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Cre- i"on
A number fromhattended ere the
annual insurance meeting of the Hay
Township Fire Ins, Col. in Zurich on
Monday, lite company has again had
a successful year with 2040 policies in
farce covering an insurance of
$5,172,780,0(), 479; policies were issued
during the year with an ansurance art
.51.,153,28).0Q,' The losses amounted. to
$2718.97 and a cash balance in the
.dant of $2179,93(, The members of
:he company are to he congratulated
on Inc ..fact that no assessment has
been levied since 1914.
Godfrey ,Nickolson is making arran-
gements to put in the season's ice.
The quality this year is first-class_
Reeve Elliott reports that the Coun-
ty Council has granted _$8000 towards
the work 01 the Canadian Red Cross
Societies in the County, The anaunt
this township will receive will be
5515.00. The different ' branches ` are
all busy and this donation will be, wel-
come.
Allred Wuerth is the proud Cather
of a tine baby ,girl. Congratulations!
Miss May Armstrong of. Exeter is
visiting airs, Herb Eilber this week„
Maria k's garage is a busy place
these: days. Quite a number of' cars
are there for repair and painttngr.
Special mention must be made to the
good work Freeman is doing He alas
"discovered ' an old Buick and after
giving it a thorough overhauling, Pil-
ling the holes ,with waste and oil, it
runs like a 1917 model Packard. It.
will come eery useful to him this
coming season. in attending' to his
ardous duties elsewhere:
Mis :
,Carry Kuhn is visiting her sis-
ter Mrs Levi !Carter of Clandeboye,
'The 20th Anniversary of the Evan,
gelical Church will take place the 11th
and 12th of next month. Rev. Brey-
r:ogel: one 01 the Bishops, of the Ch-
urch,from Cleveland, Ohio, will be
e a Sunday and
present and preach n S n y
lecture the fallowing evening. '.Lite
reverend Gentleman dedicated the
church ,after its erection.
William H. Geiser has sold his farm
1, miles west of here to his, brothel: -
Frederick o1 Shipka, who takes -nos-
session in the fall. first' at presents
Mr Gaiser's plans for the future are
no: complete. We trust, howevere
the he will decide to move to t
vi r he.
C .i•AR TRADE SUFFERS.- fhcir,
the cigar trade Oras been cut dowry
hymens -1y /since the advsent of pro-
hibition Was the ,statement made be
a leading Ontario cigar manutasiture.
last week.. Many mantifacturer -:
throughout Ontario, he said, have
been forced out of business as a re-
sult of the falling off in business, and'.
theIncreasingcost
increasing of labor. "svitln
the treating system," said anothere
"the hotels used to handle three times;
the number al cigarssold by the cs;
3 LRT`H
Ortw,ein-•haHensall, on Jan'y 25, to
Mir: and _Mss Milton Ortwein, sons
Disja,rdrn.e-At Dashwood, on Jan 3Be"
to Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus .Disjar-
dine, a ^son.
t.ARRIAGES
Duncan-Siliery.-lit Usborne, on Jane_
31st, Alexander H. Duncan, to Miss-
Mary Zoe, daughter of Mr. and ;gm_
Robert E. 'Siliery, all of Usborne.
Towlc,-Bs wnlee-In Lucan, on Jam.,
22 by Rev. "Wm. Lowe, Inc J.,daugbs
ter ot Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brownlee
of Lucan, to ,Arthur F, Towle,, c'4
Jackson ;Mich.
Murray-.CCarrutli,ers,-At .Greemvay,;
on Jan. 24th, Ms. Robert Murray tei..
Miss Jean; daughter of hIr. Jos,:
Carruthers.
DEATHS
Weekes -lit Exeter, on Jan: 30th, Mr
-
W D. Weekes, aged 60 years and='
4 months.
Miller. -In Clinton,' an, Jan. 22nd, Jes-
sic Gardner wife of Mr. R'. }'...'
ler, aged 39 years' and 3 months-.
(eod -At agft
eld o Jan_
71
st,
John McLeod, aged 86 years.
Govett•-In Clinton, on Jan, 24th, Marv"
Mole, wife of Mir. John Govett, err•
her 81st year.
