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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1908-08-13, Page 2TO ADVERTISERS Uatioe of changes mast be left at this Office not later than Saturday noon. The copy for changes meet be left not later than Monday evening. Casual advertisement's accepted up to noon Wednesday of each week. RSTABLISHRD 1873 Tut WINatim TIMES. H. R. RLLIOTT. Pn8LIBHDn •14D PROPRIZTO' THURSDAY. AUGUST 13, 1908, NOTES AND COMMENTS Post Office Expansion. As population increases and spreads over the country the mail service has to keep pane, This of itself is an enor- mous expe':se on the government, and yet the post office is conducted on a paying basis. In dealing with inoreased expenditures it must be remembered that the expenses of the poet office are in- creasing every year, in response to the growing demands for accommodation, all this of coarse is added to the out- going of the government. Do the Con- servative critics look on the other side of the aoconnt and observe the greater revenues than in their days? No, they see nothing bat the expense side and this is extravagance in their eyed. When they spent less and came oat at the end of the year with a defioit of $700,000 this was economy—When the Liberal gov- ernment spends several millions more a year for the benefit of the people, and balances the account with over $1,000,- 000 surplus, this is described as extrava- gance. Ia 1896 when the Conservatives we nt out of power there were 9,103 post of- fices in Canada. In 1907, there were 11,- 377—the increased cost of maintaining theee is alluded to as extravagence. In 1896 there were under the Conservatives 1,310 postal notes and money order of- fices, and in 1907, these have been in- creased to 9,091. Was this increased growth or extravagance? In 1896 the post office savings bauks numbered 755, and in 1907 these were 1,043 Seould the extra expense of the public accom modation be desoribed as extravagance, or should it be regarded as a proper expenditure of public money. And with all this over $1,000,000 of a surplus. We looked for it. A few menthe ago the Tory Organs were dnoAeciing o hue Gvernment for furnishtng,seed grain to needy farmers in the Northwest Not ouly that, but an effort ws made to make it appear that it was simply a scheme of graft, evn The Winnipeg Tribune being forced to pologize for such insinuations. Now The Mail and Empire seeks to claim for the Tories the gratitude of the settlers for this veryHerald. Several matters of importance to the peope of Ontario depend upon the forthcoming viit of Sir James Whit- ney to England. He left Toronto Mon- day, and probably some of his inveti- gations will be reflected in legislation to be passed next session. Together with Hon. Nelson Monteith, Minister of Ag- ioalture, who will leave in about a week's time, Sir Jamas will do some- hing towards shaping a ew P there ial tl immigration policy.the question of educational reforms along the lines of technical schooling, which will be tlked over with Hon. Dr. Pyne in the old country. Since Hon. Mr. Monteith is to make the trip also, there Is the report that he will remain a member of tee Oabinet. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD, THE WINGIIAM TIMES, AU13GUST 13, 190• •••••••• 0 • • The regulameeing of the Pblic School Board was held on Tueoap evening. The members present were Chairman Hall and Trustees Moore, Ilaud, Jenkins Kerr and Lloyd. Minutes of last regular and special meetings were read and approved. A000nnte were read as follows—Oorporation of Wingham, water rate for 1908, ;;8; Elliott & Walley, supplies, 3.80. On motion of Trustees Moore and Jenkins the aoccounts were ordered to be paid. Several applications were read for teacher in the j anior department mad e vacnt by the resignation of Mies Fraser. On motion of Trustees Moore and Lloyd, Mrs. J. S Pringle, of Teeswater, was selected as first choice for the position. On motion of Trustees Krr and Jenkins, Miss May Orton, of Bradford was selected as second choice for the position. Oa motion of Trustees Kerr and Loyd the salaries of the teachers andffioers were ordered to be paid. Startling Sale• Whiteweari0of Summary of Fruit Crop Report. Weather conditions in Canada have been favorable during the mouth of July for the fruit industry. Apples are estimated somewhat low- er for July than for June. Early and fall apples are estimated as slightly above medium. Winter apples at less than a medium crop. Quality