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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1948-03-12, Page 211 • THE HVBQ EXPOSIOR • onivrom••••*•••••',.,.••. ITOR stabhShed 1,860 McPhail McLean Editor. •Published a Seaforth, Ontario, ev- • ery Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros. Subscription rates, $2.00 a year in advance; foreign $2.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. SEAFORTH, Friday, March 12th • Liberal Convention The National Liberal convention will be held in Ottawa on August 5th, 6th and 7th. This is the first gathering of Canadian Liberals in 29 years, as it was on August 7th, 1919, at Ottawa, that W. L. Macken- zie King was chosen leader of that party. If the next convention is as suc- cessful in its choice of a party lead- er, Liberalism will be a dominating force in Canadian and, world poli- tics for two generations or more. It would, perhaps, be wide of the mark to say that Mr. King was a popular idol in the sense that Sir John A. MacDonald and Sir Wilfrid Laurier were, but both friend and foe must acknowledge that his long tenure of office as leader of his party, and his record tenure of the Premiership of Canada, have' kept not only his party in the forefront, but have brought the Nation successfully through the greatest stress and danger to which it has ever been exposed. Mr. King is now definitely retir- ing from the leadership of his party and the Premiership of the Domin- ion, so that the coming Ottawa con- vention, at which both a party lead- er and a Premier will be chosen, will prove a memorable event in Cana- dian history.. There is no dearth of leaders in the Liberal party, and a number of names, all prominent in Parliament, are being mentioned and promoted. But it is generally believed that the immediate successor to Mr. King will be Hon. Louis St. Laurent, Minister of External Affairs. Mr. St. Laurent, although he has only been in the House a very few years, is one of the most able debaters in either French or English, and few mem- bers have ever impressed the House of Commons to the same extent in such a short time. He is the type of Laurier, and coming from Quebec, as he does, would hold a strong ad- vantage over his opponent. It is a case, however, of the posi- tion seeking the man, rather than the man seeking the position. Mr. St. Laurent gave up one of the most lucrative law practises in Canada to enter the Government at the earnest request of Mr. King during the war years, and it is said that he would very much prefer to retire from pub- lic life. On the other hand, if he was the unanimous choice of the conven- tion, it is quite possible he would ac- cept, at least for a time. He is now 66 years of age. Others prominently mentioned for the leadership are Hon. Douglas Abbott, Hon. J. L. Ilsley, Hon. Brooke Claxton, Hon. Paul Martin and Hon. James Gardiner, all able men, experienced Parliamentarians, and with the exception of Mr. Gard- iner, men of middle age. All have their followers, but it is believed that Mr. Ilsley would receive the most support from the House itself. The convention, however, will make the decision, and interest in that deci- sion will be intensely increased as the weeks go by. • What Goes Up, Etc. There is an age old saying, That what goes up, most come down. That, • apparently, is what the, farmers across the line are now finding out. Farm income in the States, which has been soaring month by month to new record heights, has taken a downward skid because of the com- modity market break over there a few weeks ago. The drop in prices farmers receiv- ed are shown from the middle of Jandlliy as compared to those of mid,,February. Hogs, $26.70 per • Inindredweight, went down to $21.60; beef cattle from a$21.50 average for gradeis and classes, -dropped to • $19.50; lanibs from $22,50 to $10.70; and veal calves from $24.40 to $23.00. •The Department of Agriculture officials, in charting the effect of the •recent eonntodity shinip on farm in- c me, report that farmers have not suffered such a sharp drop in values since 1920 and 1921. It is not very long ago that Cana- dian farmers 'were lambasting the government for not letting the Brit- ish shipments go by the board, and, not allowing grain and stock ship- ments to the United States, where fortunes could -be made overnight. Perhaps the sure, long-term mark- ets will look