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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1931-07-10, Page 11 v Ph; Y611t4k'i TN t 14, 1i } Seventy-secondeYear Whole Number 3317 THOS. McMILLAN, M.P., SPEAKS ITHE HOUSE I can assure this House, Mr. Sneak- find cannot be produced at home. er, that I have no intention of remain- After such action on the •part of ing silent during the discussion of a the administration, notwithstanding question such as• this, fraught with all the high-sounding words of the such serious consequences to the wel- Prime Minister that the members ap- fare of Canada: Furthermore, I ap- pointed to this board will be of such proach the discussion with the most a calibre that they will not be deter - gloomy forebodings. We can see at red from their duty by the fiscal pol- once that the Prime Minister (Mr. icies of this government, can any hon. Bennett) and his followers have no in- member imagine the Prime Minister ., tention of accepting the amendme: t t, eresinting anyone to the board whose the bill which has been moved by the fiscal views will not be a reflection of hon. member. for Hants -Kings (Mr. his own? Through this board he Ilsley). Without the adoption of that seeks to fasten upon the country for amendment I am strongly opposed to the next ten years a oommission of the enactment of this bill. (three men --a commission as 1 have 'Before presenting my reasons for already said, which will reflect his such opposition I desire to say that; own fiscal views. Now, when he has in some respects I have a warm place raised the tariff not only 10 and 20 in my heart for the Prime Minister. per cent. but as high as 50, 100, 200 While at some time he has/ sought : and even 300 per cent. in certain cas- to ,dissuade me from saying what I es, do you think he is going to ap- wished to say, yet that seem to be a point members to this board who will part of the game. I must thank him not reflect his own fiscal views? for the manner in which he always Then, sir, I disapprove of the pro - approaches me, and I shall never for- vision in this bill that the proceed - get his meeting me on one occasion ings of the commission will be carried with the salute: "How long are you on largely in camera, and the further going to remain silent in this House? No one, can watch you sitting across the way without . knowing that you are at times full to overflowing. When are you going to break that silence? 'Mr, Speaker, notice' -is given here and now, tnat silence is broken. If the diabolical customs and tariff enactments which were put through this house last September, together with what I might almost terns the human deviltry contained in the thou- sands of briefs which have been en- couraged and received and partly em- bodied in the series of tariff changes now before this house—if these things would not serve to break one's silence, goodness only knows what would. And I trust that that silence never will be resumed until the last vestige of wrongdoing in connection with the customs and tariff acts has been re- moved. The customs and tariff ac- tivities of this government, and more pointedly those of the Minister of National Revenue (Mr. •Ryckman), are such as tend to make the rich richer, and the poor more miserably poor. I am no communist at heart, but it is just this kind of thing which gives rise to communism in this coun- try. The right hon. Prime Minister, according to press reports, has gone through the country here and there requesting the people in this emergency to manifest the spirit of the early pioneers. The more I recall the his- tory of the early pioneers who came into the wilderness of Canada, cleared off the forests and dug out of the soil their scanty subsistence, and more recently, even at the present time, the stern struggles of our western pion- eers—the more I recall those experi- ences the more I feel that the customs and tariff enactments of the present administration which tend towards the further impoverishment of Can- adian agriculture are worse than a crime upon the body politic and tragic. in the consequences which they will involve. In our discussions in this house we have heard much about dumping. Stripped of all needless verbiage, freed from the legalities and techni- calities with which it has been, clothed, what does this dumping business mean? If the other 244 members of this house along with myself were standing on the imaginary boundary line between this country