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['31 PAGE 4. Whoever is afraid of MW at! W civil or religion to the test of Ira diam is ”salon with his morim’on tmwiththo Truthâ€"WA TSON. Speaking from information gleaned from all over the Province there seems little likelihood of the Conservative Government going down to defeat. It has happened before, but on each occasion there was very good reason for it. Even Mr. Ferguson’s crit- ics admit that he has given the Province a good? government and the time is past when the electors' can be swung as they were ten years ago. The after-a math of the war caused the overthrow of almost: every government in the civilized world, but people now are demanding good business legislation and will vote for it in preference to the redress of any fancied grievance that may or may not exist. Premier Ferguson has announced Wednesday, October 30, as the date of the Ontario elections and from now until polling day the highways and byways will be hot with candidates soliciting votes and every congregation of Ontario humanity will in all proba- bility discuss the election chances of their man and party on each occasion that presents itself. Premier Ferguson is appealing to the country on the past record of the Conservative administration, with a promise of a reduction in the rural power service charge to a maximum of two dollars and a half a month, a reduction in the license fee for all-3 tomobiles, more generous grants to rural schools which take up fifth class work, and an increased Provincial grant for all local roads in the Ilrovince. These are the issues on which the election will be fought There is no disputing the fact that the Ferguson Government has served Ontario well since it assumed office. There has never yet been even an inkling of a charge of graft, there has been no insinuation that one cent of the electors’ money has been improperly used, and while the Opposition as a matter of course will criticize, to date they have made but a very sorry showing in their endeavor to wrest the reins of authority from the Conservative party. In South Grey the fight is a peculiar one. The local member during last session, Mr. F. R. Oliver, is not a member of the Opposition, neither is he a member of the farm group known as the Progres-‘ sives; rather, he is running on the straight U. F. OJ ticket, and as such is opposed to both Conservatives and Liberals, and not on working terms with the Progressives under Mr. Lethbridge. Opposing him is Mr. J. N. Perdue of Holland Township, one of the township’s leading agriculturists, who is running on the straight Conservative ticket. The electors of South Grey are in somewhat of a dilemma. If the Conservatives go back to power and South Grey elects Mr. Oliver we shall be where we are-at present; if the Liberals get into power we shall be in much the same fix. If Mr. Lethbridge and his party can come out of the fray with a majority and are ushered into office it will make no change so far as this riding is concerned. To put is bluntly the only thing that can result in the return of our late member is a position for Mr. Oliver. With polling day less than six weeks away ‘and some of the nominating conventions not yet held there is a lot of work to be done and as the time\ w-ili, pass quickly there will have to be some organization work completed at once. Already the candidates are busy and it won’t be long before the committee rooms are running in earnest. The Durham) Chronicle The Province of Ontario is rapidly forging to the front as the Province of highways, pleasant tours and sociable people. Every year vast numbers of United States motorists make friends on this side of the line, to return again year after year, and in the majority are enthused over the scenic beauty of the Province, her excellent roads and her people. This is about the best advertisement any country could have and will prove an asset in the years to v..â€" come. "The motor car has certainly been kind to Ontario so far as tourists are concerned. It is quite possible that a large number of On‘ tario's residents are not aware of the vast network of highways that have been built up inside the Province, and with this in view it might not be out of place to review them briefly. When in Durham last week Hon. G. 8. Henry, the Minister of High- ways spoke briefly on the plan that had been adopt- ed in the past and intimated that for the future the township roads were to receive more attention. This will be good news to those not now living on the highway, and while there are some who are not in sympathy with the present Government’s plan, even they will admit that it is but natural and right that the trunk roads should receive the first consideration. Without the main' roads there would be little gained by spending money on roads for local traffic entirely. "9 _L.__..___ ' Ontario has at present two thousand six hundred miles of Provincial Highways. In the past five years over one thousand miles of these highways have been paved and the total mileage of paved roads now stands at seventeen hundred and fifty miles. v, v' _____ After next session instead of Provincial Highways the roads of the Province are to be known as the King’s Highways. Even this is objected to in some quarters but the objection must be termed political rather than regarded as any special antipathy to the I”! 