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Durham Review (1897), 3 Mar 1938, p. 4

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BAGGAGE Checked. Stopovers at Port Arthur, Armstrong, Chicago and west. Tichets, Sleeping Car reservations, and ail information from any agent, ASK FOR HANDEBILL TICKETS GOOD IN ~N#, From alil Stations in Eastern Canada GOING DAILYâ€"FEB. 19â€" MAR. 5 inclusive ©@ COACHES at fares approximately 1 Mc per mile., @ TOURIST SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 1%c per mile, @ STANDARD SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 14c per mile, Return Limit: 45 days TION IN SLEEPING CARS ADDITIONAL Thocrsands of dollars are spent anâ€" nually by the Salada Tea Company for advertising. Mr. Pinto, Viceâ€"Pres: dent and General Manager , is there fore in a position to speak with auâ€" thority on advertising results. At a convention recently he declared thai newspapers provide the most satisâ€" factory medium, "Newspaper adverâ€" tising," he stated, "is really the backbone of our sales effort, around which all other _ advertising _ and merchandising activities are built." _ The way those northern Grey Co. _municipalities back up their sporting stars is worthy of note. Meaford reâ€" cently financed one of its native sons, Harold Brown, to compete in the Br.tish Empire games in Australia. On Saturday night last at the Maple Leaf gardens in Toronto, Owen Sound honored "Butch" Keeling with a solid gilver tray, and Thornbury citizens l‘kewise presented a gold watch to their son, Cecil Dillon. Both the latâ€" ter two are star members of the New York Rangers hockey team. | The Toll brothers, Ellsworth and Leroy, (the former of whom gave their famous travelogue . "Hitchâ€" biking round the world‘," in Knox church last year), are now away to South America on a bicycle tour. license th.s year may pinch, but sport fans put $2.50 across in a single night without batting an eyelash. March crept into the calendar this year very quietly and appears to be a wellâ€"behaved child. February went out in a burst of temper. Che Bergum Arvicw P. RAMAGE. Editor and Proprieter Any cisterns that were dry after February, must have something radiâ€" cally wrong with them. THE DURHAM REVIEWâ€" . In Rrisic, CAsh basis. This is the best system Ezinm:tl:eihmrm;ol; Iln Bfl:::. of all. Mr. Brigham was a leader in dominates with more households ocâ€" ln':;'oduclng these various Chm cupying fewer than four than he sale .ot pureâ€"bred stok, once those with more than m:: n' . rather a fetish, has declined of fate, Urban i dre more _ uniformh When prices were high, there were a t hout the The arer number of sales featurinig pureâ€"bred m' Oe fromt "nm‘m H”"' sit stock and prises received for them ranging ' voome. were much higher than for grade The family and their guest had animals, but with "hard times," the jJust seated themieives at the tabfe, sale of pureâ€"breds has not been so "SBusie," said mother, "Why didn‘t profitable and: they‘ do not fetch %ou but a knifé afid fork at Mr. Mcâ€"; much more than good grades. Klunk‘s place * "He don‘t need any, | Mr. Brigham lived at Allan Park mother," replied Susie. "You said he when de started in business ‘and has cats like a horse" 1 cats like a horse." _ _____ were much higher than for grade The family and their guest had animals, but with "hard times," the just seated themi#vives at the tabte. sale of pureâ€"breds has not been so "Susie," said â€" mother, "Why didn‘t profitable and: they‘ do not fetch -youwum-umnur.uo:m‘u‘i’uunum. Klunk‘a nlama $# sexys acca c 0 0. | ) SSA Columbia the four room home preâ€" dominates with more households ocâ€" cupying fewer than four rooms than those with more than that number. Urban homes are more uniform throughout the Dominion, the averâ€" ago ranging from four to six rooms. Rural homes in the Maritimes are larger on the average than in any other part of Canada, In Quebec they range fromfour toeight rooms. Ontario‘s are usually sixâ€"roomed. In the Prairie provinces conditions are quite different. Over 60 per cent. of the rural homes contain four rooms or less. In Alberta and Saskatcheâ€" The sixâ€"room unit is the more common in Canada but is not typicâ€" al in all parts of the Dominion. In rural areas the greatest number are four room houses. Nearly 60 per cent. of the Canadian households occupy from four to seven rooms, 20 per cent three rooms or less and only 3.5 per cent more than ten ; the Census Branch of the| Waikerton; Wim. Shepherd of Mesh: in 1921 the C isties collectâ€". °!9" Mercer of Markdale; Pierce Dominion Bur “':no‘ z:mh:lln of of Paisley; Cass of Chesley; Dougald ed data concerning % # the Dominion. There were nearly two r00P!ii . 