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Creamery,
'CREAM BuitiNG.giTATiopi
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cAsEs 'TRIED•-.1tT GoDERIOn
JUDGE BARRON PRESIDING
A case of mach Public :interest
.....whichecameehefore Judge_Barrim and
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a• jury at the recent sessons at God-.
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• . •I erich was that of Dr. •Re
m& Hobbs TeY-
'lightest cprices paid for lor vs. •The Dominion: Thresher and
*t 'Oompany and -the New
Cream and We
• Im lement Hamburg, Salee Ag,ency,
service and satisfaction to ell our Hamburg, Ont• •••
- • The p =tiff, Dr R. Hobbs Tee-
atrons.• lor, a physician praetising at Dash -
'Give= us a trial
you that we n worth while •
ecil Mullin,
Mgr. iticknowl3Tanch
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Phone 63.
Luelourefe -
Phone'. 7,4
Wingham
Phone 106 „ •
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'Has 'theelereeet' an4 Mose clintplete
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stock in the meet beautifid designs
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• to chow* froniebee
Marble,e8eoteh, Swedish anr
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MennMentS 'and invite Your. ilisiee.; ,
:Inscriptions 'Neatly,' Carefully and
Promptly bone..
See 01 before placing your erdete_e:
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Lnclmow, Ont.
• Lucknow L. 0. L.. No. 428, meetsIn
-their lodge' room-everreecond Tease:-
. day- of -the month at 8 o'clock pen.
Parker; Rec. Seeer - Wm.
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VAGRANT GETS TIOPS
•'• • MONTHS
,Thursday morning Elmer McDeuh
• gal', 'cartie before Justice of the
, Peeeteet.e A G. MaeIntyie . and Wm.
Temple -,On a charge of Vagrancy
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eiplacedebyselir. Holding.- a C. N. It.
detective who is working' on the
-theft from the freight cars cage 'and.
, it was intimated that young Me-
-Dougall was connectedwith this al-
' ethentheee: eharge.!:_Walr.:411C,MenelL-
;gall has been before the magietrate •
before and. dealt With most leniently
,"and given n chance, which he eVid-
* '.'-refused :AO ;take. At the
eliiiiinge-,-36-eeadmittedeinot having
worked for the past year or made,
an attempt to get a Job. "Then Ili
• give you n little work for three
Months," said J. P. MaeIntyre, and
Sentenced: hint .to threemonthshard
Ilabor; McDougall was taken to
Walkerton immediately after the
bearing. Mlacineire 5htimate4 that
r
-thiswas not the end, that there wire
. three or lour others" to be brought
up- in the near future whenecharges
• will :be laid. He alsointimated that
.the' Authorities mere ' sick and tired
of 'being .lenient with ungrateful
youthe and that every' caiur that
konie0 before then) Will be 10Ven
iteper
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Wood; claimed 'thee he had ..been in -
the ...deeendants-meed their, agents
to fpurchase•seeen "units.of stock in
the 'Dominion Thresher & lentslenrient
Co,. The New Hamburg Sales Agen-
cy is a 'subsitliary: or allied eoeeerir
belonging to William J. Bradley, who
is also president, .of the Thresher ege
Implement 'Co. For hie -stock Taylor
was tit pay $87e: He paid $350. on ae-
eount .and -gave two notes, for $250
and:. $275 respectively, for the • bal-
. ance; •Theee notes, arestill outetand-
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ing and' the plaintiff .seed for' their
carteellation and: foe: $1,000 'demages.
:He 'claimed • that' it Was represented
to • him that the Company . Was 'a
large. eioneerndoing' a;:yeey . large
business and financially .streing, that
it would :pay •seven per cent regee-
arly to shareholders, also that share-
holders would ..have,cetain adVarit-
ages in • purchasinggoods, from a
number. of •well=knowp companies for
which; it :wag said to. 'be- the agent.
