The Exeter Advocate, 1923-7-26, Page 4rhe Exeterildvocate.
'`SaIt4 rs 8z 'Cree.:h, 't'ropri,sitars "'
Subc'riptien Price—in*,,advanc,e,, $1
per year ' in 'Canasta ; 12.00 ;al th6
.United State.. All subsereptioms not
paid is advance 50d. 'xtracharged.,
THURSDAY, JULY 26th, 1923
Here and There
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A jersey cow owned by a Mont-
i man has broken all Canadian
ds by prodi ein:g 1,200 pounds
butter in a year.
The average annual per capita
ccoat from fires in United States is
S2.,26, while Canada loses $2.73 per
pita by fire; Spain, $1,86; France,
;97 cents; England, 64 cents; Ger-
mauen 28 cents, and the Netherlands,
Wily 1 cents.
Bungalow Camps in the wilds of
utario have been opened by the
anadian Pacific Railway Company
t French River, Nipigon, and near
enora, Lake of the Woods.
Traffic through the Lachine Canal
;during the month of June showed an
slncrease of two million bushels of
grain and one hundred thousand tons
;of coal with increases in pulpwood,
produce and passengers over the
same month of the previous year.
The wheat crop of Alberta and
•Mtanitoba has progressed so well on
;account of the abundant moisture of
;the early season that farmers, busi-
ness men and railroad companies are
,ipreparnng for a harvest in excess of
;the record one of 1915.
Prince Rupert, B.C., claims the
,world's best reword for a one trip
',fish catch. A fishing schooner ar-
alved at this part recently after be -
Ing at sea 14 'i days, with 38,000
pounds of halibut, which sold for a
sum that netted each man of the
crew of five $727.80.
In the Province of Ontario, it is
estimated, the lumber cut in 1922
'amounted to 309,000,000 board feet,
,mid in addition 289,113 cords of
pulpwood. Vie Province of Nova
Scotia cut 10x,000,000 feet, New
Bmunssvick 210,000,000 feet, and
British Columbia 273,146,000 board
feet.
The Dominion Express has just
effected a shipment from Hamburg
to )lobe, Japan, in 32 days. The
average time consumed between the
same two points via the Suez Canal
4s 49 days, and the sa-iing,thus made
by the Canadian route will be of
great importance in helping make
this country the road between Eu-
rope and the Orient.
The tgtal value of the pelts of fur -
bearing animals takenin the Do-
minion during the season of 1921-22
was $17,438,600, an increase over
the previous year of $7,287,273, or
72 per cent., and the number of pelts
of all kinds was 4,366,790, an in-
crease over the previous season of
48 per cent. These figures com-
prise pelts of animals taken by trap-
pers and pelts of ranch -bred animals.
Tests of ceramic clay resources in
British Columbia are being plan -
axed this summer by the British
Polumbia Government, The tests
Will be made leader the auspices of
tls: Deparlmc nt of Edenation and
the Department of I<,s!u tries. There
are many varix t'.es of clays in Brit-.
ash -Columbia and acme are reported
tc be particularly suited to the
anar.uf:.cture of high ,:lass pottery
snare,
A r'& mon cf e :press rates on
evestwa u movi~.o business between
Europe and Canada was announced
by the Foreign Department of the
Dominion Express Company re-
cently. This reduction on westbound
shipments follows a similar cut on
,oh pments from Europe to Canada
pada a little while ago, and amounts
to a reductipn of approximately
twenty per cent, on the trans -ocean
trip. The rates came into effect on
July 9 between all points in Canada
arid Europe.
The Bauff-Windermere highway,
the last link in the 6,000 -mile chain
id good roads which extend from
;the heart of the Canadian Rockies
to California and return is now open
Ito motor traffic, having been offi-
cially opened on June 30th by the
cutting of a riband at Kootenay
crossing in the presence of a num-
ber
umber of Federal and Provincial. Gov-
erinnent officials, and a host of
automobile tourists. The comple-
tion of this road has rendered ac-
cessible the most beautiful scenic
country, on the continent.
Whalen
Master Ross Woodward of Stratford
is vi. iting at the home of his :aunt, I
Mrs. George Parkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Millson, were
Sunday visitors at the home 'of. their
daughter, Mrs. Geo, Mardlin, London
Township, f
Mr. Frank Parkinson's horse Tran
away in Granton on Friday, breaking
the buggy and harness. The. beast got
frightened at some eave-troughing, im
front of Mr. Newton, Gunning's hard -I
ware , LuckiIy Mr. parsons had ma
bones broken, but he was badly bruis-
ed.