26 Chtion . Snd 8 EmbP million dwelling houses, Over “um“' McKay, James Carson, John Clark, Hon of them ‘in th:‘:“n:en:: on: Mike Kenny and Charlie Shewell. and 982,000 in ur â€" paseed 08. â€" oth. Avoeg n n ie o TMicK vis hke "Bit" Macheeney, of Han: classification, is a place llll ‘:loop over), retired from "the game", and one or more persons w: TY ‘ newer men in the field include John it may beo‘; ml:: l:l!:n: a bo:’;. , Aitken of Hanover (Normanby), Osâ€" store or ce + » é tent, a railway car, or the like. A ::r g:‘:::x; °:n :"‘;‘-szum“’:': building containing appartments . or Desboro. hss flats counts only as one dwelling When P Were Hig house. _ The number of separate structur Farm sales reached their peak es, was 2,214,000 of which 1,678,000 toward the end of the Great War in were single houses, 354,000 .apartâ€" 1918, and Mr. Brigham tells us the ments and flats, 32,000 rows or ter. Average sale then brought in from races and â€" 142,000 _ semiâ€"detached $4,000 to $5,000 When he started houses, A separate structure is defin. in the game, average prices used to ed as any room or set 6f rooms usâ€" un about as follows:" ‘Cows were ed for habitation and bhaving separâ€" NPith at $20, twoâ€"yearâ€"olds $15, yearâ€" ate access to either the street or a O!ds $10 to $12, calves $3 to $5; hogs common landing. A row or terrace Were about $4 cwt., dead, and one is a long building divided off into WOUld buy the best of horses for $50 separate houses and a semiâ€"detached to $60. Then 18 orâ€"19 years ago, house is onedivided into two separate WP®D Prices were at their peak, he dwelling places. sold”cows at $150. and horses went Hon of them in the rural sections and 982,000 in urban cent es. A dwelling house, according to census classification, is a place in which one or more persons regularly sleep. It may be a room in a factory, a It may be a room in a IACI0!], & store or office bulding, a boat, a tent, a railway car, or the like. A building containing appartments . or flats counts only as one dwelling | knowledge and application of such knowledge as agriculture, whether it be a form of specialized agriâ€" culture, as tobacco growing, or ordâ€" inary mixed farming. A successful ’larmer must first of all be a good manager, for without this he will }tall to put his assets to their fullest vse. He must be a chemist, a machinâ€" ist, an engineer, a horticulturist, a | veterinary, etc. Times have changed since the days of orr pioneer ancestâ€" Time was wlhen a brawny arm, a wiiâ€" | IIngnce:s to work and a desire to sucâ€" | ceed was all that was necessan; to lxeap the benefits from the so:l. And 'now a now generation is preparing | to carry on, facing as each generaâ€" Ition must, problems that have never been faced before." Dominion Bureau of Statistics collectâ€" ed data concerning the housing of the Dominion. There were nearly two million dwelling houses, Over a milâ€" Hon of them in the rural sections and 982,000 in urban cent es. A dwelling house, according to census classification, is a place in which Dwillon of Toronto with 44 points, has done two minutes; Apps, Toronâ€" to, with 40 points, has done nine minutes; Dillon, Rangers, and Cowâ€" ley, of Boston, with 37 each, have each done six minutes. (Windsor Star.) The four leading scorers of Naâ€" tional Hockey League have served a total of only 23 minutes in the penalâ€" ty box this season. The boys that stay on the ice score the goals; you can‘t net the puck from the penalty box. In these columns from time to time we lave commented on the fact that farming is one of the most highly specialized callings in which our people are toâ€"day engaged. F. K. B. Stewart, B. 8. A. Agricultural Representative of Dufferin County, very nicely expresses the same idea. "There is no profession," he writes, eirculation of four thousand copies. Last summer he took & trip to Eurâ€" ope and Africa in the interest of growing business. You don‘t have to go to the bigz city to win success. A 20â€"yearâ€"old chap in Seaforth has developed a his home, and has customers throughout the world. He buys and sells stamps through a medium of a THEY STAY ON THE ICE A FACT A WEtR ABOUTâ€" »CANADA CANADIAN HOUSING business in the basement of â€" St Mary‘s Journal Argus. s through a medium of &| After serving as a PU he publishes with a paid for 35 years, exâ€"Reeve â€"Arthur Enterpriseâ€"News aritimes are ;;"c han in any it w In Quebec with right rooms. 