The Signal, 1916-8-17, Page 7TILE SIf:ar sL. : (ODERICil ONTARIO
WESTERN ERN CROPS.
PRAIRIE PROVINCES WILL HAVE
AN AVERAGE YIEL O.
Great Problem Will be to Secure Labor
for the H t -Reports of Dam-
age from Rust Are Exaggerated -
Western Farmer Who Dodges Frost
and Hail Has Ureal Prospects
The following is one of • series of
letters written by Mr. Cha.. E. Comp-
ton, of (htawe, foturrly of The Sig-
nal. who h:o. Jae( returued from a trip
tbruugh the Nest :
Toe crops! This is the •h.orbing
question in Canada Carley. As foie
country as c twwuoly known as the
'granary of the kutpire. ' everyone
wants to know if she is going to sus-
tain her reputation again :hie year,
Perhaps there never was • time i,1 the
history of the Dominion w hen the
eyes of the world- especially those of
the British Enipue-were focused upon
Canadian crops as at the pier. art owe.
The vast armies ut the Britannic allies
are depending. to a large extent, upon
Canadian grata bur their bul.aetru te.
RU•ala it feeding ler own multitoder.
but grain fr..u. Canada wort help fend
the 'millions of hungry mouths in
Great Britain. France and Belgium.
White toe older Piuvincrs of Can-
ada have produced millions of bushels
of grain annually. the recent raplld de-
velopment in agriculture in Manitoba,
elaskatcbewan and Albeit• has art lar
• eclipsed the productive qualities of
Ontario, Quebec and the Mal- tianr
Provinces that the Northwest Proem -
tial trio is ever mute and mote in t1 .
limelight of the grain markets of the.
mol Id.
Somewhat Precarious.
Owieg to the frost and hail possi-
bilities and unfortunately present
realities, the growing of grain in the
Canadian Nan.thweert has always been
considered, to A certain degree, lulu
or teas precarious.
\Vith the yawning mouth of Europe;
stretched wide upeu for food anti the.
war demand from other place•, Mel
grain clop. Prow Canada thin . a+nu
will probably be • greater lactor in
deciding :hid war than u.n.t peo,de
Grua t••te
A •pleudui grain crop in the W'. -.t
will mean greatly uup.,Ted CoIUiliei-
end condo i ms were, which will have
a ell:mart:1.g refect upon Ontario,
This *why everyone 1 the term
or city ia w gtratty Mori este al in this
year'. crop paneprcts.
In'1Veetrn, Canada the en p pros-
pect is t hr .ben hoax question 41(11 *s
grain -growing i, the Iolanda? lot! upon
tubuli Lb*:.•uuntry was built all know
one year'. dr.uiny at least will be de-
cided by the 1'uti tit of grain ••
at'hat ire the pio•prct. i \fill this
y.al'e yield rou.peie farotnbly with
the: of last ? Ht, the hail iso f:.a
waterielly d hien:aged the sggrrgate
yield and will the demand for 1'bor,
news mu y for harvesting, Iw annuli
greater than tar a nppl}
The Real Facts.
Hy tognirirs made in d flerent_ part+
of tee C04DtIy. Iron' different le.dl-
vidarl., r,tt•l,.te and urhagited. 1
base endeavored td find out the teal.
fart.. reseed:ass art what land boomers,
giaiu .pe. idators, or Ituzk ryurl;hers
suay report.
Passion .frons Winnipeg to the I
we -tern estren,iav of Allr.eta by the
Canadian Not thew RaiiwaV and
touching attIt:11CP Athlon *bunt the
beginning of At8u-t• general ohwn:•-
e
Lions r led the tact that the .traw
on an ar tall w • flu '1 1-2 fret t
FOR THE
VACATION DAYS
August is vacation time for Goderich folk. tri tu'li all he taking a few (la\ > off (luring the next two
or three weeks to enjoy yourselves. Some of you will go camping. others will travel, and still others will seek different diversions. But what-
ever yop do or wherever you go there are many things you'll need to make your vacation complete. Compile your list of Vacation Needs
today and use this page as a guide. The concerns represented below will serve you to your entire satisfaction.