a little better and con- siderably safer for a while at least. • Liquor Profits The monopoly of all monopolies, the liquor monopoly, which the Prov- inces have taken unto themselves, are real money makers as some re- cent figures from the West would seem to show. Two weeks ago in Alberta, officials estimated that the Province would net ten million dollars from beer, wine and hard liquor in the year ending March 31st. This will up the profit by $300,000 over 1946-47, and be twice the pre-war profit. The other Western Provinces were not doing too badly either. Saskat- chewan was counting on a profit of $7,500,000 from its liquor monopoly, and Manitoba fully expected to clear $6,500,000. Those are pretty fancy returns, but whether the taxpayers receive the full benefit of this easy money is something else again. At least they are not all satisfied as evidenced by the complaint of one citizen of Al- berta, who explained "an average bottle of rye costs the Government only $1.70, and they sell it to us for four bucks." ' If that man had lived down in On- tario he could have strengthened his complaint by saying that here, re- gardless of price, they add consider- able soft water to the contents and charge 16 cents an ounce for the water. On the whole, however, the West- ern Provinces seem to be putting their profits to good use. In Mani- toba, they have been a material help to reduce the provincial debt in eight years from a peak of $130,000,000 to $104,000,000. And Saskatchewan's Provincial Treasurer, Mr. Fines, Said the liquor profits were being used to extend provincial health and welfare programs. • The Price of Coal Recently the coal miners' strike in Alberta was settled by giving the miners a considerable increase in wages. Now it is announced that the price of coal throughout the West is going to be upped $1.00 per ton. This is but another illustration of the effects of _wages on commodity prices. The miners get an increase in wages, and up goes the price of coal automatically. Last January when Mr. King told the House that price control is not possible without wage control, he told the plain truth. Those like Mr. Coldwell who are trying to persuade the people of Canada that there can be price control without wage con- trol, really do not deserve any more trust than they have lately received. And even Mr. Coldwell and his fol- lowers have been back-pedalling on this question since the Socialist Gov- ernment of Great Britain, which they are always holding up to the people of Canada as a model, found it imperative to raise the price of coal in that country to raise the money to pay the increase in the miners' wages, which it had previous- ly granted. • Just Like March It is just like March to give us bright, sunshiny weather on its first day's appearance, and then turn round and serve up, zero weather, rain and snow in turns, and some- times all mixed together. There is no doubt but that March can display the meanest disposition of any month in the year, but surely even March can't keep dishing up this ldnd of weather indefinitely. We have already had nearly four months of cold winter weather, and al- though it has been a good winter as winters go in this country, most people are beginning to figet a bit, and worry a little too. If this weather keeps up much longer, how are we going to keep warm? The coal and the oil have pretty nearly become a minus quan- tity, and um Itydro is running out. Seen in the County Papers The Huron Expositor - March 16, 1923 Clifford Pepper, the youngest on of NU*. Roy Pepper, Tuckersmith, met with a bad accident last week. While his father was using a grain crusher he was caught in the cogs and was drawn in behind the balance wheel. His leg was badly bruised and torn. The windstorm on Sunday night blew in a part of one of the south windows in the Brucefield Church. Mr. Thomas Daly has purchased the residence of the late Mrs. Grigg on James St. Mr. Lindsay McKellar has sold his fine 100 -acre farm on the 10th conces- sion, Ilibbeat, to his brother-in-law, Mr. Elmer Colquhoun. A. Campbell and H. Blanchard are busy hauling gravel for A. A. Cuthill for the erection of a new •barn this spring, Mr. James H. Morrison, of McKillop has recently added to his herd of Shorthorns, a promising young bull, Augusta Comet, which he purchased from R. T. Amos, of Moffatt, Ont. Mr. Homer Hunt, of McKillop, is in