Labors Land Policy.

Bruce Herald, Volume LV, Issue 63, 18 August 1919, Page 5

Labors Land Policy.

The Weather. Tho heavy rain that not in ou Uatur day has had the effocb of postponing 'early sprjng work oa tin-land, and mui;t prove : particularly 'annoying to f..v:m:rs who weto congratulating on their ground'jast.getb'ng int. 7 condition for discing. Though this district is oub« jeoi bo floods in less degree than othcrj, through tho wilful nogiigoncoin regard to the river, a considerable area adjacent to it becomes water-logged, and iooos much of its valuo for some time after, any tiling approaching heavy rain. Tho usual resentment is finding oxproj:ion at tho interruption of commuuieation with fir: rounding districts, re-udentn ialated by fljod waters at I> -no'-, iiridgo and North Branch, and tin ir?iii2 oi tho j main road impeded.. Duvi.:;: :'.unday a lucrative budness was derive-.}'f?om tho horse towage.of. motor vebiolos through the exprmsiva stretch 'of wattr !,h-ib mo frequently obstructs ix-.xf'a-i ?-b th; south cud of Un towL\ K->uv : siMxbty began comauife.:;!; :l.«e'f with the uppeatvuice of an ov.'ri'ow from B,i!m o.■»'.:; cieck, through Dui-hie'rf f;ub-divi>ion into ilio. norfch end of tho town, bub the of rain during Sunday once m re jusui< fied tho trust in Ptovi;un -o that am .u-.-ts to a sort of fatalism with regard to iiho riyer, If any enthu-ii-ron iufir-ed into the question of noiiiin fo: meaiborebip of the Pvive: -Board, th* pro-euh downfall will havo been oppoibuuo,