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The Wingham Advance Times, 1928-09-06, Page 5Thursday, September 6th, /SO Mr. and Mrs. Roy Batton •spent Sun- day at her mother's here. Mr, and Mrs. Joe Evans, who "not - tared from Cobalt, and her :sister, Mrs. David Clow and Miss Meda of Wing- ham, in -ham, visited at the •latter's old home here on Saturday and renewed old ac- quaintances with the neighbors. Quite a large number S� g nb r of the Wom- en's Institute motored to Winghain on Friday and gave a splendid program at the Winghain Institute meeting and enjoyed a social half hour with the Winghain ladies, Mrs. Win. Beecroft left on Sa da inry for Brantford from where she will ac- company Mr. and Mrs. Davin Bee- croft on their return motor trip to their home in New York. While there she will visit her daughter, Miss Myrtle. Beecroft of New London, Conn, Miss Merle Wilson spent last week in Toronto and attended the C. N. Exhibition. School re -opened Tuesday nod on T esday with Miss Blake, Miss Haoket and Mr, Fells again teaching in this and the neighboring schools. Messrs. Charles\and Clayton Rob- inson of Detroit, spent the week -end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Robinson of East Wawanosh. Mr. Ross Robinson left on Monday for Mitchell, where he will attend high school, Mr, and Mrs. Jas, Wigltnan and daughter of Belgrave, and Mrs. ;Cas- sels and Mark of Lucknow,, spent Sun- rday ;'Avjtf; Mr, and Mrs, Harry Mc- Gee, y .. Gee,., Mr, Aldin Turd an of Leariiington, spent the week -end with his parents here, Mis ess Currie and{r li nd Air. R3 Rols- ton of T rgnto, and Mr. and IVrrs, W,t S, Currie and son, Bruce and Mrs. Mann of Fostoria, Ohio, spent Sun; day with Mr. and' Mrs; Lance Grain, Mr, and Mrs. Walter Armstrong of Kintore, and Mrs. John Calvert and son, joe of ;Dorchester, spent Sunday. with Mr. and Mrs, John Falconer and family here, and with Mr. Geo. Fal- coner and family of Culross. Miss Norah Falconer returned with then to Kintore, Rev, Mr. Pollock: and family and Miss Pauline Reed returned last week from the lake; Misses Olive Kennedy, Greta Hud- son and Beth and Blake Gaunt spent one day last week with the former's sister, Mrs. Lamb of Colborne Twp. Mrs ,Campbell and Mr. Harry Mc- Clenaghan and family of Belgrave, spent Sunday`with Mr. and Mrs. Robt VIcCIenaghan. Miss Kathleen •Terriff, who spent part of her holidays in Cobalt and Timmins, returned on Monday to her work in Toronto. Miss Mabel Johnston left on Mon- day to teach in a school at Elara.. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Cornelius at- tended a wedding at Komoka'on' Wed- nesday. Mr, Robert Hunt from England, is helping Mr. Charles Martin with this harvest. BLYTH Dr. and Mrs. Barnaby are attending the General Council of the. United Church of Canada, convened at the city of Winnipeg this week. Mr. Archie Wells of Toronto,iis*vis- •iting his grandmother, Mrs. Knox, and other friends in this vicinity, The people •of this vicinity regret very much the removal of Rev. W. B. Hawkins and family, who has been rector of Trinity Church since 1915. He received word last week from Bishop Williams of London, that he had received the appointment to the church at Forest, and will make the change about October lst. As yet no word has been received as to who will be the successor; ' On Sept. 9th Trinity 'congregation will hold their Golden Jubilee services of their church. Mr. R. M. McKay was In Toronto during the week,i The Horticultural Flower Show held' on Wednesday last was one of. the best held by the society, NIINANNOINENNIONNEWSNONENNENNINNIIMEMENNEMENSIINSIMENMINIMEMEMBIN 011 ■ a ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ----- ■ ■ ■ WIN ■ ■ ■ � Open 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. daily. ■ a. it ■ immm�®®mem®®® 1 00 USED CARS NO BETTER BUYS OR SUCH A CHOICE IN CANADA AS YOU WILL FIND WHEN IN LONDON VISITING l WESTERN FAIR DRIVE YOUR PRESENT "CAR DOWN TO LONDON. WE WILL EXCHANGE IT .FOR ONE OF THESEBETT R USED CARS SMALL PAYMENT DOWN LONG EASY TERMS' FOR BALANCE — TRY US. FAIR. K CLEARING ALL OUR USED CARS REGARDLESS OF COST OUT THEY GO. BUY AN AUTOMOBILE NOW. London L$idson-Essex Saks,Dundas Street ENS Quee'n's Avenue. ■ mmmamm ::;mem oma ®mm®aommamem t'®mat®®a mmmaimm ®mmamm l llaati unp . SalaftalICRIBSO ,dieco. iycat , /is buil The most important part of evidru t superiorities as its bril Your car—is the part you never liant performance, beauty al.