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w o Ahesclat.f, r\AY'\\ 1 % Th TERROR TO SHEEP--OWNERS Representative in Legislature Makes Plea for Govern-- -- ment Assistance in Fencing Farms and by [ Increasing Bounty | In the hope of combatting the pres-- rather ths;nd carry on and have them exterminated. f ent wolf menace on Manitoulin Island, "}o the Government going to let Thomas Farquhar, U.F.O. member fO"| manitoulin's most profitable industry| the riding of that name, urged, before| pass out ofdex'ist%nci?" a;kfadk Mtrh Fafi-i j resterday, that the| quhar, "and sit back an e the at-- the Leglslatuxi'g ti' farmers, financi.| titude that it is helpless to do anything government a 1e *# | to check the wolf menace?" ally, in erecting wolf--proof fences. | _ _"What would you suggest?" asked Mr. Farquhar said that by fencing ) the Prime Minister. in their pastures many farmers had! "I think an };lcé'eflsedpbmmlt]y "'Oglfé e help some," replie r. Farquhar, "bu managed to prevent destruction Of| n/} Ljone will not provide a solution their sheep. But, he pointed out, mostl to the problem." farmers were not well enough off tol F'enping. he thought, would meet the meet the cost of such fencing, unless] situation better than a_nything else. the Government was willing to "chip| Hon,. John S. Martin Minister of in" with grants. | Agriculture, said that F. C. Wade, head The Manitoulin member drew a sorry| of the Live Stock Branch, had con-- picture of the dying out of the sheep--| ferred recently with various Manitoulin Yraising industry in his riding. The|people, with a view to effecting, if woi\'e; hr~ become so numerous, he| possible, some scheme, whereby some-- said, that last year 52 farmers had| thing could be done for t'ie sheep and disposed of their entire flocks of sheep,lagamst the wolves, 7 A BY NEW LEGISLATION St. Catharines Member Sees __--._.._._._-- Way to Kill Little Proposed Measure Affects Bootlegger Cases Where They Are t l + ++ "Beer never hurt anybody," declared ~99|90t9d in Wid E. C. Graves (Conservative, St. Cath-- senmnmeamemameamimnke arines) in the Legislature last night, | POWER GlVEN TO JUDG ES declaring that he would support "a beer proposition" as a temperance move in | Sumpenerooes enmvouse im the Province. 1 it do€ 4 ; '"Why," said he, "even a man 's A measure to provide for the liveli-- gct \Xx':fnk on beer he's a happy intoxi-- hood of widows and orphans in cases cant You never heard of such a man where the husband has willed away killing anybody." A from them his personal estate was in-- _ Mr. ?r:ivizmsmxt':gc:hx;tcaggge Lff;; it troduced in the Legislature by Premicr "";: l::illi%g the'%(;g bootlegger., | *'Fhere Ferguson yesterday afternoon. is still the little bootlegeger who sells The bill, which is entitled the Widows after hours," he went on, "l%ult1 f ch'?ck and Orphans' Maintenance Act of 1928, UP, gguthcifir'r'mst:igngeyq}éag\% tlllznfift-v makes possible an application before a or sixty or séventy yea:r old drunkard. Judge in Chambers of the Surrogate What we are trying to do is to'save the Court, and empowers the Judge to order your}x{g pegple. A}?d tldlggtlai ;lgasr'}',gtfiee& : t i speaker here who, an allov.anlc'e f1 ?:n th'ic estate up tohthe Liquor Control Act, has suggestt'!'cl any-- amount that the widow, or orphan, thing against the young people. would be entitled to had the husband "I stand for temperance," said Mr. ; died intestate. Graves. "I hope the liquor revenue The principle of the proposal, said decreases And I belteve that that is the Prime Minister, was not unheard of| what this Government hopes. We should in the Legislature, for from time to time ; check up the permits to stop the little suggestion had been made, the thought| pootlegger, and educate the people in of which was incorporated in the new | the ways of temperance." bill. Modern methods of business, he | noted, had resulted in new avenues of | investment, and the character of the| estates had changed. Formerly estates | were largely made up of real estate, and | the widow had protection through the Dowry Act, but in these modern times the bulk of an estate is often personal Where the husband dies intestate the & widow is entitled to her share, but hus-- bands may will away the whole of their personal estates, Thinks Principle Bad. "Obviously," said Mr. Ferguson, "this f has led to many cases of hardship. I believe that the principle is a bad one: and the day has come when we must * do something to see to it that the wife and children should have some guaran-- tee of sustenance during their lifetime. | "This bill provides that a widow or . o orphans, or the official guardian, may f make application to a court in a proper :case," he explained. M | Sees Duty to Be Done. « | * |__"I realize that it is a serious matter M to interfere with the last will and testa-- ment of a man, but it is our duty to a see to it that widows and orphans have -- reasonable protection. Under the proper conditions the Judge may make such s allowance from the estate as he decides necessary to give the wife and children proper maintenance." The Premier's explanation of the measure was followed by approval from * both sides of the House. #