mmm m^ mmmrm â- iM THE FLESHERTON ADVANX;E THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Published on ColUngwood Street,* Ftesherton, Wednesday of each week. Circulation 1100. Price in Canada $1.50 i>er year; in U.S. A. I2.0U per year; 92.00 per year when not paid in advance. W. H. THURSTON, - Editor P. J. THURSTON - Asst. Editor I lor to ''coniniatid respect of the- community, when one studies the â- annual report of Ontario'ii Fire Mar- igiia'l. Ill 1D24 there were 593 light- Ining fires in the province, entailing I a loss of »387,000, and of these only Isilx, with a loss of $95 occured on WOMEN ATHLETES _^ I Women are gradually attaining dig- : Unction, in a branch, which, until ten | years ago, was devoted exclusively to the opposite sex. The women's meet, which wa.s recently held in Enifland' was well represented by the Canadian girl athletes, and attracted great attention from sport lovers the world over. The recen^^hannel essaying attempts, by an American and Arg- entine swimmiers were examples of physical fitness, and indominatable courage. In our community life the femin- ine sex, glory in the game of Softball, and stage competitions, which demonstrate strength of body and mind, along with the efficieticy which is the result of training. This branching out of women, into athletics, is tiot without its defects. Women were, until recently, supposed Ut be the weak and defenseless, "the clinging vine," and were always un- der trtfe shelter and protection of the stronger sex. The recent demon- strations of strength and muscular ability, when certain of the athletes lost their temper, gives support to the following statement in the editor- ial paragraphs of the Mail and Em- pire. â€" "We observe that Canadian young ladies are shot-putting and discus- hurling." "No doubt they do it better than other young ladies, but who wants his spou.se to be the champion caber-tosser?" BREEDING jAIRY COWS -MUCH UKPICMW IPON THE USE OK VIAUTY ltl'L.li8. buildings which had been "rodded." • • * The Farmer's Sun suggests that white crosses be erected at railway crossings to mark each fatality. It might not work out to advantage (vhere crossing ac^dents are numer- ous. The crosses would obstruct the vipw. Very few people profit in the mistakes of others. • « • Eleven years ago^^this month the first shot of the WorK War was fired when an elated young Austrian officer jerked the lanyard that sent the first .shell shrieking into panic-stricken Belgrade. He little realized that he was initiating the n)ost' terrible ca- tastrophe in human history which pro foundly modified the map of the world and the lives of all the inhabitants. Now, seven years after the end of the slaughter there are more men prepared for war than in 1914. Offi- cial figures secured by the United Press from the League of Nations in Geneva show there are 6,055,144 men in the standing armies of 59 nations. One of the contributing causes of the Qreat War â€" /the competitive race for .supremacy in armaments â€" is to- day actively revived. Now it is for the supremacy of the air. Great Britain has prepared an air budget of $77,56.5,000 designed to contest France's domination of the air. Only seven years after- the most terrible of wars nearly every power in Europe and Asia is preparing for the "next war." There is a great silent preparation. Here and there daily are potents fraught with sig- nificance. â€" Tara Leader., READY FOR THE ELECTIpN Young People's Convention' WHY NOT HERE? Quite a bit of controversy has been waged in the large dailies over the problem of a dominion election. It has not been definitely decided to hold an election so far, although one is likely to be held. Candidates in dif- ferent*ridings have been chosen, the latest one being M. R. Duncan, M. P. of Owen Sound, for North Grey, as the bearer of the Liberal-Conscerv- stlve party. Miss Agnes McPhail M. P., present U. P. O. member, will again run as a progressive, and will bfe opposed by Dr. L. G. Campbell of Markdale, rejiresenting the Conser- vatives. Most of the candidates in the various ridings have been cho- sen already, and all that's needed is the wave of Premier King's hand as consent, to start the election machinery moving. EDITORIAL NOTES â- The sand used for gravelling