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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1921-12-23, Page 3T DAC1211110 23, 1921.( rilE HURON EIPOS1Toa BURGLARIES rthese days when house robberies, hold -ape and Petty thefte are so numerous, a Safety Deposit Dos ie the safest place . for Bonds and other valuable Securities, jewelry, ailve>iware, etc. Avoid risk of lose by resting one of our Safely Deposit .' .Hoses. -.Rentals moderate. " TIM DOtAINION SEAFORTH BRANCH„ a R. M. JONES, Manager. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT. FFHE HURON EXPOSITOR .DISTRICT MATTERS FROM AN' OLD MCKILLOP CORRESPONDENT Toronto, December 12th. Dear Expositor: It, has been grand weather for this mime of the year, and those people, iike myself, who predicted a very severe winter, may yet be agreeably disappoipted. A large number of persons from 'Huron and Perth were down here last week with fat cattle. Most of them stopped over a few days, taking in ;She sights of the city. The new street` railway •manage- ,aent have put on a great number of new and beautiful cars; the only -fault found is •the increase in fares. The election is over, that is so much. Great crowds assembled at all the newspaper offices early in the evening of election day. When the returns came in from the six Toron- to's, and east, west and south York, nine seats for they Vries, with a combined majority of nearly 25,000, Conservative hopes ran high. Next came -London, Hamilton and Kingston and.the new Ontario cities were all Conservative, blit the' jubilation was • short-lived. Soon Nova Scotia was -heard from, with' nearly a score of • Liberals and nothing else. Then. merly a member of Parliament, and after some time he admitted• that he had liquor to sell as well as gold, and was well acquainted with the leading bootleggers in Montreal. faculty of getting under the akin and driving out that chill, death4ike, lethargic frozen feeling that is in-- describable." n=describable." , AMERICAN SPOTTERS, CANADIAN BOOTLEGGER That bootleggers have been active in Montreal for a long time past is probably no news to anyone, and it should not be surprising to learn, therefore, that detectives, whose business it is to foil the bootleggers, should infest that city. New York papers are at present giving consldr erable prominence to the exploits of a number of American pro'hibition agents who investigated the liquor situation in that city with a view of discovering who sells the liquor that reaches the United States, and how it is smuggled in. It is true that they made no seizures, but they be- lieve that they received information which will make it necessary for the bootleggers on both sides of the border to revise •their plans and find many new agents, since the names of 'the old ones are now in the hands of the American officials. The detectives were astonished to learn that people of good social and financial position in Montreal . are active in the illicit liquor trade. They struck their first clue in a Fifth Avenue Club, when one of them, personating a gentleman, became acquainted With a Canadian, guest who was in New York for the purpose of selling a gold mine. The Canadian is said to have been for- came the Quebec contingent -sixty- five seats, which was everything -all Liberals. Then the returns from Western Canada started to come in, one or two Progressives at a Dime,- The agent said that he knew an old but it was easy to see they could never catch up to the great lead of the King forces. I hope the change will improve conditions, something which I very much doubt. An in- teresting feature of the contest was the neck -and -neck run between the three candidates in South Huron. Some people think Queboc will be a menace. They need not worry; Que- bec will not be a menace- and whe- ther the anarchist and red element will show up now remains to be seen. I don't know what the next cor- rnotion will be here -the contest for Mayor, Controllers and - Aldermen, likely. The office of Mayor carries $$7,500 a year with it, which is a Trice penny. As I will not likely be heard from again until after Christmas, I wish your readers one and all the compli- ments of that joyous occasion.