| - - ¥ ® The Dryden Observer VOLUMZ VII. Special Agricultural Edition DRYDEN, Ontario, March 18th, 1927. To The Editor Dear Editor--This is in reply to the writer of the article about the special meeting of Wabigoon School Board which appeared in your issue of Feb 25th. The writer says the meeting was de- manded by the rate payers, to consider the use of the school for the Young Peoples Club, and other organizations, and it is to this statement I wish to raise an objection as the purpose of the meeting was to discuss whether or not the school could be used by the Young People's Club, and all other purposes. say that the special ed by Mr D. J. Wilson, educational values, He mentions that one speaker said that two former members did most of the work of building. the school and 1 might say that this pick and shovel work is still going on, and some thing are being unearthed, which these tw of the former beard may be asked to explain in the near future, why the; were buried so deeply. "He whe lives in a glass house, etc.," and in reference the sanitan question, the board pointed out tha members of the Y.P.C. did considerabl smoking in the children's room, instead of in the hallway, in fact had been same offence twice, and also on one occasion the: had left a deg in the school all night, which did considerable damage to the furnishings. His nasty referenc about the read meeting did not de n to his remarks about spoken to about this to help the cause either. He then accuses the Swedish peo ple that they voted solid aganst th A Y.P.C using the schoel, but I would like to point eut that he had some Swedish names on his petition as well. and as the vote was taken by ballot it woul' 'e impossible to know The in sulting talk a' cu' {!.c government put- ting these people on their feet was un- called for and if it hadn't been for a whe voted for cr arainst it. grouch he might have had Canada. When the chaimran asked them to prepare to vote, and they saw the per- son who was calling for the rights and privileges of the people, it reminded many of a meeting a year ago, and also 'of the story of Ali Baba and the forty theives. The Swedish people of Wabigoon are all loyal British subjects and so far as we have known, have never cnjoye:! any of the questionable privileges They get the same trea'- other British subject. They are good citizens, and have made farms and are refers to. . ment as any for themselves fine raising good, loyal families. And now I will ask the writer of the previous article who boasted so much about being an Englishman and proud of his birthplace, etec., if he imagines England and Englishmen are a hd of him as he is that he is an blishman.--ONE OF THE BOARD. As the chairman pointed out, this was a rather drastic demand. as they had no idea what they might be called on to let the school for. Your correspondexi also goes on to meeting was a ~ demonstration of pure "Meadow Sahe." Phrases of this king are not expected] from a man who is championing the cause of the Y.P.C., which was organiz- the United], Church Student, and that the Club is formed on account of its uplifting and ASE TAKE NOTICE THAT ALL wood from Mr Tom dmski, shall be liable for the pay- ent to C. J. Wright, as he has sell wood without my (Signed)--C. J. WRIGHT, Dryden, Ont bns buying authority to onder. March 3rd, 1927. ---_ Do you believe in this kind of PROTECTION? The only Real Protection for your property and home is- INSURANCE. . E. GIBSON, Agent, Dryden; ni You are Invited to Attend a Child Hygiene Conference for all children under six years of age, to be held on WEDNESDAY afternoon, of every week, from 2 to * 4 p.m., in the Council Chamber in the Town Hall, Dryden. KATHERINE OSBORNE, Provincial Public Health Nurse. Dryden Creamery Dear Editor--It was with much regret that I read about the conditions of the Dryden Creamery regarding the poor (Continued from last week) support the farmers were giving it "EQUAL rights for all and special j wheh appeared in your issuse of March privileges for none," has been a slogan | 11th. I should imagine that avery in rural Ontario for the past eacade, | farmer in the district would be glad but what we want row is equal op- | ¥© support to the fullest extent such an portunities for the country boy ang | Industry, but it appears that such is girl in educational matters with thei; {°F the case and they do not seem to town and city confercrs. To th {realize that in supporting the creamery trained in the habit and thoughts o | they are bettering their own conditions pre-war days, it may sound impossible 1 if listrict prospers, every in- or if possible, neither practical benefit of same. (Contributed by Nurse Osborne) wanted. But as stated in the is ahead of | It is difficult to measure in actual article, if the future men and cle stated, but [terms of disease the harm that wll of rural Ontario ar : several farmers ultimately result to the large number in the economic b: r cream elsewhere and the |of children in Ontario who are handi- we must provide th his I do not know. Perhaps | capped as the result of bad food habits. sary facilties to do so 1 to Dryden once or|No serious thought is given the ques- Township School This