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FRESH DIVISIONS , LEAVE TRAINS
eee:,esenenne
ONLY TO BE MOWED DOWN
German Losses in Men and Guns in Desperate Fighting on Rus-
sian Front Are Colossal,
A despatch from Russian Army
Headquarters on the Stokhod says:
Fighting of the most desperate char-
acter is in progress on all positions
of our front The Germans, driven
to desperation; by their losses in guns
and men, havebeen launching counter-
attacks ahnose without cessation.
Monday and Tuesday they were
pouring in fresh. divisions which pro-
ceeded from the, trains to the battles
fields, where they were mowed down
by the Russian fire. With huge
losses in all attacks which so far have
been delivered, they have been beat-
en back. Cannonading continues
night and day, at tirnes .reaching such
violence that it is impcissible to dis-
tinguish individual events. It is bini-
ply a continuous roar like thunder.
At night the whole sky is illumin-
ated by bursting shells, searchlights
and star bombs. The towns are fill --
ed with German and Austrian wound-
ed. The Stokhod position is extreme-
ly strong.
Allied victories bath in the east and
west have not sufficiently reduced the
morale of the Germans to give ground
for supposition of a sudden collapse
of their military strength. The bit-
terness here is extremely great on
account of the persistence with which
enemy flyers are bombing hospitals
and dressing stations, which occurs
on an average of twice daily.
All of the German and Austrian
armies on the eastern front have been
placed under the supreme command of
Field Marshal von Hindenburg, ac-
cording to a despetch quoting a Ber-
lin official announcement. This de-
cision was reached during the Em-
peror's recent visit to the eastern
front. A similar announcement, the
despatch says, has been made in
Vienna.
CROP PROSPECT
FOR DOMINION
Official Review Issued at Ottawa,
of End of July
Conditions.
A despatch from Ottawa says: A
special press bulletin issued 'by the
Census and Statistics Office reports
on the condition of field crops in Can-
ada at the end of July in part as fol-
lows:
Ontario -In the peninsula (Essex
county) a large crop of hay has been
harvested in splendid shape. Wheat
and barley are harvested, but are not
quite a standard yet. Oats will be
belowCorn ancl hoed crops
are fair, though later than usual. In
eastern Ontario crops are suffering
from lack of moisture. 'Wheat is
little grown, its condition is fair and
it is beginning to ripen. Barley is
poor, rather late and very uneven.
Oats, the most important crop of the
district, shows some great divergence,
some crops being far advanced, oth-
ers only a few inches high. About
three-quarters of the hay is harvested
and the crop is a very good one. Corn
is poor; potatoes are healthy.
Northwest Provinces -The weather
conditions of July have been general-
ly favorable, although local hail-
storms have done some damage.
Grain ercps continue to show fine
promise, especially on bearing and
summer fallow. Grain on the stub-
ble is not so good. In southern Alberta
crops are all good. and harvesting will
commence sooner than was expected
a month ago. Wheat cutting is ex-
pected to begin about August 20; hay,
roots and potatoes are good.
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island report all crops
as making good growth. In Quebec
the hay crop is abundant, but grains
have suffered from drought. British
Columbia reports cereal crops grow-
ing well.
CANADIAN SOLDIERS TO
SLEEP 'NEATH MAPLES.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Canadian maples are to be planted
around the graves of Canadian sol-
diers in France. Seed of the,recl and
silvermaple, ripened at Ottawa, has
been sent to London by Dominion
Hortieulturist W. T. Macoun and
planted in Kew Gardens. After the
war the little trees from these seeds
are to be transplanted in France,
Seeds of the large -leaved maple of
British Columbia are to be sent to
London for the same purpose as soon
as ripe.
.t.
The prize list for the Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition amounts this year to
approximately $63,000. It practically
all goes to the agricultural classes.
SOLDIERS' PENSIONS
CALL FOR BIG 'VOTE.
British Parliament to be Asked to
Provide $30,000,00.0.
