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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1945-02-09, Page 2• ' -I' , •-•• -a • ;4. ,"'"*"" an•!, 7 , , eat9$1; Ontario, ev.., aY afternoonzby *Lean ibei'iptkui r tes, a year in vanee; fo 2OOa yearTsingre (Vies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on applicadon. SEAFORTII, Friday, February 9th Gen. McNaughton Defeated Gen. McNaugliton, Minister of Defence in the King Government, was decisively defeated in the bye - election in North Grey on Monday. The result was a• surprise to even the - most optimistic supporters of Mr. -Garnet Case, the Conservative candi- date. It is apparent now that if the Gov- ernment had suspected Gen. Me - Naughton would have opposition, the • politically uncertain riding of North Grey would never have been chosen, as the disadvantages against his re- turn were too many and too appar- ent. For one thing, he was an outsider, ,while Mr.. Case as an ex -Mayor of. Owen Sound, and had been a candi- date in the last Dominion election. Another was that his duties in the Department of Defence kept him tied to Ottawa the greater part of the time, and it was only infrequently that he was able to appear in the rid- ing during the campaign. The entrance of a c.c.y. candidate in the field also had ,a -distinct bear- ing oh the issue, for while he lost his deposit, he drew more than enough votes from Liberals to make a Con- servative_ victory possible. The re- sult, however, proved cbnclusively • that the C.C.F. is not very favorably looked upon in the rural ridings. • Tribute To Canada In a recent issue the New York' Journal of Commeree said that, the people of the United States were showing a decided preference for Canadian investments. As this re- port has been confirmed at Washing- , ton and Ottawa, it may, therefore, be accepted as reasonably true. The report' goes on to say that • Canadian dollars are eagerly snap- ped up whenthey turn up in the New York market, and are Wised for this • very purpose. Canadian bonds pay- able in United States funds are bought freely and direct investment proceeds in a steady stream. The outstanding point in the New • York paper's report is that the • American • people's preference for Canada has been the result of the Wartime policy followed by the Can- adian Government, and the prefer- ence is very much more marked than in years previous to the present war. Investors in the United States now regard Canada as a safe place to put their money. This is a most interesting' as well as a most instructive fact. • Judging by the controversy that has been carried on incessantly by some politi- cal parties and newspapers • during the past few years, the Government has made a comRlete botch of every- thing it has touched. • In the recent bye -election in North Grey, the Progressive -Conservative and the. C.C.F. parties loudly pro- • claimed that each of them possessed •,the only &icy that could possibly - save the country. But the viewpoint of 'United States investors, as ex- • pressed by the Journal of Commerce, and_ enclersed by . Washington and Ottawa, represeats -an independent tint' d• party judgment, not merely • given 'as an expression of opinion, but an: opinion backed by hard cash guf well. unded Export Markets ler this heading, in a recent Toronto Telegram said: a adians • 'have seen a stark published ritaitesfain- porky. It ie entrance of tlie big 11640 standsand there studying the gTim warning • Wed to the cloor by a W41' 'bro.d dagger, The warning there to British post-war trade -is 'Export or Die.' "Canada, the United States and. France are pinningsimilar.. notices* on the doors of their business men. There is more than enough produc- tion in many lines for domestic use; ° the surplus, to keep the wheels turn- ing at next -to -wartime speed, must be exported. If Canada goes right after foreign trade now and not in some future armistice period, with her best men and favoring countries that buy from Canada, the nation may expect its fair share ,of profit- able markets." Coming from the Telegram, the real inouthpiece of died -in -the -wool Toronto Toryism, this is startling , news indeed. Does it mean that af- ter a lifetime spent in advocating a policy of extreme protectionism, it has become a convert to free trade? There is no doubt but what the advice it gives is sound, but it touch- es on only one side of the trade ques- tion. Because if Canada wants to sell her goods in other countries, she