@ )- REED) ED (GERD ARID ER AO D-CA -(-- -& OXDRIFE MINNITAKI : ew EAGLE RIVER | vy DINORWIC WALDHOF Hal DYMENT VERMILION BAY Ta IGNACE QUIBELL RICHAN VOL. XI. DRYDEN, ONTARIO, JULY 14th, 1933. : No. 28. THE COLUMNIST I am very much concerned. Really I am frightened. Terribly so! Frightened of physical harm? Well no, but scared that public opinion cpines that I have lost: my senses. I am trying to form a' new political party, and already I hear mutterings. I am trying t6 help the out-of- 'works, and the out-of-works are al- ready cursing me for my folly. The upshot of the whole thing, is that I believe only a few of us are sane and that the rest are crazy. I might wondsr, but still I don't need to, what thé world thought of Moses. The Biblical record shows us the ancient world's feeling towards Moses. Dissensions, mutterings, bick- erings and after all his work and outside of the promised land, and be buried without a tombstone. Of course the modern world knows that he was a marvel, a wonder, a giant, a leader. 'What have I to do with Moses? Well, modesty forbids me making the parallel but you may. Anyhow, my new party, is going to save you, whether you want it or not. I am going to show you how to be prosperous within the limits of right thinking and decency. And yet at the beginning you will say, "Slush," and all Kkinds of nasty, naughty words. Now, I am going to ask you some- thing, and in calling me crazy, I want your answer. I 'presume a sane man works by logic, proves his theories, before he announces them, makes no rash nor random statements, and is generally conservative in utterance. Which brings me by similarity of name to the Conservative Party. Is this party sane or not? Well, if tradition, history count for anything. It, it has certdinly the noblest sanity of them all. Has it? Let's see, and you judge. The leader of the Conservative Party, Premier Bennett, is in Lon- don, going there with the avowed purpose, - of asking for wheat pro- duction "restriction. I quote from newspapers. Three yéars ago, he promised, if elected, that he would blast his way into foreign markets. I do not remember that he specifi- cally said wheat, but naturally that was meant, because it is the great product of our country, and the major thing to blow, blaze or blast into any foreign land. His present proposal means ithat he was crazy then, or he is crazy now. But nobody accuses the sacrosanct old parties of insanity., That accus- "ation, is intolerable. We much pre- fer to muddle along 'with the old stuff, with all us, than pick up some new idea that could make us no worse and might help us. And so, of course, as the apostle of the new Altruistic party, I am going to get the devil John Maynard Keynes is an econo- mist of high repute. He wrote books to prove this or that and once or twice he hit it right. But he so generally failed, that now, he has turned right round, and contradicts the statements made $so confidently before. I suppose some would argue that that was sanity. I am going to much trouble to get you interested in my new party. I thought I should be able to propound its principles in this issue, but I find more prologue necessary, than I an- ticipated. : So, I am going to disappoint tem- porarily, but not ultimately. I have been diverted, like many other reformers. Before going into the. field of merciless logic, IT must prove myself sane, or else prove the insanity of others. ! I knew a man once that had a bull Jt was a nice gentle bull, but it had its oddities. It had a ring in it's nose, and a child, could haul it, around by a rope tied to the ring. Rit the auiet kind bull became a fiend if his horns were touched. When the animal was three years old, a new hired man came to the farm. He was warned of Mr. Bull's peculi- arities. For seven years, he handled the sire without trouble, then the hired man married and passed to his own farm. The owner once more had to look after the bull