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SCHOOL OPENING
Tuesday, September Zud
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We are prepared to
supply your wants in
any Scher .1 Book that is
publish• up to school
Opening
Large range a n d
best lin, of '
FLY PADS
.ti ILL KILL. MORE FLIES THAN
S$°° WGRTH OF ANY
5TICKTCHER
Scribe rs
Exert e Books
Pen
Pei :ifs
1 'asefs
Paints
Rulers, etc.
See asplay in large skew wiadew
We make it worth your
while to but' your school
'iepple,s from
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Where quality counts
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FALL TERM OPENS Sept. 2.
/• ELLIOTT
Y ansa sod Charles Stt.. Toronto
(leu reads du, .halal ars.: uatet promptly
.e re1a1110w• have newel been surpassed ,n
Caoad:.. Our thoroual. tAOtiea N wolf
-osis Wr,.c t.1 Jay 1or large catalogue.
W J ELLIOTT. Prunc.pau.
Removes t0 Wyom.ng.
Alvinston, Aug. 25. -Mr. R. J. Nichol-
soi , foe a kw years past general merchant
hese, has left for Wyoming, where he Is
unto csted in the flax industry, having a
mill at W yonnn,I and also at Oil Springs
Adtertise In The Signal. It para.
"PREPAREDNESS"
Iia., been the cry of nations. It
applies to individual.. Are you
psepared to comhat the devas-
tating effects of bre. to meet the
ravages of a plague like the
"Flu," or to guard against the
inroads on your capital and sav-
iugs by a long sickness or severe
accident?` It is better to fee sure
than sorry. Protect yourself.
'Phone 316
T. R. Harrison
INSURANCE
Fire, Life, Accident, Sickness, Live
Steck, Plate Glass and Antsmekile
Cor. West Street and Square
Cleave to handle. Sold by all Drug.
gists. Grocers and General Stores.
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G. C:. 1. NOTES.
I��pb Gets the steel Had present 1 lilted States steel intereets
NrYG,{Mr Gets
F steel
Had utMl Mr. Howard end Mr,, Warren tlw
1 from peer 1. _ limeades! houses:
Cunt
Iyh1e closest to this will 1w laid 11411
•with se .4•elru1 p1Yk bur Immo ity
•1.1111.1• 111111 1.1.,11111 slrest will he Widen -
...1 to wlm1• width us at 111/1 Square.
The, Grau141 '1'ruuk w 111 mutes., up
0it lis the llwlustrial site by at •'Y• at
tt lEtt is kiI. ell as Polley's erossang
nui.l will. run t1, the snntli portion
of the taro) of furry Malk.•Id, striking
the property at Hie extreme eolith end.
The t'. 1'. It. will he firelight up the
hill. .'Ilutuol.eing at the Iw•w•ls pro-
perty. w141 w 111 probably strike the level
idiom the Is•..e• Salkeld farm.
tore d,s•ks will he .constructed uu
The Collegiate Institute will open on
Tuet±day, September 2nd, at 9 a. m„ and
every intending student should be in at-
tendance on the opening day.
fhe supplemental examination; will be
held on the afternoon of Tuesday.
A full staff will be present on the open-
ing day. Mies Fletcher, B. A.. recently
teaching at High River (Alta.) Collegiate,
will be in charge of the classics and tas-
t rv. Mrs B. M. Anderson, of Wingham,
will be in charge of the commercial work.
Roth the new teachers are specialists in
their departments and Dome highly recom-
mended. They will be cordial'y welcomed
to the Collegiate.
The Collegiate board has had all the I
class rooms and the teachers' roan
thoroughly renovated and done in much
lighter colors. improving the lighting
qualities very much, as well as adding to
the cheeriness of the Interior
1'he tennis and outdoor basketball
courts are expected to be ready for the
re -opening. These games ought to give
pleasure and physicalstamina to the
students. J P. Htsw. P-. ,,•*pals
I`Phone Goderich
Mineral Water Co.
for a case of Dry Ginger
Ale, you will like it. Or a
case of Orangeade, Cream,
Cola, etc.
We have the agency for
Carling's, Labatt s, Kuntz,
O'Keefe's and Cincinnati
Cream, in ale, beer and
porter.
Stock always on hand.
Cash 'on delivery for
above beers.
P. L. Walton,
Manager
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JEWELLERY
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
HiGH-GRADE JEW-
ELLERY, RINGS, SIL-
VERWARE, Etc •, Etc.
