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the georgetown herald wednesday evening august 16th 1939 p5 current comment who works in gkokcwtownt ibis moot question was asked us on monday shortly after work began on main street of tearing up the curb to make way for the new pave- meat toe reason was that there vera about twentyfive or thirty men watching the operator ol a power drill wiilje he alone did the work the driller says the irony of it all was that no one offered a hand but thai if suggestions would have done the work be would have been finished 111 a few hours it has also been suggested that the town council qnd a way to furnish seats for the straw- bosses were noticed riding one maflhme one on the handle bant one on the saddle and a third perched on his back such a stunt on a pontic thoroughfare is highly dangerous and the cyclists themselves should realise the basard which they are running another law governing bicycles which is mare often flaunted than not is that pertaining to lights all bicycles are to carry lights or reflectors both front and back- it is eurprlslng how few do particularly when the law is strictly for then own safety it is becoming more and more ap parent that business men and mer chants are swinging away from the oldfashioned method of advertising through the distribution of bills to homes to newspaper advertising it is not to be wondered at when circula tion is considered newspaper advertis ing is much cheaper and outside of announcements of entertainments sports events or such is a much better form of advertising newspapers are kept ajmlread not thrown away as harjdbillsdellveied from house to house frequently are weekly news papers offer the best advertising value because the issues are kept for a wees and generally referred to constantly car lights must be dimmed provincial highway traffic officers throughout ontario have received in structions that legislation has finally been put into effect calling far the prosecution of drivers who fail to dim their headlamps while meeting other vehicles on the highway at night this law has long been a needed one for al though an modern automobiles are equipped with headlamp dimmers there are still those motorists who scorn the precautionary and courteous measure of using them glaring headlamps have been the cause of countless accidents the past years and up till now there has been no law forcing drivers to turn down their lights when meeting other traffic now however every officer has been advised of this new addition to the highway traffic act and will be on the lookout for offenders m brief the new section stated that motorists failing to dim their head lamps when they come within 500 feet of an approaching vehicle will be pro secuted and it is the sincere intention of the government to see that it is put into immediate effect bicyclists pet peeves of many mot orists are more numerous on the highways and byways of the country than ever a fact in itself which is very welcome for cycling is one of the most heal exercises however there are certain rules which those riding bicycles are supposed to ob serve just the same as there are rules governing drivers or motor vehicles these rules are largely tor the safety of the cyclists themselves at the same time offering the motorist some pro tection from the worry which is his or hers in dodging the twowheeled vehicles one or these rules distinctly says that only one person should ride on a bicycle at one time many acd dents have occurred in the past due to some one riding on the handle bars or cross bars of a bicycle however two on a bicycle does not seem to be the worst offence along this line the other night three youths fatal beauty on the boajd it is a waste of time to argue wheth er women car drivers are worse than men for the average male driver is so deplorable that he cannot sensibly be taken as a basisrof comparison the only matter worth discussing in this connection is that goodlooking wom en drivers are terrible this proposi tion cannot be disputed with success it remains only to consider why good looking women drivers are so bad the reason is that they are accus tomed to having their own way they go first through doorways so they nat urally expect to go first through in tersections their less beautiful sis ters have learned through sad experi ence to get along the best way they can while afoot and therefore they are less domineering when behind the wheel of a motor car the ironic joke on beautiful women and incidentally on those unfortu nates whom they run down is that the modern slanting windshield pre vents other motorists and pedestrians from seeing inside the car and realiz ing that the driver is a beautiful wom an because they cannot see her clearly they treat her as thougn she were a normal driver of a motor car they do not always assume that she will navigate her vehicle along the middle of the road over the white strip they rather expect that she will pause at stop streets