Travelling Necessaries
IN the way of Bags, Valises, Suitcases and
Trunks are special features here. You'll Find
our quality up to your idea of what's right. and
our prices distinct winning possibilities for your
purse. There's just as much style, or lack of it,
about Hand Bags as there is about clothes. And a
traveller who carries a stylish hand bag is contributing
considerably to his personal appearance.
Ask for information about our Wardrobe Trnks.
H. J. FISHER
HAMILTON STREET GODERICH ONTARIO
WE HAVE
101
Vacation
Accessories
-. - at -.
Wigle's Pharmacy
There'll be Something Missing if you wear one
of our colas -the -ocean -breeze Outing Shirts !
It will be that sweat -starting .weir -word -provoking hest. Vutr
won't realize that it's warm makes tome . heerful idiot asks you. "Is it
hot enough for you ?" or unless you bump into a thermometer. Don't
you want or.e? See ,.or Bathing Snitor. .t fresh stork just arritr.i.
McLEAN BROS.
The Mm serer rrlo..•The Square. Godericl.
$15.00 Men's Suits- -$ 1 0.00
You will see them in the inflow,
men's single-breasted Sacc'fue •
Suits and Norfolk'.styles='•good 'strong
tweeds in ' grey , mixtures" and tan
shades. Sizes 35 to 4o. Regular
$12 to $15, )n sale at ... $10.00.
Walter C. Pridham
See our new fall samples for special order 20th
Century Brand.
On Every Outing
has it. innin;.. A pucde:etfcl t.:
le:.,tiai: n1e.i:i, a bushelful•of fun.
R. R. SALLOWS
PHOTOGRAPHER
At Walkers Furniture Store
YOU WILL FIND SPECIAL
PRICES PREVAILING IN ALL
Campers' Outfits Hammocks
Folding Tables Folding Chairs
Woven Wire Stretchers
Don't forget to take your camera, so that you
may bring back some snap hots for us to frame with
some new and classy moulding.
"The Store of Quality"
Often the Cheapest Always the Best
1. Hi IN 1:
Thi.nt.y ..•ru. F: -•'Ali eCt: arat:.a, if grw.n we•, harvester* before It way f
K \rmoure H'tc.s.re arta .•n .hr 'tin
oncer.inn rt 1f w ober v.
TY and DISTRICT In the h it h.I•h flr N -miser On-
e r a - w rr o caught. 1 f set high, the hra.:r t Nlginit f.un1 but i1 10 .4 Led' that not a few farmers gh, ht the fro+t, bat owing to the
six to eight inch.-.. The wheat was
begl,aing tot-«rb the •'m•1►" stage •
the barley bad Ierb'et•rlk..l,' end ala.
ripening. while the oats erre not .o
far Adt.,. red. On all side. in the •et-
tled districts one -err not were- ha'
milt. of waving gram. i 1 a 1/••n,,.1,
who her never seen the prnlrirs the
sight 8r.t appals .me, then I,t.cinatr.
hint. The first question Hitt sug-
gests itself is : ••Wliy do people cke
out a mere existence in some of the
rock pules of Oatwrin, when so 'h .
valuable land is going to waste i" Hu' 1
there's no accounting for tante anti.
Perhaps the man who lives on a lock
pile is just as happy, though it; or, as'
the man who is 14 tiling toteke chances I
of all harm Iro.l en 1 .xpe,•te to make
$1'.(Jsi stab one good deasun'r crop.
in Mouths. n .Ma k atehewan ale looking hate --d ng she feared. She, how- COUN
for wiled t•• a-erel t :hit nor -on kit ',rill 'eve,. had goad nevem to believe that v
(suing then. anf� i 18.1, Parc anon. it
mac berm. to III.ig floor ta1.d Keil.
t,.;! wham :, the (Arai in Ontoio 11141
w II p.1(1111.8 :(•x.1"101 wrt'th of wheat1. * ,i4.,1* coal f
An Average Yield.
