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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1945-07-20, Page 2lar 1.11VM14.144.10.164411,1111.114,41,1, • eau, E tor, bd ateaforth, Ontario, ev. nr4 ay afternoon by McLean Advertising rates on application, NAFORTH, Friday, July 20, 1945. Our Answer Is No ' The,Motint Forest Confederate, in a recent editorial touching on the pst-War decentralization of in&ls- !try, and the possibility of such indus- tries for that town, says: "One of the first questions by such industries is: Have you sewerage?" As a matter .of fact,. it is not only the first question that an industry seeking to move its plant to a small- er centre to combat the living condi- tions, labor situation, taxes. and a general view of reducing overhead expenses, would ask, but it would be the determining factor in large -Measure, whether the/ owners of such industries, particularly w,orth- while industries, would locate in any particular town. It is true that there are other de- termining factors, such as railway facilities, accessibility, etc., but in the main' , sewerage systems are going to largely determine the location of in- dustry in the post-war days that are almost upon us, and the towns with- out such advantages are going to find themselves overlooked, when indus- iry to move. to a new loca- tion. • Unfortunately for the town of Mount Forest, as well as the town of Seaforth, when an industry looks for a new site on which to locate, and asks the leading question: "Have you sewerage?", there is only one answer f orthcoining7-"No." • A Conservative Opinion Writing in the Victoria, B.C., Times, Mr. Norman MacLeod, gen- erally recognized as a great political correspondent, and one . possessing more inside information of the Con- servative party than, any. other out - Alder of this generation, gives a calm and critical analysis of the cause of the Conservative defeat in the recent Federal election. • He stresses two points. First, that Mr. Bracken's failure' to enter the House of Commons was "a major and fatal error," because it was in- terpreted as showing indifference .for parliamentary institutions, and opposed the tradition that the na- tional -leader of the opposition party should be in Parliament. When Mr. Bracken ignored it, Mr. MacLeod said: "He not only weak- ened himself, but also humiliated tens of thousands of Conservatives, nation-wide, who were under the re- alization continuously that for the Erst time in Canadian history the leader of their party was not play,. ing a part in the parliamentary life of the country." The Second mistake was to direct the Conservative manpower policy . directly against Quebec. "The Brack- en manpower policies were present- ed in such terms that Quebec had no alternative to regarding them as a 'challenge to take. up. This cost the party any chance it had of winning any worthwhile support from a pro- vince which elected 65 out of Parlia- ment's 245 members, but that was not the end of the story. In addition, tbe Bracken Manpower policies rais- ed such extensive possibilities of racial disunity in the Dominion that the English-speaking provinces hesi- tated 470 support them." This analysis of Mr. Bracken's plans and policies was pointed ,out • many times before and during the campaign by leading speakers and papers across Canada, but was al- ways denounced by the Conservative party members as pure political partisranship. But now it has not on- ly been confirmed by the leading con- servative journalist of the Domin- ion, but- by the Canadian people at • ,the polls. the lesson of th6e politica mis- ke0 ibn learned, it will abund-, the Conserliative party as ()Racal system of Can- i'.ateel.4. • • a Perk,* e Ote roont erhaps one O'f the stragest that Of a Mall Who Ilad face ° ed" 'so that he could out -Wit the Ge mans on D-Dayt when he parachuted 200 miles deep into France, This man was Lieut. -Col, J. B. II. Hutchison, a 52 -year-old business man of Glasgow. All because the Gestapo had captured documents from prisoners which might lead. to Col. Hutchison's recognition. To fool the Germans, British sur- geons were called upon to do the job in secret, and the daring Scot iodic - ed at his own face for the last time, and when they were finished he didn't know himself when he looked into a mirror. But the ruse worked, and we are told that Col. Hutchison's parachute trip into France in the interests of military intelligence was a complete success. Some day, perhaps, pictures will be published of the man who was will- ing to give up his face in the cause of ,.his country. • The Union Jack Some 40,000,000 Britons have just received the shock of their lives. They have been told by Sir Gerald Wallaston, of the College of Arms, Briton's highest authority on' tag flying, that the flying of the Union Jack in the