L. E. Dineey was Counsel for the
plaintiff; and Mr. 'Hattie; of 1C19-.
ment • Hattin & Snider' • Kitchener,
• acted for .the defendants. '
•The jury found for the • plaintiff
and, judgment was given 'against, de-'
lendatits for • $875 , and eastse •••
"Three actiene Of a similar nature
were -Mitered 'against the same de-
fendants • but were not 'tried; The
plaintiffs in: the three eaSes are dui -
net A..' Jacobi,: farmer, of Hey toWnh
'ship; William -H. SmithandCiffOrd
Hill; both.' of Creditiore, The amounts
:involved . in .ehese cases are smaller
than in the:',TaylbF-c•iie:"-PTaiaijffs'
notes heldby the defendants. being'
respectively .$90, $93.75 and $93.75
tein • the last-named case two notes
totalling this amount). • e, • •
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Another case ,tried .at, thiCesession
was: Iferin, Vs, Rosa' etaL Thies:: Was
an action for _slander, plaintiff
Robert T. Trwin, a farmer of Hut -
lett tnernship,:•ieeking..dameges fr.*
Wm. J.' Riles ; ane* Marionette Rots,
a farmer -and his evife of the .same'
township, for ' statements Mede to -
the 'effect that plaintiff had; Melee.
defendants' eetkees. It. took only 'tee
minutes., forthe' jorye rte. bring , in e
verdict for the plaintiff; asseesing
the :damages. • at'. $400, to , Whiai • the
judge adeed. costs. K., Dance,y ;fee
-plaietiff ej•Jeelidle •BeSt 'Jere'
'defendants
Another slander case was that of
Keit •Vs. FOwlei Amedia Kerr, :the
plaintiff, is 'a , widow living at Sea -
forth, and the defendant, :Foster
Fowler, was a school teacher Iivbig
in the -same town. . IF :was ,eliarged
that the defendant_ onr.,severala.occal,
skins spoke of the plaintiff in ,terms
that meant that she Was it 'Women
'Of bad Character; and damages Were:
elainied; J. A. elakine; K. C., ' of
..Steetfeaeeerieesibungetelet:
J. L. .Killoran for defendant. The
'jury returned: a eerdict of- one 'dell*
for the pleietilf. ' • •
' Yet another case was ' that Of 'belt
vs. McManus, Ivan le Bell, of 'God-,
erich, sued Clifford MeMenus, als.o
of Goderiel,. for datneges reason
of being struck' eefetelarrea meter
car -while. bewas tiding a :bicycle a-
long Multi:eta Street on:, Octebee 27
• last The car went over him, lireak-:
ing hie eollerbone. and ieflictingthe-
erinjuries and he was taken to the
hospital.: For the 'defendant At Was
claimed ehet Bell wee' feelt in riot
observing the relee 'of traffic. The
Jury found for the, plaintiff ,and
eilireed dithingei $175; 't� *MA'
the ,4dga s44i4000.0i
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1.4.0.qcNoW §ENtiNEIL
Publieheil every Thursday Morning
at Luckeme. Onterkee '
A. D. Mackepzie, Proerietor
• • and Editor •
11:1IEMSDATeefUNE..26th 1324,
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THE -STRIKE •OrefelE=: .
' MAIL -HANDLERS
The striking postal. workers ,have
had little, sympathy from the gener-
al public. This' -is not. because 'og 'the-:
wrongfulness o their deMends„ for
rev-VT-iao.w.. whether or not the, strik-•
1
ers. bad: ''grievariees... 'What' the Public
object tois the incOnyeniqnce and
.'•vireeir of business ,wch paralysis of
the maileseteice •ineailse,
The: pubhe. feet; that in -:41;0116.*
servide ' -strikes ''...shOUld kI�t; oCeure
They feel that 'there ' :ought to be;
.and many. iceovmethrit there is, d.wAy
of settling '..diseutes between &bil&
servants and the heads- of the de-
partments in which thy serve), with-
out resort to a strike. ,
' Postal workers d not bargain
with the deparernent in. which :they
engage: They accept- service under
the Civil Seevice .Coinmiseioree•en'itie
degerident hoard ;the 'duty of which
is to get and maintain ',good , service
ter.. the publice , This board is not ' tee
•terested in egrineieg. down the post-
al workers per others who takeser'
vice under it. The duty of. the, Civil'
:Service Commission ie•to Aeal ',Mee
withthereniployeese and;'as -fairly
• With the Government and the. public.
It linay, not always:AO thie ket the
puhhceandeelteseee-wheeeseeree the pub
, e-
lic ender the coneriission must as-
. •
sume ehatethis elie intention, arid
• that so lee as is. humanly possible
this Will be 'done. OtherwiSe 'therle.
„• , . •
will be no •getting along at. all. the
,
:publre have 'a right, to.. assume: ,th,at
!nen engaging, under: the 'Civil See-
yice'Cemmegion • accept this' viewe
timer they 'agree '• to :accept the rele
legs- of the commissiore evep ; when
these ' rulings ° do not appear alto-
gether feir, Men not preparedete
, erigege • on this understanding °should •
not engege at ell.
