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$EAFORTH, Friday,, October 29
the Broad!oot Bridge
One of the speakers taking part in
the' ceremonies which marked the
opening of the Broadfoot bridge in
Tuckersmith last week, remarked
that the direct cost of the $40,000
bridge to the citizens of Tuckersmith,
,was considerably less than was the
direct cost of the previous bridge
built in 1911.
The remark emphasizes the extent
to which towns, villages and town-
ships during the intervening nearly
forty years have tended to look to a
benign central government for as-
sistance in local projects. It also
emphasizes the centralization of con-
trol which has come about during
those years by virtue of the central
power, who controls the public purse
Strings, having the say as to what
will be done and how it will be done.
When the members of the town-
ship council of 1911 decided on a new
Broadfoot bridge, the decision was
made with the full realization of the
cost to each ratepayer. The council
knew it would have to raise the
money for its construction from
within the township, and for that
reason would have to prove to the
citizens the necessity for the expen-
diture.
Today the picture is changed—the
decision as to the expenditure in the
case of a bridge rests with an en-
gineer of the Department of High-
ways.
While on the surface it may seem
to the people of Tuckersmith that
they saved money on the new Broad -
foot bridge, deep down in their
hearts they know this is not the case.
They know that every day they are
paying gasoline and other indirect
taxes, of which their parents in 1911
never dreamed. They undoubtedly re-
alize that it is but a small portion of
these taxes returned to them by the
Provincial Government by way of
subsidy that reduced the direct cost
of the ,bridge to them.
Regardless of how it was paid for,
it is a good bridge—one of which the
township can well be proud, and we
;congratulate the Reeve and Members
of Council and all others who con-
tributed to its completion on a job
well done.
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A Solution
A canvasser engaged in the Scott
Memorial Hospital drive, which is
iiow in progress, was discussing on
one of his calls the ways whereby a
subscription to the building fund
could be made.
The subscriber, an elderly lady,
pointed out that while she wished to
help in a substantial manner, she
was dependent on the income from
her limited capital for her livelihood
and felt that she could not afford to
give more than a few dollars.
The canvasser knew her circum-
stances --knew she had no one de-
pendent on her, and when she asked
if he had any suggestions, pointed
out that the hospital fund was de-
signed to provide not only for im-
mediate construction needs, but to
make possible continued serice dur-
,g the years to come.
Did you ever consider willing your
els
or a portion of it, to the hos-
tdl .% aS•ked. "In this way your
hello 'today is not disturbed. At
Barye ; the you will be happy in
„realizatk n•: that you have had a
S dntia i part in making possible
oVed hdepital 'facilities for the
a e di'' the Seaforth. 'district dur
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Citizens . in the district, Who becazse
of their eireumstances, felt they
'sero 'Unable to subscribe to the build-
ing funs to as great an extent as
they wished<..
In fact it is because two Tucker -1
smith residents, the late William and
Matthew Scott, took similar action
thirty years ago that the Seaforth
district now enjoys hospital facili-
ties. The Scott brothers' bequest of
$40,000 made possible the hospital as
we know it today.
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Senseless Loss.
One aspect of the Hydro shortage
that has- received little attention is
discussed by Seaforth's Fire Chief,
D'Orleon Sills, in an advertisement
appearing elsewhere in this issue.
Mr. Sills warns of the ever-present
danger from fire that exists through
the use of candles, lamps and other
lighting devices during hydro black-
outs.
During the recently observed Fire
Prevention Week, the public was
aroused through the press and by
various other means over the appal-
ling losses suffered each year in Can-
ada from fire. The fact that Fire
Prevention Week is over for this
year can be no excuse for failing to
exercise the greatest care every hour
of every day during the year. Mr.
Sills points out the increased use of
lamps by many people not accustom-
ed to them can result in a greatly in-
creased potential danger, thus call-
ing for more than usual care.
What is needed to cut down this
senseless waste is simple enough. All
that is called for is a little more ord-
inary caution in such matters as
smoking and lighting fires; and an
eye for ordinary hazards such as
greasy rags and other combustible
materials left lying around, poor
furnace and stove pipes, faulty chim-
neys, and that sort of thing. Care-
lessness with fire is totting up a very
big bill in Canada each year, all for
the want of a little more common
sense.
Don't let the hydro shortage be
your excuse for further waste from
'fire.
