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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-01-17, Page 3Theriday, Jan i7tb 1918 THE WINGRAM ADVANCE I.IIII.1I1I IIIII III I.I1111111111 III ILII IIII I . 11 II IIII 1111 1111 I.16LII1II r"II1111 II1111 II III II IIIIII III .IIIIIII II I III 0 I I Iu .1.14y.4•S 11110616a11111114-•-,-+.0.:•L'-Wy' _ Men's and By's Ovcrcijats A. large selection of Men's Overcoats in tweeds and plain ;,loths to choose from s119w11 ill Navys, Browns and Greys. shawl collars and pinch back styles. We can please the man who is particular about his clothes, 411 q• Men's Fur Trimmed Coats 6 only Men's curl lined coats Marmot and Lamb shawl col- lars. Rubber interlined. Good quality • black ,Vicuna shell. Here is a chance to savedollars Special at $22. Boy's- Overcoats We carry a full assortment of Boys' Overcoats in Grevs. Browns and Green mixtures also plain cloths All sizes in stock Ranging in price from $4.50 to $10.00 If your boy needs an overcoat it will pay you to see ours before buying. Boys Reif ers Boys' Betters made of extra heavy grey material, high storm collars and lined with union.flannel..•.flere Ian dandy coat for boys going to school. All sizes 26 to 32. Special at $3.50. NOTICE —• After Feb. lst, all Flour, Feeds and Seeds will be strictly cash. J. A. The House of Quality. Phone 89 :l. awl it eiu411,..a Y.Ii.L1.-I,b I. .,..Il..ir WYu.0 I iI have been licked so ! ! ! ! . ! hard that he'd been bus;' y'et crawlin' hitt from under the stortn that struck him Tories in control of Union Government! Bah! They are like ! 1 ! ! ! Row - ell's runnin' the country now, and the Toric weren't v ting for hien, It looks to mo as though he'd Put one over on them as big . as a farm horse Those ! i ? ? ! ", situps of Tories down in Ottawa make me sick!" So there now. It will be a (natter of some satisfaction for the Liberals to know that one good Tory thinks they are really in the saddle at Ottawa. ---Guelph Mer- cury. (Lib.) RURAL DEPOPULATION The reports of the assessment taken in the early months of 1917. in sixteen coun- ties are complete and availabld and show - a total decrease of the rural or township population during the assessment year of. 11,229. The following are the particulars; Bruce ., . 1,156 Dundas 387 Frontenac 293 Haldimand 045 Halton 558 Hastings 403 Huron 087 Kent 1,071 Lambton 010 Lennox & Addington 323 Norfolk 1,017 " - Oxford 760 Peel 176 Perth . .. 340 Waterloo ... 811 1 330 , . _ Wellington - If similiar decreases have taken place in the unreported counties. • it will turn out that in the year 1016-17, there was .a de- ' crease of the township population of the The goody that is beneficial ''o teeth aid sio n ch is best for all ages. .. massages and strengthens the gums. Kees teeth clean and breath sweet, allays thirst, aids appetite and dQt,Js ton. Keep YOUR boVat the front supplied. 'The . F;©tr Lai - MADE Ill VVfiAiIlYM[9' oinktitoptasi 111e wag giving vent to his feelings about the Union Government in no uncertain. platmer. And he wasn't a disgruntled, 0'4 either, Ise was a ' 1 good Con. otri*tive, it11 tact goat, , be called a Tg1V. it was the day after the latest "Ohl ► viva havtt: bill announced bent Ottani, Solig of th910#044 was Aot lig t4 lipyhtta id, is indicated tift MVO . 