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The bond was finally allowed howâ€" ever, when Chief Hodgson told the court he believed Seibort could stand good for the amount. f _ "I think he will pay that fire, too," stated Chief Hodgson. MONTREAL.â€"Believed to have left a fortune worth at least $300,000 "Aren‘t you the man who hasn‘t paid a fine for your son‘s shooting in a North Dumfries game preserve about two years ago? If you can put up $500 bond for your son, you had ibetter pay that fine," he stated when the astonished Seibort replied in the affirmative. "Credit isn‘t worth a row of pins to me, I‘m not a collecting agency," retorted Magistrate Blake. "I can‘t put up $500 cash but I have eecurity," he hesitated. ST. HYACINTHE HERMIT LEAVES $300,000 FORTUNE h PESIn P CoinntntaP titvidhenBinatnainininnh h Anived 2AAA tubabd Pierre Brunell, furnaceman and dnyland 4 iaborer who lived as a hermit, was Ports. Mr. Seibert appeared im court recently to put up a $500 bond #or his son, Cecil Seibert, charged with shooting with intent. Everyâ€" thing went along emoothly until Maâ€" gistrate iBlake glanced at the bondsâ€" Magistrate John R. Blake may have a keen sense of humor, but his memory is just that much keenerâ€" inâ€" the opinion of Clareuce Seibert, Guelph street, Kitchener. This year, he said, the Hepburn Government will assist municipaliâ€" ties to the extend of $14,000,000 "in one form and another," and he urged municipalities to pass on the benefits from such Governmental assistance directly to taxpayers "rather than divert it by accountâ€" ing, or other means, to any other maintained by Ontario~ municipaliâ€" ties, direct benefit will be felt by ratepayers within the next three or four years, Hon. Eric Cross, Minâ€" ister of lunici?cl affairs, told the Ontario Mayors‘ Association at its annual banquet in the General Brock Hotel. ‘"‘Most recent figures show that cities of Ontario have reduced their met debenture debt by 15 per cent., towns by 20 per cent., and counties by 24 per cent.," he said. "It is an indication that some progress hui been made toward reducing our debt structure. If the present tendency can be maintained, a very real reâ€" Mef will come to the hg.yers in three or four years. Beginning in 1940 or 1941 many of the degen'- ture issues now carried by taxpayers will be retired, and ratepayers will feel the benefit." NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.â€"If\preâ€" sent progress in debt reduction is WOULD PASS BENEFITS TO TAXPAYFBS Ontario Debt On Down Grade Cross Says Most Cities Have Made 15% Cut in Debenâ€" ture Debt. "~ The Waterlco Chronicie, Waterice County‘s only semiâ€"weekly newspaper, deveted to the interests of the Fown of Waterice snd Watecioo Cognty, is published .st Â¥ Ontario Street, Waterloo, every Tuesday and Friday, ‘The Chromicle is a member of 9.&â€"..- Woeekly Newspaper Association, and the Ontarioâ€"Quebes Newspaper sountrics. Single copies, Tuesday edition % cents, Friday edition % cents. DAVIDIW&W ROY 8. BEAN, Editor. M. , Asso business office after 4 . "X::rn > uumudnumw The Chronicle is on sale at /**/ \~*: An Independent all newsâ€"stands in Kitch _/‘ ga, NOC Newspaper Cadi‘s Sense of Humour Outdone By Keen Memory THe Warter1o0 CmnronicLr TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1938 * PAYABLE IN ADVANCE buried in his native Ste. Hyacinthe, fifty miles southeast of this city. He had lived for years in solitude and seeming poverty in a little woodâ€" en house, but relatives were reportâ€" ed to have found $160,000 hidden unâ€" der rugs and boneath his mattress. The find includes §$6,000 in gold and silver coins, according to re Mopruiets@aca db j ud 20 born residents of the Twin City," reâ€" ’mnrked A. H. Kabel, a member of the board, after the meeting. "As far as the board is concerned, it was the outsiders who came in that caused the trouble over the weekâ€" end", he stated. Riated® Autcss Bhl ids 210 ) } "Outsiders came in and . ran the whole affair, creating the impression that odr local Germans were proâ€" Nazi," President L O. Breithaupt told The Chronicle. "The local ole ment had nothing whatever to do with it, so the board took the attiâ€" tude we didnt want a "tempest in a teapot", he told The Chronicle. I MIP e dn twfi s 242 i4103 "There would be little trouble if all citizens of Canada were as loyal to our democracy as are the German w o es e Ond uC Ioum No s oo eE e e esn admitting