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Wednesday, February 3, 1937 THE FI.ESHERTON ADVANCE Hit FLESHERTON ADVANCE Fublibhcil on Collingwood Street, Flesherton, Wcdiusday of each â- week. Circulation over 1000, Price in Canada f2.00 ner year, when paid in advance fl.gO; in U. S. A. $2. per year, when paid in advance $2.00. W. n. THURSTON, Editor. F. J. THliRSTON, Associate Editor EDVrOUlAl. NOTE? One of the best industries in this part of the country and we believe in Ontario is that of the Qsprey Farmers' Milling Co., Limited, of Feversham, which has once aj/lain ended a very successful year and has declared a dividend of twelve per cent on its stock. The Company carries on a hirge chopping and flour trade and many homes throughout this section Use the excellent pastry flour milled at Feversham. This mill has been in operation foi- many years and very seldom has the yearly divi- dend been below ten per cent. It has paid its shareholders many times over and also has been a boon to the farmers of Osprey township. * * * Relief Ls a great problem and those in control arc faced with the jjroblem of cutting down relief, otherwise the tax rate will be raised. Kven if the rate is raised we believe that taxpay- ers would not wish to see children of j a relief family deprived of their chance of going to school, duo to the lack of warm clothes to keep out 1 the cold. A case came to our at- ] tention a week ago of a family whose ' children were forced to stay at home On account of insufficient clothing, as their relief allowance did not provide for clothing. Flesheiton Women's Institute became intere.'sted in the case and provided the children with warm clothing and they are now back! at school. WTiile there are many | cases of abuse of the relief by un- j worthy persons we helic^ve that each i case should be investigated to the greatest extent possible and action t.-iken that would pnt deprive women r.iid children of wnrmth in our cold winter weather. PUCKERINGS Coiiimoncing where they left off la.-^t sjjrintj when Flesherton won the .<t.ini-Pro. League title, Flesherton a- (iain stepped into Proton and defeated them 3 â€" 1 on Thursday evening last. The game was mainly featured with shooting the puck down the ice by iiolh teams and altogether loo much iCoUing pxercise by the players. Akitt tallied first for Flesherton in the â- iecoiid period with a nice individual effort after 'the first session was scoreless and the second spasm ended with Flesherton having a one goal -ulvantage. They increased their lead to 3 â€" early in the s-econd period On two goals by Dargavel with assists by Palton and Smith. Hidyson re- ceived credit for Proton's only counter when he shot from centre ice, the puck being stopped by Ferris and in clear- ing turned it into the corner of the net. Chatsworth gave the Flesherton Centre Grey League seniors a 8 â€" 3 drubbing at the northern town on Kriday night in revenge for Flesh- rtoii having won here (i^ â€" •'>. I'uiidalk is proving a sensation in I he Ci-ntre Grey League this year. They have won six games without a loss und appear to have an excellent â- hance to win the League. However plenty can happen in the play-offs. .Maikdale and Flesherton are having a tussle for last position in the cham|)ionship series, Markdale having •1 sligiit advantage at present. Flesheiton .Semi-Pro. team defeated Itionujie at the latter's rink Tuesday ( viiiing by the .*<ore G-B and Flesher- ton is sitting- alone at the top of the vroup. Due to car trouble the boys 'ii'i niit arrive back to town until six ''cli)(k this Wednesday morning. .Maikdale gills will play a game of hockey in Markdale against the Pals' lloceky Club of Toronto on Saturday •lext. February Olh at 7: J.') p.m. FI.KSHEKTON PI BI.K' SCHOOL 1th â€" Fred Conking, .Jim Thurston, Letiy 'I'eeter, Dorothy Wellon, Flor- ' i?:..' Newell, Dorothy I'alton, .JOj> i!.i:ii..i, .^tewuit McKae, Ueniice Lea-' \eii. .\ui'lu< Curran, Marjorie Thistle- tin', a ile. .' 'â- . :;iil â€" Diana CohNUorough (II), •It-an I,.iiiiks (111, .Jean Duncan (H), .Ml 'oiie \ev,(!l, .Jean McJ'avish, Bob Ha 111. . Di.ris Li'Uck.