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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1947-08-22, Page 2+►, EJRON EPa� : Iron • iURON EXPOSITOR. :talished 15600 Keith. McPhail McLean, Editor. Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ,.:ry Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros.os. - A Members of Canadian Weekly Newspapers• Association. Subscription rates, $1.50 a yearin advance; foreign $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. .SEAFORTH, ,Friday, August '22nd Using Provincial Poliep: Within the past year or two a number of Ontario towns have dis- missed their local police farces and have accepted the offer Of the Pro- vincial Government to have the local policing- of these towns and villages assumed by members of the Ontario Police Force. The object in view, we presume, is to take law enforcement out of local politics, and to have the law enforced regardless upon whom the penalties fall. To have one' law for, the rich and the poor and the in- between. The object is a worthy one, and no doubt provincial' officers will be in a freer position to enforce it than would some lacal officer' appointed by a town- or village. This police ser- vice •is not, 4, however, free. It has to be paid for, and the cost to the taxpayers will be at least . double that of the former policing system. It is not the cost that should raise any of jection. Heretofore most town councils have been quite willing to employ any man who would accept the office at a certain sum, and that sum was far below what any reas- onable council could expect for ef- ficient service. That system worked efficiently en- ough in the horse and buggy days, but those days are now behind.. us, never to return, The small town or village is no longer the self-contain- ed place it used to be. The world is now on wheels. And so is crime. Crime can strike at a small place out in the country and be miles away in much less than an hour. To cope with modern crime and criminals, it takes trained men, and the services of `trained men are nit obtained for nothing, or next to nothing. A number of small com- munities have been hit by modern criminals in recent months • and years. '"And that, undoubtedly, is why the smaller communities, in ev- er increasing numbers, are appealing to the Province . to take over their ,local policing duties. And the Provincial. Police are trained and . efficient officers. That fact is exemplified every day in ev- ery part of the Province. But there is another , angle to this . situation which we do not believe municipal councils are giving sufficient atten- tion. They could possibly obtain as efficient- officers for their local polic- ingduties as,are the Provincials --if they paid the same money for their services. The gravestdanger,' as,, we see it, is the undisputed fact that once the Provincials move into a town or county, that town or county surren- ders its rights and authority to the central government in Toronto. Thereafter Toronto will dictate tete »police policy for town and coun- ty: And it will dictate the price; The taxpayers, who provide the money,, will have no future say whatever. And hasn't the central government already assumed too many of the rights and authorities of the munici- palities? • Is There A Town Bp -Law ? We were under the impression that Seaforth had a town by-Iaw re- garding the erection. of street signs and billboards within the municipal boundaries. A by-Iaw giving the town authority to prohibit the erec- tion of Such signs where. they endan- gered the public, or protected the right of ratepayers to refuge' to have unsightly signs spoil their .view in Any residential district. Apparently we were in error, or perhaps there may be such a .by-law,, but its wording niay,be too indefinite or it Tacks teeth, as, so many munici- • 1)0 lr.laws are :vont to do: • . 'AT,TGTI'�S ' ,20, 1447. a Recently there has been erected on a vacant site in the east end residen- tial section a frame for a billboard, some fifteen by thirty feet, which when completed will flaunt the wares of some commercial firm in the., eyes of all, the district ratepayers and .: householders. It is not a pleasing prospect, and we doubt if there is a single house- holder who has the best interests of the town at heart, approves of;• it. But it would appear that the citizen who prides himself on the appear- ante of his property or his district, has no say in the matter at all. And it is not alone the immediate property in the vicinity' of this big billboard that will suffer in appear- ance. The eastern approach to the town will be marred by its presence. In recent years the Lions Club has spent a good many thousand dollars in building and beautifying the Lions Park and Pool at the' eastern en- trance to town. That they have