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The Huron Expositor, 1939-11-17, Page 2too Expositor Established 1860 McPhail McLean, Editor. shed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- Thursday afternoon by McLean Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single ecopies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. ;SEAFORTH, Friday, November 17 What About Canadians? The National Resources Commit- tee of the United States ha•sdiscover- ed in the most complete survey ever made of the way the people of that country spend their money, that the poorer two-thirds of the nation did not live within its income. 'On the other hand the other one- third which might b6 called the up- per class, spent four times as much as thhe others for its food, shelter and clothing, but still saved one-fifth of its total income. This Commission also found that automobile expenditures now rank fifth on the family budget of Ameri- cans and that six and a half per cent. of the total consumer income was necessary to keep "the family car" running. Well, we ask, how does at com- pare with ns in Canada? nd the answer is—pretty much the same - if not a little more so. • Municipal Elections Still. An Issue The -proposal of the Provincial Government to extend the term of municipal elections for two years, with, the further possibility that a moratorium be placed on such elec- tions lections for the remainder of the war, is still a Iive issue in the country, judging by what one hears and also by the attention that it has received at the hands of both city and rural press. By making a summary of the two forms of expression, one would con- clude that the proposed action of the government would not prove a pop- ular measure. Country opinion, in all probability, would be willing to stretch a point and accept a two year term, but extending the life of municipal governments over the per- iod of the war is quite a different matter altogether. There is, too, a rather general con- demnation of the attitude adopted by, the government and particillarly that expressed by Hon. Mr. Cross, when he said that referendums on the question would be a waste of time and 'money, because the Gov- ernment had made up its mind to in- troduce and carry the measure in the Legislature. The Legislature, of course, ba=s that power. In fact, it is only by consent of that body that municipali- ties have the power to hold munici- pal elections yearly, as has been the custom for a great many years. At the same time, those who are in- timately connected with municipal affairs, realize fully the danger that might, and in a good many cases, un- doubtedly would ensue to municipal life by extending the term of life in- definitely-. But beside this fear of possible consequences, arising out of an un- tamed and undeclared term of of- fice, there is a general dislike of the dictatorial attitimie adopted by the Government, which attitude in it- self, leads to what almost amounts to a feeling of distrust in the minds of the people in the municipalities, particularly those in the country. And that feeling of distrust arises out of the fear that placing a mora- torium on municipal elections is only the thin edge of the wedge which will have the result of placing a mor- atorium on elections to the Legisla- te as Well, during the course of the war. Th ls'o lies in the power of the Gc 'e*fie elit, Or'' that reason it would be a on the part of the Gov- ake a positive as well statement of its tons along those municipal �-'j,i,i' v ,ru '+ r° tt •;5• Ell ��Pe { j( r1�'�;dr• • THE elections is not going to tend to- wards increased popularity, but passing similar legislation regard- ing provincial elections would place them in an impossible position with a big majority of the provincial vot- ers. • With Whom Are We At War ? That is a question that has been answered in two different ways, by two of the leading newspapers and newspaper editors in Ontario during the past week. Mr. B. K. 