-. and Diilton I'o- < >. :> . iiiial. Margaiit ThmnpSDii, Mar- (-•aiet Pocock. Jr. ;ini â€" f:arle Thurston (11), Ruth ' Leavell (M), Ted McCrncken (II), Ar- I l< ne Taylor, .Sitmley McClean, Car- j man Loucks, Ethel Taylor, Kvison Wilson, Florence Pocock. .â- ^r. 2nd â€" Margaret Turney, Edna Thompson 'and Maiy IJank.s ei|ual. Ken Henry. Ken Lant;ford. .Jr. 2nd â€" Jean McCracken, Gen- evieve Milne, Marjorie Braekenbury, Jack M<Donald. Gordon Dungey, Vic- tor Laiigford. Sr. Ist â€" Gordon Miller, Helen Hrown, Marjorie Curran, Shirley Mar- riott. Marjorie Ilni'Iman, Velmii Sew. cll. .Jr. 1st â€" Ted Ranks, Donald Lang- ff>rd. Elma Talbot, Norman Dungey, Evelyn McTavish, Ruth Marriott, Ki- leen McClean, Edmund Thompson, Bob Turney, George Meggitt. Pr. -.- [x)is Sparks, Eleanor Will- iams, Rruce T'hurston, Verna Loncks, Neil Smith, Shirley .McCracken, Coll- con McCutehfon. Don Bank.^'. Fiank Tnylor. Bob Lonff, Marion Slnuffer, Bud Dungey, Gloria Ball (Abs.) â- -Messenger Roy Mo newsboy)-â€" Who's the swell guy you were just talkin' to, Jimmie? Newsboy â€" . Aw, 'im an' me's work- ed together foi- years. Ho's the edi- tor o' <me of my papers. I HKjni'OlS JACK R.MUilTS (Osliawa Times) Our .Vmericaii i-ou.--iii..i are worrying about the total disregard so-called â-  ( aiiadian Jack Rabbits" have for a law 111' the Stale of -Michigan, It seems thai there is a law on the t'oeks piohibitiiig the importation into • li. Iiljiau of wNil a:iiniai:> for reli'ase iilUiui .-liecial peiinil. The "('an- "•in ./aciv Raiiliif are .-.iiu'iiy turn- ..,,; ihi-ir ni.' (â- < ii{) at ihi.-- law even .'11 '.aii.-^ and whal-lKive-yiur.' and I'' Uii;.'; li.Ji: lalij .\l:i.'bl;;ari. .1 aianned ;u.' tb< aiith.'ritie-: in . ^i' ii:i.iafi tb.a Mk-y af'- predietiiig that â- .!:!iiii ten yt-ao llieie will "be an a- i.o.iiitiable army of theni deslroying vi\i' and fruil trees. u.-.iiig tiii the aiimiiiitior. of hiinter.s ami making ;)ierii<i-lve.-' a pet in ireniTal. A writer in Ibe Detroit Times [loints 'lit that the Caiiaiiian jack is actually ihe Kuiopean haiv. He gies on to ay: "The bares got their start near iirantford. Ontario. A man had >ome of them in captivity. The story iliat he was of Gerjnan birth and that early ill the war he got niad and turn- ed Ihem loose." There are numerous stories about tiow jack rabbits liecame plentiful in Ontario. The aforementioned one is as good as any. The Kitchener Rec- urd would laujjh aloud at the refer- ence to the mad German, however. Mid would ))e quite rigiit in doing so ince this jjart of the American writ- ' r's story is far fetched. What is supposed to have taken place in that I lie man had the European hares, sent to him by a friend, boxed up on a little island on the Grand river. The bares managed to escape from their box and since the river was fro/.en over, easily reached the mainland. From thoi-e they multiplied and spread plenty. Frozen over rivers seem to have been the big trouble all through, but iif course it will be diffienlt to pass any law which will prevent the rivers from freezing over. Wishes Better iraia (Continued from page 1) make very careful i)reparutions for neutrality, no decision will be neces- sary, events will decide. "If we wait until the last moment to make our decision we shall not decide for neu- trality because there will be the pull of the military caste of senti- mental imperial ties, and many other things influencing us. If, then, we are going to consider it, we should consider it now." â-ºâ™¦â™¦*♦♦+++•!•++++*++♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*+♦♦*** A 3-Act Play "Small Town Romeo" Under tlif .Xuspices of I. O. L. No. 2K55 Will be presented in tlu- Town Hall, Flesherton Thurs., February 4;; By the Orange Valley Young People Musical nnnibers hctwecii acts. ', Concert at 8:15 p.m. Admission: 25 and l.S : * il I could not bring myself to agree with Mr. King's professed faith in the British government as a 'peacifier.' He said if at the moment the Span- ish civil war has not grown to pro- portions involving the whole of Eur- ope and possibly other parts of the world as well, too much credit can- not be given to Britain. While I have great faith