Repairing done to
your satisfaction
E. C. Robertson
Corner Bast Street ami S.ivarc
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GOING UL
Yes. shoes are undoubtedly going up, _ but as we
accepted the advice of our wholesale houses and tionght
very early in Spring for shipment now, we can offer von
first-class goods. at a -very
slight advance. Our stock
of shoes of all grades, in
Kid, Calf, Gun Metal, and
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the heavier grades,' is now
complete; and is ,equal to
any. We mark all goods
in plain figures, and you
are invited to come in and
look over our lines at your
convenience.
We can Show yon • the
best makes in all shapes,
from the very pointed, long
vamp, recede too!, to the
wider -fitting, broad. high
toe.
Give us a call, and be
convinced there is not a
better, more up -do -date
store in Western Ontario.
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Repairing as usual
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WM. SHARMAN THEN/0E~
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below the eteliie t
floe lrllnpauy In
itt a better psi-
1Iy,New .iperatilig
l.• nnit.• from tie.
J. J. Muton, Newark ; late chief in-
spector Imperial, Munitions !teem:
formerly 411 t7ullhlr Steel of
J. .t. ,►uric•. I'ittsburg : lute s;enerel
Airerg.•r Itritish leer/Once 4'om•
piny. 'roomette.
J. 1'. Jote.w, 4'levelalaf ; 1'reMldelut
I 11111111 1111 Steel 4'o. .
OM ties It. 'rulltit. Ik•trult : ,'ler•-1'resl-
dent Nati 1 (tank of ('ummerr,
Detroit.
Harry M. Hall. Ieetroit; t:elwritl Mau -
ager Lewis II/111 Iron 4'ompauy
awl Ion -Wawa Hall Motor Truck
lit tier( A. II•ova rd. [5 -Troll: represent-
ing New York and Detroit nnan•lal
homes,.
Alam 11'arr••u, 4'lew•InIMI; repteweiuing
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l3 H McCREATH.
Mr. McCreath has been the moving spirit
in the negutiatiors which have resulted
in the decision ail the titer! Corporation
to locate in Godench. He is a Goderich
buy w:,o got ids first business training
with The Signal, then went to Toronto
and worked himself up to an im iurtanl
p meson on the bust els staff of The To-
e ror.to Star.
\liv1 ri. 4 pull .Minnesota ore livid /I,
1'011u111:111 ore 0111 1e01 110• mien, as the
411.111,5 01 sm•:, i. far (M•low the United
Mates .,row•
The ,llwlwny will use during the
first year utg•rn\imatl•y 14.4551 horse-
• power from the Hyaro un11 later wlwn
the iv,mple'te plant is ens -tell will r',
quire more than 2'+.11401 11 p. The prise
is said to he ulseit %tit per h. p. alga
the ...minter will 10• ,made, mil a 24 -hour
basis. prl•snmubly .lins•t With the 1'ro-
vinefal 1',elmisiuu.
%Chen (bo .1tmplete plant 1. 111 \op•ra-
tion the ...wormy a Ill give nt I.,y-
talent to *pont\huately 1.455) men. 18)0
being require.' 11e nt•+t• your in tlil\
work 0f /he ebeetrie furwllw and nII110
J. J. MAHON.
Mr. Mahon may be described as the back-
bone of the new enterprise. Formerly
with the Crucible Steel Co., of America,
he was appointed during the war the
chief inspector for the Imperial Muni-
tions Board. Mr. Mahon will superin-
tend the construction and presumably,
! the operation ail the new plant here,
that W111 1s• .1,ntioetrl lett year.
That the eompf ny is loterexlel dal
the automobile Irade Is It.di.aarl by
the pr.it,'..11 oiiroeu and by the name%
of some of the dins -tors.' Harry M.
Hall 10 one .11 the tne.st +tevfeweful
mauufuetetiv•r- of motor trurkM In the
United Mtlttes and tlw "Silt tonal 1 }tank
.1f f',nnmeree. Detroit. 1s known as the
Tankard Moine Rank.- Thr names of
such institutions is snfik•deut guaran-
teet , • 1• 0 e 1r•
1 of he 1n1p rru.a f the proj t
mud. even moil• tbail that, menti great
future •k'.•lopueut.
'rhe question of noosing the Infinx
of 14•w11 rs ht.o town 11of vital
importance and the town will ioe called
mint to provide the iw'. tsury a.1o,m-
uutllitiou as ropes -1111y as there le a do.
mend. A sepanne tvoupany 10 per
111Mr1 to hnild 11 large . tlumher of
house.. but Iia addition th.' town will
hlive• to provide housing for the large
number of people outride of a1•ttwl em-
ploy,r•M. who ire. italtly follow such an
industry.