One day he took it from the barn to the pasture. Then, he who had exhorted others, preaching care to everyone, carelessly took hold of the massive horns. In a moment, like a flash, the bull turned on him, ran Community Hall Saturday, July 15th, trouble, the poor beggar had to stay its cruelties towards: Team Games Won Lost Tied Points Skeeters 10 8 2 0 16 Rangers 10 7 3 0 14 D.C.8 10 5 5 0 10 Ramblers 10 4 6 0 8 Red Sox 10 4 6 0 8 Riversides 10 2 8 0 4 Men : Team Games Won Lost Tied Points Hawks 10 8 2 0 16 Van Horne 10 7 2 1 15 Shamrocks 9 Gen 2 1 13 Sandies 10 4 6 0 8 D.C. 8S. 9 2 7 0 4 Rice Lake 8 0 8 0 0 |Harris; 26 D. McPherson vs 26 Froud; 24 E. Elliott vs 27 I. J. Mec Pherson; 15 Thos. Crawley vs 23 J.J Announcements Le lt Ei emilee} Announcements in this column are . charged at the rate of 50¢ per inch, per week, with a minimum charge cf 25¢ When accompanied by order for posters, coming events are printed free of charge. The C.W.L. will hold a Home Baking Sale and a few articles of fancy work at the home of Mrs. Paul Klementek on July 22nd, from 3 to 5 p.m. Everybody welcome. 2C 5 * * * Peter Heenan, M.P., and Earl Hut- chinson, M. L.A. will address Public Meetings at Oxdrift, in the Commun- ity Hall, Tonight, (Friday July 14th), at 8 p.m., and at Dyment, in the at 8 p.m. iC * * * == BASEBALL Er) The Coming Event of the Season. The Old Timers, under Capt. Dusty Warren, will meet Lorne Whiting's Specials next Thursday evening, at the Fair Grounds. Keep the date ceen. The following are the lineup: Foote, Miller, Adair, Willard, Berry, Bedomme, Withrow, Upton, Pitt, Warren. iC SOFTBALL GAMES NEXT WEEK All Games at 6.30 p.m. Ladies Friday, July 1l4th--Skeeters vs Rangers; Monday, July 17Tth--D.C. S. ve Red Sox; Wednesday, July 19th-- Rangers vs D.C. S.; Friday, July 21st --Ramblers vs Skeeters. Men Tuesday, July 18th--6.15 p.m.--Van Horne vs Shamrocks; 7.15 p.m.--Rice Lake vs Hawks. Thursday, July 20th --6.30 pm--D.C.8.- vs Van Horne; 6.45 p.m.--Shamrocks vs Rice Lake, at Rice Lake. SOFTBALL LEAGUE STANDING AS AT JULY 12th, 1933. Ladies Final. GOLF NOTES The draw for the first round of the Annual knock-out Competition for the President's Cup is as follows: 17 Dr. Morison vs Bye; 16 Ross] Hamilton vs 18 Wm. Lewis; 24 Reg. Boyle vs 17 Wm. Hambleton; 26 Lew. | Neale vs 24 Reg. Harris; 20 Dr.] Wood vs 22 J. BE. Gibson; 18 J. A | Jack vs 24 HH. Gammon; 17 Dr. Ding-' wall vs 26 Ward Scott; 20 J. A. Pitt; vs Bye; 18 H. Brownhill vs 20 J. § Wilson; 28 Joe Armstrong vs 19 J. T | B. Davidson; 28 Frank Whiteley vs 22 Wm. Russell; 19 A. McIntyre vs: Bye; 19 Frank Foulis vs 21 H. Humphreys. } The above games are to be played; off by July 24th and cards to be signed and turned in to Dr. Morison. Ross Hamilton, or Thos Crawley. 3 Instructions regarding handicaps: shown above will be posted on the notice board at the first tee on ithe course. The official rules of St. Andrew's Golf Club must be strictly adhered to in all games, except where covered by local ground rules. All games will be eighteen holes with the exception -of the final, which will be thirty-six holes. : him against a tree, and left him a mangled mass. The world is always dangerous, or danger lies in it. It is generally somnolent. Some days, it breaks out, then someone suffers. There are no bulls in my Altruistic Party. £5) GED () SED () EPID: () SEED () SEED () TEED () SEED () SHE (SEE OED () SND ) SED () GIES Ld PAPAIN ANP APIS PPPS SSIS POPS SPP § PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY = COMPOUNDED i RUBBER GOODS, Phone 69 | i { ! | | e Harris Drug Store THE REXALL STORE DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS, TOILET GOODS, FILMS, { | { | [ [ [ EE 320 (SESE (EER O-EEE- OGD OGRE E05 (ERR: MAGAZINES, ETC. Reg Harris, Phm. B,, Prop. | the LOCALS SPLIT TWIN BILL WITH KEEWA- TIN LAST SATURD'Y. Visitors Lost: Matinee Exhibition counter. and lost a game in the first visit of the Flour Town aggregation