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The Brussels Post, 1926-5-5, Page 6ItamiEsDAY, MAY 5th, 1926. THE BRUSSELS POST Why Banks Get Rich; Newspapers Stay Poor One of the heaviest items of ea - Dense in tho newspaper beeinese we find; is the exchange and discount ae- count. In this office we roanivo two dollar checks in payment of subscrip- tions. These cheeks come from all over the country, from Dan to Boor- . sheba, ' We deposit them, of course. The exchange Ls usually from 10 to 15 cents on each, whieh figures out at the ratto of 5 to 7% %. The worst shock came to us the other day, says the Wiarton Echo, when we received a check from Walkerton for forty- five cents (45e.) please note the large amount. At the bank they soake ecl ue 15 exehanee. which fi-res out at 3314%. Now, we are writing this for the benefit of those subscribers and others who send us small checks, so hereafter please add exchange or send us P. 0. orders. We are seri- ously thinking of starting a Bank of our own, if we can get enough forty- five cent checks to cash; on second thought, where would we get the paid up capital? Any of our subscribers wishing to get in on the ground floor of this new proposition of ours, please correspond at once with the editor. P. S.—We don't think it will take very much capital to run a Bank, for as far as we can see into the game, if one-half our customers will deposit their money with us, we will lend it to the other half. Still our big worry would be the day we open- ed up. We would have to see that the depositors got into the bank be fore the borrowers, otherwise we'd be in a bad hole. There are a lot of little details like that we would have to have a meeting about. N. B.—/f you want to borrow it little money write us at once. That is just where the other Banks fall down in the game. I'm dead sure we can get all the borrowers in the coun- try, and we'll soon put them out of business. THE EDITOR The Manager (in prospect). As Rich as Mad 'It's rainin', Paw." "Well, let her rain. 'Twill make the juicy grasses grow. 'Twill flush the sewers, load the skewers, And fill the big bake -dish with dough. 'Twill hurry up, the cabbage plant, 'Twill fill the ground with many a spud; Experience long hath taught us that There's nothng half se rich as mud." "It's rainin' yet." Well, let her rain. 'Twill green the hills throughl the land, 'Twill swell the oats on hill and plain And stretch the wheat on every hand. 'Twill fill the barn with golden gram, 'Twill give the cow it bigger cud So let her rain, an' rain an rain, 'Twill make us all as rich as mud!" "It's rainin' hard." "Yeah, let her ram. 'Twill swell new apples on the trees. 'Twill load the plum trees down the lane, And start the clover bloom for bees, Old Nile enriched for centuries, A. blistered desert with his flood; You'll bless your stars for days like these, There's nothing half so rich aa mud." "'It's thiinderne Paw." "Well, let her thunder, For you might hear a sound that worse. 'Twill fill a startled world with wen - dor, And stock with joy the universe, Wbere'er the thunder agon rolls. The merry rain drops thump and thud, To fill with happiness our souls, And make us all as rich as mud." "'It's clearin', Paw." "I know for why The birds are singing glad and loud Behold, God's marvel in the sky, His bow is shining on a cloud, We knotv His promise shall prevail. Listen, bug atid bee and bud, _Seed time and harvest shall not fail, And we'll be all as rieh a mud!" The Khan, A New York garage's adver- tisement says, "Our business is legreaeing." Gad it oil 'right. se 4s 4. se It is said %eke are fewer Hg 11511 (Marv:Vs in America than thee titled to be, Ellis Island *gale, We suppose.