A despatch from London says:
Parliament will be asked to vote £6,-
000,000, including £1,000,000 already
voted, to provide the full estimated
cost of supplementary pensions of
widows and dependents of non-com-
missioned officers and men, of par-
tially disabled non-coramissioned of-
ficers and men. This 'Sum, William
Hayes Fisher, Parliamentary Secre-
tary to the Local Government Board,
explained in the House of Commons
on Thursday, is estimated on a num-
ber of deaths not exceeding 220,000,
but if this number is exceeded, the
amount would be increased propor-
tionately. An additional grant would
be made for officers and men whose
general circumstances warranted as-
sistance.
FORCED TO REMOVE
BUST OF EMPEROR.
A despatch from London says: The
German administration of Belgium
has imposed fines amounting to 10,000
marks on the Belgian committee in
charge of the recent municipal art
exhibition, according to a Rotterdam
despatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company. At the request of the Ger-
man administration, says the de-
spatch, the bust of the Emperor was
exhibited among other sculptures. It
caused such a hostile demonstration
. on the part of the visitors to the ex-
hibition that it had to be removed.
GOVERNMENT TO AID
FIRE SUFFERERS.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Dominion Government will contribute
some substantial form of assistance
to the sufferers from the Northern On-
tario bush fires of last week. In con-
nection with the exact form of that as-
sistance, however, the Government is
still awaiting a report from Hon. G.
H. Ferguson, Minister of Lands, For-
ests and Mines in the Ontario Gov-
errunent, who has gone up to the
north country to investigate the situ-
ation and ascertain its needs.
LIEUTENANT -GOVERNOR
OF MANITOBA APPOINTED.
Sir James Aikins Succeeds Sir Doug-
las Cameron
A despatch from Ottawa says: Sir
James Aikins, ex-M.P. of Winnipeg,
has been appointed Lieutenant -Gov-
ernor of the Province of Manitoba,
succeeding Sir Douglas Cameron,
whose term of office expired last
week.
If one man in ten thousand pays
any attention to what you say you
are in luck.
Railway men give the Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition credit for being the
greatest creator of traffic on the
North American Continent.
WORLD'S BIGGEST BATTLE
MAKES BRITAIN GREATER
T1 -e British Race Is the Greatest in Numbers, Duration and
Sacrifice. Historical Facts.
A despatch from the front save
A month has passed since the begin -
Ling of the great battle in the Picardy,
says Philip Gibbs. We who have boon
,out here and saw the beginning, and
day by day followed the progress of
the 13ritish fighting men, knowing
their difficulties and dangerfrom
hour to hour, take breath now for a
Moment and 'look back upon its life-
time- counting its gains and losses,
with any glory it may have and any
tragedy.
It hes been a stupendous nioath.
Pelville Wood, as I have described
several Unice, has been taken and re -
ken after some of the fiercest fight -
ng in all this battle, and is now firmly
in British heeds, The British, hold
IlArt of High 'Wood, and on the left
they captured Pozieres and the high
ground about it. So in a month, by
the greatest battle of history, the
IBritish race is the greatest in num-
eels, duration and sacrifice. They
have taken eleven hostile strongholds.
They have won back for France a
patch of soil eight miles wide by
three Miles deep, They have brought
back about 13,000 German prisoners.
1Thoy have killed' or wounded an im-
mense number of Germanyfinest
troops, at least 100,000 surely.
Those are the plain, historical facts
of one month' lighting in the first
part of the battle in the PiCardY,
which has not yet ended, 'Beyond and ;
above these Wain facts are others not •
so easy to tell, They are impossible !
to tell,
A Photo Which Shows
the 0 dds Our Men Are Surmounting.
German gun crew operating machine gun from bomb -proof shelter of
earth, geese, and timber. The gun fires 600 bullets a minute, and is rak-
ing the enemy's rifle pits, two hundred metres away. The gun is mounted
on an elevation made of planks and filled with earth, and is covered with
a bomb -proof shelter.
Markets of the World
Breadstuff.
Toronto, Aug. 8. -Manitoba Wheat -
No. 1 Northern, 21.413 ; No. 2 Nortt!.ern,
$1.39h ; No, 3 Northern, 91.35, on track,
Bay ports.
No. 1 feed, 510 ; No, 2 feed, 61o, 13ay
, ports.
a 0 a oats -No. 2 C.W., 53o; No.
