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Wednesday, Auffust 18, 1937 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Publiahud on Gollin^vood Street, /lesherton, Wednesday of each week. Circulation over 1000, Price in Canada |2.00 per year, when paid in advance |l-gU; in U. S. A. f2. per year, when paid in advance |2.00. W. H. THURSTON, Editor. T. I THURSTON, As«ociat« Editor GOOD NEWS KOK TUL WEST There is good news for the drought stricken residents of the Northwest in thf slatenienl made by leadinjj as- tronomers that before next year the drought thai has prevailed on wide sections of the prairies and neighbor- ing States will be over, and there will, in all probability, be an ample fall of rain. The sun spots, it ap- pears, is at the loot of the trouble. They come in cycles of about ten years. The last peak was in 11»28 and the next is looked for in 1939. Meantime, the spots have increased in number steadily, and not only have Ihey caused devastating drnughts, but their activity has been responsible (so the wise sky-uazers tell us) for pul- monary and kindred diseases. We will all hope that this declaration of the risf ronomers will bo verified by results, and that dried-up lakes and streams will ni-xt year again be filled Btul the dry hike beds amply replen- ished. It may be well, nevertheless, fur the authorities not to relax their etforts to aid in preventation of soil drifting, to replenish impoverished farms, and to unitedly help nature by persistent tree planting. Sun spots cannot be reirarded as scape-goats for all the troubles of the West. ariiuse her patient (to whom sleep was uf great moment) in order that she might, by conversation, be aided to keep herself awake! EDITOKIAL NOTES OPEN LETTER iu A BOOR ON tVrlEELS THE KNlGirrLV ENGINE DRIVER The new king, on his arrival m Lon- don from Edinburgh, did a gracious act which has much pleased the army of railway men who do .so much im- portant service to the public. His Majesty summonetl engine driver Tom Clarke to his presence, and conferred on him the Order of the British Em- pire. Tom, as he is familiarly known to very many of the travelling public, was well Worthy of the distinction, and has been proudly exhibiting tke medal of the Order, pinned on him as hr stood in overalls and ca|) by His .Majesty himself. The honors came to thi.f distinguished member of the Clarke family for "meritorious ser- vice"' perfiiriMed ov«r the long period of almost half a century. It wa» Tom Clarke who was at the trottle of Itie Coronation .'^cot, the streamlined train which bioke the record for fast service recently, the time from Crewe to EustoM .Station being at the rate of 111 miles an hour. Able, conscien- tious and safe, Tom Clarke has well earned the honors conferred on him, and will h;ive the best wishes for a long period of restful enjoyment in his retirem^'nt. The next Dominion Statutory holi- day is Labor Day â€" the first Monday in September. » • • We weie pleased to have the Mea- fdid Mirror again come into our office after the file which destroyed the plant and building several weeks ago. I'he Mirror only missed two editions. Long may it reign. • * • Latest reports from all parts of the Province confirms earlier prognosti- cations that the present year is giving liumper yields in almost every class of inoductioii, and, what is e(iually satis- factory, is that prices paid to the Dioducer promise, on the whole, to be remunerative. In these results the people of Ontario can unitedly i-ejoice, for the farmer feeds us all. • • * Sixty-one years ago this week Professor Graham Bell, the inventor 'if the telephone, completed the first "lonK distance" talk from his home in I'-iaiitfoid t'j the pretty litle iieighbor- iiitr town of Paris. The towns were less than ten miles apart, but it was (insidereil a marvelous achievement. Little did the folk in those days im- HL'ine that in less than fiO years, from that first "long distance" talk, there would ,1h' millions of messaijes sent ;laily over the various systems in- iiuk'iirated by Bell, and that even the 1 nds of the earth can be reached thiouirh the same agency with perfect accuracy and despatch. • • • Dr. Uuiican McArthur, Deputy Min- ister of Education for Ontario, at the meeting of the Canadian Federation of Teachers, once more emphasized the view that the school has not the right lo indoctrinate any theory or ism uhatsoever. The Deputy Minister is right. But it is not always easy to Hfl the young teacher started on the riyht tract of imparting knowledge, without giving personal views as to the why and wherefore. Sound judgnieat is not always arrived at in a day â€" even in tuachers' traiaing schools. It i.