'Sandwell, editor of Sat- urday Night, is of the belief that we are at war with Hitler, the Hitler system and all it implies, and he gives his full endorsement to the statement of Prime Minister Cham- berlain, who in a broadcast talk to the German people on September 4th last said: "In this war we are not fighting against you, the Ger- man people, for who we have no bitter feeling, . but against a tyranneous and forsworn regime which has betrayed, not only its own people, but the whole of western civ- ilization and all that you and we hold dear." On the other hand, Mr. George McCullagh, editor of The Globe and Mail, takes a rather violent excep- tion to an editorial, "We and the German People," written by Mr. Sandwell in last week's Saturday Night. And Mr. McCullagh not only takes exception to Mr. Sandwell's words, but also to the above words of Mr. Chamberlain and to very sim- ilar words expressed by Prime Min- ister King in the Canadian parlia- ment and in broadcasts to the Cana- dian people. Mr. McCullagh not only takes issue with these statements, but he goes much further when he describes the German people as "this murder- ous war mongering tribe which has plunged the world into war twice within a quarter of a century," and maintains that we will have to fight "until all that Germanism represents is totally destroyed." , To say the very least, that is a very harsh opinion of the German people held by the editor of The Globe and Mail as expressed by him both in his newspaper and his broad- cast a week ago, and one which for a minute we can not entertain, because we have spent a life time in close as- sociation with the German people in this part of the Province, and we know it to be untrue. This county and the adjoining one has a large population of German people, and while it is true that a large proportion of them are second and third generation German -Cana- dians, there Ore still quite a few of them who were born in Germany. But German born or Canadian born, we say without hesitation, that these people are just as peace loving and loyal citizens as the Irish and Scotch born citizens and their descendants, which largely make up the balance of the population of this and the ad- joining counties. The -Germans in Canada, of course, are not the Germans in Ger- many. But like begets like, and giv- en the same opportunities of free- dom of thought, expression and ac- tion as have the Germans in Canada, we believe the .Germans in Germany would be no different from those of our own. But that freedom they have never had, otherwise our Ger- man population would not be what it is to -day. Mr. McCullagh, of course, has a perfect right to his own opinion and to express It as forcibly as he wish- es, but we believe that if he had had a longer, closer touch with the peo- ple in the country, he would have hesitated before publishing the edi- torial, "Wishful Thinking or Real- ism," or expressing himself as he did in his broadcast, because we very much fear the only "Realism" that will follow either will be the strik- ing of the loudest, most discordant note against the unity of Canada since that one struck by ex -Premier Duplessis of the Province of Que- bec. Repeating the question of Mr. Sandwell in his Saturday Night, we ask: "Who represents more cor- rectly the views of the people of Canada and of Great Britain, 'Mr. King and Mr. Chamberlain, or Mr. McCullagh?" ON EXPOSITOR • Years Agone Interesting Items Picked Fran Th. Huron Expositor of Fifty and Twenty -live Years Ago. From the Huron Expositor November 20, 1914 Mr. Frank Coates, of Usborne, had a very unpleasant experience while driving into Exeter on Thursday night last. As he was nearing the railway from Stephen, his horse became frightened and began to kick viicous- ly until he broke a holdback. Mr. Coates got out of the buggy and the. horse broke loose and was not seen again until Friday. Slhe wras found grazing in a field near Hensen. The congregation of Cavven Church, Winthrop, purpose celebrating their anniversary on Sunday, Nov. 29th, by special services conducted by Rev. Mr. Harper, of Clinton. Mr. W. A. McLaren, of the 13th con- cession of Hibbert, and his family had an unpleasant experience last Sunday night when their fine home was completely destroyed by fire. The sleighing has been pretty good in Hensali during the past week The Cromarty Scale Company or- ganized thirty-two years ago, decided to wind up their business and the scales were sold by auction to Mr. Hugh Norris, of Staffs. A new com- pany was then foruned'with Mr. Jos. Speare as president, and Mr. Frank Allen, secretary -treasurer. Mr. John Arohibald, of the Silver Creek Dairy, Seaforth, .now has his electrically alienated minting machine in good working order. Mr. Randall Rose, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Rose is a member of the Engineering Corps of the first contingent of volunteers now at Sal- isbury Plains. Mr. David Stewart has removed to the Scott tarm in Tnckers pith which the recently purchased. Mr. James Gillespie and Miss Mar- garet Knight won the first