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;QRTJI, Friday, September 17
Young Tractor Drivers
The Ontario Highway Traffic Act
es that . it is necessary . for a per -
to attain the age of 16 before
une , can receive a license to drive a
motor car, and that all who drive
not have such a license.
On the 'farm, however, it is differ -
t. Since the mechanization pf
farms the use of the' tractor is gen-
eral, and many farmer's sons, and
daughters too, very young in years,
have become very adept in driving
these' big machines. In fact, it is not
uncommon for children seven and
eight years old to drive the tractors
that power the farm machinery.
That, we understand, is quite legal
in the fields or other parts of the
farm. But many, if not most, of
these tractors, frequently use the
roads and highways coming from one
part of the farm to another, or back
and forward from one farm to an-
other.
Many farmers, too, use tractors
and trailers on the roads for the
same purposes as pick-up trucks.
Such tractors do not require a lic-
ense, nor do their drivers require
driver's permits. At the same time,
it wouldappear reasonable to rule
that the law regarding the age of
those in charge of motor vehicles on
all public roads should also govern
such drivers.
Certainly the situation is rather
perplexing and we think no time
should be lost in clarifying it. In the
meantime, the farmer who takes a
chance on the highway with his trac-
tor in charge of either his young son
or daughter is taking a risk few
would, if they gave any consideration
to it.
•
Sunday At The Beaches
The question of Sunday observ-
ance at beaches and lake resorts has
undergone considerable discussion in
and out of the press in recent weeks.
Each summer, in recent years, has
seen a nearer approach to what is
known as the wide open Sunday of
. the United States and the continent.
All amusement places have run full
blast, and commercialized sport is
having a field day.
Consequently it is hard to under-
stand the attitude of the Attorney-
General's Department. In some plac-
es during the past summer the law
has clamped down on one resort on
;ane Sunday, and 'the next Sunday 'all
games are allowed to go full blast.
Or at one summer resort the law
clamps down, while at another
amusement operators are allowed to
follow their own sweet will.
The resort season is over for this
year, but before another comes
round the Department should defin-
iltely make up its mind what it in-
tends to do, and give specific direc-
tions to the police officers through-
out the province.
As the law reads now a wide-open
'Sunday y i s not permitted in Ontario,
and we believe the government would
he solidly backed if it continued
along that line. There is a minority,
aiid a very clamorous' one too, advo-
eating for the taking off of the lid
on Sunday. But it is only a minority,
and a small one at that.
If we are going to have a wide
Open Sunday during the summer
months, the professional sports pro -
Motors have every right to expect to
aVe •the Same privileges during the
r. Suridasr was intended as a
bf gest, and it should be just
With :a forty -hour week there
.plenty of leisure hours without
bifig the quiet of Sunday.
to
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O► ci Partner 18
e laielitl heard it said
ejhIS'i an one could
Make money at farming, We have
had a good year. Possibly the. great'
est.' harvest• in our history, and ter-
tai fly prices have never been better.
But crops do not grow "withhout plant-
ing --except weed crops—and are not
harvested without work.
Again, there are all kinds of farm-
ers. But a good farmer will make a
success of his profession not only in
years like the present. one, but in
poor years as well. We could name
some farmers who made money on
the farm all through the depression
years, because they were good farm-
ers.
What is a good farmer? We have
heard many definitions, but the near-
est to the truth is given by the author,
Louis Bromfield, in his book, "Pleas-
ant Valley," and it is a definition that
should be studied by every farmer.
"A good farmer in our times has
to know more about more things
than a man in any other profession.
He, has to be a biologist, a veterinary,
a mechanic, a botanist, a horticultur-
ist, and many other things, and he
has to have an open mind, eager and
ready to absorb new knowledge and
new ideas and new ideals.
"A good farmer is always one of
the most intelligent and best educat-
ed men in our society. We have been
inclined in our wild industrial devel-
opment, to forget that agriculture is
the base of our whole economy and
that in the economic structure of the
nation it is always the cornerstone.
It has always been so throughout
history, and it will continue to be so
until there are no more men on this
earth. We are apt to forget that the
man who owns land and cherishes it,
and works it well, is the source of
our stability as a nation, not only in
the economic but social sense as well.
