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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 16th, 1943
Has Surrendered
Italy, the nation that begged Germany the
privilege of joining with the Huns in bombing
Westminster Abbey and the British House of
Commons and for the opportunity to murder
British women and school children, and that
Stabbed Trance in her back. Ims surrendered
unconditionally to the allies. The leader who
duped them more or less is in exile, every
decent man’s hand raised for his destruction.
The nine million bayonets of which they once
boasted so proudly are now at the feet of the
allies and not at their breasts as they fondly
desired. There is in all this no room for boas
ting on the part of the allies. There is no
thought of revenge. There "is no thought of an
eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth, but there
is good cause to remember the nature of the
foe that has now made full surrender. No ally
dares take the place of the judge of all the
earth. Rather under Him they will seek to do
justice, not only to their defeated foe, but to
those whom the foe sought to destroy.
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A Fitting Word
As Mr. Mackenzie King announced the
surrender of the Italians, he wisely reminded
every Canadian in the midst of his ’rejoicing
to prepare to do his utmost to press the war
to its just conclusion. The Italians have surren
dered. The winning of that surrender is but a
very small part of the allies objective. The
Germans are in possession of the greater por
tion of Italy. What control the Germans have
over the Italian fleet remains to be seen. How
strong the German fortifications on Italian Soil
no one knows. What portion of their arms the
Italians have placed in the possession of Ger
man’s remains to be seen. What military sec
rets the Italians have given to the Germans
remains to be revealed. So while the bells are
ringing, the allies do well to redouble their
precautions against the Germans and the Japa
nese and to treble their efforts to bring the
foes of freedom to abject surrender. We are
glad that We see a little light, but we do well
to remember that we are by no means out of
the woods. Whom the gods destroy they first
make over confident.
Respect Her
We suggest that Russia these 'great days
be res'pected. There is a tendency to nag her.
By this time we should have learned that Rus
sia is pretty well able to do a very good job
in the way of attending to her own business.
Other nations, if they have any sense will follow
her example. Over and over again during re
cent years, she has shown that when light and
knowledge come her way she has a happy fash
ion of making effective use thereof. Not so long
.ago, her neighbors continually tried a little
poaching on her preserves. Such meddlers lear
ned their folly and complained bitterly as they
took their tuition. Our opinion is that hereafter
other nations will be slow to meddle with this
mighty giant now* throwing back the mightiest
war machine the world ever has known. By
following this course they will show' good sense
and their capacity to learn from experience.
What we fear is that some alleged patriots and
statesmen at the peace conference following
the war, will press their imaginary claims on
Russia to the point where she will be obliged
to say something and to do something about
her own rights and the trouble we are now' pas
sing through will be gone through again.
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Getting Busy '
We understand that Colonel Drew' is doing
a little something along the line of ’improving
agricultural conditions, We hope that he is get
ting beyond this thing of having college boys
tell the farmers how' to run show's and clubs of
this and that sort.
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What Russia seeks is the blessed privilege
of working out her own national life by meth
ods peculiar to her people, her climate, tier
soil and her special opportunities, without in
any way meddling with or impinging uppn the
rights of ‘other nations. The rest of the world
must get over the irritating practice of patro
nizing Russia. They must see that Russia is
setting the pace. While other nations have been
tithing the mint, anise and cummin of the chips
in the porridge of world activity. Russia has
been getting' things done and the things she is
accomplishing are for the good of humanity.
Just now the meddlers and the self appointed
uplifters are the enemies of the race, Russia
has earned respect and it should be given her
ungrudgingly.
Has October Stolen n March on September
These are difficult times for editorial writ
ers. One begins an article on the war situation
only to find that the whole picture has changed
ovtore he gets it finished
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Building1 Up the Town
While so maxiy places are complaining bit
terly about the decay of their once thriving
districts, Exeter is forging ahead by making
use of products peculiar to her soil and by
affording her young people plenty of work
and the opportunity for a sound schooling, not
only in the way of three R’s but in the way of
mechanical training. Lately the district has
turned its special adaptability to producing corn
and beans and peas for canning factory pur
poses. It has been shown that asparagus thrives
in this region. This year good profits are being
secured from the making of the elderberry into
jam. The region lias proven to be ideal for
the growth of turnips for waxing and shipping
purposes. Fortunately for the region the local
canning factory is alert to the possibilities of
the region for the, production of any article
that is suitable fox' canning purposes. Its recent
purchase of the local turnip waxing industry
supplies an opportunity for it to keep its help
engaged the year through. The region lias long
been famous for its successful growth of onions
of the finest quality. It is a pity that more at
tention is not paid to the growth of apples and
of smnll fruits,
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A Model Speech.
