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The Huron Expositor, 1939-08-11, Page 2Irk ,q. 11i ,TI r.. %# ,tt 01. Id; ttt A, de IM h• THE fl ON EXPOSITOR fi rt tr nJ�b4y '•r, 4 .• � tl,•,;� 4 M 1 ir�ur lw ! +�'� { F6 "vdtf,"11. to � I a1 t .�l is JI 'AUGUST, U . diuronlEipositor Established 1860 ei'th McPhail McLean, Editor. ;bashed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLeary • Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00, a year. Single Copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application, ►SEAFORTH, Friday, August llth Public Life Is Exacting Public life does not treat all men alike, but that it is exacting of all public men and demands its toll of many, if not most, is evidenced by the case of Hon. Charles Dunning, Minister of Finance in the Federal Government for the past four years, A yearor more ago Mr. Dunning; suffered a breakdown in health ow- ing to overwork. A long rest put tifra on his feet again, and he was able to carry on again during the last session. But the effort was, apparently, too much for him and he has announced to his constituents that he will not accept ae re -nomination. Last Sat- urday he' sailed from Montreal on an extended European trip,' in an en- deavor to- regain his health, but newspaper reports of his appearance on sailing are not very encouraging-. Mr. Dunning has been in Provin- cial and Canadian public life almost since he came to this country as a young man from -the Old Country over a quarter of a century ago. And no public Man has filled a higher ; place or commanded a greater place in the esteem and confidence of the people of Canada.. But Mr. Dunning has had to pay the price of that position, both in worldly means and in health. Four years ago, at the request of the Pre- mier, he gave up a fifty thousand dollar a year position in Canadian industrial life to serve as Canadian Finance Minister, at a quarter or less remuneration. That takes more in character and more in the way .of public duty than the average man possesses. Mr. Dunning, however, was not an aver - .age man_ He was outstanding in his time and no man has given more abundantly of his talents to the ser- vice a"fliis country, although itwas his adopted country, than has Mr. Dunning.. Irrespective of politics, men of all Walks in life in Canada, recognized in Mr. Dunning, not only a leader, but a man of implicit honesty and singleness of purpose. The purpose 'to serve, and all across Canada is expressed the , wish that his health, at Ieast in some measure,: may be re- stored, and that speedily. • New Highwap Trac Regulation Compulsory dimming of motor car. headlights at a distance of not less than fiNft hundred feet from oncom- ing cars, is provided in new lighting regulations which went into effect on August first, and which now form a part of the Highway Traffic Act. That is a measure which if proper- ly enforced, and we believe the pro- vincial traffic police have been given special orders to see that it is string- ently enforced, will have a .far reach- ing effect on public safety. In fact, we would say that it is one of the most important measures that has been read into the Traffic Act in some years. If available evidence could be se- cured, we believe it could be proven that nine out of ten accidents which have occurred on our Ontario high- ways after dark, have been either directly or indirectly caused by Mlinding headlights. Any motorist who.does night driv- ing iswell:-. aware of the fact, and it has long been felt that one of the ,greatest weaknesses of the Traffic Act ,and one of the greatest dangers lliblic,f4fety has been the Tack of it Wig* tin motor earls trav- . diSrOggrd of the rights O hibitec by; WO- t t g beep `;ss .4t4 ,� a�.i• 1 rl.re i 11 t xn t { A {: passed over. In many, if not most imtannes, the lights of an oncoming car or truck are so glaring and blind- ing that it is an absolute impossibil- ity for the driver of a car to judge his position on the highway and the only safe thing to do is to come to an ab- solute stop. Even that is not pos- sible at 'timesi, and any one. who has had the experience, and who has not, knows the helplessness of the posi- tion in which he is placed by blind- ing" lights and the clanger over the helpless driver as well as the other passengers in the car. Ontario motorists are courteous as a rule, and often the failure to dim headlights when meeting an- other car is caused more by forget- fulness than by a disregard of the safety of others. But forgetfulness is just as dangerous on 4he highway as indifference or the absolute