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'ducational Topics Stressed or Con-
vention Program — Western Os•
tario institutes to Meet in Loudon
in November
Better schools and health prob-
lems of the rural community will be
two of the outstanding topics on the
exceptionally fine program arranged
for the 1925 convention of the West-
ern Ontario branch of the Women's
Institutes, to be held in London on
November 3, 4, and 5.
Several hundred women, ' repre-
senting the institutes of this part of
the province, will be in atendancc.
'The convention committee, meeting
at the Chamber of Commerce, with
G. A. Putnam, superintendent of
WomenS Institutes, presiding, draft-
ed for the convention a schedule of
live meetings that promise to catch
the interest of city people as well as
of the delegates,
A departure this year isthe plan
'to introduce, in discussions, reports
of two or three institutes which have
something interesting to tell on the
question under discussion. The re-
ports are all to be submitted to a
central committee and the most valu-
able selected for the convention.
From all the reports submitted a re-
sume of the work will be secured by
the committee, Mrs, John Macfie, of
Appin • Mrs, Bolton Fitzgerald, of
Thorndale, and Mrs. Haggan, of Ayl-
mer.
yrmer.
Mrs, George Edwards, vice-presi-
dent and past president of the On-
tario Federation of Women's Institu-
tes, is to be the convention chairman
and sub -chairmen will be chossn to
preside at occasional sessions.
Outstanding speakers will include
the Hon. J. S. Martin, Minister of
Agriculture, and Mrs. C. Field Rob-
ertson, of Lanark, Ont., president of
the Ontario . W. I. Federation.
Secondary schools will be a topic
and will add to the interest directed
towards girls' work in the institute.
In detail, the tentative program is
as follows:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3.
Morning session — Registration
at Chamber of Commerce.
1.30 p.m.—Convention convened
(probably at Masonic Temple). De-
votions in charge of Col. the Rev. Dr.
William Beattie.
2 p.m.—Report of committee on
*education and better schools, Mrs.
Shrier, Arkona; discussion; picked
reports from branches on education-
al work accomplished; address on
high school work by local representa-
tive educationist.
2.45 p.m.—Debates, plays, music
an W. I. programs; branch reports
an "Music," Miss Lois Wilson, Tor-
onto.
Federation representatives to meet
to elect three members to provincial
board for Western Ontario and to
name convention committee and
.chairmen of outstanding committees.
6 p.m.—Civic Banquet.
8 p.m.—Evening session in ban-
quet hall; address of welcome by
Mayor G. A. Wonige; reply, Miss
Jeckyll, Exeter, district president for
south Huron; committee report on
home economics, by Miss I. McVet-
tie of Southampton; demonstration
by local domestic soience• teachers
and students; address, G. A. Putnam,
"Basis of Success and Permanency
in W. I. Work."
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4.
9.30 a.m.—Community activities;
'reports 01 three branches on work
done for libraries, halls, cemeteries,
'recreation centres, etc.; health report
presented by Mrs. Ferguson, of West
Lorne; branch reports on, health; ad-
dress,' representative of provincial
department of health.
1.30 p.m. -Address, Miss Ethel
'Chapman, assistant superintendent
W. I. Department, on "Outstanding
Features of Institute Development
During Past Year;" reports by girls'
branches; exhibit of girls' work; de-
monstrations; address, Mrs. C. Field
Robertson, on "Federation;" resolu-
tions.
8 p.m,—Report of committee on
agriculture, Mrs. John Macfie, Appin;
address, "Women in Agriculture,"
Mrs, Henry Aitken, Becton; address,
Hon. John S. Martin, Minister of
Agriculture,'
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5.
9.30 a.m.—Committee reports; im-
migration, Mrs, W, T. Meade, Blen-
heim; legislation, Mrs. Fred Haggan,
Aylmer; publicity, Mrs. B. McGug-
ggan, Rodney; branch reports on these
lines; address, Miss Emily J. Guest,
Toronto; discussions.
Gleanings from reports submitted
WILL ,NOT VISIT CANADA
RT. HON, W. '. MASSEY.
Has 1+Ilsde n Nino ricer Himself In
New Zealand.
The Right lien. William Ferguson
Massey, Premier of New Zealand
sines 1912, who returned home
through Canada from the Iutperial
Conference in London, le a. well.
known figure In New Zealand po11t10a
and has held at various Hulce niaiiy
important offices,
Mr. Massey is en Ulsterman, hav-
ing been born at Limavady, County
Derry, 0n the 26th March, 1856, the
son of John Massey and Malian Fer-
guson, and received his earlier educa-
tion at the public and secondary
echoole of his native county. He mi-
grated to New Zealand to join his
parents in 1870, they having pre-
viously gooe out with the Non -con
formist settlers in the year 1862.