In presenting Mr. Churchill for his degree
of L.L.S. at Harvard University the President
of that home of culture made a model speech
which w'e commend to Canadian Statesmen. “I
present Winston Churchill, statesman and war
rior.”* * « *
The Other Side
As we go over in pride the records of Rus
sian military successes we will be wise to con
sider the Russian behind the fighting men. The
self-denial of those Russian citizens is sublime
beyond all telling. Imagine the hardest con
ditions you can of what humanity can suffer,
multiply this by two hundred per cent, and you
have some small idea of what those Russians are
enduring that their fighting men may win in the
battle for freedom. “Fight on!” is their cry.
No complaints are heard. That is left for those
who are suffering from digestive troubles due
to over-eating and softened by over-clothing
and over-heated homes. Russia holds her head
high without arrogance and scrimps and saves
without meanness. Some dav the rifle will be
laid down and the plow and the saw and the ham
mer taken up, but it will be a free Russia. She
has saved her country by her heroism and the
world by lier example. Russia’s spirit has made
her great. As are the people, so are their sol
diers, Russia has again shown the world.
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Some Progress
Higher ups tell us that the allies have
gained the upperhand in the U-boat warefare.
Still, the «U-boats are up to a good deal of
their old mischief. We have the superiority in
the air. Nevertheless, the Axis airplanes are a
terrible menace. We have devastated many Axis
cities. This docs not hinder the Axis armies
from having no end of war munitions. All of
which means that a whole lot of fighting re
mains to be done. Things military are not
what they were two years ago. They are yet
far from the condition we wish they were in.
A decid ed advance has been made in the allies
favour. There is a deal of trudging still to be
done. Should we slacken, the tide of wax’ may
easily turn over night. The hill “Difficulty”
has not been overtopped, not by any manner
of means.
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Note and Comment
Patronize the Exeter fall fair.
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History repeats itself. The Huns are again
in possession of Rome!
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We do things in a big way in this good
land. We have rationed matches.
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Don’t forget to dodge out between* showers
to get the garden dug. Next seeding time will
soon be here.
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This country is piling up wealth. We ration
matches and entertain our friends - at ‘ eight
thousand dollars per day.
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What about those fall plowing matches?
Why not place tile plowing in the same cate
gory as the standing crop competition?
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Folk are not complaining about doing with
a little less tea and coffee and butter, but they
do not like to see old people shivering. What
is the town council doing about it ?
* * *
What suggestion ' have you, you gentle
reader, in the way of helping the churches
.save fuel this winter? We suggest that you
keep one seat warm during the regular ser
vices.
% St St St
We congratulate the nimble fingered lads
and lassies who picked up a few dollars pick
ing the elderberries, The elderberry has come
to be of a distinct commercial value, This
community shipped forty tons to Hamilton this
vear for jam making purposes.
15 YEARS AGO
Ml'. Frank S nj lm attended the
Aylmer races with trotting
horses on Wednesday and Thursday,
of last week. Jimmy D. took first!
money in the 2:3V rave and Forest;
Ridge DIU took second money in the
2:15 race, Mr. Taylor is attendin
i London Fair with his horse th’
week.
Mrs. W. F. May returned to her
home in Mitchell on Sunday after
visiting with her sons, Messrs, Wm.
and F. A. May.
May and son
her home.
Rev. Ernest
conducted the
Presbyterian church on Sunday de
livering two splendid messages whiea
were much appreciated by tlie con
gregations.
Foote, was in London taking ser
vices at the Hamilton Road Presby
terian church.
Mr. Archie Morgan recently had
the misfortune to have his nose
broken. He was in the act of tying
in some cows when one of the anim
als tossed its head and struck Mi',
Morgan on the nose.
