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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1937-11-19, Page 2E>. ?�I t�1 iCf'A��509 i! od a�is3!i Edi#or. ted at Seafo h, Ontario, eve y afternoon by McLean heeri tion rates, $1..50 a year in fiance • foreign, $2.00 a year. Single ;copies, 4 cents each. .advertising rates on application. SEAFORTH, Friday, November 19. Canadian Cattle ShippedAbroad Great Britain has been looked up- on for so many years as the breed- . ng ground for the best type of cat- tle of every kind, and Canada has imported so many thousands from, the old land that we were a little` surprised the other day to learn through a press despatch that old country buyers were now looking to Canada to supply them with pure bred strains. We read that when the S. S. Dore- lain left Montreal for Liverpool on November 4th, she carried two hun- dred head of Canadian Holstein Freisian cattle, the largest single shipment ever exported under Ione ownership from Canada to Great Britain. This shipment of dairy cattle was owned by Baron Von Trutzschler, a prominent dairy farmer of Chester, England, who lost his entire herd of 240 head last summer through a foot and mouth disease, and who was so impressed with the few Canadian cattle he had in, his former herd, that he decided to purchase his en- tire new herd in Canada. For this purpose he came to Can- ada in . person = and spent six weeks making his selections from farms in Eastern and Western Canada, and he is said to have been particiilarly pleased with these Canadian cattle. Personally, if we had enough money to purchase two hundred head of cattle, we wouldn't put it in- to Holsteins. Not for looks or any- thing else. But then it was the Bar- on's own money and he has a right to spend it on any breed that pleas- es him. And Canadians will certain- ly wish him success. • Safety In Travel In recent years the automobile has come to be looked upon as the most popular means of travel. At least if one watches the highways much, one would gain that impres- sion. But if one follows the newspapers every- day and particularly on Mon- day morning, one could scarcely boast of the automobile as being the safest mode of travel. In fact auto- mobile accidents and fatalities have became so frequent and numerous as to cause grave concern to govern- ments, even if they are accepted with indifference and taken as a matter of course by the people at large. On the other hand, travel by train is not as .old fashioned as we have come to look upon it. It is true that railway passenger travel is not as popular as it once was. That fact is largely due to the actions of the rail- ways themselves. They thought they had a monopoly of travel facilities and treated the people accordingly. ' The •people could take their trains or leave them. And the people left thein, or, at least, a large number of them did. But,`the railways have seen a new light. cheaper rates, excursions and 'Tetter and faster train service are luring the .people tack to that mode of transportation again. .And it is timing back fait. And there is something else about allay' travel that has a consider- able bearing on its refound popular • That something is the safety of t erode of travel; Abid statistics fls dtlt kik this statement. the fast ' s months -of est opt; 'pl eater in Cana a tiffs lost hist eeident: That is inipres+ ed 'that red andry qty lhox paen gers in that tbue, • It 14 Dn flet, a record that neither alta or . air traffic can even .;gip- proach. - - f We . Wonder Why ? Viewed from this distance we have often wondered why the people of the Province of Alberta have so long and so tamely submitted to liv- ing their lives under their present form of government. And, after reading such pamph- lets as "The Bankers' Toadies," a re- cent publication issued as Social Credit propaganda by one of its chief; Legislative members, we are still wondering, and wondering hard- er than ever. It is true that that pamphlet has got its author and publisher into rather hot water—three months at hard labor—but the wonder is that the mentality necessary to compose such an article should be 'considered as a suitable or desirable qualifica- tion for a member of the Provincial Legislature. Nor is it, apparently, an outstand- ing exarliple.. The, whole trend of the Social Credit Government legis- lation is on a par with it. And yet, it is said, how truly we are unable to say, that the Social Credit Gov- ernment overnment would go back into power again if there was an election to- morrow. Of course the