—Pline.h, ManY people have. filled uP the" goal bine for neett Whiter, SPRING CROP OF CALVES HOW TO RAISE BABY BEEF ON SKIM MILK. Experiments at the 0. A. C. Show roe (ean Do the Milking, Sell the Cream and Still Hath a Good Cult, (Contributed by Ontario Department of agrieulture, Toronto.) Many breeders of beef cattle pre- fer to hand -milk their cows and, with the growing demand for young and handy -weight beef, the question of the poesibility of making baby beef on skim milk is a live one. Of course, no one will argue that better baby beef can be made with skim milk than with whole railk, but many be- lieve it impossible to satisfactorily finish calves at baby beef age and weight without whole -milk for most oe the feeding period. An experiment with four good grade Shorthoru calves by a pure- bred bull and fed off with skim milk gave as some rather valuable results. The calves were put in in late Jan- uary and February, 1924, and were marketed in late January, 1925, at just about twelve months old and at an average weight of approximately 800 pounds each, They graded choice handy -weight cattle and were very choice baby beef in camas, They made a daily gain per steer of 1,981 pounds, a profit over cost• of feed of 554.85 and a profit of :34.85 over all costs, including Initiai oost of calves. We were pleased indeed with the results. These were good cattle, finished ready for market at tbe popular weight and grade, had given good market price e for feed consumed and had taken practically no whole milk after the .11At three weeks of age. There are some pos- sibilities in this direction, but good beef type calvee are necessary to start with and mere than the usual care In feeding is necessary. It would not be advisable to try it with dairy -bred stock and certainly care in feeding and housing are essential, but it looks possible to make fairly good baby beef from skim milk calves of the right beef breeding if they are fed right and kept in the stable, prefer- ably in box stalls. The Dairy Veal uslf. Experiments have shown that dairy-br, a steers and heifers are not Suitable . r hi t . production, so it be- comes n asesars to dispose of many calves 1r al senemerolal niilk-produe- ing herd as well as cull calves train pure-brt.,. herds. Most people do not like to e ,troy such (salves at birth and so tr to veal them off. While a dairy -t d calf does not make as good veal es a beef -bred calf, if he is to be eat, a at all he is more likely to meet expenses and more nearly suit the consumer as veal than as any other kind of meat. With a number of calves in our own herd— Holsteins, Ayrshires and Jerseys—we found they averaged 71 pounda each at birth, that in feeding for seven weeks It took 7.98 pounds of whole railk for a pound of gain in weight, and the work showed that the best wary to handle such calves is te give them whole milk for the first three weeks of their lives and get them on the market as soon after that as pos- sible, or, In other words, profits drop Week by week in feeding whole milk to an average dairy -bred veal calf after he is three weeks of age, at which time he is marketable, Calves should, however, be put in the best possible condition if to be marketed at that age, as poor veal injures the market for all veal.—Dept. of Animal Husbandry, 0. A, College. The Big Co -Op. The Big Co -Op. can fix, and force buyers to accept fair and uniform grades; can establish its own brands and maintain an exclusive market for them through advertising. The Big Co -Op. can develop new uses for a product; can find new mar- kets wlaere none existed previously; can usually And a sale for low grade products, without damaging ,the mar- ket for higher qualities, The Big Co -Op. can make sure of the credit of the buyers, and fight fraud; and can establish retail out- lets for its product when necessary. The Big Co -Op. ewe blend and pro- cess the product, and collect the pro- fits thereof. The Big Co -Op, can demand and secure better railroad service, and the cheapest storage and insurance rates. 'The Big Co -Op. can sometimes sell the produce direct to tbe manufac- turer, exporter, or retailer, reducing speculative danger and colecting the intermediate profit. A single farmer or a small Co -Op. can not do this. AN AID TO THE STAPLES. When Fencing Rotigh Land Nick the Posts. The up and down pull exerted on the stapleused in keeping wire renc-, ing in position is often so great as to looeen and extract the staples holding the wires to the posts on higher ground. A sagging fence is worse than useless as it tempts stock to go over and nuty cause them in- jury. All wires may be kept tight and in place Isy simply cutting a sisal - low notoh in the post where the wires are to be bold and then resting the wire on the shoulder of the notch. The post will then support the pull whether up or down, and the /Allele can do its part in holding the wire In to the poet, all that a staple is letended to do.