Mr. George Lawson who for several
years has had charge of the Bell
Telephone office in Exeter under Mr.
Janies Lawson, has now been ap
pointed manager.
Mr, and Mrs, Wm.
Gordon accompanied
The pastor, Rev. Jas.
C.P.R. Diesel-Electrics Speed Up War Freight
25 YEARS AGO
All roads lead to Exeter Fair next
Tuesday.
Pte. Fred Brock, who left here
several weeks ago for Petawavza
Training Camp, is now in the Toron
to General Hospital in a rather seri
ous condition suffering from heart
trouble.
Thanksgiving Day tills year lias
been fixed by the Government for
Monday, October 14
been
years.
Mr.
three
Monday has
the favourite day for some
R. Downie.
home from
expects to
Friday.
Wm. Hatter has purchased the
lots and stable north of his
father’s home from Mrs.
Pte. Archie Davis is
London this week. He
receive his discharge on
After a prolonged illness there
passed away at her home, Andrew
street, on Monday last, another of
our oldest residents, in the person
of Elizabeth Marsden, beloved wife
of Mrs. John Dauncey, aged 76 years,
50 YEARS AGO
npHE sleek new diesel-electricI locomotive pictured here is
one of two which the Canadian
Pacific Railway has added to the
rolling stock in its Outremont,
Que., yards to speed up the
heavy flow of wartime freight
passing through Montreal ter
minals. z Within the next few
months three more of the same
type will be in service, capable
of doing highly efficient work on
a 24-hour basis in contrast to
steam-powered locomotives which
require servicing at 16-hour in-
tervals. With, the new diesel
electrics on the job steam
locomotives can be released from
yard service for longer haul runs
where they are urgently needed
to move war freight.
Needing to be refuelled only
once every three days and
inspected once a month as com
pared to the daily refuelling and
inspection necessary with steam
locomotives the diesel-electric
unit® can haul a 5,000-ton load
on level track at slow speed and
have a starting tractive effort of
69,000 pounds. Their loaded
weight is only 115 tons and
they are powered with one six-
cylinder 1,000 horsepower super
charged diesel engine which runs
at 740 revolutions per minute.
Their short length of 45 feet__6
inches and four-wheeled driving
trucks allow them to operate
anywhere a box cai’ can go —
a decided advantage on private
sidings'Where track curvature is
sometimes severe.
In preliminary tests the loco
motives have been easy on fuel,
doing a strenuous eight hours of
Work on only 30 gallons of fuel
oil. Objectionable features found
in the early designs of this type
of power of some 20 years ago
have been eliminated, according
to H. B. Bowen, chief of motive
power and rolling stock. The
new engines were built by the
American Locomotive Company,
of Schenectady, N. Y., with the
electrical equipment supplied by
General Electric. The controls are
so simple that little instruction
was necessary to familiarize the
driver, shown in the lower pic
ture, with the operation. •
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A Letter from British Columbia
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The following letter written from
White Rock, B.C., was received a
couple of weeks ago but will be
read with interest by many of our
I readers:
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j days are g<
' th <n 4- A nf
Once gain we are enjoying sum-
warmest weather, tlio’ the
j getting shorter and we know
that Autumn is just around the cor-
Bnt
arq
and
contend witn.
fruit crop is
on account of
The winter
the mer-
.g to zero in January--
best worm and bug chaser that I
know of, and is very effective in
wet weather. This
adapted to growin.
flowers,
rons and
to great
kinds of
•s
Spanish on
such like,
advantage
flowers.
method is well
potatoes, cauli-
ions, corn, cit-
and can be used,
for growing all
Flowers
climbing flower house (which,
by 2 0 and 12 feet high in size
My
is 40
and rustic built) is or was something
swell according to some visitor's
opinion, and my flower walk which
is 20 rods long, consisting of two
rows of flowers of every kind, large,
small and scented with a six foot
path between was never more showy,
and visitors from different parts of
Ontario have ’remarked to me that
the vegetables and flowers grown
here are equal to
kind grown at the
This statement
and anyone who is
it may inquire of
cliffe, an Exetei' old-timer and gar
dener, who now resides at the Huron
County Home, who will be pleased
to back up. this statement and per
haps mention some things that I have
not stated.
