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HURON
ITOR
Estalllisbed 1860
Eeith N ePhaii M Lean, Editor.
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SEAFORTH, Friday, February 27
The Pinch In Hpdro
As far back as early last Decem-
ber, the Ontario Hydro Power Com-
mission issued a warning to Hydro
usersthat a severe shortage of
Hydro power was fast developing,
and urged all consumers to volun-
tarily conserve wherever possible
the use of light and power in domes-
tic and public service.
That public warning, however,
like the majority of others of its
kind, went largely unheeded. Christ-
mas lighting and other seasonable
displays, it is true, were somewhat
curtailed, but the majority of Hydro
users throughout the Province turn-
ed their light and power on and off
as suited their convenience. If they
gave the matter a thought at all, it
was to the effect that if others were
not doing it, why should they?
On Monday of last week, however,
Hydro users receiveda real shock
when large blocks in Toronto and
other cities had their switches pull-
ed on them suddenly and without
warning, and they were deprived of
all light and power for an hour_ or
more. That system will be continued
with hour and districts. being var-
ied.
Now the system has been extend-
ed to all towns, villages and districts
in the Province. Curtailment of the
use of Hydro will be compulsory. In-
dustry and domestic users wilI be
banned from using power at certain
hours, and these hours will possibly
be staggered. Already in all centres,
large and small, industry has been
somewhat disrupted and the incon-
venience is being felt generally.
We would say, however, that the
public might just as well make up
their minds now to make the best of
a bad job. The disruption and incon-
venience now is trifling to what it
wilI be a year from now and for
some time still further in the future_
The fact must be faced that the
. shortage of Hydro power is so great
that the demand is far in excess of
the present supply, and some equit-
able disposition of it will have to be
adopted.
The cause of the Hydro shortage
is in keen dispute. The pot keeps
calling the kettle black. There can,
however, be no rebuttal of these
facts: In 1943 Premier Drew cancel-
led the contract made by the Hep-
burn Government with the Province
of Quebec, to develop power from
the Upper Ottawa River and stopped
all work on the project. In 1946 Mr.
Drew negotiated a new contract for
power development at the same point
and power from that development is
hoped for in 1950. Had however,
the Des Joachims project been push-
ed, instead of cancelled in 1943, that
development would now be complet-
ed and the power available from it
would have averted the present
shortage.
The claim is made that during the
war years there were other things
just as pressing and important as
Hydro development. That is quite
true, perhaps, but it could be pointedout that the war ended in 1945, and
it was not until, the close of 1946 that
any effort was made to fill a shortage
of Hydro . that , was increasing by
leaps and bounds, and that the move
made .in_ 1946 could have no fulfil-
ment before the year 1950 at the
earliest.
There is another feature about the
present and future shortage that
will be discouraging; to say the least,
".thousands of people in the rural
dzst&Xcts, 'All 'dining the long war
cal a, one of the chief promises made
the Oritatio farmer, was that after
the war -the rural districts would be
electrified,. makin cheap light and
power availabie on every farm, where
it was wanted. That, in some mea-
sure, was to be the reward of the
men and women, and boys and girls
of the farm., for their record of pro-
duction never before equalled in the,
world under similar circumstances
and difficulties.
What about rural Hydro now?
Hydro lighting and power is already,
in a measure, rationed to its users in
domestic, mercantile and industrial
fields and no promise of relief is in
sight for several years. Under the
circumstances, what possibility is
there of extending the service in the
rural field?
No one will object in the least to
Mr. Drew taking Hydro out of poli-
tics, but there is going to be strong
objection developed throughout the,
Province unless he puts light, . heat
and power back into Hydro.
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Some Real Truths
Speaking to the Canadian Retail
Federation in Toronto a few weeks
ago, Mr. Grattan O'Leary, associate
editor of the . Ottawa : Journal, spoke
some real truths that should be care-
fully considered by the men of the
mercantile world.
He told the retailers that when
they refuse to join a political party,
or to attend a nominating conven-
tion, it is inevitable that you get a
weak parliament. And Mr. O'Leary
continued, when you get a weak par-
liament • you get a weak executive,
and when you get a weak executive
you get a strong bureaucracy. That
is the most disturbing trend at the
present time.
In Canada the present political
parties are none too strong at the
present time, and the reason of this
weakness is that not enough of our
best Canadian men are suffici-
ently interested in the way our politi-
cal parties act. It is weakness Iike
that that has fostered and encourag-
ed
ncouraged the growth of new parties, and
these new parties have in turn still
further weakened our political struc-
ture.
