The Huron Expositor, 1931-10-02, Page 1Seventy-second Year },
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A TRIP TO FORT CHU�CHI`LL
For the benefit of those that cannot
go to Fort Ohurceill, I am writing you
will be
that
u
�k
this trip, as .� *nowy+o
interested • in what you have heard so
amijh about from an Usborne Town -
WO Lad.
`man
years
the
pp many
of
us
for Y Y
Tib
,name Churchill has brought imaginary
pictures of cold barren lands and ice-
e.overed water, but it has fallen to the
lot of the Chamber of Commerce, un-
der the auspices of the Regina Board
and the Canadian National Railway
to bring to many people' a true idea
of the possibilities of this tnew, yet
old, hairbor:
Our Arty left Regina at 9 p.m. on
Sund'a'y., evening, August; 30th, and
went straight through to Hudson Bay
Junction: During a stay of about 15
minutes at this point, we Were shown
some.. of the finest grain and . veget-
ables I have ever seen.. From here
we passed through a great extent of
timbered land until we reached The.
Pas.
The Pas is one of the old settle-
ments of the Northwest Territories.
A Hudson Bay Company explorer is
saidto have explored this part about
1690 and to have applied the name
Paskalac. It was here that the La
Verendrye brothers established a trad-
ing post about' the middle of the 18th
century, which they called Paskalac.
The Hudson Bay Gom'pany built a
fort in 1775 and still hold the ground.
One Canadian geologist says the name
The Pas is taken from an Indianbetween
"Opasquia", Meaning a gap
hills
street which w only wide enough
which w s enough
between the rocks for two rows of
mass
t was
one
the styes
and
houses,
of mud and nobody appeared to be do-
ing 'anything about+it. That evening
the; Flin Flon of Trade held a dance
for the enjoyment of, the party and
,
about one o'clock we again started for
Churchill.
The journey from Flin Flon to
Churchill lasted about thirty-one
hours and we arrived there Thursday
about 8 a.m. This trip of over 500
miles was mainly through what is
known as the 'barren lands; but this
dreary treeless skyline changed as
the- elevator at Churchill loomed in
view and it was not long, •before we
began to see signs of activity. e.
This elevator is one of the .be'tet in
the world and equieped with the most
modern machinery for shipping grain.
The townsite of Ohi rchill has been
laid out by the Manitoba Government.
To 'seaward there ie a sandy beach and
between the beach' and the first main
street there is a park area.
The mouth of the harbor at Church--
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hurc1 =111 is almost landlocked, about six
miles long and varies from one to
four miles in width according to the
tide, and is thus accessible to the
largest vessels at any time. A dock
capable of accommodating twenty ves-
sels in a row has been built and the
figures on the timbers show that at
high tide the water was in the neigh-
borhood of fifty feet deep and at low
tide about thirty feet deep.
The Carter Halls, Aldinger Com-
pany which is in charge of the- con-
struction, entertained the party to
luncheon and later took them in
launches to see the old Prince of
.Wales Fort on the west side of the
entrance to the harbor. Thi$ fort was
built in 1734 by the Hudson Bay Com-
pany. The Wall's' which are from 37
to 42 feet wide at the base and 6 feet
2 inches wide at the top, were erected
by masons brought from Scotland for
that purpose. This fort was captur-
ed by the French in 1782 but part of
the walls and some of the guns still
remain.
We left Churchill at 6 $.m. Friday
and arrived at Prince Albert on Sat-
urday morning. Here we were met
by members of the Prince Albert
Board of Trade' and taken to the Na-
tional Park, a distance of 72 miles
through well settled farming country,
and picturesque woods of giant pop-
lar, where, a very; enjoyable day was
spent. In the evening we returned to
Prince Albeit where a banquet was.
tendered by the Prince Albert Board
of Trade at the Empress Hotel and
speeches were given by some of the
prominent men of Prince Albert and
the party.
Sunday morning we arrived in Sas-
katoon and during the morning we
were left to go 'to church, swim in the
Y.M.C.A., or see the city. At one
o'clock a luncheon was served in the
Hudson Bay ,Store, we were then tak-
en for a drive around the city. We
were delightfully surprised at the pro-
gress this city has made. That even-
'ing the party were banquetted at the
King George Hotel and this was
greatly enjoyed by all.
About midnight we left for Regina,
arriving there early Monday morning,
thus "ending the first excursion to
Churchill, the new Canadian port,
which is in reality one of the oldest,
and takes us back in our history to
the seventeenth century when Henry
Hliidson tried to find a way to India,
and later to the, coming of the Sel-
kirk settlers in'"ithe early days •pf
Manitoba.
The following week was spent in
Regina where the Chamber of Com-
merce for Canada was holding its an-
neal convention. I might say in clos-
ing that we did not see any ice or
frost. We saw where they were dig-
ging deep in the earth. We were also
away out in the bay on revery large
boat that was in there. This was
part of the excursion. Knowing you
will a reciate what I have tried to
give j u, yours,
A. E. HODGERT, Regina.
We arrived at The Pas about 11.30
a.m. Monday. A. light rain was fall-
ing and this rather spoiled the ar-
rangements of The Pas Board of
Trade for the entertainment o£ ,rthe
passengers who numbered about 365.