and sec- ond Carter Scholarships. Mr. Stewart Scott, who has been travelling for the past year, has re- turned to town and resumed his old position with Stewart Bros. Mr. Geo. McIntosh, pioneer resident of this district, and brother-in-law of the late Dr. G. L. Mackay, famous Formosan missionary, died here on Tuesday .last at the age of 86 years. Mr. W. D. Stewart, of St. Paul, Minn., president of the Se Paul Lime and Cemvent Co., and a well known old Seaforth boy, has just filled one of the largest contracts ever let in Duluth or St. Paul for cement for street paving, and also furnished cement for the- largest building con- tract, the mew Great Northern office building The latter contract amount- ed, to 45,000 barrels of cement. The first sleighs or the season appeared on the streets on Nov. 21st and the snow plow was out for the first time the following Monday. Stewart Bros., who had the C.P.R. telegraph office ]fere for some years, have transferredtit to Mr. M. McKel- lar, express agent - Phil Osifer of • :.. • Lazy Meadows • (By •Harry J.. Boyle) 0 BABY COST My friend Eddie Guest once wrote a poem that I have never appreciat- ed until Lazy Meadows was gifted with a baby. Eddie wrote about the cost of a baby, and the poem came back to any mind today by what one (,.met Si Higgins in the villagl get - of the neighbors said; dug ohgp, and in the course of con- versation he asked me, "How much did the, baby cost?" I mentally figur- ed up Doctor Jim's fees, and var- ious other items of expenditure, and told him. But on the way home 1 started thinking! You dont just calculate the cost of a baby by the amount of money that you have to Lay out for it. The oost of babies isn't reckoned in dollars and cents. There's a different form of cur- rency to use when you start figuring up a cost such as that. A baby costs you, first of all, those dreadful hours of waiting when you wander around in a sort of half mind. You wait, and the suspense grows! You start imagining, and if you don't get out and walk or smoke, or do scmething to distract your own atten- tion, it will sort of get you. But then comes that great moment when the doctor similes and tells you it's a boy or a girl, and all the little bother you've had is wiped out by the realiz- ation of a fond dream_ There's those first -few nights when you aimlessly wander around trying to be helpful but the women folk chase you away. It's so maddening to have them shrug their shoulders as if to say, "What would a mere man know about such things." This goes on for at least a week, and then one magic day you happen to find the baby in the cradle and ,isee's crying and they have turned their backs. You seize the opportunity and delicately pick her up, and, Seeder of wonders, she stops crying- From then on you are an expert, at least you're pretty well convinced yourself of that fact, and what else matters. tit '14 L 111enn NOVEMBER, 17, 1939. 4111111111 Then thene are those drays when THE IROQUOIS—I baby is cross. She's absolutely ruler of the househdd, a very vexing sov- Canada was discovered by the fro- ereign at that. Everybody is trying quoian tribes only a few centuries to do something for her, but she keeps before Oolumbus discovered America. it up You begin wondering 1f she They came north from the Ohio Riv- might burst her lungs, and you alter- er about 1200 A.A. and occu nately pet her, fume at her and when pied basin' about Ontario, tare val- y'ou are on the verge of despair she ley of the St. Lawrenoet and the coun- settles back, looks around with what try immediately to the south. Ia ear - appears to be good feelings for every ly.historical times they were divided nee in the world and then gently dos- into two main groups: (1) The Mir- es her eyes and falls asleep, leaving on, Tobacco and Neutral Nations of you too worn out to enjoy a rest Southeastern Ontario, (2) The Five yourself. Somebody says: "Doesn't Nations of the Iroquois — Mohawk,. she look sweet asleep," and in ad• Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Sen - miring her you forget about the trials , scat ---from Lake Champlain and Lake and troubles of the hours .that have Od'tario. passed. Both groups obtained firearms in Yet, those .are nothing to the times the 17th century, the Hurons from when you wake from the middle of French Canada and the Fine -Nations. the deepest kind of sleep to hear her from the Dutetr and English traders. calling. Not a quiet gentle call, but in the United Stanek, The Five Na -- rather a voice that is commanding. tions then