With best wishes to all my read
ers for success in the occupation of
gardening, I am
Yours sincerely,
Harry Holford.
(A gardener at the H.C.H.)
ai'e much in demand and tile garden
er has many pests to
On the whole the
not as good as usual,
a chilly late spring,
was exceptionally severe,
cury droppim
which to our mind was worse than
30 on the prairies where the air is
dry and the houses built to with
stand cold weather. Anyone who
has' lived on the prairie and at the
“Coast” will tell you that they feel
more physical energy and better
mental activity in the prairie winter
atmosphere. Here in B.C. one ex
periences both physical and mental
relaxation, and for many years
whether for this reason or by the
J general spirit of unrest the popula-
+' • tion moves westward to a land where
storms are rare and the rains “are
inot wet!”
The recent rains which have
en in this district have been
acceptable to the farmer. The----crop has been making very little;1 coming in numbers,
headway, if any at all, and "the j house rents are high——$50 per montn
ground was very hard to plow.! f— - -------------- -- - ........ —
several farmers on the London Road page summer prices,
have commenced fall wheat seeding, j Hundreds of bathers are in the
A very serious accident befell | water every day and judging by the
Master Harry Browning last Tuesday < shrill screams and laughter of the
morning about 1 o’clock which as'l^^ms they are having a delightful
for as is known at present may proves time. At low tidewatex* there are
fatal. The little fellow must have j 4 miles of dry sand extending out
got out of bed while in his sleep! 1300 feet and as there are no pock-
(his room being at the back on the!ets> holes or undertow, bathing is,
third flat) and walking to the front' sa^e f°r t-he youngest children. Sun-; ______________
window, fell out on the sidewalk, ' bathing seems to be as much sought
a distance of 29 or 30 feet. He,a^ter as sea-bathing, and the modern J^ppnrrlc
struck on his shoulder and back of • abbreviated bathing “suit” allows Udi UUl111Ig, IWUUIUO
his head. The extent of his injuries f°r a thorough tan. • All
are not fully known. His scream as*. White Rock has a splendid south- tn6 vOUHlV 1101116
he struck the walk was heard by.ern exposure and a lovely view over j
Constable Creech who was at the' Semiahmoo Bay (part of Boundary
towix hall, also Drs. .Rollins and: Bay) with the Gulf Island in the j hearing much about great feats of
Amos,
the noise when he struck the
All that medical skill can do
ing done for the sufferer.
The proprietors of the Exeter; snow-capped glory.
Foundry are adding new machinery is only three miles away,
as custom demands, They recently by are a nuxnbex’ of i
put in a new planing machine, whiij; | islands,
will plane iron any width less than • culty gettiix
six feet. ' territory.
verv[ner. Evenings are always cool,
root! still tfie .summer “campers”
Apartment
for a small suite or a furnished cot-
■summer prices.
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J.W.R.
As I have been reading and
any of the same
O.A.U. at Guelph,
is perfectly true
tempted to doubt
Mr. Robert Row-
Mr. John P. Clarke heard j distance, Mount Bakex’ (10,000 ft.) i walk. I to the east, and farther south, Mt.
is be-’Ranier, while away to the south-
: west lie the Olympic Range in their
Exeter ; snow-capped glory. Blaine, Wash,,
■, and near
a nuxnbex’ of timber-clad
But there is so much diffi-
o„M.l.xg across to Uncle Sam’s ! territory. Bellingham lies only
’ about 17 miles to the south, yet one
\ must go to considerable expense and
trouble getting a passport in order
’ to cross the boundary line. To the
majority of people this seems sheer
/nonsense and to many a decided in-
“Daddy, may I ask you a ques- j convenience. The .grounds around
tion?” I the Peace Arch, neat’ Blaine, are now
“Yes, son, but it must be a short1 beautiful oxx the Canadian as well
one.” aa on the Americaix side, and there
If a doctor is doctoring a doctor‘one gets an excellent view of White
does the doctor during the doctoring | Rock with its houses perched on the
have to doctor the doctor the ways steep slope up from the shore,
the doctor being doctored wants to [ The G.N. (Jim Hills, R.R.) coxnes
be doctored, or does the doctor doc-'from Vancouver, via Westminster,
toring the doctor, doctor the doctor'and for miles runs along the beach,
. thus iix part detracting from the
I beauty of the shore line as well as
being both dirty and dangerous.
