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SEAFORTH, Friday, November 11
Remembrance Dap, 1949
On, Friday, citizens of all walks of
life and in towns and cities and small
villages across Canada, will pause in
their daily tasks for two moments of
silent tribute to their war dead. It
will be a tribute to those thousands
f Canadians who gave their all in
two world wars in order that their
- fellow citizens might continue to en-
joy that freedom so dear to them that
they laid down their Lives to pre-
serve it. '
At this annual time of Remem-
brance, it is not enough that we go;
through the routine observance of a
holiday. In the light of the supreme
sacrifice of so many, and in tribute
to and out of respect for them, we
.must remember that our freedom
was bought with a heavy price. We
must review the manner in which
we are using that freedom and each
resolve, in his own way, to hold high
that which has been entrusted to our
keeping.
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llistory Is Important
Huron County Council has recog-
nized a long -felt need in the county
with the establishment of a County
Historic Committee. The move indi-
cates an appreciation of the neces-
sity of preserving for future genera-
tions some indication of the manner
in which those pioneers, who made
possible the County as we know it
today, carried on their daily tasks.
While no decision has been arriv-
ed at concerning the site, it is pro-
posed eventually to establish a coun-
ty museum, and with this in mind
the committee has requested that
persons in possession of articles or
documents of historical interest, re-
tain them with the thought that ulti-
mately they will be placed in the
county museum. When items in 'suf-
icient quantities have been made
known to the committee, it is intend-
ed that a travelling exhibit be ar-
ranged for showing in each of the
municipalities. In this way it is hop-
ed to arouse in the various areas of
the county an appreciation of the
value of historical items which are
properly recorded and displayed. It
is felt that this will result in the
preservation of many significant
items which otherwise through care-
lessness might be destroyed.
Huron County has an historical
background of which it may well be
proud, arid in which is reflected the
forces which made possible the open-
ing to civilization of a large portion
of Western Ontario. From what is
now Huron County operated the
Canada Company, and from its
iileadquarters near Goderich flowed
the authority and inspiration that
resulted in- the settling of thousands
Capon thousands of acres of virgin
land. It is fitting that this back-
ground is to be recognized,
Looking to the future, the estab-
Tisihrnent of a county museum might
yell be but one activity of the his-
torical committee. Within the coun-
ty there are a number of buildings
that have definite historical signifi-
cance and which should be preserv-
: Od. There is the responsibility for
tie niaintenane-e of the cairns erect -
on the Huron Road in 1928 to
nosh the 'hundredth anniversary of
t 6 cutting' of the road through the
op.'s 'bti h by 'Col. Anthony Van
ord; there are inany cemeteries
aughdut he' counter, unkempt and
tl
r�u
gotten, rch contain the
remains
thole hardy pioneers of more
..iubdred years ago, .ho were
the 1rst to het foot i1 : the
s
ht . e , e are
e bu pit .a,. win of••the
,. leie ' ,t '
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lgilggost theta.
4e1VOS to •an xuterest‘d and actiwl
histon•
e congnittee.
in the past the future is hors, and
thus it is well to have in mind and
to preserve what has gone before.
The historic committee has an im-
portant task in the carrying out of
which it will require the interested
and practical co-operation, not only
of the County Council, but of every
municipality and every citizen in the
county.
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Flowing Matches Do
A Good Job
Criticizing the regulations under
which plowing matches are conduct-
ed, the St. Marys Journal -Argus
says:
"Mai?y a farmer who handles one
or two hundred acres in this mechan-
ized farming age has been more or
less at a loss to see why the present-
day plowing competitions are run to
such an exacting scale and at the
same time are so liberal with the
time element in the completion of
the rounds. Many feel that, rather
than spend hours setting up an al-
most perfect sod, it might be more
to the point to have -the tractormen
drive their machines in the competi-
tions at the speed they normally trav-
el in field plowing and so set up the
standard of perfection on that basis.
And this goes for the jointer or
horse-drawn plow, too. The present
method of allowing hand correction
of furrows and crawling along at
greatly reduced speed, does not seem
to have anything in common with the
ordinary field plowing, although it
may teach the plowman what is con-
sidered a good furrow."
