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SEAFORTH, Friday, April 22, 1955
Worthwhile Campaign
During the first week of May the
campaign to raise funds for the con-
struction of a new Lions Club swim-
ming pool will get under way, it has
been announced. Plans.for the cam-
paign have been formulated by com-
mittees, which have been at work
for the past.,month.
The public is being asked to sup-
port the project as generously as pos-
.le, because only through such sup-
port can the project be completed.
.As has been pointed out, the cost of
'the project is to be met in three ways
—by. public subscription, by funds
raised by the Lions Club, and by a
provincial grant. There is no liabil-
ity on the part of the municipality,
Insofar as the capital cost of the poor
is concerned. The Lions Club, as it
#lay done in every, case where it has
made possiblea facility for the use
sof the public, is assuming full re-
sponsibility for the cost. It was in
such a manner that the park,- as it
Aexista today, was created.
' Canvassers will call on Seaforth
and district residents, and appeals by
r will go forward to former resi-
c
.11Ats. In each case it is hoped a
generous response will result.
If there are cases where it is de-
sired to forward a donation before
the campaign opens officially, this
may be done by directing it to the
-treasurer, J. 'E. Keating, Seaforth.
family Meals and Discipline
An answer to° the ever-present
problem of disciplining the younger
generation is suggested by the Sat-
urday Evening, Post, *hen it points
out the unfortunate effect irregular
eating and dining habits of the pre-
sent-day family have on 'parental
discipline --or the lack of it.
"Many people who have serious
reservations about our younger gen-
eration's behavior,e the Post says,
"frequently bewail Ehe passing of the
woodshed, the razor strap and simi-
lar preventive medicine for chil-
dren's psychological ailments. A
strong plea was recently made for
another old-fashioned — and fa
more pleasant — institution: 'the
American dining room with its Iarge
family table,' whi h is rapidly be-
coming gbsolete.
"Miss Seima Borchardt, a Wash-
ington, D.C., teacher, who addressed
the American Federation of Teach-
ers in Chicago some months ago,
Made a convincing case for `family
meals' as an aid to child training and
a curb to juvenile delinquen
'There's a real loss of family di ip
Vie, Miss Borchardt told. her col-
leagues, in the `catch-as4atc -can
food supply for modern youth.' She
reminded them that `teachers wish
that parents could have more time
Together with their children as a
family' as a means of `reducing the
school discipline problem,' and re-
commended the dinner table as a
good place to start.
"Regular family meals, even in
the least -regulated American fam-
ilies, would tend to develop the small
fry's respect .for the head of the fam-
ily at the head of the table. The fam-
ily meal would acquire some formal-
fm, dignity and politeness, and
ight even convince the kids that it
is a gracious thing to say grace. Atr
any rate, a regular dining hour
should reduce the likelihood that
America will end up as a nation of
Itlierable dyspeptics, and it would
he it , ossibie for parents to know
tl
1"',
wlt'�
'�dren are, at least st o`lG•
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY:
How To Live To 117
(Fort Wiljiam Times -Journal)
Examinations have been conduct-
ed -in a Denver hospital involving a
Negro boy who had reached the age
of 117. The authorities wanted to
learn what may have contributed to
his longevity.
For one thing, they found he had
been a slave, that he was noted as a
bare -knuckle pugilist " who fought
other slaves at the command of his
master. In 1948 he sustained a
broken leg when struck by an auto-
mobile. Presently he is raising tur-
keys and chickens -in Oklahoma.
We are not told that examiners
reached any specific conclusions af-
ter looking this man over. But the
rest of us, without looking at him;
can be sure he was equipped with an
excellent heart, that his arteries were
not the kind that harden nor thick-
en, and that what he ate throughout
a century and 17 years agreed with
him.
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SEEN IN THE CO
Injured By Falling Pole
Mr. Stewart Ament is nursing a
cut on the top of his head that
required 15 stitches resulting from
an accident which occurred when
he moved the hay loader in the
barn and in so doing, dislogded
a pole that was resting on a beam.
The pole landed on Stewart's head
with a thud, opening up the cut.—
Blyth Standard.
"Bogus" Salesmen Selling Cutlery
Attention is drawn to the fact
that orders for stainless steel
cutlery are being placed with
"bogus" salesmen who are can-
vassing the 'country. Residents
are asked to contact police before
placing orders for this merchan-
dise, so that they may be sure the
salesmen are genuine. — Clinton
News -Record.