here last Saturday afternoon and cut a smart looking troupe of ball tosers, including many of the old timers well known to baseball fans here. Ray Robertson, Gor- don Inglis, Finer Christiansen, and Teet Sweet were more or less expected, but it remained for Cecil Carey to provide the thrill for the supporters of yesteryear, when he stepped gaily forth in a brand new uniform. A return game in Keewatin in August is mooted for the locals. Dryden 7 -- Keewatin 4. Playing almost airtight ball behind Milo Upton, the locals took a firm hold on the first game in the second frame when Kerney, Upton and Foote tallied on sound hits by Upton, Foote and Berrey. ' Keewatin scored in the third but the advantage was wiped out when Uton again trotted home in the fourth. 'Three runs in the last of the sixth put the game on ice for the home boys, although ithe visitors put up a spirited three run rally in their half of the seventh. The local battery, comprised of Upton and Foote, functioned perfectly in field- and were brilliant at bat. Berrey was also an important factor in the victory. Ray Robertson started on the mound for the losers, but re- linquished his task to brother Percy in the closing innings when Dryden found his range. The veteran Chris- tiansen was behind the plate. : Teams. Keewatin--Ray Robertson, Inglis, Christiansen, Carey, Sweet, Matchett, McLaughlin, Davis and Percy Rob- _ertson. Dryden--Yaworski, Berrey, Mitchell, Barber, Count Sfreddo, Kerney, Up- ton, Louis Sfreddo and Foote. Keewatin 8 -- Dryden 6. The visitors took sweet revenge in the night cap when a couple of cost- ly miscues behind Barber allowed valuable runs to score in the third, fifth and sixth frames. The front and of the invading batting order deserved great credit for their con- sistent display of pill pounding. Tak- ing the lead with three runs in the third, the Millers were never headed despite determined efforts by the locals to equalize. Buss Barber al- most gave the home fans new life when his hard driven liner to short got away and rolled down the road, allowing Buss to circle the diamond. {Percy Robertson heaved for the visit- ors and received splendid support. 1He retired an even dozen batters via strikeout route. Buss Barber with a little tighter support in the pinches would have made things more interesting as ten opposing batsmen died at the plate swinging at his Keewatin--Percy Robertson, Inglis, Christiansen, Carey, Sweet, Matchett, McLaughlin, Davis and Ray Robert- son. Dryden--Yaworski, Upton, Mitchell, Berrey, Anderson, Louis Sfreddo, Stansfield, Barber, Count Sfreddo and Kerney. BIRTHS July 5th, Gene Mc- Hospital, on Wednesday, 1933, to Mr. and Mrs. Monagle, a son and Mrs. "Q. Ross (Venna Lee). 1933, to Mr. Hamilton, a daughter. SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR DISTRICT NEWSPAPER. cant afford neglect ur INSURANCE 0 {2 XE O-E-O J. E. GIBSON, AGENT. to Locals, But Evened Series by Smart Win in Evening En- Playing smart baseball in turn Keewatin and Dryden each won evening. Johnny Harkins trotte:l McMONAGLE--At Dryden Red Cross HAMILTON--At Dryden Red Cross Hospital, on Wednesday, July 12th, A BRIEF HISTORY OF OXDRIFT'S EARLY DAYS Herewith we publish an inter- esting paper, given by Mrs. A. H. Browning, of Oxdrift, at a recent W.I meeting. : * * * Eton Township, dn which the station of Oxdrift is situated had its first lot located in the year 1897. We had no roads 'then, just eut out bush trails, where it was easiest to cut through the bush. The first school was a log siruc- ture built in the year 1898. The first Iegislative grant for roads was made in the year 1898, when Mr. Andrew Hutchinson, of ryden, was overseer in cutting trail from Dryden to Oxdrift, and on the school road back to the Wabi- goon river. Our Township grants in those days were from $300 to $500 a year. In 1913 Eton Township had three a schools, twenty-three miles of roads. one store, situated at Oxdrift, and