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A Dangerous Practise
Because of the many complaints
that have been made to this paper
from• motorists, as well as from ob-
servation, we feel that we should
*a* sharp attention to the careless -
teas of pedestrians and bicyclists on
the highway going to and from the
Iii011$ swimming pool. Particularly
so during these hot summer days
and nights, when the traffic is con-
tinuous.
Pedestrians have no right at all to
spread themselves over the highway
when there is ample sidewalk accom-
modation for them. Bicyclists; of
course, have as much right to the use
of the road as motorists, but they
have no right whatsoever to ride
time or four abreast, and to carry
More than one to a bicycle. Further,
they have no right or excuse to
Wobble all over the pavement, or
travel on the wrong side ,of it
The situation is increasingly dan-
gerous because of the rise in the road
a short distance above the entrance
to the pool. Motorists, and particu-
-lary large motor transports, going
east or wet, on reaching this. crest,
.find themselves right on top of two,
three or more people using the pave-
ment, and often several well -laden
bicycles as, well.
At night the danger' is two fold,
as the traffic is heavy and darkness
greatly lessens the motorists' visi-
bility. Countless times this summer
accidents have been averted by a
hair, and by the law of -averages this
will not continue indefinitely.
Children are not the main offend-
ers either, particularly at night. Boys
and girls big enough and old enough
and self-assured enough to know bet-
ter, are using No. 8 Highway' as if
were path in a private garden,
and when drivers are brought to a
Standstill with a jerk, display their
worldly wisdom by damning, the
motorists when they make a com-
Ment on the improper use of the
highway.
There are quite a few adults too,
__ that might take a warning to heart.
• Already there has been a minor ac-
cident or two, tragedy being averted
• only by the action of competent
r.
drivers, but there is positively no
guarantee as to what will happen
the mkt time. And that next time
may be today, tomorrow,. or the next
day..
The British Elections
The result of the British elections,
announced last week, came as some-
thing of a surprise to the people of
Canada and, possibly, with equal
surprise to the people of the United
States. We might add too, that
speaking generally, the result was
equally disappointing.
In this country, as well as across
the line, we had come to look upon
Prime Minister Churchill as indis-
pensable to the formation of world
peace terms, as he proved indispens-
able to the successful prosecution of
the war. But the British people
thought differently, and the decision
they pronounced at the polls was fin-
al and complete.
At this distance we are too far re-
moved from Britigh thought and
political policies to be -in any way
prepared for the unprecedented land-
slide that swept Mr. Churchill and
his party out of power, and put in
their place a government of pro-
• nounced social leanings. All the
more so because it is evident on ev-
ery hand that the people of Britain
•still have as much confidence in and
veneration of Mr. Churchill today as
they had during the long years of
• the war, when his courage, energy
mid indomitable spirit made him the
fieacon light of the British Empire.
• but Mr. Churchill in wartinie,
11 he led a National GovernmPrit
nedessful prosecution of the
. Churchill in peace -
e .proposed to• 0V6til
6d Of th6 0114-
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AN,
PeQPiO., The ,150Opie waited in en- 1
tirely, 'new rder of thgg.in the
$00ai, we of the ermntry, and they
were afraid, And very much so, that
the COuservative party -bad every
it-
terition of reverting to and contint-
ing the old.
The change of government, how-
ever, under the circumstances, will
have less affect in the results of the
Big Three Conference, now meeting
in Berlin, and future conferences on
peace terms, than many people fear.
The new British. Prime Minister, Mr.
Attlee, was Deputy Premier in the
National Government; several of his
ministers were also members of the
same government, and all are thor-
oughly conversant With all that has
gone before, as well as all plans for
the future. Consequently there is
still little likelihood of any break in
the cordial relations that have hith-
erto marked the co-operation of the
Allies.
In fact it is predicted that Mr.
