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Established 1865, Vol, 52, NO, 40'CLINT O N, O N T ARI 0, T HI) RS D A Y MARCH Stb, 1913 W. H, Kerr & Son, Editors u _.__..
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`ARTICLE S' OF SPECIAL INTEREST I
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and Self -Clerk'
.Restriction* Are Met With Real
Cheorfulnuux
)N, Feb, t5tlt—COrrespond-
tlie Assupiukutt gags)--laing
and Queen Mary were Atnuul;.
in Buglaiicl, as was Mrs,
Willson in the United States,
ibe;t• household conform to
On sale for the ih'st 'Hite il) this country, is a handy article
calie(i "Brown's Electric' Stick" it is a wonder -worker and
Will remove any spot or stain from all kinds of cloth.
We also. have in stock "Stevens Comfort Foot Warmers"
a very desirable article for a cold bed, or to use when driving.
You simply till them with boiling water.
Yob will find that a bottle of "Holmes' Lung Tonic" will
rout the worst Kof. 25 cents at -THE REXALL STORE—
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OF CANADA
Incorporated 1369.
Capital Authorized $ 25,000,000
Capital Paid-up 12,911,700
Reserve and Undivided Profits 14,564,000
Total Assets 335,000,000
HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL
450 Branches with world wide connections.
General Banking Business Transacted.
R. E. MANNING, Manager : Clinton Branch
INCORPORATED 1855 .••••.":.
TI1[ MOLSONS BANK
CAPITAL AND RESERVE $8,800,000
98 Branches in Canada
A General Banking Business Transacted
CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT
BANK MONEY ORDERS
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT
Interest Allowed at Highest Current Rate
H. R. SHARP, Acting Manager Cii,1on
Ordered
Clothing
iaeady-to•Wear.
'Mottling
NattgaVaL i.Y."n'SvaWcOMUSEICSiMati'yn.:: r .s <,h-.,;,rr..r. •r n. +Ta33' ancaa e.
Tir R c oa t
Nothing takes the place of the RAINCOAT
for its particular service..
The RAINCOAT is as much a part of i
man's wardrobe as his overcoat.
We have RAINCOATS of every approved
fabric ---Rubberized or Waterproof,
OLIVE PARAMATTA RAINCOAT
Single breasted close fitting collar, strap on
sleeves; While. we do not claim it to be per-
fectly waterproof, we do say it will be a satis-
factory coat for mud or dust. Just the coat to
carry in your motor car.
Price $5,00
DARK GREY CHECK COAT
Made from. a very neat pattern, not all
wool, but very serviceable.
Price $7.50
ENGLISH RUBBERIZED TWEED COAT
Made from good quality tweed, ail wool,
seams sewn and`cetneted, thoroughly rubber-
ized.
Price $10.00
, -THE .BALMAROON RAINCOAT •
Made 'from good quality r;nglish tweed,
single breasted, convertable collar, two large
patch pockets, lined with fancy plaid material
thoroughly waterproof, while making a snappy
spring and fall overcoat.
Price $13.50
YOUTH'S SMART • RAINCOAT
Made from an olive paramatta cloth, close
fitting collar, .straps on sleeves, sizes 30 to 35.
Price $5.00
Styles is
We 'showing
W ,era, all h
tLNewu..
Trench, Motor, 1.3altnacan, etc.
Morrish
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for Jo .ork
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ence of
Cttol ge 1
the, first
Woodrow
to make
the rigorous rationing system of a food
minister or administrator, Like the
White House at Washington, the.Royal
(entity and staff at. Buckingham, palace -
have been placed on the diet suggested
by it torn chosen to conserve the
nation's- food sapply in . Englund,
Lord Rhondda,
Froth the early -days of. the ministry
of food, the King has insisted that
every suggestion for self-deulal 'which
has been mit before the people -of the
country' nsust be loyally observed
throughout the royal household.
