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PStnrapaecentical Journal) tore of lawsheiteeler. Stanley did vie
cantly from the University of A1-
berth—beforee received his dee
gree. in me4Lci e,•le not only soma
thing that eoud t lappet , e y in the
Morena West, but is indiieative of
the vigorous, character of those
wlio came to open the West.
Went Vifeat Because of Illness
In the case of Dr. 'Stanley that
is the situation in more ways than
one; for he cameewest because he
had tuberculosis in the days when
the only cure for tuberculosis was
plenty of sunshine, plenty of food
and- plenty of hope.
"Well," said Dr. Stanley, "I found
Southern Alberta had plenty of
sunshine andI' had a strong stom-
ach.
towach. And ae for hope, well, they
thought I was going to die once,.
but that' Was 501 years ago. I got
over the idea long ago."
For years the Doctor, kept his ail-
ment to himself and on one occar•
sion it almost backfired. He was
sitting on a pile of lumber at High.
River enjoying the sunshine, when
the, luan'kern. n asked him to iheLp•
carry a couple of boards. Dr. State
ley refused without giving his rea-
eons. '
"Word got around," he smiled,
"that the new Dr.. was` about the
laziest creature God ever made."
Born in Exeter
Dr. Stanley was born in Exeter,
Ontario, in 1876. He lived all bis
young life at St. Marys, Ontario.
was graduated from the high school
there and from the University, of
Toronto medical school in 1901. He
was made a life member to the
Canadian Medical Association in
Halifax. in 1960 and in 1951 was
able to put the letters M.D. on his
little black bag. When be was
graduated fsom the University of
Toronto Medical school in 1901 it
was with the degree of bachelor of
medicine, which then was a dis-
tinct degree. To obtain his doctor
of medicine degree in 1901 it would
be necessary that he write another
examination and pay $25. He had
neither the time nor the money,
so skipped it.
• In June of last year, the class. of
1901 were entertained at Toronto's
convocation. There were about a
dozen members of the class left,
and Dr. Stanley wag given this doc-
tor of medicine degree.
Dr. 4, p, ,Stagle1r looted, drug-
gist a'ad author• •vva® bprn 1
teeter, Ent„ endWove* 1P the
West as a young man. Ile is the
anther Qf the bggk, "Fun tn. the
Foothife,'r in wheoh he remin
laces about hie life in the West
when it was opening ult.
Dr. G. D. Stanley is both a dee-
tear and a member of the Alberta
Pharmaceutical Association, and
Ibis contribution as a doctok and
druggist over the' years bas 7been
outstanding.
In addition to his efforts toward
the improve ant of the health and
welfare of hh s many patients, his
interest in public welfare and cam-
munity e49rt bas ,been remarkable,
Through. the Doctor's keen, inter.
est in the, education• and welt -:going.
' of the students, Mount 'Royal O•ol-
lrgo has a beautiful new gymnas-
dedicated to .1)r. Manley. The
Doctor's varied interests find him
a regular attendant of, Wesley
United Church on whose board he
has been active for many years as
well as :being. an active :member of
the Masonic Lodge,
Dr. George D. Stanley is one of
Alberta's best known doctors and
a cleaner the profession in Canada,
and has practiced medicine for 50
years without having his M.D.! He
just went East last July to pick up
this degree!
Never Had His M,D.
Those years have led Slim to.
leadership in his field and 'Cana-
dian citizenship generally, but he's
never been able to th.ang out a shin-
gle like other doctors because he's
never had an M:D. handy to put
after his name.
It seems rather odd that a man
should be in the profession for that
length of time without the degree
that identifies. it today, but then
lots of odd things happened• to
those horse -and -buggy era doctors.
• Dr. Stanley *kept pace with the
times, but when you sit in his com-
fortable Calgary home, it 'doesn't
take long to figure out that this
cheerful man in the smoking jack-
et
acket and slippers would be just as
much at ease on the seat of a bug-
gy, driving a spirited, high-stepping
team of blacks.