There cape be re; oejeCtien .a
. , „
postal worker's' omen, ' nor ', to a
union of :any other. set: of workers
serving'. the liable. But there, is, and
• mUstrbe;.,.objeetion to- Such a triliOn
adopting the strike as a means
of exaceieg: demands. from 'the 7Civil
Seryiee Commission That is cOrie ,
teary e to ihe uneerseending •• :wipe
which ;„ servants engage , under . the .
Commission.' One Of 'the Pereoseeefor.
Which the Civee, Service' COmmissiop '
: 'vests is to avoide steikes--to pro -
Vide a. means • for settling disputes
by • negotiation. ..' • .' -
There • will he general satisfaction
if.the strike is ' .cornpletelY defeated;
'ami\ptiblie :Serve/its are given to neh
deestend that -they must be ' satisfied '
with such conditions as can: be oh-.
tamed by pegatiatioe with' the ,Cern-
enieion or leave the •serVice; . '
, The question at issue at the :Pre-
sent time '..i.senoterei..to_yelietherethe'
-
Commission: undely, :Cut: the Vey Of
the postal workers . but as to iwhether
public eservants engaged . under the
'Civil Service Commission 'will 'settle.
disputes as to:: epaY and . working
conditions • by . 'negotiation or 'by'
:strike..•.* .• •,
-Whet' ifisenses : tlie: ; public is the •
diseega-rd.efere pirblle einteeeie: ihoWn
by, the, strike leaders. These;• men
-evidently; count ' epee inking it ' ao
unpleasant for the 'people as 'a Whole,,
atfd, causing' such hies ' to business
men that pressure Will b lrought to •
;
bare neon the' -Commissem , and epee
the Governmentandthese &reed:to-
s tibm it' The, peb 1,fee-eu OW tin eenettee
with a • greet deal :before' iyielding,
. -
this. point, for if a government can
be held.up inethie.evayethe .01vileSerh:'
. _ , • .
vice Commission wile liscreee useless,,
• end: there will he no end to the hold-
inee The lerigthe to Which the rabid'
leaders; of strong' ,trades' Unions., are,
;prepared to go is Illustrated by seme
of the building :trades which have all,
but paralyseclethe ,btinclingebesieeese
by, their ' e4er-increasing demande.
Ietheteeerid--eilesterers'-'(nion - rectiiit.1
ing no great ,amount of skill) , de -
Mending $2.00,• per. hour„ doing , only
so , much work and ordering :where-.
„the material they, use'' shall be belie
:11fir lean, exatiVg"."7, T.' .• * ' . ..
The ,GoVerminent must never sub-:
mit t6" being bullied by an organiz-
, ,
,
"ation •T,f, Its., 'tint loYeesef-Tlie`..',Ciiili
:SeeviceeCoMmissionenittyenielte - this -
takes, but its rulings Must be ac-
cepteduntil it IS convinced that it
is wrong: As, it i, • a disintereated
body. its •rillings generally Will be
-
fair: •
HURON. FARMERS AT -CLINTON
(Brussels Post)
During • intervals of the , Ontario
Gevernmeet Agricultui'al Committee
held at Clinton Thirreclay afternoon
the eomrnittee listened to seine
ittritight-fiom-theeihoalder. talli by
eteree representatives' to af,fqt
•
T1.10.1464'HY.i;,Itgl#, ifit4:
that Much Of 41/1effiftefaction
Preen* the agrieultut'iste WeS due to
the ,fac that irlceshad got ,out of
halterge and that the Governments
Were: c'nfeeing on without due thou-
ght hrilul417 in their own eirclee
The• ret
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e; 111beedts‘81r., (").4f1)111
e eze:
eee„eensee.,:ee IS:the,'..,e4e;•.`ofic'.0.1i''e"1-
reittee, was 'raised by 'Iliorens Mc
Melee): which in tiirn brought from
N. W. Trewaetha the • infmreatiee.
that Mr. McMillan, had been a mem-
• ber of a similar.: `cemielitee eit .$11) per
,day under the 'Farmer Goverrepent;
• Heron County -Council ,was -repre-
-presented-by-ReevellanieYe-SteelleY,
Who complained that there was too
1:4r '41:-Maegin hetween'..what the fee-
fllere:89e: for his eiroduce and 'the
price peed. by the ' c-oneuniee,and, to
his wayof; thinking none: if , otir.
