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The Seaforth News, 1925-04-30, Page 4PAGE �, F. SNOWDON, Proprietor. A . Gensrai Observations One ,title day will lio ,.nor a si„htner than one swallow. ** How many swallows are, required. to make a 'summer; or to make a niit•n drunk on 4.4 par cent. 'beer. ** Now that the Liberals at Ottawa have added 12% cents per ,gallon to the 10 cents imposed by Ferguson on -the 4.4 per cent. beer, they have become partners in crime and acces- sories after the Act. ** • Sonoma has said that "great oaks. from snail acorns grow," but .no one has from. That "-s'mall acorns from great oaks grow," As an illustration: the Legislative, Assembly after years of struggle have at last passed an Act enabling comities to compel ve- hicles to carry a red and white light after night for the protection of oth- ers as well as themselves when on the highway. There will from this, have now to grow little acorns, sueh as compelling every man, woman, dog and cat to carry ,two lights 4or their protection, on the highway, When that day arrives, the old command. "Bell the cat," will .probably give place to "Light the cat," make i# # GENERAL OBSERVATIONS I I By W. H. . #! It seems but yesterday when, we were using the snow shovel, and now the lawn mower is the proper im- plement, Push is a good thing in any business, but it is an absolute neces- sity in operating a lawn mower. *** • In these housecleaning days, Where is the horseman that scoured the plains and the sea captain who swept the horizon? MISS C. B. GRUNERT, whose -music, both vocal and instru- mental, delighted ,so many here last winter, will accompany Dr. 'Robinson et Egtnondville church, DISEASES Ill PROFITS now 1'O Cil+;'1 i lli4} l ,SICK $CI); I, BEFORE 'i'F17iY START.' blow to , i'iea4 „Oats. Potato +`,t,;a'nilo, 6: 't4piile.l te•ta=s orciit tl?rot#vntlon l'Contrtbutt U o,, tlut,, r o ueparttueut or agile/owl •• Torontal Anything • that redness the yield of the farm crop roclueesthe money re- turn to the man growing the crop.' When charges against the production of any crop are figured out it is usual to and that the costs are always high , irrespective of the yield. The lower the yield the less there is topay the production Charges and profits. Pro- duction charges must be paid first. What money remains, if any, is your Profit. Plant diseases and insects are always waiting ready to take your share. They frequently succeed. Finding the careless, neglectful type of farmer the easiest to prey on, eating up his potatoes, his apples, his onions, his grain, and small fruit crops. There is no escape except through prevention. Plant diseases like oat -smut, onion rot, potato blight, potato scab and apple scab can be controlled.. Day Formaldehyde Treatment for the 'a Prevention of Oat Smut. clearing and built a log house o;, of the country through these Seaforth the ,corner where Browns Garage now stands. This for many years was the only habitation in the place. date Mr. McGregor pur- chased from the Canada Company Lot 11, Con., 1, Tuekersnvith, ,taking man as Reeve. In 1874 steps w up his residence' on the Huron Road taken to inate astM into a town beyond H'arputihey. He cleared 10 with MrArmitage - •s on the northeast corner al the Generally it requires a -costly lesson merchants. 1 L, 1867 a census was taken showing a popula'ton of 1,056 persons, and on the lst Jan., 1868 Seaforth became an incorporated village with Dr. Cole - lot After 'the improvements its oE- •fered'the whole for sale for $450 with- out a purchaser, but finally disposed of it 'to Christopher Sperling. A short time after Andrew Mc- Kenoan, an Irishman, purchased 3 acres on the northeast corner of the lot and b;tilt a log tavern; where the Royal 'H'otel bonding stands. This was the -second habitation and the first public 'house in -the place. These were the only two houses until after the inauguration of the +Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway, About this time great activity was evinced in '.i speculation in lands in the vicinity of the proposed raihray and under this excitement the ,balauce of McGregor's lot was