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XVedncsday, March 16, 1938. THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESNERTON ADVANCE Published ob Collinffwood Street, FlMbert«n, Wednesday of each we«k. Circulation over 1,000. Price in Canada ii.OO per year, when paid in advance |1.50; in U. S. A. $2.60 per year, when paid in advance f 2.00. W. H. THURSTON, Editor F. J. THURSTON, Amoc. Editor. saue PERFlDIOl S GERMANY may not be strict justice to make the city pay, still the man was in the r3inploy of the city when he did it. Had he done an unusually brave deed he would have received a great ova- tion and would have been played up as an outstanding: example of the very fine qualities permeating the entire force. What is sauce for the goose is suitable food for the goslings, or some quotation to that effect. EDITORIAL NOTES Germany has been repeating her rape of Belgium in 1914 by a similar crime against Austria during the past week only in this case Austria did not defend her borders. Had she done so the horrors of Metz and other filgium cities would have been repeat- ed with the added modem terrorism of war from the air. Germany is to- day a mad dog loose upon the nations of Europe and her pretence that she is only bent on protecting German people who reside in other countries might equally apply to any country in the world where German immi- grants have been welcomed in past years, and provide an excuse for a repitition of their Austrian affair. The Hitler-controlled Germany is far removed from the Germany of the Re- formation. Hitler would lead the people back to barbarism and destroy all tenets of Christianity which the â- world has cherished so carefully dur- ing the past two thousand years. The Hitlers and Goerrings may make a .".hambles of the whole civilized •world if they are not curbed before added strength by conquest makes it possible for them to dare another â- world war. May the rulers and statesmen of the democracies be wise in this day that they may act in the fcest interests of humanity at large. HE HAS THE RIGHT IDEA The civilized nations have now learned how to value the word of a German ruler, who docs not appear to hold sacred any international agreement which he is called upon to enter into. If the present acts are evidence, the German people appear to back this criminal attitude whole- heartedly. • • • Premier Aberhart of Alberta is having a hectic time putting through legislation which the Supreme Court of Canada says he cannot legally do. Three of his Acts were recently dis- allowed by the Supreme Court. The social service Premier of Alberta is now pitting himself against the Su- preme Court and â- will appeal to the Privy Council in England to set aside the Canadian judgement. It is also said that Major C. H. Douglas of Eng- land, the founder of Social Credit, will come over to instruct Mr. Aber- hart as to the proper â- way of over- coming his failure to put across the legislation â- which he himself does not know how to successfully accomplish. In these stormy days there is too much half-baked legislation placed on the statute books. This applies to the Unit-ed States as well as (^anada. A FREAKISH COW Last week The Advance printed an item stating that when a cow arose from a reclining position she startea by risink first on her hind feet, and .a horse did it from its front feet. "Well, Mr. Howard Graham of Vand- eleur has a cow that is laboring under the impression that she is a horse! She has thought so all her life. And that cow is a pure bred registered Durham! â€" just a little mentally de- ficient about getting up in the morn- ing and insists that her front feet should have first place â€" and that the •"last should not be first." That cow has a freakmentality â€" unorthodox as it were. But then there are men who «re just as twisted in their mentality about getting up in the morning and frequently get up "on the wrong side of the bed." SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE,, ETC. A man was shot by a Toronto pol- iceman some time ago and when the case was tried in a recent court the complainant was awarded |5,B00 dam- ages. Now the city repudiates th« responsibility and refuses to pay for the act of its employee. It will he interesting to note how this repudi- ation will react on a jury when it cornea to a real showdown. While it (Editorial in Hanover Poatl Mr. Howard McCauley, warden of Grey, is on the right track in hi:' ad- vocacy of regulationij setting i. v. ight limit on trucks operating on the i oads of Ontario. In his opinion, thtre is no reason why local ratepayers s>,ould be heavily taxed to maintain bridges and culverts for the benefit of a few truckers who carry overloads. He would have the Department of High- ways make a survey, draw up proper restrictions and have county patrol- men appointed with the authority of a traffic officer to enforce these reg- ulations. Agreeing with Mr. McCauley on this issue, we feel that there are oth- er regulations that should also be im- posed upon truckers. A couple of weeks ago a man was fined in Han- over for blocking traffic on the main street with his big fruit truck while h made deliveries to local stores. Since then, several exchanges have pointed out that the same offence is common