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The Brussels Post, 1925-9-23, Page 7Ali E. Two holes directly beer the fire. Crates adjusted to sbolWM firebox. BothRangetrfiteti..ter Cosyliome Quebec It heats -It cooks -It bakes '-Provides hot water- Burns any fuel -Is reasonably priced Made in three sizes, suitable for any kitchen. Two holes directly over the fire, insures rapid cooking. Large top feed door and extension fuel pocket permit feeding 21 inch wood. Grates are adjust- able to shallow firebox for all fuels for summer use. )Water front or reservoir supplies plenty of hot water at all times. One of the most fiexible stoves ever de- signed, and exceptionally well adapted to the Canadian climate. Contains the same fine workmanship and materials as are found in the famous Happy Thought Ranges and Allcast Furnaces. S. F. DAVISON BRUSSELS, TONT. MADE T BRANTFORD%CAPatiA 6Y FOUNDRY COMPANY- LIMITED RANGES .FURNACES 69 News ' o f Local Interest LOTS of rain. 7 eoRB days in October. LONDON's population is 64,272. HAVE you your entries in for Brus tools Fair ? TEE straw bat season is supposed to be ended. KINCARDINE i8 having a new movie house built. TUB threshers aro now having their busy season. MILVERTCN Fair will draw some Brusselites on Friday. BE a live wire and people will be -careful not to step on you. BLrITa and Seaforth fairs will be the attraction around here. GBOJeOETCwNs tax rate has been set at42 8 mills for this year, Orr. 1 and 2 are the dates of Bens- •eels Fair. Don't forget them. READ every page of TUE POST. 'There is something to interest you. Now it's the wife who jumps into the ear and runs down to the barber shop to get a hair cut. TnANxsolvrio Day in Canada is on November Oth and in the United '.States on Nuvember 20th. TEE heavy rains have helped the farmers in this vicinity. The grass has sprung up and pastures are good, while wells are filled up with water, after being dry all Summer and the ground has been easy to plow. RE -ORGANIZATION of all cadet Corps throughout Western Ontario, is now under way, and in a abort time there will be a strong uuit in every High school and Collegiate Institute in the ' territory of Military District No,1. TUB engipes of all Canadian roads, drawing trains through forested reg lone, are regularly inspected for leaky •smoke stacks or ash pans that scatter lire into the woods. The railway fires throughout Canada are now a rel- atively small factor in forest, destruct- ion owing to unceasing vigilance, DAHLIA sugar Is of one and a half times the sweetness of the ordinary beet or cane sugar, is being man- ufactured froth dahlia bulbs, and it is estimated that from twenty to twenty- five tons of dahlia bulbs can be grown to the acre in California, whereas sugar beets average about fifteen tons, TUsna is always someone, some - 'where, who is anxious to buy what you:have to sell Someone hasjust the article you want to buy. To .complete a deal, each must know the •other's wants, and there is no better or more certain way to make these wants known than through a clas- sified ad, iu Tug POST. TEE American Gladiolus Society leas placed itself cm record as approv- ing the old pronunciation of this lower, 'Glad-i-o•lus" is given as car- I tot, the "f" being pronounced as in, "blind" anti d the accent out "glad" and The word gladiolus will be used • to designate the plural as well. as the singular, • 'Honey Average Crop. So good has been the late buck- wheat honey' atop in this district that itis probable it will compensate for the very small early gathering. The late and somewhat darker and strong- er buck cvheat honey will sell at from 12 to 121i cents a pound, the clear Clover honey going a little higher, The Dermal crop for this province is said to run into about 10,000,000 lbs, A Good Place to Live, Hon. John Martin, Minister of Agriculture, places the value of On- tario's agricultural products for this year at $500,011,000. This demon- strates that there are few lands so favored as Old Ontario. No Surcharge. A Family Necessity. The electric washing machine is fast relieving wash=day of its drud- gery. At the current rate of con sumption, and allowing for obsoles- cence, it is conservatively estimated that In 1929 there