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_W ith. Fences Faith ; in ies: we re we Knock ‘the False & Boost the True 3 _Motto “ Tell the Truth and shame the devil”

Vol. ¢

No.0

ganization First

Province Goes Dry as a : Desert - But Stony Plain Constituentcy... ‘alittle Damp

The following are the re- turns-of polls received up to

- Friday morning:—,

ee Manly

“Rose ithall

. Pine Ridge

tony Plain +f dry 37 wet Hills 7 oe, Warden Golden Spik efte ewassin (artis “Stony P.C " Bluebe PY povumane° “3 mee hove re 6 Holborn 11: Stony P. School 6 Riverview 5 27 yolden Rule 3 19 The above 17 Polls show a vote of 211 dry 350 wets . or wets in lead 139 votes. - Other outside polls reported: Entwistle 12 dry 44 wet Wabamun 26 43 Evensburg 10 25

In connection with the wee polled,

inthis constituency it is.of some in- terest to note the difference in the last | ! political election as to-the number of votes polled at each poll which then were as follows: ~ :

Sony-Plain Town 84,Golden Spike 44,

: Comet 16, Manjy 21, Eosentha) 25,

Pes

aly

' Surely

Stony Plain Centre 27, Huron 32, Inga 26, Smithfield 28, Golden Rule 16 Riverview, 26, BlueBerry 13, Bright . 20, Spruce Grove 36, St;John 21 Hills 50, Bnochyll, Stony Plain31 * Sgettinsele 15, Brightwé6od 7,8t; Leon 21 Holborn 15, Gramania 30, Sandhill 24, Tomohawk 28, Burtonville 26, Lake- mere 15, Mewassin 38, Pine Ridge 28, There are few other polls which we have not the record of but by these com one can see clearly how much the population regards the Li- quor in the manner in which they peg Aas enc he petaree already in it would

Ri Sa gee of Fifteen

vote

' derticny OF POLLS ‘In pies nee list. Dry appears phew fret: i: if 82 wet, Acadia 143,

136, Beaver River 47

ntre

1180, Cal-

Camrose 1885 688

olm Aad 188,

ted. | mem

Need of Local |=

Farmers

_. Without: efficient. organiza- tion the farmer is up against ion every hand. He is ae npered when, he: comes to sell“ his*farm products, he is hampered ‘when he wants to Iniy in the cheapest market. He cannot demand a fair price for his products. but must ‘take what the buyer wants to give, he cannot buy goods without the retailer and the middlemen have their rake off—on every hand some organized“ body have decided that he must pay his dues and he must either .pay them

-}go without.

; As an ‘example: of how even Gina ae ee

farmer to time we quote the following paragraph which appeared in Monday’s Jour- nal:

“Arf interesting discussion arose over complaints received through country merchants be- cause of an Edmonton retail grocer who has been quoting farmers wholesale rates for groceries. The complaint stated that the retail grocer named was merely the figure-head of a local jobbing house which has no travelling salesman _ but which is not.averse to picking up business on both sides of the fence. The matter was placed in the hands of a special com- miitee with instructions to act ih unison with the Retail Mer- chant's,association.

The Edmonton firm refered

‘to is without doubt “Wilson's

Grocery” which is patronized by many farmers around Ed- monton and who have enabled many.a farmer'to save a great deal of hard earned cash. We doubt not but what these organized powers of darkness

will force Wilson into line.

The only resource that the farmer will have is to organize more .atrongly and*keep in touch Haitlpettie other. 20,000 rs of the U,F.A. in other parts, of this Province

Hand agitate for the establish- ‘ment of a Wholesale House

of our @wneas was talked oyer at the last Annual Meeting of the U.F.A. in Edmonton.

In the mean time we must buy our stuff in Car oad lots of houses outaide 2,

__ Stony Plain, Plain, Alberta, Sa

day July 24th, 1915

_ $1.

per year

THE seo News |New G.T. P. Time Table Ethel

& FARM FUN 1995 LY

(eerie a es :

1915 iow [Far sar)

ér published in

A Weekly News#*> the interest of the man on the land ,to | Tuesda:

champion his catise, t@ teach co-opelt: ation among Fatmrrs & to preach . the many truths advocated by the members of the U. F. A.

A. E. Bates, Editor’

SIS + A eee cee ‘Published évery. Saturday morning

at Stony Plait: Alberta, 22 miles west of Edionton, Alta, in one of the best iliixed-farming districts of Weertern Canada. * * *

As yet we have heen unable to find out just what that new project. the New Marketing Association: are. doing by next week we'wish to ascertain. just what the thin oF

1S he 7. ——t 4

our active all boat it.

" * * &

‘Don'Leon Bowser was bora A, Peoria Oklahoma, U.S.A. Aug-21-1902, die at. Mewas- | sin June 19th. 1915. We wish to thank our f riendsand neigh- bors for the kindness they have

shown us through the sickness:

and death of our preciou darling Don. he Mr. and Mrs. Bowser. 00° Olds 795 302, Peace River 111-79, Pembina 121 120, Pincher Creeck 383 450, Ponoka 586 294, Redcliffe 294 355, Red Deer 1221 481, Ribstone 501 260, Rocky Mountain 717 1028, Sedgewick-2149_728, Stettler 1298 610, Stony Plain 316 388, Sturgeon 50 103, St:Albert 307-466, St: Paul 23 212 Taber 2561 1159, . Vegreville 1377 - 916, Vermillion 617 252,5. Victoria 894. 1078, Wainwright 683 497, Warner 637 282, Wetaskiwin 798 408. Total

41,206 25,076,

Wm. GILBERT of SUNNY BROOK FARM. Wins Many Prizes at Calgary Exhibition.

At Calgary Exhibition Wm Gilbert of Sunny Brook Farm won First, Second, Third and mein sow ionship

sow.

Converts

Few

PATRONAGE SYSTEM ROTTEN

For many years the good leaders of the Liberal party have looked to the Geod Lord for converts. after each election but yet no D.R.O. have ever re-- turned one dime of the ill got fees that he and his poll elerck have gotton for doing nothing but watching the ballot box om on the fatal day that he as a loyal citizen should be anxious ”

The ee Farcitue Special | t© do for the honor of the office which was here Monday no rathiew!than fleecing the people doubt did a great deal of Good out'@f-one large dollar per hour:

only we were at a logs to know | Every mother’s son of these: D.

why the good officials did not|®- 0. know that. $8. per day is lock it up the whole time they |™ore then just wages but this were here and let us look|'s the way that sonsneme™

Effective Sunday, June 6th, 1915, the following Sime ta table ofth e Grand Trunk Pacific railway will prevail until far- ther notice, the arrival and gg ee trains to and from Stony Plain tine as follows:

Friday,

Satartay ll “45

Week-end speci will leave Edmonton on Saturday, at 1:30 p.m.

and guess he had gene's : ’ deer hunt as he was ak in pees would

dence and his exhibit was locked | im thes ‘same manner a we are i | x 40m

' The Instructions on Horses and cursing the. whole: system and > Cattle however Was good and|We trust that the time mays by-the large crowd of ladies |©o™me -when mer 1 may open up~- who attended the domestic. de-| their eyes and demand that the partment and health and dress |P@tronage money paid should talks we judge: the ladies were |Come out of the rulling parties delighted, pocket and not out of the people Paap as a whole.

