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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1924-07-17, Page 54 , LIICKNOW sENTENEV; i7th„. 1924, esesit..1' .R0443r. urnmer Resorts Of ,Ontario Nutshell for the Motorist. , • • , e Dunlop Tra,i1" is the "new -idea" tOtiring book, which rep- • resents the first attempt tO lay, Ontario before the holiday -seeker in 8uch a'WaY that hecan motor over the Province systematically. • The whole story of Ontario, is told in sequence—Ontario. from Winnipeg to Cochrane, to Windsor, to Montreal—yet the book only comprises forty pages, and is pocket size., •Not a reference page fronl cover to cover—in Other words, You get the whole 'story of a district when you are at thetwopages • covering that particular district. 'No advertising of any kind in .,"The Dunlop Trill." • • All maps and illustrations specially drawn; allmaterial specially • compiled: Think of this feature: All your mileage figured out for you over the entire Province—the first time this has been , at- tempted in the history of motoring. . In "The Dunlop Trail" you find every River \and Lake trip- in ., Ontario thathasa schedule; also special Train trips; combination Auto, Boat and Train trips; the first complete list ever published of places in Ontario where SummerHotels,- are located; every Golf Club and Camp' Site in the Province, andreal information, where you want it about steamer and ferry services for taking autos aboard. . In order to keep the circulation of "The Dunlop Trairin the proper channel a nominal price offifty cents has been put on it. Any Garage or Tire Dealer in Ontario will take your order for • "I -he -Dunlop Trail" 'or:you can procure it direct from this Com- pany at any of the Ontario Offices mentioned, below. 1 - DUNLOP TIRE .& RUBBER. GOODS CO., LIMITED HEAD OFFICEMND FACTORIES : 87G- Queen St. East; TORONTO. HAMILTON BRANCH: 18-24 Park Street South. LONDON BRANCH: 571 Richmond Street. OTTAWA BRANCH: Dunlop Building, 306-312 Sparks St. Dunlop—Tire Makers to Canada for Thirty Years. P B L ess Air, More Comfort wt, ••••••, A• 'WESTERN, ONTARl0:- P1t0Bli.EM. - . Townships andinunicitial 'cils,•bOarda Of trade and chamber's. cif conimeree of. .Western Ontario, ;will probably be asked "•to. send, represehtw:, •latives to a meetinr which • will be .1held 'Somewhere in the,,peninsul& this. Fall to discuss WaYs, and means to, 'I counteract .a Clearly defined tendency iwhich it:Unchecked' will, ' it, is .believ- ett, :threaten":" the: :•„,prosperity,of;t1.-ii§ part of the Dominion., :,' .• • Prosperity ;in the fourteen comities. • ,of Ilastern, Ontario,: • elseWhere, . in: • Canada, is dependent largely ' upon •:tzirieulture and it will ,be adtnitted , that no greater:calamity' could befell an area dependent ^•for its••prospert_ty._ , upon agriculturists.- ,•:Yel, this, it. is •• elaitned is what is happening throu- , Igh. the .process - of -tithe in Western Ontario. ' The regrettable fait that the younger. generation' are flocking • to the•..cities and towns, and the „leek •of adequa•te, means, ,to;--replat,:e,„.the, ;shrinkage In: the nu hi bers'..7of thick • !farmers caused by m )2; tat ken. ,t,e .atal, death have brought about condition, : the results: of wliicli are already aufficientlY obvious to -de- .imand attention .and action. * For. Scene years" the WSfeiln, Ont-" hrio' United, Baardgvo‘'Prsidei.anafww 7fihation of Many of the Boards ' • of • ,iTrade, and .Chainbe ' Commerce Of Biont.., Huron, Waterioe, Rent Essex-GreY,-.'41.41111141511-,-Eltri,11 Oxford Middlesex' Briide, and Norfolk• hive givenattention to cer- tainy broad' aspects'-^76177:agitooxtre: With - the aid of Township ,Clerks of ' ,•the 'fourteen Counties above named - over' two-thirds of the 'total: of 157. ,township clerks having cO4perateda.