in the masses of the British people, I have little or none in the ruling caste, and said that I could not feel that they would consider what was good for Canada any more than ihey would consider what was good for the masses of the people of Great Britain. They were motivated by their own peculiar interests. Mr. King's speech made 'n Geneva in Sep- lember was, I thought, a particularly courageous and clearheaded utterance. The one made in the House the other day was much more political in char- acter. An illuminating debate on the need of amendments to the British North America Act was introduced by the Ul. Hon. R. B. Bennett on going into .Supply. He called the attention of the House to the fact that there is a .-.harp eonflict at the present time be- tween Legislatures and Parliament over the exercise of sovereijfn rights. â- J'he exclusive powers exercised by the Legislatures of the provinces on the one hand, and by this Parliament on Ihe other, have come in conflict so fieciuently and so sharjily with res- (lect to natiima) iiuestions, that I think it is time some remedy should be applied." .\t the end of a very fine siiecch he suggested the calling ot a con- â- lituiional convention which would re. inesetit not <mly the |)arties in pi.'vi'i m the variuus proviiu-ial governments. I'.gi ihei with the ruling party iji the Doiiiiiiioii House, l.ut a gathering re- in .tentative of the Legislaluies and i'lirhament. In fact, such a con- ferenic as I'lirmed the 15. X. A. ^^â- '\. ii, he ii!>' iila.'e. Mr. liennetl lelt t'.ial Hu matter was urgent, that deinncra- c-y vMHild not coniiiiiK' tnili â- â- â-  il be- ame a'.^ eliicieiit at least a< a ili''- latorshi]), which it could not "if nine â- liiu'renl areas had nine dirreieul sels 'if laws dealiiiff with problems that are national in their scope." Last week .^Ir. Walter Tucker, l.ili- eral, made a speech which I wish every one in Canada could read, on the iJ^e of the credit of the nation. He .â- showed by many vxamjiles thsit when the novernmeiil ^ets in a tight corner it does finance by diawig upon our national credit. During the Great War we issued sixteen million ilollars woilh i«r legal tender against Domin- ion Kailway Securities. The rail- ways had needed money and had come to the government asking that they uack a loan, which in the ordinurv way would he made by the banks and (111 which the railways would pay in- li'iest to the banks. The govern- ;iuiit of that day, Mr. Tucker said, thought they would make an experi- ment an<) instead of giiaraiileeing a bond issue and making themselves liable to pay interest on it, they said lo the railwaysâ€" "you deposit your lioiids with us and we will print six- teen million dollars worth of money •iiul lend it to you." That is the rail- ways paid their interest to the gov- ei-nnient rather than to the banks and Ibis interest has. up to date, amounted to two million dollars and nothing iins happenwl as a consequence. The Bank of Canada is not making use of its gold i-eaerve to issue the a- mount of money which it could issue under the international agreement of 25 per cent, (yold coverage. That is the only quarrel Mr. Tucker has with it. li has on hand, according to the last statement, $17*,t million worth of gold. On the strength of that it could issue roughly 71« million dollars worth of legal tender and still be within what is i-ecognized all the world over an a safe limit. Mr. Tucker w^ants to know why we go on boiTOwing and paying interest when we have the machinery and the gold to issue an interest-free volume of money. Tht( money Is ne<'ded to put (he unemploye<l to work and to make efl'ective the demand of the Canadian people for good.s and services. Mr. Dunning followed and opposed vigorously any sUch suggestion. But as a back-bencher said to me, he was i a liberal too, "I cinddn't see that i Hvinninp answered Tucker." AGNFS C. MACI'H.ML, , lions,, of Commons, Ottawa. i Friday, January 29, 19.17. j utorgian Hydro System Before Legislature In the course of his address made in the Legislature recently, in which he reviewed the hydro situation in Ontario, the Honorable, the Attoruey- (Jeneral, who is also a hydro com- missioner, made some intere.sting comments on the hydro situat on in ihe Georgian Bay district. H2 .