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SEAFORTH, Friday, May 23, 1941
Still More Monep
Last week in response to an oft
heard question, "Where will the
• itnoney come from?" when the pro-
posed Dominion War Loan is under
discussion, The Expositor, said that
there was.. over a billion dollars in,
savings accounts in our Canadian
banks. And there are.
This week we would like to point
out that while there is over a billion
dollars on deposit to the credit of
Canadian's savings accounts, it is
quite apparent that all Canadians
are not money savers. Far from it.
At least that is the conclusion we
draw from the newspaper reportson
the Woodbine races, which opened in
Toronto .on Saturday last.
On that day it is recorded that an
aggregate sum of some four hundred
and forty-five thousand dollars was
wagered on the afternoon's program
of races and of that amount one hun-
dred and five thousand was bet on
one race. -- And, by the time the To-
ronto "r. E' e meet is concluded this
coming Saturday, it is reasonable to
believe that the amount wagered
will run into several million.
Judging by these and other things,
is it nit unreasonable to believe that
when Canada Calls --and Canada is
calling for a loan of six hundred mil-
lion dollars—that she will have no'
trouble getting the. money. -
These things do not always fol-
low, of course. But one thing is sure
themoney is in Canada—and ev-
ery loyal Canadian should make it
his or her business to see that it is
forthcoming.
Little Is Heard Now
Last winter there was a bitter out-
cry in Ontario about the terms of
the new bacon agreement" between
Great Britain and ' Canada, and
against the Dominion Minister of
Agriculture, who was responsible
for negotiating that agreement
Britain's refusal to pay the price
that was paid last year "would ruin
the hog industry in Canada, and
with it .the Canadian farmer, with
particular reference to those in On-
tario.
Meetings were organized :similar
to the one held in London, if not by
Ontario government officials; cer-
tainly With -t icirTbjessing. The sit-
uation was so serious that Premier
Hepburn decided in order to keep
the farmer an the land, it would be
necessary to place a premium on
Jacon production, payable out of the
Ontario treasury.
The fact that the Dominion Min-
ister of Agriculture explained that
while the price in the new agreement
was lower, the amount taken by Bri-
tain this year would be in exeeso of
a hundred million pounds over that
of last year, and that provision ex-
isted in the 'agreement for an in-
creasein price if the United States
price went up, and our bacon start-
ed moving to that country, made no
difference at all. No one would lis-
ten to anything but the cry that the
Dominion Government had sold out
the farmer.
Little is heard about those thins
now, because conditions have reveal-
ed that the British bacon agreement
is working out exactly along the lines
foreseen' and anticipated by the Do-
mininn Lovernment when the nego-
tiation were made in October last.
Early in April of this year, Great
Britain increased its order for our
baoan:T by , twenty-eight million
whh Will bring the total
irheti; e r tip to over four hundred
'Dion, 'Sands, . Then on
rata anntineed-,that she
V`ants, of the dption
onld in case
n, isa4tito
United , States Where hog prices
have been steadily mounting since
the middle of April,
The ,increase in the British price
will mean a dollar a hog for the On-
tario farrier, whose market this year
ig already thirty-five per cent. above
the 1940 level.
In fact it means that the British
agreement in 1941 will net over sev-
enty-one million dollars to the Cana-
dian bacon business. The situation
has righted itself as promised by the
Minister of Agriculture, although no
one would Iisten to him just a few
short weeks ago.
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What About Rudolf Hess?
We haGve ,been -asked this question
a good many times in the past two
weeks. And our answer is that we
do not know.
All we know is that Hess is a mur-
dering scoundrel, ' and the fact 'that
he had stolen a plane in which to fly
to Scotland in order to give himself
up, can not change his character,
nor raise him in the estimation of
any human being with any Christian
background.
The news of his arrival in Britain, ,
however, is good news. It does not
mean that Hitler's reign is , cracking,
for there is no hope of that—yet. But
it does mean -that when the third
highest in the Nazi regime in Ger-
many deems Great Britain a safer
place to live in—and' personal safety
means everything to a man of his
character—than his own country,
conditions in Germany can not be
everything, or even a part of what
the Hitler press and radio are so con-
tinuously claiming for. them.
