probe is nearly over slid;, as far as it has gone no one has been punished. One of the Huron members, Mr. Hicks, has been touched up for say- ing that some of the U.F.O. members were approached in a naughty man- ner. Mr. Hicks had better give no more orations on a windy day, us I understand he blames it all on the wind. Hoping for better weather so fann- ers will get their seeding completed and escape worry. J. J. I. FROM AN OLD McKILLOP CORRESPONDENT Toronto, April 25, 1921. Dear Expositor: -In giving the names of friends in Seaforth who have passed away from earth, 1 for- got to mention at least two amiable and kindly gentlelnen, who, I believe, wanted to befriend everybody. These were Samuel Dickson, the late post- master, and B. B. Gunn. • The referendum contest has passed into history and I do not intend dwel- ling on the result. The prohibition forces were led by preachers and ex - preachers, and the Liberty League, who favor moderation, had as leaders professional men, who,' I think, are all graduates of the University or of the other colleges. With your permission I will give a short sketch of what took place the night after the day before. I went down to the Mail and Empire build- ing but the service was not good, so I went a block to the Evening Tele- gram building. Here a great crowd had assembled and the returns were thrown out on a large canvas, and between the returns moving pictures of a sporty nature were shown to entertain the crowd of people. Every "No" majority was greeted with cheers and shouts of: "Ben Spence, put that in your pipe and smoke It." And anyone who attempted to say a word in favor of prohibition got a kidding and sometimes with coarse words, more forcible than polite. About 10 .p.m. I went to the Star building, so as not to show 'partiality. Here another great crowd was in evi- dence. The returns were given the same as at the Telegram, with other movies thrown in for good measure. When it became known that those who voted "Yes" in the Province had won, an old British -born chap near me gave vent to his feeling thus. He said it was the bloody Methodists and Babtists and such like trash that lues the cause of it all. "Why," said he, "over in Hingland such a thing would not be allowed, but in this bloomin' country-" At this stage a lady standing near spoke up and told him not to worry, the country had not gone dry; there was still lots of water in Lake Ontario. He turned on her in an ungallant manner and told her to go and drown herself in her lake and to take a few thousand of the other wenches up and down the country with her. One of the worst rascals I have heard of for some time is one Coop* He was a dancing master and hat a dancing academy over on Sp dins AVenne. But this did not keel" him busy enough, so he commecced to rob and steal, and rented a 10,118e 00 Darcy Street to stow away his plunder. Among other t}ings in the house were five ladies' R'ersian lamb coats, seventeen Mho's overcoats, seven baby carriaged, three grams - phones, eleven golttmnvatches, a num- ber of sofas and pile of silverware and nearly all:kinds of household effects, except pianos. He was sen- tenced on fear .counts which would bring his line up to nearly fifty years, but as they run concurrently it is reduced to fifteen years in the penntenitta'ty A 'gang gathered at the Labor Temple on Saturday and headed by a woman, Marched to the city hall, clamoring for money or work in the c1., Thwere needed on the feWere rmis,ld nhe that nnsines STRIPED GINGHAM in different colers at a yard 250 WORK SOX worth 40c. A big lot in Grey and Black, to sell at 25c MISSES' RAIN COATS A real bargain at, each....$'5,00 while they last. MEN'S AND BOYS' Tweed light weight Caps for Sum- mer, selling at 500 GIRLS' WHITE Middy& in all, sizes, at $1.25 for tide weak oil7. • WE STILL HAVE a few Men's Night Gowns. Regular $2.75, for MEN'S AUTO COATS the real thing for your car selling 54.65 at MEN'S COMBINATION Underwear in Llama Wool; light Summer weight, at ravine, of Brltleb Colli ji�enzie 'distrlet nostril% AY. rare -milep kb is a nee,.ere ld pa' tbahly:. net *the -a . t on the eantlea aurfaoe, to Dr. T. O. Bosworth We for the Inepenisi Oil COMformation concede of sante; of !black biturceinotld limestones, re ing upon 800 feet of black bitusuineus shales.. • iGeelogiets' opinions, however, caue-- -ed. no stampede. The thing 'which .prospectors and adventurers want to hear about is a real "strike,' andthat has. now been supplied. The first party for the hnperial -Oil .Company went into the.distriet in the summer of 1919, but it was not until last summer that they were in a position to sink a drill. There is obvious significance in the statement that the "strike" they made, at a depth of about 700 feet, followed the only drilling that has been made to date. Several independent parties spent the season in the distnict. As a result about thirty.claims, practically all in the immediate vicinity of the "strike" have been staked, Two formiidable problems must be solved before the Mackenzie River basin becomes a factor in the oil production• of the world.. First, 'the oil must be found in quantity. Geo- logists' reports and even a single "gusher" do not make an oilfield. In this respect progress may be expect- ed during the approaching summer, for drilling operations must be ex- tended :in view of a new Government regulation requiring an actual dis- covery