3 C.W., 525c ,• extra No. 1 feed, 6110 ;
tra_cAikn,erui,coarnonctoor.n-No. 3 yellow, 931c, on
Ontario wheat-No'm
1 c eroia
$1.05 to $1.07 ; No. 2, 91.02 to
No. 3, 96 to 98c ; feed wheat, 91 to 92,
according to freights outside.
ouCtsnitdazio oats -No. 3 white, 48 to 490,
Peas -No. 2 nominal, $1.75 to $1.85 ;
according to sample. $1.25 to 91.50, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Barley -Malting barley, nominal, 66 to
68c ; feed barley, nominal, 62 to 64e, ac-
cor_ding to freights outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal, 70 to 710, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Io.1cnourec16 to 97c, rio-
cording
Manitoba four-Firstpatents, in jute
$6.20, Toronto. secondi:ak eprast.e !int si den bags,iute
bags, $966.i900;; stri
Ontario flour -New Winter, according
to sample. 24.50 to $4.00, in bags, track
Toronto, prompt shipment ; $4.60 to
freights, bags Included -Bran, per ton,
hmi pomnteineta,
Montreal
$4.70. bulk seaboard,
Millfeecl-Car lots. lcprompterlivePret
ds
u2 ; shorts. per ton, $24 to $25 ; mid-
flohutrg.s,pepreib, ate,9122755. to $26 ; good feed
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Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 26 to 27c;
inferior, 24 to Ho creamery prints,
81 to 32c ; solids, 30 to 31e.
nggs-New-laid, 29 to 30o ; do., in
carton, 33 to 360.
Beans -$4.50 to $5, the later for hand-
picked.
Cheese -New, large, 17 do ; twins,
17/e ; triplets, 18c.
Maple syrup -$1.50 per Imperial gal-
lon.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 25 to 27c:
fowl, 23 to 26c.
Potatoes -New Brunswicks quoted at
$2 per bag ; Western, 21.86.
Provisions.
.Bacon, long clear, 18 to 191
1 -1019 -Medium, 24 to 26c ; doe. T)13e17
27011s,
baccon,72251LI
,acks :pb1a9oktso. 1p9liacin;. 2b6i•etaolecl2vii:
boneles.
Lard -Pure tierces,'lar'd,to300. 161 tolb.
and pails, 171 to 171c ; compouncl,1417tco,
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Montreal Markets
Montreal, Aug. 8. -Corn -American
No. 2 yellow, 925 to 945c. Oats -Cana-
dian western, No. 2, 545c ; do., No. 3,
54c ; extra No. 1 feed, 5350. Flour -
Man. spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.20 ;
seconds, $6.70 ; strong bakers', $6.50 •,
Winter patents, choice. $6.25 •, straight
rollers 25.70 to $5.75 ; clo., bags, $2.50
$7.66 to $S.65 ; Sheep, heavy, $4.50 to
$6.36 ; Spring lambs, per lb.. llic to
12o ; Calves, good to choice, $10.50 to
$11.75 ; do., medium, $9.00 to $10.00 ;
Hogs, fed and watered, 912.26 ; do,
weighed off cars, 912.50 ; do., f.o.b.,
911.60 to $11.76.
Montreal, Aug. 8. -Butchers' steers,
choice, $8.25 to $8.60 ; good. $7.74 to $8;
fair, 27.25 to $7.50 ; medium, $6.76 to
$7 ; comon, $6 to $6.50 ; butcher cows
good, 55 to $7.60 • fair, $6.50 to 26.75
common, 96 to 95.25 ; butcher bulls
;
best, 26.86 to $7.50 good, $6 to $6.50
fair, $5.50 to $6 ; canners, $4.60 to $6.25
sheep, 6c to 750 ; lambs, 101c to 12o
calves, milk fed, Sc to 100 ; grass fed
50 to 6c ; hogs, select, $12.50 ; rough
and mixed lots, $11 to $11.75 ; sows, $10
to 210.60 ; all weighed off cars.
CURE DISCOVERED
FOR ERUPTIVE TYPHUS.