While it is true a degree of per-
fection is found in contest plowing
that is rarely seen in plowing on the
ordinary farm, the mere fact that a
perfect standard ,has been establish-
ed in the match has its effect on the
manner in which the ordinary plow-
man goes about his plowing: While
he may never aspire to that degree
of perfection reached by the cham-
pions, he cannot but be influenced by
their work. While few people in any
walk of life are destined to achieve
perfection in their chosen calling, the
fact that a perfect goal is recognized
and aspired to is the thing that
counts.
To this end plowing matches serve
a particular purpose. For they,
above all else, are peculiar -to the pro-
fession of practical farming..The
winner in a plowing match has of
necessity to be personally familiar
with that basic requirement of farm-
ing—plowing. Upon the annual
turning over and preparing of the
soil depends everything that goes in-
to farming, because from the soil
comes that which makes possible the
cattle, the chickens, or the hogs. A
good plowman is invariably a good
farmer. The pride he takes in the
art of plowing is "present in his oth-
er undertakings, and is reflected in
the kind of stock he keeps and in the
neatness of his buildings.
Plowing matches are airiong the
few remaining competitions open to
farmers which are purely amateur.
Any farmer by the expenditure only
of his own time can fit himself to
compete. And the only way he can
compete successfully is by his own
labor—he can't win a prize by hiring
some one to plow for him. Money or
the lack of it will not alter the result.
One good feature about plowing
matches—particularly the small lo-
cal matches—is the interest which is
being taken by the young farmers.
So much so that the holding of
matches has spread to high schools.
At a recent match at the Seaforth
District High School, the winners
were John McGavin and Arthur Bol-
ton, the former following in the foot-
steps of his father, who was Cana-
dian champion twenty years ago.
The interest and care taken in good
plowing today cannot but be reflect-
ed in a better type of farming, -and
in a more careful and efficient farmer
tomorrow.
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ARE WE GOING SOFT?
(The Paete
� Times -Advocate)
The simple fact is that we have gone soft. If
we don't tape a cold shower and a turn at the
spade or the bucksaw and then get to the day's
Work till we do some really good sweating, we'll
bane someone else ranting our business and our
ca nits : 'Wl re worstits'' hundreds, the ;soft
Mid easy' d;tiai taint wa" of doitt thin r
�'' s•' kill-
ed g g tis 1
ect Its thetleadds, And this does net Mean maybe.
nUN.HARPINnSS' '
I haven, cousin, who .14. anent ale
happy looking as an undertaker
with the itch at Qa fungal, He
goes -around with a wreath' of grief
on bis face all the newt:,and the
everlasting fear• that he's' going to
die. His conversation, la made up
of gruesome bits about all the peo-
ple who have died: suddenly in the
neighborhood during the Peat fifty
years. He takes a moabict"thrill
out of discovering that he has
symptoms of a dread disease,
I was talking to him today and
it made me remember when we
were at school together, At a very
tender age he started hie career
of trying to corner all the money
in the school. He would do your
homework for so much . • , get
you out of a jam far so 'mulch .. .
and although the cash among the
pupils in tbose days. was very
small, he managed to get about
ninety per cent of it.
Then one day at supper my
mother announced that cousin Al-
bert diad started a bank account.
Of course all the eyes in the house
were oast on me . I was the
black sheep because I never had
the saving habit . . . I would nev-
er
ewer amount to anything .. , I would
never be any more than a 'humble
tiller of the soil . . . and cousin
Albert would be a great financier
like J. P. Morgan.
Yes, that was the beginning of
Albert's saving career. But it also
started his worrying. The other
ruffians of my own calibre took
great pains to inform him of all
the banks that were closing their
doors, and he •became so panicky
at one time that he was about to
withdraw all his money from the
bank and bury it like pirate gold.
While we idled along during sum-
mer vacations, Albert was work-
ing out on neighboring farms. He
was a good worker, non but he
never had all the pleasures of ly-
ing on a river bank fishing, and
wondering if the folks would find
out that you sneaked out of the
turnip patch.
At fourteen he was raising two
By H"rry .11« Beato
Piga and $. calf and ti—hen for ail'.
the prizes at the fairs around, He.
practically lived with: the S'togi and.,
he was'worried sick whenever one.
of them looked in the least 'bit!,
"peaked," Oh, yes, he was pre-
paring for his great career, while
we were idling • andenjoying it.
