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e _ Published every Thureday by David Bean and Sone, Ltd. h Waterion, Ontarie. % Waterloo Chronicle PAGE TWO On application. Advertising copy must reach the office not later than Monday noon to insure insertion. The Conservative National Convention at Winnipeg last week chose Hon. Richard Bedâ€" ford Bennett to lead the party and he becomes the new Conservative leader in succession to Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen. He was the choice of the convention on the setond ballot by the deâ€" cisive margin of several hundred votes. That he fully realized the responsibility and opportunity for service open to him was attestâ€" ed in his speech of acceptance when he anâ€" nounced himself ready to consecrate himself and his fortune, which is a considerable one, to the service of his country. The new Conservative leader, although born in the maritime province of New Brunswick, was attracted to the West when a young man of 27, going to Calgary, Alberta, a few years after graduating from the law school His enterprises prokpered and he soon came to be recognized as a capable lawyer, an accomplished political speaker and a loyal westerner. In 1898 he was ted a member of the Legislative Assembly for st Calgary and was reâ€"elected in 1901. From 1911 to 1917 he represented Calâ€" gary ft Ottawa and in 1921 became Minister of Justic d Attorneyâ€"General of Canada. |_THE NEW CONSERVATIVE LEADER Hon. Mr. Bennett will bring to the reâ€" sponsible position he assumes, high ability and a wide experience both in the the political field and in business, together with a declared purâ€" pose to zealously serve the country of his birth. His career in public life in his new high position will be followed with the keenest of interest. _ The farmers of this district have fori years taken a particular pride in producing live stock of the highest grade. This was strongly in evidence at the fall fairs where the exhibits of both dairy and beef cattle, as well as of swine, were of exceptional quality in many cases. There was keen competition in the various classes, indicating a commendable spirit to excel \which cannot fail to make for progress. It is also noteworthy that the young men on the farms are taking a livéy interest in these annual exhibitions and, like their elders, are also exhibiting a pride in showing animals of the highest grade. The fall fair, although an annual event, continues to grow in favor in the county. The energetic officers in charge, by introducing new features from time to time, some of which are unique, are helping to maintain and increase interest in them. * In view of the campaign being inaugurâ€" ated by the Department of Highways for the prevention and lessening of accidents on the roadways of the province, it is desirable to keep in mind some of the menaces to safe motoring. Among those enumerated are speedâ€" ing, inattention, driving while intoxicated, igâ€" noring right of way, cutting in, passing on the wrong side, cutting corners and travelling too close. Others that might be mentioned ate leaving curb, backing up, stopping and turning without signalling, driving through safety zones, passing standing trolleys, sudden stops on wet pavements, failure to stop, look and listen at railroad crossings, failure to watch for children and pedestrians and driving with defective brakes and steering mechanism. Motorists can coâ€"operate effectivelyâ€"in the present campaign by taking special care to observe the courtesies of the highway and to keep constantly in mind the danger which folâ€" lows failure to pay attention to those things enumerated as being menaces to safe motoring. The total assessment for 1928 was $1,853,606 while for 1927 these figures were $1,854,677, the decrease in assessment being $1,072. Slight Decreases in Both Population and Assessment Were Reported By Hespeler‘s Assessor. In population a decrease of 63 persons is shown between the figures obtained this year and those for 1927. Last year the total popuâ€" lation was 2815 and the census which has just been taken credits the towh with a population of 2,748. A college prank incidentalâ€"to the hasing of the 1927 crop of fréshmen broved a boomerang, and is costing some thirty O:A.C, sophomores someâ€" where in the neighborhood of $600 COLLEGE PRANK AT O.AC. costs o « sTUDENTS $s00 HESPELER‘S POPULATION 2,748 One Year, in / United States, per year..... PRODUCING HIGH GRADE STOCK MENACES TO SAFE MOTORING While the firstâ€"year students were attending the junor "prom," the "sophs" put in their spare time at Mills Hall, the college residence, soaking the freshies‘ bedâ€" ding with water, causing the bright colors of the comforters to rin and ruining $400 worth of perfectly good clothing. The news of the "Jjoke" percolated.to official éars. Officialâ€" dor took action, and now thirty sophemores are hunting boarding: houses downtown. q’hq not only have‘"to pay for the damage to tho beds, ibut they have been expelled from residence for two full weeks. The combined cost of their lodging downtown will amount to\a protty penny and will brifg the total outâ€" ofâ€"pocket dost to around $600. BEAT OLD RECORDS From now on Westerners can for get that wonder crop of 1916, and in Alberta at least base all comparisons on the record yisld of 1997. In 1916 CO. 8, Noble of Nableford, ig Soathern <_ With the stendy growth in (raffie the| ; cJM T widening of the roadway between Preston and|!