Teacher Honored
Pupils of the Nile School last
week presented their former teach-
er, Mrs. Bert Dougherty, ne Joan
Killough, with a pair of silver can-
dle holders and a silver sandwich
plate. Before her marriage, show-
ers were given in her honor by
Mrs. Elmer Black, of Ashfield,
and Mrs. Earl Raithby, of Gode-
rich, aunt of the bride. Mrs. Mil-
ton Fisher, of Goderich, gave her
home for a shower put on by Mrs.
Jim Hawkins and Mrs. Horace
Crawford.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Brussels Talent To Appear on TV
The Great Change
(Ottawa Journal)
No one can foretell exactly when,
the great change will come. But
along in the second half of the fourth
month there comes a day when a•
man is certain. When he goes across
the farmyard at dawn to do the
chores he stops a minute to savor
the weather. A warm ,breeze has
come in during the night; there's a
heady, pungent fragrance from
warming soil; robins are singing in
the old orchard behind the barn and
red -winged blackbirds are whistling
in the swamp.
As morning works along and the
sun climbs into the sky one can hear,
see, and feel added proof Song spar-
rows call cheerfully from fenceaposts
and woodpeckers drum on weather-
ed telephone poles. When a coun-
tryman takes axe, hammer and
nails and walks his pasture boun-
dary to mend the fence • he sees - cat-
kins dangling from the birches and
alders—a prehistoric seed ,process
that originated a million ` or more •
years ago wen plant life on our
planet was changing from spore re-
production to the encased seeds that
make possible today's flowering
world.
From then until June solstice, Life
forces surgeforward with irresist-
ible power. Each day one can see
the change; there is soft color as
trees break their buds. and a misty
loveliness tints the woodlands as
leaves push out to sun and rain, and./
change hardwood ridges from grey
brown to fresh, light green.
Many Causes
(The Acton Free- Press)
The scramble for.towns to get new
industries is pretty general through-
out Ontario, but the average citizen
does not fully realize the problems
that confront those who undertake
such work for the town. In Orange-
ville. the Greening Wire Co. is build-
ing a new plant and the mayor says
the work on securing it started
months ago. Few people realize
how important their individual con-
tribution can be and their attitude
can affect the decision of an indus-
try to. locate 'in a town.
Recently, we had a call from a un-
ion organizer who was endeavoring
to organize for his union a plant in
Acton which had just started to hire
workers. He wanted us to assist in
his campaign with "releases" of
propaganda. We refused and ad-
vised him to go back to where he
came from until the new firm was
atleast moved into town.. That
weekend a scandalous letter was dis-
tributed about town to the employees
who had just started work. The re`-
sult was no more people are being
taken on in that plant at the present
time until the management considers
its position and the desirability of
expansion.
We have known of towns that lost
industry because the townsfolk
whom strangers interviewed did not
speak well of their town. No in-
dustrialist wants to locate in a town
where the present populace is . not
happy or congenial.
Getting industry or making any
town a pleasant place to live in is
°. not the work solely of councils, com-
mittees or boards. It is a job in
which every citizen can help, even
iii your greeting' on the street with
those youmeet.
UNTY PAPERS
Award Contract For Landscaping
A contract exceeding $2,000 for.
landscaping around the Exeter
public school was approved by
the board at a special meeting
Tuesday evening. Charles Hay, of
Zurich, will do the work. The
landscaping includes construction
of an asphalt -surfaced tarmac area
where children can play in wet
weather; a coal ramp and lane;
provision for two bicycle rack
areas; sodding of the grounds east
of the 1938 building; seeding of
the southwest area. Part of the
area was seeded last year by_the
board in co-operation with Exeter
Kinsmen who conduct their sum-
mer playgrounds on the grounds.
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
"First One In" For 1955
Ronnie Baker, of 'town, had the
honor of being the "first one in"
the Maitland River this year, when
he opened the swimming season
at Howson's dam during the warm.
weather on Monday. Asked how
the water was, Ronnie replied:
"Not bad"—somewhat dubiously,
we thought. Less than three
weeks ago Wingham suffered one
of the worst blizzards of the sea-
son, and the occasional patch of
snow is still in evidence, although
it is disappearing rapidly. At any
rate, one notable feature of Ron-
nie's exploit was the fact that it
was a solo effort. Everybody else
apparently, thought that the wa-
ter was still to cold. — Wingham
Advance -Times.
