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The Huron Expositor, 1946-03-29, Page 2nor^ eLlth ail VieLean,, ditQr: POI. lobed At Seafortk-Qutario, ev- lmrscla,y afternoon by Mdpeall ros. , :.SubscriPtion rates, $1.50 a year in , advance; foreign $2.00 a year. Single -copies, 4, cents each. Advertising rates on application, • _ • Authorized as Second Claes Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa. , SEAFORTH Friday, March 29th Why New Car Numbers? One of the surest signs of spring -every year is to see people, who have delayed until' the last minute, lining :.up in the premises of provincial motor car , registrars buying their new automobile license plates. Bt why is it necessary for car drivers to have a new and different license plate and number every year? Or, why 4s -it necessary to have a dif- ferent license plate at all each year' •Every car owner knows what mince it is. Last year' we had the easiest number in our history to -re- member. Now we have to , start all • over again. For the next six months or more we will only be able to re- cognize our car by what's inside of it, and that is usually plenty. Or whether the keys we have, if any, • will fit the car we think is ours.. Besides when Governments should be sobering up after their wartime ----spending-sprees,-think--of-the money - it would save to have the same lic- ense plate and number on the car • from the time it leaves the dealer un- • til it reaches the bone yard. That is the way they do it in England. Why couldn't they do it here?' Think of the saving in commis• - sions, in salaries of clerks and typ- ists, and the saving in paper if no new car licenses and plates had to be handed out every year. And metal is still -very scarce. Think of the saving • in metal.' • . What keeps this huge, unnecessary business going anyway? Is it the • factories thatwant to be kept busy • making new license plates? Or the • Government clerks wanting to keep on making-rec-ords--4 them-?--- Or -the politicians wanting to keep on hand- • ing out jobs? If. the annual license plates were done away with, this huge business would be reduced to next to nothing. All any car driver would need would • be his annual operator's card which could be .procured at any post office • or government place of business, along with a, sticker for the corner of the _ winshield stamped in bright red numbers. A •clescription of the car in case of acci- • dent or theft, would always be on record with the only license plate • that was ever issued. That is all the • police or authorities need. That is the way they do it in theOld Coun- try. Why couldn't it be ''done that way here? Why- do' government jobs and fac- tory contracts have to be the big things in the business? • Ontario's• Liquor Profits The extent to which the Ontario Government has worked up the • liquor business to a monopoly of im- mense proporticns, is shown in the recent budget speech delivered in the Legislature. In the Government year, which ends this month, government, re- • ceipts from Liquor Board profits reached an all-time record of $24,- 000,000, which more than doubles • the revenue received from the same source before the war: Even in these days when millions .-- are spoken of so glibly, it amounts to quite a respectable sum of money, even if the- government gave value • -for-it; But--w-hen-several of those millions were collected from the sale of soft water, with which for some time it his been diluting the alcohol it sells, the profits are out of all pro- portion. The Government must have felt a -• little that way top, because- the bud- get was rather apologetic about the preofitS, and was very careful to ex- • plain ailcl emphasi.ze that while the routs of the Province,were in 045, ,ther` Dominion Govern * t reoeiv6 from 11400r 8old in the fie,including malt tax, the .1• SUM. of $30:po,000, at the provincial budget did not explain, let aloneiexnpha4ze, was the fact that it is not'the Dominion Gov- • eminent that promotes liquer sales in Ontario. Thit, on the contrary, t was, the Don -Anion , Government which, during the war years, re-, strieted provincial Supplies of liquor, regardles,S-of theeffect those restric- tions had on its own revenues. • Nor was there any explanation of the Tact that the Dominion Govern - bent only gets the taxation frpm