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The Huron Expositor, 1949-12-09, Page 2Established 1860 A Ir. McLean, Editor biisihed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- r; " `lliursday afternoon by McLean 7i;o8�. 'ember of Canadian ;Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscription rates, $2.00 a year in advv'ance; foreign $2.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Advertising rates on application. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, December 9 Hydro Saving Still Necessary Deite the hopeful forecasts earl- ier in the autumn, Ontario Hydro is by no means out of danger as far as power is concerned. This was made quite apparent by Robert Saunders, H.E.P.C. Chairman, as he appealed for a five per cent reduction in con- sumption of hydro power in South- ern Ontario. The basic difficulty is of course the length of time that must elapse after i • has been agreed additional power is ' eeded and the completion of con- s ction necessary to bring the ad- dati i nal power into being. The H.E. F '' . has now recognized the need, gut it will not be until next year that the benefits of the immense construc- tion program now in progress will be felt. Contributing to the problem is the rising demand, resulting from in- creased building and industrial ac- tivity. Meanwhile, there is only one an- swer. That is for every user of hydro to economize in every possible way. The power user must help, not only his community, but in the final an- alysis himself, in avoiding unneces- sary use of lights, motors, stoves and other appliances. Only by this means may compulsory cuts be avoided. Seaforth al3d district hydro users have shown in the past an ability and desire to co-operate. That they will continue this co-operation through what should be the last year of short- age, is not doubted. • Egg Mines Have you ever heard of an egg mine? There is one, or for that mat- ter, several, in the United States. Here are stored millions and millions of eggs in powdered form, which the United States Government has bought at a cost to American tax- payers of something like $1000,000,- 000 a year. While the largest egg mine is lo- cated at Atchison, Kansas, there are other depots at Minneapolis, Chica- go, Kansas City and Dallas. The cavern at Atchison, Kansas, is big but not big enough to hold all the government's dried eggs. It compris- es 15 acres with nice concrete ffoors and big exhaust fans to keep out humidity, and the earth keeps the whole thing at a cool even tempera- ture. So far as you can see in this cave, there are barrels and barrels of eggs, piled in tiers four and five bar- rels high. In all, some 62,000,000 pounds of powdered eggs are in storage. What is going to happen to the eggs is wor- rying the U.S. Department of Agri- culture. The department would like to give away more of its dried eggs for school lunches and to Indians on reservations, but it seems that there are only so many dried eggs that a reservation Indian or grammar school child will eat. The normal an- nual consumption of eggs in this form is about fifteen million pounds. Of course what led to the business of .storipg eggs was the desire to sup- port the price which the producer re- ceives for his product. After all, there is an immense amount of work involved in the production of an egg and it only reasonable that the re- turn be su'f%cient to show a profit for the poultryman. But while there is aqseier( in general respecting the p lee support,policy, there is a grow- ing feeling in the United States that chap practical use should' be made of the egg& Colli r's, in a recent issue, ter pointing out the joint effort on qry, e'porta aleen and its owner that i,...i Teee 1 .' t;.. ln, ,a'iing an ag�� slummed up lu med.0p Alien it said: ter ,U this. effort it seems only fair that the egg should wind up on somebody's table in some form or other. Burying it in a Kansas save seems an unnecessary exploitation of a fowl's thwarted urge for mother- hood. "Powdered eggs may not be the tastiest form of victuals. But they are nourishing and perfectly usable in preparing a variety of dishes. It is foolish and wasteful not to have. them used. "We aren't interested right now in the Brannan Plan or the Anderson bill or the Hope -Aiken Act or any other scheme of flexible or non -flex- ible price support. We just think those eggs ought to be eaten. And on behalf of all who feel the same way, we'd like to make this simple suggestion to