We believe that if the old-time life
was restored our country would be
well on the way to a strong two-party
system, a system under which Can-
ada attained her greatest heights.
One has only to look at France to
see what depths a multiplicity of
political parties can bring a nation.
Promises are as numerous as par-
ties; parties are played off one
against another ; personal leadership
and power are more desirable than
the nation's welfare, and greed eats
up all.
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A Nation With A Conscience
That is the title recently bestowed
upon Canada by a United States
magazine, Hon. D. C. Abbott, Domin-
ion Minister of Finance, recently told
the members of the Canadian Lum-
bermen's Association.
Here are the figures he gave of war
and post-war aid from Canada:
1942, to Britain: One billion dol-
lars to buy war materials and food.
Mutual Aid $2,200,000,000 in goods
and services to fighting allies; $700;
000,000 loan to Britain without in-
terest.
1943: $200,000,000 repaid to Bri-
tain for cost of special munitions
plants built here.
1946: Assumed U. K. share of cost
of Commonwealth Air Training Plan,
$425,000,000.
To Russia: $10,000,000 loan to
buy wheat and flour; under Mutual
Aid another $8,800,000 , temporary
advance. i
To Greece: Gifts of wheat valued
at $19,000,000.
Military Relief in co-operation
with U. K. and U. S.; Canada's share,
$95,000,000.
UNRRA: $154,000,000.
Post -UNRRA through govern-
ment channels in direct relief to Eur-
ope: about $275,000,000.
Post War Credits -
1946: To Britain, $1,250,000,000,
of which $97,8,000,000 has been
drawn;
Export Credits Insurance Act: To
Belgium, 'China, Czechoslovakia,
France Netherlands Netherlands
Indies, Norway and Russia: $60,,-
000,000, e $456,000,000
000 of .which som
has been advanced.
.Years Ag�ne
hwtsresupg oweNaked From
WIMP RxPoaitQr of Fifty and
7WSnty.tly. Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
March 2, 1923
A man''oau't be. too 'ii&reful these
days. That dread thing known as
housecleaning will be coming up at
almost - any moment. You'll be able
to tell the symptoms. The good wife
will start looking around the kitchen
Mr. August Ducharme has punches- in a dreamy sort of way after stip
ed tb.e 100 -acre farm of Mr. Thomas per. She murmurs something about
Melady in Hibbert. how tired she's getting of the way
Stewart Humphries, of Walton, hap- the plane looks. That's the first den-
pened with 'a painful accident. When ger signal. From there on, look out.
running across the floor he slipped The next step will be to show you
and fell, breaking his leg above the
knee. He was taken, to Toronto and I
had an X-ray. The bone was br en;
on: a slant and was difficult to set.
Mr. Bert McKay, of Kippen, met
with a nasty accident, during the'!
week. While cutting wood on the!
farm of Mr. Hugh McMUrtrie and fell-
s
ing a tree a large limb dropped,
striking him on his back and shoal -i
der. He will be fully recovered in a'
few days.
Mr. R. P. lee11 met with a serious
accident at The Bea Engine Works
on Monday morning, when he had
parts of two fingers severed while
operating a saw in the woodworking
department. •
Miss Jessie Wilson left on Monday
to accept a responsible position in
Kitchener.
Radio owners were more than de-
lighted to hear several vocal solos by
Mr. Arthur Scott, son of Mr. John
Scott, Roxboro, broadcast from De-
troit. He is a member of the Colonial
Quartette of Windsor, which gave the
program from the Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Jake Kennell, of Blake, e: ter-
tained a number of friends to a ,quitt-
ing bee last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cuthill and Mr.
and Mrs. John Cuthill, of Winthrop,Mrs. Iegmbley was waiting to be
attended the funeral of their nephew,. served in the boot shop. Presently a
the late Vincent Patterson, in Seaforth girl assistant approached her.
y. "What size shoe do you wear, mad -
Two rinks of curlers were in Wing- am?" she inquired.
ham on Thursday night last playing "Well," said Mrs. Dumbley, "I
for the Challenge Trophy, but were bought size four last time."
unsuccessful. The rinks were com-
posed of D. Reid, O. Dick, J. Broder-
ick and T. Johnstone, skip, and Joe
Dick, Dr. Bechely, Ross Sproat and
R. E. Bright, skip. A. M. Crawford,
Winghnm, won the trophy.
