The Seaforth News, 1931-02-05, Page 2Reckless Driver Families From
Will Be Curbed Britain Making
Good Out West
Safety Responsibility Rulings
Wil Feature 1931 Motor •a
Legislation
Aµtomobile legislation in Canada annual report of the Canada Colonize-,
annd the United States during 1931 tion Association shows._ The work, of
will be concerned chiefly with the the Association covers all provinces
enactment of safety responsibility reibtltiy' from Ontario to the Pacific ,Coast.
lays for the control of the reckless "A thorough check-up of the. fami-
lies This is the Prediotion of the l lies settled by the Association since
made can bbhe Association 1925 shows that only 12per cent. have
made in its latent bulletin, issued this failed," Col- Dennis stated. "Of con -
week. siderable interest is the fact that only
The motoring body 'believes_ that 16 per cent, of British Families placed
safety responsibility rulings similar to
were failures.The marked success
the law now in force in Ontario and with British families is due to careful
several states on the other side of the
Winnipeg.—During 1930, 489 fami-
lies were settled on 92,666 acres, the
purchase price being $1,962,919, "the
border will come up before the ma-
jority of legislaturesin the United
States and Canada in the •spring. It is
now definitely known that: Quebec,
Arkansas, Illinois, North Carolina,
Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio,
Texas, Virginia, South Carolina, Wash-
ington and West Virginia will take
some action."
For the rest, the safety responsibil-
ity law is now in force in whole or in
Dart in Ontario, Manitoba, NOV York,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, California,
Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, Wiscon-
sin,'Vermont, New Jersey, New Hamp-
shire and Minnesota, This means, the
A.A.A. estimates, that ,one-half, of the
drivers in Canada and one-third of
those in the United States are operat-
selection and constant supervision."
Col. J. 5. Dennis was re-elected Pre-
sident. Reports showed a marked ;suc-
cassin the settlement schemes of the
organization with 4,107 families set-
tled on 936,934 acres, the total pur-
chase price being $35,115,202.
P. L. Naismith, Victoria, was re-
elected vicepresideut and the follow-
ing appointed to the directorate:—D.
C. Coleman, Winnipeg; C. T. Jaffray,
Minneapolis; C. M. Bowman, Water-
loo; James A. Richardson, Winnipeg;
J. N. K. MacAliser, Montreal; S. G.
Porter, Calgary; Geo. A. Walker, Cal-
gary, and W, J. Blake Wilson, Van-
couver.
T. 0. F. Herzer was re -appointed
manager, and A. E. Love, secretary -
treasurer.
Jug. undersone'or more of its clauses.
"Officials in charge of the enforce-
ment of law In those sections where De x. Reduces
the law is in force are confident that
it is fulfllinn its major object, namely,
the control of the reckless and irre-
sponsible driver," Thomas P. Henry,
president of the association declared.
`The best proof of the confidence of
these officials'lies in the fact that they
are advocating the strengthening of its
features."
Air Mail Route
Repeats History
Winnipeg - Pembina Link
Recalls West's Postal
Outlet in 1862
Ottawa.—History is repeating itself
with the inauguration on Feb. 2 of a
new air mail service between Winni-
peg and St. Paul, At the post office
department it is recalled that the
Gasoline Bills
Inventor Claims Saving of
One -Third on Fuel Costs
A fuel saving of one-third is claim-
ed through the use of a small' device
which has been perfected by Dr. Mil-
ler R. Hutchison, former chief en-
gineer for Thomas A. Edison, accord-
ing to a report from New York, The
ex-
Shows '•
Shows
m • How
ss 131113• Brown, 22 -year-old feminine jumper, Who put it all over
men in target chuting event at charity air circus, Grand Central Air
terminal, .Glendale, Calif., landing in exact centre of airport from 5,000 -
foot altitude.
Winter Fair Girl Guests Mystery Auto
Write Letter of Thanks i To ;mace Over
Four Corners of Ontario,.
