The Exeter Advocate, 1923-12-20, Page 5,
VILLAG:r Or. EXE, TER
plANTING AND PRUNING
OMINATION AND :.CTON I
u 1 ce heaiehY' given diat• a
nee tIng Lof the Ble,ctoes of the, Village
• of Exeter will bet held jt
TOWN HALL, EXETheR
At 'the lunar o,f 12 o'clock on
,ON IVIONDAY, DECE1B.hRe31, 1923
For the purpose of _making and tie-
etening nammations for the office of
• Reeve and Councillors') One Member
of the Public Utlilaties Commds,sipn.
and three members for the Board of
Education. And further notice it
leneby given that in the event of mare
andidates being proposed for any
•'particular office tha,n required to be
elected the proceedings will be ad-
journed until Monday, January 7th;
1924, when nolls will be opened at
9, a.m., at the fallowing places, as, fix-,
• ed by Village By4aw, va—
Poll 1—Palling Booth, Mrs. E. A.
Handfoed's Resielence„ Main Street; I).
R. 0., E. Treble; Poll Clerk, S. Davis'.
Poll Booth, Town Hall,
Main Street; D.R..0., W. Johns; Poll
Clerk, J. H, Grileve.
Poll 3—Palling Bicoth, Mitchell's Of-
fice, Main and Wellington streets ;YD.
LO., G. Anderacia; Poll Clerk, A.
Gambrill.
4, --Polling Booth, Month End
Town Hall; D.R.O., F. Wittve,r; Poll
Clerk, John Kydd.
And all electors are hereby request-
ed to take notice and govern them-
selves accordingly.
Jos Senior, Returning Officerl,
Exeter, Dec. 11, 1923.
,•
Notice to Creditors.
NOTICE is heneby given pursuant
to the Staines in that behalf, theall
eireditors and persons having any
claims against the estate of Jahn
Graybdel, late of the Township of
Hay, tin tha, County of Huron, gentle -
main, deceased, who died on or about
the 19th day of January, 1922, are re-
quired to 1 os -ward the same, duly prov-
en, to, the undersigned, the surviving
Executor of the Estate, on or before
the 31st (ley of December, 1923. And
notice is fuethier given that after the
saad date -the Executor will proceed
to distribute the Estate, having re-
gard only to those claims of which
they shall then have had notice.
Dated at Dashwood this 14th day
of December, 1923.
John W. Graybiel, Executor,
• Da,shwood, Ont.
PARKHILL—A wedding of local in-
terest took place recently in Stratford
when Annie Elia Clark of that city
was married to Ezra Wesley Yorke of
Toronto and formerly of Parkhill.
-PARKHILL—Mrs. Cook, recently of
Toronto, died on Wednesday at the
home of her sinter, Mrs. W. R. Sibley.
One 'ether sister,Mrs. R. Stooks, also
resides in Parkhill. Mrs. Cook had
been in poor health for some time.
--
CLINTON—Last FrIclay Mr. Albert
Bumb,all passed away at his home, af-
ter a 'week's illness from pneumonia.
Deceased was born an Goderich Tp,
and tresided practically all his life on
the 16th concession and farmed until
he metired and moved to, Clinton some
eight years ago.
•CLINTON—A pretty wedding took
place on Wednesday at high noon,
wheat Miss Elda, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Walter Mair of Clinton, was
united in marria,gc to Mr.- John Mc-
Ewen of Kancar et, and formerly of
CLINTON—Charles Cole, who pass-
ed away north of Clinton, had lived
to the grsat age of 94 years. He was
born Zin Peel County. When quite a
yo.uints .boy he came to Huron county
and spent the rest of hes iife in and
around. tbe: -vicinity of Clinton
LOOK AT THE LABEL.
The, Adoocate is going to make a
d,ateranissed effort to clean up the
subscription list The labels were all
marked up an. Nov. 29th. If, by any
chance, your label is not, as it should
he, let us know at once. We are go-
ing to give all those who are years
back this one chance to pay up, and
then it will not be our fault if some
ame asked to pay $2.00 per year, and
pea -haps some costs. We know it ia
simply neglect on the part of many—
but we cannot live on neglect.
