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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1930 PAGE NINE WEEKLY REPORT ON CROPS IN ONTARIO Considerable Improvement Shown as Result of Rainfall Crop Conditions during the past week have improved considerably for Inter crops sich as Potatoes and ansilage corn, but the showers ar rived too lute In the season to be of much help to Buckwheat, which is reported ns being more or loss A fallure throughout Western Ontay- to. Bean harvest is in full swing and the yield will be only fair Decrease in milk flow is reported in practically all counties, especial Iy in Western Ontario, due to short ake of pastures, Essex County re- ports that corn Is fipening quickly and will be of good quality, North- ern Ontario Is enjoying good wen- ther for thelr harvesting and A keen demand for hay is noted, Algoma==Harvesting in progress. ing under iden! weather conditions The grain 1s practically all in wtook and over hulf of It Is In the barn Koma farmers Ave taking ndvan- tage of the stondy weather and sre stook threshing Beant==ftock in in very faly con dition considering goneral feed con ditions. There is little demand for stock and farmers are not market ing very much At present sup. piles of milk showing a marked falling off, although fairly plenti- ul supply. Decided falling off in supplies of cream, Carleton==There 1s considerable talling off In the milk supply from the earlier part of tha suminer, though not to the same extent As vention: AllCanads year was fittingly kept at the Canadian National Kx. hibition dog show, when for the first time since 1920 a Canndinne owned dog won best in show, the recent showers. corenl crops Is prec tically completed. Yields of wheat, omits and barley have heen partl culnrly satisfactory and many bumper crops are reported proved since Threshing of preparation of soll for the new fall whout crop However thors Is a large acreage In field beans and practically the whole of this nere- experienced In most years, owing to the splendid growing conditions which have prevailed throughout the county this season, Dafferine=Rocont showers have greatly enhanced the chances of new seeding and Increased the pros pects of late potato yields, Kasex==Aftor Harvdut cultivation is in full swing, there ix qiilte a bit of preparation helng made for the sowing of fall wheat, If it is a good fall thera should he a lnrge quantity of fall wheat sown Dry weather continues, and while it is hard on some crops, it Is excellent for the harvesting of Tobacco, The corn fields are pretty well dried up, Some of the corn Is already dried, and a good yleld Is In evidence, To date the corn-borer has not heen as much In evidence as In a few previous years, With an absence of frost for the next month or wo, we should have some real good nge will be weedod to whet and that fall wheat full far short of | indieationy | planting will not {that of 1029, Lennox nnd [threshing Is quite general and all wections of the county we [ voports of comparatively |ylolds, Barley is running around {46 hus were with a few res ports as high as 66: while It is not uncommon to find better than 60 (hus, yleWls of oats with a few [eholee folds going ux high 80 {bus Manitouline=Murketing condl tons ure anything but satisfactory, The drop In prices has made it nec {onary for farmers to ship earlier {than usual, The boats which fur- | nish the regular outlet are engrged [In tourist traMe and -are not avall uble for shipping lve stock, both Addington==Htock from hear high por ne going forward though under great quality corn, Frontennc==A fow car loads of | milk cows continue to find a mar kot In the United States, at prices averaging around 8756.00 The log and lamb market is absorbing | supplies at lower prices, Lambs | are only bringing $6.00 $7.00] each, Glangarry==The grain erop |x the best [0 8 number of years, Smut wis pathier prevalent and reduced the yield somewhat, How thistle) is worse here this yeur than It every was before, The corn crop In good so that there should be no near city of feed here this coming year Haldimand==No new fall wheat has Been sown so far and It In not likel® that much will be sown un- til more rain Is received. There was a Mght fall last Saturday but | nothing compnred with that which went on on ull sides of