of oil before a lease may be obtained. All operations, however, will inevitably be hampered because of the district's inaccessibility. The second problem is that of transporta- tion, but if the oil is found in any- thing approaching the quantity the optimists predict transportation of some sort will be improvised. For an understanding of the Mac- kenzie River basin's problem the first requisite is a good map and a .lesson in geography. The district of Mac- kenzie is one of the great unorganiz- ed territories which were not included when the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were carved out twenty years ago and which are, ,therefore, still known as the Northwest Terri- tories of Canada. It is inhabited only by Hudson's Bay Company posts and by Redskins. There is not sufficient population in the whole area to war- rant a single member of Parliament. Theo distances involved are immense. Edmonton, the roost northerly elt"fn Canada and the jumping off place for the Mackenzie district,- is 2,260 miles by rail from Toronto, and in latitude is 7011 miles due north. Fort Norm- an, the point near which the oil ha strike s been made, is 1,000 miles as the crow flies northwest of Ed- monton: It is almost in the shadow of the Arctic Circle, and -is still some three or four hundred miles from the mouth of the Mackenzie River in the Arctic Ocean. Running north from Edmonton in V-shape are two branch railways, each of them 200 or 300 miles long: one recently purchased by the Can- adian Pacific Railway, which runs as far as Peace River Crossing, and the ether an Alberta Government colonisa- tion road running almost to Fort Mc- Murray. To get to the Mackenzie ravine, opt' the �' Geographical Smarr the 'Oevoalasp' foible on Eyesight Specialist Now in. Seaforth From April 28th to May 7th inclusive. THE OIL FEVER IN CANADA The adventurers of the earth are mobilizing at Edmonton for a dash into the fastnesses of Canada's far northwest as soon as the ice on the, Arctic slopes breaks up. Oil is the magic word which is drawing them, for the oil fever is now just as dan- gerous as the gold fever ever was. The Mackenzie River basin is the area on which the eyes of the new ad- venturers have been fixed since last August, when a real "gusher" was struck by a drilling party in the em- ploy of the Imperial Oil Company, a Canadian corporation which is affiliat- ed with the Standard Oil company of the. United States. T e precious liquid oozes from the rocks on the BOYS' ROB RIB HOSE Extra good quality, at a pair...45C An sizes. 111111,1\ 1 1►ilillllllllllll We are pleased to announce that we have again secured the services of the well known Eyesight Specialist Mr. F. A. Graham who served so many in. this lo- cality when he was with us some years ago. We would suggests that you make your appointments by telephone, and as early as possible, as the last few days are usually so busy. Mr Jo.180 btt`. Marring 10 at Lucklsow, naliMs of • dim ex at e McNalre. ' Wot down he got 1YAP,A lb towarde. The deer' c he fell- down- demi - Aged %tall tree runic: was appearances a • nun a1 good and in the very pointe of lite "in the Midst of life we are in dtssfh,'' The funeral tools place pnSatnrdsty the 18th, at Tacknow, and in spite ef- a very severe storm, was well at- tended. Rev. H. Royle conducted the - services. CONSTANCE . Notes. -Mr. William Clarke has- - purchased Mr. James Rand's proper-, ty of thirteen acres. This was part•. o'f the lot of Mr. Clarke',.--The.an- nual meeting of the Sunday echoer was held Tuesday evening, The school was found in a very thriving condition. The old officers and teach- ers were re -elected. -The wet weather has held up the seeding for the past ten days, but we hope for spell of fine weather to allow the farmers time to sow their seed. -Miss Mar- jorie Jewitt, of Brussels, is visiting - at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Wm. Britton. -Miss R. McLeod, of` To- ronto, is spending a few days with• her cousin, Mra. Ed, Britton. -Mise. Johnson, of Lucknow, is visiting at. the borne of Mr. Thomas Livingstone. -Miss Rose Regan is ape mg a. few days under the .parental roof. DUBLIN Seed Corp. -.tact arrived. a first elan, lot of ,eel corn. William Stapleton, Dublin. Phone Sl. 2781s2 Obituary. -Mrs. Catharine Gormley who died on Thursday of last week at her residence, on the 7th concession - of Hibbert township, was buried with all the ,honors given to faithful mem- bers of, the Roman Catholic church. Deceaseds lady was a devout member of herchurch and brought up a large. family of sons and daughters. Her six hying sons lovingly bore her casket to its last resting place 'hi - side beiside her husband, who predeceased• her some thirteen years ago. fists' • -- son, Rev. Thomas Gormley, died 11' yeara ago, and one daugbtegr, !ire, John Morris, died shortly after her marriage. Mrs. Gormley's sons are: John, of 'Stratford; Charles, of De- troit; Louis and Alexander, at'home; William, of Dublin; and Edward, of the 4th concession of Hibbert. Her daughters are: Mrs. Hugh McMillan,. of Tuckersmith, and Mrs. McGuigan, of Montana. Rev. Father White, P.P. sang a solemn High Mass for her on Saturday at which Rev. Father Goetz, of Seaforth was deacon, and Rev. Father McCardie, sub -deacon. Inter- ment was made at St. Columban cem- etery beside her devoted husband and two little boys. HOURS: -9 a.m. to 6 p.m Rivet• one starts out by . either of Special appointments i.t" -.he even- these lines. By the Peace River route ing, if desired. j one takes a river -boort at the crossing and is interrupted by two portages, FRED S:.SAVAUGE one of four miles at Vermilion Chutes Jeweler and Optician or. the Peace River, which is one of SEAFUK'1'H. Phones:_Basiness 194. Residence 10. 