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SEAFORTH; Friday, March 12
REQUIREMENT FOR INDUSTRY
In view of the interest throughout
the district in encouraging an enlarg-
ed industrial capacity in Huron in
general, and in Seaforth in Particu-
lar, it is surprising there was not a
larger attendance at the annual din-
ner meeting of the Seaforth Cham-
ber of ° Commece. It is true, of
course, that heavy snow and blocked
roads kept some at home who other-
wise would have been present. On
the other hand, there were many to
whom the weather was not a factor,
who could have been present.
A particularly interesting aspect of
the meeting was the priority which
the guest speaker, Robert Potts, of
the Ontario Department of Planning
and Development allotted to each of
the six factors which he said must be
taken into consideration 'ere new in-
rjustry could be attracted to a com-
munity.
Heading the list was the necessity
of there being a town plan. Zoning,
which is made possible by an official
Plan, must be in effect, Industry
wants assurance, he said, that the
community which it selects, will have
an orderly growth. At the same
time, it wants assurance that the in-
vestment it makes in a community"
will not be jeopaydized overnight by
the establishment next door of a
plant of a nature that would disrupt
or make difficult its operation.
Planning, of course, is not some-
-thing that is the perogerative of the
Chamber of Commerce. It is a mat-
ter for the Council. This would seem
to be a good time to set in motion
the necessary machinery leading to
the adoption of a town plan.
WEEDS EAT UP DOLLARS
Weeds always have been a prob-
lem, not only for the farrier but also
for the home owner who tries to
grow a Iuxurious green lawn.
Through the years many Methods
have been attempted in order to con-
trol at least, if not to eliminate them.
Despite the fact weeds have al-
ways been with us, we rarely give
thought to the economic loss which
they cause.
This information in terms of aver-
age farms has now become available
as the result of a study carried out
in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Mani-
toba, according to H. E. Woods, of
the Manitoba Department of Agri-
culture. While the figures have
reference to the three Prairie Prov
inces, there is no reason to question
them in relation to conditions ob-
taining in Ontario.
The study revealed that creeds
robbed Western Canadian farmers
of $255,000,000 last year. This
amounted to $1,028 for the average
farm in Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba, or 20 per cent of the total
value of the major crops grown in
these provincees.
The five chief factors contributing
towards the total weed losses and
estimated losses through each were:
Dockage losses $ 40,000,000
Competition to crops1660000
Tillage control costs35,000,000
Delayed seeding costs- 4,000,000
Chemical control costs 10,000,000
Dockage amounted to three per
�st of the total crop or 3,000,000
hels which took up300 trains of
55 wars each,' each cr containing
2,00.0 bushels. Of the . $40,000,000
dockage loss!," 46,000,000 were spent
on.. refight, hanOl ng and cleaning.
''hen weeds ire reduced to dollars
;cents, it becomes more apparent
*dr lr iaf an i iOegsirigrn battle
+gid in order that t1 e.
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THE PEOPLE PATI THE GRANTS
The Ontario Department of Muni-
cipal Affairs has ruled that each
municipality must indicate on its tax
bills the extent to which the Province
has contributed to the municipality.
The department states "in every
year the following notice shall be
printed or otherwise indelibly'stamp-
ed on every tax demand issued by a
municipality: "The Province of On-
tario reduces the 195.. levy against
the ratepayers of the of
by contributing the fol-
lowing amounts
Then are to be listed the amounts
received for education, highways,
welfare, per capita grants and other
grants.
The idea, of course, is .to inform
the municipal taxpayer of the muni-
ficence of the Frost Government. But
in the eyes of a Kitchener Alderman,
the idea seems to be onesided. Alder-
man Frank Harber thinks if the
Province wants to take credit for
grants made to municipalities it
should in fairness tell the ratepayers
how much it has taken out of the
municipality by way of gasoline tax,
car Iicenses, amusement tax, and.
countless other taxes and licenses
which go to boost the provincial
revenue and which make possible the
grants of which it boasts.