Albert was constantly 'hello up in:
favor by- all the parents •of thea
neighborhood as a shining example`
of i. good boy. At the same time
he was increasing in "disfavoir"
with all the boys of my own age.
He blossomed into a mean with a
bank account, while we were still
having hard times to find enough
money to even buy clothes with.
We went to all the •local parties
and we thought vaguely of the
time when we would settle down
on farms of our own.
Then he bought a farm. Placed -
a sizeable amount down in cash
and the rest ton a mortgage. He
worked night and day, and the old-
er people said: "There's a young
man who will get ahead" .- . and
the young people just laughed at
him, and some were a little jeal-
ous.
Then he up and married homely
Matilda Applejack, whose father
was the biggest land owner In the
county, They were married in the
morning and in the afternoon he
was hoeing turnips, while ' she
walked up and down the rows with
him. It was her honeymoon, and
so she was spared from hoeing the
turnips.
Albert prospered and he raised
a big family, and his wife was a
great worker. Both of them now
are worn out, and just husks of
what they once were. And now
Albert is worrying about his fam-
ily and if he will have enough
money to leave them ... and how
soon he's going to die . . and if
he will have a lingering death.
Somehow I don't envy him. I
much prefer to live life to its full-
est extent, and I believe that my
family will respect me more for
leaving them a mortgaged farm
than Albert's will for sizeable bank
accounts.
Just A Smile Or .Two
Two dairies were engaged in an
advertising war. One of the com-
panies engaged a daredevil racer
to drive a car around. the town
with large placards, reading:
"This Daredevil Drinks Our
Milk."
The rival company came out
w:th placards, twice as large,
reading:
"You don't have to be a Dare-
devil to Drink our Milk."
Passenger: "Which end of the
car do I get off?"
Conductor: "Either one. It stops
at both ends."
•
Walter Johnson, the "Big Train,"
and one of baseball's• immortals,
was once asked how he pitched to
Ty Cobb,
"Well," said Johnson; "I just
gave him the best I had—then ran
over to back up third base!"
•
Huron Federation of
Agriculture Farm News::
Poultry Range For Growing Birds used as it became available. Con -
A good poultry range for grow- sumption in many parts of the
ing birds will furnish green, ten- world would have been greater
der, palatable and nutritious for -
had it been possible to obtain sup_
age. A dense sod will help keep plies. So rapidly has world de -
the chickens out of the mud and wand outstripped supply that
help reduce trouble frons filth • borne
diseases. R. A. Sansbury, of the
Dominion Experimental Station,
Saaniohton, reports that an experi-
ment was carried out there for four
years, to determine the most suit-
able green pasture crops and green
feed substitutes for poultry. The
experiment consists of dividing
chicks from the regular breeding
pens into- three groups according
to whetted they received cereals,
grasses or alfalfa as a starter sup-
plement. ,This eupplement amount-
ed to five per cent of the different
green fed substitutes. The pas-
tures tconsisted of the crop com-
parable to the green feed substi-
tutes.
The experiment showed (1) that
pastures must be of high quality,
shortages in the post-war years
were characteristic everywhere.
Much of this increased demand
is rooted in human needs and
welfare. The growth in world
population and a better apprecia-
tion of good nutritional practices
have caused a world-wide and
urgent demand for more food and
for food in greater variety. Against
this, the amount •of arable land
supplying each person is relatively
smaller and in many countries is
Proving inadequate- As one means
of closing the gap, among other
important and essential agricul-
tural measures, the greater and
more efficient use of commercial
fertilizers is receiving high prior-
ity. Governments, in many cases
with F.A.O. aid, are giving mere
and anything less will result in,a and more attention to increasing
disappointment in the quality of
the matured pullet; (2) that green
pasture is a- safety factor, an add-
ed safeguard if the ration should
be inadequate, but is not a substi-
tute for good management or care-
ful feeding. With good pasture,
restricted feeding may be carried
out, but should not be done to a
point where it will affect growth,
fleshing, etc. If so, it may prove
to be an expensive saving. The
importance of rotation of pastures
so that the birds are on the same
land only once in three years can-
not be over emphasized.
From this experiment grasses
appeared to be the best greenfeed.
Alfalfa is the best pasture crop.