been eminently successful in their -work is evidenced every day in the week, by the num- ber of tourists in passing through on the highway, who stop to admire the its beauty. Only last week Arthur Ford, editor of the London Free Press, in a column article on the beauty of Huron County, referred to it in very special terms, saying that a good many other towns in Western Ontario would do well to try and copy the example of Seaforth in beautifying their towns. The eastern entrance to Seaforth is beautiful, -and as we say, countless tourists have commented upon it. But in' future, how long will those first, good airnpfessions of Seaforth last, when a few yards further on at the crest of the hill, they are struck in the' eye by a flaming billboard set down in the Midst of one of the lead- ing residential districts of the town? And tourists' impressions of this or any any town are important. If they are good, as in the case of the"' Lions Park and Pool, a comparison is made with every town they pass ' through, and our town is advertised over a wide area of Ontario, and it even extends to the States. Why not keep it that way? • Too Many Spivs Prime Minister Attlee has 'declar- ed open 'war on the Spivs. It is a new word' to us, but apparently goes away back tothe year 1690. And the type is older than any present gov- ernment. One fact about the Spiv is that he is not the product of any particular government, or any particular social system. And he thrives just as well in Canada as he does in .the British Isles. Perhaps even better. One of the leading characteristics of a Spiv is his roundabout and too often crooked way of going after his own selfish interests, and he is con- tinually at war with the country's best interests. We all know the type in politics and municipal affairs. But behind all our boasted respectability, are we all sure there is not a bit of the Spiv. in us? Or else, wlfy is the average human so willing to blunt the edge of good things, cut the corners and insist on getting while the getting is good? • But When 11 Comes The Montreal Gazette says: "All through Winter and Spring,. one marks time, as it were, waiting for Summer. Summer is the reward to compensate for frozen toes and tingling fingers, the time when one may cast off excess' baggage ' and walk hatless and galoshless in the sunshine." Sure «we all , wait longingly and more or less ptatien'tly for the Sum- mer, and more particularly this year of 1947. - But when Summer really came at long last, the first week in August and has lingered with us ever since, what are we saying about it? Un- printable! No human, or bunch ' of humans, given tyle power, could make weather to suit everyone. But if we had had the power to make weather to suit ourselves, we couldn't ha"ve made a better job than the Weatherman has made the past two weeks. The weather is just grand, and we would willingly take this kind right up to December. Years Agone Intellenting iie,MIS picked from The Expositor of fitly and tweetrave T ago. From The Huron Expositor • August 25, 1922 Lawrence Taylor and Walter Scott of Constance, went West on the har-, versrers' excursion. Mr. William. Strong, who h+as been the eapabie , teacher of S.S. No. 2, Tuckersmith, for.'thepTst five years, has resigned• to accept the, prircipal- ship of the Model Schotel at Clinton. Miss ..Margaret Meilis, who .has been teaching at .S.S. 3, Tuckersmith, has been engaged to • teach Mr. Strong's school. .Messrs." Henderson Smith end P. J. Dorsey, Seatorth, left Monday on a trip dawn the St. Lawrence. The roof of First Presbyterian Church is being shingled this week. Mr1,V1'cTaggart, accountant in the Bank of .Commerce, has " returned from Cleveland, where he spent his vacation....' , Reid and Arthur Edmunds, •Robert Willis, Jack Crich, Alvin Sillery, Car- man Ferguson and George Cook are ramping at Bayfield. • Mr. Louis Atkinson is recoverii1 following an attack of pneum•ouia. Jamey and Charles !Stewart, who were spending their, holidays. in -Lon- don and Toronto, have retut°ned home. Miss' M. Fowler, A.00.A., Hallett.- has been engaged as teacher for S.S. No: 1, 'RulIett, for the ensuing term, Mr. Jas. Hart is erecting a cement basement under the residence of .Mrs. Thos, McFadden. Mr: A. A. McLennan is erectiu, ;rn additional storey to the rear of the hospital. A pleasant summer gathering ;vni held on Thursday afternoon and eve- ning on, the lawn of and. in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Van Egmnod, it being the thirty-fifth anniversary of their wedding. About 30 guests; with 'well-filled baskets, assembled to cele- brate the event and present the host and hostess with beautiful pieces of china. Duets by Messrs. Beattie and DeLacey were•m{uch appreciated. rThe gathering broke up with "Auld Lang Syne." Miss Bessie Broadfoot, of :Ptielter- smith, is laid up with a fractured. ankle. . Mr. James Jarrett, of Kiploen, who is a student at the Medical School a': London., has returned home 'to help his father with the onrush of grain at the elevator: Mr. Verne Dale, of Cbnstance,'met with a motor accident at Grand Bend on Sunday. He was run into by an- other car and considerable damage was done. The occupants were not injured in any way. Edwin Miller is visiting under the parental roof at Walton after being two year in the West, teaching, school. \ Mr.. Paquegnat sang-„ two loveiy- solos in Carmel Presbyterian Church, Hensall, on Sunday last. Mr. B. R. Higgins,' of Clinton, was doing business and renewing acquaint- • ances in Kippenrecently. From. The Huron Expositor ' August 20, 1897 One day last week Mr. Archibald Bishop, ex-.M.P;P. for South Huron, had a narrow escape from a very ser- ious, if not fatal accident, He was cutting. grain andthe horses became frightened. In pulling them up the Iines broke setting the horses free and leaving Mr. Bishop unable to' con- trol them. He was thrown from the seat, his foot catching in the wheel and was dragged for a considerable distance. A few days ago at Zurich while Mr. R. R. Johnson was taking a trough from F. Hess's wagon shop to Mr. Philip Hauch's on a light wagon, the horse jumped '-and Mr. Hauch was thrown off the wagon and broke two ,ribs and was otherwise bruised. Mr. lex Davidson, of town, has -gone on a trig to the Old Country. Mr, George,.Aitzel, of town, has left on a trip to New York. Mr. Paul Freeman, one' of the lead- ing. players of the Beaver Lacrosse Club, has a sore band, the result of a blow at the game on Monday, here. • Mr. W. Hawkshaw, Jr., of town, Left on Wednesday for Medicine Ilat, Northwest Territory, to take a posi- :on on the Canadian Pacific Rahway, Among those who left from Sea - forth station • on the excursion to •Manitoba and the Northwest were: Louis Kruse, R. Hawthorne, Chariest Bfckle and Miss Laidlaw, Seaforth; W. Shillinglaw, R. Doig, W. Finlay- son, Joseph Grieve, John McNair, Arch Towers, 'D. McKellar and Miss Maggie Martin, Tuckersmith; Miss .Elizabeth Storey, Ed»., Robinson, W. Jamieson, James Mowbray, • Frank Ifackwell, John and Adam McGill, 'Miss Morrison, Thos. Neilands, Robt, and Thos. (Somers and Fred 'Mineon, McKillop; H. R. Gillespie and Thos 'Nixon, Cromarty. Mr., Graham., of Brucefield, shipped five car loads of cattle this week, while Mr.. Turner shipped three, to the Old Country market, Albert Mero, Harry Howard and. Harry Durand, of Blake, have taker west. advantage of the excursion to the Eleven tickets were sold at Seaforth station on Tuesday for the excursion to Brantford, „while forty were sold, to different points for the Civic Holi- day excursion. - J. Dimment, Peter Wooley and. R. Heideman, of Zurich, and others, took advantage of the cheap excur- sion to' Sarnia last, Saturday, William Robertson, McKillop, has been engaged.'`to 'teach in the senior department of the Cranbrook school. There were 60 applicants for the posi- tion. Mr, H. Reese, Dashwood, has moved into,his new house on Main St. Messrs. J. Miller and L. Schroeder, of Dashwood, left on Tuesday for - North Dakota to seek their fortune. .PHIL OSIFl . of .LAZY _ AsY - YuEADOS -- _.. My grandfather always said that for a place to have a quiet afternoon of resting and thinking, you couldn't beat an apple orchard in• summer- time. Every, tine I try 'it I'm more and more convinced of the wisdom of (his words, - While the rest of the folks were having a rest'r' I collected an old rocker from the back porch anti hik- ed up' along the badliyard .fence to the orchard. Then I put .the rocker down in the shade of a sweet apple tree, making certain that it was close enough "to apples so that 1 wouldn't have to move. I :just sat down when plop! a big, sweet apple landed in my lap. That certainly promised we11 for the -rest of the afternoon.' The dog ambled up and after chas- ing the kitten up into a Spy tree, came over and lay down, at my feet. An inquisitive hen came along, eyed me over carefully and then after tak- ing a few pecks at an apple,• strolled over into the garden to sample the ripe tomatoes. She sort df knew that. I was without the ambition on this particular occasion to' bother her very much.. There was the lazy- drone of flies and insects and in the'background ,a dull and almost monotonous sound of the bees gathering pollen in the buck- wheat patch. The wires on the fence • screeched as the old brindle cow Jes- sie tried to reach -through for some apples. Now and again a car went by oe the road, but even the ears seined tcr' not be in any particular hurry. It was Sunday afternoon. • The Higgins boys went by, trudg- ing along in their barefeet, to go to the rimer for a swim. Some of the olden boys went by