Sit Derek Keppel, master of the
household, said in an interview this
week:
'We are all hi line here with the
rations, ;Ind I. alit saying only what is
common knowledge when I fell you
that 1 never know any people so thor-
oughly conscientious in this matter as
th.e King and Queen, They accept the
restrictions with the most noticeable
cheerfulness, taking real .pleasure in
bearing their share of the food hard-
ships.
"The royal household is.a large and
varying one. Its changing character
makes some ditiiculty in the. rationing,
but if any error is made in the calcula-
tion it is In the direction of "less" rat-
her than "more." We keep in constaurt
touch with the ministry of food, learn-
ing every day whatever new regulations
may be impending.
"Quite often recently the royal
larder has been empty of such com-
modities as butter, margarine and tea,
and we have gone without, from King
down, The King and Queen have re-
peatedly spoken to me to impress me
with. the duty of self-denial in food and
drink, The King in the first clays of the
war pledged himself to told abstinence
from alcoholic beverages, rand that
pledge holds good today over the whole
household,
"The King actually tries always to
anticipate restrictions. A long white
ago Ise insisted on coal economy In
the' palace. Waste of fuel or coal
constitutes a grave an'ence among the
servants of the King,"
GRAN7lD''yyDr Ury,C j{{jf E55 MARIE
4 ! 1.1JX MBOUP
Reports from Geneva, Switzerland,
say inhabitants of Luxembourg who
have arrived in Zurich. declare that the
refusal .1' the young Duchess of
Luxeutb"urg to accept a Prussian
prince ars a husband continues to
rause the greatest irritation in Berlin
royal cirices. Nearly every three
months a new princes is sent down to
Luxembourg and the Duchess is ob-
liged to receive hies,
1 ITEMS OF INTEREST
The editor of the Stratthroy Age says
Hiee are scarce. lie attended prayer
meeting and there were only two pres-
ent,
The Jacksonville Times -Union says:
"A woman goes to church and sings,
"Are There Any Stars In My Crown"
when whet she is thinking about is,
"Ara 'There Any Flies on My New Hat?
According to a. despatch from Otta-
wa there Is likely to be an increase in
else price of news print paper, .This
will impose an additional burden on
the newspaper publishers.'
The establishment 01 a department
for the training of teachers' for voca-
tinual work amongst the returned Sol-
diers has 'been made at the University
of 'Toronto,
etsee
.04
OUR
FIRST
BIG
SUGAR
DR\TE
is rsow on and we are 'able to,
sell for Colt, . 3sagar by the
tEgf,
'a, w a•,,v
Ihoi>e.Ia
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Huron County in Histor
HURON COUNTY WAS
THE STAMPING GROUND I
OF POLITICAL GIANTS.
Cameron and Ross Were Names 1
to Conjure with—Proudfoot is
a Huron Product.
tby Nicol Moffat)
A Hurons boy is nuking good ;be, the
new Leader of the Opposition in the
Ontario Legislature, The .next step
will be the Premiership, How long or
how short that periost of time may be
is not of Bost consequence. The im-
portant thing is: •Williams Proudfoot will
merit the honor when it comes. It will
be so, because he was well -horn and
trained in a stirring political camp.
Thirty -rive -years ago might be
called the Golden. Age of Liberalism in
Huron'.ounty. It was the days of the
old knights whose names 51111 kindle
the tires of pride whenever uentioned,
Great and mighty were the victories,
because one seat alone out of six with
stood their assauils. East Huron was; Mr. Willittnl Proudfoot
kept in the Conservative column,: Opposition Leader
Thomas Farrow, who went regularly to I
support the national policy, in Ottawa, +
lived as it were, un the edge of a pre- he weathered all storms and resisted
cipice. A little bad luck at any time all attacks
would easily have shoved him off. But. To begin with, 'tlalcohn Colin
Ca nier'on haul a seat in -the DominionI Parliament for West Huron, In. his
- Pithily days his name, like that of
I Black Douglas, used to strike terror
around the Tory Firesides. Ile was 11
-.leader among the Reform insurgents
who' sturmed the proud domains of Sir
Joins A, . Macdonald, Nis speeches,
therefore, were carefully preserved by
lily constituents for controversial bat-
tle, They were loaded to kill any kind
of Tory at 300 yards.
