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_‘ ___ Published every Thureday by David Bean & Sons, Ltd., Â¥ Waterioo, Ontaric. The Waterloo Chronicle On application. Advertising copy must reach the office not Iater than Monday noonm to insure insertion. =mâ€"wâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"|many years, it is pointed out, has shown the @ ________2222 L _ _ _ ¢{effects from time to time of climatic interferâ€" | ASSISTING WESTERN AGRICULTURE | |ence in crop production but it should be realized @ O _ _ ¢|to the fullest extent that the immense territory __ According to an announcement which apâ€" contained in the prairie provinces cannot expect peared recently in the press of the country, the| uniform rainfall conditions from year to year organization of the Dominion Agricultural though those of the West know what the fertile Credit Company has been completed and it will,|agricultural lands are capable of and that reâ€" therefore, be in a position to function almost|covery of western agricultural production can immediately. Among the directors of the orâ€"|@lways be anticipated, says this observer of ganization is Mr. C. M. Bowman, chairman of| western conditions. Even in the year under the Board of Directors of the Mutual Life|review, some areas that appeared at one time Assurance Company. to be hopelessly out of the sphere of producâ€" The Dominion Agricultural Credit Comâ€"|tion, were revived by the late rains and proâ€" pany is a permanent organization set up with duced seed and feed, a result that seemed to be a view to developing and maintaining additional‘ Impossible. â€" The Dominion Agricultural Credit Comâ€" pany is a permanent organization set up with a view to developing and maintaining additional lines of revenue from Western farms. It is\notl an attempt to revolutionize Western agriculâ€" ture, as there is little thought but that wheat will continue as the real money crop of Westem‘ Canada and the provision of credit facilities for the purchase of live stock is not designed to reduce the importance of this particular crop in the reaim of agricuiture. It is rather to assist farmers to supplement their operations in this line by including sufficient live stock proâ€" duction as a safeguard against inconveniences of years such as are now experienced when they will at least be able to obtain their maximum living requirements and at the same time have a small surplus which can be exchanged for the necessities of life. This program of diversification has proved to be sound and has developed largely on the basis of its own intrinsic worth as indicated by the fact that the four western provinces have now more than three times as many cattle, more than four times as many sheep and nearly eight times as many hogs as there were at the beginning of the century. TEN MILLIONS 5.‘\%.}-"004 now numerically French epeaking. MARKJIN POPULATION The western growth was much as Fersrâ€"s Inmlrlm(prl. and the growth of urâ€" The final figurea of the C@D®8.|p,, communities at the e%penee of taken during 1931, reveal a '"u‘l?nm, country districte continues unâ€" population of 10,353,778, an increa®se ‘ahated. Quebec having gained maâ€" of 1,565,829 over the cenmsue of a de |terially in population during the de ende ago. The Maritime Provinces |cade there may have to be some re continue to decline in population, exâ€" duction of members from Ontario cept in New Brunswick, where the and the other eastern provinces in increame was wholly in the countles the House of Commons. The formation of the new organization, it} is pointed out, is inspired by the desire to assist in the development of a more widespread use of those safeguards to farming which have been achieved through livestock production, and if any further evidence than that of Canadian exâ€" perience and observation is needed it is availâ€" able in the record and experience of a similar organization established in 1924 in the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana, The net amount of livestock ‘loans made to 13,960 farmers in these states totals $6,780,000 of which $4,474,000 has been repaid. It would seem now, states the commisâ€" sioner, that a successful outcome of the proâ€" longed fight for better times is becoming more definite in the closing months of the year. At no time was the fact that the west must conâ€" The Canadian company is being operated under the direction of men who are peculiarly