There is common sense in the sug-
gestion. The grants, of course, are
not something the Provincial Gov-
ernment created and in which it has
a vested interest. It is the people.
who pay the money with which the
grants are paid.
What Other Papers Say:
Too Much `Gimme'
,(Kitchener -Waterloo Record)
Human nature is such that no mat-
ter what people get in the way of
concessions, they keep coming back
for more. That's one of the reasons
why Iiving costs remain at such high
IeveIs compared with pre-war days.
This may be fine for those on the
receiving end, but what about the
taxpayers who have sizable chunks
taken out of their pay cheques every
week to help pay benefits.
The height of inconsistency is
reached when some spokesman for a
group asks the Government for a
handout and in the same breath in-
sist ,on tax reduction.
Foreign Place Names
(Halifax Chronicle -Herald)
The girl has been coming out of
her home town, which is given as
Oostende But why the double -o and
the final e? The place is Ostend, on
the Belgian coast, and a famous sea-
port it is. Its name is familiar to a
great many people in this country,
as in other lands throughout 'the
world.
The spelling Oostende will, no
doubt, please that portion of the Bel-
gian population which leans to the
Flemish side in the race -and -lan-
guage controversy, but it looks odd
and overdone to English-speaking
folk.
In the despatch (date -lined
Oostqnde) mention .is made of the
Canadian Embassy in Brussels. But
why Brussels? If the urge for the
Iocal spelling is consistent, why not
Bruxelles?
Hospital Visitors
(Fort William Times -Journal)
An acquaintance we met yester-
day was recently a patient in a Lake-
head hospital. -
"Funny how some people have to
have a diagram before they see a
point—including me," he said. "I
was one of those birds who used to
be impatient about hospital.,rules. It
used to get my goat when they
wouldn't let me visit a friend or a
relative except at 'certain hours. I
was particularly mad once when my
wife was in hospital—and Ionely. I
couldn't see anysense to a regulation
that allowed me to be with her only
a short time.
"It was only when I was a'patient
myself for three weeks that I saw
the light. For about ten days I was
feeling real miserable, and when vis-
iting time came around 1 felt like
hollering my head off. ' The bright
chatter, the footsteps and the extra
,teally upset nae. The'best,day
during that � tirne'�> on a More a , When no v aatore weft allowed.,
TIRE gU$pN'E%POSITQR
SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS
Wins Award
An award for best directing was
won by Leon Major, sea of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Major, of Toronto,
and brother of Mrs. Cec. Hoffman,
of Goderich, at the recent Festival
of the University of Toronto Drama
Committee.--Goderich Signal -Star.
Tree Crashes House
A beautiful soft maple shade tree
to the rear of the Thomas Potter
hone, Huron St. W., was a victim
to the wiudstorm last week, a por-
tion landing on the chimney of
their home and some eavestrough-
ing.—Mitchell Advocate.
Spies First Mitchell Robin
With icicles hanging .heavily on
tree boughs, Mrs. H. W. Doerr„
Toronto St., spied the season's first
robin in her back yard Tuesday
morning. Even its sojourn north
!seemed a bit 'untimely, the bird
looked plump and quite serene.—
Mitchell Advocate.
92nd Birthday
Joseph D. Wilson, of Cambria
Road, Goderich, will mark his 92nd
birthday next Wednesday. Mr. Wil-
son, who has lived in"Goder•ich for
the past 50 years, was employed
tor 45 years with the Goderich Or-
gan Company, never having missed
one day of work during all that
time.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Snowy Owl Kilted
A Iarge snowy owl flew into the
roadway in front of Geo. Brown's
car and was killed on the Howick
and Turnberry boundary on "Wed-
nesday evening. This species of the
owl family is seldom seen rl' this
district. It had a wing spread of
52 inches. The southern migration
of these birds is usually co•ntriibut-
ed to scarcity of food in the north.