Two members of , the Majestic
Women's Institute are to appear
on the "Come Into the Kitchen"
TV program from CK,CO, Kitchen-
er, on Tuesday at four o'clock.
Mrs. K. Shurrie will demonstrate
icing a wedding cake, while Mrs.
E. Cudmore continents on it and
also gives the highlights of the
Majestic W.I. .program. David
Kennedy, who was_ to have been a
guest on the Teletune program
from CKCO that was cancelled on
April 5, will appear on that pro-
gram on• Thursday, April 21, at 6
p.m.—Brussel?;' Post_ •
Two Fire Alarms in Past Week
Twice during the past week the
fire siren has summoned local
firemen to action, but fortunately
in both cases damage was neg-
ligible. Thursday of last week the
firemen were calljed to squelch a.
grass fire on the property.of John
Sieling, in the village. Tuesday
night of this week the siren. again
wailed mournfully as a car own-
ed by Harold Creighton was dis-
covered to be afire as it was park-
ed in front of the Huron Grill. A
pail of, water was all that was
needed to extinguish the hlav'.—
Blyth Standard.
Family Receives Awards of $589
Fan jly of the late Mrs. Elmer
Klopr who .was killed in an auto
accident 'last fall, received awards
totalling $589.10 in an • Ontario
Supreme Court judgment Tuesday.
The plaintiffs, Margaret Kalb-
fleisch and Ethel Hess, eX'ecutors
of the estate, claimed for $10,400
damages. Frank Donnelly, Q.C„
of Goderich; acted on their behalf.
Justice Barlow awarded $339.10 to
the estate for expenses and $250
to Ethel Hess for the loss of her
mother. The defendant was Cal-
vin Brindley, of Toronto, repres-
ented by Bell & Laughton, Exeter.
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
YEARS AGONE
,interesting Items picked
from The Huron Expositor of
25 and 50 Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
April 25, 1930
Miss Elva. Pryce, Winthrop, and
Master Gordon Pethick, of Strat-
ford, are spending the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Matt Arm-
strong, Hullett.
Mr. and Mrs. Orval DaI'e and
family, Constance, spent Easter
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Oliver, Walton.
Division court was held in Zur-
ich on Wednesday with Judge E.
N. Lewis, presiding. Mr. J. G.
Stanbury, barrister, of Exeter, al-
so attended.
Mr. Lawrence Brightmore, Lon-
don, is spending the Easter holi-
days with his aunt and uncle; Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Cochrane.
Mr. R. Keith Love, of Toronto,
spent a few days with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.,Love, of
Hillsgreen.
Mrs. Finnigan, who spent the
winter with her daughter, Mrs.
Robert Elgie, has returned to her
home in Dungannon.
Miss Isabel Moir, of Hensall, is
a guest of her sister, Mrs. J. D.
Stewart, Tuckersmith.
Miss Margaret Cooper and Miss
Grace . Cooper, of London, spent
Good Friday and Easter weekend
at the home of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Cooper, north of
Kippen.
Miss Florence MacDonald, Hen-
sall, is spending the holidays in
Toronto with her uncles and aunts.
Mr. George Pearce and family
have moved into Hensall from the
farm of Mr.' and Mrs. William N.
Glenn, and are occupying rooms
above Mr. T. C. Joynt's store.
Miss Alice Kyle, Hensall, spent
the first part of the week with
relatives and friends in/ Kippen
and vicinity.
Hensall coal merchants are still
kept busy delivering the needful
with continued cold weather.
Ferg Bullard and Bill Trewar-
tha, of Winthrop, spent Tuesday
in London.
Mr. John McClure has purchas-
ed the 25 -acre farm from Mr. J.
M. Govenlock and intends moving
into the village shortly. Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson Govenlock have not
just yet decided where they will
reside. They haveresided in
Winthrop for a number of years
and will be greatly missed by
friends and neighbors. We wish
them the best of health and suc-
cess wherever they may go.
Mr. George Kirkby, who is at-
tending school in Stratford, is
spending the holidays at his home
in Walton.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Sohier and son,
Kenneth, of Walton, spent, the
Easter holidays in Simcoe with
relatives.
Miss Gladys McPhee, of Toron-
to, spent the holidays with her
parents in Seaforth.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grieve, of
Windsor, and Miss Bessie Grieve,
of Chatham, spent Easter at the
parental home of Mr. „and Mrs.
