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Wedensday. October 7, 1925 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Publiitaed on Collirvwood Street, FlMherton, Wedneaday of each week. Circulation 1100. Price in Canada 11.50 per year; in U.S. A. $2.00 per year; |2.00 per year wh«n not paid in advance. W. H. THURSTON. - Editor F. J. TllUnSTON - .\sst. Editor MAolSTKATES COURT D.UNDALK IN THK FAl.l, FAIR I'HOBLKM Comnu'iu has appi-ar.lfcl in .somi- fit our exi-hiinKC's the past fi'W weeks in regard to the fall fair, claiming; that theri- are too many fairs close tojfethci and very few of them really in«kin)( luoncy. This year there hag bedn tuwm-rous overlappinKS â€" Owen 'Sound, Hanover and Meaford fairs being held on the same dates, while Collingwood and Fcversham fairs were helil Se.ot. '2'j:i0, and Dundalk and Pric-eviile fairs October 1 and 2. ; The small fairs are especially hurt in . case's like these, as the exhibitors and the crowd will visit the fair â- where the Ratherintf will be the larg- est, 8(1 that they will meet more of their friends. The Dundalk Herald spoke on this subject in last week's issue, but we notice that Dundalk's fair was changed this year to fall on the date that Priceville always ob- serves. If ona fair decides on cer- tain days for their fair they should stick to those dates year after year. For the past several years the Dur- ham fair otTicials have been trying to Secure fine weather and this year they found it but on Fle.sherton's dates. Plesherton has chosen the last Thursday and Friday in Septem- ber and has kept them for several years, while the Priceville fair has always followed on Feversham's heels. The way the people are at- tending' the fairs in the smaller places it will only be a matter of a few years until the .small village show- fair will be a thing of the past. OIK F»OiaCIES On Tuesday County Police Magis- trate Creasor, of Owen Sound, held court in the town hall, Dundalk. Geo. Kite, County Constable, of this place, charged Nat. Bennett, of the Highway north with obstructing him when he (Hice) attempted to effect the arrest oi Albert Orummett on an O. T. A. charge. Tlie incident occurred in the lane of the Grand Central Yard on Friday night when the two men (Grunxmott and Bennett) were seen in u car. When the Constable mount- ed the running board Bennett jumped i>ut adn inthe shuffle Grummett got the car under motion and hustled north on I'roton .street, and was soon out of reach. A couple of revolver shots fired by the constable failed to stop him, and he is still out of the way of the officers of the law. The charge against Bennett was reduced an4 a fine of $10 and costs was im- pose<l, making $24.00 in all. Crown Attorney 'Dyer, of Owen Sound, prose- cutf'd and P. McCullough, of Mark- dale, defended Bennett. Morris Lea, of Dundalk, was charg- ed by Inspector Beckett with a breach of the O. T. A. in selling liquor with- out a license and stronger than the regulation beverage. The particular bottle in question said to have been sold to Bradley and Baker, two young men of the village, was sent to Tor- onto for analysis, and showed 9.6 of alcoholic strength. A great deal of evidence, pro and con, was heard and when all was summed up Magis- trate Creasor gave a verdict of guilty and imposed a fine of $200 and costs, with one month in jail. Bail, how- ever, was accepted up to Oct. 10th, and in the meantime Barrister W. D. Henry, of Markdale, who defended Lea in the case, has asked for and will submit a full copy of the evidence to the Department in Toronto, on be- half of his client. The sum of $250 was paid into court by the defendant. Barrister Cameron, of Owen Sound, acted for the prosecution in this case. â€" Dundalk Herald. Never in our history have the col- umns of_J4tr-^TivaTr^ been ifl CToWd>^ •Cff'with advertising as they are this week, and we therefore have to print two extra pages lo take care of the advertising and the fair prize list. It is our policy to always give plenty of reading matter to the public even if more pages are required thereby to do so. Another policy in the conduct of this paper is to observe a neutral demeanor, in dominion or provincial eelctions no matter what our private opinions are on the question. Our columns are open to all sides in the controversy but all advertising wliich appe-ar.s in con- nection therewith i.s paid for at our regular advertising rate.