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The Wingham Advance, 1911-03-02, Page 44 TRE WITGRA.111 ADVANCE Jl ITUIISDAY, MAR=IT 2,. e 9 I news 'atolls. —The Tiverton Watchman has been sold, we understand, to a Mr. Stein - camp of Detroit, who will take It over shortly. --At least five of the schools in West Middlesex are being taught by mar- ried women living in the district. —Probabilities are that the C,P.R fleet of five boate will be transferred from Owen Sound to Victoria harbor next spring, Elevators in the latter port are now in full running order, --Because city power suddenly in- creased while Dr, Lipsey, of St. Thomas, was treating a patient with electrical apparatus, causing burns to both, the city will likely be sued for damages. —Over 00 cases of local option viola - ion are on tap in Collingwood. They include hotels, restaurants, and a drug store, —Snow has been so deep that lum- bering operations in Ontario back- woods is reported to have been dif- ficult and unprofitable. —A new wing will be added to the Parliament buildings, Ottawa, on the Senate side, to provide additional li- brary accommodation for 250,000 vol- umes. —R. J. Ball was nominated at Dur- ham on Saturday, to contest South Grey against 13. H. Miller. Dr. Jamieson will again be the Conserva- tive standard bearer for the legisla- ture. —One and one-quarter million dol- lars are to be spent for advertising during 1911 by the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. —The Northern Navigation Co. will build another new steamer larger than the Hamonic and to cost $100,000, The vessel must be ready by the spring of 1913. —Sir Frederick Borden announces that the recommendations of Sir John French regarding the militia shall be carried out as speedily as convenient, and that he has planned to send a team of artillery to Great Britain this summer, MOTHERS Preserve Your Children's Hair. Every mother should see that her children's hair is dressed with Parisian Sage, the wonderful hair restorer and germicide. A. little neglect on your part now, may mean much loss, of beauty when your girl grows up. Prevention Better Than Cure. Parisian Sage is a rigidly guaran- teed hair restorer and cures all scalp diseases, prevents hair from falling out and creates a rich luxuriant growth of hair, a glory to woman and the pride of man. A pleasant hair dressing ladies like it, and your druggist, J. W. McKibben, guarantees every bottle that he sells at 50e and stands ready to refund your money if it fails to do its work. 'By mail postpaid from Giroux Manufacturing Co., Fort Erie, Ont. See that the girl with the auburn hair is on each package. Sold and guaranteed by J. W. McKibben. cr,/..wv.,n.r`nnrWwwwv-.ww�+'M "Add to virtue knowledge." 2nd, Peter 1: 5. If the purity of our boys and girls is to be conserved, it must be built upon something far more sound than ignor- ance. "There is not a saloon in San Juan e x odistillerunt Me tc . Aen- deavored y, New to establish himself in that county. Fruit growers banded together and agreed not to sell him any fruit for distilling purposes. As a result the county is without saloons. There e isnot aprisoner in the countyt y jail. For a large part of the past year there were no prisoners in the jail for drunkenness. Only one man was ar- rested for intoxication during the past eighteen months. The total number of prisoners in the county jail for a year and one half is only seven. One man only in the county was arrested for assault and battery during the year 1909. Saloons have been out of the county for two years. Eighty-eight per cent of the manu- factories of the United States demand total abstinence on the part of their employees, and about 1,000,000 of the rail: o td men of the country are com- pelled to be total abstainers from both fermented and distilled liquors. Alcohol lowers the body's powers of resistance against infectious diseases. An active campaign against alcohol- ism is therefore fundamentally im- portant in the move against tuber- culosis. We are sorry to report not very much improvement in our esteemed sister, Miss IC. M. Fisher. Our President, Mrs. A. Ross, has been ill with la grippe, during the past week, but is improving. There's Feed and Feed. There's all kinds of feed and food The best kind. gives better health. more brawn and muscle. In buying Flonr see that you get All the Best of the Wheat That's the kind we sell. CANADA'S OPEN DOOR. • This is the second of the series of Articles on Reciprocity republished from the Canadian Century to which reference was made in our issue of last week,. To produoe good stook you must produoe good food for them. Poor food means poor stock. Buy your cattle and chicken feed here. Nea. higher in price, much better results. 