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(By David Lavender, condensed from
Travel, New York)
Winter. On the bleak Wyoming
prairie a canvas'scovered' wagon
hunched on a snow -cased -hill, its
chimney smoke streaking across a
cold yellow sunset, A dirty grey mass
of sheep huddled nearby, tblatting hun-
grily. A man walked round them,
heading for the only home he knew,
his sheepskin collar turned up against
the wind. He -climbed into the ;wa-
gon. The dpor banged shut behind
him. An empty sound in an empty
world.
"He must be nuts to live like that e"
you think. That's the common as-
sumption of course. All through the
West you hear tales about sheepherd-
ers' mentality—like the one about the
Treasurer, $90; Waterloo Fire Insur-
ance Co., insurance on hall, $20; D.
of C. premium, collector's bond, $15;
J. Suplet, allowance, $10; Treasurer
Huron, hospital acct., B. Robinson,
$46.35; Treasurer, Hensail School
Fair, $5.00; Treasurer, Grand Bend
School Fair, $5.00; J. McBride, weed
inspector, $147.70.
The council adjourned to meet
again on Monday, Nov. 3rd, at 1.30'
o'clock in the afternoon.—A. H. Hess,
Clerk.
ROO
WALTON
'Messrs. Wilfred and. Lloyd Nicholl,
of Camp Borden, spent the past week
at the home of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Nieeholl.
Mr. Gilbert McCallum returned ou
Saturday from a 'business trip to
Saskatchewan.
Mrs. Roy Bennett and Mrs. Sam
Burgess, of Brussels, are in Regina,
where they will visit their sister, Mrs.
George Campbell, and brother, Mr.
James Long, who is in poor health.
Mrs. 'Charles Drager, who spent- the
past month in Toronto, returned
home on Sunday. She was accom-
panied by Mrs. Ken Rutledge, Miss
..x Jean Drager and Mr: 'Don Grey.
Mr. Duncan Johnston and other rel-
atives attended the -funeral of the'
late Peter C. Kerr on Saturday last
in Toronto. Mr. Kerr was a former,
resident of McKillop, but has resided
in Toronto for many years. He was
confined to 'bed for a year or more
from the results of a stroke and pass-
ed away last Thursday. -He is sur-
vived by his wife, the former Miss
Kate Johnston; one son, Gordon, and
one daughter, 'Mrs. James Gillespie, of
Toronto.
Year. Book ,-
CoverNewFields
The publication • of the 1941 edition
of ,the Canada Year' Book is announc-
ed 'by. the Dominion Bureau of Statis-
tics. The ,Canada, Year Book is the
•official statistical annual of the coun-
try and contains a thoroughly up-to-
date account of the natural:resources
of the Dominion ' and their develop-
ment, the history of the country, its
institutions, its dermography, the dif-
ferent 'branches of production, trade,
transportation, finance, education, etc.
=in brief, a comprehensive " study
within the limits of e, single volume•
of 'the social and economic condition
of the' Dominion. This new edition
has been thoroughly revised through-
out and „ includes in all its chapters
the latest information available up to
the date of going to press.
The 1941 Canada Year Book extends
tb over 1,000 pages, dealing with all
phases of the national' life and more
especially with those susceptible' of
statistical measurement. A statipt4cal
summary of 'the progress of 'Canada is
included in the introductory matter.
This gives a- picture in figures of the
remarkable, progress that the country
has made since the first census of
, the Dominion was taken in 1871, sev-
enty years ago.
Special Articles
The special articles that are shown
in this edition of the Year Book have
been selected to illustrate the effects
of the war on the Canadian economy
and to show such ,changes and devel-
opments as have taken place to date.
'There are, eight such special articles,
as follows: "
The National Registration, 1940;
Some Effects of the War on Canadian
Agriculture; the Effects of Govern-
ment War -Time Expenditures on the
Construction 'Industry; Pre -War Civil
Aviation and the Defence Program ;
the War -Time Functions of 'a Central
Bank; War -Time Control under the
Foreign Exchange Control Board; Re-
cent Advances in the Field of Educe
tion, in Canada,, and a' special war
•chronology that appears as Appendix
I to the volume.
