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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1915-5-6, Page 2S Tit7NaD.&T, MAY O. IOU '34eaktiSi9n1 THE SIGNAL PRINTING OU., L'rD- Fonnutatens eal 1:�. N. edy is *drama Oes twilrroisessoied: sr .gine Denim ape !Vie to sa1•ereees 1q 1 . States w ruts r Ons Dsmrrsal /.� e assie` veiss0*LLeatsYsi tM M tang estAta •en.... w " I�M toads by bone lteR, eapew meecy ii"r�er =like eider. er resdesereYr ttd�l�etter. iasst-avtteitwtrrtetfess Tsrtr .—$Y" at Massy and .setreset edreetleeimw4 will be gives a men - settee Les alai ethsr ermine, severtismenta, les area per We ter ata toeertlss sal fear =um bo. kr ease wbsegwhearties. arties. ltasated y • mak of sell .anagen-tnotes Moss a en faea fl.da•r cards of ant time sol seem. Rive dellos per rearadvertises meats et Lerch Mel. «sVd. altaatle 1. V.M.Verpret.ktleatigas Wasted, Basses for Sete er to Rain. rarer fee 0.e or to Rena Articles ler kale. Me.. set eseerding eight lines. Twenty ave Cott. sed la.ertten : One Defier ter snit L. Fifty than erc.esallse.seetswath. edveet.nas �ttes. As- iaiadiag type. rOtapeta ilea. No wake lees tow Twenty. Iva Goma Any terrr w Whom of wiidr wktwcaw ay indivY osier to b. osa•iler•d •e adver- tisement dverdement aed o►areed eeew.dlagty. To Cosaasroao•r a.—T a 0000ereti•n of ear enh r ibex• gad r..4..s 1. c nnialy myth ed toward. sekieg To. Psex LL a weekly record of an kcal. meaty and district donna he own meataWe will he amended to sake It ear Mims Me name and address of tee writer, eat o.o. .rtly for nsdirettoe. butes an •vldence of good filth. News item. Should reach Two SIGNAL Milos not Iter than W.dDesday 0000 of each week. THURSDAY. MAY '1, 1915 REASONS FOR WITHHOLDING A GENERAL ELECTION. Why should there be no general election in Canada at this time? Some of the reasons may be stated as fol- lows: 1. At the time when unity among the people is urgently demanded, Canadians would be divided in twe opposing pwrties. • 2. The spectacle of violent party strife in Canada would discourage our friends and would be looked upon with glee by our enemies in Germany. S. When Canadians should be de- voting every energy to the Empire'. cause, by a.afsting in all possible ways the succes.ful prosecution of the war, they would, if an election were brought 00. spend a month or two in campaign activities and political talk. and another month or two after the election in quarrelling over the result. 1. Recruiting for the army would be brought to • standstill, and instead of attending to the business of getting our soldiers equipped and transported to the front the Minister of Militia and the other Ministers would be out stumping and electioneering. 5. When our brave soldiers, of both political parties, are shedding their blood on foreign soil in defence of' those things we all hold dear, it is no time for re-riminatioe sad conflict among the people at home. EDITORIAL NOTES. An election—to be or not to be? Who is boar at Ottawa—Bob Rogers or Sir Robert Borden We shall soon know vshetber it is the Borden-RogerrGovernment or the Roger. -Bolden Government. Non-partisan opinion in Canelo is thoroughly opposed to the holding of a general election at this Uwe. A New York paper has en article beaded "An Easy Cure for Flies,' We thought the idea was to kill 'em, not to cute 'em. Now that the Germans are using gas on the battlefield, perhaps Dern - berg, Sernstotff and the rest of the gang will not have so much of it to blow off. A Government that would divide the people of Canada into two hostile political camps under the circum- stances at present existing deserves to be annihilated. All ideas of an early termination of the war are being shattered by the latest developments. It will take many "months yet to set the Germans in their proper place. The German trick of pumping pots. omen gas at their adversaries caused the French at Ypres to retreat; hut the Canadians knew something about skunk -hunting Sad weren't to be soared off. This from The Well StrsetJoursel is significant of the feeling that is being }Itiwooed in the United States by Ger- many's ruthless methods : "To what lessthe will the spirit of militarism carry the German Govern- ment. that it shorts the world by de- liberate. premedtlatad murder, ►boo- lutsly without military advantage ? Ores Britain cannot bang the sub- marine officers and emir. But It would b justified. lie any Int tl0D of Iolsroational Isw, its hat nor Foe Ties - pits end the Raiser bins f. I\ Ia PeMaia Lloyd Georg.'s plena for the eorealliag of drinking. in the in- terest of efficiency cy and speed In the faetertes producing war materials, are being freely criticised. No nae there mea It In " ielor J' to disagree witch proposals br sght forward by the Oce etrlluwt Est be Canada mem- here ulna ei the Government appear to ease die/ thelei edwa and their