recent spontaneous and great celebration of V -E Day was entirely illegal. That the Union Jack was establish-, ed by royal proclamation in 1801. It as ordained to be flown on all His Majesty's forts and castles and on all His 'Majesty's ships, and nowhere else. That it is a royal flag and may be flown only in name and under authority of royalty. With what flag then can the Brit- ish people celebrate victory .past or tocome? The answer, according to Sir Gerald, is very simple. At sea • they can fly the red ensign. On land they can fly nothing at all—except, of course, the Stars and Stripes and ti e Hammer and Sickle. It will be a hard blow to the great Imperialists of this, country, .but per- haps, after all, Canada should pick on, a flag„of its own. • What Is A Bushel? As is most generally known in a rural community, such as we live in, a bushel of wheat weighs •almost twice as much as a bushel of oats, and the bushel itself is a -varying quantity. There are, however, a great num- ber of varying weights of the bushel, and perhaps many of them may not be known to as great a number of pE ople as the weight of a bushel of wheat or oats, for instance. In contracts, for the sale and de- livery of the following commodities the legal weight, in pounds, per bush- el, are set as follows: - Alfalfa seed, 60 pounds; barley, 48; beans; 60; bituminous coal, 70; blue grass seed, 18; brome grass Eeed, 14; buckwheat, 48; clover seed, 60; flax seed, 56; hemp seed, 44; In- dian corn, - 56; lime, 70; malt, '36; oats, 34; peas, 60; potatoes, 60; rye, soy beans, 60; timothy seed, 43, and wheat, 60 pounds. • Just A Promise During the election in the Prov-, ince of Saskatchewan a year ago, which swept the C.C.F. party into power. --in that Province, the people were promised a new heaven and a new earth. Instead of that, they are getting •the same old taxes, with quite a few new ones added on for good measure. One of the promises of Premier Douglas was that the very unpopular educational tax on meals in restaur- ants and other purchases, would be removed. But 'although two sessions of the Legislature have been held, the tax is still there. And oh to of that, new • taxes have been imposed—a cent a gallon more on gasoline, a_higher tax on farin trucks a stumpage tax and royalty on AM finished lumber from Saskatchewan forests, and a license tax' on, all halls, - Promises are eat tiling's At Ow. toiti as. but ft iiisiog responAibilit$r :Of theIadt thit A, count twis#iprilve ft W*: W4,1ittpositoir ialp: From The Huron, Expositor July 30„ 1920 C. Doig, on of W. XL DOM Tuckeesmith, successfully palmed the entrance exams fiora the jailor fourth clue. MeadaY evening last a number artha relatives and friends of 'Miss Nellie Zueile, of Henseli, motored to oarand 'Bend and gave her a shower in -view of her approaching marriage. Mr. J. C. Laing, Seaforth, met with a serious accident on Monday. He was assisting in shingling the barn of Mr. D. McKellar at Cromarty, when in some manner he missed his footing and fell to the ground, frac- turing his hip and injuring larhself internally. The annual Scotch doubles tourna- ment of the Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club wound up on Thursday night and was most succesful. The fol- lowing were the winners: J. E. Wil- lis and R. E. Bright in, the first ev- ent, the runners -tip being Messrs. Al- lan, o Lucknow. Mr, P. C. Calder, of Toronto, is the new aedgerkeeper at 'the Dominion Bank. Mr. Abraham, formerly of the Bank of Commerce here, spent the past week at Ruscoe Farm, the home of Mr. and Mrs, Pearson Chesney, in Tuckersmith. C. A. Barber, C. Aberhart, William Ament, a Beattie, L. T. DeLacey and Jas. G. Mullen were in Woodstock on Monday ,attending the funeral ofethe late Robert Johnston. Mr.' Frank McQuaid, -of St. Colum - ban, is suffering froman attack of typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. L. Killoran are on a trip down the St. Lawrence to Quebec. Mr. Fred Broadfoot, of Seattle, and Mr. Jack Pringle, of Milwaukee, are guests at the home of Mrs. J. H. Broadfoot. At the recent Lower School exams the Seaforth Collegiate Institute had 27 candidates, all of whom passed, while 15 obtained honor standing. 