and the United States, and we saw an article which we would like to have and which we could get at a cost much lower than that prevailing in our own localities, is there one of us who would not endeavor to get it? But this government, in the persons of the Prime Minister and the Minister of National Revenue say: "You shall not get it. We are going to raise the tariff wall higher and place in oper- ation such tariff regulations as will prevent you from importing these goods without paying an exorbitant price for them." Why is this? Be- cause their whole policy is to make this country a self-contained unit. As the right hon. Prince Minister said when be introduced the tariff legis edThat was the sort of tariff board ration last September, in so far as'they had in the United States. reasonably possible the requirements Doc - of the 10,000,000 Canadian people shall tor Taussig, of Harvard University, a be produced in Canada. Not only did former chairman of the tariff commis - he make that statement then, but at sion of the United States, at a meet - the same time as he told us that the ing of the American Economic As - Imperial conference was not going sociation three years ago, "expressed to sit in Ottawa this year, he reaffirm- it as his opinion that the interests in - ed that there was no change in his• volved in the results of tariff making convictions. When we know that is were so powerful and exerted such in - the case, what is the use of our hon. fluence upon the party in power that friends the Minister of Trade and disinterested and non-partisan action Commerce (Mr. Stevens), and the was practically impossible." Those Secretary of State (Mr. Cohan; tell- are strong words, but they were ut- ing us that this is a government that tercel by a man of calm and reasoned wants to encourage trade with all the judgment, a man who had experience countries of the world. According to with that tariff commission and who the statements the Prime Minister was by no means an opponent of tar - has made in this House and accord- iff protection. Doctor E. P. Costigan, ing to what he said at the Imperial of Deriver, who also had experience conference in London last year, they with the United States tariff com- are ready and willing to encourage mission, said: trade in those articles only which they CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE provision that any person who hap- pens to be called as a witness and who reveals anything that has taken place is subjeet to imprisonment and a heavy fine. I do not believe these provisions appeal to the best judgment of the people of Canada, and I am certain they do not appeal to the electors of my constituency. I ask hon. members who sit behind the governments What will you say to your constituents when you go back home, if a tariff bill such as this is enacted? Are you going to gohome and tell your constituents that for the next ten years we axe to have a commission the chairman of which is to receive $12,000 a year and each of the other two members $10,- 000 per year, a commission which will cost this country from $40,000 to $50,- 000 a year? Will you tell your con- stituents in the farming districts that you have helped do this thing? I want to say, Mr. Speaker, that when I go back home I will tell my con- stituents at every opportunity what this government is attempting to do. I know I speak for the rural people of this country when I say they aro sick of seeing high salaried positions created, such as these. Then, when these three commission- ers retire, they will receive during their lifetime a pension of $8,000 per an- num. Where are the pensions for the hardworking farmers of this country, the men and women who have to struggle so hard? We talk about the eight hour day, but our farmers work early and late, day in and day out, during the whole year. There is no pension for them; they are lucky in- deed if, when they reach the end of their working days, they have a suf- ficient sum put by to permit them to enjoy their remaining years. I must say, Mr. Speaker, that I am not carried away very much with the idea of a tariff commission. What has happened in connection with tariff commissions in other countries? Let me quote some opinions expressed by prominent men of protectionist views with regard to the United States tar- iff commission. Some two years ago I made a study of this question and placed the results of my observations upon Hansard. I came to the con- clusion that