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THt RMI)AV.JUNE .1, I9I:o
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Get out your Hags and bunting for
Dominion Day.
Reri arkably mild weather we are
sett log thin touter.
What so raw as a day in June
That la not • misprint.
The Prince of Wales was twenty-one
years old yesterday. Many happy re-
turns!
The folks vertu tb be rather in n
hurry,' rushing on the garden parties
befote'wieter is over.
1f the burning of telegrapbme,.sages
in order to shield thieves and plunder.
en t. tint a criminal act in Canada.
the criminal code needs to be amended.
Reading the reports of the destruc-
tion of telegrams needed in the Mani-
toba investigation, the ■teuge man
may wander why somebody is not
tient to jail for it.
There seems to be no political future
for Sir Redmond Roblin unless -he t*-
. comes a candidate for the Ottawa
Howe, line ex Premier Flemming of
New Bronawiek.
In the light cf the events at Walker
vibe and %Wtndeor. vigilance *humid be
• redoubled at all border points in oar-
ada. There i, no knowing where the
bomb fired will'leeak out next.
It is calculated that the Canadian
c asuait .ns at the hunt are already al-
most . qual in number to the t sal of
the casualties sulT.•red to the Bri isle
forces throughout 1 he whole of the
Crimean war.
H. H. VViaswuaeer,' a Toronto man'
had his name changed at Gsgio^de Hall
the other slay to 11. tali Gordon. Con-
aiderinft that Gordon is one of the
finest of Scottish names, H. H. might
hare done "'maser,"
The 'foto btu Telegram , sot's The
Toronto Star is suffering fnnit an at-
tack of ' ar W -chair anaemia,- and The
Star no doubt will retort with the
gentle suggestion that The Telegram
is afflicted with rhronic raht.•s,
Government organs are having a big
time trying to prove that the "stat"
Lases tare properly no called. Supposing
there had been no mat•. and nen titre.
had Leen levied to r•.ver the bog de-
ficit, abet would the Government
have Called then?
The mew Premier of Manitoba
prouder.. a referendum oti the !liven
quemn when hi. Government is
firmly e,ctnbli.hed. The anti liquor
move is prom easing so r..pidly in the
West that before long the whole
prairie country may be* dry district.
Rol.ert Horden at the riose of
the last session of Parliament pub-
licly repudiated W F', Garland, the
notorious member for Carleton, hitt
he did not take away from him the
'.patronage" of the riding, and Gar-
land 1. using this to anion a rennmin-
ationfrom his parry to the riling.
The Roggen Pass tunnel nn the
C. P. R. x111, 1t is said. he the Ingest
railway Wassel on the Arnetiean oon-
Usent. And Geo. P. (imbed' would
[them remark that if the Rogers tun-
nel ill earned after the Hon. the Minis.
tzar of PoMie SVtr'k• ft ou ht to he rent
only the longest tunnel on the contin-
st bat, also the rrnokodest.
A Ooiarteb merchant mile attention
uta the fact that lettere dropped In ibe
russet sail-tossm addressed to people
on Wm rural snail MAIO do sot leave
.a ResteAa Woodsy they are cleared
lam the hems. The rural mail -oar.
lean taws hstf. n -boar or so
Ise lettere are takes hos the
'done to the pogkalliet► if so
itioltr/a_ [las tis taai%
people ;Mould be careful to take letters
for the rural routes to the postol111se
instead of dropping then, la the boxes.
Hon. John Christian Watson. form
eriy Premier of Australia, Is In Can
ads and in interviews with Toronto
papers tells of the goof work of the
Australian navy His statements
strongly support the Liberal policy of
a Canadian navy as distinct from the
'Borden policy u( contribution.
Canadian sentiment was with Mr.
%Vilson in the last Presidential cam-
paign ; but just at present,'althnugh
President Wilron's high qualities are
Dot denied, a x-1'relident Roosevelt le
probably higher in ('enadian estlina-
tioo than ever before owing to his un-
compromising denuociation of German
war method*. "Neutcality" is • word
that "Teddy" barfly recoguiiea.
