Greater Goderich, 1918-05-07, Page 1"ALL TOGETHER FOR GODERICH "
GREATER GODERICH
No. 1
GODERIGH, ONTARIO, MAY 7, 1918
Campaign for Modern Board of
Trade Making Good Progress
All Citizens to Be Asked to Co-operate in All
Things That Make for Progress and Pros-
perity ---Organization Must Have
Money to Work With
for a :41011:: filth -
1111111111111/11i1 rganization
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fora:41011141ilth'r*anization in (.ude-
ith gratifying pro -
and suspieian that
�it tirst among some
Apidly disappearing
ac:enis a general tltsp ositiun
all to put their shoulders ta,
.'fn el and polish the load of pro-
-- up the hill.
Fir>;at of all sit- must recognize that
the. foundation of all community pro-
w:Tea is efficient organization. TIi
great \caters of Niagara Plowing over
the falls are beautiful but have no
itLtlity. The sante w.-ater. '-h;arnee.1J,•
for industrial power ran .uppiv leo_,.
ue Ver suiileieent almost to srit.pl,• .t
10 1,10.11.
It, iu thF -same with the people of a
e tntmuntty. if they are not effeet-
ively organized, they 1site Ito power
But let theta- work a- a unit, and bar
an itecompli la anything avlthin reason.
A nnatter cif fact if we peoieJ'• of
a,+rtlrl`ia.Ia shoulrt ttetilcate..a4raelne t,4
bitilditie a great industrial ceanauouit:
here and %sanat•t sv..r1 sl the jet, it:are
yp..aaala_ we yiaid sh a ihted booed
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doubt. We rill hi nod accnmPlieh
touch in a day or :a year, hut in the
long run the aeeni plii:tanients would
be tremendous,
The idea of the present campaign, + i
the l•.ard of Trade to t1, ask tit+ citi-
zens to practice the t'rineipbe- of co,
ration t « joen Ilse negro ..f Trade
they can afford it : to pay- the high
rate of membership 1111e` at that there
can be a permanent fund for .reuring
rndustr iea, advertising ri l y, and
other work that an aggre.sis,• ront-
merelal 'organization can d'o in building
up a city ; to stop the habit of cr•i1i-
eising; the city and to begin the habit
of talking favorably of the colalnaunaty-;
to think eonstrtictisely of the city's
needs .and advocate ways and means
to meet those needs ; to. take part in
all Board of Trade work when called
upon so that it can have a fair chance
to make good.
Finally three neu.t be eomel'®aty
whose business it is to manage the
Bossard t,f 'Cradle. and s•irk er,ntinu-
•,u:-ty 11:1 initiating ant: carrying cont
tall-esrgne'nts that will taring about
II41Wth ,aril pft'sperity. .
In order to he abta to employ a
permanent bu.inese manager or secre-
tary, and to have tit tunas for-ertirinf
industries and arise=tatetela tl:e city in.
f ola& and ti • t', ;a,Y1a e.., Dors.
lei -Mess and f'rere•slainel aaa' n and the
'rupee ..sners and ode r, %ono cal:
adoral i1 ratust take memberships in
t'"• Rowed of 'Grade. 4't''.,r1,1a, espitat
1- ,•n• of the most important essentials
:a sueeessful commercial r,rgani-
-ion. and there is just one say 1''
working capital and that is ft.r 'a'I
si tis t,o unite and each put up I,:-
r,
How "Dead" City of 3000
Organized to Quicken Growth
The April nora,t.e r • 1 -tern mag',a-
zae1... has an artirt.• snlitled, -Roosting
1 -or Community.- It .Earls With a
little town of 3,000, and .hiss~. laoss
organized effort brought about real
progress in a "dead" townThose who'
eannot !tee the Oakes of the Board of
Trade canilitign .114oalld re'a,1 tha
article, as fi.11e,►,- :
Up in marthea,t''ru elissoauri •'n the
711i -haat -lop' riser i= i:.anInn tvtth about
:two inhabitants. Not so I.•ngr aero
four crop failures in succe'S9ia.n tilt the
,orrraunding euunta'y. Financial ship
,reek seemed inevitable. But the
r <„rrarnereial Club rd. a ed 11l24Pi and in-
vested it in a building while* it gave
10 :a concern to f••un,l a pearl button
factory. Now, it took faith to put
that campaign over, tor *12.000 is a
lot of money to raise In a small town
when four crop failures have conte in
succession : it's especially hard when
the money is to be warn awe\ 1
business organization.
Under similar conditions hundred -
of small towns all ever the county.. 1
snowed a (l,•riining population a de-
cade age. Them the business niers tn.
mans communities toot, hold of things
and the small town gradually began t•-.
come into its own.
Back of the Canton rarnpaign was a
local banker. The eouniry banker is
often the real force tehind a town's
community work. More often=
not lir, is the "big man” of his corn -
triunity. He is one ratan whose coun-
sel.
oun-
. the farmer ieii r;atly listens t.7 and
follows,
That hotti••r: haonorn. o- still going.