will be more than 7,600,000 washing machines In use in 22,850,000 wired homes, valued at more than $1,100,000,000, er 88 for �evory 100 wired homes. ff this rate la "increased to even 40 in every 100, the total of electric washing machines will 0.Xeeed 0,000,000 or over twice the number now In every day ^ d;loie Seaton for Pltdtteseo. I judment accordance with the and order of the board, the rate of 1 exchange in connection with ship- ments of - freight between points in 1 Canada and the United. States from September 15 to September 30, in- clusive, will be, par. There will be no surcharge on international freight or passenger business. Are They Appreciated? The small town that possesses a , weekly newspaper has in it a pub- lishing and advertising industry which does more for the town than almost. 1 any of those tall buildings which emit smoke from thetall chimneys. But the town often does not know it. Thorold has found out. The Post of that town discontinued publication. The business men of the place, after being for a few months paperless, have guaranteed the editor such sup- port that publication has been re- sumed --Toronto Star. 334 Miles At Cost of Only $4. The reports regarding the operat- ing of the new Diesel electric passeng- er cars which are being prepared for regular service on the lines of the Canadian National Railways are highly encouraging. The run from Toronto to Montreal is 334 miles and the car on that run consumed fuel oil which cost $3.50. The cost of the lubricating oil used averaged one- seventh of a cent per mile, or about 48 cents for the entire trip. During the past week motive power and elec- trical engineers 4r the large railways in. the United States have accompani- ed the car on its trips, and without exception they have pronounced it to be pronouced it to be one of the most amazing inventions in modern trans- portation. Prophets Forecasting Fine Weather., Sixweeksmore of summer weather are predicted by the old-timers, who have watched the weather for years and, therefore ought to be capable of forecasting conditions with some degree of accuracy. They base their predictions on the thunderstorms, that have ocurrecl recently. Such storms coming at this time of the year are certain indications that the weath- er will be warm for at least six weeks and that there will be no heavy frosts until after this period has passed. "We are certain to have six weeks More c of fine summer weather," old-timer declared after' Abe recent thunderstorm. "When you hear thunder at thistime of the year you may deed on weks of ontinuedttwarma weather;t least the thunderstorms occur in early spring they are positive indications of a very late summer. I have watch- ed these signs for many years and T have never found them to fail." Inflation and Deflation in U.S. The total "current income" of the American people rose from $67,254,- 000,000 in 1919 to $74,158,000,000 in 1920 and declined o $62,736,000,- 000 in 1921, These -figures are con- tained in a report to be issued by the National Bureau of Economis Re- search. Another outstanding revela- tion by the report is that 84,000,000 persons engaged in "gainful occupa- tions" in the United States do not re- port taxable intorno and do not pay income tax, The sharp drop of $11,1, 500,000,000 from the inflatioin period of 1920 to the depression year of 1921 was 010 greatest fluctuation in the nominal total national income re- coreed in the bureau's income studios running back' to 1904. GREAT ENGLISIt $iXPLOItDrt, Sion, Sykes Is Dxpiorer of :Great Iteeown Gen Slr Percy Meleeworth Sykes, Kn.. I.E., CAG C B who recently vleited Canada and the United States, le one of the most interesting Bng- itslinien to land on tide side of the Atlantic. He was Born en February 28, 1807, and received Itis education at Rugby and Sandhurst, at both of which places of learning he distin- guislied himself as an athlete, win- ning many of the championships, Re entered the army In 1888 being gazetted to the 18th Lancers, but was later transferred to the 2nd Dra goon Guards, Step by step he ad- vanced, lits promotion being rapid, Many years of his life were spent in Persia and Baluchistan on special missions for the British Government, Then came the