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Wednesday, Fcbru'y 26. 1936 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Mountie Recruits Prefer The Open Modern machines have worked gretA changes in the famous Canadian Mounted Police but the youngsters of the service still ask for assignments to far off outposts where there is lots of space and not much else. Sir James MacBrien, Ck>mmissioncr of the Royal Canadian Mounted Po- lice, in Washington this week for a wild life conference, said Sunday that, while the police agency was still mounted, its men usually rode other things than horses now. Three hundred horsemen arc used In the Canadian wilds where motorcycles automobiles, boats and airoplanes can not penetrate. Asked about the old slogan, "The Mountie.s always get their man," Sir .Tames laughed. "You peiple gave us that slogan, and I suppose we should thank you. But it's not strictly true, you know. We usually get our man, but once in a while one gives us the slip. "TTie truth of the matter is, the woman get our men. We're continu- ally losing our men through mar- ria^s. The fellows in our service are a pretty fine lot, of course â€" tall, muscular, handsome youngsters. And the young ladies seem to like them pretty well." A man enters the service at 21, but he isn't allowed to marry for six years. If he earns a promotion, he may be married after five years. Oesiiite the changes modern life has made in the service, young men enlisting still like the Yukon, where the red- coated policemen first be- came figures in romantic adventure storiee. ' > "It offers them adventure, the open country â€" and solitude." Sir James ex- plained. "Tlie north country still has a strong appeal for the young men of Canada. And it's a pretty fine lifo up there." The policeman in the Yukon service travels his lonely path by dog-sled and siiowshoes, visiting the frontier settlements, settling their rows, and watching over the birds and beasts that spend their summers in the north country. "His word is law up there." S' James said. The man is on his own, and he must solve his problems ac- cording to his own judgment. Often a man is called on to serve as con- stable or justice of the peace in the frontier communities." Criminal gangs don't harass the Mounted Police as they do the Ameri- can police. Sir James said and the "rackets" which take millions from American business men are unknown in the Dominion. "We don't have as much of a crime problem as you do." he answered. "We don't have auy gangs in Canada at all. If any gang .shows up, we go after them fairly strong, and we keep them down. "One thing, we aren't hampered by state lines. If one of our men starts after a fellow, he can chase that man anywhere in the Dominion. And when he catches up with him, he's got the authority to arrest and tak'O him back. We don't have any extradition laws to worry about. "Our judges aren't political. They're appointed politically, but they're ap- pointed for life. After a man gets on the bench, no one can touch him. We have a few criminally-minded lawyers, but they're frowned on by the rest. "We have only one criminal code to enforce. In the whole of Canada wherever you go, the crime laws are the same." PROTON STATION February SALE of Galvanized Ware Nickle Plated Tea Kettle, 4 qts., reg. $2.25 $1.69 Galvanized Flaring- Pail, 14 qt. Special 47c Round Grey Granite Dish Pan, .sale price 39c Standard Copjicr Wash lioiler, reg. .$3.25 $2.69 Heavy tin Dairy Pail lOy, qt 2 for 95c Hot Galvanized Wash Tub No. 2 size. Special .... 89c Heavy Galv. 5 gal. Oil Cari with tap. Special $1.29 Galvanized Pail, No. 12, each 19c Good quality li. Burner Lantern. Special $1.17 Royal Purple Stock Specific, Hog Tonic, Roup Cure, Poultry Specific, Lice Powder, Royal Purple Calf Meal, Salts and Sulphur. FRANK W. DUNCAN Phone 54 -:- Flesherton, Ont. Hockey fans are wishing for good weather and roads for the final Semi- pro games, this week, Thursday and Saturday nights. We are also hop. ing that mumps, measles, etc.., which have been breaking into the ranks of the hockey-players will delay any further contacts at least until after the 193G championship has been won. "The Proton Bear.s," were 1935 champions and are the holders of the McDougall trophy. They are again this year in the final contest with the Flesherton entry of the Semi-pro. League. Wo are sorry to report that Miss Mary W\^'ille is seriously ill. The Pilgrim Holiness Bible School <if Proton Station is closed indefinite- ly. (Continued from Page 1) scheme was to serve agriculture, it must be extended to include repairs and extensions of oxistii.;; buildinffs. In Ontario, at any rate, renovation of buildings is more needed than new buildings. I expressed the belief the l>resent housing scheme is of little O' no use to agriculture. I was sup- ported in this view