Public finance Is introduced Dy
comparative statistics of finance of all
governments — Dominion, Provincial
. and Municipal—of Canada. These sta-
tistics are the results of -special stu-
dies that have been made of this sub-
ject by research organizations set up
for the Royal. Commission on Domin-
ion -Provincial Relations and for the
Dominion -Provincial Conference. It is
expected that -this series will be con-
tinued and strengthened° ' in later edi-
tions. In addition, the treatment of
Income Tax is considerably extended;
this tax- is of increasing importance
in wartime and thbi'e is a greater pub-
lic demand for particulars regarding
its application. Another feature in
the present edition is the introduction
of tables showing the application Of
gasoline tax and of suduession duties
from the date, of their inception. Since
the Dominion Government ,,has now
entered these fields the tables pro-
vide a baeltground for the latest stn.
,d'y of these sources of revenue oh a
i tloii'at 'Molar -
In the» present edition; a 'complete
list of articles and of historical or
descriptive text that has not been sub-
ject to' wide change and' is ther'efore
not repeated, is given following the
Table of Contents. This list links the
1941 Year Book with its predecessors
and indicates the extent to, which the
Year Book must .now be -regarded as
a series of publications rather than
as a • single volume. '
Persons requiring the Year Book
may obtain it from. the King's Printer,
Ottawa, as long as the supply lasts,
at the price of $1.50 per copy; this
covers merely the cost of paper,
printing and binding.: By a special
concession, a limited number of pa-
per -bound copies have been set aside
for ministers of religion, bona fide
students and school teachers, who
may obtain such copies at the nomin-
al price of 50 cents each but applica-
tion for these special ' copies should
be directed to the Dominion Statisti-
cian, Dominion Bureau of Statistics,
Ottawe,,,,,
HAY
CHISELHUHST
Sister Dies in West
Messrs. W. R. and Earl Kinsman,
of Chiselhurst, received a wire on
Thursday last informing them of the
death of their sister, Mrs. George k.
Bagshaw; Birsay,' Sask. The deceas-
ed was -formerly Miss' Emma Kins-
man, second daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William Kinsman, of Tuck-
ersnrith. After her marriage to Mr.
George Bagshaw, they lived at Bir -
say, Sask. She has been in failing
health for some time and on Thu'rs-
' day; Oct. 2nd, she passed away. The
funeral services were held' in Birsay,
on Saturday last. Surviving are her'
husband and ., two daughter's, Evelyn
and Betty; one. sister, (Sennet) 'Mrs.
John Whiteman, of Sutherland, Sask.,
and four brothers, John, of Birsay;
Dan, • of Macrorie, and ,Ri'chard and
Earl, of Chiselhurst, Ont.
The regular monthly meeting of the
council of the Township of Hay was
held in the Town Hall, Zurich, on
Monday, Oct. 6, with -all the members
present. The minutes of the Septem-
ber meeting were adopted as 'read.
After disposing of the communica-
tions, the following resolutions 'Were
passed: That engineer's report, plans,
etc., re proposed improvement of the
Noith Branch Of the Black 'Greek, be
accepted by the council and that by-
law providing for doing the work and
borrowing the money foe cost of
same be provisionally passed and that
the Court of Revision to consider ap-
peals to 'be -held at the Town Hall,
Zurich,' on Monday, Nov. .3rd, at the
hour of '2 o'clock p.m. That Bylaw-
No.
ylawNo. 15, 1941, providing for application
to the .Minister, Department of High-
ways, for additional sum of $500.00
on estimated 1941 'road expenditures
to provide for cost of proposed cul-
vert .to be constructed, 'be read threes
timeand finally' -passed. That the
petition of W. F. Alexander rand oth-
ers for improvement of a drain, he
said over,, for further consideration.
