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The Clinton News Record, 1932-02-11, Page 4RAGE 4 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD COOPER'S STORE NEWS Early house cleaners may have the lectro. advantage of seg their WaIiPaper which has just arrived and all at the New L�wFrices A. Co OPER. T. V ro0PER. k BRIDGE OPEN FOR TRAFFIC The bridge over the river south bf town, which has been in process of building all winter, was.opened for traffic on Thursday of last week, the first car. going over by permission ,on Wednesday.', Mr: W. N. 1fannxng orf S'herloek-Manning Pianos, was one of the first:; if not the,first, to' go over, It is a' fine structure . and will prove a source cif" great satisfaction after the' rickety old makeshift we wide have hail for so long. It isd and enough for three cars abreast besides that has a roam elevated walk for pedestrians, which will be a eomfort'to;these wishing, to take a walk "over the bridge," a: favorite walk on Summer 'evenings. The contractoirs, Messrs.. Clark and Son of Owen Sound,, have done a good job, we should judge, and the season has been very favorable for the work, allowing of. • more speed than. would have. been possible' in or- dinary seasons. Strong cables are being -placed a- long the. approach at either end of• dis- tance, considerable the bridge fora making it safe and the river, no matter' how it rises, will never be able to overflow this bridge, as it did the temporary one built ,on the de toms, on Christmas Eve. Some have expressed the wish that the detour. might he left for the use teff pedes- trians, but the probability is that Ho new bridge will be made to ac- commodate all who wish to travel that way; whether afoot or on wheels. Those who have had to make that de- tour all winter will be verve glad to be able to take the straight road. FIFTY-NINE YEARS MARRIED On Thursday last, February 411s, a venerable couple in Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Pattison, celebrated the fifty-ninth anniversary of their marriage. That is, they on that date completed fifty-nine years of life together. They were • doing noth- ing at all to celebrate the occasion, but some ,of their friends, and they recent meeting of a woman's organ- ization in the west by a former Stan- ley township lady. She was then Miss, Footer "Plea for partial disarmament as paving the Road of Peace, (By `Mrs. W. D. Eddy.) Ido not feel myself worthy or Competent to undertake such an im-• portant proposition as this of sway- ing the minis xf ether people, who may not have given much attention to the subject -of'rendering their aid: in'•eupressing.the war and making it unlawful, but a Word in "season is never lost in.a good cause, therefore 1 shall' do the work alloted to me to the best of my ability for flonee arid Country." Peace, World Peace. Oh" what a beautiful sentence, could he formed from these simple words were they only true in cause.and effect. The English language • holds no sweeter group of words, or rather held no more welcome pronouncement than this to the war worn neroos of the last great war• when on the 11th of November, thirteen years ago, (Arm- istice Day) they were told to cease fighting while a peace. was being ar- ranged by the nations who had car- ried on a series of furious battles by land and sea. for four years. ' How can anyone in their sober senses speak ?of the glories' and hon- ors of war after this frightful night- mare which was our great national calamity, 0 Canada. There is no ef- fort'too great for us now to make as units of a nation than to bend every energy, every talent and every ounce of pressure, of which -we are capable; to sue for a World Peace and to up- hold the League of Nations in its magnificent effort to accomplish this glorious end. Teo inch apathy has 'been shown by our not having risen to such an occasion before this. When it is an ac+:nowledged feet that if we want disarmament we can have it. Sir Arthur Henderson, Britains Foreign Minister. said recently, 'If the people will exert their will they have hosts of them, remembered the can compel