1101'(1 W pint ii, And 'but A. SUCCESS IN RI;TAMLiNU An essential factor in achieving success in a retail business is Ad- vertising telling the buyers of your community what you have for them. One doesn't need to be exception- ally clever or a genius to be a suc- cess, but one must have an aim, and pursue it resolutely and intel- ligently. The businesses that are prosper. ing and expanding are those that purposely seek out new customers and place before, both old and new customers the news of their service in the forth of newspaper advertis- ing. A Note to the Public Who serve you best—busy or half -busy men? Where is your custom most desired and appreciat- ed? Is it not at those shops which stretch out the hand of welcome and invitation—in the form of adver- tisements in the Winghant Ad- vance? - Shop Where You are Invited to Shop specialized branch of the service. At the School of Military Aeronautics, v1>iclt is located at The Toronto University, the facilities provided for training cadets its aerial bombing are unusually elaborate. In aiming to hit a given target with his bomb the aviator has to take into consid- eration his altitude, the speed at which he whole province of more than 30,000 is travelling, the height of his bomb and That will be larger than the decrease of the wind's power of deflection. This is a any year since the exodus from rural Ont- matter of nice calculation Ile cannot ario began forty years or more ago. In aim a bomb as he would a gun So he these sixteen counties, the decrease of must release the bomb when the aeroplane township population was in 1913 16, reaches the right spot. To 'aid hien in 5,070, and, in the twenty-seven years, calculating tins, he has a bomb -sighting from 1890 to 1017, 90,078. device. At the School of Military Aero- nautics he learns thoroughly the use of t' t d - - ` this device from both the theore ica an TRAIN AVIATORS iN BOMBING practical standpoint. For training cadets in bomb dropping R. F. C. Cadets Take Course in Bombing a model aeroplane has been constructed, At Toronto University 'beneath which moves a target painted to • represent the appearance of the earth So rapid has been the advance made ' from a height of 4,000 feet. This target during the last two years in aerial war- is electrically operated. The cadet by fare that every aviator now trained by using the "joy stick, and rudder controls ' ich is stat' ee a vliniatere 'bomb' which indicates whether he has Sighted accurately or not By this novel arrangement he can gain much practice in bomb -sighting and develop both judgment and .skill under conditions whice, though artificial, ap- proximate very closely to actual bomb - dropping from the air. The various types of bombs and their uses form a study in themselves, •Cadets at the School of Military Aeronautics are shown the construction of each different type with bombs that have sections cut away They are also taught now to handle those deadly weapons in safety—,,, and effectively, the Royal Flying Corps is put through a i model aeroplane, course covering many phases of work. ary, moves the target instead of his - machine. This gives the exact effect of manoeuvering the aeroplane for position above an actual target as seen from the fascination and the skill this work iuvoly air. Objectives can be clearly marked on es, no less than the exigencies of aerial this target with chalk. When the cadet warfare, have made bombing a highly has sighted his given objective, he releas- Auburn The Anniversary of Knox Church, Au- burn will be observed January 'nth and 2Ist, On the Sunday Rev. 1;, A. Thomp- son, of Monkton will preach at 1.0.30 a. m, and 7 p.m. and there will be special music in the morning by the choir of Knox church and at the evening service by the Westfield choir, U n Monday eyening there will be an entertainment, for which the musical program will be given by the Godei'ich Male Quartette, a company of splendid singers who will delight the people of Auburn, Addresses are expect- ed by the following clergymen; Messrs. McDermid of Goderich: Thompson, of Monkton; O'Rell, of Auburn: Telford and McCormick of Blyth and Craig of Dun- gannon. Admission to entertainment— Adults 25c, children 15c. The church should be well filled for this entertainment. Not the least interesting branch of his studies comes under the heading "Bombs" and "Bomb -Sighting," ' • Indeed the v igtiety tiiillet