in their towns, and one paper wondered what these truck men are to do if they can't drive close to the curb on account of the cars parked there. The difficulty lies in the fact that so many people consider payment of the license fee as entitling them to do as they please on the streets and high- ways of the province, regardless of the rights of others. As Mr. McCaul- ey points out, every township and county is put to enormous expense in building culverts and bridges, not to accommodate 9(J%of the traffic but one per cent, who insist on carry- excessive loads. Many a time have we seen town streets torn up shame- fully because some chap with a big truck and heavy load didn't have sense enough to stay off them when the frost was coming out of the ground, travelling on back streets in- stead of staying on the pavement where he could do little harm. State Medicine Discussed In House (Continued From Pa^e 1) had expressed the opinion of the vast majority of Canadians, and that being true, he thought it strange that noth- ing concrete would come out of the day's debate. He argued for the res- 6lution on the grounds of humani- tarianism, economy smd efficiency. It augers well that large numbers of members were interested in this debate and, while nothing came of it â€" the minister being opposed it was talked out â€" we are getting nearer to the day when the Province or the Do- minion government will give the nec- essary leadership for the establish- ment of health insurance or state medicine. QUEER MOTHER'S ALLOWANCE Other Papers' Opinions V WHAT COUNRY NEEDS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (Kitchener Record) Quite frequently we hear people tell us what this country needs. All of us have pet ideas on the subject and we would like to see them carried out. But we have yet to see the list of needs that hits the nail on the head quite so squarely as the following collection, gathered by someone who evidently knows how to size up the situation. What this country needs is not more liberty but fewer people who take liberties with our liberty. What this country needs is not to get more taxes from the people but for the people to get more from the taxes. What this country needs is not more miles of territory but more miles to the gallon. What this country needs is more tractors and fewer distractors. What this country needs is not more young men making speed but more young men planting spuds. What this country needs is more paint in old places and less on young faces. What this country needs is to fol- low the footsteps of the fathers in- stead of the footsteps of the dancing masters. And we might add what this count- ry needs is not more talk but more action along sane lines. Of all practical jokes, perhaps the most practical was the one supposed to have been played on a certain Hol- lywood man whose steady and cop- ious drinking was worrying his pals. They decided to shock some sense into him. So while he was out bending an el- We do make progress in Parliament slow motion. 111 admit, but still pro- gress. This thought was brought to me as I listened to Mr. Dunning's elaborate defence of the managed monetary policy, his eulogy of the central bank, and hia frank acknow- ledgement that chartered banks loiki> many times as much money as their cash reserves. That is, a new issue of currency will cause the credit to be multiplied about ten times. One doesn't have to think back many years to recall the indignant anger of finance ministers when members of the U.F.A. group (Mr. Coote, Mr. Irvine, Mr. Spencer) were arguing for a Central bank managed currency and establishing the fact that bank credit is many times greater than the currency. The amusing thing is how orthodox and how altogether right the finance minister is each time. Mr. Dunning spent a large portion of his speech attacking suggestions made by Mr. Tucker of Rosthem for an increase in the amount of currency to finance public works which would, in his opinion, absorb the unemployed. We may live to see the day when the minister â- will defend that very idea. The concensus of the House seemed to be that Mr. Blackmore, the leader of the Social Credit group, handled himself well in the face of great pro- vocation. The export of power will be the big issue of this session. This was clearly evident when the Prime Min- ister introduced the Bill which will transfer the authority to grant licen- ses for power export from the cabinet to Parliament. Should this bill pass, and it will, each province or company Tlie Simcoe County Mothers' Al- lowance Board had a strange appli- catioi^ for an allowance to deal with recently. 7t came from a brave 28-' year-old girl. With both her parents dead, she is endeavouring to keep a large family together. The appli- cation showed there were 16 children in the family ranging in age from 4 to twenty eight years and that ten of them â€" three girls and seven boys â€" were sixteen years and under and resided at home together. The moth- er died in 1936 and the father last October. The courageous oldest grirl was granted an allowance for the ten youngest children. A GENTLE HINT A gentleman visited the house of an old friend where the butler, an Irish- man, paid him every attention, and finally saw him into hia carriage. The gentleman, who was miserly, did not tip him. As a delicate reminder, the butler said, "Faith, sorr, if you lose your purse on the way home re- member you didn't pull it out here. SPRING IS HERE FIFTY YEARS AGO Like a "gold mine from the sky" we picked up an old copy of The Flesherton Advance, dated February 9. 