^ worth while for those in authority to make it as easy as liossible to help the pupil to think and to act, while acquiring knowledge, wkhout prejudice. MAXWELL Nl USES- HOCUS It is to the credit of the Canadian representative of the nursing vocation that she made a slronff argument in the recent international convention in favor of establishing a ten-hour day system. Hitherto nurses have, in wry many instances, been kept on duty twelve hours a day, or more, in critical cases. Long hours on duty is neither for the welfare of a nurse or th* lafety of a patient. We hare known, for example, of a nurse engag- ed on an important case for twelve hours daily, becoming so subject to uleepiness that she was moved to Mr. and Mrs. Armour and daughter of Toronto visited with Mrs. T. Guy. Mrs. Armour is remaining for a long- er visit with Mrs Guy. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold and two daughters of Mclntyre visited with Mr. John Morrison and fan>ily on Sunday. Mac and Bill Stephen and Guy and Jim Poole sjient a few days at Was- aga Beach the past week. Mr. and Mrs. tieoitfe Koss and Jean -P<-nl fcluiiday in Chelienham. Evelyn .\cheson returned home with them for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. (;eo. Layton of Exe- ter visited with the Ross family this week. Mrs. Frank Hall and family and .Mr. John Humphrey of Weston aie visiting with the Priestly family. Mr. and Mrs. M. Moore and family of Saskatchewan are visiting rtdativeg here. Miss Margaret Gibson of Durham visited her cousin, Mrs. L. Adam, last week, Mrs. Edmund Pallisker died on Wed- nesday of la»t week, August Uth, nfter a long illness. (let the fin^nt roofing nionny run buy on eftHy puym«nU. «i>reH(l ovv-r throoycars.Tite.Ijipand Hit) Holl nMffinfr* are durat)l«, handuomu in H|ip«arnnrn, fir<-'proof ; uvi'n liifhIninK proof if erected acconlinu to the LixhtninK Hod All. Buy from a company thnt hiia â- ervftd you houeatlv for y^ara whoae |>ro<lurta ant the pact* â€" Kaatern .Steel Prod una l.lmlled TITE.LAP and RIB-ROLL ROOFING â- loth TilK'I.oii anil liib Hull are eaaily put on ovor your old roof. Thoy aiivH you money l>y cut- tinM uplif^p coata, pro- traing your crupa and IIVfBtnrli lloaurntogut the genuine R.S.P. pro- ditrt S,-nd rulao and rnl'lur numaurt'nuihta for freetoHl eatimatrv A drive-ecrew nnil. develop- ment of the Preston I>ed Hed Nail. Taken ten timea aa much force to ilrnw it out of a ahoathing Iwurd na « aton- dard tinrhiHl rtKiting nail. JAMCSWAV POULTRY â- QUIPMENT Writ^j for litrriituro on the famoua .lainoHway I'oultry R<iuipment. ComiilBtc !ine of incuhiitora, hroecler atovea, IHiultry houaa eciiiipmenl of nil kinda. SiicrialiNta in veiitilntion ana houains for noullry. The Praaton Fertilator ntlnrhud to your aeid drill iMiiiUloB you to aow fertilizer with your fall wheot. Edstem Steel Products //////>'•</ F«^lori«« aho •( MONTRCAL and TORONTO Some day, my ill-mannered friend, | vou are going to go too far. Sora« ilay when you swerve around a street corner, you are going to clip the but- tons olT the. wrong pedestrian's vest, iind he is going to catch up with you, riaul you off your comfy upholstery iiid deal you the smacking-down you leserve. You're a veritable Titan of elf-assurance, aren't you, when you're behind an eight-cylinder engine ? But how do you look on your feet? Are you the same dashing, imposing, self- i'.s.'sertive personage for whom the rest of the world must make room? Would you dare shove another ped- estrian aside; would you jostle a six- footer? You would not, for you're iust a grubby little inferiority com- plex >vho's been sublimated by a shot )f gasoline. And what's the treason for this t>ieak-neck rush of yours, anyway? You're in an automobile. You'll ar- 1 ive at your destination 10, 15 or 20 limes quicker than the jx-destrian you're crowding back on to the curb. The best he can do is five or six miles iin hour, while you are going 25 or 30, perhaps .10 miles an hour. Is your liiisiness ten times more urgent than his? My, my, what an imjio.tant fidlow you are! What vast de.