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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., SEPT. 15, 1938 Rivalry leioroves Farmers' Produce Says Ontario Minister of Agri-cult.'xe--Animals and Produce Should Be Compared With Those From Other Districts The only way t ■ Belleville fair. contrast with the various districts," r of agri-1 opening "Titer effort his 1 the ■'t of all fairs being held this ir to raise the standards above t year. The Ontario government aiding all those fairs that are king a sincere effort to raise up ir standards. Exhibitions' should ke an attempt to succeed finan-liy without the aid of racketeer iways. The provincial police are v working to clear up all the 1<eteers in these midways. Education of the farmers, es- aily v mig i inly way by which agriculture will improve. The young people must be educated to combat the large firms and organizations that are buying up all the produce of the farm at low prices. If this con-tinues the farmer will not be able to make a decent living." Have Expensive Tastes .Strange grasshopper stories are being told in Saskatchewan these days. This was a worn, but perfect $1 bill, when Buster Truker happened to drop it from his pocket while stooking wheat on his farm near Craik. He discovered the loss four hours later, hunted until he found the spot he dropped it. The bill was covered with grasshoppers when Buster picked it up. They had eaten big pieces out as can be seen. A 'hopper is seen in the palm of one hand. Sharp Increase In Freight on Lakes Bigger Western Crops To Boost. Activity of Shippers SAK.NIA.--A sharp increase in the number of lake vessels in operation was reported in Marine circles here, with the added expectation that fall movement of vessels will at least be on a par with last year. A number of extra freighters are being placed in the grain-carrying trade in view of the bigger Western crops which are being moved to the Head of the Lakes. Tree Line Navigation Company officials said several of their ships will shift from the package freight to the grain business. Three freighters which have been tied up here for some weeks expect to get moving orders. A great improvement in steel and iron ore shipping has also been noticed in the last few weeks. This increase is mainly due to the pick-.up in the automobile trade, it is stated. Work Of Artist Even Fools Rats Royal Steadman, who for 23 years has made models and pictures for the United States Department of Agriculture files and bulletins, said last week that one of his paintings was so lifelike it fooled even the rats. "I finished a painting of an apple, cut in half and showing seeds exposed," Steadman said. "I put it on a window sill to dry. The next morning I found it on the floor with tracks of rats over it and the painted seeds eaten off." Noel Coward is trying to provide better movie shows aboard ship for the British Navy. Both part of the Canadian National Exhibition spectacle, the milling crowd of pleasure-seekers along the fair's midway at Exhibition City of Toronto, and the prize Hereford bull, present a striking contrast. His Highness (at the right) got quite a bit of attention from agriculturally-minded visitors himself; at the moment he seems to be surveying the crowds, amusing themselves in other ways, rather grimly. Discover Mound Near Wingham Find Interests Historians--May Be Work of Prehistoric Mound Builders What ia expected to be an important find, from the standpoint of historical interest, in west Wawa-nosh Township, Huron County, near Wingham, will in all likelihood be brought to the attention of, proper authorities for an investigation. The find is a large mound of earth believed to be the work of the Mound Builders. Located near the site nf an old Indian camp, near the famous Mud Lake, the mound, although in a swamp, is made of clay. This also strengthens the belief that the clay has been carried for some distance to build the mound. It is almost seventy yards around the mound, which rises in the centre to a height of fourteen or fifteen feet. On top of the mound there are two stumps of trees, which by their appearance have been cut for at least 500 years. In size they are larger than any known in the country. Farmers in the neighborhood often speak of finding Indian relics in plowing, and older residents do state that in the days of the early settlement the farm on which the mound is located and now owned by Albert E. Johnson, was the location of an Indian camp. Ship Leaves Men On Arctic Ice CHURCHILL, Man., The motor ship Therese reported last week she was just south of the Arctic Circle in Foxe Chanel. The ice that had held the ship captive for several days had