disre- gard of traffic regulations, and the time has cbme when this must be brought home to all motorists. • Can Not Be As Bad As It Looks We are being repeatedly told, even by many outside the interested po- litical groups, that Ontario agricul- ture has come to the place where it is slowly dying by inches through lack of men and money to support it. Or, perhaps, we should say, through the lack -of farm prices to supply money to the people who are engaged in it. And during the last decade it must be admitted that living the life of an agriculturalist has not been living a life" of ease. But in spite of all that there are some indications which point to\,'the fact that the situation can not be quite as bad as it looks. A week' or so ago there were well over a thousand cars parked in one field in Seaforth. At the` very 'mod- est estimate of one hundred dollars a car, that field represented one hundred thousand dollars. And those cars were not owned by travelling American millionaires, or by wealthy Ontario industrialists. They were owned very largely by the people of this wholly agricultural district. And the people who brought those' cars, bought four thousand admis- sion tickets to get into the grounds, and paid a much larger sum to get out of them •again. On Saturday night last, at an eq - daily modest estimate, there were three thousand dollars worth of cash gasoline standing on the main.street _ of Seaforth and the side streets; re- presenting many more dollars of the same commodity. And the ,money for all that gas and all the cars it went into was furnished by a purely agricultural district. Man is a (very queer animal. Some times he .is sick, for no other cause or reason than because a number of men tell him he looks that way. And some times he is well' because a num- ber of others tell 'him he looks the picture of health and strength. Some times it is a little inclined to be that way too, with classes of men and classes of industry. Agricul- ture, like everything else in this world, has had its ups and downs, and perhaps more downs than ups, but right now, looking over the fields in this old agricultural county, and what they contain, one can not think of anything but good looks and good health in connection with that indus- try. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Was He Right, Or is He Wrong? (Amhermtbnrg Vito) A prominent farmer gave an urgsalici,ted inter- -view to The Echo one day recently in; which he very emphatically said: "These are normal times for the farmer and much, better times than our fatbera experienced; and during which they bougiht and paid for their farms and wilt Enthuses and banns. If our young men, (and older in too, for that matter) devoted their tiTn.d as Industriously to the teem today a$ they did in the day of our 'parents and grandparents, any farm could be paid for end each farmer would Heave 'money in the 'bank. The trouble is that the foreigners who are eettliing throughout Es- sex County are carrying Ions just like ,ear gathers and they acre making good where we have be- come too higlehraitikedr, or too ready to go for a ride lin a high priced car, to put in any extra hours on our farms. I could name you men who bought and paid from fame and built theta bp when time were far (harder than they are now because tthey, were wi'1Ling to work to a plan. doubt if they would do it today even at higher prices they are getting in relation, to the cost of lirretdu+eti10111, They are unwilling to buckle d'o'wn to Old-faslhtonedd industry, • Than], why Many of xxtr older flalY111 es have left their farms and their are, tam In tha lie.i1 ie of foreigners." Years Agone`' InterroetIng Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Fifty and Twentyflve Years Ago, From The Huron Expositor August 14, 1914 The Government have sent special men to Goderioh to guard the harbor and elevators of that place. Alrua Dancey and Mabel Tom, pro- fessional nurses, have offered their services to the military department. As we go to press, an engagement is reported to be in progress between the Allied Fences of Great Britain, France and Belgium, and the Ger- mans, on Belgium territory, the re- sult of whica may not be known 'for days. Two of the clever Stanley students, Mr. James Jarrott and Murray Fish- er, who have been attending Seaforth Collegiate Institute, have been suc- cessful in passing their examinations. Mr. Jarrott received the entrance to Normal School and Mr. Fisher his, first class certificate. Miss Grace C. Ross, of Stanley Township, as • passed her Lower School examination, taking honors. Mise