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\ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY li. 1934 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE , Pvblulied on CoUinrwoo<l street, I FlMberton, Wednesday of each t WMk. Circulation over 1000, ' Pric« in Canada |2.00 per year, when paid in advance |1.50. In U, S. A. $2.60 per year, when paid in advance $2.00. ,W. H. THURSTON, . . Editor F. J. THURSTON. - Aasoe. Editoi THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE EDITORIAL NOTES • The 1933 Dundallc council was re- turned in the election on Monday. It apparently shows the disapproval of P«ndalk electors in holding an elec- tion this year. • • • Editor and Mrs. Chas. Ramage of the Durham Review celebrated the /iftieth anniversary of their wedding on Monday. Congratulations are ex- tended to this fine couple for many more years of service to their com- munity. • • • Here's one for Ripley's "Believe it or not" column. The Mail and Em- pire is. authority for the fact that four head of cattle averaging 5,080 pounds each were offered on the livt stock market Tuesday in Toronto These cattle must have been mistaken for elephants. • • • It appears as though W. J. .Stewart, Mayor of Toronto, is well on his way to duplicate the record of e.x-iMayor Tommy Church, who was the Chief Magistrate for seVtn terms. Mayoi Stewart is on his fourth term and by )iis overwh^ming plurality on Mon- dayjnf^can concede him a few more ' "ySSrs in office if he continues to conduct himself as in the past. • • • We are in receipt of a recent edit- ion pf tlje Calgary Daily Herald, which marked the fiftieth year of its Ajunding, having commenced in a tent in Calgary in 1883, when the (West was young and opening up foi settlement. From its small beginn- ing The Herald ha.s grown up with the country and today is regrarded as one of the most prominent dailies oii the prairies. ThLs jubilee numbei contains a fund of information ot early pioneer life of those early sett- lers, the coming of the first train to Calgary and many other items ot great interest. We are indebted to Mr. W. .S. Inkster of town for the copy of The Herald jubilee edition hf having received it from his sister, Mrs. H. McKenzie of Calgary. New Variety of Pear Inlreduced Locally During the past several years Mr. W, S. Inkster of town ha.s been en- gatffd exi)erimenting with various fruits and has been successful in dis- covering and propagating several var- ieties. He has also been very suc- cessful in his grafting work and has a fine young apple orchard producing from scions grafted onto wild apple trees which he cut down and turneo to useful production. Two or thret years ago he found a young pear tree growing wild in a fence corner on his property. It was lifted, placed in his orchard and particular care was taken, when planting it in proiJei soil, to ensure grovrth. Last fall Mr. Inkster secured a number of fine pears from the tree that were ex- ceptionally large and of fine quality; in fact one of the pears weighed iVi pounds. Several of them were sent to the Dominion Horticultural De- partment at Ottawa, through Mr. T. Stewart Cooper, Grey County Agri- cultural Representative, from which a favorable report was received by Mr. Inkster. The Department reply stated : "We were very interested in the sample of pears which you forwarded from your correspondent. These are. in our opinion, very superior speci- mens and if this is a variety which is now growing as a seedling along- side a fence that tree should be prop- agated, in our opinion, for further test. If the pear is hardy and is fruitful it may be found to be of con- siderable value. The quality is very good indeed. The appearance is also excellent." Mr. Inkster is an enthusiastic gard- ener and al-so keeps a large number of bees with which he has had con- siderable success in the past few years. He is also a lover of flowers and each summer has a beautiful dis- play of annual and perennial blooms, besides luxurious climbing, ramblei pnd tea roses that are a riot of bloom in their season. I Other Paper's | Opinions I . v^pmions . I QUOTA ON CATTLE EXPORTS (The Weekly Sun) Although the Federal Department of Agriculture under (.Mt. Weir has, as usual, nothing to say about the a- greement of the Canadian Govern- mont to limit cattle export to Great Britain, it is doubtful whether the men who raise cattle will be as mute. The beef cattle industry in this coun- try has languished ever since the last important export market was cut oft shortly after the war. From 1897 to lull we exported an average of 100,- 000 head per year to Great Britain, and after that we gradually switched to United States where exports reach- ed a i>eak of over half a million head in 1920. Recently there has been some prospect of at least partial com- pensation for the loss of the Amer- ican market by a new outlet in Great Britain. Exports this year were al- most four times the total of a year ago, and as the number of boat loads increased, the tone of the domestic market improved. But this new quota on cattle exports comes as a distinct menace, not only to the beef cattle industry but to all other branches of agriculture which have been exporting to Great Britain. The request for a curtailment of cattle, it is undierstood, originated with the British Marketing Board, and similar requests dealing with other agricultural products have gone to other dominions. Apparently the much-vaunted Imperial Conference agreements offer no protection, and it is quite possible that at any time we may receive orders to reduce bac- on, apples, cheese, wheat or any- thing else. contribute time or money or take an office. For these reasons, the at- tendance is often small, but promot- ers don's like to admit anyone has less interest in their affairs than they themselves have, and so they gener- ally infer that It must be the notice? were not read. DO SPORTS PAY? NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES MARRIED Municipal elections are over for another year. The next stir in the political pot will be the election of a Warden at the coming meeting of the County Council. Several men are in the field, but it is jonceded that Reeve W. L. Taylor of Osprey. elected Reeve by acclamation, wili have an excellent chance for the premier position bestowed by the members of the county council. Reeve Taylor has had a long and notable career in municipal work and it would be a fitting honor to bestow the Wardenship to him. His work in County Council has been out- standing, as he has served well on ali important committees with distinctioi, to himself and his township. HILL â€" CHARD â€" In IMarkdale, on December 27th, 1933, by Rev. C. 0. Pherrill, Lorna Bernice Chard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Chard of Flesherton, to Mr. George W. Hill, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hill of Markdale. ECLIPSE COMING An eclipse of the sun which will end near Japa/i a df.y earlier than it begins on the American Pacific Coast is scheduled for February. The difference in time, of course, is due to the eclipse crossing the inter- national date line in the Pacific. (Aylmer Express) The Border Cities Star in a recent editorial endorsed the idea advocated in this column some time ago, with respect to the attitude of railway companies and better business. Here is what our contemporary has to say on the subject: "It has always seemed queer to us that railways would con- tinue to operate regular trains carry- ing only a few passengers when, by making the rate attractive, thej could go a long way toward filling their coaches. The cheap week-end excursions operated by the Canadian jompanies absolutely prove that the people will ride trains when a bar- gain is offered. It costs just as much money to haul two persons in a railway coach a.s to handle twenty Why, then, should the railways not go after volume? Why did they not do so long ago ? The magistrate gazed solemnly al the woman in the witness-box. "How old are you madam?" ht asked. "I'm around twenty, your Honor,' she sweetly smiled. "Yes, I know you arc," he replied; "but how many years is it since you got round it?" AN IMPORTANT DECISION Let Us Order Your Daily Paper Reduction in Price to Subscribers Sub-sciptions to daily papers can be paid by sub- scribers at any time, not necessarily to wait until The Advance subscription is due. Send through us and save money on your daily paper. Subscriptions also taken for shorter periods than one year. The Advance and Mail and Empire $6.25 The Advance? and Daily Globe $6.ZS The Advance and Daily Star $7.25 The Advance and Daily Telegram $6.25 The Advance and Daily Sun-Times $5.25 The Advance and Family-Herald $2.50 The Flesherton Advance (Southampton Beacon) His Honor Judge Owens made an important decision at the Division Court sittings here last week; a de- cision that should clear up a very contentious question and establish a hard and fast rule concerning the use of lights while driving cattle on a highway after dark. In giving judg- ment to a motorist for damages sus- tained when his car crashed into a cow on the highway at dusk, His Honor pointed out that when cattle are being driven on the highway after dark they must be accompanied by persons carrying a light, one in front and one behind. That the farmer in this case, who had failed to comi)ly with this rule, was elected to pay the! damage is a clear indication of what can be expected in similar cases in the future. Since the law compelling all veh- icles to cany a light after dark canu into force there have licen numerous ftccidi.nt.s because of failure to comply with the law. Judge Owens' decis- 1 ion places the onus of blame squarely on those who disregard the law. It is hoped that all those who have oc- casion to use the highways after dark will realize their responsibility and carry lights.â€" Southampton Beacon. In these days when dollars are few and far between a greater number of our actions are self judged by the criterion, "does it pay," than in the case where money is flowing freer. One of the questions that is frequent- ly asked is "Does it pay to encour- age sport in small towns." If the answer had to be tabulated in dollars and cents we are confident that it would be an emphatic "No." Years agro in the days of the horse-drawn buggy, buckboard or lumber wagon, when anyone came to town for a sports day it meant coming in the morning and staying all day and in this way the eating houses, the mer- chants, and practically all business places reaped some tangible results from the organization of a big day. But times have changed. A big day now means that those who propose to attend jump into the car a few minutes before thte time scheduled for the program to commence. They drive right into the grounds where the sports are being held and within a few moments of the conclusion of the program are on their way home again. So far as the down-town merchant is concerned there are no greater receipts on a big day than on any ordinary day. F^om the standpoint of cash returns from any contributions that the merchants may make toward sport the resuHs are a washout. Fortunately it is not es- sential that we judge all our returns from the credit column in our bank book. Local sport does pay dividends in other lines. It develops the spirit of good fellowship; it provides an outlet for the superfluous energy of youth; it develops muscle and brawn in some who would otherwise be in- dolent and lazy and it provides a social atmosphere that make* the town a good place to live in. Sport in a small town pays in many ways that are somewhat difficult to tabu- late but if sport of every sort were excluded from the community there is not one of us but would soon be aware of its absence and would bt the poorer in a marked degree by reason of the lack of seasonable sports for the people of all ages. color, and which, when highly polish-] ed, has an almost