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The Huron Expositor, 1949-08-26, Page 2HURON 'Wished 1869 r . 1VMcLean, Editor , a at Seaforth, Onta riot ev- noon b y McLean sc�.ay after y nber of Canadian reekly Newspapers, Association.. Subscription rates, $2.00 a year in advance; foreign $2.50 a year, Single 'Copies, 5 cents each. Advertising rates on application. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Off'oe Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, August 26th Washout Troubles On ordinary occasions when wash- outs necessitate detours, all that hap- pens is a short period of inconveni- ence to the motoring public. But last week when several sec- tions of the Bluewater Highway be- tween 'Goderich and St. Joseph, were washed out, an entire section of the county was disrupted and the means of livelihood of a number of citizens jeopardized. Because of the volume of traffic on the Bluewater, Department of High- way official's decided township roads adjoining the washouts would not safely carry the load, and detoured the normal Lakeshore traffic over provincial highways, through Zur- ich, Hensall, Brucefield to Clinton, and west on No. 8 from Clinton to Goderich. The result of this move was to throw an extra burden on No. 84 from the lake to Hen,sall. None too good at its best, this road quickly took on the appearance and feel of a greatly enlarged washboard at many points. Traffic through the normally quiet communities of Hensall and 'Zurich at times reached city -like proportions. But probably the greatest finan- .cial hardships were suffered by resort and cabin operators in Bay- field. Dependent upon obtaining al- most their entire income for the year during the short summer months, they found themselves removed to the sidelines as far as potential tour- ist customers were concerned. Every effort was made to restore as quickly as possible the damaged highway to traffic, and by the middle of this week a portion was in use again. "He said,that living in the set n try had a lot of advarltaages,but he never really appreciate( the -services he got in taw until he :left. "For instauee,•" ;the $tsar goes on to say, "he pointed out that' there is garbage collection. What a headache that is in the country. Then, in the winter, there are the ashes. After you have filled up all the holes in the driveway, a great pile -accumulates. And getting the kids to school pre- sents another problem, especially in the winter. An . inadequate water system often gives , a lot, of trouble. "The fire hazard is a constant wor- ry with no fire department handy. The friendly police officer, who is available if a suspicious character is in the neighborhood when your wife is alone with the family, is missing, of course, outside the town. "Ye editor got to wondering how many people really appreciate the value they get for their tax money. Take our •streets, lights, bridges, weed control, health service and the multitudinous services we get for so IittIe output -how would we like to • The Tax Dollar There is always a tendency to re- gard taxes as being something which everyone must pay, but for which lit- tle is 'received in return. Too fre- , quently little attention is given to what services are provided in return for the money paid out in taxes, and to whether or not the tax- dollar buys value comparable to the dollar spent for some other purpose. In this period of rising costs, it is the experience of many municipali- ties that the tax dollar is not going nearly as far today as it did several years ago. The Fergus News -Record discussing a 70 mill rate in Fergus this year says: "Of course, Fergus has new schools, sewers and a lot of things that most other places of its size do not have.. But still the tax rate seem- ed too high. "Maybe Fergus was just a few years ahead of other towns, both in its improvements and in the size of its debenture debt. There are signs that others are fast catching up. "Grand Valley Council set a tax rate of 61.5 mills last week. The rate is divided as follows: County rate, 14 mills; school rate, 19 mills; village rate, 26 mills; library rate, 2.5 mills. When one considers how many things Fergus has that Grand Valley. doesn't have as yet, and which are paid out of taxes, the Fergus rate does not seem so bad." While it is not possible to compare one tax rate with another unless as- sessments in each case are reconcil- ed, the two rates to which