Mr. Harry Pierce, of Stewart Bros.,
who was confined to the house with
a heavy cold, is able to be out again.
Mrs. Hamlin, of Toronto, has been
engaged as head milliner in the J.
MacTavish store, and Miss B. Brown,
Brantford, as trimmer in Stewart
Bros.' millinery department.
The many friends of Mr. Arthur
Deem will be pleased that he is im-
proving following his recent serious
illness.
Mrs. 'W. R. Smith and Mrs. George
Murray were visiting with Mitchell
friends this week.
Mr. A. D. Chapman, of Bridgeburg,
spent the, week -end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Chapman.
Mr. W. S. Mallory, who has been
supplying as science master in Sea -
forth Collegiate for the past month,
left on Friday for Toronto to resume
his studies.
pictures out of magazines. You must
look at these. One false move and
you'll be in the doghouse for certain.
Pretend a great, interest in them, al-
ough they're probably pictures of
use's` in California or some place
"here the sun shines.the biggest part
of the tine. Better make 'your re-
sponse more than a simple grunt or
two. Women get awfully tired of
that.
Another symptom of this yearly
ailment is when you're gding to town
and she asks you to be sure and look
at the fabrics in the yard goods de-
partment of the store. She knows
you're not going to look, and you
know yourself that you would rather
be caught dead than poking through
one of those places.
The next thing that happens is that
the new mail order catalogue arrives.
Every time you try and get a squint
sr> ► 141.
at. the 1i ,rness section of that Cata-
logue . what happens?- It gets'
monopolized by your wife who starts
showing you new furniture.'and cur-
tains and drapes, and heaven eidY
knows what else. It's most discon-
Certing.
The nest phase usually .comes on a
Sunday. There's a fire in the heater
in the front, room and you are hal
dozing over a newspaper on thecough
and everything isl peaceful and won-
derful.' Then . . . it happens! "Do
you think the piano would look bet-
ter at the other end of the room?"
You mumble something. There is sil-
ence for a few minutes. "Don't you
think the couch looks out of place
there?" The couch has been in that
spot ever since we were married.
You are faced with a problem. You
feint and dodge the issue and try and
change the subject.
You're sunk whether you admit it
or not. As soon as the next thaw
comes along you have to start heav-
ing furniture and waxing floors and a
thousand other jobs that you detest.
What I have never been able to get
into my head is this: Your good wife
triumphantly finds dirt in all places,
but if you or someone else had sug-
gested such a thing just the week be-
fore she would have been in a fury.
Women are strange. Maybe it's be-
cause they have to put up with men.
JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
From The
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Huron Expositor
• The girl look puzzled.
"Yes, madam; I rtmember," she re-
plied, "but you're buying this pair for
yourself, aren't you?"
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An Irishman once was mounted on
a mule which was kicking all four
legs very freely. It finally managed
to get a hoof caught in a stirrup,
whereupon the Irishman shouted ex-
citedly: "Well, begorra, if you're go -
in' to get on, I'll have to get off!"
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Father: "Didn't I hear the clock
strike three when you got in last
night?"
Daughter: "Yes, daddy. It was
going: 'to strike eleven' but I stopped
it so it wouldn't waken yon."
March 4, 1898
Mr. David Johnston, of town, has
purchased from Mr. J. E. Hugill, one
of the handsomest drivers in town.
The following were ticketed through
to distant points by R. J. McDonald,
C.P.R.. agent in town: Thomas Boyd,
McKillop, to Ninga, Man.; Mr. Thos.
Ross, McKillop, to Burnside, Man.;
Mr. Wm. McKay and Mr. George Mc-
Kay, McKillop, to Burnside, Man.;
Mr. Wm. McKay and Mr. Geo. Mc-
Kay, to Skagway, in the Yukon Dis-
trict; Robert Roberts to British Co-
lumbia. The following were ticketed
out of town at Somerville's up -town
agency: John A. Wilson and J. Beat-
tie, J.P., to Toronto; Mrs. Aitcheson
and family to Clifford; Mrs. L. G. Van
Egutond to Stratford; Wm. Cuthill,
McKillop, to Fargo, N.D.; Jos. Fowler
to Dubuque, Iowa; Thos. Scott, Lead-
bury, to Buffalo, N.D., and Thos. Kidd
to London.
Miss Joan Duncan, of Farquhar,
has been engaged as saleslady in the
general store of Mr. J. W. Simpson.