Spruce Grove is to have an-| Well may a copy of the Bible other Lutheran Church Build-|be placed in the D.R.O.s ballot ing soon, we wonder if some of |box as-we are quite confident our Towns are never going to|that-both the Returning Officer have some Public Libraries «as|and the Poll Clerck need to be well as churches some of these|converted fxgpe their sinful. wa

t in books to our mind] takingtas mueh=for “one days uld do as much as thousands |labor as they should have for Prentt in Churches. four days. f To our minds the government have been wise in clinging to this old English custom but. it . |seems a pity that they dontalso include a Prayer Book as read- ing the Bible without prayer is not counted good form in the

Old Land. fou. cannot altoge- uhe see for temo ‘Sale a

Championship al was decline the best Berkshire sow in Can pri tain a ada. The Advocate says she is| 7

fone of the best ever exhibited oe

at ey for. both type and eavy com- le a large

A few Hundred Dollars | deeds in robbing the people by > *“*

“Made ii in ‘Canada

Canada’s Opportunity | is in Her Ability to Grapple With Commercial Conditions (Journa) of Commerte)

A short while ago, the Journai of Sommerce, realizing that the apinions of other people would be, not only in- teresting to its readers, but also in- structive and helpful in bosiness, sent out a icrenlar jeiter containing six questions, to the more important bus!- ness houses in Canada. Since then, a great many replies have been publish- ed Which have created nearly as much | meaty thought as the following, which was received from Mr. John I. Brown, sales Manager of Gunn, Langlois &

Company, Limited: Dear Sirs,

Your letter of April 8th, requesting | answers to certain questions asked ! therein, has heen received and noted. Usually very little attention is paid to: circular letters of this kind, but inas- much as the Journal of Commerce Is | playing such. an important part in} Canadian industrial conditions today, we have noted exch question careful- | ly. If our judgment as set forth in the answers we give is of any value to you, we are glad to be of service. ist.—There is.a feeling of optimism that is marked, perhaps in a fairly; small degree, in the different lines of trade; at the same time, there is a! marked lack of stability that has al- Ways characterized our markets in former years. 2nd.—The. opening ot navigation | will not particularly affect our trade, | yor in fact any line of business unless | it will be possible for Canada to in- crease production to such an extent | as to permit of a surplus, which would | enable us to export. Fraight boats | will no doubt be available for any! such trade offering, although the ser- vice will be much slower than we have | been accustomed to of late years; that | is, we may have to be satisfied with a slower and less efficient service on account of the war. $rd.—The ‘“Made-in-Canada” move- ment is. bound to help some trade, at least in a small way. Our judgment, however, is that in a very large meas- ure, it is a hoax, serving only as | blanket to be used by séme manufac- turers and dealers to work off inter. | jor stock. Canada as a great agricul- | tural or manufacturing country will | hever benefit by a purely ‘‘Made-in-| » Canad ovement un ay a Lime. 4 aE tite SR nite at’ our products wi! nt Mone: perfection and efficiency. If the coun- try in general is to permanently profit | by such a term as “Made-in-Canada,” ‘here should be some government re- itrictions placed_on all export bearing this.gtamp. 4th.—So far as we know, the ‘ ‘Made- | n-Canada” is being supported but not} oy any means in a_ general way. There seems to be a lack of confid- ence, caused no doubt, by the fact that men have tried to commercialize the patriotism of the public to the *“Made-in-Canada” movement, This has sertainly had a tendency to make the

thinking public stop and wonder just | a move- |

what their duty is to such’ ment, and if loyal support given would result in general as well as perman- ent profit to all or only to a few. We "eel sure thatinvestigation would prove our coytention, that in many cases, the one word “hoax” could be suhsti-

| duction | materially reduced,

; forced to spend valuable

| know how to render value for

4ed | that, the out-of-works must be willing

|} ada's virgin soil, | for proper cultivation,

Experiment

jand ability

| ing surely tells.

000 WU .

A GOOD CHEW IN A CLEAN WRAPPER.

tions have raised wages for unskilled |} labor to such a high point. in ) cities, of all help available. of farm

Hence the. pro- products has. been | With work now stopped, our cities are time and money in. meeting the acute situation

of their. ynemployed.,

our} that it has drained the country |

extension: |

In a large meas. |

ure, these men are spoiled, and do not !

asked, Our contention is that upskill-

labor must reduce its price, and ’

|to go back to the farms and work as apprentices for at least one full year. Following this, some steps could be | taken by the ‘government men on available land to develop Can-

and when prop-

erly farmed, would place us back on

wages |

| gun-carriages of j laid with

; the then. Prince.of ; the gold gins witu in placing |

7 h | alowed to leave the that is only waiting |

; the basis of am export country, where |

we rightly belong.

It is, of course, find fault, done.

an easy matter particularly after work This is not our object. > ever, our governments should under- take a “Back-to-the-Land campaign, jand be Successful in gaining this wwor- ‘thy and necessary end, they’ should endeavor to place sufficient restric- tions upon the opening up of new ter- ritory, to prevent our virgin soil ..f today becoming a. bed of unihanage- able weeds tomorrow. Our Prairie Provinces show us the need-for such precaution peing taken, Farmers should not be allowed to own more land than they can cultivate properly. This can be accomplished by making ; each one responsible for the spread of | noxious weeds from his farm or some | such measure.

We have tried to give you our views | as clearly as possible, feeling that the Journal of Commerce can do much in meeting critical conditions, and inas- much as the future success of any. movement always depends very large- ly on its present policy, we feel that you can render special service by se- curing the view points or outlook of commercials houses, and presenting Such to your thinking patronage. In your good work, fighting in this way the battles of your empire at home, we wish you every success.

Yours faithfully, (Sgd.) JOHN I. BROWN, Sales Manager,

is If, hew-

Poultry boca

Four re to Folt in Order to Se- cure Mix gg Production Peg production depends “on four!

| things and if any of these four bé absent, maximum egg production need not be expected, says a new bulletin from Purdue University Agricultural Station.

1—The hen must be bred to lay, that ig she must have that invisible inheritance that gives her capacity to lay. Some people call this.“an inborn tendency to lay.” This means that the breeding will have more influonce than the breed.

2—The hen must be physically strong enough to withstand the drain’ of heavy egg production, and the chances of disease. She must be able to withstand the abuse that man gen- erally gives her by making hergn- vironments unnatural, be able to lay | a large number of eggs when prices are high, and produce germs when the incubation season ar-

tuted for “Made-in-Canada.”’

There is a need for bigger and bet- ter Canadian effort. Canada can and should do more, Individual citizens can and should do more, but let us not trifle with such serious matters. More and better products “Made- to-|| Standard,” and many slogans could mean more to Canadian products abroad than “Made-in-Canada,” unless some government restrictions were

placed on the free use of the term by |

the general public.

5th.--In, several lines ard food products, we have had a marked increase over'the same per- jod last year, but a decrease is shown in our special or higher priced pro- ducts. This shows that the general public do not always buy thoughtful- | ly, but rather base their calculations on the supposition that eggs at ‘25c are cheaper than eggs at 28c per dozen, and bacon at 24c is. cheaper than hac- on at 29¢ per Ib. irrespective of the food value or service that same will render,

You will at once note the connection in the writer’s thought re the neces- sity for standardization. This is es- sential before the unthinking or un-

of our gtand-

guarded against,—‘This is good and so much cheaper.”

6th.—Despite the fact that condi- tions are somé@what upset at the pres-

ent time, Canada’s future opportunity |

lies in her ability to grapple with her

commercial conditions now and within | There is bound

the next six months, to be an increased demand for food producis, These will have to be pro- duced before they cau be marketed. Much planning and careful prepara- tion is necessary to increase produc- tion, Before farm production can be increased economically, the farmer hag got to secure sufficient help- at its value, and this he has not been able to do during the last few years. The greatest reason Why the farmer has been able to secure sufficient help at its value during recent years is that large contractors and corpora-

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—

| j ! edlucated public can buy and be safe-| just as}

rives. Constitutional vigor is of first | importance, and though the hen be | well-bred, if she has some physical | wedkness that is either hidden or ap- | parent, the results will be unsatis- factory.

3--The hen must have suitable en- vironmental conditions, such as hous- | ing, yarding, condition of range, etc. |The house is the home of the hen, and as .such should be comfortable. | Dampness, draft and poor ventilation, all retard egg production. A small |! yard or bare rauge is not conducive | to success.