Adopting farming as his profes-
slon, he eventually settled at Man-
geret, Auckland. He married Glu 'is
tine C. B. E., the eldest daughter of
Walter Paul, Auckland, and has
I lion. Ramsey Macdonald, former three sons and two daughters,
Labor Premier of Great Britain; has Mr. Massey became early asocial-:
cancelled Ms projected trip to Can- Mod with local government in his
oda on account of the general cies- adopted country, and at digerent
tions. He will visit United States times Held positions of member of
however. Road Board, chairman of School
Committee, president of Auckland
( Agricultural and Pastoral Associa-
tion, and president o1 the Farmers'
Club. He entered the New Zealand
Parliament as member for Waite-
mata in 1294, and subsequently as
member for Franklin since 1890. He
became chief Opposition whip In
18.95; leader of the Opposition 1903
and has held oince in varying other
capacities, excluding those of Minis
ter of Lands, Agriculture, Industries
and Commerce.
The New Zealand Premier was a
representative in the Imperial. War
Cabinet 1917-1918, and again at-
tended In London in a similar eapa-
city at the Imperial and Economic
Conferences last year. He was pleni-
potentiary at the Peace Conference in
Paris in 1919, and has been honored
in many other distinctive ways, hold-
ing amougst other things the Grand
OIIicership of the Legion of Honor
of France, and of the Crown of Bel-
gium; besides being a Privy Coun-
cillor and an honorary degree man
of manifold seats of learning. He
has published many pamphlets and
miscellaneous articles and takes a
general interest in all sport.
to committee, Mrs. John W. Macfie;
general discussion; conference.
Presentation of prizes offered by
Smalhnan & Ingram for three best
district reports and three best girls'
reports, district reports to cover per-
centage increase in membership, vis-
its of district officers, interchange of .
branch program, uniformity of pro-
gram in district, co-operation with
agricultural representative, methods
of utilizing department literature,
community work, civic improvement,
social activities, libraries, relief, and
district financing. Girls' prizes win
be awarded on a basis of general
excellence of program and work.
LEGISLATIVE GRANT
IS BEING DISTRIBUTED
1 County Clerk Holman is Sending
Out Cheques for School Grant
County Clerk Holman has receiv-
ed the Provincial Government grant
for the schools of Huron County and
is sending out cheques for the same
to the various municipalities in ac-
cordance with the schedule approved
by the Department of Education.
The grants are as follows:
WEST HURON
Ashfield $ 3570 25
Colborne 2302 50
Goderich Township 2283 25
Hay 3510 00
Stanley 2982 12
Stephen 4582 56
Osborne 2885 62
Fast Wawanosh 2578 75
West Wawanosh .. - ... - . 1564 24
Bayfield 406 25
Exeter 1690 00
Hensall 960 00
528915 54
EAST HURON
Grey $ 3688 26
Howick 5368 '75
Hallett . .. 3140 00
McKillop .............- 2211 87
Morris 2817 50
Tuckersmith 2790 62
Turnberry 2421 25
Blyth 967 63
Brussels 918 75
Wroxeter 607 81
Clinton 1737 50
Seaforth 1212 10
527882 04
SEPARATE SCHOOLS
Seaforth ......... ,5 532 50
McKillop and Logan 212 50
Ashfield
Hay
Hullett
Stanley360 00
Stephen and McGillivray .. 677 50
West Wawanosh ........... 292 50
Treasure -Chests Under London.
Since the war every big building
erected iu Lo' -don, England, has a
treasure -chest buried among the
foundation deposit.
These chests contain articles which
seen amusing to people of the pres-
ent generation, but, looking ahead
500 or 1,000 years, It is conceivable
they will be highly treasured by
those who dig them up.
In one large hermetically -sealed
box beneath a big building are a
golden sovereign, a half -sovereign, a
"fiver," a one -pound note, a ten -shill-
ing note, a half-crown, two -shilling
piece, shilling, sixpence, a penny, a
half -penny, and a farthing. In an-
other compartment there lies a cop)'
of each morning newspaper and eve-
ning newspaper for the day on which
the foundation stone was laid, and
in another section there are bottles
of whisky, beer, and wines.
Close by are packed bottles of
scent, a bowler hat, a top hat, and
papers representing the fashions of
the time. In similar boxes are buried
pictures of the royal family.