Attlee will get along decidedly better
with Russia's Stalin that the more
dictatorial Mr. Churchill. As to that,
however, we will have to wait and
see, even if the waiting will , be an
anxious time, not only to Britain
and Canada, but to the United States
as well.
What Canada is primarily con;
cerned in is a successful prosecution
of the peace, and if that is success-
fully accomplished, we can safely
leave the government of the British
Isles to the British people.
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To The Ordinary Fellow
In Russia it is the universal prac-
tise to propose a toast, where we, in
Canada would move a vote of
thanks, and the two methods seem
to serve the same purpose.
Recently at a Soviet government
reception in the Kremlin, Marshal
Stalin proposed a toast to the "ord-
inary man." And while the Marshal
got a drink in the process, his object
was to praise the "little fellow," who
in similar circumstances, when he
has gained our admiration, is moved
a vote of thanks.
"I should like to drink," said Mar-
shal. Stalen, "to the health of the peo-
ple • of whom few hold rank and
whose titlesare not envied, people
who are considered to be cogs in the
wheels of the great State apparatus,
but without whom all of us—Mar-
shals, front and army commanders—
are, to put it crudely, not worth a
tinker's dam. I propose a toast for
simple, ordinary, modest people. No-
body writes anything about them.'
They have no titles and few of them
• hold ranks. But they are the people
whosupportus, as the base supports
the summit . . . I drink to the health
of these people."
• 'Although we have no glass to
charge, we would like to join Mar-
shal Stalin in 'that toast to the "ord-
inary fellow." And, further, we'll
• support any vote of thanks moved
to all the ordinary fellows, in whose
class we belong.
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For Rent
The housing situation in every
' city, town, and even many of the
villages in Canada, has become so
acute in these war years as to be-
come a nightmare to would-be house-
holders, who are not owners, and
even to countless others who are.
So acute in fact, that Mr. Ilsley re-
cently stepped into the picture when
he froze the situation a few days
ago. And the end is not yet.
However, it is nice to know that
if one is unable to be accommodated
in Canada, there is one place in New
York where he would be able to take
his own sweet time in mals,ing up his
mind to either buy or sell, and not
lose out by the delay.
Quite recently, the New York City
Vacancy Listing Bureau, whicli is
daily troubled by.too few available
departments, had a house but no
prospective tenant.
The problem—the 75 -room, block -
long, Riverside Drive Chateau. of the
late Charles M. Schwab, steel mag-
nate. It's complete with a, private
chapel, an art gallery, two elevators
and a $50,000 pipe organ.
Chase National Bank, the present
owners asks $75,000 a year rental,—
about $6$O a month, and stipulates
• that the temporary tenant ,must un-
-
destard thffOti6e is sale.'
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From The Huron Expositor' .
August 13, 1920
The •success of the Ford Pinnie at
Grand Bend last a/1k, the first of its
kind, Was such that Lt is announced
the gathering will be en annual af-
fair. • The number of _people present
was placed at15,000. Between $400
and $500, was given in prizes.
Messrs. James Parks, William Cald-
well, Peter Cameron and Wm. Wright
of Hettaall, left on the harvesters' ex-
cursion to the West ,this week,
. Anaeroplane passed over Seaforth
in an easterly direCtion about seven
o'clock on Sunday evening. This was
the first one to be seen this year.
A' fink of Seaforth bowlers, com-
posed of G. D. Haigh, R. J. Sproat,
J. M, McMillan and R. E. Bright, skip,
are attending the Owen. Sound tourna-
ment this week.
Mine Elia Archibald has accepted a
position with the McLean Publishing
Company in Toronto.
Miss Elizabeth Smith, who has just
returned from Eurdpe, spent a• day
with her sister, Mrs. W. E. Kerslake.
Mr, T. S. Smith shipped 100 horses
from Seaforth station on Monday.
Tom Sills, the young son' of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Sills, had a leg. frac-
tured on Thursday morning, when he
was knocked down and run over by
another boy on a bicycle.