And how a medical man could
receive an honorary degree of doe-
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MEDICAL
DR. M. W. STAPLETON
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 90 Seaforth
JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 110 Hensall
JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J
Seaforth
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The doreepe has writtept a 'Amok
Balled "Fun in, the Fgethillsl."
boa that Wr11 bring a great, deal
of pleasure to a nivaber of people
especiialIy tre the i`fin( ave I;ve III,.
or elsited:, the week
Soak On Earl){ Days
The story Is a "Roundup," of n
forgettable, incidents. ig 'the 'horse
and baggy daY$; of a .pioneer dee
tor. Maly of the, incidents are part
of everyday life in a stockmen's
country and ' in no way related to
the Medical peofes ion. A western-
er ca nsit down and. while reeding
this book, relive the past iavfth Dr.
Stanley, who has displayed axone,
ins descriptive powerrs and. a tal-
ent for geeing, the harpmlrous Olde
of incidents, in everyday life,
Dr. ,Stanley recalls that he trav-
elled
rayelled man* miles over very, rough
roads and o[tem in the middle of
the night, driving his blach team
which became, hila, close but silent
friends. He once astounded his.
Masonic Lodge gathering by say-
ing
aying he had confided all the secrets
of Masonry to a couple of friends,
,.
but he knew they wouldn't talk.
He bought a car before anybody
thought of licensing them. When he
got his first license in 1916 it was
No. 6 and he has had it ever since.
He received the license personally
from the provincial secretary of
the day who told him he was lucky
in numbers. If he was ever in trou-
ble for speeding all he had to do.
was turn the plate upside down and
he'd !lave No. 9.
One meets• many colorful char-
acters in "Fun in the Foothills";
the village blacksmith, for in-
stance, who prided himself on
knowing all the ifacts about new-
comers to the town.
An interesting chapter in the
book is dedicated to the famous
Bob Edwards, editor of the popular
"EyeOpener," a booklet published
monthly in High River and read by
everyone. The bolder elements of
the population read it openly; the
Prudish read it stealthily in the
corner.
SEAFORTH CLINIC
E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D.
Internist
P. L. BRADY, M.D,
Surgeon
Office Hours: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
daily, except Wednesday and Sun-
day.
EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday only, 7-9 p.m,
Appointments made in advance
are desirable.
OPTOMETRIST
JOHN E. LONGSTAFF
Optometrist
Ayes Examined, Glasses Fitted.
Phone 791
MAIN• g'P SEAFORTH
orlon
pm. Hours: 9- 6
Wed. 9-12.30; Sat. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
VETERINARY
All Kinds of Cowboys
There were cowboys and cow-
boys. Some of the boys were just
as wild and irresponsible as the
unbroken .bronchos they had to
ride "and there were others who
handled the bronchos just as well
and yet were as responsible and
dependable as meg could be. Many
of the yarns deal only with the
former group whose escapades have
provided the present generation
with many good laughs but were a
'pain in the neck' to the steady set-
tlers of their own genetation. The
recognized procedure was to get to
the old hotel as often as possible,
preferably at the week -end, ride
into the bar on 'horseback; drink
their beer, 'in status quo', with the
horses noses right up on the bar.
Dr. Stanley' goes on to say that
his initial education regarding cow-
boys and round -ups and ranching,
sodbusters and agriculture in gen-
eral was gained listening to what
went on in the sitting room at Mrs.
Robertson's •boarding house. Those
were the days when homesteaders
were coming in by the hundreds to
file on homesteads. To the other
boarders who sat in large .chairs
with their. feet in high top riding
boots lodged on the ring of the
stove, away up h'gh on its corpora-
tion, those 'sodbusters' were just
a part of a terrible plague which
cow -punchers had to endure every
so often . These 'sod'busters' had
the habit of planking their outfits
down on perfectly good grazing
land and sticking up quantities of
barbed wire all over the prairies.
This I ter fell down and entangled
the 11 later
of horses and cattle who
were legitimately trying to use the
grass God had provided for them.
To the cowpunchers it was an old
story they had lived through be-
fore, and this present outbreak was
simply another spasm, which would
have to be endured but would end
in disaster for the 'sodbusters.'