good. Pears are reported a light crop, ex• oept in British Columbia and south- ern Ontario where a medium crop is expected. Early peaches are reported a full crop. Late peaches are reported light to medium. Cherries have proven a medrnm crop and have sold at fair prices. Plums are reported light generally.m In British Oolnbia certain sections report a medium crop. In the Geor- gian Bay district three or four varieties promise well. brews are reported a full crop. Strawberries and Raspberries have been reduced by dry weather, but the average has been very good. Small fruits, other than the above, are yielding or promise a full crop. Tomatoes are a medium crop, ripen- ing early. Insects and fungous diseases are not so prevalent as usual. The United States report prospects for a medium Drop of apples, evenly distributed in season and territory. Peaches are a full crop. Other fruits good. Great Britain has prospects for a medium crop of apples, other fruits being good. A. MoNEILL, Dominion Fruit Comm'sr. • r Ladies' Skirts, Night Dresses, Shirt Waists, Corset Covers, and everything • • inolnded in Ladies' Whitewear, are being rushed out now • •• a • • 0 Mr. W. J. Boyoe was present and laid a plan before the Board; which if adopted, would heat the school to better advantage. It is claimed that if the new plan were adopted the school could be heated with two pounds steam pre!• sure in the boiler and the school build ing would be better ventilated than at present. The Board is not in a position to make any extensive changes at pres- ent, but it was the general opinion that the new heating system should be pu t in as soon as possible. regardless of cost. CLOTHING and SHOES are treated in the saamyelrreckless ma and nner, iWre are re-arr e-arrn ing our stook, and thago.• • The Great Sale of E1IBROIDERIES and INSERTIONS going on for f • the last two weeks (when prudent bayers got these beautiful goods at half • • • prioe) is continued for ONE MORE WEED. Move quick if you want them.• • s • • • THE PEOPLE'S POPULAR STORE WING II. Alf - ONTA.EIO Agents Ladies' Homo Journal Agents Home Journal Patterns GROCERIES. •I 0 O Best Selected Raisins, 4 lbs for .25 Bast Package Dates, 1 lb, fo^ 05 • Choice Pickles, 72 -oz. bottle ... 25 3 tins Tomatoes, PePrunes, 3 lb as and Corn.. 25 • e Good Salmon, 2 tins for• - PLEASE WATCH OUR WINDOWS FOR BARGAINS- • GORDON.i. S. S Southwark, D»ninion Line, with 600 passengers on board, has been wrecked in the Lower St. Lawrence. Tasmania has long been known as the 'apple land of the South, but few at home have any real idea of the money that can be made, and is being made, out of apple growing in that island. Last year, for instance, there were many small orchards in, the South which returned as much as 1,200 bushels to the acre, and one owner of four acres, who pinked over 4,000 bush els of marketable fruit, which he sold at 4 shillings per bushel, reaped a gross return of £500. As his expenses at the outside would not be more than £100, his profit per acre worked out at some- thing like £175 Of course this was au extreme case, but orchards of twenty sores and upwards averaged felly 500 bushels per acre, and yielded a clear net profit of quite El.,500 in each case. The area actually planted at the present time in domestic and commercial orchards is about 20,000 acres, and upwards of half a million oases of apples were exported to tbis country last fall.—The Britannia. "Present indications do not point to s change of Government as the result of the elections. Doubtless there will be a reduction in the Government's' big majority. The Nationalist in- flaence in Quebec will be used against the Liberal party and may win a few seats for the Conservatives. In Nova Scotia it is not to be expected that every seat will be won by the Gov- ernment, as in 1004. In New Bruns- wick the Liberal party is divided and a Conservative Government is now in power; but it is not probable that there will be anything like a slump to the Conservatives in that Province. In Ontario and the West the Conserva- tives are sure to gain some seats; but it is almost es certain that in the Gov- ernment will also make some gains, and the net gain for the Opposition is not likely to be great. Upon the whole, therefore, the prospects are that the Laurier Government will be returned to power with a majority smaller than the one it now commands, but one that will serve,—Hamilton Herald. Live Stock 1tIarkete. Toronto, Ang. 11.