'Phone 84. Ezra Merkley E. C. WHITI3 Ladies' and Gentlemen's Tailor The only stock I carry contains the newest Allwool' Fabrics, embracing beautiful and ex= clusive weaves from the ' most reputable mills in the world. Inspection invited. You will find our Kingfisher Cloths in Black and Blues, Fancy Worsted Suitings, Tweed Suitings, Melton, Beaver, and Crombie's Over- coatings give the best satisfaction. Your order is cut and fashioned in the style pre- vailing the day you are measured. 'You get every- thing the very latest and best when you let us make Clothes expressly for you. E. C. WI: HTE BLOCK WINGIIAM The Fashionable Men's and Ladies' Tailor emormerammatErenamarinumsat BANK OF HAMILTON HEAD OFFICE: HAMILTON Capital Paid Up . . . . $2,750,000 Reserve and Undivided Profits . $2,250,000 $6,000,000 a Total,.Astets i Over $40,000,000 Savings Bank Department at all Branches. O. P. SMITH, Agent WINGHAM. Canadian Fruit Farmers In Great Peril, (From The Canadian Century.) The largest deputation of farmers that ever waited on any Canadian (dovornment was that of the fruit growers of Western Ontario, who went to Ottawa on February 10t1 to protest against the Reciprocity Agree- ment. The case they presented to the Government was a strong one. They showed that if the Reciprocity Agree - merit was endorsed by the Canadian Parliament and the United States Congress it would reduce the value of every orchard in Ontario and ruin thousands of small fruit farmers who had paid high prices for their little farms and spent time and money in planting trees. They showed that many large farms had been subdivided for fruit -growing purposes, and that new subdivisions were constantly be- ing made. They said that a farm of one hundred acres which formerly supported only one family, being cut into ten small fruit farms, supported ren families. Among other memorials presented by this deputation was the following :— "We, the undersigned, the president and executive committee of the Old Country Association, composed entire- ly of men born and bred in the British Isles, and the great majority of whom are engaged in the fruit industry, re- spectfully and earnestly beg to draw the attention of tike Dominion Govern- ment to the peculiar hardship which will be irnposed upon us should this proposed tariff legislation come into effect. "We have been induced to leave Great Britain and to come to this peninsula, and to invest our capital in the purchase, planting and general improvement of fruit lands in a large measure awing to the very wide dis- tribution of official pamphlets and other literature emanating from Ca- nada, and distributed throughout the British Isles, positively stating that the Ontario grower is protected in the home market by a high tariff against foreign -grown fruit and vegetables .and thus enjoys that market without Serious competition from ' outside sources. "The amount of customs tariffs on the various fruits is specifically stated in these pamphlets and literature ; and in order that this particular ad- vantage to the Canadian grower may be clearly understood by the Britisher his tariff scale is not only set forth in Canadian money but is also set forth in the coinage of Great Britain. Un- der the belief that these conditions would be stable we have not only sunk our own capital, but have been instrumental in bringing many of our countrymen here to invest in this growing industry, which, owing to the steady rise of recent years in the values of land, now requires a large amount of capital to purchase and equip even the small farms the majori- ty of us own, and to provide for the maintenance of our families during rhe years it takes to bring an orchard into bearing." Four days after these Ontario fruit farmers presented their case to the Government. Mr. Martin Burrell, member of Parliament for Yale -Cari- boo, g' ve the House of Commons a remarkably clear and comprehensive statement of the pesition'of the fruit growers in all the provinces of Cana- da, giving special attention, of course, to his own province of British Colum- bia, which has made wonderful pro- gress in the planting of orchards dur- ing the last ten years. Mr. Burrell has devoted twenty-eight years of bis tife to the practical work of fruit growing. No man in Canada has a better knowledge of the question. In 1901 there were 567,000 fruit trees in British Columbia, according to the Dominion