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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1945-01-12, Page 2r4 'Atpt.,S`Rt.2,114.. n by c seription rates, $1.50 year in ce; foreign -V.00 a year. Single ms, 4 cents eath, Advertising rates on application. UPORTH, Friday, January 12th More And Bigger Machines - - It is claimed in Ontario that' the horse -and -buggy days are. behind us, never to return. And it looks pretty much that way too. There are few buggies left, and what is still more -to the point, fewer cutters and fewer sleighs, and fewer horses to draw them. This winter has been more than • a gentle reminder of that fact. • Weather conditions have backed the motors and trucks off practically all roads except the main highways and some county roads. That is hard on • the average farmer, because the farmer can no longer hibernate dur- ing the winter months, as he' prac- tically did in the old days. Farming methods have changed. The car, the truck and the .tractor have opened ug daily markets in towns and cities and he is doing busi- ness on those markets every day. His business now calls for open roads in winter, as well as summer. What is only a grumble now, will soon be an jpsistent 'demand. He wants open roads and he intends to have them. But if wheels are going to roll in winter, particularly in winters like the present (and we have no guar- antee that the next few or many win- • ters may be the same), municipal councils and county eouncils will have to procure the necessary machinery. It is true that -a start has already • been made. A number of townships bad made provision to keep their roads open this winter, and some were kept open, after a' fashion last • winter. But, unfortunately, the equipment _acquired- was -based on the needs of lasrwinter.--,This winter is not that Ithid of winter at all, and the present • equipment, as far as keeping the' • roads open is concerned, might just about as well be served by the use of •a shovel -and wheelbarrow. It is something new, of course, and expensive too. It took a decade 'be- fore our township and county fathers saw the light ane' provided 'us with the equipment that makes - even our concession roads a delight to travel on during the open months. • But if this kind of winter continues, and another like it follows, we be- lieve, municipal authorities will see the light a good deal sooner and make preparations accordingly. • It is not a few people in the towns -and cities that want tO wheel in win- ter as well as in summer, but all the people in country and town alike. • • Farming " Down Under" The C.C.F. party, and its' leader, Mr. Coldwell, in particular, have for • some dine been telling the Canadian farmer that if he were fully ac- ,quainted with the Socialist s'ystem •under which agriculture operates in • Australia and New Zealand, he would not ortlyenvy but adopt a simi- lar system of operation for Canada. Distant _fields, however, are very , apt. to look green, but on closer ex ammation they are generally found to be at best, just a little worse than those at home. Last year a group of Canadian Members of Parliament, tine of Whom was Mr. Gordon Ross, Member for Moose Jaw, went to Australia and New Zealand to,study the effects of socialistic remedies on agriculture, of which Mr. Ctildwell and his party have been recommend- ing and boasting about. • According tollttr.,,Rois' report, and is a 'practical farmer, the situa- h 1'8-4 Ally --reverse to that nied by e It is the "down iej that envies the Cana - is greAtisi alesatis- •• • nogg 471*„'4‘ erS lam s�rry to have to report ,As is not true. _If andiai t, rmers had en privileged to ae theycompany me, . would have founcl the evidence against this theory. We - have been told, too, that if govern- ments went into business and pro- duced farm machinery we would get ft natich cheaper. The government of Australia is in the farming imple- ment business, is producing farm implements in competition With two Canadian companies, but the prices in Australia and New Zealand are higher than they are in Canada." In addition, all farm workers in New Zealand are unionized and there are minimum wages on the farm, set by the government. The minimum wage on farms is $55 a month, plus a month's holidays