Few great leaders ever came out of
city slums, or even suburbs. In
France, in England, in America,
wherever you choose to turn, most
of the men who have molded the
destinies of the nation have come off
the land, or from small towns. The
great majority of leaders, even in
the world of industry and finance,
have come from there. As a nation
we do not value our farmers en-
ough; indeed, I believe that good
farmers do ' not value themselves
highly enough. I have known all
kinds of people, many of them cele-
brated in many countries, but for
companionship, good conversation,
intelligence and the power of stimu-
lating one's mind, there are none I
would place above the good farmer.
"But there are two other qualities
beyond the realm of the inquiring
mind or the weight of education,
without • which no man could be a
good farmer. These, I believe, are
born in him. They are a passionate
feeling for the 'soil he owns, and an
understanding and sympathy for his
animals. I do not believe that these
traits can be acquired; they are al-
most mystical qualities, belonging
really only to people who are a little
"teched" and very close to nature it-
self.
"Often enough people discover
late in life that they have these quali-
ties, without ever having known it.
They did not acquire them suddenly;
they were always there. It is only
that through the accident of a fish-
ing trip or the purchase of a farm,
they discovered them. I have any
number of friends who spent all their
lives as bankers and industrialists, or
working men, or insurance salesmen,
only to discover at middle -age that in
reality they were farmers all the
time, without knowing it. I know of
no human experience more remark-
able than that of men whose whole
existences are changed and enriched
by the discovery late in life that they
have a close bond with the earth and
all living things, and that they have
Iost vast and intangible riches by not
making the discovery when they
were younger.
"Conversely, there are many men
on farms in America who have
neither that love of soil nor of ani-
mals. They are the bad farmers who
have done us such great d'amage as
a nation.
They do not belong on
farms. They are there, most of them,
because they were born there and
have not the energy to quit and go
to the cities and factories where they
properly belong. There are too many
p b
of them in America, and they have
coast us dear?'
I saw them ooming down the '
'road. They were wallci>pg racing
bristly swinging their lunch par's
which were a strange asso•rtmeent �
of everything from corn-sy'rup tins
with handles to one which was ore'
a "store boughten" one.
There didn't appear ea be any hesi-
tation. They were on then' way to
school. It was different, however,
•because this was the first day of
school for the season, and it was
also marked by the fact that we
have a new teacher in our school
section.
Going to school on that first day
is the sort of thing that arouses
many memories in the heart of an
older person. How well I can re-
member the first day of school,
and of how the rest of the family
put me up to take a rosy apple to
the teacher. She turned out to be
somaew'hat of a sourpuss, wild took
one Iook at the apple and said, "I
can't eat them." That pue a blight
ole- my disposition 'towards. going
to school for the whole year. Next
September we had a new one. She
was a pleasant soul„ who accepted
apples• and smiled• at us and I was
convinced that just as soon as I
grew up I would ask her to marry
me.
I might say just' for the record
that she•married at the end of that
term. Again I had the blight plac-
ed on me, but the fascination of
the summer holidays proved to be
a good thing. I was all set for
the fall term and had forgotten all
about my unfortunate love affair.
The next teacher turned out to be
By Harry 4. Boy e
a than. Ile was a, strict ddsciplin-
Arian and although i was not per-
sonally fond of him, • I leave to.. ad-
mit that he did manage to get me
to cram a gree deal of'informa-
tion in my noodle.
There is a great deal of differ-
ence between the first day of
school and the second or timed deY.
The enthusiasm does wear off for
the younger pupil who starts out
with fire in his aouI. This is caus-
ed to a certain extent by the great
lack' of feeling that the older pupils
seem to have for school. Reenem-
bering a sumener of varied inter-
ests, the boys in the bigger seats
along the windows seexteto be able
to dampen the ardor of even the
most inspired of the youngsters.
. It may be that the older ones
remember the winter days of
struggling to school when they
could be sleigh -riding. They may
also be calmed in their feelings by
the remembrance of those days
when snow -wetted clothes steam
in the heat of the schoo•lroonr and
they grow tired of lessons: They
may also be remembering that the
smell oe chalk has a nose -tingling
sensation about it, and that after
a time the voice of the teacher
breaks in on dreams of sleigh -rid-
ing and they often find themselves
K-ithaut an answer to the problem
with which they are confronted.
If I watch during the next two
weeks I am almost certain to find
'a pertain lessening of enthusiasm
on the part of the children who
went off to school with such en-
thusiasm during the first day or so.
