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00DERICH,
Oi4TAR10,, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917
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is
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if you are now getting The
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nuc their assistance in this con-
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MAMIE W aRRENKR,
Hamiltrnt street. Gcrderich.
CARTAGE
Having enlisted with the 161st
(Huron) Battalion for active ser-
viceoverseas
I have m d
e arrange -
meets with Mr. Nelson Yeo to
carry on my cartage business in my
absence, and I would respectfully
solicit from the public generally,
and from my old customers partic-
ularly, a continuance of their valued
patronage until such time as I can
again resume my occupation.
Any bnaiuess entrusted to Mr.
Veo during my absence will be
carefully attended to and will be
thankfully appreciated by me. ,
ALFRED H. JANE.
Telephone orders to Mr, Yeo,
No. 187.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
iVOR BALE —A MODERN Rai
J. bore, with all conveniences ; large re.
k o and pantry double parlors dining -new,
back elan VMS; paolry down stair* ; front nerd
bathroom on wooed floobedrooms
. Al.o au attic. large
Da.etwnt with furnace Electric lights all
throuth the ►ours .1 large Lwo and Ctarden,
oveeq, �eo feept front, with fruit tree•aalGilub
WILLIAMS, or
tststreet, apply toRRRRSSSa....
iiNrtycb. .T<�.
AHM FOR RALE.. -CHOICE 10l.
acre farm. about three-quarters of a mile
St. Augustine P. O. Gond ronainef,1r,eeek
ea farm ; barn Nun : shed 2te3e ; good frau'
heaars•PPt .ed kki•cben. For farther peniculare
ROPHY. R.}t Nu. 2. Auburn. Im
A CHOICE FIFTY -ACRE FARM
food tor
n saes. i within sae mile of Dungannon.
"'oeses.iun in March r o ,biug in ges shape.
apply to T. GUNDRY.G}deHoe.
. Forparticulars
TWO ST'►RES TO RENT. -ONE
lately 000.pled byRt. B. Harrison an 1 tare
/thee by James F. homson. Both on the
Bgnare. Apply J. P. BROWN. Hitt
j]OUSE TO RENT. -MODERN
1 house en Gloucester 'Terrace. Apply to
UBLPH OKIFFI\, Gaoler. 7041
CRAIGIE'S
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS
Lumber for Sale
Large quantity of building lumber
for [rale. Must be removed at once.
hrri
Fine red brick bowie, hilly m ern,
ems
With hot water beating, 7 mtall
heesmeet, Annaba wile whdls Vit.
wia
Street. This ie the heat buy in hr wn.
Price 52,000.
White prick, 1 1.2 -story. 7 -room
house, bath and electric lighter good
barn two lots with fruit trees, aft -
lusted on the corner of Cameron and
Raglan streets. Price NOM.
Several other listings can be had on
application at the office.
Number of houses to rent.
. J. W. CRAIOIE,
IIrSVPANrp AND RLIL ESTATE
TENDERS WANTED.
TENDERS WANTED.
WDIRiOfd INDTOTRIAL EXHIBITiON.
The Board of Director. of the Goderich In-
dustrial Exhibit log ask for tenders to :
I. supply of straw for stall. and pens, de-
livered in them. and to satisfaction of the
Board,
X For refreshment booth and selling prly•
Pewee Candy. fruit. ice cream. soh drink,,
light refreshments or lunches. peanuts and
popcorn, clears and tobaodo. ho exclusive
right will beitivan.
Tet ern for whole or any portion considered.
1 or atrpply ot meal. In Dining Hall, in
eluding a tight to cell ice cream sad refresh-
ment+ In the hall only
Exhibition will be held on 2eth. 27th, 28th
neplemher, 11)17
Tfenders andr,•s*ed to undersigned. accom-
panied by depnsi• or marked cheque for ave
dollars as a guarantee. to be returned to un-
seocereful tenderer'', are to be In the bandit of
Secretary by nocn on Saturday. September 14
1517.