Mrs. ' Squire and children are end-.
in; a few days—at the, home of this
mother, 'Misr N Ogde, Exeter':.
:The e hurcth : ,-titan, belongs to is 'the,.
arise 1 e gases furt'I erect away from for'
his Sunday outing.
Af Dashwood - Zurich
G BACK T'HE QUAILI
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------- it�tus�e's Vera Siebert and Maeda, Rout-'
coli a ti4` this Spfelndid tante
- •..Bird•: on the • Farm.
How We Lost. Our Quail — Most
Birds Are Friends' of Farmers—,
Quail Destroy Weed Seeds and
ve Iuseets---How-,:to Entice . Them
Back,
(Contributed by Ontartq Department or
Agriculture Toronto.)
Why not have,:lots, of quail? When
:hey wire plentiful ; we `hada great
,ieal of first-class gunning, By gun -
ling •gvermucil and not protecting
I.hem in the winter, ' we. have almost
lost'the. Bob -White of our: boyhood.
Now we have the potato bug and
gun for it with paris-green. WhY
not .ha'v'e the quail, plus the sport of
.tanning, back, and get rid of some
of these potato bugs at the same
tide?
lieu- We, Lost the Quail.
In the old days the farm boy shot
a few brace of quail. The city sport
carie out, and a few brace were not
Pnough for him. Further and fur-
ther afield you had to go.
The brush heaps, natural shelter
for the quail, were cleared up and
burned. Every foot of ground was
Bleared for the plough or for pasture.
Then when the heavy snows came,
followed by sleet, there was less and
less' shelter. The hard crust stayed
on the snow for two or three days,
and whole bevies were starved or
frozen. It was an unequal fight
ns'e:inst man and nature. Nature
alone could be fought, but when man
too was to be contended with, the
luail-gave up the ghost.
.lost Birds Are the Farmers' Friends.
The, question is, do you wish them
back? I believe you will when you
ive'it a little thought. You, to -day,
are fighting an uphill fight against
insects and weeds. Each hour you
spend. in this way is a distinct loss.
Why not gain these hours? You do
not have to lose them. Our police-
men of the air can do a much better
:lob than you can, and will' charge
You nothing except a little attention.
Let us very briefly take up the
general question of loss from insects
and noxious weeds, and in this con-
nection show what the birds we, now
have are doing. In the United States
the annual loss is computed at $800,-
0 00,000.
,-000,000. What percentage of this
could be saved if the bird population
was normal? Our bird population to-
day is only one-tenth of what it
might be.
To give a concrete example: It is
estimated that the State of Massa-
chusetts, with an area of 8,000
square miles, has not less than five
useful birds to the acre, or a bird
population of 26,600,000. From ob-
servation and dissection, a conserva-
tive estimate of the number of in-
sects consumed by each insectiverous
bird is one hundred per day. That
means the consumption of the enor-
mous total of 2,560,000,000 insects.
This means the daily consumption of.
chiefly obnoxious insects in Massa-
chusetts is 21,000 bushels.
Quail Destroy Weed seeds and
Insects.
One-half of the quail's food con-
sists of weed seeds, one-fourth of
grain, mostly taken from the stubble,
and about fifteen per cent. of insects.
The insects chiefly consumed are po-
tato . beetle, cucumber beetle, chinch
bugs, wire worms, etc. In winter they
destroy the seeds of 126 kinds of
noxious weeds. A conservative esti-
mate of amount of food eaten each
day would be two ounces. Can you
see hoes' your potato bugs would dis-
appear if the Bob -White were plen-
tiful? The United States Department
of Agriculture states that each quail
on the farm is worth $20 to the
farmer.
Now comes the question of again
having these birds plentiful. It can-
not be done in a day, nor must you
expect it in a year.
There are some quail Left. There
may be a few on your farm. Protect
them. They are worth gold dollars
to you. Allow no hunting whatever.
As you have seen, outside of hunt-
ing, the lack of shelter and feed dur-
ing, and after winter storms, is the
chief cause of the disappearance of
this valuable bird!
How to Entice the Quail Back.