oedema aid policies above all criticism, even when the people ere being robbed by grafi- ere and Inferior equipment Is being palmed off upon the soldiers. Lloyd George's policy oo the drink question hes a very direct beariog on the prose - anion of the war, and in such Matte,. the Government is supposed to have • pretty free hand. In this country there is a demand that Uberals shall not oven criticise the tariff changes made by the Government, which have nothing to do with the war. This Is • time for the cessation of party strife. but at no time should a Government hold itself above and beyond the oeose- dty of advice, caution and restraint from the people 1t represents. The cold-blooded scheming of Rogers and his crowd is bringing down upon than some stinging rebukes from the pulpit. Here 1s what Rev. W. 8. Caswell. a well-known Methodist clergyman of Winnipeg. had,to ay on the subject in • recent sermon : "Now, do you want a further proof of our contention ? Then we have it in the preparation. for • mid -war election. is this the best they ran offer us ! Discori and division an the midst of all chi. terryhle distress, this glorious and vicarious suffering of tbe youth and manhood of our land tux the tele enc., and perpetuation cf our nation end our Empire ? 1 protest against it with all my might ; 1, from this acred desk, call it wrong, im- moral. It is born in sin and conceived in iniquity. We tall for our leaden to show some sense. some seine of honor and leadership, by burying their lust of office and desire for gain, by showing the world and especially the British world that we can be more than mere partisans, and that while the Empire is in danger we can unite for her good and welfare and can lave our petty differences for other days." The Bells of Rheims. Long v.• they sung across Use vineyards herr Yet 'wester now - across the world of cat same: Thad shattered belle whom voice once filed Owe air, Can as to worship at the serine a Rheims. Across the war, the world, the pleasures eons Around and .we.t tee Whet Rheims rine oat. A gee ase. wino pilgrims wandered there Forth to the shrine d tae whole blood redeem., Robber.. and king. sad medicaat, toottrre, Pannag, have heard the far-off bolls at Rheum., Faint on the wind acre Use samaar's glow Or winter b110d,their tae ran long ego . "Though man Iso dies, though baud down ohm - tend be. There in the skies the sod finds vietery... So win they .tog. and from the future •. sky Above tie Sty, where the amides dreams. Arron the acids, where our beloved Ile. The wind win bring Use taroQ bells of Rhelaut Throagb all the yuan wien we from .arta Bare goes, Aenurl and sweet those bolts will sU11 ring on. "-'rhoegb states may ries find kine. and em- pires be. Then 10 the skies. aloae.stand* victory.' Hoary De von Mtacpoolo. WHAT OTHFRS SAY. Everything Lovely. G mei* Mercury. By the time the election is called the Conse-vative pipers will he ready to avert that the boot. supplied to the ('anedian troops were the finest ever made, that the binoculars and hospital bandage. were sold away 'below cost price, and that the war hones were • teguler string of blue-hlocds. Is Sir Robert Dmf ? Toeon to Tele.ram tenants navel. 'Where does Sir Robert.Borden keep his earl ? If Sir Robert Borden's ear is to the ground, Sir Rotw,rt should know that from Halifax ui Vancouver Grnsetvative. are protesting that they do not want an election, and vow that they will either vote Liberal or not vote at all if an election is brought on. Missing the Opportunity. Montreal Herald-Telonap. 1f there is one man in the country to wbnm the people ought to he able to look for the word which wilt exalt the national spirit, and silence the politi- cal tricksters in this time of national peril and anxiety, surely that man should be the Premier ! And the Premier "declines to wake a state- ment!" The Broken Truce. Toronto Btu. What • lovely truce it wee while it luted ! But the Liberals in Parlia- ment finally broke the sacred hush and wilted questions that were deemed offensively partizan by • number of men whose names were on the patron- age list and ought to be copied direct from there to the ledger of the peni- tentiary. The "Leader" Wbo Is Led. Montreal Herald. Sir Robert Borden 1s said pereonally to be strongly opposed to the diocred- it•hle and unpatriotic course of plung- ing the country into • general election, with all Its bitter party strife, while the war upon which the fate of Britain and the Empire rests is raging. it that is so, then the expected acoonne.