they do not always assume against the contingency that she will be talking with the other occupants of her car in animated and irresponsible inattention to the details of avoiding destruction a goodlooking woman is la btte dame sans merci of the highway hers is truly a fatal beauty memory work to be pupils choice courses of study to english grades dc x and xi have been sued by the minister the first two having been revised and that for grade xi will be used for the first time this fall in grade xi the literature course consists of the study of a play an anthology of modern poetry a volume of travel a list is given in each case suggestive of the type of work to be chosen plays suggested include barrles the admirable crlchton bennets milestones drlnkwaters oliver cromwell milnes the dover road or byngcs the shadowdf2gleit included in the biographies are francs augustus peklns darwin maurois disraeli virginia sackville wests joan of arc and graves lawrence and the arte six supplementary books are to be read by each pupil in the course in memorizing it is stated that a mini mum of 200 lines should be under taken by each pupil part of which may be prose passages may be chosen by the pupils teachers are urged to encourage pupils to use the dictionary in their reading so they may acquire the habit of looking up the meaning spelling and pronunciation of every new word watch our window fob wuebxy ice cream specials and ounvsuhonert fresh peach sundae 13c 2 for 25c longs confectioner ycro9 cf5ry theatre friday august 18 something to think about lames cagney and evelyn daw louisgalen to fight pictures cartoon little black sambo fox news saturday august 19 dodge city r giorionti technicolor with emri flynn olivia dehavliland and ann sheridan cartoon daffy doc chapter 13 lone ranger i a i pm tuesday and wednesday august 22 am 23 the mikado scenic ancient egypt variety crawfords at home sport king vulture ad canada interested m si of prairie wheat harvest undoim puce gtjajtantbed by govebnmenx by wilfrid bggleston ottawa august 10 the s this week swings out across the eoun try to focus on the prairie wheat har vest the slae of toe crop the price it will bring have long been of con cern to almost every one in canada when the western fanner has a lot of money to spend business picks up everywhere when there is crop fail ure or disastrous price levels every one suffers eventually this is even more true today than it was a few years ago the wheat crop is now linked up closely to the federal treasury and through the federal treasury to every taxpayer we all have a stake as taxpayers di rectly in the fortunes of the west in a sense we all rise or fall together a guaranteed mbalinnm the wheatgrower has a minimum price guaranteed by the dominion government he will get that much anyway no matter what world prices devj the basis of 70 cents a bushel for no l northern wheat at fort william means that at the local elevator the western farmer will get 50 or 55 cents a bushel for the average grade af date of writing the government guar anteed minimiitn is about 17 cents above world market price then in another way the federal treasury is behind the wheat crop all townships in western canada where wheat production this year falls be low 12 bushels per acre will receive benefits from the new crop insur ance scheme crop insurance benefits the amount of benefit will depend on how badly the crop has been des troyed by the drought below 4 bus hels per acre the farmer may receive up to 400 below 8 bushels up to 300 and below 12 bushels up to 200 it depends on his acreage as an insurance premium for fu ture payments of this kind one per cent is deducted at the elevator for every bushel of wheat marketed this fall and placed into a special fund it will amount on this gears crop to a levy of about 1500000 this new legislation will soften the blow a bit for those unfortunate far mers who a few weeks ago had vis- ions of a fair harvest but who have seen once more in some cases for the ninth or tenth time in succession the hot winds and burning sun des troy their fields to illustrate what the new provisions mean consider a wheat farmer of the prairies with 200 acres in cultivated land 100 acres in wheat who harvests a crop this fall of say seven bushels to the acre what typical farmer gets pot the 700 bushels he threshes can get at the local elevator 50 or 55 cents which is 17 or 16 cents above market price this is a boost perhaps 120 above what would hap pen if he were completely left to the mercy of ruinous prices again because his yield is so low he will be entitled to the acreage bonus or insurance benefit this will amount in his case to 150 per acre on 100 acres or another 150 hissumrss will -be- paid- him jual- before christmas and lhe remainder next march such a farmer is thus assisted to the tune of 270 altogether not a prince ly sum perhaps but it may mean the difference between destitution and enough food and fuel for the winter instead of