the streets in town this year is fast dis- appearing in clouds of dust as heavy cars pa.ss along. » ♦ » The Canadian National Exhibition rightly claims the distinction of the world's greatest fair. Even the Wem- bley exhibition does not surpass it. • • • Meaford band is to compete at the C.N.E. musical competition. The cit- izens are behind the band and sub- scribed about $300 for its expenses to Toronto. • • • The following pithy summary from the Kincardine Reporter says a great deal: "Too much moonshine. Too much gas. Too much speed. Too much crash. Thirty days. Not enough. » » » We are glad to see our old friend, J. R. Fawcett, of Kimberley, able to attend the Liberal-Con.sei-vative con- vention at Owen Sound last week and to know that^he had the honor of nom- inating M. R. Duncan, M. P. as their candidate. I • • . The lightning rod agent who has long been the butt of the jokesmitha | and often listed among the uneces- eary nuisances, becomes a benefac- The merchaants in many towns and villages take advantage of the Dollar Day as a means of boosting business during the quiet months. The Walk- erton Herald-Times has the following to say of the Dollar Day put on there about a week ago • "The Dollar Day campaigin put on by the merchants here on Friday and Saturday last proved a real crowd drawer, and was among the most successful events of its kind yet staged in town. So great in fact, was the trafficiprerAatyola in fact, was the crush on Saturday night that Chief Ferguson was press- ed into service to direct the traffic on the corner of Jackson and Durham itrecls. We question whether more uutos were ever seen in town before, and as many of the cars radiated from J distance of twenty miles or more, the drawing power of the merchant's bargains had certainly some pull to it. While the Jjusiness men were highly delighted at their turnover, the buying public found the campaign equally worth while from a money- saving standpoint." Flesherton mer- chants should give this means of boosting business ,a fair trial. There will be four days of trotting at the C.N.E., Saturday, September 5 and the following Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. Voters' List, 1^25 iMlNICIPALlTY OF ARTEMESIA CTharacterlMtlcH of a (ioo<l Bull â€" High TeHtlng t'ows nt a Premium â€" Care in Ureeding Heifeni â€" .\pi>ly Buiil- utma Principlee. (Contributed by OnUrlo Department of Avrlcu^ture. Toronto.) The Immediate possibility of lower- ing the cost of production of milk or lDCi;easlng the flow of milk Is depen- dent upon the care, management and feeding of our cows. It Is possible within a single herd to do selecting aad by purchasing replace our poorer cows with better cows; but, taking the Province as a whole, we must be content to get along as best we can with the cows on hands. The cows we have cannot be changed, but per- haps they will produce more it given more feed and better care. This limits the scope for Immediate Im- provement. For any great improve- ment we must look to the future and since we must get along as best we can with the cows available, the great hope Is centered la the sires we use. (Characteristics of a Good Ball. To use a pure-bred bull simply be- cause he is pure bred Is not enough. He must either be a proven producer of good dairy cattle or else have the maximum possibilities of becoming a producer of good cattle. Such a bull should command a reasonably good price and we should be prepared to pay well for such a bull. This does not mean, of course, that we should not buy as closely as possible. A good bull should be masculine, he must have the characteristics of a good bull and should, be strong In those points where the females are weak. For example, some Holstein cows with droopy rumps have been good producers. In such an instance the bull to^which they are mated should not only have a good rump himself, but come from a family of good rumped cattle. Similarly cows that are low testers should be mated to a bull that comes from a high testing strain. It Is well In selecting 'a sire to see that the family tree behii^d the bull is uniformly good, rather than to select a sire out of an out- standing Individual with no regard for either the near or remote ances- tors. Then again, the bull must be