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mei Moliday, Feb. 9th and 11U1,
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O6ITUARY.
PARSONS.—Of a former Godetivh
business man. whose death was mentioned
In The Signal last week, Thr St. Marys
Jidumal ea) s:
Seven years ago Richard Parsons carte
(rem Detroit. where tie was tieing retired.
to take over the business, of his brothel,
Relit. Parsons. who had been accidentally
killed while on an auto trip to Landon.
For the r.eet tour or live years. Mr. Par-
sons as the head of Parsons' Fair was
one of the leading merchants of the
Stone Town. at which time hu health
failed him, necessitating his withdrawing
from public life, the business being car -
tied on by -his con. Fred. On Sunda
lest that ulness resu ted in death at his
home on Elizabeth slreet.St. Marys, at the
comparatively )ung age of fifty-three
years. Mr. Perecirts was one of a family
of brothers, widely known and highly re-
elected men of unusual business ability
and coccal .qualities which gave them a
standing m many of the towns of Wes-
tern Ontario where their chain of stores
held a high place in the business, timid.
Ms. `t ar-one was born -in London. Ont.,
spent some of his younger days on a farm
just outside tine city. conducted business
in Goderich and• had retired to private
fife in. Detroit shell Out death of his
brother caused him to enter business
life again. '}1e made many friends among
the inErchants of the town, who miseed
hem from their cycles and %hoer tem-
patiny has gone out to hint and his tardy
during the teaks of his illness. The
lamentable death of his brother, one of
Onllia's foremost merchants. who with
his wife was kilted in an auto accident
near Toronto last May. will be remem'
f hered be oi;r readers. Mr. Parsons is
! survived by his widest and two chddren.
Fred and Rhea at home, and tufo b rothert
• and' a sister, John I atsons of Owen
extend. George of Satre:* and .M:-. E.
tfaeund of Isrockville. lntetment was
' made ,in St. Marys cemetery en Tues-
' : day. sen ice being conducted ba Rev.
Cha, M. Marshall of the Methodist
eturch
MISS S. NOBLE i
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'HERN',S GROCERY
We have extra
values in
Toitet Paper
MARS
5c per roll .. 22 for $1.
AURORA
1 Oc per roll . 13 or $1.00
S' •►NY
I2/c roll 9.for $1.00
t»F:'ERSON.—(nr• Jarear! 21st. W.
JCI: Je?ers.n, a highly e -teemed resident
of t'r•t Nataan ash, died at his home
near Dorinybroruk, after se•rering ecreatly
for they last three weeks:‘, <t fes months
ago ean'trene developed fh his foot and
he had it amputated in the Wingham
hospital in the hipsatcure
him, but thcoukh s
he er.�ed Mlle ttrr for a
time his at?. •tion came be e t Nee
i Years ago. ceased was born tn Dun-
gannon sea y fifty -tie !settle tago.
When quite,to ng he meted to Donny -
bro►k, where h carried ac a. •wa,ot-
making business for several year,-. A'
tvv years ago he ved to tat hi, con-
' .:estop 7. Wei. ' 'awarns`•. where he
continued to reside a art his dearth. He
is survived by his wile. ror^mrly Chrtstena
Cameron of St. Helens. and a family of
eight hots and four di is v:z , George,
who teaches sehtuol hear '.'rde ich; Gor-
dote teacher near (Army ihn. Oversew-,
Cameron, Charlene, Sate 1, iliiliard.
Margaret. !rene and Olive at me; and
' .;ladys, who i, /training a- n i at the
Woodstcx-k neral hospital. Three
• brothers and two sisters also urvive,
viz., Gordonbed Richard in Nor'h Dako-
ta, Mr.. Wallace Hough: ot Win..,. m,
Mr. Simon/ Dow, formerl•: of Win .. • ne
but now tieiing near Fullart"n. a0(1
who resided with the deceased. I 1
was s member of the Donnybrook C.O.f
arid lhe•Stethodist church, and tie (unera
services Were conducted thy- his
Rev. Mr. O' Kell. Interment• was
in Donnybrook cemetery
JOHNSTON.—Another G-deric h fam-
ily Inst one of its members on Sunday of
this week. When the death of Jenny New -
march, wide of Mr. Oliver Johnston, re-
curred. "Mrs. Johnston had been ailing
her t labt sixteen months, but it was
x theh. rrurn
last fes
t
that
site
we, onfined to her bed.;. The deceased
w . born 'en Clinton in 1S62, and was
arried to Mr. Oliver Jeihnston in 188.
