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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1938-02-04, Page 27.4.7174,77.7.'" .41 itahtigii34 186.0 vPhall 144.0a,n, Editor. ed at Seaforth; Ontario, ev- ay afteriioan by McLean bscription rates, $1.50 a year in nce ; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single es, 4'eents each. Advertising rates on application. EAF'ORTH, Friday, February 4th The Dominion Parliament The second session of the eigh- ,, teenth Parliament of Canada open- ed in Ottawa on Thursday of last week, Avith-all the pomp and dignity -which marktbe opening day. The Speech from t h e Throne, " which outlines the legislative pro- gramme, was a rather short one, as suphpeeChes go, but it, contained, nevertheless, a great deal of import- ant legislatiOn. Among the outstanding were old •age insurance measures; the new trade agreements with the United States, and- a measure dealing with the question of the export of Hydro power. There are, of course, countless other in.easures which will engage the attention of the members during the course of. the session, whicW,--it is believed, will not close until some time in June at the earliest. Last year, owing to the Corona- tion, and the necessity of Premier King and a mother of his. Cabinet Ministers being in attendance, the session concluded its business early in May, making it one of the short- est sessions on, record. But, at that, it was an important Session, dealing with important leg- islation, but dealing with it with des- patch and. a businesslike manner that is not the usual procedure with members of Parliament as a general e > rule. In fact, Parliament last year show- ed the country what it really could - do, when it Set its mind to business, ',Instead -of conversation. And pretty - poor conversation it generally is too. And having set a record for busi- ness despatch, we have a feeling the country will -expect the members to live up to it. :•• • Has Not Cleared the Hpdro Situation The present ice jam in the Niagara Gorge, the greatest, it is said, in his- tory,. has done nothing to. clear the Hydro situation in the minds of the general pblic. On the contrary, it has brought that .question most for- cibly to public attention, and some fear is being felt that before normal conditions are again reached, a very serious power shortage will have been experienced by the power users in Western Ontario. At present the Ontario power plant,.. at the .foot of the Horseshoe Falls, is practically out of commis- sion On account of ice conditions. Still worse, Hydro engineers say it will be at least two months before' the plant is turning out its accustom- ed.175,000 horsepower again. And still worse, if that condition is duplicated at the Queenston power plant just a few miles down the Niagara Gorge, many parts of On- , trario will be without either light or powr, unless power can be brought in from the east. Only last fall, before the Ontario general election, we were assured by lrththe Hydro Commission and the emier that a Shortage of power could fiat occur in -any part of -the Province. • But -immediately follow- tlie-eIetion, those same Cdiffinit3- 'onrs-Were relieved of their duties, tie* tOnnnision, appointed, and iewjotitiOtO. elgened. for the pur- se -of nanrthousandg of horse- d outpatiW. rigabdut face An Such a. ,f1 L+, was a. bit tieji$and f -or sited tb elibUrea 1,4 iid 17", < ' •, Hepburn did thd, right thing* chaStm 1arge,b1oeks of Quebec po*- er either for innnediate use or fora reserve in. ease of emergency Sub an emergency has, now arisen:MtI if Mr: Hepburn could only have fore- seen it, his action in purchasing .Que- bec power would have >been amply justified in the Minds of the general public. Had Mr. Hepburn waited just a few, short months for nature to run its course, or Providence to take, a hand in it, the purchase of Quebec - power would have been looked upon as far-sighted statesmenship. There would have been no uncomfortable questions to be asked and answered in the Legislature, and out of it there would have been no first doubts created as to the Premier's inten- tions, good or otherwise. But Mr. Hepburn did not wait. In- stead of purchasing Quebec power for' a generally recognized emerg- ency, a good many people thought he purchased it for speculative pur- - poses only. That he gambled that he held a big enough 'club to force .the Government at Ottawa to permit him to export his newly acquired surplus power across the line ,and thereby make a million dollars or so a year, clear profit on his deal. He might have