Flom conversation w tier* in a
p'•.u'ion t • k.. w, 1 have learned that
(IrIwpr. t. both -so -a an avereg8, yield
nut nueild nor Coeur up to the b per
yield of last y*at.
Mi-.. A. ti.eha,u. of K-nittino, in
the n•.rthA,n pelt ..f M +bot• hrw,.n, • he rh.•dght it had been exiyrgrrweel-1guat.
woman versed in the ag.irultural par by American grain-nolden who had' The Winneand heeiine of the North-
dn. tivenes. •!f tl. •t Prnvinre and circul a••d these reports for their own' ern Onttrio d -e was 'las Isabella
who -e Another wti•P. thaer.p rrpen'ts pltllt•r.rs• and he panted 1(U: bow Metntt, daughter of it.ti.vt Scot'. of
for the district. wAe of the opinion thousands o1 dollars had been wady Hulett. The caddy iterate.. have Iteen
(h t riser wo•u.i rte 411 avertgr yield. ,laity by enotrolling the Amenth
caa untainted in .it plater of tier conduct
stock markets by this wean=. Iin the stricken uietriet.
Mese Cora Hind, an .:!tart from Mrs. Jenne,. Hooper, an ..111 and 19-
■\\ innipeg winter opinion is i)owinenr- ! Pprcted resident of Tutni.et ry, died on
widely valuable, said it alai customary Saturday, July Gta:b. She wee eiwhty-
t / have haul every year, and wave au ! six years of age. Silt* w e** born in
opinion that while it wee *Prim'. in , Merton. Devnnehere, and it ad resided
individual •ecliong it would not greet- ' in Canada over Arty year•.
Iy affect the aggregate output. Mh*
judged the damage would probably FCAnparntnfHhnnr htr'1.1 e.uina 10 Mi .
*mo,un[ t» three per cent. Exeter one day Ia•.t week. They col -
twenty -iter htl•h•l. of whet would be
a fair estimate for tris year
A ni .n who had spent sixteen *•rats. James A. Fowler -.;n of the late
on the prairies of Mrnit,ni we. Mi. ('haul • Fowler. ..t 11 .li-:t. died *t
Wafter S o:r, of Str*thcliir. In the Killarhee. Manitoba, .t.. .lulc :dtth.
past he had known of 1 .nd pr.rdoeing He hid nett) in failing he..1'0 for some
sixty bushels of wheat and Lea of ort', time.
per :a: re. He judged nl tie yield ' Mr. and Mrs., Leonard Brawn, of
this year would be about twenty-five Wroxeter, annnunee the engagement
of wheat and .1118 of oat+. I of their daughter, M4rg4tet, to Chester
Damage Exaggerated.; l'•gginb, 1t it ntterI V. Th-• luarriage
Asted about the black rust, he s ii.1 1 will take place the 14.1 week ir. Au -
Electric
Fans and Irons
D0 YOU know the advantage of Elec-
tric Irons and Fans, especially in hot
weather. and how easy it is to live
and work, in summer especially. with these
appliances ?
Ironing out of doors. for example. is both
practicable and pleasant and our electric flat-
irons certainly smooth the way on ironing day.
Do you know of the comfort of a fan in
the dining -room ? The residence fan is de-
signed for extreme quietness in running.
Electric Futures and Supplies always on
hand. Let lar give you a figure on wiring
your house.
Robi. Tait
WEST
MEET
Miles of Grain. Itded will a Heat. pole, I.tr.kirg it
One of the floes wheat fields i• ti
1 oR. •1'he wh:flle:r+es also neer broken
he seen *t bladworth, Mi•k. one of 1 A. wrl! ,as sonar of the harness, but fhe
the moat progre..its farmer. of the 1 horses escaped with only a slight in-
' place, Mr. John Butler. who cultivate. i J •ry to the fait of one of them.
loin peter of land thele. in addition I Death in 'ening woman ii; .td calm to
to other huge farms in adjoining lo- Mrs. John litou.hier or Monday wnrn-
calitir, has some 7151 acres In whew I ing of Iasi week after • short illn.•se
'and this year summer-fallnw8.1 :tto, from internal cancer. M,* tilou.hier
acres. He is very well srti-fled with I was • daughter of Mr. and Mn. R. B.
the crop this year and thinks thresh- Alcocl, of the nth line of Pompeii!