A doctor's life then, as now, was
never his own. ,On the day of his
marriage to the former Miss Annie
Colvin of Hamilton, Ont., on Nov.
11, 1903, he had to leave the re-
tool-tar/I.&
e-
i t BULL.& BRYANS
Veterjnary Clinic
J. O. Turnbull, D.V.M.
W. ' R. Bryans, D.V.M.
Phone 105 Seaforth
PERCY C. WRIGHT
LIoalssd Auctioneer .. Cromarty
Livestock and Farm Sales
a Specialty
For a better auction sale, call the
Atb tioneer. Phone Hen
THE McKILLOP
MU'INAL FIRE
INSUR/ANCE CO'Y.
HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont.
OFFICERS:
President - J: L. Malone, Seaforth
Vice -Pres. - J. H. Mc1l wing, Blyth
Manager and Sec.-Treas. - M. A.
Reid, Seaforth.
Photperatle Hellard-Amevicc Lir.
MAIDEN VOYAGE SALUTE TO CANADA . : P pretty
Netherlander in authentic Dutch costume waves happily as•thenew
pride of the Holland -America Line, S.S. Maasdam steams under the
Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal Harbor on her maiden voyage
from Rotterdam. The first foreign passenger ship ever to make a
maiden voyage to this country, the iil'laasdam is paying tribute to
Canada for the part played by ,Canadian Forcesin the• liberation of`
Holland and to acknovn•�rdge the friendly reception shown by this
country to thousands o8 etherlanders•who have emigrated here.
The sleek 1303 foot, 15,024 gross ton vessel is designed to cater al-
most exclusively to tourist -class travellers and arrived here with a
capacity list of 881 passengers. e
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option to attend a confinement in
he country. He"got back the next
ay to find another team waiting
o take him to the second case.
hen he got back he tound his Tit-
le bride in tears, after all this
untry was new, strange, and a
came widely known. This was a
medical case from one of the mid-
west States, brought up by her
brother because of a long and con-
tinuous illness. She had consulted
internists at Chicago, Rochester,
New York and elsewhere without
bit frightening to a girl newly ar-i success. Three minutes convinced
ived from the effete East Mrs.Ime that she was psychotreurotic to
Stanley proved herself a girl with
character and the ideal wife for
his courageous, friendly young
doctor. She was a loving mother,
faithfula nd 1o yal wife until her
death forty-four years later.
The kindly doctor says "I won-
der if my readers would like to
hear what • initial surgical opera-
tions or medical cures established
my professional reputr tion on a
sufficiently sure and sound basis
that I have been able to carry on
with a fair degree of success ever`
since. I should say that my .first
two cases did the trick, The first
case was of quinsy. My young pat
fent was unable to swallow at all
and was having considerable diffI-
culty in breathing. I attempted to
palpate the abscess in the throat
but in my clumsy nervousness pok-
ed it with the end of my finger— 193a
and presto! the cure was effected. , When asked why he loved the
FAL1 FAIR DATES
Following are listed the dates for
district fall fairs. Seaforth fair
will be held September 18 and 19,
and the International Plowing
Match will be in Carleton County,
of Carp, from October 7 to 10.
Arthur 'Sept 23-24
Atwood Oct. 2-3
Bayfield Sept. 24-25
Blyth Sept. 16-17
Brussels Sept. 25-26
Chesley Sept. 5- 6
Clifford Sept. 16-17
Drayton Sept. 20-22
Dungannon Sept. 17
Sept. 9-10
Sept. 17-18
Sept. 26-27
,Sept. 17-18
Sept. 24-25
Sept.` 25-26
Sept. 24
Sept. 18-19
Sept. 25-26
s ptt. 1 Vi0:
... Sept. 8-i3
Sept. 23-24
Oct. 3-4
. 15-16
19-20
23-24
144 }Z, 13-15
Sep. 12-13
Sept. 27-29-30
e t+ 9-9
S ' 29-30
Sept. 26
Sept. 16-17
Sept. 18-19
Sept, 1849
Sept. 30 -Oct. 1
Durham
Exeter
Forest
,Hanover ,
Harriston
Holstein
llderton
Kincardine,
Kirkton
Lindsay
Listowel
London (Western)
Lucknow
Meaford
Mildmay
Milverton
Mitchell
Mount Forest
New Hamburg
Owen Sound
lsaisley
Palmerston
Parkhill
DIRECTORS:
E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; J. L.