in the opposite direction, hoping, I suppose, to start a baseball game All in all, it was 'a peaceful Sunday afternoon in the country. A butterfly even landed on my overalls for a brief moment or two, tryling to figure out, I suppose, whether I was alive or dead, • By adjusting my position ever so littie;1 could peek up through an 'op- ening in the tree and got • a glimpse of .the sky. It was a light blue co:or with shifts of clouds rot,utg around as if they were youngsters ite„ night- clothes frolicking before going to bed, 'A Cicada shrilled a sting of heat. Crickets •got in a few licks of prac- tise for their evening concert, A bird started whistling. The sky darkened. a little and the sun shunted out of sight. A distant rumble of thunder boomed away :off some place . and I feel asleep, only to awaken when the first splattering drops of rain fell on my face. It was a lazy afternoon, but a most pleasant one. JUST A: SMILE OR TWO On the way home from the office, two young businessmen passed a de- partment store. •'Excuse• me," said one, but I must go in. there and get some needles for my wife." . "Yotere a lucky man.," ,,exclaimed the other. "My wite can't sew a s titch." The first iehiy. young man grinned sheep; "Neither can mine," he confessed. "These are phonograph needles." •• Tb wife wiro came in to find her hush d • and a stranger—afterw.rds ascertained to be' a lawyer—engaged in -some my etel:ious business • over• the dining -room table, upon .which several sheets of paper .were spread. "What are you doing with all that paper, Henry?" demanded his wife. "I'm • making a wish," said the hus- band •meekly, "A wish?" - , "Yes, my deal•. In your presence I shall not presume to call it a wfl•l." ro. Mrs. Smith was particularly wend of reminding her husband that the silver wag hers, the piano was hers and the. furniture was hers, and Smith was getting tired of it. One night Mrs. 'Smith ryas awaken- ed by noises downstaids. She shook her 'hu5'band. . "Henry," she said, hoarsely, "get up. There are' •burglars downstairs. "Burglars!" echoed Smith, wearily. "Well, let 'em burgle, There's noth- ing- of mine down " - . tthere! The producer of a new, play tele- pboned an unemployed but well- knowni actor at •his lodgings and of- fered him 150 pounds „a week to play the lead. ' • "Not on your life," replied the ac -Not on, your life," replied the ac- tor, "I'll not look at it under 200 - pounds' a week:" "Come • to ipy office and let's talk it over, .urged the producer,. "What!" replied the actor, •"and -get locked out of my room!" Huron Federation Of 4: Agriculture--FarrnNews Variety of Uses For Farmers' Corn The -contribution which farmers make to many industries may not be generally appreciated, and it is in- teresting to trace the many uses to which agricultural products are put. The farmer 'who grows corn, as of- ten as not thinks of it as silage for farm feed, or cash crop. He knows that it can be processed into starch for laundry- •purposes, into the corn meal and„ syrup widely used as food products; into corn Oil as a dressing for salads, for mayonnaise, as edible, table oil, and into glutten as an in- gredient of, cattle feed. Actually these are only the nior'e- obvious of the uses to which corn ,and the products derived• from it can .be applied. In the food industry it is a valuable ingredient of baking, co- coa, cake, custard and ice cream pow- ders; candies, sauces and various eul- inary and food preparations, -It is us- ed in the biscuit, pastry, baking and confectionery industry; in the menu- 'facture..of yeast and in the canning and preserving industry. • As a raw material it figures in the manufacture of all types of sweetener products, such as syrup, glucose and. dextrose. Corn, too, is an ingredient of glues and adhesives. The rubber industry uses corn starch as an -ingredient of compositions for coating'' the surface of rubber articles to produce a smooth, matt finish, and for dusting to permit working with sheet rubber. The size used for fine paper, kraft and paper board and the warp sizing used in the textile industry* are de- rived from corn starch, Corn is used by the, electrical in- dustry in the ,manufacture of elect trolytes used for re -charging dry cells, by the pharmaceutical trade as a binder in medicinal tablets; and' by the retail druggist in compounding and dispensing medicines. As an in- gredient of cleansing solutions, and a vehicle for holding tanning oextract, the leather and tanning industry finds it particularly useful. Corn `starch is an ingredient of some explosives and the raw material in others, is used in foundry work, and as an ore dressing to quicken` the settling of ore. Even the every- day match. owes something to the farmer, for corn starch is frequently used as a. binder 'in the • composition of the -head