ctoOct h,y tf eisa4hig'l,ubllc, As the interview ;bail jiul `'il: tip' Said; ,•They told us Tories beford the election that we'd stili have thing our mn way in tits Union Goverment, and that the -1' t Grits would be its- the minority and we had nothing to tear front them, Da - den wasn't brave enough to tell us b`fote the" election day that the—:- -t '. Union Government would cut off the last Pusses of hearing a drink shipped in. ny —I I—t * *Imo had done to !he'd Trade Expansion in Guiana. The import and export trade of British Guian,a in 1915 was valued at $24,810,668, compared with $20,- 256,237 in 1914, an increase of 22'h per cent, Both imports and exports contributed to this substantial gain in the colony's trade, the former amounting to $8,796,247, an in- crease of $1,130,717, and the latter to $16,014,421, a gain of $3,428,- 714, or over 27 per cent. 'The growth of the export trade has been steady since 1912. In 1913 the increase was 22 per cent., in 1914, 20 per cent.; an,d in 1915, 27 per oent. What a "Tonuny" Costs. The weekly value of the state's ex- penditure on, the infantry private with a wife and two children, corres- ponding to the wage payable in civil life, is approximately as follows: Pay, 7s to lOs Gd, of which 3s 6d goes to the wife as compulsory allot- ment; clothing, 3s; board and lodg- ing, 20s; separation allowance, 17s Gd to 21s (plus the man's 3s 66 al- lotment) ; civil liabilities grant, aver- age 7s 6d, maximum 40s. Cost per wee k47s6dto94sG1. For single soldiers the ccst varies from 30s without civil grant to 73s ed with the grant. Hog ?aisingIs VeryP fitable rx'G"_"�.,wf�..e .<k...�c:3'Yr�.. �.>� ..�..:1s.,1+r., �_ •mr.: • Visa.o �-- .` ' — =� HB raising of hogs has for long hog raising was in its infancy in that Tbeen one of the most profitable part of the State. The farm on branches of Abe farming Indus- which the hut was located could then try in Western Canada. At the pre- have been bought for $6 an acre, sent time tho returns from. hogs are and, he says, "it is but one of hun- greater than over, while the growing dredet of corn and livee toclr farms in s':ortage of meat all over the world Iows, that raise coral and sell liege," ensures a safe and profitable market in hog raising in Western Canada, for many years to come. Nowhere In the fall of 1.908 he deckled to ere the returns safer and greater come to Manitoba, because, to put it than in Western Canada, where the in his own words, "I titoveat ho • laud is cheap, where feed crops can raising would be more profitable be raised in abundance, and where there than in the more densely popu- the climatic conditions are such as to lated farming community of Iowa, reduce the risk of disease to a mini- which proved to be true." •o class of stock brings re- Since locating in Manitoba he has realized. Barley, shorts, bran, and mangels, with skim milk, Idr. Wieneke con- siders an ideal ration for growing pigs, e.nd barley and wheat -fed, or finely ground screenings, with a few mangels, make as good a finisher as can be had in any country. All these can be produced cheaply and abun- dantly in the Prairie Provinces. Ho always tries to have plenty of pas- ture, and finds that fall rye makes the best in the fall and early spring, but for the rest of the growing sea- son alfalfa is the best. In 1916 he had a field of alfalfa which averaged four and a half tons to the acre, and which was cut three times. For those who have no alfalfe ho recom- mends ti mixture of barley and rye sown at different tines during the eunimet'. Ile also feeds chopped rye to pi<s of all ages and .grown hogs. varying as to the age of the animal, and finds it one of the best feeds to produce growth and muscle, Hog raik'ng has been making big money for many farmers in Western Canada this year. To the small farmer they are indispensable, afford - mum. i