1888, then published by its founder, A. R. Fawcett. The paper was then in its seventh year of publication and was taken over by the present owner in August of the same year. Look- ing over the copy we find the follow- ing very interesting items which we pass on for the delectation of our readers : ON THE ROAD TO BLISS bow in his favorite taverns one even^ ingj^ his pals invaded his apartment j wishing to export power must 'seek a crew of workmen. (One of the consent of Parliament by way of with the friends was the owner of apartment building.) They then proceeded to turn the room almost literally upside down. The i-ug was nailed to the ceiling. legs of chairs, table, lamps and bed were bolted to the ceiling. Mattress and covers were fastened to the bed. Wallpaper was pasted to the floor and shades arranged to roll from the bottom up. The tenant came home stiff as a poker, groped around and finally went to sleep on the floor. Next morning with a head like a balloon he stared and screamed. Obviously his head was a balloon, for here he was flattened against the ceiling and there below him was the room and the empty, disarranged bed from which he must have floated. He had a bad time trying to jump from what he thought was the ceil- ing to what seemed to be the floor. Finally he noticed the door and he staggered out into a world of new sanity and he hasn't touched a drop since.â€" Mt. Forest Confederate. 1938, the year the jazz hound took to chaainpr after the big apple. Spring Supplies SAP BUCKETS, SAP SPILES. PAILS, TUBS, BRACES AND BITS, ETC. BROODERS, BROODER COAL, TROUGHS, CHICK SUPPLIES, POULTRY SPECIFIC FOUNTS. PAINT AND VARNISH, BRUSHES, MOPS, WAX, WALL PAPER CLEANER, OIL AND TURPS. Frank W. Duncan HARDWARE FLESHERTON, Ont. t *«*»9 9 *•••* * * ******** ** ******* LOCOMOTIVES ARE FEMININE ^'\ (Men ford Express) Many people wonder why railway locomotives are called "she." Well, here's one local railway chap's an- .swer: "It's because they wear jackets with yokes, pins, shields and stays. They have aprons and laps. Not on- ly do thev have short pumps but even hose, and they drag trains behind them. They nl.so attract attention with puffs and mufflers and some- times they refuse to work. At such times they noed to be switched. They need guiding and require a man to feed them. They all smoke and are much steadier when they are hooked up." So now you know! The first important sign of spring was discovered by A. Rea. of West Garafraxa. when he saw a butterfly near one of his buildings outdoors a couple of weeks ago. He captured it and brought it into the office the next day. the butterfly still being alive at that time. â€" Fergus Record. COWBOY'S COFFEE RECIPE To two grallons of boiling water add two pounds of coffee. Boil two hours. Throw a horseshoe into the pot and if it sinks the cofTee is not done, The trouble with most coffee makers is they're too generous with the wat- er. Try this. A BETTER CHANCE p?he village fire brigade stood by, while the top floor of a three-storey house blazed merrily. "Why don't you try to put the fire out?" asked a bystander. "Our hoses ain't any too powerful, mister," replied the fireman. "Well 'ave a better chance when the fire gits to the ground floor." Victory "t Last (Dundalk Herald) The Flesherton Advance man makes such rapid improvements that to chronicle all of them would arouse the ire of our compositor. One day he is selling wood, another building a house, then ordering new type, and the week before last invested in a new Taylor safe and bought a bull dog. Last week he left the business improvements alone and swore off the smoking habit, and when last seen he was putting the quoins in the safe, locking up shop and pressing home- ward, yet still on the Advance. Pike , ahead my hearty and may you never feel the want of a stick. Mr. Bradley and assistants are rap- idly getting our roller mill ready for operation. It is probably the besi appointed mill throughout to be found in the country, as it has all the very latest improvements. The work of fitting up the mill for the new system of grinding has now been in progress some three or four months, but it has- been done in the most thorough man-* ner, by skilled workmen and under* the keen and energetic supervision of Mr. Bradley himself. Flesherton now ' has very superior milling facilities and the public will not be slow to take ' advantage of the fact. It is thought ' the rollers will be in operation by the latter end of this week or the be- ginning of next. , Robt. A. Kerr of CoUingwood town- ship and son of the late Squire Kerr . dropped dead at his o^wn residence while stooping to do something for ' one of his little ones. He was 3S years of age and a prominent Orange- ' man. the I a private Bill. Mr. King spoke for ! two and a half hours but at the end one could not be sure whether he is in favour of the export of power or not. We did of course, know that he is in favour of the authority being by the