typical of the breed to which he be- longs. In breeding any class of pure- bred stock type Is of primary Im- portance. High Testing Cows at a Premlnm. Since payment for milk Is being made fgrgely on a butter fat baists, there has come to be a great demand for high testing cows. Some people are trying to increase the butter-fat yield of the herd by crossing Ayrshire 0^ Jersey bulls on Holstein cows. This practice should in most cases be discouraged, as the results when carried past the first generation are usually unsatisfactory. We cannot expect by crossing two breeds of cat- tle to obtain In the offspring all the virtues of each breed and none of the weaknesses. The opposite is Just as likely to be true, otherwise we might expect that by crossing a heavy Draft mare with a Standard bred stal- lion to obtain the weight of the Dreft horse and the speed of the Standard bred in the offspring. Experience has proven this Is not the case. - Care In Breeillng Heifers. Heifers should attain good size and be properly developed before being bred. In many cases heifere are bred at such an early age that they turn out to be undersized cows. The- only argument advanced In favor of this early breeding is that perhaps over a period of Ave years an extra calf may be obtained, but It must boTe- I At a n:deting in Owen Sound last week, representatives of the former Presbyterian Church, and of Owen Sound and Collingwood districts of' the Methodist church, met and form ed a tentative Presbyterial executive. As a result of this, a Young People's convention will be held in Division Street United church, Owen Sound, on Monday afternoon and evening, September 28th. Rev. Mr. Spencer, of Dundalk, form- er president ot the O^Mn Sound Dis- trict League, was in the chair, others present being Rev. Mr. Mclnnis, of Division Street United Church, andn Rev. T. Laidlaw, of Westside United Church, Owen Sound; A. S. Thurston, president of the Collingwood District, accompanied by Miss Velma Brown and Mr. Ted Beckett, of Meaford; and Mr. Pallister, of Dundalk. In the organization of the United Church of Canada each county has been made a Presbytery, and organi- zation is being affected along county lims. Thus, the nine Young People's Leagues formerly -iir-the Collingwood Methodist District, but located in Grey County, become associated witth the CJrey work, and separated from that of Simcoe county. The former Presbyterian church had no Presbyterial organization of Young People, though there are somi* thirty local organi^tions of that church within the county. The result of the new arrangement) will be the formation of a Presbyter ial Young People's organization em- 1 Z Haying and Harvesting Supplies Draw Rope Sling Rope Trip Rope Forks Plymouth Binder Twine Scythes Snaths Machine Oil Motor Oil Cup Grease Massey-Harris Co. repairs. Paris Green Arsenate of Lead Bug Death Sherwin-Williams Paints and Varnishes White Lead, Turpentine and Oil Coal Oil Stoves Screen Doors Screen y/indows Car of cement to arrive this week. 1 FRANK W. DUNCAN HARDWARE X*- e«««««««««e»«e«*»e«e«««e«««****S s t t 9 BAkGAIN SALE OF WOMEN'S SHOES • • I have some Women's Shoes to clear out to make room for fall g<>ods. I am offering them at $1.08 per g pair and ar^ valued at from $4.00 to $6.00 per pair. ^ in black and tan colors. • Some lines clearing at 75c., sizes 3 and 4. bracing some 50 local organizations in all." The convention wil be held on the day following Rally Day in the Sunday schools, and will be featured I Z by addresses from s.ome outstanding g^ leaders in the United church of Can- ' A ada. Plans formulated at the exec- A utive meeting last week will mean a successful convention, which will give the Young People's work of the new Church a splendid ''swing" in its in ception. It is interesting to note that the county in which the minister of a church resides is the Presbytery to which the church is attached. Thus in Hanover and Wiarton at least, the deciding factor ig the location within the town, of the parsonage or manse. THOS. CLAYTON FLESHERTON. - - ONTARIO • • • • • ^ • If? Three girl workers were trussed up with wire, when gunmen looted a loan company's office in Detroit. A new addition is being made to the Durham Furniture Co. plant at Durham, the new addition will be three storeys high and approximately 50-75 feet. Cyril Becker of Durham had the greater part of one of his hands sev- ered when it came into contact with the knive.s of a sticker at the Durham Furniture factory. The Staff of Life CAN YOU AFFORD NOT TO T.