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$1.50 per year, in advance; $2.00 otherwise
A $ Saved is a $ Earned
Save Dollars by Purchasing
Vour 'Supply of Spring Foot-
wear Lucknow's Dollar Day
Space will only permit..us mentioning a few
for:Dollar Day -1_
60 pairs Men's ,Work Shoes, bleck and tan, reg. 5.50, $ day $4.50
30 pairs Men's Work Shoes, reg. 3.50 $ day .. 2.75
3 airs Men's Itubbere;.. . .. . . . . . .......... 1.00
30 pairs Ladies' ,,upktosdatesSiroessin ,Islack and tan calf, lo.v
and high heels; reg. 7.00 and 7-.50, $ day special. . 6 00
30 pairs adies Cloth Top Shoes in Kid and Pat. reg. 5 00;
$ day 3.7-9 e
25 Misses Kid Shoes in button and Leese, reg. 3 00; $ day..,2.00
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SPECIAI,--Any person p4rchasing goods- to
the value of $to will be giVenlo% discount 'I
Ackert'& Rathwell
entitle!.
LUCKNOW,. ONT., THURSDAY, MAR. 20th., I91p.
WHAT KIND OF 1‘1.EMOIRIAL
At this time when, not ou'y in Luek
now but in almost eveiy town in Can
ada, the queetionert, what kind of Meld
oriel should be erected to our, fallen
ts in the Minds of many, the
foilosesing article frpm a recent' issue of
The Literary Digeat, a U. S. Publica-
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tion, has special interest:
Fears dna we maysagain return to
"the dismal Stone Age" and repeat the
"sculptural atrophies" that followed the
Civit Var as memorials to soldier cleeds,
are put forth as warnings for the.. pree-
ent. So great is the dread in some sec
tiou:4 Lhat.ahnost anything but a Mond -
mental memorial is proposed, "Hos-,
pitalssoivic oentree, auditoriums, organs,
ktrche#, and all sorts of.tbinga have:been
uggested as appropriate says The
Florida Times -Union (Jacksonville), go-
ing on to remind the perpetrator ef air
such that whatever is built is useful, it
is not a memorial." The utilitarian
motive gets a jolt from a number of
places, but none more vigorously than
thio from Jacksonville: . •.
-----'1A-hattsevotrid-be 8.eharesaellosektil.
would be a hospital, anything Useful'
would -be considered slot its use aid-
. sooner or later the factwould be for-
gotten 'that it was erected for any other
purpose than to serve • the need for
which it was used. Add even if the
memorial purpose with Which the build
ing was coupled should be remembered
It will pay you to visit our store on Dollar Day
• SPECIAL
Spring Muskrats
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10,000
Wanted at
I must have this quantity to rpply-
•my orders as •I have sold all the spring
Muskrats that I can buy. This enables
-- Me to pay more money than anyone else
for them. Highest pricetralso paid for
all other furs.
Come and, see me. I am waiting for
`'• you. ,
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B. Blitzstein
LUCKNOW
Fcrdyce
• -Monday, March 17.
A few of our young "nimrods" spent
on enjoyable evening at Mr. James
Gaunt's recently.
Mrs. A. Jamieson, who has been in
St. Helens for some time, spent Sunday
under the i arentalesopfe
it
Mr. Harold R binson is at present
engaged on the fa it with Mr. J. -Martin.
Mrs. Eli Havens is visiting ber daugh-
ter, Mr. Elliott Taylor -to Liticknow.
Mr. John . Boyle purchased a fine
young driver lately. Anything going to
be doing, John? ,
Mr. and Mrs. A Havens spent Sun-
day itt Mr. W. Champion's, and Mise
Victoria Champion, of Lucknow, spent
Sunday at her home.