the tariff commission ex- isted for the purpose of giving manu- facturers full power to exploit the consumers. For instance, the United States tariff commission investigated the sugar trust in that country, and a report was presented to the president. From that day to this the president has failed to make that report public. So closely were the big interests link- ed up with the operations of that tar- iff board that a representative of the sugar interests was on the board, in the person, of Mr. H. H. Glassie. Hu- man decency and common justice should have dictated that when a case came before the board in which he was personally interested he should have withdrawn. He did not do so, and congress passed a special act re- moving Mr. Glassie from the pay roll until that investigation was complet- REVIEW OF PARLIAMENT. (By Thomas WetyTing) The attitude of amazement with Bennett simply loaded the gun to the muzzle, shut his eyee and fired. Since then, he has been busy picking out the shot which hit the wrong targets, amid the muttered anathemas of the innocent victims. On sales tax, magazine duties, divi- dend taxes, income taxes, excise du- ties, glass duties, binder twine duties, automobile valuations, general valua- tions for duty purposes, nursery ,stock duties, Insurance taxes, air mail votes, and Many other imposts have been changed since the btidget came down or since the changes were made which Canada greeted the Bennett Budget, and of astonishment at the arbitrary tariff changes of the em- ergency session, has been succeeded by one of entire bewilderment. Mr. Bennett's Budget has undergone so many changes that it is like the rail- way foreman's famous message about the derailed train: "Of'agin, Onargin, Awayagin, Finnegan." If ever there was a shotgun budget, this Was it. Instead of choosing care- fully the targets which the new tariff and taxation proposals were to hit, Mr. by order -in -council. There bas never been a budget which was so badly made and so woefully patched. Potatoes were subjected to a weird system of valuation which had to be revised. To save his face, the Prime Minister had to transfer this shot to the poor man's strawberries, the hum- ble radishes. In February Mr. Ben- nett imposed duties on carrots and cabbage, and in April had to take them off, about the san're time he had to lift his embargo on potatoes. Last December he imposed duties on nur- sery stock. He could not even hang on to the duties collected, but an- nounced a rebate and announced the tax would not apply until July lst. Evidently it was to be a Dominion Day gift to the young Dominion. ''our times the coal duties have been changed. Last September Mr. Bennett put a high tariff on glass, which proved so ridiculous in its op- eration and brought such flagrant ex- ploitation of the tariff that he had to take it off in .October. . He put a tax on binder twine and he had to take it off when the principal binder twine concern in Canada announced it would have to close down its plant. The most popular tariff reduction made in a decade was that on auto- mobiles on which the duties were re- duced in 1926. These changes prov- ed so popular that Mr. Bennett has not dared to interfere with them directly, but has broken in by the back door and by putting high valuations on cars and limiting the trade discount he boosted the protection higher than ever. Even in that direction he had to retract and has postponed the imposi- tion of the discount limitation. ..... The.•high duties imposed on foreign magazines proved the worst boomer- ang possible. Already one famous American publication costs 10c in Can- ada as against 5c in the United States. Many of its writers, probably the ma- jarity, are British. An author will naturally try to get $1,000 for a story as against $200, and so these -maga- zines assist Canadian and British writers. By the new duties, MT. Ben- nett raises the price of this magazine to 25c. It is so good that people will buy it anyway, but the real danger comes in the likelihood that the pub- lishers will start publication in Can- ada. If they do, they will give Can- adian magazines worse competition than ever, and will not employ very much Canadian labor at their Canad- ian plants. The Canadian publishers are between the devil and the deep blue sea. They need protection against, competition, but if they get too much protection they will get a competition liable to swamp them. Wihat they need just now is protection against