December 4th, 1930
Mr. A. P. Westervelt,
Manager of. Royal Winter Fair,
217 Bay Street,
Toronto, Ontario.
Dear Sir:—
Lonely Beach
n eyed%rare),
W0,aro aware that we,e j
privileges in • being given free admis
sion to the bog;Shoty and the Horse Australia To. Contend With
Sliow. •
Tho opportunity of seeing "The
World's Greatest Agricultural Fair"
was one never to be forgotten,
British and America for
World's Speed Re -
Cord
We shall;take` great pride in broad-. In addition to American and British
Each of; the two hundred and. sixty casting our impression of the splen-
con teudor`s for ••the world's speed ren
girls from rural Ontario, who' were dour of it all. ord, a prominent Australian racing
your guests,. would like to say 'thank With best wishes for continued sue driver, Norman "Wizard" Smith, has
'you" individually, but. we realize, if cess and prosperity, we are ; made preparations to attack the late
Yours very truly,
we: did so, you would be simply be- Sir Henry Segrave's record Of 231
1 _sieged wih letters, so, as represents -Flossie Lewtas, Thunder Bay District miles an !tour. Smith, for whom a
ti from the North South East and Dorothy Blight, Essex County • 'special car is now being built,in Bri-
ll
vas
West of Ontario, may we convey their Gladys Buckingham, Russell County. , nag, .will make his run at tile Ninety-
message of appreciation to you. •Ida Van Der Hoorn, Durham County. Mile Beach, in New Zealand, as soon
after the middle of February as con-
New'Submarine: Lung. Enables
Crews to Work 50 -ft, Deeper
Washington --The United States
navy has found its men • can live .50
feet 'deeper • in the ocean • than its
Antwerp Buildinot ditions on the course Permit.
Probably no other driver has ever
F Skyscraper had the difficulties e
les i to far that Smith
J has. He has obtained one of the
famous Schneider CO aeroplane en-,
The Old World is gradually
accept -1
gines used in the successful British
most sturdy submarines are expected= Ing many innovations of modern times. I machines last year, a compact motor
Witness changing sanitation methods, j of the most modern design of amazing-
to descend.
This: factor, Rear Admiral George electrical refrigeration, and now Ear- ly small bulk, -developing 1,900 horse-
Rock
orso-
Rock told the House Naval Commit ope is to have her first' skyscraper. power. This engine, however, remains
tee, will ddcrease the dangers of sub- Belgium. is thus responsible for the j the property of the British govei•n-
marino' disasters in. less than 300 Continent's first tall business struc- maul as the design is regarded as an
feet of .water.' tune - We read in The Celotex News Air Ministry secret It is said that it
The most modern , submarines In
the navy are built to withstand a
pressure of 132 pounds to thesquare
inch at $00 Feet. But men wearing
the' new "Iung" have worked under
a ,pressure- of 154 pounds, equal to a
depth of 350' fet,.. without any pro-
tection other than the oxygen provid-
ing bag.
By, the end of the next •fiscal 'year,
the chief of the Bureau of Construe -
tion and Repair added, the navy.ex-
l� j� peels to have all its submarines
Bel �ul� and Fr •. rice Combination School equipped • with hatches and "lungs" building on the Continent. Built along prints which had been forwarded from
(Chicago): I the full specifications of the motor
"When: Columbus discovered Ameri• were known to foreign powers the
ca, Antwerp was already a city with matter would probably be regarded as,
centuries of.history behind it; rte one a of futernationai importance.
cathedral of Notre Dame, the finest: Smith, therefore; has been forced to
example of Gothic architecture in Bel -1 give an. undertaking that none except
Glum, was nearly 150 years old. Bat -j himself, the designer of the.. car, Don
tered by centuries of war, the,cathe•I Harkness, and two mechanics will be
dral's 400 -foot spire has since towered allowed to even see' the engine.
alone over the plains of Flanders. Prior to the arrival of the engine in
"But. now it has a rival in Europe's . Australia from England, work on the
first sky -scraper, the. twenty stories of I chassis was commenced and the neces-
which make it the tallest commercial I skated working entirely from blue
i�ln ar't Air Proves Attractive So crews nano eschpe to the surface neo y Yp I when authority to obtain the
4 au emergency.