In the afternoon' a public meeting
was held in the Park Hall, where
speeches were given by Col. Woods.
President of the Canadian Chamber
of Commerce; Premier Bracken, of
Manitoba; the Mayor of The Pas, and
others. In the evening a dinner was
given for the guests, followed by a
dance, after which we went back to
the train to continue our trip to the
Sherrit Gordon Mines. During our
sight-seeing trip through this mine,
we saw- the rock being put through
the wonderful machinery installed
there until the last stage of its pro-
cess at this point. It is then sent on
to the Flin Flon, where .it goes
through the final processes necessary
to produce brass or copper.
We then went on to the Flin Flon,
The scenery along this part
tone of
the
trip •,was wonderful. , Apparently
continuous lake connected by narrow
passages of water which are said to
be very deep. The land in this part
is well timbered. When about six
miles from the Flin Flon we had to
wait for some time for an extra en-
gine to take our train up the steep
grade to the mine. There were three
trains and as we were the last it was
about three o'clock in the afternoon
when we arrived at the mines.
Guides were there to show us all
through, from where the ore is taken
out underground to the finished pro-
duct. It is difficult to imagine the
wonderful machinery here, and a great
deal of it was taken in before the
ilroad was built, mostly in the win-
er as a great deal of this country
was impassable except by water in
summer and over the frozen lakes in
the winter. Into one crusher can be
slumped a carload of rock so you can
understand a little of the immense un-
dertaking that • is being developed in
this northern part of Canada. At
Flin Flon they refine the copper and
zinc, the finer ores containing gold
and silver are sent to Eastern Can-
ada as suitable machinery has not yet
been installed, for this work. There
are about 1,200 men at work and in
three days they ran off about 3,800
pounds of copper, which is taken off
first and zinc last.
It is said that some $20,000,000.00
nave been invested in this plant and
all the various details of the opera-
tions shown to the visitors seemed to
call" for immense expenditures.
A town planning expert might d i
something for this town as the main
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY,`
difficulty at onee arose; the clergy of
Upper Canadabecaxne alarmed at the
prospective lom' of their reserves and
Moved the Colonial Office to block the
grant until their rights were secure.
Thereupon Galt sought a conference
to
agreed
Bash
with op. Styaches, and
yield the Clergy Reserves in return
for an equivalent from the ungranted
Crown domain. All obstacles being
n
now removed, the Company entered
into a contract with the Crown as re
presented by Lord Bathurst, the Col-
onial Secretary who ,sent 'a copy of
the terms, dated May 23, 1826; an
Dawning Street, to 'Sir Peregrine
Maitland, Lieut: Governer of Upper
Canada. On behalf of tbe: Company,
the signatures appeared of Messrs -
Downie, Hullett, Fullerton, McGilliv•
ray, Logan and Galt, most of whom
soon found their memory perpetuated
in the township, names of the present
Huron and Perth counties.
According to this agreement the
Canada Company would receive in lieu
of Clergy Reserves a million acres in
the territory lately purchased from
the Six Nations Indians in the Lon-
don and Western districts of the prov-
ince bordering on Lake Huron,, for
which reason this area would hence-
feeth assume the eminently practical
name of Huron Tract. For the mil-
lion acres the Company contracted to
pay $145,150 pounds five shilling, two-
thirds directly to the Crown, one-third
in public works and improvements,
defined as cabals, bridges, roads,
churches, wharves, school houses and
other ,works for the common use and
benefit of His Majesty's subjects. The
plan for any such improvement was
to be submitted to the Governor -in -
Council, from whom an appeal might
lie to the Sec're'tary of State. The
purchase price was to be paid in six-
teen annual instalments, gradually
rising (excluding the first yeer end-
ing July 1, 1827, for which 20,000
pounds was due) from 15,000 pounds
in 1828, to 20,000 pounds in 1836 and
thereafter. On July 1, 1843, the Com-
pany would either take up and pay for
all the lands then remaining to be
taken up or would terminate its con-
tract and abandon all claim to the
untaken lands. Aj difficulty arising
from the probable inclusion of worth-
less land in the million acres was solv-
ed by a supplementary agreement that
the Company should receive an addi-
tionall grant of 100,000 acres to be paid
for on similar terms. The boundar-
ies •of the Huron .Tract thus handed
over to the Canada Company were
traced on two maps, one to remain in
London, the other tq go to Canada;
they included a wedge-shaped terri-
tory stretching from the present
Guelph to the present Goderich, south
past the Aux Sables River and east
back to Guelph. The names of the
townships as given in an old map re-
produced in Skelton's Life of Galt,
are as follows: Guelph, North and
South Easithope, Ellice, Logan, McKil-
lop, Hullett, Horton, Goderich, Tuck-
ersmith, Hibbert, Fullerton, Downie,
Usborne, 'Stanley, Hay. Stephen, Bos-
anquet, Williams, McGillivray, Bid-
dulph, Blanchard, mast of which have
endured to the present day. In this
way the Canada Company ceme into
possession of the Huron Tract.• No
stipulation was made concerning the
price at which the land was to• be
sold to the settlers, an omission doubt-
less pressed as a sine qua non by the
stockholders. but almost certainly de-
stined to cause trouble. Probably,
however, the Colonial Secretary be-
lieved that ,he had safeguarded ade-
quately the interests of the settlers.