Ontario liquor' which- the Ontario Government. sells. • Getting Back To Normal? The United States News is author- ity for the statement that at least 36,500 persons are expected to be killed or die as a result of automo- bile accidents this year, and more than 2,250,000 will be injured by the • same source. This figures out to three fatalities_ and injuries every -minute, or 180 an hour, twenty-four hours a day. This the News notes is five and a half times the casualty rate of 32 an hour • suffered by American troops during the war. And it also points out that over the last twenty years the auto- mobile has destroyed a great many , more Americans than the engines of war. Before the States entered the war, automobile fatalities in that country reached its al/ time record in 1941, when there were no restrictions on gasoline and people had a lot of war money to spend on joyriding. After ga§—restrictions were -imposed,- -by 1943,casualties had dropped to 23,830, but when gasoline rationing was abolished last year the casualties im- mediately jumped to 28,500. This year it is fully expected they will reach or exceed their pre-war fig- ures. After the hardships and privations of war, the United States may be said, tO be getting back to normal again, when nearly 40,000 of their • citizens are killed on the roads and, mostly through excessive speed and reckless driving. But what about Canada? Over the week -end one person was kill- ed and some injured jt a few miles -:south of Seaforth, and there were Some other fatalities and injuries -in- flicted by automobile accidents in this part of Western Ontario. It would doubtless appear that Canada, too, is fast getting back to • normal on its roads and highways. About Inflation There is an insistent- demand in Canada that all price ceilings_be_lift- • ed- andThiisiness be allowed to fol- low its own happy vent. ,There is a similar demand in the United States, so persistent that Congress has been giving the matter deep consideration and has come to some , conclusions. Among them: "That removing price restrictions would most likely result in ruinous, inflation. That.the disease of infla- tion is still worse, than the preventa- tives." How much worse is pointed out by a writer in the Survey Graphic. He• _,. states : d "That if prices were to rise only as much as after World War 1, the annual living costs of consum- ers would increase by $30,000,000,000 by the spring of 1947, an average of $850 a year for each family. Labor would find living costs rapidly over- taking wage rises. Farmers would, be -paying, considerably more for their purchasesthan they received • for farm products. And investors • would have the value of each dollar invested in war bonds, savings- de- , ,posits, and the like, reduced by 22 - • cents." As for business, the record shows that returns fell from a prefit of $64,000,000,000 in 191.9 to a $55,000,- 000 loss in 1921. In the next five years 106,000 businesses failed. That is in the States, of course, . but what better showing would Canada make? rs PSIFER of EADOWS 1010,,tib,10 101111, PlOkdO From:, Th‘tHijiailit-E-Xpeiltor of Fifty and, : 1\a•titt111,• Years Aga- d From The Horne Expositor • April 8,-'1921 On Wednesday morning of last wee,about sia o'clock, Mr. E. H. Gra- ham, the genial merchant of CrOD1- •art7, :disenvered the interior of his store to be a mass of flames. „The building was built by Mr. J. Reading 56 years •Ago. Mr. Robert Brownlee, merchant of Kippen, has sold his' business to Mr. Edgar Butt. • The gravel road north „of Seaforth is, we believe, the smoothest and best kept road in the -county toaa.y, thanks to the work" of Mr. Robert qrieve, the veteran -McKillop official. Mr. D. Shanahan his purchaseda lot from Mr. Joe Dorsey on Victoria Street and intends, erecting a resi- dence. • Carlin Bros., of Hensall, have tak- en Possession of Brown's Garage on North Main St., Seaforth, Mr. W. A. Wright will retain the management for them- and they. Intend to add an assistant mechanic to the staff. Miss jessie Gillespie left on Satur- day on a v1it' with relatives la Chi- eagp. lairs. Robert Hawthorne has sold her residence in Egtriondyitle to Mr. John Murray, and intends residing in Seakorili. Mr. Robert Jarrott and family, of Heneall, havanioved to Seaforth, and will Campy the cottage • on God -mach St. West, vacated by Mr. North, and will operate the farm for Mr. J. N. Beattie. Mr. Jack Stewart, brother of Mr. D. H. Stewart, who is employed at the Landon G.T.R. freight •sheds, suf- fered a painful injury on Monday aa ternoon, when a heavy steel plate era --his -right-toed-severely_ gush- ing his big We.