The Goderich Star, 1924-08-21, Page 4►
po
p44B POUR
..� . THF GODERICH STAR
,'bushels short of tie IAS highest of "cents. to for the sestmer. The people
/tall lower Lae Parti, go *at txpec- of Canada were attending their aeoney
'a's7 • dituree oat Godo ie s should ret in the States in the winter, going to
be looked span as est yen I lo -"the Southern States for our cold
cal matter but nes stat *vestment for months, and it was only fair teat the
the country, ler tee 'is ement of people of the States should speed
western grain: _ elar-peusp a of the , their money in Caned* in the sterner.
V. est wire optimists eat the peopio ;> Goderith was r great national bar-
.ExHiBiTioN
of tloderu h 'ti ere optlr-lats, tx►r and should receive the grants ase.
Grain Tralac ?ra * tle#srieh lento ed for. The Minister of Pablie
Canadian hallways s)ig.s ,poo Works might just as weal make ileo
Reveeraer grsnts asked for as Its would' be lee»
The grain trati3c
ears teresgh Goderith Labmored Totter
till he did.
The
12,t1t)0 eat f'reigbt to tl e; Comenting on the of a
Wednesday, Thursday railways last yeardewhhh ant a boat service the Meru" said we used • gistrate Reid and were remanded for
Friday meto have three boat* s� week before the a week .fee aentenee. Wm. I,oekcidge,
GODERICH INDUSTRIAL
I I II II 1111
•
WM, LO
BARGED.
Devitt LLk awl I.sedaridge. Jr.. t'iea�i
Canty Te Thefts of Weal at
> sad 1. i- 'ar
To charges of breaking into the
Blyth woollen grill .luly 4th last and
into the Benmiller wooeen mill on
Aug. 2nd last, Bevitt Usk and Wm.
Loekridge , jr., of Mitchell, pleaded
siltY Dna atturdsy lanae � etoer
Sept. 3, 4, 5, 1924
THE POPULAR HOLIDAY EVENT OF THE SEASON
Estero its of the Products of Farrn, Field, Gorden and
Hoare. _Prise List revised: and improved
SCHOOL CHILDREN'S SECTION
A ivy.. feature is year to encourage' the boys and girls
in doing useful work.
Track Events
Two rile" day, Thursday and Friday
Purse $150
$250
$250
Purse $254
Paternal? Trot or Pace
2.20 `Trot or Pas...
2.30 Trot or Pace
2,.12 Tro4 eer„•Pace
Maple Leaf Midway
Comprising a multitude of amusement features. Fun for
everybody. Everything. clean and refined. This is an.
outfit that shows only at the larger Fairs �^
E.9 Hardy,Hi h -wire .,Artist
James y, g
World's greatest mid- air performer, will sive exhibitions
afternoon :end evening . before the grandstand.
Hardy is the man who gained. world-wide fame
by his performance on a wire stretched
over the .Niagara whirlpool rapids
•
HO'F MEALS SERVED ON. THE GROUNDS. BY THE
--WOMEN'S Ihaea s s w ie+
Prize Lists, entry forms and all information on application
• to the Secretary •
• W. T. MURNR1Y Dr. Vhf. F. CLARK
President Sec.. Treas.
tit
revenue of one #,lMeleN. and of this war and if sailing* were regular a er father of William► ere and father-•
a million and a neuter went to the great traffic could be built up, Inslaw of Li*, was %reused of being
C. N. R.
Government Meat Meana More on ttmplicate l in the Illyee taeit, but the
The Needs et the fort - Gilderlch Bather ,eharge was dismissed. The charge
e The Mayor thew outlined the need.: i !wall bssed on a signed statement
Goderith harisor. WW1 men nom- Mr.., M. G. Cameron complimented made by Lisle in jail here when inter-
ofplained that the ester channel was
not wide eneterk, beteg only 300 feet.