—L. Stevenson, Direc- tor of Extension, 0. A. College. Canada Thistlee. Tbe best way to kill Canada this- tle(' is to use a short rotation of three or not more than four years, such as a grain crop theded down With red or ay/eat clover, left one year to pas- I ture or hay, followed by a hoe men/ and sewn with grain and reepeded, , Timothy seed may be sown with the eloYer and it may be left in meadceve two years. The Glover plant deem most of the work in smothering this. ties and in beilig cut at a time thrit will be very hard On thittlee. Being hate% Water gob in the stette ate. lag deco,. On Parliament Hill By R. J. lleaChnlettl, Press Gallery The Attach on the lin .1:let Hoemelble laugh Guthrie fired the first shot in the attack upon the Robb Budget. Hugh has capacity for the job. He has a geetlemanly appear., ance—a cool, and mare or less com- manding presenee. He wee a Liberal but left the Liberals on the Unioniet movement and stayed where he was put. Years ago I heard Hugh Guth- rie say a few words one election night from the window of the Mercury of- fice in the city of Guelph. That was O masterful touch. He recounted Lib- eral battles of the past. The words flowed like a limpid, liquid stream. There was dignity and power in it. Whatever may be Ids views now he felt then the depth of conviction stir his soul. Compared to that spontan- eous outburst, his remarks the other day were as cold and chill as a por- ter's thanks for a eve cent tip. They were cold and chill for one reason. Nothing warms an argu- ment like truth. You tan take the finest orator in the world, give him the eye of the eagle, the commanding presence of a Jove—let his voice have in it all the vibrant music of the ages and ask him to prove that the woollen industry in Canada has been injured by the Liberal tariff and: his story will fall as flat and thin as a nickel's worth of bootleg whiskey on a pie plate. Here is Guthrie's statement re woollens: "In the first year 214% was taken off the duty on woollen goods. The Laurier -Fielding tariff that had serv- ed the country so well '(By the way Hansaid is full of Tory curses of that same tariff) that had kept the mills so busy was tinkered with in the first year and reduced to 27% ca. In the following year there was 'Mother cut of 10% in the British Preferen- tial bringing the tariff on woollen goods down from 27%% to 24.8 net and what was the result?" Hugh goes on to argue that all over Canada the mills closed down, men had to go to the States, etc. He says "Look at your imports of woollens...see them rising until the last year we brought in $20,000,000 worth of woollen goods from Great Britain we could have made at home." Now these are actually the words of Hugh Guthrie as recorded on pages 2502-43 of Hansard. I give you the exact reference because the facts give the lie to his statements so corn- detely that unless you know where he exact words are to be found you night imagine I was sticking up a traw man merely to prove my marks nanship. Here are the figures of imports alcon from the Trade and Commerce teport of 1925. Imports From Great Britain of Duti- able Woollens 1921 $45,795,5'73 1922 22,895,016 1923 31,298,216 1924 30,447,895 1925 30,283, 675 You will note these facts (1) Im- ports for the last three years have declined slightly—not increased. (2) There was a big decline under Tory rule between 1921 and 1922. There was no tariff change. Business col- lapsed, all prices fell—all imports de- clined—tariffs had nothing to do with it. (3) As our imports of woollens from Great Britain in 1913 (See the Year Book) were $26,063,507 and prices at that time were much lower we are actually importing less wols len goods from England than we did in 1913. Well then, what about ruin - ad factories in the past year or two. There are two anstvers. A great woollen industry like Penman's re- cords the following sales. 