—Wiugham Advance -Times.
Teacher Heads Department
J. L. Tierney who has been the
efficient French to r at Clinton-
District
linton
District Collegiate Institute for the
past three years, has been appoint-
ed head of the Modern Language
Department at the new Belleville
Collegiate Institute which will be
•opened this September. This is a
well-deserved promotion and the
!best wishes of the staff and stn•
dents at C.D.C,I. go with Mr. and
Mrs. Tierney. — Clinton New-sR•-
cord.
Stork Arrives At Service Station
An impatient stork delivered a
baby at a Grand Bend service Sta-
tion Tuesday morning. • Mr•. and
Mrs. Alvin sossentberry, on their
way to South Huron Hospital, call-
ed at Desjardine's Service Station,
just north of the village, to pick up
Dorothy Desjardine, who was to
accompany them to Exeter. Nature
wouldn't wait for the trip or the
doctor, and a girl was born.to the..
Bossenberry's inside the station.—
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Posted To Japan
Lieut. H. A.. Anderson, son of
Mrs. W. Garbutt and the late F. P.
Anderson, who has been stationed
at Edmonton for the past two
years, has now been posted to Ja-
pan and left on the 25th of Febru-
ary for Vancouver where' he wiIi
go by boat to his new station there.
He will be -away from home at
least one' year. He leaves a wife
and two children in Saskatoon,
where they will reside until his re-
turn.—Mitchell 'Advocate.
Celebrate 59th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Pbiilips
quietly observed their 59th wedding
anniversary at their home in Au-
burn on Saturday, February 27. Mr.
and Mrs. Phillips have a family of
three: Robert J. Phillips, Mrs. (El-
len) T. S. Johnston and Miss Laura
Phillips, all of Auburn. During the
afternoon and evening many friends
and neighbors called to offer con-
gratulations and best wishes. Dain-
ty refreshments were served by
their daughters and daughter -in-
law. --Clinton News -Record.
Twins Celebrate 87th Birthday
A dinner held at the home of
their sister, Mrs. John Tiffin, Brock
St.. on Monday, celebrated' the 87th
birthday- of Mrs. John McPhee, R.
R. 3, Auburn, and Miss Mattie Mt,=
!!wain. of Goderich, Canada's old-
est twins. Mrs. McPhee is the for-
mer Ellen Mcllwain, The twins are
daughters of the late Mr, and Mrs.
David McIlwain, and were born in
West Wawanash Township, near
Nile. Mrs. McPhee has a family
of two ,ons, Cliff on the home-
stead, and Ralph of London; also
three step -children, Thomas, West
Wawanosh; David, Vermilion, Alta:
and Mrs' (Laura) Jackson, Oril-
lia. At present Miss Mcllwain is
snaking her !home with her sister,
Mrs. Tiffin. The three sisters are
the only ones remaining of ,gt fam
ily of 13.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Barber Sells To "New Canadian"
Melvin Crich has sold his barber
shop business to John VanLoo, who
gained experience in hair -cutting
in Holland, and who has been liv-
ing in Canada for about six months.
For the past four years Mr. Crich
has operated the barber shop in
the basement of the Hotel Clinton.
He intends to continue working in
the shop for some. time with Mr.
VanLoo. A barber of many years'
experience, Mr. Crich learned the"
trade in Seafprth in 1906, anis came
to Clinton the next year to work
for John Medd in the store now
occupied by the T. Eaton order
office. After three years he was
able to buy out the business and
continued to operate it for some
years. In the spring of 1920 Mr.
Crich moved onto the farm o$ con-
cession 2, Tuckersmith Township,
now operated •by William Pepper.
In 1936 he returned to the barber-
ing trade in Clinton, this time in
the shop now operated by A. W.
Groves, and continued there until
moving to bis present location.
Deputy Reeve of the Town of Clin-
ton, Mr. Crich has found time also
to be very active in the work of
the Barbers? Association, He is
secretary of the Huron County As-
sociation and is,quite active in the
work of the Ontario group.—Clin-
ton News -Record.