STOP LOOK
READ
Heed the wise 'fishmonger's chatter,
Have some fish upon the. platter.
Porterhouse costs "Thirty--five"-
Cut it out! Gosh! Man alive !
Buy sea -herring, friend at ,"eight,
Just the thing to fill the plate
Be a little fortune winner
Eat a halibut far dinner.
Ask for
WHITEFISH HALIBUT HE RRING OR HADOIE "
CHOICE STOCK OF GROCERIES ALWAYS QOM HAND.
Phone 56 for prompt delivery.
WILSON'S GrLoery & Restaurant
Huron County Council votes
8,000 a month during 1917 to Patriotic Fund, a
d6
)8,000 to County Organizations for material,
THIRTIETH' YEAR.
EXETER. ONTARIO. THURSDAY FEB
191.7
SANPER;S & CREECa,
Our Cornea
The Government will shortly issue
another `rear loan and the public are
requested to save their money in, or-
de.r 'to'buy^ one oe more, of the bonds,
Money invested in Government bonds
in the safest investment in Canada,
i' and the ,interest is equal or more than
you can obtain on a niortg,agie. In-
terest paid half yearly at anyt charter-
ed bang: tin Canada, Get your money
together and be ready to participate in
the loan. 1[ jyou can't go to fight,
assist the cause by making a loan.
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The Dominion Govte,nnment. have
appointed a 'Board of Pensiion Com-
missioners for Canada with offices in
Ottawa. As ,this Board wish to cause
as little ;delay as possible in deal-
ing with ;c'ommunications with regard
to pen.sians, they wish the public to
.
correspond directly twifli the Boardof
Pension Commissioners, Ottawa, A.
great !deal pf delay may be caused
by communications • being sent through
other Departments of the Government
The Patriotic Fund Association and
the Military ,!Hospitals Commission
have kindly consented to give infor-
mation and assistance to those wish-
ing to suite (direct to tthe Board of
Pension Conamiss:7oinerst These so-
cieties' have offices in certain local-
ities throughout Canada,
In addiction, tin ardetr to ,tacilitate
the granting of pensions, the Board
is opening Branch` pension offices Tai
Vancouver. Calgary, . Edmonton,, Re-
gina, Winnipeg, London, Hamilton,,
Toronto, Barrie, Kingston, Ottawa,
Montreal, Quebec, St. John, and Hal-
ifax, All information withregard to
pensions may ,be ,dbtainecl from these
offices.
TAMAN'S
PHONE 81a
Suits
YOU SHOULD ORDER IT NOW.
WE HAVE THE GOODS THAT
WILL PLEASE' YOU, AND WE FIT
TO SATISFY. CALL IN AND LET
US TAKE YOUR MEASURE
Felt Hats
OUR HATS ARE A SPECIAL
FEATURE THIS WINTER. YOU
SHOULD SEE THEM
Underwear
WARM" UNDERWEAR, WE ARE
WELL STOCKED WITH ONE OR
TWO-P1ECE GARMENTS AT THE
PRICE THAT SUITS.
Sweaters
IN SWEATERS WE HAVE MANY
SHADES AND PATTERNS. OUR
RANGE IS A GOOD ONE AND.
THE PRICES ARE RIGHT.
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Furnishings
:s
ALL THE LITTLE THINGS IN
;VIEWS FURNISHINGS ARE HERE-
SOGICS, TIES, BRACES, SHIRTS
COLLARS, GARTERS, ETC, CALL
AND LOOK.-" T,HE,M OVER.
W. Taman
Tailo
•"r,., Frni laer
PHONE 81a
The election of Han. .Mt(.. Sevig;ny,.
a member of Sir Robert Borden's
cabinet on Saturday in Dorchester,
Quebec, over Mr. Cannon, Liberal, by
276 of a majority -must be a source of
satisfaction to all ',good loyal Canad-
inns, atter the very un -British cam-
paign ut up by Cannon.
Hall a miillian Britons sleep to
nameless graves in France and Flan-
ders far : he sake 'af civilization, of
I,ranc a - and of us �he re in Canada,
including the ,ll:+;renc!h Canadians of
Quebec- and {yet the Liberal candid-
ate in Quebec says, -"Are you going
to !ruin yourselves for England? -No!"