Service t® `�'®O
interest Held by New Plan as Chinese Womer Now
in nearly t )cal American' lines, but to Brittain w
the design of Architect Van Hoenack- engine was :given.
erg it is the old world's' first major el- Design of Vehicle.
fort.to make its cities grow upward in- In design Smith's vehicle resembles
Have Full Status stead of outward. . Segrave's "Golden Arrow" closely. The
Never Before, Dairy- 1 "Translated as accurately as pox engine is a twelve -cylinder unit in
Brussels.—The Belgian Chamber is g
shortly to be called upon to ratify the men Told i Nanking.—Equality of men and wo- Bible from the Flemish, the structure's three banks of four each, arranged in.
agreement signed in Brusels ou May' a combined agri• men in chis country le Provided by a cremes `The. Farmers Cq opera a "broad arrow." It bas been found
mechanism will also, It is claimed, —The new law whtctr has passed the Legislative
g gSondon, name b
reduce the danger o1 poisonous
between Belgium and France for cultural and high school .being open- tive Building.' Its lower floors, fol- possible in Smith's car, while stili re-
increase the life of 'the establishment in common of a rel ated at Ridgetown is proving a great) Council, lowing the line of a street, swing in a teinlog the curious tri -pointed nose of
haunt gases and I The law, incorporated in the civil wide semicircle. This portion of the Segrave5s machine, to reduce the area
lubricating oils between Antwerd'
success, tcode, is primarily intended to elevate rounding is approximately the same
1 •ill Belgian
g offered 'wind resistance, and the car
pular air service a ween "' s and is Keeping farm boys
an
The inventor says his .device will Belgium and line
wietb e,girls in the school two years longer
Congo. The will be worked by afore the stxt fourth an- women to the same position as that height as other new Antwerp coin-
give
Sower, the overall height befog only
give a qualitative analysis of the ex -
the
than ever b Y enjoyed by the women of the western
t gases From the engine to which .the two countries in, conjunction from nual convention of the Dairymen's As -
world.
structures. Above this rises three feet 2 inches, against three feet
haus g s Paris to Ligenge ,the two ends, Ant- world. It is known as the. -law of
it. is attached. BY noting the amountsociation, of Western Ontario was in- the• setback or "tower just as on Ameri- nine inches for Segrave's car.
rp Pads and Llbenge Elisabethville tl byW. R Reek, 8 S A family relations. can ski -scrapers• Smith's automobile will have, a very
supe!to'u tobetweenthe
carburetor for better gasoline con-' SOnnel slid material. . the Provincial Experrmental Farm on
perty.rvitltout the consent of; her True Antwerp has taken - the lead among rear wheels, The steering gear trill
band, she now has full power to do European cities. in London, ample, the present maximum ,for ex- also 1>e duplicated, and coueight is, to each of the front wheels. Great
pled direct
of unburned fuel passing out of the we formed recently ee , " r While under the old laws a woman ' '•13r permitting the oonstruetion of small clearance, the driver's seat bo-
exhaust, the motorist may adjust the being served entirely by Belgian pot'• intendent of the school and of
was forbidden dispose of her pro The -Farmers Co-operative B ild g leg twin driver
fur-
shafts to it
sumption. 1 The agreement is for a period of which it is located.