Ross is only thirteen years of age and only attended the Colllegiate one year. A very distressing accident occur- red on Tuesday when Clara' Jane Muir lost her a. life when she was smothered in a bin of wheat at the elevator in this town. The, winners of the bean guessing over you and allow you to saw a fFw contest in connection with the Sea leugchs of rails up for fuel for the forth Fire Brigade demonstration at .great puffing engine. How the engin the OM Boys' Reunion were Messrs. eon's face would light up when he op - Walker & Whiteley. Their guess was trod the fire -box door to fire up! 5,865. Co}. Wilson, of the 33rd Battalion 'leads of sweat became golclen'glob- Huron Regiment received t'nstruc- ul'es on ti.e dark grime of his coun- tions from Ottawa on Friday last to tenanee. receive recruits for active service. That tri:h with the tanker for ,wa- The Huron Regiment for the front ter was another trill. Tank -men nev- is being mobilized in Goderioh, where er seemed in a hurry. With the hose it will train for a short time before from the boiler sucking up the tank proceeding to Val Cartier, Que. of water which always stood on the Miss Davidson, of Walton, has or- ground best -de the •engine, he went ganized a music class in the vicinity away to replenish his horse-drawn of Beechwood and, has the following tank. Leisurely, he would strake the pupils: Misses Frances Givilin, Ter- Pump, stoi.ping now and again to r'e- ese Lynch, Nora Murray, FIorence, plenish his pipe with tobacco or Elizabeth and Leona Holland. light up when it went out. On the A severe hail storm passed over way back he would entertain -with the northern part of McKillop Sunday stories about places where he had afternoon, doing considerable dam- auscommuummommormimummoimmomikk Phil ()Slifer of Lazy Meadows • (By Harry J. Boyle) • "THRESHING', Reader's who have followed this column during its four years of ep:- iatence will see it coming . - . an, other letter on threshing. Sure en- ough I was driving down the Conces- sion line today and Art Wilkins had his threshing outfit parked down by Kelly's creek taking on water while his tanker filled the tank -w e Won, I -stopped and got out and talked to Art . . , and smelled the combina- tion thresher smelt, of machine -oil and dust and grease . , and -now I can think of nothing else. There's something fascinating about. a threshing machine. I suppose itr time they will be supplanted by com- bines, but I feel sorry for the farm bays of that day when there are no more outfits. From one year to the next threshing -time is something to be Looked forward to eagerly by the farm boy. From; the time that the machine turned out the -neighbor's gate and came "para-ch'ooing" up the road and then vibiated up the lade -way until it pulled out and 'into the next neigh- bor's, there was' a thrill that all the amusement centres in the world can't equal. There was a special delight in sit- ting down on the woodpile, and watching: tate great belt seesawing on its way in t•o give the aep-karator pow- er-. Son:,et:mes if the engineer was in a kindly n:ood he would stand guard been and especially about the time he was taking in the West where watenholes were scarce: Then would come three little ,blaston the 'whis- Ile of the engine and he• would hurry the horses up with a luck" of the tongue and a slap on the rump with the end of the lines. But he always managedn-ttr get back .before. there was, dire need of water. In the murky depths of the barn yolr could always see the little whirr- ing wheels and slapping belts on the &de of the machine . . . and see the dark outlines of the men as they tossed the sheaves around . t . and 'slip into the granary and watch the golden grain pouring out tyre ,spout and filling up the bins. The m&s, on the table who caught the sheaves arid then flipped them around just so, for the whirling knives to catch and mash up and pull back into the inner regions of the separator was also a figure to watch. He worked' swiftly and ably and steadily and seemed the king -pin of the outfit. Meals were also the' highlight of the day. Each one was a feast, and the threshers never talked much at the table. They just piled into the food and disposed of it in the same way that they 'disposed of the grain in the barn. Then after the meals they would lie around on the grass and smoke and the younger felloves would play tridics on each otlhetrvir take delight in kidding some modest man about a girl until, he blushed through the golden dust on his cheeks. All ton soon the 'threshing was tru- ed, The tank -than by means of a