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The
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Published at
WINQHAM - ONTARIO
f.xvery Thursday Morning by
fete Advance -Tierces Publishing Co.
4tbecription Rate -- One Year $2.00
Sb months, $1.00in advance
To U. S. A., $2.50 per year.
Foreign rate, $3.00 per year,
zA;dverti;sing rates on application.
CANADIAN MONEY
AT A DISCOUNT
To most of us the fact that the
Canadian Dollar is helow 'Saar in the
United States may appear to loran
but little but as a matter of Tact it is -
of vital importance. After tate weir
the I-iydre CommisSion sold a great
zriunS of their bends in Ncw "oik,
and snow w•itli the. latenliao Dollar
worth approXimatedy ninety cents, it
is necessary for the Commission to
raise considerable more anouey to
meet their obligations titan would
otherwise he, necessary. The differ-
ent iuunieipal systems have been ask-
ed to supply the necessary money,
d sone towns are objecting to this
extra levy. Just what the tonal corn-,
mission will do we, have not been in- j
formed, but of one fact we are cer-
tain, and that is, doe to plotter man-
agement the local sy; tem is in a first
class position to meet any obligation
that it may have in this respect.
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TH .-,. WENGHAM ADVANCE -TINES
not allow a meth) repair man to work
on ;t machine until the fieense is pro-.
d.u.ced.
* * ,
the total cost of the Imperial Ec-
onomic 'Conference 'teas $238,581,
the argtuiwnt is now on at Ottawa
as to whether tills motley -ivtis well
spent,
* *
The price cIf wheat has weakened
of late, Thiin is e condition that is
of vital interest to Canada. Pros-
perity .will never get around the cor-
ner until the 'farmer receives better
lances for bis produce;
* * * *
The greatest ,Of all all activities
is the fowl suppers,
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Bagpipes are to enter Canada free
of duty. Now ain't that something!
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Weather predictions kr the coni -
het winter have been many and no
two alike. One of these guesses will
surely be right.
It is said the Government Loan to
be launched shortly will bear 4i;'n
interest, 0 where, 0 where has the
interest rate of 51% .gone?
AN INTERESTING
LETTER FROM CALI
The following is a letter received
y Mrs. Pettigrew from her daught-
r, Margaret (Mrs. Winton Wilkin),
hose husband lives at Cali, Colotn-
ia, S. America. Margaret has been
n a visit to Colombia :and her very
teresting descriptive letter will, no
oubt, prove to be greatly appreciate
d. by our readers.
"Here 'I sit it a delightfully cool
room with its tiny intriguing balcony
which overlooks the main street of
Cali, Colombia, and incidentally a
oily littler€ver rushing its busy way
award the Pacific.
A block away is the armouries in
s park -like setting; a setting which
much enhanced by a quaint open -
r chapel and its profusion of tropi-
flowers. This week there has
een a fiesta there in honour of the
aint in the little chapel, namcly
arnen—the. Saint of the oidiers.
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TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES bl
Mr. justice Raney at London last b
week made two sug-gesti4,nd to the
Grand Jury that if put in force wouldd
do much to lessen .loss of life and e
damage to property by automobile
accidents. These suggestions were;
"That all horse-drawn vehicles
have a red .reflector fastened on the
rear of the vehicles...
"That all truck stalled or parked , _n
an the highways from sunset to sun -.t'
rise be compelled to put out a red
Care in front and in rear of the truck it
adistance of at least thirty-fiveis
arils." ai
changed automobile has cha_ed traffic b
bol
ci nditiaas so greatly this last number
of yenta's that new re.gu aiione to in-
sttrc fetyy cOnstaatl: have to be L
made, The driver of the horse is cer-
Minty entitled to consideration a, bI
ii
well as the motorist, and it would
seem a red reflenteor fastened on his -t
1 would help eat]y to insure
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vehicle SS4` *� t i� `
kris safety. cin
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Freight rags ani the Lakes have in- - e
v cox al front a ., to seven Tents sin-
'ce tate . early 'art f 1'.._v, \1i.ah ,he a
present price of grain, :.r, is a severe
hare:=:ip ,`tut the Western x.1•+n:er.