A despatch from Paris says: A cure
for eruptive typhus, the disease which
made such terrible ravages in Serbia,
has been discovered by Doctors Nicolle
and Blaisot. The physicians describ-
ed their discovery to the Academy of
Medicine. It is a serum which they
found after exhaustive experiments.
So far thirty-eight serious cases have
been treated by injections,, which were
followed by rapid recovery in a num-
ber ofepatients. In addition, the in-
jections of the serum prevented com-
plications so frequent in this disease
and reduced the death rate from
twenty-five to three per cent.
SECOND MILITARY CROSS
WON IN ONE FAMILY.
A despatch from Vancouver says:
To the second member of the Bell -
Irving family has come the honor of
being decorated with the Military
Cross, according to private advices re-
ceived in Vancouver. This time it is
Roderick Bell -Irving, acting Major in
the 16th Canadian Scottish, and is. in
recognition of his gallantry in leading
his company to the attack and the
eventual capture of an entrenchment
which had been taken from the Brit-
ish by the Germans.
NEW ZEALAND DECIDES
FOR COMPULSORY SERVICE,
A despatch from London says: New
to $2.d0. Rolled oats, barrels, 25.05 to Zealand has decided in favor Of the
U.24.6 Aig.As0,11.i425.40Aitioddl.6x0s., Br9an,
.
compuleory military service bill, which
Mouillie, $30 to $32. Hay, No. 2, per is applicable "to men of any age not
tif,%tcearin•si,otitielioaetso t§t.71160. Ziselet,s11.7.1sst, less than twenty and more than forty -
e65 to 161c. Butter, clioicest' creamery, six." The °nlsi. important amend -
311 to 82c ; seconds, 30/ to 301c. Eggit.; //lent to the measure by the Legisla-
-Fresh, 350 ; selected, 33o ; No.
tive Council we the stringent reit,'
stock, 20c; No. 2 stock, 26 to 270.
gious objectors exemption clause. The
Winnipeg Grain Governor has given assent to the bill.
Winnipeg, Aug. 8. -Cash quotations -
'Wheat -No. 1Northern, $1.385 ; No, 2
Northern.
$1.815 • No. 3 Northern
$1.265 ; No. 4, 91.235 ; No, 5, $1.171 THE SERBS UREPARE
No.., 6, $1.10a ; feed. $1.04. Oats -No. 2
Cear45c ; No. 3 C.W.. 445c extra, No. FOR A BIG DRIVE.
1 feed, 440 ; No, 1 feed, 44c , .No. 2
,„f4eee4c.L.42.5rce:jecltladrie0Y2-0 'We o enNaZ;
Ivo. 1 0:005 ; 'No. 2 'C.W., $1.801.
United States Markets.
A despatch from Saloniki says:
Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia,
accompanied by the Minister of War,
had a long conversation this morning
Minneapolis, Aug. 8.--Whes.I-Seplem-
hard,, $1.305 : No. 1 Northern, $1.341 to Gerf.
21.343 ; Decembor, 91.345 ; No. 1 with the 'French Comthander-in-chief,
Sarrail. They discussed the Mill-
ber
$1.365'No. 2, dn., $1.313 to $1.245. Corn
-No, 3 yellow, 8.15 to 82ia. Oats -No. tary situation and operations. In the
a white, 895 to 40c. Flour -Fancy pa- evening he talked with Admiral Sir
tents, $7 : first clears, 25.70 ; second
clears, $3.20. Bran -$10.60. Berkeley Milne, Commander-in-chief
Duluth. Aug. 8. -Wheat -No, 1 hard, of the British fleet in eastern waters.
$1.38 ; No. 1 Northern. $1.36 to $1.37 ;
No. 2, do., $1.31 to 21.38 ; September, --+----
13.n2s5eeads-k-edn; evt2b--, 2,000 ACRES LEVELED
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aSncie'tembei, $2.15 asked;
ri 10 92.155 SOUTH OF SASKATOON.
arrive, $21.1115
October, $2.16 ; November, $2.15 ; Dec-
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ember, $2.18 bid.
