The Clinton News Record, 1932-06-16, Page 3THURS., JUNE 16, 1932
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An American ocuple was married
on the centre span of the Niagara
Falls bridge, "C'aneilevea'?"-inquir-
ed the groom.' "Not now you can't'
said the officiating clergyman with
anearch smile.
le
If after the election a candidate
compliments his opponents upon
their clean conduct of the campaign,'
you can bet that he has been elected,
What are the efficiency experts
doing these days? They were le
demand when times were. good, their'
'business being to make business
• better, by eliminating waste motion
and evolving mass production at a
rniniinuin of cost. Ana now, business
has qualified for the well-known ep-
itaph: "I was well; I would be ;bet-
ter; and here I arm."
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If those people who profess to
foretell the future could have done
it three years ago they would not be
reduced to the necessity of doing it
now.
The law which allows the inform-
er to recover the amount won by
someone else in sweepstakes or lot-
tery should be repealed. He gives
no information of value to the auth-
orities. Everyone who reads the
newspapers has the same informa-
tion. The informer in this case is
some one who thinks, without buying
a ticket, to cash in on the good for-
tune of some one else who did buy
' a tjcket. The law as it .stands is no
aid to the adaninistration of justice.
It is only an aid to the piker who
takes advantage+ of it.
C~7t
In the early days of telephones,
names were listed in the directories
without numbers and wo can safely
assume, although there is really no
tfonneetion, that the same was true
in the early days of penitentiaries.
No doubt the League of Nations
has done some service in preventing
strife but we venture to think it is
nothing to what was done in the
sante direction by the man who first
thought of goal nets for hockey and
lacrosse.
"Coal -dealer Robs Partner." -
.Headline. Very unusual, very un-
usual. indeed.
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Ai steel manufacturer says his
salesmen 'do not sell his goods to
the customer but allow the. customer
to sell them Itis depression. Profit-
ing by this idea, we should, like to
meet some salesmen who used to go
around selling bonds and shares, a
few Years ago.
June 18th is the anniversary mil
the battle of Waterloo which still
remains, in the public mind, the
greatest battle ever fought. It was
am epic struggle immortalized not
only by itself but also by the poetry
of Byron and the prose of Thaokeray
and Victor Hugo. It does not com-
pare in magnitude with many of
the battles of the great war. The
front was only ten miles and' the men
engaged .on each side were fewer
than a hundred thousand. 'But it
was fought in the open on a rainy
Sunday, and ended that night in
complete victory and defeat. There
was the charging of cavalry, the
thunder of artillery, •the clash and
din of hand-to-hand fighting, and,
next day, the little bugler; fourteen
years ,of age, writes to his mother irr
England that he never saw anything
like it.
Fifty years later, he might have
seen something like it at Gettybergy,
but nothing like it, fifty years later
on, in the great war, except in the
initial stages, the retreat from Mons
and the battle of the Marne.
There was chivalry aplenty in the
trenches but the glamor'and romance
of Waterloo could not emerge from
ditches and dugouts. They could
not abide snipers and cooties, barb,
ed wire and pill -boxes •and bomb-
throwing and poison gas. They
have fled the modern battlefield.
And they'll never come hack. The
recruiting sergeants of the future
will have to depend entirely on pat-
riotism and press gangs. Just at
present, he would have the powerful
assistance of unemployment, but he
would get none from the glainor and
glory and manatee of war. They
have gone for gond.
Huron County Council Held June Meeting Last
Week
Huron County Council met in the
Court House, Goderich, on Tuesday
last, Warden Rader in the chair.
It was arranged at the opening
meeting that the council should at-
tend the funeral of Thomas McMil-
lan, M,P., and a former warden of
the County, which took place in
Seaforth Cemetery on Thursday
afternoon,
The question of _mileage for the
Tlouse of Refuge Committee was
introduced by Reeve McNabb and
a lively discussion ensued, Mem-
bers of his committee had object-
ed to single mileage and he finally
allowed double mileage to theme
with the promise he would bringit
up at the June meeting. Reeve
Geiger; "Read' the report of the ex-
ecutive at the January session. The
by-law is as plain as can be no
matter how you come by rail, dal
buggy or horseback, it is 10 cents a
mile one way only." Reeve Schwit.
zer felt he had no right to mileage
both ways and had returned half
the amount of his cheque. Reeve
Goldthorpe declared he hacl fought
the recommendation of the execu
tive 'committee but was beaten and
had understood mileage was to , be
paid whether by rail or ear.