The German official news agency
has declared Hess to be "the "victim
of hallucination," but Hess had no
halluncinations about what was' go-
ing to happen to him in Germany,
before he made his historic flight, al-
though we will have to wait for the
end of the' war, or perhaps, for his-
tory to tell us the whole story.
In the meantime do not waste any
sentiment on .Hess, or imagine, . for
one moment, that an eight hundred
mile ride has changed a black sheep
into a. Iamb.
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You'll Hae 7`a' Wait
The Scotch are a solid race, not
easy 'to move, and David McLean,
who captured the parachuting Rudolf
Hess with a pitchfork runs true to
--form.
When the newspaper reporters"
rushed to him to get the story, he -y
replied slowly and deliberately :
"You'll ' hae tae wait till I feed the
horses."
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What Would You Do?
If you were a man, while walking
down a street one day, tripped over
a paper parcel, and that parcel con-
tained seven thousand five hundred
dollars, what would you do?
"Or, if you were a girl living in a
Iarge city and helping to support a
father mother and sister on eighteen
dollars a week—what would you do?
That is a question. we can not an-
--swer for mankind, •but we can an-
swer it for the girl.
The 'girl was Miss Kathryn Los,
who picked up . a parcel containing
seven and a lhalf, thonsanid dollars on
a New York street, and she—took it
to the police. r •
Honesty is always its own reward,
but ill spite of that we are glad to
report that nine days after Miss Los
turned over this money to the police,
she was sent a cheque for one thou-
sand dollars by a New York broker
who bad lost the money.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
War On Disease
(Windsor Daily Star)
Good health enjoyed by British troops in Africa
where they have been exposed to every tropical
pestilence while faeing the rigors of tvar,' is a
tribute to medical science, and to its application
to military campaigning.
Inoclrlation, hygiene, water .purification, care of
• food, and scientific dieting are given as reasons
far the good record the British have establish-
ed.
This Is much mer• than a military achleve-
&entt - It offers eneourag'enrent and inspiration
to theihe healtht i
sre cis *Melt are battling •dir;-
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d'eh et8t 11 tt/il O htielee ' "tWe ARV'g>ikd
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liPrOi,EXpealtar of Fifty and
TWeti$y five Years Ago.
From Tim Huron Expositor
May 26, 1916
At a recruiting meeting held
Blyth recently, Lieut. Frank Seat,'
Toronto, and son of Mrs. Robert Scot
formerly of Seaforth, was presente
with a fountain pen by. the citizens o
Blyth as a token of their regard.
Gunner Joe Dick, of Edmonton, i
here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mr
James Dick. He enlisted some tim
ago with the Battery at Kingston an
is home on sick leave.
Mr. Peter Lindsay, of Constant
met with a serious" accident one da
recently. He was thrown off th
wagon by the team starting up quic
ly, which resulted in a verk bad sha
ing up.
The people of Seaforth appreciate
very much the opportunity of hearin
Huron's own band of the 161st Ba
talion; and the skating rink wa
crowded on Friday evening last wher
they gave a splendid concert. The
were under the direction of Hug
Grant. The local detachment of th
1161st Battalion, under the direction o
Lieut. Grieve, gave an exhibition o
physical drill.
Miss Anne Govenlock's sight-singin
class. gave a very delightful ente
tainment •in the Town Hall on 'Mon
day evening., The stage was deco
ated to represent a spring landscap
andwas charming. The "Fair
Queen" was Miss Margaret Edge, an
the "May Queen" was Miss Kat
Cowan-
The friends of the 161st Huron
were present in Clinton on May 24t
in dnnge numbers, the incoming train
being crowded and hundreds of well
loaded automobiles. The public schen
scholars and Scouts from Goderie
and Clinton were followed by th
Hurons, 900 strong, under comman
of Lieut. Col. Combe. The Kilti
Band and the brass and bugle band
of the 161st Battalion led the proce
sion.