bl f
The invention is attached to the ten years and is .renews a or. ..i Mr. Reek sari that the new. Pian,
e route was chosen in 1862 for ash of any 'car without extra equip- tiler ten-year terms with the option whereby boys and girls were given vo- whatever she pleases with her own
sante d 5, wealth. Unmarried daughters have
the first . movement of mail from the ment except an auxiliary air valve on � for either country to continue the ex- rational training in addition to tuition
Selkirk settlement in Manitoba to the intake manifold. This is neves- ploitatlon should the other, for any in cultural subjects, was ]seeping the the same Tight of property inheritance
rl ver can a ort more I reason, renounce le Part. On May 25, teen-age boys and girls off the streets as sons. The. duty of' a wife to; obey
Eastern Canada. nary so that the d t i
Next month Canadian airplanes will air into the carburetor as the iudi 1929, the. Sabena Societe anonyma . as, no: educational system had ever . her husband is not recognized by: law.,
c• for of the device shows carbon Belga Pour l'exploitation de la naviga-'done before, and turning out better
C.NhR. Prize ~Awarded
I 1 To, Alberta Farmer
carry mail from Winnipeg to Pembina,
North Dakota. Just inside the United
States border. From thence it will
be Gown eastward to re-enter Canada
at Windsor.
The area north of the Great Lakes
which 70 years ago presented such
difficulties to the men who sought to
carry mail to early western settle-
ments today offer distinct hazards to
the aviator. The choice of a route
through Pembina, into St. Paul and
eastward into Windsor completes the
Parallel with the route chosen at the
beginning of development in the
prairies.
The route established in 1562 was
confirmed at Confederation in 1870
In 1879 a railway' was built from Win-
nipeg to Pembina and not until 1884
wheu the Canadian Pacific Railway
was built was au all -Canadian route
available.
Car Flints
When Clutches Spin
Too tight an adjustment of the
clutch or oil on the clutch brake ac-
count for most of the trouble known
as a spinning clutch. The latter is
the more commoner of the two. it
makes gear shifting more difficult.
'Backfire. Causes
monoxide in the exhaust gas
Scotland Installs
tion aerieune), the Belgian Govern- farmers and better all-round citizens.
merit -subsidizer) air company, was Another a leaker was•Professor J. C.
authorized by Parliament to increase Stockley, of the Department of Animal
is capital and modify its statutes with; Husbandry the oatario Agricultural
Winnipeg. — Robert Cochrane, of
A "Talking" Beacon the object of making all necessary pTe- College at Guelph He declared that Grande Prairie, Alberta, has been
• rd d th special nal Canadian National
Glasgow—.4. talking beacon, the in- parations, EhsaUethville is only the the good milker was the • man who awarded e P c
g temporary terminus and the service w quickly,
because Railways cash prize in.reoogMtion of
p could do the work q 3
rentiou of Charles A. Stevenson, a will be extended as soon as passen °U his victory at. the Chicago internation•
cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson, then the greatest amount of milk and
al livestock exposition where he won
has been installed at Little Cum- gets, goods and Postal traffic warrant
the higher percentage of butter fat
brae Lighthouse on the Firth of
Clyde.
It is the first of its kind aad con•
sista of a radiotelephone transmis-
sion of a fog signal and speech from
a gramophone record. It. speaks the
word "Cumbrae" and counts out the
ship's distance in miles, and cables
from the signal station.
Santiago Welcomes
League Secretary
Santiago, Chile,—Sir Eric Drum-
mond, secretary general of the League
of Nations, arrived here recently from
Buenos Aires.
He was welcomed by an official re-
ception committee at the railroad sta-
tion and later received by President
Carlos Ibanez at La Moneda Palace.
Chile is the fourth Latin-American
country visited by Sir Eric on his
"good will" tour. Tho %Government ar-
ranged an official program for the dis-
tinguished visitor, including several
state banquets.
Backfiring may mean the sticking
c valve at times, but a f
of n_ ictal e v species o
a beds
P described number o E
The lit
T e
more likely accurate diagnosis is too animals has been estimated at about
lean a mixture at the carburetor. It 750,000 according to Dr. W. T. Calman,
shows up best in idling and acceler- Keeper of Zoology, British Museum,
" anon when the engine is cool,
Friction Is Better
Here is the engineer's opinion on
chains: They are safer because the
co -efficient of friction between metal
and ice or snow Is greater than that
between rubber and the same slip-
pery surfaces.