^aid that the big feature in the Georgian district was a reduction of rates that amounted, in the gross, to forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000), besides which there was a surplus in the hy- dro year, ending October 31, 1936, of eighty-two thousand dollars ($82,000). Unlike' other districts which have their jieak loads in December, the Georgian district has its peak loads in July and August, during which months the tourists are with us in 'greatest numbers. The peak load for the year 1933 was 2(;.000 horse power; in 1934, 27,- 1)00 horse power; 1935, 29,229 horse (lower; in 193(3, 29,800 horse power. It will be seen from these figures that there has been a gradual increase in the consumption of hydro energy in this district. During the year lO.'^O, 2,000 horse power were bought from the town of Orillia, which by reason of its o^vn developnienl at Minden, has more energy than they need. This was sold to the hydro On a killowatt hour basis. The whole 2,000 horse power costing $11,688 or roughly speaking §(5 per horse power, while the old commission had a.grteu to pay for power bought from the Quebec Power Co. at $15 per horse power per year. It will readily be seen why the hydro is nnx'ous to dev- elop its own energy, lather than buy from Quebec. In addition to that al- ready mentioned, the Georgian dis- trict purchased from the Niagara dis- trict from six to seven thou -and horse power. The Commissioner intimr.ced that the time had arrived for some new development to serve the Georgian district, and he outlined p'aiis rela- tive to a development of pov.'er on the iVtuskoka River. On thi.= river there is 1.^8 feet of useable falls, but this falls occur in a series of cascades which make it possible for the dev- "'lopnient to take place in sta.gC3 a.'' need reipiireS. Ten thousand hors" power could be developed at the Rag- god rapids and another dovelpoment could be made at Bala later, on as needed. The Commissioner estini- iteil that the carrying costs of this proposed development would 1> !\h- sorbed by Ihe tnkintr off of pur.^ iiii-ed water from Orillia and from iht N'ia:/aia district, so that no exl '.". .-".st would accrue to the Georgian sys- tem bv rtjason of the proposed dev- elopment. In speaking of the rural distrirt^, I lie I uiiiiuissioiier said that dmin;;- 1936, 810 miles of new rural lines wei e coii.-Uucled at u cost of ?2,151,0Ul>. This was bonused by the legislature to the luiie of $1,071,000. This ex- penditure 01' public funds was defend ed by the Attorney-General, because of the very groat benefit that would accrue to the 5,790 new customers oi hydro, who lived in the rural area.; and small hamlets. In all there ar- leii thousand miles of rural lines in Ontario serving 7.!,JO0 custiuiier,-. These lilies represent a capital ex- penditure of twenty million dollars, of which ten million has been paid eul 01 money voted by the legislature. .Mr. Roebuck estimated that next year a thousand miles of new rural line ivould be constructed and seven thous- iiul new customers obtained. He gave an interesting survey of the reduction "In costs of rural ser- vices. At one time in the hi.story of hydri, the service charge for a class ihree sei\iee, which is the type used by 20,000 customers out of 29,000 in the rural districts was $6.20 a month. Ill 1933 this service charge was $2.50 I'or month; in 1936, $2.00 per month, and ill 1937, $1 per month. The latest reduction, )ie estimated, would in the gross relieve the cost of rural consumers of a suni in excess of .