Hon.''Bob" Roger. it is teportrd,
is to run In Carleton county, now rep-
resented in the ticuse of Commons by
W. F. Garland, who figured in the
army contract rcandals et the last aee-
a'on, Thr electors of Carleton county
have had enough of the Gat land kind,
and want a Ulan at whore the Hnger
tit suspicion hes never been pointed -
like the Hon. ••Hob"!
Evidence taken in the Manitoba Par-
liament buildings inquiry reveals the
fact that a number of telegrams be-
tween prominent politicians were
destroyed in the G. N. W telegraph
orrice :at Winnipeg, on orders from
Toronto, when the investigation was
getting hot. The names mentioned as
connected with these telegrams in -
elude those of Sir Rodmond Rodin,
Hon. Holt. Ii.ugere, Hon. I)r. Mon-
tague and Ho. -ti: _tt.-L'otdwetl.
Now Orillia is ••out" with the Provin-
cial Hydro -electric Commission. The
l'ummiasion is using its arbitrary pou-
nd t3 prevent the town of Orillir,
which.- has a tu.rnicipal plant of its
own, from supplying some outside con-
sumers With power, so that the Com-
wiasion may supply the power at a
higher rate. The Urillia Packet says
the Hydro is asking in one case fifty to
sixty per cent. more for power than
Ortllia is prepared to supply it for.
Spring, 1916.
1 thought that Goal. perchxnse. In punishment
Of the world ..Its, would .t.y Bis gifts this
)ear.
Au.l that no Spring in glory would appear;
Even Ills mercy mu.t (it .ecmed, be;.pent
Yet on tbi. blue May morning a- 1 went
.Uong the ru.tling lane- the bird. made
cheer
1 0-h as before had necrr charmed my car :
And bad the wood. e .r breathed • richer
.cent
tie sweet It was. 1 Ped ! 1 could not fire
'The scourge of God'. Cush enc.! I could
ben.
Aurid the world a red guilt and Mark 4r -pair,
Thy wrath. I cried. but not Thy mercy. Lord.
on. .pare tae. from the year'. uotoldiug it ace,
For every flower 1. w a two -i dot•! .word !
-O. T., to The Ila.l7 Ckrcnt,le. Loodor.
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
Not Concerned:
Rai :.ester 1'0,1 - E: a pram.
It is quite epp trent that mfr. Bryan
had no trienus he cared about on
board the boot dna.
u A Comparison.
LsAioa Ad rertiset.
top to June 1st the total losses to
F.ogland by the German eubmatines
did not equal fire tonnage of a ball
day's eailrngn [tuts, the pools of the
I'ttite•d Kingsman.
South Africa Supplies the Answer.
town, over Province.
The British answer to Germany is
suwtne'd up in the moor of itotha. and
that 6. why Germany hates its eo. It
is because such risen a., Botha are. loyal
to ,t flag under which they we e riot
ix. r,.
Not Up to Expectatioos.
',tor.' v, whir.
Wel tax does not matesializ•• as it
WAS irxpected to do. Reason-th-.t it
in not A war tax, that not a duller of
it is going to the purgw,nes of war. It
dors not, therefore, wppewi to the pat ri-
1 itlsna it Anyone. It in Merged In
everytillerlim a.
"Real American."
Toronto star.
it is annnnnced that there will be
published its New Vurk "., real Auirr-
can nrwspagw•,," One that will be "A1-
tolately impel tlel as regards the sant,
and stand for lustier for a11." Thor,
iwhi,d the enterprise are Me,are.
Schweitzer, Kipper, Welts and Stoehr.
German War Tactics.
RoR.'o Nera.,
The American mind may le rather
slow to comprehend the ramiticationn.
if warfare, but we are quite unable to
under.txn t how the tier'men cause
tan lie enhanced by tbesinking of fish•
ing t.awlers with their wholly inno•
rent crews This is only one of many
things shot,[ the present war that nor
peaceful ow ion is unable to under-
stand.