the Fergus paper refers, are certainly much higher than the 1949 Seaforth rate. ere, the council has established a ,sate of 46.7 mills. Getting back to the benefits one receives in exchange for taxes paid, the P iris $tar recalls a conversation ria a former citigen of that town, *1OW m , ident in the country. do without them? ., "Probably we get more value for the tax money than for any other sum we spend. "The average Paris taxpayer's as- sessment is probably $2,000, for which the taxpayer pays about $106. That represents about $2.00 a week or about 30 cents a day. Think of it ! Less than the average taxpayer spends for cigarettes or theatre or refreshments. Less than many spend on a vacation. "If we were without town services for a short period, our friend said, we would be glad to get them back at twice the price." Seaforth's citizens enjoy everyone of the services referred to by the Paris Star, except garbage collec- tion, and based on the example the Star uses, the cost here is about $15 a year less. • It'a a pity tbeteeiome pet seen fit to a »zreemorate the mat- ter of pickles in a fitting way. Certainly, the whale ,l?re edure of pickling the cucumbers and as- sembling the spices and the tangy vinegar and the'Mysterious ritual afterwards has in itself a great deal of inspiration for anyone with an inclination towards':that sort of thing. Pickling time is a. time all its own on the farm Anniously, the womenfolks hover Averthe cucum- ber patch, carrying vette. of water Isom a barrel left standing in the sun all day, to make certain that the heat of the day Winn wilted•. the vines. This is a job for early evening between the supper and the washing of the dishes, and im- mediately after the picking of the cucumbers. Women seem to Troyer over the tomato plants and tle cucumber vines these days. A man is liable to find himself somewhat contused over the eryptic messages relayed at the dinner and. supper table. "That old hen is back picking the tomatoes, again!" "I got a six - quart. basket of gherkins off the vines today and an eleven -quart basket of fair to middling ones, and there must be almost a bushel of the relish ones." It also appears that no matter how many times the vines are vis- ited, the elusive cucumber hiding in the green and dim depths of the B' "Hwy .d, Boyl,'.. hasla't leafy vines. is often aide to ,escape the clutching l►ande. Watching the women picking cucumbers you'll hear one gay, aa • she brings up a monster cucumber that has start- ed to yellow after reaching mat- turity, "I thought I picked every blessed cucumber on these vines last night." The tomatoes are whisked off their bushes and placed in various places to ripen: ,il, faYorttle spot .ls the old railroad tie vilty thiseros$- arms on it that we efl 1•oy ae a canner post in the gar+lvzt. The tomatoes also find themselves placed on tb,e sunny Side of the Milk house, along the ridge of the pantry window where the 'halves join, and even on the slanting roof of the moat necessary small build- ing on the farm, The smell of vinegar and spices is one that makes your nostrils quiver as you /come up the lane - way from the barn. There's a great kettle of •chili Baumbub- blrng on the stove with a bag of spit es kept on the stir to give 1 piquancy to the great chunks of red, rosy tomatoes and the slices of gleaming ,white onions. It's easy for a man to lean back and think of the snow whirling around the eaves on a winter's night and the delightful prospect of ladling out the pickled mixture that brings summer and sunshine into the dulllness of the frosty season. Forest Fires If a man lit his cigarette with a hundred dollar bill his neighbors would not hesitate long in calling him crazy. Even if the had a lot of bills and could afford the ,waste, the neighbors would still be right. But unfortunately for the other people of Canada there are with us a lot of crazy people—people who do not nec- essarily light cigars with money, but who in other ways are even more wasteful and as crazy as any in an institution_ The man who urns a hundred dollar bill does not destroy real wealth. He destroys but the token of wealth. The wealth represented by the bill remains. But the lunatic who destroys, through carelessness, a , tree or a forest, has burned up wealth that can never be replaced. At this time of the year when for- est fires are raging throughout the country, it is well to reflect on the millions upon millions of