'des her husband, she is survived by
three sons: !Flaruld,'of Toronto Oliver,
with the 161st Battalion, and Earl, at
home; also by fol:, brothers: Charlie, of
Chilton; Edwa- Ldmi'nton; Thomas,
of Medicine Hat, and Robert. of Prince
Rupert. The funeral takes place this
afterno,n from the family. residence.
West street, the interment t" he at Clin-
ton. where Mr. and Mrs. Johnston for-
merly resided.
FARROW.—The late , Asher Farrow,
whose death, in his /Ikventy-eighth year,
occurred at Alexandra hospital January
21ath, was for over thirty years the faith-
ful representative of His Majesty as col-
lector of customs at Godertch `1lir
health had been failing tor some years
bort he wary' still able to be about until
lust a week before his death he fell on
the stairs at his home and sustained a
fracture oft ,t thigh Ile was taken to
the hixtpital, where he passed away as
above stated Mr. earrow was a native
of England, his birtfl dace being near Al-
ford, itt Lincolnshire. The family came
to Canada when he- war a boy and
settled in C,ark township, Otuham
county. He attended school at New•
castle and bfterwards was engaged for
some time as a school teacher, subse-
quently entering the G. 1. R. service and
becoming station agent at Ripley, where
he remained for a number of years. Up-
on his appointment to the customs col-
lectorship he removed to Goderich, where
he had since resided, attending zea:eusly
to the duties of his office until his health
failed. His wortl.y paitne,-in-life. who
before nes marriage was Miss E. A. Reid
of Clark township, died a little over
three years ago. His (t)iv sm. Chester,
also is decease d. Three daughters sur-
ctve• Mrs. R. W. Reid, of Brooklyn.
N l'., and the Misses Laura and Ethel,
at home. A sister, Mrs. W. F. Smith of
Bluevale. also survives. The late Mr.
Thos. Farrow, at one time member
of the House• of Ctxnmois Inc East Hur
on, and later prwtrnaster at Brussels, was
a brother of the deceased. The funeral
took place on Friday afternoon of last
week to Maitland cemetery. The se
vices were conducted by Rev. Dr, ut-
ledge. pastor of North street thodis,
church. of which the deceased was a
member, assisted by ,1tev. J. E. Ford.
and the pallbeal-s were Robert Mc
Lean. John Galt, ,J. W. Vanatter, T. R.
Wallis, Andrew otter and J. H. Col
borne. Among these present were: Mi.
arta Mrs. R. W. Reid, of Brooklyn.
N. Y.; Mrs. Musgrove, of Bluevale; Mr
John Farrow, of Guelph; Mrs W. H
Reid, of Il owmanville; Mr. and Mr. Chas.
Reid, of Newtopville; Mr. and Mrs.
Hray, of fkmgannnn; Mr. F G. Neelin,
of Seaforth, and Mr. Jelin Wiseman. 01
Clinton.
W.: HERN
TF; Hnestle Ill: 1'HO lit 4
MULTIPLYING
MAN POWERLIGHT1'1,,I.CQ LiGT uuaeasee the
than Tensor on the tarot.
It don,. the chores—tni II: 'A till'
—churns hurns the 101(15.1—+ap.
ersk't the creme.
it primps the water and grind=
the' toots.
It probaron vides light for the and
outbuildings, lengtitenitig the
working day.
II pays for demi( quickly in time
and labortavol
And eu addition to all this It
bring'. city comforts and et n-
venicnree to the farm.
'Ther' areoverii0,Ot10lkdco-i.iglit.s
supplying electric light and
power to farms, country home*
and beeinesnes thronghout the
world.
1relteS0 IAOHT is self cranking --
air nooks$—stops automatically
has a think plate long-lived
bat tet y hall herarings—no 'Jetta-
-Tru.
on kemtene
Ask fol dew+rnpuve booklet.
