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the georgetown herald sixtyfourth year of publication georgetown wednesday ewertmg december 18th 1929 the georgetown herald j m moou twijauw ui rrifew iwff luuuusa svmily mw amuuim uaaauiti naluaal ucdric kallwayt eabtbounu dally train ha so is am 3 1m am iojoo an snjso in lulpn jo 3ju pm 13 sio pm 14r mo pm is lit pm u tlm pm no bo ho 3 mo westbound dally trmlo no i ull am j looi an ft iu1 ml pm 0 401 pm 11 8j1 pm 41 ml pm li tot pm is 1001 pm n 1x01 am 1 will tun daily except sunday no 41 to aetoo only station phono 11 nr time table im feist psasenger mo passenger passenger iou mall ill uau 01 sunday doing west pin pjn pjn v sunday getag nana 1m 1m u 313 pjn- sj0 pm 7j3 pjn uft t 4a6 pm galag bseu 11j1 110 pjn central onliri bos lines lid abbow coacseg lsav georgetown u follows wait bound aw aja 40 a 1230 pjn wo pai sa pjn saturday sunday dally except n holidays natiirttay sunday and holiday ju1 mm stea at nantarualt stare directory ut boy dais baitlessr aaj salldtar georgetown ontario coouklng bldg u1u st clabknce h wioodh audlejisr notary faulo offices cnsw block georgetown tauphona 1u special this week only to make you acquainted with purina lay chow the profitable laying mash we offer this special low price for this week only lay chjjjv make em lay- make em pay th store avlth the checkerboard sign j i 50 per annum in advance 200 to usa tmfvmtavimimrmmmtmum philip g early us ceoigetown john a thompson natary foauo otaom mil straw phono sm ti 310 s3baham geauam and bowyeb barttaun el brampton ontario e o graham k b granim o h bowyer jib j j raulob e t paul pkyiselaas and savgeea ttaaleal officer ol health in esqu luruup ootto noma a to 4 and 1 to s pjn phase so offloi and residence ualn strait jouib- yr pnabytanan cuiureb dk sucantbland ye bar nom and throat kpsclaust at georgetown wednesday saturday juour 1 pjn til 0 pm or by appoint ment ouim supnuad office at ulw matthews mala st homo phono loir ob a v william bfayttolan and tuirason madual officer of 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grain pool market for all grain flour and feeding stuffs chick feed and laying mash at lowest prices alex l noble phone 148 wwbbh lorie watches make thia a ipecially olod chriitma for your wife and huiband or beat friend by choains gifts that but diamond ring 2600 to 10000 genu signet ring 500 to 1000 ladiet bracelet watche 500 to 3800 genu strap and pocket watches 130 and up choice line ol hand bag urnbrelua toilet good suverware clocks leather gowk china cut glau parker and waterman fountain pent spedal cabinet of 2siecet of silver 1000 to 2000 special dox teaapoon in lined box at 140 a b willson next to hotel mcqbboa i ooino noak poav obbibtmam me little knew the aorrow that w in hu vacant chair me never tueued theyd tnua him or hed auraly have been there he couldnt im hu mother or the lump that nlled her throat or the teat that itarted flllrur u ihe read hie hatey note and he couldnt nee hu father illtln orrowrul and dumb or he never would have written that he thoutht he couldnt oome he little knew tho tladneudtat hi preeenc would have made and the joy it would have liven or he never would have itayed he didnt know how hunny had the little mother grown onoe again to mo her baby and to claim htm for her own he didnt bumi the meaning- of hu vult onrutmu day or he never would have written that he couldnt ret away he couldnt aee the fading of the cheeks uiat once were pink and tlie allver in the treuei and he didnt ttop to think how the year were paulng iwuuy and next onrutmu it might 6a there would be no homo to vlalt and no mother dear to lee he didnt think about it iii not key he didnt care he war heedleu and forgetful or hed aurely havbeen there are you going home for ohruumai have you written youll be there t going home to klu tho mother and to ihow her that you carer if youre not 111 hope therell never come a time you wlih you had juit alt down and writ a letter it will make their heart itrlngi hum with a tuna of perfect gladneu if youll tell them that youll come the kitchen etove the memory of pleaaont couch or chair in the irving room a thought of hie favorite apot in the torln uuuhlne on the aouth atepa theae lived with him tommy had faith in uv in the future in the toda of nature and the toda of home and frlendahlp very likely cat have their ttoda so he watched and walled patiently tin polled me came back tommy lived hie apan of life a aood cat loyal to hla rrlendi faithful to tlie demand or cat nature he ha gone to the place for good eat and ho la not rorgotten por no good cat ever la forgotten a ttuie story op a common cat fad s the cold wlhdi begin to blow 21 and there la a hint of heavy e mows in the air and we alt closer at home and feel grateful for comfort and security my mind goe back sou few years to a high hilltop in berkshire county and a yellow cat roaming the dark woods at night and living as cat may in the wild country this is the story of tommy it is a true story there is something of