If they slsck...d down in rough
weather there wen danger of strik-
ing bottom `by being carried out of
the direct deep eebonnnel, and ifi they
maintained aatelllpdeswt speed to frtau�re
keeping the channel, there. was dan-
ger of not making the entrance be-
tween the piers The outer channel
should, be *4 fort deep and there
should be Zit feet between the piers
and this channel should be 175 feet
wide. The inside basin needed deep-
ening and wic eaiag for turning space
for vessels, and on the north side of
the harbor the river breakwater
ahould be pushed on to completion,
and e on the north
side of tlue�borsdeeeepened. Under-
-writers said that only three vessels thr>z spring, that ¢trea►a damage was
should be :tied up on the earth side not done. And when the time came Provincial roads were of national
gond last winter wehad ten. character. And so with the water
that would make'ere dent •the need of
Salt and Flow se Well as Grain 'increased expenditurex, ,the Govern- ways with .which Nature had so lib -
And it Wes' tot only for the grain' mens must make tine'. entity endowed us.. He was greatly
traffic that Gsderich harbor needed i . lVloretl Berthing ewe* Needed ',lakes
with the magnitude of the
developing. Grain was manufactured l lakes and the natural desire of the
into :pair here and salt was mann- President hunt of they Goderith Ele- people to have access to the water
-
eater "You are sitting;' said His nater and Transit Co., Ltd.,. said that ways; to use them for national pur-
Worship, "on the finest bed of salt in for three years• he had•been on depu- poses. Canada's deveilop{nent meant
the world:' Salt cargoes alone Cations to interview Dr King. In the building up of great , national
would mean it lot of business for vee- { 1922 they told him the contemplated ports on the seabord and the p -neat`
eels from Goderith to the head of the expaotseon at Goderiee of '• the Com- national lake ports ana rivers should
lakes wind manufacturers in London, pany and that the Conmpany expected be developed, And there were ports
Hamilton, Guelph and Stratford to spend half a million, dollars in:in- required for smaller communities.
Gov -
(should find a boat service from Coda creased facilities, showed him photo- A11 these were required and the Gov-.
richt to Fort. William an economical: graphs of eight and ten boats -evening eminent had not -been neglectful of
and quickie way of shipment. For to .be ; unloaded. The Company' saw= these ports.. '
instants [tont' Guelph to Fort William that if they did not extend the traffic! We were still a young country and
was only a matter of 48 hours by would go elsewhere and said to the we had many problems of growth and
water via Goderith. The difflculty a minister if he `would make a grant" development. If we Were to receive.
the past in making a boat line suc- and deepen the water the Company immigration we must continue to de-
esisful was the uncertsainty of the.would go ahead. The Company had velop our port facilities. He had
time table, lament $400,000 and now had a storage been interested from tnae to time 'to
The Mayor conclude d with words of capacity- of two million bushels and listen to representations from Code -
welcome 3a the minister of. Public facilities for unloading so that. boats rich and the situation ~impressed him:
Works and. the other visitdrs. I could get away quie-fy. The new: leg as nota Tool, problem. The tfresent
G'i ort%sh Would have a Great Harbor. of he elevator would lift° 50,000 bush- was a time when Governments must.
With a little MoreeaMon els an hour. He than'k'ed the minister seen expenditures carefully. He 'vas
ze � for doing what he could. He had not mak,pg promises or •suggestion»
Mr, . ee, W. King, the local_ member given us water , still'.there was need but was efeeking to absorb informatio,�n
for North: Huron, was next called on for berthing space. Last year tee so as to be of some practical use to
and apoke briefly. Goderith would had nineteen vessels tied up, against us in this district.
'haves a great harbor if only we could all -the rules of the Underwriters and, Develop the West •
get a little more money spent on: it. this Would not be allowed again:. lie was greatly impressed, with this
But economy seemed to be the, watch ` From its geographical position Gode- part of Canada, wiL:a s wealth ana
word; rich was the only' port on the east desirability* a pia to 1' Y
the mayor on his suceint and clear viewed by Constables Whiteside% and'
,speech on the node of the harbor sand Gundry, which implicated the elder"
the suggestion of Mr. Malcolm as to Lockridge, but Usk, in court, said
publicity along these lines wo'mld that this statement was incorrect.