Ills mate in the (.Ontario House was
floe, Alexander McLagan Ross, Pro-
vincial 'Treasures!, also from the
proud, old town of Goderlch. "Hon-
est A. M." was the way the Reformers
used to think of their representative,
whom ,Mowat entrusted with the keys
of his nourishing 'Treasury. Truth to
tell, the Honorable A. M. was lust as
honorable as he looked, Unlike Caim-
eron, he was not eloquent. He did not
require It, because 1n figuring out an
annual surplus each one of his hearers
took it to be the sante thing as if it
'were their own money in the bank,
Good cosh surpluses were taken 111 lieu
for golden oratory.
they of course carried the standard,
though underneath were a host of not-
able men. There was John .McMillan
'from South Huron, who hated the N, P.
as a poor sailor does the ural de mer,
ilia Harte, who stood solidly behind Sir
Oliver Mowat fur a generation, was
another gond yeoman, Arehie Bishop.
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VoL 1. No. 2 THURSDAY, MARC tI 2 . 1918, "Do Your Bit" Editor
EDITORIALS - Subdue the Submarine U TO U
Anything sold by •'wine melt-;
sure" in Canada has been de -
Creed illegal by the inland'
revenue departnment. This,
presumably, includes "reputed,
Quarts," which are but four-
tifths of good honest imperial
measure. •
ii 11 if i
As the days pass, the im•,
portance of the hack yard looms
up more distinctly, ' Eaclt and
every one of them available
should be made to furnish ye -
etables abundantly during the
conning season. - Time enough
to revert to flowers atter thi.:
,cruel war is over.
1J 1i
Spring has arrive l again, f< r
the fifth time this month.
11 It 1
The mills of government i
grind slowly, but let us hope
they will grind exceedntg small
wham they on00 get started oft'
food hoarding.
it 1; ai
Seed and labor shortages
are serious 111 more eountriee
than one.
rr r .I
It will pay to get the seed
early this year and prepare it
for snwtng—when there is
time.
ti 1l 11
start early so locate you r
hsolIli ler help. Don't wait till
ynu need it. to start tlse man-
unt.
1 11 ' 11
The old tnalce it'ance wail
soon be as rare as the sea set••
pents. Land and wood are too
valu:.tble to be wasted.
1T 1 11
The lass, of supply and de-
mand has nothing to do with
the retail egg market, whatever
it does in the wholesale,
11 1 n
A dog is often handy around
the farm—mid 1'111 seldom Inas
an ;appetite for lamb or mut-
too, ie's the town cur that
is the epicure.
11 11 1
After the war wheat will
hard to give away. Argentine,
Australia, et al, will compete
with us on the European mar-
ket> --as they slid before the
war.
(1 11
Start the incubator early.
Late hatched chicks demand at-
tention when farm or garden
work is sufficient to take up all
of one's lime,
•
i< 11 11
Last aautumll Ontario was
promised plenty of Nova Scotia
'apples at a fair price, 1'L'c
fruit was there, but the middles
ratan was there also, with the
result that many of them found
their way into cold storage,
with iiie inevitable result vi
enhanced prices,
Now they
t '
are reported to be t
d tai m . t
11
g
is Scandalous that drastic 'gov-
erninental action does not pree
pent the people frau, being I
wasteful! methods. t
if it 11
The Batton you Save llieg (
Savo your Bacon,
it i1 1i .
The Ontario -Government are 1 t
eottsidering the distril ution of 1
50,000 bus, of spring wheat 1
which i5 to be supplied hy. the
Donuninas Government among
the farmers for the. purpose 01
lnerr.4;intr. the acreage toward'; J
food pradilction.