block and tackle would pull the ma- chine out and then leaving it perch- ed on the doorway, he would ease it out by use of a rope from the rear on a tackle. Some who were better with horses than others would hitch on and pull, the (machine out and see- saw on the lines until it was eased out to where the machine could hitch on . and then the little pile of wood was• thrown up on the platform of the engine and the tank -man pull- ed in after the outfit and 'the thresh- ers would go otlt through' the front gateway, leaving for another year— and with a sort of disappointed 'feel- ing that it was over. age to the crops. Mr. Hawkshaw, manager of the Ogilvie Mills here, has leaved the ,handsome residence of Mrs. Jas. Weir on Goderich St. East. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. "Crich left on a trip to Winnipeg on Saturday where Mr. Crich will attend the Bak- ers' Convention held this week in that city. A barn on the farm owned by Mr. Stephen Godkin, on lot 15, con. 10,, McKillop; was' struck by lightning during the storm on Modday after- noon and burned. Mr. Clifford Bell, who has been on the staff of the Dominion Bank, Wind- sor, ,bas returtted' home and will're- sume this studies at the Collegiate In- stitute. He has just recovered from an attack of typhoid fever. Mr. W. 1'. Thompson, who purchas- ed the Hammell property on Gode- rich St:; is having a cellar and cem- ent ` foundation placed under the house. • 11 Appreciates Expositor Hamilton, August 5, 1939_ The Editor, The Huron Expositor: - I9ear Sir: Enclosed find subscri:p-• tion for The Expositor. I really can't do without it. As the years go on I love Seaforth 'more and more. Yours truly, MRS. W. S. STACEY, 1,33 Hughson South, Hamilton. JUST . A SMILE ' OR TWO Mother: "Robert, I'm shocked to bear you lifting such language. Do you learn it at school?",. - Robert: "Learn it at school? No, Mom; it's me that teaches it to the other boys!" • , Cook: "Did the company say any- thing about the cooking." Maid: "No; but I noticed them praying before they started eating!" • I heard two girls talking in a bus and one said: "Do you think Alice Can keep a secret?" "Oh, yes;" the other one said. "She never tells who told her. From The Huron Expositor August 16, 1889 Coates-Ament: In Seaforth, at the residence of the bride's mother, on Atlgust 14, by Rev. A. D. McDonald, Mr. Robert Coates, of London, to Kate, sedrond daughter of the late John G. Amentr Dickson -Hyslop: At ,Winnipeg, on July 30th, by Rev. A. C. Crewes, Mr. Peter Dickson, St. Boniface, to Miss Maggie .Hyslop, daughter of Mr. Thos. Hyslop, Seaforth- The Seaforth Band, under the lead, ership of Mr. J. B. Jones, went to, Listowel to compete in the tourna- ment there. The Fire Brigade also went and we expect they will be heard from next week. The following is a list of those in this town who have passed their ex- aminations for second° and third class certificates: Third class—F. Clark- son, H. Elliott, A. Glasse, A. Hays, F. Hendry, C. Latta, D: McDonald; Sec- ond class—B. Dixon, J. Govenlock, J. McKenzie, M. Pierce, A. Simpson, E. Smith. Mr. R. McLaren, London Road, and the worthy superintendent of Carmel Presbyterian Sabbath school, Heneall, left lash week for a trip to Iowa. A certain farmer took a grist, weighing 386 pounds, to a certain mill in Hay Township and received in re- turn 225 pounds of flour and 78 pounds in bran and shorts, leaving the miller 83 •poundsfor grinding six bushels and 26 pounds. Mr. John Hannah, of the Seaforth, Londes,boro and Kirkton creameries, shipped from this station on Friday last a car load of;creareery butter to Edinburgh. The price was 21 cents per pound. We understand that at a meeting of the Huron Presbytery held at Clin- ton on Thursday the Rev. Mr. McCoy, of Egmondvillo, signified his accept- ance of the call given him by the congregation in Chatham, New Bruns- wick. He has been in Egmondville for 10 years. • At a meeting of the Seaforth town council on Monday evening, the plans for the new addition to the water- works building, prepared by Mr. Jno. Lyon, were approved of and tenders for the work of construction are be- ing advertised for. While Mr. James Mitchell, of the 12th concesslon of Grey Township, with his' daughter and two others, were driving to church at Brussels and when opposite the market on Turnberry Street, they were overtak- en by a couple of the village sports who were driving at a furious rate in the same direction. Fortunately no one was hurt. - Mr. Duncan Cameron, of Brueefleld, left last Wednesday for Manitoba where be liras secured a situation as