The Exeter Advocate, 1917-3-1, Page 1Further success ' in the West, tzdvancing3 miles' on II mile front,'t, a`andon the Tigris, catuYing Kul.
Germans subs. still busy,
EXETER, ONTARIO
Our Corner.
Iluring the past two years there has
been no charge too mean, no imitation
too dastardly, nosuspicion: too dark
to be readily used by unscrupulous
';politicians to injure those entrusted
frith public affairs in, Canada. "Lis-
tening to tit em,eor readiing their daily
outpouringsin the 'newspapers, says
the Toronto News, "one would never
imagine that the Dominion on iias con-
tributed 435,000 men to the :'allied
cause voted $900,000,000 for war pur-
poses torwarded $500,000,000 worth of
munitions taken contracts for $700,-
000,000 mere and shipped $1,200,000,-
00 across the Atlantic, to say nothing
of $250.000,000 loaned to the Imperial
Government for munition ` purposes,
and $50,000,000 raised for the Patri-
otic, Red Gross and gather rebel•
funds."
An observation given out by his
Honor• Judge Hardy at a recent court
`sitting in Brantford that will be of
interest to many who may by any
chance be 'called to court as witnesses
was that in future it \vould not be
necessary for witnesses when being
sworn to kiss the book. All that is
required since the amendment of the
Evidence Act is that the party be-
i g_ sworn hold the book in his' or her
right hand. Sanitary reasons are the
cause of this amendment being made
to the. act.
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A large number of 'inquiries are
being treceived .train farmers asking
where they can purchase seed oats.
There was a goad oat crop last year
in 'seine districts, particularly on tile-
drained land: Farmers having seed
oats for sale ;should advertise them.
TAMAN'S
PHONE 81a
Made In (tiny.
xe Wise on Hats
THIS SEASON WE ARE SHOW
ING LINES OF 'HATS, SUCH AS
WE HAVE NEVER SHOWN BE-
FORE.
OUR RANGE FOR SPRING" IS
ABSOLUTELY THE LARGEST &
BEST ASSORTED WE HAVE EV-
ER HAD IN STOCK.
THE PRICES TOO WILL SUIT
EVERY BODY,
THE ILLUSTRATIONS 'HERE-
WITH WILE GIVE YOU SOME
IDEA OF THE HATS, BUT "I HE
BEST WAY. IS TO COME.IN AND
/HAVE A LOOK AT THE (:HATS,
R\' THEM tON, IANd1 MAKE AN
ARLY CHOICE,
WE KEEP ALL THE OTHER
ZEN'S FURNISHINGS AS 'WELL-
I-IIIu'S, TIES. COLLARS BRACES
GLOVES, SOCKS, ETC,, AND THE
MADE -TO -MEASURE AND ALSO
EADY-4 0 -WEAR CLOTHES,
PHONE ' 81
British allied and neutral ships are
daily 'being sunk by the pirates -the
murderous subs. -and for the' Month
of February thenumber of boats sunk
number:; about 175. Same of these
boats are fairly large while others are
small, In the meantime there is little
doubt that many subs. have, been sulk
and captured. Flow many only the
British Admiralty knowst and they
will
not tell.. They p.refer to let the
Germans stay in the dark. Many a
submarine igoes out but never comes
back. Premier Llody George is look-
ing the submarine menace square .in
the ; face and is preparing the nation
for the very. ,worst that might happen
-a •shortening of food supply and a
too .limited supply, of yvar material,
These things are, however, not antic-
ipated, but Lloyd George is prepar
ing' for the extreme, by curtailing, the
import of certain. unnecessary articles
and irevivin.,. agriculture and garden-
ing it the old land. In the .meantime
the sailangs to and from British ports
are as numerous as ever.
The Gentians on a portion of the
British fronton the west have retir-
ed' about three mikes, They took
advantage of the heavy fog and mist
to remove their heavy guns to the
teat This its the greatest retirement
made on the western front in two
years, and the British have swept in-
ta possession of Pys, Serre,
mom: and, Petit ;Miraumont.:Apparent-
ly the Germans are seeking abetter
line of resistance. The reason for the
German withdrawal is undoubtedly the
result of the many advances ,rade by
the British recently'.