the county Hastings==1t0 to the favorably weather conditions and the recent rains plowing In possible in all dis tricts and nearly everywhere fay mers have made n good start, Huron=="Tha harvesting of hean crop Is well under way approximately half the crop heen pulled, Ideal weather ling! facilitated this operation and a fair percentage of the early hens are IB the barn. While surround ing districts have had some gain during the week thers has been Merle, If any, relief from the drought In this county. A number of wells have gone dry and fars mers, Are hauling water for ita atook, KenorawConsldorable plover threshing is being done and good yields are reported fo § hus Very little grain has been threshed no far, Keénte=The houn harvest is nice- ly under way, 'Pobacco growensr have Just commenced to put their erop In the barn, In some soc. tions this crop has materially Im- Ll] Lhe and ha duction in diMeultion Middlesex==The genoral rains of n week ngo wers mont beneficial und terminated one of the longest droughts experienced in the county for years In most sections, the ground waw moistened to an depth of 4" to 8" and many of the late crops were very materinlly helped, Moisture was not, however, suffi. clent to rayive pastures. Lo any Ap preciablg extent with the result that either beet or dairy eattle on old pastures are still short of feed ind are not glving satisfactory pros or gain Dalrymen who are not fortunate in having an abundance of wocond growth alfal ure having resort to stable feoding Beof cattle are still he. ing marketed though some cattle mon ara holding thelr stock in hopes of higher markets later In the Foedars are now he HK for fall and to LLL ET purchased for at up to $5.50 per cwt,, al though Inferior grades are moving it 84,00 per ewt, or lower, Wheat, barley and oats are now harvested und bean pulling Is commencing (though thers has heen practiosl- Iv no bean threshing to date, It In not expected that beans will yield more than 1-2 the Average return of the last two years, Ruck wheat Is un veiy short erop and will not he considered worth while har vesting In some canes Norfolkes=RRecent viln od the late crops some aged about 1200 to 1600 meres of tobueco and of this about 400 acres Is destroyed completely, Probably $160,000 to $175,000 damage done, Prince Edwards=I'rince Edward have help. has had one of the best grain crops One farmer thresh. od 43560 hus, from K0 meres, The tomato crop has heen cut down very materinlly with the dry wea ther, Corn han also suffered, South Simcoes==Alslke is solling In many years, "JUS not of the alcoholic "ind, Only a sample of new sign which will be installed on all cars of the prohibition, unit in Washington, \C: LEFT TO RIGHT: Col. Amos W. Woodcock, director. of probis bition: HM. Lucius (In car), press dent of the Maryland Club, and Ernest N, Smith, former vice president of the American, shipments of cattle and Inmbs are winter | feeding with best gunlity heing pald | Hall dam... | Danish sea-geptain and five able sea ' Above at the left Is Ch, Lights o Loomiand, the wirehalred fox ters rier, which won the terrier group, and then went on to be chosen queen of the 600 competing cans nl $6.00 to $8.00 per bus, Buck- wheat, which fs usally sm falr crop | in this district Is almost u fallure | this year, dry, hot weather being the cause, The long continued Tho [drought was broken un week ago, | show continued dry woather has delayed | and late crops such as polnioos und | cannon roots look much better, H | Temiskaming--Nothing new (0) [report although there In quite keen demand for hay and It would | (appear that the price of hay this | [year will be higher than It wag a yonr ago Welland==LIvo wtock from want of pasture still continues and burnt up BELIEVE WRECK * OF NOTED VESSEL | HAS BEEN LOCATED | Investigators Positive That | La Salle's Ship Has Been Found suffering | The drouth pANLUTES Are | which Little Current, Ont members ol the expedition | | Manitoulin Island a weeks ag to investigate the claims of the old | | shipwreck on Mississagi Strait to he { that of the explorer La Salle's "Grif fon", wrecked in 1679, have | urrived individ [ually expressed the "personal eonyic tion" that the wreck that of la Salle's ill-fated vessel und they have recommended that steps be taken to the authorities