To Friends of Fallen Heroes
Por historical reference a list is .being
compiled of the men who en isted frcm
the County of Bruce and of all men born
in the County of Bruce. who enlisted
from other places and bacrificed their
lives in the Oreat War,
kindly send to the Editor the names
of your friends and relatives who should
bon this list. as pramptty as possible
as the list ,js,being cemptielpeseithin the
next thirty iti.ri and is wanted tp verify,
the official list. 'Stour assistance .will be
nipreciated.-Emroa. • 27-3 c,
MARKETS
(Corrected up to Wednesday noon)
Fall Wheat 2 11
Oats 55
Barley . - 75 80
Peas . . ......... ....... 1 50
'Eggs, new laid 36
Butter s 39 41
Hogs la 75
.TORONTO MARKETS
Choice heavy steers $15 0(1 to
Choice butchers 1.1 50 to
fitier britcher.' cowr •IL 00 to
feeders 10 00 to
• Gond milch cows, 140 00 to
• Hogs, fed and watered19 OG to
Pall Wheat 2 13 to
Goose Wheat
Oats
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2 10 to
63 to
TimothyHay 13 00Ito
tiggi, new laid •39 to
Butter, Creamery Prints 30 to
Batter, Dairy Prints 38 to
116 50
12 00
12 00
11 50
160 00
64
16 00
40
Whitechttrch ,
-Monday, March 17,
Bowe -To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Moore on March 170, a daughter.
Mrs. Geo. Garton, jr. visited her sis-
ter in Kitchner last week.
, Miss Mary Hugh, of Wingham, spent
the week -end with her friend, ,Miss Ada
Clubb.
Miss Minnie Colling spent Sunday at
her home in Ripley. -
• Mr. Wilfrid Jacques left for the West
last Monday. •
Mr. Harris Purdon, of St. Helenseis
visiting friends in the village.
'Mrs. Duncan MeTanst, vunting
at her home in Ripley.
MissAgnes -Kennedy is learning the
dress making with Miss ilianey, of
Wingham.
Mrs_JeMcCalluni, of Blackford, Scot-
land-, lir visiting his brother-in-law, Itev.
J. &pine.
There will be a meeting in the F wes-
ter's Hall on Monday, March 24, to dis-
cuss' about a memorial for the falltn
heroes. All those interested are ipvited
to attend,
An old and highly respected gentle-
man in the person of Robert Baird was
found dead at his home op Sunday after -
neon. He was in his 72nd year. Fun-
eral took place Thursday to Wingham
cemetery.
The Guild meetiog last Sunday night
was taken by John G iunt and Joseph
Forrester. • A duet was rendered by
Misses Cassie Pardon and Katbaleen
Terriff. The leader for March 23, Is
Angus McKay.
Come to the Hockey Club dance in
Carnegie Hall, Lucknow, on Friday
night, March' 28th. Lucknow Orchestra.
Ladies bring lunch Gentlemen 11.00.
At The Age of 101
At the great age of 101 years 7 mo.
and a days, Mrs. Donald MacDonald,
the oldest resident of Kincardine Town,
passedaway on Mar. 10. Seventeen years
agoshe moved from the farm home in Hur-
on Township to Kincardine wpere she has
since' lived with her son, Angus. Mrs.
MacDonald was born in Picton. Nova
Scotia, her niaideu name being McGin-
nis. She and her late husband. came to
Huron Township. as pioneers in 1852.
He died 35 years ago leaving her with
four sons and a daughter. The daughter
is in California, and three of the sons
are dead. 'ha said that Mre-MacDone,
ald was, viten' Young, a. wordkirbf splen
did physique, agsi made an ideal pioneer
inith foreal. She had -considerable
skill in tine treatment of disease, and in
the days when doctors were few,, gsve
much of her time to the treatment and
nursing of the sick. For ber kindness
in this regard the pioneers were very
grateful, and 'she made many friends
among•them.
SPECIAL FOR DOLLAR DAY
2o pkgs. good Garden Seed loc size
for
24 Bars Soap for. , .,8111°
Tea for
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8 pkg& Corn Starch torsI. 1.00
3 40c cans Baking Powder for 1.00
8 elms Beans for
2 lbs. Coffee for . . 1-1.0000
2 pkp's. Stock Food for, 1.00 •
7 cans Peas for .... . .... 1.00
11 cans Old Dutch Cleanser for.,I GO
Special for that day in Proonis and
other lines.
Cash paid for Eggs and Butter -
Make our Store your Head Quarters
iss HENRY WOODS,
that it • was not built solely ferthat
purpose. It would be'a testimonial to
the future that the people of the year
1919 were not willing to spend- money
merely, in the honor to the soldiers who
• had fought for American ideals. This
would not be a false impression; it would
he a facts It would be like the act of a
man giving his wife a seek ref Hour or a
piece of household furniture for a birth-
day present. ,The memorial that would
be really sxpiessive of our admiretion
and our gratitude to the American sol-
dier should express that and nothing
else. A cotton factory or a packing
house in their honor wouldbe about •ae
asinropriateiierriOical as anything else
that wsuld be something -else besides a
memorial."