Seaforth Hospital recovering from an. °aeration for appendicitis. Messrs. Thos. Ferguson and Geo. Fulcher, who have been conducting a gent's furnishing and clothing store in the old Greig stand, have dissolv- ed partnership. The business hereaf- ter will be carried on by Mr. Fergu- eon. Mr. Kenneth Ament is able to be around again after his recent serious illnese. Mr. George Jackson returned on Monday to Montreal. Mr. Thornton Howard has returned from Buffalo, where he spent the win- ter and has taken his old position with J. F. Daly. Mr. Terry Flannery, of St. Colum - ban, has purchased the property of the late Miss Givlin on Coleman St. Mr. Palmer Whitely, of Hamilton, spent the week -end with friends here. Mr. Shibley, who has been acting' science master at Seaforth Collegiate Institute for the past two weeks, re- turned on Saturday and has been suc- ceeded by another student, Mr. Pyle. Mr. Bissonnette has been secured to teach science after the summer holi- days. Messrs. Frank McGregor and Hugh Berry have secured positions in Flint, Mich, in an)auto factory. When out driving one evening re- cently, Mrs. Alex Smith and daugh- ter, Miss Helen, and son, Lloyd, of Hensel, had quite an unique ex- perience. Suddenly the horse bound- ed across the road and when checked the tugs gave way and let, the horse loose. It left the occupants sitting in the SllOW, and as the horse was a sensible one it didn't get far away before returning. Mr. Michael Nagle, of Dublin, has purchased a house and moved it into Dublin. Mx. Owen Hart will renovate it in the •spring. • IN WAR, AND NOW IN PEACE THE WORK OF MERCY NEVER ENDS,. OSIFER ofrusawr LAZY MEADOWS 1 -------....—Atf.sefft--tg±dta§ By 11.4rr/ 1:1°Y111 "CALENDAR ART" We hear a lot about art nowadays. City folks are becoming interested in the country folks, and bemoaning the fact that we haven't an appreciation •of good art and such things. We have an appreciation for art, and that in- clination towards brightening up our homes with pictures is never. more apparent than after that time known on the farm as "housecleaning." Housecleaning time comes between the last of the snow and the general trend towards seeding. Windows are opened and as you drive along the road, it's quite common to see a lady with a towel wrapped around her head as a dust protector knocking the dust out of a mop from the up- stairs window. On the clothes lines of the Ninth Concession rag carpets and mats are flapping in the breeze, waiting for oneofthe men -folks to be conscripted into beating them. Water is a -boiling on kitchen .stoves all over the township. You can tell it's housecleaning time, because it takes so long for the receivers to click on the party line. Usually folks are busy scrubbing the floor and it takes time to dry hands . • . or else come from upstairs. . But the confusion will soon be ov- er and the furniture back in place, and the front parlor closed up again to wait for the first visitors. The place is shining with new-found glory. The dust has all been removed and the men folks breathe a sigh of re- lief. Which all up to topic. When the housecleaning is over, it's time to think about pictures. From an upstairs trunk, last year's calen- dars are carefully removed and un- rolled. The lady of the household From The Huron Expositor March 18, 1898 The following were ticketed through to distant parts west, via Chicago, on Wednesday by W. R. Somerville: The Misses Cummings, Egniondville; Chas. Dodds, Seaforth, to San Francisco; Charles Whitehead, Seaforth, to Helena, Montana; Charles Deem to Hope, S.D.; William Law and Wm. McClure, McKillop, to Boisswain, Man., Alex Dodds, McKillop, to Sil- ver Plains, Ilan.; Robert Lindsay, McKillop, to Killarney, Man., and Robert Jones, Seaforth, to Deloraine, Mae. A new post office is to be opened in Irishtown shortly and Mr. P. Car- lin has been appointed postmaster. Mr. Robert Grieve, who has been spending the winter with friends in this vicinity, has returned to Sheldon, N.D. Frank Millson has disposed' of his store in Winthrop to Mr. R. Common and intends devoting his time to the cheese business. Mr. W. C. Campbell, who for many years bas resided in Harpurhey, has moved to Exeter with his family. Mr. John Shepherd, the well-known: and enterprisieg cattle buyer of Tuck- ersmith, made a fine ishipment of cattle to the Old Country on Friday last. Mr. John