Mr. Bennett. Curiously enough, Mr. Bennett's plan to keep out salacious and other evil magazines is defeated by his tariff plan, for the good mag- azines will pay more duty than the wretched ones which do not weigh so much. He has had to "postpone" this tariff. Mr. Bennett put a two per cent. tax on dividends paid by Canadian com- panies to non-resident shareholders. This was on June 1st, and by June 27th he had to back up and "postpone" the imposition of the tax. On the same date he announced an increase in the sales tax from one to four per cent., to apply on the basis of whole- sale prices. In one week he found he had to change it to manufacturers' price. It was also to apply to raw materials; now it is forecasted that certain raw materials, will be exempt. There was a 1 per cent. tax put on all imports, on all goods valued at $25 or more, there being exemption under $25. When the notices went to customs collectors it was found that the exemption applied only when they were shipped by mail or express. The Liberal Government even with its small 1 per cent. sales tax, re- alizes that certain necessities of life should not be taxed. Did Mr. Ben- nett thus consider the man with the larg' family and small income. Not he—not at first. There were to be no exemptions. Now conies the an- nouncement by Mr. Bennett himself that the list of exemptions provided by , the Liberal Government would stand. He made it clear, that was only a temporary concession however. Next year he may wipe out those ex- emptions. The possibility is he will not dare to do so. There was the tax on insurance companies.. Due to the pressing re- presentations. of Western Ontario Lib- eral M. P.'s, Mr. Bennett was con- strained to see the injustice that would be done to the Mutual Insur- ance companies of which there are many in Ontario and Quebec. He has. therefore exempt these companies. The five cent bonus on export wheat still stands as the prime enigma of the budget. Not a soul knows how it can be applied, and Mr. Bennett has vouchsafed no explanation—if there is any. It may end in the bonus be- ing granted on all wheat or being re- placed by some other sop to the west- ern farmers. The famous promise to end unem- ployment has of course not been ful- filled. 'The $20,000,000 voted at the special session was not even fully ex- pended although the municipalities and provinces were compelled to spend over $90,000,000 and some of the municipalities are bankrupt as a result. This year unemployment is worse. At the beginning of the ses- sion Mr. Bennett said there were no unemployment riots in Canada. The deficiency has since been supplied, and his Minister of Labor can tell him about them., Yet there is no further effort to end unemployment; nor so far as this session goes, none to even alleviate it. The national highway which might have supplied employ- ment is being wished on the provinces as are many other promised works. Of the millions that were to be spent, (vide the eleetlon promises) not thou - Brantford Asphalt SHINGLES and SIDING in Beautiful Colors at Low Prices N. CLUFF & SONS sands will be forthcoming. Public works throughout the country have been diminished instead ef increased. The budget itself that was to be bal- anced, has proven the most unbalanced budget imaginable, unbalanced not only in a financial sense, but so un- balanced in its constitution that it can only be referred to as the Moron of all the budgets. As the late Mr. Fielding used to say: They promise, prepare, propose, postpone—and end by letting well en- ough alone. 1931 PSALM Bennett is my shepherd; I am in want; he maketh me to lie down on park benches; he restoreth my doubt in the Tory party. He leadeth me in the paths of destruction for his party's sake; yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of destruction, I do fear no evil, for thou art against me. The politician and the .profiteers, they frighten me; thou preparest a reduction in my wages before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my revenue with taxes; my expenses runneth over my income. Surely unemployment and poverty shall follow me all the days of the Tory administration, and I will dwell in a rented house forever. HOW MY WORLD WAGS By That Ancient Mariner DEAN D. HURMDY "Budget taxes may changes." May budge ent figures. undergo some yet from pres- * * * "Hard-hitting Birds Stage Slugging Fest at Expense of Leafs". Nature note, or bedtime story? Neither, Ger- aldine; just