greasy lustre. A ' perfect piece of this jade, three-quart- ers of an inch long and oval in shape, set in a ring, will fetch at least |10,- 000. The jade in a boulder may con- sist of the perfect quality or it may run the whole gamut of shales and combinations of green and white to pure white. iWhite jade has com- paratively no intrinsic value unless it is elaborately carved and of consider- able size. A small boulder was recently offer- ed for sale in Canton which showed in the groove cut in the skin jade of the most perfect quality. The own- er asked >1, 000,000 for it. A wealthy syndicate of jade dealers inspected it and were tempted. If the whole boulder should contain what was shown by the cut, then the stone would be priceless. But the gamble was colossal. No one, of course, really knew what was inside, for the dealer, as is the custom, refused to have it cut open. At last the syn- dicate bought the stone for 1400,000. The suspense of waiting whilst it was cut open must have been fright- ful, for this is a long and tiresome business, as jade is extremely hard and difficult to handle. When it was at last opened up it was found to consist entirely of the most perfect jade. The syndicate have, so far, only used one-half of the stone and have made over f2,000,000. In the back-alleys of Canton live the jade cutters, the polishers and the carvers. Here one can catch a glimpse of that amazing patience which i only found in the Oriental, for the fashion and cutting-up of jade is i job that no European could tackle with any success. In the crude little work-shops, crowded and smelly, boys and men work every hour of daylight. Here is a boulder about to be cut up. It is placed on a rough wooden stand and clamped into position. A small boy then arranges a thin but very strong piece of wire across two sup- ports. He covers this in a gfenerous coating of water and thick, gray paste, and then, working a foot pedal, he starts to draw the wire backwards and forwards across the stone. At the end of three or four days' continuous work the boulder is cut in half like cheese. These halves are carefully inspected, and it is finally decided as to how the jade, which is shown, shall be used â€" whether it shall go to make a necklace, pendants, ear- rings or bangles. Should the jade be the perfectly clear, deep sea-g^reen kind which is now so fashionable io China, it will be cut into pieces never more than an inch in length and oval in shape. These are handed to the polisher, v/ho will spend weeks on polishing a single piece until it has an almost greasy lustre. Should the jade ba spoiled by having black specks in it it is then cut into very thin squares and very elaborately carved for mak- ing into a pendant or earrings. With the making of a necklace, a rough piece of jade is given to a boy who cuts it into long, thin strips which are again cut into cubes each of the same size. These are given to anoth- er boy, who always gits in the light near the doorway. On one side h« has, close at hand, a small revolving wheel which he keeps covered io water and tKe gray pute. Holding the jade tight against tht wheel, which he turns with his foot he very slowly wears down the cor- ners of each cube until they become as smooth and round as a pea. Hour after hour, and day after day, he will sit whirling his wheel under the watch- ful eye of his master. Some day, if he shows promise, he will be promoted and allowed to handle the more valu- able pieces of jade which, if mishandl- ed, may involve his master in the loss of thousands of dollars. Radios Not Working During the past two weeks radios in Flesherton have been practically useless, due to a continued roar issu- ing from the instnunents when being operated. Hydro linemen have had instruments at work attempting to locate the trouble and even travelled as far as Priceville In an effort to locate the source of interference. Mr. Wm. Turney of the local commis- sion has also assisted im the Trork and on Saturday corrected a small fault on the large pole in front of th« Co-operataive store. Saturday night and Sunday radio reception was ex- cellent, but since them has been as noisy as usual, except for odd mom- eents at unexpected i)eriods. The present condition of radio reception is decidedly unsatisfactory and extra efforts should be made to clear the air to the satisfaction of those who pay out their cash for licenises with the idea that they will receive perfect radio reception. Try a "Small Advt." Jade, The Jewel Of The Far East Have you ever seen real jade, or have you often read about it in books and wondered what it really was? Captain S. E. G. Ponder, noted Eng- lish traveller, in his new book, "In Asia's Arms," tells why jade is the most popular jewel in China. He writes: Gambling in jade is a highly .sensa- tional business which takes place only in China, ami is a sport rarely, if ever, indulged in by Europeans, for it is gambling of the first magnitude. Jade which goes to China at the present time is found within small, round boulders which have a rind of very hard stone of a light brown color, and they closely resemble huge, well-worn pebbles. These are found by men who specialize in this kind of work, and their knowledge of whether a boulder doc.^ or does not contain Jade is positively uncanny. They bring the stones they find to the great jade centres of Peiping and Canton. Here, each boulder has a narrow groove cut across the skin which cx|>oses a glimpse of the jade on the inside. Everything depends upon what is shown in this cut. The Chinese have always preferred jade to any other stone, for they con- sider it lucky and a symbol of virtue. The- fashion at present is for jade ot a perfectly clear but deep sea-green TIRES D. McTAVISH & SON rLESHERTON, ONI. Goodyear Tires with Speed- way tread. Made with Supertwist cords and guar- anteed. At these low prices it will cost little to get rid of your present tires. 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