, - 4k A despatch from Saskatoon says:
Live Stock Markets. A hailstorm of unusual severity
Toronto,. Aug, 8. -Choice heavy steers, struck the country eight miles south
o .90(.. sielitclar.1 entre t•:00i, :,,17,r) to of this city at 1 o'clock Wecinesdey
i T o thou andacresof c o
vete to $8.40 ; Good heavy steers, 97.75
8.15o„ ne 13 , „ do,, morn ng. w s r p
commron. 96.40 to _8_0,75 ; Butchers' bulls, in the vicinity.. of Victor schoolhouse
.7.40 ; do., good, *6.75 to $7.00 ; do..
reS.C6T%743!756 to:c11,7.5rUclii INullr14.,135?)114;
6.00 ; Butchers' cows,gcholee2 27.10 to er reports
were wiped out completely. One farm-
s loss of $2,500, and many
medium, 90.00 to $6.26 '• Stockers, 700 other farreere snffered heavy loss.
to 800 lbs., 90.25 to $3.75 ; choice,Joed-
:Wd oWers, a. t) to) 9,91. g : ZW.T:, 1 iy. local.
The storm appears to have been pure-
-- d reed, 66 0 76 6 ;
i and mod., each, 940,60 to 900.00 ; --4
choice, each, $70.(4D to $80.00 ; do., com.
1 Springers:960.00 to $.71,00 : Light Bwes, g
Berea lieri Speediest Soldiers.
I "Prornetheins," Vienna military pub-
lication, presents some interesting fig -
RE CLEAN u
res ebout the marching of the var-
NO STICKINESS ions armies now at war.Aceording
to these statistics, the Italian Bersag-
ALL, DEALERS
Hari are by far the speediest soldier
G.C.Brigigs &Sens e
in the world, the Russians the slowest.
HA fil LTON The ''ormer take 140 strides to the
minute, the latter 112s
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FRENCH TRIUMPH AT VERDUN:
RETAKE 'VILLAGE OF FLEURY
General Nivelle's Troops Remove A� Danger of the Enemy Get-
ting the Fortress.
A destateli from London says: The
French counter -offensive north-east of
Verdun on Thursday reached its cli-,
max in a powerful blow which has re-
sulted in the complete recapture of
Fleury and the whole system of high-
ly -organized defences from south-
east of Thiaumont to the Froid Terre
ridge.
After a series of lamest uninter-
rupted attacks during the night and in
the forenoon on the four -mile front
from the Meuse to the woods west of
Damloup, the French concentrated all
their power in a tremendous thrust
on the one -mile Thiaumont-Fleury
line. They smashed forward on this
point for a distance of- about a quar-
ter of a mile through the most power-
ful field works on the western front.
Thursday night they .had counted
more than 650 prisoners.
The village of Fleury was attacked
from two sides, the north-west and
south-east. -In previous attacks the
French had advanced as far as the
ruined railway station against furi-
ous resistance. Then after the big
guns had been given time to clear a
path the infantry again went forward,
this time to complete victory.
All the gains made by the Germans
in their attacks of Tuesday have been
swept away. In an attack simultane-
ous with that on Fleury the French in
the Chenois sector drove the Teutons
from the trenches they had seized in
this wooded region, capturing more
prisoners. Berlin previously had ad-
mitted the loss of ground reeently
taken in Laufee forest.
Captured 1,750 Prisoners.
In the last three days the French
have captured more than 1,750 un-
wounded prisoners. They have also
taken a large quantity of military sup-
plies, but from all indications they
have done far more than that. With
the descent of the lull on the Somme
the Germans seriously resumed their
operations against Verdun. They
had large forces at their disposal and
all of their powerful- artillery. But
before they could get well under way
the French launched their counter -of-
fensive. In other words, they "beat
them to the punch."
The French have regained a footing
dn two of the most important heights
which look down on. Verdun -Pepper
Plill and the Froid TeiTe. The crest of
the former is a No Man's Land', con-
stantly swept by shell -fire. But from
the latter the Germans held artillery
control of the heart of Verdun. They
made much of the capture of Froid
Terre, declaring it the most important
position on the north-eastern front.
Now the French are working their
way up to the crest again. The com-
munique from the War Office at Paris
reports that French troops are fight-
ing at the edge of Hill No. 820, one
of the heights of the Froid Terre
ridge.
Fighting on the Somme.