baseball jargon. * * * Noise is sometimes dangerous. Ac- cording to acoustic engineers, thel popping of bags increases the brain - pressure fourfold. And, we suppose, popping the question increases the heart -pressure just as much. * * * A motorist crashed when he was struck in the eye by a huge dragon fly Hamilton. To be struck in the eye By a huge dragon fly Or a big darning -needle, Will make anyone hie Very oddly awry. It most surely indeed'Il. near Ajit ita, fish, one can readily imagine it being, convinced by the logic of the case, and w'hispering back: "Right -o, professor! I feel. that to be caught rby you is most uplifting and really good for the shoal.' * * -* The 'Hallerdays. Gee whiz! I'm glad the hollerdays Is come around at last. I thought them last few days in June Would never git a -past. Our teacher draped a great big sigh As school was gittin' out, I heard her say, just kinda low: "My gracious•! I could shout." Us kids, we yelled, you bet your hoots. We mighty near went crazy, To think that lesson times was done, And we could just be lazy. Now, 'spose July came 'round and school Would keep right on, they said. We wouldn't call that hollerdays, But "hollow -days" instead. CUT THESE NOW The primary purpose of the "Weed Control Act" is to prevent the spread of noxious weed seeds by cutting at a certain stage in the growth of the plant, usually when coming into bloom, this precaution being taken while the slower but more effective method of root destruction could be carried on from year to year. We, therefore, call attention to the necessity of cutting at once such weeds as the Daisy, Orange Hawkweed, St. John's Wort, Bladder Campion and the Cockles, all of which are in flower at the present time, but better still where possible, gather or rake to- gether and burn, as even now some of these are sufficiently advanced to ger- minate under favorable conditions, and don't forget our native, the Canada Thistle, a vigorous grower this season. While fully recognizing that we must "make hay while the sun shines" we also believe it a wise policy to give a reasonable amount of time even at this busy season of the year to the re -s moval of .these weeds to prevent them seeding and multiplying, incurring ad- ditional expense at a later season if neglected naw, and incidentally it may help out the unemployment situation of some one eager to work for a fair remuneration who has not as yet ob- tained a permanent position, or the offer of one. Now is also the time to look over the grain fields infested with Sow Thistle, this being the season in which it begins flowering, Where it is strongly established in a thin and weakly growing field of grain, cut for green feed as the present price of grain would riot justify the cost of twine, use of binder, and threshing op- erations in harvesting a crop with 25 per cent. or more infestation of Sow Thistle. Where this weed occurs in matted patches in the grain, these can be cut with the scythe but should be burned when sufficiently dry to pre- vent any chance of seeding. Do not wait for a visit from the of- ficer, or the lodging of a complaint from someone receiving injury from your neglect, but in order to serve our own best interests, let us make an honest effort to prevent the spread of these noxious weeds by seeding. Yours in the work, A. A. CUTHILL, Inspector. * * * Fisherman's Filosofy. Professor Stephen Leacock' caught the first herring of the season at Or- illia. Preserved in attic .salt, it will, we hope, become immortal, like the bass that Mr. John Counsell, of Ham- ilton, helped the professor to fail to catch. Let us take Counsell together and see if this can't be arranged. Sometimes it requires more than one man to catch a whole fish at one and the same time. Last week I saw a sign on a fish store in Saskatoon which read: "All our fish is caught fresh daily." A singular statement, but with a plural implication. The possessive pronoun here undoubtedly shows that more than one person was concerned in the capture of this fish. Just as Messrs. Leacock and Counsell might proudly speak of "our bass" in referring to that transmogrified crea- ture that became a 1•og when investi- gated. Of course if their reference had been to "our Bass" with a capital `B', we would know they were speaking of something more 'ale and 'earty than a poor fish. But, think of the humanity of the statement: "All our fish is caught fresh daily!" It isn't as if they had caught just enough of the