^ifns, what momentous projects occupy your waking hours to justify such im- patience. The automobile, it seems, is the devil's gift to the Little Man. Put him in control of a motor car and he's cock o' the cross-walks. But if you suddenly yanked that ton or I wo of iron and steel ouf from under him, you'd find him just a measly noncntitv with the mental set-up of a publi; school bully. You may say I'm in a bad frame of mind. You're right! And I'll get over it when fellows like you begin to use a little care, caution courtesy and common-sense wlieii you're driving on the streets and highways of this province. â€""A PEDESTRIAN" COLLECTION OF SALES TAX IS UNFAIR (Aylmer Express) We had occasion to spend a day last week in Detroit and took the oppor- tunity to purchase two or three art- icles not matiufacturcd in this country. We found we were uoted the retail price for them and then a further request was made for the amount of the sales tax. Over there the tax is three per cent, while in Canada it is eight per cent. In our own country ihe sales tax is invariably included in the retail price asked. We like the U. S. way better â€" of making a separ- ate charge for the sales tax. If the sales tax were collected separately in our stores and shops, the people would realize what amount they are contrib- uting to the government on every titide manufactured. If we must l)e penalized to the tune of eight per int because we desire to use merch- iiulise and give employment to our vdikiiif people, we should demand that some reductions be shown in the cost of Government and in our nation- il debt A.s the sales tax is collected in Canada now, we hardly realize we lie paying it. We know the bus- iness people have a perfect right to collect sales tax as a separate item, but they much prefer to include it in the original price asked the customer, rather than to mention the subject and then listen to the protests. Palestine is to be divided into three parts â€" one for the Jews, one for the •Arabs and one for the British. And all are satisfied except the Jews and the Arabs. DANCE af FLESHERTON on SPECIALY PREPARED PAVEMENT Every Wednesday MUSIC BY BILL OSBORNE'S FAMOUS AMPLIFYING SYSTEM THE VERY BEST OF DANCE MUSIC Dancing- : 5c or 6 for 25c. Commcncinj^ at 8.30 p.m. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦â- Â» * 4 " l- * *- M"> *- >I"t"t * 4"I"K ' H< ' H"l - * > H 'l"l'i-»* »» » SILVER MONEY NOT POPULAR There may have been a time when silver and gold were considered the only sure and safe money to possess and at that time some people went so far as to gather all the coins they could and bury or hide them for safe- ty's sake. With the introduction of our present-day banking system this has changed and today very few people wante large sums of money around their homes or business places but prefer to put it in the bank for safe keeping and when payments are to be made a check is issued. What mone.v is carried now is mostly in bills in preference to silver, except for smaller amounts necessary for change. In conversation with the teller in a bank ciuite recently he stated that every branch he had ever worked in had considerable more change than what the customers would accept and in his opinion it would be a good thing if more silver were in circulation. I A.n exchange describes a pink tea as 'higgle, gobble and git. Stop Reckless Driving! â-  1 â- j-WTT «»v A 'i^ '^^"^'V " tA"'"; • '«^^^.>^'-,. * * o 'c^^wc.'ip'" '<?' <f^<Â¥""-^??* X ** '«*^^ f W v.wvyMuMvn^ jA ^ i\fii*^ -^^ '<>^'. "•^-H, "^^ r ' !>*i i yi it you drive recklessly and have not made up your mind to stop it, you are going to find yourself in serious trouble â€" soon ! The Department of Highways is determined to put reckless drivers off the road and keep them off. If you need your car in business, stop and think for a minute what would happen if you had your driving license cancelled. You might lose your job. But what is your job compared to the death, crippling, or injuring of a good citizen ! Reckless drivers are criminals going along our highways breaking laws, maiming and killing defenseless people Our laws are adequate and fair. Obey them and y®u will keep out of trouble ; break them and take the consequences. You cannot say you have not been warned. Stop speeding! Stop cutting in ! Stop passing on hills. Stop taking chances of any kind. If you must drive slower than the average traffic, keep well to the right side of the highway or use the side roads. Do not block other traffic. • • «t *â-  . â-  ONTARIO MOTORISTS WILL CO-OPERATE to put reckless drivers where they belong. Here is what to do. When you see a motorist driving in a manner dangerous to the public, take his number, make a careful note of the actual time and place and when you reach your destination write to the Motor Vehicles Branch, Department of Highways, Toronto, giving full details. Wo do not invite reports of minor infringements of the traffic laws; you aie reciiiosted to use sound judgment. We wilt deal adequately with offenders. •V* ONTARIO ^ DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Motor Vehicles Branch ONTARIO