census. Now there are estimated to be five million fruit trees in that province, and the area devoted to fruit is rapidly increasing. The grain grower of the prairie gets his big farm at low Bost, sometimes as a free grant ;• the land is ready for cultivation ; the Government subsidi- zes a railway to take the grain to market. The British Columbia fruit farm must first be cleared of enor- mous trees; the.people of the East and of the prairie provinces can scarcely realize the immense size of British Columbia timber. After the land has been cleared at great expense and fruit trees planted, the farmer must wait for years for his trees to grow and hear fruit. In many parts of the pro- vince he must pay his share of the cost of constructing irrigation works. In the Okanagan Valley alone the amount of $1,500,000 has been expend- ed already in irrigation works for orchard purposes and vast outlays of the same kind are going on all over the province. , According to the Dominion census of 1901 there were in the whole of Ca- nada 15,053,875 apple trees, 1,301,775 peach trees, 902,101 pear trees, 2,415,- 005 plum trees, 1,288,308 cherry trees, and 179,425 other fruit trees ; a total of over twenty-one million fruit trees, besides 2,783,500 grape vines and large acreages of small fruits. Since 1001 there as been a very creat fuer as e in the number of trees, British Colum- bia farmers alone having planted about 4,500,000 trees within the ten years. Mr. Burrell estimates that there cannot be less than thirty mil- lion fruit trees in Canada now, and he thinks that $150,000,000 is a low valu- ation to place on thl orchards of Ca- nada to -day. THE CANADIAN OEN- Ti7RY some weeks ago published an article on the value of a tree. It was pointed out that a German railway company had been forced to pay six hundred dollars for one cherry tree which it destroyed, and the principle upon which the court decided the value of a fruit tree was explained. Mr. Burrell's estimate only allows five dollars as the average value of a Ca- nadian fruit tree when ho values the orchards of the Dominion at $150,000,- 000. We believe that the real value is very much greater. Now what would be said if the Gov- ernment suddenly took away the tariff protection of a group of manu- facturing industries in which $150,000,- 000 of capital was invested? We hear a great deal from the poli- ticians about vested rights. Why should there be any more considera- tion for the vested rights of manufac- turers than for the vested rights of farmers. Has not the small farmer a vaeted right in the fruit tree that has cost him money, labor, time and anxiety ? ' We do not believe that the pros- perous grain growers of the prairie provinces of Canada will vote against their brothers in British Columbia and Ontario when they know the real facts, We appeal to those farmers of Canada who are not fruit growers to stand by their brother farmers in this time of peril. World Competition 'For Canadian Farmers "Why should Canadian farmers lose every vestige of protection for their products while the tariff on manufac- tured goods remains almost untouch- ed? If farm products from the United States, the Argentine Republic, Rus- sia, Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Nor- way, Sweden, Spain, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and other countries are to come into free competition with Canadian farm products in our own home market why should not manu- factured products come in free from the same countries ?" These are the questions which far- mers throughout Canada are asking each other now, and they will ask the politicians the same questions a Iittle later on. Free trade in farm products and protection for manufactured pro- ducts is a condition of things that can- not be permanent. A Dig Cow. The biggest cow that probably ever walked over the scales in .Walkerton was weighed in the balance and found wanting only 40 lbs, to make up nineteen hundred weight. When dressed it tipped the beam at 1007 lbs. The mammoth beast, was purchased. from Mr. Abram Rowand. What Will American Farmers Say 1 When the farmers of the United States learn that the same Reciprocity Compact that gives them free entrance to the Canadian market gives exactly the same privilege to almost every food -exporting country in the world they will be enraged, They will say : "With Russians, Japanese, Austrians, Argentines, Danes, Swedes, Norwe- gians, Spaniards, Australians, New Zealanders and a host of other food producers dumping their surplus pro- ducts into the Canadian market what will there be