results. date and in the afternoon a number called and •effered congratulations and presented them with :flowers in; honour of the event. It is given to few oto travel along life's highway together for so long the 'opportunity of doing our utmost a period and congratulations are in to m•eveet wens in the feturs. order to this worthy pair, who have It is almost an unbelievable fact the esteem of a very..wide circle of t0"day that the loading nations of the world are. in 1931, sneinding more in armaments than they were in 1913..Britain 20 per cent. more, France 25 .per cent more, Italy, 32 percent more, and the United States of America 100 per cent. more. It has well been said -the war is of 'The Jungle and the Brute' The Great War killed forty million hum- an beings, both victor and vanquished and that fact alone should fill our minds with determination to prevent a repetition of such wicked sacrifice of life. Life, the most precious boon God has given to us. • IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED IT'S REPEATING FINE—THERE'S A REASON Rosarie Soap IS THE FINEST PIECE OF SOAP ON THE MARKET. AT 4 Large Cakes for 25c W.S.R. Holmes; Phm.B CLINTON, ONT. ZEe ?e�tapl'i Stara PHONE 51 eCale I.��it� Iteopeiis , 011 Saturday, February I3th After being closed some weeks for Re -fitting and Re -Decoration We shall be open to the Public on Saturday, When We shall Serve a Special 50c Turkey or Chicken Dinner FROM 12 A.M. TO 2 P.M. SUPPER ---Turkey or Chicken FJt0M 6 TO 8 P.M. • TONY FARR'S ORCHESTRA IN THE EVENING 50c Chicken Dinner on Sunday FROM 12 A.M. TO 2 P.M. Bring Your Friends and Enjoy a Well -Cooked and Well -Served Meal. GUM SAM, PROPRIETOR. DANCE, FIREMEN'S HALL AFTER 8 O'CLOCK SAT. EVENING 51-1. GODERICH TOWNSHIP Miss Helen Beacom gave a party to -a number of her friends ,on Saturday evening. Quite a number of young people were there from Brucefield, Portershill and this vicinity. A. good time- was enjoyed by all, George Colclough, son of Me. Al- bert Colelough, is quote ill with .bronchial pneumonia. Miss Grace 'Churchill, Reg. Nurse is in attend- :ance. Mr. Robert Welsh has returned to the Clinton Collegiate Institute after being home the past week with the :prevailing cold.- ` Miss Gladys Wwy spent the week- end with friends in Atwood. The choir. of St. Paul'seliurch, Clin- ton, was entertained •atbhehome of •M:r. and Mrs.R, :G. Thompson Friday even, ing last, when a very pleasant even •ing was spent. Mr. and Mrs. Thomp- • .son were very glad to have this or- •ganization en this occasion, and the choir members,. without any doubt 'at •all, thoroughly. enjoyed •themselves.. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff.. Lobb and fan,. •sly of Clinton visited at the home of the lady's parents, Mr. and Mars, Robt. Peaerson, en Sunday. On Saturday last the people of the Ifrtlh concession were agreeebly'sur- prised when Mr. Geo. Harrison who• • as a boy lived with Mr. Butler, re, 'turned to visit his former friends en ' the 16th. George hat since 'become • a member of the Great 'Canadian Radio Broadcasting Company. George •and his guitar tan be beard -from station C.K.O.C. Hamilton, Ont., ev- ery Saturday evening from 7.30 'to. '.ei ht P.M. .,To many radio fans he g known as the "Mountain Boy". :Ills many friends wish him Contin- - sed•, success in his vocation. • The many 'friends of bl'.rs. Wil- liams Sr., will be pleased' to know :the' is much • improved int health. :110, Harry Murphy 'of ' W'i'nnipeg, who has been visiting his grand- mother, Mrs. H. Murphy, leaves for Montreal this week. lli;iss Moore, nurse, has been visit- ing Miss Grace Ohurchill of the 10th. Mr. Jack and Mass Bessie Cluff en- tertained a. large number' of young friends to a very enjoyable evening on Friday of` last week. Council Meeting'—Council met on lllenday; Feb. 1st. Dept. of Highways wrote re con- ference of Road Superintendents; no action. U. F. 0. re delegate to ean- vention; fyled. Department of Ag. eioultu•e on the appointment of weed Inspector, Mr. T. M.. Falconer having been re -appointed the clerk was in- structed, to place an advertisement in one of the local papers infioormia'fg the ratepayets'of such. Dr., Thompson, : W. 11. Perdue, III. E. Ro)ke,, F. Fingland, and others. The ceremonies were exemplified in a most •efficient manner and, to . say the least, caused 'ninth merriment. The fertile brains of 'Mr. Perdue and otters had negleeted nothing to make the evening a success. • Several musical nuanbers were. given also, and charges were given the officers , by IL E. Rorke, Dr. `Thompson ,and' Mr. Fingland. Lunch was served' later and alto- gether.