expert in the questions with which they have to deal which augers well foy the success of the undertaking. A note of optimism is beginning to appear in the west as to the return of better times and according to the comments of the Industrial Commissioner of the C.P.R. in Western Canada, courage, foresight and labor have brought the people of the west, during the year 1931, through a period that at times taxed the most optimistic minds to predict when the expanâ€" sion movement in trade would again commence as it inevitably must. As has been emphasized the importance of mamenzs«~ educating public opinion as regards disarm~l In view of the widespread dissatisfaction amernt cannot be exaggerated. Every journalist among the farmers with the announcement that and artist, every Church and Institution which!the numerous barn fires were due either to has an educative influence, has a sacred duty spontaneous combustion or to accidental causes, to fulfil)}; to instil in all minds the idea that the Provincial Government has decided to inâ€" war is finished forever, that we want to live stitute a more thorough investigation. The inâ€" in peace, that out of steel we want scythes quiry is now proceeding. and hammers to be made and not machine guns,, â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" and that, above all, we want to put an end to j It is rather surprising to note the reaction the insanity of armaments, declares the News.‘ of the United States to the change in‘ B:itain'i We do not understand the difficulties of the coming Disarmament Conference, but we believe that the people of Canada can exercise a comâ€" pelling influence if we make it clear to all other countries that we are wholeâ€"heartedly in favor of disarmament, and, moreover, regard an effecâ€" tive scheme of limitation as a national debt of honour, not only under paragraph 8 of the League Covenant but under the assurance given to Germany when The Treaty of Verâ€" sailles was signed, comments the Port Credit News. biid d i icb n uh e d o isnn i d o s de on i We can make as many peace treaties as trade policy. With its tariff deliberately framed we like, but as the writer points out, if we do for the purpose of shutting out the manufacâ€" not start the machinery of conciliation and tures of other countries, the republic to the arbitration and, by. putting an end to armaâ€" south appears to have imagined that the marâ€" ments, give it a chance of working, there is kets that have hitherto been open to it would nothing more certain than that another conâ€" remain so indefinitely, and now that it finds out flict will result. its mistake it is left in a very embarrassing ® ________ 222222222222 *# position. One important result is likely to be | WINNING FIGHT FOR BETTER TIMES | the location of more branches of United States ®@ 0 # industries on this side of the line. | THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE | One year, in advance .. in United States, per year ............ ADVERTISING RATES 'Mhbfldwmmmmw gram for development under consider; and the efforts that have been made a proper realization of the whole world situation in trade and economic conditions which have been attentively studied in relation to the West‘s business, in order that day to day prob appreciated. Agricultural history of the West over The fertility of the soil, better farming methods, the tendency to use fertilizer, are paving the way for less risk of failure each year; and, with the spread of mixed farming, into areas that have been considered as grain producing districts, future agricultural developâ€" ment and expansion can be looked to with sanguine anticipation for better earnings, is the reassuring message of the C. P. R. Industrial Commissioner. l In view of the widespread dissatisfaction among the farmers with the announcement that !the numerous barn fires were due either to _spontaneous combustion or to accidental causes, ‘the Provincial Government has decided to inâ€" stitute a more thorough investigation. The inâ€" ‘quiry is now proceeding. The world‘s largest flying boat is being planned by the British Air Ministry. The giant plane will be almost twice the size of the Gerâ€" man DOâ€"X, will have a speed of 120 miles per hour, a flying range of 2,900 miles, and accomâ€" modation for 120 passengers. This mighty airâ€" ship is designed to serve on the transâ€"atlantic route between England and Canada. It is exâ€" pected that the course of