\KE INTEREST IN THIS NECESSITY OF LIFE. YOUR HEALTH DEMANDS THAT YOU SHOULD GEST THE BEST. i:0 BE SURE OF THIS, IN FUT/URE, INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR A LOAF OF BREAD ASK FOR PINDER'S BREAD AND GET THE BEST. INDER'S rERFECT * RODUCTS Flesherton Bakery I membered that cows which are sot Notice is hereby given that I have complied with iiection 10 of the Vo- ter's Li.st Act, and that I have pos- ted up at my office at Flesherton on the 22ncl day of August 1925, the list of persona entitled to vote in the said municipality for members of Parliament and at Municipal Elections ^nd that said list remains there for inapecfion. And I hereby call upon all voters to take immediate proceedings to have any errors or omissions cor- rected according to law. Dated the 24th day of August, 1925 ' â€"W.J. BELLAMY. Clerk of Artemesia.' Canadian National Exhibition Toronto 47th Anniversary Tlie Annual World's Fair Eclipsing .-inything previously presented unique, tnoniinKn- tal among bxposition.-9. Aug. 29 -Sept. 12 inclusive I properly developed cannot produce. In other words, the cow should be considered as a big factory. She should have size and capacity to turn large quantities of roughage Into milk. She should, like all well man- aged factories, be given a resting per- iod for repair. Even Iron and steel will not last forever, and machines have certain Idle pertod| when they are overhauled and put In good run- ning order. This Is equally true with a dairy cow. She should have a rest- ing period before freshening and dur- ing this time she should be liberally fed In order to repair the worn-out parts of her body and build up a reserve strength to be used in maxi- mum production during the lactation period. The liberal feeding of a cow during her period of rest previous to froshening will pay and pay well. Apply BuslneMi Prlnciplsa. Dairying as well ai all other Unei of buslnMs reQuires the application of business principles. How often have you heard milk and cream ship- pers doubting the accuracy of the t«it whieh Is being given them. This doubt or kuspiclon should not be. Producer* should leara to de this testing themselves. A Babcock test- ing machine Is not so expensive as to prohibit Its use. The method ot testing is fairly simple. The results obtained more than Justify the ezpen- dltyc^. It gives cfery dijrym; reliable cTieck 7n till °eSws. coupled with the weighing ot the milk \^lil elltnlnate much of the suspicion of unscrupulous creamery men and should be a guide for the building up of a good herd of dairy cattle. â€" L. E. O'Neill, Live Stock B^hota. Toronto. '"iit At the last annnal meeting of the I fifty County nepregentatlves ot the j ' Ontnrlo Department of Agriculture, i I wltliout n dlssonting voice or ah op- ' 1 posing vote, a resolution was passed ' { favorin? the use of "Ontario grown seed of all crops." 10 P.C DISCOUNT 10 DAY FURNITURE SALE Commencing August 27th to end Sat., September 5th DURING THE NEXT TEN DAYS WE ARE HAVING OUR AF^NUAL SALE * Am.& ON FURNITURE AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Everything in o"r Furniture Store is offered during thi.s sale at a 10% discount from our r'egular prices. Everything is ticketed now and you can easily figure your discount price- This is a genuine sale; just like the one we had last year, and there wi» be no marking up of prices, beacuse we could not hold your coi^fi- dence and do that, and iTiat is what we would like to have- A few extra good Bargains: Baby Carriage, regular pri«e $22-50, Complete Bed fumithed in Walnut; »^e Pri«« $18.00. springs and fe't mattress, regular $2$.oi), »ale price 222-80 Babby Carriage, reg-lar price $15.00, t«»v. r i. . . sale price $12H)0 ..,?y«™*, ^5** ^'^ mattress, regular ♦ 13 SO, sale price $11-00- Baby Push Cart, regular Price $6.50, Good felt layer mattress covered with sale price $5.00. good ticking. These prices : re cash, hut special terms can he arriMiged for anyone wishing time. THOS. W. FINDLAY FLESHERTON