Just A Smile Or Two
The new pastor was introduced
to one of his flock, a Mrs. Hum -
mirk, Sihce it was hard for him
to remember names, he decided l
that he'd rub his stomach when he
saw her and the association would
recall her name to him.
The next day he met her on the
street and with a smile on his face,
as :he rubbed himself, he cried:
"Hello, Mrs. Kelly!-"
•
Nurse: "You wish to see the
young man injured in the motor
accident? You are the lady he was
with?"
Gwendolyn: "Yes, I thought it
would be only fair to give him the
kiss he was trying for."
"Did yon see . the stork that
brought me, Daddy?"
"Well, son, I saw his bill."
•
Sam: "What caused the eplo-
sion at your house?"
Neighbor: "Powder on my coat
sleeve."'
•
A stranger entered a church the
other dray during a service and sat
near the door. Getting tired of the
sermon, he asked his neighbor,
"How long has he been preach-
ing?"'
"About 30 or 40 years, I think,"
replied the man.
"I'll stay, then," said the stran-
ger; "he must be nearly done."
Huron Federation of
: AgricultureFarmNews,
Hardy Apple Trees Withstand
Winter
Canadian pomologists — experts
in the cultivation of fruit trees—
are growing new varieties of apple
trees which they expect will help
commercial growers battle a inter
kill in Canadian orchards and
which will have, in the process,
the added effect of pushing farther
north the boundaries of Canada's
apple -growing areas.
Commercial growers have good
reason to dread the severity of
Canadian winters. Damage done by
the winter of 1933-34 to orchards
in Ontario and Quebec resulted in
a production drop of more than 'a
million barrels. That meant a fin-
ancial loss of over $2,000.000.
Slow and painstaking, the search
for better varieties has been going
on in Canada for more than 25
years and the major research ac-
tivity is being carried on by the
Horticultural Division, Central Ex-
perimental Farm, Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa.
In addition to the varieties of
apple trees which have been grow-
ing in Canada for about 400 years,
the search for hardy, frost -resist-
ant stock was extended to include
English and Russian varieties.
The English varieties, came from
Britain's East Mailing Experimen-
tal Station. The East Malting
stocks were generally found to be
too tender to endure the rigours of
Canadian winters. The snow cov-
er on tree roots in Eastern On-
tario and Quebec orchards is fre-
quently blown away during the
winter. Duplicating this condition
for ehleerimental purposes, snow
cover was removed systematically
from tree roots at the Central
Farm by the pomologists and the
East Mailing stocks suffered every
time.
But the East Mailing varieties
did have value in other ways. Mc-
Intoshblade orgrafted,
don to
East Malting 1Y g No. 9, produced ted a
small tree of good vigour with a
yield of 40 plus apples at five years
of age. The yield, built up to 15
gallons of apples at 12 years.
McIntosh budded on East Mall-.
ing No. 12 produced a much more
vigorous tree. At five years of
age the trunk of this combination
had a cross-section area four times
that of the number one combina-
tion,
ombingtion, but it only yielded three ap-
ples. However, by the time the
number two combination was 12
years old, the yield) had shot up to
35 gallons, as compared with 15
from number one, and the cross-
section trunk area was nearly sev-
en times as great.
The lesson learned from these
o•bseervations was, of course, that
the more vigorous the\growth the
later the tree is in coming into
bearing, but that once it does be-
gin to bear the late -bearing vari-
ety outyields the earlier one,
But the .tenderness of the East
Malting stocks• made them of lit-
tle value in the search for hardier
varieties and the pomologists•
turned their attention to the Rus-
siaYi stook which s h Ch had •
been in 'Cans
Ada for sore time.
ItussIan varieties produce poor
quality fruits by Canadian stand -
arae. 'They have coarse flesh, hien
acidity and lack taste appeal. But
it was found that when Canadian
varieties were grafted on to Rus-
sian rootstocks the resultant fruit
was as appetizing as could, be de-
sired.
More than that, it was found that
McIntosh budded on the hardiest
Russian varieties—Hibernal,
Antonovka, Charlamoff—developed
into a tree that was highly frost -
resistant and that was commercial-
ly acceptable. Moreover, Russian
varieties were shown to be prac-
tically immune to collar rot, a dis-
ease which plagues Eastern Cana-
dian orchards.
The most successful of these,
Malue Robustas No. 5, is- being
distributed to Canadian nursery
men for extended 'trial under com-
mercial orchard conditions. Al-
though it does not have the lush
growth of East Mallipg No. 12,
it is far more hardy and likely to
be of far more practical value to
Canadian growers.