a year. But the actual going wage is $60 a month or better. Mr. Ross adds: "This wage appears to be too high far the farmer to pay, yet the farmer can hire only union workers." At best the life of the Canadian farmer is no paradise, but he is free to plan 'his own life and work and is under the thumb of neither the gov- - eminent nor the trade unions, and we think he would be wise to con- tinue along those lines. •' Honest Advertising Most advertising is honest, because long experience has proved to the advertiser that it is only that kind that pays a dividend. • But the British, the keenest busi- ness men the world over, are past - masters in the advertising line. Selfridge & Co., one of London's greatest department stores, has a standing offer of $50 for every iis- - leading- statement that its customers - can find in its store advertising. This .unusual procedure started back in 1933, when a particular woman cus- tomer .returned a dress because it did not contain as many pleats as the artist's sketch had shown in the ad- • vertisement; Vehieh she had seen, and which had induced her to buy it. The floor manager promptly hand- •f4d her a refund and in addition $50 for her "competent observation." Since then the same firm has paid • out more: than $9,000 in similar claims on a wide variety of merehan- dise. - • Other merchants soon lost their skepticism about the plan when they saw the extra customers flocking to patronize Selfridge & Co., for the re- sult bas enhanced good will and in- sured public 'confidence in adVertis- • ing generally. • They Are Learning 4,eieSg ,1cihed _ . year a.T. ,:eeee'-'-e'eee:',--eeeeeeee-eeeereeeeeeee. From The Huron Expositor January 16, 1920 Mies' jean Campbell, daughter of Dr. ,and Mrs. B. A. Campbell, of Zur- ich, has passed the Christmas exam- inatiOn.s at the Landon Collegiate with a very high 'average, in, both addle I, Normal entrance and Ma- triculation. an Charles McDaid has purchased the Dominion Hotel- in Dublin. At the election for police trustees in Dublin, Messrs. Loqby, Diegel and Molyrneaux were victorious. Mr, ,Wen. Somerville has resigned the Grand Trunk ticket and Great N. W. Telegraph agenoies which he has held for over 30 years in Seaforth. Mr. -M. McKellar has been appointed telegraph agent. , While operating a jointer • at the Bell •Engine Co. on Saturday, Mr. Robert Smith had the misfortune to have •the *tip of the first finger on his right hand taken off. Miss Josephine Edge, daughter of Mr. Henry B. Edge, won the second Carter scholarship in Huron County. Mrs. F. H. Larkin, Mrs. J. C. Greig; Mrs. L. ° T. DeLacey and Miss H. L Graham were in Clinton on Tuesday attending the W.M.S. of the Presby- terian Church. A rink of curlers, composed of C. A. Barber, W. E. Kerslake, 3. Beattie and Win. Ament (skip) were in Lon- don taking in the bonsPiel- Mr. Charles Holmes, who recently returned from overseas, has decided to locate in Seaforth, and is going into business with his father, Mr. S. T. Holmes in the furniture and un- dertaking. The many friends of 'Miss Elsie Lowery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lowery, will be pleased to learn that , she is recovering from her re- cent °serious illness. J. E. Willis is • moving the Strand theatre to Cardno's Hall this week, Mrs. Peter Dill and daughter, Clara, of Dublin, entertained recently in hohor of Louis Dill, who is attending Medical College at Toronto. Progres- sive euchre -was enjoyed and the prize winners were Mr. George Howard and Miss M. O'Connell. . • One pf the main argunaents of the C.C.F., Canada over, for the neces- sity of adopting their socialistic form of goverment, is their wail about the immense excess profits • that private business is gouging out . of the common people's pockets. But it is now becoming evident out in Saskatchewan, that the responsi- bilities of office are really, teaching some C.C.F. cabinet ministers some of the real facts, of life. At Regina recently, C. M. Fines, Minister in charge of the liquor com- • mission, made this confession: "One • thing I have learned is that the brew- eries in Saskatchewan have not been making as great a profit as is com- monly believed." A little more investigation along the same lines, and MY. Fines and his fellow cabinet