Imagine the feelings of the far -
distant man who unearths these trea-
sure: Perhaps, sitting among the
ruins of the Strand, he will send long
radio messages over the world about
the silk hat, .lust as men are writing
in wonder and admiration to -day
about the sandals Tutankhamen
wore.
Possibly in 1,000 years the super-
man will have arrived. Is it fair to
577 50 speculate on the effect of whisky,
340 00 beer, and wine on his highly -de -
215 00 veloped mentality?
In any case, It la safe to say that
a box containing such article would
teach a new race more about London
(circa 1900) than the discovery of
Nelson among the ruins of Trafalgar -
square, or the laborious reconstruc-
tion of the Houses of Parliament by
an archaelogist with an eye for
ruins:
$ 3207 50
In addition to the above there is a
grant for equipment and accomoda-
tion amounting for West Huron pub-
lic schools to 51,095.04; for East
Huron public schools, $991.92; and
for the separate schools of the coun-
ty, 593.30.
Proposed Law to Aid Bands. ---
The Ontario Amateur Bands Assoc-
iation will meet Premier Ferguson in
regard to the proposed bill to have
passed at the next session providing
for municipalities assisting bands fin-
ancially. According to the proposed
hill, a municipality, after a favorable
vote has been obtained, could assess
the property owners up to two mills
for funds with which to equip and
maintain a civic band at a high stan-
dard.
How do you bold your pen?
Of course there's a right and a wrong
way to hold your pen for easy writing
—but why take the trouble to correct
early formed habits?
Don't fear writer's cramp—prevent it.
No matter how you write there's a
Waterman's bolder and pen -point that
will exactly suit you.
Drop in today and make us prove it,
. ` W E.VDT
- wC.ox.C'rER.
I..
t'anstis in the Suez.
Before the construction of the Suez
Canal, completed in 1869, there was
no direct water communication' be-
tween the Mediterranean and the
Red Sea, but at various eras such
rommunioation existed by way of the
river Nile. From an inscription on
the temple at Karnak it would ap-
pear that a canal, Joining the Nile
and the fled Sea, existed at the time
of Sett I., 1380 B.C. This canal
diverged from the Nile near Bubastis
and was carried along the fertile
Wadi Humilat to a port at the head
of the expanse of water known to -day
as the Bitter Lake, now Loaning part
of the Suez Canal route. The chan-
nel of this canal is still traceable in
parts of the Wadi Tumilat, Other
canals connecting the Nile and the
Red Sea were built in ancient times.
Excellent,
A professor had been lecturing,
and as be left the classroom he found
that one of the students had dropped
into his hat a card, upon which was
drawn the picture of a donkey. He
said nothing at the time, but the
next day, when he stood before the
class, he prefaced his lecture with
the remark:—
"Gentlemen, I have to thank one
of your number for placing his card
in my hat. He was too modest to
leave his name, but his portrait was
excellent."
Australia's Gold.
Go1d production in Australia for
the first nine months of 1923 totalled
526,814 fine ennees, compared with
661,730 ounces in the same period of
1922. The output of Western Aus-
tralia atttn{tnl.ed to 875,400 ounces;
Queensland, 53.200; Victoria, 70,-
300, and New South Wales, 18,000.
"Che shortage,. in 1823 is attributed to
the curtailment of copper mining,
cow testing separates the good
from the poor and lays the founds'
tion for a good herd.
It IS always a good plan to cavo
piece of oleo Clover or rape on which
to refresh the breeding ewes, Sunt
prior to the mating soa'son,
PLUMBING AND SEWAGE
Systems Recommended Suitable
for Rural limes
Hat and Cold Water 00 Tall. Is a
Kaon—Sewage Disposal -The Sep -
tie Tank — gxtension %'orlc of
Physics Deportment—*11'atorhtg tole
Garden,
igentrlbuted by Ontario Department of
Agrteulturs(, Toronto./
Het and cold water on tap, kitchen
sink, laundry tuba, bathtub, shower
bath, and water flush closet, and the
necessary pipes for carrying away the
%mates to some suitable sewage dis-
posal system
is-posalsystem in the yard outside,
A very goof system complete Can
be put in the average -sized !Untie for
8350, aild in view of the fact that
it will last a lifetime with very little
outlay for repair's, it is One of the
hest investments one can Blake. It
will give you real worth .while ser-
vice every day for a coat of about
8 Bente a day figured on interest
and .depreciation,
Iu the Physics Budding, 0. Q. 0.,
there is installed a complete plumb-
ing system for inspection of students
and visitors interested in this work.
It demonstrates the simplest method
Possible of putting the various parts
together, thereby saving both mater-
ial and labor to the greatest possible
degree, If you are interested drop
la and see it, and maybe we caw
assist you In getting that very neces-
sary equipment in your home—mod-
ern plumbing.