All Information canobtained on applies.
tion to the Secretary,
be
FOWLICR,
742t. Box 171, Goderich.
LOST OR FOUND.
OST. -GOLD WRand ppRsaaATaa��H.RRtO OH,
1 *ith please leaaveatat SIGNALl OFF11C E. yonder
LOST. -ON TRAFALGRR OR VIC-
TORIA street, a gold- crr.oest pin. set
wltb pearl... Finder will beliberally rewarded
on returning same to MSS. CARRIE, C/imbrla
I road.
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II I
Required
Large quantities of
SCRAP IRON
Terms—Cash on delivery
Please phone 'or write us and our wagon will call.
The National Shipbuilding Co.,
GODERICH Limited
TAKING BUSINESS TO TORONTO
Wholesale Distribution of Catalogues by
City Departuieat House.
The Seaforth Expositor bad the
following in its Inst week's issue :
Five and ooe-half tons of fall cata-
logues were ehipped in here by express
on Wednesday by the T. Eaton Co.,
o' Toronto. for distribution from the
Seaforth postomce. The Baton Co.
are using $eafotth as a distributing
centre ea as to take advantage of the
parcel post rate in the twenty -mile
radius, thus saving ball the postage
it would otherwise cost to wail theiq
from Toronto. The express chargesd
on the shipment were $84 and the
postage charges $301. If the mer-
chants. not only in Seatortb. but In
the twenty -mile radius, and there ate
many of them, who sit back and tike
advantage of the advertising done by
a few, would see the amount of money
per ton these catalogues return to the
T. Raton Company, it would he a
startling revelation to them. This is
not the firat shipment of these cata-
logues and it will not he the last. It
pays and it will continue to pay until
the local merchants become alive to
the fact that the T. Eaton Company
is taking the made that is rightfully
thein and doing it in broad daylight.
If the local merchants want to bdld
this trade they will have to go after
it, and it is well worth viola after,
beosoee it is • cash trade. It can be
done. but there ie only one way, and
that is the judicious rise of the local
papers for advertising.
if quality count/4, use Blackstone's
delicious ice cream in bulk or bricks
for all occasions. •' Phone 240.
Call Lawrence's (telephone 8) for all
information leearuiug tickets to Tor-
onto Exhibition.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
NOTICE.
riming to the scarcity of lahs+ase 1►e in*
crea ed cost of running espeneerti We fame un-
dersigned
butchers
uw`the town
� hveeled adoptheollowing einem.
commencing
SEPTEMBER 3rd. 1x17:
1st To discontinue dell►ering parcels.
2nd. To Mose our .toren ou leor.da)v and
Thursdays at 12.35 noon, In order to do our
klI11ug and other outside work.
3rd. To Waite strictly to be cash +yntem.
Signed , TH0B... LEGO
. yaet ID.M.O•BRIE"".i.
LMR 1 FIRE! FIRE 1 --NOW is
the tints to ere oat your featherbeds and
pillows, a- we are cleaning for a few week.
oow. Ladle. Q HALSSTEAID.a i w, r Ms s ou
will
nachirr.,eae drop`d to
t ide
�
the "orpor*tiea, and he will call tuneedirtely.
Iwdtes In the ()wintry 10111 bring their Work to
I
Pieta.. Minn.
'1IRI.tl WANTED.,-tjPPLYYlODE-
77ff RICH KNITTING CO.
Wanted at the
CanningFactory
Raspbei ries. Heins, Beets
and Carrots. Highest prices
paid.
Come in and See Us.
Heron Canning and Evaporating Co.
D F HAMIINK Manager
FOR SALE
MOTOR BOATS FOR SALE.
tine canopy top boat, 31 feet long by seven.
ft. b. .mequipped with a font-eyinder. four
-
cyole "Gray ' motor. speed about ten mle. per
boor.
One open rnnabent. 23 feet long by 1 feet 4
inohes beam quipped with a four -cylinder.
four-cycle Lition.epower motor, speed about 20
miles per hour.