tragedy in it much of drama a dial of mystery it hu a happy ending back thirty years ago my parents bought an old farm in the town of otis but tome five miles tram th village a remote isolated beautiful place the home perched on the hill about 1jh0 feet above aea level stand ing on the front plats on looked serosa a rolling expanse of low hills and on the horlson stretched a pur plish hue of mountains melting into the aky behind the house the dope rose another so feet to bar bleak tonecropped summit wbenoe th watcher saw great sweep of norlson with ut tom oreylock niti and on clear days the oatikllls in the dl woods of maple beech oak birch and pins with some ash and other trees swept like a benedic tion along the slope of our farm when we took over this great old place there went with it along with term tools horses jersey cows and other farm newatartes two cats tommy and beauty if ever then was a married couple here was onel they were devoted when beauty had her little family of yellow kittens to care for tom provided her with wild food th house gave her milk and odds and ends but it was tommys delight to bring her held mloetand we could see him across the mowing with a mouse in his mouth now lets keep dear of monuislng at this point on the hunting proclivities of cats i have no quarrel with them i may writ something about this soma day but not here i love birds and all living things but i will not judge the est or other animals who are as the lord made them just as the fact let it be said that tommy brought beauty held mice not birds but that is not the story th lured fanner who had charge of th plaoe owned several dogs it is not easy to mix dogs and cats unless they tun been brought up together her i another of natures ways with which i shall not quarrel the facta in this case wen that beauty after some months disappeared we always sup posed ona of the farmers dogs killed her and we mourned her tommy re mained a short time after beauty went and then disappeared we felt euro he had also fallen a victim to the dogs and we mourned agalnana even man for tommy was a most en gaging cat ormneshed sleek respon sive softfurred not like a city tom cat but a bit of wild lite consenting to human wr w did not forget tommy and often spoke of him as of a friend lost time passed and with it tho farmer reign on spring day he packed hi house hold goods on wagons prepared to depart with his fsjnlly on th morrow on th day be packed his wagons tommy reappeared he sat perched on one of the highest reften in th great old red barn safely out of reach of dogs or men then th old fellow sat leaning his head over and watch ing th goings nd comings of those beneath we called him tried to tempt him with a saucer of onam but he moved not night came and on the nigh rafter alept or witched tommy the next day the farmer his family and his dogs departed the caravan had not gone qusjtar ol a mile down the road whan tonimy cam trotting and chirruping to the west door of the bouse lie rubbed purring nd joyous against our legs arched bis no yellow back nosed into once- fanuiuu comers of th kitchen and then settled down crouching to a ssuoer of cream his tall gently sway ing at the end lapping contentedly the nnewal of things aa they had been when had he been au through the last half of the eununer befon through the winter they have oldfashioned winters in th berkshire lulls through the melting spring tommy must have ranged th osub and woods living maybe in deserted tumbled down barn or sheds per haps in cave or other natural shelters tommy or those long monthi had gone wild he had skipped back some thousands of years to the time when his kind wen selsumcleut wanderen of th wood but and hen is the point of the whole story while ha had tone wild in hla way of living the ilea of civili sation had stuck th ouurn ol humn compsnlonshlp had stayed with him else how wss it tht he made his reappearance on the very day that the farmers loaded wagons stood in the yard i eel sun shout tommy he used us and though clrcumatanoe told him he must make his living elsewhere or perish befon hostile force he kept his eye on home uk some wandering exile lie crept close in the dark hour nd peeked in th lighted window the thought of warm firesides of stroking bands ol saucers of food by nevv1 and inpobmation fob the mjhy rakaub haw to pradaee layer poultry farmera wul find it proatable for the purpose of building up the isylng capacity of their nocks to select uie best laying hens of the flock and mate them with males from heavy- isylng stock in one experlmentjir- toen of tne best isyers wen set apart for the production of hatching eggs and were mated with the sous of heavylaying hens the first year of the test tho fifteen best hens laid an average of mj eggs and ave yean later the yield of the best fifteen had gone up to 3183 eggs per hen new um far barley until recently the use of barley on the farm was nstrlctsd to the feeding of live stock in germany however barley is used for a multitude of pur poses millions ol bushels