fish for their daily needs. A steak now and then, as a patron demanded it. That would be positively cruel. And yet, such seems to be the method in many restaurants where I have ordered hali- but steak for example. Possibly they didn't go as far as Orillia for it, but it seemed strangely probable at the time. And so, to catch the entire fish ev- ery day, whether or not they expected to be able to use it profitablyi in the marts of trade, betokens a fine hu- manitarianism that should inspire us to siinilar unselfishness. Therefore, I wish to congratulate Professor Leacock upon his first fruits of the fishing season; which is pretty darn broad-minded of roe, a rival Ise- ak, who usually cant' pull anything better than a bone when it comes to fishing, and not even a herringbone, at that. Professor Leacock is nothing if not fair as a sportsman and one can see him, after catching the herring, tak- ing it up and whispering to it some of the simpler laws of economies, such as that of demand and supply, in justifi- cation of his action. And, aa for the HURON COUNTY LIVE STOCK and HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE JUDGING COMPETITION The fifth annual Huron County Live Stock and Houlsehold Science judging competition under the auspices of the Ontario Department of Agriculture was held on Thursday, July 2nd, at Clinton. There was in attendance a class of 45 girls and 33 boys. The girls competition Was carried on in the agricultural rooms, the articles to he judged being on display. Miss Flora Durmin, of Dungannon, Huron County, coach, and Miss Bessie Watt, of Clinton, were in charge of the class and their points in judging were determined by' Miss Florence P. Eadie of the Women's Institute Branch, To- ronto, and Mrs. W. P. .Shorey, Dun- dee, representing the department of agriculture. The boys competition was conduct - cd on the farms of Charles E. Elliot, Clinton; Wm, Leiper, Gray Brothers, and Frank Woods, Hullett. The agricultural representative for Hur on County, Ian McLeod and assistant W. L. Atkinson, had charge of this and the judges were Fred Forsyth, agricultural representative, Bruce County in sheep judging; G. A, Me- C'ague, G. Langlois, Clinton branch, horse judging; John Rainsbottom, as- sistant agricultural representative, Bruce County, beef cattle; Victor Langton, Markdale, assistant agricul- tural representative, Grey County, dairy cattle; and Norman Hogg, On- tario Live Stock branch, Toronto, swine. The prize winners are as fol- lows: Girls' Competition. Senior girls in nutrition, Mildred Hamstock, Fordwich; Myrtle Web- ster, Lucknow; house furnishings, Elda Brown, Fordwieh; Vera Birk, Washwood; clothing, Hilda Boehler, Fordwich; Louise Matthews, Ford- wich. Girls' junior group—Nutrition, An- nie M. ,Strachan, Auburn; Dora Smyth, Dungannon; house furnishing —Grace Young, Dungannon; Mary Harris, Wroxeter; clothing, Isobel Foster, Fordwich; Elva Musgrave, Wroxeter. Hligh girl senior group—Elizabeth Alton, Lucknow; 480 points, winner of silver entree dish donated by T. McMillan, M.P., South Huron; high girl, junior group, Mary Harris, Wroxeter, 442 points. Girls winning trip to C. N. E., To- ronto, Elizabeth Alton, Lucknow; Jai Ltt+tttral ',AM it 1, •aAgIciAla AN INNOCENT. •,5 (Bil Pawl) An innocent -looking four linea ap- peared in one Toronto paper the other day. The purport said: "Industries Limited have acquired the Kincardine saltworks--,and will close them down." Who are Industries Limited? Is this company one of the late Lord What'shisnamn industrial con- cerns? Is this Industries Limited the com- pany that operates the salt and other similar industries along the Detroit, Lake St. Clair and the River St. Clair? What has Jack Hunter, of Kincar- dine, to say or think of it in his paper, "The Review -Reporter?" A review and a reporter should give Canada and the people of the once "Queen's Bush" some enticing stories. Now, for a few lines, let us turn back the pages of time to the once - thriving salt industry of Huron and Bruce counties. What I call now trust -killed towns were once thriving centres. The cen- sus figures of the 1930 Canadian Al- manac tell us that but two have held their own in the previous decade. One town is Wingham, in Huron County. Kincardine in Bruce. But in such other salt villages and towns as Hensall, Clinton, Blyth, Goderich, Seaforth and Brussels some- thing has happened. Has the salt trust done its bit in these once thriv- ing centres? Sorne years ago before