onie post office, combined with a daily mail service. There were just 63 families, nearly all of whom were progressive Eastern bred farmers, and comprised about 225 of a population. In the year 1900, Mr. B. Brignall sowed the first clover seed in the district and in a few years everybody had a small paich of clover growing. (I say small because we had very little cleared land in those days.) And then they had no way of gett- ing it thrashed, but not beaten yet, they thrashed it out with a flail and sowed the chaff. A few years later, F. T. Brignall got in a clover machine form East- ern Ontario, we were by this time growing quite a lot of clover seed, and no market except by sending samples to seed houses and taking their price and weight, and in return they would send you a cheque just (Continued on Page Four) BEDWORTH PLAY- ERS SCORE BIG SUCCESS HERE Despite the extreme heat, the Pulp Mill Hall was well filled Monday night, when the Bedworth Commun- ity Players presented their play, "The Ginger Girl," under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Can- adian Legion, B.E.S.L. ; The story of the success of the play, when it was first produced at Bedworth, was known and the large audience that went expecting a lot of the performance here, left thoroughly satisfied. These players from Bedworth are really splendid and it would be difficult to pick : crowd of amateurs anywhere whe could have done better. Hach a' his part to perfection, the whole cast turning in a remarkable performance During intermission, a chorus by the Auxiliary choir was much enjoy- ed, and humorous songs by Mr. Howarth brought roars of applause. The : following is the cast of the play, which was directed by Miss Laura Findlay and Mr. H. McMillan: Harry Wardner Fred Milanese Grace Wardner Mrs. Bowman Charles Heinz Mario Milanese Laura Heinz .......0 Alice Bowman Polly Sheldon (The Ginger Girl) Mrs. Joe Miller ous. Cringle =... 0... 1.00... Joe Miller Della Sproggs Jenny Reamer Nosley Mosley May Quirk Mrs. H. McMillan Bert Walker 1 slants. Anderson © and Christiansen Ezra B. Meek ........ Mr. Howarth were the opposing receivers. Barney McGuire ......vo.. 4 Billie McMillan Evans and Joe . Miller made the|Carter .............. Cario Milanese decisions. ; Tespis LEGION MEMBERS ENTERTAINED AT EAGLE RIVER The members of Dryden Branch of the Canadian Legion B.E.S.L., their monthly meeting July 8th, at the farm of Mr. Millings, Fagle River, where he had invited the comrades of both towns. The regular business was transact- ed on the lawn in front of the house and at its conclusion, Mr. Joliffe, a Pritish navy pensioner, of Ports- mouth, England, who is cycling across Canada, addressed the veterans. Mr. Joliffe is visiting relations in various parts of Canada and intends to cycle from Kenora to Vancouver, visiting brothers in the west, and then down south to California. He spoke very highly of his welcome at branches in the United Kingdom. Mr. Joliffe is 61 years of age and the journey seems to agree with him judging by his healthy and vigorous appearance. At the close of his address, the veterans (about 45 of them) adjourn- ed to the house for refreshments. Myr. Millings farm house then be- came almost a replica of a French Estaminet in war time. Mademoiselle from Armentieres was, unfortunately. not there to serve drinks, and the khaki uniforms were replaced by "eivies," but the babel of voices, the occasional snatch of a soldier's song, and the general liveliness of the gathering reminded one of the old days when the battalion was out of the "line" for a few days "rest" The cigar ration was donated by Mr. A. Pitt and created quite an opulent atmosphere. The boys certainly did enjoy them- selves and it is to be hoped that ar- rangements will be made for another meeting at Eagle River before the summer 18 oyer, Bd ori TH held | .on Sunday, | his various stopping places and assured Legion members of a similar: welcome