flight will be that of Alcock and Brown, the first men to fly the Atlantic. The Air Ministry is said to be planâ€" ning other giant machines for use on Empire lines, designed to bring the entire British Comâ€"\ monwealth into direct aerial communication with London. Meanwhile, Imperial Airways Ltd. announces a faster and shorter winter air route to India, a midâ€"weekly airâ€"mail to Africa, iand reduced Empire air rates. The new winter services render the Englandâ€"India and Englandâ€" iAf rica airâ€"mails independent of each other. The former is scheduled to leave London as usual on Saturday, but the latterâ€"which has previously been combined, in its departure from London, with the Indian mailâ€"now leaves London each 'Wednesday. The Englandâ€"India route is via France, Italy, Greece, Palestine, Iraq, Persia, India. The African line touches France, "*~‘v |Greece, Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanâ€" ganyika. The fares are lower than those of the ,fastest firstâ€"class corresponding surface routes, and the timeâ€"saving is counted in days. Not many of our Canadian fellow citizens realize the ltremendous extent to which British air travel has been developed in recent years, says The ‘New ‘Outlook. There is nothing approaching it anywhere else in the world. Figures covering the marketing and loadâ€" ing of grain during the month of October along the lines of the Canadian National Railways on the prairies, far exceed the figures of the previous two years. To date, marketings for the month totalled 43,242,000 bushels, which is double the 20,054,000 aggregate of October 1930 and the 22,967,000 aggregate of October, 1929. Loadings since the first of the month have reached 29,812,000 bushels in 20,841 cars as compared to 15,344,000 bushels in 10,620 cars in 1929. Inspections have likewise inâ€" creased to 17,062 cars this month compared to 13,588 in October last year and 13,054 in 1929. The systemizing of the relief work in the town of Waterloo rather than the inauguration of a community drive at the present time was favored at a meeting of the special relief comâ€" mittee. WHERE BRITAIN LEADS EDITORIAL NOTES A minister told his flock that he had a "call" to go to another church One of the deacons aeked how much more he was offered "Three hundred doliars," wa« the reply. 0 00000 _ ‘"Well 1 don‘t blame you for going." remarked the deacon, ‘"but you should be more exact in your language parson. That isn‘t a ‘call‘, that‘s a ‘raise.‘" Promising Jackpot understood and WATERLOO TP. _ HOLD FINAL _ 1931 SESSION Routine Business Disposed Of. Services of Reeve and Officials Appreciated. The thirteenth session of the x;t.ler!oo Township Council for The Council met at the Tp. Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 15, pursuant to adjournment. the Reeve in the chair. Minutes of the previous session were read and approved. _ . Communications were read and considered. â€" The Clerk read a letter from the Ontario Department of Health adâ€" vising that in the future all ice must be cut under a permit whether for domestic or commercial purâ€" Moved by F. A. by W.oOW. Tilt, Drainage Byâ€"law read a first and Carried. Moved by Chas. Moved by Chas. Moser, seconded %V w. Wr Tilt, that Municipal rainage Byâ€"Law No. 4A be read a third time and finally passedâ€" Carried. s s Carried. . Potatoes |......l............10 18 Moved by W. W. Tilt, seconded|OQnions, beets, c@rrots, by F. A. Klein that this Council conâ€"| and turnips ... 9 16 sents to the cancellation of Hydro|parsnips ............... 7 10% Contract No. 785 as consummated | Artichokes ... ..........10 17% by Edward Huras.â€"Carried. These weights are found to conâ€" Moved !l? C. T. Groh, seconded|ftorm more consistently with the by F. A. Klein, that the following|true weights of these vegetables accounts be paid: when packed in accordance with North Dumfries, & cost on Tg. standard â€" practice in the basket Line, $84.00; Treasurer of Puslinch,|containers named. North Dumfries, & cost on Tg. standard | practice in the basket Line, $84.00; Treasurer of Puslinch,|containers named. ‘ 4 cost on Tp. Line, 51.75; Wm. mc noies } Carey, balance of nlar; and supâ€" Raise Your Own Living ‘ plies, 25.765; Waiter E. Frank, t°P.