Do Not Crowd a New Hedge
Soil should always be carefully
prepared for a new hedge by dig-
ging out a trench about 18 'inches
deep and at Least twice as wide
as the spread of the roots of the
young planets, says) R.. W. Oliver,
Assistant Ornamental Horticulture,
Central Experimental Farm, Ot-
tawa. A liberal dressing of well -
rotted manure should be dug into
the bottom of this trench and cov-
ered with a few inches of well -
pulverized sandy or clay loam top
:'o11. When the plants are put in
place more of this good top soil
should be put around' the roots and
firmly tramped down before being
watered liberally.
The plants should be 'placed in a
single row, rather than in a double
row with the plants staggered. This
latter method uses more planets 'tnd
more space, 1
9 harder tot einto
a good shape and always leaves a
poor end at a gate or path where
any unevenness is noticed.
The distance apart at which the
plants should be placed will vary
with the material used and the
height to which it is desired) to
have the hedge grow. Erect grow-
ing shrubs Iike privet and, the true -
hedge columnberry used in a low
hedge should be placed nine inch-
es to one foot apart. More bushy
plants, which make a taller hedge,
should be placed about 18 inches
apart.
Deciduous hedges should be
plapted in the autumn as the
hares are about to fall, or in the
early spring before the leaf buds
burst. Evergreens are planted in
Septein:ber or just before new
growth starts In the .sprang.
Soviet Wheat
Soviet Russia has sold 50' tlfattt
sand metric tone (1.8 million
bushels) of wheat to India in sic -
change for an`und4scloaed quantity
ofindi n tea. a t a. The wheat Is to be
deliv'ered in Russlan ships. before
October 1.
keens which drink from stagnant
pools May:. lay offidaveur eggs.
interesting items Picked F'rti111
The Hturon- %llasitor of Twerl.,
'tyefive- :and • Fifty Years Apo.*
From The Huron Ex ositor
September 21723
Two well -kept apples were
brought into The Expositor office,
a. Northern Spy and a Russett,
which were picked last' fall in the
orchard' of Mr. James Aitcheson,
McKillop. Both were soufid and.
firm.
eerie of the best 'fields of wheat
we have seen this autumn is cin
the farm of Mr. George Leonhardt
in McKillop, 'the` blades being fully°
12 inches in length.
Nine horses from Brucefield dis-
trict were shown at. the Western
Fair, London, last week and they
brought •home ten prizes. A. and
J. Broadfoot took first for heavy
draft 'mare; first •for heavy draft
colt; third`fer 1 -year-old, and: third
for 2 -year-old. George Dale & Sons
showed four horses with which
they took a first and three sec-
onds. Robert Murdo•chts horse won
the Weston Shield for the best
horse bred and raised in Canada.
On Saturday afternoon Mrs.
Jas. McKay's Sunday School class
in Egmondville Church presented
her with a handsome umbrella and
an address, prior to• her removal to
her new' home in Toronto.
Mr. James Davis has purchased
the residence on Goderich Street
West, formerly occupied by Mr. A.
K. Chittenden.
Mr. C. Aberhart has completed
the erection of his summer home
in Bayfield.
Mr. Robert Charters, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Charters, left last
week for Saskatoon, where he has
tr,ken a position.
An unfortunate accident occur-
red on Wednesday of last week
about midnight when two cars re-
turning 'from London, corned at
the corner. They 'were owned by
Alex Stewart, of Hibbert, and Mr.
Harry Tyndall, of Tuckersmith.
The four people in Stewart's car
were badly shaken up and receiv-
ed minor cuts. Mrs. Tyndall had
her wrist fractured.
James Sleeth and Douglas Slee%h
of Sarnia, were here this week
attending the funeral of the late
Mrs, Andrew Scott.
Mise Kate Broadfoot leaves this
week for Philadelphia to attend
the wedding of her nephew, Mr.
Jack Pringle.
One evening last week as Mrs.
James A. Bell, of Hensall„ was as-
sisting her husband unhitch .. the
horses, one of them gave a lurch.
and pinned her against a, wall,
breaking her collarbone.
Mr. Garnet Case, of Hensall, has
purchased the flour and feed busi-
ness of Mr. R. J. Paterson, who in-
tends, together with his wife and
son, taking a trip to California.