waited, too, until that necessary permission had been secured, before he announced his ex- portation plans. But he didn't do that either. And, unfortunately for such export plans, there is a widely held opinion that Hydro power should not be exported out of the ) Province. In addition to a Federal law pro- hibiting the exportation of power, there is almost a unanimous opinion among the members of the House of Commons, irrespective of party, that that law should continue to stand on the statute books, Mr. Hepburn to the contrary, notwithstanding. And the present ice jam in the Gorge, and what it has done to On- tario power plants, is not likely to change the minds of parliamentary members to any extent, even if there- -were no other angles and sore spots connected with the situation. ' • Cheer Up 11019d9Orr dt,011 Flaked From The H141.11eeter of Fifty and TereArtil•• Year" Age. From +40 Huron Expositor February 7, 1913 Robert. Man hes returned 'to the twelfth concesolott of McKillop and will open a blagatemith ahop on Munn Bros. propertke • • The audit:a sale of 'Mr. Charles Harvey, Usdeoree Toweship, was 'a Phenomena uceess. His horses re- aliged $3,120 and the cattle, sheep aid pigs brought over $4;000. Mr. Thos. CSanieron crandicterd the sale. A daring. attempt was made last Friday morning to rob the, post of- fice at Creative The burglars; three in number, gained entrance by using a bag and etone to smash a window in the front door. Four charges were exploded int an effort to get at the cefetents of the - safe. After the first One wakened, Manager Taget, of time Canadaian Bank of Commerce, and looking out saw, a light in the -rear of the post office. The, other bank oleo, Mr. Jackponi and. Mr. Glenn, be- gan firing, also the lettelkeeper, Mr. Augnat Hilt, 'and the robbers left withont their loot. The bean* friends of Mrs. John CutbiU will be pleased to learn that she has returned home from London where sthe'haa been taking treatment from Dr. Henidienion for one of her eyes. She ie much improved. Rev. 'James ii4.0 will be inducted on Fehruae7 ?.3th into Egreondville Church. ; The Winnipeg bonspiel 'opened on Wedniesday. The rinks skipped by Mr. W. Amenfoof Seafortih, and Mr. Cremford,"a Winghani, have entered for compeditioo.. Ed. Burling is in custody on the charge of breaking into the store of Alex. Stracho Brussels, and he has also co s. that he 'and' a man named • urphOtbad entered Mr. L. L. McFaurs. Mr. JohnH. Best, son of Mr. J. lidt. Beet, barrister, Seaforth, passeed his 'firs't-year eXanainetions at the Law School, in Tatrent0-_, The following,' °Miters weretoelected at the anual' ineeting of the- Turf Club on Friday list: President, D. T. Pinkney,; vice-president, Frank Kling; treasurer, T. T. Mrorson; secre- tarit, M. Brod.erick; Directors: W. Govenlock, G. E. Henderson', H. Col- bert, W. Cudinore, John Bell. On Monday evening last Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Golding were made. the recipients of a handsome gift in the shape of an easy chair by the mem- bers of Ecielweiss'Rebekah Lodge. The Baptist 'Church in Wingham Was burned On Wednesoday evening last. Nothing wad saved. A very 'successful wood bee wad - held on the 'farm of John Little, 4th line, Morris, when 'about 30 men with teelve saws cut 43 cords. - - • . t'di, ,0 iv, ...i , , - - I .1. vr.-for Lazy „ _ . . ., (By (dirty .J. Boyle) . .. • c• "AN INTaRVIEW" eat Englislatpleather and they sold for about five dollars a pair. The I hitched Up the ea ter withAnna-shoes then were high ones aod you -blle, our old grey mare supolyiug the power the other day, and drifted into Lucknow. I had no paiticular reason in mind, exceipt maybe X would like to see the 'aiw rink there and talk to a few oldtimera Thep I met Bill Little tini the street and thought that maybe wane ef the readers of this column would like to hear about a very remarkable man. Of course now, I al irt roach for be- ing a real newspaperman, like some these fellows 1 teed about in, the Pap- ers, but I'm, going to • try and do my est to tell you about this. old frieud of mlue. William Little is a cobbler, and he's been at Ws trade, one whichis disc appearing all too fast, for the past sixty years. That's a record and I doubt if you can fitut another man in the whole of Canada with a record People, who have not already reached the acute stage, are becom- - ing a bit pessimistic about this old world of ours, and the doings there- on. There are wars and rumors of wars; droughts and floods; plagues and famines. There is a recession on the American side of the line, and not too