On the 'Tigris the British have been
forcing the figlhting for some weeks
and on Sunday they captured 1Cut-e1-
Amara, which they were lorced to
surrender to the Turks some months
ago:
The
p --
The coal situation in Canada " this
winter ought to open our eyes tothe
necessity- of laying in an adequate
supply during the spring and summer
months.. Every coal bin should be
filled ,and if necessary enlarged to
hold more tlhan a winter's supply.
The dilficuities of winter transpoi La -
tion are increasing, rather than dim-
inishing as the ,railways are not so well
equipped in men and material tohan••
die the; traffic. The wise man is, .he.
who gives his order for coal now and
insists or h`is dealer filling it in the
spring or early summer. There are
to -day a great many homes and bus-
iness' places in Exeter where they
haven't a.paund of coal left, and oth-
ers ;where there is just enough for a
few days. An occasional load that
conies' ini is 'immediately consumed,
Yet some other towns, Kincardine and
St Marys, far instance, have aa abund
ant supply. 'By telephone Mr. I. R.
Carling .bought a load in St. Marys
on Monday, and sent a team over for
it on Tuesday, Reeve B. W. F.Bea-
vers .went to Landon Tuesday to at-
tempt to hustle along a supply that
i sorely needed. A municipal coal
yard is being advocated by same.
The treev'e: succeeded in rounding up
two or' three cars of coal when in
London -to be shippeid here at once,
A great deal of talk is being given
utterance to by individuals and. Ly'
some •minester:.a1 and temperan.ce asso-
cta'tiona with respect,to th'e issue of
rum rations to soldiers at the front;
Some of 'them allege that soldiers are,
compelled to take' it and it is 'even
hinted that it is served to 'them only
when going ,into action. The tact is
that ,rum is tissued to the troops only
at the discretion, of the General Ofri-'•
cera -Commanding an the recommenda-
tion of the Medical Officer, • nd that,
w'hett'an issue of rum is ordered far
troops serving with the expeditionary
forces in the field, individual soldiers
who have any abjection to t'h,e spir-
it .may be supplied tvi,th cocoa or
chocolate' in - lieu: - thereof.
Flour'' and feed dealers who offer
the Feed grades of Western oats
should be very careful to warn farmer
purchasers again.st using them for aeed,
The Feted grades contain oats which
are frozen or 'otherwise unsound and
not suitable for :milling purposes:
They usually .give a very low per-
centage of germination vvhi;Ch results
ie. serious ,crap failure, •
Stringent regulations have been
passed a'egar;diatg persons attempting
to leave Canada and orders issued to
naval and military authori,6,es and im--
migrati:on oil'ieers to prevent the de--
partui'e of any person who there is
reason to suspect is attempting ace
leave for the purpose of comms nieat-
ing• directly of indirectly with the
enemy..
Canada's .pension bill has now tra-
ched $300,000 a month, or $3,600,000
'ar and is growingrapidly. Petr,••,
a year,, �
sions are be ling paid to 2;843 aid •
ares 4,065 disabled soldiers, 641.
other dependents of soldiers, 150
orrdmu. children, and 4,955 Children of
pensioners, a t'o'tal of 1.2,654,
The etihtshaven t per thousand 01
1 opulil'tion •in Canada ts as f olla.vs
Ontario 63; Quebec,' 20;
'Maritime
Provinces 38; Manitoba and Saskat-
c'hewan. hi; Alberta, 92; and British
Columbia 104,
Abotl, :51001000 a day .s bong
invested in Government Script at the
'rate 01 $56 tor 51.00, i;n three years.
THURSDAY
MAR. L 1917
SANDERS & CREEL1-i
Whatever changes may be made in
the Dominion Government will be
made by the only two• agencies with
cons tit utionral power to make such
changes, ,viz,, the people,' or Sir Rob
ert Borden, The former can make
a change only through the process of
an election, The latter can, make
changes when he so desires. In do-
ing so he may ,not consult the mis-
chievousbusybodies who are taking
advantage of his absence, from Can-
ada to unsettle the public iniad by
attempting to create the impression
that hid ,government is not a "nation --
al' one When he, returns he may,
if he chooses, make changes in the
personnea of his government. We
have no means :of knowing his mind
on this point, but we do not know
hint at all, i1 we think hdsn capable of
being' swayed by the resolutions of
an organized body of self-appo:hated
king -makers. We make no doubt
that some of t.he,rn are inspired by fear
lesr a general election w•au'.d return
Sir \Wilfrid, Laurier top ower. We
believe that very .few of them wash'
to see him again Prime Minister. We
believe 'that nearly all of. them 'wish
Sir Robert Borden to remain; Prime
Minister until the near is won and a
satisfactory peace negotiated. Thai
is much 'ta their credit, but they
should not think they can keep . hint
in his post wlvi:le they select his col-
leagues. He ;is not the titan to re-
tain. office under such humillitat'urg
limitations and restrictions.