purchased from Mr. Sparlieg by a firm of professional men, name-. ly Messrs. Patton, Bernard and Le Fray, who surveyed It into a town plot, and through whose enterprise Seaforth received its first impul'se. The name of the place was chosen in honor of the natiee place of one of them in Scotland and which name it 1sas retained. Mr. Patton was of Scottish descent, afterwards becoming the Pion. J.atnes Patton and ,partner of the late Hon. Sir John A. Mac- Donald, Premier of the Dominion for a -number of years, and whose death took place in June, 1891. At the close of the American civil war, the South was in a rather •chao'tic state, The colored people being no longer under the control of their late masters, were at a loss 'how to use 'their hew found liberty, and as •industry was completely disorgan- ized, there was much unemployment; niany of these -freedmen had no work, and some of them, by acts of violence, proved_ ,the truth of the saying that "Satan finds some mischief stilt for idle hands to do." Then, the disband- ing of the Southern army let loose from the restraints of militarydisvcip- tine thousands of young men, ho, like the colored people, could_ find no work to do, and many'of them took to committing acts of violence. Life and property were not safe, and it was to stem this tide of lawlessness/ that the secret society was formed, which was called by the ,strange name of Ku -Klux -Klan. There inay have •been at this time some justifica- tion for its existence; but after a time, it began itself to .60 wrong, ancl1 it was finally put down by Federal troops. It staid pttt down for maty years, and we 'thought it would no more come to life again than would Julius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Nero or the Scribes and Pharisees. But a few years ago, we began to hear faint ru- mors of its revival in the United States. These -faint rumors grew from more to more until they be- came loud, positive assertions that this organization 'was vigorously alive again, and was spreading itself like a green bay tree.. We are worry, has that t t a sorry, note deeply s y, tR in- vaded Canada, and established a lodgement in every province except British Columbia. There may be some excuse for such an organiza- tion in the United State . It imay a tih e needed to supply some paradise of lax law enforcement to which our' loyal Premier Mackenzie King continually caters, and of which he would tike to have a ou r fair Do- minion 'become a -part; but it is not needed in Canada, nor in any other country over which floats the Brit- ish g Our authorities not need do a s fl any such supplementary aid. We objcotr'to its secrecy, to its dark, underhand 'methods, to its masks and .ghostly garments, to its bitter sn- tagonism to a great body of the Christian church. Let it stay in the land from 'which came the potato ,bug, and ;from which continually comes what is not conducive to the •, elevation of our morals. to a .corporation to shelter their cit zens behind adequate fire protection. It was' thus with Seaforth. ,On 4th Sept., 1877, twelve acres. of the 'business portion of the town was laid in ashes. Out of this disaster Seaforth received a new impulse and, after .the lapse of two years the burned area was .covered with new buildings, not cheap structures, but modern 'blocks of brick. Messrs. Bernard and LeFray were lawyers of Barrie, Ont. A •br'other of Mr, Patton was the first Postmaster of Seaforth and one of the first busi- ness men of the place. He moved here in 1861 from Wroxeter, Previ- ous to this 'the Post Office had been in ,Harpurhey, but through the enterprise of 'a few men who .conttol- led arur- hey the lostdttheOffice, and mostof Sea,foh, dofthe business men of Harpurhey moved Poop o t the placeadding •nd settling Prosperity of the destiny of Harpurhey. Among those who ,moved were Dr. Coleman, the first .practising physician of the place; Wm. Ballantyne, one time As- sessor and Inspector of Licenses, who, is stili living; James- Hall; . a shoe dealer and largely identified with mu- nicipal affairs; ,W,n. Grassie, identi- fied with public matters; Thos. Knox, who built