•^.'MO.OOO, which makes a mighty fine contribution to the welfare of the farming class. The Farm Flock It is generally recognized through- out the poultry industry that one of the most rapid and effective means of improving farm poultry flocks is through the application of the Dom- inion Hatchery Regulations. These regulations, with the co-operation of the provinces, are accomplishing good results. To lay the foundation of a profitable farm flock, it is necessary to start with good healthy stock. To enable the farmer to obtain thig kind of stock, regulations for the control of hatcheries were drawn up, with the co-operation of several of the provinces and at their request. Briefly, these hatchery regulations provide for the following â€" (1) all commercial hatcheries of over 1,000 egg capacity to obtain their hatching eggs from approved flocks and to op- erate under Dominion supervision as regards hatchery conduct, operation, and advertising; and (2) approval of flocks as sources of hatcTiery eggs to be under provincial supervision. The farm flock may be started by (1) the purchase of hatching eggs; (2) of day-old chicks; (3) of pullets ready to lay; and (4) of adult breed- ing stock. Whatever method is ad- opted, one thing is certain â€" a great deal of annoyance and loss may be obviated by purchasing from R. 0. P. (Record of Performance) or approved flocks. SHEEJP DIED â€" MADE OWNER $3 Sometimes you can turn misfortune into good fortune, simply by using your head. Sam Goldman, Dundalk fur buyer tells us this one: Louis riwinton, local stock buyer purchased three sheep from Donald McLean of Shrigley for $4, but one sheep took â- dck and died before Donald got it de- livered. Sam came along and bought the hide for a dollar, at the same time advising Donald to put the carcass out in the field and set traps for foxes. Sam called a few days later and Don- ald had profited by Sam's advice, for he had caught a fox, which he sold to Sam for eight dollars. So actually when the sheep had died it made Don- ald five dollars â€" but it was a tough break for the fox. â€" Dundalk Herald. Unquestionably the big opportuni- ties for some years to come are going to be in the field of skilled labor. The wise boy will keep out of the white-collar field if he can. The wise community in the interest of its boys will do all in its power to make that escape possible. The boy with a trade is the boy with a future. A woman reauer informs us there is nothing new about these sit-down strikes. She says her husband has been on one for the last twenty years. Take No Chances in the sale of your Livestock Ship to the Open Market and consign your shipments to the OLD RELIABLE FIRM OF Dunn & Levack Ltd. Canada's Leading Livestock Salesmen Established 1893 Union Stock Yards â€" Toronto MID-WINTER SALE House Wares I Cabinet Bread or Cake Box, reg. $1.85, special .... $1.49 4. .Xliartnu'iit C.roc'ry Sets 89c * White Knamel Wash Basin 25c * * White Knaniel Chambers 38c % I IK-avy Tin Dairy Pails, 10>4 ([t.s. 2 for 98c | I Side Rest Heavy Calv. Oil Cans, 5 ^al $1.29 | * Calvanized Wash Boilers 98c * I Heavy Coi>i^)er Wash I'oilers $2.79 | % i>al<e Rite Cake Pans, square and oblons^ 19c * t Sheet Ifoii Uoast Pans, llV,xl6j.'s at... 28e | Y Ivory antH\ed Knamel Double Boilers .-.. $1.2S * '4 l,ar.L;e Tea Pots. Ivory and Red, $1.05 % I AND OTHER SPECIAL PRICES ON i ENAMELWARE. I FRA^K W. DUNCAN t Phone 54 -:- Flesherton, Ont. ^ r *• 'I' .b I NFINISHED llOr.S ."Vll unfinished hoga offered at stoekyards and i>acking plantg sueh as do not oodform to the requirements if the gradiiijf regulations, are grad- ed as feeders, and it is in the inter- eats of the producers to make every :;.ffort to hold back hogs of select bac- 0)1, and baeon weights, until they are pro|Hnly finished. Under-finished pigs make soft baeon and poor cuts and roasts. The folk with red faces today aiv those whose automobile markers are Idnek and white. An English authority says that Cnn'tdian speech is fast b»>coming worse. And to that indictment should we say "Sez you-'' or "Oh Yeah?" is that enough? .True, the radio gives you certain cold figures but it's indirect and impersonal and at best only a general indication, compaxed to actual tele- phone talks to a number of buyers. In conver- sations, you get the acnial feel of the market; you know what's going on; where and when to sell; what grades are going best; what the pic- njre promises; and all those other indmate details, the knowledge of which puts dollars in your pocket. The telephone, as a business agent, is truly irreplacable. Nothing yields so much For what it costs as the TELEPHO NE /^^