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VOL. 1---NO. 99 ------E-- Er Ah Pt oe: SE General Health The Osha wa Daily Reformer A ------a UU OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1927 10 Cents a Week; 2 Cents a Copy. Third Section--Pages 13-18 Conditions In Th APPLE CROP IN THIS DISTRICT LESS THAN HALF THAT OF 1926 1927 Estimate of Department for Whitby, Oshawa, Bowman. ville and Newcastle District is 32,150 Barrels, as Com- pared with 64,300 in 1926 for Commercial Trade Department of Agriculture, fruit branch, 'has issued the following summary. of the fruit situation in the Dominilon of Canada: On the basis of conditions on Oct, 1st the Capadian commercial apple crop is estimated at 91 per cent with 2,720,800 barrels, as compared with 2, 984,230 barrels in 1926, and 83 per cent of 3,337,690 barrels, the five-year average, All provinces report lighter yields than last year with ithe exception of Nova Scotia 2 Percent t of 1926 British Colifmbia |, . 98 Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia apd that province only indicates a very slight increase, Generally speaking the quality of the crop is none too good and the percentage of apples suitable for storage will be less than average, The market for good quality fruit is steady and indications are for firm prices throughout the season, The following 18 a summary of the commercial apple crop prospects by provinces on September 1&t, as compared with las; year and the five-year average: Estimated 1,026,800 1,020,100 1927 'B-yr. average 1922-1926 bbls, 1,037,660 903,240 88,240 31,250 1,267,300 1926 bbls, 1,312,360 698,700 116,800 30,000 927,870 bbls, 542,800 104,600 26,600 2,740,800 ¥ Aha Apples,--The commercial crop is now estimated at 110 per cent of adie. or 1,020,100 barrels, which is 81% per cent of a five-year average 2,984,230 3,327,600 timate by districts for 1927 com- pared with 1926: 1926 Est, 1927 bbls, bbls. Al hotsford 11,000 MAKING OF PLANET Forth From { Sun Hartford, Conn., Oct, 27.--It ward Troxell, logue with Professor Charles Rogers, of the same institution. Actually the earth goes on spi ence and his puny seratchings. said, nimals, man has made some hea tle here and there, spoiled soma good forest land, du the mineral resources,' Considering planet," Troxell said that of the earth as follows: "A great mass of material shot forth from our sun as a r EARTH DISCUSSED Great Mass of Material Shot largely in his own inflated opinion that man is "lord of creation" and "Inheritor of the earth." Dean Ra- of Tirinity College, said Tuesday night in a radio dia- ning quite oblivious of man's pres- he In comparison with the lower $ way toward control of natural for- ces, but in an absolute sense he has merely scratched the surface a Iit- "To show his superiority he has a fe weanals and exhausted some of "the making of our science at present explained the formation was | ONLY 15 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN OSHAWA DURING PAST MONTH Scarlet Fever Heads List -- Cases Mostly of Mild Type --Additional Nurse to Be Added to Staff -- Homes Overcrowded--350 Plumb- ing Permits Issued "aneral health conditions in Oshawa during the past month nave yuite favorable according to enart of the chief health nurse, B. B, Harris R.N., presented © rd of Health at its regu- lar meeting held in the municipal 1 rast night. While there were tifteen cases of a contagious na- ture under the department's sur- veilance. all were of a mild type and rot of an alarming nature. While the most dangerous item on the contagious, agenda is a case of smal'pox, the medi-al officer of health, Dr, T. W, G. asicKay, point- ed out to the gathering that the case is of a very mild nature and the patient affected is progressing favorably. Dr. McKay expressed him- E n- d- 18 a sult of the pull of another sun or star which visited this region in the dim, distant past. This materia went hurtling through space and took up its orhit ne.r the mother sun, "At first it was fragmental ana scattered, but one of the larger por- self as quite satisfied with the pre- vailing health conditions of the city, stating it was in a condition u'te satisfactory. Scarlet Fever heads the list of ontagious diseases and there were ten cases of this malady during the present month. They are all mi'd, WANT MORE HIGHWAYS Semi-annual meeting of Eastern Ontario Chamber of Commerce was held at Kingston yesterday. with A, H. Acres, M.P.P., Carleton, presid ing. Strong resolutions were adopt- ed to he presented to the Ontario Government, urging the linking up of highways and country roads. One specific resolution asked for the construction of a Provincial highway from Huntsville and slanting south- erly to link up at Perth or Smith's Falls with the highway from Kings- ton to Ottawa, With trank lines going out from the southerly bor- der of Ontario, easy access could be made to "The Land of a Thousand Lakes." Relief from charges for building and maintaining suburban areas was urged, and some division of the gasoline tax recommended, SEVERAL SERIOUS FIRES Fire is taking a heavy toll from the farmers of Cobourg district this autumn, Two disastrous fires oc- curred the first of the week in Ca- van Township. Wilbert Murney, who resides near Ida, was doctoring a sick horse when a lantern he was using exploded and set fire to the barn, which, with its contents of hay and grain and sevdral pigs, was burned. While threshing was in p CANADIAN FARM LAND INVOLVED IN FRAUD Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 26.