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The price of potatoes 0 as been
climbing at a most 'ridiculous rate sn.
some cities this week -even in Ex-
eter going from $3,00 to $3.75 or so
b! ;easy jumps of 25c, at a time. Con
siderii>:g other places they are reason-
able here. Did some one in Ontario
find out in the last few days that
there were only a few bags left' in
America oi• is the whole thing man-
ipulated? We are inclined to think
th?e "'price will take a decided turn-
ble shortly. Here is what a Western
merchant said in Toronto, on '1u.es-
day, -"Sacks of potatoes that are
bringing :anywhere: between $4,35 to
$5,30 in Toronto are •goring begging at
Fort William ' at $1.90 and less." He
bad come in witch seven car loads of
potatoes and nine more were on the
way. He ,could not understand why
potatoes 'were so dear here. Even
with- cost of transportation from Fort
William, tmerchants who fetch potat-
oes fromthere are able to realize a
handsome, profit. It is stated that
there, are potatoes galore in the pats
out west. It has been too cold to
ger them until now; but there should
b,: plenty .and to spare within the next
few days.
The telegraphic report received
this Wednesday morning states that
the franchise has been extended to
all women in:Ontario of the age of
21 :years ,Things move rapidly these
days -potatoes jump to prohibitive
prices in a few days; the `booze 'is
banished in a few months; men, wo-
men and children are 'hustled into
eternit} against the laws' of tic ;ons
by the murderous submarine, and now
almost without the asking for L'i, the
women are told to go out and vote.
About the slowest thing on earth. is
the mind of rPresident Wilson, in the
making .of a dectson for war.
The Boys in Khaki
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Col. Combe writing, from Engia,ad
takes .exception to the inaccurate sta-
tements in some of the, Huron papers
taken labia letters "written r by sold-
iers in England, He says :-"They are
written :by young me,n away •from
home for: the first time, and are de-
signedto give their imtii dlate famil-
ies a thrill. Events are described
}which ,.only occir in the ;,;pagination
of -the young writer, One writer in
the 'Sear orilr Expositor: deplores the
ctrunkenness, tgambling, antd contempt
for things 1-eligrtous which_ are so, evi-
dent in this Battal:Ion. All cases of
clrunkenn,ess come before the Com-
manding Officer and s,:tnce 1 have
been ha England; I have only imposed
one fine forthis offence.
Mr, and Mrs,` Arthur S. Davis last
week received a letter from their son
Private Archie Dav:!s,: who is recov-
ering from severe wounds in, the leg.
Archie says he is recovering nicely
and be enclosed a snap shot of him-
self las he is .strolling' around the iawir
by aid. of, crutches, With the excep
,lion of the bandaged leg dnsd need of
the crutches, he looks the picture of
health and wears : a broad and happy
,ria on. hist L'ace--'
Pte. Alvia Brokensliire, son of Mr,
Silas ,,Brokenshire' of .Stephen, has
been. severely 'wounded in the leg, Ile
enlisted with 'the 161st,
Private Robert 2rlcGowan teal, son
of Mr .Java, Ytrill of 1-lens,ell,, has been
of l'iriut'ly reported killed while in 'ac
tion on Fcbvuary 7111,
Ward has been received that Pte,
Elmer Mcballs is very illi, and that
Plc. Earl Johns has had his feet
frost ,bi,tteti, .
\Vi1i;e 13ineti, 1w1to, has been cl rk'
tit; 0 J, A. Stewart's Store, leaves
to -day- for 'London to join the ,trti;f
lery,
Private Gordon. Welts spent 'Phurs
tilt , itht last nt home, 1.t beh,ng frit
last' leaVe berate sailing.