dollars of real wealth that are being burnt up. For had the tree and the forest been allowed to mature and been harvest- ed, they would have paid taxes; they would have helped create a pay roll; they would have formed part of the stream of natural products which constitute the life blood of business. And the sad part of the whole busi- ness is that invariably the forest fire that not only wastes so much, but so frequently costs lives, is the result of the lunacy of some individual who carelessly tosses a match or leaves a camp fire unattended. • WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: WAI:KING SLOWS BRAIN - (St. Thomas Times -Journal) The greatest brain becomes dulled by the act of walking until conversation is limited to com- ments about the weather, scenery, people . . and finally to reading the signs along the road, maintains Max Beerbohm, in his August Esquire story, "Going For a Walk." Beerbohm's treatise on the evils of walking declares: "It is a fact that not once in all my life ,rave I gone out for a walk. I have been taken out for walks, but that is a different mat- ter . walking for walking's eake may be as highly laudable and exemplary a thing as it is held to be by those who practise it. My objec- tion to it is that it stops the brain." Many people consider walking a sure indica= tion of "nobility, probity, and rugged grandeur of character," comments Beerbohm in the amusing Esquire story. "I am inclined to think that in moderation .it is rather good for one, physically. But, pending a time when no people wish me to go and see there, and I have no wish to go and see anyone, and there is hothing whatever for me to do off my own premises, I never wi1i, go nut for a walk." H Just A Smile Or Two A neighbor, passing the cabin of a mountaineer, had the bad for- tune to run over and kill the moun- taineer's favorite dog. He went in- to the house and told the man's wife what had happened and how sorry he was. The owner of the dog was out in the fields, and the motorist decided he had better go out and tell him of the accident, too. "Better break it to him easy, like," said the wife. "First tell him it was one of the kids." The keeper of the Celestial Gate, from within, asked the first applicant to identify himself. "It's me," a voice replied, and St. Peter bade him come in. Another knock. Another ques- tion. "Who's there?" Another answer, "It's me!" Then another sharp rap. "Who's there?" asked St. Peter. "It is I!" a voice replied. "Herecomes another one of those darned school teachers!" grumbled St. Peter. Huron Federation of Agriculture Farm News 41 U.S.A. Crops Promise Welt Mid -July reports on agricultural conditions in the United States indicate another good harvest. Not only is the total acreage ateeet than in any year since 1933, hut yields are generally promising. Feed grains, as a group, make the heaviest contribution to the near in carload lots as purchased, but record aggregate crop production regraded out of storage. The sell - fed for 1949. These include mg price during the present sup - the the second largest corn crop in nor'. period, which ends on March history, a heavy oat crop, less ;t 1950, will not be less than cost barley, but better than .average plus storage charges. Full details sorghum grain production, as to selling and distribution meth - Food grains, although well below ods will be made public at a later 1918" levels as a group, will more date. Oise satisy domestic and export r..quirements. Wheat, which suffer -1 * * * ea losses estimated at 148 million., Hog Marketings On Upward Trend bushels during June and July, could still Ibe the third largest Canadian hog marketings during crop in U.S. history. Smaller, July showed a definite upward crops of rye and buckwheat will be' trend even though they still re - harvested, but rice at 86 million mained six per cent below those bushels, will be a record. I of July, 1948. But this, was a con - mums: ls'a, bealt'h'aid, too, When playm9 gives us pleasure. fid�us uslse soothes ox good measure. . r1►AIT.mon Of MAMMAL MIALTM AMI •ILIAII Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years. Ago. Old House Being Razed HO/PailOulf� I omn'e For Nurses: Rasing operations Commenced An Pie 7 ncrd:Uf the Wingitam Oen- Thursday morning on one of we era' lHfoepit'al 'nee, Completed negoe oldest houses in town—the unoc tiationii for the 'purchase of the copied house known as the MC reeitlenee