--A piece of Canadian farm land, pur- chased for $287 and said to have been capitalized, as the principal asset in a $2,600,000 gold mining syndicate, led to the arrest here to- day of Constant Miniere, a construc tion engineer, on charges of fraud and violation of the State Securities Act. Miniere was held in $1,500 bail on complaint of three men, who said they had purchased $15,000 worth of stock in the Wanner Consolidated Mining Company, Ltd., of Canada, allezed to have been formed by Min- iere a year ago. A trip by Otto Roburg, secretary, to the property near Port Arthur a fev weeks ago esulted in the 'is- svance of warrants for Minierefs arrest Roburg asserted that no min. in" work was going forward on the nronerty. as Miniere was allered to have claimed, and that he found no indication that the land contained gold. WANT CLOSER INSPECTION A closer inspection of special leg- islation for debenture issues, not approved by the ratepayers of mu- nicipalities, was advised at Kings- ton yesterday by the Eastern On- tario Chamber otf Commerce, as was a resolution asking the Government to establish a Board of Auaitors to examine and give guidance in th¢ giving of Hydro power to Eastern progress on the farm of J, Morton, who resides near Milbrook, a shed caught fire, Ontario was vigoroualy approved. The annual meeting will be vened in Ottawa in June next, financing of municipalities, Speedy | con- | my characters is City Favorable TRUTH ABOUT WAR BY AN EX-OFFICER Real Actions and Thoughts of Men Vividly Described London, Oct. 27.--It has beeh left to Edward Thompson to write a great book about modern war, "These Men, Thy Friends," is in- spired by the last eighteen months of the Mesopotomian campaign, in which Mr. Thompson won the M.C., and is great because the essentizl truths of war clamour from its eve'y pare. It describes the real actions and thoughts of men, It transfers io the reader's mind the sense of in- potence and loathing of the mechani- val madness of battle that obessed the man of moderate intelligence turned temporary soldier. It strips the asinine type of regular soldier jof him bombast, pillories, inefficien- «v. and pays humble tribute to val- our, The author, taking as his mau characters Kenrick, a doctor Fletel- ci, a padre, Hart an infantry majo and Baker, an artillery officer, his created a drama of awe and desper- late reality, "I have takén a path," says tle author in his preface, 'by which it will he hard to avoid offence men whom I respected. National Heroes ave not been careful to make keep to . orthodox (Continued on page 14) 'n Lid | from 1922-26, Reports from all dis- tricts show that apples are of ex- ceptionally good color greatly ex- celling tha¢ of previous years, Fruit is generally of good size and of fair to good quality, Heavy producing varieties are Kings, Baldwin, Ribs- however, and the sick ones are ra- I | pidly regaining their health, In | --- ---------- tions, constituting a central nu- cleus, began to draw the other loose material to itself, At first the earth was only a tenth of its pre ent size, about as large as the moon, Other fragments were add- ed, but up to this time there wae 14,000 40,000 Rougemont St. Hilaire Chateauguay-Woods lands Oka-La Trappe. St, Joseph Montreal ---- R-- T., cases were all of a light nature and rery few homes are under quaran- ine. though there have heen cases where there were several cases in 4,000 7,600 6,000 ton and Golden Russet, while Gra- venstein, Stark and Baldwin are stated to be from a light to medium 6,600 2,000 Hemmingford , ,, ' 5,000 Chateau Richer ,,,, 3,600 e w no water. nor even an atmosphere, Beginning of Life increase in ach home, It is unique that there vere no cases of diphtheria report- URY & LOVEL cd. Poliomyelitis, smallpox, chicken- pox, mumps and whooping-cough were each represented with one case. Considerable imunization work has "But with further mass and the force of its gravity, the young earth came to have first an atmosphere, and then a hudro- 4,000 2,000 1,600 8,000 3,000 1,200 1,400 Island of Orleans ,, Charleshourg ,,,,., Dnunham-Sweetsburg Mt. Johnson , crop, Annapolis County.--Heavy yield- ing varieties are King, Golden Rus- her report the chief nurse says the 7 . a3) THE SAFE DRUG STORES set and Ribston 100 per cent, Bald- win 110 per cent, Light varieties are Gravenstein and Stark 60 per cent, Spy 76 per cent, Blenheim 80 per cent, Fruit is of fair quality but not as clean as last year,while there is fair prospects for color and good size, Kings County.