Mrs. William Hart, of town, left on
Friday .last for Montreal, from where
she sailed for her old bonne in Scot-
land, where she will visit relatives
and friends for some months. She
will return to Canada in the fall.
Mr. Everatt Rivers, of Toronto, is
spending his holidays at the home of
his parents, Mr. and .1,grs.' James
Rivers.
Mr. Clyde Rankin, of Vancouver,
was here this week visiting at the
home of his parents.
Miss Helen Larkin, of New York,
spent a few days with her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Larkin.
Mr. Robert Murdoch, of Brucefield,
started this week as mail courier on
R. R. No. 1.
Mr. Sam Cpdmore, of Kippen, while
attending the Ford picnic at Grand
Bend, met with a bad accident .when
the stairs leading to the pavilion gave
way and be fell some. distance. He
was rendered unconscious and re-
ceived a bad cut on his forehead,
which required a number of stitches.
Miss Doreen Taman, of Toronto, is
the guest of Miss Dorothy Wilson.
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From The „Huron Expositor
August 9, 1895
Mr. Richard Robinson, of Seaforth,
is out renovating the house on the
farm •he recently purchased a mile
and a quarter east of Leadbury.
Mr. J. J, McGavin, of 'Leadbury, de-
livered, a horse at Clinton last week
which brought dow-a the scales at
1,700 pounds. '
Miss Mabel Govenleck, of Winthrop
public school, obtained 583 marks at
•the :recent entrance examinations
held in Seaforth. This clever girl is
only. 12 years old.
Seaforth bakers have again lower-
• ed the price of bread to five cents
fpr a small loaf.
Mr. I. V. Fear has rented the store
• at present occupied by Mr. A. Card-
,
Mrs, R. Laidlaw and Mrs. Killer,
with their children, and Miss Flor-
ence and Master Chester Whitely
have joined the campers in the
"White City" at 13ayfield.
Miss Frances Brine left for Detroit
on Saturday morning where she will
spend •a couple of weeks with friends
there.
Mrs. Robert Willis and Masters
James and Roy, are visiting friends
in Wingham this week.
A very pretty scene was the gath-
ering at Evergreen Park, the resi-
dence of Mr. Wm. hilordoch, of the
2nd concession of Stanley, on Tues-
day last, when about thirty of the
youth and •beauty took possession of
the lawn and enjoyed the various
games and the delightful dinner., --
A series of accidents occurred in
the vicinity of Hillsgreen the past
week. While Mr. W. Walper was en-
gaged in harvesting barley on the
farm of Mr. A. Love, he had the tufa-
fortune to get a barley awn in his
eye, which caused much pain and laid
him ,off work for some days. While
Mr. John Cochrane and family were
engaged in picking berries, their
horses, which were tied in the woods,
took flight to parts unknown. They
were finally located in the stables of
Mr. Francis Coleman.
Messrs. oleLeod and Johnston, of
Walton, started threshing with their
machine tin, Tuesday, and Mr. Robt.
Holland Wks the first on the list. -
Mr. Fret Gardne, Of Mountain, N.D.,
sent bis dither Settle wheat from the
land in titat district Otte stalk of
straw Measured •5 feet 4 biota and
was extrattleit,
About *token Were sold at sea -
forth stat4f1,14 TOrtnitO last VAelt.
Virg. Witt4*iti onct• SOU, Prafik, of
• Walton, tedUPerittifig along tbe
;lake at Juytiolitttlixiek
brougli't 1V11's. Phil home an ann.-,
ful of Mises the other day. It all
came about in a rather interesting
way. Abhie Simpson -lives in, the
vfl-
lage. $hea what is known as an old
maid. Her father used to be a. bank-
er in town.- He prospered, sold his
private bank out and refired.- There
was a boy who died in, the last war,
and Abbie. She was always a quiet
and rather shy girl, who 'never mar-
ried, but seemed to content to 'stay
and look afterher father.