Congress and Depart- ment of Agriculture: give 'em away. "Since taxpayers support county homes, jails and similar institutions, why can't they ask the federal gov- ernment to give those establishments the unused food that the public has already paid for? . "And aren't there countries where people are hungry enough to eat an egg in powdered form? Aren't there governments which would accept this food as a gift and pay the ship- ping charges? It's at least worth an inquiry. "Our government is running out of room to store its uneaten eggs. But it will go on buying them, at a cost of millions, to keep the prices up. At this rate it will have to start pouring them into sewers before long. Why not at least try the sensible solution of giving them away? With so much actual starvation in the world, the present experiment in an `economy of scarcity' makes us a little bilious." The Willison M,n lnoriai The unveiling of a plaque at the Court House, Goderich, to commem- orate the memory of a distinguished native son of Huron County is an- other indication of the excellent job being done by the Historic Sites and Monuments Commission in calling to the attention of this and future gen- erations the careers of great Cana- dians and their contribution to the Dominion. Sir John Willison, who is commem- orated by the Goderich plaque, and who was born in Stanley Township. near Hillsgreen, was a distinguished journalist, who always retained a keen interest in and affection for his native county. The London Free Press, in reviewing his career, point- ed out that he started his journalis- tic career on the old London Adver- tiser, and went on to say that "this was in 1882 and so rapid was his rise in his profession that only eight years later he was the editor of the Toron- to Globe. The prestige of The Globe was never greater than under his editorship. Later he was editor and publisher of The Toronto- News. For years he was the representative in Canada of The London Times. In the midst of a busy life he found time to write two books, a life of Laurier which is the finest historical biogra- phy in Canadian literature and his `Reminiscences,' which throw many sidelights on Canadian political and journalistic life." • Small Appeal To Farmers (Regina Leader -Post) The results of; the recent Manitoba provincial election must have served to heighten apprehensions over what has been happening to the C.C.F. in Saskatchewan. Not one rural Mani- toba constituency returned 'a C.C.F. member. That party's representa- tion was reduced from 10 to seven members, all elected in urban seats in which the labor vote was a pre- dominant factor. • Announce the Meetings (The St. Marys Journal -Argus) We suggest, however, that all pub- lic bodies should have a definite regu- lar date and place of meeting, be it a monthly, quarterly or yearly affair. Each body- should decided either on a regular meeting night, or if it is not in the habit of meeting at regular intervals the date of the next meet- ing should be chosen and the time andd place should be advertised for the information of the ratepayers. Otherwise how are the people who wish to attend these meetings sup. p posed to know about then(? "THE FAFIM�: During this past summer er it was my pleasure to visit a farm near the village of Weedis.viUe, owned by a farmer who, like myself, gets a hankering by times to tell of his experiences around the farm. I had read his articles for a. number of years and during the course1 of time had formed an impression of what he must look like and what his farm must be like. According- ly, having a 'few days of quietness on the farm I rambled down to see him. My ideas of his farm -were as far astray as they could possibly be. He had two hundred acres of Level, well -cultivated land) and the monotony of the flat land was re- lieved by the most attractive ar- rangement I have ever witnessed round a house and barn. Sitting on a email knoll, well - banked) with flowers that showed the careful attention of a good ,housekeeper, was. a ,substantial Carm home. Just the kind of farm home that you notice in driving past, and in so doing will say: "There's a mighty nice looking place, because it has such a friend- ly looking house on it." sy H'arrY J. $oy e'.' er-like task of leaning on a hoe handle. I introduced myself tad he shoa hands in a way that made me fee' welcome. There was no nonsenai cal apology for his clothes being stained! with good, honest clay. Ilr made no inane remarks about