Place heaps of brush in the fence
corners. Plant a Virginia Creeper,
or Wifli Cucumber seed, and instead
of a brush heap, it will became a
beauty spot, On the brush heap or a
stump place several forkfuls of buck-
wheat straw, unthras'hed. This will
mat together and make a perfect pro-
tection, as well as supply'food. Tie
a number of corn stalks around a
small tree or stake, in a protected
situation, Leave an opening facing
south.Scatter oats, wheat, buck-
wheat, chaff, bard -sweepings, around,
most of it inside the shelter, with a
few leads running some distance
away. Do it now. Get the quail
coming to the grain. When a• storm
comes, they will make for the shelter.
Never neglect it, especially in stormy
weather and. particularly after sleet
storms. `Remember what it is worth
to you.
In the spring, sow some buck-
wheat and rye in the fence corners,
around your shelters. Let it ripen
there. • Quail are very'fond'of it and
will remember it when the storms of
winter` prIvent them feeding else-
where. "They, too, are Ynost likely to
breed near their winter feeding.
stations.
They. , ,May Become as Tame as.
Chickens.
Thasbeautiful little Bob -White! Do
you know that if they are protected,
they will become almost as tame'
chickens:, They wilt wander. amongyt
stir .potato',. patch ;and, 'repay ,'you
many ,fox,' the. attention'
you have., given, there. ,. And;:if they
,ever become too plentiful, why,. quail,
on toast;, is. hard to heat. think it
dv 'r?" .Potato'' bugs or. quail:—If. R.
vaa� Honorary • Gaine Officer, M. B.
" Toronto,.
1 ter d•
e d+ed at Exeter:—A 'pretty wed
ding tool;;. place s James Street Meth-.
I odist' re pa°'Eae'ter, on 'July It:
when Ada' Elizd�b�etin eldest, daughter
n
of 'r and Mrs. Philip, • katsold of
spashvi'ood, `was tinged. Mr marriage' to
Milton E. Rata, .sin Of Mr, end liYlrs,
I John Betz,: "Rey, 1Donelly offvciiuting,
The bride wore, a lovely, gown of ivory
georgette with silver tenitni'snge, large
white 'picture hat to match and car-
,ricd an exquisite shower of Ophelira:
• roses and ley of 'the valley. Miss \Fer-
da Fassold,' ...sister of n: de bride,) as
bridesmaid *as prettily gowned in jade
green canton, with overdress of rad-
ium lace. She towore. a large Weak pie-,
re bat and carreedja sheerer of sweet
Peas. Mr. Roy; Ratz was groomsmen,
1Ir. mid Mrs. Ratz,' deft by .'natter Con
a honeymoon :t [inch will be 'spent at
Pike Bay, and other Northern points
For travelling the bride—ware. e; smart
frock of black taffeta, black hat and
wrap of • delph blue,
Miss Elfreida: Schroeder has return::
ed from a pleasant visit with .friends
in. Torottt.
The Young People;'s League 'of the
Evangelical Church held a picnic at
Grand Bend last Thursday.
Mr. J. El. 'Ehlers of bndianapolis ;s
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs, H.
Ehlers. Mr. hhlers, who is engaged
lutea Y, M. C. A. work will occupy the
pulpit in the Evangelical Church siert'
Sunday evening,
ledge have returned; from a visit w ,th
friends ut, Ch&u.gcgo..•aind LaiGr s, ,lndi
Mr. Chas. •liartielb of Goclerich,
forfiitrly of- 'Zurich; vviiyo lis been seer;.
iouslY ill, is, Improving,. •
Mrs. CrVni, Lerenke, of.'the Town Line
who has been., suffering from an at-
tack of rheumatc fever, is improving:
Miss Olive O'Brien ie.visaing .itu De-'
troat,
Mrs: I,t eamrow• and son, Richard;
of l(iade ich., are visiting with the
•former's sister, Mins. S. .Grab, Baby-
lon Line. • '
Mr, Talbott of Woodstock is re -
raving Mr,. -E;•'.Steele,. teller ..of. the
?folsotvs Bank, who is taking his va-
Catian. at St. Thomas and other points.
Mr. Louis Durand of the Sauble Line
Stanley, •had the nilsfortur>.e to lose
his •thrce'good working horses, through
poisoning, it is thought,,
Mar, Wellin,gton Johnston is laid up
with an attack of appendicitis.