Master Andrew Murdoch, of Bruce -
field, had quite a bad accident last
week when a sleigh passed over his
hand when he was pushed off a sleigh
he had caught a ride on.
Mr. Robert Shea has sold his farm
on the Bronson Line, Stanley, to
Messrs. John and David Hohner, for
the sum of $4,500.
Mr. Henry Maritz left for his home
in Cavalier, N.D., after a visit of two
months in Zurich.
Mr. D. McCormick took possession
of the Commercial Hotel in Zurich
a few days ago.
Mies Florence Reynolds, Hensall,
left Friday morning last for Keewat-
in, where she has been engaged •as
assistant teacher to Mr, J. T. Wren,
a former principal of Hensall school.
The At Home held in the Metho-
dist Church last Wednesday evening
at Constance • was quite a success.
Among those on the program were
Miss Moore, who played selections
on the violin; quartette by Misses
Moffatt and Livingstone and Messrs.
Campbell and Habitirk; solo, Mr.
Campbell, Seaforth; vocal duets, Mr.
and. Mrs. Willis; recitations by Miss
Cora Courtice and Mise Julia Haney.
At the recent examination of candi-
dates for trained. nurses held at St.
Mary's Hospital, 'Detroit, .Miss E. M.
Lennan, daughter of Mr. Jas. Lennon
of this town, passed her final exam-
ination most. creditably. She was pre-
sented with a gift of $20 in cash.
Harry Spears, of town, has open-
ed a custom tailor shop • over W.
Pickard's store in the rooms formerly
occupied as a'reading room in con-
nection with the Mechanics Institute..
Mr. John McCaa, .of ,Tuckerstuith,
has purchased Mr, Joh P endergast's
farm on the 4th aonde'Sslon, about 15/4
miles south of 10gmottdville.
Norman McLeod and Wm. Bethune
are in Owen S'oijnd attending the -fun-
eral Of a friend.
Mr, T. Me'L`aggart, of Saginaw,
Michigan, is visiting his, parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred M'oTaggs,rt, of the
Loudon Itoad, Tray f+lwnsllifl.
Two of the girls were airing their
troubles. "I'd like to get a divorce,"
said the first. "My husband and I
just don't get along."
"Why don't you sue him for incom-
patibility?" asked the second, sympa-
thetically.
"I would if I could
it," replied the first.
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"All right back there?" called the
conductor from the front of the car.
"Hold on! came a feminine voice.
"Wait till I get my clothes on."
The entire earful turned and craned
their necks expectantly. A girl got
on with a basket of laundry.
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Neighbor (over the back fence):
"Say, didn't your wife used to be aw-
fully nervous? She's cool and com-
posed as a cucumber lately. What
did it?"
"The doctor told her that her kind
of nervousness was the natural result
of advancing age."
catch him at
T41epbafed from . F:Olid. a
iMftgrsfr. om Earhet'l Yung$ut recrti ved car Toa surpp•
prise telephone pail 'oft Monday eve-
n'fathelr;.'M
who is enloying the anima south' at
Flgrida OsPar was ilnOCb obncerlfed-
abitet the returns of trio elftetiop, l ia;
daughter said peat the reception Ow
the telephone was very good and, they
could understand each other word for
word very plainly. What a wonderful.
age we are living in, indeed.—Zurich
Herald.
Huron Federation _Of
Agriculture--FarmNews
Advanced Registry Purebred Swine
An opportunity for breeders of pure
bred swine to test the utility of their
breeding stock on a uniform basis
throughout Canada is provided by the
Advanced Registry for Purebred
Swine. This service is administered
by the Production Service, Dominion
Department of Agriculture. Stand-
ards of qualification of sows and boars
have been determined by the Advanc-
ed Registry Board. The standards are
recognized by the Canadian Swine
Breeders' Association and, the pedi-
gree certificates of swine include evi-
dence of Advanced Registry Status.
Test piggeries are maintained by the
Livestock Division of the Production
Service at strategic points in Canada
where litter groups of four pigs are
fed and handled uniformly. 3n 1947
additional testing facilities were es-
tablished and changes were made in
some details of the carcass require-
ments in keeping with the continuing
necessity of the highest standards in
purebred swine herds.
Iodine in Salt is Easily Lost
Most farmers feed their livestock
iodized salt, just as most housewives
'use it in the preparation of meals. In
both instances it is used for the same
reason, as a safeguard against goitre.