- ment ret • general election will meow that Mir Robert Hordes has been de- feated—defeated by the Hon. Root Wirers. This will be an even w surrender than his notorious s errer►d r to the N•Uonalists. At the outset nit his Pteenier.hip they forced elm, It will be remembered, to give places to three of their number In bits O•bi end triumphantly announced tbeik names in Ina Devoir two days before the Cabinet was actually completed! Cas.et Play That Trick Apia onzearystoserte•. Rome ve nele publish each utter rot as theee Oamad• gave her decision Dot to be emmened be the United Saw in 1911. If we were ming to be led leen tie by the lac-reamoftrade wltb our e h - bar wmost he beteg lad Ira sow for reser "treat and Neilsw ib.a nke.s.,laegltge aboutekeGreat MI on, gad littiperi laatiki TILE SIGNAL GODLRICH : ONnutlu • THI CANADIANS AT YPRIS- I Toeeste Mall sal gams. May Ypre• nourish as long as Its name n ill endure iu the annals of the British Empire! Tbat warrmittea Belgian town has surely a charmed lits, but were It to fall never to rise again, it would be kept in everlasting remembrance in •esocietloo with the heroism of troop fighting under tbk British flag. Of all the names borne oa British regimental oolors none will I be a mark of greater honor than that of Ypres. The corps that are notified to display it have the tumor of a great reputation to maintain. Jurat halt a year ago the British army In Flanders covered itself with glory Io the first Battle of Ypres. The 110,000 troops under Sir John French's command ' there won the day against five times as many Germans. With bravery equally devoted Canada's army diet. Sion in Flanders saved the situation against four or five divisions of Ger- a man troops, and in the face of the most deadly hail of shrapnel. Canada's chronicles abound In rec- ords of Canadian valor, but Canadian valor was never before signalized on so great a scale as in the fighting which tell to our troops when they were sud- denly left exposed on their left on the Ypres salient a week ago last Thurs- day afternoon. The fighting In which the second and third brigades then be- ' gen to engage was continuous for the greater part of tour days. The story of that glorious resistance. as related by the Canadian eye-witnese, Sir Max ; Aitken, is an unvarnished one, but it is one of the most moving ever written for Canadian rade,.. The writer is concerned to give a mat- ' ter -of -fart rather than a graphic ac- count of the fighting. He shows that our men fought for days without cea- ing where the beet of soldiers might well have been excused for failing back without venturing their strength against such fearful odds. He has praise unstinted for the heroic battal- ion., but he is always fearing lest some may seem to he overlooked who deserved to be included, and more than ones be cautious the reader to re- member that there are inter -relations with other farces to be taken into ac- count. He tells enough to make every Canadian proud of Canticle's army division in Flanders and to pro- duce the deepest sorrow in every Canadian heart for the gallant lives that were lost and the splendid fellows who ,were injured or captured. We must all lament that the tre- mendous force with which the Ger- mans enmans attacked had not found the Al- lies massed in much greater fighting strength than they were at that point Of course, the enemy had full aero- plane information as to the strength of the Allier' lines there. We must all wish that the Allies' artillery had beets more nearly tel ,a parity with that of the eeewy, sed that our it.fantry had mote covering in their operations un- der the ram of Getman shrapnel. It must lie deeply regretted that our meta coull- not he sooner supported. It General Alderson, the chief officer in command of the division, bad been on the spot be might have dealt differ- ently with the situation created by the retirement of the Faench troop* on the Canadian left. Canada's men were so spirited, so eager to uphold their country's b000r in the field, that they would need W be protected ftom their own bravery. The coolness and steadi- ness of General Smith-Dorrien saved the Britrsh array at Mons when, like our division, it suddenly found iteelf without the support it expected on iia left. The army performed prodigies of valor and smote the enemy very de- structively, but it did so in withdraw- ing, not by rashly advancing. Even with the beet of generalship things will sometimes happen untowardly on the battlefield, as they evidently did at Neuve Chapelle. Our men gave an example of bravery and ccnstaacy not surpassed by any troops on any occa- sion. They did a signal service to the Allies. They frustrated a most vital movement of the enemy. But, sigh- ing. our people will ask, might not as much have been achieved without such fearful losses ? to al Coneervatiye Government is taking• enure, wbleb will reduce British impert.tions still more. The trick of th. deg shooters weeweeded, but the repetition of the loyalty fry in the face of the facts shows that those who utter It are not only trieksters, but eo stupid as not to be able to tum that their trick has been discovered by those