Cartaiehael, of Hensall, recently sold his •fine brick dwelling to Mr. Melville, Hibbert. A by-law granting a bonus of $25,- 000 to assist Mr. Doherty to recon- struct his organ factory in Clinton, was carried 14 that town on Monday by a very large majority. Miss Cudmore is opening up a dressmaking ahop in the rooms over T. R. F. Case's store. Mr. James Archibald, who has been buying horses in St. Louis, Mo., has returned home. Mr. B. A. Holland has removed to Campbelltown, where he purposee. making cheese. Seaforth has bad its annual flood, and at Roxboro the water was so high that Mr. James Seott's stables were flooded, causing him to remove his stock, and a couple of bridges on Mr. Thos. Hays' farm were washed away. The auction sale of ranch cows held at Farquhar on Saturday last by Thos. Cameron for Mr. Sturgeon, was a sue - cess. They had at all of which were sold. The highestprice paid' 'vitae 47.50. ,On Monday night last the members of Goshen and Varna Engliab, Church surprised the Rev Mr. Smith at the plarsonage, Bayfield, With two large loads of oats. Real estate has been changing bands in Drysdale veryrapidly for the last two week. Mr. Nelse,n DelleMY has bought out Mr. Charles Laporte, and Mr. Laporte has bfieght out Mr. ,Sanatrel Cleave, Then. Mr, Cleave bought out Mr. Itobert Mr. Silas Como, Whe visited Itis cousin In EgmentiVille lea year, and who was here six Weeks ago, Imo gone to the Xfottdyke. Messrs. James' Stott and A. 8tgratit of town were lit TorMite this'Week. leads our ee KeLl1iCounty t e Papers County Assessor At Work Mr. Alex Alexander, race/X4Y alk, pointed County asSessor. has estab- lished his headquarters aver D. D. Mooney's office in the Bank of Com- merce building, and has commenced an initial survey of the Mallicillalitiest of the county...4°00a Sigaal-Star. Staff Honors Departing Member Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hay entertain- ed the members of the local Bank of Commerce staff on Friday afternoon, at their home, in honor of Mr. Bruce MacDonald, who is leaving the bank to take a position at Ottawa with Eldorado Mines. After a short ad- dress b • Mr. Hay Mss 7,:an Scott, on behalf of the staff, made the pres- entation of an elearic sandwich toast- er to Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald, after which tea was served. Mr MacDon- ald is succeeded here by Mr. Gerald Hamilton, of Uxbridge. He is married and has three children.—Goderich Signe-Star. First Birthday in Four Years Marlene and Darlene Frayne, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George Frayne, of Usborne, wht se birthday fell on Leap Year four years ago, had their first birthday celebration on, Sunday.—Exeter Times -Advocate. ing up our homes with calendar pic- tures. Lush English garden scenes have been favorites for years, al- though the occasional tropical picture with a romantic tropical moon and waving palm trees have found their way to our walls. Mother used to always favor the pictures of children and dogs. The family was instructed late in Decem- ber to remind Father on every trip to town to get all the calendars he could. A list was made of the hotel, grist mill, grocery stores and so on. The man who hedged on giving out a calendar was practically blacklisted for business for a year.' How scandalized Mother was that first year when Father brought home a picture given out by the village Bil- liard Emporium. It showed a saucy .damsel with a neat portion of frilly petticoat showing. The picture was to be burned, and the calendar pad sav- ed for notes. Somehow or other it found its way out to the milk house where it lasted for two weeks until finally Mother made a raid on a Spring clean-up day and the calendar was no more. What would happen today if Mother could see the scanty costumes worn by the ladies displayed on the auto- mobile accessory calendars? The binder twine and farm imple- ment calendars usually went to the stable, the milk house and the driv- ing shed. Father made weird scrawls on the pad which nobody could trans- late but himself. The right month was very seldom, if ever, shown . . . but woe betide anyone who attempt- ed to keep the pad torn off up to date. Our calendar art may not be as worthy as that of the great art exhi- bitions, but we have always appreci- then begins her selection of the cal- ated it. Each year we had a change, endar pictures to be framed. 