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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1914-04-30, Page 4TEE WINGTIA.M ADVANCE Special Values In Men's Rain Coats Men's Rain Coats made of good all wool Partilatt a ploth,iu shaded et Fawn, Light Breen and Tan, plain or rngian sleeve. Prices $6 50 to $18.00. Boys' Raincoats Made of fine water proof ma- terial with oap to match, sizes 0 to 12 years for $5,00 Very latest styles in Men's and Boys Hata and Cape Prices bib to $5 00 Arrow Shirts and Collars Our spring stook has jest ar- rived a id the values are excep'• tonal, .Prices Shirrs $t.00 to 2(50 Conies 2 for 25o Men's and Boys' Clothing In latest outs and cloths with perfect fie and workmanship, Boys Bloomer Saite $3 GO to $10 Men's Suits $10 to $25 Extra Values in House hold Furnishings Linoleuner—Wet r 1 show - the letsst patterns in block sed floral d teens in all qualities and width et popular prio ie. Lace Curtains and Sedum Special Madrss c•nrtain?ng, 36 in, wide in oream at iso a yard Lace Onrtains in fat oy sorims with boarders, Prices $2.50 to $7 50 pair Rugs and Squares in Taped:ry Wilton, Axmin- ' is'er aura Velvet, all sizes, Prices $7.50 to $75 Window Shades, Our stook is oomplele in plata and with laoe insertion. Prices 40o to $2.00 Japanese Bedroom Suite made from fine Fibre Mat- ting in sizes from 2x2 to 3S x4. Prices $1 00, 1.50, 2.60 and $3.00 BRAND CAPS KING Produce Wanted BR •. Phone 71 I o0, 0•V 0000 0000000_.) 0 0 0 0 C 0 .0 ;0 0 0 ,0 0 'O o, 0 to `0 '.O 0 0 r0 0 ;0 ,C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 00 • • ,000 0000 .. • and Feed �. • All kinds of seeds now in stock, Clovers of all kinds and Grasses for permanent pastures. Red clover, Alsike clover, White clover, Sweet clever, White blossom, Lacene clover, Brome grass, Orchard grass, Kentucky and Canadian Blue grass, Rye grass, etc. All High-grade Government Standard No. 1. Also Mangold, Carrot, Turnip seeds, Early Potatoes, all 1914 seed. A few loose Mangold seeds, Iast years, all 15c per pound. A Car of Hand Selected Seed Corn to arrive about MAY 1, all Essex grown. 1 buy-. only the best. No failure of corn not growing when buy- ing uy- in from me. Learning, Bailey, White Cap, Wisconsin No. 7, .Comp - ton's Early and Longfellow. siesinswanonsimssmar Caldwell's Calf Meal and Bibby's Cream Equivalent for rearing calves without milk. Good Luck Baby Chick Food for young chicks. Bran and Shorts, Peed Flour and Chop FLOURS—Royal Household, Robinhood, Purity, Universal, and (iolden City. Wheat and Oats taken in exchange for any of the above. Also Butter and Eggs at Cash Prices. Phone 8 Wi n barn 9 �' Assistance To Wool °rowers.. The Live Stock Branch of the Do- nlinion Department of Agriculture is prepared to offer practical as4iatance this year to Associations of Wool arowera in the preparation and 111E, play of their wool clips for market. Associations, in order to receive this aid, must be reorganized in accordance with the regulations of the Branch and membership is limited to aotlaai owners of sheep, West of Fort Wil- liam an Association must contain at least 3,000 abeep, or sufficient to com- prise one car -load of wool ; east of there, a relative number. The ser- vices of expert wool classifiers, who will take charge of and perform the grading, classifioation and preparation of the wool, will be provided. This proposal represents much more than a mere continuation of the work undertaken last year, when two wool classifiers, in the employ of the Live Stook Branch, visited the Weetern Provinces and gave practical instrue. tion and advice to eheep•raisers upon wool growing. Rather it means the introduction of a definite scheme whereby wool producers may be actually assisted in preparing and presenting their wools upon the market in the most acceptable fashion and thus be in a position to cater more directly to the requirements of the market. Moreover, it should prove effective in developing and improving the general status of sheep raising and in creating an impetus to the pro- duction and preparation of an im- proved grade of