It employs from tt:i ro i± ween and
women ;aecortlnu l., tt+• .,•a•'.n : and it
iti-bursee between r5,0110 and a;,4)00
each m onth.TIiis hells. 1.4 keep the
town gine and ,;rou.4I1 alany a
country has had an obsession about
Betting a factor) to ir,rat•• in it ; many
a Country town ha., gone I , the ;pain=
50.1 rsp.•n,.' of I.rinningr a faetury 1')
it only too be "slung" for its pains.
Too many tune- the small town is nut
the place for the facl'ory. And so
:after a time Ilse factory quits. and the
t'•svn is in worse shape than before.
But locating the pearl buttun farlory
at Canton was Inct.•aI. Canton is a
;-hipping ranter for the mussel shells
from the risers of the central West.
There was al,•r e5tabh-shed at l:antun
S t::' 1)
'Greater Goderieh"
TO f' HIF.NDS
The Board of 1 ride forward
campaign and this pnbheati0aa
mean that the citizens of
l oderieh hate made up their
mind to get together in the
upbuilding of their city. It is
an annuuneement to the world
that "Forward" i, the big
word in Godenieh today-.
£.Pry ropy should be mailed
out to friends, relatives and
acquaintances in ether cities..
it will he flood advertising for
our city and it may lead to
some industrial lead that will
bring us a fin -tory. ll would
lir neat en-uperetisP adver-
tising if all our people would.
send out this paper.
A Western Canada city semi.
'-tars ■go sent out 150.000
pieces of literature in one day
through just such co-oper-
ation. The Board of Trade
there furnished the printed
matter and the envelopes,
while the people supplied ttie
addresses and -.tamps.
3tr.ami. a nide Flor+da city.
rurallti •ends 0511 tern, of
thousand% 01 pieres '=t such
-advertising literature through
the help of it. people.
If the people here dhoti
their tisillingne.s to spread
this publieatioai bliui Jeasi.
the hoard of Trude will im
aaa.ali.ai.1, a,ialNA pi tits to hate
ni+err altraartiin lithe laoul-la•ts
• jkii,ted for .toe le tiuli.'r,.
Itis the steady 11drerti.sing pull
that roun15.. Mite man or
dozen men cat.'- do much in
this line, but a whole enna-
intinily can aceompli.h won-
ders in an a,diertising slay.
Additional copies of each i. -
sue may he sectored free at
the otCees of the Board of
Trade. .o long as they last.
II III I I 1 t
.eruother logical industry, that of mak-
ing en'iter fr,a1'' Mississippi risr'r
sturgeon roe
The Canton Commercial (:loth s'.:t.
nc•t ;atisfleri with a:. wormer .act:ieo.'-
talents. 11 therefor. pros.,etlecl to et.
[dolt tate Trenton idea, sshieh consists
II "getting acrlua,n;cd with yoair
neighbor, for you may tike him." so
it sent out grunt.... .•i its p001.i• in
autom•,bil£-s 1,11 the -urrounding tee, as
Il followed this up 1.y getting in cIone
itersunal touch tilt I the neighboring
farmer's : ttte a'raiuzation sent went
to these farm.:ra te.' 1:0•t up "socialites"
at their churches. Then the Canton
people drove out and ate and paid fur
the e,.untry ire ensue, coffee, and fried r0prrseul0Lives of the American 1'rrler-
chicken : in diploneenc language, they atitan of Labor who had come t,o Eng -
established friendly relations with the
,
Todays War Review
By special arrangement with the Great Northern Telegraph Co., this
publication will receive daily each afternoon a summary -of the 'important news
from the front.
Things are comparatively quiet in the various war areas. The enemy
is doubtless gathering his forces for another ;strike iti the Western front
and the Allies are getting ready to repel the attack and tQ inflict as much
loss as possible upon the attacking forces.
Between the Ancre and the Somme Rivers the Australians have trade
a drive, throwing the Germans back 500 yards along a front of 2,000 yard
and capturing some high ground,
rt is announced that t►'e Canadians in addition to holding some ten
miles of line in the Lens district have taken over a front of ahuut three
and a half miles south of Arras. The Canadians are holding a great part
of one of the most important sections of the whole Western front and
unless they can he dislodged the German arimies north and south of them
will make any future advances at great peril to themselves.
The beautiful cathedral at Amiens is under German shell -fire and is
'already badly damaged. The Hue shares nothing in his bombardment of
hate.
Canadians Make Successful Raid
Londun, Erne., May . 3,—To--day's
ofllr al statenient reads as follows :
-We carried out a sueces-sful raid last
night in the neighborhood of Neuville-
\'itasse on the front recently taken
over by the Canadianrl and captured
e. f1 -v prisoneers and three rnacti n
guns with slight casualties to our
troops. -A raid ataempted by the
enemy near Boyt'ltes 1115 repulsed.