-- Y•-aomelagts-havow-been--seettied.WhLelli- - •elaiined;,•:,-,not"..Wi thou (,...741110011e!",_ a tient .indicste marked"tendency to-" • .. :wards reduetion • in the number . of. . • .• r Western' Ontario's • skilled agricul- turists• actively engaged in produc- tive work: The :farmers of the pre- genetatibn ere, of course grow- ing °older•. and' in many instances farms are grOwing larger • and the most likelypurchaser of farm pro:- perty, is 'the' neighboring „farmer and, the figeres. which follow/ show that there, is an obvious tendency towards • in:rease •of cleared but idle larid.: The figures secured muSt`, be, •ac-. •Cepted at face value_ 'They are ob7, 14i lilt)(t'' 'f.t.0111 over •' hundred , penderit sources ' and compiled merely. • With a 'View to ascertaining actual eonditions. They s,hOw that Of the • Jarms--7,--ef-,^the- fourteen, '-counties-,Of " Western Ontario, .212,607, acieS 'are• knewn. to be for ,sale; farnis actually • vacant,' not itielfidnig., those- Abend- - ,pped as. useless •fde agricultural pur- poses, '.have together 7.15,000 'acres • and there is "reported also '100,600. Of ter requiring consideration: However, the area ,reported to be 1.Or 'sale, or in 'vacant 'farms, or in unproductive p as t ur e -with- one- third of 'Western, Ontario' yet to hear fromL-approiimatin 400,000 ' acres- ,or, ,about one -sixteenth Of the total, cleared land of the fourteen counties of Western ,Ontario -indic- ates 'a well • defined tendency to- ward, reduction the number of, Western Ontario's skilled • agricul- turists and this, if admitted, is, it is claimed, a basic condition striking at the, roots of 'prosperity which cannot be•disiegardeci. without risk - • 1Viernbers Of. the United Boards are asking Where skilled agriculturists are to be found to buy and cultivate the farms ---now : offered for sale and these of other fariners who, may in the 'natural course of events .be ex- pec,fed to retire: If ,there is a- tend- eney. detrimental to the interests of Western Ontario; i it is Considered 'folly- to ignore it and Western Ont..' ltrionswsbefild; it,is,^subrnitted,,get,tot1+ gether and see 'what can be dime to check it ' - -- Recently when a L Carrick Township: farmer Yitited. his mail bey he ohser- yed What appeared- to be .quito large' parcel attached' to the bdr." As he was not a' ,patron of .^^the Mail or- der hoUses,. and not expecting ii,par- 'eel from anyyother 'scairee' he was nuch puzzled until he „drewnear en- ough to discover' that the "halter' consisted of i warm of bees. ;which had settledon-the box; --:He- didn't collect his .mail that day, , • ' It isn't_an orthodox apartment, if you have room 'for two guests at on-. 'et-without.:plitting2.7,-.the'-eat- out ,clearedw, land i n?,7s Pasture-PoVer^^^rieeeS2-'' sary „requirements, • 'According. to Statisties secured • from 1,the Provin- a I •: DePatitment Cron. Reports • (142): 100,000 acres, generaifield wcrop :;Tieltis $2,000,- 000 •annually. • of ' course it can' quite •justA,y., be. said • that, an, increase. in..the, demand tor ' 'beef. cattle, wotild, re- (IU,O 'the Unproduetive land in. pas-. tare ;7that farms offered for sale may, _the _present iowners for mallY years and that increased production, if the land were' fully --ctiltiVatedV'inightedverselyliff&t: the already:^w.inadecm-•te remuner- ation of agriculture at present pri- es for produce of all kinds; These are, of course, circumsta- - which -s,hifuld,:.,not.,,bew_lost sight of, anzlither. :are' nossiltik'other:pliaseg.7.6f-ilie.