no' shaving that morning. He me..t tioned chow he was figuring uu tt what he would sow in the car, field next year, and led the wal to.a nook he had behind the barn in a tool shed, and with a wave of his hand indicated that I should sit down and be comfortable. Seated oa an abandoned car cushion that offered as much corn fort as anything in the lounge of the Biltmore, we chatted about everything in general. He points(' out where he had a special coruei of the tool -shed rigged up as an office. There on a clean, fresh pine table that was an inspiration in it- self he wrote his. articles on life in general around) the farm. Whis- pering willows and elms played by vagrant trees supplied the inciden- tal music and the lapping of the water in the pool served as a gen- tle spur to his imagination. There he sat on Sunday morning and wrote of what had taken •place during the week. "Running a farm is like being in command of a great army," he re- lated.• "You battle against life ev- ery day and plot your brains against the combined forces of Nature and Fate. You find that it you fight fair, they'll be fair , - and that if you start slipping they'll creep in on you. Give a field, a poor cultivation and you'll find that the weeds will move in and choke the crop. I like farm- ing because it's the grandest, cleanest occupation in the world. If you have imagination ,and fore-. sight you can go to the top, just as captains of industry do. If you If you shirk, then you must dawdle along in a half form of existence. I like to work and plan and be hearty in everything. 1 go to bed at night tired and get up with the sun, and I glory in being fit and healthy' and active. I enjoy being a one hundred per cent farmer." Between the house and the pond was a jewel-like body of water with a quaint r'us'tic bridge. Float- ing serenely along the water's sur- face was lily -pads and decks, a perfect picture of contentment and charm. The ducks• were gliding along in 8otila style, .bobbing down at intervals for a bite of something to eat. Among whispering "weep- ing willow" trees stood a frame barn. It was not one of those mod- ern, efficient looking barns that seem to glare like a great ugly office building in the centre of a green patch of grass, but rather a warm, comfortable looking one with the odd board off and the oc- casional window stuffed with a gunny sack I wandered hack of the barn in a small ravine that was lined on both sides with elms that seemed like some gigantic arch•wn:, came upon him in the corn (late!:. While his son was scuffling corn, he was engaged in the very farm - Just A Smile Or Two Secretary: "I'm sorry, but my boss said to tell you he is not in." Caller: "That's all right. Just tell him I'm glad I didn't come." • Barber: "I can't understand! what you are saying." Customer: "But you have the sign, 'Ici On Parte Francais' on I your window!" "Well, what does that mean?" "It means that French is spoken here." "Oh, is that it? The fellow who painted it on my window told me it was Latin for `God Bless Our Happy Home'." 0 0 Thereoncewasaman fromDerdrindy • who ate tulips from Monday to Sunday • if he'd eaten his fruit up • his brown bread and turnip • he'd be berenow poor man fromDcrdundy MINT OF NATIONAL NIALTN AND w Two men were sitting in a dis: cussion group in an army camp andthe conversation somehow drifted to the topic of reincarnation. A certain private, a firm believer in the subject, was giving his views to the most disliked sergeant in the camp. • "Yes," he said, "when we die we always return as something or .someone else." "Rubbish,", snapped the sergeant, "do you mean to say that if I died I might come back as a worm?" "Not a hope," interjected one of the men, seizing an opportunity. "You're never the same thing twice!" Huron Federation of Agriculture Farm News Junior Farmers Visit Ottawa "I do not know of any •plane where instruction in the fundamen- tal problems of life and the en- richment of 'mind and spirit can be more readily accomplished than on the farm," the Hon. Milton F. Gregg, V.C., told an 'eager group of Junior Farm Club members fresh from participation at the Roy- al Winter Fair, Toronto, at a lunch- eon in their honor at the Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, recently. Deputizing for the Rt. Hon. James G. Gardiner, Minister of 4griculture, who was unable to arttend, the Minister of Veterans Affairs emphasized a remark of His Excellency, the Governor General, to whom with Lady Alexander, the