-Even a • triumphal arch, which has
served this andOther purposes in the
past, fails to mettSthe present require-
ment, though divested of -utility: A
.Boston speaker declares that it em
phasizes -"the glory of conquest rather
than the spiritual side of Victory" --
words • that the Minneapolis Journal
4inote;4 with approval, following with
the assertion. that "the inspiiing motive'
in this war was, of tourse, the freedom
of humanity and human brotherli "
and "somehow a memorial should sTh
thesie things.' Smaller conimun-
!tuba may, however, be justitied in a
neixlera.te commingling of the utilitarian
with the - memorial purifoses, and the
Municipal Art Society of New. Yerk
has piovided for thie. The Detroit
Free Press, whose words we quoted at
the-beginningeof-this article, seems tee
look fitrorably on this plan:
"An joereasiedeappreciation of what
really beautiful has made some of,the
old monuments somewhakin the natur
of artistic eyesores. They are prized,
not because of their associations with
the past and our memories of the sacri-
• fices they stand for. Standards change.
What was regarded as a triumphant ex
preasion by one generation may be
scorned by its successor. • Future recor-
nition depends upon 'fidelity to the great
principles of monumental art. The
memories are to endure for a long time
and should not be eximples,of.monue
mental frightfelnese.
Come to the Hoilkey Club dance in
Ctrnegie Hail, Lucknow, triday night
March eeth, Lucknow Orchestra. Lathan
bring lunch. Gentlemen $1.00.
STAY WITH YOUR 1 USINESS
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A. man must stay with his business
if he wants his business to stay with
hitt,. Failure follows as a sure sequel
to negligence, and when a man finds
himself drifting' into unprofitable em-
ployment he is going down with the
current to ceresin ,failute. Rosiness to
give the best results must be backed by
principles and energies 100 per cent.
pure. The •jumping Jack wbo, hops.
from one thing Re -another and never
cencentrates his energierr on any one'
rticular line•of action is almost. cer-
tain' to end tin as failure. Business
should always takes first place and Oily
come in for secondary Consideration
Recreation may be an essential to sue
cess, but recreation must be aubordinate
to business. A strsnge feature is found
in the fact that these who pay proper
attention have most time on their hands
for play. A business man should be
always at his post and the public ex
pct to find him there. -Ex.
- Moving -Old Hotel
The cost -and scarcity of building
material at Toronto is suggested hy tie
fact that a city firm has jeought an old
hotel building at paisley with et view to
pulling it down and removing the mat-
erial to Toronto. Tne hotel, known as
the Hanna House is a three-story brick,'
and was erected '47 years ago. It WAS
or many vers the leading hotel in the
village, but since prohibition came into
orce it has been 'meant' most of the
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,LO.CAL ANIV GENERAL
•'See the different lines on Dollar Ddy
at Miss Armstrong's.
See Murdock & Calderon Co's. "ad"
for special Dollar Day 1-)argeins.
•sLucknow _stores swill lie open until
late in the eyeninepn Dollar Day.
Mrs. W. E. Henderson visited with
• 'I'ocontj friends over the week -end.
•Mrs. O. S. 11,,lbertson, whom we re-
• ported last week, is making favorable
progress -
Kegs dropped to 35e. per dox. tIte rnd
• of last week and they now look cheap-7-
A-Ptiolfiq will buy more in Lucknow
on Tuesdaynext than on any other day
in the year.
Me are sorry to report that Mire Jas.
Lyons has been under the dcgtor's care
the past week. '
The Chautauqua Festival is in full
• swing at Lucknow this week -afternoon
andeeeninirss-I-I9t-1,40th, 21st.
• We are Opening for a few_ weeks and
have an assortment ot trimmings and
straw hats at bargain prices. - Miss
ARMSTRONG.
Mrs. Martha Millian, Red Deer Alta.,
is at Alex. MacCarrol's haring come
east to attend the funeralof her'daughter
the• late Mrs. MacCarrol. • -
Mr.- A. E. Durnin hat; bought a fine
and well equipped Tartu near Clioton.
We understand however it is not the
present -intention of the family to move
to the farni. •
Mrs. Jon. Carter and Mrs. J. Burns
and children are spending this week at
Blyth visiting their, brother, Mr.ell,
Pratt, who has disposed of his farm and
still reside in Walton: - '-
HOUSE WORK OR WAS.. IN3. --The
undersigned is prepared to 'help with
house work by the day or take in wAsL-
ing at her' home. -Mas. ED. ROBIN-
sm.