4——-The hen makes eggs out of the food given. She depends upon it and.) must have it in large enough quanti- ties to induce rapid growth and large production. A hen cannot Jay well | on just any food that may be given. This has been demonstrated too many {times On the farm and at experiment | station. | Egg production is one of the chief | aimg of the poultry raiser, and it is for this reason that these four things are mentioned. They are given in the order of their importance. The itself must be the first ¢onsideration,

From answers to questions sent out over the state of Indiana it was seen | that the market side of the question ‘is the most important phase of farm | poultry. A few people find it profit- able to sell stock and eggs for fancy purposes, but the commercial gide is by far the most popular with the farm- er. Poultry is a side issue on the farm and a part of diversified farming, ; but Geere seems to be a rapidly grow- ig@ sentiment to make the hen have ls more important position than she has had in the past. This is proven by the statement that 101 out of 704 keep poultry as an important means of livelihood.

Breed- |

bird |

to |

hatchable ,

Indian Princess Guns of Pure Gold The Gaekwar, of Baroda, the well- known Indian Prince, has’ a battery of artillery eorsis ting of gold and silver guns, There. are ‘four and two Of silver. The gold guns were madé@ jh is7i by an artisan of Lakha, Yheeworked on them for five years!” They weigh 400, pounds Gach, and exceyt. for the steel lining are of solid gold. They are mounted on carved wood, ove! In 1876, when tix Bombay to meci Wales, he too him to salut ihat was the only they have been State of Baroda

gins, two of geld

Silver.

Gaekwar went to

the Prinee, anc occasion on whic! Your D:

ie Salvein' Tubes: Druggists or M

Granulated Eyelids, Eyes inflamed by expos eure to Sun, Bustand Wind uickly reli¢ved by Murine Remedy. No Smarting, mt Eye Comfort, At

or Book of the Eyé Freeask tye Remedy Co,, Chicago

ene : Harrows and Weeds

There is né beer weed destroyer than the hafrows, if they are used} at the correct time,) Most Will have roti thaf on a moderate- | ly firre © tilth,» days, the seeds*nf the various atnual weeds that have. been lying in the pay all appear {o eome up at once | With a rush, “and if the land is har- | rowed just as these weeds are bhe- ginning to appear through the soil, millions of them will be destroyed, If they are left two or three days be- yond the correst time, only a small percentage of them Will be actually pulled up, as tliey very quickly get a& tight hold in the soil, Generally speaking, the harrcws are much more’ required of grain ‘han the roll, even on quite light soils, and it may be taken as a rule to be broken.

FEELS LIKE A NEW WOMAN

E,pinkham’ s Vege- Headaches

and Dizziness.

Piqua, Ohio.—‘‘I would be very un- asada if I failed to give Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta-

ble Compound. the

/ praise it deserves,

j at different times

i failed, and when [ hear a woman com- plain I always rec- ommend it. Last win- ter I was attacked

with a severe cage of organic weakness, I had backache, pains in my hips and over my kidneys, headache, dizziness, Jassitude, had no energy, limbs ached and I was always tired. I-was hardly able to do my hausework. I had taken Lydia E. Pinkifam’s Vegetable Com- pound on one o' occasion, and it had helped me so I took it again and it has built me up, until now I feel like a new woman. You have my hearty consent to use my name and testimonial in any way and I hope it will benefit suffering women.’’—Mrs, ORPHA TURNER, 431 S. Wayne St., Piqua, Ohio,

Women who age suffering from those distressing ills peculiar to their sex should not doubt the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to re-

store their health,

If you want special advice’

| write to Lydia BE, Pinkham Med-

icine Co., (confidential) :‘Lynn,

| Mass. Your] will be opened, read and answered By a woman

and held in strict confidence,

Taube Originated From Indiah Leaf The Taube adveplare was inyented by an Austrian,

When. in India he noticed that the leaves of the zanonia tree, as they fell, floated for a long distance be- fore they settled, This he found to be due to the pgculiar shape of the leaves, and the wings of his aero- plane he constructed on a similar principle, whilst the body he fin- ished in the shape of a dove,

The German war staff approved and imprcved ile ign, and adopt- ed it for military use by sheathing it in steei and adding to its dove shape the vulture’s habits,

» per Bottle. Murine Eye |

farmers |

‘LUCK

10 CENTS PER PLUG

School 3 | of

To Negleg, Flax

Agriculture Would. be Great Mistake This Sea.

Alberta Taking the Lead in Practical Work Along Educational Lines It has been public propertyet6r some lime that the agricultural schools es. ablished by the department of agri- ‘ulture for Alberta are proving an wn- jualified success. ‘The most .¢anstic ritics of the schei.e have long ago} cknowledged that tl “minister of zi jeulture was right and they were rong. These schools. have accom- plished something which aM the aert- cultural colleges bave failed ‘to do, namely, they have reached the maxi- mum number of boys onthe farms and | have given them practieal scientific in- struction without in any way weaning them from,—-the farms They have taken hold of the boys and the girls who have had such limited opportuni- ties of education that they’ could not Lave. been admitted to any.college, and have made them feel that their practi- ‘cal knowledge of farm ccaditions was an off-set to their ‘eck of book learn- ing, and having -seved their self-re- | spect in this way, haye stimulated | their ambition to add the knowledge obtainable from pooks to their prac- tical experience. In the- carpenter shop of the school Olds during the past winter the

j at

d after a few gvarm | boys made models .of-the buildings

| whic *h this summer. will help their j fatherg to erect on the home farms.

The hoy who took a model home with him knew not only *how to build a large building by that «model, but he knew to a foot of lumber and a pound of cement the material required and what it would cost to build. The great beauty of the instruction at these | schools is that nothing is attempted which a boy may not later do on his own farm if he have patience and perseverance.

The girls who attend these schools | are not only receiving instruction in domestic science, dress making, and laundry work, exactly the game instruction as the boys in poultry raising, horticulture and dairying. ;

While the schools are closed during ‘the summer, work in connection with |Ahe schools py ne means ceases. The dairy competition which was carried on last year is this year being increas- j ed to herds of three cows-instead of in- | div iduals, and a very large number of students "Pye [etitons are Pure b

successful competit

} calf, pig or sheep.

ihe competitions fre open to beth

| boys and girls, and last year one of

hthe successful competitors was a girl. Another competition that is being |

: Last year 30 young

but they are receiving |

animals were distributed in this: way. |

carried on is that of growing alfalfa |

seed, Three prizes + are offered—$2¢ $15 and $10—for the best bushel of al: falfa seed to be delivered in 1916. Al- ready 74 boys have entered this com- petition, and they are scattered all

Alberta: from Cardston

to Vermilion on the north. None of this seed will be grown under irri- gation.

The mone for these prizes was donated by several of the large lumber companies in Alberta. The head of one of these companies, noting how much was being said by thaj Bankers’ associ- | ation about mixed farming, went to

the Hon. Duncan Marshall and asked him if there was anything that they | | could do to help. Mr. Marshall seized | the opportunity an:. told the lumber- | man that he would like $150 to distri- | bute in prizes for the growing of al-} falfa seed, school divided as above, The lumber-

on the!

This would be $50 for each

man went aWay and came’ back in a |

few days with the money. While so far no girls have entered the competition,

it is open to them should they wish. to |

do 80.

During the summer a number

of |

special women institute meetings will |

be held, and the instructors of domes-

tic science from tlie different, schools | will seek to-bring the advantages of |

these schools directly home to mothers of the province, In addition to this. there will be a demonstration train which will give special @ttention

larly in the northern part of the proy- ince,

Alberta is not agricultural college,

to be without

however. An agri-

the |

to the newer lines of railway, particu- |

its |

cultural college section of the univers- |

ity will open next October with a com- petent faculty. This will give an op- portunity to the boys who wish to. go further than the two years’ course of the agricultural schools, to obtain ade- quate training and obtain, degree. Dr. Tory, the head of the university, has been very keen-on_this for some time, and already a deai of agriculture in | the person of BE. A. Ho./es, B.S.A., has been selected,Free Press.