group had been •presented( at Rid- eau Hall in the morning, Viscount Alexander had commented on "the fortunate boys and girls who find) themselves closely associated with agriculture." Mr. Gregg urged them to guard well their heritage, and help to con- serve the food -producing resources of the country. He also told the young farmers of tomorrow that "governments are not just build- ings, laws and taxes, but that gov- ernments are people"; and pointed out that they would soon have their part to play "year in and rear out" in seeing that Canada, and eventually the world, is well gov- erned. After the luncheon and before leaving for their homes in various parts of 'Canada, the Junior Farmers attended the afternoon sitting of the House of Common,, and toured the Houses of Parlia- ment, including the Peace Tower and Memorial. Chamber. Strict Rules Can Prevent Disease The wisdom of Canada's string- ent tringent livestock import regulations under the Health of Animals Divi- sion of the Dominion Department Of Agriculture is well illustrated, by the misfortune which has befallen the farmers of Formosa. Rintter- pest, one of the most destructive of animal diseases, has broken out inthat Island, and it is estimated that at least one-third of the wa- ter -(buffalo and cattle may die un- less the disease is brought ander control. Formosa; has been free of the disease for .manly years and the recent outbreak Is belierred to have been, brought to the Island by .e shipment of 250 hog's from nearby Rebut ialnn�i. ..J Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty -flue and Fifty Years Ago. Purchases Property • Mr. Ward Fritz has purchased the property of the late John Gal- ster, .recently owned by Mr. Albert Hamilton, of London, and which is at present occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Minsh•all and family. --Zurich Herald. 200 Blooms on Cactus Mr. and Mrs. William Field, John St., have a beautiful Christmas' cac- tus on display at their home with more than 200 blooms on it. The plant is nearly two feet tall and has bloomed four times within the past year. Mr. and Mrs. Field be- lieve this plant sets a record for this district.—Wingham Advance - Times. From The Huron Expositor December 12, 1924 Mr. Gilbert Jarrott, of , Kippen, received from his brother, Dr. Jas. Jarlrott, of New Ontario, a fine deer which was shot in that part of the country. Miss) Jessie Johnston, of Clifford, has been engaged as principal of the continuation school in Hensall. Fire on Thursday morning com- pletely destroyed the' large frame butt' ng on North Main St., owned by- M '. Thos. Patton, and occupied uy- Mr. Norman Nichol, as a paint shop, together with two cars, own- ed by Rising and Johnston, of Mc- Killop. Mr. Wm. Manson, of Egmond- ville, who was seriously injured last week while taking otit lumber on the farm of Mr. Foote, near 'Varna, is making satisfactory pro- gress. A well -attended) and enthusirr"0tic meeting of the Seaforth Lions Club was held Tuesday- with A, Brook - well. district representative, in 1110 chair. The following officers were elected to hold office until June 30 next: Pres., R M. Jones; ?ice- pres., W. J. Duncan; sec., W. G. Spencer; treas., J. M, McMillan; directors, Dr. C. Mackay, John Mac - 'ravish, J. Best, A. D, Sutherland, R. M. Jones and J. G. Mullen; tail twister, Frank Sills; song leader, 11. N. 13iss'onnette. Preparations are being made for special attractions at the G.W.V.A. Christmas dance. On Friday afternoon the fine new addition to the public and contin- uation school at Hensall will be opened. This school cost in the neighborhood of -$14,000. Miss Josephine Livingstone, of Hullett, recently returned from the West after spending ,three months with friends there, Mr. Joseph Horan, of Beechwood, has, been engaged as janitor of S. S. No. 1 School for the winter months. Messrs. Joe Eckert and Mike Murray, of Manley, have returned from Shoemaker, as the lumber woods are overmanned. Messrs. Hugh and Frank Aiken - head and Mrs, T. Baird, of Bruce - field, motored to London last Sun- day to see their brother, John, who is very 111' there. Mr. Reg. Reid, of Toronto, spent the week -end at his home here. It is to prevent such a calanfity that quarantine and other re;uls- tions are enforced at Ports of Entry into Canada, so that animals from other countries cannot intro- duce destructive cattle diseases :n - to this country. Fortunately various internation- al groups in co-operation with a. A.O. (have