Not a Liberal F
[weldor' Ad, art
In the interests of tb country the
Liberals have protested against an elec-
tion at a time of ares like the pres-
elnt We think that to bring it os now
*mild iw tors oopetriotfe movemenL
And we leave it m1 that. Politically
the l.i Is, losing in opposition, have
Delhi to lose Ly it. Theo staid to
pin, nil If the Conservatives think
limy went it, they are welcome to try IR
en far as our politieal prepeetit Are
toseern,d. it may be their fewest.
It casnoe be ours.
LI.1d-Gtt.rg.•
arsetitere taswa,.
A London (Rag') oorreepoudest, Is
the rootlet OaMwet eltAsgee
in Great talo, oa it i. well edsnd.,.
stood that Mr. George will he the I
next Premier.
Great talikasiw.
sees'Ito some
Wag [neer than a norm was. The
THE SIGNAL : 3ODl:'RTCH : ONTARIO
Welshmen le about the only public
mac in the Umpire wtose reputatloo
has beets enhanced by the war and ha
popularity has kept pace with his
rerutat..ro Today be may truthfully
be said to be the people's idol and the
nation's hope.
Groan 6lntra.
►:imoowa JoaraaL
Su Mr. Balfour has bad the walls of
his music room padded iu order that
the populace wisbt not bear him play
the works of his (ata its German
composer, Wagner. Would the in -
tremor us- the story kindly inform us
how many potential rioters would
know a Wagnerian selection when
tet.s heard it ? By the way, if Ger-
MAO composers are to b r barred alto-
gether. what are we going to do for
wedding marches this mouth? Can
we get along witl'out Meudrlssubn's
or that Iron "Lohengein" ?
Why Lord Fisher Went
w, ,tu,lu.ter tia.ette-
Had the claim been conceded which
was put Iorwerd on Lord Fisher's br-
hai(-vis , that the Cabinet was to be
arranged to his liking -should we not
have het up something much wore
than a naval Autocracy ? Should we
not have gone far toward* turning an
etude -tit Admiral of the Fleet into a
national dictator:' If he was really
the alsuhttrly necess*ry wan, why
should he content himself with sp-
pointing our member of the Cabinet
only? • Why not 'appoint them a11?
Phis danger serene to rue to g., far tui
ortds explaining why there tows uo
altettlit: • 11. n c.uahtion Gonrrtment.
The War Was Inevitable.
Luuduu truth,
.When we are once agreed, as most
it us err, [gets the present war, which
II is wide a hell of :a great part of the
world. was contemplated, prpared
tor, and brought •lout at Berlin, we
ate in the presence of a stuprudoua
crime against humanity and civiliza-
tion, IrrsiJe which any subnequeut
atro:ity perpetrated in pursuance of
tbasau►e purpose because. a Werr aub-
unlfuate incident. That apparently
i• ex scaly how they look at is its Hea-
1. and in Gerrna,v genet silly. What
the sinking of the l.usit tnia ought to
teach the world is that the German
people and their rulers bring what
they have shown themselves, the pres-
ent war'was inevitable. What it ought
palt.cularly to tench those of us who
are in it i+ that we have got to win or
ru go diwu as the. Lubit.ania went
dont,, for we are fighting people who
do out know what mercy weans.
The "Dominion" of Canada. p
Pall Mau Gazette.
We ate atrustonied to take the ex-
pression of the "Dominion" of Canada
for granted ; but the origin of that
somewhat unusual word is known to
very few. When at length the great
scheme of .S r John Macdonald was
rt tiized, and the nine provinces
'stooped themselves Logrther into one
great confederation, a err iousdifficulty
was presented by the choice of a suit-
ably nasus. For in time almost a dead -
k=it ensued.
At leugth one old member of parlia-
ment rose frau his seat and told has
colleagues that be had read In his
Bihle that very morning: "His do-
minion shall be frorn one sea to the
other.'Accordingly he suggested
that Canada sbou!d ba known ■s the
Dominion. or God's Lend. The rug-
gerstod seized upon the hearts and iw-
agioutions of those present and at was
puuwptly acted upon.
