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WEDNESIXVY. JAN'UARY 2S. 1931 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE , Published on ColKngwood street, | Ftoherton, Wednesday of each , wk. Circulation over 1100, . I'ru-e in Canada (2.00 per yor. I when paid in advance $1.50. In [ U. S. A. |2.50 per year when paid in advance $2.<X) (Members of Canadian Weekly News- paper Association) W. H. THL'RSTON, - - Editor F. J. THL'RSTON - Assoc. Editor , OLD AGE PENSIONS. We print elsewhere in thU issue some observation* on the workings of the Old Age Pension Act from the columns ,uf the Lujkjmw Sentinel. Then- is not a newspaper in this country whi.-h will not endorses the sentiments expressed therein. In fact the Sentinel does not place the con- lition of a.iairs in a strong enough light. Our Kovrrnmenos thtse days ap- parently would like to pension every qualified voter, every man who gets hurt by his own folly and every lazy ii dividual whose greatest ambition u lo keep as far away from a prospec- tive job ;>s possible. The public is only beginning to wake up to the jni;|- iiity of the prevalent handican on in- industry r.nd frugality. Hu.-nanita- lip.nism liould rot be called uoon to KO ro far as to place a premium oa concrete laziness. The fnct that pol- itics enters into the scheme as ai present coiistitru-d makcj the iniquity nil the more- glaring. Had the public been allowed to vote on the ques- tion a vast majoii:y would hnve said "No," and even many of tho.ie wh > re at present benefiting would have ast their v-.te with the "Nays." After the thing v.-.i.; done, however, every- body who .'urne under the Act wa:; anx- ious to secure the plum. VvY venture to :=ay that there ' not x county in Ontario where the-c have rot been abuse.-, under the Ac t. More, t!" 'i i.s nut a municipality in the pro- virre wh-re there nre m abujs. or v i.ere ntt'inpt- have not been made in benefit where :;> proper qualifica- I r existed. This papei objected to the Act whe.-. i' xvaj un::.'i- consideration, and w . taken to l:i>k by .some papers who to-dav ailiiii: tint our reasoning was correct . \V" belli vi flic Old Age Cnmpensa- t'l-m Act n il < ::i<t.s under it.i pre.;"nt rtgula!.. n- ImuKI be ubolish'"'. If there car"-. 1 , be- o.-ne scheme devi-eu \vhcn b> its abu-es ca" be controlled, t> i n the Ait should be abolished :'.! together. The people who pay ih" shot are becoming wide awake to the h*ot are be oming wide awake to the fact that there is a necessity for some action looking towards the re- ' duction of ihe enormous luxation under whi.-h we labor. A,s it 'is. ta:rition ii In", .mine; greater hrwl greater, while the producing power is lessening year by year. Ford President Makes Longest Phone Call THE LONGEST TELEPHONE CALL ever made inaugurated the new radio telephone service connecting Canada and Australia when Mr. Wallace R. Campbell, president of the Ford Motor Com- pany of Canada, Limited, talked from his desk in the company's plant at East Windsor, Ontario, to Mr. Hubert C. French, Managing Director of the Ford Motor Com- pany of Australia, Pty., Ltd., at his home in Geelong, Australia. The call was solely for business pur- poses. Beam radio signals and land wires carried the conversation over 16,820 miles, or two-thirds of the distance around the globe. It was 9.15 a.m. in East Windsor i.nil 12.15 a.m. the next day in Aus- tralia when a telephone company operator notified Mr. Campbell thnt connection had been effected. Throughout the call, which lasted nine minutes and 35 seconds, the two automobile executives discussed the affairs of the Australian Ford Company with as little difficulty as if they had been talking over a few hundred miles of land wires. So efficient did this new method of rapid communication prove that Mr. Campbell is planning to use the service regularly to keep more closely in touch with the alTairs of the Australian company. Hitherto, only the