yearly are used in the manufsctun of malt cof fee besides this an enormous quan tity of the grain la used to the msnu- factun of bread breakfast foods bis cuits infant and invalid preparations tonics condiments snd food preserve in view of this it would seem that barley is destined to occupy a position of increasing importance to ill farm rotations that may be devised with a view to obtaining some relief from th weed scourge canadian hags latbre the gradual increase in the number of select bacon hogs indicates two things namely better breeding stock and more attention to rations com petitions conducted last summer show that there is a very good profit over the cost of feed if the pigs are bred right and have th necessary feeds in the right proportion although dan ish bacon still brings a higher price than canadian on the british market the quality of our bacon is constantly improving and prospects an that with the improvement that have already been taking place the time u not far distant when canadian bacon will be on an equal plane with that of any oountry in the world with tho oomlng of winter fin hoi arda on the farm an on the increase the tractor and the gasoline engine have also introduced a new on menace and can should be taken in their operation and storage the storing of gasoline and keroslne is a kindred subject and the proper faculties for both should be provided hla tseilsn pltty dollars may be regarded as a high price to pay for a yearling heifer but if she has been reared this far in a manner to give her proper develop ment thia price u little enough in deed when the costs are all taken in to consideration then is no profit in selling a umonthsold heifer at fifty dollars this has been proved by an actual computation of the coat of feed consumed by heifers of ayrshire hoi- stein and shorthorn breeding from birth to one year of age it showed thst th years growth had been pro duced at a cost of itam per head for feed the calves weighing an average of en pounds at the end of that period notes and comments the announcement made by pre mier king that the oovemment le contemplating a further reduction in tlie sales tax is weloome hews to everybody this levy adopted nrst as a wsr measure and never popular because it added to the cost of liv ing wss a nuisance from the collect ion viewpoint and interfered with business is well on its way to the scrapheap and there wui be no mourning when it finally reecho the inevitable end a goodly alios taken olf the sales tax this year will un doubtedly prove to be good business both for the oovemment and the country if then is loss of revenue and that does not necessarily follow because it is not always the heaviest tax that produces the largest return it wul be made up in other direc tions as hss already been ahown by past slashes to the sales tax if the promise of the premier is implement ed at the coming session as it un doubtedly will be the whole country wul materially benefit and nobody men than the workera of canada up on whom the levy falle heavily loyal true blue blue orncgjt the loyal true blue lodge no mj georgetown held their regular meet ing on thursday dec uth when th following omcer wen elected and in stalled by district deputy grand itis- tnss sister ura gamble httfl by worshipful mistress mrs lappln of acton wor suitress sister mrs wm roney deputy mistressbister mrs a semple rscsec sister mrs a carter pinsecblsier miss j paulkner treasurer bister mrs p bralsby chaplain sister mrs h dickie director of ceremonies siller mrs v kentner condutor bister miss m bralsby inside tyler sister miss b robin son outside tyler bra r buchanan committee bros a lewis r peal r mccartney e mecnlght p mo- nelly school bbpobt op s 8 no ft egquesino lsuehouse br iv elsie davles hon oil tyres doris aowdy harold johnson jr iv tom packer dennis hill edith tyres robbie lane lloyd given sr ill evelyn johnson hon eva tyres msrgant brown earl scott harry bmethurat jr in myrtle psrnell dorothy cleave harry deveroaux jr n wilfred johnson hon peggy smethurst bulle oxley helen dev eroaux primer harold brown hon in scott hon dorothy johnson dorothy tyres biuie ulluen jean parneu given hill alma tyres doris mitchell ruth norton lome norton lilian johnson margaret b young teacher ashgrove the monthly meeting of th ash- grove w e was held at th horn of mra r w reed after th opening exercises the roll was called and an- awered by a christmas recipe very full and interesting reports of th axv nul convention held in toronto war given by mrs a ruddeu and mr b wilson then was singing of chriat- mas carols in which all joined a paper ably handled by mrs j allien on the subject teaching children th true value of christmas tu well re ceived and waa followed by a general discussion of the subject an exhibit of home made candy in baskets proved delicious both to eye and taste th use of the national anthem ejosart tho meeting a dainty lunch was then served terra cotta paaltry sag petateee small unmerchantable potato may very profitably be fed to poultry an