Rev. Mr. Lundy, of Kippen, has
treated himself to a new Ford
coupe.
A pleasant event took place at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
McD. Wilson, Hensall, on Monday,
Mr, Wilson's birthday, when a
number gathered to wish him many,
happy returns of the,day. A choice
chicken supper was served by Mrs.
Wilson, which was enjoyed by all.
•
From The Huron Expositor
September 16, 1898
Alexander Mustard, Robert Ross,
Thos. Gemmel] and Wen. Forest, all
of near Brucefield, are each erect-
ing new silos in which to store
their fodder.
Misses Reid, 011ie Willson and
Florence Whitely have each ob-
tained good situations as milliners
here.
The33rd Battalion Band, will
start to serenade this Friday night
to raise funds for the purpose of
procuring new instruments.
Messrs- Jones & Hall, who for
the past few years have conducted
a successful and extensive business
in the mercantile line in Winchel-
sea, have sold out to Couch & Roy
of Mitchell.
Parties who visited the Toronto
Exhibition have returned home and
all express themselves as being
highly pleased with the trip.
Among them were Mr. Hoggarth,
Misses McLaren, Mr. Bell, Alex
Miller, Malcolm McKellar, Mrs.
Samuel Speare, Mrs. Hyslop, Mrs.
Richard Hoggarth and Miss Mary
Currie, of Crpmarty.
Dr. Cooper, of Constance, who
has enjoyed a large medical prac-
tice, has sold out to Dr. Waters,
of Niagara Falls.
Mr. John C. Mellis, of Seaforth,
is spending a few well-earned holi-
days at his father's home in Kip -
pen.
Messrs. Tom and Frank Johnson
are an a wheeling tour to visit
friends near London. •
Berry & Geiger, of Hensall, were
success u '
f l lncarrying
off first and
n
diploma p for their lime stallion at
Toronto Exhibition.
Mr. Peter McGregor, of Bruce -
field, took a good place for a spe-
oial stallion which he recently im-
ported. Mr. Thos. Russell, of Riv-
erside Farm, Usborne, received'
several prizes for his Shorthorn
cattle, as did also Mr. W. D. Smith
of Hay, while Mr. McAllister, of
Stanley, was well to the front with
his) Berkshire hogs at Toronto Ex-
hibition,
Mr. Innis, of Stanley, whose barn
was destroyed by fire a fortnight
ago, has had to pull d'own'the wails
bilt wild have greater onee built.
Mr. ,A. Ca iteloe, of Clinton, has
the Cont-raet,: t '
A very sad accident ' occurred
near Brucefleld on Tuesday Morn-
ing which has .since reeuited in
;the death of one of the mast re-
spected residents of 'j!uekersinith.
john Welker • wain .hitching his
tenni to' a •Imecchane, •B brie before
bitching he had some fixing to de
and while thus engaged some oth-
er horses cane by, causing the
team to become uneasy. He rose
Up and as he did) '3o it horse kick
ednim i.
h the stomach, Ike •,,was
taken home and: everything pos-
sible done for• him, bitt he Massed.
away peacefully. on 'Vitedtteaday.
Had Car Accident
While Messrs, Wne Hay and sola;
eiha1'ies, and Ted, 'Smith were re-
turning from London on Tuesday
afternoon in the rani with their
pick-up, the car skidded on the
slippery pavement between Elglt}-
field and Lucan, and landed on .its
side in the ditch, resulting in con-
siderable damage to the oar. Mr.
Hay received a badly injured arm
and leg, while the other two were
only shaken up a bit.—Zurich Ier-
ald. I
Heirs To $25,00 Estate Sought
If there are any relatives . of
Mary Peals, probably descendants
of her brothers and sisters, living
in the GodericI.t,_ dishrict, tbey stand
to claim an estate of about $25 000.
Mary Peak 'is understood to have
been born in Western Ontario
about 1872, the daughter of Wil-
liam and Isabella Peak, Who came
to Canada from Ireland. The chil-
dren or grandchildren of her bro-
thers and sisters, if any, have first
claim to the estate, but if there is
none 'living then other relatives
would succeed to the inheritauce.
—'Goderich Signal -Star.
Brussels Girl Wins Scholarship
Congratulations are offered to
Miss Frances Dennis for her schol-
astic achievement. Mass Dennis, a
student of Brussels Continuation
School, was awarded a Grade XIII
Provincial Aid Scholarship, pres-
ented by the Provincial Depart-
ment of Education, valued at $100.