cables have been available. A similar service is expected to become available soon which will enable Mr. Campbell to conduct business by radio telephone with Paid Mortgage in Kind From Edmonton cnmes a "short story" regarding a banker, an eleva- tor and a grain grower residing in a small town close to the northern city all of whom have a vivid conception of the force of a chattel mortgage. It appears that the banker had r. mort<;a<re on the. farmer's wheat with the result that all elevators were no- tified th"t the bank wanted the chenue for any grain sold anH deliv- ered to them. Recently the farmer loaded up ;. part of the 1930 harvest and went to town with thehopes of being able to receive enough cash to pay for the Christmas groceries and possibly leave enough over for a few presents f o cheer up the household on Decem- be- 25. The elevatnr at whk-h he called stated that it would take his wheat but that the cheque would have to go to the bank. The farme>- went on to Himther elevator. Again he was told that thp proceeds must go to the bank. The farmer tried the third elevator with the same result. Wi*h fine vocabulary the irate f-M-mer swore the bank would get the wheat oil right. Galloning his team up the main street, he backed his wagon up to the bank, which was then closed, smashed in the window of the manager's office with his s:oop and shovelled the entire load of whe*t in among chairs, desk, files -.' papers and sheaf of notes, while the citizens of the village went into paroxysms of laughter. The banker is reported to 1> thank- ing his stars that he did not have a j mortgage on the farmer's cattle. ! The Mount Forest electors must have been in a very canny mood when thev went to the polls this year for they turned their thumbe down on three money by-laws and did it so decisively that there is no thought of asking for a recouni. Mortgage Sale OF FARM PROPERTY. I Under nr.d by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain mort- gage which will be produced at the sale, there will be offered for sale by public auction on SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 1931, At 12 o'clock noon, at the Munr' - v.T House, Flesherton, Ontario, ' y V'. 'Kaitting, Auctioneer, the f.ro-.yia* property: All and singular, that certain par- cel or tract of land and premises sit- uate .lying and being in the Town- ship of Osprey in the County of Grey containing or>e hundred acres, be the same more or less, being composed of lot number sixteen in the Sixth concession of the said Township. On the land is said to be a good dwelling and barn, and there is a r.mall lake or pond for watering cat- tle. TERMS: Twenty per cent, cash at time of sale, balance in one month or terms may be arranged. Further conditions and terms of sale may be had from tho Mort- gagee's solicitors, Skeans & Cooper, 171 Yonge st., Toronto 2, Ontario. Mr. Wallace R. Campbell, President of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, photographed at his desk while he inaugurated the radio telephone service between Canada and Australia. The tele* phone call, the longest ever made, was over 16,820 miles. The inset shows the route over which the conversation was made. Small Advts. the Ford associated companies in India, Malaya and South Africa and the agency in New Zealand. The call was routed over a great network of land telephone lines and four beam radio systems. From Kast Windsor, Mr. Campbell's voice was flashed by land lines to New York City and Rocky Point, Lony Island. Thence it was transmitted by short wave radio to a receiving station nt Rugby, England, whence it was flashed by land lines to the Uritish Post Oflke station in Lon- don. From there it was carried by beam radio to Sydney, Australia, and thence by land lines to Gcelang. The return circuit, roparatc from the first, carried Mr. French's voice by land wires from Geelong to Sydney; thence by beam radio to London, by land wires to