For Sale
• COAL HEATER, with even in beet
'shape, Nest $15` takes it.
GAS ENGINE, Stiekney, 3 h.p., per-
fect condition; cheap,
GAS ENGINE, 2h.p., n good running
order. Cheap .•
DAISY CHURN, cep.60, lba, power
Stare Shelving, 18 •ft. long -4 shelves
• high.
Buck Bas,ebturner, 'with elven $12.
Range, ,R,eseveifn and „Warming; cabine
58.00. •
•A,25 Mandolin, $10. •
• New Eelt lined wood violin case, lock
cheap -
Cutter, Sp,eeclster, like new,
Antique Walnut Furniture—Sett'e and
n Arra Chair„ hair cloth, cheap.
Set Single Hanntense ,also light collars,
• harnets, and traces good. shape.
Large. 1-Larnezls box.
I..arge, Cask, •switable for storing meat
or grata.
Vacuum ,Cleatten Lawn Mower, both
in good order and -eery cheap.
HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SELL
WANTED
Brooder, Buckeye preferred 1060
chicks. •
-FoVatinferinetion „net •abenn
;articles
apply.'•• ;•'• • -
EZetr
10S.
The Two , Great Essentials in
A
Handling Fruit Trees.
Distances Recommended for planting
• nano Not Prune Young'Trees too
Heavily—ft Delays Grewth and
Fruiting—ePractieal Suggestions.
(oontribtited ty Oatstrio.Depoirtasent
Agriculture, Toronto.)
In conjunction with our recommen-
dations on pruning gieert below we
wish also to make certain recom-
mendations as to distances of plant-
ing to those growers who contem.
plate setting out new orchards. In
peaches, for example, we are of the
opinion that, taking one variety with
auother, eighteen feet apart eann
way, or the equivalent should be the
absolute minimum distance. Twenty
feet would be a better distance. Con-
siderably fewer trees to the acre can
be setahut it is probable, though not
proven, that just as much fruit to
the acre will be harvested as if the
-orchard were more densely planted.
Then, toe, fewer trees means less
capital outlay for nursery stock, tests'
pruning, greater ease in orchard
uperatio3as such as pruning, spray-
ing, cultivation, harvesting, etc., less
susceptibility to disease, and there -
lore longer life for the trees, Inter -
crops also can be grown for a greater
length of time and with lees injury
to the orchard trees.
Distances Recommended for Planting.
We would recommend the follow-
ing general distances:
Apples, 36 to 40 feet for standards,
with tillers at 10 to 20 feet.
Cherries, Sweet, 25 to 30 eet;
Sour, 18 to 20 feet
Peaches, 18 to 20 feet.
Pears, 16 to 18 feet.
Plums, 18 to 20:feet.
Smaller growing varieties possibly
closer.
Consideration must of course be
given to the variety being planted.
Smaller growing varieties can be
given the abeolute mirth:awn • dis-
tances with larger growing varieties
relatively farther apart; also, if the
grower prefers, trees may be planted
16 x20 instead of 18 x 18, giving
practically the same number of trees
to the acre.
Do Not Prune Young Tree Heavily.
The practice usually advocated in
Ontario for young trees, (whether
apple, pear, peach or other fruit)
until they come into bearing, haii
been to give regular, fairly heavy an-
nual dormant pruning on the theory
that such pruning induces vigorous
growth and makes for a larger,
stronger tree.
Experimental work in, England, in
the United States and at this Station
has shown conclusively, however,
that the less pruning the young non-
bearing tree is given, the largeni
stronger tree it makes and the soon-
er it comes into bearing. Growth is't
only apparently induced by pruning.
The long, thick, sappy growth in the
young tree resulting from heavy
pruning does not total as much, how-
ever, as the normal growth and ex-
tension of large and small branches
in the unpruned tree. Careful meas-
urements demonstrate this.
Pruning Delays Growth and Fruiting.