____..._._.__â€" Galt is becoming a live question The~Galt|ser EnROLLED AT council recently discussed the subject, one of GALT the aldermon stating that it could be widened| At a meeting of by Building a strip the width of the sidewalk along the west side. The other alternative is a double highway but the expenditure involved makes it unlikely that it will be given serious consideration at the present time, highway between Preston and Galt so that action lies with the department of highways. It is obvious, however, that in the near future provisfon will have to be made for a wider roadâ€" way or another thoroughfare in order to exâ€" pedite traffic and lessen the liability to acciâ€" dents on this highway. / One of the problems which is engaging the serious attention of the authorities is the preâ€" valence of mental diseases in Canada and in sertain other countries Dr. C. M. Hincks, Director of the Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene, recently stated that there are no fewer than 23,725 mentally sick people in the public mental hospitals of the Dominio: The financial loss &nd the expenditure involved aggregated more than $9,000,000 for treatment and between $50,000,000 and, $75,000,000 in capital invested in hospitals. To be broken down in mental health is generally conceded to be even more a calamity than to be physically impaired and the issue is one of importance to every person. The authorities should have the coâ€"operation of every citizen in their efforts to reduce the numâ€" ber of mentally afflicted and to adequately care for those broken down in mental health. The national status of the Dominion of Canada has been recognized by the election of this country to a nonâ€"permanent seat on the council of the League of Nations. Appreciation of the importance of this growing young nation by other countries is evident in the decision arrived at ensuring that the great Englishâ€" speaking population in America is to have an adequate voice in the League even though the Republic to the south still holds aloof. The League of Nations has contributed not a little towards ensuring the continuance of peace among the nations, having been instruâ€" mental in settling disputes which threatened to lead to war. It is serving a lofty purpose. Premier King, in expressing the gratificaâ€" tion of the members of the government, said it was a happy coincidence that the high honor and responsibility should have come to Canada in the year of our Diamond Jubilee. He further stated that the participation of Canada in world affairs will be directed by those ideals of toleration and goodâ€"will which have happily guided us in the past in both our domestic and external relations. Canada is one of the world‘s greatest silver producing countries, being outranked by only two nations, the United States and Mexico. It is satisfactory to note that Canada‘s wheat crop in 1927 is better in quality than that of 1926, although slightly below the ten year average. The amount of capital invested in the mining industry in Canada is $632,075,000, inâ€" dicating the importance of the industry to this country. â€" During the past summer members of the Advisory Tariff Board of Canada have been travelling extensively, acquainting themselves at first hand with the merits of the cases brought to their attention by a visit to the plants of the corporations seeking tariff favors. Independent investigations such as these will enable the Board to judge moré impartially the merits of the cases presented for their conâ€" sideration. THE PREV ALENCE OF MENTAL * DISEASES NATIONAL STATUS OF CANADA RECOGNIZED EARLY ACTION DESIRABLE EDITORIAL NOTES Alberta, harvested $1,000 bushels of wheat from 1,300 acres, and with this yield ofsaimost 40 bushels per acre broke the world‘s record for a field of this proportion. From the very same field this fall, however, 74,000 bushels (57 bushels per acre) were harvested. This was winter, not spring, wheat, as was the case in the first record. Incidentaily the growing of winter wheat promises again to assume importance th Al WARM AUTUMN FORECASTS which I Samnot fin BY DOMINION ASTRONOMER |cord," said anothe Dr. R. E. De , in an inter | general â€"principles view, expressed opinion that (that advice. Of copr the prevailing weather will| on the other items 0 last for some Me described the | expenses. For one apots on the éun, which have been | expensive family $ pronounced in late years, and said |amaill enough amg they resulted in more heal reaching | must bee many cat :mwum Mom#& wufflcient to .a very appreâ€" w over the At a meeting of the Board of Rducation m.