Sewage Disposal.
To perfect the plumbing system
just referred le it is -necessary to
build some suitable construction for
disposing of the sewage and waste
from the home. In the country this
must be either a Cesspool or septic
tank. The cesspool may be all right
for a time In porous gravelly well-
drained soils, but usually it is a
menace to health by contaminating
the water supply er becoming a nuis-
ance whenever it overflows, The
septic tank is the modern method.
and gives good satisfaction as a rule.
We have a very One working or
demonstrating model of it installed
on a large table in the Physics
Building, and it is very useful for
showing people Just what the system
is like and how it operates.
Tho Septic Tank.
It consists of a large concrete tank
divided into two compartments by a
vertical partition. The size for a
single house le about 4 Leet x 8 feet
and 33y feet deep. This tank holds
the sewage long enough for a certain
kind of bacteria to desrrcy the solid
.11
matter, Wheu tine Itquto accum o
Iates to a certain amount a non•
tnechanieal fair culled a siplloa
emptfea one 01 the chambers tote a
system of hold tile, called the abaorp-
tion bed, laid shallow under the
ground, Any remaining sewage la de-
stroyed in the soil by another kind
of bacteria that live near the top of
the ground. In this way these friend-
ly baotoria are enabled to do a very
valuable work for us. This is sci-
ence applied to a useful purpose,
We supply bulletin awl blue -print
to anyone wishing to build a septic
tank, 4.11 necessary information is
given in thews, and by their helpful
suggestions any handy_ man can .build
it. Cost for cement, Siphon, fittings
and tile amounts to about 552. The
tank may be located close to the
house and Lite tile laid under tite
lawn or garden.
Extension Work of the Department
of Physics,
The extension aetivitios of the:
Department of Physics assist those
seeking advice or ttssistauce In cop
neetten with the regular branches of
the department's extension activities,.:
including: Installation of water and
sewage systems, lightning rod instal-
lations, drainage surveys, farm cold
storage, alio construction, anti -freeze
mixtures. Blue prints of septic tank
installation, hydraulic rams, protec-
tion of wells, small ice cold storages,
types of lee houses, water supply Sys;:
tens and farm plumbing have been
prepared, and are now obtainable up-
on request from the' Physics Depart-
ment, Ontario Agricultural College.
—It. R. Graham, 0. A. College,
Guelph,
Watering the Gardena
Remember that a good soaking
once a week is more beneficial than
light sprinkling daily. Be judicious
in your use of the hose. Leafy vege-
tables do not mind having their tops
soaked, as well as the roots. But
fruit bearing piants and vines, like
tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, pep-
pers and melons should not have the
tops soaked at all. It washes away
the pollen in the blossoms and is
apt to cause blight and fungous
diseases, '
Don't water the garden in the heat
of the day. Wait until late in the
afternoon and when it has been given
a good soaking It will have time to
soak into the soil to enable you to
rake up the surface easily next morn
ing, preventing the soil baking and
conserving the moisture. Regular
soakings for the ever -bearing straw-
berries and other small fruits, fol-
lowed by mulching, will prolong the
fruit bearing season and improve the
quality, Too much watering of grape-
vines tends to cause an excess of
cane growth but a reasonable amount
is desirable.
SAFETY
—The First Con sideration
The Safety of your Deposit in
The Province of Ontario Savings Office
Is Guaranteed by
THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT
Interest Paid on all Deposits
Aylmer
l3,•antford
Ih uullten (enc, Yt'ek
,tad 11(Web Sts )
Newnutt ket
O'tnwa, (207 Sparks
Steeet)
BRANCHES:
Owen .Sound
Pembroke
Seaforth
St. Catharines
Toronto (Uttiversi•ty
Ave. and Dundee
Street)
43-28
Toronto (Bay and
Adelaide Ste,)
Toronto (540. Dan-
forth ,Ave,),
St. Marys
. Wail kerton
Woodstock
Here and There
44.11 previous records set by the
Manitoba Telephone System, a pro-
vincial all -government owned and
operated utility, were surpassed in
July, when net earnings for the
month were $15;754. A surplus of
5100,000 was predicted for the pres-
ent fiscal year.
According to an estimate made by
Quebec Automobile Club officials
from data supplied by transportation
companies and garages, 200,000 tour-
ists have already passed through
Quebec this year. This, it explain-
ed, is an increase of twenty per cent.
over the total for the whole of last
year.