11if ti
l'nm Satt't 1?esti, :4ttitsr beets
,s a erap"•-••+souse. Linen
1(,11
"A5 yev BOW, r¶5o shall 114
reap," Test your seeds,
by---
SUBSTITUTING—Economy
y---
SUBST IT. UTING—Economy for waste.
SUit$STITUTINC,--.J "'1'eration for Criticises.
SUBSTITUTING—Knowledge of Prices for
Gossip about Profits.
SUBSTITUTING—Fish for ncef ;uicl Bacon, •
.SUBSTITUTING—Vegetable Oils fur Animal Ir:tts
SUBSTITUTING—ate Garden Hoe for the golf
`tick.•
tUBSTI'c U'rA ING- Perform ance for Argument..
SUBSTITUTING --Service tor Sneers,
SUBSTITUTING—Patriotic Posit for Peevish
P'uerilities
SUBSTrrUTINC--Perishabie ,for Preservable
1'u, tits.
SUBSTITUTING—Greater I'r' duction Cor a
German Peace.
SUIT=S;.'ITUTING,--Lie greet you do not eat for
1110 MIL.' VOL! Calmol carry,.
,SUI S'TIlIJTING--t:,nservati,'11 for . conversa.•
vellus,
SAJI 5TITUTINQ—'i'mm t<:u Sense for 1 11110on
gossip,
SUESTY'ru'TINS„—.Marketing by telephone.
SUBSTITUTING—Produclh,n fur Pessimism.
Our Agricultural ludustr7
What the effect of the tear on the farming industry
ul the Dominion has been is brought to a focus by the
statistics issued from Ottawa the other day. The
average value of farm land for the whole Dominion,
including both improved anti unimproved land, tn_
gelhdr with dwelling h0uee5 and all f:u•nt buildings, is
approximately stated at fid•I per acre, as compared
with $41 in 1916. The average values by provinces
rauna'e all the way from $26 in Saskatchewan to $14')
in British Colunsbia, the higher average in the latter
province being cline to the larger'acreage in orchards
and fruit farms. Ontario is second on the Ilst with atm
average of 555.30. '
War conditions are, however, more clearly reflected
in the wages paid for faint help dnrtng the year 1917,
when they reached the highest level on record. The
increase is substantial over 1 91 6, and In many eases
the wages are double what they were before the war.
For the whole (11 "Cnnadat during the summer of 1917
the monthly wages, including board, averaged •$03.63
for males and $34.31 `for fetnatcs, as compared with
.„43.23 and 1122.46 in 1916. For Ontario the average
wage paid to male help was $59 and for female $31.96
per mouth during the summer season.
As against this higher cost of labor there fails to he
set the higher values of farm stock, Little change is
reported in the case of horses, but cattle, sheep and
swime.show substantially higher values over 1916 and
higher than in any previous year for which records
are available, The relative figures for 1917 and 1916
are: Horses, .$16'7 and 11160; miteh cows, $84 and $7o
cattle'between ant and three years old, $Sa and $43,
sheep, $14.98 and $10,98, and swine, $17.38 as
n +ainst $11.95 per ctvt. The top” valte of live
stock
t
, Canada n t) f 7 1 estimate at$.1,102,201,00'0, s
nn s dn,
eoutpared with 5908,686,000 in 1916, as finally re.
vise&,
victims of such criminally
HI LP CANADA AND THE EMPIRE
A placard Posted in 1'erer-
bnrl115'11 reads: "If 11 fast, 11
beat 11 boats; if 0 feast, U boats
beat 11,
FOOD
I. Bay ft with thought,
2, Cook It with care,
3. Serve IUst enough
4, Save what will keep.
5, Eat what would spoil.
DON'T WASTE IT.
