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* Tnzs Wareruo0 In British Columbia, Attornevâ€"General Wismer has introduced a bill in the legislature calling for lower speed for night driving. The daylight speed is now forty miles an hour and . from half an hour before sunrise the limit will *~ thirty miles an hour. To the maiority of people this will seem like a sensible idea. Lessened speed should have the effect of miniâ€" mizing the dangers of night driving. _ 4 pm. e~9 Imh!mu. States and foreige countrics. lmumlm That the electors of Wilmot and Woolwich townships are evidencing a keen interest in municipal affairs was indicated on the occasion of the elections held on Monday. As a result there was quite a change in the personnel of the civic boards. â€" _ _ In Wilmot Township the electors showed by their vote that they favored giving a fourth term to the occupant of the reeve‘s chair, Milton A. Schmidt, who won by a maiority of 294 over his opponent, Deputy Reeve Simon Ditner. The latter has given many years of faithful service and will doubtless be heard from a year hence. There was quite a close battle for the devnutyvâ€" reeveship honors, with Wm. Witzel nosing out Alfred E. Kerr by only twelve votes. In the election of Councillor HoF! and two new men, Gordon Hallman and Conrad Rueffer, the ratepavers rounded out a covncil trat should handle the affairs of the township wisely and with a view to keeping the tax rate at a minimum. In Woolwich Township The uncertainty surrounding elections was demonstrated in Woolwich Townshin when two able and experienced men, Reeve Wesley Howâ€" lett and Deputy Reeve Milton A. Weber went down to defeat. They were beaten by exâ€"reeve Charles Schuett and Councillor Herbert Strebel. The defeated candidates in both townships will, however, have the satisfaction of looking back upon a record of service to their municirality which, we believe, is generally appreciated. Woolwich, with its two new renresentatives on the county council, along with the councilâ€" lors, Edmund Schwindt, Norman Wilkinson and Wm. R. Snider, elected by acclomation, should be assured a businessâ€"like handling of its affairs for 1938. The Ontario Highways Department, it seems, would be wise to consider reducing the speed for night driving, which, it is believed, would result in less accidents. The Windsor Police Commissioners are going to make an interesting experiment in the way of preâ€" venting car thefts. The police are being instructed to remove the keys, left in ignitions of parked cars after locking the machines and will take the keys to the police station. When the owner discovers his keys have been taken he will have to go to police headâ€" quarters and, presumably, with his keys, will receive a lecture. The police of Windsor report that three cars stolen, almost at the same time, all had been left parked with keys in the ignition. All the thieves had to do was to turn the keys and drive away. Car thieves will look around for a car with keys rather than take the risk of capture and waste time forcing a car open and make new ignition connections. Magistrate Brodie, of Windsor, is perfectly logical when he remarks "Why should a car be treated any differently than a store? If a policéman found that a store proprietor had left the keys in the door of his shop he would do the same thing." Leaving keys in parked cars is an invitation and temptation to the joyâ€"rider and the car thief. Evidences of Communism have increased to such an extent in Georgia that the State is taking steps to combat it, and the instrument to be used is the Bible. Through is department of education the State has ordered the purchase of 800,000 Bibles for use by the school children. In sponsoring this step, Govâ€" ernor Rivers said: "The growth of Communism is a menace we or Georgia have got to watch, and the best weapon with which to combat it is a Bible. Comâ€" munism teaches Godlessness. Our form of governâ€" ment contemplates the worship of God as m religion and as an act of citizenship." It is reported that each member of the new 10â€"man board arose and endorsed "100 per cent." the suggestion and motion of the governor. It was the governor‘s suggestion that state, from the first grade through high school, and the Bible be furnished to all school children in the the Bible so furnished to become the property of the child and to remain in his possession throughout his school life. Certainly, if we are to have an expansion of succesaful farming in this province, the old idea that ‘"any fool can farm‘" must be drivem from the minds of some in official cireles, The idea that "any fool can farm"â€"successfully â€"is in some minds, but it is a tragic myth. The mar or woman who hopes to make a success of life in the country districts and on the land must have a greater diversity of knowledge than the person who make: WILMOT AND WOOLWICH ELECTIONS a success of his or her affairs in urban communities Indeed, the person who