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Canada‘s war medals are now being isâ€" sued. They are disappointing. | _ _ _ Already there is comment about what is bhnflyandashddy.nhetâ€"mm parable to those struck the First World War. Andmhlyboemtclw omission. There is no name nor deâ€" nmutlnuv-‘h.lm&:t‘y mblflnillfl-u. On those after the Frst World War the name and regiâ€" ment (or other relevant data) were cut on the edge of the medals and on the back of HOW MUCH is A BOY OF 12 WwoORTH? How much is a boy aged 12 worth of dolâ€" lars and cents. The Ontario High Court had to decide this recently in a case where a boy of 12 was killed through another person‘s negligence. mmmammw-u in the claim admitted and it fell on the court to assess the damages. Futher of the boy was a laborer earning $180 a month. His wife also worked, earnâ€" in:mu-ldb.‘hthlndfliw alnno.l-m&dbythflfl- inâ€" tended to keep the boy at school until he was 16 and then let him go to work. The court stated that the plaintiff‘s eflnfotumg:nnha-.d-n.‘ basis of what At they could reasonably have expected to retei~» if the boy had lived and been willing to contriwate to his parents‘ support after he became 16. It pointed out that from any such beneâ€" &t must be deducted cost of the boy‘s board and lodging until he became 16 years of age, AUTUMN IS A SPECIAL SEASON This is the season when things seem easy to do. Wars look easier to win, which may be one reason invasions are started. Business executives turn up suddenly in their offices, surprising some of the new stencs and mesâ€" sengers who have been taken on strength only since the greens and fairways dried up in the late spring, and therefore have not 'lfi\:. youth, who have no fall plowâ€" no um&qmww A few gear this surging strength to accompâ€" ed through the summer, or miny summers. Autumn is a very time for a boy of cleven. It is not to be the height of his career, the height of his mental develâ€" #fl&hm&lfihb to end. Although he has many gloomy What about real estate values in the future" Will there be a decline* In 23 cities &h'fll"h “‘“ In am_y&mgim ;'m"â€"mni‘iiuâ€":h’ time a big part rational A &cuflhfiomm-b seen in a score of cities; decrease in very REAL ESTATE VALUES THEY BEAT US TO T From time to time our Western civilizaâ€" tion learns, slightly to its chagrin, that some new discovery or technique was known to the Chinese in the ancient past. ‘The proposal to bring natural gas here from Texas recalls m(u-nl set afiame cither D yas byknncâ€"mg‘.d-.mhflh awe by native Indians on this continent. The '"v,-'._‘-'â€"“â€""" eariy white settiers comsidered them local phenomens. and dismissed them to set about their more urgent business of growing wheat and raising cattle. The use of natural gas actually dates trom about 1824, when a village in New York HOW TO BEAT A WIFE (Kewaweek Magazine) How to best a wife was the subject of advice from the bench in New Zealand reâ€" centiy. In Auckland a Muori was fined for Stat» tapped a gas flow and piped it into besting his wife so severely that she was sent to the hospital. According to the London 2 see Ts hk mid he thoe Mfi?nn ue that at times a maun ahould beat m Bible supported that standpoint ; but beating must be done as a service of love, not in ably sized stick. It temper and used an | acts * And + Sancies True independence is never afraid of appearing dependent, and true dependence leads always to the most perfect independence. _ o oaired s mphing ar rvais. FRANK FAIRBORN, JR. £ pity be lost his the stars. That meant much more than pleasâ€" ant pieces of metal. * It will be said perhaps that the cost would be too heavy. This won‘t explain why it could be done after the Frst World War, when mechanical cutting must have been reâ€" Istively much more involved and expensive. True, there was an avalanche of them this timeâ€"perhaps too many. That was due to the considered thought of authorities who will hardly make recipients feel any better by a mass output of anonymous less such amount as he might have earned out of school hours, until he became 16. _ ___ Funeral expenses are allowed by statute mu%m&uhuwfl;s were reported at $196. hok are the only aiâ€" At 16 years of the deceased would :{lmfl.mmfln‘d‘d: not at best make a very substantial yearly benefit to his parents. It he had lived and married, he prabably would have made no &'"m"'"a'flnhnfl“ ntaining him