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N. CLUFF SONS
filo' )or; gelding, 2 years e' ; I"); F'oth,
Ince lgham & Sons,: Fred 7ton'ey A filly
'Or gelding, 1 year old, Jelin 'Bart;;
sweepstakes, Russel J. ,Scott.
Heavy Draft -+$road Mare and foal
by aide, Willie* Urquhart, William
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D. F k eriigha
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foal
al
of 1931, , 'Fotheritighaus &
,Sons,
William Urquhart, .Jim Blaek; silly or
gelding, 3 years or over, James Sod,'
E. 'McKellar, James Scott;.filly
or
gelding, 2 pears o, Robert
gelding, Wright,
Peter S'imp eQn;filly or
year old, D. Fotheringham & Sons and
2nel, Robert McLean; sweepstakes,
James Scott,
Roads ers-'Brood snare with foal by
her side Garnet Darters; foal of 1931,
Garnet barters, John, Hart.
'Carriage -Brood mare with foal by
side, Joseph E. French; foal of 1931,
Lorne Wilson, Joseph'E. French, Fred
Pepper.
Harness Gbiass-Agricultural team,
Russel J. Scott, E. J: Wilbert; 'heavy
draft team, James Scott, K. McKel-
lar; general purpose team, Fred Pep-
per, Wilson Hawkins, J. C. Harrison;roadster horse; Robert McLaren, Wa
R. Lavery; oarriage horse, H. Young,
E. J. Wilbert; best lady driver and out-
fit, Robert McLaren, E. J. Willert.
Judge --N. Jameison.
Dunlop, officers of the Company, set
to work on the plans for the new
town which they had determined to
name after an ephemeral Prime Min-
ister, Goderich- For the river Min-
nesetung they selected a new designa-
tion less liquid and poetic, the -name
of the Governor, Maitland.
Of the 'tract, Dunlop) wrote in hies
journal: '''Such is the general excel
lence ' f the land that if ordinary care
can be taken' to give each lot no more
than its own share of any small
swamp in the vicinity, it would be dif-
ficult if not impossible to find two
hundred 'Acres together in the whole
territory which would make a bad
farm. The black ash swales make the
best ground for hemp, after two or
three crops of which the ground will
be made more fit for the raising of
wheat. The rich meadows by the sides
of the rivers are ready without fur-
ther preparation for . tobacco, hemp
and flax. The • lower meadows and
meadows adjacent to the beaverdams,
which are abundant, produce at this
moment enormous quantities of natur-
al hay and grass, and the rest of the
land for the production of potatoes,
Indian corn, wheat and other grain is.
at least equal, if not superior, to any
other land in the Canada%.
The sugar maple is the principal
growth and the size and height which
it' attains sufficiently evince the
strength and power of the soil. Next
to this comes beech, elm, basswood in
various proportions; in some instances'
beech and elmpredominate over the
maple, but this is .rare. Near the
streams the hemlock is found, and
interspersed through -the whole is the
cherry, 'butternut, the different spec-
ies) of oak and the birch."
Another early' visitor, MaeTaggart,
was of the same opinion. "Thee Hur-
on Tract has within its limits one
considerable river ` at the mouth of
which is a good harbor, another river
which may probably be rendered nav-
igable, nunlerrous creeks •and stream -
lets, many off which arel large enough
and have fall sufficient to drive mills
or -machinery of any description. The
climate is known to be temperate, and
compared with that of England it
may 'be described as warm for at
least nine months of the year. The
climate increases in warmth with the
destruction of the forest and the
cultivation of the soil." Others also
had good reports. e"Not a better
tract of land if there is any equal better
the Province of Upper Canada. . .
The soil is a black loam sometimes
with a proportion of sand; there are
very few stones except in the, beds of
rivers and creeks and that principally
limestone." "There is great advant-
age," continues MacTaggart, "in that
there are no clergy reserves. Lake
Huron and the rivers abound in ex-
cellent fish. Sturgeon are found .in
the rivers generally, and a species f
excellent trout sometimes weighing 40
or 50 pounds is found in the lake.