'ku-vvvâ€" -- - "w 1923 two hundred 5nd thirty miles wet-e built and THE ONTARIO ELECTIONS ONTARIO’S HIGHWAYS Thursday, September 19, in 1929 two hundred and fifty miles. There are no toll bridges on the highways of the Province, half a million motor vehicles are registered in the Province, nearly half of those in the whole’ Dominion; the number of operators’ licenses issued is between six and seven hundred thousand. One other point in which Ontario leads the .Dominion is in the matter of keeping the highways open for winter traffic. Last winter some fourteen hundred miles were patrolled and kept clear of snow, and at the lnter-provincil Conference held at Ottawa in May 1929 it was said “Ontario appears to be the only Province which has carried out any extensive snow removal programme." In the past twenty-five years one hundred and seventy millions of dollars has been spent on the roads of the Province. In 1928 .no less than twelve millions was spent for construction and maintenance. There are seven thousand nine hundred miles of County Roads in the Province, of which six hundred and fifty are paved. Since 1901 the Province has con- tributedjorty millions for county road construction and maintenance and in the past five years has spent over seventeen millions for this purpose. There are forty-two thousand , miles of Township Roads to which the Province has contributed twenty-two millions. To qualify for these grants a township must abolish statute labor, appoint a road superin- tendent and adopt modern bookkeeping methods. As a result there has been a decided improvement in Township Roads generally. As a result of these expenditures it is gratifying to note that in 1929 the traffic on our roads increas- ed by twenty per cent, and last year 2,762,162 cars entered the Province from outside points compared with 885,293 for the rest of Canada. Canada’s postal clerks have served what might be termed an ultimatum to the postal authorities at Ottawa in asking that the Dominion Departlmenil abolish the Christmas Day delivery of mail so that the city mail carriers may spend the day at home with their families the same as other workers. And why not? What good is a Christmas Day delivery of mail anyway? Who amongst us sets the day apart, for the transaction of business? Rather, this is one day on which we all feel like getting our feet up to the stove, or radiator if we are fortunate enough to , own one, and spend the day in gluttony and sleep. Personally, we would like to see the postal clerks enjoy the same privilege and it is a wonder to us But why stop with the postal clerks? Why not close the whole Post Office Department. Why can not the postmasters, too, enjoy one day a year, es- pecially when it is a day that is given over to any- thing but business? We can picture the reception a manufacturing concern would get were it to request its employees to work on Christmas day. We know from exper-l ience that business letters received on Christmas Day are pigeon-holed until the day after, and what holds good with us, is, we venture to state, the case with everyone else. In fact we believe it is generally an effort to walk up street for the mail on this one par-. ticular day, and were it not for the daily papers it» which only the headlines are read, most of us would refuse to venture forth. Rural mail couriers enjoy the day at home, and of the whole working class, with the exception: of those on the railroads, the postal clerks, mail carriers and post masters are the only ones compelled to pur- sue their daily calling. By all means, we would! say, this official washes his hands of all office cares every) twenty-fifth day of December, and would raise the verv old Harry if someone higher up should insist very 61d Harry if someo that he carry on as usual. Some newspapers carry a “Birthday Greetings” column, but it is only men who are featured. It isn’! safe to tell a woman’s age until she is old enough to blow about it. young pe0ple in Owen Sound and says they need “sports and amusements”. We think that herein lies the trouble. There are' too many people today who depend on amusements as a cure-all. It 1s supposed to keep the boys on the farm, keep the girls at home and goodness knows what else. The sporting editor of the Owen Sound Sun- Times in speaking of he closing of the “Y” in that: city thinks something wi11 have to be done to_keep the It CHRISTMAS MAIL DELIVERY NOTES AND COMMENTS pmtiibtuonms. ‘ The Toronto Globe came out last week {as strongly against the Liquor control Int as in force ot present.__ Several -AflA North Wellington, is a Liberal and is the present Liquor Act will have a hard time to defeat the Doctor in a dry rid- ing like North Wellington. In the South, Guelph plays a large part and the city had a wet majority, although recent events in Guelph, including deaths from liquor and bootlegging in “the Ward" are disqusting many citi- The Rocky U. P. W. 0. met on Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Murray Ritchie with eighteen members present and seven visitors. The meeting open- ed with singing, under the heading “citizenship". Mrs. R. Lawson spoke briefly on the “Briand and Kellogg Peace Pact". Mrs. T. Turnbull on the “Salary of Members in Parliament". and Mrs. T. Lauder on “The Value of Reading in the Home”. In the period allotted for legislation Mrs. D. Lamb spoke on “The Beef Grading Law”, ROCKY