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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 7th.
Trzze Words
In his Sunday broadcast appeal for
the support of the War Savings Cam-
paign, Prime Minister MacKenzie
King spoke these words:
"Total war means an indiscrimin-
ate attack on every front, by every
means however fiendish . . . It is
war against homes, hospitals, schools
and churches. It is war on men, w�
men and children. It is war by shot,
shell, fire and poison gas.
Truer words were never spoken,
and that is the kind of war that faces
Britain in the very immediate future._
The British people know it and are
preparing. Preparing with every-
thing they have, everything they
ow -n.
How about Canada ? Is Canada
prepared to help this preparation?
To spend, to give, to lend? Of course
she is. But the Canadian people
have not yet completely realized the
• need of our Government of money to
spend in this preparation. Why the
War Savings Campaign should and.
must be a success.
• The majority of people do not
know that the total costs of Govern-
ment for this year will take over one-
half of our national income, and that
by far the greater part of this will
be spent on the war.
One half of our national .income
means that the man who earns an
average income ;will pay half of it to
the• Goverthnent; that those men who
earn more than the average will pay
a great deal more than half and that
those who earn below the average
must still pay a very large part of it
to the Government..
Part of ;this huge sum will be tak-
en directly in taxes and the remaind-
er will have to be borrowed. If the
ordinary ;people do not respond to
this invitation tolend, it is very evi-
dent that other methods will have to
be adopted. But we do not believe
they will be needed. Not when we
realize what total war means.
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• .How the Money Is Divided
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,,One of the questions which has
been agitating the agricultural life
of Ontario, and, in fact the whole
of Canada, has been. the terms of the
new bacon agreement with the Brit-
ish Government.
One hears on every side that the
Government has sold out to the pack-
ers, etc., and, there is some wild talk
about it too. Also the amounts of
butter in storage and who are hold-
ing it for higher prices, are live top-
ics.
"What will the producer get for
his pigs?" and "How is the money
paid out by the Board divided?" are
two questions recently answered by
J. G. Taggart, Chairman of the Ba-
con Board, who was one of the com-
mission which went to England to
discuss the agreement with the Brit-
ish Minister of Food.
• These are the answers: The pre-
sent price the farmer is offered for
his hogs is fifty-seven cents per
..- •hundred_ pounds below last year's
average; or about $1.15 per 200 pound
hog.
Out of every. $100 paid by the
Board for pigs or bacon under the
neW contract, $73'goes to the produc-
•er,Of,the pigs; $1.3 to thk packers for
ha 'Ming, killing,„ dressing and pro -
i; $6 to transportation corn --
''.an es for moVing hogs ;to the plants,
fortovilig the finished pro-
rt-th eoar4r loading.
paCker does not
avera,ge,
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"'":' .0 hater
7,prito4;itimi bt..c9ro,
PU r $e 1q ean). 0/00be O$,
tario aid as ern, .Agtletatv;rall 00-
OPerative oeieties wire given Credit
'ter being the chief bolders'apd the
heaviest speculators.
WW Not Down -
One would think that the state-
ment made by Premier Hepburn two
weeks ago, in which he gave the im-
pression that nothing was farther
from his mind than the holding of a
general election this year, because
as he expressed it, there was nothing
to justify the expense of an election
at this time, would settle the election
question.
• But the question will not down.
Far from it, and there are reasons.
One is the appointment of Farquhar
Oliver, U.F.O. member in the Legis-
lature for 'South Grey,. as the new
Minister of Public Works. Mr. Oli-
ver is not and never was a Liberal.
Besides he is a farmer, and it is rath-
er hard to think of any possible qual-
ifications he would have for the De-
partment of Public Works—except
one. By bringing him into the Cab-
inet, Mr. Hepburn has absorbed the
whole U.F.O. party in the Legislat-
ure, and the possibility is that he also
hopes to _absorb the United Farmer
votes in Ontario.