The reason for the unpruned or
lightly pruned tree being larger than
the tree receiving more severe treat-
ment is in reality very simple and
logical. The soil may contain an
abundance of plant food, but this
"raw" food must first go to the
leaves and be there turned into
"manufactured" food before the
tree ean make use of it for further
growth and fruitfulness. Pruning, by
removing part of the posSiele leaf,
area of the tree, reduces by just that
much the ability of the tree to menu -
facture .plant food, and hence inhibits
growth.
With reference to pruning delaying
fruiting, it has lately been showa
that before there can he fruitfulness
there must be a partial storing up.
of manufactured food in the
branches, twigs and fruit spurs. This
saoriug up of surplus food naturally
takes place first in the unpruned
tree with its greater leaf surface and
the unpruned tree is therefore the
first to come into tearing.
Pruning Recommendations.
Head back the young tree at plant-
ing time as is, the spresent practice
to counterbalance the root pruning
incident to ttanspla.utiug. Limit
subsequent pruning of the non-bear-
ing tree to the removal of undesir-
able branches and neon' then thinout
too little rather than too much. Head
back a branch' only when necessary
to shape the tree and then head back
'Preferably to a side branch. Prune
recogiuz' ing that light prun-
ing for the peach would be moderate
pruning for the appro. As the tree
reaches maturity and bears heavily,
heanier pruning will have to be given
to maintain a proper supply of new
growth.—. Palmer', Hort. Exp.
Station, Vfneland Station.
• -'ikeirtictiltural Hints.
Binding- • tbe trunks and larger
limbs of apple trees with grips of
cloth has been practiced extensively
for the 'control of the codling moth.
This method consists of fasteaing a
band of cloth around the trunk, from
which .the loose bark has been re-
moved. -.Usually a band madefrom
burlap, folded to three' thicknesses
4 to 8 inches wide, is used. The cod-
ling moth larvae, ur worms,, crawl
beneath the band to form their co-
coons .and should be destroyed by
hand at Intervale of ten days.
Out out old wood,andhhin the new
growth of currants and gooseberries
when the snow goes off. Too' much
brush. and no cultivation make small,
berries.
. This is thentitne Mi:/ever hefor..
When evory, b4hkerUUgt.sto ba...
'13tUde,iit, O agelCultirrandooneratteli.:
taxmer is stadYint"tiiarlititing.
',The• banker muSt kb' Ira7
around that subjeaL
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It is a peculliatrity about readers of .'
that wonderful farm and farailY Rietr-
nal, The Family Herald and ..We.eklY
Stan of Montreal, that they, do not look
• the $2,00- subsetiPttleats as, an: ex-..
Deluge, but ac; a !safe, inviestment Which
Yields them huge dlvidends each year,
They '4,1 etll you nd we do not
doubt it, that ,each issue containS mon-
ey -saving• -and teoney7Making ideai
which. would pay the, Subscreption
over and over. Considering the value
and the nemark,able qualiqies of that
great na,tiOnal journal, should be a
difficult matter to find a single home
where it is not knowri and read reg-
ularly. '
And now,, heaped upon the phenome-
nal value aineady eontained in the
journal Itself, the pubillsiters of thV
Family Herald and Weekly Star are
giving fee,e to each Ilex subscriber who
renew their subscraptions for another
year, a most beautiful picture entit-
led, "The Wonderful Herofne.," The
reproduction of the original. master -4
piece in colors has been done to per-
fection. in, :size the picture is 18x
24 inches., on tech, heavy paper.
The life story of the Wanderifti
Heroine has been printed in booklet
form and a copy can be obtained, cost
free, by any of our, readers' who send
a pastel card to the, Family Herald 'and
Weekly Star. IVIontreal.
Dashwood
Miss Marie Kraft spent a few days
last week in Zurich.
MT, Howard Schroeder, who spent
the past few „months, ineth,e West, has
returned home.
-
Mrs. L. Resta.tneyer, Sr., its.sieriously
ill
NM. and Mrs. R. Manes spent Sun-
day in Centrals-
nvf.r.i. Jacob Hartivai(b is visiting in
Wind ;or.
