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The Clinton News Record, 1938-02-10, Page 6• ii, o b t pr a c 'HE C I' TON NEWS-REC? Information for the Timer Bu Farmer � ` (Yxxnished by.the Department of Agriculture PRINCIPALS OF GRADING Theg rading of farm products is based on the principle that it is sound usiness to classify live stock in' such way that the consumer will be able recognize and purchase quality pro acts, and that the price premium hich the consumer will pay for the atter grades should be returned to he producer of them. Practice' has oven the value of the theory involve 1 in the grading principle. Grading ctivities have been. a tremendous in- entive to quality production, with re- ultant price benefit to producers. b" a to w GATHER EGGS OFTEN Eggs should be gathered at least wice a day, and three times -daily is letter during hot weather. The time if one gathering should be just be- fore dark or as near to it as practic- tble. This last gathering may not produce a great number of eggs, but since broody hens will commonly search out the nest containing eggs after the day's laying has ceased, failure to gather late in the day is a common source of distinct deteriora- tion. Each gathering should be placed in the coolest part of the cellar if no ether cool spot is available, as soon as gathered. Eggs should not be put in- to cartons or cases immediately if this can be avoided. The ideal container for ,,cooling eggs is a wire tray. A wire basket is the next best, and per- haps the most practical. These' bas- kets are waste paper containers. Low LandtSets People: Talking Of High Water o 'the west ;'side of', Stretching along the County of Huron is an almost level strip'' of land from six to eight miles wide on the average, though in places it is- much narrower.: As we gentle e find a s we . tensvelinward, when lied w eat ilitsisr landuntil'limit of 0 a distinct rise of, say 10 to 15 feet is encountered, after which the land. stretches away to ,the that at this higher level until another rise is met,. The first plain mentioned, was first. settled in the early days becauseof easy access to Lake Hurons; In those days the lake shore strip was wetand subject to summer frosts, serious drawbacks, and some of the settlers moved farther east and located on the higherlevel. At present there is lit- tle difference in the harvests reaped on both slopes, as the soil is about the same. In fact, in some of the town- ships towards the south of the county, better crops of wheat are grows on the lower slope than farther inland.'. Inquiring minds often wondered a- bout these slopes. Some said Lake Huron must have covered the lower ' e slope at one time, but there were skeptical ones who doubted. The for- mer based their theory on the fact that the ridge, dividing the slopes, was composedlargely of sand mixed with gravel. They reasoned this de- posit is somewhat like what we might expect along the shore of a great lake, but they had to admit the gravel is not much like the sharp, grainy gra- vel found beside the water. That is living; this is dead, and so it was, be- cause for possibly 50,000 years it had been weathered by rain, snow and sunshine. Doubters Convinced But one day in the eighties of the last century, in a gravel pit on con- cession eight and nine in the Town- ship of Ashfield, a stratum of real liv- ing lake shore gravel was uncovered, and even the doubting ones were con- vinced. What do scientists tell us? Just this: Long ages ago, Lake Huron was much higher than it has been in the memory of man. In fact, it is claim- ed it was at least 232 feet higher than it is today, and therefore covered a much larger area of land. For proof as to its former height, they point to the island of Michili- mackinac, \in the Mackinac Strait, connecting, Lakes Huron and Michi- gan. On this island we find a rocky peak that shows undoubted evidence of wearing by the action of waves of water. The small hollow, horizontal, parallel rings running around this rocky peak provide mute confirmation of the teaching of the learned men Who have studied the geological chan- ges in North America. this For the last 50 to 60 years, gravel ridge, running south, has been a blessing to the township roads. On the eighth and ninth concessions in Ashfield, the brow of the ridge is a- bout 15 rods west of Finlay's School- house. In 1865, on the brow, was a small pit, about five feet square and three feet deep, out of which someone had taken a load or two of sand. Chil- dren then called it "The Sandhole," and as such it was known for many years. After a few years, gravel was being placed upon the roads, and much of it was taken from this pit; 1 rte the so the much that today school grounds west is completely ex- cavated, and the pit is now extending into the fields on each side. Good gravel roads in the vicinity are the result.