* ON THE FARM
0 . :? is ., ,. e
Tap the maples,
The split lag drag is a great
0+atmeker,
if I. if
Cheap help on the farm may
be dearest, •
It is not :always age or feed
that determines production in
the dairy,
1 11 A
1'ry a hotbed this year. IL
will give you fresh vegetables
weeks earlier,
i! R 11
'!'Ise Dairy Branch, Ottawa,
will send you, without cult,
ruled and printed milk record
forms.
h 1i 1i
Grow alfalfa, it is the crop of
the present and the future,
NO BARNYARD SLACKERS
•
New fork post:—The Cana- •
titan Food Board opens up a
new vista in agricultural 17m11•
agement by ruling that a dneen
of eggs must w'ciglt a pound
and a half. Now fur a Dover„-
Ittelnt decree that all shoats
must put on 200 pounds of
flesh in six months, that all
cows must give eight gallons of
• niilk daily, and tliat all turkeys
must weigh 25 pounds by
7'itanksgiving.
WHY THE WASTE?
A cold storage liras in Win-
nipeg is reported to have Just
destroyed 8,560 chickens, as
unlit for food, This is the less
surprising when it Is said they
have been stored since October
191(J, Such waste is abomin-
able, if it goes "tlnwhipt o;
justice," there is little encour-
agement for the common pen.
,Ile to conserve,
ISILL TO HE INTRODUCED
A daylight savings hili will
take effect in the iJnited. State
on the last day of this 111011th
And if is n tic;1
t
ied that Can.
aria t 1 vii
fatal
I i» lint. There is
considerable opposition to day.
Tight saving, but as it has not
been tried in this country as a
federal measure and as it will
certainly admit of more time
being given to farm and back-
yard cultivation, if is wise that
it should be given a fair trial.
MONEY IN SWEET CLOVER
!t, number of farmers in the.
;vicinity of, Durham have ream-
ed Lttrttdsatiely front' their
meet :town seed of last sea
sot WY. ll MecNxbb sold three
to?,is felt, d a,SOs) and another
(Sku:eg ' fanner received a
cheque for over $5,000,
HI,,l1 Prices are Metter than a
Hun Peace.
The t,arb:awe Pill is as daad-
ly as, I1te U -Boat,
`I hen up north [n Wroxeter was ihe
mattie heath of 't'houtas Gibson, who
represented the East riding, Honest
again is the word, for everybody called
him "Honest Tone," When he came
back every four years for re-election it
was simply "vena, vidi, vici," itov•else
could it be, when he left the impres,
sio,t that the only dispensation for
Scotch Presbyterians from keeping. file
SaWeeth w'as the liberty to discuss the
mthateritslav, the Mowatt C1>vernftleitt nn
Hew He Won iii, Spttrs•S,
Boned nano of
i thhe
ie leaders, ald lslt be
doctor did his best to oust 'Phomas
Farrow and put him outside the gates
of this Utopia, Dr, Macdonald, too, 01
Wingisitm was fast gathering coin by a
good practice to e1la0tle hien to'give .uts
whole tine to politics, for which he
was richly endowed. Seafurth. had its
gladiator in the person of its sledge-
hammer editor, At, Y, McLean, Ex-
eter cent it; great debater, 'Collins, into
the fray. Clinton warn also awake
through the services of its brilliant.'
young lawyer, A, 11, Manning, i -Ie was
a campaigner of ,great merit, "Bal,"
Holmes, its popular editor, was ;also du-
ing his full share. WhcI can forget
his Majestic Self 17)a» McGillicuddy, of
the Ciuderich Signal, who, even between
elections, carried a chip on his should-
er? 'lie townships hard their own
squires, such as ('harlie Girs'in, lahu
Washington, "Welly" Young, Hum-
phrey Snell, Joseph Griffin, "BO"
Currie and William isbister,
it was at this political tournament
that one, William Proudfoot, won his
spurs. Flt was then a fresh -faced
young lawyer, who was content, far s.
livtts , 10 carry the briefs of Darrow,
his mash r,
fur
dols searching cross-ex-
aminer 1o'as a busy man iss the courts
of that day. For other employment, he.
kept in his breast pocket, at election
lirues, the n5 of alt dobtfls, with
other ear-mark105s 0f the votersuubelong-.
in0 to the realm of Cameron and 3ROs;,
That was about the chief item of Car -
row's cor.trihution to West Huron poli-•
tics, Cul tine luof yn
10 er.. win :lwauays hadthis thessave smile ouelgf
victory, who patched up all quarrels.
and nrg:u,ired all campaigns, was a eon..
sidcrable gift. There lefts at least 4th
sbout It the work was well done and
honorably done, 1.0.