1 and it's surprising how attractive a For years we have been brighten- calendar scene can look behind glass. Huron Federation Of :Agriculture--FarmNews Hog Marketings Show Increase Hog marketings in Eastern Canada were higher in the first month of 1948 than in any previous January. For all Canada, marketings- were about 590,000, or 47 per cent. above those of January, 1947. This all -Can- ada total was, however, exceeded in January of 1942, 1944 and 1945. In Western Canada, with marketings just short of 300,000, the increase was 46 per cent above that of January a year ago. During several years in the past, however, January hog mar- ketings in British 'Columbia and the Prairie Provinces have been higher. Marketings in Eastern Canada have never been greater in any January of former years. They hit a new Janu- ary peak of more than 290,000, a gain of nearly 49 per cent above January, 1947. The Maritime Provinces mar- keted nearly 14,000 hogs, that is, nearly treble the number marketed there the previous January. Quebec ran to nearly 90,000, that is, nine bogs for every four in January, 1947. On- tario's all-time January high was 186,000, about five hogs, for every four in January, 1947. Commenting on this record hog run for the month of January, Dominion Department of Agriculture officials say it does not indicate /serious liqui- dation of pigs. The proportion of sows—one in 30—was identical with that of January) 1947. There has been a tendency recently to market lighter 'hogs but thie was less marked in Jan- uary than in November or Decem- ber. It is possible, however, that the high, Jamiary totals may indicate a greater tendency for producers to Market through inspected and ,approv- ed packing plants rather than through country butchers. This tendency may arise froth lower domestic eenisarap- tion and the desire of producers, to obtain government premiums. Whe- ther this is true or not, hog Munhers increased dttring /947, and heavy mar- ketingmay continue right througlt the spring and early summer months. Seeds For Crops Sold By Grade When the aria Seed 'Control At was passed by the Dombileti• Parlia- ment in 1906, the central thought in drafting this Ad was the control of the sale of an'' lead which might be dettiMental to agrieulture. WhfI Many Of the pritielpres laid doWn 111 the original, Aet MVO pi'dved, eatitut, ''• Moved To Exeter Mrs. Florence Williams Bobby and Catharine, have moved to Exeter from Rochester, N.Y. Their household ef- fects arrived last week and they are• now comfortably settled in their new home recently purchased from the ess tate of the late Mrs. F. Wood. Mrs. Williams, whose maiden name was Florence Harvey, was recently bereft of her husband.—Exeter Times -Advo- cate. the development of Canada and es- pecially its production and distribu- tion of seed, have necessitated occa- sional revieinns. A new Seed Con- trol Act was passed in 1911 and in the 1923 revision the name was changed to the Seeds Act. It was revised in 1937 and the Act passed in that year is now in force. It is ad- ministered by Plant Products Divi- sion, Dominion Department of Agri- culture. Canada is the only country in the world which has developed a system of marketing practically all farm pro- ducts under grade names. For ex- ample, grain is marketed under grade and these grades are well known and accepted with confidence in all coun- tries, Eggs are marketed under grade and the consumer is now so confident of getting an edible egg when he buys by grade that he eats more eggs per capita than in any other country. A number of other examples could be given and it is in line with this gen- eral principle that most farm,, garden and lawn seeds are marketed under grade name. Canadians can buy seeds by grade with assurance that they will get what they order. * * * Beef Cattle Experiments have been carried on by the Animal Husbandry Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, on the economy tif raising and mar- keting beef at different ages and weights. Some of the, results obtain- ed so far indicate that baby beef can best be produced in areas where there is an abundance of grain and pasture and roughage is in short sup- ply. Since they are marketed much younger, the turnover is greater and thus baby beef is beter adapted to farming enterprises, In whieh the ov- erhead is relatively high. On the other hand, marketing