And then there is Mr. Hepburn's
advertising Campaign of last week '
(many thousands of dollars worth)
whiCh looks like one more sign of an
election, and that in the immediate
future. ,
At least that seems to be the con-
sidered opinion of the leading Con-
servatives in Ottawa and Toronto
and those centres are usually a little
more expert at guessing than other
parts of the Province.
And the ishe? Well, if there is
a Provincial election this spring or
early summer, the issue is already
provided. It will be loyalty to Do-
minion unity, Great Britain and the
British flag—or loyalty to Premier
Hepburn of Ontario.
We have had other flag elections
in our history, several of them, and
history has always recorded the same
verdict. No doubt it would do the
same again. For that, reason we are
inclined to the belief that Mr. Hep-
burn will think twice before decid-
ing to go to the country at this time
or in the immediate future. He is
too good a polititian not to.
War Alters Things
Two items in a recent old country
paper show how, things pertaining to
the daily life of a people can be alter-
ed- by war.
One was that at an auction sale
held for the Sheffield War Fund, an
onion 'brought twelve dollars and
forty-tWo cents.
• The other that thousands of women"
who depend on the skill -of cheniists
to keep their golden tresses golden
are being "blacked -out" by the Gov-
ernment's restrictive orders against
luxury articles.
In fact hairdressers are, forecast-
ing a revolution in hair dressing
styles because of the great hairpin
shortage. They now predict a re-
turn to the shingle or page -boy bob.
So there you are. But just im-
agine paying forty-two cents, not to
mention the twelve dollar part, for
a common garden variety onion. At
that, rate Premier Hepburn could
run a general election on the pro-
ceeds of one of his onion crops.
As for the styles of women's hair
we don't know anything about them,
and don't want to. At best they
could not be any worse than they are
now, or any worse than the hats that
sit on top of them.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
Inland Shipyards
Men who normally build bridges are to hell)
build Ships intend for Britain. Sections of the
ships will be constructed on the ground and taken
overland to assembly aerie launching sites.
The Admiralty announce the building of steed-
ard ships ott a large scale immediately, This
mase-produetion method. was uSed,in the WA War
to combat the Cebtiat menace.
Shipyards which have been doted for Years are
noW bigttg. rapid- eilutOPed to assemble the
vessels.
The ships will be about 8,000 tons, 411O design
ed to, cut Wit etrerything but esSentiale. Belled
Meet Will be 'aged it their dettiltrixetititt litk prefer,
slice to uttated steel.
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The latiren`gepealtor af Fifty and
Twor•tiell'ae Years Agar
From the Huron Expositor
February 6, 1891
Mr J. H. Wlelte, of Tuckersmith, has
deckled to .er.eceee fine brick residence
this coming Manner and has awarded
the contract to Mr, S. S. •Couper of
Clinton.
The Canadian Order of Forresters
of this townebeld an entertainment in
the CiddifeLloyee, 'ha/l, on Wedneaday
evening. Rey. Mr. Hodges occupied
the chair.; -Short and ineresting add:-
resses wete given by Revs. A. D. Mc-
Donald and O. Needham, and Mr. Mc-
Cormick' of London. The following
musical program was given, instru-
mental, Mies Ewing; reading, W. G.
Duff; vocal seta, Mrs. R. W. B. Smith;
reading, Dr. Campbell; vocal solo, Mr.
• W. J. T-CArnilton.; vocal solo, Mr. Jas.
&oft; vocal solo, Mr. W. G. Willis;
instrumental solo, Mr . and Miss.
Soole.
A tea meeting was held in Duff's
church, Walton, on Monday evening
last. This was one of the most suc-
cessful tea Meetings ever held in this
church. Excellent speeches were de-
livered by Revs. McDonald, 'Seaforth,
Simpson of Biticefield, Ottewell of
Walton and Mie W. H. Kerr •of Brus-
sels.
Miss Emma Troyer, who has been
spending a few months with her par-
ents at Hillsgreen, left this week for
Toronto to fill the position as nurse
she held for'sev.eral years. She will
also attend the Dominion Academy
wbere....ehe will take up book-keeping
and =tele. •
On Saturday last, as Mr. Elliott, an
employee in the service of Mr. Geo.