Rrt Wilson
Iteeco I.l(IHT dncrnancs
Farm Efficiency.
It is awfully hard to generate any re
speck Inc a man who wearsa lot of ring,
on his fingers.
•
THE Cif: N AL
INTESTINAL
PARALYSIS
"Fruit -a -tires" Quickly
Relieved This Chronic Trouble
589 (•wa.us Sratcr, Movratai.
"1• my opiuius, no other medicine
is so curative for Constipation and
lndigeetion as'f'ruit-a•tives'.
1 was s sufferer from these tom•
plaints for five years, and illy
aedeutars ocoupatiou, Music, brought
about a kind of laIeslino/Paralysis ;
w'ilb "oily fleadaries, belching gets,
drowsinesa after eating, and pain is
the back. 1
I wasiodueEd to ty'i'ruit-a•tivks'
and aow for six months 1 have been
entirely, well". A.:It,()I:NBI'RG.
50o. s box, 6 for tre 0, trial) rise 25e.
At all dealers or`yJ�,`.nt ,postpaid by
Fruit -a -hues Limit, Ottawa.
T
CODERICH
OTT A RIO
Mirky in fi Igings.
Aa ng in ruled 'the Witty-Nlety
telegr ma recently published. We
Coat ta the following: Ddar Welly
—He we are in Tobolak.,' Aiew-
dre►n drageed me all over the city
bunt for apartments until 1
tho ht soy legs would drop off. She
line y took the one 'be looked at
urs ,' Ij has fourteen rooms, and the
reit , is .too high: but 1 suppose I
aha a got' to stand the gaff. AS Alexaa-
dreena doesn't tbiak - she wotNd be
satisfied witil anything else. `T he
walls are ba ly cracked, and �ie
pLasler sate wn into our food
when we ek(; b t we have a lovely
view. The pea a upstairs have
three) children, an - when they run
up :old down the ha it rounds like
Itbe horserace scene 'Ben Hier."
Across the hall tbere h+ woman wbp
plays the phonograpb u:o 11 two a.m,
I would like..ery methsto .boot het.
The janitor is a cbarmtng f 'low, but
he lets the ;heat div eown :tt, 3,4;
every evening, and when gt;ktck be
shows ine the coal bills. Wish you
were bete —Nicky.
P.5.—Please burn thiiletter.
M:egnesite In Tras.vaal.
It is. elated ,that some por'.•,o of
the deoueits at, magnesite lu tbe
Transvaal .s min; used. ,tams(
other purposes. for the , making ot
rrrbonie a' Id and Epsedi salla.
. GENERAL R7ta{o•ON1
British :went Brilliant N,ait to .tet
the ltaliatu..
General air Henry lie; :t. AW •'.r,
K.C.R., Britain's third ": "•:•t..' ,ani
ntittee. nos ,sSIsting lily. aa. Ire
gels -chief of the General Staff.. I'"
four years. from 1,91i) re 19 4. 1 .
was director of military onerattoe-
at artny headquarreri. 'He 1. ail
hems, born in Currygrznee t:t
1y64..
t. twenty, he entered the Rnysi
Irl Regiment, and soon after w.t.:
,tea, erred to the Ride Brigade.
• Re se ed in the Bu,ftna •amp.rtgn
,from 1'85 to IDR7.. wit.. wounded
and ser d agairve for two yea: +.
whiting medaf wffa tan e lamps. Int
Staff Eolleg. and. two years later
was made et' captain of :b1 Iniel-
ligence Divieto , .
For awe years hes was brieade-
major or the end Brigade-LAld,•r•.
shot, and for a year o: the Light
Brigade un South Afrl a. where he
wen the Distinguished itervice Order
White ie command of the 9th Pro-
visional Battalion in 1901 he w.t<
transferred to army beedquarters :•,
deputy assistant adjutant general.
the same year being promoted 10 the
aaetstant adjutant generalship. He
was assistant director of staff duties
at the War Ocoee trim 1904 to 1905
and commandant of the Staff Collese
from 190- to 1914. He entered the
present war as a lieutenant-general.