“hflfl T. H. Whoiton reported the attendâ€" un.uao..c.l.lum as follows: Total enroltment, §87; snnp*tu-hmlfl: 96.6 por Great Britain and Ireland are at the top of the list of shipâ€"building of tonnage for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1927, published by Lioyd‘s on October 12th. Gret Britain and Ireland built 1,536,416 tone during the quarter, showing a gain of 142, 028 tons over the preceding quarter; and 761,619 more than the corres ponding quarter last year. WOMAN SWIMS ENGLISH CHANNEL Another woman has conquered the English Channel. Miss Mona Melelian on â€"Oct. 12th won out on her fifth attempt. She is a doctor in London and she broke Miss Gertrude Ederle‘s record by more than an hour, taking 13 hours and 10 minâ€" utes, compared with fourteen hours and 31 minutes. Her real name is Dorothy Cochrane Logan. She was the second woman in two days to conguer the channel and fourth in history. VAST RUBBER SCHEME & ANNOUNCED BY FORD Plans for the establishment of a vast rubber development in the State of Para, Brazil, have been anâ€" nounced by Edsel Ford, President of the Ford Motor Company. ~ The Ford/ company has been granted a rubber concession of from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 acres in the Amazon Valley, according to Mr. Ford‘s announcement. It lies on the Tapajos River, with the famous River of Doubt to the west and the Kingu River to the east. FEDERATION OF LABOR FAVORS SALE OF BEER The American Federation of Labor Convention went on record on Oct. 11th as favoring modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of wholesome beer. The action was taken in the adopâ€" tion of a Resolutions Committee reâ€" port which favored concurrence in the Executive Council‘s recommenâ€" dations for such liberalizing of the prohibition daw. FIVEâ€"YEARâ€"QLD BOY ‘ BURNED TO DEATH IN CHICKEN COOP A ghastly discovery was made after a fire in a chicken house at 272 Westmoreland avenue, Toronto, reâ€" cently. When the firemen had exâ€" tinguished the blaze they noted a huddled shape in a corner and they and the neighbors thought that a collie dog, familiar about the place, ‘had been suffocated. Some time afterwards enquiry was made as the whereabouts of &â€"yearâ€"old Johnny Keen. A search resulfed in fining Johnny‘s dead body in the charred chicken coop. LEAVE IN JANUARY ON FARMERS‘ TOUR Final arrangements for the Flrm-' ers‘ Marketing Tour of the Canaâ€"| dian â€" National Railways lmflcno' further attractions for those who~ will take the tour. f The party is to sail on the S.8. Lapland from Halifax on Monday, Jan. 9. They land at Plymouth, Engâ€" land, thus providing a day more in the Old Land than at first planned. The entire itinerary in Britain and DenmI will occupy 32 days. The trip through England and Scotland will be for the most part in comâ€" fortable closed motor busses of a luxurious type. f In Denmark, special arrangements have been made within the past month for the party toâ€"see the best there is in the way of coâ€"operative production, coâ€"operative marketing, bacon factories, dairies, and breedâ€" ing farms. 4 ENGLISHJUDGE THINKS MOTORIST SHOULD‘ HAVE YEARLY INCOME OF $7,500 Is a man with an income of less than $7,500 a year justified in ownâ€" ing a motor car? The question is suggested by a reâ€" mark of Judge Crawford of England to the effect that the great bulk of the people: in England are living beyond their means. "Even a county court judge," he added, ':hfll no right j0 buy a motor car unless he has private meana, for his salary is not sufficient for the purpose." ‘The stipend of a country court judge is $7,500 a year. I L23 10003 1 Bi A 4d "That is a broad statenient with which 1 Gannot find myself in ac cord," said another : Jastice. "On genoral â€"principles 1 disagree with that advice. Of copree, it all depends on the other items of a man‘s family expenses. For one man with an expensive family $74500 may be a amail enough amount, but there must bee many carsful men with Muv’ur,%llm!’ sponsibilitiee who" could safély inâ€" A press representative could not find any one to" kubscribe to Judge Crawford‘s views. k BRITAIN TOPS LIST GaALT COLLEGIATE â€" of the Galt Board Josoph Wrigley, ~the â€" Crescont, Galt, on October 1ith received the focilitations of his friends on the occasion of his T8th birthday. ATTENDANCE 18 UP X ¢ f Mft)lo.p.m‘j Attendance at the Qutario Agricut tural College this fall shows a big jump over 1926. Ninety<wo students are registered in the first year, com pared with 6$ in 1926. This, while tar short of the freshmen years back just before the war, is considerably better than the attendance five years ago, and indicates the improved post tion of Ontario agriculture. : More over, the international reputation of the O.A.C. is being maintained, some ,uuudeuulnubllmymm-lu from outside Ontario, with 17 from itho Old Country and one eath from Holland, Japan, Peru and Colombia, With the exception of those :tnduq‘ilouhonu'm ix, the city of Gueiph, all are in residence, MORE BARN FIRES Barn fires have been exceptionally heavy this year. One hundred and twentyâ€"five, <involving a loss of $335,000 were reported in Ontario during August alone. This type of fire is the only one of the major classes to show an increase for the first eight months of the present year, according to a recent report from the office of the Ontgrio Fire Marshal. During this period 388 outâ€" breaks occurred, with a total loss