opened up somewhat and presence of open water around the Therese was allowing its crew to get some rest after many anxious watches. Overcast skies and intermittent showers kept Father Paul Schulte, the flying priest, from making any further surveys of ice conditions from the air. He had been attempting to find a clear path through the ice for the Therese. Experienced in Arctic Life Patrick Baird and Reynald Bray, Arctic explorers travelling on the Therese, were landed on an island off Cape Wilson as the ship drifted past the point. When the Therese is able to break through for a scheduled stop at Igloolik, N. W. T., it was thought probable the men would be picked up again there. No concern was felt for them in the event the Therese was unable to reach Igloolik. It was explained the men were experienced in the Arctic life and "well able to look after themselves." Farmers of Bruce Form "Junk Pool" Organized, They Get Profitable Return for Selves Instead Of Peddlers Something new by way ot a "wrinkle" was disclosed in Wingham, as five Bruce county fannprs received word of their "junk pool." The purpose of the co-operative organization was to make as much money as possible from the scrap iron and junk which accumulates around a farm. For the past few months they have been gathering up the crap jron and other metal waste on their farms. Shipped Scrap to the City When they had a truckload, they shipped it to Toronto on a Kd truck. Batteries, scrap iron, pa^ts of an old steam engine, implemests and even feathers were all bundled up and shipped. Returns saw each of them getting over $10 after the trucking costs were paid. Reluctant to allow names t used, in such a way as to be n; as organizers of "junk pools," did say, "we are sick and tireq of junk dealers coming along fering 25 and 50 cents for pile of crap iron. We used to tile it and be glad to get the stujygK' the farm. Now we are deterffl!?ea that if they can make money at it, Classroom Fodder Supply Decreasing Educator Declares That Liberal Arts Colleges Everywhere Are Facing a Crisis Liberal arts colleges everywhere are facing a crisis, Dr. George B. Cutten, president of Colgate University. Hamilton, N.Y., said at a convocation held in connection with Acadia University's centennial celebration, Wolfville, N.S. Causes of the crisis were an inadequate supply of "classroom fodder," due in part to a sharply declining birth rate, the growing popularity of junior colleges and a falling off of personal contributions available for privately endowed institutions, the Acadia graduate said. These factors were making the maintenance of liberal arts colleges in the United States difficult and their future uncertain. Trend Towards Practical Added to this was the general modern trend toward a "practical type of education such as that afforded by courses in engineering, business and agriculture." Dr. Cutten said "the pinch for raw materials in the form of students" was a condition that obtained despite the fact that "never before in the United States and probably CANADA "WIDER STILL AND WIDER" A year ago there was a rift between Premier Hepburn and Mr. King, a few months ago it became a gulf, now it is a chasm. -- St. Catharines Standard. GOOD BATTING AVERAGE Poltee record in the town of Leamington for the past month shows 25 prosecutions and 25 convictions. And even in the big leagues they do not bat that way. IN OPPOSITION TO RENO Now the thing has been started, under the auspices of Hon. Harry Nixon, of allowing a marriage of outsiders to take place at Callander that place may ultimately become as popular for unions as Reno is for divorces.--Brantford Expositor. THE AGRICULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE Premier Hepburn has been paying public tribute to the assistance he, as a farmer, has received from the district agricultural representative stationed at St. Thomas. These officials do render a fine type of service to agriculture and the people engaged in it which does not always receive the recognition which is its due.--Brock-. ville Recorder and Times. PATHS ON HIGHWAYS A great deal of highway building has been and is being done, but not much provision has been made for pedestrians or cyclists. In other countries, when highways are built, so also are footpaths for the pedestrians and in some lands, lanes also are made for the use of cyclists. Probably if that were done here, it would reduce highway accidents and restore the pleasure we once enjoyed of walking in the country, now possible only at the cost of being ready at any instant to jump into a ditch whether it is filled with water or not.