• A very. serious fire occurred at the -home' of Mr. W. J. Free, Sperling St., on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Free who was alone with one of the chil- dren, discovered? the fire under the roof, and it had made efuch headway that the interior of the house and the contents., were practically both dt- etroyed. The iobai curlers wound up a very, successail season with a euchre in the Town Hall on Thursday night. Dr. F. J. Burrows won the most games; lone hands by Mr. John Cum- mings, and the consolation by Mr, H. W. Cresswell. The Stewart Cup was won by Mr. John 'Beattie' and the eunner-up was Mr.- • Thies. Beattie, while the 'consolation event was won by Mr. T. S. Smith. Mr. W. L. Ferguson has sold, his blacitsmitIfing business to Mr. Thos. • • • We Are All For- It The Ainerican Department of Agriculture is .vorking on a, new grass spray at the present time, that will kill Weeds, "fertilize the ground, and eliminate insects. Now, if, as and when they figure out .something that will e immate the lawn mower, we will be all for it. ..„ We bave been„hearing a lot these "days--abont Canada.. . ,and going with Canadaas ..she becomes a great nation. I can't hold with Some f thealewspaper and radio commen- tators who flaunts the great places, of commerce in Toon' to aakeld.Malatreal as being our -nation-al shrines of pride and hope. At the same time, it isn't a bad ••,ting to remember new and again:- 'setae of the parts that' ge to make up the coUnteyewhich we live in. It may seem strange, but a farmer does get around. I have been back and forth across Canada--duite a few times and there., are so many things that stay in -the mind about the Whole panorama of the coantry: Most of the lads, who . have been in the service will recall all or a large part of them.. Sit -on an Atlantic., shore beachat night and listen to,the surf pounding and realize that you are„. so . to speak, sitting' out on your trent dtar-step. Welk dawn Barrington. Street in Hali- fax on a misty afternoon and look up at the 'oldcemetery with its 'dates that make you realize that a part of the country has a cert;ain antiquity about it. ,.....- I shall never forget crossing the Tantremar Marshes' at Sackville . . lonely, flat marshland with tall grass sighing and moaning as it rippled and waved in a chilly October breeze lad- en with' 'salty moisture. There is a thrill about flying over •that green garden known as the 'Province of Prince Edward Islatid, with -.its per- fectly laid out farms and the green grass contrasting against the brick red soil of the dirt roads or plowed strips. • . Dorval, outside of Montreal, has an air of world importance about it witle aaanes corning in from across Canada, the United) States and others leaving for or arriving from the other side of. the Atlantic. The air was filled with music one night as I stood with the throng 'on top of 'Mount Royal and listened to a world famous conductor lead a symphony' orchestra . . . and then turned, wed dettiked,down to see a vast metropolis of lights Clus- tered at the foot of the moantain. Have you ever motored through the Niagara Peninsula just as the trees aave burst into bleqm? 'It's a -sea of pink and white froth. Have you ever heard Lake Huron -lashing like an • angry demon on the shore on a, blus- tery .November night and wondered about the Ships and the men who sail them? Havady.ou ever stood on the corner of the two famous western etieets, Portage and Maine in Winni- peg, and watched bright-eheeked girls, with slim, youthful figures chatter by on a. crisp day when the temperature. stande at forty below? • It you had, you would have felt some of the Vigof that runs -through a dynamic coun- try. These -are only a part of the whole thing. I could describe a Chinook tip- toeing into ,Calgary to wipe out a stand of four inches of snow. one night; leaving balmy weather the 'next, • morning. I could' tell. you also of a stroll on a e4th of May through state- ly Stanley Park in Vancouver when the flowers