Once established it can withstand
drought better. than cereals or This is caused• mainly by war and
grasses. Taking into consideration- Post-war economic dislocations—
tae labor required to grow cereals, and recent droughts—anti partly by
and .Che time required to cultivate foreign exchange and other econ-
alfalfa to keep it free from weeds, -omic difficulties.
grasses grown on well prepared
land are valuable for commercial
poultry raising.
domestic production- At the same
time, greatly increased sources of
natural organic fertilizers are urg-
ently needed andere being sought.
Without commercial fertilizers
to supplement the non-commercial
sources, such as farm produced
manures and other organic mater-
ials, much of the arable land of the
world could not be farmed, world
crop yields could not be main-
tained and the diets of the world,
however inadequate at present
levels, could' not be provided.
Most importing countries are
Still using fats and oils at well be-
Iow pre-war totals, particularly for
soap land uses ether than food
Seed Cleaning Needs Care
* * * Seed cleaning, an' important
start fn weed con.troi, is not stole-
Production of creamy butter in ly for the eradication of ,weed
Canada during January -September, seeds.' The aepaiation 6f weed
1949, ie placed at 228,319,000 lbs„ seeds' is• important; grading the
a dee:Tease of 1.5 per cent from the seeds is important too. Thorough
total of 231,694,000 pounds for tile. grading 'assudes that only the best
same period, 01 1948.
seeds will be sown,
The job, of efficient 'geed elean-
frig rests with the operator,: and
Fertilizer Demand Exceeds Supply often eff?icieney of a Plant is three-
quarters Opera'ter and oYrenti:e ter
iti i
actino.
This i
s bee
ause oft she;
judgfnent required; by the operator
fn $elcdting the machinea . and
etluipii1ent, and in. . their 'proper
,operation, This judgment la acguit••-
ed through experience and by /a
'knowledge _of the, seed cheracter-
istics, Due to difference in seed
eimes •arid weed r
,seed content fn.
.particular, eataiples, a, s"Mee'
.
p p
(Controlled on Page 7:)
World output
of cam
mer
c
iat
fertilizers has reached totals min-
er before attained and is still moi-
ing upward, the Food and AgricdI
tural Organization of the Unitad
Nations reports in a new fertilizer
bulletin.
With a few minor ex
ceptiotis,
the :Increased poitwa
r supply y a
these 'fertilisers—nitrogen, soluble
phosphates, and potash—ha* bean
Years Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
ty-five and Fifty Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
November 7, 1924
The choir of Turner's Church
Tuckersmith, met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Whitmore an
Thursday evening and made a pre
sentation to Miss Mildred Young
prior to her marriage to Mr. Ken
neth McLean, of near Auburn. Mr
Lew Tebbu'tt gave a fine address
and Miss Gladys Crich presenters
Miss Young with a set of s•ilyei
teas; oohs.
A. few of the sports from Win
throp left Monday morning for
Parry Sound in Clarence Bennett's
truck. They were Clarence Ben
nett, Joseph Bennett, John Ben
nett, Walter Eaton, Fergus Bul
lard and Wm. Kinney.
Harry Dalrymple and J. Cornish
of Brucefield, have purchased the
building formerly owned. by A, T
Scott and will remodel it and fit
it up for a chopping mill.
Ashton & Radford, of the Wal
ton chopping mill, have their mill
completed and ready to do chop
ping.
Mr. Wreford, of Stratford, is the
new operator at the C.N.R, station
in place of Richard Thompson. Mr
and Mrs, Thompson left on :hell
honeymoon trip -to Vancouver, B.0
A debate was the main feature
entitled "Resolved that gossip does
more harm than war," at the iegu
lar meeting of the Egmond'ville
Church young people. The debat
ers were: Affirmative, Miss Ethel
Crooks and Miss Jean Lowery;
negative, Gordon Carnochan and
Edwin P. Chesney. Anderson Scott
sang a solo and Mrs. W. B. Mc-
Lean gave a talk on "Twilight
Amusements."
Mr. James Fairservice, of Lon-
desboro, has sold out the temper-
ance hall to his brother and
is going to live on his, farm again.,
Mr. James Flannigan, of Beech
wood, was taken to St, Joseph's
Hospital one day last week to re-
ceive treatment.