overwhelmed the Ontaria• Baby's hungry! The fire's out and Indians and took possession of their there's no water heated . . . and territory. you stub your • toes on everything The Iroquois were the first farm - from the legs of the bed to the cat 'ens in the Dominion. All other In - that remained unnoticed in the kit- diens Lived exelusivele on fish, game• then to enjoy a comfortable sleep. and native fruits, but the Iroquois.. While preparations are in progress who had brought corn, beans and. for her midnight meal, she grows ev- squash from their southern home. er more 4nsietent and in the hurry converted Southeastern Ontario into. of getting the bottle ready you drop a rich farm belt. They grew core it and have to sterilize another ! enough to last them throughout the With exasperation in every- move winter and never suffered from the you hand it to her and ten tiny fin- famines that often visited their non- g'ers wrap around it and she enjoys agricultural' ne;eeeors, Titus they herself so thoroughly that you begin were able to settle in one place ant to chide yourself for having kept her build for themselves' permanent waiting. homes. Seventy-five per cent. of their And those are only a few of the food came from the soil, compensations . such as when Most of the Iroquois today live on she smiles (at least you think so), or three reserves, one at Brantford its when you imagine a glimmer of re- Southeastern Ontario, the second at cognition• creeps into baby blue eyes Caughnawaga, near Montreal, an.t, or when she lies contentedly the third at Lunette, near Quebec in her cradle . . or when you City. On these and several smaller proudly display her to the relatives. reserves in Ontario and Quebec there are about 8,000, and about the same - I geese babies don't cost money, mrm'ber in New York State. In ap- and in the currency with which they pearance they . are very similar to)- are oyare acquired the credit and the debit the lihrropeans. Sonne of the younger side of the ledger always balance. people leave the reserves permanent- ly every year and merge with the - European population of Eastern On- tario. jusT LE OR TWO • an They lived near their corn field ft. arssmall villages, which they oen surrounded with palisades as a de- fence against enemies. Only rarely were there more than 30 houses in an Officer: "What are you doing here village, but each house was shaped. at this hour -3 arm?" like a barn and was capable of shel- Stranger: "I forgot my key, offi- tering 15 or 20 families. There was= car, and I'm waiting tor the children a doorway at, each end, and downs to rooms:, henna to let me in." each side a row of cubicles, each then home of a family, They did not encumber themselves+ with much property. Their houses,. though built by the men, belonged to the women, as did all the 'household property—principally• cPay cooking: pats, ladles and bowls, chests for the storage of corn, m'orsars and pestles,. baskets, sleeping mats and skins. It. was a simple household requiring fei,v tools—stone bladed axes and knives_ wooden drills for kiudling fires, bone- serapers and awls. Or:e object wane conspicuous in every home, the wood- en cradle in which the mother car- ried her baby. Toastmaster: "Wlhat is the 'hard- est part of your work as a lecturer?" Lecturer: "As a rule, the 'hardest part of my work is waking up the audience after the man who intro- duces me has concluded his re- marks." - • "Wlhat can be diene with by-pro- ducts of gasoline?" "Usually, they are taken to nearest hospital!" • If parcel post rates are based zones, are airmail rates based ozones? There was a young theologian nam- ed Fiddle, Who refused to accept a degree; He didmnt mind being called Fiddle, But he didn't like Fiddle Dee Dee. • From The Huron Expositor November 22, 1889 The Mayor of Wingbam, on behalf of the corporation, has signed the contract for the erection of a town hall in that place at a cost of $8,450. R. Petersen, of Hensall, is the 'con- tractor. At the last meeting of the Sea - forth Caledonian Society, the follow- ing officers were elected for •the en- suing year: Chieftain, Dr. Camp- bell; 1st Cbieftain, George Patterson; 2nd Chieftain., Wm. Mackay; 3rd Chieftain, T. F. Coleman; chaplain, Rev. A. D. McDonald; treasurer, J. S. Roberts; secretary, A. K. Dewar; assistant secretary, W."F. Fear; Mar- shall, Jobe Gillespie; Bard, W. G. Duff; Pipers, F. Beaton and George Angus. There are now 130 names on the roll of the Seaforth Collegiate Insti- tute. The auditors' report presented at the