6fl : roomed. In _ high at $20, twoâ€"yearâ€"olds $15, yearâ€" olds $10 to $12, calves $3 to $5; hogs were about $4 cwt., dead, and one would buy the best of horses for $50 to $60. Then 18 orâ€"19 years ago, when prices were at their peak, he sold cows at $150. and horses went at $300 each. Prices have sagged greatly since then, and toâ€"day good horses fetch from $75 to $150. cows range from $25 to $60, twoverrâ€"olds from $20 to $35. yearâ€"olds from $10 to $20, and calves from $5 to $10. There ha; been a big change in the conduct of auvction sajes during the past 35 years When Mr. Brigâ€" ham started in business, the practice was to pay all sums of $5, and under in cash, while 10 to 12 months‘ credâ€" it was given on approved joint notes without interest, but with 5 per cent. off for cash. This was not found satisâ€" factory, so the practice was changâ€" ed about 1920 and five or six per cent. Anterest charged on all notes. Iun of Hanover has decided to "call : it a day" and it will be different if his He first took out an auctioneer‘s license in 1902, and in the intervenâ€" ing years he has seen a lot of men serve the district in the same field. Among those he recalled was James Lockie, George Hillgartner, Wm. H. Brocklebank and Wm. Machesney of Hanover; Jacob Weinert of Neu:â€" stadt; R. H. Fortune of Ayton; J. P. Johnstone, Sr., and John Purvis of Robt. Brigham Retires _ After 35 Years Auctioneer to himself. Not only did he cover this immediate district, but his serâ€" vices were indemand as far north as Owen Sound, west to Port Elgin and Ripley, south to Tavistock and east to Dundalk. conducted, nor how much money changed hands at these events, but during his busiest years he was jucky to have Saturday and Sunday years until he wound up a highly successful carreer by presiding at John Glave‘s sale on the 6th of Benâ€" tinck on January 31 last. He has "Bob" Brigham firstassumed the aucâ€" tioneer‘s hammer and conducted a sale for Henry Brown on Lot 11, Concesâ€" read by Vera Stevart A splenaid paper entitled "Plans in Life, God‘s and our Own" was read by Mrs. w H. Smith. ‘The question drawer was given by Mrs. C. Thompson and Mrs. M. McKechnie. A social period folâ€" gulicck The call to worship was read reâ€" sponsively and Mrs. Thompson led in prayer, Study book chapter on "Residential Schools for Indians was March 27 â€" "For saken." ‘April 3 â€" "I thirst." | April 10 â€" "It is finished." April 17 (Easter Sunday)â€"*"Father, 1 commendâ€" My Spirit." CRAWFORD Y. P. U. The Y. P. U. met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Livingstone last Thursday evening. _ Meeting _ was opened with a hymn and prayer. Roll call was answered by a Scripâ€" ture verse and the lesson was read by Mary Livingston. After business the topic "Are Ancient Proverbs of Liquor still True ?" was presented |\ by Ruth Wall and two poems, "The | Mousetrap" and "Gossip" were read ‘by Duncan MacDougall and Charlie ‘ Campbell and a solo, "He Lifted Me" was sung by Mrs. Wilfred Wright. The meeting closeq with the use of \the Mizpah benediction. Mr. and iMn W.ifred Wright kindly offered their hbome for the next Y. P T ly 1y with the Ladies‘ Aid Society at the home of .Mis. Nelson Hunt on Wednesday February 23. The viceâ€" baking sale followed the uo;tlng_ Mrs. Ewen was in the chair. Mns. Malcolm _ McKechnie read _ the prayer. A reading entitieq "Hymns valued by all of us" was given by met jointly with the Women‘s Misâ€" sionary Society on Wednesday afterâ€" noon: February 23. at the home of Mrs. Nelson Hunt. ‘The president. Mr, A. MacDonald and Mrs. A. Hastie attended the funeral of Mr. Boyd in Owen Sound on Friday, weck with friends in Chesley. Con. 9, Bentinck where his brothers James, Sam, and Thompson and sisâ€" meeting on March 10. Sincere sympathy is extended to the bereaved family and relatives of the late Mr. John Boyd of Owen Sound who passed away on Tuesday Feb. 23rd after a long illingss. De ceased was well known here having spent his boyhood days on Lot 20 March 6 he will begin a series of Lenten sermons on the seven words from the Cross. The series will be given at the Morning service in Kimâ€" wood and in the afternoon at Crawâ€" ford. The subjects of the sermons and dates for which they have been chosen are:â€" March 6 â€" "Father forgive them." March 13 â€" "Toâ€"day in