Two Irishmen arranged to figirt a duel with. pistols: One of them was distinctly stout, ang when he saw his lean adversary facing him he raised an objection. ‘“Bedad!” he said, “I'm twice as big a target ag he is, so | ought to stand twice as far away from him as he is fr.m me.”

| Sample

son

It coms more that, likely that a by- “product of the “Greater Produc: tion” movement, ,fostere@’ by the ex- pected shortage in as Nonna food supply, will be am ac ning of the acreage: of flax grown ah ites ‘Year. This, of. course,’ will) mean higher prices than ever for flaxsced, and big profits for the level-headed farmers who see and grasp the opportunity.

Flaxseed is selling now for around $1.80 cash; October is quoted at $1.85; if seeding reports show.a decrease in acreage, prices will doubtless go still higher.

The early seeding nie spring, and the fact that under normal conditions flax can be sown up to June, and grown siccessfully on ney breakirg, gives farmers a chance t@ get. busy, ater other grains have been sown; and get in enough flaxseed to add very materially to the year’syprofits.

We have been training our youth merely to be better farmers, but this is only half. What.to do with the school, the church, thé rural organiza- tion, the combiations of trade, the highways, thé” architecture, the lib: rary, the beauty of the landscape, the country store, the rousing of a fine community helpfulness to take the place of.the old selfish individualism, and a®hundred other activities is endugh’to fire the imagination and to strengthen the arm of any. young man or woman,—L, H. Bailey.

PRE “DENT

DER

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KEEP THE MEN IN GOOD HUMOR

When Hubby “Lights Up” for his after-dinner smoke, be sure he has a match whioh will give him a steady light, first stroke—Ask your Grocer

- EDDY’S “GOLDEN TIP” MATCHES

One of their many Brands

for

Our Best Garaiinndar Sir Douglas Haiz, commander of the first British army, has earned the greatest reputation, so far, of any British officer engaged in the war— Hamilton Herald,

A western horseman tells of a joc

| key at Windsor, across the line fron

Detroit, who was recently indisposed “If I don't get rid of this cold soon,’ said the, youngster, ‘T’ll be a deac one,”

“Didn't you see Dr. Spinks ag I tok you?” asked a friend.

“No; the sign on the foor said ‘1: to 1’ and I wasn't going to monke:

| with a long shot like that,”

POR I EAIS! icoteeasaeetnatieeetianiinnaianiias ay nee 4

. mee . eet cemenene ; : <u ay pedicle Si a ¥ bs J as Be BR ae et a ee Re. aya . ie ” ie, Tie ate: eet ey . a isn yy © \. 4 * ¥ + ‘ ’ sf .4 ~ + iy - i ‘ / . . ¥ » oe

The beautiful sentiment in your heart. There’s Father, Mother, Sister,

Baby and Sweetheart—

A priceless gift for some dear freind or relation.

The old family album harbors treasures.

Why not protect them forever.

Dont you want to beautify your home?

- These art productions are fit for your best room.

They delight the eye and foster precious memories.

This is a life-time opportunity to secure something you have often sighed and wished for. DON’T HESITATE.

You are entitled to one of these

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“Before we married you promised me rings and brooches and beads to wear.”

“Well, what of it?”

“I was just-thinking that the only beads I've ever worn since are beads of perspiration.”

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The Navvy’s Shovel The navvy’s shovel, which in this | war of entrenchments is mighty as the sword, js not without its rom-| ance. When the Liverpool-Manchest- |

occurred to one of the workmen that | the heavy square-bladéed. spades then in use could be plied more easily if

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scoffed. Clinging to his idea, however- |

‘She's crazy to get in-to the upper|the navvy induced an ironmonger to

ten, isn’t she?” “Crazy? Why, sho'd it on a sleeper!”’

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“Did you ever see a company of women perfectly silent?”

“Yes, once. Someone had asked which of those present was the old-

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Great Britain has now over a mil- lion men in-the field, which is 110 times the figure of Agincourt; 33 times that of the Crimea; 25 times the Peninsula; 14 times the figure ot. the Second Afghan war; and four times the tally of 1901.

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An agreement was made between contra 3- tor, manufacturers and inventor, a patent obtained, and the observant workman died’ a wealthy man.—Lon- don Chronicle.

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Defective Gasoline

A farmer, in looking his ;car over one day, thrust a lighted match into the gasoline tank. The ensuing ex- plosion laid him up for several wéeks. On the first day that he was able to be about he visited the store- keeper who had sold him the stuff and demanded compensation.

“Why should I pay you anything?” asked the merchant hotly. “It was your own fault. You knew it was gasoline.”

“That's all right, but this accident was caused by defective gasoline.”

“Defective gasoline?”

“Yes, sir, I've been sticking matches into gasoline that I'v bought here be- fore, and this was the first lot that ever acted that way.”

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Mrs. Jos. Desrosiers, St. Alphonse, ! Que., writes; “I cannot say too much in favor of Baby's Own Tablets, as they saved my little one’s life. Before giving him the Tablets he was greatly troubled with worms and was like a skeleton and cried day and night. The Tablets soon expelled the worms*and now baby is the picture of health,” | Baby's Own Tablets also break up. colds and simple fevers, cure constipa- tion and indigestion and make the teething period painless. They ‘are sola by medicine dealers or by mail at 26 cents a box from The Dr. Wil- liams’ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.

Canada Born in the Contingents

Canada’s second contingent is show- ing better in its representation of na- tive born Canadians. than .the first contingent. The Toronto Telegram is authority ‘for the statement that of- ficers of the second eontingent claim

that 60 per cent. of their men are Canadians. If élils be true, we have the followings result: First Contingent........ 85% Second Contingent,.... 75%

Third Contingent....... 15% This seems to be a reasonable re- sult. The Canadian Courier argues that the ynattached, adventure-loving nglishman rushed into the first con- tingent, but there were not so many

of him for the second and third,

Do It Now.—Disorders of the diges- tive apparatug should be dealt with at once before complications arise that may be difficult to cope with. The surest remedy to this end and one that is within reach of all, is sarmelee’s Vegetable Pills, the best laxative and sedative on the market, Do. not delay, but try them now. One trial ‘will convince anyone that they are the best stomach regulator that can be got.

A traveller on a journey was much annoyed’ by a pedantic bore who forced himself upon hit and made a great parade of his learning. The tra- veller bore it as long as he could, and at length, looking at him gravely, said; “My friend, you and I know all that is to known.” ‘

“How 1s that?” said the man, pleas. ed with what he thought a compliment- ary association. “Why,” said the tra. veller, “you know everything except that you are.a fool, and I know that.”

THE RURAL NEWS AND FARM FUN

The New French Army

The new French forces are in good health and spirits, and they have learnt much that they did not know when the war bégan. ‘Their equip- ment is much improved. They are amply supplied with officers, and the officers, particularly in the higher commands, are younger and more vig- orous. All the old gencrals at the head of large coOmmantis have been eliminated, and the average age for

general officers is ten years lower than in August—Londo: News and Leader.

it Will Prevent Uicera Throat

At the first symptoms of sore throat, which presages ulteration and inflam- mation, take a spoonful of Dr. Thomas’ Eejectric Of], Add a little sugar to it to make it palatable. It will allay the irritation and prevent the ulceration and swellings that are so painful. Those whe were periodically subject to quinsy have thus made themselves immune to attack

An Irish tenant had unexpectedly

paid his rent, and the landlord felt very grateful.

“Now, O'Plahefty,” he said, “which | would you rather have—a ton of coal or a dozen of whiskey?”

“Ye will have yer joke, plied the tenant; “ye know I peat.”

How Zam-Buk Cures Skin Diseases

Assoon as applied,Zam-Buk Penetrates right té“the very root of the disease’and kills the cause thereof, The rich herbal essences then so stimu- late the cells below the surface that new ‘healthy tissue is formed, which, as it grows, forces out the diseased tissue. Zam-Bukcures from the bottom up. This is the reason that sores and skin diseases cured by Zam-Buk, do not return.