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WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
Bananas For The Barrens
(Hamilton Spectator)
It will be alien, shirts for our Eskimos. and a
new deal for the seal—that is, if a • long-range
weather forecast (only sate kited to make) works
out as our experts say it will.
Canada's North, ,to put it scientifically, will
some day centuries hence be in the banana belt
and the •muskox, ptarmigan and American-tour-
ists=in-search-of-ruggedness will move down to.
'California and maybe Florida; depending on how
publicity is worked.
Out of a recent meeting of a body which for
short is called the Meteroiogical Association of
the Internatdon,a1 Unionf of Geodesy and,
Geophysics, came a confirmation of a long -held
suspicion; that it's getting warmer in the Arctic
and cooling down' a bit in southern California.
In the past fifty yearns Winter seasons in the Arc-
tic and sub -Arctic regions of the Earth have warm-
ed up a good five degrees. On the other hand,
.Southern California has seen a drop in the mer-
cury. Slow but sore.
The corollary, which has always intrigued! tee,
is that the Earth's crust is slowly moving and
getting a new slant, as we go with it, from the
sun's rays.
The kind of weather—short term stuff—that we
have been getting the past year or 'so might thus
be described as mainly consumer resistance. •
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Selling English Soil
(Brandon Sun)
At the current rate of $13 a ton nearly 150„000
tons of English soil are carefuilLy shipped across
the Atlantic to help give North America its gloos.
White china clay or kaolin, used to make gleam-
ing porcelain and, Miles, sells well in North Am-
erica and bas an incredible number of .uses—for
the enamel on your bath, for face powder, co's-
metice and toothpaste, in medicines and as a poul-
tice. The major world supply comes from twen-
ty -odd pits between Land's End and Dartmoor in
England, and is at Dreamt netting almost $20ir0�
000 a year from the United, ,States alone in Bri-
tain's export drive,
The Cornish miners are working day and night
to produce 50000 tons a year and: the floodlit night
shift Is One of the strangest eights in England:
The workers are covered, from Bead, to foot with
white ,powder and this ghOsitly arniy mates• about
Ih •a fantastic Mode Werlld of clay trident anti
?White pytaiilidle of Sand.
It was one of those dark nigh,' a ,
By rights you could call it a black
night, because it p>b•essed in like
ealveloping folds. of darkest 'velvet.
1 was coining up. from the barn and
the lantern spluttered and 'went
out, There was no kerosene. ,in it.
This had been caused byq ;the ab-
sence of my wife for several days
and the consequent lessening of
the daily habits of filling the lamps
in the morning.
,There was no light in the kit-
chen, but having traversed the
laneway so often, I struck out at
a brisk pace in what I presumed
td; be the right direction. I (ripped
over a stone and then etruck the
post at .the corner of the; garden
patch. Ah, well, this would., give
the proper sense of direction. 1,
followed the wire of the fence and
smacked my shin on the cultiva-
tor. That was my `own fault. • I
shouldn't have left it there in the
first place.
I skirted the cultivator end, went
back ,in the general direc£loh of
the fence again._ Is there anything
as awkward as to be reaching - with
your hands for something and at
the same time, be trying to guard
your feet and shins from coming
in contact with anything-; that
might hurt, I stumbled on anti on
and then realized that 1 had taken
a part of the fence down to plow
up the garden patch and had.1't
replaced it. I was 'flounderiag
around on the newly -plowed earth
and because of the rain that day,
the mud was clogging up until it
seemed to weigh tons.
Now, I was in a pretty pickle!
By Harry d, Boy e
It seemed,however, that I could
sease the bulk of the house on the
hill and I changed directions. It
was certainly hard going over that
field. Then I whammied into the
woodpile and broke the glass in.
the lantern and scraped my knee,
I had lost all sense of directions.
I leaned agaieet the woodpile and
tried to reason out, just where I
stood.
There was a faint point of light
to my right. Now, that would
have to be the Begins' kitchen
light, That would mean that NI
going along the woodpile until I
came to the end of it I would find.
a gate into the backyard. That
was helpful. I moved along the
length of the woodpile and stumb-
led ever a leaky washtub that had
been thrown .out behind 'the wood-
pile. Now, why hadn't I dumped it
into the old well qr else have giv-
en it to the junkman.
I was making real progress how-
ever. Here was the burdock patch
and I had burrs ail over me, but I
was just a step from the end of
the pile. Hard right now and here
was the gate. Now; if I kept go-
ing straight I would make the back
kltcben door, or at least the wood-
shed door.