Beatty at Varna, was cutting straw
with the horse power, the tumbling
shaft came apart, and struck him with
such violence in the abdomen that he
was knocked unconscious. He is re-
covering under the treatment of Drs
Elliott of Brucefield and Wright of
Bayfield.
On Tuesday, of last week, as- Mr
.• David Cottle of Farquhar Was driving
a load of sawlogs to the mill at Staf-
fa, the Ioad upset, catching him un-
derneath, giving him a bad squeeze.
The Stanley Sun Grange held their
annual social en Wednesday evening
last at' the residence of Mr. Jahn Gil-
more 3rd, concession'. Notwithstand-
ing the eold night and unfavourable
weather, there was a large attendance
John McMillan, M.P., Robert Meafordie
and others addressed the meeting
Mr. John Ketchen very efficiently fill-
ed the chair.
Mr. Wtm. Jowett, of Bayfield, lately
met with a bad accident ;while coast
ing and was severely bruised but is
now recovering.. •
On Monday afternoon, an interest
ingcurling match took place at the
rink at Bayfield. T. J. Moorehouse
end- 3:Whitten; 3. Davidson, and W
Stinson won the game by one point
against Alex. Granger, •Captain A
Fawlie, John Pollock, and H. F. Ed-
wards.
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From the Huron Expositor
.February 11, 1916
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At 8.50 p.m. .on Thursday evening
while the House was in, session, fire
was discovered in the Library build-
ing at the House of Commons, Ottawa
and spread with such fearful rapidity
that in a few hours, nothing but the
rwalls of the -famous old structure were
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LOADING BOGS •
The road was slippery and greasy
and the tincter was a great hand for
expressing his 'iblankety-blank" feel-
ings at all the "blanketty.blank" hogs
in the world. Ile raved oiz and worked
On and finally anien,aged to get back-
ed up to the, door so that the chine
could be fastened toethe back of the
truck and the balky, pigs .clativene
Yes, in spite of what may have been
said in the past few' weeks I had a
Ioad of hags to sell. r etop to
figure up what they cost me. It al-
ways seems to Me that money in the
pocket shouldn't be spoiled by a long
row of 8,ures that prove • you have
lost money during the six months that
you have, been satisfying the hunger
of nine hogs.
For the life of me I can't imagine
anything harder to handle than, hogs
on a slippery day . . . when there's
a skiff of snow in the air . . . . that
soft, stewing kind of snow that's more
dangerous than even a glare of ice.
Farmers have experimented in many
ways as to the proper way to handle
hogs. It's a matter of grab and, hoist
and pull and jerk and yank and, with
this particular trucker, singe their
hides with words reminiscent of sul-
phur and blue blazes.
After all what have the hogs got to
complain about . .• . or to he so ob-
stinate about? Think back to the days
when a hog was the garbage pail of
the farm. What couldn.'t be used up
in any...other way was poured into the
hog. • It didn't matter if the hog mat-
ured in anything from nine months to
fourteen months. What he consumed
was low in value and the fatter he was
the more money.you made from him.
Back in those days posture wasn't
considered in the building .of a hog,
left standing.
made a wood bee and contributed to seems 'Eike a simple task — something
Mr. Hugh McLachlan of Cremarty.
the Red Cross fund the sum he would '
any one could do if he had the requis-
have paid for hired help for the same ite training. But things are not al-
have
accomplished.
James Gilleapie,, second , year stud
ent at Toronto University, has join -
as bee appointed' Sergeant. The'greatest of these was time — or
ed the 161st Battalion at Seaforth, and
Mr. Clarence Kaiser of Brucefield rather, the lack of it. The original
has gone to. WindsOr where, he has
Secured a poaition. -
chased an autoniebile.