' When her father died she went on
living in the big frame house on the
edge of the village: Joe Fitzwilliam
stayed• on to work as handyman. He
looked after one of the churches in
town and did odd jobs around the
village and had asteady income look-
ing after the grounds at the Simpson
home, and seeing that her wood was
split and the ashes taken out. Jo4
is a good gardener. As they say, he
always had a green thumb and his
own little cottage always looks neat
andltrim with a lot of flowers around
it.
'Phe roses are out new and the
Simpson place' always has lots of ro's-
es' "They have them growing. over
the front fence and over arbors, and
there's • a whole row of the most
beautiful rose bushes you can imag-
ine in the back yard. Coming by
there last Wednesday 1 just had to
stop the car and take a look. I've
always been partial to those big red
roses and there was plenty of them.
I got out of the car and went over .to
the -fence and looked 'in,
Abbie appeared from under an ar-
bor, where she must have been read -
tog, and spoke to nae. Abbie is a
fragile, little, old woman new with a
gentle voice, In . fact, she hasn't
:changed her appearance very wuch
for the'Past twenty years, 44, told her
'about admiring the roses and she
asked. me to cone in. In the Space
of , twenty minutes I heard more
about the varieties, of roses than 1
ever knew existed.
Abbie . •, '. well, yon should •j•st
have heard her talking. Finally 1
asked her why she grew so many
roses. She didn't say anything for a
little while, and then in that quiet
voice answered: "Phil, when I was
a little girl I was never very happy.
Mother died and father did his best
for me., We were well off and for
some reason or other, most of the
children in the village shied away
from thfas- place. My, father was sort
of gruff, but he meant no harm. I
went to visit my aunt one time, and
it was June. She had a lovely ,place
with rose's all ever the garden, and
there -were three or four neighbor
children that used to come and play
With my cousins. We had such won-
derful times. Somehow all these
years I have associated the roses
with those happy times and 1. . .
well, I guess I grow the roses be-
cause of that. It's foolish, isn't it?"
She made me take a great basket-
ful of the roses home with me. The
sight of them now in vases around
the rooms makes rue feel . well,
good to look at them and somehow
sad too, remembering the little old
lonesome.woman growing them tore -
capture possibly what was h,er great -
•est time of happiness.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO
A two -star general, returning to
camp one evening, couldn't produce
his identificatioa. The rookie on
guard refused to let him pass through
the gate.
Finally, the exasperated general
bent forward, pointing to the stars on
his shoulders and bellowed: "Do you
know what these mean?"
"Sure," replied the rookie guard,
"you got two sons in the serVice."
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Hookem: "What's the difference
between a gold filling, an expensive
wedding and a maple Syrup bucket!"
Tooltem: "A gold filling's an in-
lay, an expensive wedding's an out-
lay; but why the maple syrup buck-
et?"
Hookem: "To catch the sap!"
An Early Laying Putiet
Mr. E. E. Woerth, al town,,lion
very much record Pullet for early lay-
ing. He advises as that this .pullet:
laid its first egg when. it WaS ono
day less than four months old, and,
seems to be laying regular singe it
Las started.—Zurich Herald.
Sister's Suitor: "Johnny, I 'dislike
to tell you, but last night at the party
your sister promised to become my
wife. Can you forgive me for taking
'her away?"
Johnny: "Shucks, tbit's what the
party was for."
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A big, fine-looking young man walk-
ed into the recruiting office and said
he wanted to join the Navy.
An' official asked: "What are your
qualifications?"
"1iy what?" the man asked..
"Are you a -mechanic, plumber,
radio operator, machinist, or just
what do you want to do?"
"Do you have any place for a good
fighter?" the fellow asked.
Huron Federation Of
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Agriculture-FarthNews •
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Housewives 'can do much to avoid'
losses through the infestation by in-
sects of flour, fruits and other food-
stuffs in the home by taking a few
simple precautio.ns. Food, such, as
flour, rolled oats,- cornmeal and other
cereal and grain products, should be
bought in small lots to ensure that
they are consumed fairly promptly.