Reeve Peter Scott said he was
surprised at the argument, Self
denial ' should be practiced. "What,
authority has the treasurer or coun-
ty clerk to pay six days' pay far four
days' work at the .County Council"
Reeve Goldthorpe said any mars
should be honest enough to give his
mileage correctly and not small
enough to take it incorrectly. In
answer. to Reeve !Scott's question;
County Clerk Holman said .it was
not his place to change, a former by-
law. The Warden ruled that the,
interpretation of the .bylaw. was
$4.50 per day and 1.Oe a mile one
way, the most direct ratite.
Reeve Wright sponsored a motion
that the House of Refuge committee
r. eceive no mileage for the June ses-
sion and this was sent to the execu
tid'c . eonrmittce.
.l'. Edgar Jamieson, M.P. of .Sim
toe County addressed the council. He
is a farmer and ex=county eauneilor.
who derives: "a kick out of assemb-
ling 'with county councilors.' These
are days' when we feel we have a
load awing to economic :conditions.,
Increasing demands In social condi-
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tions had, caused increased, expense.
Some would abolish certain admin-
istration. "We could do away with
the grand jury," said Mr. Jamieson,
"arid reduce the membership in the
legislation and county councils ;but I
would not be in favor 'qf abolishing
the latter, County eouneils are bed,
ies which meet at very nominal fee.
I wonder bow the administration of
the Province can be done in any bet-
ter way than through the minds of
the county council." The speaker
concluded by urging good roads and
declared that Bruce and Huron keep
their roads in best shape of any in
the province.
Harry McCreath also spoke to the
council asking the co-operation of
the reeves in interesting the schools
in their section in, having the chil-
dren place bricks in the lettering en
the side of the hill marking Dun-
lop's tomb.
Communications
A, resolution from the County of
Peel with respect to indigent. patients
in hospitals was referred to the legi-
slative committee.
A letter from the a
C G 71a tai
d sI nsti-
tute " for the Blind was referred to
the executive committee.
A letter dated February 11th from
W'. W. Dinnison, inspector of legal
offices, addressed to Coimty Clerk
1-Iolrnan, reads: •
"Mrs, Reynolds was the local
court reporter for the County of
Huron, duly ' appointed by aider• -in -
council. She was also the special
examiner for the County •of Huron,
and was deputy surrogate registrar,
end deputy , clerk of the county
court. When Mor. "Johnston, the pre-
sent registrar, was appointed, by..
arrangement with , the Parliament
Buildings, he agreed to keep her on
as his deputy, and she remained hir
deputy up to the present time. She,
in turn, appointed �},Mise Olive Schoen-
hals to be her deputy for the taking
of court evidence, etc., and Miss
Salreehhaie was appointed by M'r.
Johnston to act in his office. All
this was done with the full know-
ledge and approval of the departs
meat,
"I find that your statement 're,
wiling the $1,350 is not correct,
inasmuch as for the year 19$1 the
total expenses paid; by the county for
court stenography were $922.55, in-
cluding the expenses of the steno-
grapher. It would appear, therefore,
Countyi-
urea has, ob-
tained
that theof II a b
1931s ervice a Court
rained in the L 5 Of r
stenographer to, I understand,. the
t local
complete satisfactionof e
h
judge, for the sum of around $925.
COUnty Jail Report
J. B. Reynolds, county gaoler, re-
ported 4i prisoners for the past six
months. At' present eight prisoners
aro in custody.
The Departmett of Highways
sent the following summarized
statement of expenditures made in
Huron county•during 1931„ and of
the government subsidy allowed
!thereon: Total amount' of state,
anent, $130,388.44; county roads sups
erintendence, $5,016.76; road con-
struction, $88;895.92:; turban im-
provement, $9,821:00; . puncease of
gravel .pits, $2,551.24; 'bridge con-
struction, $1,118.50; 'maintenance
and repair, $58,130.71; machinery,
$11,575,11. Total, $126,804.24.
Amount of grant, $68,402.12; ex-
penses of °"road superintendents'
conference, $30.40; amount of grant
("00 per cent) $15.20; total amount of
grant, $03,417.32; receipts, $1,702.84;',
disallowed, $1,850.96.