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Seaforth's honour . roll: Frank Dor-
The following have ben added,7 to
Mr. Geo. Swan. of Brucefield' has pur- prgram called for 64 schools for which
for work_ _in. _the following spring.
aerodromes had to be completed by
bean completed and ten carried over
June 30th. 1942. Sixty-five have now
eWhen: it is possible 'US -lay out the plans
what
ranee; John Henry Taman; John of
a job and then telescope a year out
Leatheriand; Arthur Neely- and Jas densed timetable, then those who Plan -
wee, from the start, a con-
, Mr. D. Grtuaiinett has purchased the ned the work and the contractors who
Gillespie.
property of Mr., Holmstea,d, and will carried it out are entitled to the full-
occupy- it shiertlie est measure. of credit.
Mr. T. Swan, Smith shipped an ex- efPrelimin,ary reports were first made
tra fine load of heavy horses from. Sea- possible sites. An Inapector and
forth station to Montreal, last Satur- an engineer of the Department of
day. Among the lot was a very fine officer, then decided on' the locations
Transpert, together with an Air Force
team raised by Hogg ales. of MeKil- and detailed surveys were made. Ate
lop. The sees" weighed, clearly 1700 proaches' to an aerodrome must be
, daught. free from obstructions; it must be
Paunch; each.
Nursing Sister Bertha Robb
er of Mr. John Robb of Seafortile ex- easy of access by road and rail and
pects to sail abodt Feb. 17th for Eng- close to centres•Of population; it must
land in her capacity as a nurse. and as runways must be built, it is
have ample water and power supply
Creek Dairy Farm, Seaforth, was in essential that good road -building ma -
Mr. John R. Archibald of the Silver
Eamilion and Dunnville last week and tenial shou/d be available. These are
purchased a car of alfalfa at the lit- only preliminarY requisites -- when,
ter place for feeding purposes. it comes dovrn to the real task, many
Mr. Thos. Elder' has moved into his things can happen.
handsome new residence on John. St. le' one
When all these things are adequate
• Mews. James MeTavis,h and Wm. particular Ideation, then we
Charters of the Mill Road; Tucker- have an ideal situation. When one
smith, attended thesaleof Shorthornscomes the work of °the -engineers and
or more of these is absent, then it be -
a stoOk bull for Welt pure bred herds those directing the effort to overcome
in Toronto last week, each, purchasing
here. the difficulties. Coupled ewith this,
The Lumley Dramatic, Club, there is always the factor of speed,
members of Which eentributed se much
the more speed and still more. For the
Hun, was hammering at the gates when
of their time last winter for patriotic actualeverk started and the word Went
purpose, has a new play e,ihe prod_ out that this. work had to be done —
o Mr. and Mrs.' Sparks, Bayfield, moanderiatemy uinstwbarte dimoneelsqualicwtys, ifneraahudre:
igal Brother." e
Moved into the Sbcile house .on Seim ry' — there Was no time to. lose.
IVLissee klarriet Mason and Clara Forrest and' Plain
Street, Seeforth.
Pinkney are in Toronto at the spring Consider two ports close together,
Millinery openinge. ' Goderich and Port Albert — 'they are
Pte. Thompson Scott of the .161st onlyten tiles apart. Goderiele stands
Battalion, Clinton; Spent three days On a high level over -looking Lake Bur -
leave of miseries at his home here oar and the Maitland Hive. It was an.
Heal site: It had been as a local
last week.'
Mr. Wee Beattlee Mee of Mr. Thos. field before it was taken over by the
Beattie of MeKil•Iiipe near _ Seafortht govereinent but it was top small for
who bats been in the Weft Mr some the 'ptifpese se they took•in 82 -tieres
time has enlisted; with the Battalion. of hush Cleared the land; and added
at Swift Citrrent, 0 '
The hockey Mit& -between ' the
eighth and Itinth,jeld six anti deVenth,
toncessiOnS of•Hblictt„,resulted in fit*-;
our of the,tibrth SOS, the attete he -
_lug seven :to ftillf.ke'• • ""
Mr. Adana Vicholhon of Hallett has
purohasedthe trektelialf a lot SIX, emir
cession Seven- .00040iiig ot Stii:ndrets
froin Ederin::Brite'e. ,,,•
Miss • EdiailtkerOVIIOAli iciatligAge
the dresainatinge4ne''Mitthelt4410etit:
Siettdelat itehiirliefli4teiq
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YoU Plied WM .1.eith Oxeye, swill, and
anything:handy until you approached
the time When he ahopid be fattened
for market and then be was litterly
pinged.