| whether willing or not the maâ€" grader, 8.75; Alex Zettel, roAd|ority of farmers are now obliged maintengnce, 38.25; Henry Neeb,ivo suppiy more of their own needs. dragging and raking stomes, 16.20;|â€"+ns following list may provide sugâ€" Aaron Bast, 24 yds. crushed &rAvel|pestions for further economy: at 94c, 22.56; Annanias Martin,|" ; yik a few good cows; feed grading, weeding, etc., 46.35; Aâ€"|rpcommended rations. Hannusch, grading and ditching.| > Fatten one pig rox“‘very two 21.20; Eph. Martin, grading and|aquit members of the family; cure ditching, 12.00; Noah Snyder, £780â€")tne meat properly. ing and erecting storm fence, 17.70;} 3 Keep at least 100 good hens, Allen S. Snyder, snow work @nd|uorrectly housed and fed. maintenance, _ 10.05; _ Sylvester| 4. Raise a good garden: water Prong, grading and weeding, 6.00;|rrom windmill if possible. Edwin Eby, dragging and weeding,| 5. Plant only cash crops. which 4.20; Eugene Schnarr, grading, |show little or no surplus. 7.60; Wm. Thaler, dragging and| & Grow your own stock feed. aitching, _ 14.70; __Roy Snyder,| 7 Butcher fat cows and steers; dragging, _ 18.30; "Roy _ Snyder,|trede meat with neighbors. dragging Tp. Line, % to Woolwich.| g. Raise your own living: keep 14.40; W. R. Shantz, grading and|your roof tight. brushing, 18.75; J. K. Forwell,| 9. Gget down to earth and do the & Sons, 262 yds. crushed gravel At|pest you can today. $1.00; 262.00; D. E. Shantz, salary,) 10. Drive a horse until you can mileage, etc., 72.10; Catherine|afford to buy gasoline. Shantz, road maintenance, 19.80; enense s Alf. Hannusch, service as sheep Ontario Soy Beans Won valuator, 14.50; Elmore Hannusch,| a; tne recent International Grain sheep killed by dog, 8.00; Canad&|ong riay show held in Chicago, €OY Bread, charity, Wurr and Kayden|peans exhibited by Ontario farmâ€" families, 3.04; F. I. Willson, fu€l|\on, were awarded Ave Of the 8}x for Turner, Bowman and Schnart;|r;gnest prizes. All these exhibits 39.50; Allen Shirk & Co., coal f0"| were of the O.A.C. No. 211 variety, Huber, Hall, Kingsley, SiMPSOD»| which was developed by the Field May and Nichol families, 36â€"25;|fruspandry Department, O. A. C.. Geo. Forder, groceries for Kurt @Pd|yhere it gave extellent results Turner families, 13.92; Jas. MCâ€"|when tested alongside of other Garvey, wood re Wm. Jones, 5.00;|ings. ‘Tests in connection with Rosemount Dairy, milk for Schnart|ine Rxperimental Union and de family, 6.10; A. Graeb, groceries T€|monstrations on a field scale in Câ€"*narr family, 15.00; Orson J. |many districts have shown . this Gastmeier, groceries re Simpson ANd|yariety to be very suitable for Onâ€" Hass, 21.53; S. Reicher, groceries T€|tarig conditions. Berberichl kfumilyl.3 9i370; hBusl:khardt 220 . Dairy, milk for Berberich, Simpson Keep Mangers Clean and Hass, 11.47; Anth. Berberich,| an inspection of the mangers Of c.'peratmg gran_ier. 90.75; Vlgtor stablee when cows are not doing Meyer, dragging and weedin®| {ou misht go a long way . toward 16.50; Chas, Luft, groceries for finding out the cause of trouble. Hass, Robbins and Nichol, 23.57; gnnitalion in mangem aud the Allen Shirk, service as treasurer, drinking supply is in many casse 350.00; P. A. Snider, 6 months‘ salâ€" very poor Wier cons don‘t drink ary, 362.50, and postage, supplies, as much water as they should, or e.tc_., 17.30, total 379.80; Menno leave a certain amount of meal in Shiry, part 5‘13'3"_ 320% Bostage the bottom of the mangers, the 3.57, total, 203,.57; R. L. Fenton, trouble may generally be laid to allowance _re School Attendance the door of poor sanitation. An inâ€" Officer, 46.00 ; I. C. Hallman, service spection of mangers . and drinking as Reeve, 266.00; C. T. Groh, serâ€" clips would probably show that the vice as 1st Dep. Reeve, 215.00; F. cups had become fouled with chaff A. K_lem, service as 2nd Dep. Reeve, and epolled allage, and whon leff 210.50; W. _ W. Tilt, service 4§|for even a day the water is filthy. Councillor, 205.00; Chas. MoSet;|1; ;s reasonable that cows will NOt service as Councillor, 190.00; Richâ€" ¢rink freely of this water. Any ard Beer, refund dog ta®) 200;|wpore from a quarter of an inch of Harry Kinzie, refund dog ta®) 2:00;|ngrq accumulated flth can some Ezra Thomas, refund dog tax, 2.00; iimes be scraped out of the manâ€" Albert Yantz, refund dog tax, 2:00;|;cr it nas a stench which makes Henry Feick, refund dog ta®» 2:90;(ths animal quit eating long before Huth‘s service station, Y°PAIUNDE:»|i; has had enough. Drinking bowle 50c; Barney Strasburger, rep. road,|,, 4 mangers should be kept clean 67.93; Geo. Schmaltz, road Maintenâ€"|if yna cattle are to flourish. ance, 129.65; Geo. Schmaltz, town 