Whitefish, black bass, pickerel and
various other species of fish
at the mouth of the Maitland in June
last (1827), the exploring party found
fish in such abundance that in one
day a man could spear enough to fill
a pork barrel. Salt springs are com-
mon in the Huron Territory .
in a few years Lake Huron will be
made to communicate with the Grand
River (the 'Ottawa), and thus an op-
en and direct course obtained to the
ocean." Such were the first impres-
sions of the Huron Tract, impressions
in essence justified by a century of
development in one of the best agri-
cultural areas of the Province of On-
tario.
Colonel Anthony YanEgmond and the Rebellion. of 1837
s
In Huron County. •
nee
Legal business concluded, the offi-
cers of the Company in Great Britain
set to work to attract prospective
emigrahts by propaganda setting
forth the virtues of residence in Up-
per Canada. Galt returned to .; the
province and fixed his headquarters in
York in a, shack ten feet square, prob-
ably -not greatly dissimilar to struc-
tures of the kind now to be found in
pioneer communities 'of Northern On-
tario He had determined to found
two itowns immediately on favorable
sites'. within the Huron Tract,.:e at
the eastern end and one on the lake.
On April 23, 1827, he supervised the
commencement of the foundhtion of
the first town which he named' Guelph
after the family appellation of the
reigning sovereigns. Then he turned
his attention to the second nucleus of
settlement, for which he chose the
mouth of the Minnesetung River,
largest of the streams flowingnto
Lake Huron proper from the eastern
side and likely to furnish a good har-
bor. He had' already engaged Wm.
Dunlop, Scotsman like himself, army
surgeon, veteran of the war of 1812,
who was well known for his ability,
,his personal qualities and his knowl-
edge of the province, and he instruct=
ed Dunlop to make his way overland
to the mouth of the Minne,setung and
spy out the land, leaving himself
(Galt) to reach the same destination
by water from Ge'orgiah Bay. Accord-
ingly the doctor assembled a small
party in the neighborhood of the pres-
ent town of Galt, consisting of John
Brant, the Mohawk `chief, Messrs.
Sproat and Macdonald, and with them
he plunged into the forest. The party
made a cursory inspection of the re-
sources of the Huron Tract; experi-
,enced disappointment and a Alittle'
hard;ship at the lack of game but
formed a favorable opinion of the
ground from the appearance of the
hard -wood.. trees; finally reached the
mouth of the Minnesetung and built
a rough cabin there. In this same
summer of 1827 Galt travelled to Pen-
etang and there took ship on His Ma-
jesty's gunboat, the Bee, placed at his
disposal by orders, of the Admiralty.
He enjoyed' a calm, voyage around
Bruce Peninsula; then followed the
coast to the south until he perceived
a small clearing in the forest where
"a cottage stood on some rising
ground." A canoe carne out to Meet
the ship, laden with "a strange com-
bination •of Indians, velveteens and
'whiskers through which appeared . the
living features of the Doctor." With
the doctor's guidance, the Bee cross-
ed a riyer bar of eight feet and came
to a "beautiful anchorage of fourteen
foot water in an uncommonly, pleas-
ant small basin," Next day Galt and
The Clinic for crippled ch dre• :
children with defective ey.esargb rah.
arranged for by Lions Club,aii
held em 'Saturday Sela'.temh 26, h, n
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CATTLE
Shorthorns -%Best cow, W. H. Jamie-
son and 2nd; heifer, 2 years old, Oes-
triche'r Bros., and 2nd, W. H. Jamie-
son; heifer, 1 year old, R. 13. Hunter
& Sons, 'Oestricher Bros.; senior heif-
er calf, Oestricher Bros., Roy Pepper.
W. H: Jamieson; senior bull calf, Oes-
tricher Bros.; junior heifer calf, Oes-
tricher Bros.,, Roy Pepper, William
Turnbull; junior bull calf, Oestricher
Bros. and 2nd, R. D. Hunter & Sons;.
bull, 2 years old or over, W. IL Jamie-
son; Shorthorn herd of 4 females and
bull, Oestricher Bros., W. H. Jamieson.
Grades -Heifer two years old, A. &
J. Broadfoot; heifer, one year old, W.
H. Jamieson; heifer calf, calved since
last September, Roy Pepper, W. H.
Jamieson; reef, steer calf, Roy Pep-
per.
Butcher CO ttle-•.Steer or heifer ov-
er 1 year old, A. & J. Broadfoot and
2rid; baby beef, one year and under,
Roy Pepper, H. Wright, 2nd and 3rd;
W, IH. Jamieson.
Ayrshire -Bull, any age, McIntosh
Bros.; best cow, McIntosh Bros:, and
2nd; heifer, 2 years old, McIntosh
Bras.; heifer 1 year •old, McIntosh
Bras. and 2nd; heifer calf, ;McIntosh
Bros. and 2nd.
Jerseys -Bull, any age, E. J. Barn-
ett, E. B. 'Gauche, E. J. Barnett; best
cow, E. J. Barnett, E. B. Goudie and
3rd; heifer, 2 years old, Baden Powell,
E. J. Barnett; heifer, 1 year old, E. J.
Barnett and 2nd; heifer calf, Baden
Powell, E. B. Goudie; bull calf, E. B.