Along the Fraser Valley farming,
lumbering and fishing are carried
on, the latter paying particularly
well last year during the salmon
run, the “catch” being good and
price being high—10c per pound.
Dairying, fruit growing and poultry
keep the farmers busy. Jerseys and
Ayrshires are the milk producers,
and “Bossxe” goes to the canners
when her usefulness is over, so
beef is high priced, mostly brought
from the mid-we9t.
Clearing the land after the big
tr0efj—mostly cedars and firs—-arc
j felled is an expesive undertaking, as
! many as 40 huge 'Stumps having to
; be taken off an acre. Dynamiting
• is the usuel way, the’ “bulldozing”
(makes a fair job.
! The* land is high priced and the
’ soil is light and porous and must
be fed in order to produce a crop-,
so commercial and other fertilizers
Smiles . . .
RATHER COMPIOATED
the way he usually doctors?”
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Tlie youngster was being chided
for his low grades. 'As an alibi he
said, “Well all the boys at
got C's and D's too.”
“All of them?” he was
“How about little Johnnie
who lives down the street.”
“Oh, he got high grades,” the
youngster admitted. “But you see,
he’s different. He has two 'bright
parents.”
school
asked
Jones
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Counsel (cross-examining a
xner): “Now don’t quibble! Do
understand a ‘simple problem or
not?”
Witness: "I do.”
"Then tell the court this: It 15
men ploughed a field In five hours,
how long will 30 men take to plow
’ the
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far-
you
same field?”
“They couldn’t do it?”
“Why ’hot?”
“Because the 15 meh have
ready plowed it!”
at
gardening, I am tempted to state
some work that has been going on
at the Huron County Home in the
line of gardening, commencing in
the Spring up to the present time.
I had new potatoes as large as
-aoose eggs the last week of June
that yielded from 20 to 40 potatoes
from a. single seed cutting. I have
grown radishes in 19 days, fully
matured, that were neither hot,
tough noi' wormy. I nave grown
cucumbers all shapes and sizes and
measuring from thirty to fifty inches
in length. Pie pumpkins were ripe
the middle of August,"and the Jum
bo pumpkins are large enough, sin
gle, to fill an ordinary size wheel
barrow. Cauliflowers were as large
as full size dinner plates and were
just as white, and none were destroy
ed by insects out of 45 plants.
The Spanish onions are the best I
have ever grown, and equal in quality
and size any that I have seen any
where.
The citrons are monstrous in size,
likewise are the other vine varieties
that I have grown.
I wish to state that I have adopted
a new method (largely my own
origination) for hastening the ripen
ing of tomatoes and, apart from
staking Up, it is the best idea I
have struck, It is clean and the
TO EX-LONDONER’S WIFE
A cable lias been received by
Mrs. A. H. Clinger, of Grand Bend,
from her brother, Rev. Dr. E. W.
Crawford, of Great Witcombe, Glou
cester, England, telling of the
sudden death of his wife, from a
heart attack on August 29. Dr.
Crawford is a former Londoner, and
a graduate of Huron College. His
wife was from Ireland, and their
meeting occurred on board ship as
both were en route to East Africa,
where they were married and where
they spent 20 years in missionary
work.
A Pimple Covered Face
Kills Many a Romance
. The lives of many young people are made miser
able by the breaking out of .pimples, and you probably
know of cases where a promising Romance has been spoiled by those fed, white, festering and pus filled
sores on the fate.
The trouble is not so much physical pain, but the
mental suffering caused by the embarrassing disfigurement which very
often makes the sufferer ashamed to go out in company.
The quickest way to get rid of pimples is to improve the general health
by a thorough cleansing of the blood. ?
Burdock Blood Bitters helps to cleanse the blood and with the blood
cleansed the complexion should Clear up.
The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.
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