THE WAR.
P:NGLIliH
NURSES IN FRENCH
HOSPITAL`!
%Vbat does a woman see whom nurs-
ing work takes clue, to tae red line of
war which runs across the north of
Fiance? Only woman so occupied
can pure.l'y gel there, for in the Hght•
ing zone the old gallant French sav-
ing "Place for ladies" baa taken a new
form, "No plate for ladies." But alas
Grace Ellison, the Eoglishwoneso of $
recent book describing • year... stay
in a Turkish hare..), and who since last
September has been connected with
the French Red Cees Nursing Corp.,
with its staff of 150 Eoglisb nareee, has
he..ndoihe round of the guns and has
tuba same of her esprit deuces.
These nurse's ate engaged in the
French military hoepiul.. whieb,
when the war broke out, had no wo-
men littler., at all. Tbey bad moo or-
deilte., but everything was on such
►Lupi,, even primitive lines, that
ellen the Gentians ,awe down req an
unprepared country there ea. touch
hart+nip among the w,.undt.l French.
Tue nuns, who rad beers the nurses is
France, were no longer [bete 1, as -
.tinge and heal. In peacetime Fra
had no trained nurses, on t.h-' scale
know them. The idea t'lar tont
should be nursing men right up
the front, where the trenches b
been a maturer of sued and ',flo. d,
even rather new. But this was
Idea behind the English full who
afoot the French Ite l Crura Nursing
Corp., and it gut warm and decisive
support from the French Minister of
Wer,
With the coritmon French soldier
Miss Ellison'. noise.. are heroines and
saints alt in one, although generally
he can only call them "Mees.- %Vit.0
be goes beck to the tiring lre, it he
ha- just beau slightly wounded, or
tiowu to a Kase hospital, if he needs
rest, he writes tetter. of thanks to
"Mees" : never love lettere, l Cause
the secret of thew is • lust art in
France while the war lasts. Some of
the English nurses, when they come
borne atom Rheinia sod thereabout,
will have admirable bundles of tbe•e
humble letters t , bring with them. In
turn they cants.1 say enough of the
plendot• of the French soldier in hos-
ital, as in battle, of his gaiety even
while be sullen, of the smile with
which he will thank the "Mees" who
bas just bou,d up the stump of an
:impute, ed hand.
"lib," said Miss Ellison, "it is hard to
be among the wounded at an advance
military hospital and to see the sights
there. War is terrible, but all the
suffering which wounds can loth( 1
does not damp the ardor of the Freucb
fighting man. He is simply magnifi-
cent, nnconquetable, c.,nqueribg, and
no sacrifice 11 too great for the 'tetury
on which be surely counts. Tben our
British mea ate w well Mated out id
every manner as comeared wtrh the
French soldier. The Englishman has
e erythiog in keeping, the best of
elniprnent, Wad from his boots to his
forage -cap he is al! a -piece. 'l'he
Frenchman sir lies ycu Al a tllosaic of
things, with simplicity, even a certain
scat tity, for its note. Hach is a bonnie
Mahler, one the complement of the
other, and 1 don't know whether I any
Eto be a British woman or s-0
be helping nurse the French."
-The nerve -rack which destroys sol.
die?,, long under gun -tire an the
trenches has found Its heel .aFvein the
preaeu:ce of women nurses in the for-
ward French wibtaty hosn,talr. Q s et
is the only healing for this nervous
disorder -quiet and a .yontari s tout
by n hedsiue. Miss Ellison asked th
French doctors whether the foreig
accent of the nurses might not be
1.len by delirious men as the accent
of (Germans and so he disturbing,
They thought- not, coming from
women, and they wets right, for the
little hand of English women have ob-
tained a perfect influence over their
patients, who, even when they are too
ill to wove, look their thank. and get
it heck in a motherly smile. -The
Daily Chronicle (Landon).
• • .