'Miss' Thelma Pethick has resumed her duties at Victoria Hospital, Lon- don, after her recent illness. Miss Agnes Campbell, who has been spending her holidays at her home in McKillop, has returned to Cleveland. She was accompanied by Miss Annie Gordon. Mr. and Mrs. James Grimmer left on Saturday for Stratford, where Mr. Grinifflar has taken a positioe:. • , From The Huron Expositor • July 26, 1895 Mr. A. Stark, is now nursing a very. painful shoulder, the result of a bicycle accident. He was returning from Grand Bend and while going down a' hill his bicycle broke, throw- ing him over the wheel onto his shoul- ders and breaking a small bone. • Several of,the members oitthe fam- ilies of H. and G. Jackson went into camp at Bayfield on Saturday. Miss Jessie McDougallt and Mrs. L. G. Van Egmond accompanied them. • Miss Bertie S. Land, of London, who is visiting with Miss Emma Pol- lard, of Walton, sang a. pleasing solo, "The Holy City," to a large congre- gatiele in the Walton Methodist Church on Sunday evening last. Messrs. Mullett & Co., of town, have just completed the work of roofing, wilmetallic shingles, two very large barns for Richard Modeland and D. • Barrie, ,of Tuckersmith. Mr. James McGiven, of Kippen, well known to many in this part, had the misfortune to tumble down the landlord's cellar, and now from which he is nursing sore legs and arms. Mrs. Kirkman and Miss Tytler, of Seaforth, left • on Tuesday for Port Elgin, which Peace now claims to be one of the most pleasanaplares along Lake Huron. • The garden party held at Mr. D. McGregor's last Tuesday evening was the best that has been held tia Con- stance for years. The Clinton Brass Band furnished the music, and the proceeds were $50 -- Mr. John Weir, of town, left on Monday for Grand Bend, where he will rusticate in the lake breezes for a time. A pleasant tennis party was given to the members of the tennis club at the residence of Mr. 'le:D. Wilson on Monday. -After dark the guests ad- journed to ehe house, where the eve- ning was pleaeantly spent in dancing. Mr. E. Hamilton, of town, had two angers da his right band badly jam: teed in the knotter of a binder re- cently. Wilbeft Fulton, a young boy who was working in Droadfoot's planing mill, had his ' left hand frightfully crushed iiiiartmeday. He was working on a sander When his hand got caught in the rollers. A large and exciting barn raising was held in #ensall.on Ttleaday are - tang in eeilifeetin11kth Don at$':44igefa large, fiat barn; Torn Hughes has been thlahlartor some time abol4 gettiag;hato bred dairy 'cattle. He hs a 'good grade herd and has been selling his, milk to the cheese, Jaetory . . . most of the rest of is around here sell the cream to the creamery, Tom is a smart young fellow and he has been watching with interest for a long while now,. how such good money is being made by some of the purebred breeders. The word got around that lae was interested and I wish you could have seen and heard what happened. At the harness shop in the village the other day Bill Peterson hailed him. Bill is a Holstein man. He hasee fine herd of Holsteins and gets his pic- ture in the papers quith regular like. He got some awards and his cowa have knocked off a few records of one kind or another for production. According to Tom, Holsteins just take the cake as far as dairying is con- cerned, and there' no way out of it. Tom went in to town one day and he picked me up to go along. He wanted to see a lawyer about some- thing or other and it was raining, so I -went along. We met a fellow called Chester Peters who lives in the next township. I don't know him very well: but he was well acquaint- ed with Tom. The •conversation got areund- to dairy cows and from then on the air was filled with praise'for the Jersey .breed. This fellow Peters raises. Jersey cattle and there just couldn't be another breed. We talk - n, ram woo ed bout gipi milk and the low cost of feeding then, and -the wonderful -future for Jerseys. He was just as eineeee as • Bill Peterson' was about the Holsteins. Bill Old us that if .yog put a quar- ter in:the bottom of a pail, a lersey lking id us il all couldn.'t give enough at one mi to cover the quarter. Chester to that a Holstein could fill a pa right, but the milk would be so wea • .t the were that rious- lt you could still se e the quarter a bottom of the pail. Going home in the car we talking &emit it. It struck me these fellows took cows more se ly than they did politics. 'Who knows Party in time we may have the Jersey and the Holstein Party. It see as goingreadY We party. n we ng to cows them. if all these inspired fellows around the country are al 'whacking out good platforms. were wondering about a third The answer to that came wh got to Tom's place. I was goi look over some of the grade with a mind to buying two of There was visitor. th6 oatrtliflOi*,eit,#,Onald. tante and ithbertniad aftei a *le* nennid. This fellow turned out to be a re- presentative of the Purebred Guernsey Breeders. He listed all the going points of the Guernsey breed and he was just as much inspired as the other fellows had been. MY, oh neY . . . we had found another Party, so don't be surprised one of these days with the Grits, Tories and C.C. Efers are taken over ayathe Holstein, Jer- sey and Guernsey followers . . . as far as the rural areas are concerned. JUST A MacPherson took his gramophone back to the shop.