--�— Farther south, in Lambton, Essex and Kent, the territory was aubmere- Those people old enough to remem- bered to a greater distance inland, and how ludicrous pneumatic tires lain of level looked when they first appeared on we find a much wider P land, with a scarcity of inland gravel the racing track will remember that the enterprising bicyclists who dared ridges, but the stretches of ps e and p provides greatpasture public opinion won easily front the land By W. H. Johnston in The Free tidewho d wheels pand mred the hsolid- tired lie became used to the then uncouth appearance of the new wheels, as they did to the sight of a carriage without n fine horse between the Some of us, perhaps most of us, shafts. These new tires were not have debts.lbMany of us ay ourr'edbts,t wised pronunciationlled r ofut some that diff cult it would be easier to pay or to pay the interest on them, if we word "caoutchouc". did not have to pay so much in taxes. So the world goes on in progress. Taxes seem to be something quite dif- One of the very latest things to' be f 1 from our vebtry problem,largbut sof wheel to e seen on the the place of the steelrred fact is that a very large part them goes to pay our debts too,—the wheel on separators, combines, bind - debts that we have incurred through ers anull on soft orurough s ich undare hand museavy to t be our governments. For every Canadian who is throughh operated at slow partment of Agriculture, safterhpaying money theren is $1,3overn0 owing his different Governments, --Dentin- close attention to the subject, declares ion, Provincial and Municipal—and al- positively that the "rolling resis- most $300 more debt f other an- tance" purpose isrubber-tired 40 to 60 per cent less for this iaations, mainly railroads, guaranteed by the governments. Nearlyfor every coadingly the then that of steel tireswheels. on these Ac - the interest on, this must working Canadian must be raised in machines reduce the damage'done by taxes. Of course, there is a, diffeexessexcessive lifebrvibration. . and e d prmacobably in- ence between our government debtssucachi mowers, and our personal debts, in that we Lighter machinery, expect, to pay the principal of the lat- rakes, planters, lcults potato maders, our ter in a few years (certainly within man P te lifetime), whereas our children, ery are sai to be particula besuitabte or children's children, are expected to toe rubber �ht tires, ,anti with less take partial responsibility for govern- ment debts which have been made for wheel damage to and the uobe- purposes from which they will bene- tires for P fit. But there is no difference about way disc actory a etnot thoou wht is a so sat - the interest; it must be paid regularly is This means more and more rubber in both cases. for business which is constantly ox - Most of our public debt is owing elds. is through the Dominion Government— ponding area newr fieund I ptof rttsliof roughly $1,000 per worker. Of the raw rub remaining $600, 0, more is owed through r ough pounds have a ve m uch a 1rth doubled the mum'etnalitYthan through the in the last twelve en years, provinces. according totheExte2na1 Trade Branch of the Dominion Bureau of This information is basedon a re- ,. port issued by ,the Finance Branch Statistics, Department of Trade and of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Commerce. FEED A BALANCED RATION If there•is one thing more than any other the importance of which is. stressed in hog feeding, it is that grains alone' are not enough to make good hogs, and that for the produc- tion of the select bacon type hog it is important that a balanced ration be fed. In many parts of Canada, partien- arly throughout the Prairie Provinces, there is an abundance of cheap grain feeds which as they stand are unmar- ketable, but when fed to live stock quite attractive prices can be realized. Where grains alone are fed the live stock product is seldom satisfactory and to get worthwhile results a pro- tein supplement must be included to balance the ration. Skim milk or buttermilk in some form is the ideal protein supplement in hog feeding. These, however, are not always available but because these are not available is no reason why other equally good forms of protein supplement should not be used. A very fine type of pork can be produc- ed through feeding tankage, a by- product of the packing industry. This provides an animal protein supple- ment ideal for hog feeding, and at the present time this can be obtained es- sentially at cost. HIGH REPUTATION CANADIAN CHEESE Discussing the United Kingdom market and its importance to Canada, J. F. Singleton, :;Associate Director, Marketing Service, Dairy :'Products and Cold Storage, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture, gave some im- portant information, with particular reference to Canadian cheese, at the recent convention of the Dairymen's Association of Western Ontario at London, Ont. "While many engaged in the cheese Y trade in the United Kingdom," said Mr. Singleton, "consider that the best English and Scotch farin cheddar cheese is superior to any imported cheddar cheese, it is generally con- ceded that net only is the Canadian product of a higher quality than any other imported cheese but it is also the highest quality of any source, do- mestie or, imported, which is avail- able in quantity." In this .connection, the opinion of the manager of the cheese