^.rrilit7,.. • Made by Ame6 Holden Tire 8c Rubber Co: Limited KITCHENER, ONTARIO' t" will give you more miles for each 'dollar of cost—prove it—test them with anyother tire and vetimpate ihec:ire 7 • F P-Oth W. SMITH tuckfi( Lekting Tire hop GAS AC:ASSOitiES OIL ••••', 4 11 Here and There • . It ie 'announced that. vigorOuS efforts will be, Made by the Gov- ernment of Manitoba, to - effect the actual settlement of 224,000' acres of 'meant Provincial: land noW nncie; :ithe-vadministration,:ot,-thes,.crown.; ' ,.• • _ . //line •421rsr ^traffic earnings of the Canadian Pacific Railway =bunted to, $3,- 301,000, as compered With $3,159,- 000 for the, corresponding period' of - 1923. This IS an inereaSe of $1.428- 000, or 4.4 per cent. . • • Reports from the ROn'Yn gold • fields .of Quebec-, continue to. indi- catew"--ir-:-•great7futureArorthatjerr-, ' tory. ,Development IS proceeding. apace and the ^ English ' capital -now., flowing into Canada:in, search of,. • geed, investments • is • inIeresting it- self in this area.. ' ^ '.Three .carloads of seed grain are being shipped weekly from the provincial seed cleaning‘and mar- keting plant at Edmonton, Alta. About 50,000 bushels' of seed grain • have been handled by the plant since last '.fall and 20,000 bushels more will , be handled. before the year's seeding is completed. ' The International Paper Company intends to add twe ,new machines td their plant in Three Rivers, quer,' so, as • to increase their production, 7 from 300 to 450 tons daily. Another , project is also under consideration; viz., to build a. plant. in. Batiscan instead of enlarging the -Three • Rivers one:. Out of every dollar the Company . earns, the sun() of 81 cents i# spent by .the Canadian Pacific ,Railw'AY in the home markets of ',Canada for wages, materials, &applies, . taxeS " and insurance, figures recently is show. In 1023 the total earn- ings of lthisgreat corporation were $195,837,089, and every, community in Canada directly benefitted by the expendithre, of 81 ;er cent of this huge amount in the home market. . The ,1924 cut of the East KoOte-f.: nay (B;C,) ;forestry district ' gives ..iiroinise of running • to a grand total cif 150,000;000, feet There is. . -particularly briSk business in -poles of longer lengths and in railway . ties; and a• cut of, "senile ..1,000,000 sawn ties and the usual quantity of the hewn variety is' looked for. 'Six- teen sawmills , are now in operation and indications are that there ,,will• probably be thirty going before the • season Joses. . , • Canada now, takes third place, and second place among British pos- sessions, of•the.gold-producing areas - of -the-world.-t-The-total--gold --pro-- duction of the •world - for 1922 -the latest year for which returns are available "--• was ' 15,440,000 find ounces, of which the Transvaal Pro- duced 7,020,110, or ,45.5 per. cent. The United States came second, with 2,363,075 ounces, �r 15;3 per cent., and Canada followed, with 3,- 263,364 ounces, or 8.2 per cent. • , June 18th was the anniversary. Of • the running of the first , Imperial Limited, the Canadian Pacific Rail- way's famous transcontinental. This was not the Company's first' trans- continental, as trains began regular service. between ,Montreal and Van- couver as far' back as 1886, but for several years it was the Crack Cana- dian Pacific express. To -day the premier place is held by the Trans- Canada Limited, the fastest long- distance express in the world, which oniralcinesaithiem_Lo_ reurinilin_tjan90 or 10 hours less than the time of the ig • • OLD SCHOOL RE UNION ,( An' "old •hqy',' of East:: Wawaiiesh • • • .