by Mr. Bradette He also vigorously opposed an immi- gration policy and warned his gov- ernment of increasing tile flow of immigrants to this count)'y. He re- called the fight put up by the south- ea.st corner against immigration years ago and of his association with us in that debate. Tile House awaited with great in- terest the first speech of the new .Minister of Labor, Mr. Norman Me- I.eod Rigors, who, until the election, was a professor in Queen's Univer- sity. Somehow the idea had got abroa<l that Mr. Rogers was an ad- vanced Liberal, but his first speech, though couched in beautiful language and well delivered, did not fulfil this hope. Mr. Rogers flatly stated that he did not believe in government ex- penditure for public works as an aid to unemployment and a stimulus to economic recovery. He expressed the | belief that large public expenditures would tend to discourage or defer the natural flow of .savings into con.struc- tion (jrojects through private and corporate control. In fact, it was a good Tory speech, not as advanced as many made by Mr. Bennett, and dis- appointment regarding his attitude was freely expressed in the lobbies nd corridors. DANCE • > • > < > c > 1 > < > I > Under the? auspices of the Hall committee wUI be held in the FRATERNAL HALL FLESHERTON Tuesday, March 3rd, 1936 Music by the Well known "Hill Billy" Orchestra MODERN AND OLD TIME DANCING Admission : 30c Lunch extra KOniX CHIRPS MKRRH.Y SlRROlNDEn BY SNOW Guelph â€" As Guelph and district was emerging from the worst storm of the winter, Bruce Robinson, who resides a short distance from the city on the Guelph â€" Hamilton highway, reported having seen the first robin of the sea- son Saturday. The unexpected visitor was perched on the branch of an apple tree near Mr. Robinson's home, and al- though chirping merrily, seemed out of its element surrounded by niles of snow, the depth of which eclipsed any- thing experienced in some years. A resolution, asking the House to consider the granting of pen5>ions at sixty, was introduced by A. A. Heaps, Labor member for Winnipeg North, and formed the basis of an excellent all-day debate. Members express- ed the opinion that provision for old 1 age under the present wage scales, prevailing commodity prices and wide- spread unemployment, was impossible for large numbers of Canadians. i Therp was a general opinion that the most difficult years for those ncaring destitution were between sixty-five and seventy and that a person over sixty, who lost his footing in the econ- omic set-up. had almost no chance of THE STORE WITH SERVICE F. T. HILL&CO.Ltd. 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February Clearance, per garment 25c Large «ize IBEX FLANNELETTE BLANKETS at a Real Bargain 100 i)airs 12-4 Ibt'x Blankets in white ,ind jrrey ; the best quality made, ^^ebru- ary Special, pair JZ.Se * Gigantic Flannelette Blankets 100 pairs Ciprantic Flannciotto Rlank- ets, double i>c(.l size in both colors, grey and white, I'V'bruary Special, nair $1.95 Pure Linen Tea Towelling 17c yard Tiiis is an extra good cloth and is real valiu- at 22c a yard. February Special, |n'r \ard 17c GROCERY SPECIALS jewel Shortening 2 lbs. for 25c Meaford TcMiiatoe's 2y2 size 3 for 27c Canned Peas and Corn 3 for 25c Extra ([uality Japan Rice 5 for 25c Canada Matches, 300 size 3 for 23c F,ggo Baking Powder, 1 lb. size 23c White Beans 7 lbs. for 25c Bulk Cocoa 2 lbs. for 23c Fresh Mince Meat, per lb 10c I'.^.r,, or Pearl White Soap .... 6 for 25: C'!arke'«> Spaghetti and Cheese, 16 oz. size 2 fur 10c 1 I used the dehnte in order to say a wor<l in favor of pensions for the blind and the totally disabled. Almost every country in the world, except Canada, has some sort of allow nnce or pension for incurable invalids and the blind. Did you notice a letter in one ol the daily papers from Dan Nuhn, Elm- wood, Ont., pleading for provision for incurable invalids. He staled that he had been bed-ridden for the past sixteen years, not so much as nhle to raise his head from the pillow. This man is .still only thirty-five years of age. Surely there is something we can do by way of letters, reading material, visits, etc., to make hip days less lonely. Mr. Nuhn states In his letter that he would like to have people write to him. I wrote today. AGNES MACPHAIL House of Commons, February 21, 1936. EUGENIA Oven too people were in attendance at the great Dominion Ski Chamaion- ship event held in the Eugenia area on Sunday last. The Eugenia House, with host, Mr. Peter Munshaw and his a.ssi.stant!* were kept busy all day serving meals. The stores in the village also did a ru.shing business. Kugeiiia area is certainly a wonderful place for skiing. 