T. M. Grieve.
•
Break -In At B
A brr•>=-in. and robbery was dis-
covered at the local firm of How-
son & Howson Ltd., on Sunday af-
ternoon by an employee,. Jack
Brown, who while out for a drive,
noticed a door open at the mill
and ups investigating found that
the building had been broken into
some time during Saturday night
or early Sunday morning. En-
trance had been gained through a
door at the north end of the mill.
The thieves gained entrance to
the office by breaking a window
in the office door. They dragged
the office safe to the feed ware-
house and, proceeded to sledge and
crowbar it open. Records in the
safe were untouched and the thugs
took between $25 and $30 in- bilis
and cash. Provincial police 'from..
the Virnghasa detachment -were
called in one the' case. — Blyth
Standard.
Flying Saucers?
Was it a bird, a plane or just
what was it that three Goderich,
policemen saw early last Friday?
According to the three policemen,
the object seenstreaking through
the sky was blue and reit. At
about 1:15 a.m., two town police
officers, Constable Howard Wat-
son and Patrol Sgt. Albert South,
saw a two-tone object zoom
through the sky from the south to
the east end of town at "a terrific
speed." Ontario Provincial Police
Constable Morley Groves also re-
ported seeing something streak ov-
er Highway No. 4, south of Clin-
ton. All the officers said the ob-
ject had a "tail or fin." At Lon-
don, however, the control tower
at the airport said no one there
had noticed anything out .of the
ordinary. Astronomers in London
did not notice any wayward met-
eors or comets, and one said that
this was not the season for met-
eorites.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Farm News of Huron
Dry winds and ideal seeding
conditions caught many Huron
County farmers unprepared for
spring seeding. In the southern
part of the county, many farmers
have completed the seeding of cer-
eal grains and report excellent
working conditions. Considerable
interest has been taken in the new
varieties of grains this year and
although it was impossible to meet
all these requirements with the
desired varieties, quite a number
of farmers are trying out the var-
ieties Rodney and Simcoe in
small quantities. A number of
farmers have Garry oats under
contract. Farmers report quite a
good spring growth of their fall
wheat crop, and the recent rain
has hastened growth corlsiderably.
Sugar beet growers are signing
contracts at the present time, and
if a 500 -acre crop is contracted
north of Exeter it is anticipated
that a new weigh station will be
installed. at Kippen.
$ 1:
Cause of
Poultry Losses
Harmful ingredients in feeds are
rarely the cause of serious declin-
ing performance or mortality in
poultry flocks, states C. R. Phillips
of the Plant Products Division of
the Federal Department of Agri-
culture. When losses occur, a few
affected birds should be submitted
to a poultry pathologist for labora-
tory examination, because the
cause Of death in nearly all cases
is disease.
It is recognized that poultry
diets are sometimes deficient in
vitamins and minerals, which may
affect the health of the birds. Such
health changes, however, do not
occur overnight and an obseryant
poultryman will notice these
changes before they reach serious
proportions.
A change of feed when an out-
break of disease has arisen in the
flock, has often been credited for
the control. Actually the disease
has run its course as it would have
done on the original feed and valu-
able time is lost when corrective
action probably could have been
taken had a poultry specialist
been notified,
Feed Seldom
j4. NI1Y:.f5Att•`iI ih'ik
APRIL 22, 1955
CRO-SSROADS
(By JAMES SCOTT)
TWO -WHEEL LOCOMOTION
I can remember, in the days
when travel was not quite so fast
as it is now, bow a bicycle was
the dream every young lad car-
ried in his heart. Fellows pester-
ed their parents or scrimped and
saved, delivered papers or, like
one lad I knew, raised chinchilla
rabbits in order to get the funds
to buy a bike. Usually this took
time and the age when a boy got
his wheel averaged out to around
twlve or thirteen. I got mine as
a reward for passing my En-
trance. -
But the pace has increased
these days. In these times two -
wheel bikes come in all sizes right
down to little numbers which a
three-year-old can handle. In our
house, it seems to have been
years since we were fighting a
battle to ward off the dangerous
day when the most important
member of the household would
get her bicycle. However, as any
parents knows, you can only hold
out so long, and last Christmas,
with the connivance of Santa
Claus, a gleaming blue and white
bicycle found its way under the
tree.