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Preach Pes,ntr• and the War
"Th.- hack bone of the French
Army, as he 1s the backbone of
Prance. is ) he French peasant," says
Mr. Henry ehvah:un in ".t Volunteer
Polio " Ile has three very good
qualifies endnrance, patience, and
welling -newt to work. Apart from
e'
thosrharsrt♦uistics he is an excet-
tent fellow by himself—not jovial, to
be sere, lett solid, self-respecting,
and glad to make friends when
tbere is a chance that the friendship
will be a real one. He does not care
teary mach Inc the working -men of
the towns. the ou•vriers, with their
fantastic theories /o1' universal bro-
therhood sad peace, and he hates
the depute whom the workingman 1
elects as he hates a sine fungus. A
n eedless timidity. some fear of show-
ing himself off 55 a simpleton, baa
boot hint trepan listing hie prat
I-
seaee in French politics; hut the war i
Is freeing him from those shackle,.
"Another thing about the peasaa-
try 1s that trench warfare does not
weary them, the constant contact 1
with the earth ha•ng nothing un-
esuaI in It. A friend of mine, the
younger soy of ., great landed tam- 1
Ily of the province of Anjou, was
eaptatn rpt a company almost olein- t
etvely minspemed of peasants of hL
native region; he loved them as if
they were his ch.ldren, and they
would follow him anywhere. The
liege company, al moat to a man. wail
wiped ort In the battles round Ter-
tian In a letter i rr,•eived from this
officer a few days .•f , ' Ms death he f
told nee that hie company was wait- e
lag in a new trench for the Germans
SO attack. Ssddeoly the tension waa
relieved by a fleree little dlecaston
carried on In whispers Hie soldiers
appeared to be studying the earth of I
the trench.
"'What's the trouble about?' he d
*eked. Came the answer--
" They are quarrelling as to who- t:
thee the earth of thin treneh la better b
ter eabbagns than 'or terainet"
Germans Will
Permit Polygamy
does,eev000•yOivsekeAim w e4404�
F
l'ItTHF:R evidence that Ce
man puhllcisls are serious
discussing the institution o
limited polygamy for the pu
pose of locreareag their deplete
male population Is f•ugd In tb
shape of a pamphlet called 'Th
'Secondary Marriage as the Only
aJE
mulliMms
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t eMillinery11ClearingX
1y its
t ■ Miss McNally leaves for the wholesale markets this week to study spring 1[
r- X styles and prepare for the coming season. We want to empty the show -room before X
d 1 she goes. That's the reason you can get Millinery bargains like these.
• ji
Any Hat 79c x
An) ladles' Hat in the show-rotu, plaiu velvet or plush slapses+. ready -to -wears and trimmed Hats.
Also some felt sport Hats included. Without any regard to former prices or actual values take your choice of
three the last of the stock for only ---70o
1X
Means for the Rapid ('reatio
of a New and Powerful Artiy and
the Purification of Morality," a copy
of which bas recently reached Lor
don. This pamphlet is put out by the
Cologne firm of Oscar Muller, and
was written by Carl 'Hermann Torges,
who, in the introduction, says that
be is over 70 years of age, has trav-
elled all over the world, and has
always kept bis eyes open. There-
fore, he "appeals for unprejudiced
examiaatton of his proposals, the
adoption of which may be expected
to lead logically to the desired im-
provements."
The pamphlet is based upon the
future needs of the German army, be-
cause "the military strength of a peo-
pie debenda in part upon the number
of men able to bear arms." Ger-
many's heavy losses in the war must
be made good. and at the same time
every effort must be made to meet
the decline in the birth rate which
was lamented before the war. The
writer declares that "the bachelordom
of to -day is a cancer which must be
extirpated."
He denies that the expense of matr-
rie life is the main reason why men
remain unmarried, and he deals at
some length with the economic train-
ing of women for marriage. He then
Leads up to his main proposals with
a chapter which declares that 'the
epaception of immortality is reta-
tYve," and that -''good morals are only
what the upper classes of society ap-
prove." The ' eters" are said to give
Germany "the justification, in case!
of .p.'eegsity, to put the stamp of mo-
rality pon what to=day seems un-
moral." In any case. ,if the falling
eft in b he is to be counteracted.'
baebelord must be reduced to the
miutmem w tele the circumstances re-
quire." The sad proposals are stat-
ed as follow::
women in II classes bf society
w
"be have sea: hail a certain age are,
in the Iatereats of the Fatherland, not
only authorised blit called upon to
enter into 2 Seco ary marriage,
which is supported by personal Incli-
nation. Only 2 married man may be
the ebje&t of this inclination, and he
mast have the consent of his married
wife. This condition is necessary in
order to prevent the mischief which
otherwise might surely beeit
ted.