A WONDEliFttl; RECORD
SI BROTHERS I KHALI. BUT
• . 'NEVER A SCRATCH
Single Coplen 3 cents
Few families in Ontario, or in the
world, perhaps have made a finer record
• in the Great War, thin did the fam-
ily -of - -John LoftuS, ssoi-Riveradale.
Mr., Loftus has six SODS, all of thew
fine able bodiede fellows, and all six are,
or were recently in Belgium., in- the ser-
vice of kin rs and country. • Not that
only, but though several of those bort
MT a goodeeleal of-strvice at the front,
no one of them was ever reported
aniongthecasualtiesallContingthrough
without a ser4ch. ' •
Oaly one, the youugest of the,six,
was at home when the Military Sere
Act came intp force, but far frem ad-
vancing' the excuse that he had five
brothers in khaki and that he was need-
ed at home, this sixth son put on -the
uniform and didn't ask for exemption.
The family is of Irish extractions, and
a sister of Mr. Loftus sr, is ma.rried. to
orTeeswater.
CHURCH NEws
Rev. Mr. Spencer, representing the
Lewd's- Day /Wien* will 'conduct the
services at St. Helensand East Ashfield
• next Sunday. -•
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• Aeries of meetings in connection
with the Forward Movement will be
held in the Presbyterian Church, Luck:
now, on Sunday, Morda.y, Wednesday
. and Friday of next week, and Suuday
March 31st. Speakers at these m
wilt be first Sunday, lieve.J.. A. Mann,
of Bruasela, morning and evening; M013 -
day evening, Rev. Geo. Gilmore, Ripley;
• Wednesday vening, Rev. Mr. Scobie,
VVhitechurc Friday, Rev: J. S. Hardie,
Afield; day \jar. 1, the. Pastor
will preach.
Bargain hunters can read with prpfit
the advertisements of our merchants
this week. Make note of the prices.
Then come to town and see that they
make gOod. Tuesday next will ,,be ada
of small pmfiti and quick salee.
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Mr. J. W. McGee who did repairing
at the Ford ' Garage last summer, was
about the street on Tuesday on crutches,
having suffered a fractureof a bone in
his right leg below the knee about three
weeks ar-S-
APPRECIATION. -Through Tna SENT-
INEL we- wit* to 'express oer deep ap-
preciation- of the kindnessinown by
our 'friends of the Methodist Church,
Lucknow; and we' wish also to thank
them for the handsome gifts which they
preeentem-D. K. WEBSTER and 'WIFE.
A dance -swill be given in the Carnegie
Ha on Friday night, March 28th, in
aid of the Luckoow.liockey ,Ckb. Th
boys .are deserving of aid. -Sdnieindebte
edeese `must be 'slid. isucknow Orth
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Ogre ivill---provide music. Ladies will
please bring lunch. \ Gentleinen $1.06
ladies free.
CARD OF THANKS wish through
THE 810114N EL.to express my heart -felt
thanks anclgraterode, to thesmany friends
and neighbors -who showed helpful kind-
ness and sympathy at the time of the
illness and death of my wife. It was
more than I can -ever hope to re -pay -
ALEX. MACUARRot,.
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oft
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long
Mr.
are
scat
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these
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the
iliany persen, who is not a member
he Brass Bantisand who has an- in
ment or a part of an instrument be-
ing to the Band, please hand it to
W. J. Davison, the treasurer. There
some instruments and several parts
teredsbout the village and consider -
money will be saved to the Band if
are turned in.
e notice that Mr. W..1. Allin, of
tham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Allin,
own, is one of the contributors to
first issue of "Motor Tractor and
Implements" the new trade journal is•
sued by the MacLean 'Publishing Co.
Mr. Allin, who has had a gond many
BORN
SMITII.-In Lucknow, on Monday,
March 17th, to Mr. and Mrs. Bert-
ram Smith, a son. - IIarold Arm-
strong.
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ACC ROL-In Luckn' vi on March 7,
1919, to Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Mee-
• Cerro', a daughtei-Alix Millian.
(Thed on kbe. same date, four . days
- before the death of its mother.)
Married Sixty Years
On St. Patrick's Day Mr. and Mrs.