All the foodstuffs at the time of pur-
chase or' delivery should be examin-
ed to make sure they are free from
pests. Food products should be stor-
ed in tightly sealed containers, such
as glass sealers of appropriate size,
with rubber rings. In addition to be-
ing insect -tight, the glass jars help
•to preserve the original essences and
the contents can be seen at.a glance,
Many Metal containers are useless
because of the ease with' Which in-
sects may gain access to the con-
tents, says •the Dominion Entomolo-
gist, Dominion Department of Agri-
culture.
During the summer, --the most satis-
factory procedure in dealing with in-
fested food is to place the foodstuffs
in an oven for an hour or two at a
temperature of 130 to 140 degrees F.
With small quantities of material,
the eggs and larvae of the insects
will be killed quickly. Flour so treat-
ed will be free from insets after
sifting. Cold storagewill Prevent de-
velopment of insects in fruits and
nuts. Cupboards should be emptied,
sprayed with an insect spray and
washed with soap and water before
replacing food materials. In winter,
exposure out-of-doors Ins mouse proof
receptacles, for 24 hours at zero will
kill the insects. If the temperature
does not reach zero, a two-day or
three -clay exposure of infested food
materials is recommended.
Fruit flies are a common household,
pest in summer that treed in over-
ripe. fiult, „pieltles and fermenting
vegetable materials. All such sourc-
es of infestation should be protected
from files or removed and destityed,
Inc -10411g household garbage. I'M
adult' fileS may be destroyed.witli any
gOod proprietary lid spray,
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Offeelf; Fett-Calvet Make 'Past Gana
7rietif. bfkl Oaltes rtitttlig'idtlr
Fire Starts From Electric Plate
The Exeter fire brigade had
run to the home of „Mr, Fred Fiux-
table Thursday afternoon of last week
when a fire started from an electric
plate belonging to a tenant in an
apartment. The 'fire was brought un-
der control with little damage done.
This was the second 'occurrence as 'a -
similar fire happened several months.
ago.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
mothers will make faster gains if fed
chop, according to the .experience or
the Dominion Experimental 'Station
at Melfort, Sask. This -can be done
with a minimum of labor by building
an enclosure with a small entrance
which the calves can go through bit
prevents the older animals from en-
tering. A rain proof box for storing
a supply of chop and a trough should
be placed in the creep. Some of the
chop can be put in the trough from
time to time as required, carebeing
exercised to see that the grain does
not fornient.
In order to encourage the young-
sters to enter the creep, a salt box
should be placed near its entrance.
By so doing, the cattle will Spend
considerable time at the salt and be-
fore long the calves wilt find their
way into the enclosure. Grain scat-
tered along..the ground leading to the
entrance will tempt them to go in
sooner than otherwise. Calves cared
for in this manner will scarcely miss
their mothers when weaning time ar-
rives in the fali.
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Weather, and Meat
Following the rapid melting of
snow resulting from warm weather
in the latter part of last March and
early in April, many farmers turned
cattle on pasture sooner than usual.
Subsequently, however, the weather
turned cooler and both grass and cat-
tle failed to thnive in April and May;
Meantime, says the Current Review
of Agricultural Conditions in Canada,
feedlots were being depleted- steadily
of finished cattle, and a gap is being
eXperigticed this Year before the us-
ual supplies of early grass -finished
cattle . are available in miantity.
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One of the most highly pliblinized
bits of Fascist propaganda was the
reclamation of the Pontine Marshes
in Italy, yet Britain 'reclaimed more
land In three years.' cif- war than
Fascism achieved in thirteen years of
peace.