She,
. ing will reveal an average yield. 1 wee born in Orey township twenty
Foleii! Mr. Butler lived at Renfrew, year* ago and was married last March
Ont. to her now bereft partner.
tt'ben 1 peened through the great Agwet wedding was .olemnized at
grain telt, cutting had nut rum•the maes, Beiges.', eiges', nn Tuesday of
m.neeed, and only In Ontario did 1 *eel last week. w hen Will Kelly. of Swift
• harv.•.tiwg opsentions in progress. ' Current. Sask.. and Mies .Jean Ander.
The Western termer i., bnwever, up eon .record daughter of R .bart Ander-
s against the bigge.t problem of hi. 1118 ann. of H-Igrays locality. were united
-that of seeming lefts to take off in martiegw. Rev. A. N. Hoyle of -
his grain. Thousands of men are re- g,a.p,�. After •short vr.it wl'th re-
claim' for the work and the West al"- tatty*, sed friends Mr. and Mn. Holly
per•.ntly has not anytbhng like the re- will (save for their \Nesters borne.
qulred numb'''. C1 really t) 7 While •lilting at the hoot. 01 Mr.
nrs.t mime from tis M�.t nP the! Mr.. Allan gpoir, of the 4th line
United flutes if the crop 1e 10 M'
properly lsarvesad. I of Mom., on Friday, August 4th,
Mary H. the live -year-old daughter of
Mrs. • I.• x Sprit., .pied a bottle of
Rev. Thorns* Weer, a former pop* liquid •trychnirsltand drank part of the
lar pariah priest at Uod.rich staid St. enot.nts before ale was emitted. In
Augustine. has celebrated the fortieth spite of all abet could he dos' to
anniv.twary of ►1s ordlaation to the ormeter•ct the sifters, of the petition
Id on Wednesday
A public 'service was the little one died thetv1YOHAM. s*m. evening.
morning, July
mood,
f.h ,In the aburcb of the Holy Angel.,
Itemise. in iti114 Father West re- Tits eoll'eonn'• roll ubnw• that $7110
'.d the appointment to the parish Se lest 7810'8 toles s mill unpaid.
lit Aagwtime and 1nor ream later F Firihuteb.r, R A. M', Mary.,
west appolated to the parish of God. has hoer engaged as ela..ical teacher
Heft and (7tlaton. He sieved to it. in the $gb aebool.
III Thomas about Shoes yeast ago•
t aro rrrrnuv $ t tt t..a.1 u 1 r[ul es emir
p "d by the Western Fu t'ndrr 1' ...and
a carload of fon:ieere .hipped ;by the
Canaria FurnittAe'l ural: ,- fe:4 were
horned
"Mr., W. Jermyn, f %Vinghr.m, t!n-
DOUr,P. the rUg...en ent art her dtngh-
ter, Verde May. to N•nntsn 1. 'lurch,
B. A., rat Toronto, *t , "1'lr, and MIG,
Thome. Murch, of Stratford. The
marriewe will take plat-- quietly in
Toronto en the !set 7'ueAday in Ay -
gust.
SEA FORTH.
Fleetwood Berry. eon of •Het, J.
' Harry, f-itnerlc .t Serf. nth, has ,-u•
listed for overiras servile.
D1ek, of the i)irk H0,l,8 has
a hen which laid en egg 8•$x71,. nolo.*
Within the outer -hell w'.ar 4 .ecoid
1 egg about the size of a Aantint's.
I Jean Helleut. widow ..f the late
titin Hogan. and a (mater well-known
re.idet.l .•1 Seef.•rth, period away in
!Toronto on Tuesday of last week, aged
eighty-four year.. She is eurv.ved by
titre sons, all .•1 whclu reside in'1'or••
on•O.