of $871,000, compared with 352 in 1926, and a loss of $637,380. PROMINENT DOCTOR SHOT BY AUSTRIAN The coldâ€"blooded shooting of Dr. William M. Brown, leading physician of Moose Jaw, Sask., and former Toâ€" ronto fan, has shocked the west. Alex Oshuk, an Austrian, who adâ€" mits the shooting, is under arrest. He also made, it is said, an attempt to take the life of O. R. Regan, barrister, in whose offices he was apprehended. A display of grit by the latter‘s wife prevented a second tragedy. Mrs. Regan, by shielding her husband against the leveled reâ€" volver, cowed the assailant. Oshuk told police he had two grievances. ‘He declares he thought that treatment given him by Dr. Brown would ultimately lead to his total blindness. Against the lawyer he held the fact, it is stated, of failing to insti tute a legal action against the doctor for this alleged negligent treatment CELEBRATED (‘Sth BIRTHOAY lamps themseives not having the proper c ough nolbs being cer of ons on ‘the lamp is as narrow as possible. (Lene need To test the lights on your car place the car on a h-vnd.z-a 25 feet from a wall or screen. Mark a horizontalline on the wall the same height from the ground as the centre of xx-e on mwfi-‘- called the Lamp Level Line, be more than 42 inches from the ground. With lampe having a screw edjustme nt mmm-'..--*â€"lm have your lights tested and adjusted at paAhir e h amnindfjer i .. qA rowip B y ced Tnn amotanent sn eircle of light on theâ€"wall is as a« installed. TWe top of the beam of light should be 'l~:b 7 “::-% of the car. Light touring cars require a full 7 inches below the line. Lamps on Ti the top of the benan is s ow "*** Tareli in perpie n The Department of Highways will supply How to Test your Headlights ~ 1d this line, which is total from 45,000 to 50,000 tons as compared with 41,000 fons last year. On account of the plentiful supply of rainfall during the growing sea‘ son the crop has grown satisfactorily with very little irrigation. The sugar factory at Raymond is expected to open for #&s fall run about Oct. 10. The youngster was sitting in a large rockingâ€"chair eagerly watchâ€" BIG CROP OF SUGAR BEETS In]( through the window for the re The largest crop of sugarbeets turn of her mother. The chair sudâ€" in the history ‘of the industry in denly tipped and she made a quitk Alberta is estimated this season motion to save herself. She elutched from the Southern part of that Provâ€" the spout of the teaâ€"kettle and the ince where harvesting is now under boiling water it contained was upset way. The crop will, it is expected, Eall over her. She was rushed to the CHILD UPSETS KETTLE; + 18 FATALLY SCALDED Ruth Frances Mercer, 5â€"yearâ€"old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Mercer, died in the Port Hope General Hosâ€" pital on Oct. lith as a result of horrible burns received when she was scalded with boiling water from head to foot. sn ons m ienss rereenernaten TiE t oi Brakes and steering gear should be kept in perfett condition at all times. Your car must obey if you wish it to be safe for you and not a menace to others. The concentrated effort in behalf of safety on the highâ€" ways is meeting with a widespread and active support. _Coâ€"operation from every motorist is asked so that the example set during this period may take a permanent hold of the consciousness of all who use the highways. !ththed\qflmhdywm\ho'.cddmhm The motor car with glaring headlights is a danger to its own driver and a terror to others on the highway. Drivers moving in the opposite direction are deprived of sight to guide their cars. A good garage mechanic can focus headlights so that they do not glare. Drivers can do it theniselves by following printed instructions. ‘The Department of Highways will mail you without charge complete instructions. Test your headlights often to be assured they do not glare. You are responsible. Lamps are designed for the roadway and not the other drivet‘s guottbetnetop-. Night driving must be made safe. ever drive with only one headlamp lighted or tail To show that you this movement put the M«mmw.'!flbrc“mdmy. f:e You?" You can getone at any garage or finin¢ station. "*BANK#*TORONTO Night Time Terror of the Highways WATERLOO â€" â€" S. J. Adams, Manager KITCHENER = W. B. McCririck, Manager mculuun-mw-a-:.u.auh,w cMdvice is "" not always cheap WlflNimmM-vh s& may often prove very expensive. If fifmers went to a bank for investâ€" ment advice instead of some friendâ€"if they knew how banks are to help people invest safely and profitâ€" ;fikwhny.hnuinMAnd see the branch manager of the Bank of A Bank of Toronto manager is.always B R A NCHES of dollars would be saved hospital but medical skill was of no avail. SOCKEYE SALMON Sockeye salmon are becoming so scarce that the dominion fisheries department is taking pains to make life as comfortable as possible for those that remain. Special efforts are being made to facilitate the salmon‘s journeys upâ€"stream to the spawning beds, for unless the fish have a chance to spawn the spectes is doomed ¢o early extinction. Somass River is a favorite spawnâ€" ing ground fof the sockeye. Minard‘s Liniment for Toothache next investment BECOME SCARCE