Cupar, Scotland, by beam radio to Holton, Maine, and thence by land wires through New York City to East \Vindsor. It was the most ambi- tious radio telephone circuit ever set up for a puj-ely business call. Trained operator* in New York who monitored the call reported they had heard Mr. Campbell's voice distinctly on the return cir- cuit from Geelong, after it rmd travelled more than 33,000 miles. "The inauguration cf this new service, an outstanding achiev*- r.unt in communication, will knit mois closely than ever the two {Treat dominions of the British Em- riro and should markedly facilitate the conduct of trade between them," said Mr. Campbell. Lost or Strayed LOST Folding purse with sum of money. Finder please notify this f' ____ , LOST 31x5.25 tire chain between Wm. Moore's corner and town, also a ring of keys. G. F. Brackenbury, Flcshcrton. NOTICE About Old Age Pensions Readers Reap Profit INVESTIGATION NEEDED. Fmm time to tiu:e The Advance has literature M-nt it from the Indus- trial Accident Preventive Association in Toronto with a view to a preven- tion of accidents in this office. The paper has hern i" existence for nearly fil'iy years and never has had an ac- rtdenl to any of its employee <. The company which sends out this litera- ture i- one hulf of the Workmen's Comornsatior Hoard. Any com- plaints sent to the Compensation Board nrc p;iv r<l OH to the preven- tive branch. Tlui ; there are two dif- ferent organization* administering thi ffairs nl the workmen's compen- sation. I; 1 >oks n:< though there mo two sets of highly paid ai'iicials t'> do th" work which one ^et couli' d-i. I5ut that might throw some of the lyig fellows i.,i-. r,, a jnl>--and there ar BO rrrny paity hi-e!er:i out of work Jit t-hr prc c.i' nil-it! We notice tha; the i;.)Vei nnicnt ha.-, appointed i\ rommi.'vion to look Iho'-tuQhl} ip, i lli \vorkinif of th'.' Worliii-.-n's Ct,m- Minr. Hi'ari'. mil wo helieVc such ;i (oir:mi -Mi.n. h timely. We invite th ir attention to thr n:il:irv :> ! ' of the wot I;. .We an- can-fully in- formed each month as to thi' amount of iKoney pHid <;ii! for ii'-'-idents throughout tin- province, but WP ->re rot informed as to the cost of ad- ministering the Act iiri! (hi ticrcent- age rctaitird oil of in.-oine tn pa., the expense* of administration. The tfrnernl prMic know* nothing a'i'i"i that end of the EDITORIAL NOTES. M". D. C. Bell, edit' r of th-> Stay- ncr Sun, passi-d nwny suddenly o.i Thursday last The newspaper fra- ternity ha; lost a popular member and the town of Stayner a worthy c-ilizen in the passing ol Mr. Bell, and our sympathy is extended to the sor- rowinj: relatives. t * Mr. Bennett U cuttinir out the (Yen Vun'iiiHines and other frills at Ottawa. We would draw bis attention to the Tct thnt many municipal c:)im:'ils are rurtuiling expenses by rutting nal- nries. Let Mr. Bennett proceed to cut fitlaries nt Ottawji >me of the liig one., at least. If he will rl'> thnt IIP \vill earn the eternal cvntilmle of the people d (' ina.-la. At'in' the war snlnries were based on t'i" high c^st f living. To-day, with n lowered livin;,' rate, tit hoi 'I I :-. down- ward rcr.dju.-hv.cnt. "Peter E'lainman," writing in the Stratford Beacon-Herald, expresses the view thnt the Old Age Pension s 'home will b cbindoned in the not di'-iant ijture. and thnt "Canadians will be obliirc-d to systematically pro- vide f"r their old age.' It is .'"!! in'!'.' how readily n cer- tain element of our neople have tuk- on the Old Age Pension plan and it is disgusting. Let it be admitted those in which poverty in old nore is d to c'rc-umstanecs beyond con- trol. Such cnse;> are comparatively f'-w and those si :>fflictpd a'-e not the ones most ready to seek snipj'ort at the public's c-x pcr.se. 'Pete, Plainman" says: "It is no secret that while ninny fil'ks en- dirse the Old Aire Pension Act ai n humanitarian pit -e of Icpisl.ition tb-re nre vetv many v.ho demur nn 1 .