animals as, two year olds Wakes maximal use of rolighagea and pastures. Yearlings are more or less intermediate. Al- though other fedora Must be taken IMO consideration .such an niarketz, available buildings, skill and) eXperi- ence a the operator, it would appear that the decision, as to whieh typo of beef production would be meg Suit- able for a partieular' farm or distriet will depend largely 611 the kind and amount of drop and pasture prodticad cit the farnt Or lit the district, • No One Injured in Car Accident An auto accident took place on the - highway south of Exeter Saturday evening when a driver for Pop's Taxi bumped into a car driven by Geraldi Godbolt. The taxi driver was oa his , Way to Exeter with severalefrom the airport and was meeting a truck go- ing in the opposite direction. Blinded by the lights from the truck the driv- er failed to see the Godbolt car in time to stop owing to the slippery condition of the road. The front of the taxi was badly damaged. Provin- cial Constable J. Ferguson investigat- ed the accident.—Exeter Times -Advo- cate. Zurich Mill Sold A deal which has been in negotia- tion for some time has finally been closed, namely in the purchasing QE the Zurich grist and chopping mill by the Hensall District Co-operatixe In- corporated, from the Williams family, who have been in continuous owner- ship of this enterprise for the past sixty-six years, and after much persua- sion have agreed to dispose of the• same. The new ownership will get possession on June 1 this coming sum- mer, and will operate the same only as a chopping mill and feed mixing Plant.—Zurich Herald. Sold Farm Mr. William Watson 1,at s disposed of his farm to Mr. William George and Thomas Farman. The new own- ers take possession March .15. Mr. Watson will take up residence with, his brother, Dave Watson, McKillop. —Blyth Standard. Heads Library Board The annual meeting of the Brussels Library Board was held in the, library Wednesday afternoon under the chair- manship of Rev.. H. Wilson. Officers elected for 1948 were: Chairman, Rev. G. A. Milne; secretary, Miss. H. Downing; treasurer, Robert Bowman. Rev. H. Wilson was appointed dele- gate to the Huron County Library, Co-operative. - Miss H. Downing was appointed convener of the book com- mittee.—Brussels Post. Former Resident Critically Injured, Mrs. Alvin Rutledge, Ripley, for- merly of Brussels, is in a critical con- dition in Kincardine hospital. Mrs. Rutledge fell downstairs, at her home last Friday. She suffered serious in- jury to her head and has, been uncon- scious since the accident. — Brussels Post. Theatre Installs New Projectors h Theatre manager Dick Fruin tells tis that two new projectors were in- stalled -recently in the Plaza Theatre - so its patrona may have the advant- ages of the latest type -of projection equipment. They give exceptional clearness on the screen: — Mitchell, Advocate. Leap Year Babies Born At Hospital The chances are 1 in 1,460,245 that You are among those who celebrate their birthdays only once every four years. Two infants in. Wingham Gen- eral Hospital will have this proud dis- tinction. One is a daughter, the first child of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Trelev- an, R.R. 1, Dungannon, the caller is. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Simp- son, of Wingham. These are Leap Year babies, having been born in the hospital on Sunday evening, Feb. 29. To honor the events, the Ladies' Aux- iliary to Wingham General Hospital presented each baby with a sterling silver spoon. — Wingham Advance - Times. Ladies' Auxiliary Elects Officers The Ladies' Auxiliary to 'the Cana- dian Legion held their February meeting last Tuesday evening in the Legion House. The following officers were installed: President, Mrs. Her- rY Towne; vice-presidents, Mrs, Geo. Ross .an,d Mrs. Wm. MacKenzie; sec- retary, Mrs, Miller Davis; treasurer, Mrs. Lloyd Hingston; standardbearer, Mr& Harry Browne. — Wingham Ad- vance -Times, Celebrate Leap Year Birthdays Shirley Lloyd, 20, celebrated her fifth birthday on Sunday. Just to, make It more interesting; her brother, /Tarry, 16, Observed hie fourth birth- day on the same date. They are the only thildren of Mr. an Mrs. Roy 'Lloyd, of 8 Perth St., •GueIph,, former- ly of Wingham. Roth were born on Feb. 29, between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning. — Winghtun AdVance-