The anniversary services held in
Dun's Church on Sunday were well
attended. Rev. E. W. Thomson,
B.A., of Monkton, delivered two
able sermons, and the special
music was much enjoyed by the
large congregations. On Monday
evening at the concert, Miss Pearl
Newton, elocutionist, of Toronto,
was most entertaining, while musi-
cal selections by Mrs. Lewin and
Miss Lewin, of Brussels, were
much appreciated.
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From The Huron Expositor
November 3, 1899
Mr. James M. Martin, 'Hullett's
apple king, purchased, packed and
shipped 2500 barrels of apples this
season. He bought and packed for
Mr. Lang, of Exeter. When he fin-
ished he hospitably entertained
his helpers to •a supper at his resi-
dence near ;Constance,
Mr. Wm. Ament left for Mus-
koka on Monday to look for some
timber limits.
Johnand William Shannon, of
Winthrop, have rented lot 17, con.
6, from Duncan McGregor for five
years at $255 a year. Alex McGre-
gor has bought lot 16, con. 5, from
Mrs. Donald McGregor for $5,600
Some five or six weeks ago Mr.
Solomon Shannon,Jr., Winthrq,
was using a jack knife when a
small piece of the blade broke off
and struck him in the eye, de-
stroying the sight.
Mr, Jon J. Elgie, a former resi-
dent of Hensel], has, recently pur-
, chased Mr, W. H. Stoneman's farm
near Chiselhurst, while Mr. Stone-
man has purchased John Glenn's
farm.
The following were ticketed to
distant paints this week by W.
Somerville, uptown Grand Trunk
Railway agent: Wm., Carpenter, to
Duluth, Minn,; Win, Kehoe to To-
ledo, Ohio; Joseph Sproat, to
Burk's Falls; J. F. Woodley to
Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Coates to Cleveland, Ohio.
Hugh Aitcheson and Samuel
Thompson, of Kippen, who have,
been two months in Manitpba, have
returned, home looking as if the
West agreed with them, but have
decided that Ontario is 'still the
best place to live.
AI fair audience greeted a cont
cert sponsored by the Seaforth
Hockey Club on Friday night,
when the following local' •an'tists
contributed to the program: Wein.
McLeod,, comic singer; Frank Wil-
lis, the colored, artist; Miss Brown,
Ooderich, soloist; 'arm. McLeod
and ,
Tom
Millen
co�n
ore
t solos.
Miss Flossie Weir and Mrs. Wm,
McLeod' were ahcompatilste. The
second part was a play, "On His
Last Legs," directed by 0. W.. An-
drews, The following were in the:
cast: b. W. Antirews, S. P. Dein
Harry Stewart, A, Roberts and A.
McMann. During the .
vn3
ee
the
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Daly etc'heetra ,planed Zoete -en-
r
to ai in
t h sect
g
el i
o'ns,
Coal Business Sold
'What 15 known, as the Schilbe
coal•business, of Zurich, lately run
by Mr. EOM. Sehi''ibe, has been
sold; to Stade & Weide, of town,.
The deal includes, the brick block
and weigh seales,'just south of the
Zuii' eh Dairy, on Victoria Street,—
Zurich Herald.
Dutch Family Welcomed
Mr. and Mrs. E. Vanderleek and
thein children, Piet, Annemarie,
Marianna and Richard were giv-
en a warm welcome to the Staffs.
community on Friday night. They
have come from Holland and are
in the employ of Cameron Vivian,
and will live on the Vipond farm.
—Mitchell Advocate.
Hallowe'en Party Scores Big Hit
The. Wingham Town Hall was
packed on Monday night at 7 p.m.
when about 600 children gathered
to enjoy the party which was spon-
sored by the Icons Club. Prizes
were given for the best costumes
worn by the masqueraders, after
which there were pie -eating .and
bubble gum contests. The 'prizes
for the winners were real live bun-
nies. The marionette show thrilled
the children, as did the movies pre-
sented. Each youngster received
a box of nuts and a shiny apple.—
Wingham
apple—Wingham Advance -Times.