Figures published bythe' Census and
p li
Statistic's Monthly show the follow-
ing decrease in live stock in Canada
in 191e as compared with 1915 -
Horses 5,464 ; Milch caws, 63,501
other cattle, 85,636 ; sheep, 73,561 ;
swine 297,228.. These decreases are
deserving of the attention of produc-
er',: and consumers as well.
The irregularity of the train ser-
vice aria the congested condition of
the mails on the trains, is causing a
considerable ,delay in receiving maids
and sometimes our correspond-
ents do not get their letters away
in time to appear .in that week's pa-
per, Be 'a little more prompt please:
We hope this train service will be
corrected in a fe;w (days.
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An extra mail bag in needed be-
tween :Exeter and Dashwood. As it
is the mail, from Exeter post office
goes to the station in the morning,
then to London, then back to Exeter
station, then out to Dashwood. And
mails from Dashwpod to Exeter have
a similar kind of a`trip.'-It is silly.
A bag to be handed by the stage
driver to the express man or vice
ersa. would cure the whole thing..
The Hensall• Observer has suspen-
ded
uublrcv1an afar a time at least.
In an ;article last twteeld the editor an-
nounces the fact, and says -"Owing
to stress ,of : circumstances caused by
the present economic conditions, the
enormous and unparalleled increase in
the price of news ,rent paper, the ut-
ter impossibility, of securing adequate
help and the seeming indifference and
unap ueciativeness of the local public
the- publishers of the , Hensall Ob-
server find it "impossible to continue
the publication of the paper.
"What has ibelen klorue ..is 'known to
all ; 'irhat remains to :be •done shall'
be limrte•i ,only by the need," is Sir
Robert Borden's definition of the
Conservative attitude on Canada's part
in the war
"Arc we to ruin our country lion
the point of view. Toe men and wealth
am'. 'everything 'else for England? I
say, ".NO" is the declaration of the
Lib-eral attitude us given by the Lib-
eral 'Candida'te, in Dorchester, who is
officially ,endorsed 'by Sir Wilfred.
Laurier.
Canada can be thankful that all Lib-
erals in Canada are not oft the stamp
of Lausier and Cannon.
There ,is probably no line of the
Grand Trunk Railway system that has
caused more complaints, or over \vhich
there' ,has been 'more dissatisfaction
since the recent change in t.."he train
service than that of the L. 4, & 13.
It has been said, and we have yet to
hear it contradicted, that the L. 1I.
& E. is one of the best paying bran-
ches on the whole system, but it can
hardly be said that we could ever
boast or a goad train service, and
the recent change has made matters
a great deal worse. We are . inclined
to think that if the matter wore
brought before the °Dominion Railway
Commission the two trains nut off
would be restored. The city of Lon-
don is very rnuch opposed to present
arrangements and it is understood
that action will 'be taken by the Com-
mercial Travellers' Association, the
Board of Trade and also individual
concerns. It is also claimed that the
agreement between the elf of''Lon-
don and the L. Hi 8i 13. has been
violated. It would -seem that when
the city of London subsidized the
road to the extent of $1,000 a mile,
an arrangement was made for two
trains a day each way, This agree-
ment, if it exists, has been violated,
and the city may hold the company
to the promised (service. -The ,natter
of 'a change will •likely be dealt with
shortly as the complaints are becom-
ing numerous.
The Boys in.'.Khaki
Private Tom Wilkinson writing from
trenches in France to his, parents,, Mr.
and Mrs ,W I. (Wilkinson of near
Lumley says iii part,-" I got
a lot of mail 'to -day -no less than
teen letters: I also got a parcel from
Thames' Road Red Cs-oss Society
which pleased sine very much. It
contained a big fchocolate cake and.