The offspring of these lawful con-
dary marriages bear the nit of
their mother, and are handed ovar t0
the care 04 the state, unlees tips
mother saauiSes responsibility t
them. They are to be regarded In.
every respect a. fully equal members
of society The mothers wear a nar-
row
wedd:ng ring as a sign of their
patrlotlem The secondary marriage
can be dissolved as soon as its object
baa been attained."
Flsewbrre Herr Torges says that be
thinks that the objects of his new in-
stitution "an be initialled in twenty
years and that secondary marriages
be-abaft/Med; 'He euduet,
pamphlet as follows:—
"The difficulties consist solely In
ethical scruples, which, notwtthetand.
Ipg•the issue of the proper regula-
tions by the state, will continue to
operate until conscience has disposed
of them. Thus this question becomes
a religious question, which can be
solved only with tbe help of the
clergy. It rests, therefore, with the
women and the clergy, assisted by the
state, to determine whether Germany
shall be able not only to maintain
herself on her present pinnacle of
morality, but by her own strength to
stand up in the future, as In the pres-
ent, to the pressure of enemies whe
are increasing numerically:"
When copies of Herr Torge's pam-
phlet reached Switzerland it drew the
fire of the Aarganer Volkablatt, a
Catholic publication, which asserted
that several millions of the pamphlets
had been distributed gratis to the
Lerman soldiers in the trenches and
to all classes of German women at
home. and that the pamphlet had
had been in circulation for more than
six months without a single German
newspaper making any protest.
The Swiss paper criticizes the Get -
mac pamphlet -from every point of
view — as Immoral, anti-Christian,
and as "a brutal Insult to the dignity
of women." It continues:
"We assert that if the German
Natio44 and all German women 1n
particdiar, do not repudiate with fur.
ou.4 indfgnatlon this filthy propogan-
da on the part of a state which is
utterly materialized and has fallen
away altogether from every kind of
Christian civilization, they are aesum-
ng a disgrace that can never be wip-
ed out. We note with satisfaction
that the circulation of the pamphlet
was immediately forbidden In Aus-
ria. although Austria Is hardly a gar-
den of lilies. and has lost far more
men in this war than Germany has
oat.
"ft is deeply regrettable that a'sa-
lon should think of having recourse
o such methods In eider to force Its
domination upon Europe—dedicating
children yet unborn to a future mas-
sacre of the peoples. This theory
proves better than anything else that
those peoples are right who nay that
the German people must be freed
non Prussian hegemony by a deLi-
1,. defeat, and must be rut oft teem
the possibility of bringing yet again
surer a terrible blood -bath upon man-
kind. Painful though it may be, such
grave aberrations of an utterly God-
e.e doctrine of power, parading un-
-r a meek of piety, compel one to
raw hard and unflinching conclru-
enR: for above the welfare Of a na-
as stands, atter all, the welfare of
u:naa seetiety—above a11, the metal
'der."
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Any Child's Hat 49c
('hi W reu'K Hats, trimmed or untrimmed, plain or corded velvet stapes. 30 to 40 of them. No matter
t. hat their foruier,price, take your choice fors -ADO
es)
GREAT "1-4 OFF" SELLING OF FURS
FOR FRIDAY AND NEXT WEEK
Exactly 1-4 off the price of all Furs, corn mencing Friday morning. We have
still sonic splendid odd pieces and a number of real good sets to sell. There is every
indication of higher prices for Furs next season but, notwithstanding this, it is not our
policy to carry them over and we will make it well worth your while to do Fur buying
now. The following sets are particularly good :
Two sets Alaska Sable
One set extra fine Black Wolf
One set Taupe Wolf
Two sets Red Fox
Two sets choice Natural Canadian Wolf
With splendid odd pieces in the popular Furs of the
choice:of the entiretock at exactly
1-4
ESS THAN REGULAR PRICES
season. Your
Attractive Values in Fur Coats
Special attractive values in ladies' Hud-
son Seal and Muskrat Coats. These
garments we will sell at very muth Tess
than you will be able- to buy them for
next season, that is certain, for the prices
of Fur Coats will be at least 25 percent._
then. Raw skins are now nearly,„ -
50 per cent. higher than they were a
year ago. These garments are thalrough-
ly good through and through and we
guarantee them unreservedly.