Honored on Tenth Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Urban Ayotte, of
Stephen Township, were pleasant-
ly surprised on the occasion of
their tenth wedding anniversary,
Oct. 21. Their parents, brothers
sisters and family ,assembled at
their home to celebrate their anni
versary. The evening was pleasant-
ly spent playing cards, games and
in other amusements after which
a dainty decorated wagon filled
with useful gifts was drawn into
the living room by little Marie
Regier and Keith Ayotte, niece and
nephew of the honored couple. Ur
ban in a very 'fitting reply express
ed their appreciation. All joined in
singing "For They Are Jolly Good
Fellows." Lunch was served by the
ladies.—Exeter Advocate -Times.
Initiate Five New Members
Stteet :alannd t'he Stints ane} d(�wzn.
Hamilton $tree,t to the, 'plaYSrtilind.••
It wa.s a pretty sail n,Iortul d,eene
as the, ehiidmezt. nnarehn, ,nnfti4yn
ed under the ?leedlights Tate wean
'cher was a Tittle Ikod ea d 'Por com-
fort, but that did. not seem .tv. of .
feet the happy •tlr„roaanef begs and{-
girls.--•Gedericit Sign"a1= 'tar,.
Wins Public SPeakiing Contest
Speaking on "'The Four Corners.
Of a Comgnunity," Ross Mo haiX;
Cromarty-- won the Perth .Coring
Junior Farmers' public speaking'
contests held) at Mitthel1: HIM
School on Thursday night He .
cussed the topic under the •"head
ings of :economy, education spini--
itual and cultural influence, and:
the home, developing his subject
logically and with a good vooabu-
iary and control .of English. Ile
goes on to represent Perth an the
district competition. 'His only op-
ponent was Jean Reid, R.R. 4a Mit
chel1, who spoke on• "Democracy,"•
She handled her subject we1rand
, was especially commended for het"
very effective impromptu speech.
on "What I Have 'Learned From
Public Speaking Contests." ,Ross
i gave a good three-minute talk on
Living With Our Family," as his
• impromptu effort—,Mitchell Advo-
cate.
Newly -Weds Honored
On Monday evening about thirty
ladies of the .Pentecostal Assemb-
ly gathered at the home of M'r_.
and Mrs, Cliff Prouty in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Triebner, who
;were :recently married; Choruses
and contests were conducted after
- which Mrs. Donald Jolly read an
address and Marion Triebner and
Mrs. Stuart Triebner presented
the gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Triebner
made a fitting reply. The remaind-
er of the evening was pleasantly
spent in a social time and lunch.
The following evening about 30
young people from: the Pentecostal
- Assembly gathered at the home of
Mr; and Mrs. Stuart Triebner in
honor of the newly-weds. Mrs.
Peter Durand conducted contests
and games, after which Marjorie
Cudmore ead an address and Al-
len Elinza presented the .gift. Mr.
and _Mrs. Triebner expressed their
thanks. A dainty lunch . 'brought.
the evening to a close.—Exeter- Ad-
vocate -Times.
Clinton Branch No. 140, Cana-
dian Legion, .held its October meet-
ing in the Legion hall last week
with a good attendance. President
Hugh R. dawkins was chairman.
Comrades W. L. Moore gave a re-
port onthe dart tournament at
St. Thomas on Saturday, Oct. 22.
The team consisted of Comrades
Moore, J. W. Counter, H. E. Kings
well and S. F. Freeman. Comrade
L. G. Winter reported that ar
had been completed
for the annual church parade to
St. Paul's Chinch on Sunday morn
ing. The' • president conducted the
initiation of the following new
members: Roy Goodhue, Harvey
Kennedy, Kenneth C: Cooke, Ray
Gibbon and Kenneth Vanderburgh.
—Clinton News -Record- -
Enjoyed Hallowe'en Party
Though threatened by rather in-
clement weather, the Hallowe'en
party for children held at the
Judith Gooderhath playground on
Monday night was .quite success-
ful. The Blue Water Band Assoc-
iation had charge of the affair and
members of the band turned out
in clown costumes and with the
Girls' Trumpet Band, also in cos-
tume, headed a parade which form-
ed at the head of Norte Street.
Witches, black cats, pierrots,
clowns, ghosts and many other
wierd creatures parade from North
Loses Fingers in Corn Picker
Caught in a tractor -driven corn:
picker until his screams for help
brought a neighbor almost a mile
away running to his assistance,
r- Hans Unternahrer, a new Cana-
dian employed on a Blyth district
farm, sustained painful injuries on.