two ',packages of 'dates. It comes in`
fine over here, as ,we clot not get tido,
much, One day's ;rations are, 1-3 loaf
of bread, tin of corned beef, 1-5 tin
of jam, and slice of bacon. We walk
fine tnriles, to si big clay's work and
walk back again with equipment; We
had Christmas to ourselves and also
New Years. The .last day of the old
year was our first experience under
Frit ''s shell fire. He made it warm
for .us, but we were lucky as there
- C4. quite
It makes ut
tva.. ,not one. casualty. nn 1� lu
a feeling Igo thrdug(h one. It is fine
td hear our shells going over our
heads. but when we hear then coining
towards us it is a clisffercnt tiling. 17n
not':' forget to pray fear; the ones a-
cross the seas far -, ; all need; it,"
Mr. and Mrs;. Arthur 5, Davis re-
ceived' a letter „from a Red Cross'
nurse in !E•ngland, stating that their
sans Private. :Archie Davis is recov-
ering nicely,
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A cable from England states that
the Lost Battalion goes to France in.
in 'the spring as a battalion., This
cable was .received Wednesday morn-
ing and if correct all the officers in l
charge will accompany the battalion,,
Pte. B. J. Parker writing from Bear.
Wood
Wood Hospital Wokingham, Bucks,
Eng. to Mrs(, J. Bolton, Lumley, says,
1 ant writing these few lines for one
GI our' Russian comrades, who was
wounded on the Somme front. He
cannot speak or write English, ,but
he was fighting for the same cause
and was in the Canadian army,` and I
know you will be pleased to hear this
lad got the stocking you so kindly
sent, and, it was much appreciated,
anal 'brought a little joy to his heart
at ,such a time as Christmas. He wish.
es me Lo thank you for your kindness.
You will be ,pleased to- hear all the
boys had a most pleasant time this
Christmas: thanks to the women of
Canada and the sisters ,and .oflicets
of thin hospital, who did everything
possible to make us happy,
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Mr. l• D. Hurdon received a letter
frons his son Private Eric Hurdon
who says they {have been in the tren-
ches ;but the 'line is comparatively
quiet, although 'Austin Rice and some
others were buried in a dugout by a
"sausage shell,-but,were dug nut al-
right if you aresending a parte; in-
clude gum chocolates, homemade 4an-
dies peanuts, cookies or apples, cig-'
arettes smoking and chewing tobacco
and above all candles. Tell me :nil
the news, send Exeter and London
papers. I ani getting fat and have an
appetite like a horse. We have just
had our first „wash and shave far six
days, You would hardly have known
of well
welooked like bunch.s
us.1a
diggers .when we ,came out, only
worse -mud all aver us, leather jer-
kins and shrapnel helmets on, our legs
from the knees down looked as if
they were made of mud, and we near-
ly all need a haircut, Well, dad, don't
worry over me. I am alright, even if
I am a bit lousy: We're all that way.
Private Austin Rice writing on Jan.
7th from France to friends here say:>
he 'received his first letters at eleven
o'clock one night. after being in "No
Man's Land' putting up barbed ,vire.
Continuing he said, -"I have been in'
the trenches two weeks now and have
!earned and seen a great deal. Ex-
periences of both dangerous and
amusing natures are common. Last
time in 1 was almost buried in a deep.
dugout with twenty others by "saus-
ages".. a big shell holding over two
hundred pounds of, explosives. Ilost
all my belongings such as rifle and
pack shirts, etc. All were blown
up and I was lucky.Listening post
with snipers' bullets and machine gun
playing an you is getting common,
They are nothing to sausages. I must.
say I have received no parcels yet;
but hope to do so soon. Nevertheless
I thank you deeply for your thought-
fulness toward the boys. We apprec-
iate it. We are riot out on rest for
six days, and (trying to •get cleaned
up, but it is almost hopeless: We
have to go a ball a mile to wash and
we do not do it more than a half
dozen tunes a day.
COUNTY COUNCIL DOINGS
The Huron County -Council at the
session last week ,made a handsome
vote .for the -Canadian Patriotic Fund
-$8001) per month during 1917. In
addition to this they Voted $8000 to
be divided among the various Patri-
otic Organizations • of - the county for
the pin -chase of material to be made
up into socks, etc,
Councillors C. Stewart of Ash.fieid
and J. A. Ford of Clinton were ap-
pointed delegates to the Good Roads
Association.
'The ;appointment of an" agricultural
representative for the County was
left over to the June Session.
Dr Milne of Blyth was elected
,Warden of the County.
J. IIoltzmann and At 'Cozens
appointed auditors,
The usual grants were ;:rade to the
various Fairs, Libraries and Women's
Institutes, and ''practically the same
grants as' last year made to schools.