Mr. W. Somerville, G.T.R. agen
sold 230 tickets for the military di
play in Clinton on Wednesday, an
another 160 tickets were sold at th
station for the same event.
The Jackson Manufacturing Co. Ltd
of Clinton, will start operations next
week in the . Campbell Block, wher
they have installed twenty power ma
chines to be run by Hydro.
The following are the men success
ful in writing examinations for non
commissioned officers in the i61s
Huron Battalion: F. Andrews, Clin
ton; R. T. Angell, Hensall; J. 0
Crich, Clinton; J. H. Currie Wing
ham; Ross Dougall, Hensel]; F. Fing
land,," Clinton; . J. McCallum, Wing
ham; N. G. McDougall, Clinton; M
W. Pfaff, Exeter; R. Redfern, Gode
rich; G. B. Sewell, Clinton; T° J
Sherritt, Hensel]; F. H. Bell, Cede
rich; R. E. Cook, Seaforth; S. F. Fer
guson, Wingham; J. ICeIIy, Wroxeter
F. C. Manuel, Wingham; N. R. Rob
inson, Goderich; W. L. Helps, Wing
ham; J. F'. Gaibnaith,. Wingham.
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From The Huron Expositor
May 22, 1891
Mr. Burns, formerly of°Toronto, ha
rented the store inrLumley from Mrs
Dinnin, and. will coinmence busines
there about the 1st of June.
Seven members of the Presbyteria
Church at Chiselhurst were nominat
ed as EIders, but three declined to
act, leaving Messrs- James Morrison
R. Habkirk and Daniel and John Me
Lean to stand the elections
The other day while working in his
garden Mr. Wm. Copp, of Seaforth
dug up a Canada Thistle which was
a curiosity. From one root . were
growing twenty -Mx separatethistle
stalks, the whole making a large siz
ed cluster.
Mr. Robert Winter shipped from
Seaforth on Wednesday three carloads
of very superior cattle. They were
fed by the following parties: John
Modeland, Tuekeresmith; _ 5 -head; ...Jas-
Scott, Roxboro,'3; Thos. E. Hays, Me-
Kiliop, 2; James Cowan; McKillop, 5;
Lr. Scott, Seaforth, 4; John -Reinke,
Tuckersmith, 5; Robert Leatherland,
Tuckersmith, 3; Wm. Henderson, Me-
Killop, 5; John McLean, Mill Road,
2; George A. Sproat, Tuckersmith; 3.
Mr. Wm. Fairley left on Tuesday
for Carberry, Man., where he goes to
take a responsible position in the
banking office of Logan & Co., of that
"place -
Messrs. Donaldson & Perdue, are
doing a rushing business with their
portable sawmill on the Sauble Line,
'opposite Mr. Charles Parker's.
The Blyth Firemen intend to con,-,
pets, at the Seaforth tournament next
month.
Two carloads of potatoes were ship-
ped from Blyte to Cincinatti this
week by Mr. Denholm.
On Saturday evening' last the 'Eng-
lish Church of, Blyth had a fire, Choir
„practise was Oleg on, and by some
means one of the lamps on the organ
fell to the floor of the choir gallery,
which was soon enveloped in flames.
The services of the fire brigade were
not needed as a few pails of water
were poured on and the fire brought
under control,
Building opera:tioris are going on
quite lively in HensalL The last two
in course of- erection are the dwel-
lings of Mr. Mitchell and Mr. D. Stew-
art.
On Tuesday evening of last week
Mr, and Mrs. Wi A. Waugh and fam-
ily left Hensall for E nsas. A large-
number
arge-number of their*lends assembled at
the station to See them • off. Mr.
Waugh was a nrpmber of the firm of
McDonnell & Waugh.
Mr. • George iMeEwau, enterflrising
and go-ahead salt manufacturer, Hen -
salt, finding hiss bait well grounds too
Mra11 for his In ing business, has
recently purchas another acre of
land from 1Vlr. ttl: Moir.