Both of the Above boats ere in flr.t-rlaracon.
diaion and the former I. an excellent..es boat.
well adapted for +tstl excursion parties.
Also several other lannehes of different
ty pea ; prices very low for quick .ale.
J. A. C SOAOEL.
79-3t Boat Builder. *ellaosbutg.
L OR SALE. -ROWBOAT, IN GOOD
L condition. Apply at SIGNAL OFFICE.
LION SALE. -ONE AUTO TRUCK.
capacity li tone. Suitable for exprees
delivery or farm work. Pneumatic tire. in
f rant• rear axle, the Russell internal geardrive.
Speed. 12 to IX/miles per hour.
One Jitney auto ear. cloned body: to carry
eishott passengers. Pneumatic tiros all round.
h can be Been at our factory or drop us a
pencar'd for hill particular* and prices of
either.
THE PAGET GRAiN WOR 00.. LTD..
65.tf Ooderlob. out.
Stock of Lumber For Sale
Having mold our factory building in
Goderich, and having no further nee
for the stock of lumber on hand, we
offer it for sale at low figures rather
than have the expense of removing It.
The stock Includes a quantity of
FINISHED LUMBER.
such as hard and soh wood Flooring,
Siding and Inmide Finish.
LUMBER IN THE ROUGH
conalsting of White and Red Pine,
Sprooe. Hemlock, Birch. Oak, Ash
and Elm.
All sixes from 1x5 -inch up to 10x10
inchtimber.
We Intend to sell not this stock
within a month or mix weeks. and
those who require lumber should
apply at MOO.
PAGET GRAIN DOOR Co., Ltd..
Goderich, Ont.
J. YoMertaott, Manager.
FACTORY BURNFD.
J. E. BAECI4&ER'S fila BRICK
BUILDING DESTROYED.
Eighty-five Employees Thrown Out of
Work -Loss about $90,000.-Spet-
tacular Blaze in the Early Hours of
Wednesday Morning --Mr. Baechler
May Rebuild.
Another disastrous tire in the eariy
hours of Wednesday morning put a
Godei-icb industry out of business -
though ooiy temporarily, it is hoped.
About 1 18 a. w. the fire alarm was
soiwded by a young 10511 who, being
unaale to secure rerulta by telephone,
ran all the was from the northeast
mut oz the town to the court bowie.
The blaze was at the big three-story
'Irick factory of the Goderich Manu-
facturing Co., and by the time the
alarm was given it bad •gained such
headway as W re beyond control.
The tiro brigade wade a prou•pt re-
sponse, and won had hose playing on
rue Hawes, but the pressure at tint
was very pi)tor, improviug later on.
Within an hour she whole front pirt
of the factory bad been destroyed, the
walls gradually felling in se the tire
progressed. Tne frame storehouse to
the east of the main building caught
flee, but was saved by the exertions of
the flreweu. The back part of the
factory, consisting ut the boiler awl
engine room aad the sawmill, also
escaped, there being a stout firewall
between this and the (root part of
the factory. Sows debris from the
ruined portion fell thtough tbe roof
of the engine roost. Several lorded
care on the G. T. H. siding were re-
moved from the danger zone.
There was hardly a breeze stirring,
laud tbe flames shot,etraight up into
the sir, illuminating the country for
miles around.
The cause of the tire is unknown.
There were about eighty-five hands
•uipleyed by the Company, the work
teiug chiefly the waking of egg -cases
for the Harris Abattoir Co. and the
William Davies Cd. of Toronto. The
factory was completed a little over
two years ago trod was one of the
finest factory buildings in Western
Ontario. The lora ie estimated as at
least $410,1)00. Total insurance ie
5 71,(1)11.
Mr. J. E. laechler, the proprietor
ot the Company, was out of town the
night of the f!r* He bas not been
weil the last
ane to lltwt:(
k, or two and had
ooze,
rDV' a rest. luso,
the fire and he retained home Wed-
nesday afternoon. Naturally he is
somewhetdepressed by t he miefoi tune,
but when seen by The Signal today he
said he would rebuild and get Into
business again pr.tvided satisfactory
arrangements could be made.