A humming noise in the differen-
tial after it has been tightened, oc-
curring when the engine is being
driven by the rear wheels, indicates
too tight an adjustment,
Valuable Results
Since safety education work for the
prevention of accidents to children
was first undertaken eight years ago,
the ratio of child traffic fatalities has
been decreased nearly 39 per cent,, ac-
cording to the National Automobile
Clialhber of Commerce:
0-- —
"Oasiest" Motorists
Motorists of Arizona consumed more
gasoline per capita than those of any
other State :in the Union last year;
Their consumption averaged 060 gal -
Ions. California motorists, with a t
consumption of 034 gallons, ran 'ser -
o1111
It•Tlte service will be of great advent-. were obtainable. In answer to a ques-
1
tion he said experiments had shown
age to Ike northern area of the Bel• { that it was impossible to get more milk
gran Longo. Bangui, for example, is, with a milking -machine than by hand.
now five or six weeks' distance from In fact, the results had been Found' to
Brussels, while it should be reached he about the same.
In seven days by air, and the Fort
Lamy region, which it now takes a
couple of months to attain, requires
but fire day's travel in the alr. Outlook Improving
The London Free Press takrs an
optimistic view for the future We
Pasteurization of Milk
Montreal Presse: Pasteurization to-
day is a great step forward in hygiene.
it has already saved lives in towns
where it has been introduced. It has
the world's, championship for 1930 in
timothy seed. The prize is awarded
by the Canadian National Railways to
the Canadian taking first prize in the
timothy seed competition.
The railways' award for the cham-
pion in the alfalfa feed class was cap-
tured by Nick Chjelte, of Ranier, Al-
berta, who has been taking champion-
ships at the Chicago show in this
division for a number of years.
read: Quebec Has Record
"There is no question that the Roadbuilding Year
prosperity of Western Canada and That 1930 was ,unexcelled by any
the whole of Canada, to a large de•
previous year In the variety and im-
portance of the work carried to com-
pletion on Quebec high'vays is the
dictum of the department of roads
for the province in a bulletin issued
this week.
The report points out that, while
ten years ago there were only 4,000
miles of improved road in !the pro-
vince, to -day there are almost 14,000
miles. During the year the depart-
ment completed the ;construction on
industry, has adopted a resolution re- Gannets.and whales point out where 30 miles of main highway and 1,058
commending that all milk offered for 'herring -shoals are. The whale goes tulles of second and third clase'roads,
sale in towns and villages should be round a shoal like a clog round a besides starting work on 500 miles of
Pasteurized.
gree, depends upon wheat, so that
Prevented 'illnesses and the mental • with .the outlook improving there is
sufferingwhich accompanies impaired every ground forconfidence as to the
physical health. Itis generally admit- future. However, this does not help
ted that milk and milk products are out the hard pressed Prairie Prov
the most important' articles in the inces, where this .winter, in many
family larder, The importance of pas- sections, there is undoubtedly real
teurization is proved by Children's . hardship, Every reasonable help and
assistance should be extended to tide
the West over the present crisis."
health organizations. The national
council of the milk industry, an or-
gauization composed of representa-
tives of all branches of commerce and
eighty feet with two additional stories! forethought' has •been given to the
Permitted for roofs, spires, turrets front axle to prevent wabble or "shim -
and similar ornamental work. That • raying,' while both axles are held in
Antwerp should be the first continent- • place by radius rods, taking the strain
al city to permit the, exeetipn of a tail off the springs. Each of the massive
commercial structure is especially disc wheels Is being turned out of a
noteworthy, because no oily of the old solid ingot and 'is carefully tested for
world has had a stormier career.
From the days when Spanish armies
were overrunning the Netherlands and
Flanders, Antwerp has been a fortified of the engine, which is understood to
city, almost continually harassed by have cost about $40,000, and the whole
the armies of various nations." expense is being borne by a resident
of Sydney, Fred II. Stewart.
