050The following article is a con-
densation of a : booklet, "The
River of Milk", published on the
occasion of the 50th anniversary
of the Borden Company, Limited.
Because the history of this com-
pany .for the past 50'years has
been so entwined with the history
of Ingersoll and area, the. Tribune
felt the story would be read with
interest by all,
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_I whiskered' dignity of Gail ` Burden,
i_ +,-��`,,' - I even if he did do things that were �.
�. - 9qt� . a «, a well ... a little unusual, to say the
,.. least -
a „�. a+c `J� e • r � goes oes the ' chronicle of the man
v'r ' 'whose meat 'biscuits saved the lives of `
�.�",' , "4``"y* " • ' �" t Arctic explorers and sparked the devel-
opment of condensed milk out of which
�Th . born a Borden Company, Limited. '
y.
1 Gail Hgiid. n.'s neighbors thought he
acted strangle y when he toodc them fog•
a rids in a strange cpntraption. It had
- ia�.'
' 'wheels,. Yet. it wasn't a •wagon; it had a
. ' N j ° a r 4 '� usr a3 sail, but it wasn't a boat,
�- " u,~ Kg. u, `s ,' .. d It was a long schooner, applying- oil
a x., ,a c°• ;,, ° 1 `• ' land .the principles used by sailors on the
sea. It harnessed the wind and did it so
effectively that the first and only trip
„ plied the passengers and driver Borden
i;
',r 3 rt�� , , r a' 6 ,> x•., into the.sea.
Gail was the first to admit the
",�,'`�'1, " ,�' �� .P •i schooner was a failure. But, the man
who, throughout' his lifetime, was to run
the i •, ,�fi 4> vA,�_ ,� - ;is,'r � s ,. gamut from farmer through survey
r� `"e§"' , r" . _ : or, settler, teacher, soldier, publisher and
inventor, turned his inventiveness into
other.. channels.
During the gold - rush in California
s„ t,, �,,. ll[;, some friends asked Borden to help them
prepare for the journey. He promised
to ,make them a meat extract they could
=c <' ,�. •�.;.< use along, the trail
�`' " `'` ` " '�"• sc"k�3 ,'^ . " - ''.' Borden's goal was an adaption of In-
,. s .�` �ae 1-1-IYLS dean pemmican, which .kept fairly well
.,1v • ,,;,g t , =,r but had a 'bad flavor. Gail wanted a
! je,kE �.un✓.f. tasty meat extract He boiled 120 pounds
y p,,w O,gAbItYRON JENVEY, JAMES MI c au arA 5'0 of beef rote ten pounds of extract thick
Sph.N — Tribune Photos by Jimmy Smithpf -
Two Ingersoll nneu are going 'Borden' Company, Limited, in of � as molasses and smelling like. glue.
on the au•. in a big way this Canada. Mr. 1V_�y'11aa�� is being ON BROADCAST �,1�' �,r( nJ '<C ! Failure turned into success when Gail
coming Tuesday, Feb. 1. .94`l featured because' flee. Ingersoll _ ;mixed Hour with some of .the extract.'
The menu are James G. "Jim-' slant was Borden's first inn -Can- will be attended by 900 Borden I'Kneaded'..into a 'biscuit, baked and left
my" 1VIi ..-- superintendent of ads; and "Jimmy" has been with emiployees and theist families. �, l overnight to cool, it became a meat his
t the :Borden's plant here,. and Mr. ` the company 45 years.' Mr. Jenvey Will introduce. Dln. , ((( cunt rich in flavor and food value.
Byron Jenvey, Aun St., and.they PIn away theN_IJI L:—Bbth mien will meet one
'o3'-EYie most glamorous of the 7 �' i7"''•+i
are to sta�on that week's cdi- be a farewell fors broadcast will "Jimmy" as. )is °Metropolitan opera stars, HelEn Ingersoll E� Birth 1aL',�
tion of Borden's "Canadian Cav- is scheduled to retire :this year. Jenson. '
alcade," ' broadcast from To- Mr. Jeryley.' is being featured =Tss the second time within ! ° Dr. Ellsha Kent Kane, an Arctic ex.
ronto over a coast -to -coast net because a —years ago, at the age mouth that .Ingersoll men haver,"- 'Plorer, used-:Bordden's"pFduct,.-;.j{alye. and
wort: of 32 stations in the Uni- of 17, in his dad's old democrat, been featured "on this saunq , � his expedition. were forced to abandon
ted States and. Canada.: he drove. the first load of milk popular coast -to -coast broadcast i ship and it was their chief food on a
It's a very. 'special 'Canadian Little more than two weeks 1 o ,, 10-week. trek across northern -wastes.
Cavalcade", .too, for: it will marls to the brand new Borden's g n Milk entered the Borden picture in
ilauU. On'the 'broadcast, which •, Harold ,W'so vvas, interviewed 14 „, , ,��a.
- the 50th anniversary of The ''v 1 on the forthcoming Harmswonth 1851 beause of a tragedy on the ship.
--- ! - races at Detroit, { ' carrying ._Borden back, from a trip to
'Pile broadcast is at 8.30 r. nn. ,z, * England. Two cows - carried on board
1'i'. > became sick. Babies fed milk from. these,
• t .., ---- ^ -- :,,,.. , .»'_'C... cows grew ill. .Some of them died. -
r A h ) 1 ryik _ _ 'The picture of "the -. heart broken
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mothers holding their dying infants in
Famed Canadian Artist their arms kept returning to Gail. He
- - - , , bad preserved meat by condensing it;
Th e i , hrile- e illustrations. for tile why wouldn't tine same process keep milk
hooklet, "The River of Milk", j from souring?
!- Five- years later, after 'fighting to
some of which are reproduced establlish his claim of 'originality, Bor-
here, were drawn by the well- den was granted patents covering the
tt' known CaIladian free-lance : ` evaporation of milk in a vacuum pan.
��ao-(YbJ -?!i+/r�Y,olt-�Ordan Co•5' s�-Fi P.h2-f✓+'�'"'-tor,nwit m: r'F �. 'artist. J. Patrick O'Lee, of 7J �'4�
Port Credit, who is now in
ziorJ. ws ,the United States,' /4%M.
Y, JAN. 27, 1949
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