Mr. *n.1 Mrs. John M. tV it+on, of
.Se*forth, annonrce the engagement of
their daughter, Lillian Isabel, In 1rt-
ing Su.thertan,I of Owen `toned, son
Iof Mr. and Mrs. Janis" Sutherland, of •
Hogner, the marriage to take place the I
latter part of August.
R'illinm Jnhn.ton, one of the highly I
respected resident* of Se*fu.rth,died at
h is home on Under ich street nn Natal•
day, August •ith. alter a short illnew.
Deressed was in his eighty-first year
and was bon. in Arm*gb, Ireland. He
cams to Caned* when •.venteen years'
of age and settled -in Norval, where he
was married to Miss Martha Shannon.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston tame to Me-
g illnp moon after and settled on that
4th r.enrye..ion. where they made their
hone until same twentye*n ago
whim they came to Realorth to rs.idm
A family of seven daughter rorvivs,
Mrs Johnston died fifteen moatbe 1
ego.
II. T. Theaseen hes purchased John
BRI'996L�;
Mis. Min.rv• Jones is holidaying at
Hose Point. Muskoka.
Mise May Jardine, of Port Oredit,
has been engaged as *militant teacher
In Om rnttinoa(Mn school.
Janus Ireland basi purchased the
residence of New t:amwrnn on the
carnal of John and Church streets.
The U. T. R. has mist word that no
ammunition treat will he available dor
len the mesth of Augnit far 8 sab-
bath sienna 811rrt•elltn (0 g4sser'dl.r
Misses Stahel sad lied& (Wein
QM benne ft'e0t 4he Wert os a slot'
eedebbne
lout stoma the mit
glory eesel They
Termite. tl*ls.lte
TstuitaDAY, Avuvwr 17, 14 T
aad New York before returning to the
prairie.,
Ueorgr Hachanaa, of WeyJot n, and
Dr. Harvey Buchanan, t•f Winnipeg,
me herr on* holiday ei..t. they anode
. the trip of 1,110) "maws in a Mord rue.
about. One punctured tire was the
only uli.ibap.
' A pretty wedding wa• w.deotni,Ptl at
!ht. James' chlorin Mtraltunl, .,n Wed -
1 nrsday, August 'Lod, when M144 1.1.1.
11.. Btuwn, youngest daughter of Mr.
lnal Mr.. Wu. Drown, was IId is
utarriage to Merge. F. (ferry, o1 the
I111th Overtrain Battalion, moo of Mr.
and Mitt. N. F. Urrry, Bramwell. The
cerruo.ny wee probe turd in the pee -
1 a ace of the iwwrdlatr 1 elan ver and
friends by Rev. ILA. 'Phomas, of Wel-
.
1.1crlorq.
CLINTON.•
The council has ordered a ear of oil
flora the Bnti.b Aluermean Oil Co. for
1181 un rite .11.811 -
Mi*. Irene Wilkin has taken a p.ed-
tiou in the Detroit office of the Melt -
igen Central Itetlway.
John T. Harland, one of Cliotl.r,'e
pioneer huaiuev.. men, has eomp.rtrd
his forty-ninth year as • hardware
rurrchent herr.
Rey K. S. Rupee t, M. A , a lot Goer
Methodist pastor herr, died tart Fri-
dw rt his homy in Toronto. He wits
in bi. eight, first year.
The Chapman boot and shoe block
has been removed to London, leaviag -
the 'I'witched! atone vacant for Ior tile%
time •inre it wad MOIL in Ih'77.
Bert Blocker, of Janney, Mark , nae
written, stating that a tenitSe eters"
had badly damaged hie rrnp and
wrecked flus hosier, err' sly injuring
his wither.
The mer rage of Mary Bevan, dnugh-
t.er of Mr. and Mrs H B Chant. of
Clinton, to Lieut. W. E. Florally, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Felwar) I'lo..dy, of
Toronto, took place at Weel'y :Metho-
dist church he..• last, Friday, lie v, Dr.