Baeehler has been a hard worker w • '
has made a strong fight to build up a
substantial industry in Goderich, and
we misjudge the sentiment of the
people of the town if they do not
stand staunchly behind him in an et -
lot t to retrieve the present disaster.
BP Rote to get your railway ticket,
Tor Toranto duringg the Exhibition at
F. F. Lawrence & Sons' down -town
office and save time at the station,
Telephone No. 8, All enquiries at-
tended to promptly,
LOCAL TOPICS IN BRIEF.
Dr. Emmerson will be out of town
free] September 4th to September
17th.
The month of August is nearly past,
and yesterday was the last Wednes.
day half -holiday of the season.
Miss McKinnon, of Miss Cameron's
millinery store, has returned after a
vieit to the city establishments and is
now ready to execute orders in the
,new fall styles.
Mr.
C. J. W.
Taylor, organist of
Knox church, ha. opened his clatnes
in piano and vocal at the horse of
Mrs. McColl, corner of Britennis road
and South street.
The Women's Wer Auxiliary will
meet at the home of Mrs. McNally on
Friday next at 4 o'clock. A full at-
tendance is requested. Those who
have been knitting socks will please
bring them that day.
The Kincardine Review says : "We
notice in The Goderich Signal that
Chas. MacKinnon, B. A. has joined
tire staff of the Ooderiob Collegiate to
succeed Dr. Strang who is retiring
after long and faithful service as edi-
cetionist in the county of Huron. Mr.
MacKinnon was principal of the Kin-
caidine high school for a number of
HPars and is a very capable teacher.
is strong point is dlecipline.'
Hopeful reports continue to reach
Rev. J. E. Ford as to the condition of
his daughter, Mn. (Dr.) Bean, who
wan so badly burned In the destruc-
tion by fire of her home a few weeks
ago. Mrs. Bean Is making a hreye
fight for life, and there are now very
good prospects of her recovery.
Rev. J. H. and Mrs Osterhout were
called to Chatham last week by the
death of Mrs. Osterhout's father, Mr.
Edwin C. Gammage, who died in that
city on the 21st, Inst. Mr. Gammage,
who was In his sixty-eighth year. had
been in business In Chatham for a
Test many yearn.
"No Argument,"
lVhet are boys made of r Razors
and wails and pdpp; dogs' tails.
Girls? Roger and spice and every-
thing
verything niee.
Pridbam the Tailor's clothes? Goods
all wool and a yard wide.. .. ....
GODBRICH BOY KILLED.
Bert Smith Falls to Death in Hold of
Steamer Paiprrogre at Buffalo.
On Monday evening the body of
Bert Smith, son of Pte. and Mr.. Ben.
C. Smith, Newgate street, arrived
from Buffalo, the young man having
been killed Saturday morning by fall-
ing down a batch on the steamer
Paipounge. The father is overseas,
and the mother had received no notifi-
cation of the death of her son, and
the arrival of the body was a great
shock to her. Information regarding
the occurrence has since been re-
ceived in a lett,r from Clayton Wal-
ter., a boy who sailed on the same
boat, and also in a letter from Capt. P.
McIntyre, of the Paipoouge. The ac-
cident, it appease, happened about 3.30
in the morning. The deceased was
going down a ladder into the hold,
when be fell, fracturing his skull.
Owing to the uncel variety as to what
bad happened, au iuqueet was consid-
ered advi,ahle, and Dr. Hunter, et r-
uiner, opened the enquiry un Tuesday
afternoon. the jurors'being John Cutt
(foreman ), A. J. Cooper. Win. Birnie,
H. T Edwards, John McKinnon, J. H.
Pipe. Alex. Powell and John A. Rob-
ertson. Ctown Attorney Seager is in
charge of the pr•ndeedinge. No inform-
ation havibg been received from the
Buffalo police, who it is understood
made an investigation, the jury, after
viewing the remains, adjourned to
September 7th. Dr. Emmet -sun has
since made a post-mortem examina-
tion .
funeral was held 'Wednesday
afternoon from the family reeidence to
Maitland cemetery, Rev. A. L. G.