A pig ready for market on our cone
cession was a swaying, puffing little
mountain of fat. His backbone did its
best but his stomach usually managed
to trail on the greened. Quality didnat
miter into the picture . . . it was a
simple and pure case of the .fatter the
leettete.._
Think of today and the &tree:Mited
chassis of a hog ready tor market. By
reason of balanced rations and -care-
ful feeding a,t six months a porker is
transported by truck to 'the nearest
market. He gets the best -feed, a clean
sanitary place to live in and a ride in
a truck. His aeicestors were content
with pickings and a laborious ride in
a wagon or sleigh to the nearest sta-
tion. Sometimes they were starved for
five days previous to market day and
then filled, to bursting with a "heavy"
form of feed; on the day they were to
be sold. This method was usually
employed when one of the neighbors
bought the hogs, it being quite a sport
back in those days to put it over your
neighbor so that he couldn't make too
much profit out of you. •
Hogs are Still ornery. They still
crowd back4=he corner of the pen.
They stillage to bump you and
jerk free, .racing you down the slippery
chute to the:pen. Of course, the race
by the pigs On all fours is a much
more graceful thing than the race by
the farmer on hands and feet.
Pigs will be pigs and Isuppoee that
if the day comes when pigs are kept
in air-condition pens with chefs cat-
ering to them with special meals, they
will still be as -cantankerous as ever
onloading day.
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$641.25 Collected Itiy. H. S. Students
In the first two weeks Of the local
campaign for the sale of War Savings
certificates and stamps conducted, by
the High School students, $641.25 has
been collected. If this wrammt is col-
lected during the last two Weeks c
the first month of the campaign the
objective of $2,000 monthly' will not
be reached. The students are very
anxious to do their part in this great
war effort, so do your part by invest-
ing at regular times and for as great__
an amount as you possibly can. Serve
By Saving. Invest in War Savings
Stamps,—Wingham, Advance -Times.
Joined C. A. S. F.
Harry Ross recently enlisted with
the Reserve Royal ,Canadian Artillery,
C. A. S. F., at Woodstock. Harry's
father, Henry (Scotty) Ross, is a
member of the R. C. A. at Petawawa.
—Wingham Advance -Times.
Appointed by County Council
Mr. Fred L. Davidson was re -ap-
pointed to th Winghane, ° Hospital
Board for 1941 by the County Coun-
CR last week. Mr. T. IllIGIbson was
appointed for a three year term to
the High School Board.—Wiegham
Advance -Times.
Lions Entertained Ft. A. F. Orchestra
The new 'R.A.F. Orchestra from
Port Albert were guests of the Lions'
Club at the regular luncheon, meting
last Friday evening. A very enjoy-
able time was spent and musical num-
bers were given by the Airmen. Flight -
Lieut. Fletcher addressed the Lions
and 'expressed the thanks of his or-
chestra for the fine co-operation of
the Lions' Clubs of Huron County in
providing the instruments. The or-
chestra later in the evening played -
for a dance stageitley the Lions' Club
at the Armories.--Wingham .Arvance-
Times.
R. J. Bowman, President of East
• Huron Fair
" The annual meeting of East Huron
"I want "to,give cousin Jane a• birth- "Paul 't,is a deceitful man." Agricultural Society was held on Mon-
day present," said hubby to his vrife." "What makes you ' think so?" day evening. There was a small at-
• `Will you take this five, dollars
vrifeerateinhediekanet0w.
and. go a!tatl buy her,a hat—something nrig"lHite bveeryliev.w,eelimeI wiasita,st tendance at the 'meeting but reported
a good fair as regards exhibits but
you would choose if you were buying small attendance owing to harvest
reselving to get her own back on dear lYing to him."