That In accordance with notice receiv-
ed signed' by numerous intefested per-
sons, Mr. T. R. Patterson, Engineer,
be instructed to make a survey, re-
port, etc., on needed 'repairs- and im-
provements to the Zurich Drain ,South.
That. accounts -covering payments on.
township roads, Hay telephone, relief
and general accounts, be passed 'aa'
per vouchers:
Township Roads—Treasurer Stant
ley, assessed roads, Stanley Big Drain
$45.00; pay list, No, 9, $21.20.
Hay Telephone System—Bell Tele-
phone Co., tolls, . July to August,
$49.3.94; Bell Telephone Co.,' labor,
etc., Dashwood Central, $55.78; A. F.
Hess, Clerk -Treasurer, $87.50; C. F.
Pfile, blinds, Da.shwood',• $40.66; H. G.
Hess, salary, $175.00; T. H. Hoffman,
salary, $183.33; Northern Electric Co.
material, $130.23; W. H. .Haugh, re
Dashweed central; $43,00.
• General Accounts --(Municipal World
supplies, $$.97; Treasurer, Zurich
Fair, grant, X50; Treasurer, Exeter
Pair, grant, ION A. P.s; iCio ii
Music Critic
To Be Here
Local music teachers are anticipat-
ing with interest a visit during the
week of 'October 13th •frbm'Miss Persis-
Hebden, A.T.C.M., of the Toronto Con-
sereatory of 'Music. Miss 'Hebden has
just 'been appointed travelling repres-
entative and promotion manager, for
T. C. M. REPRESENTATIVE
Miss Persis Hebden, A.T.C.M.,
travelling representative for the
Toronto _-Conservato"ry of Music,
who will 'sit here during the
coming week.
the Conservatory. or more than 14
years she has teen a prominent mem-
ber of the Toronto . Conserves ry of
Music staff.
For the first year in her new posi-
tion Miss Hebden, will tour the larger
Ontario centres and will later exten 1
her actitities,to take in the Maritime
provinces, Quebec and Western Can
,ada. ,
Before joining the Conservatory
staff Miss Hebden was a student of
sfn.ging, piano and theory. She was
for some time private secretary -to
Sim Ernest MacMillan, Principal of
the 'Conservatory. `
During her visit Miss •Hebden will
meet with music teachers and lova
residents interested in muaic, to dig:
cuss music problems and .points 0
u lttiat interest. ,
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poor fellow who died: of exhaustion
trying to ane,ke his bed; he couldn't
figure out the long way of a square
blanket, a
If the hotpot of enviroziment is -,
ough to dri a man crazy, those'ster-
les would seem well founded, for the
impact of sheepherding is terrific.
-You can never, throughout the year,
escape it. From the minute—but let's
go back to that lonely wagon and
look.
The quarters are not as unbearable
as they appear. Your bed is off the
ground; -canvas reflects the heat of
your roaring sheet -iron stove; built-in
cupboards hold food, dishes, clothes,
books.
Things are more complicated if you
tent' it; sleep on frozen earth, as you
must in mesa lands like Colorado and
Utah, where terrain is too rough for
wagons. You can't accumulate any
little comforts; travelling light is too
important.
Whether home is wagon or tent,
you spend little time in it Hungry
sheep rise at dawn, hunting the thin
winter -range feed—cured rice grass,
shad scale, even bitter sagebrush tips.
You've got to make sure they move
together, where you can eye them,
for sheep is the most helpless of an-
imals. It's only teeth are back up-
per jaw grinders, useless for fight-
ing. ' It isn't fleet enough to rut from
attack. It hasn't size or endurance
sufficient to buck storms or floods.
Whatever chance at life it has, you
give it.
At night," with coyptes around, you
pile out and listen until you're shiv-
ering toe hard to hear. You fire shots.
The utmost vigilance isn't enough.
Killer cpyotes. tear down your ewes,
eat their warm livers, for sheer de-
structive lust. When the camp mov-
er -comes to shift your, wagon else-
where, you send 'for the •government
trapper, who shoots full• of strychnine
all the carrion he can' find, working
on a canvas spread from horseback
before he dismounts, wearing canvas
gloves to leave no main -scent. Poison
gets many coyotes.'