Mr. 'and. Mrs -john Spathe and fam-
ily' of Cleveland are visiting at the*
home of Airs. Spathe; s sister, Mrs. P.
Koehler. .
The infantson' orf Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Kyle, Parr Line, passed away ,on
Tuesday being • only three ` days old.
Francis Kipper, the 8 year old s;on.
i of MT •loan Kipper, when a number
of boys were hauling in hay on the
farm of Mr. John Brenner, int sonic
way overbalanced and fell off the back
of the load, and falling on his elbow'
farctured same.
Mr, and Mrs, Rutherford and Miss
Broadtoot left on Sunday for Peter-
boro where they will spend their va-
cation
Mr. Carpenter of Dresden is re
liaewing at the Bantle of Commerce.
Dr. Taylor and Ed. Beaver spent a
few days last week, at Lion's Head fon
a fishing 'trip. They brought bane
some fine specimens.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Tiernan spent Sun-
day at Owen Sound, with,their son Ira
who recently underwent'"an operation
for appendicitis,
Mr. and Mrs, E. Stehle and family
of Kitchener were week -end visitors
at the home of G. Edighoffer.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Held and family
of Buffalo are visiting, with relatives.
Miss Olive Rader of 'Detroit is aisit-
ingi at her home here.,
Mr. and Mrs, John Hartleib and 'Mr.
and Mrs. P. Wilmot of Detroit are
visitors in town.
Mrs. N. Kellerman and Kathleen of
Kitchener are visiting with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Angus Moir of Sea-
forth spent Sunday 'with relatives.
Mrs. Hamacher and son Eddie have
returned from a pleasant visit with
friends in Detroit.
Mrs. Frank Morenz and children of
Detroit are v~isiteng with rel'itares.
Mr. and airs, Gordan Hooper of Tot
onto visited with lir, and; Mrs. Earl
Guenther 'this as -eek,
Air. Harold Litt of Sebringv+.ile ei
visiting at the home of Rev, Yager.'
,'Ir. Garnet Sillery of Seaforth is this
week spendl`ng a few days with., Ma
and Mrs. W. Wolfe.
Mr. and Mrs. Win, Beaver of hien-
sailpent Sunday with lir, and AIrs.
Wm. rS•nell,
-lir, land Mrs. Gee. Powell of Thed-
ford •calle.l on friends in town Mon-
day. -
Mr. and Mrs. Gelman, of Zurich were
Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Beaver.
Shipka
(intended for last week.)
Death of David E. McKenzie.—A
well-known and highly esteemed resi-
.dent of Stephen Township passed
away on July 11th, in the person Cof
David E. McKenzie, after, an, illness of
ten days with pneumonia. Mr. Mc-
a Iwenzie's death will be a great (loss
not! only to his, family, but to the en -
.I tire. community, as he took an active
part in everything that pertained to
• the best interests of the community.
He has been secretary of the Farmers'
I Club since its organizzation. He was
:also en a.ctivte wlorke.r in the Corbett
Presbyterian Church, being an elder
, and also superintendent of the Sunday
!School. Mr, MacKenzie was thirty-one
years of age and, ,is survived by (his
wife and daughter, Jean, also his moth-
er, two brothers, Ross of Windsor
and Jghn at home, and one sister;
Irene, of Windsor, His father prede-
' eased him two years.
BIDDULPH
.rpt
consists in spending less than
you ' earn '
If . by careful' economy you can
save money, you have taken a,
long step toward contentment.
We pay interest on " Savings bale
ances and shall welcome your
account -
THE CANADIAN BANK
OF COMMERCE
Capital Paid up $15,000,000
Reserve Fund $15,000,000
. . • Ni. R. Complin, Manager
G. G. Maynard, Manager
- k G. G. Maynard, Manager
Exeter Branch
Crediton Branch
Dashwood Branch
INCORPORATED 1855
Capital and Reserve $9,000,000
Over 125 Branches.
THE 1VIOLSONS BANK
FARMERS WILL SECURh, SY\;PATHETIC BANKING
SERVICE AT ANY OF OUR BRANCHES.
Careful attention to the needs of Canada's Agricultural
interests has always been a feature of The Alolsons Bank
Savings Departments at every Branch.
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards invited.
EXETER;, BRANCH
T. S. WOODS Manager,
Centralia Branch open for business daily.