—Brussels Post.
Honored By Friends
On Monday evening, Aug. 30, a
number of neighbors and friends
gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Burgess to spend a social
hour with•, them before their de-
parture to their new home in Blyth.
During the evening Mr. Janes Arm-
strong made •a very appropriate
speech, recalling many pleasant by-
gone days and in wishing them
health and happiness in their new
home. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess were
then asked to accept a trilight floor
lamp with the best wishes of their
friends and neighbors. Mr. Bur-
gess thanked the friend for the
lovely gift. After singing "They
Are Jolly Good Fellows," lunch was
served.—Brussels Post.
Operation Follows .Injury
Mr. Gordon Beiber, son of Mr.
and Mrs, William Beiber, of Hay;
is in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon-
don, having suffered an accident
while threshing on Monday He
was standing en a platform feed-
ing the machine when a board tilt-
ed and he fell to the floor, injur-
ing his back. He was taken to hos-
pital and on Wednesday underwent
an cate,
operation.—Exeter Times -Advo -
Wins Trophy
Russ Brintnell won the cham-
pionship trophy of the Exeter Gun
Club in their competition held
Labor Day evening: He hit -2i clay
pigeons in twenty-five tries. Er-
win Ford was runner-up with 24.
The smaller trophy, 'for those
shooting under twenty, was won by
Eddie Sears with a score of 19.—
Exeter
9—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Knitters From Ireland Welcomed
In an effort to augment its staff
with experienced knitters, Clinton
Hosiery Mills Limited has, brought
nine natives of County Cork, Eire,
to Canada, and the four men and
five women commenced work at
the local mill Last week. For seven
of the nine, their trip by air from
Shannon Airport 'to Toronto, Was
Punctuated by e, forced landing at
Goose Bay, irabrador, but they ev-
entually arrived safely from •Toron-
to bye C,N,R, train, AS, it was very
golds when they left Eire, having
rained steadily for two weeks, sev-
eral of the female members of thee
Party arrived in Clinton, wearing
fur coats and fur boots: 'They wpm'
greeted by temperatures in the
nineties. The group. consists
etc
Corleeliee Quirke, Charles. Ppley;•
Hennas O'Sullivan,• .Jerry Gnnneen.
and 311`isees petty Q..'Leary, Mary
Fenny} Mary •Spriggs, •Mary '.IJealy
and 1'iannah.. Quirke: They . range -
in age from 18 to. 29 years.^ -clip-•
ton NeweaRecord'.
Colt. Wins At Toronto
Messrs. Currie &`Tervit showed"
their colt, "Sean Dillon;" at: the-
C.N.E. and were successful in win-
ning the first prize in •the two -year -
cad standard. bred elaae, `first in,
the futurity class, and also won the
junior champion class: Winghanr
Advance -Times..
Cat Crash on Sunday Evening
An automobile accident that
might have been much more ser
ioes occurred .about 10 p'elock on
Sunday evening at the corner of
John and Minnie Streets. William
(Bill) Kress, of Orangeville, form-
erly • of town, the driver of one,
car, received a fractured jaw, cutsr
and bruises to his face and leg.
He was taken to Wingham General
Hospital and on Tuesday went to
London to have the jaw wired.
Alex MacDonald, , a passenger in
the car, was also taken to Wing
han'• Hospital, but later releasede.
The two other passengers in the,
Kress car, Ivan Gardiner and Ted
Foxton, were ,treated for minor
cuts and bruises. Gordon Brad-
shaw, of Brussels, driver of the
other car, escaped injury. Both
CAT'S were extensivety damaged,
one cal' after the crash coming to
rest a few inches from a tree on
the lawn of A. M. Crrawford.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Annual Cleanup Causes Furor
A. E. Cook, a prominent Blyth
resident, and originally a native of
the Westfield' community, almost
caused a neighborhood fire recent-
ly near the Westfield school, ac-
cording to information given us.
Alf. still takes a great pride in his
old neighborhood, and annually
spends a day cleaning up along the
road so that everything will look
neat and tidy to passersby. This
year while burning some rubbish,
The fire got out of control. and Mr.
Cook had an exciting time carry-
ing water in order to restore the
re.ghborhood peace and quiet. --
Blyth Standard.