- ' J. J. I. man who had $00,000 which he might be induced to invest in the gold urine, and it was agreed that a meeting should take place in Montreal, where the matter would be discussed and where also liquor might be bought in wholesale quan- tities. In the meantime the owner of the $60,000 was supposed to have died, and his heir, named Harvey, was introduced. He seemed willing to examine the mine and went with the other detectives to Montreal. They registered at the Windsor Hotel a fortnight ago, three of them occupying one suite of rooms, while the fourth took a room immediately across the hall, in order that he might learn if the Canadians were having the Americans checked over. He found that they were, and that every move was being watched by spotters, •evidently in the employ of the Canadians. This. made it nec- essary for the Americans to move with the utmost caution, and they scught to keep the conversation on the subject of the gold mine. One of them, however, said that what •he wanted to know was where he could buy several thousand dollars' :worth of liquor. The negotiations for the mine proceeded, and the sale was agreed upon. The man called Ilarvey wrote a cheque for $10,000 on a bank in Trenton, New Jersey, as first payment. One of the Americans then induced, the Cana- dian to give 'him •the cheque, so that he could mail it to Harvey's brother in Trenton, who would cash it and bring the bills to Montreal. The seeming payment of $10,000 had established the good faith of the Americans, and the man who sold them the gold mine hesitated no longer to take them into his con- fidence about the bootlegging indus- try. Other prominent bootleggers were introduced, and the Americans say that they were prominent end respected citizens, who had invested in large 'stocks of liquor when it was possible to do so legally, and who were quite willing to treble or quadruple their money by selling to any buyers. The Americans are said to have carried on with a large. roll of dollar bills, with a hundred bill on the outside. This roll, which made a most pleasing impression upon the Canadians, was passed from one of the dectectives to the others, and all made a fine "flash" before the all -too -credulous Canadians. We gather that they• were so hospitably entertained that they never found any reason for spending money. They -agreed to make -large pur- chases of whiskey, and learned how it would be delivered in the United States, safe delivery being part of the contract into which the Cana- dian bootleggers entered. Having acquired all the information they desired, they returned to the United States and reported at headquarters. However; it appears that the Cana- dian who thought he had sold the mine became suspicious and sent a detective to Trenton, where he learned` that there was no each Harvey as was supposed to be ap- proaching with the ten thousand dollars in cash. Ile went to pro- hibition enforcement officers 'in New coffee or any other drink. It has York and. said be purposed bring - been the earne from the early days ing an "action against the officer TEA DRINKING Some ,"wag" has facetiously re- marked that if , one should cut an Englishman's arm it would bleed tea. This may be a far -stretched statement but it is none the less true that in England, Ireland and Scotland tea drinking is universal,, and has be- come a sort of national institution. Ib the average Britisher, the belief of tea drinking ever deteriotating, so that it hou•ld become a beverage • for ladies only, is unthinkable. It is not surprising that the Briton who drinks nearly seven pounds of tea perannum knows the value of good, bad. and indifferent tea upon the sys- tem. The same is true of the Aus- tralian, for the sturdy Anzac con- sumes eight pounds of tea a year, and of the Canadian who drinks five pounds a year. The American drinks but one pound per capita. Dr. William -Brady. writing to the Brooklyn, N. Y., Daily Eagle, says: "If 'taken as a beverage, with or without sugar and 'milk, it will prac- tically never do any grown person any harm. .As a beverage with meals or before or after the food, tea will aid digestion and is 'a bene- ficial habit." As noted an authority as Dr. M. Allen Starr, of Columbia University, In'the May issue of the Tea and Cof- fee Trade Journal, has given a very illuminating testimonial to tea, en- dorsing 'Hoch and Kraepelin's state- ment that tea increases the muscu- lar and mental power and endurance and that the effect ie' not merely temporarily