'Ilhe Y. P. S. did not hold their re- gular weekly meeting last week, neither did the Woman's Association on account of the stormy weather and had loads. The W. A. will hold their montlily meeting this Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. G. C. Ciraham, Visitors welcome. Rev. Mr. Bushell delivered a fine sermon last Sunday AM. There was only an attendance of 14. Next Sun- day he intends having a radio at the church and all can "listen in" to the King's address at 11 o'clock a.m. We extend our sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. R. Park and family in their sad bereavement. Mr. Park's sisiter, Mrs. Wm. Hurd (nee Miss Eliza Jane Park) who resided in Manitoba passed away on Feb. 13. lOSfi in her 92nd year. No further particulars are at hand. Miss Betty Paul has been visiting with the Gordon family the past week. Mr. Ken. Partridge, Mrs. Elwood Partridge and family of Rock Mills were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Williams and Toey. Mr. Russell Hammond of Toronto visited with his uncle and aunt, Mr. •nui M's. Bert. Ornham. We are ^'ery sorry to report' "Mt?f. T.oonn-v^ T.ntlmev sovionolv ill nt^ n'-eo „^^. w- VoTi'> there Is x'^'" ' lni"'T<â€" > melt soon. Mrs. Wilson is slowly pror''''^^'"" from her illness. We wish both pa- tients a speedy recovery. Mrs.. Wm. Semple, 12th Line is visiting with her son Ernie and wife. Mr. Thos. Tudor has returned home to Toronto after a visit with his brother and family. Mrs. Thos. Fenwick has returned home from Owen Sound. Her daugh- ter. Miss Muriel accompanied her home. We are glad to hear Muriel is somewhat improved. We extend our sympathy to the Crossley family of Flesherton in their sad bereavement. February market trend: Butter firm. ?*Sg We might be in favor of that new calendar if it does away with Feb- ruary. Wonder what St. Peter says to ths politician who has'nt kept his election promises when the latter knocks on the pearly gate to seek admission. San Fransisco, Calif. â€" Pedestrians blinked increduously at a city street sprinkler going about its work in the rain.. Said the driver, Al. Elliott, when questioned by an irate city official, "Why should I drive in and lose half a day's pay. I was told to sprinkle the streets â€" and I did. Is it my fault if it rains?" LEONARD wAf2/-\AN ".Are you Danish?" I accepted the question as a compli- ment, but as I ran over a list of Scotch. English, Irish and Dutch ancestry, I was forced to answer in the negative. In search for the gymnasium, man- aged by the genial John Madsen and his charming wife, I had entered a door at the rear of the Church of the Deaf in the basement of which this recreation centre is located. After halting and labored attempts to make myself understood by some of a dozen deaf people, I wa.s directed down a flight of stairs, and there was our Danish friend, John Madsen, to wel- come me with joyous sincerity. Presently I divested myself of coats and necktie and prepared for the ev- ening. Piano and violin began a catchy tune and in the words of Dor- othy Fleming. "I became, for a few short hours, a laughing, brown-throat- ed peasant, and the walls around me vanished away. In their place rose the green of midsummer foliage, for we were in a golden meadow, where the cloud-shadows raced each other to the eastern hills. The turf was springy underfoot, and the grasses I and flowers crushed by our feet offer- ed their sacrifice of incense. As we danced, we left the sun and the wind and the earth, and knew again that life was good. No one was anxious and our worries were tossed away as we crossed and recrossed, turned and whirled, caught a new partner, and laughingly left her for another. For wo were no longer separate individ- uals, each with his dignity, his poise, and aloofness to maintain, but parts of a living, changing whole, which was each of us, all of us, and yet sometring more. Suddenly I kxjew that this was the world: each of us, all of us, and yet something more. And I cried out in my heart that life would catch me and draw me into its rythm of years and its harmony of purpose " Yet in spite of the happy evenings in the company of John iMadsen's group I am not convinced that "Weav- ing the Wadmal" or the "Swedish Schottische" are to prove practical as adaptations to our rural communities. More and more am I led back, to an appreciation of our common country square dances as a means' of social fellowship and wholesome recreation. â- Yqu will take good care of her, won't you?" It's Joan's first trip alone. Mother just couldn't refuse Aiuitie Maud's lovely invitation â€" but she can't help worry- ing, either. Tlioughtful Auntie knows the answer; as soon u» Joan arrives, a Long Distance call will hanish Mother's fears. Lou); Oistance is an ever-rtiady comfort. It's easy to use, quick, ^.a\ the eost is surprisingly small. •On both ".\njroii." and "PiTson-to- I'tTMin" calls, lou N'i •lit raUv. apply afliT 7 p.m. evrry rvoniiiK, and low V^ r.krnd rale.* AM, DAY SUNDAY. '» ♦