• • has sent us the'..verses printed..below," having 'retereride. to 'S. S. No 13, Wawanoali.• and the , rejunion'.to,.,be held there on July • 23...The s'en,timent Nk 4, W WaWanciali whcie a re7.• union will be held On July .24.) W.awanosh! Qh..hear iti. Ctilfingus 1O -day) Namb..With, magic in. it . • , , ' To these far aWaY; "Thirteen" is ;the watch..ord,' School -house famed -afar '----- EVery heart is well stnred,, And the-;ja4-,:7,L7 a • Holy ground, forever., Is that stretch , Of road, Shun it none can ever, , Who:^^_onew there ,aborfe.r.!,;., ' "rtit 11E13 Back' againto childhood!, • Log :,sehool-house and creek; Playing, in Ithe„:„vvild-,Wood; Fighting- like a dreek,2" Line, tin' in 'the school -house, As we did at nine; Boya in heckerect red-blotise; Girls in •liorna'spun,- fine.- HATPUi E ro the Agricultural College. and the Farmer ' Seed' Selection 'Helps in • Eren..040.• ••Year, -,Large seea, tglesting , ft esti) ts4-77 IFeedipa ,7 7 7 (Qoritrituitect.tby Oath rip ti,i'porttneat ' Agriculture Toronto.) • , „ 192 ...P.u1;44e'7,1714. '4tr1714iIsh;nYbe41.he04 tart° * Ago,oiottirai...99114e "t1 nearly 2,000 farmers aAr. tit m tull infayreation.`fer Teen, dtetineiesta on ir.. '7"'One 'hundred ,tfnet,,,• experintentS. were .cpnclAi'et,Awl; -during ; the -season bantlry area. , • Selection of Seed Important. 71)ifferent selection's, of 'seed Of 'yari- . . otis classes, of grain have 'been bare, fullytested at the •Ontario Agricul- tural collegefor from six to :Mile years, The average resultsshoW..t t, even • one 'year's selection Of seed grain has •a.inar.ked influerice., on, the resulting crop. eVery 'instance, the large .plump seod gave a greater 'yield of grain per acre. than medium, • fiized, small pljmp, •,shruil,ken,or broken : seed: In tbo average of the • •six -classes % of • grain the large "Pima surpassed " the smell Pluirip in 7yield Of grain per acre by :19 per cent., . and, • 1117 the average of , the three 'classes of grain the Plaint) seed, gave.',a4yield",- over. the shrunken teed ref 20 per cent. It should be understood ' that equal numbers of seed were used .in experimentothuitsshowthat large arpili erutltt;..,stleieircv.f eh-ghl produce a larger, more vigorous and ^more, productive .plant than Is pro- duced from.. a Smelt:lilt:map or train a. shrunken ; seed. -Department of Ex- tension, O.A. College;:Guelph:, • II SOIL FERTILITY 'EXP4ItiLMENTS.. Folioirint Up the Soil Survey --,-Lime Phosphate With. Wheat-ww-lEx-,* • • . , • perirnents, Wii,h Potatoes. • • The three 'd.eniemstr4tion'Phits that have been-startedas folloW ,en Work in connection w with the soil survey are now, giving :interesting' ifestiffs. The outstanding , feature go, far IS .• the proved beneficial effect of lime and phosphoric acid. On the .fight sahdr soil of the Norfolk County plotr•the •• increaaing. amount Of ,decaying or- ganiclitatter is beginning tomakeit- self felt in the improved texture the sedl..and:inereased -crop. Yields: On, all three of these eXperimental6ejots certain raixturea o fertilizers are giving Paying 'restatt;'• while • Other milt -Urea, are not.. • • •. • , • • Lime :Phosphate Experimenta With, :Wheat. • " . The lime •-phosphate,',.eXperinients planned to discoverthe effect of . hal 'lime' and:acid phosphate aiid Mixed 'fertilizer, On .wheat and the succeed - Ing ,crop of Clover,' have esting reaUlta. Each experiment .con- sisted ot four. half -acre Plots; a,nd these 'w,ere-taid doWn, on :three differ- * ent farms' In eight differentcountieS; twenty-four 'experiments in all. ....As these eineriittents