the Commercial Hotel and couducted it for number of years: Hickson & Bleasdal, who erected a store and ,commenced busi- ness in what was later 'D.'D. Wilson's frame building. This method has been tested for five successive years by the O. A. Col- lege Department of Botany co-operat- ing with farmers in variotis parts of the province. The results have been uniformly satisfactory, No iniury to the grain has resulted and the smut control has been almost perfect. We11 worth while when the fields that were WWII with untreated seed showed a loss at harvest of six per cent of the crop. The advantages of the Dry For- maldehyde method of treating seed. oats are its simplicity, rapidity and ease •of application when compared with the dipping method. One hun- dred bushels of oats may be treated to less than one hour; the seed is dry enough to sow; there is no danger of sprouting, moulding or swelling of the seed. There is one disadvantage and it may be overcome by holding the sprayer close to the grain and Providing free •circulation of air to Move the formaldehyde fumes quick- ly away. A small hand sprayer, a supply of formaldehyde and a scoop abovei comprise the equipment, and their use gives againstainst loss of (troy from oat smut. Treat the Seed Potatoes and Prevent Scab and Black Scurf. In the year 1880 the retail business of 'the place may be judged by the number of business places: 11 dry goods stores, some general; 2 tailor- ing1 'fancY y goods; 1 ' •sh metlt5 es�tabll stationery; 3 book stores; 2 music stores; 3 drug stores; 3 jewellery stores; 3 sewing 'machine stores; 3 furniture; 3 hardware; 3 tin and stove, 11 -groceries; 3 boot and shoe-; 3'butc'hers; 3 'bakers; 4 confectionery; 6 flour and feed stores; 27 houses sold groceries besides those known as grocery stores; 3 liquor stores, 7 hotels, 3' billiard halls, 2 livery stables, Manufacturing claimed a large share of attention. The salt industry was the 'chief. The .existence of 'brine was discovered in 1868 and its level- opm'ent -gave 'Seaforth an impetus, The firth of Coleman & Gouiniock employed between 60 and 75 men. The Eclipse Salt Works owned by Grey, Young & Sperling, employed 20 to 25 then. The Merchants Salt Co., with Mr, Armitage as manager, em- ployed 20 to 25 men. This work was the very essence of Seaforth. The next in importance was 'the milling interests; Messrs. Ogilvie & Co„ of Montreal; Marshall, of Stratford; Currie & Thompson, Mitchell, hadee- tensive flour mills; and Charlesworth, of Egmondville and the oatmeal mill. HISTORY OF SEAFORTH. 'T'he 'following is a paper on , 'se history' of Seaforth, read by Mrs. Jus.. - Keatin'gat'the-challenge euchre in St. James' parish hall on Tuesday, April 21sti Seaforth on,u:r.ent Works HOW YOU CAN TELL.. GENUINE ASPIRIN! Road • n R -time the Huta this About was macadamized as far as Seaforth, of the which When the Buffalor&Lake Ry. was built, though Harpurhey was many times the extent of Seaforth, either places were considered of importance enough to ;build a sta- tion. The'peopie of Harpurhey built a flag station. The people of Egmond- g villa built another on the E m oud- � villa and Sea•Forth read, now Main street of Seaforth They were used simply as flag stations for a time. Learn. „'1e both places ce s wane doing g their utmost. establish the real 1 sta- ' r' Mimi with themselves. 1\o action was taken till Messrs. Patton, Bernard and Lefray laid out the village plot and made an offer -of the s'ta'tion 'grounds to the company 'free of charge on condition of locating their ,station thereupon. This offer was accepted on -condition that the company 'build a station 'free of expense to them- selves and the station waserected op the spot where it now stands. There svas 'the "same -strife -between Egmondvitle and Seaforth as between Harpurhey and Seaforth, as Egmond- ville was by far the more important place. Finally the relative 'position changed as in the -Harpurhey. The merchants and medhanics began to exchange location, and Seaforth was becoming a busy little railroad town, Among 'the first to move from Eg- mondvitic was James Dickson, He built'fhe first brick building in Sea - forth, the old 'Post Office. The place now continued 'to develop and soon got the, reputation of a grain market, and there were firms in the place who handled o';i:r a million dclirrs o "h n.f v, heat`in a season. 