^ .Said the assistant: "It is most un- usual to have a machine returned af- What's wrong with ter a year's use. it?" "The needle's MacPherson. broken," explained • • Inviting a friend to his wedding anniversary, an Irishman explained: "We're on the seventh floor, Apart- ment D. Just touch the button with your elbow." "And why should I use my elbow?" "Wea for heaven's sake! You're not coming empty-handed, are you?" • "I have a terrible rumbling on my stomach. It's like a wagon going ov- er a bridge." "It's most likely that truck that you ate this morning for breakfast." ORTWO ; Wows' Tomato on Window SiH The first home-groWn ripe -falai°, to be reported in the district; ciao grown indoor a in, a pot itt the Wine dow of the kitchenette of Mrs. rt -,'Davi. Dungannon, It was gro*n 031 a "volunteer" plant which came up. last fall in, a pot in which a coleus* was growing The tomato was_ uU matured and ripe and ready for table use on Saturday of last weelt.—Srusr sels Post The ,insurance office was called by an excited woman. "I want to insure my house," she said. "Can I do it over the phone?" "I'm afraid not. Perhaps we'd bet ter send a man along." "I've got to do it immediately, I tell you," came the frantic voice. "The place is on fire!" • Night Watchman: "Here, what are you doing to that door?" Burglar: "It's like this: I found a door key and I'm testing the doors because I want to return this key to it 'rightful owner." • Dad: "I won't have you standing on the porch with that young man." a Daughter: "Why, • 'I only stayed for a second. Dad: "I distinctly heard a third, fourth and fifth." Store and Post Office. Robbed The grocery store of John A. Dun-. bar ---and post office combined, in - Ethel, was entered some time Satur- day night or early Sunday morning.. The safe was opened and a consider- able sum of money and some papers - were taken, The robbery was discov- ered about 10 o'clock Sunday morn- ing when W. T. Spenee, in passing, noticed the store door open. Heim- mediately notified Mr. Dunbar' who - resides across the street. County police and post office officials are in- vestigating.—Brussels. Post. Toronto Minister Receives Cali On • Monday evening, July 9th, a- 0 congregational meeting was held in 0 Melville Presbyterian Church. A un- animous call was passed to Rev. Geo. a A. Milne,01Toronto Presbytery. The- 0 Rev. Milne is a young man. He has spept much time in missionary work. 9 He will likely become a resident -Or 0 Brussels early in September.—Brus- • sels Post. 4 Stubborn Fire At Teem Dump .The firemen worked for more than e four- hours to put out a blaze which', swept over the town dump at the - east end of the town on Tuesday. The brigade was called out at 4.30• p.m, and it was 9 o'clock before the y are was extinguished. Dense clouder of smoke and unpleasant odors rose 0 from the burning debris. The fire started at the top of the hill and spread swiftly, carried by a strong wind, 'over the entire dumping ground. The use of the pumper help- ed materially in increasing 'the pres- sure ore tile two streams of hose: The origin of the fire is unknown.—Gode- rich Signal -Star. Stray Bullet Strike§ Bicycle What might have been a serious, accident occurred Wednesday 2 lastweek when a bullet supposed?, from a .22 rifle, narrowly missed Tedle Hannigan as he was' standing his • bicycle up beside his home on Huron, -Street. Ted had just alighted from. e his wheel when the bullett struck the - fender and went through it in two. r Places. Ted had no idea where the bullet came from, but it is thought it 8 might have been from the rifle in ttie :Huron Federation Of :Agriculture-FarmNews The Farm Products Control Board of Ontario has recommended the ap- proval of a proposed Pea, Corn- and Green Bean Marketing Scheme to the Ontario Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy; and the Minister's recommendation has been accepted by tee ,Cabinet and the nec- essary order -in -council passed. The scheme provides for the marketing of three of the main Ontario vegetable crops for canning purposes only, peas, corn and green beans, the total combined annual volume and value of which are approximately 70,000 toes and $2,000,000. -The plan establishes a negotiating committee of equal num- bers- of growers -and processors, Which is empowereto negotiate min- imum prices, forms of contract, con- ditions of sale dnd other matters re- lating to the primary sale of these three erops to all processors.. Provi- sion is made for arbitration if the negotiating 'conamittee fails to reach agreement on any matter. This is the tenth scheme approved by the Farm Products Control Board and will brim Sateen crops under the regulation of the Feria. Products, Con- trol Act. Marketing schemes have al- ready been,approved covering cheese, dry beans, sugar beets, seed corn, strawberries; raspberries, tomatoes, asparagus, peaches, pears, plums