article was handed in for publica- Boards. tion by a member of the an The problem of providimg some type of permanent buildings of Agricultural fair grounds is one which has been con- fronting practically all-of our Agricul- tural Societies; and to many the prob- lem is still a perplexing one without any apparent solution. This was our problem and still we were boasting of our 14th annual fair. We have a good fair with quite a large number of exhibits and a good atten- dance and yet we have had no buildings not even owing the grounds on which the fair is held. Before permanent buildings are estab- lished the question of grounds should be carefully considered. The grounds should be quite close in, level, and sufficiently large for the purpose. We settled this question by getting the sports committee of the town and the society to ccopera'e. Then a local carp- Food For Children the not = re : R i 3 : enter and a painter were approached Sod pert oe uous ON io up. Sven 18 ed ie pproached on ere not satisfied with the [tion of making it easy for the child of {the matter of preparing a suitable arch : is, ap these I would say: |cre or two years to acquire 2a liking for jfor the main entrance to the grounds. ie e i 1 3 They prepared one and were glad to donate it to the Society. It bears the inscription, "Agricultural Society and Sports Grounds.' of | wholesome, inexpensive and essential f d the opposite is ncing fair build- y settled. Various i such as hav- scriptions or nd of a com- procuring a an amortiza- ty of putting ip drive and in this mment grant. prise of this a donation, boys in manual tra in sewing and cox tinuation schools, collegiates, they als=c 7 0 get a seco ¥ rm r interest is ever to 2 normal se RE embership plar A commercial cox will e able. At this al cou I the skating and were also trying to ; ny 2 ian to secure a per- or industrial wer slziways w difficulties cor- technical school » | satisfaction we decided ~ to he mv have Er Cha . community build may h ¢ of a rink on the Some course as SVE BETEr I Still fu he city ng crea vy of a rink as an Agri- already at werk may secure 2 second- {at Dryden building readily sug- rantages. A combined g rink gives lost of ncluding stock, chibits. It is a to have all ex- women may be found in regular tendance at night school classes, ing themselves mere adequately for their particular vocation, Why should rural communities notin have advantages in their elementan schools similar to those enjoyed by! urban centres. Why should a high| school education not be access t every rural child. Why shoul h have the same opportunity ni} child to choose a course t needs? And why should h he has left the elementary school ible . In fact it us to mention. paral Society stand- it has any dis- > 3} » taken up farm work, have a chance t ed with other extend his education in =a d this com- part- course at a convenient time of ti year? It is admitted by all who hav the interests of rural child heart that there shou he teaching eof = itfosomeexte t ving some cir- the drive as a ty building as a it town and coun- as manual training, h cien gt morning prayer at sermon will; to Sabscribe in support and elementary agriculture, all . e and t Evening prayer =me. The town people and the which have a perticular usefulness fc = he . within a radius of six the country child. C asly . 3 As life memberships to the ex- stfuciion camiot be gained unter exis . . ut 80 per cent. Farther from rr IW Rey a 2 : n Sm difficult to secure ing conditions, as ore teacher cammof|_; B sver, I am quite sure that possibly teach the ordinary subjects of | 0 " through this that Ij ship is nearly three times -onld have bbeen had we con- v other type of building. 1e benifit in a better grade and | _ G. Kelley, Baili . : You who read this may be iPUSiRess visit to Osaquan this ree TD te special work. under the impression that Iam a share-} - Mrs J. B. Gates has relmmey home," drive * The rural boy requires a secondary |}, der or an official of the creamery, i after an extended trip to the States. territory uj education as much as the city boy. Hej, .« 1 have nothing to do with the point one or two men the school programme in all the grades and do justice at the same time to his " ; ° s This divides the work, but you are not Com munity Rip k likely to get as good results as you would if a smaller number of men did the work. We do not usually think of a person soliciting life memberships in a society as a salesman, but if he is go- ing to get results he must be a real salesman. He must be sold with the idea himself and then he can sell his , prospects. In our case, the drive was put on during the entire summer and was largely carried out by enthusiasts ;in town. Credit is due to Dr Banting for the sale of so many life members. The first canvass for members was made on sports day. A tent was placed on the grounds and a streamer placed outside, inviting everyone to become a life member and support community in- terests. We also used the local paper ahd the editor was quite profuse in aunding the plan. In our case, post date checks were taken which were in the form of an application. In some es we promised to allow the individual to work out