WHUNNGG! The clothesline
reached out and banged me on; the
Adam's apple and I saw red and
blue and white stars. Why hadn't
I thought of that? Then I reached
up and used the clothesline to di-
rect me to the door. 'Bruised and
bloody and bowed by circumstanc-
es I managed' to light the lamp in
the kitchen. I resolved never to
forget to fill the lantern again.
Just A Smile Or Two
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"Yes, M'm,” said the old soldier,
"during the last war the troopship,
which I was on was sunk in the
Atlantic, and I'lived on a can of
sardines for a week."
"Tell me," she said, "wren't you
afraid of falling off?"
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A pious butirascible woman was
quite put out because her neigh-
bors hadn't invited her along on
their picnic. On the morning of
the event they relented,, however,
and asked her to join them.
"Humph!" 'she snapped, "It's too
late. I've already prayed for rain."
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She: "So, you had a date with
Alice? Well, I want an explana-
tion and I want the truth. Under-
stand?"
He: "Yes, dear. Which do you
want 'first?"
Out of curiosity, a farmer had
grown a crop of flax and had a
`tablecloth made out of the linen.
Some time later he bragged about
it to a woman guest at dinner.
"I grew this tablecloth myself,"
he said.
"Did you really?" she exclaimed.
"How did you ever manage it?"
It was plain she had no idea of
how tablecloths came into being,
so he lowered his voice mysterious-
ly As he replied, "If you promise
not to give the secret away, Ill
tell you."
The guest promised.
"Well," proceeded the farmer, "I
planted a napkin." -
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Hill; "What is the hardest
thing you ever did?"
Will: "Make ten easy pay-
ments."
Huron Federation Of;
AgricultureFarmNews
Co-op Business Hits New High
Nearly one-third of the main Can-
adian farin products sold commer-
cially are marketd by co-opera-
tives. The value of this co-opera-
tively marketed farm produce last
year hit a new high of more than
half a million dollars, with total
1917 'business reported by co-oper-
atives to the Dominion Department
of Agriculture of $712,583,000, an-
other record figure.
According to J. E. O'Meara of the
Department's Economics Division,
Ottawa, the 2,095 co-operatives re-
porting their 1947 business had a
membership totalling 982,990. But
as Mr. O'Meara points out in a De-
partment publication, entitled "Co-
operatin In Canada, 1947," there is
duplication in this membership
figure such -as that caused by some
farmers marketing milk through
one organization, eggs through an-
other.
In the year 1946-47, co-operative
purchases of supplies and goods
for members topped the hundred
million dollar mark for the first
time at the figure of $127,001,488.
Of this business, 40 per cent was
done through wholesale co-opera-
tive organizations, of which each
province has at least one.•
Fishermen's co-operatives mar-
keted more than 10 million dollars
worth of fish, and. bought a million
and a half dollars worth of con-
sumer goods, which included ,con-
sumer
and gear as well as groceries and
clothing.
Nine Months of Poultry Exports
With the last quarter of the year
yet to go, Canadian poultry ex-
ports for 'the first nine months of
1947 have topped those of any full
year in the past. Last year's poul-
try exports totalled 27 million
pounds; the peak year of 1944 saw
the export of 30 million pounds;
from January 1 to September 30
of this year, the figure stands at
34 million pounds.
Of this, 21 millions have been
exported alive to the United
States; 11 millions have gone as
dressed poultry to the U.S.; about
three-quarters' of a million pounds
of dressed poultry have gone to
other ports, principally to British
West Indies and Newfoundland,
with smaller quantities to Alaska,
St, Pierre and Miquelon, and—
earlier in the year—to Belgium and
Seel tzerl an d.
Of the live poultry exports, On-
tario has been the source of about
three-quarters of the shipments.
Manitoba has chipped more dress-
ed poultry than any other province.
Safety First
Here's a safety tip when putting
furnace or stove pipes in position.
After fitting the lengths se -Wray
together, take a piece of white
chalk and make a circle around
the place where the slightly ex-
panded ends of each length fit ov-
er the p,revious section. If the
lengths of pipe start pulling away
from each other, the chalk mark
will show this movement.
If this small safety tip is adopt-
ed, a casual glance at the pipes at
any time will show whether the
sections', a•Fe parting company, or
whether all is "safe and sure."