Following items disallowed: road
insurance, $451.38; ear insurance,
$25,00; auditors' deductions, drainage,
etc., $1,374.58.
A resolution signed by S. Arthur
Swayze, warden of the county of
Lincoln, read as follows, and was
referred to the Educational Com-
mittee: "That in the opinion of this
council the present School Aet should
be amended to make the school age
six years instead of five, as at pre-
sent; also that the Adolescent Aet
should be amended to read fourteen
years instead of sixteen years as at
present, and that the matter of hav-
ing a fifth class in Public School be
given serious consideration by the
Education Department"
Tho following letter dated April
21, 1932, was read from Hon. 3. M.
Robb, Minister of Health: "In re-
gard to indigents, I can well pert
ceive that burdens on municipalities
and governments this year are go-
ing to be added to a consicleeable ext
tent. On the other band the hospi,
tats are having a hard time of it.
Also, for your information, I might
point out that I have it figured out
that this year hospitals will receive
$1,000,000 less from paying patients
than they did in 1930. In addition
to that, the government will be cal-
led upon to pay $270,000 more than
they did in 1930, and chances are that
municipalities, which in your case
would incudo your county, will be
called upon to foot an extra bill of
over $400,000.
"In view of these facts, you can
readily, see how difficult it will be
for municipalities and governments
to carry out any great pian for re-
trenchment.
"I think your suggestion that the
doctors in your county where the
indigents reside should see that such
indigents are sent to your own hos-
pitals is a proper one." The legis-
lative committee will consider this
communication.
Mother's Allowance Report
The total paid to mothers in the
county for the month of April was
$1810, one ,half, $905, being paid by
the county and the balance by the
province. The total number receiv-
ing
eceiving the allowance in April was 59
and the total since the Act came in
:tome in 1920 in Huron 150, The 100
have ceased to be claimants because
of death, remarrying, removal from
the county or ceasing to have two
or more children and in the case of
incapacity of husband that handicap
being removed by husband recover-
ing,
The auditor's report for year 1932
showed receipts in the general ac-
count of $877,497:50 and total ex-
penditm'es of $882,013.79. Assets,
$83,318.97.
County Roads
Assets $258,559.70; payments ex
eeeding receipts, $9,036.37; outstand-
ing cheques, 31.1,199.27; credit bal-
ance in bank, $2,158.90; total county
assets, 3183,032.32; total liabilities,
$365,800.79; amount unprovided for
33181,868.47.
At the conclusion of this report
Reeve Geiger said he would like to
see "how it compares with our own."
It was moved by J. 'M. Gamble and
Fred C. Taylor that the road known
as Howick street, in the village of
Wroxeter, linking the county road
System,. be taken over by the county,
Thio is a short` street - of about fifty
rods leading towards 'gingham and
carries heavy traffic.
Council adjourned at six o'clock to
meet at 9 'o'clock Wednesday morn-
ing.
Tho cost .of the administration of
justice again came under fire at the
Morning session. of Huron County
Council on Wledeesady. 1J'nder the
heading of inquiries, Reeve Gold-
thorpe of Colborne, asked if the re-
port of the investigation of the Mc
NeiI trial had ever been received.
The trial hadcost between siic or
seven thousand dollars. According to
the Criminal Auditor's report the ,
Grown Attorney had received $15 to
get this and never gave the report,
"Are our 'courts being made a farce
and laughing stock of; and are the
poor farmers on the back side road
who can't get three meals a day, pay-
ing for such as this?" asked Reeve
Goldthorpe. At the first and
second
trials the jury disagreed, ur g ecd, and at the
third trial, the second day; the Prose-
cutinb• Attorney did not appear,
What was the reason? Iluron Cour,
ty'is paying for this, why shouldn't
we know." The case.of a recent for-
gery .trial was eited.. which cost the
county in the neighborhood of $400.,
For every adjournment the Crowne
Attorney gets $25. How three -ad-
journments got in, I don't know. The
case ought to be settled the first
time it conies up. The government
talks sof abolishing county councils.
They had 'better abolish something
else instead of centralizing things
in Toronto. If ,they don't waken up,
they won't have the ;farmers to pay
the bills." As.far as the judges were
concerned they dict their duty," de-
clared the Reeve, "and as far as the
County Judge is eonceened, I eonsid,
er hint a gentleman of the first wa-
ters'
Warden Rader was of the opinion
that there was a lot of money going
somewhere and no one knows where,
County' Clerk Holman inform ed
council that ex -Warden Beattie had
brought the matter up with Col.