who were deceived in 1911. Should Pay the Pesaltp. Montreal nsrele-Tbk j 0 Promo • part point of view the Lib- erals manifesto have everything to gain bthe boidingof an eleetion Dow. Lite lb. more donut members of the Conservative party, however, wish to avid a denim. wit all IM iicoompow of beeleses dor loeation and pay in order that the loyalend nedf� support of the country may be given to the proeseution of the war. it, in the him ofpublic opinion. the Bordem-kaiese CaMeet utilises this tamales ter =nit as •lecithin, thin they nail for lag theirbposte i tpao he bbourprnayr rtrialmern Mart polities' warfare among a paepls who have &enlaced their wish 1s ramal. politically nsa1 sl halite tv petted of w wee, The Great Struggle Mainly Extracts from Leading British and American Papers Relating to the War. WHAT IS THE (TBK SLING"? The a00000is of much of the fighting dealing as they have with Inflnitesiural gains or losses of ground, naturally prompt the question, Of what advent age to either side can be advance which, in any other field campaign. would have been considered too trivial for record ? The answer is two -fold. In the first place, a success, espec- ially that of an offensive by which some definite point or position is gained, even though the advance reg- istered be a small one, is as elevating to the morale of the attacksrs as it is d.pressing to that of the defenders. The .Kett of the victory at Neuve Chapelle baa in this way been remark- able. It bee cermet troop which were by no weans drpreseed hefore to be- come elated, and bas filled them with confidence in spite of undoubtedly heavy losses. The effect of the recent fighting on the Germans it i e not possible to gauge. But, though they are stubborn folk, not eeaily downcast, the operations of the last few days cannot have been encourseiog. In the secoud place, in regard to the actual extent of ground woo or lost, the form of warfare into which the operations have developed apprcx- (tuetes to that of a .lege, to which very much of the fighting is at close range and the po.eessico of a yard of ground counts because it may enable the pos. lessor to act against some other point with greater effect than be could uther- wia have done. 1t. must also he borne in mind that the success of an action, especially at pre.ent, must he judged not only by t1* strategical or tactical results, but by the material damage done by kill- ing or putting out of action large num- bers of the enemy. It is for this rea- son that the extent of the ground gained Cannot he taken as a criterion of the result attained. One way in which quite • slight' advance may be of far greater value to the side making it than would appear from the map is that it may, from its tactical etuatiota, force the enemy, in order to recap- ture what is loot, to counter-atthck under adverse conditions, which will cause him far greater losses than those suffered by the original attackers. To effect this object is perhaps more im- portant than it has been in any pre- vious campaign, for the struggle be- tween the nations has now become one of exhaustion, said success will favor that side which can put out of actiothe greater number of its op- ponentsn. The duty before the British army in France now is to fight, and to kill, or "knock out," se many Germans as pos- sible, se quickly as poesible and with the least loss to itaeif. The duty be- fore the British nation is, by every means in its power, "to back up and help its soldiers to do thio.—The Times (London). d OF "NIB. have • more fsposeible task than has the aged and unfortunate Francis Joseph. Without specifying all his • various titles we ay my that the Auetro-Runnggs arian raoareby consists of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of DalmattIa,, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodotneria, Grand -hush of Cracow, e Arcbduch of Austria,by ot Salz- burg, Due yo[ Styria, Duchyof eJae- inthis, Duchy of °arnica•, Dchy of Bukovioa, Margr•vate of Moravia. Ducby of Upper and Lower Silesia, County Pateliaate of Tirol, Territory of Vorarlberg, Margravat. M Istria, County Palatinate of Gorita-Oredisca- District of Trieste, Kingdom of Hun, gary, Province of Croatia. Province of Slavonia, Dieu Jet of Fiume. Province of duettist Province of, Herzegovina. Thew heterogeneous elements have never been brought together by conquest or a common interest. They have no bond of union except that of the single .overelgn to whom theyhave fallen by the chance of nherit- ance and matrimonial alliance. The wetho sof national expansion peculiar to Austria found espreseion in the twelfth csutury io the Lelia couplet: Hells gerant fortes, tu frlix Austria nubs ; Nam quae Mars aliis, dat tibi refine Venue, which we may venture to Anglicise: They have waned great by wan ; You, bappy Austria, wed ; For they to dominion by Man, You