Mark Golden Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gower, of
Crediton, celebrated their golden
wedding 'anniversary on Tuesday,
March 2, when their children and
near relatives, numbering 33, were
entertained at a family dinner.
Isaac Gower, a son of the late 'Mr.
and Mrs. William Gower, and Mary
Pfaff, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Henry- Pfaff, were unitedin
marriage by the Rev. J. W. An-
deews at the Methodist parsonage
at Parkhill. Following their mar-
riage they made their home in
Shipka for 15 years and later farm-
ed near Woodham and Centralia.
They have -spent the past eight
years in Crediton, where they are
fadthftti members of the United
Church. .Mr. and Mrs. Gower have
four children: Milton, of Wood-
stock;
oodstock; Mrs. Joseph Bullock (Vera),
of Crediton; Mrs. Ross Taylor (Lu-
elia), of Exeter, and, Mrs. Elmer
Brunzlow (Aima), of Strathroy;
13 grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren. A grandson, Or -
Taylor, of Exeter, marked his 21st
birthday on the day of the celebra-
tion. Mr. and Mrs. Gower were
the recipients of many good wwiieit-
es from their friends and numerous
gifts from their family. Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Gower, of Kelwood,
;Man., celebrated their fiftieth an-
niversary tete same day. Daniel
Gower is a 'brother of Isaac, and
Mrs. Gower, the former Caroline
Pfaff, is a sister of Mrs. Isaac
Gower.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
More Feed From Fewer Acres
New. early ripening strains of
hybrid corn offer possibilities of
growing a lot more live stock feed
per acre in some areas now de-
pending largely on oats and barley
as their source of grain. If not
required for feed at home, produc-
tion of grain corn will also provide
a valuable cash crop in such areas.
Interesting comparisons between
the yietd•s per acre of grain corn
and oats have been secured on the
Illustration Station et Lyn, in east-
ern Ontario. At this Station in 1953
ranine -acre field produced 91.4 bush-
els of grain corn per acre as com-
partle with 44.2 bushels per acre of
oats on an adjacent. field. In pound's
per acre the corn produced the
equivalent of 152.6 bushels of oats
per acre.
Manitoulin Island is not general-
ly considered a. good grain corn
growing area but at Mindemoya Ex-
perimental Sub -station. a yield, of
59.7 bushels, of shelled corn per
acre was obtain compared with 68.7
bushels of oats. For the oat crop
to have given the same weight of
feed per acre would have required
98.3 bushels or nearly 8 half more
than was actually produced.
1'ihe new hybrids are making it
possible to grow grain corn in ar-
eas outside Ontario such as south-
ern Quebec, southern Manitoba and
where irrigation is possible, in
some areas of southern Alberta.
The Experimental Station at Mor-
den, Man.,"has two new corn hy-
brids, developed pt the Station, now
being made available in commercial
quantities for the flrit time for
planting in 1954. These hybrids%
Morden 74, •a flint -dent variety, and
Morden 77, a full dent variety,
have been /ander test by the Mor-
den
Station for five gears. Average
yields ds folq
this -period, 1949 to 1963
inclusive, were 61.9 'bushels and
61.3 •btiadtels. 111qualty .good yields
are ..fig Obtained by individual
farmers around! Ottawa.
In a series of co-operative tests
of •bhe new hybrids, covering the
five years, 1948-1952, made on live
different farms in the Ottawa area,
corn yields varied from a low of
41 bushels of shelled corn per acre
in 1949 on one farm, to a high of
74 bushels, for one hybrid on the
same farm. in 1952. Average for
all tests over the five-year period
was 54 bushels. Oat yields on the
same farms, and for the same per-
iod, varied from a'low of 35 bush-
els to a high of 80, with an overall
average of 50 bushels.