Boer war, in which he served, as a cavalry oMeer, 'cud; was badly wounded, Later he proved himself a re- sourceful organizer and commander of Oriental levies and allies of the British Empire, the moving spirit of all the military operations of Eng- land in Persia and Baluchistan throughout the great war, during which he drove the Germans from Teheran and defeated, in the very nick of time, the intrigues by means of which, they were inducing the Shah's Government to Join the cause of the Kaiser against the Entente. Above all Gen. Sykes is one of the most celebrated of Asiastic explorers; he knows more about the inner re- gion of that vast continent -of those unknown regions which scientists de- clare to have been the cradle of the human race -than any other white man. For many years he was Brit- ish Consul -General and representa- tive at Kashgar, the headquarters and central market of all the native trade of Central Asia, and at Khotan, which is the capital of the ancient Chinese kingdom of Jade. Sir Percy is • now married to a daughter of Col, Bruce Seton of the historic Scottish family of that name. But during the most of his life at Kashgar and in tfie kingdom of Jade, he had with him his sister, Mtss Ella Sykes, the first Englishwoman to visit the Khotan and to cross the dangerous passes to and from the Pamirs and to set foot in all those deserts and oases of Central Asia. In eastern Turkestan Sir Percy Sykes and his sister found the ovis poll or the mountain sheep, described. by the medieval Venetian explorer; Marco Polo. Sir• Percy's publications include "Ten Thousand Miles in Persia," "The Glory of the Shia World," "His- tory of Persia," and (with Ella Sykes) "Through Deserts and Passes of Central. Asia." Lord Robert Under a New Name. The Right Hon. Lord Edgar Alger- non Robert Cecil, better known under the name of Lord Robert Cecil, who has been elevated to the peerage under the the title of Viscount Cecil. of Chetwood, is one of the most staunch supporters of the League of Nations In Great Britain, and has had a seat In the Assembly of the League since its inception, Lord Robert is the third son of the third Marquis of Salisbury, and was born on September 14, 1864, nutt- ing h:s education at Eton and Unl- venity College, Oxford. He married in 1889, Lady Eleanor Lambton, daughter of the second Earl of Dur- ham. He is a lawyer by profession,. and was called to the bar of the Inner Temple in 1887, and created a K.C., in 1900. He has held various offices under different Premiers' including those of Parliamer.tary Under Secretary for Foreign. Affairs, Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Min- ister of Blockade. He was created a Privy Councillor in 1915. Among his publications are "Prin- ciples of Commercial' Law" and "Our National Church," About Fuller's Death. Fuller's earth is found in different parts of England, The most famous deposits' 1s at Nutfield, near Reigate. In days gone by there was a mine near Bath and the product was large- ly used in the old wool -weaving towns of Frome and Bradford-on- Avon. • Fuller's earth is of very an- cient origin and is mentioned In holy writ. "Raiment so white that a ful- ler could not make it whiter." So that even in thosedays fuller's earth was used for bleaching purposes. An immense deposit of fuller's earth has boon discovered at Treamble, in Cornwall. Experts say that there are a million tons of this clay -like sub- stance ready to be dug out. Its an- cient use for absorbing the oil in woollen cloths has become almost a thing of the past, other processes be- ing used, but as a toilet powder it is invaluable, and it is atilt in great de- mand for clearing mineral oils and in the manufacture of soaps, Chippendale Furniture. Chippendale furniture dates from Thomas Chippendale, a famous tradesman who published "The Gentleman's and Cabinetmaker's Di- rectory" in 1754, He lived In the 'reigns of William of Orange and Queen Anne, and initiated success- fully not only batch and French styles but Chinese furniture also. He was one of the first to use what Was then called "Spanish" mahogany be- cause it tame front the S ani p sh Main, the West Indies, Central America, and the northern South America. Very little real Chippendale eXists to- day, and what does exist is exceed- ingly valuable; hence imitations of it are numerous. A Thin Thread. The thinnest thread visible td the human eye ie so small that it would take a bundle of a thousand of them' to equal the diameter of a woman's hair, These threads are made from melted quarts, Mist From the Sahara. Dust blown from the Sahara Desert has been detected in England two days later. • School Felt Dates in Huron County, Blyth 24 Grand Bend ., Dashwood ' , - 20 Crediton... , 80 �i'inchelsea . Oat 1 Honsall 4.4 444 , ...,, Dublin4411 .. . yV Clinton ....., ... r...... , . 