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Jeith McPhail IV(eLean, Editor -
Published at Seaforth, Ontario, evv,
e Thursday afternoon by McLean'
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BEAFORTH, Friday, ;March 21,4947
• Qld Issue Bobs Up -
-Tlie old-fashioned winter we have
had this year, and particularly the
immense amount of snow we have
•had wto contend with for the past two --
or three weeks,, has brought up the
old issue between town and country,
—the lack of 'stabling for horses
that farmers bring into the towns.
There ....has ; always been more or
less complaint from some people in
the country, even during , the mild
winters of - the past . few years. 'But
this year we are having another kind
of winter.' One that has frequently
brought wheeled traffic. to a stand -
Still, and even halted -train service.
As a consequence, every town in
this part of Western Ontario has
seen more horses, sleighs and cutters
on their main streets, than theyhave
seen inthe past decade. And stabling
for horses has long been a thing of
the past in a. great many towns and
villages. •
Palmerston and • Drayton papers
last week spoke as if those communi-
ties and others in that district were
inissing out in not supplying ample
stable accommodation for their farm-
er customers, and we believe they P
are, and that our own town is in the
same boat:
The Wednesday afternoon closing
in these northern towns also came in
for some bitter complaints. Country
people had been snowed in for al-
most a week, and when their release
came it was on a Wednesday.and all°
the stores . were closed in the after-
noon. There was no bread, cakes,
groceries or much of anything else
to take home to the empty farm
homes. ,
But farmers shouldn't complain
too much on that score., If in recent
years they hadn't fo lowed so -.closely
the town homes in- livin t, of 'cans
and, bakeries, instead ofollowing
the example of ' their forebears, it
would take two months of a snow
blockade before any of them 'even
approached the hunger stage.
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Questions In Parliament -
Judging by. the questions' asked at
every session, Members . of Perlia-.
anent have an' insatiable curiosity ,
about this and that. What prompts,
this curiosity is one of the world's
great mysteries, but while as an edu-
cational feature, it is very, very ex-
pensive to :the country, some of the
answers will have a certain amount
of interest to the member's constitu-
- ents at large:'
Here is a ° rand'om assortment of
facts and figures divulged early in
the present session. There are liter
ally thousands of others:
Item:. Approximately 7,590 civil
servants are drawing Dominion pen-
sions. - Of these, 1,953 receive $14.4 a
month or more, and 374 receive $20
a month , or less.
Item: The:number of'pereons eozn-
nitted to insane asylums in Canada
rode from 9,823 in 1940, to 12,268 in
1945. The number of sentences to
penitentiaries dropped from 3,610 in.
1940 to 2,950 in 1945.
• Item: Of the 71,719 immigrants
who entered Canada last year, 20,483
were male and 51,236 ,female. Eng-
land with 38,991 topped the countries
of origin. Scotland, which sent 8,473,
was . behind ::the_ second - place. United:
States with 8,958. , Wales led Ireland
by 1,455. 'to 983' Northern Ireland
sent 142:
Roth Judgments in 18 cases` ieard
by the Exchequer Court in 1944 have
not yet beet, delivered. Thirteen cas-
es • in 1:945 and 16 cases in 1946 are
still being pondered over by the
judges, r;
,Item,: Childless married couples in
arisda . in, 1941, totalled 683,218.
'Mose 'vxthone child numbered
to Canadian liquor bill in;
•
1945 was $289 millions, Beer account-
ed -io rk ions. During the
same year persa al income' taxes of
$763 millions were collected.
Item: There were 28,316 Chinese
men and 1,712 Chinese •- women in.
Canada in 1941. There were also
4,598 Chinese children -•
Item: During 1946 the Unemploy-
ment Insurance Commission fixed 108
employees, 2,028 quit, 79 were trans-
fered, and 25 died.
One member was told it would take
the whole time of a considerable .staff
six weeks " o d1g out the information.
his questions demanded. But being a
very conscious member he said the
.information was necessary, and time
was no object.
Saskatchewan Municipalities
Saskatchewan municipalities are
not at all happy concerning the rela-
tions that have been and are arising
between themselves and the provin-
cial government„
It is a long established custom in
Canada for provincial legislatures to
provide a clause in their cityand
municipal, acts, giving exemption to.
government-owned property from
municipal taxation. And it is only
in very recent years that municipali-
ties have raised any question about
, this old Dominion practise.