that it might possibly peal to "the odd young firsbrand" an uols "In reality, the people of the Twin City, represented by those reputable citizens of German descent, are withâ€" out doubt the poorest possible maâ€" terial upon which to lavish Nazi proâ€" paganda," stated Mr. Euler, although ‘usinetaatas h ca qi e es 9n ‘"The true German â€" Canadian wouldn‘t have had anything to do with it. They‘re in Canada and they want to live as Canadians, and I would heartily reiterate their sentiâ€" ments. ‘These outsiders think that because we have a German backâ€" ground we constitute an ideal breedâ€" ing ground for their political propaâ€" ganda," he continued. In brief addresses, all members of the board pointed out that the proâ€" Nazi occurrences of Labor Day weekâ€" end ‘"in no way indicated the true feeling in Kitchener." ° "The most regrettaBle feature of &m weekâ€"end convention was the atâ€" tempt that was made to paint the true German Canadian, "the good old German stock", as proâ€"Nazi", W. Max Euler, viceâ€"president of the ° board told The Chronicle following the meeting. Members _ unanimously _ agreed, after a short discussion, that the event had been given "entirely too much publicity". "We particularly resented the fact that so many good people of German origin lived in the city, who would never for a moment think of questioning Canadian de mocracy,"‘ stated Ald. A. W. Boos, following the meeting. ‘The oxecutive went on record as disapproving of the erroneous imâ€" pression created to the effect that the events which were alleged. to have transpired, were indicative of the feeling of Germanâ€"born residents of the Twin ‘City. Belief that the alleged "@wastikaâ€" tlaunting, Hitlerâ€"heiling" German reâ€" union held over the holiday weekâ€" end was wholly controlled by outâ€" side organizations, was expressed in « resolution approved by Kitchener Board of Trade, Thursday night. Maintain â€" Hol Occurrences Not Indicative â€" of Twin‘City Sentiment. "WORK OF OUTSIDERS" Nazi Meeting THE WATERLOO (Ontario) baw o c l Smei oee . nds ‘‘Where do we go from here?" (c) We should have a better unâ€" derstanding of modern economic developments. Wé6 Canadians are only one or two generations removed from early pioneer life. Our ideals are still largely close to the pioneers. Our policies tend to lag behind, yet in reality we must work out our desâ€" tinies in a highly complex industrial society. Surely every citizen should have some little knowledge of the acâ€" tual world in which he lives. I someâ€" times put it that there are two quesâ€" tions we could all learn to answerâ€" | (b) ‘We need a better understandâ€" ing of modern movements, political and otherwise. It is perhaps inevitâ€" able that in the heat of an election campaign the rival parties present their own points of view as strongly as possible. Surely between election there ought to be some opportunity for an OPEN FORUM in which vaâ€" rious groups will have the opportunâ€" ity of présenting their distinctive poâ€" licies and points of view. We cannot got rid of movements that we do not like simply by ignoring or denounc ing them. We must understand (a) A better understanding of people. We in this country are comâ€" ing to be quite heterogeneous. It is very easy to play up the nativeâ€"born and to play down foreign immiâ€" grants, very easy to set Orangemen against Catholics and visa versa; not so easy to get each group to underâ€" stand the other. Further the world today is shrinking. It took some of our ancestors nearly three months to cross the Atlantic, now it can be crossed in about a day. Our knowâ€" ledge of the various nations has not kept pace with this growing proximâ€" ity. It is still easy to start up racial animosity that may lead to war. In asking me to offer any sugâ€" gestion that would assist the rural weekly newspapers in making Canâ€" ada a better place in which to live and work, you are giving me a raâ€" ther large order. Localism is perhaps one of the besetting sins of the weekly newsâ€" paper, as of most of our local comâ€" munities. It would seem to me that one of the greatest contributions that a weekly could make would be to give the people a better underâ€" standing of the world in which we all must live. Dear Sir: SIGN OF THE TIMESâ€""Maybe you‘d get those bars sawed in two quicker if you played a little swing music instead of the waltz!