IV. K. Stewart, of town, were receiving
•-eongrattrlatione of lislesids on the
celebration Of the 60th anniversary of
-their marriage. They are not enjoying
-very good .health this year, both being
confined to the house for a nunibeesof
weeks past They had with them dui -
mg, the week their daughter, Mra.-Chee-
nut, and three Sons: Rev. Alex Stewart,
of Mornington; Thomas, of Itichester,
and James ana his wife, of Toronto.
now..avERV $4 RIPS
four dollars; the price of a War Sav-
ing.Stanip, is not much, but it will pay
the wages of a competent Canadian arti-
san for one day. In these days when
to provide employment at good wages
is so necessary, ibis is sometbine. The
more money that is placed at the service
of the 0 wernment through the sale of
War Savings Stamps, the more credits
will -it be able to supply to other
countries. Consequently' the greater
the trade that will envie to Can td a, and
consequently the more Canadians will
years experience "on ihe road" writes there be employed.
on "Tne Uplift of the agent."
slap. T. Webster, whose home i just
yetis, (town underwsnt an operation
•ittesopt diCitis at Wingham Hospital
ori,llonday morning. Mr. Webster had
been troubled at times for a nember of
years, but the disease never assunied an
acute stage until a week ago last Sunday.
The operation appeared successful and
the patiht was doing well at last report.
Dollar Day at, D. R. McIntosh's will
mark the fist event In our business car-
eer that so many of our Customers and
the Public generally will have the omens
thnity to Ptirc.hase, all lines of goods
during the limited time of 15 hours on
•Dollar Day, Thesday March 2sth, at;
•such ainazingly_loti• Pricethee yen' wili-esre-
dou)tless have the fuji, conception of
what dollar day means. Every one,
Male or Female, Soldier or Civilien will
be made' a' Satisfied Cuttorner. Making
this mammoth ene day Sale is not our
Mist Consideration, Making yon Satis-
fied comes first. We can do that only by
quality Prices and good Service. Saving
ons dollar now is equal to saving two in
'rdinary times. On dollar day we will
utilize 300 Square feet of Floe* Space
that will be Piled on Tables and Count-
ers all lines ot General Dry Goods. An
unusual offering of ,Ercellantly tailored
Men's and Bey's Overcoats and Suits,
also Ladies Ready to Wear Garments of
every descrention. Prices to snit all
Pocketbooks and Styles, to Suit all
tastes. Every Person we can wait on
• will be the 'Recipient of the (rettest.
Possible value to the limit of their Ex-
penditure with Grateful thanks for
your I'aat Patronage.
1). rosir
• The Base Ball Club, at Belfast, will
have a Box Social and Entertainment in
the Hall at Belfast on the evening 01
Monday, -March 31at. Admission 25c
and 35c. Ladies with boxes free.
1 Little; of town, has rec-
s..
eived the sad news of the sudden death
on March•12, of her brother -in la.w, Mr.
A. NI. Jordan. Ile died after an oper-
ation for appendicitis, in' the General
Hospital at New Rochelle, 4N: Y.
APPRECIATION -mi.. and Mrs. n. K:
Wbbster wish through Tut; SENTINEL to
express greatful appreciation of the
kirid recognition by thek neighbors
received -last Friday cvenin:Ir. We are
thankful for the fine gift but still :ore
for the cheerful spirit in which it was
giyen,
THE RETURNING MEN
WHAT IS BEiNG DONE. IN CANADA IN
MEMORYOF SOLDIERS , -• A
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Repatriation has become
word threughout Canada-eand every
centre of population is localizinkiti own
problem of -demobilizing returned men
and war workers and readjusting econ
oniic conditions:
• News from Winnipeg says that the
Manitoba .legislature Is -dealing with
seven special bills aiming to protect the
rights of war veteraus.
bguiQountys-thitario, is
the aid
of the city of St..Thoitas, is planning to
efeCt 44, memorial for' the soldiers who
fought ;mid fell. • A hospitas scaws to
be the J.t.e8t. WWI I at Isroposal.
The Great War Veterans Association
in St. Johns, Newfoundland, aims to
raise $10,000 to give to Sergeant Rick-
etts, V.C, .
A committee has been appointed from
the Patriotic workers of Trail, B. C., to
consider the erection of a °memorial
building for Trail veterans. It is aug.
gested that the memorial take the. form
of a local club of the Y.M.C,A.
At four diffeisent-pointi -in the town
of - Both well,- Ontario; Metnorial arches
have been erected. 'These are decorated
with evergreens and • at night lighted
with electricity to welcome returning
•soldiers.