There is danger in poorly fitting
stove or furnace pipes. Escaping
coal gas is probable; a disastrous
fire may even be in the making.
Years Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
ty-five and Fifty Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
November 2, 1923
An historic event took place in
the Methodist Church, Walton, last
Sunday and Monday, that will not
soon be forgotten. It was the Gold-
en Jubilee Anniversary of the op-
ening of the church. Rev. A. Mc-
Ki'bbon, of Fingal, preached the
sermons. Mr. Chas. Boyd, of Bethel
Church, sang a jubilee song.
M -r. Wm. H. Waiper, baker of
Zurich, has exchanged his farm on
the I ippen-Seaforth road for the
farm owned 'by 'Mr. Thos. J. Web
ster, located west of Seaforth.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell H. Sproat
returned on Monday evening from
a 'week's visit with friends in De
troit.
Mr. J. M. Govenlock has, return
ed after a three months' trip to
the Western Provinces.
Seaforth Male Quartette, consist
ing of J. Beattie, J. G. Mullen, D
F. McGregor and Geo. Israel, sup
plied the musical program at Hills
green Church anniversary on Mon
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Best are mov
ing 'this week into the resident
on Goderich St., which Mr. Bes
recently purchased from Mr. Robt.
Smith.
The members of the Loyalty
Class of First Presbyterian Churc
sent a box of fruit, baby's clathe
and other articles to St. Christo-
pher House in Toronto this week.
Miss Belle Campbell has return-
ed after a three months' trip to
the Western Provinces and the
coast.
J. J. Merner, J. Dick, J. Denn
son and W. IR, Reid were in Lon-
don on Thursday attending the an-
nual meeting of the Western On-
tario Conservative Associatiou.
Mr. Gordon McGavin, McKillop,
has been cutting wood for the far-
mers. He has a nice outfit and ca 1
turn timber into stove wood wit 1
neatness and speed.
Mr. John Holden has sunk a
well for Mr. George Hess in 'Me-
Killop.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eggert and
daughter, Della, of Mc'Killon spent
Sunday in. Listowel.
Mrs. J. E. Willis has returned
from Detroit.
Mrs. Ross, who has returned
from a trip to the West, is a guest
of Mt. and Mrs. T, S. Smith be-
fore returning to Scotland.
'Miss Thelma Pethick, of London,
is visiting her parents at her hone
here.
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From The Huron Expositor
November 4, 1898
A couple of men have been visit-
ing Hay Swamp to study its possi-
bilities as to peat bog, for the
manufacture of commercial fuel.
Miss Minty MacGregor and Miss
Annie Murray, of the 3rd conces-
sion of Tuckersmith, have both
been successful in getting schools.
Mr. Fred Lawrence, who wrote
on the Latin and Greek papers of
the Fourth Form examinations last
July, has been notified by the Edu-
cation Department that he had ob-
tained honors in these subjects.
Mr. John Robb has disposed of
his residence in iSeaforth to Mr.
W. Freeman for $500.
Mr. Duncan McDonald, of near
Chiselhurst, has purchased the
thoroughbred Berkshire hog which
had been used by Mr. James Dor-
ranee in McKillop as his stock pig.
Mr. John Hart, of Brucefield, has
erected a neat stable at the rear
of his 'blacksmith shop.
Mr. Donald Stuart, of the 12th
concession of Stephen, sold his
farm of 100 acres for $4;000, to Mr.
.y:Siler`, near Dashwood:
Mr. James Watson, of town, hits
again secured for his companies,
the Gore and Mercantile Insurance
Companies, the risks of the Coun-
ty House of Refuge buildings.
Mr. John 'Mellis, of The Exposi-
tor staff, who has been laid up for
some time with typhoid fever, is
now able to go abroad and will
soon be at work again.
The farmers in the Brucefield
.district are digging up their roots,
and it is strange to see potatoes
being dug in November.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rutledge,
of Tuckersmith, have returned
from their trip to North Dakota.
Last week Mr. T. O. Kemp, who
is sojourning at Beamsville, sent
home to Mrs. Kemp a box of nice
ripe raspberries of the second
growth, grown in that neighbor-
hood.
The following were ticketed to
distant points from here recently
by Mr. W. Somerville, agent for
the G.T.R.: Henry Atkinson. to Mon
treat; Henry Atkinson to 'Mon-
treal; F. C. G. Minty to Muskoka;
Mrs. Coulter to Ottawa; Ben Dor
-
ranee to Chicago; Mr. Tyndall td
the Soo; Mrs. George Fowler to
Sheldon, N.D.; James Hart, Win-
throp, and John Turner, Jr., to
Muskoka; James Hays and Mrs.