promise of the free gift of twenty-five dollars a month to every resident of Alberta, was the greatest election promise ever made. We have even heard it called the greatest piece of election corruption ever perpetrated. But even at that, one would think that the citizens of that Province would see by now the impossibility of fulfilling such a promise. Appar- ently not, however. At least it is said that the people in 'the rural sec- tions, as a whole, have not yet seen through it. Or, perhaps, refuse to see through it. For that condition of affairs there are said to be many explanations. Many of the people are of foreign birth. Many others are from across the line who have moved into the Province because the government of their native States did not possess the right tinge of color, or not as pronounced a tinge as they desired. There are other reasons advanced,' but perhaps the most readily under- standable one to the people of the east is that for quite some time be- fore the Social Credit, Government secured its 'foothold, the rural dis- tricts had been suffering severe crop reverses. Many of them had lost their all. These had nothing to lose everything to gain. They would try anything once. And they did. Alberta, too, it should be remembered, is a large Province. Distances are great and the population small. With the coming of hard times, a large proportion of the farming population could no longer afford to travel. 'Could no longer afford a newspaper; even their home week- lies. They were dependent entirely upon the air for provincial news and world events. _ Perhaps, unfortunately for them at this time, the present Premier had a tremendous following on the air, through his weekly sermons which were broadcast from his own station. These people believed in his teaching and his preaching. They believed in the Premier himself. When, therefore, the Premier started mixing politics with religion, to the ahnost exclusion of religion, it is little to be wondered at that the pedple adopted his politics as their religion. At least it would appear to be that way. The poet may have been right when he said that East was . East, and West was West, and never the' twain would meet. Certainly the Provinces in the East, of which On- tario is one, will never see eye to eye or accept the beliefs of that part of the West, which is Alberta. But we.. can still tlronder at them. And We de. And among the thirsts we won- der about- is why the Premier does net apply the gag to some of his en- thusastie supporters in the Legisla- ture before he attempts to apply the gag to the whole press of his Pro'rr tie. ears Aone -Inteareslyng. ',PIcked From The Huron Expositor of Fifty and '1 wenty-fivq, Years Ago. ' Osifer of Lazy Meadows (By Harry.J. Boyle) 1 From .The Huron Expositor (November 22, 1912 • Dr. Stanley Mahood, a Howick boy of Fordwieh, has been appointed med- ical officer of health for the •City' of Calgary et a-ealary of $3,000. The congregation of Turner's Church, Tupkersmith, will celebrate their fiftieth ,inn iversary on Sunday, December 7th. While picking apples one day last week Mr. Hugh Currie . had the mis- fortune halal' from a tree and break his wrist. bone. Rev. D, B. McRae, of Grey, well. known and esteemed pastor of Knox Church, Cranbrook, has received an unanimous call from Ohalmer's Church, Armon; congregation; Bruce Presbytery. Mr. and Mrs. James Rose, of the London Road, near Brucefield, have removed to Hensal'L Mr. David Beat- tie, of Hensall, 'has rented the farm. Mr. John B. Mustard•, of Brucefield, is at Maynooth, engaged' by The Bell Engine Co., Seaforth, to remove an- other boiler for them. Miss Blanche McAllister, graduate of Dr. Gunn's hospital, Clinton, last June, has been engaged as a lady principal of the hospital. Mr. Ed. Hinchlpy, of Seaforth, aand Dr. Fowler, of Clinton, have return- ed from Northern Ontario where they were on a hunting expedition- Mr. Hinckley brougrht home a fine deer. The following 'parties•were ticketed to London, England, this week by Mr. Somerville: Percy Willert, Fred Purdy and Fred Sayers. Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd, of Win- throp, have 'just got comfortably set- tled in their beautiful and commod- ious ommodious residence. It is re& brick with cement cellar aid slate roof. Mr. George McKee, McKillop, dn' tends erecting a new house next sum, - m er. Mr. P. Eckert, of Manley, has pur- chased the farm of Mr. Jas. Ooysan, adjoining Seaforth, for $17,000. The McKillop Telephone System are getting out a new directory which will contain all the names and num- bers of the recent members and changes. A New England tea, under the aus- pices of First Presbyterian Church, was held at. the home of Mrs. Wm. Ament on Thursday. The menu con- sisted of brown bread, baked beans, pumpkin patties, doughnuts and cof- fee. • Flom The Huron Expositor November 25, 1887 The contract for the harbor imr prevenient in Gode'rich has lie• n. let Co David Porter, of Wiarton, for the sum of $17,000. Mr. H. H. Rines, of Goderich, has a pocket Bible which was printed in London in 1638, and is still' in a good state of preserv'atlon. Mr. High McKay, of Grey, has sold his farm on the 17th concession to his neighbor, Mr. Enoch Clark, for the sum of $3,000. Swan - Beatty.—At the residence of the bride's uncle Wm, Scott, Bruce - field, on November 23rd, by Rev. J. H. Simpson, James Swan to Miss Janet Beatty, all of Brucefield. At the late November election, Mr. "Alan McLean, formerly of Seaferth, was elected county treasurer of Huer- fano County, Colorado, where he has lived for a number of years. During the Months of July and August of this year, Mr. Charles Lowrie shipped from Seaforth to one dealer in Leith, Scotland, 984 pack- ages ackages of butter and 350 cheese, and during ,the colon obs of September and October he sent to the same house 1,100 barrels of apples. Mr. William Hackney, Thanks% Rd., L'sbonne, '^aa former pupil of the Mit- chell high sohool, has, been engaged to teach Mount Pleasant solice} for 1888. Rev. Colin'Fletcher, of Thames Rd., was royally treated on Thanksgiving Day when the Kirkton friends sent him a very beautiful cutter, robe and horse blanket complete. On the same day, at the close of the Thanksgiving services, the Thames Road congrega- tion presented Mr. Fletcher with a very handsome Astractan overcoat and Mrs. Fletcher with a purse of money. Mr. James Hagan, of Hillsgreen, has just completed one of the best barns in the Township of Hay. He bas stabling enough for 47 'head of cattle, 15 horses and a large stall for sheep. Mr. William': Butt, of Tuckersmith, has added a new addition to his house and filled in between with -caw dust, Last week Mr. Thomas Carter, of Hibbert, cut, split and, piled 10 cords of long wood on the farm of Mr. L,- Sholdiee, Tnckersmi'bh, in two days and-ahalf. In a week or so Mr. Alex. Hackney, of Farquhar, will hid farewell to the old home and will move into their costly briek mansion: At a certain school a teacher was busy telling her class the difference between invention and discovery. Af- ter the lesson was over she 'asked' if the pupils had anything .to task.- .- - dile boy only held up his hand and when the teacher asked what his question wag the said': "Please miss, was the North Pole an invention or a discovery?" • • "So," said the olds general, "you think you would make a good valet for an old wreck like lie, do you? I Nave. a glass eye, a, w'ood'en leg and m wax arm that need lOokfngan er,. not to mention false teeth NO forth." ar" "Oh, that's all .digit, sI -r,° replied the applicant, .entisbsl'attleally, ''I've had tots of erapelahei e. r worked for 'Ott years is the intionibling depart, taunt of a sober ear > y." "VISITORS" I had visitors the other dlay, and. that is what got me to thinking of how visitorswill crake you notice the shabbiness • of a place. You go on seeing the same things day atter day, and you ne9er seem to 'notice that there.- is anything wrong. That's ex- actly what happened after I had my visitors. They drove in the laneway, two prosperous looking fellows ie a big car about a half ooncesMow. long. Now, I've been going to put a load 6f gravel oa• that front 'laneway up past the house for ever so long, but for some reason or other I always nrgtected to do it. Of course, .t means that "we have to put the car away about a month sooner and take it out a month later in the Spring. This fine, shiny car splashed,. into the hole . . . the gears growled astound for a while . . . and then with a sudden lurch it came up to dry ground. The big fellows w.eren't in very good humor and they looked in a very sad way at . the car. Now, I just couldn't figure out what they wanted'. They were spreading big smiles across fat faces and both handed me cigars, and they asked if they could look around the place. I figured there would be no harm in that, unless they wanted to seize my cl attels or something. It started with the gate in the lane - way. I lifted it up and the consented gate went sag in the middle. I eased it down and then tried' to support it; but it buckled and I went down on top