New Meter Cempstq'.
like of the results of the la•atitlg
hely' of file steel 1•umpauy will Isthe
eretahli,htneut here of Induotrlet who
are big users of high-grade stat pro-
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Ione of the men interested in the
lake Huron Stow' Co. have already ■n• 1
maimed the location here of an auto-
mobile aril Motor trek play for tlw
manufacture of an automobile to retail
! at about $1,3110, and also to mann-
, reentry one', tem 01 five tun trucks.
.t factory. will he built on the iww site
Iyhrg next to that of the steel COM -
111111Y, and 1t will he need for the tire(
year nserely am an assembling plant
until the steel eompanz is In a posi-
tion to furuloh the alloy steel. when
mon of the .ear will be mannfaetured
Iwo•.
Ti*.. Indtt try atom; would be aa16-
eleut ordinarily to create big enlhu-
dasm, but with the kw'ation here of
I the Merl plant It 1s erewtly newrsbad-
owel. ler Imynrtanee.
Anwar of Them Interested.
Following are out.. of the nen In-
ten-eteil in the new luinstrll,, to Ideate
'herr. air. Mahon anti Mr. lhirfts, re -
New York tinanefal interests.
1'. V. M,t,'nw. ort. Paul: i'resident
Charles )l egow irartor t',,., recent-
ly of Vont MutI t ('o.. ?adroit.
Her( 11. 5I-I'r•11n1. Toronto.
ALKE.1111 .AT WORK.
Survey of Site for Steel Plant Being
Nadu-G.T.R. Surveyors Alto
on the Ground.
;.'r It. engineers this w.r•k hate leen
laying out the line for the railway
eomlwiv't Iraeko to the site of the
steel pluut. The new line will branch
off from the rutin track at 1'olley's
+i,errwd and will pr.s•ed iia the. dlrlr•-
ttou of t11e hake through the H. 1..
ttrlkeld nail Isaac it+tlkeld (anus.
titer at the lake shoe' the M1..-1
i '..rf,,ration has ser rveyorl. at work
lacing out the site for the Nig plant.
his Durk 1* h1 charge of Edward H.
Its •k of Toronto.
Th.• 1'nrp,rutiuu has taken the
vomit: store pr.•uris.w un the ground
boor of. the Masonic Temple for tern -
'Wirer) WSW'.., and Mr. .1. J. Mahn
will be in 5hairge, otentr•ing the work
of planuling ilnl eonstrueting.
The smelter when ere•tel 1. 'to be
at the lower, OIC Mirth.+ria, end of the
site, uwny frow'nee resldential pert
of the town.
i•rls'.rrlings for \tt annexation by
the town ,ef woven u eight hundred
Rill's now in t;oderh•te township w111
IM• 1.01n111PIM•1r1 et 411411•. The loud to
h• ia•1u11t'l ea+Puds from the present
southern htniklary if the town fo the
farms of Isaac and Si. 1. Malkeld, and,
roughly ip+gking. -from the IL. T. R.
track to the lake shore. The plans
include the ke tension 411 Mouth drawl,
which Is to he wklend to the name
width us thatl part of the ttrlret north
of liritanula mad. A park. similar
to tilt. M.i a ore, but o rhapo ,omwwhnt
(urger, will he laid ont h1 the annexed
are*. arid South street, whleh will h•
the esoineetiag link ietw1en the old
town a1111 t11.. new. will doubtless be-
ll/Mr 1111 Important thoroughfare.
The breeding ing proposition hat been
tnoellib•,I froin the origlual propu.u,l,
,en1 It Is IWW propMarl, instal of
having this earrd.d Ont utide.r a Joint
planted... of the town and the Steel
t'orplr,.tiou, to put It in the hands of
n sepinue .vompuny, eliminating the
town's guarantee. At the town will
Ion'. Write sullh•le•nt to OD in this Ills•
in looking after the hnttslug of p'iple
other than the steel' plant employees,
thls pins the whole propwlltfon on a
much litter footing from the 'stand-
point of the mnnleliwtllty. The town
will Ie culled smolt to make heavy out-
lays for the extenol.,n of water mains,
ele'trte light teerv4w, ev,ratrm-tlon of
err nst.ls and sidewalk,. etc.