must be prepared to lower her tariffs so as to permit competition with • Canadian industries, particularly those in Central Ontario, of which Toronto is the nerve centre. Has the Telegram become a con- vert to that extent? .Or is it still one of the many, who are prepared to demand every sacrifice on the other fellows part, while still refusing, on their own part, to accept the' final and only policy that will make Cana- dian trade possible? • Have Much Superior Weapons' Writing in the New York Times • recently, Mr. Hanson Baldwin, a dis- • tinguished war writer, say S the Ger- • man Tiger tank is better than any tank the Allies are using and did ser- ious damage in the recent German • offensive on the Western Front. And, he says, in anti-tank guns, mines, mining technique and self-propelled guns, the Germans are well 'ahead of us.. They were also the first to use. robot bombs, giant rockets and jet- pfopelled planes. "The army air forces," Mr. Bald- • win writes, "swell with false pride in announcing that, by using a captured German robot bomb as a model, their engineers have built a -better robot in sixty days So. what? The propi, --\/- is on the battlefield. The Germans have been using theirs since June; ours are not yet in use; when they • are, the enemy will be another step ahead of us. The same thing is true of the jet plane. • In design, in pilot models, in technique and theory' and blueprints we are probably equal to, • or ahead of, the -Germans. But their jet planes are in use in the skies over Europe; ours are not." , • Mr. Baldwin adds that while Allied' engineering ability is usually super- ior to the Germans, and they have devised newer and better. weapons, they can not get them made fast en- ough. That while American experts struggle with red tape and, become • lost in the maze of military organiza- • tion, the Germans are making the weapons, and Allied soldiers suffer' the consequences when they are over- • . whelmed not by numbers, but by • quality. If we had equal quality and superior quantity, Mr. Baldwin says, the: war would be drastically short- ened. That will come as a shock to the people of the United States, as well as those of Canada. But we believe Mr. Baldwin is right when he says there is too much military red tape, and too many bottlenecks to permit of rapid construction of many need ed war materials. • But Right Now - As scientists say, it may be pos- sible to convert coal into hosiery, perfume, • • clothes and attractive dresses, but right noW, tO most of us, it seems better to be real content With: converting the Ihnited supply oLt coal hand,pr hi sight, into heat, Nct. e pastor of '‘(,014i.6/41Ve years 'age.; • From The Frihron Expositor February la, 1929 Peter McKay, Thekeramith, tle well 3! 'WIresider --PV-----aiaertherne, -rata IFeeht,, disposed of the very superior p,- 'Roan Coantleror, to:Mr: Adana andidice, Walton, who 1011 die Ida a to headahis herd ot Dttrhalas. Mr Wm. Wm. ChaPalall, 'Hertsall, Who. nag • been engaged. by 13onthron & Daatedale, has gone tq Toronto teltera he• has secured a Sitalliti. position. More than 150 men and boys at- tended the father -and -son banquet giv- en, by the Sunday School of First PrOsbyterian Church on Monday eve. Wing, Dr. Larkin Was in the Chair, and the following took part in Vie program: Jas .Cowan, C. Aberhart, R. E. Coates, J. M, Wilson, Jas. Wat- son and J. C. Laing, who addressed the., meeting; It E. Bright, Geo. Is- rael and D. L. Reid, whp sang solos': violin seleetion by Gerald •Stewart, and violin and piano selections by Measrs. W. Laing, Smith and Kerr. There will be five Sundays in the month of February this year, and it hasn't hap,pened for 4t years. • Mr. Abraham,who has been teller in the Bank of Commerce here, has 'been transferred to Brantford. His place is being taken by Mr. Earl Chesney of Crediton. A rink of curlers made up of Chas. Stewart, W. E. Southgate, W. E. Kers- • lake and Geo. Bethune, skip, are in Owen Sound, attending the bonspiel, The new churn for the creamery at Dashwood has arrived and is now in - installed, A large ice house has also been erected. • Mr. Sol. Bell, McKillop, had the mis- fortune to be thrown from his cutter one day while driving eking the road and sustained a dislocated shoulder. Mr. M. Broderick, town assessor; started on his rounds this week. Mr. Frank Faulkner has purchased the Payne residence oh George Street and will occupy it shortly.. On Monday evening last some of the young farmers around Hensel' mea at the home- of Mrs.: Robt. D Bell and presented Mr. Wm. Buchanan With a Bac leather chair, as a 'pre -wedding gift. • Miss Stewart, of Crystal City, Man., a granddaughter of the late Wm. Cud - more, is here visiting among her num- erous friends. Geo. Benneweis, of lieKillop, had a successful wood -cutting bee on Wed- nesday last. Robt. Cole, of the 13th conces- sion; Tuckersmith, has sold his 50 - acre farm 4o Mr. Archie Hodgert, of near Farquhar. 