The following Committees were
a ppointed,-
were
Executive --J: M. Govenlock, W. W.
Livingstone, J. N. ICanipbeil,' W. til,
Lobb, W. Isbesters
Special -J. ,Sliartreed, 5, 11(IcKinley,
G. Young, T. Brock, W. Yearley,
Finance -C. ,Stewart, R. Harding, B
W. F. Beavers, J. AL Mallough, J. P.
Dalton,
Educ'a'tion. -C,. A. Nairn, G. C.Petty
J' McNabb, W(, R. Elliott, J. A.Fard
Road and Bridge,, -J,. A. Stewart, A
Pi. Erwin, Coq. Reis, H. H. Neeb, M.
Armstrong.
ite,
County' Property -J. C. Lar h rwait,
T K. Powell, H. Crich, P. F., Doig, S
F, Plum'.
House of. Refuge. -J, N. Campbell.
T`, K Potvei.l, C. Stewart, P. Doig,
Warden's Committee! -C, Al. Nairn,
J. A Ford, f. 1' Dalton, R. Hlarding,
C z..Cricli�:
It has been predicted by the v=ery
best authority that tltc' war will be
ower by February 29th next. In fact
there it, hardly the shadow of a doubt
about it. '
Local News
Why ie a newspaper like a woman?
P?ecause every man should have one
of his awn and not run, after his
ncighbar's.
Mr, James Beer suffered a stroke
of paralysis on Tuesday evening and
is, now confined to his bed deprived
of. his speech.
Caps, .Hewitt, recently with the
Allied armies in '.Salonica and Egypt,
will present and explain a series oC
steroptioan views of England, Greece
and ; ,Egypt, on Wednesday evening,
Feb lth, in the Presbyterian Church,
under the auspices of the Women's
Institute and the Soldier's Aid. No
one should miss this enterta'anment.
Admission 25c.
The first annual meeting of the
Huron County, War Auxiliary will be
held at Clinton on Tuesday, -Febru •
ary 6th commencing ' at 10 o'clock.
A representative of the Soldier's Aid
Commission will be present to address
the ' meeting on the very important
subject of "Vocational Training for
invalided soldiers," and the annual
election ot officers will take place.
As the matter of procuring new ` 00-
cupations for the returning me,n, who
are ;unable to resume their former po-
sitions, is of great interest, and the
utmost importance, it is desirable
that , every ' municipality shall beJwell
represented, Huron County, must see
that'the Huron men who have been
to the front shall be pro, erly cared
tor ,and to do this an active organ-
ization is necessary. , The Auxiliary
wili jtook forward to an enthusiastic
meeting in Clinton an the above date.
A GREAT AGE. -The death took
place on Wednesday at Wroxeter of
a former well known resident of Ex-
eter, in the person of Mrs. John
B sund being b
a sister er of
the late
William Grigg. It will be remembered
by our older residents that Mr.
Braund, the deceased's husband con-
ducted a tailor shop in Exeter, on the
west side of Main street, near Weekes'
marble shop.Deceased was aged 98
years and 6 months.
DEATH OF MR: W. D. WEEKh,S
•
•
-z- Exeter lost lost one of her most wor-
th -y.., -and
vor-thy. tans respected citizens on. Tues
day afternoon, Jan. 30th, when death
claimed Mr. William D. Weekes, > of
the firm of Weekes Bras., marble
dealers
The late Mr. Weekes while never
of robust constitution had enjoyed
fair health until about three weeks
ago, waren he became confined to his
bed with lever, and gradually weak-
ening he passed away as stated.
Born in Woodstock, Ont„ he mov-
ed to Exeter with his parents in
1878 He and his brother established
the Exeter Marble Works some fe,v
years later, and 'conducted it most
successfully - ever since.
The date Mr. Wetekes is survived
by one son, Frank of Virden, Man.,
and two brothers, James of Exeter
and George of Washington, D.C. and•
faun sisters, Mrs. Ili. Spackman, Miss
Annie ,and Miss Minnie of Exeter
and Mrs, McDonald of Guelph`. and
a wide circle of admiring friends.
In public life. Mr. Weekes was for
sonic years a member of the School
Board for over twenty years chair-
man of the Public Library Board, and
also several years a member of the
Cemetery Board.