Dennison when here, but he was in a
hurry and asked him to send inquir-
ies doom and promised to treat them
personally, A motion was carried
later in the session to ask the County
Aiiilitor to appear. before Council
and explain the adult.
Would Bbost Rates
J. M. GovenIock gave a brief very
bal report of the House of Refuge
when he said favorable conditions
prevailed. The limit allowed for fun-
erals is $60. Pay patients are
charged $4 a week. He was of the
opinion that it is not the place to
send anyone just to get rid of them
and was in favor of a ,higher rate.
It is really worth $6 per week to look
after some of them or $1.00 a day to
feed them,
The report of B. S. Williams,, Com-
missioner of Police for Ontario on
the duties of constables and high
constables caused considerable dis-
cussion. Reeve Goldthorpe thought
the fees paid Constable Gundry ,of
mileage 5c and fee of 10c for car
were too much. The . government
should be • asked ° to change this.'
Reeve Gieger said that it is hardto
'change this' but :the county cannot
a''to S 1.1.0 � .915.00.
f id 0 ofPiov. Con-
stable Whitesides 10- appointed by
the government, -,but we should have
a in this i' easkedt pro-
vide
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Po
ioffice n furniture for i
vdo and f ltm
This will also. be a question asked of
Comity Auditor Higg.ns.
Reads Need. Gravel
County Engineer Patterson report
ed that many roads in the county
need graveling and also on the use
of ma'cl finery. Reeve M'eNab declar-
ed one of the causes of depression
today is that machinery is"supplant-
ing horses, and causes decrease in
labor.
Mr. Haase, District Engineer,
thought it was a good year to under=
take improvements as labor is down
and there are plenty of Hien needing
work. He would' not advocate an
expensive program but if a saving is
desired, this is an opportune time,
He congratulated the county and the
Engineer on the splendid condition
Of the roads.
After discussing the question of
equalization in Committee of the
Whole,, when Council resumed, it
was proved by Reeves Cardiff and
Gamble that under the present un-
settled conditions it would not be
wise to interfere 'with the present
basis of raising rates, and that the
equalizaion of the county remain the
same as for last year. Tho motion
was adopted.
Council adjourned to meet at 2
p.m.
The following motions were sub-
mitted:
Geiger-Douglas—That this min,
til ask Robert Higgins as county
auditor, to appear before this council
and explain the audit, and that he be.
paid one day and mileage one way
only.—Carried.
Scott-Goldthorpe—That this coun-
cil request the Ontario Legislature
to pass legislation abolishing grand
juries in the Province of Ontario on
grounds of economy. Referred to
Legislative Committee.
Scott and Goldthorpe — that this
council approves of the actions of
the County of Wentworth asking
for an appeal to the Dominion Rail-
way Board to have rural telephone
rates reduced in keeping with the
times. Referred to Legislative Com-
mittee.
.Archibald-Smith—Tdtat ' a xesolu-
tion be .senthe
tot secondary shoo c 1
beards of the county requesting their
cooperation in reducing the cost of
our•
secondarysecendary schools. While this
s
council does .not wish to impair the
service .and usefulness of the edu-
eational system, we feel that steps'
should be taken to bring the cost of
carrying on our schools more .in.
keeping with the present economic
eonditions of thecountry andwe
would suggest that a reasonable re-
duction in teac'hers' salaries would
be a means'to that end. Referred,to
education committee.
Leiper.-Arcbibaid—That this • conn
til procure a wreath for Mr. 'Me -Mil:
tan's funeral and that the clerk be
instructed to write a letter of sym-
pathy to 'his daughter, Miss Margar-
et Meltillan.-,Carried.
Deputations Meet
Deputations from the Northern
part of the County and from iGode-
rich were heard. Both deputations
asked for consideration of improv:
ing two important roads. One from
Clinton to W ingham and the other
the Blue Water Highway. In sup-
port of the former the northern dole;
getion and the government would
support the proposition as a means
of giving employment which would
relleve the situation, The road is
not prepared for pavement and the
deputation was not asking for a pave
ed road but that it be graveled and
widened, North Huron has no pave-
ment nearer Wingham than six
miles, They asked that the road be
brought Up to the Provincial stand-
ard of grading. Workmen will be
taken from the municipalities.