• Oeeelelineete had done eerhet „they
' pretect the . farming in-
dustry. ,
G. w; Layton, el'uckersmith, gave
.figures td' shoe,- that whit the far-
mer -wee selling demanded e very
mucsmaller ,increase in price as
• coinpaeed with ..what :he had to bey,
which hed ipcieaCed since .e913 two
and three : times. He also stressed
'th need for 'Co -Operation and a re -
du tiOn be qyerhead eXgenses, -
COtilter', referred to the unrea.::
wirea.ble • competition of creameey'
trucks fn their, rush for husinese,
and also to the: eEfect that it cost aC
leech t� sell faim machhigry as to
- .J. leleMillan• went so far ,asete
.
say "that the high cosi of liming was
censed largely :by the. i.10,000
Cana-
dran domneercial , traveller,: Wh.0'
eweeeee,osEng---theeeceintey •over -ea Mil
lion: dollars a clay,i, which amount
Was being added: t� :the goods sold
by: the merchants.
R R. Sloan,ea 'large geower .of
apples, eineted figures, to show' that
only • about teventy to twenti-five
thousand baerele. Of apples weresold"
from Heron County, as , 'compared
with ten tithes; -that, eMeulit .tWeety
. .
ears ago, notwithstanding the .fect
that for 'quality arieflavor the Hine
en apples" were among the best pro -
ramble, enyWhere. • :
The bean endestry Was dealt with
:Joh n Laporte of 4Pricle and the
informatien,• Wes 'brought :OM .that,
With Preget Marketirig 'and. coerpete
ntive: selling, the bean business ;could
be Much' impreved : At' present the
Counties of 'Kept, •.Elgin.' and ,,Htiran
•geew 80 per _Cent.. of ' Ontario's 'been'
• John4 8oWerbe-, Goderich. Township
criticized, the. Governynnt. for palying,
too high eateries, and :quoted /the
farmer as: selling hides at '4 cents e
poerid and then the .shoerpalcer bou-
ght back the . side -leather at 99 cents,
•
Oliver Turnbull, Grey • ;Township,
•
gave a very 'interesting talk on cat:
tle and claimed that farmers can
Make money by using ",' up-to-date
methods,
• 11. K Redmond spoke encouraging
• ly of the plan now being tried by the
United Farmers in' marketing ,eggs,
and lie stressed the importance -0f
grading. ,
• The high cost of transportation
and the high wages paid; -to railroad
men came in for many knocks dur-
ing the afternoon.
The meeting was the best attend-
ed of any that has been held bST the
committee, and it almost filled the
Town -Hall;
o-•o—
THE DROWNING SEASON
• "'It isa • sad, thceieht ilia among',
-other things. heralded by the 'corning
• of summer is the drowning season.
Already several lives have been, lost
,
in.. Western Ontario): and , it is to he
'feared that • the list ' wu1rSa large
,
one before theseason is., over, judg7:
mg' by. the ekperieiice of the Paste
's)naner,averaee.,,ethere are '10,Q00.
".drOwningS On the , North American
continent, of which' Canada °ha s its
title share. , , •
"Every person a awiiiimer,"-ii
Slogan' that 'should he adoPted. It is
good and far 'reaching; Not only
Sho.ulal boys and igirls be taught to
• $wirn but they.ishould make, themsel-
eves perfect- inlife-siving methods:
No•
boy Wants:oto stand lonesomely
-oh 'the -Worn: bee bank •-while-'his46,1s•
are gamboling and watch their fun
• with longing eyes. Then there is that
other very iniborbant 'thing of hav-
ing .a great army of trained boys
always ready ;and physically equip.:
pedefeeel-creeVelieloc by, therreefferfs
'zo reduce the number of .drownings
each year, It will 'be a big • accom-
plishment when a( boy, Or a :girl,too,
'who -cannot sWinia• be- as
a White:blaokbird, _
, The time will probably ennae •when
s lessons ,in ,swimming will be as .much
a part of Sehool training as lessons
in composition and , arithmetic. Mean-
while' Organizations like the Epy
Scouts; Yiel,C,A, and Y.W C.A.: are
• doing splendid work., le ,teadhirig our
young people to swim.
o
.It's only a matter of time when a
powerful reaction will develop in
favor 'of girls who try to look lilce
girls, •
. •
Lodges: get along very well with-
out women, but the churches wOuld,,
n't lasta week wIthout
eee
HkF.1,11SY.E.S...00.