Exeter Council
Monday, Feby 26, 1917
The council of the village' of Exeter
met in regular sesi ion, The minutes
of the ;meeting held Feby, 12th were
read and approved. Communications.
were, read as follows,-
From the Secretary of the Sold-
iers, Aid Society regards donation,
Filed.,
From the treasurer of the County
'William Holmes, ,Gcderich,, re -grant
to ,Patriotic Societies, Exeter share,
being :$101.35. This amount having
been ,.received and ` paid over to the
merchants for goods received..
From the Secretary of Hydro Eli
tctrio Railway Association, re -An-
nual meeting, -Filed.
From Hugh Cameron and Co,., Tor-
onto. re Waterous Steam goad rot
ler.-Filed,
From the Patterson Mfg. ICo., Ltd;
Toronto. ,Re -price of Tarvia 43., fan
street treatment, quoting 10 1-2o :pea'
Imp. ,gallon F.O.B., Exeter, tank car
From the Dunn 'Wire ,Cut( Lug iB;rick
Co.: G'onncaut, Ohio. -Filed.
From the Minister of Agriculture,:
Martin Burr 1 f t' e�
Out -Tell, cl , pie: the utiliza-
tion of vacant areas within the Man
icipahty. The government offer:ng as-
sistance in, every way possible.
The Frrance Committee reported
that the following accounts were ap-
proved land that the same be paid
Limes Printing 'Co., 53.78; Advocate
Printing Co., 113.07; Jonathan 'Lydd,
team on hose reel, $1.00
'Chairman Hind of the Finance, Com-
mittee reported as regards the com-
mittees visit and confering with the
manager of the Exeter Mfg. Co., Af-
ter discuslsion' the matter, was
again referred back to the committ+eye
on motion I` of Day and Snell, -Carried
Mr. N. D. Hurdon waited on the
council in a-egard,s to the coal situ-
ation. Per Day and 73,ind-tha4. the
Reeve visit London and confer with
dealers there. Also 'send a message
to the 'Railway .Commission. -Carried:
Adjournment by Hind.
J. Senior, Clerk,
REPORT OF .EXETER BRANCH
OI' THE HURON ;COUNTY WAR
CONT, NGENT ASSOlCIATION'
The following ; was received and:
shipped to headquarters Ilyinan "Hall
London ,0p,diton 'Red iCross.-61 pr.,
socks, 137cairbs, 10 ` to"wols; ' 20 trench
towels,' 5 suns pyjamas, 26 wash
cloths, 10 pillow easel_,; !B_akd Women's
Institute -791{11r. socks. 1 quilt, 3 doz.
handkerchiefs, 10 : flannel shirt's, 5
suits pyjamas. Dashwood Red Cross
10 dhirtis, 1,8 helpless shirts, 12 suits
pyjamas 19 'sheet's, 32 :pillow oases,
30 pr. !socks, 40 towels. -Zion Red
Cross ,Circle -34 'p'r. oaks, 15 shirts, 1
Thames Road --16 shirts, 13 suits gy-
jamas, 13 'sheets, 911 pr. socks, ;i pr.
bed socks, Centralia Patriotic Lea-
gue -24 shirts, 60 pri uockrs, 1 sweateir
Soldiers ,Aid, Exeter -145 Teri of (socks,
10 !suits pyjamas, 18 personal prop-
erty bags. E1imville and Sunshine Cir,
c1e-17 shirts, 0l pr. of 'socks. Farr,
quhar ,Red !Cross -24 pr'd Iseekis, 8 com-
fort 'bags. Women's Institute, Exeter
-42, 'pr. socks,. Total value of Feby.'
shipment, $925.00.
Vera Essery,
Secretary of censoring committee
TEMPERANCE DECISIONS
Rev, Knight of ,Hens,all iron h's ap-
peal algnday ,in Taranto before the
Courr ol. Appetit in conn,e,cLinn w;th
the ' conviction s-e,g:istered against him
fox trespass in ,Stratford i,n. July ,rf
last year, The appeal was Mowed
with costs. It will be - remembe,t:d
that Rev. Knight assisted 10 Ch el
of police to search the Royal Ed-
ward Hotel in Stratford, and he was
proceeded against for trespass, and
fined ,.'5.1, an!d; it was aga':s !his eo'1-
rictiorl that the minister appealed.