depart- ment of a chain store organization in Great, Britain, which every year buys and matures approximately 50,000 boxes of Canadian cheese, is of gen- eral eral interest. This manager says that his best trade ask for old Eng- lish cheddar, and the next best is old Canadian, but it takes patience to ma- ture the .cheese and age it suitable for his market. Yet, there was no cheese imported into Great Britain that could equal Canadian cheese, he declared, and strongly recommends the holding of Canadian cheese on the factory shelves in Canada just as long as pos- sible before offering the cheese for sale. Another cheese importer, in voicing the opinion of many others in the trade, stated that no cheese ini- ported into the United Kingdom would mature and hold its high quality flav- our like Canadian cheese. The quality of New Zealand cheese had improved greatly during the past two or three years, said Mr. Single- ton, and it is interesting that cheese from the Union of South Africa was considered by many to be of particularly superior quality. The Union of South Africa is not an im- portant factor so far as the United Kingdom supply of cheese is concern- ed. Neither is Australia. Practically all cheese from Austra- lia and New Zealand is made from pasteurized milk. It is believed by many in the trade in the United King- dom that cheese made from pasteur- ized milk will not develop a charac- teristic cheddar cheese flavor during maturing, and that cheese made front pasteurized milk is not safe to carry longer than• about six months from the date of manufacture. Also cheese made from pasteurized milk, when cut and allowed to stand for a few hours, develops a hard surface with a glazed appearance, and the surfaces open up. These hard surfaces must be cut off with resultant loss to the retailer. Manufacturers of cheese in the United Kingdon and the Union of South Africa are now adopting pas- teurization of milk for cheese making, and it appears probable that in the near future factory cheese in quantity made from unpasteurized milk will be available only from Canada. This is a double advantage to Canada. Canadian cheese is the best maturing, and the trade in matured ,cheese in the United Kingdom is generally be- lieved to be increasing. Egg Consumption Down 3,000,000 In Decade THURI",'., FEB. 10, 1938. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING-` FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES . All would believe this were it ,not fdr- Startling Figures Show; Enormous Judging from the press of thecoun- Reductions in Industry's Production try, the move of the Canadian Broad - Startling figures are presented' by casting Corporation in raising the li i •Fred W- )3eeson, Editor of Canada cense fee for reeiving,sets and mak- ingit obli ator to have a license for maga-g Y It m n national Poultry Pou ry a ,• zine published in Vancouver , in a each set is one which will have far signed editorial, showing an enormous annual loss to the industry. He draws pointedand very timely attention to an alarming condition in one of Can- ada's major industries . . an indus- try valued at .more than $100,000 ,,000 annually, suffering the tremendou, drop in domestic consumption of One Billion Eggs' Annually (1,000 mil- lions), or more exactly 3,000,000 eggs less, per day than ten years ago. The question is asked poultrymen, "what are you going to do to meet the con- petition of breakfast foods, vegetable and fruit juices which are daily push- ing the egg off the dining tables of the Dominion?" Figures from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics are published in the Jan- uary issue showing the steady decline in egg consumption during the last ten years. Whereas the per capita eggs, consumption in 1927was 356 gs, it is today down to 260 eggs, a decline of exactly eight dozen for every man, woman and child in Canada. • A petition is published in the same issue, which every poultryman has been requested to sign, asking the Hon. James G. Gardiner, Dominion Minister of Agriculture, to secure an appropriation of One Hundred Thous- and Dollars this year for the purpose of conducting a National Advertising Campaign, similar to that now in ef- fect for the Fishery industry, spon- sored by the Department of Fisher- ies. It is pointed out that many thous- ands of families are wholly dependent on egg production for a livelihood as well as thousands more employed in the distribution of poultry products. Besides these there are tens of thous- ands of farmers who rely on egg mon- ey to buy their groceries, clothe the children and pny taxes. The direct loss annually to the poul- try industry is estimated at Fourteen Million ($14,000,000) Dollars. This figure is based onpresent average prices, not those obtained in the pros- perous days of ten years ago. Neither does it include those enormous sums lost to Canadian feed, supply and e- quipment houses through smaller flocks and lowered gross production. The petition is being circulated from coast to coast. reaching effects. Counted with this is the affiliation with the National Broadcasting Com- pany and sale of $600,000 radio