annual meeting of the Patrons of the Seaforth Creamery showed that 21,318 pounds of butter bad been made during the season, which re- alized $4,622, of which $3,718 went to the patrons. The average price for the butter during the season was 211 cents per pound. At a meeting of the patrons of the Loadesboro Creamery, the auditors' statement showed that 28,500 pounds of butter were sold during the season for an average of 21 rrl cents per pound, realizing to the patrons an av- erage price of 18 cents per pound. Mr. and Mrs. John Logan and fam- ily moved this week to Toronto, where they will make their future home. Mr. Logan was one of the pioneer business men of Seaforth and for many years did a large mercan- tile trade. A literary and debating society has been organized in Tuckersinith with the following officers: President, Wm. Chesney; vice-pres., Miss Jen- nie Sproat; secretary, Wm. Archi- bald; treas., Harry Tyndall. Messrs. A. Murdock & Co., who re- cently purchased the Mansion House in Hensel], are putting a brick foun- dation under the whole building and raising it n$ to make it a uniform heeiglht. Mr. H. L. Peine bas sold the Com- mercial Hotel in Zurich to Mr. Chas. L. Shoemaker for the sum of $5,000. At the annual plowing match of the Usborne Plowing Associatlonr, held on the farm of Mr. James Gardiner, the following were the successful compe- titors: Extra class, Joe Hoggarth, Alex Miller; let class men, David Al- lison, Wm. Kay; 2nd class men, W. Rfl Duncan, Thos. Duncan, Matthew Thompson,; boys under 18 -years, Jas. Betelntyne, Jas, Gardiner, Fred Stew- art; boys under 16 years, in stubble, a McNichol, Chas. Monteith; sulky plow, R. Hunter; second and third, a tie between John McCulloch and Archie Hodgert; H. McPherson, spe- cial for best groomtedd team, William Kay. Judges, Adam 'Whitford, Wm. Sackett, Geo. Fravnt l`i and F. R. Ham- • Youthful Father:: "Ourbaby is beginning to recite, 'Baa, Baa, black sheep, have you any wool?"' the Neighbor: "And he's only eight months' old?"' Father: "Well, he doesn't say all on of it, yet, but he's got as far as the on 'baa, baa'." • Girl: "You want me to marry you and "you earn only $Z0 a month?" Suitor: "Don't worry, dear; a month soon passes when people are in Iove!" Swiss Keep Powder Dry Ready to Resist Attack Authority to call all able-bodied spikes. men to armed service was given to The human element is ultimately Generalissimo Henri Guisan by the the most important in the defense of Swiss Government. Under the ruling a country; and Switzerland has been General Guisan can exercise the full making every effort to perfect the equivalent of war -time power in calf citizen army on which 4t has relied ing men to the colors without prior for generations for the defense of its Government permission. • The action follows the calling up of fresh troops by the Federal Council, thereby ending the extended leaves granted to many of the 500,- 000 held under arms since August 28th. No reason was given for the summons. It is a well known fact, however, that this mountain republic, tradi- tionally the most delightful play- ground i,n Europe, occupies an impor- tant strategic position in the war. There are two routes through which Germany could conceivably at- tempt to turn the -.right flank of France's powerful Maginet Line- One is through Basel and the comparative- ly level country in the northwestern part of Switzerland. A successful thrust here would bring the Germans into Doubs prefecture, from which they could advance toward Paris through the valley of the Saone. An advance along the lakes of Western Switzerland, ending in Geneva, would make possible an invasion of the val- ley of the Rh*. e, threatening the im- portant indusltrial districts of St. Etienne and Clermront-Ferranti. But the Swiss do not appear to have the slightest intention of let- ting any invader walk across their territory unopposed One proof of this is the series' of measures for increased national •de- fense, costing over $200,000,000, a very considerable finan0ial effort for a country,,. of 4,000,000 inhabitants, which the Swiss Government has car- ried out during the last three years. Another. is the resolute determina- tion which one finds in Swiss of all classes, not to give up one bit of Swiss territory without a fight. Tank Traps in Place Two passes which this correspond- ent visited, the M.al'oja and the Julier, both within 20 or 25 miles of the Ita- 14an frontier, were being fortified un- der military supervision. There are many places Meng the Swiss