to: protect the rem nant from vandals The party undertook a critieal « amination all the known remains of the wreck and the ix skele tons found A careful study is | made of all guthentic descriptions of the ship 'built by La Salle's orders and a council of deliberation w called to consider the pros and cons of the "Griffon'y' identity Ihe | council was composed of 1, J. Bate man, GU, H, Agnew and Roy F. Flem ing, the expedition members The authorities consulted were Fa ther Louis Hennepin's "Voyages Curieux," Jontel, La Salle and Park. man, chiefly Father Hennepin as he wrote a detailed narrative of the building and the sailing of the "Grif fon" According 10 these uecounts the Griffon was built at Chippewa Creek neap Niagara during four months «J the winter. and spring of 1679. Lu Sulle's motive was to collect valuable furs by trading with Indians with the proceeds to pay off import unate credito in Montreal The work was supervised hy iron-handed and heroic Henri Fonty, About twenty experienced carpenters and helpers guided by Moyse Hillaret, master ship-builder, all hrought from France, constrict ed the vessel from neighborliood timber and iron-work and Attings brought from France Father Louis Hennepin, who was the resident Recollect priest with the builders and chief contemporary nar rator of the Griffon story tells: that the ship was forty-five tons weight, and was fitted with five small brass cannon, Hennepin's drawing of the I vessel hefore launching shows it to be about seventy or eighty feet long Last Seen by Indians After sailing up the lakes to Green Bay, the vessel was loaded with furs, along with "much merchandise too difficult to transport in canoes, also tools and implements," and began her return voyage to Niagara on Sept. 8, 1679, "making her adieu with a single cannon shot," The boat was naviga ted by Pilot Lue (or Lucas) a giant ol i" and the men ("cing matelots habiles"), The vessel was seen by the Pottawatoniie Indians sailing through Mackinac Strait in the egrunoxal gale, and hot heard of agaiff, La Salle sent two men (Chapelle and 'Le Blanc) to eircumnavigate Lake Huron, but they found ne trace of the lost vessel, 'The following spring La' Salle found some bits of her wreckage at Michillimuckinae I« land, a bundle of furs, a batch, a cabin door, and a flagpole. La Sull believed Captain Luc had destrovel the, vessel and tried to join Dulhut Hennepin says, "We do not know what route they took but doubt the hoat has perished, "What happened to the vessel hus heen a mystery of the lakes for two and one half cen turfes, A Comparison Many features of the Mississagi Strait wreck were found by investi. futon to tally with those of the Grif on, 1 The heavy type of construetion seenis consistent with the werk of | shoal or French ocean ship<builders, he size and weight twentv.fnot ines, she is owned by Mrs, J. I, Kennedy, Toronto, At the vight Is reserve winner, a flateconted re. triever, Gronwen Mutant, owned by H. U., P, Lewis, Toronto, It won beam, seventy-foot length, forty-five ton weight, 3 The lead caulking of the Missing ugl boat would indicate great 4 'Ihe presence of gun that the boat was armed with swab found number I'he number skeleton ponds exactly with the A navigntors the Griffon 0, The giant skull found ponds to the description gi Pilot La 7. 'The scarce huve with the « might [7] Corre on COrres en ol wrocl location of the could re consistent Gesffon the magnet helter of Coc been 1" urse of the which struck the lave voug! sn Island Recommendations I'he followin wedure wi recoms lation | bt He ' mmended b m tigating part in order to con the pradot or that the Mississagi wrecl the Griffon I. Have the metalurgical laboratories for ve refute the theory is that plete fron holts te Fox wreck is with a in the ho : vate the | | | | the trophy for best of opposite sex to the winner and the cop for best sporting dog In the show, In which some of the best gun and bird dogs on the continent come peted, cannon or the large anchor Ixanine the Magnetic reef with bottomed eylinders for wreck bia gla nye 4 Male the careful search of places skeletons were found, other mettalic date or where wx curch tor coms or which might indicute in articles nat fir the nie onality ntune the mmvestiguting imnounced their that the Misne thst of ba Salles pi el amd recommend that the authori the remnant purty of three | personal conviction Wi of Ken hy from When the small man goes broke When the big ots hroke he usually loses ome of the neighbors' money Reng Leader-Post he loves his money fallin, motto to uch a bad to keep Ho turn, | the 1 do a I'hi yood colt slo not gun for notorist MARTIAL LAW IS NOW IN EFFECT IN SANTO DOMINGO 800 Killed and 1,000 Injured Latest Figures of Casualties Santo Domingo, Dominlean Ite publie Hept, #.