ministers, if they are honest, will admit that they are be- • ginning to learn from the facts. • When The Sermon Ends The Scoteh, as a race, have always been considered fair game for every humorist, real or imagined. But there is a characteristic expression of speech possessed by the people of that -nee that is as shrewd and eaghening asiit is humorous. • A young clergyman appeared at small Scotch kirk to preach his trial sernum, with the hope of 'becoming the regular minister of the congre- gation. "Are Sre, a 'paper' minister?" in- quired the beadle. "I' usually, read my discourse," re - ow the ,candidate. The beadle brightened perceptibly. "Aye, that'sa' light, then," he Ott, }Jell end ur • Nineteen taindred and fortI4Ve: earne to our eonatannity in rather quiet way. Neighbor Higgins let his shotgun eV with a blast that set our Imp to litirkine ie a slily and futile way and that wakened Patricia -Ann up. She demanded to know what was going on, so Mrs. Phil explained to her that the old year had just died and the New Year had just been born. She smiled. and said, "Oh, is that all," and went back to sleep. • • From The •Huron Exptasitor Januare„18, 1895 Mrs. Phil and I toasted the New Year with a little Wine that had been left over •from Christmas and; then she went off up to bed.. I stayed to check the fires for the night and real- ly to get in a: Utile thinking. Patricia Amedismissed the arrival of the New Year quite casually and I suspect most of us, except,for a little fuss at the time, don't think much about it. Maybe we should. Nineteen hundred - and • forty-five looks like a eery important year. We had our minds made up that 1944 was going' to see the end of ,the. war The man who hasn't cast a vote against the Nazis. • Well, we were really hasn't the right to criticize the fooled on that one and a lot'. of peo- people who are elected. Maybe at ple withhopes that their boys' • and the beginning of 1945 it would be a 'girls might be home for Christmas good idea if .all of us made a resolu- had to go on with icy little pains tion to pay more attention to the af- around their hearts. Supely this New fairs of the country. We stand Year that we're"in now •will see the around and shout about the rights ,of close of that part of the war that Canada as a nation, but we often neg- occupies our boys and girls in Eur- lect to guard our own rights as vot- oPe- ers.. Many people in this. troubled old Maybe it would be a good idea if world would give a lot to get their we all looked inside ourselves and voting powers back, and some are found out if maybewe weren4 in- fighting bloody wars now for that some small part to blame for ,the • Veep the Weed got into. )(pet the ether day I heard nonle fellows talk - OW PI the grocery et,Ore in Ole vil- lage. One'fellow was saying that .everyone should take an Interest in affairs of -the coniMeeity anti the coUntry. ell, Air, you should have heard -those •other lade go et Ilio. They were a bench, of pessimists Who said there was no use paying any, at- tentioe to polities of any kind. They figltred that 'no Matter Who was elept- ed, in a short time they would turn dishoneet Of course there are PeoPie in poli- ties who are crooked. There are dis- honest people in almost all walks of life. This alibi about tbere being hope of getting honest goversifferit, local, Provincial or national, is just an excuse put up by people who are too lazy to care.' It's UM much bother to go out and take an interest in the affairs of the country . . ,but they sit around and criticize like. ad. It doesn't take much effort to talk. Miss Lizzie Walker, of Usborne, who passed the second class profes- sional examination at Ottawa Normal •Schnol, has obtained a position • as -teacher. near Kingston at a salary of • over e300. Mr. Wm. Doug -all, of the and con- cession, Hay, had "his side injured and was otherwise shaken up op Sat- urday by a bull. He was crossing the yard When, the bull ran at hina, and aesieted him over or through- a fenee. Messrs. McGregor and. Hunter, of Brueefield, shipped 640 lambs to the Old Country last week, via Portland. John Hunter and .Joseph' Copp, Clin- ton, will take charge of them during the voyage. On Monday morning as one of Geo. Murray's team was crossing the old