Two other appeals aris,ng out o1
Ontario Temperance Act prosecution.
were dismissed with costs, Jacob
Webber 'of Seaforth appealed from Itis
conviction ,questioning the jur'sdic -.
tion of the magistrate, and claerting
that no real evidence in support of the
charge had been given. Mr. Justice
Middletonlrefused to quash the con-
viction and also held that the lack of
evidence did, not interfere with the
nuestioti of the inag;'serate's juri,sclic
The appeal of ,Cantin of St. Joseph
was also dismissed with ens ts.
WOMEN' NO'I.' ALL ALIKE.
Hainiltor, herald: -If Mrs. McClung
(Winnpeg) and bar 111ffrag'st sisters
have their way there will be no train-
ing of Canadian, youth. • "God Save
the 'Itiin " and "0 Canada" will; be ta-
booed, and the sacred song of `' the
nation twill, be, "I Dat Not Raise tly.
l3o'y to Be. a Soldier.' Our, boys will
taught not only to love their enemies.
but not to ,resist their enemies }viten
their enemies are hell-bent upon war.
There ate snore'women than men in
this dottntry, and when tare womenget
the .N -01,C and are in the majority 0
is expected that Canada will beco nc
a nice rt els behav-ed country, .peopled
with pacais0is1s, who have Neon taught
t{hat w.ar, even in self-defence, is mur-
der ; that it .,s wii,ekecl to ITS force,
antd that the only right way of over-
coming evil °'s through example and
moral suasion, A fool," paradise.
Private Douglas Stewart i5 now in
France, !having left En,glanci in Feb,.
710 to cross the channel,
Pie J J. Montague of Zurich
listed With the wounded,
is
FORMER RESIDENT OF STEPHEN
DIED IN USBORNI..
-rho passed awayat this hone in
Usborne, on Saturdy last John, Rhode
at the age of 64 years. 'The deceased
had ,been in poor health for a year
or more suffering from stomach
trouble, but his condition did not take
a turn for the worse until about ihr e
weeks ago, when the trouble became
more (acute and'Igrtudually he sank till
the 'end came. Mr. Rhode was born
in the township of Stephen, where all.
his life was spent until he oved bare
abatelive ago. He was highly
yearsa
respeceted and esteemed fpr his many
good quatiili.es as a friend and neigh
bar. He is survived by has wife, -acne
son, Henry of'Usborne and Mrs. Wal
ter ivladge of 'Tutkersmith. T•he
fun-
eral look place on Saturday to the
cemetery north of Sarepta.
FARQT.IHAR
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The Box Social for Red Cross pur-
poses, held on Friday: night was large-
ly attended anti` enjoyed by ail. The
program was. a gond one, and, Cctrsi-
ed of numbers by Paul brothers, and
Jack Jose of Kirkton, Mr. Mies and
Roy Golding of Woodham, the al'sses�
Allison Miss Jennie Harper, .Mc.Niro;
brother.; on the violin, Henry Mc-
Curdy an the bag pipes, Mr. and
ivliss Robinson of Auburn, William
Turnbull an address, and the chairman
John O'Brien, aft address. ;.rises
were sold by Auctioneer Perry l+',
Loupe, and brought prices ianging
from $1.00 Lo ,$,4.75. The total re-
ceipts were $90.
The fresh herring that are being
brought in two or three times a week
snake' a welcome change on the 'din-
ner table
BIRTHS
Varley-In Tucicersmith, on Feb, 13,,E
to ';Yir. and ,Mrs', J. J. Varley, 0 son.
ford, -In Lsborne, on Feb. 24, to Mr.
and Mrs Henry Ford, a daughter,
Smith. -In 'Centralia, on Feb. 17, to
Mr and ;il:s. John Smith, a daughter
MARRIAGES
Cour:•sey-Meadows-ln 'TorontoFeb
20th , AIjce, youngest daughter 'at
Mr, anti Mrs„ W. Meadows : of Ailsa
Craai; to Mr,' Fred Coursey of Lu tan'
Chatrbers-Sinale-At Milverton, on
Feb :.21st, George Ira Chamb-rs of
Chiselhurst, to Miss ,Violetta Snralr
of near Staffa.
Penrice -Davis -In 'London on, F01).26
by. Rev. DeanDavis, Thomas Henry
Penrice eldest son o•f Mrs. William
Penri :e, to Catherine Isabella lava
daughter of Mr, and; Mrs, Frank
Davis all of Usborne.