Of Mr.. Ewart, McPher- Leod house on the Huron Road,-son;"tatlTliari;Y e' t, situated 1tkutned= just inside the Pillars. The prop- lately behip,d the hoepital, ,A, resi- erty is owaed by Edwin P, 'C'hes- deuce ufor the. nurses has been, a ney oP Seaforth, who purchased it- malate' •ee enee:.tide,, ,tA4; .tom a few years ago. The house loss pgiBsibilit'y cif baying to build such been in a tumbledown condition .a residence has been considered for some time and signs have ever since the new hoepital was ,varned trespassers away for fear completed. The: hospital has been they might be injured by the roof greatly overcrowded and the Pur - on the suggestion of chase of tiffs residence will' par - the town council that the building tiaily assist in :relieving this .chub- tie removed, as it didn't add any- tion. Possession will 'be given the thing to the beauty of the to the few oalterati0 ant Por ac aSfteommod en ticnr bef available ours t entrance on No. 8 Highway, owner is. tearing it down.---Gode- will rich Signal -Star, es. With additional changes it could be made to accommodate twenty-two. The board is to be congratulated on their decision; it will fill- the need and at a great deal Less, . than the erection of a new building.—Wingham Advance-. Times. Makes Addition To Plant From The Huron Expositor August 22, ,1924 Miss ()live Bolger, Walton, has been successful in passing 'matric- ulation examinations. She passed Normal School last year. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McLaren, of Hensall, have been camping at Grand Bend. Jusge J. A. Jackson of the Superior Court of Alberta, Leth- bridge, is this week a guest at the home of his sister, Miss Jackson, Egmondville. He has just return- ed from Paris, France, where he was one of the Canadian officials at the Olympic games. current production falls below demand. l titter held by the Board was purchased in carload lots on the basis of 58 cents Montreal and Toronto, 59 cents Charlottetown, Halifax and Saint John, 57% cents Vancouver. It is the intention of the Government to sell this butter Flax seed, soybeans and cotton seed are all likely to be above av- erage, and the peanut crop is esti- mated at 80 per cent of 1948. To- bacco is likely to be above the 1948 figure and considerably above the average. Irish potatoes on the other hand, are expected to be lower than average and well under last year's total yield. Dry beane will be above average, but dry peas continue their downward trend in production. Prospects for deciduous fruit are better than normal except for apricots and prunes. Butter Stocks Not Abnormally High The Hon. E. Bertrand, Acting Minister of Agriculture, has auth- orized the Agricultural Prices Sup- port Board to release the follow- ing statement concerning the Gov- ernment's purchases of butter. The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics has recently reported that but- ter storage stocks in Canada amounted to 56.6 miliion'pounds on August 1. Of this total the Dairy Products Board holdings amounted to 41 million pounds. Although creamery butter stocks this year are slightly higher than those of a year ago, they are in line with average holdings of the last five years. Last year's storage stocks at August 1 amounted to 45 million pounds, while the five-year average was 54.6 million pounds. The accumulation of stocks of creamery butter at this season of the year is a normal situation. .Consumption of butter is fairly) uniform week by week throughout the year. On the other hand„ two- thirds of the butter- made in Canada is produced during the months of May to September. Since production outruns consum , tion in these months, it is neces- sary to store surplus production in order 'that butter may be available to meet the deficiency which al- ways occurs in the winter months. The only abnormal feature of present butter stocks in Canada is that they ere largely held by the Government instead of by the dairy industry and the trade,. The -Government stocks of butter\ /rave been acquired: through the .opera tion of the floor prices program. Butter so purchased by the Ileve ernment is Widely distributed cord storage plants across, Canada and will be available for sate when To Receive Hospital Grant ' The board of Alexandra Hospital has received notification of a grant of $12,406 being made by the Fed- eral Department of Health towards the cost of the recent 24 -bed addi- tion to the hospital. The grant is given on the basis of $1,000 a bed, or the proportion of such amount as covers the work done since the introduction of the Federal Gov- ernment's health program in April of 1948. By that date most of the work on the' new wing had been completed, but after an appraisal the Government fixed the amount payable as stated, $12,406. Last year made theasant- of r $24,000 al Government for the new wing.