--The commercial crop is estimated at 115 per cent of 1026. It is estimated that possibly 1200 ears will be shipped from the combined districts of Auburn, Ayles. ford, Berwick, Waterville, Grafton, Somerset and Welsford. Ribston and Blenheim are heavy and Ben Davis and Gano are light, While there is some scab the quality generally is superior to last year, Fruit is sizing well and promises fairly good color. Hants County.--Fruit has colored well during the last month bug some varieties are not turning out as well as wad expected, with the result the crop is now placed at 100 per cent of 1926, or 66,000 barrels of which 50,000 are winter varieties. It is es: timated that 205 cars will be shipped from the following points; Hants- port 70; Falmouth 140; Windsor 75; Brooklyn 5; Newport 5. The leading Heavy winter varieties are Golden Russet 115 per cent, Baldwin 106 per cent, Ben Davis 100 per cent, Stark 90 per cent and Spy 70 per cent of last year. Fruit is siz- ing considerably better than a year ago except where aphis injury is present. Ségb is quite prevalent and color prospects are very good, Lunenburg and Queens Counties. --The commercial crop promises to be light in this district having also suffered severely from the storm. Ribston, Baldwin, Stark, King, Non- pareil promise to be the leading heavy varieties while Golden, Russet, Fallawater, Blenheim and Wagner are light. Seab is quite prevalent while prospects for size and color are only fair. New Brunswick Apples.--The commercial apple crop in this province is estimated at 85 per cent of last year, or 26,500 barrels as compared with 27.000 barrels last month and 30,000 bar. rels in 1926. It is reported that fre- quent showers during the past month have greatly added to the sizing of the fruit, but the prevalence »f scab has offset any gain in this respect and brought about the decreased es- timate. Most varieties promise ex- cellent color. MeIntosh indicate a crop slightly below average, while Fameuse in some sections are only 50 per cent of last year. Wolfe River and Alexander are likewise light, but Wealthy are an average crop. Ben Davis, Bishop Pippin and Dudley are 100 ner cent of last year. Quebec Apples.--Preliminary estimates now show the commercial apple crop in the Province of Quebec to be 90 per cent of last year, or 104,600 barrels as compared with 108,600 barrels last month and 115,800 in 1926. The reduction in the estimates is principally attributed to the dis- trict of Mont St. Hilaire where the early and fall varieties are not com- ing up to expectations. Generally speaking, quality is fair to good with good average size and color. The following table shows the crop es- Total-- 115,800 104,600 Crop conditions" in' the principsh producing sections are as follows: Abbotsford,--There is no change in the estimate for this district, be- ing placed at 40 per cent of last year, or 11,000 barrels, Leading early and fall varieties are Trans- parent, Duchess. Wealthy, Wolfe River and Alexander, amounting to 4,500 barrels; while winter varieties including Fameuse, McIntosh, Rus- set and Pewaukee are estimated at 6,500 barrels. The quality of the fruit is only fair owing to the pre- valence of side-worm and scab, Rougemont.--Early estimates are maintained in this district, being es- timated at 14,000 barrels, or 50 per cent of last year, Early and fal] varieties are estimated at 5,000 bar- rels and winter kinds at 9,000 bar- rels. Duchess, Wealthy and Alexan- der are the heaviest varieties, The packing of McIntosh and Fameuse commenced about the 1st of October and are stated to be a light crop. Mont St, Hilaire.--While early es. timates looked like a 200 per cent erop of last year, present indications are that the crop will not be over 35.000 barrels, or 170 per cent of 1926. Estimates have been reduced owing to early varieties not coming up to expectations. Leading early varieties are Duchess, Transparent, Wealthy and St. Lawrence, amount- ing to 9,000 barrels, while leading winter varieties are Fameuse, Me- Intosh, Russets and Salome, being estimated at 26,000 barrels. Fam- euse, and McIntosh especially are growing well with good size annd col or. Scab and insect injury are in evidence in some orchards, Chateauguay-Woodlands, -- The commercial crop remains at 4,000 barrels, or 50 per cent of last year. Early varieties are estimated at 3,000 barrels and winter kinds at 1,000 barrels. Scab is very prevalent and a large quantity of fruit is affected with insect injury with the result a good" proportion of the crop will be marketed in open packages. Ontario Apples.--The Ontario commercial apple crop is estimated at 542,800 barrels as compared with 598,690 1926. This is a drop of 15.000 bar- rels from last month's estimate which is attributed to the generally poor quality of the fruit owing to avhid injury in most districts and to railroad worm injury in some sec- tions. Scab is also prevalent in many orchards, but color and size are good, except that in some western Ontario districts size is below average. Lead. ing varieties are Spy, Mcintosh, Greening, Russet and Baldwin. Greening, however, has been par- ticularly affected by aphid injury. Western Ontario The following table shows the eron estimate by districts for 1927 com- pared with 1926: 1926 Est. 1927 bbls. bbls. S660 77.800 26,000 25.000 3 .. 