Altogether (ioderlch .erten,.. to ive In
for a perils) of great aetivlly : real
estate 1s very active. and everybody
1s looking forward to resolving some
wereef t from the contemplated det'el-
opmeMlt M.
TMt 0001ERICH MARKETS.
Tat»soar. August A.
Wheel pow both
sate. per book.,
starter per hush
Pea., ler bosh
Ruckwhwst, per bash.. .... . .
lour rw el y. for owe
Floor. patent. per rws
OMae. pence ....,
hara, per 100 ... ......
Noy. per ton
Strew. lose, per tee
leery Netter, tern
I:reenter) y,tttatfloe la
� fresh, per elos
Nee Paste ea new�.1rh . .
lana• but.•her. r ume. per owt- 11 75 t0a 7.1
Ocala, heleIwrt It.Od1Om,tar cwt 10.77 50 1175
K' Nva wa11At. pie ewe...., r et 5 n. en
Lambe .............. 11.49 to Ix ro
Mtdwe, plbr la ,75 to To
Nes las. ..... r.. .. 1" t0 LSO
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.14 to JO
1.e. to 11.49
.Ito to .ss
11O 10 117!
275 to 249
OM to MO
1O to 17.40
7,15) to 18.11
AM re tan
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116to As
.47 SM
t .ln to A49
THE TOWN COU'NC'IL
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CeaweUUar Pasco ChampMws the •
Biased el Trade. •
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NEW FALL SUITINGS •
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• portion of our Fall Suitings. The cloths al
• that are shown are Fine Serges, Broad- •
cloths and Velours. All the wanted •
colors are shown, including the most •
popular colors, nigger brown and blue.
It is to your advantage• to secure •
yourcloth early and make arrangements
with your dressmaker before she is •
too busy. ••
• Our stock is in a position to take •
• care of your requirements for trimmings •
and findings for your suit. These trim- •
mings are composed of fancy linings,4 •
buttons, braids, etc. •
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Ati the regular meeting of the town
council on Friday evening, 15th inst. the
members present were the Mayor on the
Chair), the Reeve, the Deputy Reeve and
croon c illorr Humber, Story and Parsons
The fire chief submitted a report on
conditions in the factories and in the
mercantile section of the town tram the
standpoint 01 tafety from tires. This was
sent on to the bre committee.
Mr. Sydney M.Johnson• town engineer,
reported upon the matter of a sewer on 1
Wilson street as petitioned for and sd-
vised that the lame Could not be built !
until an outlet is given same to the main !
sewer on Warren street. After suamin• !
ing the conditions, he found that the
only practicable route is by w of
Thomas street. and he recommended that
the necessary steps be taken to athhoriaeI
and construct the sewer. The probable
cost would be *3941. Referred to public
works committee.
Mr. Wm. McVi tie, parks caretaker,
applied for an increase of salary. Referred
to parks ct mmittee.
Mi. J. J. Moser asked permission to
place a gasoline pump and tank in tont
of his property on Hamilton street.
Referred to public works committee.
In writer lion with • the Board of
Trade's campaign telt uniform power
rates, the whole council was delegated to
attend the con. enuon at London on the
222nd and 23rd fur the' Mammon d thtt
matter.
The putce were instructed to enforce the
dug tag 'bylaw.
The fiance committee submitted a
bylaw providing for a grant of $1102 to
the Peace Day celebration committee and
recommended that it be passed- The
committee reported that it would be
necessary to arrange a ;uriher credit with
the ,Sank, owing to the delay in the
preparation of tete assessment roll.
The public works committee reported
that the men workrhg on the middle and
lower places in sewer construction had
been given an increase of five cents per
Hour, and for thus part of the work are
now being pard 44)c per hour.
The pedal committee reported recom-
mending tt.at the Ahmeek Chapter of the
1. U. L. k. be.permuted to have a tag
day during the tall tau prt,vidtng the
funds are fur est, er the hospital' or the
war memunal fund. and that the chair-
man of the public woks committee give
returned soldiers the preference in em-
ployment. J ne committee has written
the Ontario Motor League to ascertain
what it is doing in the matter of road
signs as suggested by the Board of of.
The committee presented an agreement
between the corporation and the (ode -
1 rich Mercantile Co. in accordance with
bylaw Nu 17, and recommended that
wnen the machines loaned to the Gode-
nch Organ Co. have been added to the
inventory the agreement be executed.
These reports were all adopted.