station Master_ June Bride: 'But isn't 25 cents a pound a little high for chickens? The store across' the street advertises them for 21 cents!" Butcher: "Do this chickens have the feet on?" June Bride: "No -o -o." Butcher,: "Well, that explains it. When we sell chickens we give you the whole thing." • Mother: "Why dant you yawn when .he 'stays too long? Then he will take the hint and.go." Sally: "I did yawn and all he did was to tell Me what beautiful teetb I have." That E.I.D. Inquiry A Fact A Week About Canada (From the Dominion Bureau of Statistics) t GARNETS • A Saskatchewan school teacher writes inquiring for some further in- formation of a statistical sort regard- • ing garnets. The following is con- tained in a Dominion Bureau of Ste tistics report on mis8ellaneous non- metaliic minerals for the year 1937: No commercial production of gar- nets has been reported in Canada for several years. In 1937 the Damige. Mining Syndicate, Toronto, conduct • ed ruining operations on a garnet, de- posit in Ashby Township some twen- ty miles east of Bancroft, Ontario,. and five tons of garnet ruck were shipped to the Industrial Minerals Laboratories, of the Buresu of dijines, Ottawa, for concentration tests. The; Cenade Garret Company in 1937 ac- quired the assets of the Labelle Min- ing, Inc., in Joly township, near La- be11•e,' Quebec, in:italling shining equipment and beginning the erection of a concentrator at the close of the year. A small amount of garnet rock was shipped for testing to the Bur• eau of Mines laboratories by the in- ternational Garnet Syndicate from its property which adjoins that of the Canada Garnet Company. Garnet is employed chiefly in the - manufacture of abrasive papers and, cloths while small amounts are util- ized in the grinding of plate glass. and other products. No imports of garnet, described as such, were recorded. in Canada dpr- ing 1936 or 1937; the mineral, hew - ever, may enter in the form of abra sive paper or combined with other abrasive imports, n.o.p. It has been._ reported that approximately 175 tons . of, graded garnet grain's are imported annually into Canada, Engineering and Mining Journal's- "Metal and Mineral Markets"—New York.—Novegtttber, 1938, quotations fo:• garnets were—per ton, f.o.b., New Hampshire mines; concentrate, $30; grain, $80 to $140; New York: Adir- ondack garnet concentrates, $8:4- Spanislh grades, $60, c.i,f, port of en- try. Nominal. The following editorial from tihe Calgary Herald of Tuesday, August 1, will be of .added interest to our read- ers because of the fact that both the principals; Judge J. A. Jackson and Premier Aberhart, are Seaforth. old boys: "Findings of Judge Jackson in the inquiry into administration of the Eastern Irrigation District, indicate that his honor did a competent bit of work. The situation, tinged as it was with politics, was' something calling foe specially careful handling, which is the sort of handling it received at Judge Jackson's hands. ""Following receipt of a special aud- it of the books: of the E7tI D. Premier Aberhart announced to a session of the legislature that there had been disclosed "serious irregularities" ire conn'ecti'on with the administration of the District under the control of its head, Mr, E. L. Grey and the trustee board. Mr. Gray titad already resign- ed and by government order the trus- tees were displaced and the District placed under control of an official. trustee. Then followed demand for an inquiry, to which the' government acceded. "Judge Jackson finds there were certain "irregularities," but that the regarded then as initially' "serious" is not indicated. His report says they were not "in deliberate defiance of the law, and that in each case the good of the district was the main con- sidieration." Justification for the in- quiry demanded is found in the judge's finding that these irregulari- ties "might have had serious conse- quence if allowed to continue." Sig- nificantly he adds that it (the in- quiry) "showed the necessity for fix- ing more definitely the powers and duties of the board and manager." "The judge finds that on the whole the District has been managed:' re- markably well and lauds the efforts• of members of the trustee board and manager in this connection, coupled with the observation that "the ser- iousness of many of the irregularities checlosed was toned down by the hon- esty sof those in charge." * * * "What is probably the most im- portant section ,bf Judge Jackson's report to the government is that in which he offers reeo2nmendations• for future management of the Dist'r'ict. In this section