wool and indirectly a better class of mutton. The Branch will also provide the means for the establishment of a control bureau for the distribution or current information respecting do- mestic and foreign markets of wool, so that the Associations may be con- stantly in command of complete knowledge concerning the source of the demand and the ruling price of all grades. Reliable inforniation of this nature will serve as an excellent asset to an Association in directing its policy and placing it in closer relationship with the demands of the trade.., Sheep -raisers desirous of taking advantage of this offer and of,;forming an Association should write, for de- tailed information and application forms, to the Live Stock Commission. er, Ottawa. Area Of Canada. "Do you realize how great a country Canada ie? If you could pivot Cana- da upon its eastern seabord, it would cover the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, the British Islands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, the northern part of France, the entire German Empire, and a considerable part of European Russia, and a man who lives in Halifax is a thousand miles farther away from Victoria than he is from London."—Right Icon, R. L. Borden. Canada has one-third of area of British Empire. Canada's area is one-third of that of Africa. and one-fifth of that of Asia. Canada is larger in area than the United State's, including Alaska. by 11I,092 square miles (Canada 3,729,665 United States and Alaska, 3.617 673). Canada's area in acres, 2,886 085.395, Canada is as large as 30 -Coked Kingdoms and 18 Germanys ; twice the size of British India, almost as targe as Europe ; 18 times the size of France • 33 of Italy Canada's proportion of population, nearly two ner square mile; United States, 25; England and Wales, 558; British Empire (outside India), 4. Canada is bounded by three oceans; its, '13,000 miles of coast line nearly equal Jcalf circumference of earth. Canada is 3 5000 miles by 1,400 in area. The United States -Canada boundary line is 3,000 miles long ; 1,600 by land. 1,400 through water. In 1808, the area of the four' pro- vinces entering Confederation was 662,148 square miles ; now the Domin- ion Parliament exercisre jurisdiction over 3,7.29 665 square miles. Areas Canadian Provinces in square miles; British Columbia, 357,600; Al- berta, 253,540 ; Saskatchewan, 250,650 ; Manitoba. 251,882: Ontario, 407,252; Quebec, 706 834; New Brunswick, 27, 985; Nova Senna, 21,428; Prince Ed• ward Island, 2,184; Prior to the passing of the Bound. aries Act of 1912. areas of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec were : Manitoba, area, 78.722, added. 178.100 ; Ontario, area, 250,852, added, 146,400; Quebec, area, 351,873; added, 364,961, Ethel. Miss V, Pollard is on the sick iist. Harold Love is at present quite ill but we hope for a epeedy recovery. Gen. Dunbar spent Sunday with his friend, Charlie Danbrook, near At- wood. Miss Danbrook and Miss R. Bartley spent Sunday at Mies Danbrook's home. Mrs. J. Pollard of Kinburn spent Sunday at the home of ,her brother, S. S. Cole, here. Quito a number from here took in the concert iu Brussels ' on Friday evening and report a good time. Some of the young ladies of Ethel gave a dance at the home of Mr. Nor- man Lamont on Friday evening and all report a jolly good time. Mee. Howlett is quite i11 with quinsy. Mr. J. Holianbe.ck was called to Clifford on Friday owing to theill- ness of his father-in-law. On Saturday the sad newe of the death of Mrs, Wm. Bray was received in town, Mrs. Bray Was a former Ethelite but a year ago and was loved by all who knew her, She was only ill 3 days, She leaves to mourn her lose a husband and 2 daughters, The funeral wee held on Tuesday after- noon, East Wawanosh. The following is the result of pro - 'Motion exams. of S. S. No. 11 East Wawanosh, Pate Pats 510--l3,ea Curiae 704, John McBurney 694, Flora McN'etl 655. Sr. $rd to Jr. 4th, Pass 435—P. McNeil 525, Violet Mellurney 518, B. Wightman 474, Alba Walker 456, R, Deacon 44Z Willie Young 420. .Sr. 2nd to Jr. 3rd, Page 375•-D, Young 444.. Jr. 2nd to Sr. 2nd. Paste 339—D, Walker 406, Howard Finley 803, IL. Deacon 815. Pt, 2 to Jr. 2nd, Pass 180 *-Bessie Deacon 217, Lizzie Young 105 i4r. let to Pt. 2, Pass 150--A. Walker 166, Jr, int. to Sr. let, Pa.a 150---J. Robertson 210, Fred Deacon 171.