This indicates grain corn, where
it can be grown successfully, will
give a few more bushels per acre
than can be obtained from oats. In
pounds of feed grain per acre on
the basis of £6 pounds of shelled
corn to the bushel and 34 pounds
of oats, the difference is much
greater -3,024 pounds of corn com-
pared with 1,704 pounds of oats,
and the corn has little or no hull
compared with approximately 25
per cent of hull in oats.
Corn makes a good cash crop for
eastern Ontario. The starch factory
at Cardinai is within easy trucking
distance of most of the area, and
will !buy local corn of good quality.
.Local feed dealers and feed com-
panies in the larger centres, pro-
vide an alternative market, so that
any surplus above home require-
ments' can be readily sold'.
Sales values will differ of course
with different seasons and locations
bpt on the basis of Ontario quota-
tions at the end of December, 1963,
she11'dd Corn with 15 per cent awls -
tire eontent, Wag $145 a bushel
and feed stats 6& dents, or the
uv
i a ent
I of 2.
�s and �I � 1.9i
per
r
p
10o petinds•. A-50.1r,ishe1 corn crop,
ttt.ithiA `r1013, WOt0dd loot Ut $19.50
Wit adit'e, *Hite a: '60-iW(iie1 oat crop
would Isis worth oibfy MAO.
HERE'S HEALTH
Is your car about to drop?
A test of driving skill?
Best take it to the
repair shop
Before jt starts to kill.
Dept. of National Health and Welfare
Years Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
tyflve and Fifty Years Ago
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From The Huron Expositor
March 15, 1929
Mrs. D. Tough, Brucefleid, has
completed a quilt with 915' pieces
in it. The pattern is called "The
Lost Children."
Miss Mabel Worlehlan, of Hen-
sall Continuation School, won third
prize in the oratorical contest of
District No. 4, conducted by the
Secondary Teachers' Federation of
Ontario.
The Pats and Brownies local
hockey team played their fifth and
last game of the season and after
a hard ., fight the Pats came aut
ahead 3 to 1. Helen Rankin, who
Was put in at the last minute, play-
ed a good game. Mabel Hilebrand,
the Bunnies' Ieft winger, got their
only counter.
Mr. Dawon Reid, who has been
collector of customs in Seaforth for
some time, owing to the closing of
the local office; has been transfer-
red to Guelph, and left .Friday to
assume his new duties.
The heavy windstorm of Thurs-
day did damage to several build-
ings
buildings. in the Chiselhurst neighbor-
hood. The large shed of the United
Church had. the end- blown in, and
Lorne McNaughton had 45 feet of
his barn roof talyen off.
Mr. James Sangster, 'Hensall, bas
been busily engaged in making im-
provements in the interior of the
Bank of Montreal. '
Mr. Thomas McKay, Manley, has
engaged Frank Welsh, who has Im-
migrated from the 'British Isles.
Mr. Ivan Kalbfieisch, Zurich, has
commenced operations on the erec-
tion of a new dwelling at the west
end of that town.
Mr. Thomas Purcell, Manley, is
billed to go to St. Louis to bring
back one of the six trucks that the
King Construction Co, have bought.
Mr. Walter McCully, Tucker -
smith, had, a most successful sale
last week. His many friends hope
to see him improving in health.
Mr. A. G. Edighoffer, Zurich, had
rented the public garage conduct-
ed lastt, season by Lennis O'Brien,
to Fairbairn and Hudson.
Dr. W. C. Sproat has purchased,
the residence of Mrs. John Robb
on the corner of James and Helen
Sts.
The Jolly Ten, of the Mill Road,
held their weekly meeting at the
home of .Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Broad -
foot. Me afternoon was spent in
quilting. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. G. R. Mc-
Cartney.
•
From The Huron Expositor .
March 11, 1904
The contract for the erection of
the new school building at Varna
has been awarded to Mr. J. Pater-
son, Hensall. Mr. Paterson is •a
first-class workman and will give
the people of Varna a good job.
