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: 4 THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1930 PAGE TWENTY-ONE BLIND RANGHER HAS 800 ACRES War Veteran Returns to West After Hospital ; Trehtment in Toronto Toronto Ont, Feb. 25.--Guy Fos- ter, of Earl Grey, Caskatchewan, is the only sightless wheat rancher in 'the world: He and his brother were wheat-growers north of Regina be- fore the war, In the war, Guy was blinded by shrapnel; his brother was killed. But Mr. Foster today owns i and thanages 800 acres of wheat land H 'north way of Regina. He finished his traiinng at St. Dunstan's Hospital for the Blind in England a little dver 10 years ago and went back to West- ern Canada. "I manage to get things done one and another," Guy Foster ex- if plained before he. leit Toronto re- cently after spending three months.in the nfilitary hospital: here, for sur- ically 'that it would be better: if his brother had gone back with him.: . "My greatest difficulty is in keep- ing good .men," Mr. Foster explain- ed. "L find that a good man doesn't want to work for hire for more than a couple of years. After that he is ready «to «tart on his own. I don't blame him esther. I would myself. But itis. not_always easy picking the next man, Havihg td hire all your gical treatment, He admitted, lacon-| Ad help, in the house and out, cuts into profits a bit, too." Eight hundred acres of wheat land does not take up all of Guy Foster's time. He works in a little politics for amusement in the winter months, Not that he's any politician. He just takes a little interest in the muni- cipality. Earl Grey is only a small place, but growing. Guy Foster finds it good for a fellow to have some- thing to think about, and there isn't a great deal to do on the ranch in the winter. ; "We don't keep much stock, be- cause - I find when you can't see, stock is difficult, It leaves me pretty free in the winter. That's why I came down here in November. It was easier for me to get away," he explained." SOVIFT SEEKING TO SAVE ITS FACE | Stalen Cracks Whip In Ef- fort To Stimulate Econo- mic Welfare Rega, Feb. 26.--Back of every- thing in Russia today is a plan of the Comunist dictatorship to 'bring that country to the productive level of the United States within 15 years, Never has the economic situation in Russia been more difficult. A secret session of the executive com- mittee of the Soviets has described it) as catastrophic adding that the NEILL'S The Store of Better Values For the balance of our Annual Clearance Sale we are giving you an opportunity to buy at the lowest margin. MISSES' STRAP SHOES Fine patent. Sizes 1-2. $1.69 Boys' Panco Sole SCHOOL SHOES Sizes 1-5. $1.95 Ladies' Fine Patent PUMPS All sizes, pair, $2.69 DO NOT MISS THIS Wonderful bargain in the new over-night case. $4.50 LADIES' COMFORT HOUSE SHOES With medium heels. $1.39 "MEN'S RUBBER BOOTS Of the finest quality. Pair $3.25 MEN'S OXFORDS All calf, brown and black. All sizes. Pair, $3.95 $4.95 RUBBER BOOTS Boys', Youths', Child's $2.29 $1.95 $1.69 All Rubbers are reduced to satisfy the buyer. R. Neill Limited 12 Simcoe Street North present year will be the gravest in the Moscow government's existence. There is great need of manufac- tured goods, with the production of the factories declining quantitative- ly and qualitatively--60 per cent. of the goods being defective, Spring sowings are approaching with seeds available for only one- third of the land. The lumber ex- port scheme is failing with a large number of the workmen mobilized compulsorily for forest labor now scattering inland. The cost of liv- ing exceeds the average foreign in- dex by 500 per cent. and more and the purchasing power of the Soviet currency is down 66 per cent, In order to get foreign curren- cies, Russia is selling goods under market prices. Thirty-three thous- and tons of Russia's best flax were sold for $270 per ton. Thirty thous. and tons more will be sold in the immediate future at still cheaper figures, thus disorganizing the world market, It this state of affairs, Joseph Stalin is cracking the whip with his utmost vigor--and he never was a mild man--to drive through his "five year plan," which is des- tined to consolidate the communis- tic regime and to make inroads on the trade and prosperity of the -| "capitalistic" countries. IMPRESSED WITH PORT OF HALIFAX Sif Joseph Isterwood Predicts Great Future for Can- adian Sea Port New York, Feb. 25.--~The future of Halifax, Nova Scotia, as a great seaport is the subject of enthusias- tic comment, by Sir Joseph W. Ish- erwood, Bart, of London, Eng., who has arrived in New York after hav- ing spent several days in Halifax in connection' with the business of Sir Joseph W. Isherwood and Company, Limited, of which he is the head. Sir Joseph is the inventor of the bracketless ship for which patents are held by his company, and is also a noted shipbuilder. His visit to Hal- ifax was for the purpose of confer. I'ring with officials of the Imperial Oil Company, owners of the Isher- wood type oil tanker, "Vancolite," which is to undergo repairs at the drydock of the Halifax Shipyards' Limited, The vessel is employed in carrying crude oil to the Halifax re- finery which is the largest plant of its kind in Canada, and covers 530 acres of land, directly across the har- bor of Halifax from the Ocean Ter- minals, where, he said, today great improvements have been made in port facilities, and where still great- er expansion is. planned. At the New York office of Sir Jo- seph W, Isherwood and Company, Limited, 17 Battery Park Place, which will be Sir Joseph's headquar- ters for the next month or so, he said: "I am sure I have never seen a port with greater promise than that of Halirax, Nova Scotia, I have just spent several days there, and the im- provements im? port facilities already made by the energetic Harbor Com- missioners within the past year or so, as well as the ambitious plans they have for future expansion are little less than astonishing. 