the salt wells got under control of somebody or some one, it took four railroad freight dews' six days a w handle and swrtfeb oars in miles of railroad from Stra' fox Goderich, '11hree passenger'a�!1 the west run, one crew 'retuung .eaa_ with freight. Two passenger tan tr„410, running east, One of these was •4 ;. slyer, billed from Goderich to Toronto —sinning east. Another west billed'-; from Toronto to Goderich. , The salt section 'those past years, was one of the busiest districts in Ontario. Anyone who knows any thing of railroad traffic can easily see that by the fact recited. But how and why was the salt in- dustry snuffed out? Goderich is the only town now snaking salt. They try to tell us that the salt brine and beds underneath this dis- trict is not as pure as it once was. But they can tell that to the marines. My father, who knew as much about salt as anyone, said the salt was as good as it ever was. A last question. Why did the old Grand Trunk railroad, which drew ev- ery carload of salt made in Ontario, allow another railroad and interested capitalists to put the towns of Huron on the blink ? Perhaps it is not too late, perhaps it is, but the energetic Thomas Me - Millan, member for South Huron, and Hon. Robert Weir, Minister of Agri- culture in t . Dominion House, would do no harm if they made some en- quiries why their native county of Huron • "got it in the neck" in her once great atura industry? Margaret Durnin, Auburn, and Win- nifred Webster, Lucknow. Spare— Verna Birk, Dashwood, as representa- tives of Huron County. Girls winning trip to Royal Winter Fair, Toronto—Elizabeth Alton, Luck - now; Margaret ••Durnin, Auburn; Win- nifred Webster, Lucknow; Bertha Idoggart, Blyth; Ruby Dickson, Gode- rich. Boys' Competition. Sheep --Albert Patterson, Lucknow; Robert Connell, Palmerston; Bert Mc- Whinnie, Dungannon; Warren Zur- brigg, Gorrie. Swine—John Fother- ingham, Brucefield; Frank Wright, Kippen; Gordon Wright, Clifford; Alex. Corrigan, Wroxeter. Horses— Horace Delbridge, Woodham; Mervyn Lobb, Clinton; Stewart McEwen, Clin- ton; Ivan Haskins, Clifford. Beef Cat- tle—George Mandell, Glen Avon; Doug. Hemmingway, Brussels; John Turnbull, Brussels; John Turner, Clin- ton; Dairy Cattle—Robert Yuill, Brussels; Howard Hunter, Exeter; Grant Lindsay, Clinton; Wilmer Br•oad- foot, Kippen. High boy in cempetition_.Ffowarel Hunter, Exeter, 636 paints. Prize, Silver Cup; 2nd high, Alfred Patter- son, Lucknow, Silver Medal. Both cup and medal donated by C. A. Rob- ertson, M.L,A., and W. G. Medd, M. L.A., North and South Huron, re- spectively. Presentation of prizes took place at a dance given the young competi- tors, judges and managers in Fire- men's Hall on Thursday evening, Ian McLeod and Miss Flora Durnin making the presentations. Mr. Mc- Leod addressed the competitors brief- ly, congratulating the winners arid en- couraging those who were not so suc- cessful to further study and effort. Music for the dance was furnished by the Mutch Orchestra. A dainty lunch was served during the evening. with an ox team to locate a farm. He filed on a homestead five miles north of Sheldon, at that time known as the Jen•ksville settlement, and then re- turned to Canada, bringing back his family in the spring of 1881, and be- gan the task o. building a home on the new land. The Pattersons lived on their farm until 1913, when they sold and purchased their home in Sheldon. The couple, surrounded by their old friends and relatives, celebrated their golden wedding on December 29th, 1926, at their home. After 52 years of wedded life the marriage ties were broken with the death of Mrs. Pat- terson in February, 1923. Five chil- dren were born to this union, one son, John, passing away several years ago. The surviving relatives are: Robert, of Lethbridge, Alta.; Mrs. Wm. Cuth- ill, Mrs. Chas. Rightmire, and 'Miss Jessie, all of Sheldon; two brothers, i illiam, of Ramberg, and John, of Saskatoon, and three sisters residing in Canada. During his half century residence here Mr. Patterson played a large pert in the developing of the community, and shortly after his ar- rival set about to organize for the spiritual and educationalneeds of the community. He and his neighbors or- ganized and were charter membersof the Presbyterian church in the Jenks- rille settlement, and when the town of Sheldon was started, erected the present church edifice. He has been a member and regular attendant of the local church and held many offices on the