Always you watch the horizon,
smell the' wind, study birds flying;
drawing on every bit of lore and sup=
erstition you have gleaned for predict-
ing storms. In still, steel -gray dawns
you keep the sheep in the trees, be-
hind protecting ridges. Blizzards,
catching' you in the open, can be cat-
astrophic. .Sheep turn and drift be-
fore wind -driven snow, seeking es-
cape, -
They pile 'blindly into dry gullies
until the living cross on' bridges of
dead. They jam in, dead-end pockets,
crushing, smothering "each other. You
drift with them, cursing them, hating,
fighting them, doing your best to save
them. 'G,etting them stopped' in a shel-
tered basin, you build a fire, hunker
down to wait out the storm. Your
belly's hollow, you're cold, lonely, you
know the boss will say, plenty about
the ones you lost . 'and working
theherd back to the beds��r��ound, there
are drifts to 'buck; you "lorry about
feed deep -buried under this snow.
Nights seem longer. Your thoughts
turn in on yourself, and that is not
good. -
But it ends. ,Spring comes, earth
thanes,, bluebirds whistle, abdomens of
ewes swell, you step livelier, even
the camp mover softens into a smile
now and then.
Shearing time. A dozen herds—
traveiling on schedules timed to the
hour, some ,having come 50 miles,
same just three miles a day — creep
towards shearing corrals where 'pro-
fessionals snip off . each animal's
fleece in one unbroken greasy mass.
They get twelve -and -a -half cents per
ewe, 25 cents for a 'big husky ram.
Good men make twenty-five dollars a
day.
Lambing time. Breeding is control-
led so that lambs arrive in spring.
Mass motherhood " due, you hurry,
drive 19 hours a day to 'reach' a pro-
tected spot, split the herd (you have
helpers now), let each ?bunch:; graze
slowly. Unutterably weary you crawl
into bed; an- hour later you're up. The
stark (2,500 storks for the average
herd) never waits: Yon stumble
through icy fog, a midwife now,
straightening twisted heads; -changing
positions in case of breech presenta-
tions, delivering the stillborn. The
drizzle is -chilling live lambs to death.
You take the feeblest to tents, give
them a warm bath, dry them, wrap
them up, feed canned milk from a
small -necked bottle with a rag over
its mouth.
Don't keep a lamib too long; the
ewe will forget its smell, refuse to
own it. Sometimes mothers refuse
children for no apparent reason; you
resort to subterfuges' "to "awaken ma-
ternal ens -Suet, rub the lamb's head
with' the ewes own milk, or drag its
tail through her mouth. Sometimes
You have • to 'build a pen', lock them up
together, before she'll decide • ' this.
-really; is Junior after all.
A ewe whose lamb has been born
dead is not .willing to adopt an orph-
an; she has to be tricked into it. You
slip her dead lamb onto a canvas at-
tached to a rope, drag it off. The ewe
associates this movement with the
lamb (not, with; you, for you aren't
touching it); thinks the lamb alive,
calls fel' it to return, runs after it,
bleats and stamps in anxious bewil-
derment. You get the dead lamb Out
of sight, skin it, fasten the hide over
an orphan, take it to the ewe. She
snuffs the little thing over, inch by
inch. This does not seem to be 'her
child. Yet the swell is there. She
emits a tentative rumbling noise. You
breathe -again! (This sound of affec-
tion 'between sheep is a deep grum-
w;,bl'e made we'll down the throat with-
'ea mouth;.' ewes talk so
• .ks to ewes at mating
t.,..u).
Each ewe learns the voice of its
Iamb, the lamb •its mother's. . ,li ven-
ings, sheep mill on the bedflround in
indescribable con.fusidte Yet a knob
—or ewe—will pick 'out the proper
call, start running, as liupdreds of
others 'are 'running. •Suddenly lamb
and ewe join; down onfront knees
su
goes the lamb, ckbits
melting greedily, bi
tall bobbing in ecstatic jerks.
on you go. Sheep ''mist be dapped
in IMOIMOQl'eosote atiti pat .site miziune,
Lambs =tat the onetr t 114.4tare bra'fda
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Late arrivals and new purchases
have swelled our fine showing of
Coats and Dresses' to the greatest in
our history! Style and value -wise
folks will hurry here' for their Fall
clothing needs before prices advance.