Trs Derste.in has returned to ber
home in Saginaw, Mich, after spend-
ing tim,e with relatives here.
ales. Geo. Meaner and Mrs, D. S.
Faust ame ,on the sick list. We hope
for a speedy recoesery.
Mr. and Mrs. Satnant Vincent are
tting in Thedf,ard.
McGillivray
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The marriage took place at the Man-
se, Plaza Craig, on Wednesday after-
noon, at 2.30, of Miss Margaret
daughter of Mrs. Ida, Leitch of McGil-
livray, and Franklin Ernest, son of Eli
Ho-dgins of Biddulph.
The funeral of the late John Reid,
wha died in Chicag.c, ist his 80th year
took place from the home of his
brother, Robt. Reid of Parkhals He
was 'born in Ireland, and, came to Can-
ada when 10 years of age. His par -
eats 'alettled 4rs McGaivray and he
spent most of his life .irs this town -
slip. Several years ago he and Mrs.
Reid moved to Parkhill and seen
Years: ago he went to Chicago, He
Ls eurvived by five children, Mrs. Jor-
kip of. Chicago.. Urs.. Wilkie of Bo's -
ton Feed of Washitngton and Jolla
and James of McGillitvray.
Hospital for Sick Childreti
sesseaseinenteeneseesnaseseenesessensi neeennenenseestest
WHETLE WILL 1/0/.1 Pk.,ND
CH.F.I§TMES? •
Ajoint of buffalo for the Canadian
Christmas dinner may soon be-
come as typical of the feast as turkey
and roast beef have been for so long.
A large number of surplus animals
from the Dominion 'reserve in Al-
berta are now being slaughtered for
the Canadian market, and as soon as
meat is available it will be placed on
the menus of all Canadian Pacific
dining cars and hotels. The test to
which the buffalo meat will thus be
put will definitely decide whether the
herds can be commercialized or whe-
ther sentiment alone justifies their
preservation.
Whalen
• Mrs. Percy Paasmors and family
spent a aew- days lest week with Mrs.
A. Gunning.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Gunning cele-
brated the 29th anniversary at' their
wedding day, .on Wednesday, Dec. 12.
A good dinner at six p.m. was serv-
ed to about thirty friends.
,Mr. Walter Gunning and sister, El -
Van 'alive 'Ma and Mrs. Frank Squire,
'spent Saturday en London.
Mr. and Mits. Orville Cann, Thames
Road, spent Sunday viith Mr. and Mrs.
George Squire.
MT, Wil Hodgson and, Mr. Bruce
Jones are instalibing radios in theh-
h omes.
Mr. and Mrs.' Nat. Ogden of Exeter
spent Tuesday at the hom,e of Frank
Squire.
• A Christmas Tree and shaft pro-
gram for the Sunday School wIU be
given on Friday ,evenin,g, Dec. 21.
OOL.LEGE ST.. TORONTO.
•
Pear Mr. liditon--'
Racist discOveries in medical
;Science hare called attention to t4r,
great seryice rendered by an up -to.
date heepital through facilities pro'1
vided ter research. Probably fewi
Wimens virork conducted under the;
apapreciate the amount of
auspices ot the Hospital for Sick
Children. Yet it is enly by intensive",
etuely of the causes of children's;
gilseaaed that the hospital staff has
been *Me to establish a world.'
fitment; vaeard for cures. Statistics'
13how that the rate of infant mortal-
Ity in. tisk Province has been steadily
ilecraaning, until it is now among
the Unrest in the world. What that
means is that hundreds of Ontario
Parents wire their children's lives to
the researeit work in the laboratories
in the Plostettal for Sick Children.
• Althengia the ,doctors give their
r,se vices freely, the bills for equip-
.
merit sadup annually to a good
!many dem:ands of dollars. But in
view at the results attained, I feel
that, ace one of your readers will
cavil at the money so spent, and I
confidently yenture the hope that
many of them at this Christmas sea-
son will wish to enrol themselves in
' the Hospitars campaign on behalf of
Ontaxicas childhood.