--Niagara Falls Review. YOUNG PEOPLE OUT OF WORK An Ottawa despatch announces that 240,000 young men in the cities and towns of Canada still are searching for something to do. Of these 70,000 between the ages of 16 and 29 have never had jobs, and it is claimed that one- thU-d of tkom «ro on relief. It is specified that this estimates does not include rural youth, who "have been unable to strike out for themselves, and have been compelled to stay on the home farm." But isn't that one of the chief aims of providing work; getting young people on the land, even if there be little remuneration? Better have farm boys familiar with the work helping in agriculture than sending to the farmers help that knows nothing of what has to be done. These days it is a fortunate youth who has a home farm on which to work and be assured of a reasonably good living. --Toronto Globe and Mail. FARMING'S NO CHILD'S PLAY It would come as a shock to unthinking city dwellers to know what a variety of knowledge a successful farmer must include in his equipment before he can so much as begin to farm. He must be a chemist, a carpenter, a weather prophet, a farrier, a water diviner, a blacksmith, a doctor, a wheelwright, a bookkeeper, a vet- never again will there be so many prospective students IS years of age, as about the year 1940." He believed the declining birth rate and limitation of immigration would leave a much smaller number of students for universities to bid for by 1980. "Already there are 1,000,000 fewer children in the first five grades of American public schools than there were in 1924." Canadian-Born Peer Gets Varsity Degree Viscount Greenwood, Canadiar-born peer who i^ricl.taed from University of Toronto 43 years ago. and later becarr e a mmiber of the Imperial cabinet and of the House of Lords, cam; baok to his Alma Mater to receive an honorary LL.D. degree. The p;er t pictured, left, with Sir William Mulock, veteran jurist and chancellor of the University, following the bestowal of the degree at special convocation. erinary surgeon, a bricklayer, a mechanic, a thatcher or tiler, a plasterer, and something of a linguist. When he has assimilated a sound working knowledge of these trades and professions the farmer may turn his attention to extracting the best from his lands. -- Johannesburg Times. Says Horses Will Never be Replaced Leamington Harnessmaker Undisturbed by Advent Of Motors The automobile, symbol of progress, will never displace the horse entirely, Herbert Freeland, 75-year-old harnessmaker of Leamington, Ont., maintains. Since he was nine years old, Mr. Freeland has made harness or farmed. For well over half a century the Leamington man has seen horses engaged in farm and other work. He has watched the increasing use of automobiles and tractors. Still he believes confidently that there will alwiys. be harness shops. Moreover, re holds, "The harness business is j better business today than it wis 50 years ago by 25 per cer.1.." Increase In Pas: 3 Years "I remember the panic after the Civil War in the United States. For years after there wtve harnessmak-ers in every town making a harness, for which we'd get $75 today. Then, we got abou: ?.32," tie said. As proof of his contention that horses are holding their own against the inroad's of automobiles, and are even coming back into their former popularity the Leamington harnessmaker cited figures. In the Leamington district, he said, 1,500 horses had been bought during the past three years. These were purchased in addition to the animals already engaged by farm- "A few years ago everybody had a tractor. Today it's cheaper for horses; at least that's what they tell me," he added. Nearly 250,000 "velomoteurs," or baby cars, have been sold in Germany in the last five years. LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred NEHER THE WONDERLAND OF OZ cy heard the Aunt Em and Uncle Hen ere both startled and then Un< Henry remembered that this mt be the Lion of which Dorothy h spoken. "Hold on, Em!" he e Cowardly Lion Dorothy has told us about." "Oh, is it?" she asked, relieved. "When he spoke I grot the idea, and when he looked so ashamed^I was sure," Uncle Henry "Dorothy and I ar the King of Beast the Hungry Tig-er 'Yes, rna'- old chums ch other. " you knov I've heard that s rked the Lion, yawning until he ite teeth; "but that does not keep from being- frightened whenever o into battle. "What do you do. i?" asked Uncle Henry. "No, that uld be foolish, for the enemy uld run after me," declared the n. "So I tremble with fear and :h in as hard as I can. So far I 'e always won my fights." t first I thouprht ) hide a sly s friends I might have torn you bi into shreds." At this both Aunt 1 and Uncle Henry shuddered and si a hasty g-ood-bye. V