of it. I could see the big fellows trying to conceal their amusement, the more they. did . . . the madder it made me. Firet of all we went into the driv- ing shed. Just as soon as I opened the door, old Biddy flew out of the side window of the car. Both the visitors took a peek inside the car, and lying on the back seat was, a fine, big white egg. They chuckled, • and I made a hasty grab for the egg and somehow or other I grabbed it too firmly because it went smash in my hand. I reached up, to wipe off the egg on what I thought was an old bag, and an avalanche of goose feathers came tumbling down on me (rent a. -hole in, the bag. We shed on to the barn! For Some time the top 01 the hoiee stable door has been threatening to fall in. Sure enough when I 'pulled up the piece of bag etriag .which does ser- vice for a latch by hooking over a nail Ili the sill, the whole top of the door fell in on the stable floor. They inspected the stables, and sure enough calamity would have to be against me. Sir Timothy, -the iluIl, had gone on a rampage with a slight peevishness against everything in general and he had butted down a section of the stabling, smashing off the end of a water pipe, with the re- sult that I had a small lake on the cow stable floor, with Peter the wthite drake placidly enjoying a swim. Over in the corner, Suchansuch, the Collie pup, was having an argument with, old Solomon, the gander. We came back from inside the barn and went up the lane. I invited them to come for a drink of cider, but they just sort of looked in that ruperior way at me. I noticed that they kept their , hands up to their mouths and once I caught a glimpse of a smile. It dawned on me that there was something wrong and I tried to see what it was without arousing their interest. My eyes strayed down over the front of my clothes and then came to rest on the sight of my hav- ing two boots for the same foot on. There had been two pairs of shoes in the back kitchen, and' I had put -one Qf each pair on. The -boots were both for the left foot! Now, as a rule, people just don't get under my skin very much,- but the sight of both those gents laughing was gradually getting me. They went at last . . . dodging the mud puddle in the laneway and I heard a laugh just as they turned out the gate. I had resolve& to fix all those items up, but somehow afterm'I heard 'who those fellows were, I lost interest in fixing up the place. They were stock salesmen and they told Neighbour Higgins they guessed' I would be of no use as a prospect. They . hign- pressured Higgins into buying some, and now I have a real excuse every time Mrs. Osifer tries to talk into fix- ing things up around the place. JUST A SMILE OR TWO "With a grinding of brakes, the London bus pulled up. But not be- fore it had bowled over the old gen- tleman. After a moment the man sat Up and looked about him. "Where am I?" he ' asked, still dazed. "Here you are, governor," said a smart hawker in the crowd, "map o' London, one penny!" • "Did anyone call while I was out, Jane?" "Yes, Mrs. Grant called." .• "Did she 'seem disappointed when you said I was not at hone?" "Well, she did look a bit savage, but I told her she needn't get in a temper about it, because it was. really true this time." Archie (slightly delirious) : "Char- lie, what did you say any temperature was?" Charlie: "One hundred and three." Archie: "Right. When it gets to 103%, sell" • Algernon; "I've been going to the dentist's for three weeks now." Clarence: "Really! Having a lot done?" Algernon), "I won't know until I get there." • "I had such a funny sinking feed- ing eeding when Jack tried to kies me." "Hadn't you ever been kissed ue- fore?" "Not by a submarine sailor." '• A New Ottawa Immediate Plans Cali For Expenditure of Ten Million Dollars. • • Not since Sir Wilfrid Laurier, be- fore the opening of the century, en- visioned the idea of ,.,making Ottawa the "Washington 'of the North" has there been any period of such im- portance in the physical ;destiny- e%' Canada's capital as the present, says the Financial Post. Cabinet mieetings have bee.i bred and consultations with eivic authori- t es; special surveys have been made, all with a view to evolving a com- prehensive beautification scheine. M. Jacques Greber, world authority on city planning, and the March broth- ers, internationally famous sculptors of the National War Memorial, have been in attendance. There have been suggestions by the score and de- cisions, fewer, /but of outstanding importance. Building construction in Ottawa' is scheduled to receive