1921 4,789,053 1022 6,224,740 1923 6,847,877 1924 5,314,107 1025 13,431,153 You will note that sales are a long way above 1921.If people were rushing into this country to get em- ployment in the woollen industry, don't you think there would be more reeh under present conditions than there would be back in the days of 1921 when Mr, Guthrie's party wore in power? Then there is nothing Wrong what- ever with the woollen industry? Cer- tainly nothing with which tariffs have anything to do. The trouble Des in this. Silk and cotton have to some extent replaced wool. If you have any doubt ask your wife. This, is true beyond doubt. Soma lines of woollen goods have felt this compett- tion very keenly. It can perhaps be best shown by painting out what hap- pened in the 13. S. There tariff on woollens is very high. This natural- ly forced the development of Waal-. tutes—the consumption of Woollen goods declined. My proof—The Am- erican SurVey of Current tueineaa, Feb. 1926, gives these figures for consumption of raw wool in the wo len mills of the U. S. Average Monthly consumption wool in the U. S. 1923 1924 53,467,000 I 44,813,000 1 1925 43,857,000 1 They have about the highest wool- len tariff in the world, Look at these figures again. ls an industry which records a decline of nearly 20% in consumption of raw materkil adding greatly to the number of its employ- ees? So, Mr, Guthrie, your tariff does not seem to help. Does it? Yes, but what of Canadian figures during the same period. They too, record it decline but not so much. Yearly Consumption of Raw Wool 1923 in Canada 24,028,018 lbs. 1924 '27,425,098 lbs. 1925 23,472,262 lbs. ' The decline is a little over 2% compared with nearly 20 in the U. S. Further comment is unnecessary if the industry is worried—its trouble is not tariffs. Pass on to the next. Let us test Mr. Guthrie on agricul- tural implements. Here are Mr. Guthrie's words again: "Let the Min- ister of Finance listen to this. Under the Laurier -Fielding tariff for which he voted and for which I voted... mowers and reapers enjoyed a tari of 17Se %. But this government has at last cut the tariff down to 6% and the result is that nearly all mowers and reapers used in Canada are com- ing in from the United States." Now it would be well to note these words very carefully for there is not a word of truth in them. You will find Mr. Guthrie's words in this con- nection on page 2563 of Hansard. Here are,the figures. I have taken the liberty of adding binders to the items mentioned by Mr. Guthrie. Reapers are not now very largely used in Canada. Mr. Guthrie is a lawyer and cannot be expected to know these things. Imports into Candaa 1922 1925 $319.807 Binders $216.427 6,805 Reapers 198 36,143 Mowers fr 27,936 If put into number insteadof val- e the decline is the same or nearly the same. For instance we imported 522 mowers in 1922 and 422 in 1925. 1922 you will recall, is the lase fear of the Conservative Administration. But there is the other side to this question. The lower tariff did not cause an increase of imports but did it injure our export trade? Heavens only knows how it could do this! Still let no look it over. 102e Exports From Canada 1925 $449,013 369,762 Mowers Binders $1,925270:019856 12,901 Reapers 105,893 Mr. Guthrie goes on and sheds tears over the plows—plow industry ruined, of couthe. 1922 1925 96,000,000 lbs. in 1920 to almost 101,000,000 lbs. in 1925. The figs ems for the fiscal year 1920 will re- veal even more astounding results, The first eleven mouths show !unseats of raw cotton of 117,000,008 lbs.— (2lelseteryi.ncrease since 1920, Surely thethat proves the prosperity of the ins h Will these things be brought out of in the House? It is doubtful. There is a cortein amount of sham and in'- be tence about the House on the Hill, es. • It is not supposed tobe good form to bs, expoee the follies of those who are high up in the ranks of the party. Protection le a hallowed thing. ',rear - Mg from it the tawdry covering that enshrouds its nakedness constitutes almost an indecency. So in the Par- liament of Canada they will speak softly when they refer to the bsurd- ities of Mr. Guthrie. Some one will probably give him a slap on the wrist but it will be done gently. When the common soldiers ineet on the field of battle they tear the hearts of each other but when the Generals meet it is around the Council Table. Sir Olever Lodge said a few days ago that there were