- a most enjoyable evening was spent. The G'oderich township Men's Club has become a most popular and worthy organization and attracts at- tendance from long distances, ' Let us then not neglect so great an opportunity as has ,been accorded us as a nation to help prevent a repetition of such an awful calamity as war -and its ter- rible effe.`n. Let re +hank God. for friends. Mr. and Mss. Pattison were mar- ried in .New York City on Feb. 4th, 1883, and they havebeen residents of Clinton for nearly fifty years: Mr. Pattison was G.T.R. agent here far over' forty years, retaining his posi- tion long after retiring age at the request of the company, and his gen- ial disposition won hint the friend- ship -of all those who came into con- tact with him in a business way. They were members of the old Rat- tenbu ry street Methodist church, lat- er of Wesley.church and are now valued members of Wesley -Willis congregation, Mr. Pattison having held a position on, the official board for years and Min. Pattison being connected with and a valued work, er in the women's ,organizations. They are, withal, a very lovable cou- ple and if they have plenty of friends there is ample reason for it, for they are themselves good friends. 0f late years they have not been suite so active and especially during the winter season are not able to get out as lnudh as formerly. But they enjoy their friends and it is hoped that they may be in as gooch or even better, health when their Diamond is to be continued at the next meet - Wedding' anniversary cones wounding. It was decided to hold a pro, gressive crokinole party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davidson. The meeting closed with a hymn anti the benediction. . R'iverston Lodge, L.O.L. 145, held an "At home" in the lodge rooms on Friday. There was a good crowd Present, euchre and dancing occupy- ing the evening. Everyone report- ed a real good time. Visitors in the . community are: Miss Mae Ryan, Saltford, with Mrs. Robt. McIlivain, sr.; Mr. and Airs. Elgin Porter, Stanley Township with Mi'. and Mrs. Robert Davidson. Messrs. Sturdy and Yeo presented their auditors report, which was ad- opted. Ratepayers complained of trees on the mill road also on the south end ,o4: Con. a and 4, these were to be given to charity provided the adjacent owners are agreeable. The schedules of expenditure on highway improvement during 1931 were presented. The reeve and clerk were instructed to sign and submit to the Department of Highways,• asking the statutory thereon. The Coileetor's time was extended bd March 7th to . collect the unpaid taxes. of 1931. The following .accounts were paid: R. G. Thompson, vital statistics, $8.75 13. Sturdy, postage and stationery, $12.76;" F. A, Yeo, auditing, ,$7.2.0; Austin Sturdy, 'auditing and postage, $7.45; Chits. Young, - sheep claim, 215.00;, Reg. "Sturdy, valuing sheep, $1.80; Municipal Telephone system,, balance due from 1928, $9.80; Supt. pay voucher No. 2, $240.10... council then adjourned to -meet The on Monday, Murch 7th,. at 1.30 pan: --R. G. Thompson, Clerk,, NEWS OF HAPPENINGS IN THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT. WINGRAPL: Duncan McKellar, a gent for the Mlassey-Harrie•Company here, committed' suicide Monday af= ternoon in his bedroom with a donr- ble-barreled shotgun, M'r. McKellar was formerly •af Glencoe and had taken over the agency here about six months ago. The deceased was. a- bout. 43 years of age and :business worries are believed to have caused him to take his `own life. Surviving are his wife and three small children Ross, Harold and Earl. Coroner