of the match, It is used in rayon manufacture, by the tobac- co trade as ;an agent to hold moisture and soap stock, a Tatty acid from corn oil, le used in the soap industry, Apart from the everyday household use of corn meal, starch and sprup, at least fifteen processing and, manu- facturing industries,. use corn or pro- ducts derived from its manufacture, in lesser or greater degree, which in- dicates the inter -dependence of ,agri- culture and industry. , Barley -Oats Mix For Bacon Hogs Best results in the feeding of grow- ing pigs on a barley -oats mixture are assured only when the essential tione and corrections are made to these feeds when preparing the ra- tion. • The grains. are' best when coarsely ground, and far very young Pigs the meat Should be Rsffted to re - Move part of • the harmful Audis. There is little if any, adiranth,ge, to, s Salesman "These shirts , simply laugh at the laundry." Customer: "L know. I've had some tonne back with their sides split," be gained in soaking ground feeds, Additional animal protein in. the form of skim milk, buttermilk, meatmeaI or commercial supplement is needed to supply the requirements of grow- • ing pigs. An insufficient supply of protein in the ration is a common cause of slow and'•, costly, gains. Barley and oats supply less calcium than is required by pigs." Milk, meat - meal or .tankage and commercial sup- plement -all supply calcium in addi- tion to the essential protein they con- tain. With'-fnsiele feeding, the use of cod liver oilor pilchardene oil at the rate of a dessertspoonful per pig daily will compensate for the lack of direct sunshine and will supply also additional protective vitamins. The feeding of o11 is usually discontinued when the pigs reach a weight of about 100 pounds. These suggested corrections and additions to the bar- ley -oats mixture for feeding bacon Seeflinthe County..Rapers to i Electric Shop Enlarged Mr. Harry G. 'Hess, proprietor of the eleptric shop, had the building en- larged and four large plate • glass windows installed. Tile appearance . of this' 'store compares with most of the city stores and is very attractive. There is also a good supply ed. elec- tricp 1 supplies. df which the buying public can choose from,—Zurich Her- ald. At Manitoulin Island• ,. , Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Foster have returned after a lovely trip visiting at thew -Shrine at Midland, also with friends at North Bay and then on to Manitoulin Island•,' crossing by boat to Tobergiorry.• The trip was very interesting and tourists were, there from almost every part of the States. —Zurich Herald: injured As Baseball Stand Drops, Under the weight of close to .100 spectators perched on its four tiers. of seats, -a. baseball stand in Com- munity Park careened- to the ground' during • a baseball'Match between Hensel' and Clinton Colts Monday evening, but, fortunately, only two persons were injured, although many had narrowescapes. A similar stand since has been removed, —Clinton News -Record• • Dr. Weir in Hospital Friends •in this cement—unity , were• very sorry.to..learn over the week -end that Dr. B. C.. Weir, of Auburn, had been taken to Goderich hospital,, where he is a patient suffering from pneumoniaz' A host of ,friends are hoping for a speedy reelvery for the venerable. dontoo—Blyth Standard. Going To Parkhill Mr, Walter Buttell left on Wednes- day for Parkhill where he has,,, taken: a position in a dairy owned by Mr. Robert Coghill.' Walter's departure from `the .village will be generally re- gretted by many friends. 11!, fine sirtgjng voice will be greatly missed. • in this community, and as a member of the Blyth male quartette . he was always ready to lend his services tor. aauy occasion.—Blyth Standard. School Plans Approved For Listowel. Plans for a new Listowel area hi•grb school with estimated construction cost of $380,000, have been approved by ' the Department .of Education.. Crowded conditions in the present school building have forced aretr. . board trustees to convert a basement., into class rooms.�Wingham Advance - Times. , Spent War Years in Ireland Mrs. H. Campbell and daugeter._ Helen, of Toronto, were guests ar. the home of ,.Mr,:,,,aind Mrs. Omar Ha.set- grove. Mrs. Campbell, who was the former Alice Beckwith, of Wingham, spent the war years in Ireland and has returned to reside in Toronto -- Wi-ngham Advance -Times- Sky.,, Harbor Subleased' The'county airport .committee met in Goderich en Monday and inspected., the buildings at Sky 'Harbor. The committee decided• to sublease the air- field and buildings to Mr. (Keith Hop- kinson of Goderich. A meeting of the-, county road committee -also was held on Monday; when routine • business; was done,--iGoderich Signal -Star, Cars Derailed Three grain cars • were derailed. •Monday afternoon about