Councillor Parsons who was not
present at the previous .meeting of the
council, wren several communications
we.e received from the Board of Trade.
ubye9cted to the mann in which these
cummumcaUons had been treated. He
thought that the representations made by
the B oai d of 1 rade un such matters as
the conduct of the pobce and the man-
agement ut the tall tau were worthy of
respecti l attention.
1 Mr. Paracone' remarks were not re -
ceived with unanimous approval, and
clime heated remarks were thrown about.
but the temperature soon came down to
tnomal and the matter was dropped.
An improved system of parking cars on
the Square was suggested and the
question was referred to the public works
cummneee- 1 he rule likely to be
ad pted is that cars sha.l stand at an
angle to the sidewalk. 1 his would
economize space and would leave each
car in a better position to get away.
A bylaw authorizing the payment of
the vote oI OtiO2 to the Peace Day cele-
. brawn Committee was read three times
"Th
nd finally passed
1'he street inspector's attention was
again called to the improper dumping of
garbage, and he was instructed to stop it.
Tt e securing of maps of the town was
referred to the fiance committee.
i he council then Adjourned.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Miss Margaret Pall.ridge, who for the
pant year has been in the business.office
of The Signal, has joined the Atari of•the
local branch of the Sterling Bank. She
ucceeds Mus Rose Aitken, who has re.
"lined in order to take a rest.
Mrs Letson and son, Pte, William
Letson, have returned from a week's visit
to their son and brother. Louis at Galt.
Pte Letson. -has just recently returned
Thome from overseas where he went in
19141 as a member of the Huroe Battalion.
Rev. W. I. McLean, Presbyterian
minister of Hanover, has accepted a call
to Thamesville and wilCier
his work
there in September lean is a
son of the late RevMcLean of
Goderich.
Mr,L.C.Fleming, formerly of Goderich •
and for some years latterly of the staff of
Galt Collegiate institute, has resigned his
position owing to ill -health. Before going
to Galt Mr. Fleming was field secretary
for the Y. M. C. A. in Huron county.
Semi -Ready Talk :
"Some merchants boast that they
sold suits at a very small net profit
during war years -
"We cheerfully concealed the
fact •that during the days of the war
stress we lost money on every suit
we sold.
"We kept on selling Semi -ready
Snits the same price West as East
-at the label -in -the -pocket price,
the same in all cities,
"We depend upon volume of
sales, upon a large volume ; today
we are getting it.
"So that the small profit -and
we proudly aver it to be the small-
est regular profit at which men's
good clothes are sold in Canada_
givesevery man profitable and trne
service.
'' Ready to try on or custom-made
--whichever you prefer."
Id...a Brea. ""y' ''
Heedq,tarIerw for Sees) -ready
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•• Monarch Floss at 35c a ball in all wanted shades fp
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• knitting a sweater you will find our range is most •
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Sweater Coats and Pullovers in all the newest
• colors and combinations for your choosing. These coats •
• are of the best makes and the designs are new. Each •
• week sees new lines corning into stock.
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9 Dresses to dear at bargain prices. They are marked
• at very handsome prices and are exceptional values at to
• the prices asked. Each blouse and dress is this season's
• creation. Be sure to see them.
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Mr, and Mrs J. W. Graham have re-
turned to town from Stratford, Mr.
Graham having taken the position of
overseer at Ridgewood Park.
Mees Mamie Foster, who r s to
Toronto on Saturday, to reser duties
as school teacher, will be a ied by
her sister. Miss Iabe1 intends to
upend the next year in the city.
Mr, and Mrs. C. J. Rumball returned!.
to Toronto last week after a visit with,
the farmer's parent,, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Rumbsll, East street.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Craigie have re-
turned to town afttr a visit to Detroit.
While away Fred took a trip with his
cousin, Capt. Alex. Cnigie, on the steamer
Reiss to Green Bay City and return,
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GORkRICN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
RMO.IIay, Tuesday, Wednesday, September 15th, lick, 17th
The Leading District Fair
Large prize list for exhibits of Farm,. Garden,
Dairy and Orchard Products, Domestic
Manufactures, etc.
s;eMy es SPEED TESTS -$700 in- Purses• ,
Farmers' Trot or Pace
2.20 Trot or Pace -
Three-minute Trot or Pace
2.09 Trot or Pace -
Purse 11'00
Purse $200
Purse $150
Purse $250
Leek for further ama sio ns' et Special Attraetiess
For copies of Prize List or any further inform-
ation address the Secretary.
W. T. MURNEY, r` '' Dr. W. F. CLARK, t
Paeadeat. t Y +:I Secy -Treasurer,
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