— See! But !low we are especially quality, these p � Y advantages spe for the complete quality way Y, in which the new Esse displayingan Esse�t. chassis to x show t wa he c ittis built, ' and quality Y�► �•� Super-Ssx is built �-�- Aside from such self- Initj UP things seen or unseen, t, t. o. b. Wlndttot, taxes extra 33uyers can too for cars opt at tenor.:• at ioi 'e t' available chart* .'':1, tnttrd8t, haw** and tar a inc.e , WIJ1�16. HA , 'Z.JNT•ARI FUR FARMING Foft - 've ,i?hous . and k oyes X ass Inspection, ''During the inspection season Which 'lasted from, October till Jan- uary, about 45,000 foxes were In- speeted and tattooed for registration Purposes," states the Dominion Min- ister of Agrieulture in th elast annual report on the fur farming .industry, "This great increase' over the prev- ious year indicates the interest and steady growth of the fox industry. "The pup crop throughout Canada was an average one, and the pricey for live foxes were,reported as'being higher than those of the ,previous Year, As usual, thousands of Poses were exported to the United States, but in addition a number of Euro- pean countries came to Canada for foundation stock, including Germany, France, Russia, Norway and Great Britain. Norway, as a beginning, purchased five hundred pairs, while, according to the latest information, Russia gave some of her famous sable In exchange for silver foxes. Having established a =Stet in Europe the fox men are looking forwara to a good trade for sozhe years to come. "The average ,price per pelt, -par- ticularly at the Montreal sales, was somewhat lower than that of the pre- vious year. 'This may be accounted for, however, by the fact that by the yearly inspection all the poorer foxes are weeded out and pelted, thus rais- ing thestandard of the: breeding stock. In this particular the fox breeders are a step in advance of other breeders of live stock in that thorough inspection for registration,; only the good are retained in the ranches for breeding purposes. "During the year there was a large increase int the number of farms which are raising, various kinds of, fur -bearing animals in captivity, oth- ed than foxes. This is particularly true of mink, muskrat and Chinchilla rabbits. The muskrat industry is a valuable one to the country, yet with the amount of suitable land scattered throughout the wide Dominion it is Possible , to increase the output many times under a judicious system of muskrat farming, • 'Mink breeders have had a par- ticularly good year as there was _a market at very good prices for all they produced, in 'fact many more could have been sold had they been • available. In the fur sales mink skins brought very high prices, as high as forty dollars having been paid fora single skin. Mink is one of the standard furs, which always commands a fair price. 'As mink thrive well In captivity and can be lateraised when properly handled at lo cost, there ;is bound to be a still further increase in the number of breeders in this country where the climate is suitable for raising fur of the highest quality. "Chinchilla, rabbit breeding, al- though comparatively a new industry, has made very rapid strides. The first rabbits were brought into Can- ada in 1921. Now they are being' bred. in every province and the 'de- wand exceeds the supply, as import- ations are still being made. The Chinchilla rabbit Is comparatively speaking a strong, healthy animal and quite prolific. Breeders claim that one buck is sufficient for ten does, while one doe will give four good, strong litters per year, aver- aging from six to eight. per litter. The fur, which is slightly blue at the base, then ash grey, then pearl grey; merging into white and slightly tipped with black v)ith guard hairs tipped with jet black, is very beautiful in- deed and bears a close reseinblaz1ce to the Chinchilla of South America. As very beautiful garments can be, made from. these skins, .the fur is bound to be popular as soon as a regular supply goes to market. "Up .to the