In . Saskatchewan, • however, the
municipalities are becoming alarm-
ed because of the extent to which the
C.C.F. government is entering into
business. The government is claim=
ingexemptions not only for its crown
corporations, but for its, business en-
terprises as well, such as bus depots,
insurance offices, fur sales offices and
its power establishments.' •
When the C.C.F. Government took
over the power company which serv-
ed Yorkton, that city. lost $16,000 -of
municipal tax revenue.:_ Melville,•an-
other town, lost $5,000, while cities
like Saskatoon and Regina lost much
larger sums.
. Always before the ' question has
arisen over the property tax. But in
an ever increasing number of Sas-
katchewan municipalities it now af-
fects the business tax levied 'on •mer
chant because the government has
gone into business on a very large
scale in - competition with private
business. Consequen.tIy private 'en-
terprise pays a business' tax and its
government competitor does not. And
such discrimination . places private
business under a very serious handl'-
, cap. ,
In Saskatoon the council is mak-
ing an issue of the question. There
the city assessor, has assessed- the of-
fice of theµ government's insurance
.corporation at the 'usual business tax
rate of $3.50 a square foot of floor
space; and the action o£, the . assessor
has been approved by - Saskatoon's
court . of -revision. •
".s a result of this action; the Min-
ister of National Resources has stat-
ed . that . the government is studying
the effect of government 'business on
municipal tax tion, and is consider-
ing the possibility of making :grants
in place of taxes, but he stated blunt-
ly
luntly the Government would not pay
municipal taxes. -
But the municipalitiesclaim, and
claim rightly, that the payment of
grants would prove a. very poor sub-
stitute for taxes, because the amount
of such grants would rest entirely
-with the Government and might go
up or down or stop at any time. The
municipality would have : no sayas
to the amount it should obtain, nd
with a Socialist Government taking
4, -over the control of one business af-
ter°another, it would not be long be -
lore every municipality would be
completely under the thumb of the
p government.
overnment.
And that,_ possibly, is just where
the C.C.F. Government in that prov-
ince wants the municipalities to be.
.At any rate, it looks as if the ques-
tion would soon be settled, either by
the -courts or•by a provincial election)
which is due in that provinee before
long.
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Appendicitis Beaten
"/ (M,etropolitan Life Bulletin) •
The mortality from, appendicitis has been Cut
by More than oihc half in the past five years and
by •alm.oat three4fourths in the pant decade, among
the inttustrial polieyholders of the 1Vietropnlitan
Liffe Inslxrantre CoMpany, The age,a'djnarted death
rate in 1946 !vas•- 8.2 per 100,000' (ages 1 to 74)
as 'compared With a rate of 7.1 in 1941 and 11.11
in 1936- There -is goody reason to believe that
within the dieSt few years appendiditls, will be
redue'ed'to -a very minor •cause• of- death in our
eauntt7,, -wend that medical "'ilo'i'ence and public
health administration will elose another import. .
ant chapter :in, their hiartory.—
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twenty^ dye years age-
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• From The 'Huron Expositor
-March 24, 1922
Announcement was made last Fri-
day of the selection of F. Lorne Hut-
chison,a.of University College, Uni-
versity of Toronto,, and son' of Mr -
and Mrs. 1i . D. Hutchison, of Sea -
forth, Per the John. H. Moss 'Memorial
Award for 1922. It has a cash value ,
of $300:
Mr. ,7oseph Mero, -who• purchased
the Redmond property on North Main
St., has moved to his new residence.
He has had it wired and an electric
range installed by Reid -Bros., Sea -
forth..
Mr. Frank Arnold has sold his pop
works in liarpurhey to; Mr. Ashton,
df Corrie, who has taken possession.
Mr. Charles ' Rolph,.• of town, met
with an unfortunate accident at the
Canada Furniture factory on Monday,
when he• had the top of one- thumb
taken off in a machine.
Mr. Rs Houston, 16th concession of
Grey, while engaged in hauling brush'
from the orchard, tell off the load and
was dragged some distance by the
team_ The doctor found that he had
a broken right arm, several damaged
ribs and bruises on the head..
Messrs. Palmer Whitely, 'of Hamil-
ton,, and Chester Whitely, of . New
Yor, are Iere this week owing to
the serious illness of their mother.
k Mr. Howatt, of. Auburn, has moved
to the farm he recently purchased
from Mr. Arthur Routledge, just south
of Egmondville. '•
One evening • last week the home. of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Canning; Beech-
wood, was the scene of a large and,
happy gathering when neighbors and
friends assemb.ed to spend a social
eveningwith them before they -re,:
moved to their new home 'in Seaforth.