—Goderich Signal -Star. Two -Year -Old Breaks Thumb David Johnston, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Johnston, broke his thumb Tuesday when an electric motor fell on his hand. David was in his father's shop when he loosened a vice holding the engine. Dr. Milner treated the youngster. — Exeter Times -Advo- cate. Miss Mary Hays has accepted a position on the staff of Port Dal- housie school. Mr. Clayton. Martin has ' accept- ed a position as principal of a school near Englehart. Mr. Robert Reid has returned from Detroit to take charge of the tinsmitbing department in the G. D. Ferguson Hardware. Mr. Con Eckert met with a pain- ful accident legit week. He was driving home when his horse took fright and ran away, upsetting the buggy and throwing him out, frac- turing a rib and causing painful injuries to his head and arms. Miss Mildred Britton, of Con- stance, is spending a few days with Goderich friends this week. Mr. Melvin Blanchard, Winthrop, has returned home after taking a month's course at a training school in Kingston. Mr. Wm. Montgomery, of Buffa- lo, is convalescing at his home in Winthrop, after having been held up and badly beaten by a holdup gang. Mr. Richard Reid, North Main St., brought into' this office on Monday the biggest hen's egg we have seen this year. It measured 6$4 inches by 8 inches and was perfectly formed. It was the pro- duct of a Plymouth Rock hen. Mr. Ralph Weiland, of Egmond- ville, has gone to Minneapolis, where he will play hockey this winter. Mr. and Mrs. Murray and family, who were guests of Miss Edith Davidson, have returned to Pitts- burg, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Craig, of Leamington, are guests of Mr. and Mrc. W. E. Hinchley. Mr. Craig was formerly organist in First Presbyterian Church. siderable improvement over June marketings which were 17 per cent below those of June of a year ago. -Increased marketings in the east were mainly responsible for the upward trend for Canada as a whole, as marketings in Eastern Canada during July were 10 per cent higher than in July, 1948, in contrast with June marketings which were six per cent below the June marketings of a year ago. The most noticeable increase was in the Province of Quebec, where the total for the month of July was 27 per cent above that of July, 1948. There was a significant increase in the Province of On- tario, where marketings were around seven per cent higher for the month. There was little change in the trend in Western Canada where July marketings were 28.5 per cent below those of July, 1948, but only 30 per cent of the total hogs marketed in the Dominion came from the Western Provinces. Care of New -Born Calf—Profitable Proper care given to the new- born calf is well repaid in subse- quent growth and general health. Since the calf at birth is highly susceptible to disease, a clean, dry, well -bedded maternity stall, free from dirt. Is essential. To avoid infection, apply an antiseptic such as tincture of iodine to the navel. It is important that the calf get the mother's colostrum. The anti- bodies contained in the colostrum protect the new-born calf against diseases, particularly those of the digestive system. The vitamin A content of colostrum may be ten to enc hundred 'times that of ordinary milk; it is also richer in other vitamins and minerals, and contains up to 17 per cent more protein than or•divary milk. As the young calf has a low storage of vitamin A and requires a large amount..of protein, the value of the colostrum is readily seen. A common practice is to leave the calf with its mother for the first day. It is not advisable, however, to leave the calf with the dairy cow for more than 24 hours, se an excess quantity of milk may cause scours. The practice follow- ed at the Central Bxperimeetai Fai'm, Ottawa, says y. S. Logan, (Cfanttnned on Page 7) The Zwicker Seed Co. Ltd., of Crediton, recently completed an. addition 10 its seed ••plant that will. now permit storage of eight car- loads of seed. The company now has a modern plant in every way with better facilities for the handling of seed:—Exeter Times - Advocate. Return From Western Trek Mr. and Mrs. William Sweitzer have returned home after enjoy- ing a six weeks' motor trip to the West. They went to Calgary and took in the Calgary Stampede and then visited at Banff and Lake Louise. Most of the journey was made through the U.S.A. They visited over the week -end with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Brenner at Grand Bend.