Clarke, rector of St. (hinge.* church,
officiating. The pallbearers ere four
returned soldiers : Pte.. Be yam',
Fox, Mountain and Bell.
The Smith family came from ' ng -
land to this vicinity twelve years o,
and lived in Goderich township . t
seven years before removing to town.
The father, Pte. Ben. C. Smith, went
overseas with the 101st Battalion and
is now in France. Bert was in his 21st
year. He had been on the Paipoonge
barely a week before his death, having
shipped with the vessel when it left
this port a week ago Sunday.
Later. -Letters have been received
from members of the crew of the
Paipoonge which explain the circum-
stances and satisfy crown Attorney
Seeger that the fatality was purely
accidental and that no blame attaches
to anyone.
ASKS FOR A BOOK
And Gets a Letter of Appreciation Along
With It
Perrin The testbrtb Cstsaaor.
Our esteemed friend and former
townsman, Mr. J. L Killoran, herriy-
ter. of Goderich, in con eepondingwith
the Seaforth public library board
stated that among his books was dis-
covered a hook entitled, "The Life of
Lord Russell," belonging to the Sea-
orth library, and it would be a;onaid'
ered a favor to retain it as a remem-
brance of ten years of pleasant meso-
eiation with the library, hut be did
not wieb to retain it without permis-
sion. The libtary board passed a un-
animous resolution favoring tbe reten-
tion of the hook, and the following
letter expressive of appreciation was
tendered- Mr. Killbran fcr the inde-
fatigable efforts bestowed on behalf of
the library during his tenure of office
fin secretary •
James L. Killoran, litsq. -
Dear S4r,-in reference to your PC.
teerued request of retaining the book
entitled,"The Life of Lgtd Russell,"
as a uuein.:nto of the use,pleasant
and profitable years spent i secretar-
ial duties in connection with he Mea -
forth public library board, it is emed
a privilege, at contained in s unanim-
ous resolution adopted by the ro,ud,
that the hook mentioned shall remelt)
in your possession as a slight token o
remembrance and appreciation of your
ten years of untiring, painstaking
and praiseworth service gratuitously
y R y
rendered. Through your manifest
devotion to the educational work as
instituted and carried on through the
uiedianl of piadic librati55 in the Do-
minion. ono your unabated friendship
to the public library here. se an old
S'afnrth boy, the words of Horace
Walpole error apropos of the oc-
casion : "Old friends are the net
blessings of ot.e'c later yearn. Half a
word conveys one's meaning. They
have s memory of the same events,
and have the same mode of thinking."
May the choicest bleadngs of en over-
ruling Providence attend yeureelt and
family is the well -wishes of the mem-
bers of the Seaforth puhlie library
board. i have the honor to he
Your obedient servant
F. G. NZRLrt, Sects wry,
Eat Pure lee Cream
and give your children none ether.
Edwards' is pure. Phone 200.
Creoline is an antiseptic -it will pre-
vent or arrest putrefaction (rotting),
pus forniat(on, etc. Therefore it is used
in treating wounds, cute, bitea, stings.
('noline heipe them 10 heal rapidly.
Muiaten abstorhent cotton or a Olean
cloth with a 'elution of from one to
two teaspoonfuls to about a pint of
water and apply to the affected part.
it has a greater range of ueefulness w
a h.•usehold remedy for disinfecting
and ^leaning cloeets, Boors, wand -
work, etc. Have a bottle on the shelf
for an emergency. 'Sold by E. R.
Wigle, druggist, Goderich.