Property Changes
Mr, Torrance Dundee has sold
his farm on the 8th concession of
Morris Township • to Mr. Mina
iehnlonde who --gets pose aea ion
about October 1. Mr. Dundas has
purchased the property of Harold.
France, at Walton, and will get'
possession about October 1.—Blyth
Standard.
Sustainsinjuries in Fall
Betty Skinner, who works at the.
Cosy Grill, slipped on the floor as
she was going from the kitchen to
the front of the restaurant Wed-
nesday morning, with three bottles'
of milk in her hands•. Unfortunate-
ly one of the bottles broke as she
fell andshe cut her leg quite sev-
erely in two places on the broken
glass, her injuries confining her to
her home. --Mitchell Advocate.
Wilderness Real Estate
The "World's largest real estate
business," the lands' division of the
Ontario Department of Lands and
Forests, is doing a land office busi-
ness, to coin a phrase, as it seeks
to meet the desires of thousands
of Canadians and Americans who
want a home of their own`°in the
wilderness.
The Division has an estimated
100,000,000 acres of Crown Land in
Northern Ontario for sale/ for sum-
mer resort purposes, add the hun-
dreds of new cottages being erect-
ed in the fishing and hunting terri-
tories of Ontario tell their, own
story.
Until a few years ago land in
certain parts of the Province could
only be obtained for cottage pur-
poses on 21 -year leases. But a
change in policy now allows it to
be purchased on all lands in the
Province except Provincial Parks,
but only after governmerot condi-
tions have been complied, with. To
prevent "log hogging," for instance
where speculatively curative
Iy
inclined per-
sons might figure on buying Crown
land at a low figure, cut salealble
trees and then move out, the regu-
lations provide that no timber may
be cut without permission of the
district forester --even though the
purchaser actually owns the land,
To prevent speculation in proper-
ty, the government requires that
certain building regulations must
be complied with too. If you get
a piece re Crown land for a cot-
tage, you must erect buildings
valued at $500 or more within. 18
months.
In cottage property alone, the
Division handled more than 3,500
applications this year, with 700
deals being actually conl.pleted and
chances are all. the rest will go
through as soon as surveys of .the
land are finished.
Shortage' of skilled survey pert'
sonnet has held up niany transac-
tions for more than a year.
Method of obtaining Crown land
for a Cottage is sample. The pro-
spective purchaser simply visits
the district forester in the area
chosen. The latter has maps and
details, The price is generally set
at 30 cents a foot frentage'Or $50
an, sere or fraction thereof, 'Tire
cottager places z small deposit On
Mite lot of his choice arid) the goy
ernment machinery starts to work:
Surveyors selected by the purchas-
er or provided by the Division,.
measure up the property in due
course and then it is paid for. Once
the ,purchaser has erected—or had
built for him—the required build-
ings, application for patent is
made and if all details are com-
plete, it is granted..
The availability of Crown lands
for cottages gives both purchaser'
and government a break. For one.
thing, the land is much cheaper
than can be bought in many areas.
Here's an actual case: A Tema
gami lot measuring .58 pf au acre,
or more than half an acre, has, 178'
feet frontage on the lake, regarded"
as one of the best resort lakes in
the province. The purchaser paid
$50 purchase price—plus $60 sur-
vey fee. Since July 31st midnight,
1947, survey fee has been $80. He
built the cottage which, of course,.
cost more than $500. His land cost
him mulch less than he could have
bought t fr m
private hands.
Thee
government gained since there is
no merchantable timber on the is-•
land and it was worthless for any-
thing else.
The Tem:agami taxpayers got a•
break, because the cottager does
all his sihopping in the northern-
village, which depends to a very'
great extent one the resort busi-
ness. The same thing applies lir
many other sections of Ontario
where Crown land is still available'
for the asking --and for a moder-
ate price.
'It is estim:•ated, in some sources
that more than 100,000 American•
families now• own property in the -
province and solve of them have
done so for many years' sunt how
much valuable Az'nerican eitchange-
has been left behind :be them' is
hard to estimate; Some of them,
thotigh, have built "cottages" rang-
ing up to '$50,000 figures, employ
Canadian guides and help, buy
Countless gallons) of gbsoline for
their cars and motor boats and
load up with British blankets and
dishes when they return home each
year. And all the government sup-
plied in the firstplace was) Crown
lanae, worthless for 'anything else,
bu& with wonderful scenery .and u1i-
eteelled fishing and hunting avail --
•able,;
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