5 The ,Happy Family. Sometime ago our home was sad, Aird all because our bread was bad. 1,4a grieved, Pa frowned, and Little Ted Had a pain when he went to bed. Mn said, "I don't know what to do, I've lost my skill, my patience too; To mike good bread's beyond my lower, We must buy seine of Harveys' Flour." Now, baking day has lots its dread And mother makes the best of bread, And new she's.amiling every hour Because she's using -Harveys' Flour. Dail says he wishes all around Did only know what we have found. That Model Flour stands the teat And so does Manitoba's Best. Last night at tea, it was so nice, We all called for a second slice; Again, at nine, cried little Ted: "I want a piece of Mammta's bread." When Dad came home at half -past six, He wan again at .his old trieks; He said he wished to hug the bread, But he kissed dear old Ma instead. And now, good friends, we want ynur trade. Our Flour this year's the best we've made; Our prices, too, are always right: Our rule in business, Honor Bright. AT HUTCHISON'S GROCERY SOLE AGENCY FOE SEAFORTH. Nature's great spectacles, and the other a 16 -mile portage between Fort Fitzgerald and Fort Smith on the Stave River. On the Fort McMur- ray route, Vermilion Chutes is avoid- ed. b rom Fort Smith to Fort Nor- man and the Arctic Ocean is clear sailing for river -boats. But naviga- tion dnesn't open early, partly be - rause 'of '.he shallowness of the lakes. In Great Slave Lake one may be out cif sight of land and in only fifteen fret of water. The boats .however, on this northern system of navigation are surprisingly commodious. They are lin by the Hudson's Ray Com- pany and by two other trading com- panies. The Mackenzie River is one of the world's great streams. Its width varies from one mile to two miles. TUCKERSMITH Notes. -Mr. James Rivers will not be engaged in the Kippen beef ring this season, as he has resumed his job of butchering at his old stand in Hibbert. -Mr. John Dobie, who has. been attending the Agricultural Col- lege at Guelph, left on Wednesday for Moose Jaw, where he will take. the position of butter maker in a. large factory for the summer. Death of Mrs. W. P. Thompson. - A sad death occurred on Thursday of last week, when Margaret Button, ' wife of .Mr. W. P. Thompson, died at her home on the 3rd concession af- ter art illness extending over some 3 months. Mrs. Thompson was born in Mullett township 37 years ago, and was a daughter of the late John Button, of that township. About 14 years ago she was married to her now bereaved husband and is surviv- ed by one son and three daughters, by whom the loss of a loving and' tender wife and norther will be most keenly felt. She is also survived by three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Sample, of Detroit; Mrs. Mc -Guth, of (`nlorndo, and Mrs. Wright and Jas., of Saskatchewan. A private funeral' was held from her late home on Sat- urday afternoon, interment being male in the Maitlandhank cemetery, the services being conducted by her pastor, Rev. Capt. Edwards. The sincerest sympathy of many friends is extended to Mr. Thompson and family in their great. loss: Hargreaves-Shillingiaw.-The home of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Shillinglaw, of Tuckersmith, was the scene of a. happy event at high noon, Thersdaa- April 21st., when their second daugh- ter, Janet, was united in marriage te- Mr. W. Ivan Hargreaves, teller is the head office of the Bank of 'Com- merce, Toronto. The ceremony was performed by Rev- S. McLean` of Egnmondville, in the presence of the immediate relatives and a few friends of the contracting parties. The bride who wore a smart travelling snit of heaver colored duvetyn with hat of Miami shade, trimmed with French roses, and carried a bouquet of Ophelia roses, was given away by her father. Mr. Earl Van Egmondville, played the - march. Mies Reedits Branded, Marys, acted as flower girl.' happy couple left en . the tfl�i train for Mnntreai and and 'ptrthil HURON NOTES -Thr Royal Hotel stables in Ethel have been purchased by the town, with the intention of converting them int, s garage. -Messrs, Merner Bros. have sold their flaxmill and farm in Clinton to Mr. 11. B. Strothers, of London, and the transfer is being made at once. Mr. Strothers' agent .and Mr. E. P. Merner have been nut the past few days securing flax land, having pro- cured two hundred pr more acres. The rent for flax land this year is con- siderably below what was paid last, owing to the serious slump in the price of flax products, but time new 'roprietor is confident that the pres- ent depression in the industry is but temporary and that things will bright- en up. -Mr. James Mulford, who sold out his furniture and undertaking busi- ness in Clinton some time ago, has become a director in the Home Bur- ial Co., Ltd., Toronto, and goes down to the city next week to take charge of the office. The company consists of President Mann, Vice -President Oulds, Secretary Conners, Treasurer Harnwell and Directors Dunford,Cove and Davies. Four of the men are un- dertakers. They intend havitg a