The Seaforth News, 1962-04-12, Page 3Hard Cash - The
Harder The Better!
The writer of the recent letter
to the Christian ScienceMonitor
entitled "Bard Cash", if he Is pa-
tient, may now hear some of the
reasons why the Westerner is so
attached to "real" money,.'
Did he ever hang up his stock -
Ing on Christmas Eve and find,
after he had extracted all the
other contents, a beautiful,
smooth, round five -dollar gold
piece down in the very toe? I
have, Does he rememberthe
childish joy he had in such a gift,
entirely apart from any mone-
tary value? I do,
Was he ever sent to the store
to buy meat or groceries with a
luscious ten -dollar gold piece
tightly clasped in a proud Little
hand? I have gone on such an
, errand, not once, but many times,
and so did all the other children
of my age at that time,
Did he ever stand on a salmi -
house platform at the end of a
"speaking" contest and receive,
while in a state of the most deli-
rious joy, a reddish -gold coin as
first prize? Many of my older
friends did.
Hard money can be cleaned
and made as bright and attrac-
tive as new, as was the custom
for years of one hotel in that part
of the State of Washington
known as The Inland Empire,
When a friend came home from
a trip, with his pockets and/or
'purse filled with bright, gleam-
ing silver dollars, all looking
brand-new, you could walk up to
him and name the hotel where
he stayed.
One act. of the New Deal which
riled some Westerners was re-
moving our treasured gold coins
from circulation and also made it
unlawful to own them. We felt
it a personal insult to have to use
"shadow" looney whose only
worth was the fact that it was
backed by our western gold
stored in New York City or later
Fort Knox,
Hard money means solid worth
to the son or daughter of the.
West. It comes from the moun-
tains or the mountain country
and carries with it some of the
stability and firmness of purpose
of a Mountain, It is not made of
flimsy, deteriorating paper, but
of true metal whose value is en-
hanced by the very severity, of
the struggle to wrest it from its
natural environment.
One who has watched men go
down the mine shafts to work in
the earth over a mile deep; or
who has seen the ore trains at
night snaking their way like liv-
ing jewels up the mountain side
to the bins where the ore is
dumped; or who has stood in the
mills watching the roiling and
boiling of the concentrate as the
gangue attempts •to resist the
compulsion of the reagents to
wrest the good ore from the
worthless sand and rock; who
has walked by roasting furnaces
so hot you can hardly breathe
but where men work all day
earning their -living, or stood at
the. last stage of extraction and
watched the gigantic ladles pour
out the liquid, molten, red -dish -
gold stream of copper, silver and .
gold, hot, alive, vivid; such a one,
I say, need not answer as to why•
he prefers hard to paper dollars,
writes Katherine Lovering Cov-
erdale.
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walks down the Main' street of
the capital in Helena, if he is in
e reflective mood, lie may be
mulling over the fact that he Is
actually walking oe, gold pave-
ment, at least gold ore, This may
be prpved by anyone who wants
to try his skill with a gold pan
when the street is torn ` up - by
construction work, Not Mr noth-
ing is he proud that the capital's
main street is called "Last
Chance Gulch," famous in the
annals of the West for the ever-
new chances to strke it rich,
Where gold is plentiful enough to
walk and ride on there should.
surely be enough to use for
money,
A brother who lived in Seattle
would say "Bring some silver
dollars from Montana so f can
walk around the house and rattle
them in my pockets." It brought
to mind the times when a young
fellow's state of prosperity could
be known just by listening when
he walked down the street!
When a citizen of Montana,
Wyoming, or Nevada, opens his
purse he knows instantly what
the state of his finances is. Never
is he made unhappy by thinking
a one is a ten, or that that large
bundle he has in his hand is
probably only fifteen or twenty
dollars at the most, A. silver
dollar is open and honest and
gives him the news, good or bad,
right away,
Hard money is dirt -resistant.
It gains more polish per year of
circulation than it does dirt. It
rolls cheerfully from hand to.
hand with a sound solidity which
should be a characteristic of all
dependable money, I never hesi-
tate to give a child a silver dol-
lar as a gift or for a little spend-
ing money, but. I find myself
hunting around my wallet for a
clean paper dollar for him and
usually cannot come up with one.