The Coats at $9.5o
Te Coats at $I2.5O
Th Coats at $24.50
pnces at which we are
seliin� bargain lot of ladies'
Coats, they really bargains. We
bon t them away low regular prices
because they were- all the maker had
and lett. You cannot make a mistake taking
ad
The Paso
of this most unusual offering.
The $12.50 Coats are worth up to $35.9.5o Coats are worth up to Sts, aao,00
The $24.5o Coats are worth up to ;45-
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Goderich,
Ontario
When the Day 1s Oone.
1tfa
en a bale -
spinach pinacae$ and kale.
And i•vesnneever raised a row.
i have swaltswed a can
Of moistened bran
r
And I feel ete a brindled cow.
I am taking a snack
From the old hayssttack
in the evening shadow! gray,
And I'm glad. you bot.
At last to ;et
Tonle end of a meatless day.
—Washington Star.
TEACHER HAS NOT LOSS ONE
DAY IN A VE
Mrs. Roger Gives Credit tod's
Kidney Pills.
Elan Tree. Gloucester Co., N.B., Fete ts
(Special).—Mrs. Jos. Roger, the popular
teacher here. is fully recovered from a
long siege of sciatica, neuralgia, and other
troubles resulting from diseased kidneys
and she gives Dodd's Kidney Pills alt the
credit for her cure.
"My trouble came from a strain,' Mrs.
Rogers states, "and 1 suffered for thirteen
months. Backache, heart -fluttering.
sciatica, neuralgia, dizziness and failing
memory were my symptoms. When the
doctor i consulted failed to do me any
lasting good i decided that my kidneys
were the root of my troubles and decided
to try Dcdd's Kidney Pills. I took twelve
boxes in all and you may judge of the re-
sults when 1 tell you that Ihave not lost a
day's work as teacher in the last year. i
can say that Dodd's Kidney Pills have
done all for me that was claimed Inc
t hem."
SHEEP BREEDERS LOSE HEA-
ViLY BY RAVAGES
OF DOGS
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY LOST
TO KENT COUNTY FARMERS
One ot the question. of Importance
which came before the Kent county
council at the seestona of December and
January was that of stray doge and the
effect which "dog raleing" hen on the
sheep industry.
A special committee wan named to
cognlder the gnestlon and present a re-
port to the council. A foil at of Im-
portant report was presented by
Chairman McKenzie )net before the
close of the January sese10.1.
The report was as follows:—
Harrison Bell, Jan. 24, 191R.
To the Warden and Members of the
Council of the Connty of Kent.
We, ynnr special eommlttee appoint-
ed at the December mention to Inquire
Into the sheep Industry of thl* ooanty
with parttenlar reference to the Injury
done that industry hy doge, heg leave
to report:
e have collected all the data we
could get. and may be permitted to say
at the outset that it la not possible to
get accurate flernree, either as to the
number of cheep or the number of dogs
in thio county. We have, hos—mi..
secured estimates that we believe are
fairly correct. We find that there are,
approximately 21 294 cheep in this
county, having a value of 1500,000. and
that during the year 1917. '272 sheep
were killed or injured by dogs, for
which a sum of 93.738.50 was paid by
the different munlcipalitiee of the
county. We also find the number of
doge in the county as below:
in the township. 3410
in the townie and vlllagto
In the city of Chatham
'1:1.5
410
Total 41s5
Your committee are M the opinion
that were it not for the danger of lotto
from dogs many would increase their
,flocks of sheep and many more who
now are not In the Industry wonld glad-
lyavail themselves of the hiuh prices
that are now ruling for iambs and wool.