Dr. R. C. Redmond. was called, and it was decided -an inquest was unneces- sary, :MORRIS: Residents df the cem- munity gathered in goodly numbers to attend -the funeral of Robert Al- bert Watson which was held from his late residence on the 5th line of Morris. The deceased who was in his 47th year was a member of the Anglican church in Belgrave. He was also a member of the Belgrave Orange Lodge where she was an ac- tive worker. Mr. Watson was a son of the late John Watson and Mrs. Watson, now of Brussels. }re was born in the township and•took an ac- tive interest in community and mun- icipal affairs. He served the past two years on the Council. Ile is sur- vived. by his wife, formerly Miss Cibristena Snell, two sons, Reginald and Carson, also two daughters, Jan- et and Wilma. A daughter. Phyllis predeceased him last May. The fun- eral service was taken by Rev. Mr. Pocock of Trinity Anglican ehurdh., Belgrave, assisted by Rev. Mr. Rick- ard of Brussels. The pallbearers were Chae. King, Chas. Keating, Chas. R. Coulter, Thomas Clark, Wil- liam Brydges and Herman Nethery. Interment took place in Sunshine Cemetery. The . Orangemen held their burial service at the grave in honor of the departed brother. Be, sides this immediate family he is sur: vived by his aged ihother in Brussels. three sisters, Mrs. Will Mitchell, Brussels; Ma's. Mel Williams, Pon- tine; 11vs. Earle Somers, Brussels, al- so three brothers, Reginald, Chat- ham, Stanley in Morris and Milton at Gerrie. TAYLOR'S CORNER THURS., FEB. 11, 1932 and Ratepayers' Association to urge Ute teaching of grammar and arith- metic ;for two yeere hi the . Colle- giate. Tho resolution also calls on the association to urge on the Gee ernrnent the restoring of the one-year Normal courses iit .place of the two - yea:. system now 'being used, Offi-'. eees and ebtmnittees were appointed as follows: Chairman Dr. rminerson; vice-chairman,'J. W. Fraser; treasur- er, J. H. Robertson; -secretary, J. P. Hume. Property Committee -C. M. Robertson, J. 3. Robertson, Rev. 3. 17: Ford and Dr: Tiinmerson.:Supp]y --J. W. Fraser, .Dr. A. H. Taylor, W. A. Coulthurst, P. J. MaoEtwan. Com- mercial and Industrial -P. J. MaaEw- an, Dr. Emmerson, W. A. Coulthurst, J. 1,1t. Fraser, representing the Board and C. K., Saunders,C. A. Reid, J. W. Tdylor and T. H. Mitchell rep- resenting employers ep-resenting-employers and employees. GODE•RICH: A caveat was. filed with the surrogate court clerk here contesting the last will and testa- ment of John S. Bedford, 'former owner of the hotel here which bears his name. The property involved has a frontage of an entire efty i Mock, and besid'es'tTie .hotel houses severer business places, ;maces -and apartinents. Gladys Bedford Allard, daughter, and John Bedford son, of Los Angeles, are contesting the will, which has just been filed for pro- bate. The estate totals $23,000 net. The sum of $1,000 is given to GI'adys Allard, the daughter; $2,000, the rad- io and a diamond ring go, to Mrs. Bowler, housekeeper; the residue, to the two sons,. Jdhnl and Kenneth, share and share alike. The caveat sets out that deceased, who died on January 14th last, was unduly influ- enced and lacked testamentary cap- acity at .the tithe the will was made on October 28, 1931. The case will come up in the surrogate court here on a date to be fixed. The regular meeting of the Young People's Society was held in Union Church with fifteen members pres- ent. In the absence of Herb. John- ston, Marion Colwell was in charge and the meeting opened with a hymn. The scripture lesson was rend responsively. Rev. F. W. Craik led in prayer. The subject for the discussion "To What Extent are the Young People Responsible for . the moral tone of the Community,' was led by the pastor. This discussion next year. STANLEY Mr. Hugh McKenzie of Moose Jaw, Seek., is visiting with :friends and relatives around the vicinity. Mr.. Angus Gordon of Shepperton vitited at the home of 'Mrs. T. Baird for a few days this week. • M'. Charlie Falconer of Bayfield is visiting at the `home of Mr. Hugh Gilmour. The 'Stanley Maple Leaf Club met at the home of