meet with approval. It should be em-. tee tried to tell the officers the truth
phasized that Goderith _harbor was .at the time the statement was signed
not *local harbor but of national ern- but they would nct be satisfied and
portanee. The times off the amount told him that they were :Diu at the
earned by the railways on grain going house that the father was there and
out through Goderieb atmost stagger- Lisle in order to get rid of the oftl-
ed one. It was not *question of what eerie -as his wounded shoulder was
Government. was in power.; the quer- bothering.. hjm. said he guessed he
tion of the improvement of the harbor must have been there, and signed the
was not a militias/1 one, but was of statement. ;
interest to the whole Dominion. • Ile t In the case 7tgainst •Mr. "Lockridge,
wage perfectle satiifed the Govern- jr., Lisk was the only witness for -the
ment had gone' to the utmost °limit in Crown. He stated that he' was living
the grant that had been made. The with: his father-in-law for some time
conditions were , lamentable and it past at Mitchell. He and Wm. Lock -
was only by a proridenti*l accident lit ridge, jr., 'vent to Bainton's woollen
our not having the old time freshets
VIII 1 1 1 M II 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 I
atilt in Blyth one *eget i* July short-
ly after 1:C o'clock and got some weal.
There was no one else there. Tee
Crown Attorney eoafronted the .wit-
ness with his signed statement but
I.iaek's explanation was as given
above, and he said that w�aen he naw
the officers a few days later he told
them the statement was not.correct in
that particular. He accompanied
Constables Whiteside% and Gundry.
on this second ocea.ion, to Blyth and
showed them the window the wall
was ou o showed
where they had put the wool. On Take a Kedah
shore of, the .lake -that could be made : ce eve. Dung
Mayer _Callow acid he found horn--,-- men would travel" but sure there
self in a -peculiar position, with a King a harbor of refuge, with all due to Mr.
(the minister of public works) on his Malcolm`* port (Kincardine)• was o communityies.
for youngb men in
-these communities: But .`he, would.
right and ti Ring (the local member) Mayor 'Gallow took the oppprturety not :worry about tbezit.• We had a
Of' I'UISLIL, on hie left, and'+ould only feel Bloe to emphasize the importance of Gode- great hinterland "'i the��n Canadian
honored when Goderith' harbor came 'rich's geographical position to : the. Wett',and if the boy became resile$*
into its own, Goderith harbor was ,grain_ bueinee*s}. Mettle, a boat could let shim go -bee lees rum i
more than a .local affair; it was 'nae- come to,Godeeich, untoad'and'be back and sendd P n Canada-
SVISITS GODERICHn hem West. The deion o���� fennel, for grii�n would cost the at Fort William before a` boat could ment of the West Wits tee solution of
people of Western Ontario more per go to a Georgian bay port Mid unload. problems here. The growth of the
bushel if -it-were-not for the cheap ! Goderich's.Young Old Man Eget was dependent on the growth of
MAYOR GALLOW MAKES A `SUCCINT STATEMENT. OF TRAFFIC water shipment down the lakes to . ee; Wm. Campbell was next called the West. The East :could net pros-
AND NEEDS OF THE PORT AT LUNCHEON, AND 14.P.2 Goderith, and it was necessary, even on -by the Mayor, introduced to the:' Per. without the :development of the
in time of economy, to spend money 1 visitors as a link between the present West; •
OF HURON, BRUCE AND MIDDLESEX SPEAK Development of Ooderieh Harber and the past, 90 years old, our young . When Dr. Ring concluded he was
ON ,$EHALF OF GODERICH World Help the Painter 1. old man. Ioudly applauded and the Mayor said
Mr. Wm. Black, M. P. for South 1 Mr, Campbell said when ite came to. our ease rested in able ;laude and he
Huron, said the -Average farmer was Gode 'chthe Canada Co was buildinx hoped this was only the forerunner
of several. visits from the Minister.
The gathering then dispersed and
many accompanied the visitors to the
t f and h i them
THURSDAY. AUG, ::st. 19_'4.
.,... _,.1,..1..
._,s._ll 1 0 11111 14 IMII1.1 I 1 , 1110 1111 1. 1 111 1
I Ile
•
•
v -
se:r.....
. w. +fr. i .,-'...-'''.6.'1°-: . fh: , .^ills
�'J� *•Y.