220 lCme drag'ig‘ing. Â¥ to Gue:ph, ;2.:3,0; Clean Nests, Clean Eggs ounty reasurer, county cheque, 61,126.00; Geo. Schmaltz, balance elrl.;wmlll‘a”th]:s:a::;nihn fla‘t’;k;l:‘:g owing on .ROy. Sr_xygier_bndge,’j:oo. Masn aeeo. Gnma aros will hasmmas bush, and kfiled it Vachon charged Rutka with theft of the hide. The pair â€" appeared â€" before . Magistrate Stoddart at Copper Cliff. The Magis trate diamissed the charge. ruling the wolf was at large, and, therefore, did not belong to Vachon. But the two men are still friends. They made ‘lrnnnmnh whereby Vachon got the pelt, Rutka the county, and they aplit the court costs. wWHAT‘S A MERE WOLF ‘ BETWEEN OLD FRIENDS? | Wolves have been blamed for many miedeed®s, but one of them fizured recently in an unueua] role, which resulted in a court case. Al bert Vachon, Rayside Township farâ€" mer. while hunting recently, woundâ€" ed a wolf. The animal got away, however. RBill Rutka, an acquaint: mnce, «aw the wounded wolf in the Moved by C. T. Groh, seconded by Chas. Moser that Byâ€"Law No. 284A to authorize the fleeve and treasurer to borrow a further sum of $35,000 from the Bank of Toronto to meet current expenses be read a first and second time. . Moved by C. T. Groh, seconded by W. W. 1yilt. that this council beg leave to convgy their sincere thanks to the Reeve, Clerk and Treasurer for the courteous and efficient manâ€" ner in which they have discharged their several duties during the year. â€"Carried. s _ The School Attendance Officer submitted his report which was very satisfactory. _ 0_ 20 Moved by Chas. Moser, seconded by F. A. l)rilein, that the tax colâ€" lectors be granted an extension of time until l‘f; first day of February, 1932. Moved by W. Tilt, seconded by F. A. Klein, that Byâ€"Law No. 284A be read a third time and passed.â€" Carried. â€" _ 8 ii;"i;}egoiniewu suitably plied to by the Reeve. . 'ml;/l“o‘;;d")ymfi. _A. Klein, seconded by Chas. Moser, that the council now adjourn.â€"Carried. P; A. Snider, Tp. Clerk. were all present with a letter from the| 1t has been found in practice it of Health adâ€"|that the weights prescribed by the e future all ice|act for six and eleven quart bas a permit whether|ket of potatoes, onions, beets, car commercial pUrâ€"}rots, turnips, parenips and art} . chokes could be secured only by Klein, seconded|neaping up the basket with the that Municipal|vegetables concerned, the weights No. 4A be now|in the Act having been figured on second time.â€"{the basis of proportionate volume. The new weights for these coBâ€" Moser, seconded|tainers now are: An important modification in the weights of vegetables soldé in six and eleven quart baskets has been brought into effect throughout Canâ€" vides for the sale of vegetables other than those commonly known as green vegelables, by the meaâ€" sured bushel or part thereof‘ proâ€" imnu the measured bushel or part of a bushel is of standard weight \or the correct proportionate equiyâ€" alent. Whether willing or not the maâ€" ority of farmers are now obliged to supply more of their own needs. The following list may provide sugâ€" gestions for further economy: Farmers who are in a position t |POI! !D !NC DMIPME NM PM MUCERT follow the practice, find that crate |Pointed out by us during the feeding of their ponitry pays them examination. During ‘these examinâ€" hig dividende. The are eeverai |ations we learn much about the reasons for this. It duces the | mental capacity of the child, about millkâ€"fed gradea which bring the the. general rhysic:l develogment. highest pricea; the leading wholeâ€"| 88 well as pointing out the defects aale merchants are now buyine pou}| and possibly the disease present. We try by Government grades with aubâ€"| notice too, in the pupils, a growing atantial differentials between each |interest in whatever pertains to ‘lmde; the preminm aesured for | their general physical wellâ€"being, birda which grade "milkfed" makes and a keen desire to add to theitr crateâ€"feeding worth while; and all| knowledge of the laws of health and poultry intended for eating purposes | the ways of avoidin‘ disease. «hould be properly fAni@hed before In many of the schools this year being marketed. The farmer who | we gave a short talk on Bacteria as ‘base poultry to market would do well|the cause of disease and it is marâ€" to remember that it is the last pound ) vellous to notice the keen interest |whleh brings the ffish and in shown, especially by the