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Last- Still First
trile to' the fait that,ttet all kinds
riefarni MaChines *ill b atillable to
farlifera ‘nrderhig theta ttatieto late
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Usborne Man Injured
Mr. Alfred Hicks, of Usborne, met -
with an unfortunate adcident on Sate
urday, when he fell from a load or
hay. With his son-in-law, Mr. Mer-
vin Wilson, of London, they had load-
ed one half of a sliding rack' with hay'
and in moving that part of the load '
•to the front' of the rack a part that
controls the rack failed to hold and'
Mr. Hicks was shoved from the wag-
e -la and fell at the horses' heels. One
wheel pressed against the body frac- A
turing some ribs and injuring the -
lung. Had the horses taken one more
step forward Mr. Hicks might easily
have' 'been killed. He is confined to
his, bed and under the doctor's care, •
and is progressing as well as can be -
expected. --Exeter Times -Advocate.
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Another. Farm Accident
Suffering with a fractured spine amt
concussion, Sidney Nettleton; R.R. 4,
Goderich, is in Alexandra aliospital
in a serious condition. He received
the painful injuries when he fell off'
a load • of hay at the fan of "Wm. 1
Long, Cialborne Township. He was.
unconscious for twenty minutes afters
the fall.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Home From Hospital
Mrs. Ben Taylor returned this week
from Victoria Hospital. London,
where she underwent an operationt,
recently. We are very pleased to re-
port that she is improving splendid-
ly.—Blyth Standard.
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Breaks Back in Fall
Edward Maskell, well known farm-
er of Colborne Township, is in Alex-
andra Hospital, Goderich, suffering
with a broken back caused when her
fell from a load of hay. Mr. Maskett
is a brother of Mrs. George A. Wa4K-
er, of Clinton.—Clinton Newsjilecor
Returns Home
Pte. Alvin "Nig" Reed, of Dungan-
non, who worked in town.for aims -
time, with his brother -in -la*, Joseph. '
Petrie, at the feed mill, before going:
-overseas two and a half years ago,„
landed in' Halifax on the "El Nil" on.
Friday. He was met in London by
,his father and other relatives oup
Monday aft4rnoon. — Clinton News-
• Record.
entertained Choir At Summer Home'
Mr., and Mrs. A. W. Anderton en-
tertained the members of the choir
pf the United -Church at their cottage
at Kintail on Wednesday last week..
A most enjoyable ,afternoon was
spent boating and swimming. At the:
dinner hour the me`nabers were 'berv-
ed a delicious meal., The members a'
the choir "expressed their pleasure
and appreciation to Mi and Mrs. An-
derton for their kindness and hosPtr"
tality.—Wing-ham Advance -Times, -
Sees Lines Leaving With Canadiang,
In a letter ,written home in July to -
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Sam Clark,
Mrs. Alfred Blow (Doris Clark) says
she is with her husband who Is sta-
tioned at the Firth of Clyde. He has t
been With the R.A.F. for over five
yeys. There she sees all the 'large•
liners such as the Ile de France otz
which her brother, Paratrooper Jim
Clark, sailed for home, the Queen—
Mary, the Pasteur, etc., as they em-
bark to carry the boys home to Can- N
ads,. She goes shopping to,Ayr, pass-
ing the home of the celebrated poet,
Robert Burns, and his memorial. She
says the coastline is beautiful and the
country. hilly. Even,in July the wa-
ter had not been fit to go in swim-
ming.—Mitchell Advocate.
Had Narrow Escape in Hamlonic Fire a
Robert Muir, son of the late Chas.
Mair, of Goderich, and of Mrs. Muir,
now of London, was a memberof the
crew of the ill-fated steamship
Hamonic which burned to the wa-
ter's edge at Sarnia on Tuesday of
last week. "Bob" who lost all his
tools and personal effects in the fire,
was a member of the engineers' staff..
'The chief engineer and his entire
crew iitayed at their posts for many'
bouts, While the fire raged overhead
and the Superstructure and • cabins
*6r6 mistimed 1* Abe' flames, For
41§Xille ;tiftle, it -Was: feared' tb.qy
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