"WHEN THE GERMAN FLEE:
COMES OUT."
nee
we
UCH
at
ate
was
the
art
Hospital Supplies Wanted,
The Queen's Canadian military hos-
pital W. uiganised ret the ccu)wence-
went of the war by Canadians' in Lon-
don, England, fur the special purpose
of treating hatiadian wounded, Sir
William Osler. Hart., F. R. 8.,
is physician -in -chief, and Lieut -foie,
1)on ud Armour, F. R. C. S„ surgeon -
in -chief ; and the hospital is managed
by a lepleseutat ve committee of
which Mr. George MnnLiien Brown
i.
chairmen. 1t i • beautifully situated
at Iieachl.,iough Park, whieb is being
kindly loaned for the pwpuse by Sic
ltthurand Ludy 1trkhain.
The hospital, which is supported by
toluntaty contributions of ftirnda in
England and Cellar's, is urgently in
tired of funds and of all kinds of n,r, i-
cwl supplies and dressing* ; especially
gauze Isndege.. Any p.-nuu desir-
ing 10 atsiet the wreit u1 the hospital
in caring for the Canadian wounded
will kirdly send fonds or supplies to
Lien!.-('ol. 11o0a1.1 Armunn, th'
i uern'e Canadian Military Hospital,
Beaettborough tart, Sborucliffe, EDg-
latd.
McKi,n's "Canadian Newspaper Direc
tory."
1t is now• nearly a quarter of n cen-
tury t..ce ala. A. alcKim, Who e.t4b-
11.lted the first iudepen ie, t advei t ising
agenty ID this country, rotnpleted the
i.thee •tubitioua task of publishing
the flrnt directory of Canadian pub:i-
eations. The nine successive edltiona
tit this valuable work provide the most
complete end detailed record available
of the growth of Canadian peri.di•
cal•.
'lobe 1915 edition, of which we have
lust received a copy, shows that the
great war has not aetiously arfected
the newspaper of Canada. Wbile
the birth-rate of new publications has
received a check, and the death -rate of
the weak ones has perhaps increased $
(title. most of the leading papers,
particularly the dailies, Show very
healthy increases in drculation.
Three metropolitan dailies have
reached or passed the hundred thous
and mark
A rectors of the papers listed and
described in the 1916 Directory shows
nearly IM(lddliwi, 7 trl•weeklieal, 46semi-
wee kites, beer 1086 weeklies, %host 4e1
hi -weeklies or wrsi•aeostaliee, 9I(I
monthlies, 3 bl-seostblies and 1S quar-
terlies -• total of over 1575 publica-
tion•.
This means approximately ma daily
toeve, y Kate families, and oar weekly
,0 every 1.601) families From this one
would Infer teat, hes a Moly
n A.w MS�Rls • Limited report the uessal
tree dermad for The °m ,dial Ilene.
11. ,TdD -- - - • .ei►Ieb tli at p (to.
has
tI �e a_ Via. �+ the desks pellsagra sad
to notd N C aneded& wee Per h-
Qs =too every eight at
boats WIWI the Lloo bad bees sunk
&ad the one 11* tbeir�hv� two
Certainly w
was (arose strong ream. for the Ger-
mane ratiauiog their flight without
any attempt to take adyeatage of suerb'
a tempting opportunity. IC seers
probable that the comniandlog officer
waw acting under strict order and fol-
lowing tut a predetermined
which wase at soy oust, to lead to
British vessels Into a flotilla of await-
ing suhes•rloes. Aod, la this parti-
cular instance, the Britten .hips did
run very clow up to the submarines,
w near, in fact, that Admiral Beatty
saw the wake of an approaching tor-
pedo and barely ,weaved In time to
rave his ship. this, then, seems to be
the probable naval strategy of Ger-
many. De and night else is rushing
her submarine pr•graus. She is mak-
ing them the most (ormtdiside possible
and putting alt her efforts into them,
entirely omitting further battleships.