older chilâ€" creases the Yalue of the bird by 80 dren. or 75 conte. In eonclusion, I would thank Dr. or 75 conte. Ontario Soy Beans Won At the recent International Grain and Hay Show held in Chicago, e0y beans exhibited by Ontario farmâ€" ers were awarded Ave of the six kighest prizes. All these exhibits were of the O.A.C. No. 211 variety, which was developed by the Field Husbandry Department, O. A. C., where it gave extellent results when tested alongside of other kinds. ‘Tests in connection with the Experimental Union and deâ€" meonstrations on a field scale in many â€" districts have shown . this variety to be very suitable for Onâ€" tario conditions. Ontario Clover Seed Best at Great ; Chicago Show Ontario farmers made a remarkâ€" mble showing with Red Clover at the recent International Grain and Hay Show held in Chicago. With sixteen entries _ they _ captured _ fourteen prizes, including Ist. 2nd, 4th, 6th, 10th and 11th. Many of tie fine samples were grown in Prescott and Ruesel where the farmere rpecial ize in the produc‘ion of NOTL eed and where the local agricult n§ reâ€" presentative and Dominion Rranch have done much to encoutâ€" age the use of good «eed cieaning machinery. â€" It takes less time to place clean «traw in the nests than it takes to clean eggs. Some egge will become dirty in spite Of the best of care, but ‘xhe egg cleaning work is greatly reâ€" duced if the nests are cleaned at egg gathering time when dirt is noticed and a little clean atraw is added once or twice each week. This is a good early morning job before the hens start using the neste. If you have no straw stack, keep a bale of straw in each laying houee so that a measure of the loose straw can be worked up and added by handfuls to any nests where the boarde are becoming bare or the straw is soll ed. Keep Mangers Clean An inspection of the mangers of stablee when cows are not doing well might go a long way.toward finding out the cause of trouble. Sanitation in mangers and the drinking supply is in many cases very poor. Wher cows don‘t drink as much water as they should, or leave a certain amount of meal in the bottom of the mangers, the trouble may generally be laid to the door of poor sanitation. An inâ€" spection of mangers .and drinking cups would probably show that the cups had become fouled with chaff and spoiled silage, and when left for even a day the water is filthy. It is reasonable that cows will not Crink freely of this water. Anyâ€" where from a quarter of an inch of hard accumulated filth can someâ€" times be scraped Out of the manâ€" ger. It has a stench which makes the animal quit eating long before it has had enough. Drinking bowls und mangers should be kept clean if the cattle are to flourish. News and Information For the Busy Farmer Crateâ€"Feeding Pays (Furnished by the Ontario Department of Agriculture) 6â€"quart 11â€"quart basket basket lbs. 10 lbs. 18 stock and making lastâ€"minute repairs on buildings, etc. in v)nnll'llhl for the winter months. Very unsatisfacâ€" hogs, small seeds, grains and hay. Abundant rains have meant that many farmers who had to draw waâ€" ter for live stock last wluter are not ing that welle and springs are filling up and they will have sufficient to look after their needs. Dufferin County advises that one of the larâ€" gest crops of mangels and turnips plus large quantities of cull potatoes assures sufficient eucculence for winter live stock rations. Grenville gives a report on the T.B. Test in one township to date: Herds testâ€" ed 349; cs!l}le 5240; reactors, §29; premises infected, 119; compensaâ€" tion $18,619; percentage reactors, 9.7; average compensation, $35.10. Peel County reports that Purebred Boar Clubs and the Bacon Litter competitions have encouraged the production of bacon hoge of the se lect type. "The premium paid by the packing plants for selct hogs durâ€" ing the present low price of bacon, recompenses the farmer for his fore sight in breeding and feeding the type of hog desired by the packers for the export trade as well as for home consumption." Surplus cattle sold over and above local consump tion in Welllington County in the last year amounted to 15,000 head. HEALTH OF TOWNSHIP . _ I$ NORMAL Dr. J. Scott Hogg, M.H.O. of Waterloo Tp., Reports School Children Interested In Disease Prevention. Visiting the schools and examinâ€" ing the pupils made the greatest deâ€" mand on our time and energy. As you know we have 29 sections with forty classâ€"rooms and the average attendance in each room is 34, with a total school pepulation of 1,350. Each pupil is examined individually and the teacher is requested to reâ€" port to the parent all the defecté pointed out by us during the examination. During ‘these examinâ€" ations we learn much about the mental capacity of the child, about the. general physical develogment. as well as pornting out the defects and possibly the disease present. We notice too, in the pupils, a growing interest in whatever pertains to their general physical v!ell-be.ing.