~Martial law was declared lang night in this hurri cane-swept. capital, where the wuf fering of thousands of homeless parsons was mide more acute hy faflure of the water supply To udd to the misery the muni cipal electric plant ceased to func tlon and It was necossary to con duct in darkness such Umited relief work us was possible, Reports of casupltier, based largely on Information compiled nt tha All-American cable office, suid #00 persons had heen killed nnd 1,000 Injured in the violent winds that crippled the island republic on Wednesday, Nowy of the inte ior wan still lacking, however, nnd not until communication Is resum od will a complete analysis of (he destruction be obtainable, President Rafael 1. Trujillo with ald promised from othe fulands and from the United Htal directed the relief meagures and In some cases personally distributed nlme too families who had heen hardest hit, Not only were many homes wip out perhaps as high as 950 per cent, of the residences, nx ostimatos placed it-=hut huriness tructures and a bridge crossing the river Ozama were wrecked, Of most serious Import was the crip pling of the water works md Heht plant Workmen were handing avery effort toward the resumption of both utilities resh Discoveries Made Hourly Frosh discoveries of the mutiny tion of the city were made hourly nn volunteer rallef workers worked thelr way through the masses wreckage The customs house oMces and nd joining warehouses were complet ely destroyed Hinea thi meant that provisions stored therein ware damaged, It made the need for new food supplies Imperative Home of mind rounding the corners we of findin Kingston Whig-Standard village that Nefugees from a small opposite the capital city suid An Interesting wedding Is that of Miss Alice Louise Taylor, ples tured above, daughter of Mrs, doseph Taylor of Toronto, gradu. ato of University College, nnd had the homes of the community hoon eptirely obliteratod The tuge rieane sailing flood hur for haavy the he river reached » In the aftermath of and It was ships LO nis impo igmle Ji were Hifted off hous ds as though they had been placed there with thumb tucks, Even hulldings of comparatively mode; tion crumpled, Trees were od and thrown uscross highways to make them impassable oofs nn oconstriue 1proot To ndd to the of anthorl tien, necording to one report reach ing the All-American Cable office the Insane paylum here vas demol worrie {shed and tha inmates eseaped to | table 2 prominent in sports, especially hoe key, to Mr, Herbert Gatenby Moody, son of Dr, and Mrs, A. W. Moody of Winnipeg.~FPhotograph of Miss Taylor by Milne studio, run at large through stricken cli A pan-American over airplane the city during the morsing the terror flow hut did not land, probably because the air field was littered with deb~ One of wan ri volunteers to clear the first "tasks fucing the field #o that other planes, carrying the medical supplies needed, could come down with According safety, to the best available Informution the hurricane did mora damuge here than at any other spot on {ts route thus far, Hell has no fury like a woman husband at Journal dub Ottawa whh a INCE January, 1929, Chevrolet has over 2,000,008 six-cylinder automobiles -- nearly five times as many as any manufacturer of sixes has ever built in it's wise To AUNONW cHoosE 4 SIX 000.000 ix=Cylinder Chevrolets now on the road an equal length of time, Such record-breaking public preference shows how buyers of lowspriced cars are demanding the advantages of six. {indet. desis R Bote aul that 0 Whe io chovsy a Chev. rolet Six. ose 2, people deci on Chevrolet largely because of the following 4 eylinder. desi CHEVROLET IS SMOOTHER A sixcylinder engine is smoother, quieter, more flexible-- vibration----and easier handling due to less gearshifting. 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