Goudie.
Holstein -Heifer calf, Jack Carter.
Herefords - Bull, any age, H.
Wright; best cow, H. Wright and 2nd;
heifer, 2 years old, H. Wright and
2nd; heifer 1 year old, Fred H. Cor-
bert and 2nd: heifer calf, Fred H. Cor-
bert and 2nd; bull calf, H. Wright,
Fred H. Corbert; Brown Swiss, Wil-
liam 'Hioegy and 2nd; T. Eaton Co.
Special, Kenneth Powell; Hereford
herd, H. Wright, Fred H. Corbert.
Judge --Edgar Silcox.
• PIGS
Yorkshire -Boar littered since 'Sep-
tember, 1930, 'Wilbur Turnbull; sow, 1
year or over, Wilbur Turnbull and
2nd; sow littered since Sept., 1930,
Wilbur Turnbull and 2nd.
Berkshire -Boar littered since Sept.,
1930, T. M. Snowden; sow littered
since Sept,, 1930, T,.J. Snowden.
Tamworth-Boar/over 1 year, Doug-
las & Sons, Mansbn Bros.: boar lit-
tered since Sept., 1930, Douglas &
on and 2nd; sow, 1 year or over,
ouglas & Son; sow littered since
Sept_, 1930, Douglas & Son and 2nd;
pair bacon type hogs over 180 pounds,
Wilbur Turnbell, Douglas & Son; pen
of four shoats, 75 to 100 pounds each,
Wilbur Turnbull.
Judge -R. H. Harding.
SHEEP
CHAPTEj . II I was not in general such as to encour-
T1HE CANADA COMPANY g i
age
envestors of money or would-be
Colonization by organized compan-
ies was no novelty in the days of Eur •
opean settlement in America. Virginia
had been colonized by a company, so
also Massachusetts, the Quebec of the
mid -seventeenth century hard been con-
trolled by the One Hundred Associ-
ates who had contracted to bring out
Frenchmen to new France. In under-
taking these enterprises,groups of
capitalists had obtained grants of land
and usually monopolies of trade in re-
turn for which they had pledged ti'em-
selves to secure . settlers, transport
them e tothe colonies' place them on
emigrants. Nevertheless, it was al-
ways passible to hope that in a fresh
venture conflicting interests might be
reconciled or at least prevented from
leading to disaster. It was out ,of
such a hope that the Canada Company
was born.
John Galt, moving spirit of thee'�
enterprise, native of Ayrshire, in Scot-
land, but resident of Greenock, became
interested in Upper Canada while act-
ing as agent for certain inhabitants
of that p vince, who were'pressing
on His Majesty's Government claims
for compensation on account of loss-
es seising out of the War of 1812.
Dr. D, E. Robertson, chief .surgeon of
the Hospital for Sick Qhuld'ren, Toe
ronto, was clinician for the era pled
childrens' cases, and Dr. H. II. gess,
Seaforth, and Dr. Macklin, Goderich,
examined cases of defective eyesight,
Twenty-four crippled child'reni and
eleven eyesight case's attended and
from, these many were found who, will
require the' services of the Lions Club
for surgical., and hospital attention,
some being n immediate need of cor-
rective surgery, etc. 'These will be
taken in charge by the Club as early
as possible. The Clinic lasted from
9.30 a.m. until 3 p.m., and fifteen doc-
tors from Huron County were pres-
ent.
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regarding the c pl'
the • hos�p itand sp
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manner r) rias
Wilson, and )ser stc
haissesaivrsterd ienaopptohrpeeerwaorrvke. ol
thee
Board, the hospital staff, the-•clinii
and the physicians of the county
have on so many occasions'gayr
their, time in furthering the work' un,
dertaken..
THE PASSING OF MRS. HORACE HI
(By Bil Pawl)
a whole. In spots it was Tory. nee
the Conservative adnnnistratiion of the,
day tried to grab off two seats in the.:
first redistribution bill after Confed-
eration. The way Centre Huron was
"hived" was made historical3by the. sate
Honest. Joe Hyman one of niemfierz
of Wentworth. Joe had tjie gift of
humor. Hie secured a large sheet ;,of
paper, cut it somewhat into the . sib-
lhouette of a long slender dressed we-
man of this peri'o'd. From his place
in the House he heldit up to view_
To Mr. Speaker he said: " "There is
nothing in the heavens, above, the
earth below or the waters under the
earth like it.".
It is just as well to recall, now that '
everyone concedes "campaign funds
are needed," that the sworn state-
ment of the late M. Y. McLean, who
was Hon. Richard Cartwright's finan-
cial agent in the by-election referred
to above, showed the candidate's elec-
tion expenses to be $219, of which
the writer of this got 50c for holding
the bridles of a team of spirited liv-'
ery horses. Since manhood I haver
majority exceeding 400. Horace Hor- been financial agent of candidates, and
ton made the sacrifice for his native I doknow that legimate expenses ev-
Canada. en in Toronto should not exceed $500.