quarrie on the Huron Road, east of town, the ice broke and horses, sleigh and load went through. One day last week as Mr. Samuel MeGeoch was. cutting wood in Mr. •licCaa's •bush, he met with a- close call. Be uses when at such work a double bitted axe, very. sharp on one edge and duller on the other for split- neg. He was using the dull edge to cut a limb lying in a bellow. The timber being frozen that day the axe few up, striking him vertically about the middle of the forehead with the sharp edge, cutting fieeh and bone to the brain. , The following ladies of the Seaforth Auxiliary pf the Women's Foreign Mission Society attended the annual Presbyterial meeting held at Hensall on Tuesday last: Mts. Papa, Mrs. Laidlaw, Yfrs. L. L. Metaul, Mrs. G. ;Dancan, Mrs_ A. Yeung, Urs. Forbes, Mrs. Archibald, Mrs. El. Grieve, Miss Cash, Miss Ttiffod, Mrs. (Rev.) Mc- Donald. Mrs. T. G. Wilson and Mrs. Lyon. , Mr. J. E. Reid, head miller at the Ogilvie Mill, had his left hand caught in one of the conveyors at the mill and had one of his fingers smashed and the hand ie very painful. George Stanbury, of Bayfield, re- tained to Toronto on Saturday to re- sume his studies at the University. On Monday evening a large num- ber of young people front' Bayfield spent an enjoyable evening at Mr. Joieph Wild's on the Sauble Line. Mr. J. S. bletraith's shoe shop had' a nerroev •eetape from -dettrUction ley -fire on; New t ear's eveniing.., beeu werieing in the ay, tine and left some vrOod in the Stove. Oa his wey horde' lie ireit Co set if thin we all. Tight belt found on opening the door " -that the place was filled with smoke, -but a, few pails of water savdd the situation. I JUST A SMILE OR TWO.11 The temperance lecturer had warm- ed to his subject. "Who has the most money to spend?" he thundered. "The publican. Who runs around in a fine car? The publican. Who has fine fur coats? The publican's wife. And who pays for all these? You, my friend, you." A short time later a man and, a woman slopped the lecturer in the street and thankedhim fin hie advice. The lecturer looked "1 am indeed glad," he said, "that. you have given up the evils • of drink." , "Oh, no, we haven't done that," Wks +the smiling reply. "We've bought a pub!" • "I hear you've been doing very well at school, Bobby," an \ old gentleman remarked to his grand%on. "What is your best subject, reading, writing or arithmetic?" A _look of quiet contempt crossed the youngster's face. "Don't be ab- surd, grandpa," he -replied, "right- now Pm working on a plan for• post-war reconstruction." Oar Sidoiwipep Bu Menne. .Penkat • Wil1$94na, Williams and ' gadder Sreitt r9t:011oa home Wednesday after attending the 4 h' Toronto livestock an.aelcet Ale forepart of the week. They returned try Lon- ;* don and were stalled in, 1461464.-Ttles- day night. •On returning Wediesday' their ear sideswiped a ins they, were meetiq n the snow -filled highway near Elginfield. No damage' was done but some of the, pal* was \ scraped from, the left rear olvier of the Par. Some of the passengers on the bus unable to get through •the n door which was tight up against a snowbank, cl:mbed through a viindow .. and assisted in peshing the car out. —Exeter Times -Advocate. ' Awarded British Empire Medal Congratulations to Flt. Sgt. ' Albert Oldham, of Exeter, who in the New Year's honor list by the R.C..A.F., was awarded the British Empire medal. Flt. Sgt. Oldham is in charge of main- t tenance at No. 9 S.F.T.S., Centralia. Mrs. Oldham and daughter reside in t Exeter.—Exeter Times -Advocate. It was the Englishman's first' visit north of the border, and as he waited on the station platform far a connee- tion he whiled away the time asking the porter questions. "I suppose you have a provost in this 'town?" he asked. "Aye," replied the pertet. "D.oes he have insignia like our mayors?" "Does he have what?" minsignia. For instance, does he wear a chain?" "A chain!" exclaimed the porter in astonishment. "Na, na, he gangs aboot loose. But dinna be feared o' him; he's quite harmless." • "Johnny," said .his mother, severe- ly, "someone has taken a big piece of ginger cake out -of the pantry." . 