11 was an e v i v - •lay occurrence to see the.` strels 'Med 'udbh teeing 'from Brussels, Wroxeter, Gerrie, Paisley, Walkerton, finding an outlet for the chief product Ther' were 2 foundries, 2 cabinet factories; 2 stair la -dories, 2 :pump factories; 2 planing mills, 2 saw mills, 6 carriage factories, 10 blacksmith shops; 3 pork packing establishments and the Seaforth .:tax Milis. The High School was.orga'nized on the 1st Jan., 1879, the building and grounds costing ., $6,000. Charles Clarkson, B.A.; was first principal. The building was remodelled some years later. Such is 'the 'history of Seaforth ;n the year 1880, and at this' time a complete =water supply and fire pro- tection was under consideration by 'town fathers, 'which later developed into the steam plant, and afterward gave place to the present electric sys- tem - tem with three artesian wells. Last year we celebrated Sea,forth's Jubilee, Seaforth was for many years known as the guide -board swam.',, from the fact that there stood at the four .corners where' Goderich street crosses Main, a ;po•st • 'and finger. 'board denoting the number ofmiles and direction to Goderich, StratiO ti, Loudon and Ainleyville, ;;wow Brus- sels. The first to settle in the swamp was Andrew Steens in 1840; on Lot 40, Con, 1, McKillop. He made a )1 Only Tablets with "Bayer Crow' are Aspirin-No-otherst There is only one Aspirin,that marked: with the "Bayer Cross" --alt other tab- lets are only acid imitations. Genuine. 'Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"' Have been prescribed by physicians, for nineteen years and proved safe by mil- lions for Pain, Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis. Handy tin- boxes of 12 tablets—also larger `Bayer' packages, can be had at any drug store. Made in Canada. Aspirin is the trade mark (registered.. inr-Canadal, of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticaoidester of Salicylieacid. While it is well known that Aspirin means Bayer manufacture, to assiat'tlte public against imitations, the Tablets of Bayer Company, Ltd„ will' be stamped. with their general finale, mark, lbs In each of tear years an experiment was conducted at the College to de- termine the control of Potato Scab. The potatoes for ono plot were lett untreated and those for other plots were treated with corrosive subli- mate, or with formaldehyde. With corrosive sublimate 2s/4 ounces were used to each 13 gallons of water. With the formaldehyde pickle, one pint of formaldiu was used to each thirty gallons of water. The yields were the.same,ftom treated and un- treated plots Meowing that the chem- icals did not Ii3ure the seed in any way. The quality of the crop was greatly improved by treatment, giv- ing clean marketable potatoes. Sack- ed seed potatoes immersed for two hours in the formalin solution gave a little ,better results than those treated with the corrosive sublimate solution. Late Blight is considered to be the moat destructive potato dis- ease that we have to contend with,— always bad in wet seasons and on low-lying arenas The successful grow- er does not waft for evidence of.dis- ease to appear and sweep over his field during a night; he takes time by the forelock and applies a protec- tive spray to the potato foliage along with the bug destroying, dose. Bor- deaux mixture is effective as a pre- ventative against late blight, tip burn and in repelling flea beetles and also if used In conjunetion with paris green.or lead arsenate in killing Col- orado potato beetle larvae. Early, frequent, and thorough sprayings are necessary. The sprayings had an in- fluence not only in increasing both the yield of marketable and total cropper acre, but also in prolonging the growth of the plants and increas- ing The size of the potatoes. g the results of the experiment show the highest yields per acre from the plots which received three sprayings, both above and below the leaves. Apple Scab Control. HURON NEWS. Exeter. 