Centre Huron was a "hived" con- Cutout the grafters and there will
stituency. Theeount"'
y was Reform as be no need for Beauharnois "funds.
The other day I read in a daily
paper of the passing of Mrs. Horace
Horton in Goderich at the age of 94.
It set my memory working on past
events in Canada, for Horace Horton,
her husband., bong since deceased, play-
ed his part.
Horace Horton sat for old Centre
Huron in the Parliament of Canada.
He was returned to the House in the
election of September, 1878. He was
a Reformer. The government of Hon.
Alex. Mackenzie was defeated in that
election. Among the ministers de-
feated was Hon. Richard Cartwright,
who held the portfolio of Finance. The
country demanded Richard Cart-
wright's services,,; acknowledged to be
a master of finance. The N. P. was
brought down to the. House by Sir
Leonard Tilley in February of the fol-
lowing year. To balance up, Cart-
wright was .needed as the financial
critic of the Reform opposition.
Horace Horton offered his seat of
Centre Huron to Richard Cartwright.
The Reformers approved. Cartwright
was elected in the by-election by a
,
thea land at a , price stipulated in ad- I He persuaded a group of cap to sts,
t•ance and give them assistance dur-; principally from London, to form the
ing the difficult transition period. The Canada
Anl Company
in
Au
gtit,8
stockholders were not, in' intention at with' the
obtorch or24
,
an ratephilanthropists; they desiron zatjecCrownand Clergy
Reserve land in Upper Canada. The
preliminary sanction . of the Crown
having been obtained, the directors
chose j'five men as commissioners to
go to Canada, ascertain what lands
night be secured and at what price.
These five, Lieut. Ool. Francis Cock-
burn, Lieut. Col. Sir John Harvey,
Messrs. Simon McGillivrary)
Davidson and Johne Galt came to Can-
ada in 1825, consulted gove rnent of-
ficials, surv'ey'ors, landholders and re-
solved to advise the purchase of 1,-
384,413 acres of •C Nown Reserrves and
829,430 acres of Clergy Reserves, such
bei, the total of large number of.
small blockscattered ,through 'nearly
all the townships of Ithe province. A
ed to recover their expenditure
quickly as passible and to make a
good profit. In consequence friction
always arose between •settlers anxious
'to obtain land cheaply and to enjoy
public conveniences such as roads and
bridges, and the company anxious to
obtain high revenues from the sale of
land.. and to restrict unremunerative
expenditures. But the elan provided
or at least promised to provide er-
ganigation and direction of the set-
tlement' and supervision and practical
kelp for the settler without involving
igevernnents in any expense, for
which eason it made a strong appeal
to the pelitical leaders of the time.
l<ftk enact the history of such companies
or over, P. E. Dearing, William Henry;
ram, 1 year old and under 2, William
Henry, P. E. Dearing; ram lamb, un-
der 1 year, P. E. Dearing, William
Henry, J. K. • Thompson; ewe having
lambed in 1931, William Henry, P. E.
Dearing and 2nd; shearling ewe, Wm.
Henry, P. E. Dearing and 2nd; ewe
lamb, William Henry, P. E. Dearing,
William Henry; wether lamb, William
Henry.
Oxfords iRam two years old or av-
er, William Henry, S.. Pym; ram,
1 year old and 'tinder. • .7 , S. J. Pym,
William Henry; ram lamb under one
year, S. J. Pym, William Henry; ewe
having lambed in 1931, William Henry
and 2nd, S. J. Pym; shearling ewe,
William 'Henry, S. J. Pym and 3rd;
ewe lamb, William Henry and 2nd, S.
J. Pym; wether lamb, William Henry,
S. J. Pym and 3rd.
Judge -R. H. Harding.
Shropshiredowns-0. D. Hunter(&a
Sons, J. K. Thompson and 3rd; ram, 1
year and under two, J. K.'Thomeson
and 2nd, Armstrong; ram lambs
under 1 year, J. K. Thompson, R. D.
Hunter & none; ewe having lambed in
1931, J. K. Thompson and 2nd, R. D
Hunter & Conns; shearling ewe, J, K.
Thompson and 2nd, Armstrong;
ewe lamb, Armstrong, J. K. Thomp-
son. IR. D. Hunter & Sons; wether
lamb, J. K. Thompson, Armstrong.
'Southdowns-Ram, 2 years old or
over, J. B. Kennedy and 2nd, J. K.
Thompson; ram, 1 year old and under
two, J. B. Kennedy and 2nd, J. K.
Thompson; ram lamb, 1 year, J. B.
Kennedy and 2nd, J. K. Thompson;
ewe having lambed in 1931, J. B. Ken-
nedy and 2nd, J. K. Thompson; shear -
ling ewe, J. B. Kennedy and 2nd. J.