When the car is completed it will be
shipped 1,200 miles across the Tasman
Sea to New Zealand and will be landed
at Auckland. The Ninety Mile Beach,
which is in reality only fifty ,miter
long, but is, nevertheless, one of tit
most striking stretches of sand in ahs
world, lies 250 miles north of Auck
land, at the farthest point itt New
Zealand on the rugged west coast is
a wild and desolate region, After be-
ing shipped by rail and boat, the car
will still have to be transported for
seventy-five miles along narrow, pre-
cipitous roads through broken forest
country to the nearest settlement on
the :beach, Kaitaia, whiclt is the last
link with civilization. Aere are situ.
flock of sheep. road.
Will Demonstrate at Buenos Aires Show
One of most efficient vessels of its type in world, British aeroplane carrier "Eagle" 'will shortly be "on display" in Buenos Aires du 'ing
British Empire Trade exhibition, She will 'carry special aircraft for d emonstration.
balance.
Cost of Racing Car.
The cards -to cost 030,000, exclusive
Battery Care
Important Now
Should Be Kept on as Full
Charge as Possible
During the winter months of all
parts of the car that should be given
more attention than at any other sea-
son the battery is cited by mechanics
as being' the most important i1 the
maximum of trouble-free operation is
to be enjoyed.
Winter makes heavy demands on
this part of the automobile and re-
quires that it be in good working ated:hoteis and telegraph offices, gar
condition. Cold engines ,are stiff and Sges.and shops, 'but beyond this for
the twenty-five miles to the beach
itself are only two tiny hamlets at
countrycrossroads.
The Keach itself is deserted at mot. -
real times, the only signs of civiliz-
ation being small houses scattered at
the back of the sandhille every few
miles. Here and there are seen Maori
toheloa hunters roaming about in
require a powerful starting effort and
a correspondingly heavy discharge
from the battery. Naturally, the bat-
tery should be kept in a well charged
condition. For wjnter work it should
always be kept on as full charge as
conditions permit.
The effect of frost on the battery
should be atken into consideration, If
a battery freezes the plates will be small parties, but few People movedamaged. Fortunately, a battery is 'about the sand. It is necessary for
Smith to erect sheds and garages for
his .cars,establish a camp for accom-
modating his party, andbring in quan-
tities of supplies, gasoline and oil.
In addition to the "Stewart Special,"
vity,' 18 degrees Fahrenheit of frost Smith will bring anotiar car to New
will freeze it. At 1,160 specific gravity Zealand, a .composite vehicle. In this
2 degrees above zero will cause car he made an unofficial world's ten -
mile record of 145 miles an hour last
likely to freeze only when it Is in a
discharged condition, and the solution
has become weak. Periodical use
should be taken into consideration. If
meter to test the state of charge. If
the acid is down to 1,100 specific gra-
freezing. At 1,220 specific gravity the
battery is practically safe and will
not freeze at 30 below zero. A speci-
fic gravity of 1,240 will withstand
freezing at 50 below zero, in winter
it is especially .important to keep the
acid level well above the tops of the
plates -
Board Declares London
Tramways As "Obsolete"
London,—Gradual abolition of Bri-
tain's tramways, as street cars aro year Berg brought out his Old -World
called here, is recommended ina the ropemaking devices and now basks' in
final report o1 the nation's txafiic syn• the sou ani day, spinning oorcls, laartats,
tem which a royal commission has twine and rope.
just submitted to the Government.
"It is our considered view,' the coin- TEA ACCESSORIES.
mission says, "that tramwaysif not , Try serving with your five o'clock
an obsolete form of transportation, are'. tea, thin ginger- wafers spread' with
at all events in a state of obsolescence cream cheese. They may be made in
and cause 'much unnecessarycongas-. sandwich form and are quickerand
tion and considerable danger to the easier to make than bread and butter
publtcl' I sandwiches.
Hand Rope -Making Revived
By 80 -Year -Old Californian
Oakland, Callf, - Rope -making by
hand, long considered one of the lost
arts, has been revived by Adolph Berg,
eighty years old.
Berg, a native of Germany, learned -
the trade in his native country, but
after machines started turning out,
rope he turned to hod carrying. Last