turns more quickly to the fanner been a regular attendant and ex- ing him a Steady Income. Every than'hope The proficiency and the hibitor at the Internatinnal Live week prices are rising, and a few in - rapidity in wbicll they grow to mar- Stock Paeow at Chicago, and has won etanc•es of sales made by farmers in notable size ensure a maximum pro; the f:' send Championship over all Alberta this year will be tllurninat- duction of meat in the ''shortest; titi9L' champions of other, (.reed:, ill the A. In 4nril haat i+gmbpr, Af farm- , e > b y et 130 Acord 1 erta clubbed a it :4 C 7,5c�b pounds of dressed meat la a brood sow classes for three , t � , moderate estimate of what can be succession. Every time he ha been together and shipped a ear contain- produeed from one eow in one year. there be has met some of his of l ing 85 hogs, weighing 17,400. on The'principal hog foods of 'osteon Mende who would Invariably r k whit h they realized 52,563.51, after Canada are elfalfa, oats, barley and him how lie achiev,ni alt; navtt>eat of fre1gilt ped expenses, In wheat. Alfalfa, the king of hog fed- raising hogs without Toru. ls? t>>_.. imu, a farmer of Crossfield, Alberta., dors, is grown successtully through- rtue tion he would invariably r ay ehipeed a car of 84 hogs to Calgary, out the west, especially in the Irri: ',Ycu fellows feed tot) much r,'t•n Their total weight was; 20,000 and the gated areas of Southern Alberta, That is why ' op ttlmoityti, hive to be net emennt realized by this farmer Oats and barley are exceptionally on the lookout for large eiree to keel, r1ets $1.('90. In September a Glelchen good erops. and produce s.plendtel ep the size and stetnine of your farmer slipped two Care of liege in pork end .always ncommando the top excellen.t "layer, duces gooderdie Our st �ehythe ptgn. .th Went). which hat pre, rhiie netcrkecefpts the $3,600, market price. For growing liege of ham and a deep side of baro n.9 on the second $4,039. The price there ie ten superior food than West- which you cannot get by f,,din of which the hogs in the latter car ern Canadian oars. 1',•liieh weigh up corn." In addition to winn'r the . e. e sold was 51a a hundred pounds to 52 pounds to the hushes, and e'en- isri3n r'ha„eipionship ?Tr. \i I I the '$ aril) Mental rt• oar load tittle tain a large amount of meat and fl has tile!) Prost this tt•-lr t, c !ei ,,ai ,: t :i a rartY of twelve farmers of vele small amount of hull. honors at twnttty-f,,�,e t Q the l.•:.. ; > :0 lee, l::rt'ta, and son at' Edtnon- rm;rarati sett. rehire 1 r2.123.C1. Another car. •1 oi' ftttt+elttttt;` l,ul'i>osE s, hoc}ey to show; In 'l'iyet�teitt t ,�nad:l. s e•1' ma- f:•rut' c'anc:.sdc,, Afbcrta, m7c}e.0 b chiefly relied upon, tied there is no Farmers who brt�c.,i the ct ti Il.._.y' doubt that. apart from the weight of turing and ensly 1_r• ;>ittt 1 1.1 r.•t the fartner,!`• nettiltl.` the ott-Hers the hull, barley grown In Western their surplus on the meld:et at a1,01:• 51.:730 The price of the hofs in Canatleiti equal in food value to corn.the tc? (Seven 1.11011 'l” ire. '^. t+, 1 ''.el t.'20e0 two -n`ses n'a,s $11.,10 a hurt - and produces a .aI1lle.'tr_I}' giipolty of l erg invariably P tl'l 1,r•fo rf' c l t l ;: 1.r. i e q Farther of St. Al - meat. 0,4). fate ttf Her. L,rtn. Alli -r" '1. cold 79 lie see at Ed- i the MorecS-• hors eoil1 itis (9111( l>i;'i to t. t '+ii' ; 1: c'".ton in etetPtt)Tter. en which he Atypical er or a st v c„- r t, 'ire l t :."!>� ,a,. Or art average of >iul hog breeder of Western r„shads tp realizing ateLt t �° P��' r h c, tired , .