86080 43000 Elgin snd Oxford 24.800 14,000 (Continues on page 17) Like. the planet Mars today. sphere, or water envelope, It in many respects, half the diameter of the one of the greatest events of a time--the beginning of primordial earth material, earth grew to its present size." Dean Troxell said, through the a tion of meteorites, sphere each day. SEARCHERS FIND Winnipeg, Oct. 27.--Suffering partial paralysis, without food, match was inqludfng size, About present earth, | The stage was then set for life--are with the continued accumulation vi the This increase in size still goes on, about 20,000,~ 000 of which enter the earth's atmo- LOST FUR TRADER Without Food for 15 Days from or ammunition, and having given up heen done for these last mentioned contagious diseases in the clinic and the results have according to fhe medical officer, proved astounding, Addition to Sgaff In dealing wth the report of the chief nurse, Dr. McKay reported that an additional nurse will be add- ed to the staff very shortly in the person of Miss Innez Cook, a gradu- ate of the Oshawa General Hospi, The fact that over 4,189 pupils were inspected during lic wonth by the purses, made the action of securing another nurse advisable, Miss Cook comes to the local staff highly re- commended and Dr. McKay told the hoard last night that she is an in- custrious and conscientious worker. Complete inepections of the cat- tle and surroundings from which milk to residents of the eity is sup- plied was made during the month by the veterinary, Dr. Vanzent, and that officicl claimed they were all found to be in perfect order and in a czenerally sanitary condition. In all, 216 tests were made and of this pumber 22 showed a re-action, These animals were disposcd of. A total of 1098 cows werq examined for 1 C= es barrels and which is 90 per cent of | } all hope of rescue, Carl Bailey, 27- year-old fur trader of Norway House. Man, was rescued after having been lost in the wilderness of the north country since Sept. 15. A wireless message received from Norway House, a Hudson's Bay post, 300 .miles north of Winnipeg, gave meager details of the rescue. For 15 days the young trader was without food, his left side and become paraly- zed and he was awaiting death, d s- pairing of rescue after so many days of privation, when a search party dis- covered him. While on a bunting expedition in the Succer Lake district, 200 miles northeast of Norway House, Bailey and his Indian guide became s-parated on one of the heavily wooded islands which dot the lake. For three days the Indian searched for his companion. Failing to find a trace of the trader, the guide made an arduous journey over wilderness trails and by canoe 10 Norway House. : A search party was immediately or- ganized and assistance of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police sought. The searchers and police officers made the long journey to Succer Lake without incident, and word of the successful hunt was brought to Norway House and flashed via radio to Winnipeg. Bdiley has been a resident of the North Country for the past tem years, coming from Newfoundland, his home, in 1917. GRENVILLE PLOWING MATCH The annual plowing match of the Grenville Plowmen's Association took place on the farm if William N. Barton at Maynard, and was largely attended. Twenty plowmen participated and competition was keen."At the conclusion of the main classes a speed competition was held. First prize went to Gordon Smith of Lansdowne. Both of the principal trophies, Premier Fergu- son's Cup (for the best plowed land by & resident of Gremville County) anl the Prescott Royal Bank Tro- phy (for the best plowed land by a resident of Edwardsburg or Au- gusta Township), went to A. Ray Conklin of Maynard. ; of as many as four families. T.B. Homes Over Crowded Over 350 plumbing permits were idsued during the period, January 1 to October 24, according to the sanitary inspector, D. Hubbell and these have netted a revenue of over $897, and indications are that this amount will exceed the $1,000 mark before the end of the year. In his yeport, which covered only a brief sketch of the months work, Mr. Hub- bell stressed the fact. that many houses originally built to accommo- date small families are taking care "ne only way to remedy the situation, Dr. McKay said, was to await for the complaint of the people resid- ing in these homes. The condition be believed, would rectify itself in time. Apart from these existing conditions the sanitary inspector re- ported everything in a satisfactory condition. The following is the report of the chief nurse to the medical officer of health: Communicable diseases reported for Oetober are as follows: Scarlet Fever Smallpox Poliomyelitis Chickenpox Mumps Whooping Cough There is very little comment to pass on Contagious Diseases for October. It is, however, noticeable that there have been no diphtheria cases reported. The type of secar- tet fever is light. and few homes un- der placard, though there have been several cases in each home. Each baby clinic has been well attended. 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