'Bayer Cross,' The integrations shown .• from week to week in this advertise- Onstl't air ' imply suggestions, f iig,orp !ibet9 variety and "ye'oC tic"stghf»u the Ivfodern' NLonutnetift,'I have large photo-. graphs off the very latest ,pro- duct of the. •designer's art, and NTonutnen'ts corresponding' to these photos, all. in the best -Granite. or Marine procurable, an d, • ,t h e Workmanship is class A. • W. E. Ci4APMAN Prop. that tired look and "raggetd feeling out of your face. Say "Bottcilla Facial" to your barber and cone up smiling with a new appear- ance of vim and fitness. Be one of the "million a week." ROBINSON'S, (Just Around the Corner Seaforth PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ,DR. H. HUGH ROSS,„ Physician and Surgeon. Late of•Lorfdon Hos- pital, London,' England; Special attention to diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat. Office' and resid- ence behind Dominion Batik. Office Phone No. 5; Residence, Phone 106,. nit..R., J,. $U#EQSeaforth..;' Office, Gild residen04( 'derich street east of the Methodist church, Cor- oner for theCounty, of Huron, Tete - phone No 0.' DR. C.' MACKAY.-C. Mackay, honor graduade of 'Trinity Univers- ity and gold, medallist' of Trinity Medical College; member of the. Col- lege of Physicians and ...Surgeons of Ontario. Owing to thirty .addie • starting g school for 'the firt time, immediately after Easter, Exeter public school is badly crowded at present. J. Walper was in police court for concluding a pool room without a license. His defence was that he club, The was running- a social magistrate reserved judgment. Chas. vis is recovering from an operation for appendicitis. Miss 'Viola Hodgert, who has -been .in ill -health for some time, 'is in Lon- don hospital for treatment. Geo. Andrews, aged 62, a resident of Usborne township until 9 years ago when he moved to Exeter, died on April 18th, from .pnetunonia..Win and John Andrew are brothers, and Mrs. 'Win, Skinner, of Usborne, and Misses Ada and Bertha Andrew, are sisters. On April 18th fire destroyed two barns on the farm of George Jeffrey, on the Thames road three miles from Exeter. Mr. Jeffrey was operating the ,.rhopperat the time and it is thought a spark from ''the gasoline engine set fire to the tsraw stack. fie Managed '10 save a team of -horses; but 2 horses, 9 pigs and 26 head of cattle were destroyed, also 700 -bush- els of '.grain, and implements, The loss was,onlypartly covered by,insur- arice. The experiments carried on by the Department of Entomology for the control of apple scab fungus, ,n ,the apple -growing sections have demon- strated thorough r e that P Yin g w at at d Bordeaux mixture will effectively control the scab and give 98 per cent. clean fruit. Poisons added to the Bordeaux spray prevents efficiently Y to insets. nl due C the ravages commonly y g ' Many Ontario farmers are losing on crops that would be profitable if proper attention were given to disease control at the right -time. Too many trust to luck, wait to see the damage" done before malting an attempt to control the evil forces that are ready to prey ou the crops. The man that prepares to pioduce'a crop with the expectation pfan attack from all sides fires the first and also the last shot, routing the fungus enemy with chemicals that are easily obtainable and easily applied.—L. Stevenson, Dept. of Extension, O. A. College. Princess 2 Big Specials THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Zane Gr'ey's great action tale of the early West The Border Legion picturized In 7 parts, with ANTONIO MOREN© with i-IEI,ENE ellaDWICK and a cast of Paramount players Matinee Saturday, 3 p. m MON., TUES., and WED. The i0 part super film Feet of clay Produced by Cecil 8. De Mille amid settings that for luxury and gorgeousness have never been equalled in a modern upstoa date drama DR. F. J. R. FORSTER,—Er, Eir; Nose and' Throat. Graduate in Medi- cine University of Toronto, 1897. Late Assistant New York Ophthal- mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye, and Golden Square Throat Hos- pitals, London, England. At