The address was `read by John Ma-
lone and the: presentation made by
G. K. Holland.
Mr. Harry Weston, of Bayfield, met
with.a painful.accident on Tuesday of
last week.; He had . been repairing
fences 'on -Percy- Weston's farm and
after leaving. his team standing for
some • time, he attempted to get into
the buggy over the back of the seat,
with the result that he was thrown
heavily against the wheel and had his
shoulder and chest- badly injured.
The managers of St. Andrew's
Church,' Kippeu, are installing a new
coal furnace in ,the Sunday. School
room. .
Mrs. Bertha Bell has, returned to
Hensall from Toronto and resumed
her .millinery business in -Mr.AST Mur-
doch's block. • -
Mr. Isaac Hudson, who recently
sold his farm north ,of Seaforth, rims
leased the residence of Mr. Thomas
Daly, John : St., and has ,moved his
family to town. • •
Mrs. B. Cleary and fancily moved in-
to their home this week, which she
purchased 'from Mi.. Jacob Weber. ;
Mr... J. J. fidOrner, Secretary of the
U.F.O., gave an address to a capacity
house in 'the Town Hall here on Wed-
nesday. Mrs. Layton also gave an
interesting address, while Mr. J. H.
Scott acted as chairman.
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From. The Huron Expositor
Marcht19, 1897
Thomas Sn'eli,: of Exeter, will take
possession of the New Dixon Hotel,
Brucefieid, shortly,
Mr. George A. Sills, who has • for
years past -been employed . in Johnson
:Bros. 'hardware stare, has decided to
start out for himself and in company
with Mr: Wm. Murdie will open a
hardware and tinware ' store in the
premises lately" occupied by Mr. Fred
Davis, jeweller.
The following left Seaforth on -,Tues-
day, on the settlers' excursion to Mani-
toba: Wm. Laidlaw and wife and
Thos: Sproat, to. Burnside, Man.; Mrs.
Warner and children and . Miss B.
Bethune, to -Whitewood; Northwest
Territory; R, Barwick, to ,Winnipeg;
Miss Brown, to: High Bluff; R. Mc-
Cartney and daughter and. W. Simp-
son, to Moose Jaw; T.•-Neilands and
wife to Beckford, -Mich.
' The regular meeting of the Seaforth
Collegiate Institute_.. Literary Society
was held in the assembly room on
Wednesday. The program was as fol-
lows: "Instrumental polo, Miss Mar-
garet Daly; reading, T. McQuaid; solo,
Chas. Snarling; "a scene from the play,
"As You hike It," by Miss B. Steph-
ens and -Mr. F. Clarkson; instrumen-
tal by Miss G. Pickard.
While returning home the other ev-
ening Mrs. James Barbour, of Staffa,
fell out of the sleigh into a, snow
drift, but fortunately was not serious-
ly . injured.
Mr...Drager and F. McIntosh; Lead•
bury; after hauling out their cord
woOd 'to Seaforth, have each complet-
ed cutting and hauling upwards• of
20,000 feet of logs tG ,the -sawmill, and
Mre J. J. Irvine,' who is not -much'
younger than the two named; has
done an equal amount of timber work.
Mr. Robert ,Lpgan, Seaforth, ship -
Ped a carload olhrhorsea and rigs to
ll$•anitoba this Week. Mr. Jas. Cowan
went with the consignment.
Mrs.' Robert Oolertlans intends mov-
ing to Chicago to reside and is offe
r
ing her residence for dale.
Mr. Wm. Sleeth has the contract.
for putting in the plate glass windows
•anti. making_ _ether_- impronelnentsi ,.IA
Mr. M. Williams' two stores on the
east side 6f Main St.
A young fellow named George Mc-
Millan, whose home is on the south
side of 'the track, Met with a painful
accident on Tuesday:' As he ',vas• driv-
ing
riving out of John Beattie's Lane with a
load of wood on the sleighs; the load
upset and -he was jammed between
the sleigh and the gate past. A. Shall
bone was brokht in one leg and the
cords ,badly totft ,
412r, Michael *fill'-ati3' sale oL� stti+'
plus stock last week rova,s the.best held
in Hibbert for m?iny' yest'rs ' Calvsal, Sold
as high as. $27 pea" pair; ihegilh$19.50
pair; pigs, 8 waska old, $6 pair; cotWs
as high as $ 7; s ,utero, rising three
Years, Old, *95 Nit Mr, Thomas rown
of•Seaforth wad ed the ]ltatritneic
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LAZY MEADOWS, • .
sT igma t sorb,
I spent thls 'afternoon in the black-
smith shop at the village. " rights,
I really should have been at home,
but there was something so fascinat-
ing about the place that I stayed on
and on . . „ and darn nearly missed
the chores. 01 course I couldn't miss
the chores . . .because .. .with'no
hired man . . . you simply have to
be on hand.