time to the company. This; many ,observ- ers . claim, makes Canada's publicly owned system a mere subsidiary of the, NBC. How true this is a staff writer of the Christian Science Monitor of Bos- ton reveals. TAXES INCREASE LIVING COSTS "In the meantime Canada's enter- One requisite for reduction of tax - and centre remains in New York anon in Canada is that voters have: and the corporations' listeners must an intelligent understanding: of the wait for the time when Canadian pro- radio day." tion. of a heavy burden of taxa, grams will fill the; log books for the tion. For this reason, the remarks It seemed to many listeners that of Beaudry Leman, president of the this condition was being gradually Banque Canadienne Nationale, in his reached when suddenly NBC eornmer- recent annual address to shareholders tial programs were given almost free are timely. run of the best commission stations In reviewing the experience of the .• and the best radio hours. past year Mr. Leman stated that the While in an explanatory mood the heavy burden of taxation acted as a economic brake upon atIPo progress in a • CBC might explain how it is that two -fold manner. "On the one hand", he said, "it increases cost prices and' overhead expenses, thus raising the cost of living. On the other hand, it.. lessens the purchasing power and in- vesting •newer of the public." That heavy taxation affects the mass of the population by increasing the cost of living and lessening the security of employment is something that is usually ignored by the ave- rage voter: When this is generally recognized the demand for govern- mental expenditure will be replaced by a demand for economy.—Financial Post. the agitator. The Recovery would be a fact. The warm sun that would heal c the open sore of France and the Uni ted States and, the world is mutual! confidence;^confidence between people;.' andgovernment; confidence between ,' employee and his feilowworker; con- fidence between governments and the men who :are trying. sc'hard to pro- duce, to merchandise and to manufac— ture. And there's the rub, We know whereof we speak when we say that: this good will will not bless the earth,: till men trust God and keep His com— mandments,—Exeter Times -Advocate.. BREEDING TROUBLES Following long winters with deep snow, as this winter promises to be, a great deal of trouble is usually ex- perienced with hairlessness in young pigs, goitre in calves and lambs, and joint ill in foals. It is suggested that these troubles may be traced to a lack of iodine in the thyroid gland of the pregnant female and losses from this cause may be avoided by feeding iodine, in the form of potassium io- dine. Potassium iodide has a generally stimulating effect, toning up the whole system, and exerts a particu- larly strong influence on the genera- tive organs. Females which are ap- parently non -breeders will often be• colpo pregnant after this drag has been administered for a few months. For cows, dissolve two ounces of potassium iodide in a eup of warm water; sprinkle this solution over 100 pounds of salt spread evenly and in a thin layer on a clean floor, and mix well When the salt is dry, place it in a box where the animals have free access to it. For ewes, follow the same method as for cows. at3{f t� "'-- s•*, For sows, dissolve one ounce of potaassium iodide crystals in one gal- lon of water, and mix one tablespoon per sow daily in the feed or drinking water. For mares, give each mare a half a teaspoonful of potassium iod- ide in the feed grain or water on the first and fifteenth of each month. FOOTPRINTS OF SERVICE This is a reproduction of a (' picture taken in sub -zero tem- } perature the morning after a I Severe snow storm It shows 1 footprints of a telephone operator leading to the tele- phone office. They are mute evidence of the "spirit of service" that is back of your telephone. Blocked streets and high- ways seldom keep telephone employees from the job. If ! humanly possible, they are at work ready to do their part in providing your telephone, service. The management of this Company is proud of the fine "spirit of service" -shown by employees. and we feel sure that our customers appreciate it. Because of it, your tele- phone service is maintained at a constantly high standard. while 1,110,000 listeners paid $2 fee last year (and countless thousands did not) net revenue was only $1,780,000. It seems difficult to believe that it should take a half million dollars to collect the revenue from radio listen- ers.