" r
e' l. _..
takenw-
the first interview .>ti ;rad told the
viestalaiew thea ritege' sr." had
put' the wool oat wbndow bout
denied it later and oa the visit to
Blyth with the constables had, not
stated that the elderLockridge pu4
the wool out the winow. Atter get
ting the wool at Blyth they went to
Stratford and sold it. Theyethought
they had too much wool, so they put
some of it in a bush on the way to
Stratford and soled the rest at Strat-
ford and got the wool meet of the bush
later on. This was the.. other aide of
Clinton.
Lisk also admitted making a `teen
to Georgetown where tuey got 20.0
lbe. of 'wool. And et a place • about
fifteen miles out of London they got
300 lbs. of wool. The next trip was
to Benmiller. They left Mitebell
about 10 o'clock. At Benmillee they
were surprised by a man with a fiasb-
light.. The witness trite to knock the
flash light out of the man's hand' and
fell to the floor and the roan shot
him.
To Mr. Holmes, who' appeared for
the defense, Lisk stated he had been
est Blyth .only once.. He .had had no
conversation with Mr. Lockridge, sr.,
the past week. Mr. Lockeridge was
STUNG �l\Y. NEEDS LAKE DTs interested in cheaper feed and it was the 1►arbor, the • not only wheat` but mixed teed, and the Southwest, and there wax'hardly
old original piers to
.
corn from Chicago which wall handled a foot of the wateraround the harbor harbor, where the various works
at. Goderith, and, these were distri- he :had not waded, swum • or canoed
After Luncheon Visits Harbor and Inspects Works Going On attd Seet buted as far as Guelph and further, over, He was a member' of a deeps s going amyd the Government were ire-
What Is Needed For Further Development he
Goderith harbor deal other riarlaors ha tenon to t)ttawa in the early days t�i . further improvement of thetharboof r to
interview Sir 1Joein• A. Macdonald.p
had more expended on them which •:Goderith wanted a boat *evince and Accommodate: the .traffic coming
here
Hon. Dr. J. H. King, minister of
public works of Canada, visited Gode-
rich. on Saturday last, arriving by
motor from Sarnia, in place of . by
boat as had' been expected. He was
accompanied by Col, Lamb and H. B.
R. Craig . df the Department of Pub -
lie Works, of Toronto and London re-
spectively, and others.
A luncheon was tendered at Hotel
Sunset and a representative gather-
ing,of business men of the town and
district asbembled numbering about!
seventy -flee. • 4
Among those present et the lun-
eheon, in addition to . Mayor Geilow
and the local town °feciale and busi-
ness men, were: A. M. Kirkpatrick
and C. G. Steers, assistant engineers
of the department of public . works;
J. W. Ring, M. P., North Huron; Wil• 1
liam Black, M. P.,' South Huron; A.
L. fiodeins, M- .-P., East Middlesex;
J. D. F. Drummond, Iii. Pe West
Middlesex; James Malcolm, . M. P.,.
South Bruce; E. It. Wigle, M. L. A.,
Centre Huron; bPe utter, superin-
tendent of the Canadian Pacitic Roil -
way, London, and .1. r. A. Hunt, of
London, president f the Goderith'
I)
Elevator .and Transit •Cohap*ny, had, handled no more freight. I wanted the Government to subsidize
After luncheon His Worship Mayor
Middlesex Depiy Interested in Code- it1 y amail contract
Thisw
as bc-
Gallow called the gathering to order „ rich Harbor 'fore the days of railways and Gede-
and in his opening remarks, explained ' Me: 1). re Drummond, M. P. foe. rich lied only a ,weekly maii and by
that no set program had been erring- Weet Middlesex, said he was here on mchnii. of the boat it was proposed. to
ed. He referred to the visit of the account of the people he represented.. get a daily service for the ports alone
deputation from Goderith to Sita'+'a They Werra deeply interested in Gode- the shore. The subsidy was now -
recently, when they were i lven a ver, .rich -harbor: and Would be handicapped ed In thine dswya all heavy goons
cord% F*nd sympathetic reception and, without it. He was glad to associate :were brought to' Gode r:ch by watn►
as the result of the trip, a grant was himself with the others in emphasize from : Montreal. At one time Mr.
placed in • the supplementary esti- ing the needs of Goderith harborhich, while it. was not as. Campbell said he -4 an , all the salt
large
meet,
as was hoped for, was still of. Mr. A, L. lfbdgins, b[. j' foe, Eaaat ped het first inured barrels to Winniperich and g.