left for us?" They will complain that Canadians will try to relieve their glutted markets by ship- ping some of this foreign stuff into the United States, and indeed it will be very difficult for the United States Government to prevent them doing so. How will United States customs officials be able to distinguish between Canadian farm products and the for- eign food that will be dumped on the Canadian market? Dishonest men in both Canada and the United States will take advantage of the situation: On the other hand honest Canadian exporters will often be suspected of fraud. American customs officials will sometimes charge that good. hon- est, Canadian eggs, butter, cheese, etc., come from Argentina, Siberia, or some other outlandish place that has been given the right to send its farm products freely into Canada. Bitter controversies will arise. The pleasant kindly feelings that have so long ex- isted between Canadians and Ameri- cans will be replaced by a spirit of suspicion and antagonism that may have serious consequences. Travers' New Home. Travers, the wrecker of the Farmers' Bank, is now in his new home near Kingston. On arrival there, he was shaved, clipped, bathed and garbed in prison uniform of dark colors, A minute description of every mark on his body will be recorded, and the chief keeper will make a note of his effects. Travers must then be photo- graphed, and will afterwards be taken to the dormitory, allotted his cell, and shown how to make his bed, for every prisoner has to make his own. After he has been examined by the doctor to see what work he is ilt for, he will be vaccinated. At 0.50 a.m„ Travers will hear the prison bell, and rise for the day's labor, He will breakfast at 7.15, and begin work at 7.40, At 1130 dinner will be served, and labor will bs resumed at one in the afternoon. In winter the day's labor will cease at five o'clock, with enpper served at 5,30. Each cell is lighted by electrici- ty, and the inmates can read till 9 30 o'clock, Travers will eat porridge, bread and tea for breakfast. T+or din- ner his bill of fare will be soup, beef, vegetables, bread and water ; and for supper, bread and tea --all in all, a wholesome diet, and one that will not give an ordinary man dyspepsia, On Sunday, pork is given at dinner in- etead of beef.' Of course this will dif- fer slightly from hie board when man ager of the rank, but ho will have to put up with it or change hie board- ing-platle a fecal years hence, Dropsy G igen upby Doctor "I had dropsy, and was told by my family physician that there was no chance for me. My family also gave me up. My limbs . and body were .swollen one-third larger than natural, water collected around my heart and I had to be propped up in bed to keep from smothering. I took Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy until I was entirely cured. This was in 1902, and I am now able to do any kind of work on Soy farm. My cure was certainly marvelotts." L. TURLRY CURD, Wilmore, TCy. Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy has been wonderfully successful in relieving heart trouble. Its tonic effect upon the heart nerves and muscles is a great factor in assisting nature to overcome heart weakness. Price $1.00 at your dru061at. Hs should supply you. 1f he does not, sand prloo to us, ws forward prepaid. DMt. Mtl.kti Ilt*CDICIAI. CO., 'recent°, Deposits Of Zinc, ofdepositsine in The discovery of zinc Albemarle township, adjacent to Wiarton, has taken a business -like turn. The Ontario (gazette contains notice of the incorporation of the Albemarle Zinc Company of London, with a captali?ation of $150,000, It is evidently the intention of the com- pany to go into zinc mining on an ex- tensive scale, and it is certain they have every confidence in the zinc pro- ducing properties of this section. Fine Horse Killed. An accident happened on the street in Auburn on Saturday evening, and ae.the result Mr. Archie Robinson has lost a good driving horse which he recently purchased from Mr. Perdue of Blyth. Archie's son Frank was driving the horse, when he collided with a horse driven by Willie Medd, and the shaft of the latter's cutter ran into the breast of Mr. Robinson's horse, and though a veterinary was soon on the scene, nothing could be done for the beast, which soon bled to death. Trains By Phone. The Canadian Pacific Railway is busy extending its telephone system between various points for the opera- tion of trains. The latest sections to be installed is that from Toronto to London, a distance of 114 miles by rail. The telephones which will sup- plement