" Mt D. Weisin�l ler, of E'.ippen, las
engaged 'Miss .nr
ttw.tliee ofClinton, C as
Clerk itt hte sti*
Qtr thl'1Y'rtttO' d t a, friendly match
Witt In tyn let'
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`f3rtfssele hditee'll the Inifetins of Sea-
teeth ends the littiasela fel:abaf Club,
!ov9&!iob, t011$0 i'$: a 'f"iGtoiry;' fir' the
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"NEWSPAPER OFFICE"
I have always been fascinated by a
newspaper office.
Walk in the door and stop and look
around any newspaper office, and un-
less it be one of those glaring, mod-
ernistic affairs your can smell old'
newspapers. There's , a heavy
almost musky smell of dampness and
ink and if you look closely you'll see
dust in the corners!
Some people are afraid of newspa-
permen and women. I'm not! I like
to wate'h a man with a green shade
over his eyes leafing through stories
that come from the far corners of
the world. He does it calmly, paus-
ing in the middle of an assassination
in some remote country to light his
pipe or pick up the telephone and
tell his wife that he'll be late 'for
dinner.
I like to watch' that speeding up
process that comes toward .edition
time.. Reporters ' begin 'trickling in
and tatting their places, and as --they
do the clattering increases. Voices
begin to accommodate themselves to
the increasing noise . . growing
ever louder. The man with the green
eye -shade begins giving orders, and
his pencil starts working faster and
faster. Copy boys begin dashing
around! A manwith a worried
frown searches -diligently through well
worn reference volumes, finds what
he wants and then gets back to work
again.
A swinging door opens and closes
giving glimpses of . the place where
noisy, hammering, clattering iron mon-
sters take words. and. transform them
into printed pages. The noise is deaf-
ening, and somehow' exciting, as the
pages of white paper- keep pouring
down from upstairs to these men•
who work magic with them.
Stand and watch! Finally the whir-
ring pages of newspri t come out
neatly folded and smelling of fresh
ink, and you see the work _of thou-
sands incorporated in the daily pa-
per.
Walk back upstairs and see the
calm that sprevails once again in the
editorial office. The man with the
green eye -shade leans back in his
chair and looks over the paper. Now
and again he node his head. An an-
OnyRnous slap on the back or praise
for a good piece of work, stored in
memory's files for 'future use.
The men are chatting and talking.
The typewriters are silent. It's calm
again, and you smell that same fam-
iliar odor that seems to come from
stored newspapers and tobacco smoke
and dust.
On my way home from visiting a
newspaper I can never quite bring
myself to the familiar pleasure of
watching Nature. Printed pages and
the man in the green eye -shade seem
to come up before me. Even the bud-
ding trees of Spring seem to •lose
their fascination, against that place
where news is taken and placed on
pages for readers. -
Somehow, I can't help thinking that
if I had not been a farmer I would
have tried to be a newspaperman.
They say that a man who once
works in an office of that .nature can
never forget it. Perhaps it's the far-
away romantic places that hold a fas-
cination for a man.
Somehow I like to think that the
fascination of newspaper work is the
same as that of farming. When a
man writes a story, he likes to pick
up the paper and read it, and see his
own thoughts and ideast transformed
so that everyone can exemnine them.
When e farmer plants his fields in
the Spring, he waits to see his handi-
work come up °green and fresh. In
place of clattering iren monsters,
such as the newspaper men have to
transform their ideas, the farmer has
Nature to spread out fields of,grain
and crop , . . that somehow seem
like green pages.
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:JUST A SMILE OR TWO
A policeman was'questioning a man
pinned under his car in an accident.
"Are you married?"
"No,"'came the reply. "This is the
worst fix I was ever in!"
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"John, I've been lying awake for
hours waiting for you to come home
front that wretched club."
"If that isn't just like a woman.