40 years on the Board. The new pres-
for yourself?" conditions. James Burgess was made
"All right," said his wife, secretly honorary president after a period of
cousin Mite. ident is R. J. Bowman. James Michie
"Here's the hat dear?" she told her and Harry Champion were added to.
hUsbandt when she returned; and She the board of directors. Some means
displayed an atrocious looking object will be taken in the near future tri
which was very much out of date. raise money for necessary expend-
-like yourself dear?" he asked, "Is • that exactly what you would
Tony Spills the Milk
iture,—Brussels. Post.
look-
ing at the hat rather doubtfUlly.
"Exactly, dear," • she smiled. '1
Frightened by escaping stead while
think its wonderful."
standing at the rear of the Brussels
"That's good,", he replied. ' Now
Dairy on Sunday morning, the horse,
I'll tell you my surprise. The hat
withthe sleigh loaded for the deity -
Isn't for Cousin Jane at all!, I intend-
ery of milk ran away, upsetting'the
ed it as a present for you, dear."
sleigh and smashing over 80 quart
;bottles of milk. --Brussels Peat.
Turkey Stipperrie.ye‘.,
The ladies of the congregation 'of ,
the, Presbyterian church:- -entertained
the choir and', Sunday School teachers
to a turkey supper, in appreciation of
their faithful serviees, last Friday ev- •
eping,in the basement of the church.
The supper was all that could be de-
sired and in between times, Mrs. Bert
Boyes organist and choir leader, kept
the company lively with patriotic
songs. Mr. A. Mitchell, in well chosen,
word'svoiced the vote of thanks to, the
ladies and; Mrs. M: D. -MacTaggart of-
fered five 'dollars for the most faith-
ful member of the choir during 1941.
Contests and tgames were played and
all • had an enjoyable social time ---
Clinton News -Record..
• Air Force Van Ditched
Several , Members, of the RoYal' Air"
Force were injured early .Monday at -
ern btiildings, Sewers, electricity,' allj ternoon while riding in ;a- panel van
modern conveniences. AU this was from Port .Albert on the way to God-,
reriOh. The van skidded oil the icy
surface of the road, about four miles
north of town on the Blue Water high-
way, struck a -post and turned over
on ts side in the ditch. The injurecli
were: Sergeant SUggett, slight con.-'
cussion; A.C. 1 Northcote, the driver,•
Slight leg injury; A.C...1 facial:
A.C. 1 Jones, facial lacer •
ationi A.C. 1 Drake, slight body in)ur-•
ies. .
The injurecl-men were ,treated at a
nearby house by Dr. W. W. Martin.
A.C. 1 Jones was brought to Alexandra
Hospital for further treatMeat, the
others being removed to the ,airport•-:
hospital at POrt Albert. Three other
members:. , of the party received slight,.
shock but were not otherwise injured:•
The party were Coming to Gorderiehr
to take the train for another station..
—Goderic h Signal -Star.
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Popular Bride-to-be Showered.
A very •enjoyable evening •was spent
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at the 'home- of Mrs. F. Dixon ptalker,
Blyth, Ontario, on IhterSday, January
23rd, When a surprise shower was held
for Miss Ida Stalker, a bridle -to -be of
this inonth, by a number of friends.
The shower was in the form of kit-
chenware articles, and the gtiest of
honour received many useful and love-
ly gifts.
• Ida thanked her ,friends with well. '
chosen words, after which a delicious
lunch was served by Mrs. Robert Wells.
and Mre. Wrri. Nesbitt, sister, of the,
bride-to-be.—Blyth Standard.
Hand Crushed, in Wringer'
While washing on Tuesday Mrs. A..
Rohltason, Fullerton, had her- right
hand crushed in, the wringer, giving
her such pain that uht?) had to seek
medical attention—Mitchell Advo -
cafe.
Temporary Bridge is Open
. The temporary bridge it tIeter is
now open. to traffic and the detour
signs that were placed' at the north
and south 'ends. of the town, have been
moved after being up ,tor 86 days.