church board. The first school dis- trict in Highland township was large- ly due to the instrumentality of Mr. Patterson. Delegated by his neighbbrs he went to Buffalo, purchased the ma- terial and let the 'contract for build- ing, which only a few years ago was vacated for school purposes and a new and modern building erected on the sane site. Mr. Patterson attended the dedicatory services and gave an historical account of the early activi- ties of the school district. T.Vhen the townsite of Sheldon was located, ib was Mr. Patterson who brought the townsite man from Buffalo to Sheldon and drove the first stake and assisted in laying out the village. He held many important positions of trust. in High- land township during his long resi- dence there." HULLETT Dale-Taylor.—A very pretty wed- ding was solemnized at the Manse,; L.ondesboro, on Wednesday-, July ist,1 by Rev. Forrester, when Annie Stew -I art, youngest daughter of Mrs. and the late Henry Taylor, was united in marriage to Mr. C. Verne Dale, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dale. They were accompanied by Miss Thelma Dale and Mr. Harvey Taylor. The bride looked lovely in a dress of white georgette trimmed with satin applique and large white hat. wearing a cor- sage of roses. After the ceremony they returned to the home of the bride where dinner was served to the immediate family. The tables were prettily decorated in pink and white. Later the bridal couple left on a trips to Toronto and other points, the bride' travelling in a suit of skipper blue and white ensemble with small tailor- ed hat of white. They were the re- cipients of many beautiful presents and on their return will reside on the, groom's farm in Htullett. The good wishes of the community are for al long and happy married life. Tried In Dakota. — The following from the Sheldon, North Dakota, paper will be of interest to many of the older residents of this district:— "George Patterson, 81, and a resident of this community for over 50 years, died at his home in the village at 11 o'clock Saturday evening, following a three day heart attack. Mr. Patterson was unusually active all winter and spring and not until last Sunday was he indisposed and Wednesday made a trip to his physician. George Patter- son was born in the Highlands of Scot- land on November 7, 1850, and died on June 20, 1931, having reached near- ly 81 years of age. When a lad of five years the family emigrated to Canada, and after a perilous trip of eighteen weeks on the ocean arrived at Sea - forth, Ont., where he spent his early manhood. On December 29, 1871, he was united in marriage to Agnes Smith, and after a residence in Can- ada of nine years, set out to carve a new home in the virgin prairie coun- try of Dakota territory. Leaving his Canadian home late in the summer of 1880, Mr. Patterson with several others landed at Buffalo late one af- ternoon and the next morning set out ELIMVILLE Mr. and Mrs. William Elford and family visited relatives in Welborn last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ford and two children, Peggy and .roan, of Flint, Michigan, visited at the home of the former's brother, Mr. Harry Ford, one day last week. Mr. and 'les. Albert Neil, of Lum- ley, visited in the village Sunday af- ternoon. CONSTANCE Mrs. Mina Wyne and sons. George and Howard, and daughter, Helen, of Forest, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Britton. Miss Mildred Britton returned with them and in- tends spending her vacation with rel- atives. Mrs. Robert Lawson returned on Tuesday- after spending several weeks with friends in Saskatchewan, ,Miss Mary Moore, of Toronto, is spending her vacation with her mother and brother, Mr. Wm. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Thompson and daughter, Helen, and Mrs. Baxter, of Seaforth, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.. Ernest Adams on Sunday' last. Mr. and Mrs. James Ferguson, of Goderich Township, spent Sunday with the former's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ferguson. 'Mr. James Medd and family visited with Mr. Meld's mother in Exeter on Sunday last. Mrs, Medd who has been there for the past week return- ed with them. Mrs. Ramsay and son, Mr. Jamas Ramsay, "of Toronto, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Britton of Wednesday last. Mrs. Bert Ferris, of Provost Sask., arid Mr. Lawrence Taylor, aDetroit,. were visitors at the home sof their mother and brother, Mr. ilI Moore. At