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().R .N.Q
This iS'the season NvhPri Your liv-
er becomes .sluggish ;and your liewelse
elegged.• Yee feel 'tired ; and 'run
-down—frequently &knelled, - Wit h
such' symptoms , as coated tongue,
bad' taste, Indigestion, COnstipation,
pains in back and. sides, . Pimples,
ick -Headaches, 'Biliousness.
'Make this test . cleanse and tone
your live,r:.:With Dr. Tbacheris Liver
44,L. Blood Syrep, dentains pre vege-
tableingroclients;,prescribed.. by 'PES'-•
siCiangs: Helps , Nature tone ;and
strengthen your. 'Stomach,. inProve.
digestion, :Soothe tired and, ovar-tax,•
ed ,rieyves, brace up whole • 'system
and e' b10.04: NOtie quick
difference in ,way you look eat, sleep
and feel. You; too? will hs satisfied,:
as others are, or no cost: Dr. Thech-
Or's IS sold and recommended by •A.
E. McKim
•
•
. LATTER DAY SAINTS .
-• N. BRUCE
A •congregation of the Latter. Day.
Saipts. • at Wiarton recently , held ' a
formal peening of a church' at Wiar.,
Ikhich they had purchased feiem
4 eongregetien, Of the Church :of,
,Christ, also 'known as.
• Adherents:Of the: "Saints" Were pre-
sent
•
from Owen '8Ounii, COlpoya :Bay,
.3hesleye Lyon's. Head and 'Port El-
gin, As suggestive .Of ,the nateee of
ehe .s,erniOns; nreachedeon, the occa-
.4on "The Echo"of Wiarem, queeee -
the following texts fromeWhieh the
'elders" fireached. ",
At .11 O'clock, 'Elder'. Percy Ferrow
'preached in iespiring sermon using
or a text Matt. -0:33 ye- first
:he kingdom • of God nd His right-
eousness," - ,
• The.. Speaker at''. 2.30 WEIS Elder J.
Morrison, Of ,Owen Speed, Who in.
his Odr and forceful may,' piesepted
the subject of "Law and :Ordee,"
building' , his . sserincin round the
statenient of Christ' in Matt: :19:17':
• hou wouid eeter. int.; 'life, :keeg
the "commendments,e He:defined.. liwo
as being an-Ade:in to, govern human
conductoboehe
i7 the,
iaadwin,..00fnc;ist,
dhief'o.rbe:arers
t.with-
out , deing' so, they :" could pot' have
the life, that Christ carrie, to- offer,
using as in illustration the.,„regults
cif :plait life when nature's •laws ;Were
operative. •
The evening 'eereien was delivered
by Elder j•.. H ,Itagegrin which he
Presented, the reaseivirorn a histori-
cal standpoint for their existence as
a Church, ',erganization,, elowing
from the Bible thatthere was to be
• apostasy from the ehureh of.
Christ, a • famine, for • hearing: ehe
word ;of Ceid.. This apostasy; ,Elder
Yager said, necessitated a •resteratioe
of the Cherch and the gospel. This,
he seed, is • their reason for. n. exls-
,
tance .as a Church: : ' •
ee: • ----0 o O.—.
GIRL KILLED .NEAR DURHAM'ft'
,shocking end fetal :antoniobile
accident:, occiiiire(1. near Durham on
Frieae. Of 'last week, the facts of.
which suggeits caution in managing
a- maehin'eeender„ certain-, circum-,
stances.- • , "
The IA, victim of theaccident' was
.Miss, 'Annie. Hay., a girl. Of '20 who
was driving the ear. Miss Hayher
parents and , a sister„ ,Murray
Wells, with a baby, ;all residents of
Proton'. Townships,, . Grey • County,
were on a visit to "relatives,' Mr. and
Mrs.Richfird, BArbe count*.