The work of 'Constrtieting t temp-
orary bridge was, &Ate' ti Wahl -
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• 440 ytairdO'''Of• 'firg the bew: bridge: 4 The, tem .
',.ealtehig lAPeV.to* right ,Constinetioe CopaPitlY, of Lon-
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Small boy (in haberdashery); "I
want a collar 'for father's Christmas
Pneeent."
Assistaht: "One like mine?"
Small boy: "No, a clean one."
A family living in a suburb of Mel-
bourne, fielding the usual notices on
the gate ineffective in discouraging
-hawkers and canvassers, replaced
them with the ,following one:
• "Beware of the Agapa.nthusi If at-
tacked do not run but...Want slowly
backwards."
Reported 100 per cent. efficient.--
Itiitakt aatIumaestz...:_• 1.0
•„, Aerodromes • of doing • everything in the
shortest possible time."
•
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Building air fields and aerodromes
They knew` no better method than
slashing, pasturing, burning and dig-
ging. out stumps by manual labor. It
was 'turned into an air field, cleared,
ways what they, seem. It will be re- free from obstructions, ready for work
called that Christian in Prog- in fifty daya and that is mighty fast
less found lions in the -way — there work in any man's country.
were lions in the way in this task. In F?ort Albert the scene was dif-
ferent. The crops were taken off these
farms in July before work was start-
er. 'Phe whole port, hospital and 29
buildings, including hangars, mess
rooms, dormitories, hospital and other
buildings, was practically completed
by the 31st .of October. Last July it
was a farm, eaow it is a Village — mod,
done respite the handicap of wet wea-
ther such as Huron County has rare,
ly seen.
Real Forests
Almost every port provides its. own
particular difficulties. Down in Penn -
field, New Brunswick, there' was a
good field available but it was in for-
est — this was a real, old-fashioned
forest — it had to be stumped, grub-
bed — that means digging out the
roots, if you are not old enough to
know the word — and cleared. 350
acres of it was heavy with, standing
trees and there were scattered trees
oyer another hundred acres. Consid-
er the simple matter of removing a
single tree by the old method, then
consider the .problems which faced the
contractor' in a test of this' kind. The
plans were approved on August 7th
last; tenders were called on the 16th;
contracts let on the 26th. The orig-
inal' plan called for completion. on
April 1941, — it is practically ready
now. Wouldu't if be interesting if we
could measure the units of human en -
orgy -which would have been required
in the old days to clear an area of
heavy forest land and turn it Into an
aid' field, then examine what blasting
powder and modern machinery can do.
It may be that one lxian, now can do
the work of a thousand or ten thous-
and, working as they did in pioneer
days. Concentrated man -power, suf-
ficient to do the work ini the time giv-
en, would perhaps have been itnpos-
sible in the .old days — but it would
not have been necessary — the Hitler%
of a hundred years ago were slower
on the trigger: Perhaps too, if the
en•gitteers of Pharaohs, the by who
built the pyramids, could look down
upon that scene at PennfielO, tbeY
would say. — "magnificent we& but
thiftk of what Vve accomplished with-
thiii to the area: Mostpeople in old- out your equipinent." 111 thMr da,
ett• Ontario now, know nothing. orclear- time was not the essence of the agree
-
le.
tta This was not heavy Unifier, merit
suchas Western pitted° knew in the Iti the e.ompletion of that field there
old: days, Nt the contractor leek 5,000 was .200,000 etthio \‘yards of ordinary
6rds tvoila oft it so it wasMAY excavation. Almost 10,000 cubic yards
Well timbered. 'HY the; old method of exhavathitt tor open ditches. • Ap-
elearing :Whieh tatted Weetern Ont." iproirtrnately 4•Ailles of pipe train with
ark* bits 'UAW Thal& and 'gardensatortnbeltftll. 1,500 feet of drain with
it Votild . hitVer" taliba• least ;04,Ven,
years d1thtetfeiosttii
•Arettt thafkkittbud mko h1 suitable
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