other things in the world besides matter. Sometimes when the House is pussy footing on these things afraid to reveal the facts lest a sham should be slain by the breath of truth, I want to utter a prayer that old Sir Richard Cart- wright burst the bonds of death and return once more to the haunts of his former days. His was a -regnant spirit among men. How he would strip these grave impostors of the cerements of superstition if he were but with us now! But the prayer is vain; no one strikes with the hammer of Thor, and criticism, when it comes, falls softly as sunbeams on velvet. o 1- • if Imports Plows $ 554,846 $ 613,998 Exports Plows 1,465,919 1,630,908 Other years would give you con- siderable variation in these figures. Is is it possible that Mr. Guthrie made a poor selection for his comparison: Le that be a possible solution of his absolutely silly and absurd compari- sons the test would be to take total imports and exports over a period! of years—let us do that. Imports Canadian Exports 624,317,190 1921 $12,527,373 7,649,162 1922 5,345,308 8,392,427 1923 6,066 893 11,661,766 1924" 9,339,519 6,428,549 1925' 11,342,712 Now the agricultural collapse of Europe' choked off exports of agri- culture' implements in 1921. The in- dustry lost heavily but in the last few years it had made a marked th- covery. It now dominates the home market, Last year exports almost doubled imports. The stock of lefassey-Harris Com- pany has gone up. The Cockshutt Plow Co. reported move unfilled or- ders than at any time in' their his- tory. The following extract from the newspaper report be Frost and Wood Companies make interesting reading, "Bank loans were substantially low- er than at any time since the com- panies organization in 1899. It was stated that there were no trade lia- bilities other than current monthly accounts. There was a most favor- able outlook for the business of the coming year." Too bad isn't it that these men had not heard the state - /tent of Mr. Guthrie, then they would have recognized the fact that they were ruined.. The is little need to follow Mr. Guthrie further. He went on with a sad Ude about cottons. The import, of raw cotton however, keeps in very close ttligtarient with the recorded consumption of cotton in the if. g. Our total iraporto have grown tron LS AIRSHIP CLUB. tritain as Five Civilian Flying Clubs. Great Britain has now five civilian lying clubs whose members are oper- aing or learning to operate light air- eanes. These clubs were otganized vith the aid of the British Govern- neut. Indeed, the establishment of Ix such clubs was contemplated by hat Government. Now, Commander P. L. Boothby, who lias taken an mtive interest in efforts to promote Ur transportation in the United Kingdom since the close of the Euro- )ean war, proposed that instead of a iixth airplane club, an amateur tar- dily club be formed, says au article u the Toronto Mail and Empire. Commander Boothby favors the levelopment of transportation by ighter-than-air craft. Several years iv he spoke and wrote of the value ht such machines for communication setween Great Britain and the moot listant parts of the British Empire, inch as India and Australasia. He worked out a scheme for eirehip set, d.ons between fengland and Austra- da, suggesting the stages lute welch the journey might be divided and Mrnishing estimates of costs. Later still he wrote au article in which he advocated the adoption of "air yacht - as a British sport. He suggest - s5 that a number of persona who muld foresee the delights oi air cruls- Mg form a club, purchase a dirigible airship and introduce the sport. Com- mander Boothby defended the air- worthiness of the lighter -than -air ship, contended that from every mis- hap to such a ship Ithowledge had been gained, and discussed the meth- ods of navigation to be applied to ensure the safety of airships in stormy weather. He argued, too, that "air yachting" and the develop- ment of commercial airship services • would be as useful to the military and naval air forces of the country rvpolran0fseelni as the fishing fieet and the mercan- tile marine were to the Royal Navy. The force of a slinilar argument In ft caosub=ment of the use of a recognize by the British Governtnent. Considerable