his 'bettor makes no less than sixteen recommendations to the government, Many of them designed to improve legislation under which ad- ministration of the District is carried on. "It i quite evident from the, broad scope covered by these recommenda- tions and their direct relatiortin many ,instanees to alleged regularities charged against both trustees and manager, that Judge Jackson does not regard existing legid'lation governing E.I.D. administration as being as closely regulative as it should have been. "That a permanent manager and trustee board Should be 'placed in charge of the District's affairs at the earliest possible date is one of the judge's' recommendations to the gov- ernment, ooupled with the suggestion that members of the dismissed board be eligible for re-election to that body. This in itself is a fine redom- mendation from Judge Jackson as to the service already given by the dis- missed men in the management of the District, coupled with this endorse- ment of them as men worthy the con- fid'enee of their fellows. * * "In view of the spectacular public announcement of the E.LD, affair an. the political flavor given to it, the in- quiry was a foregone conclusion. That either it or the ann'ouncem'ent were in any sense a necessity is some- thing that' might easily be debated. "Everything disclosed by the in- quiry could have been ascertained by the government through its officials. As the inquiry has demonstrated while there were certain irregulari- tie,s•, no one had suffered as a result and the affa'i'rs of the District had in some measure been benefitted there- by. The fact that these irregularities 'occurred was presumably due to con- trol regulations or legislation being too losely drawn. Which was some- thing that might have been corrected without bringing Into question the probity of District officials. "Premier Aberhart will no doubt be gnatifled to l'e'arn that Mr. Gray and members of the E.ID. trustee board -whom he dismissed are still honest and honorable citizen'st in the opinion of Judge Jackson. He should also be thankful to the judge for having pointed out ways, and means whereby this most hopeful Alberta farming prospect will be ,arseared even great- er future sucoesra. How thankful we shall know by the promptness taken by him to put into effect his honor's valuable. suggestions," ' ri Seen in the County Papers A Parting Gift The choir of St. Andrew's United. Church, Bayfield, took occasion, at their weekly practice on Saturday evening last to present their organ- ist and choir leader, Miss ' Gladys Gale, on the eve of her marriage, with a parting gift of a handsome thand-sewn quilt. Miss Gale, who is. a very fine musician, will be much missed by the whole community Many good wishes follow her to her new home.—Clinton News -Record. Hydro Worker Injured Falling 20 feet to the 'ground where e_ea. the limb of a tree on which he was working broke under his weight, Or- val Schultz, Mitchell rural hydro' worker, is in the Stratford General Hospital suffering a minor fracture to the lower end of his spine and a fractured right arm. The workman was with a gang of hydro men trim- ming trees south of Woodham Mon- day morning when ,the accident oc- curred. He was taken to hospital lin the afternoon. His condition is not serious, but he will be in hospital for some weeks due to the spine injury. —Exeter Times -Advocate. Moved To Town Mr. J. L. McKnight, Mrs. McKnight and Sandra moved to Exeter last week from London' into the residence- of Mrs. Gamibrill, Main Street. Mr, McKnight has entered into partner- ship with his brother, G. M. Mc- Knight in the Massey -Harris farm implement business, We welcome them to our midst,—Exeter Times• Advocate. A Flying Trip To . Toronto When Col. C. H. Joy, i•nepector of; civil aviation, took off for Toronto ort Wednesday afternoon, he had with him as a passenger Miss, Teresa De- laney, (Deputy Sheriff of Huron Coun- ty. For two years Mists Delaney has done much of the stenographic work preceding the annual air pageant and she had always refuse•d'to accept any monetary consideration for it. So- Wednesday's oWednesday's 145 -mile flight was her reward. It was her 'second time up. The plane made the trip to Toronto in less than an hour, Miss Delaney' returning by train the same evening. —Goderich Signal -Star. Mrs. Wurtele Injured Friends in Goderich heard with eoncern of an a•utomtobile accident on Saturday in which Mrs. Chas. Wurt- ele, of this town, was injured. The accident occurred near Collingwood as Mrs. Wurtele and some, friends (Continued on Page 3) ett {'(l,rJ ywii K v