To cora on this research work
there to not one cent except what
comes in front voluntary subscrip-
tions. Pear the care of the children
occupying hospital cots there are
certain letatutory grants, but these
represent sioarcely more than half
what the Hospital needs,. Last year,
for inetanee, the •Haispital do -eters
looked atter an average of 253 in-
patients and 192 out-patient e daily.
Quite a °rimy of allirtg youngsters!
And the expenditure — although
whittled dawn to the minimum com-
mensurate with efficiency — was
$318,917. 'Me income to the extent
of at least $100,000 depends upon
the regard which the people of On-
tario haye for the Hospital's work
and the generosity with which they e
express that regard.
May I ask you, Mr. Editor, to point
out to year readers that siace the
eatablishment of the Hospital for
Sick Children, at least four More
• Ontario youngaters in every hundred
• have ,sarrived the trials of child-
hood? or with that -simple state-
ment of fact brought to their atten-
tion I feel sure that many of them
will bestow their benediction upon
• the work of the Hospital for Sick
Children by sending some Christmas
gift, aoserding to their meens, in
care a Use Secretary -Treasurer, at
47 Collates Street, Toronto.
Yours, `•
INVINd •E:f ROBERTSON,
irsiti. of Appeal Committee.
:14rspital• Opened Its
•• ,
Doors' lit 1275, 65,231 In-Patlents
Treatsd 603,055 Mtendance8 • of
out -Patients.
,
1.41/14,41•0111•1.1M..111.•
In -ell ;the cycle of the y.eair there
is ttne that bnega. fat -haves togeth-
er,as does the Yuletide, Though
you were at the ends of the earth
you would long to be liorne,forChrist-
asid, if it were at all possible you
would be. there. In, the long ago
wh,o.n ttravelling facilities were, vary
limited people journeyed tuanY weary
miles and endured great hardships
that they might be with friends and
loved ones an Christmas Day. To-
day it is co Oifferent The modern raft
way enables you to cron the con-
tinent in a few days in, comfort. Thhs
year t' 're prorninen to he the usual
heavy Christmas and Niew Year travel
nartb, south, east and west, and
ender tha,t you inlay reach your .des-
tinatian comfortably and speedily as
passible, Canadian National Railways
are making preparations far in ad-
vance. Anyone wishing to pan foie
the travelling expenses of relatives oe
feitends from anY esediat, need, only to
place the money Int Mei hands of near-
est ticket agent of the Rae.; our rep-
ves,entative wijll dieliver the trans-
portation free of charge to your friends
at the other end in a flew hours. When
travelling this Christmas go "Nat-
ional Way."
Greenway
This is to be a busy week in'sour
burg.
'Ilse members of the Angitigan
church are. having their Christmas
Conoert on Thursday evening, WO
the members of Mine Mark's schael:
s,ection ane having concert on Fri-
day eventing: Then •otni Christmas night
the members of the 'Wlethedist S. S.
will. give their alumni ente,rtaineneat.
The men of the Methodist Church
had a bee on Tuesday aepasiring the
sheds.,
Which' is it wedding bells or Christ-
mas bells we hear ringing? Or is it
both ?
The ,ordineaw tan payer isn't bard --
oiled. He is me reily soaked.
The woman whom every other yvo-
inan,lakes-i the oalIe, zi
The way to make Sure It is it drug
store is tp step outside and look at
the sign aga, •
• There is too much effort to keep
dirt off books ahcl not eriough to keep
dirt out of them
• The charge that red headed girIs
are bow legged is nonsense. ,Coloring
the hair doesn't bow, the le,gs,
One way to conceal your Ignorance
ts to tell your sopl,to look, it up him-
self and then he well remember longer.
hPainting is an art with some men
and a habit With -some, weeniest.
. A Farmer Who Gave-Wis
Health for His Son
.' John is it big framed, heavy-hande• d
farmer, with a gentle voice and grey
eye e that beam out hopefully at you
from behind ateel-riromed apectacles.