wereall ipehloom and dig- nified old men played checkers on a great outdoor hotted in front of happy holiday seekers -These are but a few of the many things you will find in this' country. ., Slearpean ' Mr. W. D. Hopper has moved into the • residence which he 'purchased from Mrs. John Kerr. • From The Huron Expositor April 3, 189C Mr. James Leiper traS , purchased Mr. Wm. Best's farm in Hullett. Over 2,000 visitors have been shown through the Haase of Refugee at Clinton since is was opened in No- vember last. . Eine-s-ravrenrgaft,—Shn-bl Mr. Peter ... • 1n the cOUPtY PaP* eiS 0:',..readeeeeemeseeaseeeree....e,,,,eee-eae.... Becomes Permanent Camp Camp Ipperwasheaditnated, within a. quarter, of a mile of Port Hamm, is to be retained- as a permanent army establishment. It is understood Camp Ipperwash will be" used primarily as a, summer camp for ,dietriet reserve, army units.—God,erich Signal -Star. Awarded Medallion. . • Miss Ann, Naurtele has received from St. John's Gate, Londop, Eng- land, for three yeerS, first aid train- ing, taken during the war, a medal- . lion from the St. John Ambulance Ae- sociation. The medallion, raeaduring, an inch and a half is in the form of a Maltese Crime, the Insignia of the-. Knights of Jerusalem, also known as , the Knights of Mlta. Bronze with gold overlay, hand moulded, in's 'a .Particularly fine pieca_of craftaraan- ship.—Goderich Signal -Star. JUST- A SIVIILEOR TWO - • , . , Cavalry Recruit (about to take his "And how high does your balloon first lesson in horsemanship) "Serge- go?" ' asked the old lady, ant, pick me out a gentle horse," The sergeant scratched his head. Sergeant: "Have you ever ridden "Funny you'should say that, Mad - before?" . am," he replied. "I've been wonder - Recruit: "No!" ing about it all day. You see, when Sergeant: "Al;, here' just the ani- we puilea'-up on tob, and there, large inal for you, never been ridden be- as life, lay a blooming hart)." fore. You 'tan both start .together." ' • Suitor: "I have .come to ask for Said the countryman to the dentist: the hand of your daughter." "I won't pay nothin' extra for . gas. Father: "Which one, Jane or Hel- Twins Brothers, 78, Meet • James Kerney, Bluevale; had for his gliest recently his twin brother, Francis Kerney, of Bruesels. The brothers were in their 78th year on. 'March 21st. Mr. and Mrs. Jaines Ker- ney will observe the 52nd wedding • antiversary, and Mr. and Mrs. Fran- cis Kerney have been married.—Brus- sels Post. - Hydro Line Extension Just pull, it out, even if it does hurt." "You are very plucky, sir. Let me See the ,tooth;" • "Oh, 'taint me that's got toothache; it's my wife. She'll be here 'in a min- ute," en?" Suitor: "Jane, sir." Father: "Do you make enough to support two?" Suitor: "No, sir, One will be en- ough." McTaggart, of Udborne, while playing at school recently, unfortunately had his leg broken. One night last week a Wad' of Clin- ton young people drove over to Varna to, a meeting. On their return the rig 'biretta &unplug the load in the mole, One of the patty, Miss M. Washing- ton, dislocated- her &welder. • Wm: Kerr, of McKillop, has been attending Trinity Medical School, Toronto, and Who has just completed, his first year'sstudy, has succeeded in carrying off the first scholarship, valued at $50, for the highest 'standing, in -all subjects, and Dr. Sheard's scholership, valued' ad $25, for the :highest standing In phys- iology. • • The rapidity with. which the stew melted on .Sunday,liat augmentedby tbe rain of the Preilons evening, caused quite,, a flood in town. On • Sunday it was im-posslble" to get with in a block of the waterworks, and the water rose so high there that the en- gine room was flooded. Mr, Jahn A. Jaekson, of Egmond-' Ville has been appointed captain of the Varsity foOtbail club, and Mr. S. Dickson is one of the counsellors of the club-, . Messrs. D. Ross and C. Simpson,- of Brucefletd, have been making a record, for theetieeivee , in wood; patting. In three days they sawed and split 33 cede of 20 -inch wood, Mrs. H. Arnold and bar sister, Miss Rol -on, of Hensall, spent Wednesday with friends in Clinton. ' • . Mr. Angles MeLeod, who sold his farm in McKillop a few weeks ago, has purchased the farm of Ed. Chris - 'fie, of Exeter.:This farm is -situated on the 2nd cOncessioe, of Usborne, nearExeter. • It cantatas 100 acres, bas firet-clase buildings, and is one of the very best farms in the eountea The price paid was $6,000. Mr.