—Exeter Times -Advocate. Has Hand Injured 80 -Year -Oldsters At "Black's Park'" A happy party of twenty-one of the oldest residents of Goderich gathered in "Black's Park" on St. Patrick's St. Wednesday afternoon,. marking the reorganization of Goderich's famed Octogenarian Club under the auspices of the lo- cal Kinsmen Club. The attendance would have been larger but for the heavy rain of the morning, the resultant dampness keeping away sote who had .intended to be pre -- sent. President. W. J. McGrath, of the Kinsmen Club, gave the ad-• dress of welcome, and notable ad- dresses were given by Dr.. W. F. Gallow, who though not yet and octogenarian, looks• back over 50 years of residence in Goderich, and Mr. J. B. Kelly, who is in his 91st_ year.—Goderich Signal -Star. While doing the family wash on Tuesday morning, Mrs. W. N. Wat- son . injured her left hand when she had the misfortune to catch it in the wringer. She was taken to hospital where medical atten- tion was given.—Blyth Standard. Going To Harrington Harbor Mr. William Thuell, accompan- ied by his brother, Mr. Joe Thuell, of Brussels, left on Tuesday eve- ning for Harrington Harbor, Labra- dor, the former in the capacity of supervisor of wir pg and plant in- Parker, Nekoma, N.D., was not • From The Huron Expositor August 18, 1899 One day not long ago Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Speare, of Cromarty, went to the Bend for an outing and when coming through Exeter on their way home one of the draw irons attaching the shafts to the buggy of Mr. Stewart's rig, broke. The horse noticing a change dash- ed forward, running the buggy in- to Mr. Speare's rig and threw the occupants out. The horse ran to Hawkins' barn, broke through the gate and up into the yard. Fortun- ately no one was badly hurt. Mr. Gottleib Brown, of Crediton. has been appointed collector of taxes for Stephen Township for the year at a salary of $90. Miss Jessie Gillespie, Cromarty, gave a party to her Sunday School class on Tuesday. On Saturday last Mr. Hugh Cur- rie, Jr., Cromarty, fell, from the scaffold to the floor in the barn, striking his head against a beam and sustaining serious injuries. Mr. Frank Clarkson, son of Mr. C. Clarkson, headmaster of Sea - forth Collegiate Institute, leaves on Tuesday next for Regina, N.W. T., where he will attend the Nor- mal School preparatory to taking a school in that district. Mr. Harry Edge is making good progress with the woodwork of Mr. J. C. Greig's new residence on Goderich St. It is going to be one of the finest residences in town when completed. Mr. N. M. Contine, the founder of St. Joseph, the city by the lake, was in town on Tuesday. He Was on his way from Montreal, and was fairly loadeddown with filthy lucre. He had a bag of gold and bank bills In every pocket.Mr. Wm. B. McLean, Hensall, through his agent, G. 3. Suther- land, recently sold a valuable strip of land comprising nearly two acres or over, to .Mr. James, Cox - worth. On Thursday of last week Mr. Donald Urquhart, the enterprising and popular reeve of Hensali, treated his employees and their families, numbering in all some thirty,. • to a 'very pleasant day's, outing aild picnic at Greed Deed. Honored on 90th Birthday. Congratulations are extended tie Mrs. Charles W. Parker, Bayfield, who on Saturday, August 13, cele- brated her ninetieth birthday. Her eldest daughter, Mrs. E. A. Feath- erston, with whom she was spend- ing a few days, held a family gath- ering for the occasion. The house' was a bower of beautiful summer flowers brought by friends who, called during the afternoon to ex- tend birthday greetings to Mrs. Parker. Amongst the nineteen pre- sent were eight of her nine chil- dren: Clara (Mrs. Featherston), Margaret (Mrs. R. Larson), Louise (Mrs. Harold King), Belle (Mrs.- George Reid), Beulah (Mrs. L. Smith), Chris, Jack and Bill. Percy stallation of the renfell Mission able to be present. The evening Hospital, of which Dr. D. G. Hodd, formerly of Blyth, is now in charge. Mr. Thuell expects to be gone at least two months.