As fast as they as completed they are
manned and sent out to raid the met -
chant shipping. This gives them
splendid, training and puts them in flu
*bane for the great Hob: to c
When Germany feels that her sub-
warioe fleet is large enough and it.
personnel fully trained, ere may look
for general calling in of all eclat -ald-
ers to the borne port and a sudden
stoppage of the stoking of sumo! 'nt-
men Then we may expect tbiugs to
happen. The Get UMW fleet may be
expected to issue forth, put up a tight,
and then run with the British fleet at
its heels In such , ase, the Berman
fleet will attempt to lead the British
fleet right into wit enormous Ho• ilia of
submarines,. The result might 1.3
the immediate lose of dfty pier cent. or
mon of the British fleet. 7 be German
fleet would .Ire, turn for action.
However, Admiral- Jellicce is fully
awoee of any such pl urs and Germany
will be badly tooled in any snob sr-
teampts. We rosy rest aa,urtd that ell
such plans have long since beau count-
eracted by the Bnt•h navy, -
13ut wr u)ay well rzpret that score
day. and under conditions wbieh suit
themael.'es, the Gel WADS will come
out into the North Sea in full strength.
and when that happens the world will
witness a series of manoeuvres sod a
great battle or series of battles which,
in point of interest, novelty of cunde-
tions, and frightful destru-tivenes.
will set a new mark in the lei for y o1
neral wet fare.
a
These Groat Days.
You that hare faith tlook with leader ,),•
Beyond the a n,tedy of . world at -',Ifs.
Aod treat that out of Dight and oath stall rise
The dawn of amp:er life :
Rejoice, whatever angukb rend your heart
That 1.0.1 las given you. for a orb eke.dower.
To live In these great time. and hate your
per:
In Freedom', crow of n t hour.
That you nay tell your roc. who see the light
1141 in the heaven. their heritage to tall: -
1'1 .tow the power• of darkaee. put to flight!
1 .aw the morning break!'
--eh Owen leisAWn.
• • •
Kingston. June 21.-G. F. McTag-
gart of l'linton, Ont., id among the
cadets recommended a1 the Royal Mil-
itary College for • commission in the
Imperial army„Royal Engineers.
A Winnipeg doctor in the :3rd Field
Ambulance, attached to the Canadian
Hirhland Brigade, .acs :
"One hardly baa a chance of talking
French, as under the steres of war ibis
part of France has become suddenly
English, and the natives lore to air
any woids they ten say. Thus you
will bave someone say to you after
breakfast, '(hod eveIriirg, thank you,'
etc. 1 heard two or three tiny urchins
singing 'Tipperary,' with a fierce
b Cockney acsor, the other day. They
e evidently hadn't the slightest notion
b of the moaning of the wo, de. hot were
vastly pleased with themselves. They
have also picked up the habit of salut-
ing our officers. One little chap in
-- used to spend his day stand-
ing at his gate and coming smartly to
the 'elute when we passed. He reaped
quite a coppery harvest, As there was
no resisting the comical little figure
he enc..'
We •h suld not i.lioa ourselves with
the belief that the many terrific sacri
flees of the German forces have been
in the natrre of forlorn hopes. For
torn bopst play no part in German
tactics', to the present time, on land or
sea. We may rest assured that in
every case the militia's- heads were
convinced that (heir mo,.. would give
surae•+. uta we m•y well believe that
Admiral Von Tirpitz will never order
out the German n,.in fleet except un-
der coeditious •'rich are reasonably
promising.
At the present time, lbs Bt Wish Mnt•
line fighting ship are just about double
the lun.rer of the Berman The su-
perior equipment of the British makes
the advantage •hnut three to one in
favor of the British. The longer the
war leets, the greater will he Use Brit-
ish superiority. Germany knows this
as well es anyone. it M not oafs to
presume that she will temaln Indefin-
ite!, Inactive and quietly surrender
witltmit a fight. On the contrary,
everything patina to it vert' desperate
and deadly battle of the greatest
nniittuuddee. Where the German fleet is at
Mr, r , British to de�stme it. eal puwibil y
The nest plan of the German navy
was to keep in safety until Ise demtrme-
ere and eubmatines cosild gradually
wear down the Beltl.h fleet to a more
espial footing, and then to kens forth
and meagre in the one deeWv.
gee. The destroyer felled. The sub-
marinee ss- fleet were notably eooeees
ful. until the British navy learned
how to connterar•t them. Thea their
efforts failed Thur the gest plan 'os-
Lbs Osman neer has f.Nsd.