-r.y that if n man has be^'ii a p?nd- ihrift in his youth unit early m:Th- h'.':d. thi re is no reason why the St.lti* I' -uii 1 I '' pfte- him when ho arrive. at " conilition due to hi.; own folly. ' Not only i: thi i" :>n ri-ecrnlv c e - fn' on the t .srt <>'' irtinv ti rot thu ' .i'in. bi-t tbtre i* a h'aameleis ef- fort by ''."milies to v-c t tin > nld pnr- pnti en the pcniio" list, often when they ::'"not onalHy. Some oi thosp <' ) fur r.s to make it tinpli"is;iPt M'. i.i' ii'l.i-i s nf lli!' I'l.-al board:, be- f im I'nev refu-'e cb'">i:-,. Cnmlidntes f" Hi" !:<( vnibii) oi nuiri'-i'i ililit'i will t"H vn\i th-'t parties whose np- applicatlona for pen.-inn have lio'-n turned down or hnve not bee" fcivored bv tin-, n will bv out election day <! iliiT v.i,;it they can t.xlefca 1 <uch : liulii..'. Poiililles.t the cnndidatc who will promi'i- to do v, hn 1 h( can for the Rceveship of munieiunlities Mr. Applicant's vote nnd influe"C" -"I the vc'.eii ar.d influence nf his family. Well, it nil cnmeT ha k in taxes, ard PS thinvs nre, penult 1 nre beginn- inz to take their tax sheets very seri- ously. Bu 1 wi> mnv exnerl thing.-, to 'i -.Mir'-,!' ln'fo.-o they become better, ""oiiip pay the pension npe should b" lowen-il to ('f> yf-nr?, but even if then- s -o lowering the pensioners nre r.urc p ir-rasp from yen' 1 t'> year. B\i! wo-e than all the c-ost is the : t motion r>f mornle - th" rcni;)''{il < t thf i"centive to industry nnii thrift the premium which thf iirheni M:! i. ion waste and idleness nnd Ibo In- den nnd dronunicenient il pul^ "nor' industry nnd thrift. Li Il we were endeavoring to advertise " r.owsnapev and secure subscriptions w> should make much ol the fact thnt every newspaper pays its own way into the subscriber's home and really costs him nothing. The noint is thai il returns him more in dollars and cents than he pays for it. We cannot, imagine, n publication so worthless thi 1 some item ol information in i(. some bargain advertised, or s^mo ser- vic performed, is not worth more to the subscriber in real money than the cost of his subscription. Almost every newspaper puts money into the pock- ets of non-subscribers as well ns suh- : Bribers. This is conspicuously the case when the newspaper leads r movement brings trade to the n;"ncy. I* is the case when the movement which brings trade to the town in which it is published. It is the case when the newspaper ham- mers for local improvements the spending o: a dollar that two may grow in its place tomorrow. The weekly newspaper at one fifty a year costs the subscriber three cents an issue. We defy anyone to point out where the subscriber can spend three cents and get an equal nmount of pleasure and real value. Three certs will not buy much of anything Mse. but it will buy the week's news ri the community nnd supply othe" information and service that is likely to he worth many dollars to the reader. No other institution in the worM exncts so little and returns so m""h ns does the newspaper. ri-MiTT5 for sheep killed bv docs in Mitlmur town'hip were paid to th" mount of S10fl-1.. r i7. Cost of valuing th" :-mc v.-ii -, SI 77.10. For Sale FOR SALE - Columbia cabinet rranhonola, to be sold at sacrifice. H. Dovn & Sons, Flesherton. FOR SALE Frame house, three lots and frame stable at McKellar. T'arrj Sound District. A bargain. Fin narticulurs apply at this office. FtOR SALE China cabinet, oak, at great reduction, can be seen at E. J. Bennett's store Mrs. W. A. Arm- strong. Any person or persons found cut- ting wood or logs, posts or poles, or molesting timber in any way, on Lot 2. Con. 8. Osprey, without my permission, will be prosecuted ac- cording to law. By order of Cath 'erine A. Haley, Eugenia, Ont. R.R.I BOAR FOR SERVICE Young Registered Tamworth Boar for service on lot 160, Con. 2, S.W.T. & S. R.. Artemesia. R. J. STEVENS. R. R. 3, Proton Station. BOAR FOR SERVICE. Grocery Specials 29c 2 i,1)s. Shortening Pias, 3 kirtfc tins (juick (Junker Onts with China A good Black Tea, per Ib ........................... 