'Johnny blushed guiltily, and fidget - ted around. "Oh; Johnny," she exclaimed, "I didn't. think it was in you::: "It- ain't elle' replied- Join/12 Y, "Part of lit's in Elsie." A shipwre-cked sailor who; had -spent five yearn on a desert *fiend, was ov- erjoyed One day to See a ship drop anchor in the bay. A 104411 boat eatere ashore and an 'tittleor handed the sailor a bundle of newepapers. ,'/Tte captain suggests." be told '&4 dior, 'that you reajl what's goingin the -world.and'titen t Huron Federation of: Agriculture-FarmNews 1 Clover Silage • For Dairy Cattle in normal times obtained supplies The use of dloVer silage as a feed from Canada. The • recorameeded fret dairy cattle has hesulted from at production. for 1945 is 10,000,000 lbs. tempts to preserve for winter feed- at 45 per cent. advance over 1944. ing material comparable to good .pas- ' More timothy seed is wanted in turage_ Clover cut Just before or in 1945. Before the war Canada used to the early bloom stage and stored im- import considerable qttantitiee of tine- tnediately in the silo *ill retain much othy seed from the United States, but of its high feeding qualities when prb- now Canada is able to meet its own perly ensiled. The most satisfactory requirements. • . method of pre%erving legume or. grass 'Supplies of Kentucky Blue Grass to silage is by the use of molasses et meet 'Canadian requirements have the rate of about 60 pounds of raolas-• been imported from the United States ,ses (molasses weighs about 13 pounds in recent years. This grass grows per imperial gallon) per ton of ma- naturally in the Red River ,Valley in terial, 'allowing a small stream of Manitoba and the harvesting - of the the molasses to run into the forage seed there is recommended. There in the blower or by mixing the moles- will be a market if 300,000 pounds of ses with warm water and sprinkling this grass is produced in 1945 or 1300 on each layer in the silo. per cent. more than in 1944. For. The average crue protein content 1945 the recommended output of Can - in the dry matter of elover-grass sil- adian blue grass is 340,000 pounds, or age ensiled, at the Dominion. Experi- 94 per cent. more than ii 1944. There mental -Farm, Nappan, N.S., says C. will be a market for 300,000 pomade D. T. Cameron, during the past three of 'Creeping Red Fescue which is years, was 13.4 per cent. Feeding abOut the same yield as in 1944, about silage of this quality will increase the 15049 pounds—or 53 per cent. less amount of protein fed in the form of than, last year—of Western rye grass -roughage and • consequently reduce should be enough for all requirements the percentage of this nutrient re- this year. Production of bent: grass quired 'in the meal: Clover silage at 6,000 pounds—or about the tame as may be subhtituted for hay up to one- the' total yield in 1944 --ie believed half of the quantity, fed, allowing May, be enough to meet demands this three pounds ensilage for one pound year. . of dry roughage replaced: • Less sweet clover seed is required • •* * in 1945. .An output of 7,000,000 .lbs. or 39 Per cent. less than last .year will be enough. There are also am- ple supplies of Brame grass. A yield of 8,000,000 Peends—or 25 per cent. below 1944—will be. sufficient this Year. * * Packed House For Midnight Show 4, There was a rush for seats for the midnight slum at Leavitt!n Theatre as many took advantage of this &Ina of entertainment to usher in the New ;Year. A large crowd, that assumed mob proportions, ; were on hand when ' the doors opened and it required the, services of a policeman to keep, the' erowd in check. The theatre was packed for theciecasion: -- Exeter 0 Times -Advocate. Port Albert School Tio Close Soon Although no announcement has been made, all signs point„to an early A closing of the Navigation School at Port Albert. There was a very heavy ri exodus of students. Christmas din- ner was served, but notin the trade f4 -tonal manner with officers os hosts, for only a skeleton staff remainit, These who came there with the first ' contingent from raversea.s two years and two months ago. have received. postings.—Brussels Post, BUteher'Busittess Disposed Of 4 Ian McDonald sold his buteher busi- ness which has been run for the past several months by William„Tucker, to. Baeker Bros. Baeker Bros. have con- ducted a butcherbusiness.' here for: the past forty years, and in that time have had fifteen competitors.