at once a not- able stimulus. Plans so far ratified— which by no means represent the final development envisaged for the National Capital — call for an ex- penditure within the next four years of upwards of $10 millions. The ex- penditure is not to be'e lade . wholly upon the beautification project. ,By far the greater amount of it will go to provide new and necessary fed- eral buildings. But they will be buildings of an architectural dignity -consistent with the scheme which the Government Is intent upon carry- ing out, and located in accordance with the plans laid down in that scheme. Building Replacement Over a period' -of the next few years, it is probable that every ex- isting government building which can be classed as obsolete'—with the exception of the venerable east and west block on Parliament 11111 it- self—will t- self will be replaced, That means mainly that the present Bureau of Statistics, now accommodated in a rambling old' mill btructure, willgo; that the Printing Bureau will go, and that the Daley brilddiug, originally erected for departmental store pur- poses. , will go. Other s'tructrires which will be affected are smaller, among them the Woods Building, at present housing the department of national defense, and, the Bates building, at present accommod'a'ting the income tax branch. Within the next fes weeps, the Government will invite tenders for: A new Supreme Court building to cost in the'neigbborhood of one mil- lion dollars. A new departmental building to cost between $4 millions afar `$5 msil- Iionet A now, postal Stt.om to serine the downtown area of the city, to cost anywhere from a quarter of a million to over $1 million, depending upon whether or not any departmen- tal offices are included in it. Supreme Court Building Tb•e new Supreme Court building, according to the present intention of .the Ministry, is to be the architec- tural gem of all the Federal Govern- ment buildings. Located on the edge of ti high cliff overlooking the Ottawa River just west of the new Depart- ment of Justice building, it will have the advantage of a site second .,only to tnat of the House of Commons it- self. The new departmental building will be in front of it on Wellington Street, but so situated as not to hide it. • The architecture of the new de- partmental building will be in har- mony with the Confederation and Justice buildings, which have been erected in recent years on, Welling- ton Street. The new downtown post - office will be located at the corner of Spark amcL Elgin Streets, which will be one of the corners of the proposed - square in which the National War Memorial is to be erected. • Relieve Congestion The changes which the imnmediate phase of the town planning scheme contemplate will make \ the present 'cramped quarters of downtown Ot- tawa rapidly a thing of the past. The plaza between the old post office. the union station and the Chateau Laur- ier, which now constitutes a "bottle- neck" through which 95 per cent. of the traffic between the east and west sides of the city passes, is, to be; more than doubled by covering over a longer section .of the Rideau Canal and developing a fan shaped system of traffic arteries which will mater- ially lessen the present congestion of vehicles bound for what is known as Lowertown. In the centre of thie plaza, sur- rounded by a grassy sapaee, trees and flower beds, will be located the National War Memorial. It will oc- cupy a commanding position, ideirking down Elgin Street. Viewed in per- spective by people approaching the centre of the city, a group et -fine old trees on Parliament Hill itself will appear as its background. In trent of it and to the left will be open park space, elaborately land seeped. The right side of Elgin St. will be given a boulevard elect. Another bridge is to be located' ;gr" brow the Rideau + ;a-1 ord'ef to (Continued on Page 3) Sn ��lfa Fire Destroys Home Although it thaw not been definitely established, it is' believed that light- ning was responsible for the destruc- tion of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jobe. Ostrom, Goderich Township. Mr. and Mrs. Ostrom had spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rathwelle and arrived home about 11 o'c1'ook. On opending the door they were greeted with flames which spread so quickly 'that nothing could be done to save either the house or the contents. Apparently the fire had been smoldering in the basement, and when the door was opened it created a draft which caused' the lower por- tion of the house to buret into flames. The house was a comparatively new structure, having , been built by Mr. W. H. Lobb for his hired �he1p:�-Clio ton News -Record'. Duff - Dobbyn A pretty but quiet wedding •took place,. in Knox Presbyterian Church,' Leamingtem, on Friday, October 30th, when Miss Elsie Edna Dobbyn, young- est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry 0. Dobbyn, Kingsville, was united in marriage to Mr. Arthur Sturdy Duff; youngest don: of Mr. and Mrs; Ernest Duff, Leamington, formerly of Dun- gannon. Rev. .1. J. W. McLean affici- ated. The bride was attended by her sister -in -Taw, Mrs. Cora Dobbyn, •of• Detroit, and the groom was attended by his brother, R. Ray Duff. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents in Kingsville, where a buffet lunch was served to a large number of invited. guests. The happy couple then left:, on a trip to Cleveland and other points in Ohio. On their return they will •reside in Leamington, where they will --have the best wishes of a host of friends for a long and happy mar- ried life.—Goderich Signal. Oliver Johnston While walking around the Square on Thursday afternoon shortly after three o'clock, on the way for an af- ternoon's chat with an old friend, Oliver Johnston collapsed in plain. view of -a score of pedestrians and died almost instantly, victim of a stroke. Mr. Johnston, who would have celebrated his 'eightieth birth- day on December 24th, had apparent- ly been in the best of health and, gave no outward sign of illness as he jok- ed with persons at the Bedford Ho- tel, where he resided, prior to • leav- ing for his daily afternoon's compan- ionship with Thomas Swarts at the - livery barn on Montreal Street, one block away. He had gone only a few steps when he was stricken Coroner Dr. W. F. Gallow examined the body.—Goderich Signal Meets With Hard Luck Oameron Geddes, Lucknow singer, Thursday rain into what he termed. was the mnost unfortunate "break" he ever had in one day. -He was head- ing for Toronto and a Kiwanis Club, luncheon when a. horse stepped, out on the road a short distance from Wingham. It was in the early hours of the morning and'the visibility was poor. He struck` the animal, serious- ly damaging the car, with the result that he could not fulfill his engage- ment. To top off all the misfortune,, he found when examining his car in- surance policy that it had terminated on November lst.—Godericah, Star. Large Receipts of Grain at Port Grain continues to arrive at this port in good volume; and this week's receipts' by the , Goderiebe Elevator and Transit co. are well over half a• million bushels. The Sitar. Robert P. Durham brought a cargo of 200,000 bushels of wheat, flax and rye from the head of the lakes on Saturday last, and she was followed by the Superior on Tuesday with 80,000 bushels of wheat ansa oats and( the Ontadoc Thursday night with 240,000. bushels of wheat. The Str. Bricoldoc is on the way down the Lakes with 175,000 bushels of screenings and wheat.—Godiesich Star. Hospital Board Name Officers The first meeting of the Winghane General Hospital Board for the ensu- ing year was held on Friday night. The members of the Board were, elect ed at a' -recent meeting held in the: council chambers and; at the meeting •on Fridays night the fallowing officers, and committees were chosen: Chair- man; J. W. McKibbon; vice-chairman, R. H. Lloyd; secretary -treasurer, A. Casette; management committee: F. L. Davidson, W. VanWyck, Dr. R. C. Redmond; property committee, Her- bert Cam'pbeil, R. H. Lloyd, W. Van- Wyck; finance committee, R. S. Heth- erington, A. Lockridge, W. W. Arm- strong.—Wingham Advance -Times. Car Rolls Into Ditch Mrs. H. A. Robertson, of Stratford, sister of Misses Mabel anid, Maude- Dore, audeDore, of Mitohell, suffered head lac- erations when the car in which she was driving left the highway on No. $ Highway near Shakespeare on Thursday evening, rolled] into a ditch and crashedagainst a Hydro pole. The car was badly damaged but her husband, the driver,' and a compan- ion, ompanion, Charles Whdtty, of St. Marys, were unhurt. Mr. Whitty was a for- mer Mitchell resident, having been express agent here for nearly fortY yearseeMitchell Advocate. Dies From Burns W. Dixon burned in a small fire in Durham, Friday, died on Monday is hospital, No hope was held Por his' life when he entered. lEisi widow and five-y+earoldi .daughter survive. Mr. Ciao% doting the Great War, served with the Mare, dwm Royal Lanca- shire troops and Wan badly wounded and gassed. Winghani Advance' Timm. (Continued Mt Page 3) ,r ;r. ti 4 A 4 a 4 4 • • a w D ,, •