Until recently it has -been no
problem at all, but the last week
or so, with the sun shining and
the walks dry, it has been another
story. Our young lady suddenly
remembered her wheel and every
day since she has been right out
there huffing and puffing and
scraping her shins along with the
best of them—and, by golly, she
has learned to ride it too !
I guess all us old folks are the
same way. We don't realize just
how quick the young fry are. I
thought it would probably take
weeks and weeks before Katie
would be able to ride her bicycle,
and in that complacent mood I
said a very rash thing. I said,
"When you learn to, ride your
bike, maybe I'll get hold of one
and we'll go fishing."
Well, you know. It was just one
of those things a fellow says. It
sounded nice, but to tell the truth
I never really thought I would
ever have to do it.
Ha! My bluff has been called.
For a week now Katie has been:.
asking at regular intervals—say,
every ten minutes—"When are we
going fishing?"
I thought I had an air -tight ex-
cuse by saying that I didn't have
a bicycle and that I didn't know
where to get one. It worked for
a couple of days until a very good
friend of mine—or at least he us-
ed to be my friend—heard about
all this and came over one morn-
ing and said, "You know, my old
wheel is just sitting there in the
garage. I bet we could fix it up
and you can use it any time you
want."
He wasn't fooling either. The
very next day he brought the bike
over, put a new inner tube in the
front tire, oiled her and greased
her and there she sits, raring to
go.
Fortunately it started to rain
then, and up to this writing we
haven't heard too much about
wheeling out to Roxborough to do
a bit of fishing, but it's 'going to
turn fine any minute now.
Now don't misunderstand me.
I'm not trying to get out of fish-
ing. In fact, I like to go fishing.
What's more, I like to spend as
much time as I can doing things.
with Katie Scott. But it's that
two -wheel locomotion which has
got me in a dither. .It's a long,
long time since I rode a wheel.
I'fn not quite so agile as I used
to be. My legs get stiff and my
back aches sometimes. I'm not
the young fellow who used to ride
down to Dublin and back just to
work up an appetite for dinner.
Just the same, you know we us-
ed to have some pretty good times
getting out into the country and
riding along the roads at a pace
slow enough to really see what
was going on around us. It used
to be a nice thing to come back
after a ride feeling good and full
of fresh air and sunshine. In fact,
now that you mention it, it
might be nice to try it again some
time. In fact . . .
Well now, who ,wants to wheel
out into the country this after-
noon and go fishing?
BUFFALO HUNT IN 1843
(From in account of a buffa-
lo hunt in the West in 1843 by
John C. Fremont, the explorer,
reprinted in "Profile of Ameri-
ca", edited by Emily Davie.)
A few miles brought us into the
midst of the buffalo, swarming in
immense numbers over the plains
where they had left scarcely a
blade of grass standing.
From The Huron Expositor
• April 21, 1905
John Wright, of Brussels, has
an Orpington pullet, ten months
old, that is making a record in
laying eggs 61/4 by 8 inches.
Mr. R. .l. Miller, of the 2nd
concession of Hullett, has pur-
chased the Strathy p•operty • in
Clinton, for $1,000, and intends
moving to that town to reside.
One day last week as John F.
Dale, of Hullett, was driving into
Clinton, opposite the Molson's
Bank his horse fell and was dead
almost before Mr. Dale could get
out of the buggy. It .was worth
about $100.
John Richmond & Sons, Blyth,,
have sold their patented thresh-
ing machine and' straw cutter to
the Sawyer -Massey Co:, of Hamil-
ton, for a large sum. Mr. Martin
Richmond, avho has secured a
good position in superintending the
manufacture of the machines, left
with his family on Monday for
Hamilton.
Charles Mustard has returned to
Brucefield from Toronto, where
he has finished his first univers-
ity year. He will have a mission
station in New Ontario for the
summer months.
Mr. and Mrs. John Balfour and
two children and Harvey Gauld
left Kippen this week on a trip to
the. Northwest.
Mr. John Whiteman, Kippen, is
busy these days making additions
to his already comfortable resi-
dence.
Miss Hannah Thompson, who
was visiting her sister, Mrs. Fluk-
er, of Auburn, has returned to
her home in Kippen.
Mr. W. J. Miller and Mrs. J. C.