‘ A Better Place inWhich to Live and Work MAKING CANADA A Series of Lotters from Distinguished Canadians on Vital Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada Specially Written for Canadian W eekly Newspapers Association CHRONICLE ‘Please accopt our sincere congraâ€" tulations on your elevation to the Cabinet as minister of labor. We feel that your personal capabilities have made this ‘honor fnevitable. The Conservative Association of South Waterloo has no intention of contesting your reâ€"election on Octoâ€" ber § and we wish you the best of success in your new position." ’ PRESTON.â€"South Waterloo Conâ€" gervatives will not oppose the reâ€" election of Hon. Norman Hipel, newâ€" lyâ€"appointed labor minister in the Ontario ‘Government, it was anâ€" nounced. A byâ€"election has been called for October 5. Over the signature of Karl Ho muth, president of the Conservative Association, the following letter has been sent Mr. Hipel: Waterloo Tories Will Not Oppose Hon. N.O. Hipel 1 would suggest that without atâ€" tempting anything sensational or spectacular you could carry out my suggestions. to use your own phrase ‘"in a quiet, effective, and practical J. S. WOODSWORTH, M.P. wealth Yours eincerely, Commonâ€" , Ottawa. years, died on the way to the hosâ€" pital after being run over by a truck driven by Euclide Mathe, 14 Bannerâ€" man Avenue. The girl was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Honâ€" slow, 32 Columbus Avenue. Shallow plowing, cultivating or deep discing will kill young summer annuals and induce seeds to germinâ€" ate, states Mr. McLeod. After harâ€" yest cultivation pays big dividends in assuring larger succeeding crops and tter returns. Kill weeds when they are weakest. Plan now to work all infested qeldsâ€" which are not seeded _ TIMMINS.â€"Timmins had its first auto fatality in almost two years when Verna (Honslow, aged 3% down. TIMMINS HAS FIRST â€" AUTO FATALITY. SINCE © AFTER HARVEST, CULTIVATION WILL CONTROL SOW THISTLE After harvest, cultivation is the cheapest and most effective method of controlling Perennial Sow Thistle, states J. D. McLeod of the Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch of the Onâ€" tario Department of Agriculture, in an interview this week. ‘‘The creepâ€" ing rootstalks of the Perennial Sow Thistle are at their weakest stage right now", said Mr. McLeod. ‘"Heat, sunlight and dry weather are our best partners." Mr. McLeod advises deep plowing immediately after harvest. ‘The land for two or three weeks WITHOUT CULTIVATION. It is pointed out should be allowed to dry thoroughly that surface soil is separated from subsoil; moisture is cut off and rootâ€" stalks are hollow and milky and canâ€" not stand heat and dryness. Follow later with the broad shares on the cultivator to get any plants that reâ€" "Some of our producers follow a very unwise policyâ€"that of develop ing new markets and then failing to put out any effort to retain them, but in the meanwhile looking for more new markets. Markets when established should obviously be re tained by every effort," he suggested. _ "Newspapers, billboards and other advertising ‘broadcasts the merits of Canadian goods," he said. "But wholesalers are unable to obtain the advertised supplies. Canned salmon was one product prominently adverâ€" tised and unobtainable by whole salers during my visit." ‘The trade and commerce minister said he wanted to urge Canadian business to make the best of Canâ€" ada‘s selling campaign in England. Criti Canadians He added Â¥e had intended to re main away o weeks longer but necessity of continuing negotiations with the United caused him to return. ‘The minister declared Canadian business was not taking advantage of the Dominion Government‘s adâ€" vertising campaign on British marâ€" kets. trade and commerce minister, returmâ€" ed to Canada, after a month‘s busiâ€" ness in Europe, to continueâ€"work on a projected new trade treaty between the Dominion and the United States. During his European trip no new treaties were concluded, said the minister on his arrival on the liner Empress of Britain. But Canada‘s foreign trade and trade prospects were discussed 'iq, Canadian repre sentatives abroad. ‘Mr. Euler said he had not talked with British authorities, themselves negotiating an agreement with the United States which "probably will have" an effect on the proposed Canâ€" Euler To Returns From Europe To Rush Along Trade Negotiations, QUEBECâ€"Hon W. D. Euler, U.S. Trade Post RAPS CANADIAN EXPORTERS