1 made a brief visit to Halifax while the World War was in progress, when the port was one of the busiest in the world but I was then impressed by the lack of proper facilities, and it was a great surprise--and a most pleas- ant surprise--to me, last week, to observe the wonderful change that has taken place since my former visit. "The Halifax Harbor Commniissign- ers, I understand, have been in of- fice only a little more than a year, since the Commission was' created by the Dominion Government which is financing the expansion program with a view to making the Port of Hali- fax a national asset, but they have already added facilities that will en- able the port to handle about fifty » ware and Novelties. SEI Od B= You Get Real on Dollar Days at Valués up to $5.00 will be placed on sale FOR ONLY ONE DOLLAR --Vanity Cases, Leather Bags, Brooches, Bracelets, China, Silver- See Our Windows Values up to $7.50 will be placed on sale FOR ONLY $2.50--Clocks, Bags, Silverware, Book-ends, Trays, Glassware, Photo Frames, etc. See Our Windows Values up to $10.00 will he placed on sale FOR ONLY $5.00. Leather Goods, Umbrellas, Brassware, Toilet Sets, Jewellery, etc. See Our Windows ~ Bassett's 'ON OSHAWA'S MAIN CORNER argains od per cent. more traffic than could be accomodated two years ago. I un- derstand that they are now think- ing about vastly increasing their port equipment within the next few years. . "The most cons .icuous feature ol Halifax's new port facilities is the new quay, 2007 feet in length, only half a mile from the harbor entrance. The depth of water at this quay is such that the largest vessels afloat can berth easily and safely, and tran- sit shed equipment permits three ships to discharge and take on cargo simultaneously. "Few harbors in the world possess the natural advantages of which Hal- ifax boasts, and it seems to me not only logical but necessary that the Government of the country should seek to develop the port. I am speak- ing, of course, only from considera~ tion of outstanding natural factors and apparent economic desiderata. "Canada seems destined to become a Dominion of great wealth, popula- tion and industry, which would seem to necessitate a tremendous trade with Great Britain, and the world at large, and such a trade cannot = be developed and maintained in secur- ity unless Canada has always--de- pendable trade routes and ports of her own for handling her exports and imports. "Other Canadian Atlantic ports will be of immense value in this trade but Halifax, being the only port on the Atlantic seaboard of Canada that is always open to all sizes of ships, is of peculiar value in this respect, and its development would seem to guarantee the free exchange of commodities that Canada will find in- creasingly necessary to -her economic independence. "Ten square miles of protected harbour, wtih safe navigation and anchorage throughout are available at Halifax, and this, surely, is suffi- cient accomodation for an enormous, ocean tonnage such as Canada's trade will require in the not distant future! "Existing facilities at Halitax are very fine, indeed. In addition to the Harbour Commissioners' properties, the port has first class oil bunker- ing facilities, and ships can take in fuel oil at the Imperial Oil Comp- any's wharves at the rate of 5,000 barrels an hour , if required. "Coal bunkering, at the rate of 600 tons an hour, is also available and a cold storage plant. complete last sum mer, has some 2,000,000 cubic feet of storage space for all kinds of perish- able commodities at any degree of tethperature that may This plant is equipped for rapid handling of goods; both by rail and water." KITCHEN MECHANIC FINED FOR GIVING FALSE REFERENCES Man Gets Maids Job-- Forced to Sleep In Fe- male Servant's Room London, Feb, 25.--*It is much a housemald as a female than as a male," stated Percy Douglas, aged 30, of Hyde Wycombe, when brought before the magistrates, Colonel Culver James advertised for a housemaid, and Baynes appli- ed for the situation, and supplied a reference which was found to be false. Dressed as a female, he took up his duties. He slept in the same room as a female servant with a screen between the bedsteads, and his fellow-servant made no com- plaint, Deputy Chief Constable Kirby sald that Baynes and his relatives, who were well connected, had giv- en the police every assistance, and Colonel James had not the least complaint against Baynes, who, when applying for the situation, was under the Impression that he would be the only person employed as a mald in the house. For obtaining a situation with a false character, Baynes was fined $25 and costs. "he photograph here shows a young deer that his taken refuge from recent ravages of wolves in Al district under protection of Sault Ste. Marie resident. The total amount of life insur- 1¢e carried by the people of Can- "da is at present about $6,600,000, 000, or approximately $650 for yvery man, woman and child in the Dominion. Canada ranks second only to the United States in the emount of life insurance carried. Toronto Man Dies On Mediterranean Cruise Toronto, Feb. 26.