much business on this side of it. There is too much government and not enough good government. The young are as polite as ever to their elders, and their elders are e'en try- ing to appreciate it. And right now, out of doors there is in the making what might turn out to be a real old fashioned blizzard. But cheer up. Here is a word of encouragement from Sir James Jeans. That eminent student of the science, which has to do with the chemical constitution of the heaven- ly bodies, has assured the Calcutta Scientific Congress, that the suikwill continue to shine for fifteen billion years yet to come. Just think of it! Fifteen billion years! If the eminent scientist had only assured us of &million years of sunshine, we might have cause to worry. But fifteen billion years will last out our days. So all our days we are assured of heat and light, without 1.koney and without price. The sun does not Charge for floor space, or kilowatt itnrs. No charge for its heat;' no charge for its light. It never sends us a repair bill, ,nor a bill for upkeep. We are not taxed_ for overhead. It asks no remunera- tion of any kind. Perhaps we don't see as much of the sun as we would like to these winter days, but it i4 here , just the ame. If it wasn't vve wouldn't be either. And in just a few short days we will be bathed, in its warmth aain. And it is pretty hard to be doha- hearted when the sun in shining. Likewise -it ,is the surest cure for seiraisim and we are going_to llaVe it for fifteen billion more years. certaioly got, fine -weekmanslaip and nhy of leather, friend is a Prat)" bUsyanian. While I was visiting with him he had to attend to some other work. You see, h&j clerk of the Division Court and he had some papers to make out. Yes, sir, he kauled a typewritee. around: and eat down, started pluck- ing at theta keys 'and owning along the beyboard just like a youngster. He was alwaysa motdr fan. Back in 1915 he pueehased one ef the first care that Alex. Crawford Bola over in Winghano and I tell you he was the talk of the town then. You had to be a hardy soul to venture out in a ear then end be prePaOted,foralanost any- thing to happen. Engines had a habit in. those days of .develeping a strange case of asth.ma and then after a few disgusted coughs they would stop,. • COO...PONKNCE 18669 Burbank Blvd-, Tarzana, Calif.; Jan. ,15, 1938. The Fatter, Tho Hume Expositor: Dear Sir: ',I: see by the label on onr paper that it is about time to re- new our subscription, so here it is. Thank yoUllor sidn.ding The Expositor se promptlys We regularly receive it the Monday morning after it is print-, ed, so ,that is Pretty quick service for' this distance away. It had been, very interesting toe read your reports lately of your old. fashioned winter. It seems dike old • tildes, only that then at times it was quite a job to keep the roads open. for the sleighs to get trough, while pow' it is for auutomobiles, trucks and such like. However, when a fellow is young, how we used to enjoy the eood old winter time back there.. \ It is surely some, contrast to the weather we are getting here. This winter has been exeePtioually mild, practically no frost at all. They fig-' ure here that it is bette, to have a. little :cooler weather this time of. year! the danger is that things bud. Out too early there if there should be a Late frost or some of the fruit would he spoiled, the weather being so mild the orange and lemon growers have not had to get :their smudge Pole go- ing ithere seems to be e promise of a great crop of citrus. feud. While driving through some of tee groves jest eiow you feel as if you are el raost carried, away by the sweetest smell in the world, the perfume of orange and lemon blossoms. The barley and elfale, fields are brilliantly green, jai( and a strring feeling of spring is in the air. Speaking of alfalfa, this is a . great country for alfalfa, as they grow from six to eight ceope per year. Right in Los Angeles euburbs there are great fields of it. It is mainly used for the mills here that deleydrate it and ship it all over the country and used as a substitute for •green feed in dairy and poultry feeds, etc. Then, too, 11 is ueed: 18 the raw shape as for ex ample, we visited one of the large city dairies within a mile of here where at that time • they had 1,500, cows of the Holstein. and Guerneey breeds, wthich were kept in yards the year round with just a roof over part of each yard. ,Then there were alley ways between. each row of yards. that were all fenced in with board fences. aud inside the yard on the fence were feed racks, so as the