There's something comfortable and
pleasant about a blacksmith shop.'In
the summertime you cansit and look
out the front door at the people pass-
ing by, and in the wintertime when
the big front door is closed, it gives
an air of .friendliness or coziness, as
you might say.
I can remember When there was a
total of four blacksmith shopsin our
village. There wasn't anything un+
natural about that Asa plain matter
of fact, it was natural to have that
many` in a place the size of the vil-
lage., People looked` with a• certain
awe and respect onthe men who shod
the horses ' of the 'community. They
were for the most part, big strapping
fellows with broad shoulders, hair*
chests,- andthey all wore leather ap-
rons. That was a badge of their pro-
fession.
You can still recapture the thrill of
the. blacksmith shop if you some to
our place in' the village. You hear
4938 Paso Robles Ave,
• .Encino, . Qaliforuia,
Dear Unroll IP'itpositor:
We want to thank you for sending •
The Expositor so promptly. We dddu't
have tdlast year and we visaed. it,
and now we have it again. and --ales
etfjoxiug lt, We like to read about all
"the talks and places we used to knew.
We even road most of ;the advertise-
wonta, just to see what -'is doing back
there, and:. too,.. we often see. the -
names of many people we 'often won ---
der about 'w,',herethey are and if they
-are-stili- alive; 'o4 e•-liire-to-read-ai►out
the folks having wedding celebrations
and that they are well. Many of
uese tulks oiien we knew them were
what we called middle-aged people,
but now they are having golden wed-
ding celebrations. ,
We also like to read about' the old
fashioned wjgter you have had back
.Dere this year. We canjust imag-
ine: what it is like. When we were'
children and lived near Staffa, how
the Snow ••'did pile up some winters!
After a two or three days' storm the
men used to get- out and plow two •
tracks for the horses and sleighs . to
get tQ: the village_ for the mail and
-groceries, and generally the tracks
just filled up again and _ became high-
er and higher until we were away
above the fences, and the only place
it was safe- to turn off was at some-
one's gate, or at a corner. But now
of course, it won'tbe . as bad, with
all theppower machinery that is avail-
-able.
We have had a fairly mild' winter
for this part df the world. With our
early heavy rains last fall the hills
and ,valleys in®the countryside have
been a beautiful velvety green. The -
grain crops are heading out now. The-
aLmond blossoms are all past now, but
the peach, apricot and plum trees aro
in full bioom, and the country is just
full of the perfume of orange and
lemon blossoms, while in among the
trees the birds are singing their'
'spring songs, many of which will
leave and go north as spring opens
up. Of course the • native California
birds stay with us all the time, as
mocking birds, humming birds, song,
sparrows, canaries anis many others.
As we live in the San Fernando Val-
ley, most of which is a suburb of Los
Angeles, land which was farmed
three or four years ago, is now cov-
ered with hundreds and'thousands of
houses, some finished,, and as far as
you can see in some directions are -
homes in the course of construction.
eatwiWell, ' I must close: With beat-
Wishes.
shes. •
ANDREW R. OLIVER
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the roar and throb of the bellows as
the wind gushes in under the pan of
coals and then goes gushing up the
broad chimney. You hear the strange
half -muffled and •hard metallic ring,
as the smithy snuggles the shoe down
amongst the bright, hot coals. You
can smell horses and grease, and then
above all the sharp smell of the
scorched hoof as he places the glow-
ing hot shoe against 'it. "h.