—Kincardine News. TRUCKS ON THE BACK CONCESSIONS Evidence submitted to the Chevrier Commission on truck haulage in On- tario brings to attention the profound changes in the structure of rural ec- onomy which the truck has effected during the past short score of years. The carrying of goods by motor vehic- les has become an integral necessity to farming districts which used to be considered hopelessly isolated from most markets. Urban communities also in the well-known "back conces- sion" territories have found in the truck the answer to both their export and import problems. Out of some 4,000 communities in Ontario, more than 2,000 are not served by railways and it is to these that the truck is a particular boon. In an age when transportation is the touchstone of schools, colleges and convents for two performing forg any locality,othec truck ir�co e eight-year periods is per - people fora ruralce of as much -greater comp at this submission: importance for rural areas than most From 1922 to 1929 inclusive, 2,274 people realize. fires occurred entailing an aggregate In many back -country urban des- property loss amounting to $14,577, - tion the inp provhalfince etht ere is commune- 306, From 1930 to 1937 inclusive, 71, - ties of the province therein no comae- 961 fires caused a total property loss tion for the truck and thea the of $4,962,710, While some gratifica- way fors not obviousacreason that the tion may be felt at the improved loss railway is not a factor tbut Cher- experience in the second of these por- tion. Thee is h truck railway;hsbut there rods, the significant fact remains that - ea tank. The places, transform- there was little curtailment in the ed many of those boundbringingohe number of fires reported and prac- tically at one great bound into the no diminution of the hazards course of trade. involved. Of the 4,235 outbreaks in Part of the taski of the Trahe tela- both periods, the responsible causes tion Commission is to study the tela- were determined in 3,012 cases. As ttonship between truck and railway, listed, these were as follows: province This is f come erabl of the Defective heating appliances, over - have choreai of s riderable mag. heated stoves and furnaces, improper - have The railways arca prime nee ly installed equipment, careless otor- sity, but so are the trucks. We age and handling of fuel, 1,962 fires. have too many railways, but we have Defective chimneys and flues, 347 Improper - also too many trucks. Towns and n fires. ties owe much of their importance to Electric wiring, 316 fires. railways, but to an increasing extent Sparks on shingle roofs s. fires, they depend on trucks. The two forms :e:tehes and smoking, 62 fires, of transportation buttt they compete in somere-cellaneous known causes, 141 garde, they are in many more regards complementary, the trucks Undiscovered causes, 1,223 fires. supplementing the freight and express I From this record causes, ss apparent that train as an added service in the rapid 73 per cent. of the fires of determined ways run, n of goods. Where rail-dorigin arose from defective or cara- ways run, the Commission task in ad-Ilessly installed and maintained heat - judging the possibilities of co-ordina- ing equipments Supporting this cu - 'on betweent. train and truck is not), onces-elusion is the fact that 86 per cent of care - easy, but in those wide ctolschool and college fires occur during ensuareas where there are except to the winter months. Many years of ways, there is no problem to experience has proved that the ma - farmer re and smallat t g legislation bew prosperity f not the l jority of these fires might b�p _ - Ivented by thorough and regi impaired by shackling legislation im-, spection and by the rigid enforcement posed upon the•truck. Huntsville of reasonable maintenance regula- Forester. tions„ While it may be possible t curtail IT'S IN THE SPIRIT the number o fires in school buildings by the removal and safeguarding of Good will, the Prime Minister of the more obvious hazards, there is no France has been telling the people of question that many of the older build - France, is what the people of the big ings now in use have inherent struc- round world need more than anything tural defects that cannot so readily else if progress is to be made? Like be eliminated. Combustible structur- all sensible men of his clay, this wise al materials have little place in any man points out, in the language of building used for public assembly and the marketplace, we are long on goods should be reduced to the minimum in and skill and labour and on raw mat- all institutional buildings and residen- erial but the race is pitifully short on tial schools. good will. In this contention he is Inland backed un by the breaking out of lab- Montreal Largest our disputes in which the pot calls ®Caen Port In World improved kettle black An ugly spirit of class warfare is abroad, and that in The Port of Montrealnithe the war g- Pedigre'e Pup'Saves lands where there is plenty for every- est inland ocean port body. Behind the warring factions being approximately one thousand Time By Air Travel one suspects the cunning hand of miles from the sea. It is the second important passenger in a plane some Mephistopheles that ever di- greatest port grain mericanaand ortone in An from as a pedigree to dog. the other verts to ulterior ends the best the world. 