It has been known for some years
that iodized salt loses its iodine rap-
idly; and two scientists of the Chem-
istry Division, Dominion Department
of Agriculture, have • conducted ex-
periments to find out how this loss
can be delayed, and the best methods
of storing and feeding in order to
assure that the iodine is still active.
The scientists, W. M. Davidson and
C. J. Watson, writing in "Scientific
Agriculture,"• make some practical
suggestions which will benefit the
farmer's pocket book and make for
healthier livestock. They found that
all the iodine in salt blocks had dis-
appeared after two months' exposure
to pasture, and that treatment with
chemicals did not help the blocks to
retain their iodine content. The auth-
ors make a simple recommendation;
only put out in the pasture as much
iodized salt as the animals will lick
up yn a few days.
•In the stable iodized rock salt loses
the iodine too, but not as fast as in
pasture. When fed in the stall it
will hold a fair amount of iodine for
about two months, soft is a wise pre-
caution to lirn'it the quantity put out
to an amount that will be consumed
in leas than two months. Iodized rock
salt will keep well for about nine
months if 'stored in a dry place in its
original container. ' Iodine in Ioose
salt stored In glass liars will remain
stable for periods up to 15 months.
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Help By Ordering Fertilizer Now
Canada used about 325,000 tons of
fertilizers in 1939 and the estimated
requirements for 1948 are 700,000
tone, This striking increase in: the
use of fertilizers Since 1939 has been
stimulated by' demands for increased
food and agricultural supplies from
countries suffering from the after-
effects of war,
'Because of shortages of building
materials and the difficult labor con-
ditions during this period, the fertil-
Underwent Operations
Ross :Parsons, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Parsons, underwent an operation
for appendicitis at St. Joseph's Hos-
pital, London, Wednesday �of last
week. Donald Thomson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Thomson, of Us -
borne, also underwent the same op-
eration in St. Joseph's Hospital.—
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Congratulations on 100th Birthday
Mrs, Harriet Ackersviller will.. cele-
brate her 100th birthday on Monday,.
Feb. 23, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Rathwell, Godercih Town-
ship. Mrs. Ackersciller spent .almost
her entire, lifetime in and around.
Stratford, coming to her ,daughter's
home a few years ago when her ad-
vanced years no longer permitted her
to keep her own home. Although very
frail, Mrs. Ackersviiler has very good
health considering her years and takes,
a keen interest in the life of her fam-
ily.—Clinton Newe-Record.
Church Destroyed By Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Pentecostal Tabernacle, Exeter,
early Sunday. Only the cement -block
walls were left standing. Church
members declined to estimate the loss
but said the church, which was com-
pleted
only six months ago, was va-
lued at $25,000. --Clinton News -Record.
Escapes As Crane, Drops Through Ice
A Blyth construction company
hoisting crane, which was being op-
erated on the ice on the river at the
site of the new bridge, crashed
through into about six feet of water
on Friday. Charlie Perry escaped
from thecab before it sank into the
water. The ice at this point was 14
Inches thick. In working to extricate
the machinery,' Charlie Perry slipped
into the 'icy water and went down
over his depth. The machinery was
finally pulled out on Sunday morning
and repaired. 1t slipped in again on
Tuesday but was pulled out without
any damage being done. It will be
used to unload six carloads of rock
which have been shipped to Bruce -
field and which will be placed at the
base of abutments. At the time of
the accident blocks of ice were being
removed in preparation for this work.
—Clinton News -Record. '
Attempt Post Office Break-in
izer industry has not appreciably in-
cregsed its production capacity to
keep paoe with this greatly increased
demand. Although the production ca-
pacity of the plants may be sufficient
to handle estimated requirements this
year there' -are other obstacles which
slow up production such as box -car
shortages and limited storage space.
With the shortage of box -cars there
is not a steady Slow of fertilizer ma-
terial into the plants. This has al-
ready held up potash and phosphate
deliveries but the situation has im-
proved recently. Since the business
is mostly seasonable, being of only a
few months' duration, storage is an
additional problem.
To offset these difficulties and as-
sure having fertilizers when they are
needed, it would be advisable for
dealers and farmers to take early de-
liveries. This would ease storage
problems and allow plants to work at
full capacity.
Canada Using More Homogenized Milk
The volume of sales of homogeniz-
ed fluid milk has substantially in-
creased in Canada in the past fifteen
years, according to a report recently
issued by E. G. Hood and A. 11. White,
of the Division of Bacteriology and
Dairy Research, Science Service, Do-
minion Department of Agriculture.