—Blyth Standard. Purchases Petrolia Dairy Mr. Stuart Durward has purchas- ed the dairy business of L. Freer & Sons, of Petrolia and Wyoming, and takes possession on Sept. 1. Mr. and Mrs. Durward will be leav- ing Blyth prior to that date. A host of friends here will wish them success in their new business ven- ture.—Blyth Standard. Fractures Skull in Fall was spent in social chat, reminis- ceuces and music. Most of Mrs_ Parker's grandchildren greeted her in the afternoon.—Clinton News - Record. Orange Ladies Hold Picnic The annual picnic of the Ladies" Orange Benevolent Associatioir was held at Harbor Park, Gode- rich, on Saturday, with members and their families present. Mrs.. Norman Miller and Mrs. Castle were presented with their twenty- five years' service pins. After the - picnic supper, sports followed with Mrs. R. Wheeler and Mrs. T. Deeves in charge: Kicking the Thrown to the ground when the slipper. Mrs. .Colclough; clothes horse he was riding bolted, Worthy pin in bottle, Norman Miller; bean McNee, 11 -year-old son of Mr, and on straw, Miss 'C. Harrison; bal-' Mrs. Earl McNee, of Belmore, on loon race, Frankie Miller; ladies" Monday night suffered a fractured race, Mrs. Colclough; boys' race. skull. The boy was visiting near Frankie Miller and David Col - Dungannon when the accident hap- clough; girls' race, Joyce Forbes, peried, and he was admitted to ally Deeves. Other winners were Wingham General Hospital in an Mrs. W. Burton, Mrs. McAdam, unconscious condition, — Wingham .Sioman, Mrs. Vanderburgh and Mr. Advance -Times, McAdam.—Clinton News -Record. Spare That Slough (Winnipeg Free Press) One of the results of the in- creased interest on the part of farmers in water conservation in recent years has been their chang- ed attitude toward swamps and slnughs. In the early days, when the West was being .settled, and for a long time afterwards, every slcugh and swamp was looked up- on as something to be drained to add to productive acreage, and lat- terly to remove breeding places for mosquitoes and weeds. But periods of drouth,, and gen- eral experience, have brought it home that the structure of these low areas was part of Nature's method of conserving water sup- ply. Now, in many areas, such reservoirs are being artifically constructed to re-create water re- serves, A great many sloughs and small bodies of water were drained over the years in all three prairie prov- inces, in many cases to bring only sub -marginal land under the plow. When dry years came,. removal of the natural water -retaining fea- tures of these areas made it that much easier for soil to drift, and erosions to occur. This. all but ruined whole sections . 7i1 the prairie provinces. The major ef- fort of the Prairie Farm Rehabili- tation Administration for the past 15 years has been to restore these water -retaining features by dig- ging thousands of dugouts and snail ponds, and by building re- taining dams and other works. This, .has gone hand in hand with extensive reforestation work, Where has been a similar pro- gramme in Ontario. A recent ex- ample of the changed attitude of Ontario farmers in the recommen- dation made by delegates from Perth, Huron and Wellington coun- ties to a select committee on con- servation of the Ontario Legisla- ture, They asked for amendments in that province's Drainage Act which would permit a closer inte- gration of drainage and conserva- tion work, They expressed the opinion that open ditches and the drainage of. swamps had been responsible for two costly conditione—'the damag- ing run-off floods in the spring and a 'loss of soil values dependent on: sub -surface water. This holds for moat low, ponded areas in the midst of arable land, which along with trees play so im- portant a part in water conserva- tion. It le just as true on a larger scale; for example, the swampy and boggy areas in this province, southeast, east, northwest and be- tween the lakes have their func- tion, along with our substantial forested area, in preserving the province's over-all Water supply, Two dairies were engaged: in an• advertising war. One of the cora parries engaged a daredevil to drive a car around the town with large placards reading: "This Daredevil Drinks Our Milk!" The rival company came out With placards, tWice as large, read- ing: "You don't have to be a Dare- devil to Drink O'ur Milk!"