- Friday about 6 p.m. Part of the
thumb and all 'fingers of the man's
right hand, injured in the machine;.
were amputated in Clinton Puhlic
Hospital. The surgeon who -per-
formed the operation expressed
the hope that the balance of his
hand could be saved. Unternahrer
who arrived from Switzerland 18.
months ago, was operating the ma-
chine alone on the Denholm farm
owned by Harvey McCallum, along'
the Hullett Township boundary
line, when the mishap occurred.
Corn became tangled in the picker
as Unternahrer neared the end of
the field farthest from the high-
way. He stopped the tractor and
attempted to unravel the cern when
his gloved hand was caught in
cogs of the machine and drawn in-
to it. Held• a prisoner in the ma-
chine he was unable to shut off:
the tractor.—Clinton News -Record.
How the C. C. F. Takes
Business By Bludgeon
(From the Regina Leader -Post)
• In attempting to proceed secret-
ly to acquire a controlling inter-
est in the privately operated Sas-
katchewan Guarantee and Fidelity
Company, Limited, the Douglas
government has manifested. what
appears to be a measure of calcu-
lated greediness hitherto unequal-
led in the carrying out of its eitra-
ordinary business -by -bludgeon poli-
cies.
Here was a business enterprise
organized by Saskatehewan people,
holding a Saskatchewan charter,
backed by Saskatchewan investors
and doing business honorably and
successfully in the province since
1908.
It dealt in fidelity and guarantee
bonds in fair competition with oth-
er firms in a position to engage in
a similar type of business,. Because
it was well and efficiently conduct-
ed, ,the enterprise prospered. For
some'' time it had beien paying its
shareholders a seven per cent divi-
dend.
And - what happened? The Gov-
ernment Insurance Office, buttres-
sed by compulsory powers and
backed by the public treasury, hav-
ing invaded just about every in-
snrance field except life, wasalso
in the business of selling guaran-
tee bond's.
How the Government Insurance
Office gat along -with its, bonding
business has not been disclosed.
But presumably it wasn't doing so
well; not making much headway
against the old and, established
Guarantee and Fidelity company.
So vtnhat? So the govertttment 'de-
cided to buy out its main competi-
tor. How? By appointing an ag-
ent to acquire ,s:ecretly •the Out-
standing shares of the company.
Shades of predatory monopolis-
tic enterprise. Here was the great
benevolent government which has
never tired of attacking free en-
terprise for engaging in, similar
preetices, itself doing one of the
very 'things far which it condemns
others.
Natural* the 'cat got
Mahn* t of the
bagn due d i e course. ' Company of-
ficers ; found out that. it was in
reality the .governtnen,t -obichl
1
was slyly attempting to grab
control of their business. A
shareholders protective associa-
tion was formed, as well it
should have been—to protect the
shareholders, not, mind you, from:
a free enterprise predator, -but.
from the great people's govern-
ment.
The management company quite
understandably decided' to get in-
to the market itself. The price of
the stock, of course, started going
up. It went up steadily from $75.
a share to $84, whieli was as high
as the management company felt
justified in bidding for the shares.
The government then stepped in
again, raised the bid to $88 a share
and walked away with a control-
ling interest, risking in the pro-
cess an initial outlay of more than
a quarter of a ° million• dollars of
public funds. They got 'control
hut they paid through the nose for •
it with the people's money.
For a government which had not
hesitated earlier to pass legisla-
tion compelling public bodies re-
ceiving government grants to place
their insurance with the govern-
ment' office, it would have: been a
simple thing to have proceeded
likewise with respect to certain
type of :guaraintee bonds, court
bonds, for instance, and bonds tak-
en out by construction companies
handling government cdittract's.
This possibility doubtless was
not overlooked by those who hand-
ed over their stock to the govern -
Ment agent.
It was a nice business apparent-
Iy-njust too nice for the govern
ment to resist gobbling up. And
there is this added advantage with
respect to the company which the
government has taken over. Its
c'harte'r permits it to Sell most any
hind of insuranee except 'life, and
furthermore It is registered to do
business i n the neighboring prov-
ince of Alberta.
To what extent this, last feature.
WO ;a factor in the government's,
d
terriiln t
a' ion to
getcontrol an
trot a '
fr
it,
rem'aind•' to be seen. As a straight
ge''erl31nuelit operation, the insure
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