getting it as relief he is getting it as insurance trend of the day those who deplore state socialism may prophesy dark things it is the trend of the day as a practical pro position the rest of canada simply cannot leave the export wheat pro ducer exposed to the full blast economic conditions a lot ou other industries in canada have been brought under the umbrella the wheat fnrmer is just the latest of many who will be next the recent deterioration from drought of a bumper prospect -per- hais 500 million bushels to some thing like 375 millions was a bitter blow to many farmers it does how ever from a national viewpoint not only make this years crop easier to finance but it prevents the glut from assuming almost hopeless proportions lhcre is next year to think of if we grew two crops this year we wouldnt need any crop at all next year couldnt handle it perhaps simple stuff by edward wodson qcamxs it leads like a mad fairy tale as mr david wills the camp chief tells of q camp formed in the mother land thiee years ago for the help of young men qjcamp has no walls no rules- no locks everything is free and open the erring young man who goes there neednt stay if he doesnt want to he doesnt have to work if work dis agrees with him he doesnt have to get up in the morning if he partial to lus bed he doesnt even have to be civil to those in authority he does just what he likes when be likes and how he ukes and he can go when he is fed up with it it costs something like four dollars a week to- live at qcamp any lad who finds himself a misfit at home or in society can go there upon reooxn- mendauon of parents probation officer or social worker or at his own re quest camp chief wills tells of some of the lads who have spent time in qcamp none or whom came from homes in which parents had formed a happy partnership one young man found homelife objectionable hi- parents were too strict his inituv tive was destroyed he was compelled to get home at a fixed hour every night companionship with young women was forbidden he stole he attempted suicide he went to qjcamp now he is work ing honestly as a gardener mr wills says that a lads selfrespect is re stored through work fitted to his pacity community spirit is develop ed by freedom and appreciation of good effort and thats that 1 let those who lie awake at night wondering what our dear young people are coming to reflect upon qcamp it is a fact not fairy tale in the meantime it is good to re call governor johnsons minnesota remarks to a friend who congratulat ed him on tr honor he had won and his great speerh at the inaugural din ner that must iiave been the proud est moment in your life governor said he chief justice and judges al the big oik of the state applauding you johnson paused a moment then said thanks bill but youre wrong the proudest moment of my life was when i was twelve years old and took my first weeks wages home three dollars i gave them to mother and said youll not need to go out washing any more now mother qcamp can never breed that spirit however hard it tries in the n e ws of the week ntario fire losses cottld cut by more care in average home property valued at more than 1- 800000 was destroyed in 4179 fires in ontario in april may and june or this year and official statistics leased today show that approximately 68 per cent of the total fires repres enting approximately 24 per cent ol the total losses occurred in dwellings in which much or the loss could have been avoided according to an an nouncement by the canadian under writers association fourteen per cent of the total fires were caused by carelessness in smok ing which led to destruction of pro perty amounting to 235000 by far the largest individual cause of the loss exceeding 1800000 in the second threemonths of the year the number of ores increased by 400 with an increase in loss of 261324 over the corresponding quarter of 1938 while for the first half of 1030 there were 482 more fires than in the first half of 1938 although total loss figures showed a reduction the number of losses according to the canadian underwriters associa tion can easily be reduced by more care on the part of the individual householder the board companies are constantly utilising all their aer- vices to help reduce losses with the idea of reducing insurance costs but m the final analysis cjtijens have the remedy largely in their own hands because the figures prove beyond doubt that most of toe fires are at tributable to causes which can be largely eliminated by a little extra personal attention to the quettkm of safety in the home there was big news at the monster testimonial dinner to canadas prime minister rt hon mackenzie -kingt-m- the fact that the guest of honor studi ously avoided any specific reference to lhe federal election which all parties are anticipating and that news has to do with the gravity of the european war threat those who have been doubting the menace of armed conflict can cease to doubt when mr king by his silence