And I've been at the club for hours
waiting for you to go to eleeP,"
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Young four-year-old had just been.
informed of the arrival of a second
baby sister. He questioned Daddy:
"Daddy, does God know every-
thing?"
"Why, yes, son."
"Then why didn't He know I want-
ed a brother?"
"Maybe He did but He was out of
boys?'
"Yes—but if He knew everything
He might have known I'd have wait-
ed!" was the disconsolate argument
which floored the young father.
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The class ,had been instructed to
write anessay on winter. Before
they began, the teacher gave them a
few hints; and among other things he
suggested that' they might introduce
a abort paragraph on migration.
One child's attempt read as follows:
"In 'winter it is very cold. • Many old
people die in winter and many birds
also go to a warmer climate. '
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"What has done most to rouse the
working. classes?"
"The alarm clock,"
sold me a car two
weeks ago."
Agent: "Yes, I did."
Man: "Fell me again all you said
about it. I'm getting discouraged."
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Accuracy •
Accuracy is of much importance,
and an • invariable mark of good train-
ing in a mean. Accuracy in observa-
tion, accuracy in speech, accuracy in
the transaction of affairs. --Smiles.
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A member of a Ladies' Aid Society
in a small town went to the bank to
deposit, as she told the banker,
"'some Aid money."
'Unfortunately the banker thought
the said "egg money," and replied:
"Remarkable, isn't it, how well the
old hens are doing these°days!"
Then ' he couldn't understand why
the woman gathered up her passbook
and hurried from the bank.
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A young man, after eight years' ab-
sence, alighted at his home station,
and, despite his, expectations there
Was no one there to meet him. He
then caught sight of the stationmas-
ter,' a friend since boyhood. To him
at least he.would...be welcome, and he
was about to extend a hearty greet-
ing, when the other spoke first.
"Hello, George!" he said. "Going
away?"
Goodness
• It is not our badness that - often in-
terferes with OUT being better but
our meagre goodness, with which we
are content.
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ia Information_ Given_
To GovernmentOfficials
The census of agriculture, which is
combined with the general census 01
the Dominion in the eighth census of
Canada, next June, will place in the
hands of government officials 'vital
information as to fruit anti,. vegetable
production in 1940 on the farm and
in nurseries. The work of enumera-
tor can be made easier if as much in-
formation as possible is available. It
has been stressed on previous occa-
sions that any information given. an
enumerator is guarded closely and is
revealed to no one except the officials
in charge of the enumeration.
Producers will be asked ,to reveal
the amount of vegetables and fruit
produced in 1940, value of crops har-
vested, as well an quantity of seed
produced and the area seeded or
planted in 1941.
Information will be asked as to
amount and value of crops harvested
as follows: Asparagus, beans, bunch-
ed and topped beets, Brussels sprouts
broccoli, early and late . cabbage, can
aloupes and melons, bunched and top-
ped carrots, early and, late cauliflower,
early and late celery, Chinese cab-
bage, .sweet corn, cucumbers, leeks,
leaf lettuce, head lettuce, green, and
dry onions, parsnips, peas shelled
and in the pod, peppers,, radishes,
rhubarb, spinach; tomatoes and other
vegetables, such as pumpkins, cit-
rons, egg plants, kale, garlic, herbs,
sweet potatoes, Swiss chard, ete.
Greenhouse and hothouse operators
will be Asked, the total value and area
of greenhouses; hothouses, . rhubarb
houses, tuushroom houses; area of
prod'u'ction for greenhouse tomatoes,
encumbers, b r
s forced r'hubar b
snrrush-
roonas and other vegetables and the
total area of greenhouses devoted to
flo'vd"er productieir.. The amouttit re-
ceiv e
e in 1940for b Sale
dh Vegetable
e
eg table
plane , is auleo to be, stated.
Will Survey Oi'uhsrcia
A drive, of tines, tri orchards itt-
globs' ttte lral'mber of trees as t4'el•1
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as age and the area in which they
are planted. Small fruits," such as
strawberries, raspberries, currants,
etc.,• will be listed according to the
number of acres devoted to cultiva-
tion, quantity harvested and value of
harvest., The area. •set aside for cul-
tivation of small fruits in 1941 is also
asked.