Mr. Henry McClinchey, Stanley
Township, delivered. seven pie sev-
en months old in Clinton last week,
for which he received $1.00. Mr. W.
Armstrong, of the same township,
got $130. for 12 pigs about the same
age.
The congregation of Hillsgreen
Methodist Church gave Mr. Ed-
mund Troyer and family a real sur-
prise Friday evening. Miss A. C.
Troyer had. been acting as organist
and 'had given her services very
willingly, and she was _ presented
with a gold watch in appreciation
of her services.
Mr. John.,Moffat, grain buyer at
Kippen, has sold his 50 -acre farm
on the and concession of Tucker -
smith, to Mr. David Workman, for
the sum of $3.100. „
Miss Mary Hagan was In Hen.
sail Tuesday on her way home .from
Tilbury, to spend a week or sV
with her parents on the Parr Line,
Stanley.
At a meeting 'Wednesday even-
ing the Beaver Laerosse Olulb was
reorganized with the following offi-
cers: Honorary •patrons, F. Holin-
sted, A. E. Ofbaon, G. E. Parke,
George McEwan, M. P. and W. O.
Reid; 'honorary presidents, Dr. C.
Mackay, G. P. Rogers; president,
Brown Jackson; vice-presidents,
Harry Willis, Alex Stobie, E. Ham-
ilton; secretary, Mr. Appleford;
treasurer, Robert Wilson; manag-
ing committee, Thos. Hatcher, Thos.
Pinkney, WM. McDougall, James
Disk, Oscar Neil.
The contract for the remedelling
of Pint Presbyterian. Church, Sea
forth, has been let to Ur. F. Gut-
teridge.. 'the contract price to
9 000 *Mob $ . notInclude doee 'i u
d seat-
ing, ing, heating or leaded, glow.
a : ,Son '!noire la ctntreo
by m �A1 ii n, H th1A egg Wagon
for 30. /o1111 Mebt b, 1Ehttngnidn!alir. to
MAWR 12, 1954
To The Editor
THOU SHALT NO BEAR
FALSE WITNESS
Editor, The Huron' Expositor:
Dear Sir: Last Sunday 'I list'bn-
ened to a wonderful sermon on the
above Commandment as a text. It
put me thinking albout some .at..iny
past experience with the• boys and
girls iii the territory I was engag-
ed for 15 years in child• welfare
work as an inspector and probation
officer. It brought to my mind
many cases which I handled dur-
ing the period whichwere the hap-
piest days of my life, and as a re-
sult many of bheee boys and girls,
now married and have families, cor-
respond with me, which makes a
bright spot in my present life.
Some of them call 'me "Dad" and
others "Uncle Will."
1Here follows a , digest story of
one particular case I handled. A
policeman reported to me a cas
he had investigated which led him
to a 10 -year-old boy, who had de-
nied everything to him. I immedi-
ately took up the case and went
to the boy's home, took him into
a room by himself and said to him:
"Now, my lad, Z want you to ac-
cept mee,a.s a real friend. I am
here to help you out of any trou-
ble that you may have gotten your-
self into and direct you in the right
path,. I cannot do this unless you
will tell me the whole truth and
nothing hut the truth." He unfold-
ed everything to me. He had shot
a neighbor's colt and a steed; stole
several articles from neighbora and:
froom' -a store he had broken into.
I explained to him what these
erongs would lead him to if they
were continued, and what he had,
already done. was the first step to
the penitentiary.
"Now," I said, "I, want you.' to
came with me to your father and
mother and tell them all as you
have told me, and be not afraid,
as I am here to protect. you front
any harm." When we arrived 'be-
fore his parents, 1 asked him if he
ever heard about the boy who nev-
erltold a lie, and. he said "No."
"Well," I said, "that was George
Washington, who afterwards 'be-
came President of the United
States, and if you will make up,
your mind to never tell a lie from
this day on, you maty some day be
appointed to or elected to some
one of the most important post -
tions in this country. Now, will
you promise me to do your very
best?". He said, "I will." the then
told his parents all he had told me,
and asked) them to forgive him.