‘ To the Board of Health and Councillors, Tp. of Waterloo Gentlemen :â€" It is again my privilefie to preâ€" sent to you the M.O.H.‘s Report for the Township of Waterloo for the year 1931, and this report is very satisfactory indeed. Our work may be presented under the following divisions: (a) Comâ€" municable Diseases, (b) Public Nujâ€" sances, (c) Analysis of the Vitn‘T Statistics, (d) Examining the pupils in the schools and giving some inâ€" structions on the .care of health. / Again the causes of death are quite varied, and some of them not very well defined by our profession. OQutside of the deaths from tuberâ€" culosis, the following causes .were outstanding: From the heart, directâ€" ly or indirectly, 14 cases; From the brain and blood vessels, 10 cases; from pneumonia, 7 cases; from canâ€" cer, 6 cases; stillâ€"barn babies, 6. In reviewing these causes of death, they are naturaHy divided into avoidable and voidable causes, and it is the former that should occupy the attention of your mediâ€" cal profession. We believe, for inâ€" stance, that six stillâ€"born babies are too many, We believe too that many: cases of heart disease can be avoided, and we are sure that many of the brain diseases are avoidable. We know that many damaged brains followed the crash in the stock marâ€" kets of 1929 and 1930. With regard to Communicab% Diseases, we are pleased to say tha no serious epidemic has occurred throughout the year. We have had some straggling cases of scarlet fever, and a greater number of cases of whooping cough of a mild form. The latter required my visitâ€" ing three of the schools to give inâ€" structions to the teacher regarding these cases. The quarantining and disinfecting is done by the Sanitary Inspector, Dr. Henhoeffer, and will be reported more fully by him. Public Nuisances. Of these we have had a number of minor instances and two quite major, namely the Bridgeport dam pollution and a certain house in the village ‘of Breslau which required more than ordinary attention and effort to clean. In correcting these we had the hearty coâ€"operation and assistance of the Sanitary lns%ector and the other members of the Board of Health. We believe the result in both these cases will be satisfying. The vital statistics for the year shows: Total population, 7,362.* Births, 135. Deaths, 89. This would show a healthy, naturâ€" al increase, although the birthâ€"rate is somewhat lower than normal, beâ€" ing only 18.3 per thousand of popuâ€" lation. Of the 89 deaths, 19 were caused by Tuberculosis in some form, and occurred at the Freeport Sanatorium. Of the nineteen, only three were residents of our Townâ€" ships, the other sixteen coming from other municipalities. Our true deathâ€"rate in the Township thereâ€" fore was slightly less than 10 per 1000 of population, which is a very low deathâ€"rate indeed. Preston, Nov. 16, 1931 In Waterioco To the Reeve and Councilliors of Waterioo Tp. Gentlemen : By again submitting my annual report regarding the sanitary conâ€" ditions, occurrences requiring our activities, and references to the proâ€" gress that has been made towards the abatement of public nuisances, I may say that it is with pleasure to note the absence of any serious epidemic during the year. No diphâ€" theria, no typhoid or smallpox, though we have had scarlet fever to the number of 21 in twelve homes which fortunately were generally of a benign character. These occurred in various parts of the Township and at various times and difficult or impossible to trace to the source of contact. The usual regulations were exercised and in no case was there any further spread. At this date I have one family under quarantine. All houses were disinfected as {well as a few schools, one hotel and several private houses where, alâ€" though diseases were not established, the suspicions warranted the measâ€" ure. In company with the M.O.H., I had occasion to