•
Value In Coats
English all -wool Coatings, ' Boucle
Cloths, Nubley Cloths, English
Tweeds,' Genuine Harris' Tweeds and
Inany others in plain or fur -trimmed
types , .Seethe new Harris Tweeds
in Swagger Balmacaan types. Love-
ly dress coats, furred in the' latest
mode with squirrel, mink, fox and ,.
lamb. Colors include Black, Navy,
Green, Wine, Grey and Brown. Come
here for the latest trends in smart
Fall chat styles. Every size" is pro-
fusely represented.
Priced from 19.50 to45.00
'STYE - RIGHT
FALL DRESSES
3.95 to 13.50
- Simply. hundreds of figure -flattering, style -right
Fall Dresses are assembled here for your ' choosing.
Quality • crepes, • failles, wool fabrics and _many
others styled in the popular tailored manner—
Jacket Styles—longer waist line types, all are here
in 'the newest sleeve and skirt lengths. ' Colors in-
clude Wine, Soldier Blue, Green, Navy, Black,
Brown and Beige. Gayly ornamented with jewelry
or 'shirred and embroidered trims.
Priced 3,95 to 13.50
° See This Week's New Arrivals.
In Smart FILL MILLINERY
They're Startlingly New grid Different
Stewar
Bros. Seat�th-
painted on. Always feed and water
must be found. Days and nights
merge into a blur of sheep, dust,
smell, noise.
Herds move tremendous distances
with each shift of season — to high
country (timber line and above) in
summer, to comparhtively snow -free
desert in ,winter. You try to reach
your driveway ahead of other outfits.
Early flocks grub out the grass; lag-
gards often escape. starvation. Some
herder's.' (not you of course) have been
known to steal supplies, destroy
bridges' and so forth, to delay rials.
At last the mountains! Tough
herding; thick' 'brush, timber, raging
streams. In the main, forest 'rangers
are considerate. If possible they
pick you spots not too steep, with
some open ground, wood' and water
nearby. Tourists, ifisher-men, camp-
ers, wonder how 'you can be so sure
you haven't lost sheep in the hills. It
is not so mysterious as it sounds ;
herds break into subherds, each with
leader (goats make good leaders, you
use them) whom you bell. You get
to know the bell sounds, can. tell with
accuracy whether sheep are resting,
feeding, growing nervous. You note
black or spotted sheep in each herd,
count these markers as you drive to
the bedground at night; if orte is
gone, others have gone with it; you
hunt, shove them back down the
mountain to the railroad'.
Comes the Winter.. !Don't think
about that .noro6'.'. N'i'ghta at''b crisp,
star -bung; days an, indolent delight.
You lie on Warm grass batiks, cher'''
flower stems, dreatlr 'with, the ctoniide.
it
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You kid yourself, think the freedom
of cloud andmountain your freedom
too. Actually you are shackled to
your jab as no other wage-earner is
to his. In some 'States it is a peni-
tentiary offense for a herder to leave
'his band without notice.
It seems no sheepherder ever 'start-
ed life as one. ,They have been col-
lege graduates, merchants, convicts,
engineers, writers, anything, every-
thing, maybe escaping from the spiri•t-
br'uising competition of the modern
world. It is not a complete flight—
the job takes too much courage, re-
sourcefulness, responsibility. No one
fights your fights. It is in your Own
hands.
Maybe that is the freedom of it.
You've been the slave of this flock,
-but its.god, too. You have made the
weak trong, led the timid and fal-
tering—and done it. alone.
Are you crazy? You don't know.
Don't care. Because whatever else
you may or mayn't be, you're still a
damn good sheepherder.
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