in school muhumdr the plaintiffs lose anything. taking all these matters into consideration * After considering all these matters, the court set the damages at $750 which the trial justice described as being somewhat overâ€" j‘gu. m-&mmd made a total of $945. Judgment was for this amount plus costs. ages, he worries less than most, and hardly at all about getting smarter or dying. He does not think either is possible. _ _ _ â€"__ If a boy is lucky in his environments, at the ags of eleven in Canada, in the autâ€" umn, he runs with a gang. In some cities in 1e Tik Tasee ho aually _ Boys of eleven in a ‘Canadian autumn feel that life is spacious. ‘They run and they zmh.wdhm.h Mn*c-wtg & store, but there is energy aplenty for running and yelling. mafiei tm ts rronl thieg of aotzue is are but great thing of autumn is the wild, ferocious, innocent pack running and yelling in the early dusk. New York City, in its monthly review of Canâ€" adian conditions concludes that prices of new residential properties are expected to remain close to present levels in nearly all areas, but the prices of old properties appear to be deâ€" Wfiow for vacent land suitable for residâ€" ential building are expected to show considerâ€" amum-&fl as is indicated being upward rather than the reverse. The same prediction is made as to farm land prices. hollowedâ€"out logs. But it was many %wmmm big industry. Now North Americs has more than 243,000 miles of gas pipelines and is steadily building more. But lest we be too complacent about harâ€" nessing this great resource, we are reminded by the New York Times that two thousand THAT BUTTER DEAL years ago the Chinese burned numunu mzflndfiqmn d: mwmmm :.lh.mtcs:d'::f the re dx or nh*afih(umdudm-ud them. Sheer abundance détayed us. Only neeâ€" easity pashed us forward. An interesting item from Ottaws is to the effect that the government lost $857 227 on the 15,000,000 pounds of Denmark, Austâ€" ralian and New Zealand botter imported into It is the same old story, a duplication of fish and chips, and the country is stil up to muhmmmmu&f W») pounds in storage. After you‘ve rus up day doess‘t do any good After murringe, the Y is slert. as have children and adults at all would again be offset by Eo 4 miod ht upple rafher than the serpart, und éruws the most 3.“*‘.&.‘ astomidhing conclusions It‘s a different angle, anyâ€" bad gungs of THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT NIAGARA‘S FASCINATION Barre] season at Niagara is the title of wu:wmumgczi: v , of England. It was mdfie“hfi’v‘m.m Canadian army veteran, Major Hill, who this summer was carried through the Whlfisw mfin‘i and sustained no serâ€" ious injury. Stunters who during a century mmummmam mnm&hwhmllfi!mw in the story, with Blondin with his almost inâ€" credible exploits on the tightrope as the star of the daredevils. ‘This French rope walker whose feats beâ€" came more hairâ€"raising with each repeat perâ€" formance bad such variations as carrying a passenger over the cable, making the crossâ€" ing on stilts, trundling a wheel barrow across while blindfolded ; humping a stove, table and chair over the rope and pausing midway on thenflulutphnuknd-tnud& AMth'mnm’mUfih Wonder," as diminutive Frenchman was ufld.mddmudhhfimuud- on‘s Crystal Palace, on a rope 170 feet from the ground. He fiirted with death a hundred times during his spectacular career, but died in bed at the age of T8. _ _ _ _ _ . _ His fame has overshadowed thai of imiâ€" tators, though one or two of them did equally daring stunts while crossing the Niagara gorge on cables. Marie Spelterini, for inâ€" ud alhue Aio~ mommadiiane 7 ce m & uo o GRo 9 stance, went over with manacled hands and feet, and "Daring" Sam Dixon twirled a hoop around his ankles during his rope walk. In 1911, the Englishméen Bobby Leach became the most famous among those who have actually gone over the Falls. He did it in a steel drum and spent the next six months in hospital. It was news to us that Bobby met his end in a fall while in New Zealand. By Percy Ghent in The Toronto Telegram slipping on a banana skin brought fatal inâ€" juries. Jean Leussier entered a rubber ball cleven feet in diameter one summer day of 1928, bounced over the Falls in it, and surâ€" vived. Charles Stephens tried the same trick in 1980. He was torn to pieces and only an arm was recovered. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ .w" ninary to her own plunge over the Horseshoe on the Canadian side, sent a kitten in a little barrel over, and though the inmacent kitty was killed, she entered a bigâ€" nub-ufl-gamwm thereon, and made drop. Bruised and tleeding she emerged alive and hoped for fame and fortune never realized. She died in poverty. Dramatic enough is the chronicle of mad enterprise at Niagara published in the Engâ€" lish newspaper, but a number of stunts there, famous in their day, have been omitted. ‘There is no mention of Captain Webb, first man to swim across the English Channel, whose strength and skill as a swimmer were mfbflchfldhww ide. was drowned while trying to cross them. Nor is mention made of Edward Tre w.:mmâ€"ldumsul-y.m about time Little York became Toronto, did swim across the Rapids at the same turâ€" bulent point. ht.‘ny-lm.n-dd-lmm- u-'-ud-du--wmg:e _hhchuw-g.:thm to a point above the ‘There, while lurid mpfldmm-w equalled in the annals of naviâ€" mals, wild and domestic. Infernal was the mmmamaâ€"mummu cataract in that ship while spectators bellowâ€" ed their cheers, only a black bear and a few 3:"'."\}-."" z Falls, thought it could be done and cdbmmdnmflnm ing rapids. Two other valiant Meintyre and Jones, volunteered to serve as wheelsman had reached '&“m’mt' dge, she was shootâ€" ln@ throuwh the current‘s like an arrow. _ Crowds on the river banks and bridges hailed and cheered that gailant ship and crew as the trip started. By the time the vesse! EWW.“"“‘-% the steering wheel when the fl plunged into the Whiripool. A giant eolumn of water Men who couldn‘t run a whed barrow 4>#1 an aley, can frequently tell how the country dbodé te ful the _ & i: cnatidie. sepediatr ons se / customer complained that the clerk got bis preâ€" scription mixed. For one whole year he had been drinking hair tonic and rubbing stomach medicine on his scalp. Letters to the Editor Dear Mr. Livingstor, Enclosed you will find Money Order for $2.50 for my overdue subscription to The Independent. I am sorry 1 overlooked this, for we do, and always 4d appreciate The Independent. It comes every week with all the district news and in such attractive torm. It seems to us it is getting bigger und better all the time. Mre. Watt and I were very pleased to know you had such a successful operation, and that you can "see your friends again‘ ‘as well as the wondertul anloring of the trees these fall days. The maples here are all ablaze with red. It has been a splendld year for apples and pears around bere, and corn. All root crops have dome well in most sections except turnips which have been almost a complete failure. Mowever, we have every reason to cserve Thanksâ€" giving Day is Canada, for more resson than bountiâ€" ful hurvests, when we thisk of the distress in so many lands, and of our own democratic freedom. Well, a busy ed4ftor buan‘t time to read letters if the paper has to come out on time so TV sayâ€""Keep wup the good work" for we alomg with many Athets, appreciate your bigh stundard of service. Sincerely yourn, "Linssin County‘s Leading Weekty* Established 1885 Issued Thursday from office of publiâ€" s&n’.'Zh-lo-kh..Olh‘y.h nedicrme 4 The following item appegred recently in "Ms ings" column in the Oshews Timesâ€"Gazette. Have you ever noticed '!h-ycn-dwhg That come to ear o-n--i-: In the course of a day. It is just as interesting To make notes of voices QOver the telephone As it is to stady By m Or kindly courteous, Or briskly businesslike, Are soft and low, And cause a feeling But all too often, ‘There are voices Which seem to bark Over the telephone And make one‘s ears Tingle long after Some people bark Over the telepbone, Because they think It gives them An appesrance Of grest importance; But actually All it does is make ‘The listemer think How rude they are, To shout abruptly, And use language They would not use Face to face. ‘Then there are those Who, having received Before they hang down As If the Ustemer Had been responsfale For the wrong sumber. It takes all kinds Of peovie to mauke A world, and every kind Can be heard From day to day Over the telephone. _ LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers. 1. ORLON LIVINGETON, Editaor, Mersber Canadian Weekly NMewspaper P [ nl_ MAIN= STREET Nights, Sundays, Holidays, 589 ytionâ€"§146 in Canade and nnhgm-& wes reports a unique complaint. 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