For himself, he saw that there ver
something worth while in p„litter.
The Huron members of Parliament
were national figures. They had pur
Goderich on the reap. in time, Gar -
row was forced into the tourney, and
at once began to carry off its honors.
In his promotions, it was but mama)
forfoot. the next in line to take up the ba„.
ner, 'Thus we have Williams
lr r Thu an
tee a Hit
Ln' 6dLm in/ tr'sl Godalming» 7n rr.cs.
papers resters to an amusing cometh'
pot on at the ;'(lent( Home. and a11011g
those taking parr w t, Bugler 'Charles
Thompson,, son of Mayor and Mss.
Thompson of town. The report names
him as i)runnn,'r C 'Thompson, tine
1anwl[s0 way of if:—'My Soldier 13oy,'
bright o,nnecly, which was produced
at the Criterion 'Theatre London, t9
years avo, was performed at the death
Hume, Godalming, for the amusement
of the patients, or. Wednesday evening
The performers were the nurses and
horn,. leen of a Canadian infra nlrt• bat
ration at 9/1110y Camp. the hand of the
battalion being also present, by kind
permission of I-ie.ut-Culunel Murdie, D,
s, O 'fir story is that of a series of
deceptions, resulting in discnncertin7;
ex-periences for the participants, .and
,a creat del of laughter on the part of
rho anclicnce. The leaadine rules of
Montague :Wendle (a Aolicilor) and
Ly ,t :delude were taken by Sergt 0.
11. Rance. and Nurse E. J. Blaxland, bat -
though they were each a little ton slifT
they kept the play going briskly, and
(lid mud] to make tine performance a
decided suceess. As Catpt, Cul -lender.
Sergt. W, (1, Goodwin was excellent.
while Drummer 0. Thomson, a5 (rot
Rosca•ye, seented to have studied, the
ways of a testy old officer with such
rare that his performance carried con.,
victim' with it In the part of Mich-•
rel O'Dockerty, Bandsman, 1- W.
Lillywhite revealed a ,read dead of
natural comedy, and Bandsman W
Roberts played well the nsinnr part
of Lieut, Archie Allison, Nurse T, 51.
Nornsinton—who, by the way, was
stage manager—was good as Airs.
Morrison, and Nurse M. Strong, as
Martha. Nurse F. M. Hazels also filled
satisfactorily the Part of Geraldine
hlorri500. The performance was
thoroughly enjoyed by tate patients
and the few visitors, but the presence
of the matron was missed, and all sym-
pathised with her 1n the cause. of her
absence.
The scenery was lent by Air G. S
Tager, the weapons 'y Dr, Bnlid, and
the gentlemen's outfits by Air.; Wyeth-
NOW WILL YOU MAKE A START '?
A fete Clint ' 5 merchants is waste
good time fretting about outside
competition. T >
v would
not need. tt
if they made more use of The Now
Era.
Por in our advertising columns they
will meet no outside competition.
it cannot use us t0 influence the -
strong Isuyittg-power of our readers.
The people who read The New Erts
will realty ,give their preference to
(`lint0n concerns, If they are asked
in the right way, Our readers, yon1
Fee, '-.1 e T,he New Es'a itself,' stand
for "Clinton first,”
And there is n0 other sure tvay of
telling thein YOUR I,us1ncssstory..
if you have anything la sell Brent.
10 you wish to leaf]) all hila peol0e'
in this community yisu c,.t do 11 best
tkrt>igh.the •colmmns of 'Tltri"New lira.