—Trade was none too brisk at the City Cattle Market to• day. Baying was slow and prices tended easier, though quotations generally ler e not materially changed from last week . There is almost too large a proportion of small poor quality butcher cattle offer- ing, and the demand for this class is hardly sufficient to absorb the supply. Very choice butcher cattle are scarce and prides in this plass about steady from $4 50 to 15 top figures. Medium butoher cattle steady from $4 to $4 35; good choice cows, steady around $3 70 to $4.25, and anything very choice a few cents higher. Canners and common butcher bulls are easier -end slow at from a cent to a cent and a half a pound. Export—The demand for export cattle is only moderately active. A few ohoioe heavy export are in demand for the London market at $5 to $5 40; medium light export for the Liverpool market from $4.40 to $4.50. Sheep and lambs steady, bat market D• •••••••••••••••••••••••••• i••-4000.00®0••0•••0••••11.• •£••Fd••i••P•i-•��i-3.3••i-•>rii•-i-4.4-i»i•'p•i�+4.4•3'• + +.1.4.4.4.2 •i••'o•i••P-£'•1••b•i•3• '3-•1•+&- +.1.3••14. fi +SPECIAL SALE FOR'''.4.4.4. 4.4. 4. 4. 4. 4• d-, .s. 4- 4- 4 4• 4- 4 4- 4 Valuable Asset Secured. 1 CHURCH NOTES. .3. 4. 4• 4• .l. d-. 4-. 4• 4- 4 4• 4- 4- 4- quiet. Hogs—Market about 10 Dents lower than last week. The following are the quotation!: Exporters' cattle— Per 100 lbs. $490 $550 4 40 4 50 4 75 5 00 300 350 4 50 4 75 Rev. G. P. Duncan, of Whitechurch, will conduct the services in St . Andrew's Presbyterian Church next Sunday. The services of the Rev. H S. Don - gale, B. A., B. D., of Goderich, have been secured, as preacher, at the Metho- dist Chnroh Anniversary, to be held on the 6th of December next. Choice Medium Balls Light Cows Feeders— best 1000 pounds and up- wards Stockers choice 1 75 " bulls Butchers'— Picked Medium... . Cows .... Bulls Hogs— Best Lights Sheep— Export ewes Bucks ".P lacrosse matoh for the champion- ship," will be the subject of Mr. How - son's sermonette, next Sunday evening. Young men speoially invited. Subject for morning service, "The Socialism of the Lord's Prayer." Everybody wel- come. 1 If it were not for the special item of his Rev. own EdgarpAllen exwi11 t Sunday. :expenditure on the National Tranezon-6th. pulpit Mr. and Mcg. Allen 'nentril, the Liberals since they cameAug.g• tato power would have a record of no crease whatever to the public debt, a oneiderable earplug over and above ex- ienditnres of every character, What then becomes' of the question f extravagance? The Conservatives tent in debt $118,000,000 while in office, -as this extravagance? The Liberals Ave only increased the public debt teat $19,000,000 site coming into pow. , and this Was on account altogether the National Transcontinental, this the result notwithstanding an expen- re for useful public works of $127, 3,000- ever and above the ordinary 'ogees !ince coming into power, the feat tkat the net debt of the iintry has been decreased from $50 82 1.1897 to $42.84 in 1007 speaks well the manner in which pnblio buil- t s has bean oondncted. Extravagance doh reduoee the per capita debt of a Natty should be encouraged not triti- w,rted. -Cotter Conservatives the per is debt Was eanetantly on the in- 4te, ander the Liberals it had steadily reduced. tt have been spending a Jew weeks holi- daying in Toronto on Ward's Island, and will be glad to welcome all the members of the church and congrega- tion at this first service after their re- turn. AUGUST Five Parlor Suits Five Bed. Room Suits Five Sideboards and Buffets Come in and see them and put your price on them. We want the room. It's your own fault if you don't get special- bargains. _ BirdKerr t. 4- 4 4- 4 4• 4. 4- 4- 4• 4• GRACEr HOT WEATHER DELICACIES QUICK LUNCH, PICNIC PARTIES, ETC. Petted Meat 10o; Ham, Tongue, &3, Boiled Ham 30c. Large Bologna loo Sliced Smoked Beef. Best Canned Salmon, 130, 15, 20. Kippered Herring 10o per tin. Canned Fresh Herring, per tin 100 Canned Finnen Haddie, per tin 100 panned Sardines, 50, 10o, 15. Pickled Olives. Pickled Walnuts. Pickled Onions. Mixed Pickles. Home Made Orange Marmalade. English Fig and Lemon Marmalade. Fruit Jam 100. Honey 10o and up, Pea Nat Batter. Pare Maple syrup (home made). Pork & Beane, per tin 5o. Choice New Lemons. Oranges, Mediterranean Sweets, 30o dozen. Choice Bananas 203 to 250 dozen. BAKIPTG POWDER BARGAINS IN SWEET BISCUITS Fresh Bisonits arriving weekly. All 10o biscuits now 3 lbs for 250. Best assortment in Wingham. Automobile Elamite, 10o or 3 lbs. 250 Fruit " 100 or 3 lbs. 25o Lemon Square " 10o or 3 lbs, 250 Royal " 10o or 3 lbs. 250 People's Assorted" 10o or 3 lbs. 25o Vanilla Bar " 100 or 3 lbs. 250 Graham Square " . 