After the garden peoject hero comes
another suggestion of supreme inter-
est : That in Remember on rpening
the schools all over the rountty theo
tem -hers teach their pnplle frier w
things, to conserve wheat„ fate, meatsA
an4 milk, and the raaeon why. . A
THE LADS IN KHAKI (ha
famive lybbeen reeees, sired by friends of the
e
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Foster, Nelson'
street, on Monday received official
notification that their son. Flight -
Lieut. Frank J Foster,. bail been killsd
in action August'-i3rd. The blow is a
very heavy one, as the young 'man
when he enlisted was preparing fcr
what promised to he a useful and enc.
ceesful career, having almost' com-
pleted his course in the study of law.
Frank was torn twenty-seven years
a o at Clinton. He attended the Gode-
rich Collegiate Institute, the family
having moved to this town, and later
took the arts course at the t niversity
of Toronto. graduating in 1914 with the
degree of H. A. He then went %Vest
and deciding to enter the legal pro-
fession spent two years in the office of
Hogarth & Roes, Regina, and had
passed all but the final examination
when be found he could no longer re-
sist the call to enlist in the great
struggle to which he has now given
hie life. He trained at Toronto dur-
ing the summer of last year with the
University corps and went overview
in August, 1910, and after training as
an aviator in England cruised to
France in April of this year. Hie
death makes another addition to the
sadly growing list of Goderich bey*
who have made the supreme **entire
for duty and honor. The sympathy
of the townspeople goes out to the
FLIGJIT-LIECT. FRANK 3. FOSTER
Killed lu action August 23rd.
bereaved family in' the loss of their
sPlendid son and brother. Besides the
ppa�retts, there are three sisters, Mimes
�lfsuiie',-Jeieeie and bushel( and a young
brother, Roy, who is with the -A M.
C, at Loudon, Ont.
In a letter written from Regina in
January, 1910, Frank told his parents
of his growing conviction that he
must enlist. He wrote: "Somebody
has to be ready to go to take the
places of thowe who have fallen. 1Vhy
should I, able-bodied and in good
health, he nue of those to shirk .the
dutyof every able-bodied citizen?"
He felt very keenly hie obligation to
his parents, and their reluctance. to
let him go, and he iruated that he
would have a "reasnnahle chance" of
returning home and fulfilling the filial
obligation which he felt resting upon
hint, int, be wrote, "when 1 look hack
and take note of the fellows who have
fallen in this awful etruggie and then
ask myself why they should suffer
and not i, the only answer is, prepare
to do your bit also."
Pte. Philip p Ca try, one of the first
boy*. to leave Goderich at the call of
war\returned home on Wednesday
night, Unfortunately hie cowing was
not gerierally known, or titers would
have beets popular welcome for the
young heirs P:ei Carey is one of
five sons of Mr, Oswald F. Carey who
donned the khaki. He left' (icxlericfl
August 25th, 11114, and went overseas
with the first contingent as a signaller.
He has had a vatted experience, and
has been in hospi'al several bines.
He was invalided to Emitted about tis
moot he ago and is now hone on
furlough. He went away aoung
boy. and in the three yeara of absence
has developed into a tall, stalwart
young man.
On Tuesday Mr. R. J. Harmer,
Huron road, received word that his
son, Pte. Albert Hay Helmer. had
been admitted to No.4) clearing eta -
tion nn August 21, suffering from a
gunshot wound in the right arm.
Tuesday's casualty fiat contained
the narne nt Pte. A. Stead, of Gode-
rich, but nobody seems to know just
who the wounded man is. No man of
Unit name has his home in this neigh-
borhood so far as can be ascertained.
A private cable received by Mrs.
Jordon, West street, states that her
son. Lieut. Ernest Jordan, has e-
ceived a wound in the left foot.
Word has been rec- eived by pelvis e
letter that Gunner 0111! Wehh was
recently "gassed." The dose was not
a Revere one and he Is again back with
his battery.
The name of Lieut. - M. 0. Anderson,
f Ottawa, appears in the list nt
minded this week. This is Melville
ndersnn, son of the late Hey. .las. A.
ndersoe of Goderich. No psi ticulars
Pte. Murray Fingland, son of Mr.
and Mr:. John Fingland, of Londer-
hero', figured in the casualty lieu ibis
week. lie was wounded and gassed.