a quarter ot. , a mile below the C.N:R,. station, :Sbme grain was ' spilled from - the cars;. which were put back on the tracks» by Tuesday morning, after all-night' work by a gang of men, — Goderich SignalaStar- Legion Carnival Successful, Large crowds attended the Legion Carnival held here for two' nights^. The ferris wheel was popular with. young and old and the children's mere ry-go-round made 'a hit with the youngsters. Both the menta and lad- ies' softball games resulted in vie- ones for the home .teams. Wroxe er men and ..Tiverton ladies were• oth defeated by, the Brussels teams.. hogs have been tested. at the Domin- ion, Experimental Farm, Brandon, and "t proved to be both economical and b efficient. Raising Capons Good Business ' It is gelierally conceded that cap- ons after the age of' five ,or gib!: months will produce • more edible flesh, per unit of feed than will the normal male chicken, reports the Poultry ' Division, Dominion Experi- mental Farms Service. A capon is an unsexed male chicken. It differs from the normal intact male in sev- eral respects. - The justification for caponizing is the improvement it makes In the quality of the flesh, and not, as is so frequently stated, the greatly increas- ed growth of the bird. .As 'matter of, fact, there is no appreciable differ- ence in the growth of capons• and cockerels up to about six months of age, after which the capon continues to grow and lay on flesh of a super- ior quality. Capons are more docile and less active than normal males, which pos- sibly accounts for greater deposits of fat dispersing throughout 'the mus- cles producing a superior. quality of meat. Another advantage gained by caponizing' is that,because the •flesh of the capon does not get hard and tough like that of the normal male, it is possible to carry capons late in the season, where the price 'justifies it, thus extending the marketing per- iod for fresh -killed roasters. Any breed of fowl may be capon- ized, but on account of the commer- cial demand for large capons and•the fact abet the capbu' becomes super- ior to the cockerel only after. the ,greater part of the growth period has been completed, it is. generally • ad- visable to use the large or general- purpose breeds, Use Best Rams For Best Returns Leading breeders of quality live stock place great reliance -upon the kind of ,sire they use, claiming that the type of progei y, be it good or bad, reflects that of the sire. Eidcep- tionaa carie -is exercised' in the selec- tion of stallions, hailsand boars and In Many cases, of i<a.ms, Yet it must be fully acknowledged, that hi far too many cases any sort iontintle% 4m Page 6) aces tor the children and prizes for ' the best decorated bicycle brought the youngsters out in full force the first afternoon of the carnival, Bingo was: a big attraction and players crowded the huge bingo table in competition for the splendid 'prizes( displayed..— Brussels Post. •, To Proceed With Erection of Barna A meeting of the retail business and professional men of Wingbam. was - held in the Town Hall Tuesday morn- ing to further discuss plans for the' erection of a barn to serve the •farm- ers • when coming to town. Winghamc depends largely 'on the ,rural . popula tion for its business and with this in view the municipal council purchaseI ed the landand standing walls at the' rear of. the- Canada Packers. The committee in charge` of building has a couple of barns they propose to buy to be 'dismantled and erected on the site purchased' To do this work it will take considerable money, . and it. was decided to canvass all business. and professional men for cash dona- tions, and tci ask the farmers too. donate free help in dismantling the old barns and rebuilding them. It ie hoped to have the work completed this"`fall.—Wingham Advance -Times.. `Rattlers' on Display in Blyth. The men of the 'Radford Construc- tion Company are• always coming up ti with some new tale of the northland where they have been busily engaged during the s.ummeh crushing gravel in, the Tohermory district. Last week while Harold Cook was running the crusher., he noticed a large snake close by. It turned out to be a three- foot rattler, and Harold called on Roy - Smith, another employee, . who en- gaged it 1n battle with a long -handled shoved. The rattler showed .fight, all right,' but succumbed finally to the superior fighting of bis' adversary. The rattlers were brought home a.s proof. We always pictured them in our minds as being as large as a lady's bracelet and encircling the snake so that when he moved he rat- tled them. Imagine our dismay when Harold Cook brought the rattlers in. There were seven pair all joined to- gether, and the entire string -was not over an inch ion mire eh pair of rat- tlei's were tehtytlt the size of a bean.-- Biy'ui Standard