Malone, Seaforth; S. H. Whit-
more, ,Seaforth; Grhris. Leonhardt
Bornholm; Robert Archibald, Sea, -
forth; John H. McEwing, Blyth;
Fri nk McGregor, Clinton; Wm. S
Aleksander, Walton; Harvey Fuller
God'erioh. i
AGENTS:
J. E, Pelmet', Brucefield; R.
MoReresTher, (Dublin; Wm. Leber
Jr„ Lond'osboro; J. P. Procter
Ri:4ydh sit: SetWyn Baker, Bilis
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Ripley
Rodney
SEAFORTH .l•'
St. Marys
Stratford
S rathroy
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a high degree, but I took three days
off and on, to complete a most de-
tailed physical check-up and an-
other afternoon to discuss the find -
in M rescrlption included on-
gs. Y P
ly: AQUA DISTLLLATA, AQUA
RIFI ATA A UA COLORATA
PU C , C
The dose was ten drops in a glass
of water exactly twenty minutes
.before meals with a warning that
if she i had any doubt as to the
accur: cy of the drop count to throw
the medicine away and recount the
drops. It worked like a charm.
Citizen As • Well As Physihi.ian
Dr. Stanley has tried to cure the
ills of his country as well as its
people. He was Conservative mem-
ber of the Alberta legislature from
1913 to 1921, member of Parliament
for Calgary East from 1930 to
(Continued from Page 2')
Blue Weed, Mulled" and' Hawk-
weed.
awkweed. Although cattle 7say be
grazing on this \t ie of land, they
prefer Braes to 'weeds. Hence the
weeds are not ei bjected to the
severe grazing that the grasses re-
ceive. Therefore to control thew
weeds and others emit as Thistle,
Ragweed, Chicory and Wild Carrot
he recommends that they be spray
ed, before •blooming, with hee
pounds of 2,4-11 acid per acre.
Mr. Faille adds that there is an-
other type of pasture which is
workable, but for econoaleic or 80-
cial • reasons, has .been allowed to
revert to ranchland. This partiour
lar type is being over -run by ',head
trees — prineapally Hawthorn-
and in time wilt: be of little use for
anything. In making suggestions
for removal of these trees, with
the atd of chemicals Mr. Fallis
points out that dead trees do not
get any larger or reproduce them-
selves.
hemselves. Also when dead for a •year
or more, they are much more easily
removed than when alive. For con-
trol of brush under two feethigh,
he suggests wetting the trees thor-
oughly, using 32 ounces of acid
ester type 2,4-D in 100 gallons of
water. This can be done during
the weed spraying operations.
However, for larger trees there
are two methods. The first which
is rather costly is to apply one
pound of Sodium Chlorate to the
base of each tree. This should be
'done in the late fall—after the cat-
tle have been taken, off the pas-
ture. This is to allow time for the
material to get leached down, out
of the reach of the cattle, to avoid
poisoning. This operation coats
about lOc per bush.
The second method Mr. Fallis ad-
vises Is cheaper and gives more
satisfactory results. It is known
as the Dorinant Basal Bark Spray.
The magic outcome was a winner
for the new doctor. and the entire
community soon beard all about it.
The second case was that of a
well-known character, stock detec-
tive Jackson, who presented him-
self to have a couple of teeth ex-
tracted. "I want them both"out,"
he said, pointing to two lower mol-
ars. I had only one pair of upper Ask why the eagle soars in the air
molar forceps but tackled the job. Or builds so Thigh his craggy nest,
I fastened onto the back .molar and Ask why the fish CO seas repair—
began to extract. The forceps slip- Then ask me why I love the West.
ped its hold, lodged between the
two teeth and out came the pair Ask why the beauteous butterfly
as clean as a whistle. That new F;nti • in a flower a place to rest,
doctor was not only exper. to i:ua-' Or why the swallows homeward fly.