sums of money were spent by that Government to promote the design- ing and conetruction of light air- planes suitable for the use of civilian flying °tube. Financial aid was given eb fy tthhee 0 iGuo vie se .r nment in the formation The flying clubs, like the volunteer squadrons of the Air Forel); were In- tended, insofar as the Government was concerned, to Warmth the num- ber of persons in the United King- dom capable of piloting airplanes and performing the various ground ser- vices for airplanes. Airships are used for certain military purposes, and preparations are being made in Bri- tain for a trial of tyro new huge air- ships on commercial air routes. In the cireumetances, the appeal for the formation of an amateur airship club may probeady be made on tho grounds that led to the establishment of the airplane club& The difficulty mig t be that airships are more cost- ly thap light airplanes and lighter - than -aircraft tor the use of amateur aeronaute have not yet been designed. ANCIENT THINGS IN ESSEX. Commission Issues Report on Old Roman Fort. The Royal Corembedon on Histori- cal Monuments in England has Met Issued a report which has brought to liglit mob detail on ancient things he rilaa"' In this new survey the Roman Port of Othona, and the a.nglp-Saxon church at Bradwell-on-the-Wall re- thive special attention; and from such we learn anew of how Britain wee gOverned in those ancient days. The fort, of.course, was one in a long chain of defences which skirted the eolith and southeast coasts. Muelf of it has disappeared, though eon- slSerable portfoas are traceabbe. "Atone Was probably Malt oil earlier, lyftbakien British, foundations; but in the Mein id creelted te Deroneene, if You Produce Good Cream and want the best results under the new Grading System, ship your Cream to THE PALM CREAMERY, Our Creamery will be operated 24. hours a day In the hot weather, and your Cream will be in our Creamery and Graded 15 minutes after arrival in Palmerston. Thus assuring the farmer who produces good Cream the best possible Oracle and Prioe, We loan our Patrons cans and pay cash for each can of Cream reoeived. You can ship on any train any day and be assured of prompt delivery and pay. Send us a trial can to -day. The Palm Creamery Co. - Palmerston Ont. S511-291, woo receliec against .110 Roman authority and declared aimself a Briton. Ten years' independence from .tonio followed, and th.en the col- lapse, with all reeels (or patriots) 011110, and the Empire once more triumphant. 01 the little Saxon chapel dedi- cated to St. Peter, and now restored to proper usage, afterhnuch desecra- lion, a full chapter could be recited. It was probably built by Cedd, the brother of St. Chad, Bishop of the Bast Saxons, in the reign of Sigbert, 661. 13uilt actually into the wall, it stande, with the °estrum, ea repre- senting 1,000 years orpre-Norman civilization. in England. The Venerable Bede alludes to buildings of the kind at Ithanceastre, and another was at Tilbury; hence one of them' must have served as the episcopal headquarters of Bishop Cedd. It would be pleasant to dis- cover that St. Peter's is the actual building. But whether that be so or not, the Saxon edifice as it is to -day compares well with the example of Bradford- on-Avon, which at one time was held to be unique in work of that period. Happily Itis no longer a ,barn, and never likely to become such again. More notable perhaps, because more wonderfully preserved, are the sites of three early British circular huts In the mud at East Tilbury, There remain the bases of the ring of stakes of which they were con- structed, and fragments of the orig- inal wood. flooring, roofs, tiles, and interlacing wattle walls. New B.O. Fox Farm, Portland Island, near Moresby Iff- land, B.C., has been bought by T. E. Westortan, of Shanghai, tor the pur- pose of converting it into a fox farm. The island is approximately five hun- dred acres in area and it ie Mr. Westortan's intention of stocking it with blue and silver foxes. ' Sanskrit. Sanskrit was the language of the Brahmans of India, and was in use at the time of Solomon King of the Ghildren of Israel. A complete liter- ature in Sanskrit has been discovered in India, and considerable was trans- lated