were started in the fall of 1922, only the wheat crop has beeri:,harvesteds The clover, however, shows Marke'd 'difference. in •deVelop, Ment in the various plots and inter- esting results. Maybe expected next, season.' ,The outstanding restilts, so far obtained -ix- that •- acid- ph -Om -Ai -ate • increased the Yield :Of wheat in e•very• 'experinientr The average , fortli,e Check" plot was bUshela"per and the acid phosphate -)lot 34.34 bushels per • acre, an Increase 'of ,',a little direr; 50 per,een.i.:.._:„Assaining. that the addition .of the • acid • phos- phate atth.e rate appli•edon.theS6',.exH.:, periments .would • have giVenthe. sawe resulton the 711,4,07 .acres of _fait wheat harVested in Ontario in 1923,.4 the 'yaine of the ' crop ' •Nypu'ld have been inerea.S'ext• by nearly eight Hill- liOrt,dollars, at^a profit'overd•the entire cost oT the acid phosphate ,ok ;ever four raillion„dollars. • " ' • • ..• , • • Experiments With Potatoes. . The Triangle experiments with p^" tatties-,haVeg, deinonstrated.Ei1r veirw panty,' where lield .that leghni 08 niay be used to gather all or nearly all 'the nitrogen required, hy and .that phosphoric aed and potali 'pOper proportion MAY :be used to,, -increase beth th utiniftitY and ' Ity of the dreg With. pi -fit, • This •, Work is, being' ektended to eight additional counties; and • trig "carried on by the CliVinistry de- partment Of ,the Ontario Agricuittital ,College in eti,ePeratidir With the A.gri- •:.cultitral-Ttepresentatives-TDent; ^',7-afT- Eitension, 0. A, College, CtielPhw,' . • nyLgY AND VICINITY Mr- Lovell ReaViet oftbe siarr of the Continental Meters,", Detroit, is Visiting in Ripley, M/06 • Pliuheth pototo Wa 10 • ^Lenden, fOr'''ai few 'ilay.s tlLs .1,,vPo4, • 4-1.01-4,a1d M Xay, of 1nvethurojj "was ,Jn't Own ',Off;TJtay •• • P. E. ,I,,- ia yisieng*.her parents "Mr.," and Mr J, MartYn. , . -Geo/ 11,1':•'LoYf teller .in The Roa Bank here,' :has been trans- , ferret! to, Drayton. •„ , of 'Listowel is, .tst hei gzndJnother. Mrs 5.' A,. • • • .• r, • M. D:. 'MC.InheS, Riptgy's': TRIP, h a, . ben ei.NIng'• redial 4401:gilt. Toronto for some time past,, is now onvales-' ging in,,Kinaidine an.d is .expeeted,to return' he're .at- an 'eayry. date. . '.A 'nutnber ' attehded theit'Ir,KitEcua:denilee'Milia;sYnvkl'Th,i'ar:illdaY. Han- ; eVer . , , Strawberry •picking has: engaged the atterition, .ef.W.rnany children and l'adu.l.ts*,iii; the fat week or. two And: .t.he C. ,N, :R,^, .line ,. and twentieth sid;irpad has heen dotted with people bthil gathering the ,• delicious , fruit. Church :7 Sunday sohool picnic was held ,at • 1317hee- • . 13par:h. last- Thursday Tlie eXcellqnt - .• , weather ,ceinbineci with an erithusias7-, Crowd to, ',make the 'outing a dis- -tinct Succe,,. s • • • *. Mr. and. Mrs •Alran Ashley • Of . . . Wiltrton :are ' 34itjrig the latter'S mother„ Mrs Mr 1VICGillivra „ ' . • •• -Mr. and 'Mrs, E. •-F,:Martyn artiv- ed in Ripleiy '„freen- Detroit, en Wedw nesclay.: They will take u -their -re=1 sidece, here,' Eugene continuing • to ,assist !nil father in the Coal 'and grain business, On ,Mciriday, a number •of friends gathered in the Town Hall ,aral presented the happy giatip.le with •a' purse of "money as an indication a .estepinand ..good,wishes. -pis-ant eyenirig 'Was.' spent in., clac- •.ing: 'followed by'.refresliment: Mr•, ,Iloyace.,MeLaY, who'; has been teaching at, Gooderliani;, is.' home for the,hiaa,liijc14.3s ,:li.•tirobr from ,Ripiosy and ,. the. surrounding country celebrated the gloriont ' twelfth in: Goderich„ The 71-tfriley Orange :Lodge were pre= sent In halt force.. . • Mrs, Charles -Pottier;, of ,Hainilton and. Mrsw!',^ Fred Pierce • of Mitehell are viSiting' their • mathei”, Mrs John Haris:-, There *did at Ripley on Jhly • • . 