39c Cooking Onions, 8 Ihs ............................... 25c OX:nna.!a Klour ...................................... $2.70 Men's Wear LAST WKKK TO Ol'.TAIX KXTRA PANTS KUKK WITH KACll MADK-TO-MKASURK SUIT. THIS WKKK ONLY . - . MM W. G. Kennedy All but eight of the avnilnble votes v. ei-e pollc'd in the municipal eli-t-i ; the council wr; chr:i;j;c ! :;,. ' FvcsK and Cured! Meals Fi-esh ar.d Sr.ltc.l Fish I Ml OI1C 37 RADIO SALE Deforest 2-tube cabinet. $5; Deforest 3-tube, $10; 1 cone speaker, $5, nil new; one 4-tube radio with tubes. $10; used. Fred Karstedt, Priceville. FOR SALE Reg. Hereford bull II mos. old; cow due Feb. 1; sorrel driver rbout 1200. good worker or drive'- and good bay mare about 1400 Ibs. Wm. J. Hincks. Ceylon. FOR SALE - "Successful" oTT luirnina: incubator, "00 egg capacity, used for two hatches. Reason of selling too small. Cost $53.50. will sell for $33.95 cash. W. J. W. Armstrong, Flcsherton. FOR SALE Pastry Floor 65 cts. per 24 Ib bag; No 1 hard wheat flour fci.65 P"- !>8 Ib. bag; Shorts $1.05 per 100; Salt $1.50 per 200 Ib hag; Pens Site per bi!.; Coal $11.00 per ton; also wheat, oats, barley, etr. A. C. Muir, Ceylon, phone 38 r .1. FOR SALE $1300 buys house and lot in Flesherton Electric lighted, hard and soft water, small stable, nnd about two acres of land Good invest- ment, bringing in 8 per cent. net. Must be quick sale to wind up estate of \V. A.Armstrong J.W. Armstrong, Kxecutor. Miscellaneous NOTICE Chopping on Tuesday, Thursday nnd Saturday. G. C. Graham, Eugenia. FOR RENT A good six roomed house, cistern, 2 lots, good garden, stable, hen house and gnrage, op- posite high school. W. J. Caswell, Proton R.R. 8. FARM FOR SALE 100 acres, lota 1C6 and 167, 1st range west of No. 10 Highway, Artemesia Tp. 2 miles from Flesherton, Vi mile from school, 70 acres under culti- vation, balance swamp and pasture. Any reasonable offer will be con- sidered. For particulars apply to L. R. Thistlcthwaite, 24 Conner A vp Toronto fi. Registered Berkshire Boar on lots 151-153. Grade sows $2, purebreds $5 cash in advance. H. C. RADLEY. FARM FOR SALE In the Township of Artemesia 130 acre farm, lots 143-46, 3rd range S. W.T.&S.R., half mile from station. 1^4 miles from Flesherton. woo-i buildings, 12 acres cf bush. Sold on easy terms. -J. L. McMULLEN, Ceylon BOAR FOR SERVICE Boar for service at Lot 177. King's Highway, purebred Yorkshire hog, bred from prize winning stock. RUSSELL HILL FOR SERVICE Registered Yorkshire Baoon hoc for service on lot 136. West Back- line, Artemesia. G. II. Cairns. BOAR FOR SERVICE. Registered Yorkshire Boar for eer- vioe by Flesherton Bacon Hog Clubi, the property of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture. C. STEWART. Caretaker GEO E. UUMIA.N DUNDAOK LICENSED AUCTIONEER F'>r the County at Grey. Termi: 1 per cent. Satisfaction guarnteed Dates made at The Advance office. MIDDLEBRO & BURNS Barristers, etc. Of ices Owen Sound. Durham and Flesherton. Flesherton Saturday fto rnoon an j evening. BUSINESS CARDS Dr. W. D. Bryce, L. D. S., D. D. S. dental surgeon, graduate of Uni- versity of Toronto. Gas administer- ed for WF - We will have a car of Western whent this week 28c per bushel of IM Ibs.; SIC.r.O per ton. A. C. MUIR. I Phene v8 r S. Ceylon. NOTICE - I hereby forbid trespassing, cutting timber nr in nny way illegally infer- ferine with Hie tenart on lot 2, Con. 8, Ospvey township Jas. M. Burns, proprietor. Prince Arthur Lodge, 88, A. F. A A< M ' meets in the Masonic Hall, Arm- stronjt mock> plesherton ever> p ^ m J? y "?" ^VV"" ^ W< M " W ! * Meads; Sccr ctary, H. A McCauley. _ _ Wm. Kaitting, Licensed Auctioned for the counties O f Grey and Slmco* Farm nnd stock sales a specialty. Terms moderate, satisfaction gunr- unteed. All arrangements and dat* mny be made at the Advance offic,or addressing me nt Eutrmia. telephone 43 r 11, Flcsherton or bf