rallied to attack the dis- ease in Formosa. A specialist on rinderpest control is already on the spot to supervise the production of vaccine which will help in combat- ing the outbreak. All the cattle in the infected( area will be vaccin- ated, and movement of animals in and out of the area will be con- trolled to prevent spreading the disease. Three essentials for producing pure milk are: clean, Healthy cows; clean, sterilized utensils; prompt cooling and storage at a low temperature. Rats Destroy Food Any season is an open one on rats. The common brown or Norway rat is a prolific breeder, and as an adult, eats about an ounce of food a day. Rats each much that is unfit for human food, but unfortunately they don't stop there. They eat practically anything used as food, for humans and livestock—except hay. Worse, they contaminate fo'td and make it unfit for human con- sumption with consequent loss to producers. Besides enormous destruction to food, the brown rat is a serious menace to public health. It is a carrier of bubonic plague, one of the most devastating of human diseases. Typhus fever is ,har- bored by rats, and they can also be carriers of trichinosis. The extermination of rats is complicated because most suitable poison baits used an the destruc- tion are also extremely dangerou» to other animals and to humans. With reasonable care, however, poison baits can be used with good results. . A good method and a Inure permanent one is to make build - Inge rat -proof. 'Old wooden build- ings With Milting doors and win• doors are an invitation to rats. Concrete is one of the best rat- proof materials for foundations and arolitidr spaces, whet.° Arabi alit& otherpi'pe& lead out of a btitf)ddng ,bound illi( sheet' IJa'ors should b � . w (ahtf tried 6u Page p. • Ninth Wolf Pelt Turned in The largest pelt of a timber wolf brought in this fall to .County Treasurer A. H. Erskine's office. Goderich, for the bounty of $25, was delivered Monday by H. Schill. Formosa. It measured six feet from no,e to'tail. Mr. Schill' shot the wolf near Kintail in Ashfield Township. The treasurer said this is the ninth pelt "to be brought in. —Clinton, News -Record. engage " an' architect to •prepare• plans and., specifieations for the ad- dition of several roonta to the high school soon to be vacated when. the new district high school is ebnm, plated. The remodelled school will be used for public school purposes and the old public ach091 building will be demolished if the present plans go into effect.—Exeter Times - Advocate. Hold Family Gathering A family gathering was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Mc- Clinehey on Saturday evening. Those who were there were as fol- lows: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walden, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Walden .and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Har- burn and family of Hensall, Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Jennings and fanc- ily of Farmington, Mich., Mrs. Will Vendor of Blyth, Percy and Jesse Walden, Mrs. Thompson and Viola. Supper was served) after which an enjoyable evening of music and( games were enjoyed.—Blyth Stan- dard. Police Constable Transferred Had Anniversary A lovely surprise took place last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Thiel when rela- tives gathered to help celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary. The evening was spent in a very social way, along with refresh- ments. We join their relatives and friends in wishing them many more such occasions with health and happiness.—Zurich Herald. From •The Huron Expositor December 8, 1899 The services in connection with the twenty-fifth anniversary servic- es of the Evangelical Church at Zurich were a most gratifying suc- cess. Rev. H. Heinmiller, of Cleve- land, Ohio, preached two excellent sermons. Charles Fritz and Sam Faust. of Zurich, were &ut rabbit shooting the other day and returned with five. Tire eighteenth annual ball of the Seaforth Fire Brigade was held in Cardno's Hall on Friday even- ing. Splendid music was furnished by the London Harpers. Mrs. Kirkman has sold her cot- tage to Mr. Arch. Wright, of Mc- Killop, who has decided, to become a resident of Seaforth, and to whom is accorded a royal welcome. Mr. J. K. Richardson, of the firm of D. D. Willson & Co., was booked for Vancouver, B.C., this week by R. J. McDonald, of the C.P.R. ag- ency. James Evans, Daniel Manley, James Lockhart and J. J. Irvine