Middlesex. asaiei he came to eh w h s
substantial assistance in carrying outThese were thedays when •there tune ••
y
s m thy with this movement The
the program of harbor improvement
people of Middlesex needed this ear 8 feat of._waleir-in fha_.harbor anti
t God '
boy open attd it had the . people
His Worship pointed out that Gale- the farmers and millers. ,� , bell was .a member of a deputation
rich harbor was the only ,dam water which went to Ottawa and asked the'
harbor on the east side ori the lake. Pel'tlopapteht of Goderleeh uaarbor• a : Government . to 'take over thee- whol'
and it was served by both railways National 'Work ,harbor. Goderith had Offered $ }0,-
and had elevator aecosnixodatioli for. Mr. Jas. Malcolm, of Kincardine, 000:toware__the_expcnse_.of-.- tee se".--
three "million; bushels of grain. Last M. R. for South Bruce, Bald .he Mayor docks but found this was more than'
Year 21,000,000 buckets of grain were had reviewed the Wetness being done the town could pay and Mr. Horton.
handled at Gadarich, the port being at Goderith harbor and the need* of who was mayor at the time, arranged
a ern •
The Only beep Water Harbor' et. It was needed .in the interest of grain wan a good cargo. Me* Came -
h .when 20,000 to 30,000 bushels o.
exceeded Drily by Port Cdlborne, Tif- the harbor very concisely. But the
fin and Port McNichol. Goderith was Minister of Public Works was not the
the tlret of the independent ports on master of his own destiny. The pub -
the lower lakes in point of veto lie wore crying for retrenchment and
handled and wait mil mime s 0-'0 ec400 onomy and he doubted if any Gov'
cement
with the Government to take twee the
whole harbor.' Sir Hector Langevin.
Was here and promlced• to give plenty
of water. Later on eve had Hon.
elr: 'Tarte here and the state of the
had received too moth ad• harbor at the' where the et
"- verse criticism as the King govern -
anent. The Minister,.,ut1 Public Works,
after viewing the harbor and decid-
ing on what ought to bel `done, hadto
very hard gentleman in Mr.
Robb. • He felt thoroughly convinced
that work on tee Goderith harbor was
a national work, a people of
it'sNothll Yet but
It Feels Mlghty Like It
We have a nice ling of smart weer.
ablees suitablee for the weather, • no
matter what' it may he.
Bench tailored clothing our specialty.
Also a nice line of ready.to«atear.
ova -
tor now stands Mas brought to his
attention and"Mr. Tarte promised toom
see that the G. T. R. did sething
to improve conditions er the Govern-
ment would take the harbor over. . If
we had a line of boats 1* was tare a
large trade could .be done in *tit
and the l alone. Heats were being built larg.
t}oderich should may so and say so er and larger and he was sure the
through the press. Ifdut*tet the pule. Government would give a large -gram
lie to the fact that Goderith was a neo that even larger boats than the
national harbor. Kara a report of present ones oouhd come here.
- the statement see given by the mayor Transportatliat a Greet Problem for
at Godaieit in all the peepers. 1 Caaaela
lines Warded*, Patens for Dederick" lion. Dr. ping 'wits theni celled, • on l
awl /hot Shore as flrewsao* 0 t and expressed great pleasure at meeit-
Beeet! ' ,• " ing so large and representative a
Another matter kir. )eiateolnr spoke body of hien, and members of Parlia-
abost was the summer reeaort busi- rent who were present as nreanbere
law. Ills shore of the lake was the and as title** of the distrfet. The•
peeper plae+en to be a great summer re- past week 1* had visited magi lab*
sort and Gsderkla ceukl be made a ports, believing that by aiming in tam ,
great aaeannwer resort with * line of tett with port deisoffeiruena and fa -
boats. aseh a line wan es eawential ditties be *o* 4 Lar* a sure itatoe*l.
as the blghway►. And butte meld on. gest knowledge and be ins a better
Ity
be ssaale sueemostal ea they art*, g+ freight. IT.nee the riser for p lition to sweet alelelgatiostte.