Just about the time that this plan
leas proved a failure, there was Use
flr.t raid of German war waste sa the
RriWh luau. There were several tor`
markable farts onsaected with that
raid Pint, the
of the Rleuebe, lesA.y mGe1 gpa t
neon' end the flue of the Ouramio
boats to chose be ea tb. Held*
,s • •
That the Canadian loam' at the
battle of Langewarck wereextraordin-
ary is wade evident by the remark of
a wounded English ••Tommy,” who
remarked while bobbling to a dressiog
it .ti -n : ' %Yell, llimme, all that's
lett of the Canadians is their good
nyioe.---Edmonton Bulletin.
WEEDS ON vA_ANT LOTS.
?8,11lin from 4 mmi..lnn of ('onserv►Uon.l
What undoubtedly constitute, a
menace to those farmers who are
mskfng an honest effort to keep their
farms clean is the crop of weeds found
growing on vacant kit and roadsides
in and amend our t ,wns and cities.
These vacant lots are often nothing
more nor len than nurseries and breed-
ing plates for all kinds of weeds. Tills
is rent/chill true of towns where large
areas adjoining have been subject to
wildcat suldivlsioning and have had
roadways plowed, forming lodging
places for weeds, which ars allowed to
grow unmolested. These
uce
countless numbers of seeds, to be
blown and scattered by the wind, over
the farms. 8o for, bulletin,. articles
and oo(vice pertaining to weed control
have been directed at the farmer. A
gismos at the conditions found In most
of our cities and towns will prove con-
vincing that the farmer is not en-
tirety to blame in the matter of weed
teed prodectios and distribution.
In the Pint the winspectors are
being trained and ijiitrt•et.ed
st
lines that will sealed them to assist
the farmers in weed trot, while at
the same time provision by law Is
made to provost ony farmer from al-
lowing his farm to become a breedissgg
pima for weed, and a menace t.$ his
ssighhoo.. In most towns there are
bylaws covenMe weed problem,
bot too often ,they are not 'enforced,
Theme Ilviag l• team wad cities should
eo-opseatr and de their bit Is the war
easiest weeds. This le as Important
matter. and sheold receive strict at-
testios by every town couleell. Anion
should be takes at ones ad set defer-
red sell the weeds Apes beg meatier
their seeds. -F, 0. N.
The world one boons "Metbse"--
tobe sear at [tis "M.iM,a Ana St grad
W. ACHESON & 'SON
- ----_ _._.. ----'f
ash Goods
IN DEMAND —
We have just received in stock some excellent
values in scarce goods --White Mercerized Poplins,
White Piques, Embroidered White \'cites Seed
Voiles, Check Ninons and Organdies, anti Crepe
Crepe
Voiles. Altogether we consider it the largest and
handsomest showing of wash goods we have ever
had. Prices are very moderate, and all cotton -made
iroocls are lower priced than in former seasons.
Staple Bargains
gains
SIIEETIN(.S-mix hundred
yard, of heavy bleached Sheet-
ing. Regular 30c. On
eiA
sale at ................ 22C
Ttl\\'j•:1,LING -- Eighteen -
inch heavy pure linen crash
Roller Towelling, worth to-
day 16ic. At per 1
aril 122C
CARPET ENDS—Fifty only
stmple ends of Tapestry and
Brussels Carpet, 1 yards in
each end. Prices were title,
IlOc. and 81 a • yard.
un ,ale at each..,..... 75c
WHITE, CAMBRIC --Thiel - •
six inches wide, pure and free
froth all dressing,
l:)c, for
12k
COTTON—Vard wide white
Cotton, heavy, soft and free
front all filling. Spe-
cial at
1Oc
RIGS- Tapestry Floor Rugs,
extra heavy pile and in
newest patterns.
x 31 yards 8 7.50 acid $ 9
x 4 yards $ 'J anal 112
A x 4 yards 810 and 114
4 x 4 yards 816 and lIs
W. ACHESON & SON
ANOTHER LETTER
FROM MR. GREEN
F icttard. MIeb., Ja to In, 1613.