if any of them visited .line Madder, i A AA AAA AANA Mrs. H. Morison spent the weekend at the Lake of the Woods. : *® Ed a Mrs. Wren was Ignace Tuesday. * a visitor from * % Miss Marion Duncan has returned, after spending a month at her home in Hamilton, Ont. * * Madder and Miss Rosa- of Winnipeg, are visit- in Dryden. ® 0% * Mrs Frank ing relatives Hon. Peter Heenan, M.P., and Earle Hutchinson, M.L. A. are visiting in the District this week. * * a» Johnnie Klementek .is the guest of Russell Melntyre, at the Mclntyre's summer home at Thunder Lake. * * * Charlie O'Neill has arrived from Winnipeg to spent the summer with Dr. and Mrs. Morison. * * * Miss Barbara Edgar, nurse-in- training at the Port Arthur General Hospital, is spending her annual vacation at her home here. * * * Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Armstrong en- tertained the cast of [the "Ginger Girl"? following their performance Monday night. A delightful time was spent and dainty refreshments were ye Social and Hersonal S Mr. and Mrs. D. Frejd and sons were visitors from Kenora this week. y ER A £3 Miss Laura Findlay left Wednesday to -spend a holiday at Beadle, Sask. * * * Miss Pauline Pinkerton is spending a holiday in Winnipeg. pt * kk J. O. Gough was a visitor from Dyment Tuesday. * * * Mrs. Frank Russell arrived home Saturday morning after an extended visit in Xastern Ontario. * * * Miss Helen Wall, of West Orange, New Jersey, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pitt. * * James Rigbey left Monday night night for Fort William and has since sailed for Montreal. * * Alfred Pitt was a visitor to the Head of the Lakes during the week- end. * * * * Mrs. Geo. Asplund and Miss Carrie * Weeks returned Saturday after spending a short holiday at Eagle River. * * Mr. Ericksen, of Norman, Ont. has been visiting in Dryden, the guest of * IGNACE MAN DROWNS TRYING TO AID FRIEND Fred Lacoste Entangled in Fish- ing Lines While Attempting Angther's Rescue. Becoming entangled in a fish- ing line when he went to the rescue of a companion after their C.P.R. stationary fireman = at Ignace, was drowned in Second Lake near the rail hamlet Satur- day afternoon. ; xX Not long after his two comrades succeeded in reaching shore and help arrived, Lacoste's body was recovered from the lake and prolonged efforts at resuscitation carried out but with- out result. The rescued were Matt Wren and his uncle J. Wren. / The trio were members of a fishing expedition of five, including Sam Kodak and Ed. Perrault, that set out for Second lake early Saturday. La- coste and the two Wrens ventured out on the lake in a canoe and cast their lines when about 75 yards from shore where the water is about 30 feet deep. Someone moved and the craft suddenly upset, plunging the three in the water. ; iy canoe capsized, Fred Lacoste, 50,| served by Mrs. Armstrong, assisted!his son, Const. A, BB and Mrs by Miss Findlay. Ericksen. ; The elder Wren, a non-swimmer. into difficulties and Lacoste and the immediately got sank from view. nephew went to his aid, but the former became tangled up in the fishing lines. The more he struggled the more enwrapped in the lines he became. Uttering no cry for help, he sank from sight as the younger Wren brought his uncle safely to the up- turned canoe. He was entirely una- ware that Lacoste had gone under, believing him to have made his way to shore as he was considered a good swimmer. Body Recovered. The plight of the trio was noticed from shore and J. Thomson aided in the rescue. Then began a search for the missing Lacoste. The body was recovered floating near the surface of the lake, thé limbs fettered with fishing lines. Artificial respiration was tried but. without avail Dr. Morison, coroner, of Dryden, investigated the drowning and de- cided that an inquest was not necessary. He ordered the removal of the body» to Ignace. : Victim Popular Man. 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