SAUGEEN U. F. w. o. MET ON FRIDAY LAST vauv v-u â€" â€"__ Mrs. Lawson on “Vegetable Grading” and Mrs. W. J. McKechnie on “Wheat Pools in Saskatchewan.” The subject “Marketing” was taken by Mrs. T. Tumbull who gave an interesting sketch on the “Most Profitable Method -v-- I. w Cheese” and Mrs. J. W. McKechnie on “Marketing Fruits”. Mrs. R. Lawson. the director for the riding, gave the June reports of the six clubs in South East Grey. Mrs. A. Edge, the presid- ent, gave a short article on “The Good Done by Our Club”. The National An- them closed the meeting and a pleasant social half hour was spent over the tea The Varney UF.W.O. met on Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Bert Wat- son and fourteen members were pre- sent. The meeting opened with com- munity singing and repeating of the creed. During business period arrange- ments were made for relief work for those in the north country in need. Mrs. W. Allan gave an interesting paper on “The monotony of house- work”. The president read a short ar- ticle from the pen of Nellie McClung entitled “Weak spots in women’s or- ganizations”. For roll call each member gave her birthday date. A quotation from Robert Burns poems was read by one member with the Scotch accent. Mrs. A. Marshall contributed a piano solo. Lunch was served by the hostess sand assistants. VARNEY U. I“. W. O. CLUB HELD REGULAR MEETING McWilliams (Our Own Correspondent) Once again we have rallied through the big end of a summer of rustle and bustle. The harvest has almost all been garnered except for a few late varieties of grain such as barley. buckwheat, etc. Judging from reports from the country of lack of rain and crap failures, we seem to be living in a favored corner of the dominion. Although the late crops are not up to the average, we have little to complain of. The stripped fields and cool night and chilly breezes sounds a warning that another busy summer is fast draw- ing to a close and autumn days and wintry blasts are approaching. Whata lot of wosk there is to be done before winter comes! With only one man on‘ a farm he gets no time for holidaysâ€"I from haying into harvest, from harvest into threshing ploughing. root lifting and fifty and one other tasks belong ingtothe farm..But thereisnousere- calculating, we have to be up and do- ing. We oft times think of the Editor in our labors and think we would smake a good team for a harvest field 'but again he being a well-proportioned build of humanity he might prove too much for our scrawny frame. We have heard much about crop fail- ures in the West this year but a letter from Joe Watson of Success. Balk. statesthathiswheatwillaveragea bushels per acre which we think sounds fairly good for this year. and John Align“ htveullhsd the southsideao thelrbtmsruhmgu duflngthesummer. MMJmBrownhsuncsuflem mmmmmmmm Mr. Roy Lawrence hu cleuned up moetotthethreshmcmmdthehke. Wetson 0! Detroit, Mich, visited their respective humus here for c couple of (by: recently. Mr. Ola-k Wuhan re- turned with them. unandnrsJoeBrovnoIBmtmck :.â€"F‘ergus News-f Mrs. Robert Lawson. A large gathering at and friends met at th and Ma's. Clifl Ritchie an“ W a. Vl‘u .‘O'VDU-v .___ recent bride and groom and tendered them a kitchen shower. In a few well chosen words Cliff thanked the friends for the beautiful gifts and good wishes and boxed they would all. make them- selves at home and enjoy themselves. Sadie also said a few words and assured her old friends of a hearty welcome and thanked them all for the kind re- membrance. The evening was spent in games and dancing. Mr. and Mrs. Dan _Har_ris and son -4 4“- for her home 111 r 10: tended visit with her Rocky on Sunday. Mrs. John Vessie returned home after a visit of several weeks with relatives in Northern Ontario. She also enjoy- ed a pleasant visit with friends in Toronto on her way home. A very pleasant time was spent at the home or Mrs. Thos. Reay the occasion being a reception in honor of the mar- riage of their niece. Miss Eliza Alkins to Mr. Edward Simpson. The bride and groom received a number of beautiful gifts, showing the esteem in which they are held. The evening was plea- sontly spent in dancing. end with Mrs. Robert Taylor of Dro- Rev. Mr. Miller will preach at the un- nlversary service in the church here next Sunday afternoon. The following Tuesday evening a supper and concert will be held. in the church. It’s getting so that a man without money is about as popular as u sky- grapor without elevators .4mctnnntt could jump when a boy. Well} it 'is easier to {nab u pair of l_e_gs_ than a pair of stockings.-~Tnledo Before leaving Great Britain to study conditions in which farm pro- ducts are raised in Canada five stud- ents oi the Institute of Certified Gro- cers. were addressed by Major McLean of the Empire Marketing Board. Major Melean credited Canada with giving CANADIAN PRODUCTS ABE APPRECIATED ABROAD The plder a man ggts. the further be I a. O“ of Torah; Jigâ€"{ted friends at the Mr. Miller will preach at phe‘ an Not Much ; splendid pro- . S and .m’ a le ensued m s rm" 3: m, can; the fruit ang pic? W a m it to some other com. m specially fitted. with - In” space to_1nsure the fruit :23. m 10!. their and acts and sympathy shown ll any}: a! guess of our father. [hp mm TRAIN SERV ICE. LONDON. STRATFORI) am September 29th, 1hr Cana- dhn Nations! 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