affirms the danger this is said advisedly because it has recently been revealed that none could be closer to the confidence ol the brit ish government than mr king he ls advised almost daily of each shift in the situation across the ocean in a now it can be told vein this column reports that back in may when last minute doubts were expressed that the king and queen could safely leave england for their canadian visit mr king allayed fears he knew then that germany would make no move until the end of june and that if she stayed her hand at that crucial period the world could rest easier until septem ber so in light of that mr kings care in skirtintr around election talk takes on real significance especially as he previously announced that he would not name the polling date while the empire was threatened sir william mulock at 95 has been warned to slow up owing to a slight indisposition he was unable to attend the banquet to mr king and has been confined to his home since ontarios grand old man wont like this re straint three or four years ago when he was still chief justice of ontario he was the first to arrive at osgoode hall in the morning and generally the last to leave in the afternoon he topped off a busy day with a game of bridge with his cronies and sometimes of an evening he would deliver an in structive address to young men at the university of toronto in season he still takes a spell at fishing and not infrequently without book or note re cites greys ellgy or some other masterpiece for the entertainment of his friends the weed of the week bindweed bindweed is the most difficult ot all ontario weeds to eradicate once it becomes established in a field says j d macleod crops seeds and weeds branch ont dept of agricul ture probably no other weed threat ens the farmers of ontario with such loss as bindweed does it even puts perennial sow thistle in second place though the weeds are not spread fan nd wide by the wind as is the case ny with the thistle no crop will grow once bindweed la well established it will thrive on almost any kind of soil and neither wet nor dry seasons seem to affect us growth its root system to so deep and so extensive and gets such a hold upon the land that nothing leas than a strenuous and determined effort win ever eradicate it some fame daily risb specials work boots mens heavy black mennonite blucher rubber sole and heel 185 per pr mens black mennonite blucher bend out sole rubber heel 249 per pr mens heavy black mennonite blucher bend leather sole rubber tap sole and heel 229 per pr mens chocolate sputblucher heavy crepe sole 19 forsyth shirts mens forsyth shirts best quality 200 and 250 for x 169 mens forsyth shirts 155 for 100 blankets 70 x 90 flannelette blankets 72 3c 84 flannelette blankets 198 overalls big b 8 oz overalls black or blue g big b 9 oz overalls black or blue 1 agents for langlevs cleaners and dyers 139 159 mcbean co phone 64 georgetown 5 save with safety at your rexall store mountte ftolinc 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established here and there in their field in patches from which its roots are soon scattered all over the oeld by farm implements such as the harrow and cultivator one reason the farmer docs not spot it when it urat appears in his fields is because it us ually takes two or three years to come into blossom it is important there fore to be familiar with its leaves and roots as well as with its flowers this most troublesome perennial weed which came here from europe has very extensive creeping cordlike rootstocks which penetrate the soil to a depth of four feet or more and piece of the lootstock pcesessmg one or more bods is capable ot- start ing a new plant it has iumieron slender bianchlng stems that either trail on the ground or cumb by twist ing around other plants the leaves are rather amaq somewhat arrow- shaped with fataat or rounded tips it flowers trotn time to 8tpten end prod seeds from anjost october the ttow sn borne slender stalks about the length of the leaves they are bed shaped white or rose coloured and about an inch across the seeds are large brown angular three or four being protfcs ed in each spherical seed pod farmers should insist that thresh ing separators should be thoroughly cleared before operating they- nay contain bindweed seed patches of bindweed should be fc- lated from the rest of the field sad worked separately to avoid drahfcc the rootstocka on incitement wmta from- infested to noninfested areas it is usually advisable to destroy iiatjai of bindweed with a chemical atd killer and thus avoid the risk of spreadtod it by cultivation ussy farmers stop fighting bfatt- weed too soon when they have kill ed ninety per cent or ihe rooeisoeka they forget about it anil leave the re maining ten per cent to start fur ther trouble it is usually advisable two years summer tadow down to clovers preflarahty leave the sod in a ion as protatta this bunds up the soil and the eas ting- of the auaua crop two or tares ia