frontier where a few canon mounted, at the top of a pass can comtmand. all the approaches andi make an invasion ex- tremely costly. As a Last resort the Swiss are prepared to blow up pass- est.y-',bank traps have been construct- ed and strategic roads and valleys are being made impassable for mo- torized unfits by the tussertkm of iron • Seen in the County Papers Ninetieth Birthday Celebration On Monday, November 7th, with: her family grouped around her at a of - neutrality. There is no standing birthday dinner arranged 'n honor of army. except- for a number of officers the event, Mrs E. Herman marked in s ecialized branches of the serv- "her 90th birthday at the house of her p daughter, elle. Theo Frnmlin.—Clin- ice. But every physically fit Swiss is ton News -Record. a trained soldier. Entering the Army at the age of 20 the young Swiss receives a period of preliminary training which was recently extended from three months to four. He is then called for service for some three. weeks ev- ery year up to the age of 48; recent- ly men up to the age of 60 have been called on to perform this short an- nual period of military training, which includes some of the strenuous moun- taineering in wrhich the Swiss are na- turally adept. The Army is divided into three classes, the Elite, between the ages of 20 and; 32, the Landwehr, from 33 to 40, and the Landsturm, from 41 to 48. in the event of war the young- er men. would naturaPly be sent to the front, while the older classes would be to a large extent reserved, for garrison and depot service. Army of 500,000 Ready Switzerland is able to plate 500,- 000 men in the field. Two points on which the Swiss Army especially prides itself are its excellegt rifle marksmanship and its capacity for swift mobilization. Every Swiss, sol- dier (and . this means almost every adult able.bodlied male Swiss citizen) keeps his rifle and small arms and his horse, if he belongs to the cav- alry, at home, while aniinlmnitiow in large quantities is stored in central supply steifrone. The first signal of danger would send to the frontier in an extremely abort time a host of ditizen-soldiers, in some ways not' un- like the .frontier militia of the Ameri- can Revolution, but better trained and, discirplined. Air attack would perhaps be the greatest danger for Switzerland. Al- though the country's. air force has in- creased, it is naturally not campar- able • with those of its larger neiglr- bone and air bomlbing might inflict considerable damage on electrical in- stallation's and railway junctions. However, mountains afford limited protection, against air attack and the Swiss manufacture a pretty good type of antiaircraft gun. Swiss meraie is dour and' depend - (Continued on Page 8) • Obtain Positions Miss Pearl Harpole, of Hensall. with the Creamery, Zurich; Mise Rita C. Alloway. of Kippen, with the Se John's Ambulance Corps, Toron- to; Miss Pauline Maxwell of Bayfeld'i. with The Dominion. Woollens and Worsteds Ltd., Heapler ; Miss Cleta Ellis, of Clinton, with the Fish Coals. Co., Toronto; Miss, Olive Johnson, of Varna, with Canada Packers, Exeter-• Plant.—Clinton News -Record. Property Transfer Mr. L. Burnese Moore, of Platu. Sas•k., has purchased from Mr. T- Davidso'n, the property an the Lake Road, at present occupied by Mr Hubert Cooper. M; . and Mrs. Moore and daughter, Alma, are at present visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Sandy El- lio t. The real estate deal was put through by C. V. Pickard. — Exeter Times -Advocate. Fingers Amputated in Cutting Box Mr. Wellington Brock, of Usborne. lost two fingers et his right hand in a cutting box Friday morning of \last. week. Mr. Brock was cutting straw when the straw choked and he put his hand bate the box to free St. Hie band was carried, into the knives tak- ing off most of the little finger and the next to it. The middle finger was lacerated at the top. Dr. Fletcher dressed the injured hand. — Exeter Tilnes-Advocate. Honor Comes to Young Orator Charles Costello again brought honors to Kennecott School, Logan. when he won the district public school speaking contest •held in con- nection wi'th a meeting of trustees and ratepayers of Grey, Bruce, Hur- on, Dufferi.n, Perth, Wellington, Hal- ton and Peel counties, held at Arthur last Wednesday. Especially when it le considered that the address given by the Logan boy was of an im- pramptu nature from a picture given the contes't'ants at tihde !meeting with only twenty mdnaites of preparation, (Continued on Page 8) ia2 .l.f�t4Fd,5 ,Ma's ti.