Here in the East the traditional
worth of.hard money is not gen-
erally known, A member of my
family, while here on a trip from
the West, went into a nearby shop
for a midmorning snack, When
she had finished she laid a silver
dollar on the counter. The wait-
ress would not even pick it up; so
positive was her assertion that it
was not money. Sheaves backed
up in this opinion by several pa-
trons who crowded around. Quite
111 discussion took place, not a
little of which was intended to
point out the unreliability of any-
one who would try to pass such
money. Finally a more informed
gentleman cane to her rescue
and succeeded in getting the
waitress to accept the silver
dollar,
Gems Too Valuable
To Be insured
The world's largest jewel col-
lection isso valuable that it can-
not be insured in terms of
money,
It lies safe ii1 the vast vault of
a bank in Teheran, the capital of
Persia.
A recent report revealed that
this great collection has not only
never been completely valued
but also that its pieces have ne-
ver been counted. or appraised by
jewel experts.
They include great numbers of
loose gems whch lie on plates
"piled like ,beans on a platter
under glass -enclosed, velvet -bot-
tomed cases," wrote a reporter
recently.
Apart from loose stones, there
are at least 3,000 gems set in
gold mountings, he said. The
enormous array of glittering
jewels include big diamonds and
emeralds as large as oranges.
In this wonderful collection,
too, is a golden throne and •a
number' of swords with ruby and
diamond encrusted 'handles.
These belonged to ancient rulers
of Persia,
The government owns the col-
lection. Apart from its incalcul-
able cash value, it has'greathia-
torical worth.
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from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The device will transmit back
to earth information on solar radiation storms which may
threaten man's future journies through space.
FLOWERS FOR A FAIR LADY -' Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy
smiles at an Indian boy who presented flowers to her during
a visit to a boys' home in New Delhi.
TIIEFA1�N FRONT
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The formula for broiler breed
excellence is not ,as simple as
the three basic measurements
familiar to students of the hu-
man form.
M. S. Mitchell, chief of pro-
duction in the Canada Depart-
ment of Agriculture's poultry
division, says 4.38, 2.24 and
195.5 are desirable statistics for
any broiler chick. They were
reached by male chicks of a.
Canadian breeder at the recent
central meat test conducted by
the department for commercial
broiler breeders.
* * ' *
What do they mean?
The body weight of the bird
at nine weeks was 4.38 pounds.
The amount of feed required to
put on each pound of body
weight was 2.24 pounds. The
percentage of the first figure in
relation to the second gives PE
- performance efficiency -
which is a way of comparing
the birds' ability'to convert feed
to meat.
* * *
Most producers are not satis-
fied with such meagre informa-
tion. They want to know the
mortality rate (3.64 per cent in
this case), time taken to reach
the 3 -Ib. weight (49 days), the
percentage of grade A carcasses
(92.5), and uniformity of the
stock.
The 195.5 PE was the highest
recorded in five years of tests,
says Mr. Mitchell. The females
in the last test also reached a
new high.
* * *
These records would .indicate
that, Canadian, broiler breeders
should have nothing to fear from
competition with United States
breeders, he added.. The tests
were entered by eight commer-
cial stocks, all from Ontario, •
two of them being of U.S. breed-
ing and rated highly .south of
the border, The U.S. stocks stood
third and sixth in the eight en-
tries when male and female re-
sults were combined and com-
pared on the PE basis.
* * *
Producers not entirely wrap-
ped up in performance effici-
ency would be interested in an-
other Canadian entry which had
no mortality and statistics of
4,23, 2.27 and 186.3,; said Mr. Mit
ebell,
Females of the breed which
headed the male PE rating had
no • mortality either. Their sta-
tistics were: 3.32, 2.35 and 141.3,
the' PE rating being second best
in the female classes,
*
Female classes of the eight
commercial entries took 10 days
longer than the males to reach
3 lb. and were almost 1 Ib.
lighter at 9 weeks.