There' are -smells, too. . . and I
mean thesmells you' can hardly iden-
tify . , like the smell of harness oil
and sweaty blankets . . . • and wood
shavings . . . and so on. There- are
smells. . . like the smell of tobacco
from the pipes of , the men sitting
around :., . and the sounds that come
into },aur ears: .. 'tike -the sounds of
the clang of hammer on iron , .. two
on the iron and one on the anvil .. .
and the nervous shuffle and expect-
ant stamp of the hordes in the stalls
. and 'the.gushing roar of the blow-
er. on the forge . . ! and 'the hissing
and spitting of hot iron as it hits thea
water. • -
Blacksmith shops are places of
terest and delight. I hope our smith
doesn't get a gas pump. Somehow or
other the souhds attendant to a gaso-
line pump just don't St into the pat-
tern of sound at a. real honest -to -good-
ness' blacksmith shop. •
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Huron -I Federation Of
Agriculture--FarmN,ews _
Farm House Plans
Five thousand blue prints `and about
30,000 offset printed sheets of, build-
ing plana : and details were mailed (la-
te -et to 4,000 applicants ,by the Archi-
tect's Office, Central Experimental
Farm; Ottawa, "du'ring the financial
year ended March 31, 1946. The de-
mand --for farm house plans and for
live stock,: poultry, and, service build-
ings is large and increasing. The plans
and information sheets are designed
particularly for small farms and are
available.., for general distribution.
During the year, the Architect's Of-,
five prepared plans, specifications and
sketches for several large agricultural
and technical buildings during , the
seat.
Tighten Regulations on Seed Potatoes
Reflecting the wish -of conscientious
producers, -the Dominion Department
of._Agriculture plans to tighten "its
regulations governing the production
of certified seed potatoes:*An amend-
ment to the regulations was recently'
described' at a meeting;,of the Ontario
Crop - Improvement Association by J:
W. Scannell, 'Assistant, -Chief, Plant
Protection Division. ., . • •---
The proposed amendtmen,t will re-
quire_. the, grower of certified seed pot-
atoes to pian't all potato fields on his
farm with ane of the three classes, of
certified seed. He may continue to
produce table stock for his own use
or for sale, but this table stock as
well as his seed stock must be grown
trout Foundation, Foundation A, or
Certified Seed.
Behind this proposed.aniendment is
the need for greater control of bac-
terial ring rot. The Department has
observed that most cases of thih dis-
ease occurring in fields entered for
certi'fidatfon are found in areas where
large fieldstable grown.
d o f stock are
Table stock grown from • unhealthy,
uncertified seed can contaminate near-
by seed stock groivn from' the very
best seed. The proposed, autendiment,
Mr. Scannell said, should limit this
danger of contamination.
While second-hand bags may still
be the greatest scource of infection,
held, altitich1Aery, "specially diggers and
planters, is also known spie`adlxac
terial -ring rot:. To ,reduce, this risk,
the ainenciatent will, if it . becomes
law, restrict the use of ;field machin—
ery, If field equipment is used in
Adds planted with uncertified. seed;
its additional use in planting, math
rating- and harvesting certified seed
will Ire prohibited.
Good,. Report on Potnitry To U. K.
The Special Products board has re-
cently received^•a: report on the dress-
ed poultry' it iso shipping to theMitt-
ed Kingdom: The report is the result
Of a survey made • by officials of. the
British Ministry of FBo1 who examine
the duality of rpouiiry shiVKieht'e cit
their arrival oweraeah.
°these Britidit o lfidl $ gay', that Jae
birdh are of a "uniformly high standard
ohquality and pack. Recent shipments
the„ report states, •compare favorably'
with pre-war shipments and with the
best packs from, the United States.
The report adds that:•these faots.speak
well for the -high standard of packing
and grading being undertaken in Can-
ada today
Making no attempt to` conceal their
gratification at this encouraging re-
port, board officials point out that the
high standard •of, grading and uniform
pack represent the result of years of
effort by poultrymen and government
officials.. . ..
But even today With its high quality
recognized, Canadian dressed poultry
needs further improvement. In this
otherwise favorable report from Bri-
tain, criticism is made )of the- grade
markings on the birds. These, .stamp-
ed in .a different color for each grade,
are frequently smudged, detracting
from the good appearance 01 .the poul-
try. As Canadian" Government grade
standard's are respected everywhere,,
grade marks, deserve better treatment
than this.
Consequently, the Boardis anxious
for export packers;to'take extra pains
in applying the grade marks so that
the appearance' of the birds will not
be marred by an' unsightly, smear. '•"
W. A. Brown, manager of the Poul-
try Products Section of the Special
Products Board, reminds poultrymen
that much depends, on the success of
these shipments to Britain. The ship-
ments, he points out,are part of the
first post-war poultry contract with
the United .Kingdom which will gov-
ern much of its 'future buying by the
quality it receives now.
Be adds that of the present contract
for ten minion pounds of higher grade
chiken' and: fowl, the Board has al-
ready bought seven pounds,
paying one-half cent per neural, below
domestic wholesale prlce ceilings.