To :he F.dItor of Tse +lora I,
lsoderlch. else -
D.''.n SIR, --I wish to thank you for
so kindly publishing my first letter,
and am now sending t'ou the seccnd,
according to my promise.
On the loth of this tnooth my grand•
son, lir. F.rt'd Beacom, was married to
Mies Aana Belle Hessel, We left Pirk
ford the efterso.tn of that,•day for
Ritgen, a.tows fourteen mites from
herr. We had a rimy pleasant time
at the wedding and at the reception
that evening. On the way borne, how-
ever, we' bad wbst might have been •
very serious accident. One of the can
ahead of us turned a corner too short
and tipped into the ditch. Fortunate-
ly- no one was injured beyond getting
wet and muddy. We were delayed
three-quarters of an hour while the
men from the seven cars gatheied
there righted the machine and got it
atlrted again.
As we mentioned in the last letter,
we expected four generation• to le
present at the wedding, and we were
all their. They included myself, Mrs.
Das id Beacom, her daughter, Mrs. E.
%V. Roe, and 31rs. Roe's twc ehildreo.
ielonged to Mr. Pickford. Now Pick-
• ford is a tinnily little town of Hire
hundred inhahitatts. it his good
churches, schools and stores. The oId
settlesare nearly all from Canada,
mostly Ontario- Of course, the
younger generations are Americans,
and are very proud of tbeir country.
1 was more than surprised in the ad-
vancement of stock on the farms.
They are fully- ahead of us in the qual-
ity of horses and pigs raised herr, 1
measured a pig this week that was N
• feet 1 inch from the poi's', of the moa
to the tip of the tall, and whore girt
MAO 6 net 10 inches, Cattle eamme
through the winter in goad shape, but
are not quite as good quality as horses
and pigs. There are vin- few sheep in
this section of the country.
i visited one home where both the
parents were from liode•rich township,
and the combined weight of the father,
mother and three daughters was
nearly one thousand pounds.
The weather continues to Le wet
and rather cold foe the crops, no the
grain is not making the progress it
would have otherwise,
The Hisses Tillie and Maggie Rut-
ledge arrived home on the 11th. and
both look greatly i(trprovetl.
1 feel no better. sly rheumatism
still continues to bother u,egreatly.
With kind regards to all my friends,
end sincere tbaeks to the editor for
his kindness, 1 ani,
Very sincerely- your*,
°emote GREEN.
Last fiundny night 1 attended a
union Children's Dny service. About
fifty children t: ok part in t he exercise.,
singing sod reciting. They ala did
their parts splendidly. Pickford can
surely boost of some sweet little sing-
ers.
The people of Pickford and sur-
rounding country are not only clever
and'sociable, but very thtifiy. 1 was
really surprised to see the improve-
ments that bave taken pllee since 1
was here even last time. When 1
came tip here first, tbirly-Hue years
ago, tbere was just one house and that
Candid.
Gust (departing from partv)-
"We've had ^simply delightful titue r'
Hoarsen -"I'm ao glad. At the same
time, i regret that the storm kept all
of our hest people away."
We all like to go to the Model
Theatre, because we can see a good
show and not spoil the whole evening,
Your neighbor drives a Ford—why don'
you? We are selling ore Fords in Canad
hc.}
a
this yea's than ever l�fore—because Cana-
dians denand the in motor ear semice
at the lowest possible cost. The "Made
in Canada" Ford is a nece-ssilty--mot a
lnxnry•.
Runabout $may: Town (hr, price on appllea-
tine. All Food cars are fully equipped, in -
eluding electric beadtl1hts No care sold
unequipped- Bn en of Ford can will share
in our profit., if we sen 110,90n care between
August 1st, 1914, and August let, 1916,
W. E K t�y DEALER
OODERICH
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