by Vents are Ind. Rut it niey well he questioned whether Austria was indeed."bappy" in this peaceful prosess of empire -build- ing instead of the fres of war and aMtction through which other nations have been fused iuto one. she twelve milli .n Germans would rather belong to tter.uauy. The ten wiilion Magyars of Hnngaria want to rule thew.elves ai,d the other peopled liv- ing swung' thew. The right million Bohemians and Slovak., the four mil- lion Ruthenian. and the mil it. m Slov- enes incline toward Hussia. The five milliern t'oltto went iaditpruieoce. The three million Rumanian• went annex; anion with Itram.hii, the five and . e * THE POTATO -BREAD SPIRIT. This expression, which is frequently met in recent English papers, is taken from a striking passage in Mr. Lloyd George's great speech at Bangor, in which he said : We laugh at things in Germany that ought to terrify us. We say, "Look at the way they are making bread out of potatoes !" But that potato -bread spirit is something which 1s wore to dread than to mock at. 1 fe-, r that more than I do even vier Hiudenburg's strategy. That is the spirit in which a country should meet *greet emergency and instead of mocking at it we ought to emulate it. This passage receiver an apt com- mentary in a letter published In the German papers recently, one of a aeries written by an eminent Uerman pastor, and in this cabs addressed to the boy. of Germany. In effect itis as follows: "The bread -card has come, and on it you will read bow much bread you may eat daily. 1t does not mean that you are to swallow down all that Is per- mitted on the card. The card only shows the utmost limit. boyo od whims you are not to go. Now, think over this. How would It do if, with your mother, or your teacher. or your friend, you were to maks a sort of contract that every day you will ave one or two of those ticaets. Hang up ou the wall • big sheet of paper and bead it The English starvation plan b. laughs best who laughs last.' Then every day take • blue pencil and note oo the paper the tickets you have saved. When you have ten blue strokes, make a red stroke, and so 00 for a few weeks." The poster noo- tisires: "I71 bet you what you like that as soon as you have made five or six red stroke, your soother will make Nhea preset, for ib. will be proud of r son. But It your mother is not Id • position to do this, you will enjoy ba.ureelf all the seine, for you will ve contributed—just think of It ! you will bare helped the great Ger- man Empire to be stronger, and you will have shown your contempt for the English. Yes. you will bate (aught, and you will have assisted is the victory. and whim the troopsmeme hoes se vJerked with Rowers. you es0 say to rowan with truth : I also was thsrs.' —The Daily Chrom- ate (Loudon). • • • THE RAMSHAOKLis EMPIRE, A Russian army in the heart of Haagary is (Rely to be • deathblow he that curious congeries of diverse naMm.alIUs. wbicb has been gathered to the course of • thousand years amber the Hapsburg crown. "AUSMS Y Nota stats t It le • government." if ewe should put his five finger -Nps eadertthe mop of Bumps eurewhers � ake leaks • elation of what be Ind ehttread M bmwbed. hs would mot half million Serbs and Cr..at, wsr.1 ao- nexatiun to bee les sud theamilkio Ital- ians ahoefation to Italy. It would seem that under this condition of inter- nal strain the Austro-Hungarian monarchy tuu•t fly into fragments at a touch like • Prince Rupert . drop.— Tbe Independerot (New York(. TALK OF ELECTION. Continued from Pegs one. Bob, but the extraordinary circum- stances are against him. The extra- ordinary circumstances are the war and the Governor-General—they out- weigh even the prospect of • poor erop In the Northwest and the probability that the longer the people reflect on the armyscandals and the graft tariff the wore• they will feel against the Borden Government. The Honorable Bob's political 'instinct is to greets opportunity by the trwelock, to snatch the flower victory from the nettle de- feat--• mighty small flower, by tbe way, and a /eighty big nettle—hut ,be concenvus of opinion in the country is against him, not to mention the Duke, who is •hove parties and represents honer, decency and a number of things like that. It is inconceivahle that His Royal Highness, who is more onn- rerned with the dignity of the British Empire and the fair name of Canada than be is with the tactical advantage of either party, should sign the war- rant for • general eieetion before the lists for the unorgauixed territories are ready. The Duke does not lend himself to thimble-rigving games. As the lista for the territories cannot he ready before July, a June election is said to be out of the question. Some people ay Bob might se well hey* cried for the moon as June. Meanwhile he has hind billboards, bought up cab driven, laid down enecrete emplace- ments