10 From The Huron Expositor • February 15, 1895 On cutting down a large oak tree in Mrs. John ; Gould's swamp in Hay Township, Mr. Tilos, Hartnell discov- ered a Unique curiosity in the shape of a living and thrifty -looking currant bush growing Out of a limb that had been, broken off and become slightly rotten at the top of the tree. It is indeed a mystery how it got there. The winter of 1895 will long be re- membered for its severity. The mild- ness of the earlier part of the season has been more than compensated for by the extreme severity of the wea- ther since New Year's. Mr. J. C. Greig, Seaforth, was a pas- senger on tae mail train to Toronto that pitchedinto the Pullman cars on the Chicago express on Friday last. ; John and William Martin, of Tuck- ersmith, did a good stroke of work re- cently. They began with a standing tree and manufactured into stove wood 20 cords of wood in 35 hours. A sleighing party from Tuckersmith drove to the residence Of Mr. Thos. McMichael, Hullett, Friday evening, and spent a most enjoyable time. Mr. Alexander Ross, of Leadbury, had the misfortune to cut his thumb severely one day lately. • The house of Malcolm Lamont, on the 13th concasion, near Cromarty, was burned down on Friday last. The tenant, Mr. Hicks, had very little sav- ed of the contents. Mr. Wm. Chesney, assessor of Tuck• ersmith, drove -dewn from Clinton on Saturday, and owing' to the severe storm he had to leave his horse in Seaiorth and snowsht6e home. The managers of Carmel Presby- terian ;Church', Hensall, have purchas- ed a fine organ' from the Kann Organ & Pia ‘a Co., 'Woodstock, through Mr. Elder, of Hensel!. Rev Mr aBodgins, of town, drove 35 miles through, the recent storm, and bears Marks of -the encounter on his fade still. ; • Mr, Scheales, Constance, hav- ing pure -lied a farm hi Aigoraa, near Port indlay, intends removing there early 1:* the string. • 13usiOsi3 as at a complete stand- still air: Priclai,' 'and Saturday ,of this Week abring the tiforin, but on Molt- dayh t, began digthetteelVes ot again d• liarlee Malta& BlOte, has Olt* 'chasedzVaitil Jolb *Olt° Sefiforth, the, l'eatUnhe «t Vithieh 114. AO nveSO4, „..• , „ •••.:„.., PHIL O:SIFER of LAZY MEADOWS BY ilarrY3. BoYte We have been cleaning tip the slash. In the piece of swan:ilia- land next to. the bush there is a good sec - bon, of timber that has been neglect- ed. rfn tell the truth we. haven't Paid as much attention to the bush en this farm as we should have. In place of going in and cutting down a big strip .of the' bush this year, we are going through and taking out a few trees that are old. Some of them have been touched by lightning and ohe or two have oldged in other trees nearby. Somehow or otheraI've come to the conclusion that by Care- ful planning the bush epuld be 'as good a crop as any on this farm. . I had a timber man in trying to buy the bush. He made me an offer for the6whole thing. I went through and picked some beech and maple and, offered to sell them to him. After sone haggling and figuring it appear- ed that for the trees marked I would get almost as much as for the whole bush. That made me think a bit about the whole thing, and I've come to have a healthier' respect for the whole bush than I ever did before. These are frostydays and very pleasant ones for working in the bush. The frost creaks under the sleigh runners and the little breeze that seemsto spring up from the motion of the jogging team bites ,at your cheeks. Once you get inside the tim- ber 'line, however, 'everything is still Purchases oal Business Mr. Gla4a00.--,44-Ogg? of Godeileh: Township, has hilre.bafied the telii*at branchOf the John. :B. -tad -eompany M1GfiggifltendS up residence in -01ilitonin the SPriag,t •' Nerkateeerd: mid cold. We unhitch the team when. we're not using them and let them stand in the stable beside the sugar shanty. • The saw rings with a metallic sound as it bites into the wood. The blocks of wood seem to break apart magieal- ly with a welt of the axe.