experiment to oompan boiled potatoes with com meal in the isylng mash showed that th potatofed pens did even better than when com meal was used etch group was fed a scratch mixture of two parts of cracked com two parts wheat and on part oats one group received a dry mash con taining equal parts of oorn m wheat bran wheat mmying and crushed cat the other group receiv ed a moist mash consisting of aqua parts of wheat bran wheat middlings and crushed oats mixed with boiled potatoes the proportions fed wen two parts potatoes and one part mash each group received charcoal grit milk green feed and water both egg production and hatching results show ed an advantage in the esse of the potatofed poultry york county is required to nan mon great young jersey bulls than any other county in america one reason is that there an three bagg herda in the county and for two de cade only ouutandirig sins have been used in these herds production com bined with show ring quality 1 con sidered essential thenforo sire an selected only from famllla known both in show ring and at the pap an outstanding festure of the noent international live stock show at chicago waa the oac exhibit built around the theme canadian lamb has a plaoe in the sun it was prepared under the direction of john buchanan director of extension at oaxf in co operation with the industrial and de velopment council of the canadian meat packen marun buds woe white wysndottes owned by hon john b martin minister of agricul ture scored several notsble victories at the recent chicago poultry show in keen competition they captured th best display award in their class the complete list of winnings by the martin birds was aa follows let and and 4th cockerels 1st and 3rd 4th and sth hens 1st 3rd and 4th old pens and and and srd young pens a total of 48 bird wen entered by hon mr martin who had not ahown at chicago for three yean any elaborat account of canada lart in the international live stock exposition at chicago is nnderod pro- hlbluve in this oolumn due to lack ol space however we believe that cana dian farmers generally followed with keen interest snd pride the dally news- neper reports of remarkable victories scored by qamrtuni in the depart ment of held crops lira stock poultry arid others on pridsy evening deo cut th members of the terra oolta n wjj and ujvwjd dubs wen ontertalned to a delightful evening at the horn ol mr snd mrs j c cook it bunt th occasion of their annual oyster sup per and banquet after all bad don justice to the good things provided by the utiles the toast followed with mr t l lull acting as toast sr our king was responded to by th singing of the notional anthmottr county proposed by a siwi rasponded to by singing o oanad the organisation proposed by j a mckane responded to by p l thomp son host and hostess by t o dot- son responded to by j c cook the mmalnder of the evening was enjoy- ably spent to progressive euchre with honor being won by miss bjdnd mao- donsld and p c rhorapson oncers for the corning year ra oj o president b young vloepns r b leslie sectreaa p l thomp son directors a minnnnild w a lyons a dolson auditors t o dol- son p petch ofwo president mrs a dol son vlcepraa mra p l thompson sectreas mra p petch asst seov- treaa mn r b leslie plower com mlttee miss a asannaij pimlit mra t anderson librarian mr p dick working while th occupant swim burglars broke into six residences la the west end of ouelph during bun- day night and made off with money and jewellery with total sstlmtted value of between tho and 1410 v norval the nerval united church t p held their weekly meeting dm mb with the president in the chair th meeting opened with hymn 100 and prayer by rev mr sietrinni mr i pomeroy read th scripture lesson the minutes of last meeting wen read and adopted and the business arisint from same discussed the debater were chosen for coming debate nd the roll call answered the meeting was then taken in charge by th liter ary vicepresident miss plorane mc laughlin and the following program given a humorous raadlng by miss dorothy wauon which received a hearty encore mr donald bull with miss l mcdougal st the piano played two violin selections which wen much sppreciated mr harold lyon gave a aplendld paper on christma mra c ranklne sang a solo and graciously responded with an encore which was much enjoyed mra p hustler ac companied mrs ranklne on the plana mr and mra w p laldlaw sang vary sweetly a duet entlted para to pace at the close of th literary program a shower wss tendered to mra a evans a recent bride to which mm vans responded in a few well chosen words the seels part was then taken in charge of mlsa l mcdougauf aodal vicepresident many eontest and games wen enjoyed after which lunch was served to an attendance of over surly a farmer having very- light land suffered much from hla surface soil blowing and wasting away now he drawa manure out and leavea it epraad on the aurface he saya that h his soil as well as enriches it and gen erously asks that this ida be pasasd on to others likewise ftj