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i 5 cs ra,?2Li;i that $Et),etoo,dbl'1i�
^k iotee sales o �':arada will. be
` arr ai tai Etre .. e :as a re -
suit i I e: Tai ?
ce if this terns e nt two be a tact,
trade 'within the Et:ap;re w l sereneL
het e
it -greased, as .i at E.'\f ..,.,3e t : w�'te ese.
I, hied States.
only exercise, but painful muscles
and none too comfortable sun -tans.
When deck gables were organized
Mr. B: eves appointed ' bead .of the
Shuffle 'board ttaurnanuntt, and, as he
w'ati pairing off partners, cane to tete
and said "How would yo'u like to
play with the Most illustrious person
aboard? I'll give yen first choice."
Now how would I lilee it? Of course
it would be nice, particularly when
that person happened to be one of
the most charming niers one would
care ta meet, none other than Mr.
F. M. Deering,- American Atubassa-
doe to Peru, Fortunately Mr. D. was
an eseellent player and we won the
three games we played and were sure
of climbing atop to the Prize, only
the Caribbean, which is. never calm,
was particularly rough and the
games were cancelled, Of course, as
%s any= want, I went about bragging
about our playing, only 'to have my
Buddy announce to our world at sea
that I could not play worth a darn;
it was lir. D. who deserved the cre-
dit.
But I haven't told you about my
Buddy. Here goes, There were three
gay cavaliers aboard to whom' I com-
pletey lost my 'heart. One, my Bud-
dy, named Ludo) Fraser, a' dear lit-
tle lad of 13 who attends King's Col-
legiate School in Windsor, Nova
Scotia. His dad is chief surgeon for
International Petroleum, stationed in
Talara, Peru, and had the honour of
being appointed the official guide to'
H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, on his
last visit to 'R. A. Buddy's mother
is Peruvian, his father Canadian and
Buddy' announces he is' Canadian too;
which is, no doubt, one of the rea-
sons of any great crush. The other
two were Rich. and Rob. Delaney,
15 and 12 respectively, 'nrhe were on
their Way home to Callao, pronounc-
ed Ki -yaw, to spend their vacation
with their parents. Just three home-
sick little 'boys who could hardly
wait until we started down the Pac-
ific, and on their last Ia.p home.
In the dining -room I was at a
table far 'sit, the other five being a
banker from Nicaragua who goes to
Europe twice a year for diversion,
ahem!, a Bernie Aubrey, who is here
in Cali visiting her sister, a Smith
At what seems to be about two `College girl on her tray to Chile to
ticks away and at an angle of about vacation `with her parents, a Vassar
deereete tower the mighty Andes, girl here in Cali with her parents,
lent and so beautiful that I can and a full grown man of 16 years on
bink of nothing that would ade- his way' to Manizales, Colombia, to
atedy- describe their majesty and visit his father, one of the most int-
kar breath—taking beauty; portant coffee meet in the country.
But leis conte back to. earth You It tatade • one feel so stay-at-homeish
*ai t want to begin here, so we'll ;o Sit here with these interesting pen
bade t,, Iittle or Noo Yeah. and eple and hear them tall: with equal
sail with the Santa. Clara as it emiliariry of S, A., the Congo River
els ever so gently .forced front the acid Soviet Russia, for they were all
er n few minutes afternaidth nell travelled.
le- lst. About the Fifth Day out we saw
When the friends on the pier be- land. I use capital letter: because
.t tc lie n: v“ -Te. tl i n an t i.Itstieet , :€cut at sea ie quite an event. The
tad from haze, not tears, 'y curs :,land appeared to be a veritable Ed-
za teetiook herself t, the upper. en gene ntou3:: anon . It was Haiti,
.`k get a more ccunpete view of and we were close enough to eee a
e lzglited ri :s and te gaze ion that white ribbon a waterfall adding
'r l it ieiinz settee, ode Liberty. its ,contents to the turbulent Car -''
-e•-='' were, two atrls tip there., and ibhean. We sail' tc'c, two lareg fish -Y
esee-aed it silemee until one said: these same people.
t. ,
a all lotto 1 that we are "o travel ing beats, raw beets with their cargo l
e'il»., kr at least nine days, why :of three ebon Haitians desperately
J t. tine joserx Arran't'
th Seet; ("gem, anteeked Tafes- s.^.