-i. We have warm friends on all sides of politics and it is not our intention to offend any party. SILVER WATCH iS PICKED LP IN NETS While the tug R. J. Morill (Pil- grem Bros.,) was fishing off Cape Rich on Thursday last, a silver hunt- ing case watch was picked up in the nets from the depths of Georgian Bay. The find is in possesion of Mr. Harold Tiffin, and bears testimony to having been in the water many years. There is little doubt but what it be- longed to some party whose life had been sacrificed in a wreck on Georg- , ian Bay. ! '1 he watch apparently is of Swiss I make and faintly bears the name of I the manufacturer. No doubt the I watch will find its way to the Huron Institute in Collingwood to bo .niaced with other Georgian Bay relics. â€" The Meaford Express. CORNFIELDâ€" FLOWERS Bathur.st Street United Church was th<^ scene of a quiet but pretty wedding when Fannie Ethel, young- est daughter of Mr. and Mr.s'. John T. Flowers, became the bride of Mr. J. Murray Cornfield, youngest son of Mr. Jas. Cornfield, Flesherton, Ont Dr. M. 1' .McDonald, and Rev. W. J .Smith officiated. The wedding music was pluyo<l by Mi-. Harry Loach, assisted l)y Mr. R. N. Corn- field, violinist. The bride wore a charming cinn'anion satin crepe and ecru lace <Ire.ss with picture hat and Bhotfs and stockings to match. She carried a .show-er of Ojihelia rose.<« and baby's breath. Her only ornanient w-a» a white n-'Ul and pc-irl bar pin, gift of the gro<mi. During the digu- ing of the register a beautiful solo, "All Mine Alone." was rendered by Miss Lilian Bell, with violin oblignto. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple left for Muskoka,'* ACCIDENT NKAR SHELBURNE CHALMERS GULD OFF TO A (;OOl) START The f(dlowing is a list of the office- holder.s cU-ctc*! for the guild of Chal- Chalmers' Unile<l church for the year 102.5. Hon. President â€" Mr. Harrower. President â€" Miss M. Patton. Vice- Prex. â€" Mr ..I. .Slew-art. Secretary â€" Mr. M. Inkster. Treasuror â€" Mr. Findlay. Devotional Convener â€" Mr J. Mc- Kec. Missionary Convener â€" Mrs. Harr- ower. Educational Convener â€" Miss Edna Ferris. Social Convener â€" Miss M. McCall- um. Social Committee â€" Mrs. A. Down, Miss J .Winters, Mr. L. McDonald, Mr. J. Harrison. Flower Convenor â€" Mrs. Wilson Organist â€" Mrs. A. Down AssisUnt Organist â€" Mrs. McCall- um. It is es i mated that the general el- ection now in progress will cost the conntry two million dollars. A rather bad automobile mix-up look place on the Provincial High- way, north of town, at the inter- section of the highway and the Fourth Line Melancthon, Sunday night. Frank Green, of Melanc- thon, was coming south drivinj; u Ford coupe. Ho had just passed the car of W. Hall, of Shdburne, when his car caught the rear hub of the Duraiit touring car being driv- en north by Mr. Patterson, a Hydro lineman from Eugenia. Ono wheel came off the coupe and it went along <1n its no:ie into the ditch. Grern had i:omo scratches, and Hugh Matthews, wlu) was with him, got a cut in the liead, that retiuircd four stitche.^ to close the wound. The Durant car had its rear mechanism coni|)U'tely put on' of business. The coupe had the windshield and left glass smashed, as well a^i the busted v.hiel and other damage. â€" Shelburne Econnomist. OSPREY COUNCIL The Ospi-ey township council met in l^#uxwell, on Saturday, Sept. 2(Jth. The members were all present, the Reeve presiding. After the confirming of the min- utes of the previous meeting, and the reading of the con\unications, the following business was dis.nosed of. | Mr. Porter, Road Superintendent of i .Melancthon tow'nship was present, | with an account of work performed: on tlie townline. | Short-Edwardsâ€" That the treasurer! be instructed to pay over to Mr. Por-. tci, the sum of $5!).55, this being Os-' prey's portion ui the work <?« the the Townline. More-Edwards â€" That the treas-j urer be instructed to pay over to. the Treasurer of Melancthon township the face value of Debentures, sold om the Connor Municipal Drain. | Short-Edwards â€" That the trea8-| urer l)e instructed to notify certaia teachers, liable for income tax, to the effect that if said taxes are not paid within ten days of receipt of notice, account will be levied in the divis- in court. By-law No. KK, being a bylaw to provide for the collection of ratej in the tow nship of Osprey in the year 1U25 was read the required number of times, signed, and sealed. Council adjourned, to meet again at Feversham, on October 24th, at 10 a.m. Arson in Someone's Mind j The community of Oxenden, nearj Wiarton, is quite stirred up over an occurence which