4 , at the 'age ,:of ,seventy-eight years,: Mrs. Betsy Ayres, wid,pw of the late Caleb, ,Aytes1.,„ The 'deceased was bern in'England ,to the *United States and later to Canada; abotit • • • • • thirty. years •,•ago.. She Passed' away 'atter a. lengthy; 'illness at the home of her -daughter Mrs W Q. Jackson, - 'with • Whore- she resided many Years:-: • •• .7 , Afternmin of Friday, . . , , .., Once again bring batk- Spelling inatchos, Hurrah! Merrin^teht° no lak. j jeaeher,S1 Famed f9ievert Call their' neines aloud, Some Will tinSWer, !letter; , 'Let our heads be bowed; tidal fniV sar :S. 80 NO, 14 'Mist' „ Wanobi -4141y.-23.14,1104:i .iceeding CalveS. , , . . „ It is ceinSidered a good przietiCe,. In teaching ealifett to eat grain; to begin' • by • feeding them a little ground col ii,., , or Sifted ground oats: TM's, kind of , re4ina0el'itirenlei:a,,..teVz;Va317:4111W' , , then they may be given either wliole bats or whole corn, tiliXtbre of, Equal parts by Weight of both, ,This ,whole ,graitt -.inity.-lie...fed,:td the ealVeii'• • Until2theY.Ift:te age and then they should , be. 1041 ground feed. 'When 'a calf reaelieS -eight-Months of age it„does- not elteW its grain' Consequently a iiigh percentage o1 tlie grain if fed. Whole, The theory of -feeding calves whole 'grain When 4 nintitit to 'eight iiientlia "of age Is that thCy-ehoW -Aire' grain 'Aietter•; ..ttimulates the flbw of sallva, • 7": . _ „.- , . • , lieVir wheat ; Which -AS frequently damp, 18 thdroUghly mixed with dry old wheat !rein the previous year aud Pet into bulk storage Or' a few experiments show the dry, Wheat.'"oh- sorbs a Stiffielent tiniennt Of inolAttire. from the dainD Wheat to .!iiiPrOVe, both.' kinds for, milling • Iteeidng the animals •Iniidtiri good feed is not a itindneat, Hatd "yiei0i7 tintiO With teed tare, le 14110,:rePre. bar.. „ • TTig LATE' stryinFR smt. • gON HAS' LEFT US ' WITH A PEW; ' LINES .0 SLJMMER .N 'OOODS THAT • WE HAVE CUr PRICES TO THE LIMIT „DER TO CLEAR THEM OUT. PICK yoult PICKINQS. WHILE THE PICKINGS ARE. CLCIOD7 . . 250 Yds Taffeta, 'Silk Plain or Striped, variety of colors, Worth up to $4:00 yd., blearing at $L69 a yd, 30.0. Yds, Silk Crepe di -Chine, White and ' a vastarray t.f shades. J u 1 Y Clearing Price $1.49 per id," 100 Yds, smooth even' 'Weave; .36 inches wide, Regular pollar" valee, New .69C. • 1 Piece Pink Self -striped . Satin .• Sheen, for underwear, extra lolr, priced ,at 40c. per yd, , A stupendOuS • array of Dress Mug.. .hns, Voies Dinuty, _Stripes, Swiss Dotsand others :that were up to $2.25, Clearing at 95e. a yd. Special Men's Workr, Shirts, a $1.00, each. 3 Pair Grey All Wool Sms; $1.00, Odd Lots of Summer "Underwear, at Clearing ,Prices, , • , SEE our STOCK of SUMMER. CORSETS, New , ,Comfortable .Mode1s. for the "-HOT. .Weather. • RIPLE Ti3e,, funeral, waS held to •RiPley etery oi July. Miss Margaret • Armstrong 'And Master -Gordon Armstrong, of brook are .visiting-' their . granchnotheg ;Mrs, 'Margaret 7.11/1cDenald. , The , ni.atter with.. parliament 13 thbt• too, ,Many pdliticians are sent .F.1.,StiERMSN::..17.LL , Fishermen will tell you that ' typpohly go to French giver, ^Rlrlf(0%; , Yeti that this, go, becatige Ma i6 intritS, these being three the lava or litiko,of-of ji46 fishing, Not all iot them. Wi cif/di-loth whore One ten onjoythe Cathie:di:a of the average holiday reitnit, the' joy of etimP lite and the glory of the woods as woll ha the fiRlest tlahthg In North „ A1116'10417 • TAie. blits• - Asti*, f41 '