this amount. This was arrang- ed by the contractor. If an individual was approached on the matter and re- fused his name was placed on a separ- ate list and he could depend on being canvassed several times. We aimed to tell the man and his wife in every pos- sible case, All lists were checked over occasionally and every dissenter given second call. One man after being ap- proached several times finally promised that he would sign the 400th check, and we made sure that he signed exactly that one. Fair day was used #0 good ad- vantage to pick up a few stragglers. When you have about 300 applications signed, you are in a position te consider the kind of a building. The size and completeness of your building will depend on the capital yau have and the support the project is re- ceiving. If might be advisable to sup- plement your funds by borrowing addi- tional amounts... For a rough estimate, 20 cents per cubic foot content will cov- er the cost of construction. You might think that a large building would be less expensive on the basis of eubieal content but the larger the building will require a more expensive frame, so (Cont'd. on page six) LL BB Ee Shi mRin pies Bg I CAN ASSIST YOU To Prepare Your INCOME TAX RETURNS Which must be filed not later than April 30, 1927. Moderate Charge Absolute Secrecy. A. J. LOCK Trappers and Radio License Issued. Hunting, ; Office Phone, 20 R-2-- --House 20 R-3. i= ---HARNESS-- We now have a Complete Stock of HARNESS AND HARNESS HARDWARE Suitable for this District. Also---- SWEAT PADS, CURRY COMBS & BRUSHES WHIPS, COLLARS Etc. Harness Repaired-- --Coliasg Refaced --Also-- Boots--and--Shoes REPAIRED -- F. WILLARD. SS ESET CLS NR SER MAID WANTED--Apply Mrs M. F. COOK, Dryden i ar i = % i Town of Dryden |! TENDERS for scavenger and general | teamwork for the Town of Dryden, will be received by the undersigned," until April 1st, 1927. Work to com- mence on April 15th and continue for a period of six months. Tenders to be | marked "Tenders for Scavenger, Ete." | Full particulars regarding contract can be obtained from Councillor M'Kay. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. needs it for two important reasons: first that he may be better equipped for his life's work, and second that he may be the better prepared to. dis- charge his duties as a citizen The farmer today requires something more than the rudiments of education furnished by the country school. Ha must have in addition to a good general education a knowledge of the applica- tion of science to the raising of crops and stock. In no other department of industrial life has advance been more vapid during the past few years, than in the adoption of scientific methods in agriculture. No farmer, if he wishes to be successful can now carry creamery outside of being a regular shipper, and the reason I write is simply that I don't wish to see such an industry on which the farmers exest- ence is more or less depending, go to te rocks. Therefore I call on all yon who have not patronized the creamery to do so in the future to your utmost ability. It's you who will derive the benefit! Let's try and double our efforts to keep the creamery a going concern, and those who invested their money in such an industry should certainly be worth our whole-hearted appreciation. Put personal grudges aside and show the real community spirit by patroniz- ing our creamery. J. E. GIBSON, Clerk. on farm operations as did his grand- ARR. SG SS 3 father, half a century ago. He mus? --E. G. SPRENG, Waldhof, Ont. ne -- STAR POCL ROOM keep up with the agricultural knowlodge of he ymes, o fall sion At Dryden Red Cross Hospital, on in the race. . If Ontario is to holc ex \ Tuesday, March Sth, 1927, to Mr and position as an agricultural province it Mrs J. L Duncan, 0; Iztam, a Sob. will depend upca the continuous im- i & BARBER SHOP. ! in the Freidman Building A nice, clean, comfortable place with excellent Pool and Billiard _ Shaving Needs: -- Dry riday, Marc vine Brichec provement of farming methods result- iy Dy Shiny Xk hay, Sais Tables. Shaving Brushes . : 1 3 : Z Mr C 'S S. mn- Shavir SO S ing from an ever-increasing knowledge We 4 iit ln BARBER SHOP Shavine Soaps of the application of scienee to agri- f After Shaving Lotion culture. A good dedl of this knowledge should come to the boy who is gong to be a farmer as part of his secondary school course. Such a course is not a luxury, but a real necessity for the rural pupil from the point of view of his vocation.. 4 : A secondary school course Is equally necessary from the standpoint (Cont'd. on page five) We ask you to give us a trial io the new Barber Shop Highest Class Work. \Ve cater especially to Country trade, and invite you to call in when in town. At Davidson Hospital, Davidson, Sask., to Mr and Mzrs- Harold Silver, formerly of Dryden, on Sunday, March 6th, 1927, a son (Harold Ray) At Dryden, Ont, on Sunday, March 13th, 1927, to Mr and Mrs A. Brampton. a daughter. Ladies and Children-- At Dryden, Ont., on Monday, March --Special Attention. 14th, 1927, to Mr and Mrs Jas. Hatch, es Ax a son. i M. HUTZAL, Mgr fLecES Styptic Pencils. Soothing Cream NBs MODELS $1.00 to $5.00 Gillette Safety Razor The Dryden Pharmacy