In religion he ,was a member of the
Caven Presbyterian church and in
politics a CanseiWative.
Deep sympathy is expressed for
the :bereaved, relatives, and general re-
gret is felt over the loss of
so, popular- a citizen and so fine a
man. He was a man of deep :sym-
pathies. an hdnest, straight forward,
sincere and Ioveable man.. There was
nothing frivolous about his nature,
In all his conversation, and intercourse
with people in a public or private
way, no unseemly, word ever passed
his "lips. On -the contrary his talk
was always of an •educative nature,
and in his, nuvet, every day life his
exemplary conduct was always a
bright and shining example to his
fellow citizens, and the beauty of his
life will long be ,remembered.
He was ' aged 60 years and 4 rnas.
• The funeral, which will be of a pri-
vate nature,will be held to the Ex-
eter cemetery on Sunday afternooini
AN ODE TO SLACKERS.
On with the ,dance t
Fair women and gay music and soft
6igh'ts
On 1l,emisih ielcls' another dance
goes alt
To the infernal rag -time of the guns
Where braver amen die that ye may
loll at lease
And,shattered heroes groan their
lives away-.
What tnatters tahis if but in Canada
The dance ,goes on ?•
Ori with the clance•1
Here all is well and pain -anc1 lost
are far
Ye scan pita lists with haggard eyes
and blind
1£ happy one, the bravest and the beat
I-Iushancl or 'son ar brother whot went
forth
To .d.rums and fife, returneth not a7
gain. `
Thoughts such as this mars not your
pleasure as .
The lJatice goes on,
ABM
I
STEWART'S
PHONE 16
PHONE. tft
The Great Annual Sale Is Hee.
For several years our customers have found it a .'vantabe,ons
to buy their needs during our Big` February Sale.. This:yearit
is mare than ever advisable as prices are soarin-g, by leans and
bounds. Sttidy these bargains wve are offering and' benefit by-
them.
ythem. Only a few can be mentioned here. Comeinand see us-
LADIES FURLINED COATS
Reg $60 values, Sale price $25
LADIES CLOTH COATS
Regular .$10, $12.50 and
values, Sale price 56.95.
BOYS 'OVERCOATS
For small men or big bays
$5:00, $6.00, $8,00 values, Sale
Price $4A0l.
MEl''tS WOOL UNDERW EA.R
12 doz. Woollen Shirts and
Drawers, regular .$1.75 values
Salt price $1.25,
PRINTS
Worth to -day 17c. a yd., only
12 pieces to be sold during this
sale.
Sale price titer yard 12,Ce.
515
FACTORY COTTON
75C yards of 36 wide Factory
worth to -day 18c. a'"yard,,
Sale price 7%• yards for $1.00
DINNER SETS. •
6 only: Dinner sets -97- pieces
$16 value, splendid,. decoration
Sale price 512.b5:
ODD CUPS
Cloven- Leaf Cups, only 30
doz. for this sale;
Sale price each $c,
PORCHEON LACES*
500 yards fine- English: Torch.
eon ,Laces
Sale price Der yard' 'Sc;
WOMEN'S OXFORDS
50 .pair W omen's Oxfords 52.50
to 5,4.00 valuiesf. "
Sale ,price Der parr $1,41.
AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY, .
t bars Comfort Soap 25c.
3 pas Jelly Powder for 25c.
3
'bottles best Extracts 15c,
3 packages Royal East cakes 100
7 cans good ,pink Salmon $1.00
Choice Table Syrup, bulls lb. 5c
Shreded Wheat per pek. 10c,
3 lbs. Choice: Figs 25c
Quare sealer Forest City l3hlc:
ing Powder 21e -.
3 ;pks, 10c. Ammonia fare 25e
' ph s ,ecdless. Raisins 25c
a pk Torn Flakes 25b
3 pintas McDonald, or any oth-
er 10c. Tobacco for,.a 25c
Extra Staaiclard Granulated •j
Sugar, per 100 lbs, $7:7S
BARGAINS ARE WAITING FOX -YOU IIERE. EVERY DAY,,
PRONE 16 . J A. ST WA ' ° Pas zE
The Big Store with the Little ?r :ce