present, owing to the ct that very few pelts have been arkbted, a range of prices has not en established for the fur. How- er, in Great Britain quotations run m one to six dollars, per skin, de nding upon size and quality, two Mars being paid for clear baby ns from rabbits five weeks old. As inchilla rabbit breeding can be reed. in a small way without the estment of large capital and as men are quite as successful as men breeding them, it may be safely dieted that theer will be' a large reale in Chinchilla rabbit breed - in in the course of the next few ears." fa m be ev fro pe doI ski Ch eta inv wo in pre inc in Farming In British Columbia. There are 22,000 farmers in Brit lsh Columbia and a total farm popu- lation of 90,000, according to the Hon. E. D. Barrow, Minister of Lands. He points out that the farm popu- lation has doubled in ten years and that within this time dairy products had risen from $3,000,090 to $10.- 000,0.00 in value. Total farm pro- duction rose during the ten-year per- led of 1915 to 1925 front $31,000,- 000 to $65,000,000. Deposits of Torbernite. Vast' deposits of Torbernite were discovered recently in the Ermolo district of the Transvall, South Af- rica. An expert from Germany was sent out to make tests, and it Is now announced that, subject to a final re- port, a German firm, supported by German bankers to the extent of $10,000,000, are prepared to erect 'a large plant in the Ermolo district, Canada's Development. Hon. T. A,. Crerar, president of the United Grain Growers, predicts that Canada's development in the next fifty years will be unparalleled in history. Agriculture in this country is just Starting a great forward move- ment, he said, and farmers have . al- ready invested $6,250,000,000 in the country, Our Canal System. By the canal s *stein Of Canada, 1,880 fntles of waterways have been opened up to navigation. During the navigable season 50,000 'vessels ag- gregating 16,800,000 tons passed thron h these c anals- carrying tying 41'ek 200,000 passengers and nearly thir- teen tnililoxi tons Of freight, I'N `Eitl�'evriQS? itz, "tarry, World's Homage Will Be Done to $ootlangl's B'easwat foot. Z'irhaps' because his best poems are ;n the Doric," Burns' is usually re- garded as a purely Scottish bard, but. the :birth of a new organization, the International Burns Society, which. was Ian/ached in the latter part of 1926, is a reminder of the universal- ity of his genius. He is one of that little band of immortals who wrote 'not for their own age and country alone, but for all time and all nations. The new society has been formed so that men of all nations who are admirers of the poet may meet and do homage to his memory. The an- ni ai anniversary gatherings will take plane at various European centres, Look through a volume of his Poems and you will see the reason for this. He is no spinner of "ally fairy" conceits; he is in touch with the deep and permanent things of life, with the everlasting realities of hu- man thought and feeling. Take, for instance, •his from one of the songs in which he has captured so finely the fire and the rapture of love: "Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun; And I will love thee still, my dear • While the sands o' life shall run. Burns' love songs are, perhaps, the best in any language. hey are writ- ten, not as exercises in polite versify- ing, but from the heart. And, since love is the highest and one of the most universal of human emotions, these songs alone would give him an honored place among the great poets of : the world. Another aspect of Burns'. writings that makes his poems a part of the heritage of humanity rather than of any particular country is his insist- ence on the, dignity of man as man. Yoh find it ifrhis famous "The man's the gowd for a' that." In rather dif- ferent vein, the same assertion of true humanfollowing: worth may be`found in the "It's no in titles nor in rank; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and. rest; It's no in making muckle, mair; It's no in book, at's :mein lear, To snake us truly blest: If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can •be blest." Many a man whom success has passed by has found consolation in these lines; many another, on