Stubborn fighting on many parts of
the eighteen mile front both north
and south of the Somme is reported
in the official communications.
The British have made further
gains across the plateau north of
Bazentin le Petit, but the greater part
of their energy was directed towards
consolidating the ground already won.
During the night the Germans sent
four strong detachments toward Del-
ville wood. These were allowed to
approach to close range before fire
was opened. All were repulsed with
heavy losses, and at one place fifty
Germans' were caught in massed for-
mation by the British machine gun
fire and annihilated. A German
strong point between Pozieres and
Thiepval was bombarded by heavy
artillery and the gaerison, fleeing
across the open, came under the field
gun fire of the British guns. Through-
out the day the German artillery
maintained a barrage west and south-
west of Longueval and Mametz and
Calupillar wood intermittently.
There was some activity elsewhere
along the line, Germans shelled .vil-
lages near Arras and Armentieres and
dropped. bombs on the outskirts of
some of the villages without doing any
damage. In the Loos salient there
was trench mortar activity on both
sides.
RETREAT ONLY
WAY OF ESCAPE
Russian Nut -Cracker Is Siowly,
but Irresistibly,
Closing In.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The ultimate Russian occupation of
Kovel and Lemberg and the retire-
ment of the Austro -German line of
defence beyond the Bug River aro
now regarded here as a foregone con-
clusion. The armies of Generals von
Boehm-Ermolli and von Linsingen,
which have been badly crippled in
their efforts to hold back the Advanc-
ing right wing of General Brussiloff's
forces, have been forced to retreat to
a point which leaves open the ap-
proaches to these two important cen-
tres, and the Russians in both regions
have begun an encircling movement,
which is slowly, but apparently irre-
sistibly closing in upon the two cities.
The German loss of the Stokhod
crossings and the recently -announced
Russian crossing of the river leaves
no important line of defence before
Kovel except a natural barrier eon-
sisting of a wide swamp, which un-
doubtedly will retard the Russian
progress. But this movement from
the west along the route midway be-
tween the Sarny-Kovel and • Rovno-
Kovel railways, in conjunction with
the Russian pressure brought from
the south in the region of Vladimir-
Volynski, both of which are success -
counter -attacks, is considered as
making the outcome assured.
The operations against the Ger-
mans are also having an important
effect in facilitating the advance
against the Austrians defending Lem-
berg, since they enable the Russians
to exert pressure against the Austrian
left flank and increase that brought
up on Lemberg from Brody and from
the south, where Gen. Letchitzsky's
troops are successfully traversing the
flooded Dneister region and are
threatening the Galician capital along
the route leading through Stanislau
and Halich.
It is unofficially reported that the
Germans have already begun their re-
tirement from Kovel and are prepar-
ing to fall back on Brest -Litovsk,
Cholm, and the general line of de-
fence following the Bug River.
GERMANS BOMBARD
RUSSIAN HOSPITAL
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The Russian official statement is as
follows: "An enemy aeroplane born -
herded a transport containing wound-
ed near Dusitchi, on the Vladimir,
Volynski-Lutsk route, killing one and
injuring twenty already wounded mon,
The same aeroplane also bombreded
the divisional hospital in Dusitchi,
killing one and injuring eight hospital
ordeillies. Caucasian front: Our ad-
vance continues."
No horse is allowed in the judging
ring at the Canadian National Exhibi-
tion until, it has been examined and
pronounced sound by the Association's'
fully developing, despite all German veterinary surgeons.
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LEARN to increase your earning capacity
on the. farm.
LEARN business methods.
LEARN how to produce better crops arid
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LEARN to grow good fruit, better poultry
and the best of everything.
September to April at the College
April to September at Horne.
Public school education is sufficient for
admission.
College Opens September 19
Write for calendar giving particular's.
G. C. CREELMAN, 13.8.A., LL.D.
President,
FROM SUNSET COAST
WHAT THE WESTER/4T PEOPLE
ARE DOING.
Progreso of the Great West Told
in a Pew Pointed
Paragrapha.
Mr. John Hendry, prominent In
Vancouver, is dead.
The mill of the East Kootenay
Lumber Co. at Jaffrey was destroyed
by fire.