Commercial Hotel, Seaf or t h. third Monday in each month. from 11 a.m, to 3 p.m. 53 Waterloo street south, Stratford. Phone 267, Stratford. General Fire, Life, Accident & ?Automobile INSURANCE AGENT and Dealer in Singel. Sewing Machinefi James Watson North Mail.' St, SEAFORTH, ONT. THE McKJLLOP Mutual Fire insurance Co. FARM AND ISOLATED TOWN PROPERTY ONLY, INSURED Officers James Connolly, Goderich; Alex. James Evans, Beechwood, Vice Pres- ident; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth, Sec. -Treasurer. Directors. Wm. Rinn, No. 2, Seaforth; John Bennewcis, Brodhagen; James Evans, Beechwood; M. McEwen, Clinton; James Conolly, Goderich ; ;Alex. Broadfoot, No. 3, Seaforth; J. G. Grieve, No. 4, Walton; Robert Ferris,' i tl ck• George McCartney, , No.3, Seaforth; Murray Gibson, Brucefield. Agents. Alex. Leitch, R.R. 1, Clinton; E. Hinchley, Seaforth; J. A. Murray, R R. No. 3, Seaforth; J. - V. Yeo, Holmesville; R. G. Jarmouth, Born- holm. James Kerr and John Goveni ,.,.. lock, Seaforth, auditors, tt Parties desirous to effect insurance or tranacst other business will be promptly attended to by application to any of the above officers addressed to their respective postoffices, Unless -worms dee expelled ,from s the system; no .chilli can be 'hea'lthy Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator is an excellent medicine to destroy worms. Lice on Cattle. The method of controlling Ilee sug- gested by the South Dakota Agricul- tural College; is to dip the cattle ;dur- ing the Sall and spring.- Dipping of cattle is not advisable, however, dur- ing the winter months on account of Pneumonia. Hand treatment in many cases may relieve the animals until spring when they may be dipp�+l. Three: different treatments aro cnia- monly used. Equal parts of ground sabadilla seed and Bowers of ..nip1: r in the form of a dusting powcjcr ;e a good treatment, ' ADULTS 20c. CHILDREN 15c. RINES You Don't Have to Lig a DAY -FAN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS AT YOUR FINGER-TIPtS. A distinctive feature of all DAY -FAN sets is that you canget: any station, anywhere, at any time, without logging. With every set comes a complete list of broadcasting stations with their dial set- ting. To get KDKA, for instance, simply turn the pointers to 21--' and listen in. All dial settings are the same for every set, everywhere, on: any antennae. There is a model for every taste and purse, and each ane; embodies the same remarkable qualities of tone, volume, selectivity, simplicity of operation; and beauty which diatinguish the DAY -FAN OEM Receivers. Scott Ferguson SEA -FORTH, ONTARIO. ""l verything Radio." Phone 239 r 15, ',, i1G D 1.1' t •Thr ow, rj= Your Old earpets Away. Theymalte new .reveP- ibie "Velvetex" Rugs, Saud for Velvetax Folder 7 CANADA RU6.COMPANY ;LONDON;- ONT.: FEATHERS WANTED Highest prices paid. Max. Wolsb phone 178, Seaforth. Z .dor. E,eZ.E•MA At a.b +ta ti t' S Druu Store Seal 'Orth With the Fitters! ii 6E Says Corns Lift Out 44 Without Any Pain inpn9HM11WtWu4• i l•..u.WY-4•.WM'WYW.uMy„.,•. Sore corns,hard corns, corns or >shortlybe ny kind nd of a corn can lifted right out with the fingers it you will apply directly upon the corn a few drops of freezone, says a Cluelnnatt authority. It is claimed that at small coat ono can get a quarter of an ounce of frees - one at any drug store, which 1s mil - Went to rid one's feet of emery corp or callus without" pain or soreness oe the danger of infection: ' Tine new drug is an ether compound. and while sticky,, dries the moment it Isapplied and does notinflame or even irritate the surrounding' tissue. ro *Thin announcement will interest many women here, for it in said that the present high -heel footwear is put. Mg Corns on practically every, women's. reef, ' For Frost Bites and Chilblains.— Chilblains cane .frost undue exposure to slush and cold and frost -bite from the icy winds Of winter. In the treat- nient of eibhe Man excellent prepara- tion is Dr. Thomas' Eclectric O'i'l, as it'icounteracts '4he-inflammalta'on and relieves the pain, The action of tlittas oil is prompt and its ippirca'tlop Is extrelnely sitopte.