and not supersede the tele- graphs will bo fitted at 25 stations on the line to London, and are intended to'be used only in the despatching of trains. ,The C.P,R. is already work- ing about 1,500 miles of track by this method. AVOID HARSH DRUGS. Many Cathartics Tend To Cause Injury To The Bowels. A 'Vicious Bite, While Clarence Crockard, eged 7, who resides near Sarnia, was in his father's barn he wan bitten by a horse and his jaw broken in four places. Three physicians were summoned, and the broken jaw was set, wired and placed in a case, The boy may live, but he will be disfigured far life, If you are subject to constipation, you should avoid strong drugs and ca- thartics. They only give temporary relief and their reaction is harmful and sometimes more annoying than constipation.. They in no way effect a cure and their tendency is to weaken the already weak organs with which they come in contact. We honestly believe that we have the best constipation treatment ever devised. Our faith in it is so strong that we sell it on the positive guaran- tee that it shall not cost the user a cent if it does not give entire satii-fac. tion and completely remedy consti- pation. This preparation is called Rexall Ordealies. These are prompt, soothing and most effective in action. They are made of a recent chemical discovery. Their principal ingredient is odorless, • tasteless and coloress. Combined with other well known in- gredients, Iong established for their usefulness in the treatment of consti- pation, it forms a• tablet which is eat- en just like candy. They may be taken at any time, either day or night without fear of their causing any in- convenience whatever. They do not gripe, purge nor cause nausea. They act without causing any pain or exces- sive looseness of the bowels. They are ideal for children, weak, delicate parsons and aged people as well as for the most hearty person. They come in two size packages, 12 tablets 10 cents, 30 tablets 25 cents. Remember, you can obtain them only at our store,—The Rexall Store, J. W. McKibben, Druggist. Ontario's Smallest School. To Miss Adele Ewen, of Fergus, last fall a student at Durham Model School falls the distinction of teaching the smallest school in the province—only 3 pupils. Col. Craig, M.P,P., School In- spector for South Wellington, thus refers to it :—"I deplore the depreci- ation of the rural population of Wel- lington County, Pilkington has some of the best land in Ontario, and No. 1 Pilkington has a splendid school build- ing and good equipment, with a splen- did teacher. Yet in the 5,208 acres which constitute that school section there ,are but three children of a school age. That there are so many old bachelors is deplorable. TEN PER CENT. If you have money you would like to invest in Wingham property to make yon the above rate of nterest, call on us and we will tell you where tt place it, ONLESIMUGISICINMADICEli Wingham Is All Right Never in the history of the town was the pay roll of our factories so large as at present, and never were our farmers so prosperous. Poultry Pointers. When the fowls are well cared for they represent a daily income. Pul- lets and hens will lay just as well without the attention of a male bird. as with one. Keep your feed room clean and do not permit any filth to lay around that will taint the feed. Air -slacked lime is a good disinfectant and will help keep the flock healthy if scattered around the houses and yards occasionally. The dropping boards should he made solid and smooth so as not to permit the droppings to fall on the chicken house floor and to make the dropping board easy to clean. An egg contains 05 per cent, water. In the laying pens the water should be furnished in plenty, Suet carefully look over your birds ; you may find some lice on, them, eben if it is cold weather. To get the beet results from poultry they must be free from liee the whole year, and It pays to dght lice the whole year, Ritchie & Cosens REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE DRS. KENNEDY & CALDER Orrtozs—Corner Patrick and Centro streets PnoNES— Otl'ices 43 Residence, Dr. Kennedy 143 Residence, Dr. Caldor 151 Dr, Kennedy specializes in Surgery. Dr. Calder devotes special attention to Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Eyes thoroughly tested. Glasses promptly fitted. DR. JAS. L. 