McElroy to 'Muskoka; Miss Grace
Connor, Chiselhurst, to' Boston;
the Misses. Long to Detroit, after
a two months' visit with their sis-
ter, Mrs. James Murray, Crombie
St.
Mr. John Robb and his family
left here on Tuesday for Detroit,
where they will in the future re-
side.
Mrs. James Carlton, of Morris,
was thrown from a. Wagon the oth-
er day when the horses started
suddenly, and as a result her left
arm was broken at the elbow.
The members of the Methodist
Church at Elimvill'e recently pre-
sented Mrs. A. H. Dope with a
beautiful silver tea set as a token
of their appreciation of her long
servieeti ae• organist of the church,
Rats. Destroy Food; Menace Health
Among the things that nobody
knows, is how many rats there -are
in the world. But it has often been
assumed that the number is at
least equal to the human popula-
tion. Canada has a papulation of
13 million, which means there are
probably a similar number of these
rodents acting as destroyers of
food and property, and presenting
a serious problem to public health
authorities across the Dominion.
The common brown or Norway
rat, in addition to being a prolific
breeder, probably eats, as an adult,
about an ounce of food a day.
While it, is true that rats eat much
that is unfit for human use, they
also eat practically anything used
as food by human beings and by
livestock—except hay. They also
contaminate food and make it' un-
fit for human consumption with
consequent loss to producers,
The extermination of rats is com-
plicated by the fact that most of
the suitable poison baits used in
their destruction are also injurious
to other animals and to humans. If
reasonable precautions are observ-
ed, however, poison baits can be
used to good effect.
One of the beat methods of avoid-
ing damage from rats is to make
buildings rat -proof. Concrete is one
of the best materials as founda-
tie-is and around spacee where
drain and other pipes lead out of
a building. Doors should be bound
at their base with sheet -metal, and
ventilators and 'basement windows
should be covered with wire-net-
ting.
ire net-
ting.
Traps are effective if there are
not many rats and if in' a house
where the use of poison bait would
be Undesirable. I.t is a good plan
to cover the traps with .a piece of
cheesecloth or scatter sawdust
around ea this helps to make them
less obvious.
At
Canada's' 1948 ell seed crop will
probably be a record. A bumper
crop'in expected for flail seed, a
naw !high for soy tbaatxs, rape seed
all chili er ottd,
Five D.P.'s Arrive in Goderich
Three D.P. girls arrived in,. Gode-
rich at noon Thursday from Europe
to take domestic positions in the
district. All three are Polish Rola
an Catholics, aged 28, and are en-
gaged, their boy friends still in D
P. camps in Germany. Miss Wan.
da Kowalik went to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Baechler, North
St., Goderich; Miss Maria Jasinska
to the home of Mrs. M. Yungblut,
R,R. 1, Auburn; Miss Jozefa Cha -
bras to the home of Oliver Auder-
son, Auburn. A married couple ar-
rived with the same group and
went to the home of Mr. and Mrs
J. A. Sully, Bayfield Road.—Gode-
rich Signal -Star.
Return From British Columbia
Mr. and Mrs. W. C.'Pearce have
returned after a pleasant visit „to
Vancauver, B.C., where Mr. Pearce
was a commissioner to the Goineral
Council of the United. Church.
While there they visited with Dr.
J. E. and Mrs. Whiting and their
son, Ellis, at Bella Coola, B.C: -•=•
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Store Front Modernized
Mr. Aljoe Sanders is remodelling
the front of his grocery store and
is enlarging and remqdelling the
interior of the store, malting it self-
service.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Do Well At Plowing Match
Huron County boys made a good
showing in the Inter -County com-
petition at the International Plow-
ing Match near Lindsay on 'Thurs-
day and Friday last. Results were:
Walking plow Class, boys under 20,
John Clark, Goderich, and Art Bell,
Goderich. These boys placed 8th
out of eleven teams which took
part in this competition. Inter -
County tractor class, Ken Roger-
son, Seaforth, Arthur •Bolton, Dub-
lin. These boys placed llth out of
a field of 19 teams, Competition
was keen in all classes and there
was a large number of very good
lands plowed in both of these class-
es. These boys are to be congratu-
lated-' on all their winnings, and it
is hoped that in -another year Hur-
on County will have a couple of
plow teams which will make a good
showing at the International Plow-
ing Match.—Clinton News -Record.