� ,••.n it; 502:t3 't'ltr initial eest and the eest r . , e ` t ` a as: ethii+t. e to feel it,tvtrl'r4- u. ' cele• of r•.'teieg them he estimated itt $20,1 eo~nitea ' Mr ogua,ire l,ftt )r� , , y... last , t , rn that, Ela ro:iuet amounted to' eocittted with hog ralsinK i+rac°tically; �t;.s i stat was las. ctt tiro ta9 a p bins a the day of his birth fifty-five t the n'arkAt is llturlt teeter, an.l' -':n • $22.53 per hog, ' • • - F. tt ^tvitmeheet Stone afeentaitl and be i' 1 creel l,T.t 1i.. t, v4 rs ego, in a log but In boar ween a 4era'bly 14,11r lts;iecs 4,y? . hse11 ° � , ,.. , . _. ,_ ` •x'_ .,, x • t• • r. ..a.- » aware IF!ad,:u1! lar I Pale l `lu (1111I IIUI;:11 1111111111..441, 41.10I,141I 1,61.iy..IIJIIII .1118E. 11 "Just the Daily Paper a Farmer Needs Farmers can make real profit from reading The Toronto Daily Star, because --- It reaches the farmer with all the day's live stock, grain, and produceuotations anywhere from twelve hours to one full day ahead of the next morning's paper—which has only the same quotations in it. You know what it means to you to have market quota- tions quickly! You know how often you have said to yourself : "If I had known earlier just how the market was going, I could have made money.” Half a cent on a few hundred bushels of wheat or oats will more than pay for a year's subscription to The To- ronto Daily Star, and 25c a cwt. or- hogs may mean dol- lars of profit to you. When you subscribe to The, Toronto Daily Star, the edi- tion that will be sent to you each day contains the mar- ket quotations for that day. In many cases it will actually reach you on the night of publication, or by the first mail next morning, whereas you couldn't possibly get the next morning's paper until the afternoon ----too late ----on the day of publication to take advantage of the market quotations. The Toronto Daily Star's quotations feature Toronto, Montreal, Buffalo, Chicago, and Winnipeg market prices. The Toronto Daily Star In addition to this service, you get a magnificent daily newspaper, one that will keep you informed upon the war news and every other subject that a good citizen and a man of the world should know about. Subscribe for It Tomuday We guarantee that you will thoroughly enjoy it. Send our subscription direct to this office or through the pub- lisher of your local newspaper. The price is $3,00 a year in advance. You may send this to the publish- er of your local paper, to your postmaster, or direct to DISTRICT 'NEWS Coilingwood's only centuriau, Jas. Mc- Donald, has passed away at tho home of bis son-in-law, Fred Dunbar. The de• ceased would have been 107 years of age bad he lived until April 6tti next, Reeve D, A, and Mrs. McDonald of t .inloss township, received a pleasant sur- prise when on Friday they received a let- ter from their son, Willie. They have not beard from him since last June, and feared was killed or wasGernia apris- oner, k'n that be He is eugaged in mine sweeping and submarine bunting. Although ninety.tbtee years of age John Black. concession 2, Ashfield, is still able to walk briskly into the polling booth and mark bis ballot when election day comes around, be being ou hand at the Dominion election some titre ago and at the municipal election ou Monday. HD well remembers the first election held in Asbfield when this country was all forest and can cite many humorous incidents concerting those early days. "The . (zeneral," as he is familiarly known by emit), of his friends, has beep ti resident of the township for over sixty years, Here's hopitlithat he may live to nark many atom ballots. DIED 'ztA60h—!n Toronto, en Monday, Sanit- ary '7th, Mary L,. Simpssn, relict of the late Hebert Mason, aged 76 years 1 he funeral was held to th6 Win,ghatle ceme- tery Ott Wedneeda;>r afternoon. THE TORONTO DAILY STAR, 18 Ring St., West. Look at Your Label uuiummos; JAN. 1 New Issue of the Telephone Book. Copy for the next Telephone Directory closes on the above date! Q Order your telephone now, so that your name will be in the new issue! 1 Report changes required to our Local Manager to -day. The Be Telephone ll el ��e p Co.of Canada.