Zam-Buk is entirely differ- ent from all other ointments. It does not contain harsh min- erals, or poisonous coloring matter. Nor does it contain coarse animal fats, which, in a short time, go rancid. Zam- Buk will keep indefinitcly,

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Al) Deuggists and Stores sell Zam-Buk at 50c. box

The Hyphen Explained

Mrs. Dearborn—You that is Mrs. Burke-Martin?

Mrs. Wabash- es; Burke was her name and Martin was her husband's name. ‘

Mrs, Dearborn—-But why does she use the hyphen between the names? |

Mrs. Wabash-—-To show that she is separated from her husband,

say

The telephone operators was spend- ing the summer holiday granted by a benevolent G.P.O.. by the sounding sea. On the first morning, however, she had occasion to rate the maid of the lodgings for real or imagined neg- ligence. *‘Why didn’t you call me as I told you this morning?” she demanded.

“T did, miss,” replied the maid, with an injured air. “I called out ‘Seven- thirty,’ and all you said was, ‘Number engaged.’.”’

FIND OUT The Kind of Food That ,Will Keep You Well The true.way is to find out what is best to eat and drink, and-then cul- tivate a taste for those things in- stead of poisoning ourselyes with im-

proper, indigestible food, ete. A conservative Eastern woman writes:

“I have used Grape-Nujs § years for the young and for the aged; in sick- ness and in health; at first following directions carefully, later in a variety of ways aS my taste and judgment suggested, 3

“But its most special, personal ben-! efit has been as a substitute for meat, | and seryed dry with cream when rheumatic troubles made it important for me to change diet. ,

“Served in this way with the addl- tion of a cup of hot Postunt and a lit- tle fruit it has been uséd gt my morning meal for six, months, daring which time my health has much im- proved, nerves have grown gteadier, and a gradual decrea:re in my exces sine weight adds greatly to my com-

ort.”

Name given by Canadian -Posjum Co., Windsor, Ont, Read, “The Road to Wellville,” in pigs. “There's a Rea- son.” ar

Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time ip time. They are -geniulng, true, and full ef human interest, ,

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Says Johny Knife, “i'm keen life

for No rust for again, My heart is right

My face is bright

I bathe in

Old Dutch Cleanser.’’

Old Dutch Cleanse!

Largely Business

Someone should stir up the Can- | adian hen and make her realize that we are at war, and that every part |: of the country should do its best. During the last fiscal year Canada imported 11,250,000 dozen eggs. The éggs came from Great Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and the United States. It is only a few years ago that we were exporting eggs to Great Britain.

“I understand you are going to marry that. practical Miss Pepley?"

“Yes, thank you,’

“A love match, of course?”

“Love and business. It’s the only enduring combination. Minerva — fin- ishes her course in salesmanship at the same time that I finish my course in advertising. Then we- call in a notary public and a clergyman and start a double partnership.”

Keep Minard’s Liniment In the | lib sietsnriseenicn a spenghs house. Whether the corrfbe of old or new ena RR | growth, it must yield to Holloway’s Aunt Ethel—Well, Béatrice, were} Corn Cure, the simplest and best cure

you very brave at the dentist's? Beatrice—Yes, Auntie, I was. | Aunt Ethel—-Then, there’s the halt | crown I promised you. And now tell me what he did to you. Beatrice—He pulled Willie's teeth!

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| “I paid the landlady all the back | board I owed before moving into the | fraternity house.”

of| “Ah, I see! You wanted to be well

out two , settled.”

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THE COUNTRY TOWN CAN HELP ITSELF BY FOSTERING RURAL. LIFE

CAN COUNTRY TOWN BE SAVED FROM DECLINE

Prof. A. R. Mann, of the New York State College of Aarioslture; A Careful Observer, Considers the Problem in the Com- +

munity Aspect, in an Articte for the Banker-Farmer +

By country town we mean the rural village, town or city that depends primarily on its agricultural back- ground, that lives largely on the sur- rounding country. If is the settlement of a few hundred or a few thousand

ersons, hemmed in on all sides by iSrme and reached from all directions by roadways that lead out into the epen country and over which much of fits trade travels. The question of the

thelr color from the type of farming that goes on about it. The interests of town and country, while in some meas- ure opposite, are essentially one; their commercial life is largely one. The business interests—the merchant, the banker, the manufacturer, and all the rest—-must become alert to the neces- sity for creating fair and adequate re- lations with the land population in their own trade area in the interests

relation of this settlement to its land | of their own greatest ultimate gain, cost lives, hom -s, health and» much basis, to its trade area, is now recog- But again, equally important from | besides. Canada’s part in the pro- hived ag one of the immediate issues | the country standpoint, is the fact | C688 of payment, through giving: for fin country life progress. , that the open country cannot develop | Red Cross work, is mercifully light

Much of the traditional separation | any substantial and permanent con | and easy, even when all have given to

between town and country is due to what we may call natural causes, re- | resulting from the conditions under;about the open country having its which the towns have developed. The Lown community life apart from the vil- town hag its separate political organi- |lage; but it never will, except for an sation, its own government, its own | occasional specially inspired and us- enterprises to support by taxation) | ually short-lived example. The farm- from within, and it has been interest-,er’s community centre will pe where ed mostly in its own development by | he trades; and that is where his com- attracting trade, seeking to establish | munity life and spirit will head up. If urban industries, and cnrerishing anja school or a church out by the road- ambition to become a tbird-clags city. | side is made a real community cen: The corporation line has been a/tre, where there is vital community boundary between town and country, | life, it will soon find itself surround- with the tide of trade flowing from/|ed with stores, blacksmith shop, post the country to the town without a | office, houses; and 2 village will have counter-balancing movement from the | sprung up. The farmer's community town out into the country to develop | life will be found in the place where its resources and foster its life. The|he must of necessity go frequently resources of the country have built up'|and where he will meet other farm- the trade of the town; and the public| ers; and he is too busy to go often improvements resulting from this | to a place that is off his beaten path of wealth have been largely applied to| trade. We shall have to accept the the petterment of the town itself. The | fact that whatever genuine commun- material resources of the country,\have | ity exeprience the farmer has he will erossed the boundary into the tow; | get at the cross-rozds of his trade, in

and now for some time the human re-| the town. sources, good farmers, have been con- If we accept this as true, then the tributed to the upbuilding of the town. | program for the development of town Not infrequently they, too, have be-|and country together must include, eome town-centered and neglectful of | first of all, better co-operative busi- the interests of the farms which gave| ness and commercial relationships; them their competence. The farmer | but it must extend beyond these and has come to feel that the townsman | must affect the attitude of the schools, fs selfish—that he seeks the major! the churches, the libraires, and most benefit from a trausaction by fixing ! of all the townspeople themselves. The the price both on what the farmer has | farmer must be caused to feel that he to sell and on what he has to buy. Of | is part with the town and that his eourse this.is true only in part; but| farm is one of the real enterprises it is a cause of separation and points | of the community, making its definite the way to a needed readgustment for | contribution to the community struc- the establishment of cof¥idence. At)ture. The town school will make pro- hottom, the separation is \founded on | vision for adequate training for child- economic reasons. ren from the farms that naturally cen- Director Bailey and othays. have/|tre in the town. .The farmer wilk be well said that the solution is}to make attracted to\the town church instead the country*town e@t®eal:: ft F ? p> ti try life, and to develop onef program | ing of inequality or distinction. ‘The for the upbuilding of both/town and | village library will extend itself into the country by means of the parcel

country. The life of the town cannot post dr otherwise and become a com-

Be separated. from the Aife of the country, and it will be-imypossible ever | munity-serying libra-y. Plans for ciyic to fully energize country-affairs un- |.improvement will treat town and g6un- less the towns are considered equally | try as one problem and improvements fn the process. The interests of town | will reach out into the country. Farm- and country merge and cross. The/|ers and townspeople will work should- towns are the crogs-roads of trade, the | er to shoulder in the movement for tying centres where the business in- | good roads and for good railroad ser- terests of all the farmers in the trade | vice. The country fair, which is us-

ually held in a town centre and is

area head up and thus give employ-

ment to a certain population. Th2/| town controlled, will seek farmers on average country town is primarily an | its board of managers, and take on the agricultural distributing point, for the | aspect of a real, helpful, stimulating distribution of supplies and provisions | country fair. The whole attitude will to the farmer on the one hand, and for | change and there will be new incen- the shipment, assortment, or manufac- | tives for ‘developmeft in both town ture of the farmer’s products, on the | and country, and new plans will be de- other. If the farms are thrifty, tha | yeloped. The commercial interests in towns are thrifty; if the farms are} the town will find cheir larger service unthrifty, the towns are likely to be| in making the town, and all of its in- dead. The thrift of the farms is the | stitutions and enterprises, serve to soul of the business life of the towns. | open country and the town alike, and The country town has no outlet or es-| thus create the confidence on which eape except through the country. Its] all good business must depend.—The commercial activities largely take} Banker-Farmer.