trucks and wag- uus •loaded with alfalfa came down, these alley ways they just forked' 'It. into the xacks as it was. brought ia fresh from the field. Of course 18. tle winter where the alfalfa doesn't grow as fast, they ihave to use the, baled alfalfa that came from the sur- plus edbP in the fast-growing season.. Then, too, at this dairy they had four large silos full of ensilage. A trip through this dairy was very interest- ing. They drive 'the cows into the. milking barn twice per day to be milked. Everything la this miLkiag room was white. The cows were all milked by hand by approximately 40 men milkers', all dressed in, white, who worked in shifts so many hours each. As soon as the cows came i - to the barat and got their heads through the' stanchions, ,the, men waShed them all off, then they got. towork. From there we went over to where thy, wereepasteuriziug the Milk and bottling it, wrhich they allow us to view through large glass windows. Ih is worth, any one's while to go through one of these large dairy plants as they seem to go to great pains to have everything in tip top sthape, as is sthowa by thd fine lawns, swimming pools and shrubbery that surrounds one. of these place. Well I grreestI had better close for this time. 'Enclosedou will find my two dollars, so with best wishes to. everybod', I remain. just like it. He's still spry and chip- Well, slr, Bill Little has been driv- per and keeps that shop of his going fog a ear ever .since. _He's never been too. . • without tone. He says he enjoys mot - He's eighty-six and doesut looka oring and he likes to make a few trips day past apty. When, I went in he weldemed me back into his private den at the back for a Olt. Some of his customers came in and he Wen Out to the front. He sold them sihoes ,too, because I heard the bells of his till ringing. No such thing as one of those new cash, registers for him! That till has done service for a good many years and he's 'going to keep right on using it. Bill Little was bora near Port Hope. His father was a cobbler and the boy took right alter him and started learning the trade himself. Then back in the early days they came up to Lupknow. Lucknove wasn't much of a place inthose- days, just a few houses and very ford stores. Shoes were made by wandering cobblers in that time. A fellow would come to your house and he'd stay and hoard with you until he had outfitted the whole family with shoes. So, it was quite an occurrence when the Littles started their shoe 'store ip. They made their shoes out of the fin - From ThUrOfl Expositor February 10, 1888 A petition has been circulated among the members of the Blyth. Presbyterian Church to have the "kist of whustles," removed from the Sab- bath school. MT. David Johnson is having the bricks delivered for his new residence on Centre Street. Mr. William Bissell,'of Seaforth, has disposed of hiri dairy stock and busi- ness to Mr. Sam Cluff. The ice harvest is, now in full swing. Mr. D. D. Wilson has had eix or sev- en teaime drawing from the Egmond- ville dam for two weeks. Mr. R. Com- mon is laying in a large supply from Silver Creek. Mr. 0. C. Wilson of Seaforth has disposed of his feed and seed busi- ness' to Mr. Wm. Grieve. We underiotand that Mr. Thomas Borate, of 'Clinton, intends locating her e and engaging in the machinery and auctioneering business. The therutorMeter stood as low as 22 degrees below sero on Wednesday morning. The Jacitsoro Bros., of Morris, on the 8th concessiou, have taken the contract of drawing to McDonald's Mill, Walton, all the pine on lot 19, concessien 8, Morris, at $1.25 per cond. • Mr. D. McFadzean, of Winthrop, formierly of Seifortli, and who has been teaching recently in Wawanosh, left last week for the Southern States. Mr. and Mrs. W. Cooper, Sr., cele- brated their fiftieth anniversary of their wedding day on the 2nd of Feb - every year. He's healthy and happy and at eighty-six 1 think that's quite ord., hi addttion to the fact he's been at the -trade of being a cobbler for over sixty years. I got to thinking after I came away from there 'about a lot of things.. It takes a mighty lot of perseverance and patience to keep • ea going day after day at the same job. Every one of as get's thInking of how we would 4ike to. try our head at something ease, and after that we get to be sort of discontented. The more we think about it, the more we convince our- selves that we should be doing some-. thing else, and then. we "go oxv With the idea that we're wasting our time. Somehow or other our friend's motto is the one that a lot of us could take to heart: "Just keep on work- ing and remiember that your own job is just as i good as the other fellow's. The resopeit's-not right is because we just make ourselves believe so. Do your job,and do it right and you'll find a lot of satisfactionin. that." 1111111111111F tdouotesta0111.114811811,8= JUST A SMILE OR TWO Ogandelle: "Have you ever met the only man you could ever be hap- py with?" Sally: "Oh, yes, lotsof them." • "Too much dancing is likely to af- fect the heart," says a doctor. And so is too much sitting out. • . . .. . Freakier: "Dad, what do you call a man who drives a car?" Dad: "IL -a11 depends on how he coulee to me, my boy." • Maisie: "Mother; -tell '180 father got to lmow you." Mother: "I met him at school." Maisie:,"That's funny. He won't let me go to a dancing schol." • -A.om Irish sheriff court usher; being ordered to clear court, did so by this announcement: "Now then all ye blackguards that isn't lawyers must leave the coo/to • close how a dancing The worms had better look out for the next four weeks. "W.A." tells the world through a Loneion newspaper's' agony column that "I resolve to try nising at 7 am. f or one month." • "What part is this?" askedi the drill instructor, drawing his .hand, along the barrel of a rifle. "The spoot, sir," answered the raw necruit. • Tomtny: "Grandpa, do you knaw enything about butterflies?" Grandpa: "Well, my boy, I used to, but like everything else, they roust have changed a lot since tnY day." ruary. Mr. John McElroy is having the plans prepared and is making other arrangements for the erection of a new residence on his farm on the 8th coricesseon of Morris next sum- mer. MT. Aleac. Watt, of Harlock was re- cently presented with a very comfort- able easy chair by the members of his Sabbath Sehool class, who waited on him at his residence sad made the presentation. Orr Tuesday recrrning last week Mr. Timothy Nolan, who lives a couple of miles frone Walton, came to Blyth with information that on the previous eveniag about eight cicliock his horse, cUtte-r, ,harness" and goat robe hid...). been stolen !rota the shed 'at Walton. rt was fo*-in the Tottilehip of Grey., Mr. George Patterson, of St. Hel- ene met with a drtry painful accident wibilbe chopping in Mr. Devereatix's awanlip. It appears that he had felled a tree which balms bound between twio other& He put his axe into it and the part on Which he was stand- ing gave way throwing him urren the axe and nearly severing the strrall fine ger of his left hen& • • "1 never see your Mine itte the Pape" remarked a eonetittlent: 10 the Meenber, ter ilte &siolh "Dcen't yen ever :make nieileeqh?' "Certabille" refined the. M.P. Lok' ee. Irene rePert of tile Blif-nre Athinterlk" eweech, and at the telet yen itu1 notle8 brittelnetS Weed dheititentired wM14 WOO the • Sunday morning to find him sailing his toy boat in the bath tat. "Willi! Dont you know it is wicked todeail boats on Sunday?" "Don't get' excited, mamma. ..This isn't a pleasure trip, this a mission- ary boat going to Africa!" • • The young miarried man met his clergyman. ,"Well John, you never paid me anything for marrying you as you promised you Would." "No" John replied, "but I will pay much more if you leave me the way you got me." Five-yeav-old Willie had been taught that Suaday is not a day for play, but one set aside for church and kindred matters. Naturally his mo- ther was surprised and shocked one Fox: "How much do you take home ,to pay day?" Allison: "None of it." Fox: "Gosh! How's that?" Allison: "She meets- me at gate and takes it home theraelf." • Itht; thrifty wife had persuaded her husband, to buy a email cask of beer instead of going each evening to the local pub. When he had drunk the first glass his wife said: "Now, John, lad, you can reckon you've need a Denny:- • "You're right, lass," he replied. "I'll draw another nine and make it two- pence we've saved. At this rate I'll soon be able to buy thee a fur coat," of your salary your wife each the • Yo -ung Jimmy had been taken to a concert by his father. It was the first be had heard and his mother was eager to teasel how he liked it. "Daddy thinlks it was a good con- cert," she said. "The band played very well. What do you think, -John- ny?" "Oh, it was pretty good," said the boy .ofehandedly. "They played well because they .1 -mid to," "Whatever do you mother mystified. "Well, they had a man in front of them threatening them with a stick," explained the boy. •• A Scotsmen went to tower for a bolidaY, and a friend met him later aridering- down the street with a pair of trousers over his arm. "Where ale ye