are all said to be in the field for Reeve of McKillop next year. The citizens of Clinton are quite delighted at the prospects of soon having orae of the largest and fin- est Methodist Churches in this par t of the country. Mr. B. H. Higgins, of Brucefield, has succeeded in tike ' ig of the old McLean farm on the London Road. It wast purchased by John McKnight, of Hullett, for $5,000. Mr. F. Rumball, of London, load ed two cars of lumber at Bruce&ield station this week. On Thursday evening of last week the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Elder, Hensall, presented Mr. Elder with an oak secretary and Mrs. Elder with a rocking chair, prior to their departure for their new home in Barrie. Mr. George Hill, of Watton, who had charge of the Walton •Cheese Factory( for the past year, has mov- edt away for the winter. Mr. Jaanes Turnnbutl has per- ehtatved the farm of Mr. Wm, Neil, which adjoins the village of Wal- ton. Mr. W. J. Millar, case Iagemaker of Hensall, who has very efficient;' 'ly filled the posdtibn, of precentor in Carmel Presbyterian Church for several years, has tendered .his 'retiignation; to come into etfeet af- 'ter New Years. Miss iSteinbatlt,, the,orgenlst, 114$ also tendered, bier reeignatiott•; Walls Springing Up Around Arena With milder weather the last few days following on the heels of real winter weather, work was speeded' up on the new arena. The sheath- ing on the roof is today more than half on and should be pretty well all on by the end of the week, pre- paratory to the commencement of the application of asphalt shingles. Cement block walls are rising on the south, east and west sides of the arena with the south end wall nearest completion.—Goderich Sig- nal-Star. ig- nal-Star. Wins Public Speaking Contest Res, McPhail, of Cromarty, won district honors at the Junior Far- mer public speaking contest held in Clinton high school on Thursday night, his subject being "The Four Corners of the Community." Stew- art McEwan, representing Huron County, placed second, his subject being "The Advantages of Farm Life." Ross will go on to the zone competition in Ridgetowu on Dec. 7, He was also one of the priv- ileged Perth Junior Farmers to be a guest at the Royal Winter Fair. —Mitchell Advocate. School To Be• Remodelled Several members of the Exeter School Trustees were in Toronto Wednesday- to interview the Muni- cipal Board' on their proposal to Provincial Constable Aubrey But- ler has been transferred. to the St. Marys police force and left Tues- day to take over his new post.. While in Goderich Constable But- ler took considierable interest in the Girls' Trumpet Band and h'ad much to do with training the mem- bers to make the ,band'the fine or- ganization it now is. In apprecia- tion of his interest, the girls pre- sented him before his departure with a gold wrist watch. Constable H. Stott, who has been on 11he Town Hall detachment, replaces Constable Butler at the .provi'hciai' office on West St., andConstable, W. O'Hara, from district head- quarters at Mount Forest, who served temporarily in Goderich in the summer,' has arrived to join the Town Hall force. — Goderich' Signal -Star. Have Silver Anniversary The silver wedding anniversary of Mr, and Mrs. Bert Huller was celebrated at their home on King St•, Clinton, by an afternoon and evening reception which was at- tended by 180 guests. Twenty-five years ago Mr. and Mrs. Huller were married in Port Arthur by the late Re'v. Father La Run hi St. An- drew's Rectory, and made their home tor live years al Port 'Coid- well, on the north shore of Lake Superior. Twenty years ago they and their only child, Vernon, came to Clinton, and have resided here ever since, Mr. Huller is well known as a building contractor, having built many new houses ill the north and around Clinton, and for the past two years he has had his own building supply business. Guests were welcomed at the door by Mrs Roy Mann, in the after- noon, and by Mrs. Lawrence Den- omme in the evening. All friends were requested to sign the, guest book which was in charge of Mrs. Frank Evans, Jr., in the afternoon, and Miss Gloria Palmer, in the eve- ning.