- John wanted his boy to be a doctor,
SO he worked hard, early and late,
cultivating- his rocky acres to save
the money. He got run down, had two
• or three attacks of the 'Flu—until he
got so weak he couldn't work and
after some fainting spells and en-
foiced medical attention he learned
the dire news --tuberculosis. If Mrs
Jahn had been living probably he
would have had better care and better
food.
He was received at the Muskoka
Hospital for Consumptives and now
With skilled rnedical and nursing
attendance, and the wonderful air a
Muskoka to bring health to the tired
lungs, John is actually getting better,
and he is an enthusiastic booster for
the Hospital.
He believes he is well enough now,
so.fter ten Months, to go back to tto
farm, but on the doctor's "advice"
Is staying on to make sure thers w
, be, no relapse. There is a 1st of los
time to be made up on that farm, bat
• raaybe he can still send his boy to'
college.
Contributions to aid Muskoka.1
pital in. its work may be selit to Ho
W. A. Charlton, 228 College Stree
Toronto.
• •
0. K. Cider Mill
Apple Butter Factory
will run every day.
Phone 115 Main Street, Exeter
S. J. CANN
WORLD PAYS FINE TRIBUTE
TO A GREAT NATION BUILDER
Passing of Lord Shaughnessy Calls Forth Expressions of Admiration and Respect For the Man of
Far Vision and Unfaltering Determination, Whose Monument Is As Much in Canada's
Greatness as in the Railroad He Helped to Build.
On December 10th, at Montreal,
Death stilled the keeomind
which for forty-two years had been
ever at the disposal of the Canadian
Pacific Railway, the strong hand
which for twenty years had held the
lever of that gggantle machine, the
gallant heart which had ever been
attuned to the music of the giant
company's locomotives. Taking away
Lord Shaughnessy, he took away
with him the last of the old guard of
the great pioneers of Canada's
pioneer trans -continental. The de-
parture of this monumental man is
significant of the changing times, a
mark of the Dominion's passing into
manhood.
The details of Lord Shaughnessy's
truly wonderful career have been re-
capitulated so often of late that there
is little need to run over them here.
Born in 1853, at irillwaukee, of Irish
ancestry, he studied for the law, felt
the lure of great railway work, en-
tered the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway as clerk at the age of
sixteen, teed in ten years rose to the
position of General Storekeeper. In
1882, when Sir William Van Horne
took over the management of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, he at once
engaged the young man he hied known
with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul, offering- hire the position of
General Purchasing Agent. Two
years later came the promotion to
Assistant General Manager, in 1891
the Vice -Presidency, and in 1898 the
Presidency. This position he held
until 1918, -when he retired to accept
the office of Chairman of the Board
of Directors, which he retained to
the moment of his death. Mean-
while came many honours—in 1901,
a Knight Bachelor, in 1907 a Knight
Commander of the Victorian Order,
in 1916 a Baron, and high appoint-
ments in the many civil organize -
tions i71 whicb he was interested.
Lord Shaughnessy was a man of
vision, of tremendeus energy, brill-
- iant and baCiSiVE, a great executive,
a great financier—alneest everything
but a politician.
• Canada will never realize the full
extent of what it owes to the stead-
fast faith, buoyant optimism, fore-
• sight and sheer hard work- qf Lord
Shaughnessy in his desire to build
up Canada through the agency of the
, vast company he headed.
'Lord Shanghness34 was un.surpasse.d
as an administrator His discipline
was strict but tempered with justice,
Itindlinees and a keen senee of humor
Which Made bis fellowees love him.
His attitude towards Labour was well
Imo,gen It was rightly said by the
a company's .employeen that any dis-
pute might safelg be bat to hird,•and
his frequent pronouncements in fav-
• our cif giving the 'workingman al
great an , opportunity for self-tm-
' Prevenient and .enjoyntent as the em-
• ploy& caused the., ernieloyer of the
The late Right Honora,hle Lord
Shaughnessy, First Baron Shaugh-
nessy of Montreal and of Ashford,
County Limerick, Ireland, E.C.T.O.,
old school to tremble. Finally, he
was a great Canadian and a great
believer in the British Empire.