Hold Church Parade
On Sunday the local Boy Scouts,
Gini Guides, Wolf Clubs and Brown-
ies attended United. Church rally
day services. They met at the lib-
rary at 10.45 and paraded to
church. At the church they were
met by the group committee of the
Boy Scouts and the local associa-
tion of the Girl 'Guides who accom-
panied them into church. -There
was a splendid turnout of the boys
and girls which pleased their lead-
ers. Standard•bearers for the ser-
vices were: Union Jack, Scout Geo.
Cousins; Union Jac!:, Guide Sheila
Porter; World Flag, Lieut. Cud -
more, .Girl Guides. --Brussels Post.
Students' Council Elects
Fred Kirby was elected presi-
dent of the Students' Council of
Clinton Collegiate Institute at the
annual school -wide election of of-
ficers Friday last. It is planned to
hold one open meeting a month.
0.00. Po ens 1:
The Most Pressing ditty of the new
executive is the, 'holding Of the
annual school Iffihtation party on .
Friday evening, Oct. 29. ,Students'.
Council officeit'e Or. ,44S-49 are as
follows: President, 'Fred Kirby;
1st vice -pies„ Dorothy McGuire;
2nd vice-pres., Clare Maltby; sect,.
Nancy Ford; treas.,, Bill Andrews;
representatives: boys' sports, BIII•
Neddger; girls' sports, Isobel Chow -
en; Form V , Catherine Mislead ;
Form IV, Ciroveit Clare; Form III,
Phyllis. Healy; Form Ila Jack, Wil-
aon; Fenn 414 Maw Merritt;
Fenn . la, Bernice De eaMle Perm
lb„ Harris Oakes; Fenn lo, Edwin
Dunn. --Clinton DTewa-Reeerd, •
Won Medical Alumni Scholarship
The Medical Alumni Association
Scholarship has been awarded to
James' 'Hall, who entered his first
pre -medical year at the 'University
of Toronto in September. This
scholarship is given each year to a
student beginning his medical
course, and is awarded chiefly for
the standing of' the student on his
Grade XIII -examinations' set by
the Department of Education of
Ontario. Jim holds twelve firsts,
two seconds and one third class
•standing in hie Upper. School sub-•
jects, and is to be congratulated
on winning this scholarship which
is open to, all students beginning'
the medical course at the Univers-
ity of Toronto.—Wingbiam Advance
Times. ,
Legionette Draw and Dance
.The Legionette draw and dance
held in the blue room. of the Legion
Hall on Wednesday evening was a
big success. The prize winners
were as follows: 1st, vacuum .clean-
er, J. G. Walter, Goderich; 2nd,
electric pad, N. Fuller; 3rd, lady's
blouse, Mrs. Garon,Clinton; 4th,.
silver cake service, Mrs. G. Brown;
5th, nylons, T. Hamilton; 6th, lin-
en handkerchiefs, W. Gardiner.
Miss Maxine Martin for the second'
time led the girls in ticket selling,
with Miss Violet MacAdam second -
and Miss Dorothy McVittie third.
—Goderich Signal -Star.
Honored By Friends and Neighbors
'Mrs. Ann McNevin entertained
at her home on Patrick St. last
Thursday evening in honor of Mrs.
Alwyn French, who left for her,
new home in London on Friday. At
the close of the evening the guest
of honor was presented with a
small sum of money as a token of
friendship and good -will. — Wing--
h'am Advance -Times.
Church. Group Honors Member
Group 3 of the United Church
met at the home of Mrs. R. Wight -
man •on Wednesday afternoon for a
social time and to present Mrs. D.
G. Hodd, one of their members,
with a parting gift. Mrs. Hodd is
leaving shortly to go to Labrador
with Dr. Hodd, and will be greatly
missed by her friends:. After a
dainty lunch had been seryed Mrs.
Harold Phillips read an address,.
and Miss Margaret Hirons pres-
ented Mrs. Hodd with a lovely pin
on behalf of the group. 'Mrs. Hodd
replied suitably, expressing her a11�
preciation of the gift. - Blyth
Standard.