'Test were based on 360 eggs
01each entry, from which 120
reale and 120 female chicks were
used,
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Infestation of poultry build-
ings .by
uild-ings,by rats can be solved with
carefully planned use of poison,
says R. M, Blakely, of Canada
Department of Agriculture's ex-
perimental fax'm at Swift Cur-
rent, Sask. -
Rat control is easier in build-
ings. with deep foundations, ctm-
crete floors and heavily scrt-t:n-
ed openings, in older buildings,
sheet metal can be used to block
the rodents` access to spaces be;
tween wall studdings.
Regardless of the type of
structure, good housekeeping is
essential, Mr. Blakely stresses.
* * *
Special care is required in the
newer pole barns, especially if
they are located near refuse
dumps or other breeding
grounds and are serviced by un-
derground plastic hoses. Serious
flooding can result if rats cut
the hoses.
* * *
The introduction of Warfarin
has helped the war on rats, Mr.
Blakely notes,
Warfarin, used either as a
feed additive or mixed in water,
is especially effective if the
buildings are not in use. Since
no other feed is available, the
rats consume the poison readi-
ly. To be effective, it must be
eaten over a period of several
days.
If the buildings are being used,
the poisoned feed or water
should be placed in sheltered
runways. A long, wide board
propped against a wall in a
darkened area makes a suitable
runway for the rodents.
0 * *
A mixture of 40 per, cent plas-
ter of Paris and 60 per cent fine-
ly ground feed or flour is also
an effective rat poison. T h e
technique is to place a quart
sealer, one-quarter full of the
mixture, on its side. Rats will
enter and eat the contents, but
hens will not put, their heads
in the container.
Once rats have been brought
under control, continued vigi-
lance is needed to prevent their
return,
Snob Appeal in
License Plates
Snobs in England are already
beginning to lay plans to get
around the order of Ernest
Marples, Minister of Transport,
stopping the "prestige number
plate transfer system."
The minister aims to make it
almost impossible in future for
snobs, or indeed others, to match
their cars' registration numbers
with their personal initials.
But snobs are not despondent.
Almost is not quite. The move
will, of course, make personaliz-
ed numbers more desirable still.
The money value, or cost, of
personalized registration in the
past has been but 115 ($14).
To get an old -two -letter, one-..,
figure number -JM 1, JM 2, etc,
-the snob has simply had to find
out through a local licensing au-
thority what has happened to the
car•originally bearing the initial
and figure he wanted. If it had
been broken up he could then
pay a fee and have the registra-
tion transferred to his new car.
The comedian harry Tate even
owned a one -letter, one -figure
number -T 8.
An antique registration has al-
ways had more appeal than a re-
latively new one Tor obvious
reasons. it suggests that either
the number or the driver has
been in the family for genera-
tions, (Harry Tate's was genuine
-he had been one of the first
motorists in England,)
If, however, an apt later num-
ber was still being driven about,
the snob could arrange a trans-
fer, also for a :135 fee, when the
Machine was sold or destroyed.
ISSUE 13 - 11182
O1' he could, if be wished, per-
suade the current owner to sell
or destroy it instantly. Many
have done so.
Work for licensing authorities.
was not at first very onerous.
Recently, however, with the
rapid spread of status, authorities
have had to spend a great deal
of time searching through old
records, out of sheer courtesy.
At the same time criminals
have been taking advantage of
the courtesy in order to transfer
numbers from wrecked cars not
to prestige cars but to stolen cars,
writes John Allan May in the
Christian Science Monitor,
"Ending the transfer arrange.
ments will safeguard the regis-
tration system and save admin-
istrative time and costs," the
Ministry of Transport explains;
"The arrangement for transfer-
ring a registration number from
a car of which an owner is dis-
posing to one he is acquiring will
continue," it adds, "tinder certain
conditions,"
It will thus be possible, if the
conditions are fulfilled (they
have yet to be announced) for
someone to keep a well -loved
number that he has -already.
It will also be possible for a
snob to buy the car that has the
number he wants and later trans-
fer the number when he disposes
of that car.