Chatham is agitating to have an' el-
ectric welcome sign put up at the Grand
Trunk Station and also the building of
an arch on Queen Street, leading to the
station. •
Secretary of the TorontO'Brannh of
the Canadian Manufacturers' Associa-
•tion says that the number of applica-
tions for returned men from manufac-
turers is in excess of the supply. The
Canadian Manufacturers' Association
nd the Great War Veterans' Associa-
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The town of Burlingtoe aud surround- IGHEsell the furs wit OUt seeing
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We Are offering ,s, number of
lines at special prices astin in-
ducement for , you to Come to
our Town and our store on Dol- -
• lir Day and in case ycu are not
interested in the specials, we
are going to offer a diecount on , 1
. - /ready all rinse which will be • , _ 4
from' to 50!: depending on -
• the line of goods; so that no
matter what you want you will
• get a'diecottat on the regular •
price, . . -•
See our window for spec- .
hils and seeinside for more
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F. T. Armstrong
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Jewelerand Optica* •.., .
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• EVERYBODY'S COLUMN
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MONEY TO LOAN. -On mortgages and note •• •
• at reasonable fates. Fire Insurance. bot
Stock and Mutual Companies. Convey
ancing done with neatness and despatch.
GEO. A. SIDDALL. Broker. Lucknow
vICTOR I' BONDS bought rind sold. Apply
J. H. Ack,EHT. LuCklioW, Or ACKEHT &
HATIMILLL's Boot and Shoe Store, Luck -
now.
14 IP.
.Sr market vitor raw furs. ces Don't,
mg country will combine to erec
memorial for soldiers. • •
Five, members ,ot the British Col
bia legislature have been appointed
receive and consider achemes-eupoir
half of replacing soldiers in civil life.
A _ Khaki Labour Union- has
formed in Vancouver, B. C., with J.
S. Hallam as General Secretary.
policy of the Union will be to briug
members into close personal cont
with employer&
The city of Victoria has made a gra
of 5500 to the Great War Vetere
Club.
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..... • BE YOUR OWNI BOss - Start a cut-rate *
• grocery business of your own. $24 to $.'si • . •
um- invested,should earn you $25 weekly. 11.
to • • MAHTINWindsor, Ontario.
-be- ertseKRAT.--Ail 7kinds of spring musknat '
wanted-B1g demand. Prices $1,0i to $1.25
For extra quality may go higher. 51ing
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been irom small to larke.6.00 to $7.23. Skunk
H. Li7Orar run $2.00 to $2 50, Coon averacr
The •ttnaritferrtriltur:tgatrrte'giiont, vg,t-
its ' -back of Calti I i Jas._ L.ucktioi,v, • phone
rubber Sc per_lh.-.I.txx LIHK,L. resideticeP.
act _ .
DR. PARKER, OSTEOPATH, at Cain House.
nt Lucknow, every Wednesday afternoon. All
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chronic diseases successfully treated.oOtrit:
disease. Adjustment of the s • m
teopathy removed the physical causes of
quickly secured and with fewer treatments
by Osteopathy than by any other method.
,The Canada Life Assurance Company
reports that it has secured only five of
its old home office employees out -of the
y- ve who proceeded overseas.
George P. Hennessey; K. Christie a
Haines, returned men, have been a
nted to take charge of the Gove
nt Einployment Bureau in St. Jo
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'or. the month of February the on
y mileage for troop trains from lia
was 109,7-W. The equivalent of
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• FOR SALE
nd FOR SALE -3 well finished houses vi ith all
latest conveniences. Fur particulars app1y4o•
to U. A. Stnum./.. ' • I S tic.
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1:10UsE FOR SALE with good garden plot.
Possession the middle of May. .A.opl)
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MRS. R. CHISHOLM. Preston lint. 3 4 c.
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lir AUCTION SALE
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battalions of returnedsoldiers was car
ried. •76sapeeial traini, 956 engines,
baggage cars, 109 standard aleepi
ea-rie- /of tourist steeping tars, 603 colon •
lit care, 47 ,dining cars and 67 commi
sairet cars, making a total of 1009 ca
as being need. If alt -these cars we
made into -one traits, thst train wou
be 13 miles long. 203,007 course -mea
were served to.scldiers on trains. Pa
stingers were handled up to a maxilla'
of 3,730 miles. 4;663 railway employees
aidein looking after the transportation
of troops. The coal consumed one way
1.or Inie_InontAL7 was 5,5,f7 tons, or
11,104,000 pounds.