7dtii ONTARIO Mud taxes or gas taxes? Users of Ontario highways in years gone by paid a heavy tribute to mud roads. They paid in the form of damage to vehicles and waste of time and money in getting, about the country. The mud taxes were more burdensome than any con- ceivable gasoline tax ever will be. Not one automobile. or truck owner would exchange Ontario road conditions, with.'a gas tax, for the conditions of ten years ago when there was no gas tax. The gasoline tax reminds you that as a user of the road youare expected to help pay construction and mainte- nance costs. As practical measure, road building must have definite financial support. In making this situation familiar to all motorists, the Government is requesting co-operation in maintaining the good condition of the roads by the sane and intelli- gent use of them. Care of the roads falls into the hands of the public as well as of the road authorities. Repairs are made by the authorities, but the need for repairs can be deferred by reasonable loading and sane driving. While the law provides penalties for those who overload or drive above the speed limit, voluntary co-operation of intelligent motorists and truck owners is being given in this matter. Those who persist in breaking the law, how- ever, may expect rigorous enforcement of its provisions. An advertisement issued by the Ontario Department of High., ways to secure the co-operation of motorists and truck drivers, Automobile Clubs, Good Roads Associations and ail other public spirited bodies, In abating the abuse of the roads of the province. The HON. CEO. S. HENRY, Minister S. L SQUIRE, Deputy Minister 40 RAREST THING IN WORLD THERE IS NOW RADIUM IN PLENTY. A Rich Find of Pitchblende Ore In the Belgian Congo Has Turned Radium World TJpside Down -At Present Baditun Is Used for Medi- cal Purposes Only. At Oolen not far from Antwerp. two years ago there was a barren waste of land, To -day there stands a large factory, with its smoking chimney and it little colony of work- men's dwellings. A new industry has arisen -the winning of radium, the rarest thing in the world. A rich find of pitchblende ore in the Belgian Congo has turned the radium world upside down. There is now radium In plenty; in fact, a veritable glut. of this wonderful sub- stance of which a few years ago It was thought that probably only, halt' an ounce existed in the whole world. A. casual observer might see lorry loads of ore being driven into the factory yard at Oolen, drays loaded with carboys of acids and chemicals; lie might see the factory alive with busy workpeople, and yet might look in vain for any sign of output from the works. As a matter of fact, the entire output of radium iu a month amounts in size to that of about halt an ordinary lump of sugar! The value runs into many thousands of dollars, for radium is still extraor- dinarily costly. If you want to buy radium to -day, you must pay some- thing in the neighborhood of .five thousand dollars a grain. Yet there Is radium enough and to spare. Fifteen or twenty tons of the Con- go ore yields about one gramme (af- teon). and a half grains) of radium. Yet this newly discovered mineral is so remarkably rich that producers in other parts of the world have actu- ally closed down their mines owing to thetr inability to compete with the Belgian product. The winning of ,a gramme of sub- stance from twenty tons of rocky mineral is a process that demands the highest technical skill, and it will always remain a source or great admiration for 1111' patience, and scientific skill that Mime. Curie sue ceeded in the first. Instance in culling this precious' element from the ton of pitchblende residues which was given ltt to her1896. the Austrian Cloven.