For the benefit of, •enumerators' a
table of weights and measures as
they apply to fruits and vegetables is
provided,
In Eastern Canada the weights and
measures are as follows: 11 -quart
basket 'of asparagus and beans, nine
pounds; bushel- of string beans, 30
pounds; bushel' of 'beets, 50 pounds:
20 -quart basket of cantaloupes and
rilelons, 23 pounds; crate of canta-
lopes and melons, 20 pounds; bushel
of carrots, 50 pound's; cucumbers, 6 -
quart fiat basket, 7 pounds; 11 -quart
flit basket, 15 pounds and a bunter,
48 pounds; bushel of egg plant, 33
pounds; bushel of onions, 50 pounds;
bushel of parsnips, 45 pounds; bushel
of peas in the pod, 30 pounds; peps
pers, 6 -quart basket, 5 pounds, 11 -
quart basket, 7 pounds, and bushel, 25
pounds; bushel of spinach, 18 pounds;
tomatoes, 6 -quart flat basket, nine
pounds, 11 -quart flat basket, 15 pounds,
bushel 55 pounds; bushel of turnips.,
5Q pounds.
Fruits: Eastern Canada—App1eas
barrel, -135 pounds; half -barrel, 70
pounds; one-third- barrel, 45 pounds,
bushel hamper, 42 pounds, bushel
crate, 42 pounds; six -quart flat bas-
ket, 8 pound}; fruits, in baskets such
as pears, peaches, plums, prunes,
cherries, currants, grapes; two=quart
basket, two pounds, six -quart basket,
7 pounds, 11 -quart flat basket, 15
pounds; bushel' hamper, 50 pounds;
berries es 'in' crate such as strawberries,
rasgiberries, blackberries, 24 -pint crate
15 pounds; 86 -pint crate, 26 pounds;
24 -quart crate, 30 pounds; 21=quare
crate, ae iiotnidi; 32 -quart erste, 40
potindL
peen in the.,
CountyPapers
Plant Had Over Fifty Flowers
Miss Josephine Woodcock is the
proud possessor of an eight-year-old
Cactus plant which during the past
week burst into bloom with over 50
flowers. There were over 60 buds on'
the plant, about a dozen not matur-•
ing. The flowers were a flame color
and were most beautiful—Blyth Stan-
dard,
Makes Official Visit
The officers and members of Blyth,
Lodge A.F. & A.M. greeted Rt. Wor,
Bro. Dr. Redmond, D.D.G.M., for this
Masonic district on his official visit
on Monday night. There was a fairly
good attendance of the brethren of
the local and visiting lodges who lite
tened to a very• interesting and in-
structive address from the guest of
the evening and address by visiting
brethren after which lunch was serv-
ed and an hour spent in social amuse-
ment.—Blyth Standard.
Farewell Party For Harry Boyle
A social evening was held at the
home of W. T. Cruickshank Friday
evening in honor of Harry J. Boyle,
who for five years has been a mem-
ber of the C'KNX staff. The staff of
the radio .station took this opportun-
ity
pportunity of presenting Harry with an auto-
matic electric toaster. Harry left on
Monday to take over his new posi.
tion with the Stratford Beacon -Her-
ald, His wife and baby, Patricia, wilt
go to Stratford on June 15th, after
spending a couple of weeks with her,
parents at Dutton. — Wingham Ad-
vance -Times.
Graduated From Veterinary College
In the list of those who graduated
last week from the Ontario Vetere -ie.
ary College, Guelph, were three 'dis-
trict students: J. D. Turnbull, of
Brussels; Calvin Moffat, of Teeswa-
ter, and C. L. Coghlin, Listowel.—
Winghanr Advance -Times.