Paradise." March 20 â€" "Mother and Son." Bentinck and Reeve of Hanover, and h‘s successful career as an auctionâ€" eer during the past 35 years is inâ€" dicated by the demands shown for his services. He knew farming and farmers, had a fund of storiee to tell, and retires as one of the bestâ€" known and oldest auctioneers in the (Photo by courtesy of Hanover Post) been in Hanover for 15 years as manager of the local yard for the Phones: Store 41 W, A. Rell 33 Burns‘ church Ladies‘ Aid Society BURNS‘ CHURCH LADIES‘ Bell & Bennett BURNS‘ CHURCH w ~UPERIOL AMBULANâ€"F SERVICE mobern seuviement Hospital Beds to Rent MODERATE PRicEes 113 «r on the ratepayers. are quite liberal in granting reli~‘ asked, though it falls a little heavi: in Owen Sound last week. Mrs Jack Vasey spent a week w!**~ with Mr and Mrs Wil Kenny . man spent a day secently in Miss Ivy Melosh has returned »ows from Owen Sound where she s a Mr Stear left last week for To to where he has secured a positio~ Mr J. Meagher spent Sunday vith Mrs E. Kenny and family. end with his daughter, Mrs. ! r McArthur of Owen Sound. Gla< to report Mrs. McArthur is feelins a Mr Robert Peart, Glenelg‘s a==~ or, has been at work in the no hood making the 1938 assessmens Bob hashad several years‘ experion~~ at the work. Miss Emma Scheuerman spen‘ week end in Owen Sound. Mr Nicholas Melosh snent the « Mrs Wm. Bailey at Allan Park = day evening, and presented (m~~m with an Alladin lamp. A nump»o ~ the young people from this loc=:s was the guest of her friend, M« Dougald Hastie over the week «: The Junior Farmers gathere; s the home of the newlyâ€"weds, M: - The World‘s Day of Prayer sor Lamlash, Mulock and Crawford con gregations will be held on Fri< March 4th at 2.30 p.m. in Cras United Church, to which all women interesting readings were given . vy Janet Patterson and Margaret Lyn: of selfishness on us." Rev. NM: SBaunders closed with prayer. Rev, W. J. and Mrs. MacDonals 0* Harrow, are visiting with his paren:s Mr and Mrs A. C. MacDonald. also a wellâ€"rendered solo by Mrs ©i boime of our local sports journeye to Toronto Saturday to witness th« hockey game between Toronto Map) Leais and New York Rangers, the Rangers winning out, 4 to 2. The W.M.S. are meeting at the home of Miss Nellie Anderson Friday March 4th,. _ It is also the World‘s Day of Prayer. Mr James Byers is indisposed n present, having fallen ang broken a rib or two. Hope he will soon be his usual self again. Mr and Mrs David Widmeyer enter March ist has shown up, to come in like a lamb. Mr and Mrs Enno Seim entertain their friends and neighbors in tho new home last Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Noah Schenk and M Wm. McDonald were guests of ; and Mrs E. O. Hickling last Wednes day evening. Mrs W. Boddy and daughter !=a belle are in Moorefield this week, s iting with the former‘s sister, Mrs \\ B. Smith. Wednesday afternoon at the home o( last Miss Evelyn Henderson of Toron arrivod home last week to . recup Mr friends recently in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. C. Buschlien anq Karen of Brussels were weeken! daughters in Owen Sound Miss Ruth Ledingham visited |»s; week with friends in Owen Sound Mr. and Mrs. M. Vasey, also Miss Mr George Henderson who has spen{ he last few months in the lumb= The regular meeting of the R.Y., Mr. J. L Walsh was a visitor to a number of the ladies o‘ hborhood were entertaine: MARCH 3, 193s friends and neighbos to of Collingw« spent th« the funeral of in â€" Kenilworth a@rrived hon m few days Soh« reaction with bee ber at m ow W FOR SALEâ€"Ds Py ectric Ttube radio, t smle cheap. Apply at If you are ambitio yoU! sUCOESS ¢ No risk selling jine products in exclusive our sales force for pr 150 men averaze in "l’f For free watalogue â€" without ol PODAY: â€" FAMILEX lighting fres, layi: mt Review OfMce J CAN A To all Town»s o beyond Cochr sister, who passed 27, 1930. WINTER Big bundle of old and we are offeri Choice of our La Ladies® Silk and 1 Children‘s VELVCE BROW N COTTON at 20« in Sunbrown _ a shades. Afew pairs SUI left in green, re Jersey with F in different shades J. S. Mc Rai MmARCH 1 Motor A good All ose at ... MARCH 3. Some sizes left REPAIRING AS To connect wit Equally Low Is still w AT REDUCE Ten years ed its first prove that C winter golf. St., Mont be the scene : fon‘s most in tainly its n tournament 0 the tournam ily. Entries | *trophies aro ‘~cora turmâ€" IN MEMO T, Minnicâ€" ory, of of Broth

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