DEATHS
Pugsley -1n. Clinton, on .Feb. 23, Mr.
William 'Pugsley of Exeter, ;tgecl 18
ye=ars , 2 months.
Ryan -in Lucan,am. Feb. Han-
n
b. -0th, Ian-
n.urM. Scott, (relict of the late Na-
thaniel Ryan, aged 64 years and 7
p
months.
Sterritt-in St. Marys, an Feb '20th
Wni C. Sterritt, aged 80 years.
Mciihargey-At ;Clandeboye, on Feb.
20, Joseph B. Mcllhargey,
Prest-Ir, McGillivray, on Feb. 12th
:Marwood Prest, aged 61 years and
9 months
ETec unan.-inHay Tp., Coni, 17, Wil -
Han' Hecleman, agad 49 years.
Rhode. -In Usborne, on Feb, 24, John
Rhode aged 64 years.
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED
b C `'H Sanders at the Advocate Of-
fice Strictly confidential; no witness
Is Nature starting to Foreclose
The Mortgage on your Health?
If so, "Discharge the Indebtedness by Electrical
and Osteopath. Treatments"
If someone has told you that I rub the spine forget it. ' I don't. 11
you are suffering from any of the rollowing ailments, ,call and see me and
I will tell you what I can do. 11 •1 cannot help You I will tell you sa:
No, faith cure about this", --
Asthma
Apnendicitis
Bronchitis
Bladder Troubles
Constipation
Catarrh
Dyspepsia
Deafness
Pains in the Back
Stammering
Headache
Female Weakn
Fevers
Galt Stones
Goiter
Heart Disease
Hay Fever
Indigestion
Jaundic e
Kidney Diseases
Liver Troubles
Epiieosy
es;;
Lumbago
Stomach Trouble'
NerTousness
Neuritis
Neuralgia
Paralysis
Poor Circulation
Rheumatism
St. Vitus Dance
Sciatica
Pains in back of neck &'heath.
Dr. W. E. Dempster, Osteopath and Chiropractor
Main Street, Exeter, successor to Dr. S M Jones.
Office Hours, 8 a.ml. to 12,'and 2 p,m to 5 p,m,
Evenings and Sundays by appointment.
Office Phone 103 Residence Central Hotel.
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PHONE 16
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PHONE 16
New
Goods At Old Prices.
BLUE AND BLACK SERGES
For Dresses, Odd Skirts and Ladies' ,Suits. Extra
in fine quality Serges. All old dyes at per yard
$1.00 ,$.1.25, $1.50, $2,25
CHARMING NEW WAISTS
values . .
to $3,50
Just placed in stock, and now ready for the early buyer, -
showing some new and dainty styles at popular prices,
Waists as law in price as 50c, $1.35, ;$1.50, $1.75 and up.
EXTRA VALUES 1N " BLACK SILKS
We are showing a fine range o1 Messaline and Taffeta Silks
at ,per yard $1,25, $1,50, $1.65 x+1.75 We are offering a
special line of Messaline Silk. Extra quality at per yard $1,25
CURTAINS AND CURTAIN NETS
Extra values in Curtains in Scrim and Marquisitc at per pair
81.35; ,$2.00, $2.60, $275 to 54,50
Also many dainty and pretty patterns at per yard 20c. 25c,
30c, 40c, 50c, and 75c,
ROOM RUGS
Remarkable values in Tapestry, Brussels Velvet
and Wilton
Rugs. In many cases the prices we are asking are lower than
manufacturers' prices to -day, Make year' selection •early. We
twill be 'pleased, la lay it away for you,
'LINOLEUMS
Splendid new tile „patterns inCan isfan and Scotch make. We
are able to quote you lave prices' as 'we bought when prices-
were much lower than they are at present, Come in and see
the new patterns.
Sec the new. Wall Papers. We are showing 1°1'1917, New ideas
tri hangings and borders for Halls, :intra!, Rooms, Parlors, T3eci-
rooms and Kitchens, . Greatly reduced prices do clearing lines
BARGAINS ARE WAITING F OR YOU HERE EV1s11.Y DAY
PHONE 16 J
a :it PHONE', 16
The Big Store mirth the Little Pries