Fire which swept through the busi-
ness of Ashcroft wiped out
the
Pte. Wm. B. Smith trovekd 6,000
miles to enlist with the 1434 Batt.,
C.E.F., of Victoria.
A school for the blind under the
auspices of the Public School Board
has been opened at Vancouver, B.O.
John S. Wallace, of New West-
minster, sustained severe injuries
when knocked down by a motorcycle.
Two employes of the Timberland
Lumber Co. at Craig, Surrey, were
injured when struck by a "choker."
The little British trawler "Tri-
umph,"sba,s left Vancouver bound for
Halifax by way of the Panama Canal.
Fernie Presbyterian and Methodist
Churches are endeavoring to unite
under the name of "United Church of
Fernie."
W. C. Eade, an artist of Vancouver,
was found dead. It .is believed e
committed suicide, as he had been
despondent of late.
For the first time this seasmege• telie
cannery sockeye fleet of about 5'O0
boats left Steveston, B.C., last week
for the Fraser River.
The seven -months -old daughter pf
Mrs. N. E. Smith, of Vancouver, was
instantly killed when its head was
crushed in an elevator.
M. B. Martinson, president of the
North Vancouver Prohibition League
has received word that his son, Gun-
ner Matthew Martinson, has been
killed in action.
The Fisheries Department at Otta-
wa will make a thorough study of
the most effective method to pre-
serve the fisheries in the waters ad-
jacent to Prince Rupert.
Dr. Milton Hersey, of Montreal,
head of the greatest mining engin-
eering flrm in Canada, predicts a
great advance for mining in British
'Columbia when the war is over.
His Royal Highness the Duke of
Connaught, accompanied by the
Duchess and Princess Patricia,
christened the new Selkirk tunnel on
the C. P. R. near Chase, B.C, last
.,14A
week.
SOMETHING FOR EVERY61-€:
A rainbow can never b seen at mid-
day.
Stars twinkle more than usual just
previous to rain.
The Nile gradually gets narrower
towards its mouth.
Coals burn out faster on a frosty
night than upon any other.
Without Krupp's, Germany could
, never have started the war.
The Maxim fires 800 rounds of fiery
hail in sixty seconds,
Shrapnel was invented by a British
general of that name in 1'784.
A thousand machines perform 1,500
operations on an Enfield rifle.
Wild horses are still found in
America, Australia and Russia.
Tho brass strip used for cartridge
cases is an alloy of zinc and copper.
The Aro de Trimphe in Paris is the
largest triumphal arch in the world.
The projectile of Britieen'5 new fifs
teen -inch gun weighs re.le ey' two
thousand pounds.
More than ten women gardeners are
now employed in the parks of Man -
cheater, England.
No fewer than 950 gauges are ne-
cessary for measuring the 280 Sepa-
rate parts of a Maxim.
The kind of man who Is always in
a hurry is liable to dash past a good
thing without seeing It.
The time -keeping of Scottish work-
ers 15 pronounced excellent, and their
work wonderful.
No matter how liberal -minded Er
man may be, his dog and his baby aro
always smarter than your own.
At the outbreak of the war Leeds,
England, had not a single munitions
factory; now she has over five hun-
dred.
All hand grenades in general ese are
detonated by time fuses, whielaleei•e
ignited just before the bomb is
thrown.
Portions of shell made in Canada
will fit exactly other portions made in
Manchester, Glasgew,efeklsondon,
KEEP HUNS FROM EMPIRE.
London Post Erelorses Lord Kitchen-
er's Proposal, , .
The London Morning Post urges
the Government to take drestic ;taps
immediately to prevent the Germans
from gaining a foothold, commercial
or' otherwise, in the British Empire
after the wan. •
The Poet declares that Lord latch-
trier'shortly before his death, devised
a plan along these linos, which the
paor AO, ehdorses.
"Lor4 Ititclieuer's proposal," says
the Post, "was to pass a law, that for
21. years 11Q etentarl should be allow-
ed to naturalize himself or Wet op
his domicile hi, the United Kingdote
or the Beitish Einperee or to enter into
Baptyit:1:::u.ipr4ii:i any British bu6i
Sleek er DO:new a shareholder in
.n.,11090.x.Ntsso,..41.kt
From the Middle
BETWEEN ONTARIO AND
TISH COLUMBIA.