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] cosi a: erry:, dee..., rate
a dit to 'b_.ttchc -
eken .s a s aitt
.apes 13 a_i i, a getand
rads o? eta ..:5 ;s °ia a .', el: , acs their ' . .
stn elders atFthis: st:aea terra :hied &
take timely wasetieg that rotless this be
game :s r ay : as iz shed he -elev.
ed ui :�..:.�se its 1,-abl e~ap ea:':, It
S claimed that rough p:;'ay hes done
La: deo` t, keep :rowels away G
toe Lenae ea-re41s. etied- i't�`a1
nrruzie if hockey, the fastest test ' i ed
.peets,: detricrate itt the nag r the
kedge stated. "O elms _rt charge
the g'a nes ai.. oedd make is :their ;irtt
drily tee keep the eley as (dean as d
possible,
t beg•:n ;now and be ,r ods. .rowing for refuge from the storm.
.,re epon bea: one w'i those inter- Wager yon are thinking 'she was
tai shipboard Erie u hat s whiten:: ,se. -*Kett" Pooled '- again.: \ even
dela r' ere -an t ey a a is o'tar ere g when it became .o 7,01.10: That they
ne we'll cat Vera and the other had to. put beards around the dile:
I had already purchased rayi prevent on: finding one soup on
• r'._air ami the aee.t day they ';the floor, Perhaps I should limit the
ng'ls tae two next to ane but one. l s tatestient bcugit. The :first more
The Thais eon tate side i sine was cog at the table, we started to talk
rnpie'+d by a Mn Po., who hailed {about sea -sickness. a very wise thing
Detroit, beewho was with the 'to deo, of course. when snddenll- Fey
Gr
ee Air Lines i e_ in Fent. He was lame sad think I had better go'
nes way bark to Linea, prtoncunn-. and :an. I Laked across the. ;cable
Lecn:a, after a kNorth ation in Noroat the lad o 16, to notice his nsouth
Ateterica. The chair Cao the other side twitching in .a tell-tale manner, and,
was oecapied by a Mr. H., from N Ito have lain say with a ]rush "'_de
ers ee. who was .o. his way to Erna- ,tc " whereupon: t -e Vassar girl. end,
r to visita frier..3 in a raining comp nse-self 5oiued then at the rail. a$ew-
of that suggestion and very evident
ly suspected us of some foul plan to
take the horse and buggy aboard and
drive all the. way to Valparaiso. Fin.
ally out on the outskirts of the town,
Rich, Rob and myself got out and
ran beside the old horse, as sort of Much encouragement to him, ucl'i to
the delight of the coon and to Buddy;
who was at that time demonstrating
his prowess as a driver.
We left Colon'around noon and.
shortly' after lunch started through
the canal, Fortunately it was a
cloudy day and cool. When the sun
is out the trip through the canal is
very hot and tedious. Of course I
was leaning aver the rail to see all
and hear loll, it being my first time
through. Can you imd
agine soy Bu-
dy being much ruffled because I.
would rather watch the Canal than
go in the pool with Rini. Yes, you
can imagine it when you realize that
this child had gone through no less,
than 8 times; and was utterly bored
at the propect of another tittle,
The approach to the Canal is very
beautiful. A very narrow river thru
the heart of a country coolly green
with its tropical foliage, and here and
there a wobbly little thatched hut,
nestling in. the protection of a hill.
As we neared the locks themselves
we realized that here was a project
that meant lives given up to desper-
ately hard work, that meant the ap-
plication of marvellously keen minds
and is exceptionally neat looking, as
is the army settlement there. It was
an education in itself to see the boat
go in to one lock, see the water rise,
to see the gates open and the little
engines, like baby train locomotives,
pull us through to have the same
thing happen in the neat lock, and
finally to be released in Gatum Lake.