1,250 feet the. 350 feet daywas a dog. His delicate of lovers .of theier brothers all.e This. harbor are Some of the piersby in the spared the wear and see that they ai constitution was boat ugly spirit fanned by the cry "Who's wide, and -the port bas berth mom - and heof a Channel- crossingr.by graft is this?" by' men who tail not odation for over one hundred ocean - and thrsaved nine hours. ships at one time. fragile shipment was a and spin not but live on the nothing going .City of Montreal --time Metro- England etro- Another batch of hatching eggs Byse from of leave to who ask for le g theythe leave to toil and serve leaving the polis of Canada—withmillion slmditsla gest ciation ty would have to taken alis month sea over and any -" market to determine the remunera- of Canada,,le nand- the sixth largest in would taken a t have happened on the tion, is the cause of the appalling o Till in America; Itis the second largest in wing nigh Theplane delivered them in tis now confronting emoved there est French city in the world, ranking way. this hateful spirit is removed, 11M "days- i n is no healing of the hurt of humanity. next to Paris in population, and by Singaporerrequired journeynis the .need of the hour. reason of its large French element, peace"The ' 1 ea Socicyal called from S P r . eight the . fro Londonyin eight deys instead of 20 enThougeh of materials no a goodstogo round; of Americo'.. amt enough by rail:and steamer.' SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO Demand: The situation has not changed much since last month; the demand for all items except timothy is good. Seed merchants are report- ed t be quite active in obtaining sup- ply for the domestic trade and for ex- port. Supplys Red clover, 116,500; alf- alfa, 385,000 pounds; alsike, 52,000 pounds; sweet clover, 336,000 pounds; timothy 1,700,000 pounds. Prices: Red clover, per pound, basis No. 1, 22e; country run, 16 to 20c; alfalfa, per pound, basis No. 1, 26c;' country run, 171/4 t 220; alsike per pound, basis No. 1, 28e; country ran, 171/4 to 22c; sweet clover, per pound, basis No. 1, 6/c; country run 3 t 5c; timothy, per pound, basis No. 1, 9c; country run, 6 to 7c. Public Heating Equipment. Inspection Necessary To Prevent Fires The tragic fire which recently de- stroyed Sacred Heart College at St. Hyacinthe, P.Q., bringing death to - some fifty persons and serious injury to many others, imposes obligation of calling public attention to certain. hazards almost universally prevalent in our educational establishments and institutional buildings. The following record of fires and losses in Canadian GRADING OF CHICKS HELPFUL POLICY Under the Record of Performance and hatchery approval policies oper- ated by the Dominion Department of Agriculture, breeders and hatchery - men have available three distinct grades of chicks, all of which are pro- duced under Departmental supervis- ion and by the best methods of incu- bation. Consequently, all grades may be purchased with confidence as they are as represented. The three established grades are: R,O.P. Chicks, shipped in containers bearing a purple label; R,O.P: Sire3 ccs chicks, red label; and Approved chicks blue label. R.O.P. chicks are individually re- corded and are bred front blood test- ed flocks conforming in every respect to Record of Performance standards.. These chicks have R.O.P. breeding on both male and female sides, especially r bred for high egg production, egg size and meat type. Such chicks are a- vailable only from R.O.P. breeders and provide an excellent source of foundation stock and cockerels for flock improvement. R. 0. P. -Sired t chicks are Produced by mating R.O.P; e cockerels with approved banded, blood tested flocks, bred and selected for egg production, egg size and meat type. Approved chicks are produced by mating approved cockerels with ap- proved, banded flocks that are blood - tested and selected for egg production, egg size and meat type. The Record of Performance and hatchery approval policies are parts of the national poultry breeding pro- grama, supervised by the Dominion Department of Agriculture under which poultry breeders keep accurate records of individual and flock pro- duction in all phases. It is largely through these activities that produc- tion standards have been raised so materially in Canada in recent years, an example being the increased ave- rage of from three to five dozen eggs per bird per year. All three grades of chicks have played an important part in these standards RUBBER TIRES ON FARM FIELDS! Blyth Telephone System In Flourishing Condition The Government Debt. Of Canadians The annual meeting of Blyth Muni- cipal Telephone System Was held in Memorial Hall with a good atten- dance. James Phelan, chairman of Commissioners, presided. The audit- ors' report was given by Leslie Hil- born and adopted on motion of Simon Hallahan and Russel Richmond. 'A report of the Commission was given by James Phelan and John Ellis. Ex Warden Eckert was present and con- gratulated the commissioners of the local system on the excellent work done. He advised the company join- ing with the Independent' Telephone Association. Robert Newcomb was appointed chairman during the elec- tion of Commissioners which resulted in their re-election.; also the re-elec, tion of the auditors, R. E. Shaw and Leslie Hilborn. The. System closed the year in a very healthy condition rent- ers, of 557;r ofsub subscribers with a .list ars, 64; net increase in telephones foi. the year 4; miles of pales, 182; mile of single wire, 667.