knows little or nothing about land activities is astorished to discover how resource ful even farm children are and the multitude of things they can do before they are well into their teens. LOWER SPEED RATE FOR NIGHT DRIVING GEORGIA PUSHES BIBLE CIRCULATION TO COMBAT COMMUNISM DAVID BEAN & SONS LIMITED Owners and Publishers ROY 8. BEAN, WILLIAM M. BEAN, Managing Editor. Associate Editor SUBSCRIPTIONS3 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE 0 per jear in Canada. $1.60 per yoar in the Unites POLICE WILL REMOVE AUTO KEYS FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 19838 "ANY FOOL CAN FARM" (Halifax Herald) 1856 Being something of a realist, Rev. H. M. Paulin, D.D., tells his congregation not to get the idea that all church people are automatically good folk. Far from it, claims the minister of St. Andrew‘s, who says that nobody leaves a legacy to mankind like those who face life squarely. The chief trouble is that there are so many perâ€" sons who try to exploit the church for their own selfish ends. For instance, many an individual ties up to one church or another simply to further his or her political ambitions. There is a great desire to make a strong appeal to the "church vote" and people ‘without too many scruples jump into church life for no other reason than to help themselves at the ballot box. Others get into a church because they think it helps them in business; and under the guise of being "good church folk," they can slip over some deals that are shady. The church is all right, but it suffers gravely from those who exploit it for their own purposes. Italy‘s finances have been shrouded in mystery‘ since the beginning of the Abyssinian campaign; all that is known is that they are hopelessly unbnlnnced‘ by the cost of the Abyssinian war (estimated at £150,000,000), of intervention in Spain, and of miliâ€" tary preparations. The normal financial resources are1 exhausted; but, what is perhaps even more serious, the money to be raised by this desperate method is needed to pay for enterprises from which no return| can be expected; Abyssinia will be productive, if ever,} only at the cost of heavy capital investment, and it is difficult to see that Italy has any sufficient resources at her command. The Italian people are paying heavily for a policy directed purely at military prestige; prestige is the only return it can give. | Who are these people who appear to be conquerâ€" ing China? Many years ago they came from the mainâ€" land of Asia. They came in drovesâ€"Korean colonists, Mongols and Malays. Thus the present population of Japan is heterogeneous in origin, but it is predominantâ€" ly of the same stock as that from which their Chinese enemies sprang. The Japanese came from China, which was old when their own islands were barely settled. They have no indigenous culture. Their literature and their art are borrowed from China. Due to a departmental ruling publication of honor rolls will be discontinued. While educationists in Toronto may have reason for this move, it is bound to have one disadvantage. We refer to the removal of that incentive to head the class, provided by a natural desire in the youthful scholar to see his name in the paper. After all, even grownâ€"ups enjoy seeing their names in print unless they appear in the police court column or in some other uncomplimentary conâ€" nection. Here in Almonte we cannot remember the number of telephone calls asking when the honor rolls would appear. Decision to discontinue this practice is a loss to the local newspaper because the honor roll was one of the most interesting features imaginable. SHOULD RESPECT FUNERALS (Kirkland Lake Northern Miner) Truck drivers and bus drivers in Kirkland Lake always show respect for a funeral procession, but 90 per cent. of the drivers of private cars do not, accordâ€" ing to a local clergyman whose duty it is to conduct the last rites of many. & LNC IBSL IITES OL NANY. It is, in some cases, admittedly, possible m\:ut in on a funeral procession unintentionally, particularly when coming down a cross street, but more often this seems to be done deliberately. Not only does it show a lack of decent feeling, but it can cause considerable distress to mourners who are, by their appearance in a cortege, making their last farewell to a loved one, or friend, or paying respect to the departed ard surviving relatives. Canadians, we feel, should "put Canada first." There is too much consideration of foreign affairs and too little attention to home affairs. London may be the heart of the Empire, but we doubt if Ottawa is the heart of Canada. The danger is that the habiâ€" tants give first place to Quebec, the people of Ontario give first place to Toronto, the people of Alberta give first place to Edmonton (or to the Prophetic Bible Institute) . UNCOVERED HEADS AT FUNERALS (St. Marys Journalâ€"Argus) The other day we were present at a funeral when the undertaker said: "Keep your hats on, gentlemen. You are paying