Black Gold
(By W. R. C., in Winnipeg Free
Press)
Rarely in the development of
natural resources on this continent
has there been a more spectacular
display of primary wealth than the
uncontrolled outpouring of oil from
a "rogue" well in the Leduc oil
field, of Alberta. Perhaps it has
been too spectacular, has created
an impression of resources not yet
wholly eustified by proven facts,
although those facts in themselves
are impressive.
For six months after the "wild"
well burst loose, oil gushed from
its pipe and spouted from the
ground over many acres. Its 'flow
was 14,000 barrels a day and even
when it completed its career by
breaking into a terrifyingconfla-
gration, which was finally extin-
guished and the well submerged,
it was still flowing 8,000 ,barrels•.
Oil Poured Out
All told it poured out 1,100;000
barrels of oil valued at $3.45 each,
more than one-quarter of which
was pumped back into the for-
mation, most of the rest marketed
and some of which went up in
smoke. To oilmen the remarkable
thing is that it hardly affecte,e the
rest of the field.
Albertans have long been aware
of their great resources not only'
in oil but in many other things.
They have tried to tell the world
of their billions of tons of coal,
their "unlimited" natural gas, their
gold and; base metals, their bitu-
men and tar sands and their pow-
er reserves. But to the rest of the
world Alberta has remained "cat-
tle country." Now the spectacular
'exhibition of 011 has awakened the
interest of a continent.
U... Attention
As a matter of fact the eyes of
American oil scouts' have been
turned to Alberta ever since the
first Leduc well was brought in.
Many years before Turner Valley
had made its repute as, one of the
world's greater •oil sources but it
attracted less attention than it de-
served. Turner Valrey is still pro.
clueing substantially and as it
grows old new fields come into
prospect.
Alberta'soil-bearing formations'
are unusually interesting. At Led-
uc, for example, there are two
proven producing levels, that 18
two oil fields one below the other.
Recent deeper drilling suggests a
third layer. That started geologists
b thinking about layer -cakes else•
Where and, a test in Turner "b'alley
Doctor (after examining patient) :
"1 don't like the looks of your hus-
band, Mrs. Brewin."
Mrs trewni "Neither do T, doe -
fiery; but he goo4, ,t our children .° les.. They 110 .4 l.lU d'telts ist t had
suggests another producing strata
lies !below the Maddscn lime there,
iron several decades Albert 'has
had some hundreds o &
f oil crymp•an
sands of Canadian shareholders
who put up most of the $150,000,000
l oil exploration has cont. 'But their
capital reserves are small and,
with the exception of three or four
larger independents, their work
has been Limited. Thus the most
valuable prizes have fallen to the
big companies.
The Leduc discovery aroused in-
terest in tee United States and
when the Imperial Oil Company
announced it would spend many
millions in Alberta, USS. companies
were not far behind. They, too,
wanted to, share in the pot of gold.
and today their geologists are,
roaming the province in ' great
numbers, testing structures and:
filing on oil leases over large,
areas.
At the start their approach was'
hesitant. A socialist government
nearby in Saskatchewan, openly
avowed to liquidate -private enter-
prise, and the possibility that the
same party would gain office in
Alberta, caused them to pause -
Possibly "'had the recent election
not given them assusance of a.
"safe" administration they wouldl
have remained out. And, of course,.
they bring with them their own
conception of how and whom gov-
ernments should serve.
Close Conservations•
r'
!Present government policy, up toy
now, has been one of close con-
servation
onservation and of checkerboarding
oil leases so that a portion of all
oil land remains with the state and
can 'be leasedprofitably to others
than thdse who discover the field_
As at present carried out that pol-
icy gives the smaller Canadian
firms a chance to bid for such re-
servead areas.
The presently known oil reserves
of Alberta are 'huge. The proven'
area of the Leduc field alone was
originally estimated to have 200,
000,000 'Barrels of extractable oil.
The great outpouring of the
"rogue" well has caused that fig-
ure to be raised to 400,000,000 or
possibly' 600,000,000 barrels. Thet
current market price of Leine oil.
is $3.45 a barrel. Consequently the
Potential 'wealth runs upwards of
a billion dollars. Leduc is only one•
field in a provincewhere there
are strong indications of several
More.
The manner in which such
wealth is used rests with the gov-
ernment as well as with those who
do the development job. That is
why it is unfortunate the Alberta
,goverYinient i:s, faced with so weak
an oppdsition and that the instrn-
meiits' of articulate and intelligent
criticism are no more' vlgd'rtille
than they' have sho*n theiheelvesy
to be,
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