• .Even a tough old elm that we cut down at the end of the swamp was hardly any trouble after it had a bite of frost when it was felled. Frost can cer- tainly help you. 'No )antiary thaw Mr. J. E. lailtek 44/00141 vvestber observer for godericb, #at•es that the' itioxith-iJUStiPaaiAhd ary since 'he ic60-1t ddrtlie Position sixteen years ago in which no thavia vas recorded. Until this year every January in that period had some rata- t fall. JaouarY, 1945, was Unique la that it had none. — Gederich Signal - Star. took back a Piece ofiauet and tied it up with a string to a tree branch just outside the sugar shanty door. At noon with a warm fire in the Mc tle heater we sataaround and waited for the kettle to boil for some tea •and watched the birds dancing around on fluttering wings as they peeked at the suet. I rather imagine the deep snow we have had in these ;parta hasn't been any too good for the birds this jaem. A rabbit- hopped into the clearing, watched with interest, sniffed around the bob -sled and then disappeared in- to the bush. The pup had been asleep inside the shanty. He came to with a start and went after the rabbit with a great hullabaloo. He came back an bour later panting and empty-handed, but with a much better appreciation, I am sure, for the agility of the shy little rabbit. These are great days for working! • Early Sunday Morning Alarm A re in the roof of the resideaee of A: M. MacKay, St, Patrick's got the fire brigade out of their beds fi at 2 o'clock Sunday month'g, and but for their prompt arrival there might•k, have been a serious blaze. As it was, the fire, which started from an over-!' heated chimney, -wee extingnished, with ehemicals and a minimum of damage- was done.—Goderich Sigoala. ;Ssthar., • a ToproSchool- Board held at Benmillere Pvide Hot School Lunches At i. a meeting of the Colborne Town on Friday afternoon last, it was de- • • tided to provide hot lunches in all the schools, the Board • paling the ex- penses. The Board also will purchase'', supplies, such as text -books, crayonsa etc., for the schools of the township - area. William Watson, of the 7ths • concession,' has been appointed secre- tary -treasurer of the Bdard, and care-" takers have been engaged for all the schools except No. 3.—Goderich Sig- nal -Star. Purchased Home Mr. Benson Williams and son Rola and have purchased the fine brick residence of Mrs. Thomas- Harvey on.* Andrew Street -and wilr M-ove to Exe- ter from their farm in Usborae early in April. Rollie is at present in busia Hess in Exeter having taken over the. Massey -Harris agency. He intenda erecting an implement shed 'on the Harvey property to be used in cod- neCtion with his business. An aue- Von sale of the farm and farm ma- chinery will be held March 1St. Mra Williams was in Toronto this week taking a two-day short course in ser- vice work.—Exeter Times -Advocate On Torpedoed Vessel One of the survivors of the illtated mine -sweeper, Clayoquot, which Vra& torpedoed and sunk in the perilous, . • .northwest Atlantic, is AB. Robert ••• Gunn, sband of -Mrs. Sig-, •. Huron Federation of • fred SincS:lair Gunn, ofhuDashwood, and • son- in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Petersen.' Agriculture--FarmNeW s :- • ...,„.„ of tile ceew' of glare reported •• — missing. aThe rescued were picked up' Must • Be Prepared To Exchange Products, Says Mr. Gardiner Congratulating the Canadian Fed- eration of Agriculture in succeeding in bringing most of organized agricul- ture into affiliation with its central organiaation, Hon. James G. Gardiner, Dominion Minister of Agriculture, speaking at the recent annual conven- tion of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture at Regina, dealt briefly With some of the questions on which discussion and • further information might be desired—hogs, beef, dairy products, eggs, grain, wheat and the present and future policy 0! the Gov- ernment. All present being representatives of farrnersawere in: agreement, he said, that agriculture was the most essen- tial industry; that agriculture was the foundation of the state; that no cme-could live without food that domes from the farm; that Canadians, could not possibly eat all the food produced in Canada; and therefore 'Canada must export; and that farmers never do get as much for' their products as they should. In regard to bacon., said Mr. Gardiner, Canada has proved two things to Britain during the war—that Canada can produce enough bacon and ham to supply Britain's entire demands in peace