--News of the sudden death in Palermo, Italy, on law partner of Sir William Hearst former associate of Mr, Justice Ra- ney and widely. knowf in the pro- fession locally for many years, was cabled to relatives here Sunday. He celebrated his 74th birthday only last month. Accompanied by Mrs. Mills and Mr. and Mrs, C. D. Daniel, Mr. Mills left Toronto about a month ago, ap- parently in the best of health, on a leisurely tour of North Africa, Italy and other sections of the Mediter- ranean which*was to have lasted six months, The remains are to be brought back here by way of New ¥®rk, and it is expected funeral services will be held here. The party arrived on Palermo only a few days ago from Algiers, COMMUNIST PARTY EXPELLING MEMBERS Moscow, Feb 26--Figures issued by the Soviet Government show that the "purging" of the Communist Party, which has been in progress since last spring, has resulted in the expulsion of eleven per cent of the membership. New members, principally veteran workmen, are being enrolled to fill the gaps. The membership of the arty on October 1, 1929, is shown hy government figures to have been 1,551,000, exclusive of Communists Saturday, of Alexander Mills, K.C,, URN JAMES C. McRUER, K.C. Well-known barrister, who, with Arthur G. Slaght, K.C., has been appointed prosecuting counsel for the government in the A.B. C, cases. ™ serving with the red army About 1,000 of those are of working class , origin, The women number N One Dead, One Blind "After Party Los Angeles.----A 16-year-old hign school student is dead, a 17-year- old girl is blinded and two qther boys are seriously {ll following a joy ride and drinking patty. Police are searching fer a 19-year-old Hootlegger, who supplied the liquor. tion on operations by | board, the World War, have played May Carry Rails Boston, Mass., Feb 26--Whether or not real trains may some day run onjthe grass-grown right-of-way of New England's dream railroad is a question that may be decided within the next few months or the next year. : The line is known as the Southern New. England Railroad from Palmer, Mass., to Providence, R.I, under- taken a score of years ago by Bri- tish and Canadian capital. Such vary- ing vicissitudes as the sinking of the liner Titanic, a Balkan war, restric- the G.T.R. a share in preventing construction of approximately 70 miles of track. First projected in 1909 by the Grand Trunk Railway, when that great Canadian system, under the di- rection of President Charles M. Hays, was thrusting pioneer lines | Grassy Right of Way in New England If Scheme Matures frgm the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Southern New England road was de- stined to suffer a prompt, setback. President Hays was lost when the liner Titanic sunk in 1912. This was the first 'of three international disas- ters to affect the road's future. Now a new proposal to complete the road has been made. It is the result of steady agitation in Provi- dence, which city would gain vastly in prestige as a port by completion of the line. President William M. Moss of the Providence Chamber: of Commerce is reported to have negotiated for an option on the line with Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National.. Bankers are reported backing a corporation known as the North Atlantic Terminal Railway of Rhode Island. TAXI DRIVERS SHY GIRL STEALS PANTS Chicago, Feb, 26.--A pretty young woman, charged with em- barrassing a dozen taxicab drivers by forcing them to remove their trousers, has been arrested here The girl, Lois Cohen, 18, and a man companion, Francis Hoffman, 27, were charged by police with robhing the cab drivers and stecal- ing their pants to prevent pursuit. Most of the detrousering occur- red last week during an extremely cold spell. Between two and four drivers nightly for the whole week were forced to display tHeir un- derwear while they blushingly tramped through the snow for aid after the holdups. NEGRO DELIVERER GETS JAIL TERM Kingston, Jamaica, Fbe. 26.- Marcus Garvey, former negro lead- er in the United States, has been sentenced to six months' imprison- ment for seditious tibel published in his newspaper, the Blackman. The editor, Aikman, was senten- ced to three months, Both have entered appeals. . be demanded. |§ easier for me to get a situation as | | | | | | IE ] | | | | || SPECIAL! a limited quantity. DAYS Men's 2-Trouser Suits In fine English Worsted and Tweeds. All neat pat- terns. Sizes 36 to 42. Dollar Day Special. Only = $24.65 | quick selling. Men's and Young Men's SUITS In sizes 34, 35, 36, 37 and a féw larger sizes. This group represents suits that sold up to $25.00. Only one and two suits of a line. Dollar Day price for $12.50 Last Call on Winter Overcoats Buy your next Winter's Coat now and save. - Still plenty to choose from, men's and boys'. All sizes. BLUE SUITS Men's Navy Suits of fine English, all.wool botany serge. Any style and sizes 35 to 44. 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