The deputation from Gcderich
headed by Mayor Lee, asked for con-
sideration of treatment of the Blue
Water Highway.
'S. D. Croft, Chairman of the God-
erich Board of Trade extended greet-
ings from the Board of Trade and
also spoke of the condition of the
Blue Water Highway.
G. L. Parsons, vice-president of
the Board of Trade, said that if the
road was treated, tourists would be
attracted. "Let's make it safe for
them," concluded ller. Parsons.
Warden Rader assured both dele-
gations that the Council would give
both matters its serious consudera-
tion.'
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MastY 1? Relief
meet Re •
ef
George B. apotton, M.P., was pre-.
sent and was invited to address the
aa ncil. He relief will be,
' largely direet this year. It is in the
mind of the Provincial Premier that
foodstuffs shall be purchased, and
families will be instructed ori. how to
bring out' the greatest amount of
nourishment at the least expense.
We are living in a time When men
must say, "Now come and let us rea-
son together." It is not a 'time of
political expediencyor petty gain but
a time of co-operation. Me. Spot -
ton said Ile was taking no sides but
was in favor of both deputations just
heard and of "anything you can do
to give employment to the unemploy..
ed." This is a time for curtailment -
of expenses but not of economy hys-
teeia, The speaker urged the mem,
hers not to be stampeded by ex,
tremes. Huron County has set an
example in this year of stress and
strain, Mr. Spotton referred to- the
lamented death of : Mee McMillan. He
Concluded by hoping some good thing•
would come out of the Imperial Con-
ference at Ottawa.
A communication was read from,
the department informing the coun-
cil of the change made in the cal-
culation of Old Age Pensions, The
Dominion Government will Pay 75
pee cent., the Province 15 per cent,
and the county, 10 per cent. The ad-
justment came into force in Novem-
ber and has been so arranged that
the county is credited with $2,629.37.
The following committee was ap-
pointed by the warden to report :on
criminal justice investigation: Reeves•
Goldthorpe, Cardiff Sweitzer, Wright
anti Geiger.
The report of the Old Age Pen-
sions' committee follows:
Sixty-two new cases were dealt
with and twenty-one ee-considera
tions as to inrceases, etc.
Since the Act came into force in
1029, 931 applications have been re-
ceived; 920 of these have been dealt
with, and 880 considered by the cen-
tral authorities. The last pay sheet
showed 632 on the pay roll, making
a decrease of 248 from the 880 dealt
with by the central authorities; 527
have received the full pension of $20
(Continued on page 6)
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Not a week passes that you are not being canvassed
by representatives of nationally -advertised products
to stock and push them, and to give them good
window and counter displays.
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Their representatives tell you of the large stems of money being spent hi metropolitan daily
newspapers and in nationally -circulated magazines like "MacLean's," "Chatelaine," "Canadian Home
Journal," "Canadians' and others, to create •and maintain consumer demand, and they try hard to persuade
you that such "remote" advertising will surely create and sustain large iocal demand.
It is admitted that it is advantageous to you
and your customers for you to stock nationally -
advertised products, but such products will sell
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faster if they are locally advertised, in this
newspaper, in addition to being advertised in
n'on-local publications.
There is no good or sound reason wiry a na-
tional advertiser should not do Meal advertising •
in this newspaper. You will be told, when you
say to the representative of firms canvassing
you to stock and push his flares product, "Oh,
we could never afford to do local advertising."
What he really means, when he says such words,
is that he doesn't expect large local sales. If ,
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he did, then he would see that these local sales
can provide a sum of money adequate to main-
tain a local advertising campaign,
Why should you help a national, advertiser to
develop his .business in the territory covered by
the circulation of this newspaper without ad-
vei-Eising co-operation from him.?
Your provide local distribution facilities for
manufacturers of branded products, and your
value to them is recognized. Why, then, should
these manufacturers not assist you to seal these
goods, if stocked by you, by a series of locai ad-
vertisements, perhaps carrying your name as
local distributor, published in this newspaper?
The more frequently and vigorously you present your point ,of view to national advertisers, direct ,
and through the representative who calls ,on you, the more surely will you persuade them to accept it.
(N. B. 'Cut ou
this advertisement, Paste it OR a card, and then show it to representatives w•ho urge
you to stock goods not being locally advertised.)
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