From all parts of the world have
come stirring tributes to this leader
among men. H. M. the King cabled
Lady Shauglanessy as follows:
"The Queen and I are grieved to
hear of nourabereavement, in which
we offer you our sincere satapathy.
We shall always preserve the pleas-
antest naemories of Lord Shaugh-
nessy and of his nnfailing kindness
and consideration, both to ourselves
and to members of my family." H"
.R. H. the Prince of Wales, His Excel-
lency the Governor-General and the
Hone W. H. Taft, ex -President and
now Chief Justice of the Supreme"
Court of the United States, stand gut
among the thousands who also
cabled or wired their tributes.
Prom the Press came such appre-
ciations as this. ptiblislaeci by the
Tvlontreal Star: "Great builders are
few and the British Empire counte
herself fortunate itt the• long roll of
brilliant servants who have spent
themstelree unsparingly in her in-
terests: . . . These builders are few,
because in them are assembled many
talents, great aspirations (often
seeinIngly contradictory) q.nd idio-
syncracies of ternpera.ment that,
leavened with unselfishness, the
noblest gift oe the gods, ,make up
that indefinable quality Which the
world, calls greatness. They are men;
of f,ar vision and of the rugged dr.;
• termination that refuses to be balked
bye, irapening obstacles, with an iii
finite canacity for work and:A
Ite accomplishment; men Whe 'can
dream great things and impress thei
fellowhiforkets- with Ahe, reality and
tee practicability of those dreams
after dawn.
"Lord Shaughnessy, whose passina
aanada mourns today, was a man ca
cilia calibre, and because of the in-
zatigiale nature of that essence which
ina.aes for greatness and crystallizes
teaaarsidp, the record of his char-
aeteristics, his gifts and his achieve-
ments must leave much untold. Yet
itt rhe gaalities that were revealed tc
his mends and associates, in thea"''
firmness of purpose and the strength
of enaraater displayed, in the ver3
ascent of the ladder of success, mina
by rung, Lord Shaughnessy has be-
queathed a heritage ta the youth ou
Canada of splendid inspiration and tc
tae men who nave 1r eu •careugh nt
historic years with him he has left s
glad remembrance. . .
"1 have set up a monument more
lasting than bronze" wrote the great
Horace two thousand years ago. The
words might be carved upon every '
line of railway of the system which
Lord Shauglanessy- dial so much tc
bring to greatness as an epitaph al
his life. Himself of strict integrity,
he carried tne principle of the strait -
est code of ethics into the adminin
tration of the road he loved so
warmly and for Which he laboured es
untiringly. . . The Empire mourns
a great pro -consul."
And this, from the Lonuoa
ever the spokesman for the heart 01
that Empire: "The romance, magma -
tion and fine courage of the Empire
builder are blended in the life story
of Lord Shaughnessy. Himself a
native of the United States, he lived
to become not only a citizen of the
Dominion of Canada across the bor-
der but most essentially a citizen. oi
the British Empire, for his whole-
hearted and efficient work was not
merely dedicated to the service of
his country. Under his administra-
tion, the double track branched aud
extended so as to carry new settlers
every year into the farmlands of On
tario, thrmigh the gateways- of the
West into the wheat -fields of the
prairies, and beyond the Rockies intc
the valleys of British Columbia.' Is
budding the greatness of the coni
pany he served, he helped to build
the greatness of his beloved countm
and of the Empire as well. . 01
Lord Shaughneeey it may be salt
that he was a living instance of the
manner in. which Britain's overseer
dominions assimilate the many ele,
ments of which they are composed
Ie came to Canada fronx a fereigx
country as a servant; he remained ti
be honoured by the Ring, to whore
he ,gave sueh loyal allegiance, an
to besitecognizecl universally amorts
• his fellow -countrymen as the fire
citizen of the Dominion."
• The gap left in'the ranks of trill's. '
Christian gentlemen, by, the suddei
and premature seepping of this atee
r link with the old rallroed builders it
. very laige. •