whom life has showered its glittering prizes, has known, from bitter experience of the .vanity of gratified ambition, how all too true they are. Apart from the universality of his appeal, Burns is honored in Europe because he brought a new vitality into literature. It was his revolt against the arid and lifeless "Classi- cal tradition" that paved the way for Byron and Shelley, Schiller and Victor Hugo. In the words of Sir William Watson: He came when poets had forgot How rich and strange the human lot; How warm the tints of Life; how hot Are Love and Hate; And Vie makes Truth divine, and what Makes Manhood great. Crop Loss $100,000,000. Damage of $100,000,000 a year in Canada is done by insects, according to L. H. McLaine, of the Entomo- logical Branch of the Agriculture Department. He asserts that there are more than 400 different species of cut worms, and 361 different species of lady birds, It is estimated that al- together there are three million dif- ferent species of insect life. The dread corn borer was only discovered in. Canada as recently as 1920, and has already invaded about 35,000 square miles of territory in Ontario. Mr. McLaine emphatically states that It will be many years before the par- asites, which are being imported to combat the corn borer, will be able to control it in Canada. Farm Eggs In Canada. The production of farm eggs in Canada in 1926 is estimated at 237,- 080,299 dozen of the value of $66,- 198,285, as compared with 224,778,- 867 dozen of the value of $57,950,- 340 in 1925. The estimated produc- tion by provinces is as follows in order: Ontario, 90,6;28,530 dozen:;; Saskatchewan, 38,224,433; Quebec, 34,081,125; Alberta, 28,510,014; British' Columbia, 17,312,770; Mani- toba, 16,646,$77;; '1'ew Brunswick, 3,931,753; Nova Scotia, 3,881,657; Frihce Edward Island, 3,709415; In- dian Reserves, 854,125. Self -Owned Homes. Further home statistics, issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statisties,, Show Stratford, Ont., with the high- est per tentage of self -owned homes (as a City) at 70 per cent. and Mont- real on the lowest rung with 14.8 per cent. Westmount, however, part of Greater Montreal, has 51.7 per cent. home -owner§. Barrie and Wat- erloo, Ont., and Pbrtage la Prairie, Man., rank high at 66 per cent. The Yukon Territory. The population of the Yukon is only 4,500.; it has an area of 207,076 square miles. The Territorial Coun- cil consists of three members, elected for three years by the electors of the three districts into which the Terri- tory is divided. The Territory sends one member to the House, L of Commons, . Production of Coal. The average annual production of coal tit Canada amounts to 'about 14,000,000 tons, having a value of $54,000,000. The chief coal produc- ing provirees are A.iberta, Nova Sco- tia and British Columbia. • salaries of Governors. Salaries paid till the governors of British Dominions range froze 350,- 000 a year, paid in Canada, Attar/i— lia South Africa, and lvew'foundl&nd, to $13,000, paid in 'Tasmania, WESTFIEL) Mr. and Mrs. Wm, McDowell anal Mr. Norman McDowell ; spent a few days last week at the Ex, at Toronto. Mr. and Mrs, Fred W. Cook are the proud parents of a fine baby girl. Congratulations, Mr, and Mrs, Melvin Taylor and family visited on Sundaynwith`the for - uncle, Mr.. Will Taylor of St, Helens, Mrs. Wrn, Stackhouse of Blyth, y + spent a few days last week at the home of Mrs,' Wan. McDowell. Mr_ and Mrs. W333. Armstrong are visiting at the home of the fermer's brother, Mr, H. Armstrong. Mr, Robert Aiticens and children of Detroit, visited a few days with the former's uncle, Mr, Robt, •Buchanan. School re -opened on 'Tuesday morn- ing, with Miss Ella Sowcrby of God- Crich township as teacher for anoth- er year, Miss Grace Redmond has been e en- gaged as teacher for the continuation school at Auburn, Messrs, john Snell, Bruce Campbell, • Ed. Jennings and Reg . Jennings, all"' df Detroit, spent over the week -end with the former's parents, Mr. and . Mrs. Geo. Snell, sr. Mr, and Mrs. Albert Walsh were Toronto Exhibition visitors Mast week. My, and Mrs. Wm. Walden visited with Mr. and Mrs. J. Killough of Dungannon, and Mr. and Mrs, R. 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