-Thomae Grieve, Of McKillep, with his eight ehildren, left on Tues., day for Park River, Nil), 'Mr. ad 8. Roberts, of town\ is hay- ing• Vs' store, recently, occupied by V. Feareethorottghly renovated and putdina Plate ease front Miss Attnie Killoran rendered a vo- eal tole at a. recent meeting df 'the 'Toronto NortiO• School Literary and' Debating 80e460. Mr. sou .4„,Viiison, seitorui, is on a trip to • •• • Huron Federation Of : :Agriculture--FarmNews Information on Control of Mastitis . . In a message to farmers and the dairy industry on the control' of mastitis, issued by the Anim-al Dise eases Rese tedab_Institute,___Deminio Department of Agriculture, it is re- ported that -recent research has dem- onstrated that approximately 90 per cent of the infected) quarters can be cured. Because of the excellent re - of 'Agriculture, in an address on 'Practical. IVIethode For the Control of Common Scab of Potatoes," to the Ontario Crop Improvement Associa- tion at its recent meeting. in Toron- These substances in the soil are lime and limestone; 'wood ashes, on account of their alkalinity and lime content; fresh barn manure, because of its unusually large 'amount of un - sults obtained, the control -of mastitis clecenaposed straw; horse manure can now be thought dr in terms of which is particularly favourable for eliminating the disease from the herd rather than the treatment of an individual animal. Certain methods have • been worked, out whereby veterinarians by clinical' methods to- gether with bacteriological, examina- tions can detect animals in the early atage of the disease. This is most _important in the control of mastitis and together with satisfactory meth- ods of treatment offer e an oPporttal- ity to eliminate infection from a herd. Briefly, the steps Which must be taken to eliminate the disease are ste follows: (a) A clinical and -bacteriological examination of all cattle in the herd by a competent veterinarian. , (b) Placing infected animals at the end of the milking row. (c) The treatment of all quarters which prove to be infected. --- ' (d) Three or fog weeks -eater an- other examination of treated animals must be conducted to determine those which have failed to recover. (e) Removal of animals which have failed to/ recover from the -herd by" segregation at the end of the ranking row, in anothereatable or preferably -by slaughter, The •Division ot Animal Pathology is prepared to ce-operate only with veterinarians who hake acqUainted themselves with the Method P-idifitised. and whose clients sign a question- naire and agreement form indicating that they are prepared to eliminate mastitis on a herd. basis. These vet- erittariani will be snpplied with ques- tionnaire and' agreeiment *fornin and herd owners shouldpconsult with. 'them, * * * Cause and -Control Stab of Potatoes Common potato scab is ceased, by a micro-organIsta and not by weather and soil condlitioili, although there are meaty subsitances whielt, when added to the soli, will greatly influ- ence -the growth of the organism and 'consequently the Prevalence of the disease, stated ft, N''.1 flatfoot; pivision of Doiany and Plant Pathology) Scl., enee Service, DOMilliert Delatertenent A new 2,600 -volt Hydro -line is be- ing built across countre from Dash- wood sub -station to Grand Bend, with an additional sub -station at Grand' Bend. The line will meet an increas- ed demand"in Hydro corsunaption in the area covered—Exeter Times -Ad- vocate.. • New Clubhouse F'or Bowlers roe the erection of a new clubhouse by the Exeter Bowling Club. Several feet of land have been Purchased from Mrs A. E. Delbridge, north of the bowling greens and a ditch is be- ing dug to put in the cenimarfounda-. tion for the 'new building. The build- ing is to be, 18x45 feet. There will be a• verandah at the front; one big • room,: a kitchen, lockers, etc., and will be up-to-date in every particular 'and a credit to the elub. It is hoped tO have it ready 'when the bowling season commences. -7 Exeter Times - Advocate. Quick Action Averts Tragedy On Sunday Morning a near tragedy'. was averted' by the prompt action of Bud Cruickshank. His , sieter, Lois,. wasi in -the ,kitchenapeeparingAteteemille the breakfast dishes when her dress -- lug gown came , in contact with 'an, electric • heater. Her call for help brought Bud on the run from the. front of thehouse and with his bare hands tore her dressing go*n off and extinguished the blaze. 