time, and, secondly, that Canada can produce the onality Britain desired, if Canadian packing plants would send a large percentage of the -high grade hop O....Britain— • Dealing with the present and future policy, Mr. Gardiner pointed out that the policy, followed today was one of making it possible to produce everY feria product at a profit in areas and iln farina or lar tartlets., suited t� the Production of- ia given prodect by taxing the income, preterit and future, of every person hi .Cariada. The GovernMent Ws' doing the same for tbe production, of every other product neceeflary ta the suceeestul proeteil- tion of the war. There bad been set $20,00000 :oder the AgrleUltfiral Prices almport Ant to enrititile the alley thintighout • the tritasitiOnai tercid. . • But there Was only One Ititittee ler• Canadian 0,ertdiatuo,. Said!, iner, and that was one of prodiiction for known markets. The greater part of Canadian products would be con- sumed at home, but much of them must be- sent to Great Britain and The United States. Both Were hard- headed traders, and Canada must be prepared to exchange her products for theirs. If Britain, the United States, and Canada could agree upon a common medium of exchange with all restictions of trade removed, all three areas would benefit. To the ea:, tent that such arrangement could be extended to take in others, they too would. benefit * * * Why Insects Moult Insects ad not increase in size in the adult or winged stage. This means that a small fly or other adult insect never develops into . a larger one. Growth takes place entirely in the immature stages, during which most of the feeding is done. In the growth of - an insect, the body but' not tie skin of the immature insect enlarges, with the result that the dermal cov- ering (integument,) becomes tighter and lighter. This finally splits, and. the develdping insect crawls out cov- ered by a new and mere voluminous skin. This is known as a meidt. Most insects moult about three to five timati during their period of growth. Fol- lowing the last moult, the adult ap- pears full-grown, equipped with legs, wings and other appendages. • Night Feeders Few people realize that sofne of the More common • and injerioutit 'alma pests found fa gardens teed only at night. This explains Why 'in may cases the work df these marauders fs Plainly visible but the culprits theik sePirs remain undetected. PaobablY the mosta eornmoti night-feedere are cdtworres and garden slugs. Both of, these are nocturnal in habit, lying hidden in the soil during- the hours Of daylight,,af the hese 44 the plants upon *latch °they hate been feeding. • Tni liaeffe!IO ; Control measures' for such -seeies•-Intist thehe001166 late e'Vening, 0,4ter flatilc• t�Mlnu6&4Liagoe,11), by a corvette after being on floats for* 4ut an hour. — Exeter. Times -Ad- vocate. • Moving To Exeter Mrs: J. Venton and two children* Peter arid Penny, who have been making their home at Crediton, are' returning to Exeter and will again occupy the. residence on William St. vacated by Wing Commander Web-, ster.—Exeter Times -Advocate., Married Fifty-five Years• Congratulations, to Ma. and Mrs.:4 ;Chas. Blackball, who celebrated their* fifty-fifth wedding anniversary recent- ly. Mr. and Mrs. Blackball have been4 residents of Wingham for the past 45, years.-Wingham Advance -Times. Operator At C. N. R. Mr. Kirk Hutton hs taken over tile' position of operator at the •C.NR. sta- tion. He eame here from Guelph Juntion. Kirk 18 110 stranger here,' • being a former Wingharn boy, the, son of Mrs. Button and the late Thos. Hutton. He 'replaces Mr. E. A. Kline, Who was transferred to Durham:a' • Wingham Advance-Thilea. 4 Name Trustee Shard At a wellattended meeting of the Board of Trustees of Main Street Church on Tuesday night 6. Edigonaf' ter Was reeleCted chairman and Ga„ LOokesecretarrtreaaliter, K. Salton will replace W. Mather who has molt ed. Rev. A. H. Johnston presided for the election.—Mitchell Advocate, Occupy Neely ;Mill At last the Ring -hoped-for wish has o'a become a reality a,nd the Kalbfleisch Mills are back in the new, bulding • with a goo d Ceuipinent of machines, capable ef doing mostly: a1 kinds Of Planing and eabinet work. It is 51-* mest a yr hince was deetrared by hte, and *hat a heavy year it Was 'With labor so difficult, and 4 Material so 'hard ti get, ansi to erect r • the new Mill and keep, the custom trade nt ati •'ea'ail Eta:06111d be Meet- f. ed,„and sh iedetverting (00attteied On vikee , „:„ , ' •• '