in 1783 by Sir Wm. Tones. . W1NGHAM Peter MacLaren, one of Wing - ham's oldest and highly respected eitleens, ded on Friday. Deceased was in his 94th year. He was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1832, coin- ing to Canada at the age of 14, when he received his education to qualify him for teaching. He taught school for a number of years, when he mar- ried Mss Mary Campbell and settled on a farm at Wingliam Junction, where he remained for 20 years, un- til his -coining to Wingham to retire. His wife predeceased him 30 years ago. One daughter, Jessie, survives, at home, Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at his late resi- dence, Centre Street, conducted by the Rev. Dr, Porte. Interment WaS be made in the Wingham Cemetery. ‘.!...!..p.Z....6.11,110.11?••211E01.1410.1*EMMILI PERTH COUNTY Stretford is going to celebrate Vic- toria Day with Sports. Dr. "Bill" ()arson, the Stratford star Hookey player, has signed "pro'" and will be un the St. Patrick(' lineup next season. H. E. Engelanc, the movie man nf Milverton, is offering prizes 01 55, $$ and $2 to mouth organ contestants within a radius of 15 miles, Rev, H. D. Snell, of St, Paul's church, Stealford, will condact ser- vices in Trinity Anglican church, Se - I ping ville, al 930 a. m. d cplrig the Summer months, commencing laet Sunday, April 251h, John Brunk has purchased Aaron Ebersol's f arm on 7th Con, of Asheeld. Mr, Ebersol is accepting as part pay. ment Mr. Brunk's house and the Brun - leer weigh scales. Mr, Brunk gets possession immediately. One of the season's prettiest wed- dings took place at the home of Aire. ,T, E. Stathy, Willow Grove, when, Ethel Gertrude became the' bride of Gem ge T. Waldie eon of William and Mrs. Waldie, of Btratfieed. The car- etnony was performed by Rev. A. E. Anderson, of Monkton, in the pres- ence of about 50 guests. A native -horn Walkerton girl, who, prior to bet' maeriage, was known es Ethelmay Gibbons, daughter of Al- bert and Mts. Gibbons, formerly of that town. died in the General Hosp- ital, at Kootenay Lake, B. C., on Easter Monday, at the age of 27 years, after a short illnees of heart trouble. The marriege of two popu'ar young people of Kincardine, was solemnized in Detroit, on Thurstlay last, April 15th, when Miss Irene Macdonald, daughter of Mrs. S. Campbell, South Side, became the bride of Howard G. Armitage, only son of Ex -Mayor J. Armitage and Mrs. Armitage, of eeincardine, They will reside in Des troib, Mrs, Charles Hyde, St. Marys, re- ceived a telegram on Tuesday morn. lug from Napinka, Man,. bearing the news of the sad death of her sister, Mrs, Jane Dewitt, wlm was found butned to death, while visibing at the home of her daughter, The dr eattssd was . formerly Miss Jane Logan, of Thorndale, and was well-known in the neighborhood. William and Mrs. Blakely, pioneers of Bruce Twp., on Monday, April 12111, celebrated the 501h anniversary of their marriage. Mr. Blakely was born in the County of Grey i» 1.858, while Mrs. Blakely was born in the County* of York in 1:10, and they mar- ried in the County ot Bruce 1876 Mr. Blakely, in his pioneer days, cut and cleaved a 100 -acre farm itt Bruce Twp„ near Tiverton. At the family residence, in SO. Marys, Mary Jane Rutherford, widow of James Delmage, passed away after an illness of five years and seven months. The late Mrs. Delmage, who was of Scotch -Irish parentage, was tbe daughter of Christopher Rutherford, Einniekillen, Tyrone County, Ireland. She came to Canada at an early age. and after spending a few years in Que- bec Oity with her maternal uncle, Samuel Mitchell, settled in St. Marys, where she spent the remainder of her life. This ever-present task of the busi- ness man is one that Advertising can most efficiently perform. Advertising in THE POST would carry any message you desire into every ° home in this community. It would spread the "news" about new merchandise, spec- ial sales or new store policies quickly and thoroughly. Take a friendly interest in telling the "buyers" of this town what you have for sale that is of service to them and you will win new customers constantly. 1 PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS ADVERTISE Issue( by Canadian Weekly Newepapers Aeenciation