- utent by' Most of the radium that has been produced during the last few years eras been obtained from the carnotite nave naa t0'ea treaceu sn us tsar to obtain a gramme of radium element The richness of the Congo ore has been such as to bring down the price of radium from $100,000 to $75,000 a gramme during the present year. What can be done with all the ra. dlum that is being produced to -day? There is more than enough to supply all the demands that are likely to be made upon it by medical science. Can the energy that Is given off con- tinuously by radium for Its life of 2,300 years be utilized for some chemical purpose? -this is the pro- blem which Is being attacked by workers on radio-aptivity the world over. At present radium is being used exclusively for medical purposes, for the treatment of lupus, cancer and kindred diseases. But radium has not yet come Into its own, There must be many industrial processes in which it is yet to play a great part, and fresh laurels are to be won by many an experimenter who is lucky enough to find an outlet for the Out of radium we are certain to find dur- 'ing the next few years. VIrgiula. Prior to 1861 Virginia was divided tato two sections distinct from each other in the nature of their industry. their labor.system and the character of their people. Eastern Virginia was the land of the slave -holder, a region devoted to the cultivation of tobacco; Wester Virginia possessed but few slaves, raised little or no to- bacco, was interested in mining and manufacture and had been settled largely from Pennsylvania. Thus the Legislature at Richmond had to make laws for two separate commun- ities having divergent interests, just as the Federal Government at Wash- ington had to legislate for the slave, holding South and the industrial North, There was a long and bitter clash between the people of trans - Allegheny Virginia and the planters of the East. The story of the separ- ation of West Virginia from the Old Dominion is chiefly important be- cause of the fact that it reproduces upon a smaller scale the long and bitter controversy between the North and the South which culminated In the Civil War. -Detroit Netps. District Fall Fairs Bayfield ........ _, ... ,... Sept: 20-80. Brussels ................. .. Oct. 1-2. L kaon .....� .......... Oct. 6-7. Sept. 24-25. Milverton .............. Sept. 24-26. Mitchell Sept. 29-80. Saeforth ........ .........Sept 24-25. of Colorado and !Jail, n much eeeswater .. .. Oct. 6-7. pourer Wingham . .Sept, 29 and 0 ore, seven hundred tuna •, Royal Agric. Winter Fair.Nov. 13-21. *4..444 v4/ 1•1.4, 414•••t••+•+.4.!,1'#•1'.44+•+.+•+w4••3••a••+.4+14••r4,4. I e• The Seaforth Creamery • rearn Wanted•i S�S Send your Cream to the Creamery thoroughly established and that gives you Prompt Service and Satisfactory Results,We'solicit your patronage knowing that we can give you thorough satisfaction. We will gather your Cream, weigh, sample and test it honestly, using the scale test to weigh Cream sam- ples and pay you the highest market prices every two weeks. Cheques payable at par. at $ank of Nova Scotia, For further particulars see our Agent, MR, T. C. McCALL,'Photie 2310, Brussels, or write to The Seaforth Creamery Co SEAFORTH, ONT. pp Bigger ana Better than Ener East Huron Fall Fair BRUSSELS Thursday and Friday ctober & Special Prizes A. C. Backer offers 50 lbs Purity Flour for best dozen buns baked from•. Purity Flour„ •11uns to become property of donator, J. W. Icing, M. P„ offers: -510.00 for best Heavy Draft Team; 55:00 for best Short Horn Cow. For the best herd of Registered Cattle of at least 5 animals, E. R. Wigle, lit, P. P., offers 510.00 for 1st prize, Bank of Nova Scotia offers $6.00 for 2nd prize and $4.00 for 3rd prize. Competition confined to Short Horns, Aberdeen Angus and Herfords. Registration papers must be presented for each animal For best Apple Pie, Dr, T. T. McRae offers:-lst prize, 53.50; 2nd 51.50. Prize pies to go to donator. For the best Herd of Dairy cattle The Standard Bank offers $10.00, divided -1st, $6.00; 2nd, $4.00. For best two loaves of Home-made bread, V. C. Huntley offers 50 lbs of Five