Furniture Dealer & Funeral Director
(Intended for last week.)
Miss R,ilda Baxter is visiting her
cousins, the Messes Leda and Grace
•AicFalls,
Wm. Al.. Shoebattom, Mr. and Airs,
W. D. Hodgins, Ruba, and Rilda Bax-
ter visited .relatives here over Sun-
day.
Miss Hilda Isaac has' returned home
from bar visit in Forest.
:Miss Mabel McNamee visited with
Miss! Llano Isaac last week.
Mr. and Mrs.' Will Mc Falls visited
at her mother's home, over Sunday.
Miss Lela Hodgins es visiting out '
at Miss Gladys McLean's.
There was a great down -pour of rain
here on Saturday evening much to the
We carry the Largest and Most Up-to-date Stock of Furniture.
Our Aim is Service, Satisfaction and good value for your money,
THE HOME. FURNISHER
M. E. GARDINER
Conductor of Funeral, Services, Finest Motor and Horse Equipment.
DAY AND iNI GHT SERVICh.
OPERA HOUSE BLOCK.
Phone 74w,
Night Call 741 A,
t
disappointment of several couples. CLINTON—Principal Treleaven, who
Mr. Cecil McFall"s and. Mr. Alton has resigned from the Collegiate Insti-
Isaac made a 'flying 'trip to Lucan and tute staff, has been, principal since
Clandeboye on Sunday. 1913,followingm Mr.A. P. C te dr .
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Editors of Canada's Weekly Newspapers Photographed at Halifax.
NO annual convention trip which
the Canadian Weekly "-News-
paper' Association has ever taken has
been more memorable than that
which' has just been completed.
Newspaper men from all parts of
Canada from as-far.west as Van-
couver Island, B. C., and as far north
as The Pas,, Manitoba met together
at Toronto to board the special Can-
adian Pacific train that was to take
them by a fries of easy ,stages to
Halifax, Nova Scotia. : The editors
and their wives and some'. children
.nurbered .:altogether_ ,about 180,
and It took a transept -twelve cars
to 'accommodate them,. ' •The train
was :made up ofeight:sta{d rd sleepr,
e2'`a, `two diners;,gaae: car, and
coenpartnient: observ'adion car
which added greatly to the comfort
of the trip. The train was' manned
by .a picked crew of operatoos and
stewards and was accompanied by
W. B. Howard, Assistant ,: General
Passenger Agent, and Mr. J. Harry
Smith, Canadian Press Representa-
tive.of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
The success: ` of the trip was to a
Iarge: extent due to the organizing
ability sof P1.'Roy Sayles, Manager of
the Association.
Pulled by.. one of •Canada's finest
locomotives 'the train' made a'special
run to Montreal arriving there ahead
of. time .schedule,; and, thee party.. was
Meed: by many; enQuelibe . members,
The next stop was at Eneelerinton,„N,
B,' Where the citizens- jaded in a
splendid welcome to' tale trtayellers,
The Lieutenant .Governor, and Pre-
mier Veniot of, New Brunswick gave
a reception anddance in the Legisla-
tive Chamber, and: the party moved
on 'to St. John where similar 'hos-
pitality was enjoyed. On the Can -
adieu Pacific steamer "Princess”
the party enjoyed a delightful sail
to Digby, N. S., from where the trip
through the Annapolis Valley to
Halifax was made over the Dominion
Atlantic Railway.' ' The wonderful
orchards and dike -lands- df the Evan-
geline country were looking their 'best
;and, a stop was made to visit old
.Fort Anne at Annapolis Royal where
much of the early history of Eastern
:Canada was made. Kent'ille'e fine
band ,tatted out with the 'population
teS iteet the newspaper people and
•
D ,
here as in most other places touch-
ed, citizens camewith autos to give
the visitors a glimpse of the sur-
rounding country. '
The ancient city of Halifax outdid
herself in hospitality, and here the
annual convention was held. At one
of the meetings it was decided that
the annual trip would next year be
to England and France. The mene-
bers will thus have a chance to visit
the great Empire "Exhibition at Wem-
bly. The return trip" was made via
Canadian National to 'Quebec Where
the •party was.entertained by the
Canadian Pacific at the famous Cha-
teau sFrontenac. 'The ete fa*1y elected
president of the Association is S. E.
F•ortin,•of "L'Eciaireiir," Plauce'vitle.
Que.