He did as he promised. I took
him one hundred miles away from
his home environment to a school
where I visited him three or jour
times a year. The last I heard,
of him he was married, had a fam-
ily, was teaohing school, and was
Superintendent of a Sunday School.
Note: He made good from that
day, was pardoned and forgiven,
and that first step cancelled and1.
forgotten.
WM. MURRAY
Our 'Ice -Water' Loyalty
(From Maclean's Magazine)
At a club luncheon the other day
we were halfway through our soup
When the chairman said: "Gentle
-
Men, I would ask you to charge
your glasses and drink a toast to
Her Majesty the Queen."
Evidently he thought ..somebody
wanted- a cigarette. By the time
we had stood for a ceremonial gulp
of ice water and got back to our
soup it wa-sn't much colder than it
had been anyavay, but we were so
annoyed we weren't hungry., any
more. This dreary custard has al-
wayts struck us as an affront to
the Crown it's supposed to honor.
It grew out of an old! and. grac-
ious practice of some British regi-
ments. Partly for the convenience
of other diners but partly as a
mild gesture of abstinence, a slight
and secular fast, officers did not
smoke until after the toastmaster
had said, "Gentlemen, the Queen."
(None of this redundant stuff about
charging your glasses—with ice
water.)
Now we have turned the cere-
mony end -of -end. Nobody abstains
from 'anything in honor of the mon-
arch. We aren't really drinking
Her Majesty's health, we're merely
using Her Majesty's name as a
kind, of traffic light for people who
want to smoke between courses.
It's the same vulgar distortion
of loyalty. that obliges our movie
houses to play a scratchy record of
the first three bars of "God Save
the Queen," just before the ushers
start turning up the seats ''at dos-
ing time,
Some school boards have a for-•
Inal regulation that all meetings
held in school buildings must close
with the singing of "God Save the
Queen." This is ae.dreadful month-
ly embarrassment to at least one
unmelodious but otherwise effici-
ent chairman, who bas to lead the
chorus at every meeting of the
Ratepayers' Association. It is un-
likely. that this worthy fellow's loy-e
alty to the Queen, nor that of any'
listener, is increased by this or-
deal.
Of late years the song "0 -Can-
ada" has been gradually promoted
to the status of a national anthers
—,a process we applaud. But in-
stead of replacing "God Save the .
.Queen" it has merely been addled
on, so that we now stand through.
truncated .versions of them 'both.
Probably. Her Majesty neither'
knows nor cares albout this odds
custom. Possibly she'd be aston-
ished if she did. She might even.
be offended—for it isn't much of a
tribute to her, really. It's: becgine
a dull mechanical ritual like wind-
ing the clock and putting the cat;
out. '
This is a -pity because the Crown.
still means a good deal to most of
/he people who live within its orb-
it. Too much, in fact, to be s ys-
tematically degraded by routine
and meaningless gestures. Let's•
save the Queen's name for occa-
sions when it stirs the blood, not
Merely rouses an audience to re-
alize that the time bas come to-
go,home or to light up a cigarette,
Covered- Wagon Trek.
Was Pioneer 'Co-op "
, (The following story, which ap-
peared in a recent issue of th
Portage la Prairie Daily Graphic
was brought to The Expositor b
Mrs. Everett Felkar, who noticed i
while on a trip to Manitoba. It '.
republished with the thought there
may •be among our readers some
who knew the families to which
reference is made.)
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s
During the last hundred years
many Scottish settlers have arriv-
ed' yin Canada and such names as
McDonald, McTavish, Campbell and
McCloud now are to be found in
What -were once the far-flung out-
posts of the Dominion. The story
in this chapter is weaved around
Dave McKinnon, who was born in
Stornaway, Scotland, of .a farming
family, in the year 1'846. When. he
was 12 years old the family' emi-
grated to Canada and, settled near
Seaforth. in the Huron County 'of
Ontario, where they farmed until
1872. In his 2CI;th year !Daye join-
ed a group of about 30 pioneers
leaving to seek their fortunes in
the West.