K. Thompson; ewe lamb, J. B. Ken-
nedy and 2nd, J. K. Thompson; wether
lamb, J. K. Thompson, J. 13. Kennedy
and 3rd.
Lincolns•= -•Ram; 2 years old or over,
T. M. Snowden and 2nd; ram, 1 year
old and under 2, George Penhale and
2nd; ram lamb, under 1 year, T. M.
Snowden, George Penhale and 2nd;
ewe having lambed in 1931, George
Penhale and 2nd, T. M. Snowden;
shearling erwe, George Penhale, T. M.
Snowden, George Penhale; ewe lamb,
T. M. Snowden, George Penhale;
wether lamb, George Penhale, T. M.
Snowden, J. B. Kennedy.
Leicester -Ram, 2 years old' or ov-
er, Eph. Snell, Roy Pepper; ram, one
year old and under two, Eph. Snell,
Roy Pepper; ram lamb, under 1 year,
Roy Pepper, Eph. Snell and 3rd; ewe
having lambed in 1931, Eph. Snell,
Roy Pepper, Eph. Snell; shearling
ewe, Eph. Snell, Roy Pepper, Eph.
Snell; ewe lamb, Eph. Snell, Roy Pep-
per, Eph. Snell; wether lamb, Eph.
Shell, Roy .):'epper• ,
Dorset -Horned -Ram two years old
SEAFORTH FALL FAIR
SPOILED BY RAiN
A steady downpour of rain spoiled
what gave every promise of being the
record Fall Fair of the Seaforth Agri-
cultural Society on Friday last.
Not in years has there been the
equal, either in the number or quality
of the exhibits in the indoor depart -
me rts.
The same conditions prevailed in
the stock entries. In spite of the
rain, the entry in the horse classes
approached a record, as did also the
entry in cattle, while the exhibit of
poultry was probably the largest in
the society's history. Sheep, too,
were a large exhibit, and hogs in num-
bers and . equality were well uo to
n
sta dard.
In spite of the rain, however, there
was a gate of over $130, which is a
fair indicatign, of the Fair as a draw-
ing card, aria had the weather been
fine on Friday, there is no question
but that a record for attendance would
have been established,
• The following is a list of successful
exhibitors:
Bros.; Black Giants, (c and h) Tubbs
Bros. and 2nd, (cr and p) Hilton
Truemner; Game Bantams, Se, h, cr
and p) Douglas & Son, M. A. Fraser; '•
Cochin Bantams, (c, h, cr and p) M.
A. Fraser; any other variety Ban-
tams (c) M. A. Fraser, Wilbur Turn-
bull, (h, cr and p) M. A. Fraser.
Ducks -Pekin Ducks (old drake,..,.
old duck, young drake, young duck)
Douglas & Son, Alf. H. Warner;'(Rou-
en ducks, (old drake, old duck, young
duck) William Drover, R. D. Hunter,
(young duck) R. D. Hunter eand 2nd ;
Muscovey ducks, old drake) Douglas
& Son, (old duck, young drake, young
duck) Douglas & Son and and; any
other variety ducks, (old and young
drake, old and young duck) Douglas•
& Son.
Geese -Bremen Geese, (old goose)
Hilton Truemner; Toulon geese, (old
gander) Douglas & Son, Wm. Drov-
er, (old goose, young drake, young -
goose) Douglas & Son, Alf. H. War-
ner; any other variety geese, (old
and young gander,old and young
goose), John Hart.
Turkeys --Bronze Turkeys, (c) Hil-
ton Truemner, T. M. Snowden; (h)
Alf, H. Warner and 2nd, (cr and p)
Hilton Truemner, Alf. H. Warner; any
other variety turkeys (c and h) T. M.
Snowden, Douglas & Son, (p) Doug-
las & Son.
Best collection pigeons, Gordon Mc-
Kellar, 'Orville Shewfelt; utility pens,
Leghorns, A.O,V., C. H. Holland; util-
ity pens, Minorcas, any variety, Geo..
Laithwaite.
POULTRY
Anconas, (c) Lloyd O'Brien; (h)
Lloyd O'Brien, M. A. Fraser, (c and
p) M. A. Fraser, Lloyd O'Brien; Bra-
hmas (c) Fred H. Corbert, T'- C. Wil-
son, (h) Fred H. Corbert and 2nd, (cr)
M. A. Fraser, Fred H. Corbert, (p)
T. C. Wilson, Fred H- Corbert; Bar-
red Rocks, c and h) S. J. Pym; (cr
and p) T. C. Wilson and 2nd; White
Rocks (c) T. M. Snowden, Lloyd
O'Brien; (h) Lloyd O'Brien and 2nd,
(cr) Lloyd O'Brien, Alf. H. Warner,
(p) Alf. H. Warner, Lloyd O'Brien;
Buff Rocks (cr) T. C. Wilson; Buff
Cochins'(h) T. C. Wilson; any other
variety 'Cochins, (c, h, cr and p) T.