Mrs. Edward Glen on Thursday last with a good atten- dance. The "Roll Call" was both in- teresting and humorous, being ans- wered by "Your Earliest Recollec- tion." A number of readings were given by mennbers ?of the club, after which lunch was served and a.soc- ial half hour spent by all. The next meeting to be held at Mrs. Wilbur. Welsh's home on March 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. Frank .Saunders and Miss Gail -of Goderich,spent, Sunday. with' Mr. and Mas. Ed. -C. Glen. • Mr. Harvey and- Miss Margaret Murphy of Winnipeg spent a few days last week with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Murphy. Mr. John McFarlane and 1VTiiss Ann, Stewart were among the guests 'who attended the dance held at ,the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Ciuff's. Coder- kb township, on Friday 'night. Miss Nora Fremlin of Clinton sp'enit the week -end with. Miss Nora Stewart. • .Mrs. John McFarlane, • Mrs. Eddie Glen' and •Miss Alice Glen visited 1VTr. and l\l'rs.'Malcoh11 McFarlane on Saturday. • • Mrs. Adam'Stewart and Mrs. J. McFarlane spent Tuesday with :the latter's daughter, Mrs.. Ken. Taylor, o£ Goderieh ti&wnship. The follewinig is a paper read at a PORTER'S HILL At the annual meeting; of the young Peoples'. .Sioeiety of Grace United church the following -officer's were appointed: President: Maurice Frame. Vice: Ray -0:ox. Secretary: Miss Dora Harrison` Conveners of committees': Devo- tional: Glen Lee -kart, missionary. Miss Esther 'M;eIivain; literary, Joe Cumming; 'citizenship, Lorne . El- liott; social, Miss Clara Harmer; soc- ial committee,' Mass Irene Woods, Miss Norma Pickard and Ray Cox. Organist: Miss Irene, Woods. The Goderieh Township Men's 'Club held it's regular-semianonthly meet,. ing in Grace, Church basement on Tuesday evening. • About cue hundred members and visitors were ;present, and after the opening exercises, which were pre- sided over, by President Fred El- liott and Secretary 'herb. Cox, the special work of the meeting ' which was the initiation and installation of the officers, Ws taken charge .of by a Degree tenni from Clinton. Mr. Geo. VanlIorne took the chair and was assisted by Messrs. Geo.' H. Elliott, C. Draper, N. 'W. Trewartha, DUNGANNON: The regular monthly meeting of the Dungannon United Church was held Friday at the home of i oldest member, Mars. David Girvin, who,' on Friday, cele- brated her Nth birthday. Prior to the meeting, the guest of honor was made the recipient of a beautiful bou- quet of flowers, the presentation be- ing made by Ares. N. F. Whyard, while Miss Gelia Pentland, president of the Auxiliary, spoke words in keeping with the occasion. The gift of a very pretty potted plant was al; so made to Mr's. Girvin by friends froiu Goclerich. Upwards of forty were present, and the venerable lady, whose engaging smile is' so well- known to all her -friends, accepted most graciously ,the gifts, and the congratulations and felicitations, which were ,showeeed upon her. Des- pite her fourscore years aucl ten, her intellect is aS bright and her step as light as many who are a sem of yea's her junior. GODE.RICII: The Masonic Tem- ple was the scene of a brilliant social function Friday night when Maitland Lodge, No. 88, A. F. and A. M,, en- tertained at their 19th annual "At - Home." A very delightful program of a high order was presented by Dr. Graham the . Worshipful Master of the lodge, who presided. The Rt. Worshipful Deputy Grand Master F. A. Copus, of Stratford, was the guest of 'the evening 'and delivered an earn- est address in which he emphasized the ideals for which the great- frater- nal order stands. GODERICH: Statistics in the town clerk's office on the town relief sewer consteutcion work show that seventy- seven men are being employed in dif- ferent . shifts..' The hours worked from the commencement ,of the work to the end of the month were 5,170. The number employed on the fif- teenth of they month or nearest work day was 28; .the number employed en last work day was 43. The a- mount paid in wages from the came gnoncnmeut, of work up to the end of the_ tonth was $'t986.25. Estimatinig an average. of 'four' dependents to :each man, this would provide for approximately three hundred persons. This is considered a very creditable showing, - GGDEiRICI.: At the inaugural meeting of Goderieh Collegiate In - HURON ROYAL BLACK :PRECEV-' ' TORY MET ON FRIDAY The County annual -meeting of the Royal Black Preceptory of Huron inet in Blyth, on Friday evening in the Orange, hall. County Master W. I. Falconer presided. There' was a splendid attendance and a fine ehi,rit shown throughout. The eleetioiirI officers resulted in the following list being chosen to conduct the affairs of the. Preceptery for the present year: County Master; Joseph 'Guest,' Wrnghau; Deputy County blaster, ster , i W J. McLeod, Bayfield; ChaPlein, C. C. Pilgrim, Varna; registrar, H. M, Henry, Clinton; treasurer, J. B. Rathwell; R. R. No. ` 3, Clinton; •First lecturer, Garnet Cornish, Clinton; first ' standard- bearer, L. K. Epps, Varna; second standard-bearer, H. Junkingsy Au, burn, R. R..1; first censor, Charles " Stewart, BIyth; second censor, R. lfey, Walton; puvsuivent, W. Brown- lee, ,G'od'erioh; tyles, A. J. Ferguson, lluburn; committee, N. Sly, Clinton; Alex. Molliven, Goderieh; L. Buchan- an, Auburn; D. Galbraith, Bayfield, �i R. D. Gauhy, W ugharu p D. 5raul , Goderieh, C. H. Ad'dicot, Walton; R. R. 2. There were representatives ,present from all preceptories in this county. A fine address was given by retiring County Master W. J. Fal- coner. The affairs of the order in the county are in a fine condition. IMMUNITY VACCINE FOR T.. B. CLAIMED Henri Spahlinger director of the Institut Bacteriotherapique at Gen- eva and noted authority on tubercul- osis, has published a formols for anti -tubercle vaccine, which, he claims , would establish ccmplete im- munity to the disease in human be- ings and animals. Experiments with calves, Spahlin, ger said, had led him to believe -the vaccine—the only ire of its kind free from micro -organisms --could bo used with perfect safety. Spahlinger's announcement cane at the conclusion 'of years of intensive research during which he used up his entire personal fortune of 1100,000. He was able to continue his work only through the financial aid of the Aga Khan, the Duke of Westminster and others who apprecated the importan- ce of the problem he sought to solve. Publication of the formula cane when Spahlinger presented the re- sults of years of research summari- zed in six typewritten pages. The paper was read before a meeting of leading medical and scientific bodies. His formula, long held secret, makes available to the medical pro- fession the world over vaccine for- nterly costing 210 a tube at a price around 50 cents, and enables any qualified person to 'manufacture it. LIKE RATS IN A TRAP Like rats„ in a trap. That is not a pleasant phrase, and yet it expresses the fate of men who go to the bot- tom of the ocean in a submarine as ,nothing else can do. The British submarine, 1VX-2 sank off Portland, England at 10.30 en Tuesday morn- . ing, and in it were six officers and 48 members of the crew. Water was calm enough at the time, but there was fog. Such craft as are fitted for rescue work put out, but found there was nothing which could be done. ' Each member of the crew was fit- tdde with a "safety lung," a con- trivance which is supposed to bring them up to the surface when they leave the submarine and then to keep them afloat. The thing has been known to work, but in this case some- thing went wrong. None of the men carne to the surface. There will be no one to tell what topic dawn there there on the bottom of the sea where living men went to death. Here is a record of the submarine disasters in recent years, the right- hand column indicating the number of lives lost: March, 1922-03ritish 22 „Aug. 1923—Japanese 85 July, 1924 --British L-24 81 March, 1924—Japanese 49 Sept., 1925-11.8., 2,51 .... • .. • 33 Dec. 1927—U. 5., S-4 40 Aug., 1928—Italian, F-14 31 July, 1929 --British H-17 41 May, 1931—Russian `.. 