Gatum Lake is a natural lake to some
extent but it has been much blasted
and flooded to make it the large
body of water it is. We had after-
noon tea on deck and were able to
enjoy the beauty of this lake that.
resembles, very closely too, that sec-
tion of the St. Lawrence that is so
thickly dotted with islands: It has
one thing that the St. L. does not
have and that is that here and there
you see bare trunks=of trees sticking
out of the water. Those trees were
once on top of hills, but due to the
flooding the hills themselves hare
been flooded and a few of the trees
are still rooted finking for life. It
was dark when we went through the
second locks but it was just the re-
verse action of our entrance.
We arrived in Panama. about 8 at
night to find it raining as it can
rain in the tropics, that steady down-
pour that wearies one, and stakes rice
world seem a hopeless place in
which to live. About 10 o'clock the
rain ceased and eight of us decided
that we should' make the best of a
night in Panama and o to one of
their far -fanned night clubs, We
went to one called Kelly's Ritz, with
its low- tights,. its sensuous music, its
profusion of blonde hostesses and
evil -evil -looking men. Just like the mov-
ies, Sweet, and the kind of place one
likes to see Lance before one dies.
There was a dance moor and we did
enjoy our dances, although I admit-
ted to everyone that, I would hesi-
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there being no blinds.
There were three cars in town so
Win got one of them and took Lois,
the three infants, Buddy, Rich and
Rob, and Bill the Canadian, around
to see the sights with us. Vel.l there
is one street very narrow, no side-
walks, tumbled buildings, filthy men,dirty women and children that were
both and naked besides. The inter-
esting thing to sae is their cookng
equipment. Outside the house and
under a leanto, they all have clay
ovens shaped like bee hives, that are
blackened and scarred by years of
use. For the ordinary cooking they
have an oval form of clay built about
a foot'and a half from the floor, in
which they make a fire and over
which they cook the plain foods. Of
course there are no chimneys.' The
smoke just blows around at will.
The boat left around 5 and we had
to stay in B. until Monday for the
next train, there being no motor road
to Cali. '
The 'train ride up the mountains
was gloriously dirty( if anything can
be such.) Winding along with a river
at first, through banana groves and
feathery batnbo foliage, past dirty
but `interesting little villages, with
children swarming to see the train,
and perchance beg a penny or two.
The dinner was the funniest thing.
Tables for two on one side and for
four on the other, The seats like
those we had at school you know`
that fold up when you stand. The
menu said sandwiches, cheese being
the only brand, coming to us in thick'
slices of bread, and tasting poisonous
generally: At Davie, three hours up,
we got off and took a car, that being
where the motor road begins,, and,
drove the remainder of the way over
the inountains to Cali. Up, up, until
it got so cold that I had to don a
wrap. Up around the hills with no-
thing in view but more hills, some
quite close and others cloud -wrapped w
Tri
the distamse. Here and there e
could look down and see like a tiny
red snake the twisting road .v e had
travelled half an hour before.
rate to go any place like'that except
with my liege lord or with a Canad-
ian It just happened that I was -
with
-as ;
with a Canadian whom we shall' call
at 1 Bill. A chap from Sarnia, on his way
bad: to his job in Talars, Peru_ A
chap who knew several girls I knew
at Mac, and whose best Mend was
in New- York. He knew a el ap from
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get one. ,at
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* i : Mr.. 33. oder 'fir ok ttoteateazelsVera, is ought we. shoz'ld be, a.nel after .be -
t3 lieens€' it not, .Lois and Heyser the sleek gine rani `i . joshed iter that we were cora-
The new law -will ; eedshalt:b.c
e-ar3, which gave us tact i hletely eared. weI n
3uly Sth arrived at Colon in
. Canal Zonae and we were all get- •,(
l t reg off rnstt te, walk along and be I
able to say "Nice dry ]and" Nice
Ll R -'i land.' My Buddy ltd values-'
ite rea3 to take me re.shore bernnse I
i de not sneak Spanish and he ac;Tt, a, s
1 ahaf language better than I:e does
Rr iii=.b. We were -cdi ab -cut half an
rent: after we landed. Buddy,
+Rr
Lois. Bernie and her yotnng
a^s ne and myself. The first thing we
-won, •o hire one Sof these when
hfiggies, meant for losur, into 5A uY it
the seven Of IDs, vs'stla sea
,n,xc,. We drove. arePlarns -tom: h.