"There is nothings further to report."
The French Ftatenienl
Paris, May a,—Yellowing i. today's
%Nal' (office statement : "The artillery -
,n both shies was active north and
- ,uth of ttie Ave+. :A German raid
<,tinat a small Freston( post near Han -
would be there simply as represen-
tatives of the Kaiser. "1 would sooner
go to visit the devil in hell than meet
then-," declared Mr. Roberts.
Another Attack. Coming
London, May 7,—Despatches from
British army headquarters report that
artillery fire on both the Flanders and
Picardy fronts is noose interne- and that
tyle t; ratan al Lick rann»t t„c much
lnnger delayed if the enemy hopes to
take advantage of nnatever damage
has been done to allied- positions by
his boaarbardments. The despatches
add that the American 1r ops in their
positions south of the Somme have
been subjected to very fleas.• artillery'
Ilre, the enemy- who:, niure than tlfteen
thousand sh'Its, ire,.tl) gas, in a short
rrd 'was rt pulsed. In the sante reshun period. -
earrle a- nut a meal operation and - -_
o.lLi 1 hick l•ri,,,i' i".. There 1- Trouble Brewing in tlustrin
'r, i•,.I,.,rt .'I,t'5Ml,er•' Berne, llat ,--,C pr,'•. it•le•gr.,al from
Vienna says Ilia! .a committee of the
S,.eialist party and a ronlmittee of the
derolan Socialist tkputt,'s Club hive
decided to issue a joint manifesto to
the working class in .'.ustria regard-
ing the action of the Government in
suspending Parliament. 'rho manifesto
rads on the workers t•i helot thetn-
s••Ivea in readiness to fluid, of neces-
sary, in defence of their richt-
eopenhagen, May ;, haceorohnsr to
Information received here 't :,iiay all
ssurk in .'Austria eratseol on M.iy tray.
1,1.77 Zo kers. it is stiataal, .1• rrl;anat an
eight-liour day,
,! kw_ filr,ta•r
Itemenrlrrr the Luail:arta
It. Oil. i, May 7,—The newspapers tit-
he mark the anniversary of the sink -
of the Lusitania by printing
• special articles and editorials dealing
with the atrocity.
Tlit.' Daily Graphic expresses regret
tial the public is apparently- beco_ointng
dullest 1u the horror or the cristae and
444.1. sst.y .a c',Inme•ntoratis.! precession
is not being Ir.'1,1 Mars year similar to
that held last sear.
The Daily '4Iail dr:elare- that 1.;er-
nanny i. -till :a rtarrilese and unrc'-
to, maid as e. er and the war therefore
must go '.n until she Is hammered in-
t„ sandy.
Labor
lliaii.trr 1s Staunch
London, May r,—iicc•rg.• R. lt.ihcrts,
the Minister of Labor. expressed him-
-elf in a secl't at nr,rwictt yesterday.
being as strongly opposer- as ever
tot tiny conference with the German
laboring class. Ile could ser no diff-
erene., he said, between one Class or
party in Germany and another. Jr.q
Roberts added that toe had warned !lie
land against being hared into any con -
inhabitants of the aajarent territe,ries.: fr'renee ss here t,=erntan Social Dono-
Continued op page 2.
,orals are allowed to attend, as they
•
if you spend your money outside of our city, and
1 spend my money outside of our city,
What will become of our city
Not Inllueueed From Rome
Dublin, May 7, --The Most Ii.. s . John
ilarty, Bishop of Cashel, stealing at
"I'htorles emphatically denied that the
Irish k':pi-eoPate 55ar In ;any ~say In-
fluenced by the latie;an ari opposing
conscription. The Irish t•ashrles, 'lite
said, had taken the stand they had
• because conaeriptl'an i raised moral
and religious atuestions...
Head the War Bulletins
The latest afternoon 15,,r Ilullr'tin
sill be received each day by this pub-
lication by special arrangement with
the Great Northwest Telegraph Co
Editor Robertson of The Signal sill
aceoinpany- the bulletin each day ss'illt
a War Summary.
A True Fish Story
It l: an unusual thing for a trout to
be caught off the piers. Still more
unusual for a youngster to do the
trick. But one slay last week this is
ss hat Happened. Ambrose rhnhorne,
the sewn -year -01.1 son of 11r. and Mrs.
Alex. 4;tolhorne, was with his father
Ilshiila at the dock and hooked a ten
pounder. The Els!' was about as long
ns the hn) and was difticult to laud,
hut withsome help woos safely docked.
t ierulttlis have hero slaughtered
by the thousands during the past
week., tint the Kaiser's six eons are
still as safe as a;ay t;cerman in
a Canadian internment camp.
- lirl'rkville Recorder and Titues.
It is probable that the lines of
Hurry Lauder's song, its Nice to
t.el up in the Morning, but it's Nicer
to Lie in Your Bed,” will be banned
by the daylight saving censor.—
C•uelph Herald.
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