Poehims weal
the beet: kaiser fecattfes to packets a the groat problems The asaatber of tCtraae *. i
CHits.
. IILAcK
1 triatttr renters, latasirweas. ',t'lele 'oast I'iaor•
gr� a the net sinatMiel tie caro orf Lek. Marcs wosid boesawse N two >rreett ilrsse. aetiestai anal
, "`Ther era's Iteseti' Reye' Store Worth While �ia1 elven suwadhr err west r e tea tag ii,w But
Mow ow Ik1* %soft sow* Pao'$ est the **** rswa t tats « ere heal si ess the roe*: w urs The
was the aatiral valet for them too aeod rut* were or bone* seed this
i•
_11
due to the investment of. private
ca-
pital pointedout. Forest t
sok
the bunch out in the lake to see the
outer breakwater. and harbor en-
trance.
.From Goderici he. Minister went
on to Kincardine.
t# you
u
Days like thio' that y+alu've °
looked ' forward to, offer pc•
tures that you'll;' turn back to,
again and again in your album.
• And any Kodak in compact%
to carry, easy towork and fun:
to use—let us show you. • -
Get your Kodak here..
darer a hkNi
Kodak',x6:?;5s
deaneries--••Suppkts,
H.C. DUNLOP Resell esell Store
Phone 1 Goderith
called in defense and sated that he
was busy working on The voters'
lists in connection with the vote to be•
taken on the bylaw, the night•of the
visit to. Benmiller, and Wm, H. Hos-
ken corroborated this.
County Representative WantedR. A. Lister Ile Company (Canada) Limited are: open to appoint
-a representative for each county for the sale of their geode,
including Melotte .Cream Separators, Lister -Page Handd,-)Etter
trio and Gasolene.ildilkin Machines; Lister Gasolene Keigtms, ..
Feral Lighting PIal te, Grain Grinders, Blower Rove, Milk
. Coolers, etc. Must devote his: whole time and attention teethe
business, and appoint and assist sub -agents. Remuneration by
and •commission, or commission only. , Only men able to
furnish first-clasi references, having their own motor can and
with sales experience in the agricultural machinery line need,
apply. A really good position and opportunity for a live *Dan.
Apply by letter, stating f,uII particulars, to
R. A. Lister & Company (Canada) Limited
Hamftitton Ontario
.11
mimermin
We• are now showing an'. assortment of vp-tlo.da`te
styles • of •
Oxf birds and Strap Slippers
for ladies and sen that cannot be equalled in quality..
and price. Barefoot Sandals for° misses and children
are here at• the very 1owest.prices.
Life -Buoy Outing Shoes
are without exception the best wearing rubber soled.
footwear on. the market.' Let us show you the different
kinds of these goods. The values are remarkable,
REPAIRING
Geo. MacVicar
Nortirf -.Side e>if Square Phone 220 • • GODERICH
ormensumaappoursormariesmirramacition
arvesters Attention
If you- are going West on the Harveste*rExcursion shop
at-Cornfiteld-s'and save money. We are offering special
values in ladies' and men's clothing.
Ladies' Wear
Ladies' Coats, Suits, Dresses, Coat Sweaters, Sleeveless Sweaters
and Millinery. All at reduced prices •
Men's Wear
M
. en`s Suits, light Overcoats, good Raincoats, Top andiWork
Shirts, Sweater Coats, Overalls in many makes, Such as Caharrt s,.
Kitchen's, Railroad Signal, Shack -proof, " Big Bee Brand, etc.
All offered at reduced. prices.
S w g of 14diee Coate
Our stoics of ladies' Coats for fall
are arriving and it will pay you to
see these before you buy.
Y...
1111, 111 111111 1 Inyol 1111.01. 1.1011•..• • M II 11 01
Lam' Fall Winery a .
Is here in newest styles and smartest
models. You can ave money by
buying your Val at at Cornfield's.
1 • ...Y...11.•.
A. CORNFIELD
>IIQUPHONIC 41* CODE/UCH