Building permits issued in Winni-
peg since the beginning of the cur-
rent year to date have topped the
three million dollar mark, being
53,034,840 for 1,704 structures. For
the corresponding period of last year
the total was $2,289,450 for 1,733
buildings, an increase in value for
this year of $745,390.
Heavy shipments of this season's
crop of potatoes in Fredericton, N.B.,
are now being made to the Cuban
market from the potato belt -on the
vppeY St. Tohn Elver, according to
the provincial superintendent of the
crops and soil division of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. There have
been large consignments from Carle-
ton and Victoria counties.
Greater Montreal's populationis
now estimated at 1,028,000, accord-
ing to the 1925 issue of Lovell's
Montreal Directory just published.
Population of the city proper is esti-
mated at 907,500. Population in the
suburbs and surrounding country is
given as 120,500. The last estimate
of Greater Montreal's population,
by the same authority, gave the
population as 979,027.
A party consisting of twelve Chin-
ese students from Hong Kong and
Peking arrived in Montreal recently
to take up temporary positions in
departments and shops of the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway, in order to
familiarize themselves with the rail-
way situation in Canada. They will
remain a few months and then re-
turn to China to make practical use
of the information they acquire.
The Provincial Department of 13d-
ucotion has forwarded a cheque for
523,642,02 to George Hamilton, Perth
County Treasurer, covering legislat-
ive grauts to the schools of North
Perth.
Ambling Along With the Trail Riders
6 f
(1) tatter Buffalo Child Lona Lance. ,:i Lunch' on the Wolverine Plateau. (3) One of the Guides, (a) On the Wolverine Plateau with 'rumbling Glacier In the back-
ground. (5) Chief Louis Arbel with his Kootenay Indians.
-me Official Ride of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, commenced
A this year on the morning at Auguet 8th and ended at Wapiti Camp on the
night of the tenth. Over a hundred members participated, They rode aortas
country between Marble Canyon, on the Banff -Windermere Highway, to the
Bungalow Camp at Lake Wapta,
The Riders, among them a number of prominent society pecple, scientists
and artists, all travelling on horse -back, 'biazed a new passage across the
Wolverine Plateau. Six countries were represented; Canada, the United
States, Australia, France, the West Indies and England. The artists, of
whom there were six, made sketches of the virgin scenery along the route
of the newly discovered trail.
Seven Indiana were in the party, six being Kootenays under Chief Louis
Arbel, while the seventh was Chief Buffalo Child Long Lanes who gave a
lecture on the Indian Rates of Canada to the Canadian Club of Montreal
during the winter, and is rapidly becoming famous as an; authority upon
Indian affairs,
The artists Included Leonard Riohmand, 1T„B.A,, and A. L. Leighton of
England; Carl Ilung`1us, Delmore' Browne and Richard M, Itimbel, of New
York, and R. Palenuhe of Chitago, Paris was represented by the t)ud de
Nemours, who recently purchased a ranch near Calgary. g ry• It
Thin waS the second annual Ride and Pow -pow of the Organization, On
the Morning of A.ugteit the eighth, motor ears Conveyed the 'Riders front
Lake Louise and Banff to the point of departure on the Banff -Windermere
Highway, There guides and horses were in readiness and the party im-
mediately mounted and the Ride eonunenced, Tito trail led up Tumbling
Creek, past Tumbling Glacier and on the Wolverine Plateau where lunch waB
'Served'. Tho ride thenproceededalong the Plateau with the Wolverine
Palisades, Mount Helmet Rad the Washmawapta Icefield and. Waterfalls on.
the left, giving the riders a view of the Ten Peaks on the right. '
That night camp was pi Leh ed the Goodsir Plateau and before retiring
the campers gathered around the fire for the usual Sing -song, in the shadow
of the cliff which rises sheer six. thousand; five hundred feet above its valley.
On the second day the ride led down to Goodsir Creek and up McArthur
Creek, past Lake McArthur. That night was spent of the shores of Lake
O'Iiara, the tamp there being placed at the disposal of the Trail Riders by
the Alpine Club of Canada. The day ended again with a sing -song.
On the third day, Au fist 10th, the final ride was made from Lake O'Hara
to Wapta Lake, where the expedition was concluded with a Pow -wow, sing-
song and pale -lace dance at Tipi Camp, It is expected that another ride of a
sfrmlar nature will take place next year as the undertaking impressed those
who took part as one of the most enjoyable outtings they have experienced.
Net only does the Ride protide an uncommonly pleasant holiday for sports -
Men from Canada and the Tinted States but it also Serves the excellent
purpose of making the scenery and the fishing and hunting facilities of the
Rockier( known abroad,
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