—E Ina. Lyon, teacher, Tiiuitsn& , Ann. ;o, 1914 Pesa.ilg Events, The Canadian troops are to go into camp in khaki this year, The propoeed Imperial Naval De- fence Conference in which all the over - beats dominions were to tette part bas been indefinitely postponed, King George and Queen Mary a oeei V• ed an enthusiastic reception in Paris on April 21st and their stay of three days promises to be one of the most pleasant character, The Emperor Francis. Joseph of Aus- tria-Hungary, now in his 8th year, has been suffering from en attack of bronchial catarrh and for a few slays much anxiety was felt ; but he is now reported to be such better. After two weeke' unsuccessful search for the missing New Foundiand sealer 'Southern Cross,' the steamer 'Kyle' retarnea. to St. Johns on April 20th, the captain having come to the con- clusion that the sealer and her crew of 173 had perished. The Br•itieh Government has insti- tuted criminal proceedings against the owners and managers of the Sen- ghenydd colliery in Wales, where hundreds of miners lost their Iives in a mine explosion in October last, The complaint alleges that there were scores of breaches of the coal mines law in the management of the colliery. The Weleh Church Disestablishment 13111 was passed by the House of Com- mons on April 2Iet, the vote being 319 for and 265 against. 'Mie makes the third succeeding session in which the House had affirmed the principle of present measure, and it now only re- mains for the Bili to be read a third time and be submitted to the House of Lords one month before the session is through to give it the privileges cif the parliament Act. The Berl of Derby, by many thought to be the future Tory premier, declar- ed in a speech on April 18th that there must be Home Rule for Ireland and that he is with Mr. Aegnith on the principle that the army must do what it is told to do. If his party went in_ any other direction he would leave his party. A curious fact is noted that none of the London papers published this important speech, it having be- come public through the Manchester 'Guardian's report. The report just issued of the British Royal Commission appointed two years ago to investigate conditions in the Civil Service shows considerable divergence of views, but the majority of the recommendations will make no drastic changes either in the methods of selection or in conditions, . With regard to women the idea of their be- ing treated on an equality with men is rejected, but it is recommended that the employment of women be extend- ed where it is possible at higher rates of pay, The returns from the elections which began in Sweden on March 271b and continued to April 7th, indicate defeat of the Liberate, whose member- ship in the parliament has been re- duced -from 101 to about 74. It is esti- mated that the Conservatives have elected 81 members as compared with 65 in the former parliament, ane?, the Socialists 76 as compared with 64. The chief feature of the campaign was a strong, national defence, aroused by fears of Russian aggression, and the new parliament is certain 'to vote for greater strengthening of the army and navy, One Maloney, a demente d old man attempted on the afternoon of April ]7th to shoot Mayor Mitchel, of New York, as the Mayor was getting into, hie automobile in front of the City Hall. The bullet missed the Mayor and Arthur Woods, Police Commis- sioner, who was with him, but struck Mr, Frank Polk, Corporation Counsel, sitting on the other side of Mr. Mit- chel. Mr Polk was shot through the chin and two of his lower teeth were knocked out, but it is hoped that he will soon be well again. The assassin seems to be laboring under delusions regarding civic conditions and when questioned merely returns numbering replies. The phenomenal series of fires which have occurred throughout Great