Ing a sing e tooth but he kii w how I Then a:k me why I love the West
to get them two at a time!
Three -Day Check Up
.tApother outstanding succus be -
West so very much the good doctor
replied, "I think J, D. i3igginsbot-
ham, who went to Macleod, Alta.,
in 1884 and now writes about his
early days in the West from his
home in Guelph, Ont., expresses ex-
actly what is in my heart when he
says, - •
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Ask the Tom' mother whose fair mite
Li
acontentn•t,nt un her breast
es n .. .
The reason 01' her sweet delight—
Then ask me why I love the West.
Is it because the skies are blue,
The sun so genial, friends the best?
Is it because their hearts are true
That I so dearly love the West?
Dreams Of Home
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of .t1
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material?
leya1 (pit of
a fox*,*-1ely
to
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Ire en.nclus o ;fir, !'alt*a isles
OM only throes weed centr91 i
g
we. hope to iinPr9ye . t1}e. carni}?, ',
capai4ty of oulr;r Pal#tide;'
• Police Orliisor Crhshes
An accident 'bink resulted he bee-,'
tureen $700 and $7 000 detnage to'.
a police, enlister belonging to t7ae`,
iladerich detae mart or the On-
tario Provincial Police hq& result''
eh in the suspension and gybes.-
quem resignation of Constable , W.
H. Miller from; the force. A charge
of careleas driving has alae been
laid against ,Miller under instruo-
tions of Crown Attorney H. Glenn
]days, Q,C. Thee accident occurred
at about two o'elaeoir Friday miorn-
ing at the iuuctiga of No. 21 Hig1t
When we inquired if there was
any nostalgia when he thought
about dear old St. Marys, back in
Ontario; and if age had obliterated
the memories of bis boyhood there,
and if time had dimmed the bright-
ness of the old friendships—Doctor
Stanley's kindly, handsome face as-
sumed a strange expression and a
faraway look came into his eyes.
then after some time had elapsed
he said, "I will have to call on an-
other
uother of my dear friends to proper-
ly express my thoughts and an-
swers
nswers to those questions,"
There are dreams we dream in the
days of youth,
That are wonderful dream of joy,
For there comes no dream like the
hopes that gleam
Through the heart and mind of a
boy.
But the dearest dream of the
dreams we dream,
As the tangled path we roam,
Is the dream that appears in our
later years
When we •dream our dreams of
Lome.
Sept. 16-17
Sept. 4-6
Tavistock Sept. 5-6
Teeswater Sept. 30-0et. 1
Thedtord Oct. 2-3
Teronta (C.N.E.) ..,Aug. 22 -Sept. 6
Wiarton .... Sett. 11-12
Zurich •..• ,.>.WY4..w✓i•Y Beet.429'$0
eep TRAGEDY
off the Highways
—this week -end
Come back alive from your holiday trip!
Rash, hurried driving endangers your life and that
of every other person near you on the highway.
Traffic will be heavy and slower than normal. It
will take you a little longer to arrive but don't let
it worry or annoy you. Take it easy. Thousands
of others will be travelling too . s respect their
safety as well as your own!
Stay Alert—Stay Alive!
GEO. 11. DOUOti
MINISTER
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BULK TEA, raiSits and crackers in the Alp
time grocery store have been superseded lay
sanitary packaged goods packed by the good name
of their maker. The sliced; wrapped loaf of bread
and the can of soup or fruit have eliminated hours of
kitchen drudgery. Modern bathrooms, furnaces$ and
electric appliances, have swept away inefficient,
laborious methods. The motor car has retrolutiiidl
ized our way of life:
Advertising has played a part in these adv>ltiee$,
because, advertising has made mass etodtietiOU POSE.
sible, and mass production has brought the can ;Of
soup, the electric washer and the motor car Within
every family's reach.
This newspaper looks on its display and classified.,
adverti'siufg as an important part of its service
the coratattaity.
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