and cherries. Approval of th"e Pea, Corn and Green Beans Scheme by the Farm Products Control Board 'followed a vote by ballot taken of the ,growers concerned, the vote being favourable to the adoption of the scheme by a large majority. ' The result of the growers' ballet on th sebeme Was as folloars: Total numberof ballots distributed, 3,075; tail number of votes east, 25,630-33.3 per cent of those. dis- tributed; total number favourable, 2,507, or..97.8 of those east and 81.8 per cent of those eligible to vote; Wel number opposed, 19; spoiled ballots, 37, these last two figures com- bined representing 2.2 per centeal the number Of ballets oast. Hey Fret In Cows? Do eOWS ha a hey fevaae As yet •no (Me bee made apositive 041* :Wit 'died, blit 010 YoUrnal Ultittidh, ro3t aornedoter., •esting veterinary experiments which prove that some cows are sensitive to ragweed just like human beings. In one group. of cows which was check- ed, forty per -cent was•found'sensitive to ragweed pollen. Research in this direction- is being cOntinued. * ' Weed Control , An tion over Dominion hands of some boys some distance 'from the place. Boys should be v,-ara- ed against the careless use of fire- arms.—Exeter Times -Advocate. ,..„ • Fractured Wrist At 1,0: p.m. on Satuedaa, July 7the 4 Mrs. Harry Gidley, librarian •of ther Exeter' Jarnegie Library, slipped on eight-year mixed farming rota,-; leaf and fell a weton the slippery ' a period of .-years on the sidewalk in front of Mr. Geo. Hawk - Illustration Station farms in's residence on William St. Mrs. .P ' Gidley Suffered a compoued fracture - of her left wrist, which had to beai placed in a plaster cast after X-ray' and medical aid. Dr. Dunlop states - Mrs. Gidley is now getting along e nicely. Her many friends in Exeter , and district will wish Mrs. Gidley a a speedy and sure recovery. — Exeter Times -Advocate. in northern and eastern Manitoba has reduced wild oats, sowthistle, mus- tards, stinkweed, and other annual weeds to a -point where they are n� longer a menace. The sequence , of crops in this rotation is—summer- fallow, grain, grain, hay pasture, sod fallow, grain, grain. Pasturing for one year in eight is proving one of the most effectual practices for weed control. * * * Plan To Build Huge Produce Market All who are engaged in marketing of food products will no doubt watch with interest the latest enterprise in New York City, where the largest pro- duce market in the world is to be established. The plans have been made public for the consulting engin- eers and funds have, been earmarked for a vast undertaking that it is esti- mated -will cost a42,000,000. The mar- ket will cover an area, of 57 acres. It will be New York's post-war whole- sale produce- market. Of the 57 acres of this new mar- ket, 34 acres will be covered by build- ings, the remaining acres by, streets and parking lots. A huge auctimi and sales floor, 1,420 feet long, will be in an enclosed building which a - tend out over the waterfrorft, and so huge Will this space be that 40 float cars will be able to tie up simultan- eously. Connected With the sales floor will be five three-storey buildings for wholesale stores, and three one -storey platforms for handling direct outgo- ing deliveries. Facilities for handling 172,000 car- loads of produce a.nd fresh fruits an - Malty Will be provided With allow- ance for as many aS^-1;192 cars on a peak day, In 1940, the Met normal year, the Present market handled 10,916 earloads, With :the heaviest ;busicieSe Or single. day ±eaelling (Continued troth Page 8) • Leg Band Bearing Name of J. Miner 'A A duck was caught in a muskrat'.0 trap on the farm of Jim East, Clin- toe. On the leg band the name Jack • Miner was engraved. Mine Kathleen • East wrote to Mr. Miner telling aim . about finding one of his ducks. He answered her letter and asked her if she • would please send the band, as '8 he Was starting a museum.—Clinton News -Record .• Separator Installed At Cheese Factory `t A large separator has been 'Detail- ' ed at the cheese factory, and the 4, work of separating _the whey was, commenced on Wednesday. WheY 0 butter will be available to patecas the first of the week,—Blyth Stand- is ard. •• Social Evening At Leithwaite Home There was a large attendance at the social evening held on Fri4ai h night last on the lawn of the Leah\ 'a-eite home, Huron Road, under the'' auspices Of the Goderlch Township Federation, of ,Agriculture. Hundreds inspected and admired the beautiful , grounds and the unique statuaey, the work of Mr George Laithwaite, whose son, Mr. Clayton Laitawaite, was the genial host of the evening. ,' 1Vir. Watsen Perter, editor of The Farmer's Advocate, gave an addtess in which he stressed the necessitf of - trgaiii4aiIoz b fariners to meet at. ter -WO' Calitiltidne. There would be, 1Contintied obi Page _