visit and look after nuisances, some suspects of communicable diseases, dumping of garbage and wastes on highways, unsanitary dwellings and the various happenings at Bridgeprt dam. These conditions were investigated and attended to with the result of havâ€" ing no untoward results. _ In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Fry were hostesses at a dinner, to thirty of their immediate Galt friends. Rev. and Mrs. Roadhouse of Brantford, a former pastor on behalf of the asâ€" eembled gathering extended warmâ€" eet felicitations to Mr. and Mrs. Fry with the wish that they be spared to celebrate their golden wedding. â€" BANQUETS THEOLOGY STUDENTS OF SEMINARY An enjoyable banquet was given by President and Mrs. Clareen at their home to member« of the theoâ€" loglcal department and profeseors. We also extend our thanks to the other members of the Board of Heaith for their he-rtÂ¥ coâ€"operation throughout the year. | am, Yours truly, _ The schools were also inspected according to schedule and in general again found them well kept and in keeping with the fine facilities and equipment which most of them possess. The samples of drinking water from every school were again sent to the Provincial Laboratories for analysis and their findings and reports in some cases were unfavorâ€" able and had to be investigated a second time. This, and perhaps the biggest contention this Board had to deal withâ€"that of major public ruisances, may say in continuatior of the system for the abatement of the nuisance in Schneider‘s Creek following a year ago upon the conâ€" struction of an outfall trunk sewer from the City of Kitchener to the Grand River this year saw the comâ€" pletion of a new sewage disposal system at the end of the trunk line at the river and by all appearances and indication a creditable enâ€" deavor and effort has or is being made to rectify the trouble to the sitisfaction of all parties concerned. his system is now in such form that they payers of the township will po longer be molested with sewage Mr. Fry was married to Miss Frances Sutton, near Drumbo They resided in Alberta fOr come years where he was engaged as a building contractor. On their return to the East, about fifteen yeare ago, they made their home in Galt. They have two children, Mr. Roy Fry with a local bank and Misa Helen Fry, atuâ€" dent at Queen‘s University Henhoeffer. the Sanitary Inspector, for ‘his efforta in clearing uy our ruhllic n‘niul;\ces. Wehbelieve that it a la ue to the active patt hh"’l;yy himself and Mr. Agh'n Shuhmacher that the Bridgeport nuisance has been finally settled. Numerous and beautiful gifte of silverâ€"ware were recelved by the happy couple. _ â€" A most enjoyable event was the ‘silver wedding â€" anniversary â€" celeâ€" brated on Saturday afternoon hy Mr. and Mrs. Chester Fry, Galt, at their fine commodious home one mile weet of Galt. At noon relatives to the ‘number of above thirty were guests at a sumptuous dinper. Following the dinner a toast was proposed to the bride and groom of twenty five years by an uncle of the esteemed couple, Mr. Christian C. Fry of near Bright. who extended heartiest conâ€" gratulations and best wishes. The wroom. Mr. Chester Fry, fittingly reâ€" plied o behalf of Mrée. Fry and himâ€" self.* nuisapte. As it is underground from the/ezty to the river and the disposal plant being at an isolated place, with the arrangements installed to treat sewage and the effluent escaping into a bigger flow of water, expect satisfactory results. _ _ â€" The nuisance at Bridgeport is on a fair wa%of being corrected as the Town of Waterloo is busy constructâ€" Mr. and Mrs. Chester Fry Entertain Friends and Relatives at Dinner. ing a new and improved sewage disâ€" posal plant and combined witi that an outfall trunk sewer to convey the efluent from plant direct to Grand River by passing the dam at Bridgeâ€" port, thereby removing any possiâ€" bility of any pollution of creek or dam at Bridgeport. This is well on the way to completion at this date and the expectations are to have it completed this year. We believe with thefulfilment of these projects by the city of Kitchener and the town of Waterloo that we are coming to an era of relief from those public nuisances that for years have been a source of expense and annoyance. Respectfully yours, A. S. Henhoeffer, San. Inspector. CELEBRATED SILVER WEDDING AT GALT oN SATURDAY Dr. Henhoeffer.â€"Nuisanc Caused by Sewer Plants J. Seott Hogg.