One of the families ..travelling
with the party was named McDon-
ald and about whom we shall hear
more a little later. The first stretch
of the journey west was by boat to
St. Paul, U.S.A., and 'from there
the long trek to Winnipeg was'
made in covered wagons.
This mobile column was self sup-
porting in every way. Tents were
pitched each night at six o'clock.
The cow, tied at the rear of the
last wagon, was then milked, bread
was set to rise. Early the next'
morning it was baked in a clay ov-
en. Washing and mending of
clothes was done en route at all
favorable places. Each member of
the party was assigned his chore'
and the whole journey could be lik=
ened to a 6 -operative in its early
phases.
Pbe group arrived In Maniteba,
to find Winnipeg still in an em-
broyo stage .and here Dave worked'
as a carpenter for about two years.
It appears that Dave had, ' chosen
his future bride while .coming west
because soon after their arrival he
married Miss Mary McDonald, aged
18, the daughter of his travelling
companions.
•
Made All Furniture
In 1874 the young couple headed
for Glengarry wthere they 'hostler
quarter
steaded a
section Ctio
n owe nttfleg-
eouth ppf. W low Range. 'This land'
*ea alt bleb„:said wall and the
drat job Undertaken was to !bits .
bailee and a,' log .Tater fart hla.
tr Pkf ' �4tu1Hs� 3 i ea l,: t
stock, Being a -carpenter, Dave al-
so made alt bis furniture. He earn-
ed his living as a cattle rancher
for in the surrounding country
there were hundreds of acres of
prairie swamp for pasture.
In the years which followed,
Dave built his lierd'up to 300 bead
of cattle. When his finances be:
came stabilized .he purrhesed pure-
bred Shorthorn bulls from Winni-
peg. Throughout the next decade
five girls and two boys were •bora
and they are Alex, Elizabeth (Mrs.
J. J. Grant), Christina. Margaret,
David and Rebecca. The McKin-
non children made up the first
Glengarry school class which was -
held. at- the McKinnon home. _Miss
Eliza Ghisolm w -as the first gov-
erness, in 1888.
The following year a small log'
sohool was built nearby and this,
was replaced by a larger log build-
ing in 1894, as the local population
had slowly increased by then.
Family, shopping was done in.
Winnipeg. This meant a three-day
journey by wagon with a stopover'
at St. Francis Xavier. Near to the.
McKinnon home were camped sev-
eral families of Indians and very
(often a brave or a squaw could be
seen at the door begging for tea. •
flour or salt. These Indians re-
trained in the locality for several
years until it became more settled.
These Sioux had escaped north .
from Custer's rebellion in 1876.
As the children grew to a useful'
age the farm site was attractively
laid) out with a rose garden and'
many .fruit trees. Mrs. McKinnotle
milker!• as many as 20 cows for a.
time, a chore shared unenthusias- '
tidally by the children a little later
on.
Butter was shipped in to Winni-
peg and sold to storekeepers at 10
cents a pound. Atter being in the
dairy business myself for 25 years
I shudder to think of the condition'
of the butter after a week, which!
ho.d !been made from unpasturized
cream, no matter how clean thea
handling ha.d been. Churning was
done with the aid of windmill pow-
er. On one occasion during a dead
calm the ohurn was opened foto but-
ter inspection and Mrs. McI{innon
slipped, to ,the house to tend the
stove and just as she was coming
out of the house a light puff of
wind revolved the operg churn and
dumped; e
pd. ten n
a
1�l eon.
s
of cream on
the ground. I regret that I an un-
uble to recerd the 1adr l -'s .comment
on the aiis'hh9;'
Vert little" grt.in was sold from(
matinee ee en Pigs -6)