Wood returned to Hensall from
Manitoba on Saturday and report
a good trip in every respect. They
received the greatest kindness
from many former residents who
are now residents of the far-fam-
ed West. -
Miss E. Johnston, Hensall, is
spending the Easter holidays with
her sister,' Mrs. B. Short, Wood-
stock.
Mr. Garnet Cudmore is learning
operating at Hensall station.
Mrs. Colbert, of Egmondville,
was in Hensall on Sunday visiting
her parents.
Last week Joh Grimoldby,
Walton, was presented With 'a
purse of money which had been
subscribed by - his numerous
friends in this and Harlock vicin-
ity, for the purpose of replacing
the wages he will lose through the
injury to his hand. The amount,
was about $170 and will, no doubt,
be a useful gift, and for whioh
Mr. Grimoldby wishes toy, express
his heartfelt thanks.
Miss Kearns, soprano soloist of
Strathroy, is spending a few days
with Miss Crotty, St. Coluinban.
Mr. Louis Prang has purchased
Mr. .1. H. Witmer's blacksmith
shop in Zurich and will ,get posses-
sloh oil May 1.
Mr. Petr Bender, Zurich, is on
Visit to old friends in, Elmira.
en'a boy, M -r, Bender learned
his trade as a $l 0MM:titer there. Connell has been for more office
some instances it may result in
complete failure. There are times,
however, when old seed must be
used.
Tests made by Plant Patholo-
gists of Science Service, Ottawa,
over a period of three years, have
shown that treating such old seed
with some of the newer fungicides
noticeably increased the percent-
age of the seed that emerged from
the soil as seedlings after plant-
ing. A summary of the results of
the tests states:
Comparison of the results of
this year's tests with those ob-
tained in tests of the two previous
years reveals that the emergence
of seedlings from untreated seed
has been drastically reduced in
the present tests. The emergence
in the first ,test was 42.5 per cent
from the untreated seed, 36.25
per cent in the second year and
finally 34.0 per cent in 1954. Treat-
ment of this seed with an fungi-
cides under test this year resulted
in significant increase in emerg-
ence. The emergence of untreated
corn seed steadily decreased over
the three-year period from a high
of 80.8 per cent the first year un-
der test to 69.5 per cent in the
second year to_ 45.25 per cent this
year. j,( treatments this year
signific . 'Nacreased the emerg-
ence of thi d. Emergence of
soybean harvested in 1948 was
3.25 per Bent in last year's test
and 19.00 per cent this year; once
again all of the treatments under
test this year significantly, increas-
ed the emergence. With the ex-
ception of Arasan all fungicides
significantly raised the emergence
of bean seed this year Seine
kinds' of seeds when untreated
'showed very weak emergence; in
particular are pea, cueumi)er,
muskmelon, squash, spinach, vege-
table marrow, watermelon and
pumpkin. Most of these seeds re-
sponded very well to seed treat-
ments.o significant increase oc-
curred lifter parsnip, asparagus
and cabbage seed were treated.
Of '23 vegetable seed stocks, 20
responded to seed treatment.
Eighteen vegetables gave a signi-
ficant increase in emergence as
a result of treatment with Pano-
gen and B856C, 17 with Phygon,
16 with Arasan, and 15 with Mer-
culine, Ortbocide 75 and Vaneider
51.
In general, if aped seed must be
used for the gi'owmg of vegetables,
in moati taaii�ea, seed tree -'Hie ent
%still grtainin uniform stands of cro . Ia e ' rg-
g
*
Old Seed Responds To Treatment
Use of old vegetable seed rare-
ly gives Satisfactory results itt obi*
In the sight of such a mass of
life, the traveller feels a strange
emotion of 'grandeur. We had.
heard from a distance a dull and
confused murmuring, and when
we came in view of their dark
masses, there was not one among
us who did not feel his heart beat
quicker.
It was the early part of the day
when the herds were feeding, and
everywhere thy were in motion.
Here and there a huge old bull was
rolling in the grass, and clouds of
dust rose in the air from various
parts of the band, each the scene.
of some obstinate fight:
The distance across the prairie
(two or three miles) gave us a
fine opportunity to charge them
before they could get among the
river hills. It was too fine -a pro-
spect for a chase to be lost, and
halting for a few moments, the
hunters were brought up and sad-
dled; and Kit Carson and I start-
ed together.