but lasts for several hours. Moreover he says that Amer- ican aviators in France during the World War took to tea before mak- ing hard flights, therein following the example of British aviators." Donald B. MoMillan, the noted Artie explorer, who with Peary made that famous dash to the North Pole, and who is now making a trip to Baffin Land, where he will try to gain passage through the Fury and Ueda Straights, a route which 'has not been open for 100 years, said be- fore hie deparbure: "Our very best work in the north- ern regions in done with plenty of good (hot tea and not with cocoa, of Artie history, ass hown by num- erose references all through 'my li- brary. For cold work and hard work end physical endurance with the dog w o gave Adm the fraudulent cheque, but who was smart enough to get it back from him. He also with righteous warmth denounced team, there le no drink so valuable the general conduct of the detec- aa tea, and the men deemed it and tives, but it is feared that he got must have it. It somehow Inas the 'little sympathy. I Big Variety Assured Quality Low Prices Gifts for Father, Grandfather, Uncle Neckties 25c to $1.25 Gloves 50c to $2.50 Braces 50c to 75c Handkerchiefs 10c to 75c Mufflers 75c to $3.50 Sweater Coats .. $2.75 to $8.50 House Gown .$10.00 to $14.00 Umbrella $1.50 to $2.50 House Coats $5.00 to $8.50 Caps $1.50 to $2.75 Hosiery 50c to $2.00 Overcoat .... $20.00 to $25.00 Gifts for the Baby Bibs 40c to 75c Dresses $2.75 to $4.85 Booties 50c to $1.00 Mitts 50c to 85c Carriage Robes .$250 to $3.50 Coats and Bonnetts. Gifts For Brother, or another Girl's Brother Muffler .... - 75c to $3.50 Tie 25c to $1.25 Fancy Sox 50c to $2.00 Sweater .,..$1.75 to $7.00 Sweater Coats . .$2.75 to $8.50 House Coat ....$5.00 to $8.50 Laundry Bag $1.50 Gloves 50c to $2.50 Handkerchief 10c to 75c WE have made wonder- ful preparation for the ,last days. Our Xmas Stock has been again re- plinished and we are, pre- pared to give you the very newest merchandise at the new reduced prices. We are increasing our staff to give you prompt, efficient service. Come here with confidence in -our merchan- dise and our prices. You will not be disappointed. C-„ A Word to Shoppers on PRICES We have made every effort in our Christmas Buy- ing to meet the popular demand for Lower Prices without sacrificing quality. We have more than made the effort; we have gone further and made concessions in our regular profit. We invite you to do your Xmas Shopping here, expecting to get very reasonable pric- es. This Store never disappoints. Handkerchiefs The Most Popular Christmas Gift For Man, Woman or Child. We are devoting special space and laying special emphasis on cur Handkerchief Department. We never had prettier Hand- kerchiefs "done up" in more novel or attractive boxes than this year. We have gone into the Handkerchief Business as we nev- er did before. For after all what can you give more sensible or more universally used than a handkerchief. When in doubt give Handkerchiefs. PRICES 5c to $1.25. GIFTS FOR THE ROME. Rugs $8.50 to $75.00 Matts $1.25 to $10.00' Curtains $2.00 to $15.00 Bed Spreads $3.00 to $10.00 Fancy Towels ...75c to $1.75 Linen +Towels ... 75c to $1.75 Cushions All Prices Table Linen All Prices Stamped Pillow Cases. $1.75 Emb. Pillow Cases $2.50 to $4 Flannelette Blan kets $2.75 to $3.25 Wool Blankets $8.50 to $12.50 Comforters, cotton $4.50 to $11 Comforters, Eider- down $15.00 to $30.00 If you come here at the last moment we can still please you. � . A G1f s for Mother, Grandmother, Aunt Camisole $1.50 to $3.00 - Boudoir Caps ....50c to $1.50 Silk Underwear..$3.75 to $6.00 Handbags, Purses 25c to $4.50 Gloves $1.00 to $3.50 Illoomers $3.00 to $4.50 Silk Scarf $2.75 to $4.75 . Handkerchief ..5c to $1.25 12 Hair Nets in BOX. ..$1.00 Furs $5.00 to $50.00 Hosiery 29c to $2.50 Coats, Suits, Dresses, Skirts. Gifts for Boys and Girls Handkerchiefs 5c to 25c Hosiery 25c to $1.00 Gloves 75c to $1.50 Ties 50c to $1.25 Sweaters $1.25 to $2.00 Mufflers $1.00 to $2.00 Gifts For Sister or the other Fel- low's Sister Boudoir Cap ....50c to $1.50 Handbags, Purses . 25c to $4.50 Gloves $1.00 to $3.50 Silk Scarf $2.75 to $4.75 Handkerchiefs ...5c to $1.25 Hosiery 29c to $2.50 Beads .50c to $2.50 Centers, Runners and Cushions...25c to $2.50 Furs, Muffs, Stoles, Caps and Coats. STEWART BROS., SEAFORTH