go!', Sandy?" he asked. "Oh," replied Sandy, 'l'm looking for the Aberdeen kree Press" • "What's the most dafficult thing you ever dM?" "It was the making of ten easy pay - mean?" :•asked ments." • The Stars Above the Train • • • • A PARAI3LE OF MODERN LIFE • (Contributed by J. BoytILThomas) • Some years ago a writer, not as well known, perhaps, as, others erd his generation, wrote a Amok entitled "The Harbor," 1 wilicih he told the step' of a little boy who secretly ran away from home to play with the street' arabs along the etailroa,d trcks. One day a freight car 'shunt- ed by a switch engine, ran. over one of his playmates& This tragic expert - epee made a devastating, impression on his Mind. Vhntben time came, and, in the quiet country home amid the mountains, the mother noticed hew strangely agitatedi her little sea oe:einea to be, as the doitn, freight retitled altmg the vailey; Soou after she had tecked trim in bed each even- ing. She was .a wise Mother, so she Made it her habit, at the first sound of the traira's approiteth, to go 'to her chil's room, take him to the Windoet add, throWffik Wide die eiirtiffeis, eherve him the eters, andi tetteh hbu about- the censtellatiOns until the, .bat Whiettle and rabbling vibratien Of the • lunthering ireight had died avay tar &KM the /Valley. „ :• • le •thdiOt 04 parahte • et 04deiln. oftenl,%:. d(44igte' • 19A1110:0 d e given to us, by experience, teaching and adlvice, we have allowed our- etves to dwell amid the rumble of the freigihrt trains of a busy, and. frequently, hectic life. Our minds. have beecrine distraught, our nerves ihave been worn almost to the ragged edge, an our wild scramble for the, thInge whtch seem so necessary to our happineas and welfare. We have surely forgotten that "man can- not live by bread alone." Is it any wonder that we have bovine =walla!' and spiritually u,nder-neuristrd?' To continue with the figure of the story, we Sadly need someone to throw haek the curtain and reveal the eters. There is a wonderfully caliting effeet, to be obtained by star-azing at such timea Wisdont, too, in oecesitotally Woking away from those things which we know...front ex- periettee only add to OUr -anxietiea end tetr fearie We need to take an opWadd, glance tit the stars, which tell thefutnre, Ina of hence beynd. the wise mene booked in) and fol Iciyited -the star 'Whiebi led thelit be the greatest, of Mt hOpes—the Hoe ef vele Niterld-filliatritdiett -.,a Babe hEt ' . 1. Yours trulY, A. R. OLIVER_ St. Louis, U..A., Jan. 24, 191g. The Editor, The Hatton Expositor: Dear Sir: It la with profound re- gret that it is, necessary for us Cana- dian, born who have Made the UnitecE States the land of our adoption,' to be embarrassed by representative Cana- dians rIuo come to these, United States and express themselves as, outlined in the editorial in one of our. leading newspapers, "The St: Louire. Globe Democrat" of this city. This Is more aggravated because of the fact that Miss Agnes Macphall is, E be- lieve, a repneseatative of the Cana- dian Parliament from the distriet, abutting Huron County. If 11 were' not for this fact, little attention in all.. probability Would be given to any ex- pressions shemight give on any mat- ter pertaining to tlie United, Stabese and Canada.. As a member of parlia- ment it will be taken that shevoicee the opinion of the Canadian people. In writing you this letter,. it is MF desire that you enlighten..131X feta- e Lions, friends and the people of Hur- on County that whatever sentiment, fears, etc., Oast Miss Maephall hasere- e garding her doubts as :to the relation- ship of the citizens of the Unite& States to those of Canada can only be those of sincerity and good wishes• for the welfare of the Canadian peo- ple. There ba S been six generations- one erre side, five generations on the': other side of my people in the Conn-. ty of Huron. My great grandfather od one side carved ,hie form To the Rayfield ..Roet1 from the forest. Mk' grandfather on the other side built a part .of the railroad 1 Quebec over Which • the Transcontinental • n o pounds its way daily acrossthe coun- try.. A descendent of these pioneers.: should knew something of the senti- Merit of the Catiatlian people. Maty Of them have settled in the United States during the {oast seventy -flee year ei as have huntlrede id thousands ofother Cadadlane. 11 18 thy better `i• that I represent .the enattlnegf.tif theatr- peo1e. limar Ortiltar St. aside Meth and ,distrhat Of the • thiesieeet United tiatea,:nitliene nit/ eau. ' -tednitiltirbedi rtgge... '• etedottedeee., "Ott:I:tete