Items From Provinces Where
Ontario Boys and Girls Ar
Living.
$70,000 will be spent by- thll
of Calgary on road repairs.
Wire Gilbert, of Neepawa,
committed suicide in Winnipeg.1
Prince Albert Fair caused 1)4
terest in northern SaskatcheWe
clmonton children under 12 ye
age are exempt from theatre
tion.
CleveletelieMurta, of Carman,
a peoapetaus young farmer,
drowned,,
Phoodo
re Kusch, a well kno
sident of Regina, was drown
Long Lake,
H: J. Heinz, the Pittsburg
magnhte, was in Winnipeg o
way to Banff.
E. Zagiagroni, a miner of
more, was killed by a mass o
failing on him.
Half the town of Outram
blown down by disastrous wind
electrical storms.
Frank McCrobbie employ
electrician by the city of Ca
was electrocuted,
Camp Hughes, Manitoba m
camp, was swept by a terrible •
Three were injured.
Maggie West, nine years old, d
ter of Samuel West, of Regina
0440LO in Long Lake.
The crops near Grand Coulee s
ed severely when a hail and
storm struck the town.
eMiss Winnifred Wilton, a
peg lawyer, was the first woman
sel to preside in a jury case.
5, M. Pennington of Blaine
was seriously injured when the
of a stable fell in on him.
- Lea Oborne, 18 -year-old da
of a prominent Milk River re
was drowned while swimming.
A snowclad peak, 9,000 feet
is to be named after Sir Rider
gard in honor of his visit t.
west.
Two young girls, Merz
and. Helen Lockwood, of Olds,
were drowned in the Lone
Creek.
Christina Seyseh, a ten -ye
girl of St. Boniface, was dro
a brick pool used by the
Brick Company.
Joseph Juse, 16 -year-old so
John Juse, of Opal, was dro
the edwater River near Opal
Fortftesekatchewan.
All Medicine Hat hotels dos
' July 22 because their reques
chipper rates on utilities su
by the city was refused,
Jas. Ashcroft, of Lethbridge,
• as a result of carbolic acid pois,
He had been despondent becaus
financial difficulties.
Fire broke out in the home of
and Mrs. Jas. Turnbull, of M
while they were absent and thei
email children wer burned to de
An automobile containing a
ber of Gladstone people backed
a steep embankment and the
death.
pants had a narrow escape
Labor shortage for the har0
thought to be serious. Indn
wed -commercial undertakings
close down for a time to release
cient labor. I
Lieut. Reg. W. L. Crawfo
Victoria, son of F. L. Cray
formerly manager Bank of
merce, Medicine Hat, died a
front from wounds.
A.' 4001Etle, of Boston, in ad
ing the Canadian manufacturer
Winnipeg, advised them to pr
economy. He stated that
wealth was going to waste.
END OF WAR LONG WAY 0
Russian General Says German
• Much Resistance Left.
Discussing the energetic pr
tions of the Russians for the co
ante of the war Gen. Chouvaieff,
ister of War, in an interview wi
Russky Slovo says:
"It is necessary to dispel th
sion that the war can end in th
tunin. The breaking down of
enemy forces has already beg
fact as well known to the Ger
as to the Entente allies -but G
41C1inique is so high that in sp
her economic weakening and th
ered morale of her troops Ge
still has the power to resist, an
must look forward to a f
struggle' Wore the final victo
"This explains the recent o
calling men ordinarily exempt t
colors. Russia already has a lar
-serve, but it is our intention tha
reserve shall riot diminish."
,MAKE HAPPINESS A BUSIN
Don't be blue, WE78111y.
Don't be sad, it's wrong. I
Take life -willy-nilly-, 11
With laughter and with song.
The nerves break down from wore
The heart grows weak with care!,
Away the troubles scurry
AIWIeen blaigpltpehisieisiocl aIobyteisahrleesst,here,
That other buainess, then,
Weitllarlisees fble•ornbiuot:tabitosveollyaoduo,we 11
And win success again.
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Not you be blue below,. I
And all the world will love you 1
As off the troubles go,
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