W. L Rutledge officiating. 'rho bride
was given away by her father, and
wore a blur trev.11.ng suit with Murk
hat. The couple were must Lenard.
Mr. and Mn. bloody will vi.it at Ot-
tawa, MonlreAl and t,luetar 1 he
ldeutenent will ri join hie regi We nt,
ib.. I:Crt h. nest week at V..Ir*,ti.r,
and Mr..^' Fl•..aly will I.sidr In Morroe
WO it the regiment 11''•• .•vet -rut.
MEN I t:'flY 'Il?I''ER ?
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Poo 1r.r. known to •.weal .. nn
1,:47. lea-nR•... fns. u.7 NFa VOU% 8111418.
ru.M •. b 1014111)1 AO.. noseFw-
Tta.A..r to hot treatment
14.4, .amide la NV MID
FREE .t one. 1.. Urate...• n •ref situ row , teen y
meatproveny .malod or but 2:010:810* 1.18..w.f.rr'.•.va-
)).r.•.e t you 18.8 1.....lm.a...d th. • om ehtob was
fadedw..8 r:.rnts:a7 tab. "hoe .8 o4 �.•ltM.•a hove
Tia,.. Boo Form -..d Fete taw It. Ward r
w to Po•.. w T.. On Tre le Pt 0.1/0 N ,14.104,
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VITALITY •e. a.n..d-
I l-nt Mand. a.r...11e1, . b.y been d.'n.' rnt.41 1•
...ra.d. I rawe WWI, he ..�, 114 r•-.1► roe ..-
o ore ere Vl'N-• 41111 and PF.eMAN1 N f .'•dee
.nal err DR WAND'S wo.drr(ear M.rr{.-I°Dna km
the 1r.wteww .,r the web, Oee r1 the ..a -t ., w &nava%
...appal Gar Acer• e. 1 ..,, pat. a1 .r,. 4111
18...8 . u...00rl. remold e....n..t.r. .looterI, 8 ..
repots. Low N ler en 8041W, .11 'hare,
Writ. ler Irnbrr par144•w. r M.n.......1 Al
LrOer. erred. w..l ..e rid wren 1e,,1.
DR. WARD,
BUFFALO'S LEADING SPECIALIST
T Ni.r... S(.... Opp 04. Risk) M•artmet
BUFFALO. N T.
=Hem.. tta•iy, w.M.dep. aw.ei.r • r r.
r. T weeds and fh.ler-F tea Swim ler L
SUMMER GOODS !
\l•ht IK• rat,- .'I •nit 1loiug your cooking .luring
the hot month, Slimmer when yon can tie a
CLARK JEWEL Coal Oil Stove ?
The high -spec,' oil burner is fast and economical.
This burner is clove to the top atlel the flame
strikes the .bottom of the vessel. With this
.direct contact water boils More thickly and it
takes less fuel to keep it boiling.
SCREEN DOORS and WINDOWS
Id
Now is the time to get your Screen Doors and
Windows on before the flits get had. iAo not
wait until they get in your house ant then put
011 screens to keep them in. Call and see our
large range of Screen Doors and Windows.
WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF HAMMOCK 5
Prices ranging from $2.50 to $10.00
Refrigerator3 from $9.00 to $35.00
Lawn Mowers from $4.50 to $10.00
Ate you bothered by your hogs getting under
your fence ? If w,, the
Bulldog Felice Anchor will help you out
Call and we shall 11e pleaded to .how yon how it
is used.
ilo you want any Fencing at very low priers'
\Ve handle the\\ ideal. Carl anal get oar pnces
Before purchasing.
How About Your Winter Supply of Coal ?
We handle the Inst Scranton Coal at the follow
ing prices :
Chestnut 011.00 per tin
Stove
HEE _ ........11.00
.... $•8
Soft and Cannel Cost.75
Hard and Soft Wood Slabs.
P"°PS4Viti 22 ICHAS. C. JFF
HOUSE 112
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