They were now somewhat less
than half a mile distant, and we
rode' easily along until within
about 300 yards, when a sudden
agitation, a wavering in the band,
and a galloping to and fro of some
which were scattered along the
skirts gave us the intimation that
we were discovered.
We started together at a hard
gallop, riding steadily abreast of
each other. We were now clos-
ing upon them rapidly, and the
front of the mass was already in he was preparing to cut up.
rapid motion for the hills, and in
a few seconds the movement had
Communicated itself to the whole
herd. -
A crowd of bulls, as • usual,
brought up the rear,. and every
now and then some of them faced
about, and then dashed on after
the band a short distance, and
turned and looked again, as if
more than half inclined to stand
and fight. In a few. moments,
however, during which we had
been quickening our pace, the
rout was universal, and we were
going over the ground like a hur-
ricane.
We entered (the herd) on the
side, the mass giving way in ev-
ery direction in their heedless
course. Many of the bulls less
active and less fleet than the
cows, paying no attention to the
ground, and occupied solely with
the huhter were precipitated to
the ground with great force, roll-
ing over and over With the violence
of the shock, and hardly distin-
guishable in the dust. We separ-
ated on entering, each singling out
his game.
My horse was a trained hunter.
famous in the west under the
name of Proveau, and with eyes
flashing and'the foa'm flying from
his mouth, sprang on after the
cow like a tiger.
In a few moments he brought
me 'alongside of her, and, rising
in -the stirrups. I fired at the dis-
tance of a yard, the ball entering
at the termination of the long hair
and passing near the heart. She
fell, hqdlong at the report of the
gun, and checking my horse,. I
looked around for my compan-
ions.
At a little distance, Kit was on
the ground, engaged in tying his
horse to the horns of a cow which
TO THE EDITOR:
Seaforth, April 16, 1955.
Editor, The Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: Like many others, I
read your splendid report of the
council meeting. Parts of this
meeting can 'possibly he agreed to
by many taxpayers as 'good .busi-
ness for the town but then, there
are points I, and perhaps there
are others, who disagree on.
If you scanthe reports closely
you will see that there is little, if
any, discussion in regards to the
sewage scheme and above all, to
the cleaning up and levelling of
the town's eyesores, namely, the
back alleys... I think everyone will
agree with .'me that they are an
absolute disgrace. Is this going
to be Seaforth's white elephant?
Is this condition of ruts, muck and
sand the end to which Council aim-
ed at when the sewage contract
was let? Isthis what .the taxpay-
ers are paying taxes for?
Now, to top this, before the oth-
er job is anyway near completed,
Council has nerve enough to think
of going out and hiring an archi-
tect, 'who -would likely demand a
lump sum, to discuss changes to
'the Tovol Hall. The taxpayers'
money ar an uncdmpleted,
disgracefulSwage steup is not
enough, but to add this othef on
is about the limit. ' It is time to
economize. Get one job finished
first and finished right, before
tackling another.
E It will take about $2,000 to fix
the P.U.C. sub -station over for
accommodation for the Provincial
Pollee, so the report says, What
makes me wonder is this: The
P.U.C. has been clamoring for
'more Vomit, as well as the 'cowl,
room, and yet the P.U.C. is paying
the town a rental of $300 annually
for their accommodation in the
Town Hall, while the sub -station
has .been standing idle since 60 -
cycle conversion. I think the sub-
station would make an ideal of-
fice for the P.U.C., and the coun-
cil office ' then would have more
room too.
I have nothing against the town
wanting to retain, the Provincial
Police, but if the Council has
$2,000 to expend one place, then I
believe it should be expended in
renovating the rooms in the Town
Hall that are being used most fre-
quently, and they should be main-
tained as such year in and year
out.
The extra space spoken of dur-
ing the course of the meeting
could be arranged so that every-
one concerned would have plenty
of room and the Provincial Police
accommodation would be as re-
quired, and -they would not ne d to
move out of the Town Hall.,
$2,000 to spend,' plus cost of archi-
tect at this time, with sewage on
top of it all, definitely shows the
taxpayer that it is time for
Council to begin to economize.
Think of the average taxpayer:
think of those that are not work-
ing steady; think of the little fel-
low first ileitt time.
YOURS FOR ECONOMY
A Saturday morning golfer ob-
served two small boys watching
him and remarked: ''You boys
will never learn by watching me.
"We ain'tinterested
in
gelf,
mister," said one. "We're going
fishing as soon as you dig UP'
some more worms."