Main uses of homogenized milk are
in ice cream mix, chocolate dairy
drink and artificial buttermilk.
Other information disclosed in the
report based on a questionnaire sur-
vey of 132 Canadian milk plants,
made during 1947, indicates that hom-
ogenized fluid milk is now available
in the principal cities of all provinces
except those of the Maritimes, and is
becoming increasingly popular with
the public. Approximately 20 per cent
of the plants reported 60 to 85 per
cent of retail sales to be homogenized
milk.
Processing sequence apparently has
little influence on the flavor and keep-
ing quality of the homogenized milk.
About 64 per cent of the plants re-
porting, homogenize prior to pasteur-
ization, but in the majority of cases
the milk is homogenized • at tempera-
tures of 120 degrees F. or higher.
Sediment is still one of the princi-
pal defects of homogenized milk, but
is rarely present when power clari-
fication is need. Sediment is report-
ed to be more troublesome in the
Spring and Fall seasons than at other
times.
From the information received,
homogenization in itself has little or
no effect on the standard plate counts
of bacteria in the milk, whether hom-
ogenization takes place before or af-
ter pasteurization.
A Booklet To Help With House Plants
There are few housewives who do
not enjoy growing house plants to
brighten up the home and add that
touch of colour to the rooms' whieh is
so attractive, A recent publication
of the 'Dominion Department of Agri-
culture, "House Plants," will be found,
valuable both to the beginner and to
the eZperienoed.
the author, William Godfrey, is an
Old Coungardener, who joined the
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ta,
Early Sunday morning would-be
thieves attempted a break-in of the
Exeter Post Office. An attempt was
made to ope. the rear door with a
wrecking bar. • Two wrecking bare
were found on the .premises later in
the day and there were marks on the
door -jam where an attempt had been
made to pry the door open. The at-
tempted robbery was made at the
same time fire broke out in the Pente-
costal Tabernacle and it is believed
that the sounding of the fire siren
frightened them away, leaving the
wrecking bars behind them. When
the fire siren sounded, the editor of
the Times -Advocate arose and, look-
ing north out of the window, saw
three young men crossing the road
diagonally and running south. Think-
ing they were running to the fire, he
went to a south window to try to
observe any reflection that might be
in the sky. When he learned of the
attempted break-in, he realized the
men were coming from the direction
of the post office and we have no
doubt they were the same men that
attempted the robbery. — Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Harbor Activities Herald the Spring
Springlike activities are in evi-
dence at the waterfront these days,
but they are likely to be short-lived,
since the weatherman forecasts an
early return to winter weather. Al-
most fifty men are engaged in break-
ing up the ice in the harbor, prepara-
tory to moving the vessels from their
winter berths for unloading. As the
thick ice is lifted by machinery out
of the harbor, more and more open
water is to be seen. Today the Lake-
ton Is being unloaded at the Goderich
Elevator & Transit Co. Wednesday
saw the finish of the unloading of
the Bayton, while previously the Fort
Willdoc was unloaded. These three
vessels carried a total of 861,000 bush-
els of grain. Four more vessels are
to be unloaded by the Goderich Ele-
vator & Transit Company. They car-
ry a total of 685,000 bushels. In addi-
tion there are two cargoes to be dis-
charged at the Purity Flour Mill.—
Goderich Signal -Star.
In Westminster Hospital
Mr. William Hamm was taken to'
Westminster Hospital, London, ons
Monday, where' he is now a patient..
Mr. Hamm has been residing in Mite
cheli until a few days ago when he
was taken suddenly seriously ill, at
which time he was brought to the
home of hie sister, Mrs. Jack Cole.—
Blyth Standard.
Young Women Injured on ice -
This week held bad luck for two,
young ladies in town. Miss Doris
Chessell came to grief at the Trow
skating party Monday ' night when.
she fell, sustaining a fractured left
Ankle. Her companion, MiGs Laura.
'rutin, had no ill effects Mrs. Herb.
1 'omuth met her misfortune at home •
while opening the garage doors, Slip-
ping on seine ice, she fell on her face,
Sustaining a gash that required four •
stitches.--.Mitehe11 Advocate.
Home Changes Twice Within Week
The former Blowes home on Tor-
onto St., and latterly owned by I. R.
Pearce, was sold last Wednesday to
Peng Levy, and a couple of days lefer
became the property of the Ken
Camerons. The Pearte family will
oeoupy the Levy home being Vacated
by W. A. Goetz. ---Mitchell Advocate,
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