C. Wilson and 2nd; Silver Grey Dork-
ings, (c) M. A. Fraser, T. C. Wilson,
(h, Cr and p) T. n. Wilson, M. A. Fras-
er; Black Breasted Red Games, c and
h) George Laithwaite, (cr and p) Geo.
Laithwaite and 2nd; any other variety
Games, (c) George Laithwaite, (h)
Douglas & Son, George Laithwaite;
Langshans (c) T. C. Wilson, (h and
p) T. C. Wilson, M. A. Fraser, (cr)
M. A, Fraser; Speckled Hamburgs, (c
and h) M. A.' Fraser, T. C. Wilson, (cr
and p) M. A. Fraser; Houdans (c) M:
A. Fraser, (h) T. C. Wilson, M. A.
Fraser, (c) T. C. Wilson' and 2nd, (p)
T. C. Wilson, George Laithwaite; Buff
Orpingtons (cr and p) George Laith-
waite; any other variety erping-
tons (c, h and cr) T. C. Wilson and
2nd (p) T. C. Wilson, Tubb Bros. ;,.
Black Spanish (h) T. C. Wilson; An-
dalusians (c, cr and p) M. A. Fraser,
(h) M. A. Fraser and 2nd; Minorcas
(c) Lloyd Qj'Brien, (h) Lloyd O'Brien,
George Laithwaite; (cr and p) Hilton
Truemner, 1.iloyd O'Brien; White Wy-
andottes (c) T. C.' Wilson, (h) Doug-
las & Son, T. C. Wilson, (cr and p)
Douglas & Son; any other variety
Wyandottes (h) T. C. Wilson and 2nd;
Rhole Island Reds (c) Douglas &
Son, Melvin Crich, (h) M. A. Fraser,
cr
M.
Melvin
Crich; ) A. Fraser,
Douglas, & Son, (p) Douglas & Son
and 2nd; Campines, (c) T. C. Wilson,
(h) Lloyd O'Brien and 2nd, (p) Lloyd
O'Brien, T. C. Wilson; White . 'Leg -
horns (c) Douglas & 'Son, M. A. Fras-
er, (h) M. A. Fraser, Douglas & Son,
(cr) Lloyd O'Brien, M. A. Fraser, (p)
Douglas & Son, T. C. Wilson; Brown
Leghorns (c) T. C. Wilson, Lloyd
O'Brien, (h and p) Lloyd' O'Brien and
2nd, (cr) George •Laitliwiate, Lloyd
O'Brien; any other variety Leghorn
(c and h) M. A. Fraser, Tubb Bros.,(cr) M. A. Fraser, T. C. Wilson (p)
T. C. Wilson and 2nd; Black Javas
(c) T.' C. Wilson, Tubb Bros, (h) Tubb
Bros., T. C. Wilson, (er and p) Tubb
HORSES
Agricultural -Brood melte and foal
by her side, D. Pothering aifi & Son,
Robert Wright, G. A. Glenn; foal of
1931, D. Fotheringham & 'Son, G. A.
Glenn, Robert Wright; filly, •at gelding
3 years old or over, Russel J. Scott
and 2nd, Thos. 0. Scott; agricultural
Continued on Page Three
CONSTANCE
Mr. and Mrs. George Wheatley
motored to Toronto on Sunday last
and visited their daughters, Misses
Blanche and Elva, returning home on
Monday evening.
Miss Florence Taylor, of Nakina
Ho'spital, who has been visiting her-
ntother, Mrs. Henry Taylor and other
relatives for the past three weeks, re-
turned on Wednesday of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lawson and Mar-
ian visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John McDowell at Roxboro on
Sunday last.
Miss Mildred Britton went to Lon-
don on -Thursday, where she will train
for a nurse in Ontario Hospital.
Ladies' Aid. -The Ladies' Aid met
in the church on Thursday afternoon,
September 240, with the preside'tit.
Mrs: Roy Lawson, in the chair. The
m'eeting opened with Hymn 92, follow-
ed by prayer by Mrs. Robert Lawson.
Mrs. Charles Dexter read the Scrip-
ture lesson and gave an interesting
talk on it. Mrs. Rogerson read a
beautiful poem which 'should be ,a
helps to all the metrcbers. Business in
connection with the fowl supper, to be
held October 27th, was discussed and • r"
the meeting closed with Hymn 90,
followed with prayer by Mrs. Jo1it-s
Mills. Following the Ladies' Aid meet-
ing Miss Elizabeth. Mins head a musi-
cal recital. She was assisted by'' Mrs..
Mortimer, of Auburn, who is a com-
poser o1, songs'and is a talented sing-
er. The pupils showed their ability and_
training very remarkably. Rewards
were given for the year's Week. , The
senior pupil's prize went to Doris Law -
on and the jun* prize to Malan
Lawneni,, Miss explained that `rt
was very difficult to dezcide the w'iygiiioi w
as they all had done their tio'O •.k azo;
well. The meeting' closed ' :t$ ' '
the National Anthem,
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