—Clinton News -Record. Wars and Taxes Wipe Out fl' r, 9. r • Family and Fortune (By L.H.M., in The Estate Maga zine, London) The capitalist landowner of the, nineteenth century has been blam- ed for the majority of the ills. which have befallen its descend- ants in the twentieth century. Were they really so iniquitous '.s it is customary to paint them nowadays? Ian 1894, James Malcolm return- ed from India with a fortune of roughly £100,000. To those to whom the ,possession of personal wealth in any form is a crime, let it be explained that James Mal- colm was the son of an extremely poor Scottish minister. At the age of 17 be obtained a post in Cal- cutta. and for the next 25 years the whole of his earnings were absorbed in the support of his five sisters: all lazy and none very in- telligent. They regarded his gen- erosity as a fraternal duty. • At the age of 42, James was wise enough to associate himself with a ,group of successful business men, anti as a (result or this connection within five years he had built up a substantial fortune. Again in ex- tenuation, let it be said that in the nineties of the last century, it was possible to accumuuate wealth per- fectly honestly, as restrictive taxa- tion did not. at the time destroy all incentive. . At 50 James Malcolm married, and, as he deemed -his fortune ade- quate to meet all this requirements, he retired and returned to Eng- land. He purchased a small prop- erty with about 100 acres of land, and devoted his energies to main- taining and developing his estate. At the time of the birth of his only son, in 1896„ income tax was less than ls. in the pound, and in modern eyes, though not in those of James, who regarded it as a gross imposition„ it could be disregarded. His Capital, which was invested securely in railways and leading industrial concerns, brought shim in an income of slight- ly more than £ 5,000 a year. Out of this he contintre'd to. maintain his four surviving sisters, and while devoting considerable sums to the improvement of the estate —lin *articular he planted, a large number of trees, a. thing that no private individual would dream of doing nowadays -Lille was able to put aside sufficient to ensure that at his death his son would inherit a stem at least as large as that With which, he had returned from • Alt the time of his death in 1911, Ironer Maleolitt was supporting he leis h s than 3$ persons, all of whom ware' direct .o•;. l3'' employed or, c�elielid•; ont .iris owl , on n iiropeiatq, He Was; a man of exceedingly methodical habits, and thus it is possible to reconstruct from his ledgers how this formidable number- were occu- pied. In ,the house, the butler, the cook and a scullery maid, a 'parlor, maid and two housemaids, the sew• ing maid, the nurse and the cook's daughter as a literal maid of all work. Thus, in a house of no more than 10 bedrooms, employment was found for nine persons, every one of whom was trained to do exactly what they did, and was completely happy in doing it. The outside staff were on the same generous scale. There were the head coachman, second coach- man and groom, the cowman, the pigman and two.iaborers, two gar- deners and the boy. These ten. accounted • for £11 1.0s. a week or just on £ 600 a year, but, as all: except the second coachman and one of the gardeneds lived rent free in cottages on the estate, and. received in.,addition, free milk and pig and poutry feed, the actual cost to James Malcolm was considerab- ly more. Six of the outside staff. were married—as were( the butler and cook—and in 1911 these fam- ilies had between them 17 children below the age of 16. • Thus, at the time of his death, James Malcolm was personally re- sponsible for the welfare of thirty- nine souls. In the autumn of 1911, John Mal- colm, then aged 15, inherited his father's property and responsibili- ties. In the middle of August, 1915. John was gazetted a second Iieu- tenant in the Third Battalion of his country regiment. Two years later he had attained the rank or captain, and had 19 months' experi- ence of life in and out of the trenohes, The mud of the Somme convinc- ed him that it was better to fight a War in a clean shift, and he transferred to the R.P.C. He serv- ed nine months as an observer in a .DH -4, the heavy' ,bomber of the period, an airplane that could car - 17 a single bomb weighing 230 pounds. During this 'period he was inst1u rental in shooting down • three German airplanes. In the Summer of 1917 he went home to train as a pilot, and in August he was .married. He was then aged twenty-one. In, March, 1918, the rear gunner of a German Albatross shot a burst. of inachine-gun bullets into the "Camel" scout which John was fly- ing in support of the 5th Army at- ta.+slt hear •tlambrai. John landed' What was left of the oCamal," and (continued oti `age, •1) • ,t.