and shown other signs of fright- fulness in anticipation of the dread event. in various ways, the Honorable Bob has tried to rash his colleagues off their fret. if they listen to the pro- tests of decent people all over Canada against an election in war time, also to the still small Vohs of conemies's., they will temporise. They have not promised anything bet they have not made any bad breaks, They hairs not set S date but they hove formed a hope. That bop may sal Septem- ber. The Honorable Bob Is a great mow for fixing • time limit. The Min - War of Public Works will hs the last man to go over to a Miawber policy of waiting far sossetbingtf to turn up. It the war collapses, If the Allies win an overwhelming victory—then an election, but If not September and then some, perhaps. That's as near as the good gneiesers can make it. in the closing days of the session, the Honorable Bob used the **injustice and tyrasay of the Menta" In appoint- ing sus ser.Un.sss to hold • straight election on the battlefront as • rod to chastise his wssmles In ti. Borden Cabinet. Amodio" to Bob, the wool* were demanding "1a tones of thunder" tie dissolution of a Pertained* that couldn't handle the /tenets anybetter than that. The tones of tbundesi, eons - Ing by way of Bob Rogers, whom oratory makes firecrackers of light- ning Rashes, did not Impress the House of Oomannns to the extant that might have bene expected. in Net, Premier Borden wore • quiesteal 'mile all threads the thunderstorm and We wee takes to mesa that Bob would sot hr own way. Perhaps be woa�Hwm W lauldioon s. It becomes more apparent daily that the Nan to take the votes of the sal- tier§ at the tract le neither peatiayg po ble obJVstlais fit esti 1196 este. Ira. Acv W. ACHESON & SON Bargains for May Days Ladies'and Misses' Suits aid Skirts About a dozen Women's stylish Suits of excellent materials, stylishly made and beautifully lined, in all sues 32, 34, 36, 38. All regular $2o and $25. On sale at each 110 Separate Skirts, serge, tweed and whipcords, navy, black and fancy, $3 to $4, at each ;Z Floor Coverings We are showing the largest selection of Linoleums and Oil Cloths in Goderich. 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The duty of the scrutineers, as laid down in the Act, is to get the ballots of the soldiers. it is not stated anywbeee that they are to bring awayGerman bullets, which is liable to ppen if they get near enough to the firing line to bold • competent election. Jlesides, there is always the danger of • shell patting the ballot boxes out of busi- ness. Moreover, the ballot boxes run extraordinary risks of capture and de- tention on their way back to Canada, such risks being not necessarily from the Germans. The only perfect ballot box in existence, a ballot lox nobody can bat, has been offered for the hist twenty years to the Governments of both partiesand the inventor's bead bas turned white with discourage. ment. And even his ballot box, sup- posed it should be used, is not built for war conditions. The opinion gaino ground that the soldiers at the front will vote—when they get Dome, but not before. if they get home by September, there may be an election then. if they don't jet home by September, tbere may be an election or there may not. Meanwhile the casualty lists continue to craw in and 1. would tee an wank t0 our soldiers to consider them i• the light of a sport ing event. There it p rob•bly nobody in Canada so callous as to count deaths with a view to their effect on the voters' lista. H. F. O. Homeseekeri Excursions to Western Canada. Particular attention is directed to the remarkably low rotund trip fares in connection with Honieseeken' Excur- sions to Western Canada via Canadian Pacific Railway. Tickets are on .ale each Tuesday until October 26th inclusive, and are gond W return within tie. months from uate of ale: The C. P. R. offers the finest pos- sible equipment and fastest train ser- vice via one of the most scenic route, in the world. it is the only line operating through standard and tourist sleeping can, also dining can to' Winnipeg and Vancouver. All equipment is owned and operated by the C. P. R.. affording the -highest form of efficiency. 1f such a trip is under consideration. apply to any C. P. R. agent for full particulars, or write M. G. Murphy, D. P. A., Toronto. Your neighbor drives a Ford —wlin•don't you? We are selling more Fords in Canada this year than ever before —because Cana- dians demand the best in motor car service at the lowest possible cost. The "Made in Canada" Ford is a necettaity—mot a luxury. Runabout $840' Town Car, pries on applia4 Oat. All i oetd ears are fully equipped, W- ending eroding electric headlights. No can sold unequipped. Buyers of Ford care will share is Sar proem 1f we sell 30,f1t10 ran hawses' August 1st. 1911, and Ammo let, 1915. W. Ee KELLy DEOODERICH