no disrespect to the dead by protecting your health." Many a man would be alive today who was the victim of a wellâ€"intentioned act in removing his hat before a chilly blast that swept the cemetery. (New York Sun) 'I coLumBia sTar, ASTAIDE W FAMOUS Dr. Allan Dafoe, who brought the quints into the ‘ uOOSE SLVEA] SENT A world, is visiting New York, and reports the children Laffo $PronN6 ABOST TiE as having an estate of half a million properly invested. | Tax. of A PLMME TAKWG Rockâ€"aâ€"bye, quinties, e o h A in E. In the treeâ€"topâ€" “oLLonoP Here‘s fondest hopes * ROUUDUP. Your bonds do not drop l h Congratulations to Chairman William Henâ€" derson, Sr., of the Waterloo Public Utilities Commission, who this year enters upon his twelfth term as chairman. He is one of the town‘s most publicâ€"spirited citizens, having given nearly twenty years of devoted service to the town in municipal work. Viceâ€"chairman C. R. Gies has also many years of service to his credit. The publicity secretary of the Federated Women‘s Institutes, at their convention at Vanâ€" couver recently, urged board members to "pay your publicity debt to newspapers that record your activities by supplying live copy, subscribâ€" ing to the paper and buying goods advertised therein." Giving as well as receiving is a good plan te follow. TOO MANY EXPLOIT THE CHURCH (W. L. Clark, in Windsor Star) HONOR ROLLS DISCONTINUED (Almonte Gazette) TOO MUCH PROVINCIALISM ITALIAN FINANCES (London Spectator) EDITORIAL NOTES (Hamilton Spectator) A NEW VERSION (Hanover Post) THE JAPS <4* The brood sow deserves her fair share of winter accommodation. A pen that is we‘l bedded, dry and free Irom draughts is essential . Place the feed trough some distance away so that she is forced to exercise outâ€" duors . daily Eradicate lice and round worms. Feed a mixture of yrains to maintain the sow in fair {‘esh. but use barley sparingly unâ€" less the sow is very thin. Provide clover or alfalfta hay to be eaten at will Be kind to the sow, but not "too kind," or week, unthrifty pigs will result The value of poultry and egg proâ€" @uction during 1937 does not show much change from 1936. Egg prices averaged fractiona‘ly lower than lust year, but poultry prices were a sbade higher. It is interesting to rote that the rise in prices of pou try products from the low point of the depression has been of very limâ€" ied proportions, and very much less than in the cost of most other agriâ€" ©altural products. Prices of butter and cheese were consistently higher during 1937 and the total value of dairy products is expected to amount to about $97,000,â€" 000 as against $91,000,000 in 1936. Production of creamery butter in the first 11 months, as compared with the same period of last year, deâ€" ciined from $1.106,000 pounds to 75.â€" 809,000 pounds, representing a deâ€" crease of 6.5 per cent., and due chiefâ€" iy to the diversion of milk from creameries to cheese factorles and evaporated milk plants. The output cf cheese on the other hand, rose irom $5.991,000 pounds to 91,353,000 pounds for a gain of 6.2 per cent., and exports of this commodity to the United Kingdom wer considerably higher. Wholesale pric +s of butter to dcte have averaged about 2.5 cents per pound more than a year ago and cheese prices about 1.2 cents greater. The quantity of mi‘k purchased by concentrated milk plants shows a substantlal rise owing to a keen doâ€" mestic and export demand for manuâ€" factured products, the output of which has increased by approximateâ€" iy 35 per cent. Prices to producers tor flu‘d milk were generally conâ€" tinued at about the same level as in 1936 until November. when an upâ€" ward revision was made in the Torâ€" onto milkâ€"shed. To properly care for brood mares during the winter months, it must be understood that they should be given mild exercise each day but deep srow and the hauling of heavy loads should be avoided. It is particu‘arly iinportant that mares in foal are not allowed to be idle during the winter monhts, as they usual‘y produce weak fenlsâ€"no matter how they may be A brood mare‘s ration may be made up of a varlety of feeds, howâ€" ever, It is essential that it be nutriâ€" tlous and contain a generous supp‘y ©t protein and minerals. A good grade of mixed hay, oats and bran will supply all the necessary require rients. A few roots fed daily will also prove beneficial. The amount of hay and grain to be fed daily will depend ! upon the size of the mare, her conâ€" dition and the type of work sheo is doing. Naturally the more she is re qvired to doâ€"the larger the dally grain ration, Young mares that have not completed their growth must be fed quite liberally. Aftor the foal is born. drinking waâ€" ter with the chill taken off is given to the mare. The mare‘s first feed after foaling is always a warm bran mash and the grain ration contains oneâ€"half bran for a week or more after the foal is dropped. By so doâ€" ing, complications such as an overâ€" supply of milk or