67 June, 1931—British Poseidon 20 October, 1931—tRussian 50 Jennary, 1932 --British 11111-2 54 Total • 689 The table is given because in no instance, was one of the submarines listed above engaged in wait. Some of them were not even taking part in manoeuvres; others were rammed by vessels which did not see them. There is. something 'wrong about n submarine. It is a sneaking thing to begin with. If there is war it does not come out in the open and fight. In the late war the submarine poked around under water until it found opportunity to blow up a merchant ship or a liner. Britain once diacle the offer to do away with submarines but she found small agreement among other na- tions, so the submarine has remain- ed. It should go because it is not good enough, brave enough or useful enough to warrant a further exis- tenee:—Stratford Beacon -Herald. ALCOHOLIC POISONINGS "Professor L. J. Rogers • has re- cently been quoted in the press to the effect that he has ceased his in- vestigations in the matter of alco- holic poisoning," says A..7. Irwin, secretary of the Ontario Prohibition Union, "because so few instances are occurring. "There are twoforms of alcoholic poisoning," continues Mr. Irwin, "acute, which may arise from a heavy • dose of alcoholic liquor,' and chronic, which results from repeated indulgence prolonged over a consid- erable -time.° Professor Rogers pre- sumably refers to acute alcoholic poisoning;. "In the summer of 1920 Canada was startled by an outbreak of acute alcoholic poisoning occurring in the neighborhoods of Hamilton and Oak- ville. It was traced to a shipment of American alcohol frons. blie Niagara border. 'There has been no such con- spicuous outbreak of acute alcoholic poisoning in recent years, either be- fore or since. Nevertheless, Amer- ican al-eohol is still coining into On - tarn: in such quantities as to con- stitute a considerable source of boot- I legging. "The press .report of Professor Rogers' •statement is liable to give rise to a false impression, Accord- ing to .the Bureau of Statistics, alcoh- olic poisoning 'which includes both acute and chronic varieties, has steadily increased in Canada in the period in wbleh. Government Sale has been 'operating and extending. In 1922, 12 percent, -of the total deaths of the Dominion were 'attributed to alcoholism; and in 1929, 28 percent. or, allowing .for inetease of popula- tion, more ;than, two and a third. times as manly. It is recognized that i hese figures are a very poor index to the occurrence of such deaths ,ow ing.,to the fact that physicians in Heil, kindly, desire 'bo spare the feel- inge of Mende frequentlyreport' some 'other cause of death. While this inevitably lowers the percentage 01 the total deaths, it. does not im- pair th.e comparison which shows a stitute Board a resolution wag pes very .direct 'rise in deaths from al - sed reques:Ging the Ontario Trustoes' ccholiemit uncles Government Sale." ALFALFA FOR TRE ORCHARD Apple growers have found that in order to gat sufficient color and ma- turity it is necessary to keep the orchard in sod, breaking up only at intervals sof 5 or ii years. Mr, W. B. Somerset, Chairman of. the Ontario Marketing Board and a practical grower in the Burlington district states that Alfalfa is the best crop to use for this purpose. Alfalfa being perennial in nature remains in the ground year after ,year Alfalfa toots penetrate into the soil mueb lower than apple tree roots, and. therefore, ,do not consume much of the moisture supply avail- able to the tree. Furthermore, the roots open up the sell, makes it more porous, thereby allowing the air to penetrate into the soil, which in turn stimulates bacterial 8011011 in the soil. Alfalfa is a plant capable of taking nitrogen from the 'air and storing it in the roots as nitrates. All good orchardists apply nitrate fertilizer early in the Spring to promote early rapid growth and to stimulate, blos- soming. A cover crop of Alfalfa is an eictremely cheap'sourae'of nitrate supply. Alfalfa being the heaviest yielder of all legume and grass crops;. may be cut ,twice each year. The cuttings which are allowed to 'remain under the trees make art, •excellent Mulcb which- conserves moisture and keeps doyen weeds.