'WILSON, B.A. Physician, Surgeon, Accoucheur. Special attention to diseases of Women and Children, also Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Eyes thoroughly tested, and glasses properly fitted. (Dr, McDonald's old stand) DR. R. M. MacLI:AN DENTAL, SURGEON OORRIS, ONi. Honor Graduato Toronto University, Depart- ment of Dentistry. Graduate Royal Col- lege of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. At Wroxeter every Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday (all day)—office in Grand Central Block. At Fordwich every Friday forenoon Tho best of the modern methods used for the preservation and restoration of the teeth. A LARGE CATAOGUE H E E of a GREAT SCHOOL. It explains that we have SUPERIOR COURSES, EXPERT TEACHERS, BEST SYSTEMS. Many graduates earn from $700 to $1500 per annum. Do YOU want a bettor position 1 Get your education here and yod will bo properly prepared. All business Colleges are not alike. GRAD- UATES OF OTHER BUSINESS COL- LEGES ARE q't"I'ENDING OUR COL- LEGE TFIIS TERM. Get the best. It pays. We place many of our students in good positions. College open all year. ELLIOTT BUSINESS COLLEGE TORONTO, ONT. W. J. ELLIOTT, PRINCIPAL. Cor. Yonge and Alexander Sts. The Profit Sharing Store, Wingliani Ont. Kerr eg. Bird AGENTS--- AGE NTS--- LADIES HOME JOURNAL HOME PATTERNS TTERNS CENTRAL� fatddithi STRATFORD. ONT. This college is recognized as the great pr..ctical training school of Western Ontario, It is the largest as well as the best. Our courses are practical, our teachers experienced instructors, our graduates succeed. Three depart- ments — Commercial, Shorthand and Telegraphy. We have scores of applications we cannot meet. Calls offering .$15, $55, and $60 per month aro remaining nn - filled. Get our free catalogue and commence your course at once D. A. McLACHLAN - Principal I�Jas. Walker & Son WINOHAM UNDERTAKERS We are specially qualified Under- takers and Embalmers, and those entrusting their work to us may rely on it being Well done. Night calls received at residence. Office Phone 108 Henn Phone 125 THE COMING OF SPRING New Dress Goods, New Silks, Belts, Collars, Gloves, Hosiery, Etc. New Goods arriving nearly every day, Spring Goods nearly all in. New Dress Goods Our Spring showing of Dress Goode is more complete than in former years Of course we endeavor to improve year by year, but the improvement this year is very marked. Such a display of Dress Goods, Mike, Wash Fabrics, Weistings, etc., as is eel• door seen outside the cities. New Shades, Now Weaves in light and medium weight goods, Silk and Wool Stripes, Permo, French Armin, Cordovan, Broadcloth. French Delaine, Serge, Henrietta. See our New Belts, Gloves, Collars, Motor Scarfs. Interesting Saturday Bargains 136 pairs Corsets, long or short waist, white or drab, all good Corsets, but broken lines that we aro going out of for the present. 75 pairs Corsets, regular $ .50—Saturday 340 25e 7 " , 35— " 23o 14 " u .75-- e 490 16 " " 1.00— " ... 003 24 ,t ,. .40— t 1 Saturday Bargains in Boys' Tweed and Serge Short Pants, sizes twenty-two to thirty-two. 6 pr. Pants, reg, $1.25—for Salo 13 " " .90—for 640 6 " " .60—for 42e 10 pr. Pants, reg. $1.00—for OOo 14 " " .75—for 490 8 " " .50—for 34e Remember This --- Prices on all goods in this store are masked in plain figures. Examine the goods, see for yourself, and if you are not satisfied that any article is not worth the price we ask for it, don't buy it. The REGULAR RETAIL PRIDES marked on goods offered at REDUCED PRIDES are NOT CHANGED. When goods are placed in stock in this store the price is marked on the article in plain figures and is NOT CHANGED even though the article may be offered at greatly reduced prices. For example—a $1.25 pair of pants offered for 89a on Saturday, is marked $1.25 in plain figures. The original figures are not changed. —44 r� �. x• .9,' w. .:a Cumin —THE -- Beauty Maker, The approaching visit of Mr. Frank Pember of the Pember Hair Store a n d Beauty Culture Institute of Toronto, should prove of interest and advantage to every woman who reads this announcement. Professor Pember will display an assortment of Natural Wavy Switch Bangs, Braids, Puffs, Waves and Transformations, the equal of which has never before been seen outside of Toronto. Professor Pember will also examine and diagnose free of charge all hair and scalp troubles and his advise may be relied upon, Fine Toupees a specialty. A most effective and result producing line of complexion beautifiers, face powders, mouth washes, liquid soaps, and that great giver of ease to the feet, "Comfortine." Prices as low as quality is high. A. visit will be undoubtedly worth your while at Brunswick Hotel, Wingham . THURSDAY, MARCH 9th The first pound you use will win your lasting favor '•lirt i taxies a TOW., 40 1tANlideA HMlI WHEAT.