was disoovered at a recent threshing in that neighbor- hood. Just as a sheaf of grain was about to be fed into thi^ machine, a bunch of matches was discovered tied with'a string inside the grain. Had^ it gone into the cylinders, no doubt a fire would have started, the cause of which would never have been known. Considerable indignation is expresaed over the affair and suspicions are ar- oused. There was no insurance on the barn, nor contents, nor on the threshing outfit. The bmich of match- es have been* kept, ana as they are of a new variety sold in a, local store, together with some other poss- ible means pf identification, the orig- inators of the thing, may yet be lo- cated. R. G. Holland New Pres. At a meeting of the teachers of the, East and West Grey Inspectorate held in Owen Sound on Thursday and Fri- day last, the following officers were elected â€" Hon. President â€" Dr. Huff. Piesident â€" R. G. Holland l.<:t Vice Pres. A. B. Small 2r.d Vice Pres. â€" Miss M. Sheppard 3id Vice- Pres. â€" Mrs. L. Seeley S"c, Treas. â€" Miss E. Graves. i Librarian â€" Miss E. Graves. ! Adverti.se in The Advance P.VRTRIDGE CLOSE SEASON .â- \flei- consultation with tlie vari- ous field officers throughout the Province, as well as ascertaining the opinion of the org^inized game nsso- ciation.<i, the Department of Game and Fisheries has come to the con- clusion that it is in the best interests of game preservation to continue for this year the close season on part- ridge. The Province of Manitoba, by Order-in-Council of .Sept. 17, has also placed a close season on prairie chicken, partridge and grouse, ow- ing to the scarcity of those birds in that Province. The postal service will now accept parcels weighing up to I.S pounds for transmission through the mails. There are a good many articles of general use slightly over the present limit of weight which will now be imssible to forward by mail. It will have par- ticular value in cases where it is de- sired to forward such heavier articles to parts of the country to which the postoffice is practically the only way of conveyance. The limit.'* of sizp for parcels accepted for transmission by post will remain a.« at present. Aluminum Ware Bargains I 98c. 79c Buys a 10 (|t. preserving kettle^ a 10" round roast pan, a 2^/2 pint double boiler, or a tea kettle. ffl Buys asix quart potato pot, a set of 3 sauce pans, a coveerd 10" convex sauce pan, a set of 3 pud- ding pans, a covered 7" straight saucepan, or a frying pan. Special Sale Table â€" 5 yds. plain pink or blue flette for 95c.. A. E. HAW CEYLON Store closed Tues. and Thurs. evenings. BETTER TIMES BETTER BUSINESS BETTER BUYS Owing to the expansion of our busin- ess we had to aid an addition to our al- ready very large store to accommodate the needs of the buying public. We have the largest and most up-to- date jewellery store and stock between Owen Sound'and Toronto, and with the new addition it will enable us to live up to our slogan: Come in and get it, If we haven't got it we'll get it. If we can't get it It can't be got ^ ^ W. A. Armstrong & Son ESTALISHED 1889 Flesherton, Ont. V ''i, t' vl r .^ III, Quality The most urgent requirement in Canada's Agricultural Products CANADA produces every year large quantities of wheat, oats, barley, butter, cheese, bacon, beef, eggs, apples, potatoes, grass seed and clover seed that she cannot consiune. Her natural outlet for these pro- ducts is, of course. Great Britain â€" the one great consuming coiuitry of the world ^yith an open market. Unfortunately, nearly every other country with any surplus of food products seems to vrant to send its surplus to this same market. The keenness of the competition on this, our only market, and the energy and resourcefulness of our competitors began to impress them- selves upon the Department of Agriculture some time ago, but it is only within very recent years that the real and only way to grapple with this problem has been discovered, or at least put into effect. This Department now believes, as do also most of the farmers of this country, that the "grading" of our agricultural products is the policy and practice that is seeing us through the struggle and will assure us of our rightful place on the British market. 