Bri- tain the past week are attributed to the militant sutfcagettes in many cases, but in some instances there is no proof against them. Among the worst outrage tiaras a fire in a music hall at,Kingston on Thames, the des- struction of a part of the grand stand at the Kempton race course, the ex- plosion beneath the Britannia pier at Great Yarmouth, one of the most cost- ly in England, which set fire to the structure; the flamed epread quickly and the whole upper part of the pler, including the pavillion, band etand and dance deck, was destroyed, while the under structure was seriously dam- aged. The lose le put at $70,000. While the fire was raging the police picked up woman suffrage literature on the bench near -by. It le their be• lief that a party of militants set the bomb in the pavililon during a concert n the evening, In Londonberry, Ire- land, an 'arson squad' eat fire to a large residence and burned it to the ground. A paper bearing the words, 'Fair Play for women, Apply for Damages to Sir Edward Carson, Stop the torture of Worsen,' was found on the premises. aa-aesaaransersreisies Wroxeter. Mr. Ed. Lowry was home from Brus- eels High School over Sunday. Air. Nelson Willis was home from Orange dill over Sunday. Mr, Gee. Willis is working for Mr. Charlie King in. Gorrie for a few days. Mr. S Jackson of Toronto is in town visiting hie son. Dr. J. D, Jackson, The young men here intend this week to try to organize a Bowling Club. Success to them. We hear Master A. Hazelwood is on the sick list at present. We hope to see him around soon again, Mr. James Ballantyne is unloading a couple of cars of coal for T. Hemphill. Mr, Win. Cornwall is assisting him. We are glad to report that Mee. Jack Gibson, who has been on the sick list, is able to be around again. The sport enthusiasts of football have started to organize a foot -ball as- sociation here to play in the inter- mediate series. The C. P. R. Ry. Co. are running special gravel trains from Mt. Forest Gravel Pit to Wroxeter Section. They intend to renew this road this coming summer. Rev. T. M. Wesley delivered an in- teresting sermon on Sabbath morning on the text, "What shall & man give in exchange for his life ?" In the evening the Rev. gentleman spoke especially to the young people on "Good Investments". There was a large congregation of young people. On Friday evening last, a team of colts belonging to Mr. Jack Gibson took fright from some unknown cause and ran away, the team heading mad- ly along the back streets of the village and down past Dr. J. P. Jackson's residence. Mr. Jack Gibson was thrown out along with his son. The runaway was bravely stopped by Dr. Jackson's father, who deserves much credit, as much damage might have ocourred had the runaway got to the main street. However no damage was done. Belgrave. The debate, "Resolved that a poor man of genius can do more for the, happiness of mankind than a rich man without genius" ander the auspices of the Young People's Guild of Knox, church was a decided success. The judges after half an hour considera- tion gave the decision to the negative. Affirmative— James Michie, Charles Cole, Nelson Higgins. Negative—Mies Maggie Wightman, Miss Lily McLean, Chesley McLean. , At the .Re -organization meeting of the Epworth League held in the Bel - grave Methodist Church on Thursday evening, April 10, 1914, the following officers were elected :—Honorary Pres„ Rev, 1. W. Kilpatrick ; Pres., Clayton Procter ; let Vice Pres., Mrs. W. J. Procter; 2nd Vice Pres , Miss Edna Scandrett ; 3rd Vice Pres., Miss Edith Procter ; 4th Vice Preis, W. J. Procter ; Rec. Sec,, Carl Procter; Cor, Sec., Miss May hopper; Treasurer, Miss Carrie S onehouse ; Organist, Mrs. (Dr.) Stewart ; Asst., Mise Birdena Hopper. At the annual Baster vestry meeting of Trinity Church the various reports presented marked a year of no email success. Treasurer It. Procter pre- sented the Financial report which showed the receipts to be $555 60, with expenditure of $544.18 leaving a b..l- ance of $11.42, but this will be increas- ed to about $75 when all the contribu- tors are heard