How To Get 25% ,(dare Asparagus
Practical experiments have found
that over -cutting asparagus quickly
redrtices yields. While the fertility of
the soil ,and general cultural practices
areTmportaidt in *alining high yields
a£-usparaguss.th_e�leng h of the cut-
ting season must be taken 'into -coli
sideration., A 10 -year experiment at
�
the Dotninlon Experimental Farm,
Agassiz, B.C., ,hash shown that 25 per.
cent More asparagus can be obtained
if the cutting period is stopped after
eight weeks rather than allowed to
coat -lime 'for 12 weeks. During the
first three years plants will yield
mare. if they are cut for 12 weeks-
after
eeksafter ^that„excessive cutting weak-
ens the plants 'enormously... In the 10
years of the experiment the plots cut
for eight weeks averaged, 6,050 -pounds:
per acre while those vitt for 12 Weeks
prodtteed only an average of 5,000
pound9 per acre per year. In the filial
•$ve years- •oix the experhaleiit, the eight
(Continue!! bit Wage 9)
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Seen in the
GauntpPapers,
Flying Trip to New York State
Leaving God.erich `Saturday noon,
Lou Lane, .with Mr. and Mrs Fraser
Patterson, flew to Schoharie, New
York, about 40 miles from Albany. It
took `them about font hours flying
time. A atop. at Buffalo was neces-
sary for customs inspection. They re-
turned to.Goderich Tuesday afternoon_
In the New York State"'town they vis-
ited with Mrs. Peter Bouck, formerly
of, Lucknow, Out. It was the first air-
plane ride for, Mrs, (Pattersian, --who
stated she enjoyed, it very much.—
Goderich Signal -Star. .
Back From ,California
Mrs. H. J. Sutherland~ .accompanied
by her daughter. ;Mrs. Ernst, and
granddaughter„ Barbara Ernst, re-
turned hone Thursday after a most
enjoyable seven weeks' holiday trip.
They visited Los Angeles„ San 'Diego,
Santa Barbara and New Orleans, -
where they -'were thrilled with'the an-
cient French section and historical
background, also, the • beautiful hand-
made iron fences. They were enter-
tained at the Walt, Disney studio,
where they, and especially Miss Bar-
bara, were much interested) in seeing
the making of a ,Mickey Mouse car-
toon.. lt.•was ,quite warm in California.
and they enjoyed' the trip to the• full
—Goderich Signal -Star.
Fly Chickens To Brussel& Farmers
'Chicks arrived in this smowboundl•
village- by plane: Blocked,. highways
and raid -lines did not prevent the de-
livery of chickens to •,Lloyd Alcook_
10th concession of ••Grey', and Norman
Dodds, 7th line •01'Morris. The plane
with its• cargo of newly -hatched baby
chicks arrived in Brilssels at three
o'elock Saturday afternoon from the,
Harvey Chick Hatchery of. Guelph:
These chicks :should develop into re- ..
cord breaking' producers considering
the•"flying" start they got. Brussels
Post.
Travel By 'Snowshoes To Reach Train
° Mies Helen Armstrong and Miss Is-
abel Bognt'on, wltil spent the week -end'
with the former's parents, Mr.” ' and
Mr's. James Armstrong, were show=
hound in Brussels last week. In order •
to return to their positions is Toroth
to the girls finally snowshoes'to Wat-
ton to catch •the 5,C.P R. 'train east_
',`hough tired, Helen stood the five
mile jaunt on snowshoes remarkably
well. Miss Boynton, Who was a novice
to this, mode of travel,, was complete-
ly exhausted. The girls, accompanied -
by Mr. Armstrong, lett home at noon -
and arrived, at Walton at. 5 p.m. Mr_ .
Armstrong made the return trip in two
hours and brought with ,him yeast for
c 'loca1-!raker Birussels-•.Post: ,----•- - •
.Londesboro .Business Changes Hands .
Mr. George Good, of' London, has
purchased the White Rose 'service
,station in Londesboro, until recently
operated by Mr. W. A.- Bninsden. We
understand, that Mr , '0ood- is • contem-
plating an addition to the 'building,
and also intends adding to the garage
facilities.—Blyth Standard. ., .
Door 'Handle on Drug Store Broken
Arriving at his drug snore on Mon-
day, morning R. 'D. Philp discovered-
that
iscoveredthat 'the door 'handle ort the. door to
the front entrance 'of -the store had
:been broken. Mr.'Phiip had, last been
:at the store Sunday night about 9,15,
and when he deft everything was in
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