-residents, ,,end were returning home
accompanied by •MiSe Winnifred •Bar-
ber '.:whoeoccuptedethe dront,seat.with
MSS Hay., In an: atteinpt to make a
doMparitivelyestnall hie% on high the
engine • Stalled, When. the: . car- was,
about the top. The 'driver' who wris
a short person, evidently • failed to
get at the foot break.or .made a. nes-
ealcaeinechangingethe geeri.and-inci-
Mediately the 'Car started backward,
at the ...foot-_efe._ which
was a ditch 12 feet deep., As so Often
happens uedee. sirnular circuMStandei,
the; tar • left the road- And,,backing
iloivu',the' steep ,bank • of the ditch.
the elertef
tope Fortunately Mr: Hay, as ' soon
as the car started backward,. jumped
Ward dentse 'were 'fano, and he had
the painful experience Of seeing his
loVed-onesgo- to -what ,appeared cer-
tain death, or serious injury. • Miss
Barber Was able to. get out of the
wreck, and it was then discovered
that Miss Hay had beeelcil1ec.4 her
:head. having ---been-- caught-, between
-
the back of -the seat and oneof the
bows of the top, Miss Barber escape
from, a similar fate Was due. to. the
fact, that she was 'bent forward in
an effortto get at the. erne' rgeiiey,
bk.
Nth6eigehabe°1•Ws ivhav1g coni totilaes
'to DrOOPe4.An4t4 PiNg. powet.
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RED FRONT HMDWARE
Keep ()lit the fly by let,ting us sup-
ply your needs with a Screen Door Or
Window Screen. • All styles and sizes
carried in stock.
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New Perf6ction Oil Stoves,
Burner, on hand always.
Mow-
ers, 2c, ofm4palnedte16st-oIncckh7CfLawn Cut
Mow -
Preserving Kettles, Granite and Al-
uminum.
Zinc Jar Rings and Rubbers. •
Reach BasebalrGloves and Bats.,
Barb Wire, Coiled Spring a,
Woven Fencing always on hand. '
A Fresh Car of Cement just arrivir
• edo and we are very glad to announce
a reduction in price of 35c. per bbl.
Hardware °Da
Phone
.01r1EQU'S.
Tinsinithing
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LUCkliOW.
W.ESTFORD
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' eliea Mabel :1-lodgins of Stratford
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Normal, has returried home. "
!Miss Deirethy.,M,erray has gone to
Visit relatives in 'Windsor. .
: Miss !Agnes :Murray of Terontoeis-
visite*, • at her 'home here.
eteeita• a: crowd..: -from here: • were
present at•-the••feneral of •Mes..eVin'i:
Scott . on iticineae: lest. ' ,
A nuMber frein. here' tonic •
Father: Goodrpw's pienie at Rivers -
dale :On' ThursilaY. last::
• A number' frornehere,- attended the
Young :Wiitnen's- Aexilliaey Afelii at
the„ home • of Miss 'east
• 'Saturday afterriemi,
G. 13eandrit and .son., Mrs.
W.Dickson. and son, :and Mrs. Fran-
cis Hodgins, who haire been elelt'ng
friends and' relatives here have re-
turned, to Toronto.
GAS TANK EXPLODES ..
wu LIT BEING REPAIRED
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•An, aecident which might easily
have. been .atte-': .1 with Serknis re -
'sults and' taken tb.:1 of :life, Occurr-
ed at Port :Elgin about four o'clock
'on Monday afternoon ,when a, lenge
• gasoline tank Which Mr. Wellington
Fenfon was • in the :act •of . welding
exploded, blowing the: end cleen.. but'
of ; the, tank. and...shattering .a number.
of -panes of' ;one Of 'the -side'
windows -Of , the garage. The tank,
:which •beOnged to Mr, Hugh (Scot,
• ty) 'McGillivray, general merchant'
of N. l3ruce, ,lad been removed frOrn-
undergeotind and brought in to 'the'
Fenton garage here to have One,. of
the 'epee •attached there to ,welded,
to • stop, a leak, Knowingthedanger
of applying' an, acetylene .torch to a
tank, •,whichhad...recentlyo.:..eoritainect
• gasoline, Mr, Fenton -took- the , pre-"
caution to.Jeeve the tank outside, the
building and, run .water through the
ea,rge -drum -dor-fifteen or evventy
;minutes, thereby expecting to re-
move all erace or fuiries Of gas. This
eleee, he lit his torch and heit..116.
-More than d'pplied", t eeSieed
snOt."When with a noise that startled
the villagers and brought meny run-
nipg, to the ,scene the tank eeploded,
_blowing:One e; end...cleeeeeititeefeethe-
driim, which eteeck the side , ofthe
bile:Meg and,,re,beUrnied. back :about
'twenty -ereicis Onto the road'''. The
concussion from the explosion shat,
teed a number, of pains of glass in
one of the MindoWs. Mr, H. McGill-
• ivray had ,been standing in trent •of
the. end which .blew....ottteofethe° tank
hot foitunately •rentoiXee-hiineelf :heel
for the torch was applied or • clad
ehienetice might have hadmOre Of a
„tragic:, leaver. elleppile, • :all, htnds
miracuouSly eseeped injury. .!