indigestion are usually avoided. When mares are thin at foaling time. light feeding should only be continued for a fow days. In such cases, the feed is isuâ€" aily increased gradually in order to insure a good supply of milk for the foal. Mares that are required to work while nursing their foalse will require liberal feeding, if they are to be kept in good flesh and provide a generous supply of milk for the foals. The poultryman with proper equipâ€" ment can handle chicks in midâ€"winâ€" ter with as little mortality as with Wintering the Brood Sow UNUSUAL FACTS REVEALED Winter Brooding of Chicks Feeding Brood Mares Poultry Production Dairy Products Special duty engineman John Hicks is shown at the radio receiver in the engine cab of a Pennsylvania R.R. freight train as he took a message from uf. conâ€" ductor at the other end of the train, thus marking the introduction of short wave radio for this purpose and April chicks. He may not get as high ' percentage hatch as later on, bat even the hatchability of eggs is beâ€" ing control‘ed by the feed. January chicks will cost more as eges are higher priced to start with. Then it will take more fuel than with spring brooding. But there is more time for looking after the chicks; there may hâ€" less disease and | mortality; broilers will catch a high market, and pullets should be laying early in the fall or even in late summer when exg prices are at their peak. Of course, if many started hatching all their chicks in January the bigher prices for ‘broilers and eggs would be wiped out, and chicks hatched at some other season would find the bost market. Price of Daily Papers Going Up Stratford and Owen Sound furnish secent instances of this upward trend. The Stratford Beaconâ€"Herald will be four cents a copy, or 20 cents a week, within that city, beginning today. The Owen Sound Sunâ€"Times anâ€" rounced on Dec. 31 new and higher rates by mail and a delivery rate of 15 cents a woeek (two and a half cents a copy) in towns served by carriers. The 15â€"cent weekly rate has been charged in Owen Sound it self for several years. TORONTO, Jan. 3.â€"Increase in the price of Toronto‘s three daily newspapers from Lwo to three cents a copy and 18 conts a week is in line w‘th new rates announced in various cities of Ontario. Snow Protects Wheat Crop; Little Frost Fall wheat is well protected this winter by ample snow in most secâ€" trons of the province and little or no severe frost, according to the weekâ€" ly crop report issued by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. |_ _ _ Considerable quantity of alfalfa hay is being exported in Halton County as alfalfa meal, farmers reâ€" ceiving as much as $7 to $9 per ton, depending on the quality. Fields of clover and winter wheat are amply protected in that section by a good covering of snow. _ _ _ Lhere has been very little activity ir the grain market in Huron Counâ€" ty. Surplus oats and barley have been marketed and there is upwards of 25 per cent. of the wheat crop still in the farmers‘ hands. There is little movement in grain or hay in the eastern sections of the province. In Frontenac County the gener-l price of oats is 40 cents per ushel; barley, 70 to 75; wheat, $1.25 to $1.30. { There has been a steady moveâ€" ment of feedng hay to the dried out areas of Saskatchewan. It is expectâ€" ed that from 3,000 to 4,000 tons will be shipped. In the Sudbury disâ€" trict many farmers are disposing of part of their stock because of shortâ€" age of feed. RADIO SOUNDS KNELL FOR RAILW AY M.‘LANMN AND 'Ilfl‘ll_‘__ Wilmot Electors Please accept my sincere thanks for the fine majority given me at the polis on Monday in reâ€"electing me as your Reeve for a fourth term. Wilmot Electors the polls on Monday. Your confidence in me in the past is sincerely Please accept my thanks for the confidence shown in me by electing me as one of your councillors for 1938. Wilmot Electors Many Thanks Wilmot Electors Thaok You Wilmot Electors A Sincere Thank You Woolwich Electors Thank You! Woolwich Electors by promoting me to the office of Deputy Reeve Please accept my thanks for the fine vote accorded me at elected me to your council. Please accept my sincere For the distinct homour given me by electing me as your Reeve for 1938. Your fine vote at the poll« on Monday is sincerely appreciated Who showed their confidence in me at the polls on Monday Please accept my thanks. Please accept my thanks for your support at the polls on Monday. Your confidence in me is sincerely appreciated. For your loyal support at the polls. Your confidence Again you have honoured me with a fine vote and sounding the death knell of flag, lantern and whistle. The radio apparatus, in appearance like an ordinary telephone, is two way and according to observers is just as clear as that more familiar instrument. Gordon B. Hallman in me is sincerely appreciated Milton A. Schmidt Simon Ditner Almon A. Snider Charles Schuett To Woolwich Electors Alfred E. Kerr HERBERT STREBEL John Hohl