government, exercised by Parliament rather than The Hon. Earl Rowe was in fight- ing form and accusd Mr. King of running to cover, hiding from Mr. Hepburn behind the skirts of Parlia- ment, as it were. But this, Mr. King staunchly denied, saying that he had made up his mind to transfer the au- thority months before Mr. Hepburn's application for the export of power. Mr. Rowe showed up effectively the hypocrisy of Mr. Hepburn's hydro policy, fighting the power barons of Quebec on the stump and linking hands with them immediately after the election. The clearest and best speech on the debate was made by H. H. Stevens, who, while in favour of having the authority trcnsforrcd from the cab- inet to Parliament, was against the weak Bill by which it was done. He expressed strongly and convincingly the idea that the .safeguards to any possible export of power should be contained in the Bill which transfers the authority; that the conditions should be specifically stated. Other- wise, the private bills that will be in nil .cases introduced by interested parties will contain the terms of ex- port, which is a very much weaker position. The debate is held in abey- ance. OTTAWA. Saturday, March 12. â€"AGNES C. MACPHAIL. A Missouri woman, a devout Chris- tian, married a man who did not be- lieve in a hereafter. All her efforts to convert him were of no avail. He happened to die first and she got even â- with him by having on his head- stone the simple but eloquent words, "Now he knows." Lionel Conacher, M.P.P., was se- lected to open the debate in the Leg- islature. Surely they are not trying to make a forward out of a man who has always been known as a defence star. The Y.M.C.A. in Toronto is con- ducting a course to cure blushing and there will be a little mild speculation as to where they find folk nowadays that do blush. Meat Pie Supper The annual Meat Pie Supper of St. John's United Church Ladies' Aid, Flesherton, will be held in the church on Thursday, March 17th. Supper served from 5.30 to 8 p.m., followed by a good program. Admission: 25 and 15 cents. A wildcat was chased into a log sheep stable on the farm of Mr. Hugh Sproule, Amaranth, one day last week and was then shot. The animal meas- ured 3 ft. 4 inches from nose to tail and was 1 foot 10 inches high. The Dundalk Herald says: "Rev. Mr. Watson is editor of a new journ- al published in Flesherton. It is printed by the old established thumb and finger digit press and works with a hand curved lever." The paper re- ferred to by the Herald is issued by Flesherton Division. Sons of Temp- erance, once a month and is called The Patriarch. There was quite a sensation in a Hanover hotel not long ago. A man named Weber walked up to the bar and trod heavily on the corns of G. H. Giesel. The latter didn't like this and wanted to know what the former meant by it. Weber said he was going to lick him, whereupon Geisel seized a tobacco can and promptly floored his antagonist. A man nam- ed Monk intended to assist Weber but when he saw the latter stretched out on the floor he wisely got out of the way. Weber will probably size up his man better should he perform the corn-treading operation at some future time. ' ONE MILLION CARS General Motors" Oahawa plant has recently completed the millionth unit. fVhe first car was built in 1907 and number 1,000,000 was run off the line on March 4th. The pay roll during the 31 years amounted to $126,000,- 000. The value of the million cars manufactured was |687,000,000. Ont of this amount hundreds of millions were paid out to Canadian firm.i for material and supplies, These are figures that give one food for thought. The mnnufncture of automobiles is no doubt our premier industry. General Motors products are deservedly pop- ular. HYDRO FOR FARMERS Tlis frirls werp named for flowers And wealth V Rose he wed. Ho fravc »n lovely I^ily To marigold instead. Hydro is probably the biggest boon that has conie to rural Ontario in the present decade. Automobiles and radios have advantages and no doubt many things could be said in their favour, but they are not really in the essential -lass es compared to Hydro. The Hydro Commission is now con- sidering paring down on the regula- tions and very soon, according to the Provincial Secretary, "two subscribers to the mile will be all that is necess- ary to secure an extension. About 70 years ago most homes were light- ed with tallow candles. Oil burning lamps were introduced and a great advance was made. The change to- day ia from oil lamps to hydro, and the advantage is even more than the advantngo of oil lamps over tallow dips, because hydro can he harnessed to become a handy chf'rc hoy around the homo .is well a.«i furnishing a flood of lic-ht,- rrppmoro Star. P SUPERIOR I I STORES I % SPECIALS ARE CASH ONLY A ♦^ Best Apple Jelly, real good 23c V f Individual Tea Pot, Cream Jug and ^ 1 dozen Tea Bags All for 29c j^ Large pkg. Rinse and 1 bar Lifebuoy Soap for 26c ^ Old Hickory Sodas, large package for 25c Quaker Ivory Flour -- none better â€" Special $3.90 Chase & Sanborn Coffee, ground while you wait per lb. 49c Fresh and Cured Meats and Fish of All Kinds Everything Available in Fruits and Vegetables GIVE US A TRY; COMPARE US FOR PRICE t C. J. KENNEDY PHONE 37 WE DELIVER ^♦♦♦♦♦^♦>*><»*J^J^>»J^<^Jm5^^^