News was receive- d at Stratford on
Monday of the death in action on
Auguat 10 of Pie. Cecil George Wyatt,
son of Mr. and Mn. William Wyatt,
102 Orange street, in that city. Pte.
Wyatt was born in Goderich, but
spent most of his- boyhood days at
Stretford. Later the family moved to
Eluura and Cecil entered the employ
of the Royal Bank there. The family
moved back to Stratford about two
years ago, and some time later Oeci
decided to take a hand in the war.
He joined the Army Medical Corps
at London and served in France with
that corps for some time, and then
transferred to the 18th Battalion and
took his place in the tranches, He
was only twenty years of age. Be-
sides bis parents be lea yes three rioters
and three bet then : Mre. Dr. H. W.
Baker. Stratford, Lillian Wyatt of
Toronto, and Rota at home, also
Harold and Russell at home and
William of Detroit. William has been
drafted in the United States army.
RED CROSS OPEN LET-
TER TO THE CITIZEN4
OF GODERICH.
We have plated our second year
of monthly colle,•tions and wish to
thank publicly all who have contrib-
uted to the Ret ()rose funds in this
way, and alio the ladies who have so
faithfully collected the money, Some-
times at great inconvenience to them -
D elves.
We regret that the amount received
this year is re,onsiderately less than the
first ysat's total, being about $2,9(10
while last year it was $3.4410. Times
have been fairly prosperous. in Gode-
nieh and we feel that we should have
maintained the standard of 1915-l0.
(Jan we not, during 1917.iS, at (oast
equal the first year's total ? It ran he
done easily if all will help,,,, Moilh wf
our ritizene have paid regularly and
generously ; some, we think, are able
to give more than they do ; others, -
for various reasons, have ceased to con-
tribute ; and a few, we regret to say,
have never given a cent to this fond.
Everyone who possibly can do ro
e heald give tiberaHy to the iced Oros*
tants, for the need is tory great.
When you look at the casualty lists,
just think what a great quantity of
medical and hospital supplies must he
required. Perhaps suave relative or
friend of yours is one of those who
are being cared for by. the Red Cross
and is dependent on your ars _ bu-
ttons for his needs and comforts.
Those whose husbatds or sons have
enlisted should he especially interevted
in supporting this wink (as many of
thew are), for surely they would wish
to feel that, if their loved ones were
sick or wounded, they would hive a -
part in caring for them through the
Heil ss
stCroyear our word of advice was,
"Carry on"; this year it is, "Stick it."
This war is it test of endurance ; let
us not fail the boys who are irately
faciug the fourth year of fighting,
without 11147 thought of pitting or
of slackinittheir efforts. A canvass
of non -contributors is to be made this
month : let the response be generous
and general. Make
our bo
ye overseas
feel proud nt their home town that
does its beet for the sick and the
wounded
(Signed) Geo. PORTER,
Convener Advisory Com,
A. M. HomKRTs:N,
Tree.. Ward Collet'tloas,
i
Lake Boatit for Ocean Trade.
A representative of the United
States shipping board was at Cleve-
land recently initiating Government
plane to commandeer lake freighters
for coastwise and trans -oceanic war
trade. Figures tabulated by the Gov-
ernment agent, in conference with
local shipping exports, owners,
builders and tugnten, show upward et
eighty lake boat, ran be taken t i salt
water. The plan is to take every hoat
capable of passing through the Wel.
land Canal through the St. Lawrence
Slyer to the Atlantic, before lake
traffic is ice -bound. Boats up to 520
feet in length and not more than 43
feet bsam will he cut in two, hulk -
headed and towed by tugs through
the canal and river.
OIEO.
BMTTR.--At Boaalo,N.Y. on Saturday, Alienist25, Benjamin James Herbert Smith. 1n els
Met year.
COX -At Chicago. on Sunday, August 26,
John A. Cot. In bis 3e th year.
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