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The tarn] stock and Implements ' -
7 l'own_shlp orpuron. 13ruce County. will
be sold by public auction on April 3. 1919. •
ng Large stock of mile,' cows and young
eat tle.-Itstate of .John A. Road: deceased. "
J. Putivis. Auc.
s-
at • 31 oommencing at ono
re S. Kilpatrick, lot 7. con. 8. Ashfield. will have
.. be sold as Mr. Kilpatrick is going weitt.
Ida" o'clock p.m. Everyihing on the bills will
274p J. Pedvis, Auc. • A
re , • renuituntioraissatemort his farm stock and imp- • ' '
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is
AUCTION 13ALE.,---Thos, E. Smith Lot 21.' •
Cod: 1, Huron Township'11 e an
auction sale of his farni stock and -
manta on Wednesday. Mar. 2i. commenc-
ing at one oclocx, p.m. •All sums of 110
and under cash. over that amount 8 Loa. •
credit-Ost notes bearing ihten3st at 3 per •
cent per annuin.
20-341 • J. PraVis. Auc.
II •
John McKee, Lot 23, Con. 3. Culros.. will have
an auction sale of purebred aid grade •
shorthorn cattle on April 2nd, oommenchig
at one o'clock p.m. There are 3 purebreo
cows and their calves, a purebred ball It
mos. old. 14 grade heifers with calf at foot.
a number of other young cattle and 6 ewes
with their lambs,
27-3p. J. Petty's. Auc.
New Quebec '
There is is "New Quebec" as well as
a "New dairio.' And ()Id Quebec .
, and New Quebec together make up the
lergest province in Canada, and it is bigger
NOTICE
than any state in the United States.•
For all matters regarding Dreenhilloemetatir
There are 706,834 square miles in Que- refer to D. C. Taylor Secretary.
bee -445,0721,602 acres of land, and
Public Meeting •
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7.295158 acres of water It compresses
18e•e'ef the whole DOILini013, and is
five times as large as the United King-
doms of Great Britain and Ireland.
"Quetiec wad dot always ,the largest
province, andoutr- became -ticrh' a few
years sgo when that vast hinterland
known a.s,Ungava was handed over by
the Dominion Government to the -prov-
ince. Ontario had received its allotment
some years earlier.
Mueli of the 1-ngava region is yet un-
explored, and in fact has never been
visited by thewhite man. It has long
been supposed to consist of a wage of
rocks and lakee and eeamps held in the
grip of an attic winter for a great peat
of the year. •Mit exploration revealed
surprises in New (Mario, and it is
thought that like revelations MR attait
the unnute explorttion of N*42W tiebec.
At any rate the Quebec gislaure
thinks it worth locking over and is pre-
paring to send out exploration parties
with a view to getting exact information
about the timber, minerals agricultural
possibilities and water-powere. Doubt-
less much interesting information will
be forthcoming when the commission in
charge ot the work makes its report.
A Public Meeting of the 'Electors .of
the Township of Kinloss will be beltl at •
the Townchip Hal -l' Holt,rood, 2n Mop = .•
day, March 31st,•1919, ai 2 o'cloat p.m.,
for the purpose of taking into consideras
tion the advisability and propriet);t..--::
- erecting N monument in nietnory .of our
deceased Soldiers having fallen victims
to the savages of the great European
War in their grand endeavor ,to further
and secure for humanity the freedom
and privileges of the private rights of
cur fellowman Come one cn 11
Your presence will be highly appreciated.
By order of Township Council,
27-3-c THOMAS NIIIRRAv.
Notice
Imcknow `:11ar. 20, 1919.
The untletsigned wishes the public to
know t hat site will set-ele- -responsible
far the business transactiois or dealings
oller son, Edwin, nor for his actions
in any way until his fathei returns from
or efiReil.s.
20-3-p MRS. GEO. TA11.01t.
• ORANOE ENTERTAINMENT
L. 0, L. 1044 Ourpose holdink a cn-
cert consisting of vocal and instrume_itIil
music. readings, dialogues and etc , o
Friday evening, March -2Sth. "Come
one, Come all." Enjoy a good night's •
fun in Zion Orange Hall, addmission,
adnits 25c. Children 15c.
W. B. krrcere, U.M.
20-3-p. C. E. 1WcnoNAdtif,
Art