Goderich Boy Won Contest
W. R. Beatty, Goderich, was declar-
ed the winner in a contest conducted
by, the Ontario Department of Lands
and Forestsfor the best essay on the
subject, "What I Can Do To Protect
Our Forests." Judge, in the contest
were James C. Shearer, Huron Counts -
Agricultural Representative; W. Stan-
ley Hall, principal of Wingham High
School, and W. T. Cruickshank.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Gravel Contract Let
The contract has been let for the
placing of ten firousand tons of"
gravel on the pre...tibial highways
from Russeldale to the Bluewater
Highway; from No. 4 highway to
Zurich, and on the highway from
Mitchell to Elginfield. With the
break-up in the spring the higii*ays
were in bad condition and in differ-
ent places impassable. The contract
for hauling the gravel has been let
to Sandy and Salkeld, of Goderich, at
87 cents a ton. If the above quan-
tity is not sufficient, . arrangements
have been made for an additional
5,000 tons.—;Exeter Times -Advocate.
Sang At Tavistock
Messrs. Harold and Gerald Skin-
ner and Harry Hoffman were at
Tavistock on Sunday where in com-
pany with James Francis they sang
a quartette at the evening service in
connection with the Evangelical con-
ference. Mrs. H. Skinner and .Mar-
ilyn, Mrs: G. Skinner and Miss, M.
Bolton accompanied them and were
the 'guests of Mr. and 'Mrs. Francis.—
Exeter Times -Advocate, en
97th Passes Through Town
A fair cro t'd of specators watcped`.
the 97th Battery of the 7th 'Army'
Field,•Regiment now •stationed at Pet-
awawa go through Clinton' on Tues -
ay morning. They came in on No. 8
highway, turned right at the bank
corner and proceeded north to Wing -
ham on No. 4 highway. In all about
forty pieces of;.,motorized equipment
were in the perade, but we had not
time to look it lover as they did not
stop. The convoy consisted of, guns,
artiiledy.. .tractors,
.axnmuArtion..Gar-
riere, trucks, radio trucks and motor-
cycles. They have just about con-
cluded an 1,800 mile tour which in -
eluded demonstrations to stimulate
recruiting.—Clinton News -Record.
Chimney Fires
-On-Saturday and Monday mornings
Clinton had a small stir of excitement
whentwo ladies let their chimneys
get the better of them. At the W. E.
Perdue residence on Saturday the
back woodshed was totally blackened
and the inside wall ,burnt. On Mon-
day morning Mrs. J. (i. Radford's
chimney caught on fire but the fire-
men were so quick they extinguished
befOre it really got started. There '
was no real damage done at either
homes.—Clinton News-Record.
ChildInjured At Staffa
•Caroline Walker, 4 -year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Walker, of
Staffa, was taken to Scott Memorial
Hospital, Seaforth, on Sunday after -
neon following an accident occurring
around. 3.3 0o'clock when she sustain-
ed a fractured right leg and head
cuts. Two cars were parked on the ,
top of the hill" at 'Staffa at the time
and a car driven by Gerald Fitzger•
-
ald, of Stratford, was proceeding
south when the child ran out from
behind a ear on the left side of the
road directly -in its path. Traffic Of-
ficer G. Govier investigated.—Mitchell
Advocate.
Injured in Fall on Stairs
When in, the act of carrying hot
water on • Wednesday night an last
week, Mrs. Minnie i°tatz, Water St..
unfortunately fell down a number of
steps, fracturing a rib, bruising her
side and scalding one leg. Abe is
able to be aborit her work as usual
this t weelr.—Mitchell Advocate.
President of Turf Club
E. W.
Pawm
wa
or
returned to the
sd
pPe i
en
c •�
y and
seeretar sh Earl Brdwm to the Iv
y ip of the Mitchell Turf
Club when the arrettal Meeting. was
held don
Tue
ells
evening.
officers were alsoarelcted. l It other
decided that a race meet would be
held oii ente Mir if this . date were
favorable. Folrr races will be held,
the elitists 40 be tieterilYined : at a
later iineetiiig1-4114tej ell odi►te,