munity life apart from a town or vil- lage centre, We may say what we will

eb 99 and told him to stop it. - - Der Tag “There are many other shipmast-rs Rte who must have heard thht toast drunk ; : 2 yar.” British Captain Heard the Famcus long before the we

Toast Before the Outbreak of

‘ War oo»

Commenting on Admiral von Tir- pitz’s indignant denial of the report that German g¢pilors ; were -accustom- ed to toast “Der Tag,’’ a Hull master mariner, in an interview with the Cen- tral News Hull correspondent, said:

“Some time before the war 1 was in command of a steamer at Tunis, where there were three Germ:in steamers, one of which was consigned to the same brokers as mine, Consequently the captain and I met every morning at the office, and 1 found him a cour- teous German gailor.

“One day I walked into the prin- cipal cafe for lunch and found there | all three German captains on the game errand. I was invited to sit down at their table, and was introduced to the two stranger capteins, with whom [ passed a pleasant half hour,

“Before leaving, one of the Germans stood up and drank the toast. in Ger- man, the other two joining him.

“You know what it is, captain?” said my German friend,

“Oh, yes,’ I replied. Par. ”

“He half apologized, und remarking, “Well, it ought not to have been drunk before you.’

“Oh, it doesn't matter,’ I said, ‘Both hy and I and our young friend here who gave the toast will all be dead be- fore that day comes, if it ever does come.’

“At that the young German captain got into a rage and exclaimed:

The Potato

Wheat as an Article of

Staple Food

Although it is recorded that the po- tato (Solanun tuberosum) was used as human food more than a thousand yearg ago, its culture did not extend beyond the boundaries of South Amer- ica until about the middle of'the six- teenth century. To Sir Walter Raleiga is credited the introduction of the po- tato into England end in 1586 it was definitely known to have been grown in Ireland, Since that time the culti- vation of this crop has extended ove: tlie civilized globe. So great has the reliance wpon it become that when blight occurred in Burope at various

It Rivals

a century, the failure of the crop was attended by serious famine condftions.

The potato has acquirete a positior. next-to' wheat, for human consumpticn in the annual field crops of the worid and enormous quartities are utilized

Tt ig. WR : 4 the of wheat by some two billion bushels.

000,000 for

aay. aan < baliste. oo Geel Ee tht din cceiamamccaile OO eee oe TEM, the tal ’ Fyne Ady 0 Ship's. h oes eigit| “You go home,’ Wered the tal- now. We are not the navy we were vont Meee tee my satan Foiieg ‘ented anes to the me er, “and Me FOare Aso. a if Gra ; Faney your|tell your boss th ‘t cut a po "The older captain stormed at him, watch striking as loud as that! tato for any ones” —

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HELP

_ to the Farmers Help For the Soldiers who Are Wag- ing a Great War For

Justice

Our country, with its Allies, is wag- ing 4 great war for justice, for the protection’ of small nations in the en: joyment of their righis, for continued dnd gtowing freedom, and for the maintenance *of it# pledged word of honor. Much destruction and desola- tion_are being caused. Lives are, be- ing lost by the thousand. Canada‘ first contingent is now in the thick of it. Some will fall sick; many may be wounded; some will pay the last fii measure of devotion to their colintry and its catise. ’

The Red Cross Society exists to succor the sick and wounded in war. The need of Red Cross Service is great and growing greater as the war goes on. The price of progress towards lasting peace is very, very dear. It

the extent of really feeling it. The soldiers and sailors pay

gle from week to. week.

idual welfare, comfort and

cause,

that they may be upheld. Farmers, individyaly

through their institutes,

as well

position to help very greatly.

Prices of nearly all have gone up.

farm

and wounded,

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and generous in giving when

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the price exacted by the desolating strug- What they paid in blood-and dic in sacrifice a month ago was not cnougli for them. Shall we say it Was enough for us? What they are doing and suffering and achieving have put Aside, for the time, all their thoughts afd plans for indiv- |

| struggle.

as | nel and all Hell cannot get them out.” clubs and cheese and butter factories, are in a Their business does not suffer from the war. products While labor is scarce there is time to think of the boys at the front and to send the Red Cross Society a gift to b@ spent for the sick

ye,

AND PREPARATION

C..w. Barron, of Wall Street Journal, Shows that Economic : Reasons were Largely Responsible for the Outbreak of Hostilities—Many Problems to be Settled

“The Germans have at Berlin th? most complete bureau of information to be found anywhere in the world. They know everything and understand nothing. They had no measurement

GERMANY’S INFORMATION

That was a year ago. Germany's an« swer convinced Russia that must fight and she began preparing Tor the struggle which she knew to be inevit- able. Germany, on the other hand, in. Germany to gauge the soul of aj had decided that the present was the ; nation guch as that of the British em- 'right moment to strike.

pire,” declared Mr. C. W. Barron, in| his address before the Montreal Can-| According to her system of espion-. adian club recently. age, the British empire was on the

Mr. Barron, who is head of the Wall | eve of a breakaip. Ireland ‘was about Street Journal, the Boston News) to rebel, Indian was ready to secede, Bureau and the Philadelphia News | South Africa was disloyal. while Can- Bureau, has had unequalled opportuni- | od be te d ct oo pe i by the Unit- ties to get at the real causes of the} pt nditt tes Ps e knew to be in titanic struggle now taking place in eta a that th Neg Sie aa but Fee. Europe. Through personal contact rity ld b pe Bog vests hae with great financiers, world famed | wet neialt white A) ance ‘was weak statesmen, and from personal observa-. bag 9 ys Reatpimn oe $ herself had tion, he has compiled a wealth of in- rp oe en ir: 4 or years and deemed formation regarding the causes of the | {2e Present © opportune moment.

Mr. Barron, who was a “Germany, declared Mr. Barron, member of the London Statist staff Ps ah pba baie. but understood no- long before Sir George Paish became | Be oa hich - if measurement in > associated with it, has discussed the “4 n M4 re tke G guage the soul es war with Sir George, as well as with of a nation like Great Britain. They ‘ ' | had no knowledge of the ideals of the

| Anglo-Saxon race, a government that serves the people instead of one which rules,” ¢

“You would believe the war was worth while,” declared Mr. Barron, “if . a you saw the rejuvenated France. She f ra is a new nation. The frivolous life of her people is a thing of the past. You would be astonished if you saw Eng- doctrine.” | jand being vitalized amd recreated.