.1ULf liOD AND GUN'
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YOUNG .:MA. NNEKAIIRI,L,E6D4A•Ni,
l3esford Lovie, nipefeen, son .of Me.
and Mrs. William Lovie, concession
2; Stephen; toeveship, about e mile
free) Grand !grid, died on Tune leth .•
• as ;the •reSelt. Of injuries received.
two days' previous at the farm of
John Gill, a neighbor, where he was
esSisting in , raising a building; The
building' had been raised on jacks in
the Usual -fashion eird the Youtig •noan,,,
was working :'berieith the structure
When One of the 'jacks gave way Mid
he., was pinned beneath a gill, receiv-
ing- inteenal 'injuries '; which- resulted
in his death at:the Gill farm, froth
where, on ,account of the seriousness
of his: injeriLs,, 'it had :been irnPOs•
sible. to remove .him. • ,• • -- •
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' MANY ROAD SIGNS PUT, UP
Sixty-five' Ithousand road signs
have . been erected by the Ontario'
Motor League'throughout the prey-
inee, .-ceivering , i'vere main highway-.
_ • _ _ .
and hundreds a concessions and aide
roads. The league is the only organ"
ie'ation „doing, this kind- of week and. ,
keep e a car engaged during the open,
months. replacing old signe and Cr-.
ecting new' ones wherever ,they mar.
,be ,of "use., .
Recent,"Successes• -of the league ink
having the differerit cities 'pass by-
laws requiring zll vehicles to carry
.light e at- night has encouraged the •
league to go to. the Provincial Gov- .
,ernment again to make this require- '
• :hyr ;position na school ,nerse, as she "
seepheoecitiiitinon ,pbtaidrad,y; dhveelnidng
-puiposes -ehteeing .. areithere sphere in
-life., At ,a eneetirig of the -medical in -
Miss. Ruth Hamilton has resigeed•
a, t • theC. reenstie----
natioriwai received and in recog-
nition of her good work in looking; .
After the health of the 'school:PIMA& '
the hoard voted 'Miss Hamilton • ..e.' •-
_h_onus,_of_
schools-- --- ' -:
have dropped . out • of the district
_maintaining the school' --nnrse,'.. and
the heard 'did -noteconsider the town
should bear the Whole expense. It .•
Fishing frOin ociaSt, to ceast
Canada features the isSue of
Rod and Gun in tanada,• as emelt'
the score Of interesting articles and
• stories there is- included OW trout
,fishing experiences ,o11-14, Mj BUrwell
in British Columbia, a• story of fish-
ing. in The Margeree river:. Nova
Scotia, by N. M. Browne, an article
on the sea trout, by BonnYcastle
Dale, and as a, seecial feature' an Un-
usually authoritative. article On in-
land game fish -byProf: A. V. s:
Pulling -of :the 'University. of New
Brunswick, R P, Lincoln in hitt pop-
ulat fiEihingwood
g44tirtt sg Whitettoht
was decided not to engage a succesi.-
mete Miss Hamilton: ' •
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COURT
777'77
' -Garfield : butch f 'South-
ampton, W4s_tahen to Walkeitonon,
SdttIii bi Constable David ',Duke "
to, Serve twenty days in the_county
jell -for 'cantempt. of canit. ThedDifm.
art Peeking Co. of,Toronto was giv-
en judgMent against Kugler., in- the: •
Court ,hete some time ego
!for -.payment- $133,28 and •ebuit
,coSts;,:e Kugler; lioW.evir Ailed :to •
eoine across with the reciney„ rn May
;last Kugler was seeeed with ,a .itu.lit-
ment .sumnions tO , appear in Division
Court here' And gate his 1'6AM:ins for
not making ;good This iv-U=1161A.WAs
ignored So Judge ,Siatherlsiride Of'''
Owen ,Sound ruled that • Kti.oetbe-
eieen flee dies:Ale 'Which 'to *nay.' un,
or be conunitted-.tO for twtilq
days, Kugler ',AN& ply ,.14101
now tiervinw tItilt ht. hill )11001 •