Roses Flour. For best two loaves of Home-made bread, J. L. Kerr will give The Post for a year, and The Post for a year for the best 2 lbs Butter. Bread and Butter go to donator. For the best collection of 6 to 10 Snap Shots, open to pupils of Brussels School, Wilton & Gillespie offer $1.25 as lst and 75e, as 2nd prize. For best Collection of Baking, Mrs. Jane Thompson offers goodsvalued at 52.00. A. C. Baeker, offers 100 lbs Purity Flour for best 2 loaves of white bread baked from Purity Flour. Bread to become property of donator. For lady winning most 1st prizes in Baking, S. F. Davison offers $2.00. For person winning greatest number of 1st prizes for Flowers, Jas. Fox, of- fers a piece of Limoge China valued at 52:00. Brussels Horticultural Society offers 1st Prize $L00. 2nd, 75c; 3rd, 50c;for best essay on how the Community can assist' the Horticultural Society in beautifying the town. Best water color illustration of any poem or couplet enclosed in rectangle 7"x10", Poem or couplet to be written below, Miss Taylor offers $1.00 for 1st; 75c, for 2nd; and 50c, for 3rd. Agricultural Society offers $3.00 and 52.00 for Ladies Driving Contest. A. E. Denny, Buffalo, N. Y., offers 52.00; 51,25; and 75c for Soft Ball throwing contest, open to county girls. Mies M. McNabb offers 75c., 50c.and 25c, for best map of Canada in water color open to pupils Room III, B. P. S. Miss Flo. Buchanan offers 75c., 50c., and 25c., for best paper folding, open to pupils Primary Room I. P. S. For Best Baby Beeves, Grey Township Council offers prizes of $5.00; $3.00; $2.00; fed and exhibited by boys under 18, residents of Grey township. POULTRY SPECIALS -- Best collection of poultry $12.00 $ 8.00 Best 6 birds, any variety, confined to Brussels Grey and Morrie. Judge to make decision5.00 3.00 Best Pen, any variety, Judge to make decision4.00 2.00 1.00 Best 2 pair pigeons, Judge to make decision3.00 2.00 1.00 For best bird in Show, W. S. Scott offers 52.00 WALTER ROSE, Chairman of Committee. SCHOOL DRILLS Prizes of $6.00, $4.00• and $8,00 are offered for Best Appearing Schools. 5 points to be considered will be -Numbers, Marching, Arrangements, Costume and Drill, by Society. For Best Representation of Nation, Society or any other feature or subject prizes of $6.00, $4.00 and $2.00 are offered by Women's Institute. Teachers must hand to Judging Committee a card stating the teacher's name, name of school, also the name of the subject intended to be represented. Schools eligible to compete in both of above but they will be judged separately. Competition maned to Country Schools. Parade will leave Victoria Park at 1 p.m. sharp on Friday, Oct. 2nd and will be headed by the Band. All teachers and pupils in the parade ad- mitted free to grounds. FOOT RACES COUPLE RACE, over 15 years BOY'S RACE, under 14 years, 100 yards BOY'S RACE, under 10 years, 50 yards GIRL'S RACE, under 15 years 100 yards GIRL'S RACE, under 10 years, 50 yards BEST FANCY DRILL by School Pupils. Not less than 12 nor more than 24 persons in each $5.00 58.00 52.00 Pupils and teachers admitted free to Fair. POTATO RACE ON HORSEBACK -Three potatoes for each competitor will be placed 100 yards from starting point. Competitors stand by horse, mount and ride to first potato, dismount pick up potato, remount and ride back to starting point, dismount and put potato in pail -re- peating the operation for each potato. 1st, $1.50; 2nd, $1.00; 3rd, 50c. No entrance fee. Foot Races at 3 p.m. Friday 75 50 25 Speeding Contests 2.20 Trot or Pace Purse $125.00 Hobbles allowed Mile heats 3 in 6 Purses -50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent 2.40 Trot or Pace Purse $100.00 Hobbles allowed Mile heats 3 in 5 Purses -50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent Local Trot or Pace Put .,e$ 50,010 Hobbles allowed, Parses -$24.00; 516.00; 510,00 Running Race Purse $20,00 Purses -$10.00; $5.00; $3.00; $2.00 Committee reserves right to name starters in last two Races A. C. BARKER, Chairman Racing Committee. L1STOWEL BRASS BAND Grand Concert Friday Ev'g i , i,,;;�'IQ, j For which the highly recommended aorm3'krr lltkl Jimmie ° Reid Concert Co., Taro ha been secured, El GET A PRIZE LIST M. SLACK, JAS. BURGESS, Prescdettt, Secretary,