A further alternative is for a
snob to keep watch on licensing
areas where suitable initial let-
ters are known to be becoming
available, (They are distributed
geographically,) He can then
travel there, buy a new car, and
get for it the proper initials. And
if he is first in the queue on the
right day he can get the first
serial number to go with the
initials
In future the prestige of having
your own registration number in
Britain will therefore be greatly
increased. Far you will be mark-
ed as either one who has had the
vehicle in the family for genera-
tions 'or as one who has worked
for his number, a snob indeed
who really cares.
Cows Banned From
Madrid Houses
Cowkeepers in Madrid are
worried by a new drive aimed at
banning cows from the city's
buildings. Between 800 and 1,200
cows are kept in Madrid, some
of them on the ground floor of
apartments within a stone's
throw of the city centre.
These cows never see a real
meadow and are kept in dirty
conditions. As a result their milk
is• of inferior quality.
Some keepers try to exercise
their small herds by walking
them through the streets of Ma-
drid very early in the morning.
But this annoys the city's street
cleaners.
Although charged at times
with adulterating their dairy
produce, most of these cow own-
ers are honest men, and proud,
too, of their ancient family busi-
ness as milk suppliers. They are
resisting all attempts to evict
them,
To give up cow -keeping on
sites where their families have
done so for 300 years, means not
only severing a greatly cherished
tradition, It means ruin.
For most of these men are
poor. They own only -two or
three cows or, at the most, a
dozen. And if turned out of their
city buildings, they would soon.
be destitute.
They haven't enough money to
buy farms in the countryside be-
yond Madrid. They would lose
their dairy customers, and also
those who depend on them for
garden manure,
teanning a party, the wives
decided to wear dresses to
match the husband's hair, "My
brown will do," said one. "Gray
for me," said another. The third
stammered, "I'm afraid I won't
be able in come."
LINDA' SCIIOOI
_LESSON
By Rev, 11,. Barclay Warren,
B.A., [1.1).
Toward a Mature Faith
2 'Timothy 1:3-7; 3:10-17
Memory Selection: But grow
in grace, and in the knowledge
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, 2 Peter 3:18,
00 reading the second .letter
to Timothy, one is aware that
the writer certainly possesses a
mature faith, He is pointing :out
to Timothy, and to us, the way
to gain such matureness of faith,
Timothy had a good start, His
mother and grandmother before
hien were living examples of
Christian faith, And the finest
testimony we have to the genu-
ineness of their faith is that it
was transmitted to Timothy in
early childhood. Faith is the gift
of God and His most beautiful
way of giving it is through the
channel of godly parents. James
Robb, writing in Arnold's Com-
mentary says, "Another benefit
appears as Paul testifies, 'From
a child thou has known the holy
scriptures,' The learning process
begins long before the letters of
a printed page become intellig-
ible to a child. One may be too
late in instructing a child in the
Word of God, but never too early.
In early manhood he is wel-
comed and received as a 'son in
the gospel' and thenceforth is in
fellowship with the brightest in-
tellect and most dynamic writ
of his day, Incidentally, Chris-
tian homes attract good company
which, in turn, enriches life and
faith immensely."
Timothy had some advantages
over Paul, He never had to un-
learn any wrong philosophy. Ha
never had to unload bitter preju-
dice, Ho did not have to spend
three years in Arabia becoming
oriented in a new way of life. '
At an age comparable to that of
Paul at conversion, Timothy is
ready for a bishopric,
Paul's faith has been tested.
But in calm confidence he can
say, "God hath not given us the
spirit of fear; but of power, and
of love, and of a sound mind."
What strength radiates from that
statement, And there is no great-
er strength than the strength of
love, Christ's death on the cross
proves this.
Paul faces death with the same
type of fortitude, "I am now
ready -" We need not be whim-
pering weaklings. We can be
strong through the faith of our
Lord Jesus Christ,
Why is it that every grand-
father one meets 'had to walk
exactly three miles to school
every day?
CHAIRMAN -TV personality
Bud Collyer will serve as na-
tional chairman for 18th an-
nual U.S. National Sunday
School Week.
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