Mr. Barron in the course of his ad-| “This war,” declared Mr. Barron, “will dress showed conclusively that econo-| settle some thirty-five or thirty-six ; in. mic reasons were very largely re-| Problems, any one of which fs almost >. sponsible for the outbreak of hostili-| @8 great as the slavery question which ties. Austria was anxious for war| Was settled by the American Civil a and merely used the assassination of , War. ee ey. <b her Archduke as an excuse, al- “The first great problem is, wheth-

the latter, quoting “The Allies themselyes into. a solid

trench from Switzerland to the Chan-

“I know,” gaid Mr. Barron, “that Sir George is a good churchman, but in this instance he vag talking sound

me sums from $1 to $60, during the first week of May. Every $50 provides one additional hospital bed with the giv- r sending me about $10,000, you would serve your to your- selves and make all of us very proud For the sake of the wounded boys, make*the gift substantial. It will be°an investmen?t™tewards the récov- ery of some Canadian soldier who

stood {n our stead that our cause|and myst be continued by Russia.} Journa] of Commerce. might be mph elds eaeully your Ee 3 4 riend, Jas. W. Robertsorm, chairman - | fs i ee Red Cross Society @f Ottawa. Germans Need Copper Canada’s Fighting Force a

King Albert as a Reporter

Visited United States and Canada in

though in the last analysis the ulti-| er governments shall serve or rule. The sacgedness of treaties and the - | r | changed bygthe Kaiser to make it im-)right of small nations to exist as : bg such, are ,ome of the other great pro- > iy blems which shall be settled by this conflict. It may take ten empires and terranean. He also showed that a) kingdoms battling to settle the ques- é commercial treaty which Germany| tion because Germany has ideas that ae forced on Russia during the Russia- | can only be shot away, but the pro- - a | Japanese war and under which Russia| blems will be settled. It is in the , was forced to accept German goods to} last analysis a conflict between the her own disadvantage, was at the bot-| Anglo-Saxon ideal of government and tom of the struggle between Germany | that of German “Kultur.” The one is and Russia. service, the extending of peace and This treaty wa’; to terminate in 1917 | prosperity and the general good of and when Russia a short time ago! mankind; the other is, the spread of approached Germany in order to sé-| material power and the belief that cure an alteration of the conditions | the road to happiness is found making - she was emphatically told that the "your neighbor serve you and not in treaty was satisfactory to Germany | you serving voir naighbor.”_-Mentreal

ious to dominate the Balkan States and through them the HBastern Medi-

Shells Are Now Being Gathered and Re-used by the Germans | long ‘will 5,000,000,000 cart- |

Dominion is in the Fight to See it

Through

How “Our fathers refused to submit to

times during the past three-quarters of

in the arts and for stock food. The world’s crop of pots toes exceeds that

When King Albert of Belgium, as Prince Albert, put aside his tifle and became a newspaper correspondent, he travelled a good deal, — visiting France, Austria, Britain, Scandinavia

present one? How much copper ha3

new cartridges for the infantry rifles and machixe guns, and drying band»

ridges last in a war of the size of the |

! ; Germany on hand from which to make ; of an alien king.

and the American continent, includ- ing Canada. ' i

n this way the democratic prince was able to study the commercial ad- vantages of other countries,,as well as broadening his views a educat- ing his mind, In order that he should not be recognized during his expedi- tions King Albe:t grew a beard, wore glasses, and trimmed his hair in a new way. His disguise was so effec- tive that many of his countrymen to whom he was a familar figure passed him without recognition in the var- ious towns he visited.

The royal reporter seriously work- ed at the profession he adopted. In the United States lie was employed by a Minneapolis newspaper at a salary of $15 a week. The king’s employers wére quite unaware of his identity, and when he returned with poor “copy” he was as badly hauled over the coals as were his less aristocratic colleagues. A story is told by his conferes of the way he endeavored to obtain copy.

Whilst on a Brooklyn newspaper Albert wanted entry into a house where a murder had taken place. He was stopped by a policeman, who de- manded his card. The blue-blooded reporter did not happen to have one, so the representative of the jaw roughly ordered him off,

A rival reporter who noticed the incident afterwards Went up to the policeman and said, “Do you know that man you were spéaking to wa Albert, Prince of the Belgians?’ “Well,” answered the unenlightened policeman, “Mr. Prince should have shown his card, for I’ve never heard of that paper.”

In his reporting days King Albert volunteered to write om any subject connected with sport, As an all-

ound athlete he was especially quali- ed as an authority _on outdoor

for the shells of all sizes? Great Britain has declared copper contra- band of war, and is tryiag to stop its going to any port whence it might reach Germany. Other things might

war quits, likewise. The Germans are 000 rifle cartridges on broke out: They probably have 4,000,- 000 men under arms, possibly more They have thousands of machine guns, each of which eats up cartridges as fast as a whole infantry. battalion. Twelve hundred and fifty rounds per soldier, excluding the machine guns, and the 5,000,000,000 cartridges are gone, Without doubt the Germans are reduced already to picking up the fired cases when it is feasible to do so. Trench fighting, is particularly well

machine gun the ,ejected’ cases are thrown so uniformly that a basket would catch practically all of them. The German cartridge cases are not well adapted to being reloaded. The American government reloads the fired rifle cartridges, and the require- ments specify that each case must stand 20 such reloadings without split- ting or giving away at any spot, Hun- dreds of tlousands of fired cartridges are reloaded by the United States army complete loaded cartridges cost 2% cents, the-case itself costs nearly 14

reloading.

— .

The cabby regarded the froken-

did not speak. operating on his machine. and twisted it, and banged it, and

| lives to secure these privileges.

end the war more speedily, but when; the supply of copper quits then the |

reported to have had nearly 5,000,000,- | hand when war |

adapted to this purpose, while from a}

each year, because while the’

cents, a saving of 60 per cent. through

down taxi wtih a gleam of delight, but The chauffetr began He turned

screwed it, but to no avail aid ‘still the cabby spoke not. Then the chauf-

the tyranny of their own kings; their sons will not submit to the absolutism Our fathers won for democracy her earliest and most lasting triumphs; they gave their It their sons are worthy they will freely give their lives to preserve them.”

The above word; of Mr. N. W.

| Rowell, K.C., summed up his eloquent

address delivered before the Empire Club on “Democracy vy. Militarism.”’ After comparing the conflict in Ger-. many and Great Britain, the .s er” said that it was Oliver Cromwell whe settled once and for all inst the divine right of kings in :

“The path of liberty for the Ger- man peopie lies in the overthrow of. militarism, and the only path of lib- erty to us rests in our pressing this war.to a glorious conclusion. The motherland has .three million men under arms, and if we in Canada had a proportionate’. number enlisted we would have at the present moment 350,000 to 500,000 men in training.

“What an inspiration it would be te the heroes in the trenches, to the mother country and all portions of our empire, and to those who are now going to the-front, if our government were, in addition to all they have already said and done, to cable to his majesty’s government in Great Bzit- ain that we would at once undertake to send ‘at least another 100,000 men to the front, not to fill gaps, but as a new fighting force, as an evidence of our appreciation of the sacrifices already made, and of our determina- tion to help finish the task. If our public men of all parties were to go through the country and tel) the people of Canada the vital stake we have in this war What a response the, people would make to this appeal Canada is in this fight to see it through.”’—Toronto Globe.

Railways In Alberta In the province of Alberta there is

Valuing wheat at one dollar and po- tatoes at fifty cenit: per bushel, the | world’s crop in 1912 may be set down it an approximate worth of $3,800,- wheat and $3,000,000,000 | for potatoes, Last year the figures for Canada, for wheat 161,280,000 bushels, valued at $196,418,000, and for potatoes 7 aaa bushels valued at $44,598,- 000, :

games.

a good article. of metallurgy, minin, motor cars, and av n,

An easterner

He can box, fence, ride, shoot, and swim. There a@re few subjects on which King Albert could not write Ite has a knowledge shipbuilding,

}+ had bought a heard of his

feur wiped his brow and the cabby, still with the gleam in his eye, crossed over, “'Ere,” he exclaimed grimly, Holding out his whip: ‘ere yer are, mister, ‘it ‘im with this.”