'By his quick action Lois did not receive a burn,, but Bud's halide were severely burn- ed especially the left hand, and.at wiil be some time before he will have the- ' full use of them again, —Winghani • Advance -Times. • a Attended Banquet Mr. and Mrs: Ward Fritz the banquet of the Supertest staff of the sales department of which Mr.. Fritz is the distributor for Exeter dis- trict which was held ip the 'Georgia' Room • at Hotel London last Taesdaie evening. Each lady present was pre- sented". with an Ainsley cup and sau- cer Mrs, Ward Fritz was successful in • holding the lucky number for the door prize, the -gift' being three pairs jot nylon ladies, hose,. this being a• very valuable gift at the present time. An enjoyable-eevening was spent — Zaricle Herald. • Now -la. an MD. A despatch from Ottawa states, that 197 doctbrs successfully passed' the examinations of the "'Medical Council. of Canada. The list includes' Dr. Fred W. Hess, Zurich, Ont., who, is the 'youngest son of Mr. and Mrs - A. F. 'Hess, of Zurich. Dr. HesiiS now irderneide at, Western Hospital,. Toronto.—Zurich Hernid, /Shoots Large Horned Owl , While cutting' wood in their bush, last Friday, Bob 'Carbert, Staffa, shot a large hotbed °al with a wing - Spread of 581/2 inches.—Mitchell Ad- vocate. Former Minister of. Bayfield • Rev. (Capt.) B. F. Andrew, former minister of 'Clinton and Bayfield Pres- byterian Churches prior to his enlist- ment in the Navy, has been. tendered a unanimous call to becotne minister of Alliston and Mansfield. Prea'hyter-, Ian Churches; Presbytery of Barrie; Simcoe County. He will .be rittduCtect at a service in Alliston Wednesday, March, 27th,—.Clinton News -Record. ,-- the growth of scab, as it contains much undecomposed cellulose; man- ure, decomposed or undecomposed, in which wood shavings' or sawdust have been incorporated as bedding for liye staek;. wood chips; old plaster; and - alkaline fertilizers..Soils on the sites' of Old -buildings, wood piles and, old roads are extremely favourable to the grewth of the scab organism. , Experiments , have demonstrated that the scab organism- grows well when. a .plentiful supply of oxygen is available. Light, dry, andeparous soils are more favourablefor aeab develop- ment than heavy and coMpagasails. If the soil is wet, oxygen is excluded. Also the highest temperature for the growth of the organism is somewhere between 75 and 80' degrees F. This shows why scab is worse during a hot dry summer than in a cool wet ,one, The control of potato scab is A long-time continuous program, requir- ing the use of clean 'seed,' proper se- lection and management of the iatid, the judicious use of fertilizers and manures and of bedding used for live stock, and the maintenance' of a high haunts content of the soll. It Is only -by• continuously applying the cultural' -Methods that willatender the soil less, and cless favourable toscab that growers will eventually produce, or will be assured' of producing, scab - free potatoes. * * * Color Films Aid War on Insect Pests • Color filmshave come to the Aid of Canadian farmers in their war against plant diseases and insect pests. These films, produced by' the National Film Board, explain the ways, in which trope and live stock may be attacked and demonstrate d,eteri- elve measures. ' In a receni'productiort, "The War- ble Ply and Its t OntrOlp the life, Cycle 'of the watble fly is • described by, means of auftnatedr drawings to show when' the tlY Is most ettinerahle, tures of grubainfeated Meat and et (Oentinued On Page 8) attended Clinton Boy Geta . Decoration • -, - LteCoL Harvey Potter; son of Mr. and -Mrs. Oliver W. Potter, -of Clinton, has been decorated; by General Bernd:rine of Italy. 'De. Potter has been peed -tieing Medicine in Brooklyn, New York, for many Yearn:and when the United States declared war, Hat - Vey at Once'enlited in the U.S, Array land. well 'sent fo, Africa, then to Italy ,where he spent moat of bis charge !of s large surgical IMSPItal• Singe Nr. -Day he has been superintend- ing evactlation, of the Wdunded In the (Continued Irani Page 3)