1 1; I •J'V^ Grading" means the classifying of products, whether they be ho^s, but- ter, cheese, eggs or anything else, into vr!!Jt might be called in a general way "BEST", "GOOD", "FAIR" and "POOR" classes. These exact words are not used in describing the grades, but that is what is meant. The purpose served in grad- ing is threefold â€" ( 1 ) Educai ional. When the pro- ducer sees the relative quality of his product he is spurred on to maintain that quality if it is the "best" or to improve the quality where necessary. (2) FairPiay. When products are not graded the inferior article ^or various reason;-, often brings as much as the superior 2. tide, and the credit and advantage of putting the superior pro- duct on the riarket is lost to the one who really deserves it. (3) Facihtatmg Trade. The dealer learns to have confidence in the article he is buying and buys more free- ly, because it is guaranteed by grading, and gradually everybody gets to know what the "best" article really looks like or tastes like. Xn short, grading brings about standard' zation and ensures to the producer t): .- best price. Canada now ;-;rades her cereals, grass seeds, hay, poMtoes, apples, eggs, but- ter, cheese, wool and bacon hogs. The results have I- ;en in every case bene- ficial and in seme cases quite markedly so, even thou .h the grading system has been in effci . in some cases for only two or three years, thus: â€" Cheese â€" Grading began April Ist, 1923. Canad m cheese the year before had fallen i ito such disfavour on the British mar' et that New Zealand cheese was quite < jmmonly preferred. Today Canadian cheese commands cents per pound higher than New Zealand. Butter â€" Or«ding began aame time as for cheese. The reputation of our but- ter was then indeed at tow ebb. Canadian butter today, while not the beat on the market, is rapidly improving in quality and gainirg in reputation. Hoc*â€" Over two years ago tb« De< partacnt ai Agricvlture began to grade live ho^s a1 the BacUng hooacs and â- tock y,:r<la. The 10% prcmiimi paid by tiic pMkera for '"selecr* bacon hogi as againat " tidck anooths'*ra8 classed by dcr-'itmcatal gradsrs has dene wonders to improve the qvalltv of ear bogs and develop the bacon inooatry. B.;r Canadian bocon, which erdlnar- Uy was qootcd two years ago from 10 to 18 shillings a long hundredweight below Danish, has gradually grown in the esti- mation of the British wholesale buyer until it is now quoted at only from 1 or less to at most 5 or 6 shillings per long himdredweight below the best Danish This improvement in price is, o£ course, due to quality and has come about very gradually, the spread nar- rowing down by a 'shilling or two a month until now it is not at all a rare occurrence to see best Canadian selling on a par with the Danish article. Eggs â€" Canada was the first country to grade and standardize eggs. These grades and standards apply not only to export, interprovincial and import ship- ments, but also to domestic trading. The basis is interior quality, clean- ness and weight. Standardizing Canadian eggs has established confidence between producer and consumer and between exporter and British importer, and has resulted in a greatly-increased demand for the Cana- dian egg both at home and abroad. Other products might be mentioned where grading has worked to the great advantage of the producer and to the advancement of Canadian agriculture. Already Great Britain recognizes our store cattle, wheat, cheese, eggs, apples and oats as the best she can buy. It is for us to so improve our other products, particularly our butter and bacon, as to bring them also into this list of "the best on the British market" and consequently the highest priced. Grading enabled us to do this for cheese, wheat, eggs and apples. Gracing is helping ws to do it fo? butter and bacon. Quality Counts Quality it «hu$ the firjt objective for the Canadiin export trade, and. then steady, rernlar supply. It it aloni theae lines the Department o( Agriculture is working by educational method*, and the result of this policy is seen in the growtns Tolumt ol Canada s ssricuhural Mports Look at thet«atur«t :â€" CanMla'o Principal Exporto o« Faurm Products m Wheat (bos.) Fl»«r (bhh.) Bacon and Hanw (ewt). â- eaf Cattle (Ibfc) (ewt,l A|>pha <kblt.S OaU (baa.) Bartay (baa.) «»* (baa.) Braa Shaft* and MfcWliws (fwl) OatMal and KoOed Oats (ewL) CloTcr Seeds (has.) Tahaeaa (lb*.) CrMiai (tab.) FJaa Saed (tu».) I91A-21 lt».tl5.1tT (.•i7.asa 2M4U t.7S».414 i.i««.im 14»«.4n 14.tSl.«4<t 8.tU.S«l >.Ml.«M sis,;si WtMt ITSJM xae.i&s i.7r«.iw L»4SM1 itt4-as »i.7a4jaT ILttSkBT l.SS«.7tl tIS.i«4 UMIMI U.r7S.T«I IS.tta.4l4 tMTtMt «M.a4« 4n.se7 *.ui.4a S.M4.IS« t,f».UH P«r fwtiiar iafersatioa aad pablieatioa* write DOniflON DEPARTMENT OF AGUCULTURL OHAWA ' â- Â» r