diursi-sized town
n watna its oII
Wingham, i thank he said his pante
was Citic Misener. \Veal, anyway,
we had a common bond, knowing
I%otr to land in S. A. proper. We
were booked tot dock at r a. n. and,
of coarse, I was up atthe crack af:
dawn to get a view of this strange
cauntzy, of which I had heard so
ninny* snaeresting tales. 1 ween to
breakfast a# 5 and ' roc can imagine
sy surprise at coming on deck and
b
.eurnpin slang bang into my Liege
Lord, a full hour before we docked,
For once I was speechless. He lock-
et so tanned and so infinitely glad to
see me that. I didn't eve u step to ask ;.
a chap in the bank with brother . Erc
into he casae aabaard. 11 seems that,
too be sere eo be in Bve anent -
the boat landed he had art.-
rived aursday, this being S ttday,-,
and had bribed the port. somethi^.g-
wr- Sher t.e net birra come to tire' boa.boa.doctor. hence the ea.:y ar-
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No wonder my Liege Lord like
this country. Here the climate i
ideal, always summer, warm at raid
day and cool in the evenings. If th
day becomes too hot we go up in th
mountains for a ride and within an
hour you can be cold enough to d
you for a week. As far as workin
is concerned'no one seems to be in-
terested in that but is here to be en-
tertained. How would you like to
think of leaving a job like this—a
the office at 10, back at 11.30 fo
lunch, to the office anywhere be'
tween 2 and..3 and back home again
at 5, with any afternoon off to play
golf at their marvellous country club
or to go riding, horse -back or car.
Can you imagine giving that up to
go back to the confining business
routine of'North America.
Everyone is so nice.'Of the week
I have been here this is the only af-
ternoon I have been free. The'peo-
ple of the Anglo-American colony
outdo themselves to see that you
have a good time.
However I must watch my step.
There are so many dont's listed for
me. Among others are — don't drink
water. Can you imagine that. I must
drink soda water rather than risk dis-
ease from the water supply. I have
had so much soda water that I feel"
I'll either go sour or froth at the
mouth, Don't smell the flowers they
too are filled with microscopic ani-
ma's that if inhaled, will cause trou-
ble. Don't eat lettuce unless it is
cooked, for the same reason, and
don't eat the skin of tomatoes or
such. They do not tell you not to
-eat the skin lin of chicken, because the
way they cook it you can't eat it any -
There are oodles of other interest-
ing things that I must tell you of
some time, particularly the story that
real Colombian women never take all
their clothes off when they take a
bath, but always leave one garment
on. Such modestyll And every day
I see, over in the little river, Colom-
bian men taking their yearly ablu-
tions" wearing barely the equivalent
s of one handkerchief,
s T have had your ear for long en-
- ough and I must cease. But don't
e wonder et me if I rave about this
e beautiful country and if I say that,
except that it is so far away. from
o you, it is an ideal place in which' to
g live. However, that is not to be de-
cided until the Young Man Who
comes home for three months this
winter. .
t One thing to which I cannot get
✓ used is being introduced and address-
- ed as Senora we Wilkin, .and being
met by a positive avalanche of Span-
ish. So far my Spanish is confined
to things to eat, nothing more. So
the person who is talking to me talks
to Win and he tells me, then I tell
him and then he tells—oh, what's the
use, you get the idea anway.
We both want you to know that
there has never been any interesting-
place
nteresting
place or sight we have seen, that one
or the other didn't express the wish
that you could'enjoy it too. Some
day you mast see it.
Please remember me kindly to all
who might be interested in my- best
wishes,
Margaret.
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