100 or 31be. 25c Kerr & Bird's Baking Powder put in 1 lb. tins. equal to any 250 Baking Powder on the market. We guar- antee the quality. Price 150 or 2 tins for 25o. PICKLING VINEGAR Pare quality guaranteed, Cider and White Wine`Vinegar. PICKLING SPICES All Kinds, Mace, Carry Powders, Chili Peppers, Tumeric, Celery Seed, Anise Seed, Oorianier Seed, Cloves, Alspice, Cinnamon, &o, al BARGAINS IN GROCERIES Canned Plums, reg. 130 for - 10a Canned Pie Peaohes, per tin • 15c Bee Jelly Powder 5o or 6 for • 25o Oriental Jelly Powder, 100 or 3 for 25o Layer Figs, reg. 100, now 4 pkgs. 25o Green Rio Coffee, per lb. - • 15c Roasted Rio Coffee, per lb, - 150 Table Vinegar 150 bottle for • l0o Riohard's Pure 535p 7 bars • 25o 01d Dutch Oleanser 3 tins Royal Salad Dressing 50o bottle 250 for - • - - TOILET SOAP Infants Delight, 10c or 3 for - 25c Lanolin, 190 or 3 for - - 250 Lily Boquet, per oake only - 50 Buttermilk Soap 50 or 3 for - - l0c Brown Windsor, Jumbo Tar, Sea Spray and Twin Oastile, 6 for 250 Pare, Olive Oil Castile Soap, large bars and 5o cakes Rose Soap, pink and white, 2 for 5o Taylor's Shaving Soap only - 5o Banner Shaving Soap only - 5c lossmussurissommins 4• Furniture Dealer and Undertaker. � 4• 4.44444-4.44++444+444;44444.44.4. 4.4-444.4.4.444-444 44.4-14+++++4-1.41 77VI7 4 50 3 00 2 00 4 50 500 3 00 3 50 225 2 75 2 00 2 50 6 65 6 40 3 75 4 10 300 325 Culls 2 50 3 25 Spring Lambs each.. 5 00 6 00 3 00 5 75 Calves, each ..... W INt3HADf.1WARHET REPORTS Wingham, Aug. 12th, 1908. 265 to 325 077 to 078 045 to 050 000 to 065 0 80 to 0 82 0 20 to 0 21 027 to 027 018 to 018 250 to 300 Hay , per ton 7 00 to 8 00 Potatoes, per bushel, new0 0 75 15 tot0 90 Lard ... 5 Live Hogs, per owt 6 10 to 6 10 Flora per 100 lbs.... Fall Wheat Oats Barley .... ..... .......• Peas Butter dairy . Batter oreamery- Eggs per dol Wood per cord The musical part of the service in the Methodist Church on Sunday evening was of a high order. At the close of the sermon, Miss Ina Buchanan, of Toronto, rendered very effectively the solo, "Open the Gates of the Temple." Miss Buchanan possesses a strong, clear, soprano voice, which shows evidences of carefal training, and a snccegsful career is predicted for her. The solos in the anthem were taken by Mise E. Estelle Griffin e,nd Mies 0, G. Mason with their usual grace. On Saturday last the Postal Depart- ment of the Dominion sent out notices to all cities where nail is delivered by postmen, that a one Dent rate on drop lettere will Dome into immediate effeot. rs in cities Heretofore the rate es deliveredlby letter carrier Was ONO CelItt. Fall Term Opens Sept. 1 CENTRAL ak STElATFORD. ONT....+' The soo::er you complete a course in this school the sooner you may ex- pect to hold a position of trust. Oar coarses are thorough and practical. Our students always succeed. We assist graduates to positions. We have threedepartmente: Commercial, Shorthand and Telegraphic. Wo em. ploy experienced instruotore. Catalogue free, ELLIOTT & McLACHLAN PRINCIPALS. Big BookStore RUGS AND MATS 3 Door Mats, were $1.15, now .85 1 Door Mat, was $1.85, now $1,10 1 Rug was $2,50, now $1,75 1 Rug was $2,00. now $1.35 We do not purpose earlyocarry a!tha b these ds in stock so call HAMMOCKS AND EXPRESS - WAGONS Will be sold at 30 per cent. discount. School Supplies We have a new supply of all kinds of school books, scribblers, exercise books, slates, pencils, etc. • Wall Paper A few lines of good Wall Paper will be sold at half price to make room for new goods arriving. Limoges China A complete stock of Limoges China, for which store has had the agency, will be here this week, this All the leading Will e pleased to have yourMagazines and sttadep onn sale, Elliott and Walley PROPRIETORS OP` BIet Boor STORE, Gregory BtOek, Near Bank of Oommeroe. A rsri�l"" ESiS' READ. THIS! HARVEST TOOLS Have you a good supply of HARVEST TOOLS ? The time is coming when you will want them. HAY RAKES HAY FORKS PITCH FORKS HAY FORK ROPE from 4•ineli to 1•% inch. HAY FORK PULLEYS TRIP ROPE TURNIP HOES SLING ROPE BINDER TWINE SCYTHES and SWATHS CALL and get our prices—they can't be beat. rc, PLYMOUTH TWINE Best on the market. Leave your order for it. Paris Green a specialty. YOUNG'S BIG tLZ\RDWAR[ AT THE LOWER END. 4 11 r$ 5f C] `uS�'C r]i�i) ink✓] i-'.tt ti'` ,V;; ✓'nibI0- �r.J Y5 v0- :iSVI 1 ciO':i