We feel that we are well within the
mark when we estimate that the nnrn-
her of sboep now kept In this county
would beet titian doubled were the dog
menace removed.
That meant that the doge of this
county, or at least an impmper enntrol
of the dogs. 1R t'esponsiblp for a lees to
the county of at leant 1+,00.000 in the
sheep industry alone.
Mr. Warden, you will agree with thin
committee when we say that thle does
not represent by any means the lona
snetalned by this county beoause ot.
dogs.
Sheep, In addition to the revenue
they bring to title county through the
nal. of lambs and wool, aro of very
great value to the land on which they
live, in thle connection world It be
(ligresting to suggest that an effort be
made to have more sheep on the mad
Rides of this county. Weerlu and other
unsightly growths on the roadsides
cowld In this way be eliminated and
very much pasture now going to waste
could be turned Into mach needed food
production. it might be necessary to
have the statutes amended no as to
make the drivers of automobiles re-
sponsible for any sheep they might
damage while driving on the roads.
To return—we are of the opinion that
,the loss to agrlcultere In thin county
chargeable to dogs is at leant 1300,000.
From this, of course, meet be (Inducted
the coat of keeping and feeding the
extra sheep that might be kept.
in addition to this there are many
other lois/tee, that are directly or In.
directly chargeable to doge. Someone
In the neighboring republic, atter in•
vestlgatton, eatimateq the tented raft
of feeding a dog at $34.00. We onnslder
that estimate ton high, Met snppoae It
coatis only half of thrt, tuppnee It root.
less than one-third of that amount, lay
910 per year, we still have the appalling
amount of POMO worth of foodetnffs
walled every year in this county, In
chiding the dry of Chatham.
Surely, Mr. Warden, as Rile time of I
great scarcity of focdstntte this alone
should stake the question of leeseting
the number of dogs one of considerable
Importaocc.
\1-e are of the opinion that the keep-
ing of dogs and tate In our homes Is a
relic of barbarism and anything that
can he done to curtail this evil will ho
in the way of conferring ► blessing on
humanity.
We are of the opinion that thio coup-
' ell sbould petition the Legislature to
have that statue amended as follows.:
('louse 3, Rub. Section 1, should make
the minimum tax 93 for a dog and 115
for each additional dog, and 15 for a
bitch with a maximum tax of 1.5 for a
I dog and 110 fns a bitch; Sub. Sec. 3
I should he amended to make the license
for a registered kennel 125.
Any sinner who permits his clog to
roarer at ' large should be made
liable to a heavy penalty.
Section 9 should be a 4lended to reset,
any person may kill a'dog which he
aces roaming at large.
We believe the aeseas"rs generally
have been somewhat lax in the per
forruance of their dutlea in regard to
the registration of dogs. The armee
noes should receive explicit Instructions
from heads of munlcinallties, and
should be given to understand that
section 7, Ruh. section 3 would be en•
forced. This section reads (sec. 7, sub.
sec 31, an assessor who fails to carry
out the provislonn of sac. 4 shall incur
a penalty of 110.
Now, Mr. Warden, we feel etmngly
on this question. It is a most Impor-
tant apd urgent one. We believe It
thread he urged mem the legislature,
it should also he taken up with other
conntict, with a view to securing their
co-operation in thin matter.
All of which Is respectfully submit-
ted.
W. MCKgNzte.,
Chairman.
END STOMACH TROUBLE.
GASES OR DYSPEPSIA
"Rape's Diapepsln" makes sick, sear,
Sassy stomachs surely feel fine
In five minutes.
rf what you just ate in souring on
your stomach or lies like a lump of
Mad, or you bel,h utas and eructate
emir, tindigeuted food, or have a feeling
of dizzine.., hrsrthurn, fullness, nausea,
Lad taste in mouth and stomach -head-
ache, you ran get relief In five minutes
hy neutralizing acidity. Pat an end to
such etomaeh distress new by getting a
large fifty -rant ratio of Pape's Diapepain
from any drug store. Yon realise In
1! . minutes how neeelleas it L to offer
from indig tg ,,, , dyspepsia or any stem -
orb disnrdcr ("used by food foriessetatlest
due to rcr,spite acid in stomach.