—Brus- sels Post. New Teacher For Continuation Schooj Need More Alfalfa and Clover Seed"! The Dominion -Provincial Agricul- tural Conference held in Ottawa in December recommended for 1945 total production of 15,000,000 pounds Of, faIfa seed, a 93 per cent. increase ov- er the 1944 production, This total, 'the Cortference conSidered, is well When incline Lititet Potency in Salt 'within production possibilities, Whiler. Iodine It an IMPOrtant element supphes ae ego& seed iii Canada the growth of a:Weide,and for seine. ••trOrii the 1644 output aretuhsttintitt tithe studiet ltaire teen 'in -proven ly More than are required for tana--, to attcirtnine. the loss Of iodiiin th dian use, the surplus seed available iodised salt under vatione etindltions: is not enough to meet the demands:10dited rock salt placed Outtide our. from export Markets. ,There need be ing•.eunamer pasture conditione lost no concerti about over Ptt rodetion of its iodine completely at the end of alfalfa seed in 1945.' two months, irrespective Of the Stak Otpplies of, plsihe Clover seed In ilizer flsed , /Under stall ,ConditiOnsi Canada, 'and in 111 other Producing losses were4esS rapid, but at the And eertnitriete are far short of enough to of nine motithlf there, was Very little Meet. dementia. Recommended pro-, iodine; and et the end of 16 'months duction for 1945 is 1..',660;606,poitnas,•-i trades only *are Present. .406; Per nent. increase : over When the salt Wit stored 11.1-a 0001 •! 'AK* cardhoard Cartons; there was dian grown red dii`tet need: 'yos,- litLle iosti. titptliih,O 11161)111o,, and tion of this seed in nadkdri...reeent :Oen. Attired glatfl.jokihtral wits -eirs -bas been only sufficient to inoot 1O-1:64.*i the 0:0 of 15 iMit,ho,tyttlz 0400.1 3ho that'faet . t6t- 5 et, Miss A. Carroll, B.A., of Watford, h4s.,.,#e•Drs.noltredetcreteacheen.vtlfelelater of Miss Coolr, who resigner' owing to' ill health. This is Miss Carroll's firs: 4 year at teaching. • She will teach French and English at Brussels Con.- 4 tinuation School.—Brussels Post. • Leaving For Vancouver - Miss Eileen Bogie, organiat in Knoi Presbyterian Church for the past. two - years, is leaving on Monday for Van- couver. Miss BOgie, who has taken a prordinent part in musical activities is Goderich, has been the recipient of several gifts during the week_ The Empire Service Club presented her with •a Royal Doulton flower brooch; • the staff of the Royal Bank with a brown leather purse, and the choir of MacPresbyterian Church held a so- cial evening in her honor after cho!r practice Thursday night, and present- ed her with a Parker pen and peucil see—Goderich Signal -Star. Choir Entertained Mr. Lorne Tyndall, a j7fplfrend. of Ontario Street Church choir, was again host to the me-mbers of the choir on Friday night entertaining them at Mr. Bartliff's restaurant.— Clinton News -Record. • Arrive Back in Canada • ;Mr. and Mrs. Leonard- Cook, of East Wawanosh, have received word that their son, Pte. Russell Cook, has ar- rived back in Canada after overseas service. Also Mrs. Wellington efIcNan has received official word that her 'husband, Gnr: Wellington McNeil, bas arrived in Canada. Both these boys lave seen considerable -action. Pte. Cook was wounded twice and Gnr. •McNall once. There is no definite eord, as far as we knoW, of *heti 'they may be expected in°,Blyth. Perently.both meu came hoine on--tha Same hospital ehip which arrived nt a Canadian port on Tuesday. --Blyth Standard.- Purchase Transport.business The' Thiel Bros. Transport has, pur- chased the trucks attd b,Usinees of the Willard Trap:Sport of Hensall, and will be in a Poettion to 'bring up more filek-Up articles froni the Toronto dis- triCt. This is a great convenience to Ziatich and cotrtntenity..--Ztatieb Her- ald. I New Theatre HadCapacity Crowds The Cozy Theatre, 'Brusiels, closed its doors On a capacity andiente at each of the three shows on Itolonda• r night, The feature, "Look Who's Latighine was. well received and the general opinion is that the Cozy rose a little above the publio`t expects,P - holm -in the 'Way ttf Bound and size. :a:toy 144.;veri:let lniflod4ritebee7dat. :ree )Y011 t144:',deqfitatIdg ate- : Wi'#ftte.rt iii.ohbor, of: ,tititopio the COW, tOukt , . r 4, r )11, A ;b4