—

* An Old guidier etter leaving the Brit- ish army wrote to his colonel in the following terms: “Sir—After all I've ‘ suffered, tell the army to go to hades, A week or so-later he received a re- ply in the usual official manner; “Sir | Bl —Any suggestions or inquiries as to the movements of troops must be en- tered on Army Form 137, a copy of which is enclosed,” ny

now one mile of railway for every 125 persons. The province guaranteed ‘bonds last year for the construction of 2,436 miles of railway, of

there are now completed and in

NOTICE:

i To

PROVINCE R OF ALBERTA |

DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS

" NOTICE OF COURT FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF RETURNS OF UNPAID TAXES

Notice is hereby given that the Judge of the District Court has appointed Tuesday, the ith | day of September, 1915, at 10| o'clock; a.m. for the holding of | a Court at the Court House in| the Town of St. Albert, for Con-| firmation of the Returns of the| Unpaid Taxes made under the! provisions of Section 91 of the Local improvement Act, cover- ing the following Local ‘Im-

provement District, viz:

_ Large Districts numbers, 492, 522, 541. 554, 556, 558, 571, 583,,) 584, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 631, 634, 635, 636, 639, 640, 641, | .665, 666, 669, 695, 695, 697, 731, | 732, 733, 738, 741, 764, 765, 770, | 771, 796, 797; 825, 828, 829, 857, | *1855 1094.

Small Districts numbers 520, 544, 548, 549, 550, 551, 578, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 581.

Also for confirmation of the Returns of Unpaid Taxes made under the provisions of Section 19 of the School Assessment Ordinance by the Secretary- Treasurer, of the following School Districts viz;

Numbers 2, 6, 23, 24, 29, 34, 41, 45, 47, 75, 185, 266, 301, 305, 322, 324, 345, 381, 384, 386, 400, 418, 427, 429, 438, 450, 470, 525, 626, 683, 719, 746,. 749, 774, 847, 850, 881, 966, 1029, 1067, 1241, 1307, 1319, 1333, 1358, 1433, 1442, 14438, 1444, 1476, 1477, 1488, 1490, 1494, 1495, 1529, 1534, 1564, 1614, 1619, 1632, 1711, 1738, 1739, 1744, 1766,1771, 1776,1781,1802,1804,1808,1811,1813 1815 ,1819, 1833,.1842, 1850, 1851, 1862, 1888, 1893, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1910, 1923, 1935, 1942, 1946, 1957, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2013, 2036, 2037, 2045, 2047, 2051, 2068, 2073, 2085, 2093, 2109, 2136, 2143, 2149, 2151, 2190, 2301, 2302, 2325, 2342, 2346, 2352, 2353, 2402, 2407, 2407, 2408, 2419, 2432, 2444, 2466, 2500, 2532, 2534, 2558, 2578, 2669, 2681, 2696, 2727, 2736, 2750, 2780, 2783, 2812.

519, 552, |

580,

Also the Confirmation of the Tax Enforcement Returns made under the provisions of Seetion Il of the Educational Tax Act, covering lands located in the following Districts;

Numbers; 492, 519, 520, 541, 544, 548, 549,550, 551, 556, 558, 571, 573, 575, 576, 578, 579, 580, 581, 583, 584, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 631, 635, 636, 639, 640, 640, 641, 666, 669, 695, 695, 697, 731, 733, 738, 741, 764, 765, 770,- 771, 796, 797, 825, 828, 829, 855, 857, 1094, as shown on official map prepared by Department of Municipal Affairs.

Dated at Edmonton . this

i Ninth day of July, 1915,

522, 554, 577, 601, 610, 634, 665, 732,

Jno. Perrie, DEPUTY MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS * * *

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CARL S. BEMBERGER, Formerly of Stony Plain, Alberta. TAKE NOTICE that a Notice of Default has been filed by Charles A. Bellatti, trhough his solicitors, Messrs. Rutherford, Jamieson & Grant, under an

| Agreement dated the 6th. day

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This Notice is published pur- suant to the Orders of the Master in Chambers and the Honourable Mr, Justice Hynd- man, at Edmonton, dated the 22nd, day of June, A. D., 1915, and the 12th. day of July, A. D. 1915, respectively”

Signed “Alex. Taylor” Clerk of the Supreme Court.

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WHY MOURNFUL _MOSES LEFT WET, WET WABAMUN

By Hobo Bard Bow Bells Bungalow

A mournful man with cheeks of tan, °

Camé weeping into Wabamun,

And in his hat he had this plan:

T° dry right up our bonny Lake, And in make; To fry the jack fish in his pan, And all the white fish quickly can, And send them to the allied troops,

To make fish balls and oyster soups.

its stead a Desert

To do this stunt you would not guess. Old mournful brought a print- ing press, Some fonts~of type, print in sbeet, All to reflect his hellish heat.

news

His sheet came out and in a wink, —- It drove all Wabamun strait to drink, The very air got.soon so dry, That even skeeters floating by, Went in the bar threw down their tin, And asked to’sip a quart of gin.

Our bonny boats all sprung a leak, The very frogs began to squeek, The turtles came ard asked for grog, AnJd bacon cured right in the hog, And blew into the door, A thing that merry Waba- mun Had never known before.

The Lake went down full ten degrees, All wells dried up and all the trees, Stood around all charred with burnt up leaves, The very earth dried up like cheese, And blew -away upon the breeze, And things Wabamun, We're dry up to the knees.

in wet, wet

Our Mayor called the Slab of

trade, It was 200 in the shade, And something mugt done, For things~Had cooked so very long f Within the scalding sun. “We must get rid of this sad man, *? And his reflecting frying pan, The wise old Mayor said, Or else soom we humped backed will be, Just camelg Gn a sandy sea, Or salamanders red. To move OJd Mournful out of towne : And Bring again the raindrop down, : Is simply done my Lads, Be good to Moses and his press, ; Himself and sons you both can bless, But just withdraw your Adds.

’

ards

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Fire Insuranee Official Auditor, ‘STONY PLAIN = ALTA

To any tribual Tory, His very mother had turned, From Grit to Tory would have learned,

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BILL, THE BIBLE & THE BALLOT BOX

By Hobo Bard of Bow Bells Bungalow

The ballot box was brought to Bill, For he was very Liberal, So liberal that within his will, He left not dollar, cent or mill,

she

To tell a sad, sad story.

So much real grit was in Bill’s bones, It made a noise like grating stones, When they together, : His blood was filled with so much flint, That oft in rainy weather; His flesh took on glint, His hair got harsh as leather, And Bill was so laid up with gout, He couldn’t even walk about.

are .ground

a whitish

‘Then he would lie at home and curse, Yes lie about the Tories worse, : The larder it was raining, All pets names in the universe, He used in his profaining; He called them Devils in dis-

A gang of greedy grafters, And swore at times in terms so Wher the election day was Tyo those of Liberal tribual, With one great family bible. ‘What! Ho!” cried Bill, and do Then straight “hell fire’’ shall Bill read aloud, crowd, “If swearing men ain't here

guise; strong, billed, Surprised was Bill to. find they mean, be my theme; | When opening up his bible, allowed,

A sorded set of silly flies, He nearly raised the rafters.

And the tin boxes sent,

his filled,

To make us Liberals preachers? To teach all Tory creatures” “Thou. shall not swear” “Well, well,” said Bill unto the I'll sure be up for libel. -

‘Thou shall not lie” “Here! Here!” said Bill, They've sent me wrong in- structions, If men can’t swear and lie and kill, Without some law’s injunction, ‘It sure wil, be a bitter pill, To all our public functions,

“If we cant killa Tory vote, By swearing in rejections,

If we cant get that Pary’s goat,

What good are these elections?

“I bet he-dad by some mistake They've sent the Tory bible, I'm sfre no Grit these rules ould make, I'll bet this book is libel,”

“Drink. pure port wine for stomach’s sake. Again Bill redd aloud, “That text methinks would nearly shake, The Dryest in the crowd, And all dry Wets it sure would make ie Them sigh or weep aloud.

“I guess this is a Liberal book, At least in sundry parts,

I'll take bedad another look, Before the polling starts,

“Let wives keep silent as can be,”’ ; Says Bill that text sounds good to me, I'll take this bible home to tea And let my wife that good verse’ see, Of course I'll clip the lousy lies from any Tory parts, But let me have another go Before the side show starts. “Aneye for eyeand tooth for tooth,” That says Bill is Liberal truth, And now that I've read and my matins said, We'll take one drink for our inner soul, And when the bottle done We'll open up the poll.

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