from. The rector, Rev, T. H. Farr, thanked the Belgrave con- gregation for their generous support, and spoke of the encouraging pros pacts for the future. Following are the officers for the ensuing year : Rec- tor's Warden and Treasurer, R. Proc- ter ; People's Warden, R. McCrea ; Delegates to Synod, Jerry Budges and R. McMurray; Vestry Clerk, Bert Bradburn ; Sidesmen, R. McMurray, Archie Brydges, Neil McCrea, Henry Every Little Liberal . Has A Policy All His Own (As Revealed in the Budget Debate) W, M. German (Welland)—Wants a 'moderate tariff, and more protec- tion for keel. Hugh Guthrie (Smith Wellington)—Wante the tahrifi maintained on everything bat foodstuffs and agricultural implements. L. W. Nesbitt (forth Oxford) --Wants duty on agriculturalimplementb reduced by seven per cent. only, and reasonable protection for other in- dustries. A. 13. t1cOofg (West Kent), -Wants free wheat to keep the Western farmer from going in Inc mixed fanning and competing with the farmers of Ontario, Prefere to buy our food from abroad sooner than raise it Our- selves. W. F. Carrell (South Cape Breton)-Thinkn the Government did not do enough for the iron and steel corporations. Would re -introduce the boutity system. Bon, H, R. Etntnerson (Northumberland)—Wants absolute Feee Trade. Ilon. Rodolphe Lemieux (Rouville)—'Nanta free food and free Agricultur- al implementss, Hon. George P. Graham (8. Renfrew)•--Thinke that the two and iti half per cent. seduction on agricultural implements prnnosed under the Recipro• city agreement was suffleient reduction of the tariff for ten fears, Dr. Michael Clark (Red Deer)—Wants to abolieh every Customs house in the rnuntrv. E. M, Macdonald (Picteu)-••Wants mere protection for steel and iron. Hien, H. $1. Betand (Beaune) --.Wants a Moderate tatitf. 1). A Lab trtune (X lntcalm)-•-Wants tarltf raised on tobacco and duties on everything else atoliehed. .Sir Wiffeld Leerier (Quebec ]4 et)—Wa,tite "free wheat," "free agrtcul. Lural implements," and a "oonelderate rgtnovel of taitetion," He no longer ntettionr ,free food," Johnson and Chew. Johnson, jr, The envelope system has been adopted by the congregation, Rector Farr is ren- dering most efficient service end hie work is appreciated, atIeststwirea Reduction In Freight Rates. Substantial reductions in western freight rates worth, it is claimed, in present railway earnings, three roil - lion dollars annually to the western shippers have been made by the Reit- way Comu4ieeion. The reductions range from ,5 to 30 per cent-, and the West can thank the present Govern• went for again coming to its assis- tance in the way of reduced rates. Re- cently Chairman Drayton, appointed by the present Government, gave the West a cut in express rates of no less than 20 per cent, Now comes this big out in railway rates. 1?'or yeare Western Canada has been agitating for lower freight rates, The Laurier Government refused to make any move, and those great champions of the western fanners. such as Hon. Frank Oliver, Mr, J. G, Tuiriff, itfr. W, C. Knowles, and. Dr, Neely, made no attempt to have the grievance of the West righted. As soon as the Borden Government came into power Hon. Frank Cooke rane, Minister of Railways, directed the Railway Commission to make a thorough inquiry into the whole ques- tion of freight rates. The board at once undertook the inveetigation which bas been the most sweeping and thorough inquiry of its kind ever undertaken by any board on the con- tinent. FOR ALL RAILWAYS. The board, la its judgment, now is- sued, has authorized a comprehensive beefs of tolls, and has completed a rate structure for all railways in Weetern Canada subject to its jurisdiction. The territory west of the Great Lakes is divided tato three sections. The first is called the Prairie Section, extending from the Great Lakes to the mountains ; the second, the Pacific Section, including' mainland rail lines in British Columbia; and the third, the B. C. Lakes Secti,n, including the inland navigable waters in that Prov- ince. A standard scale of maximum freight rates is fixed for each section. The lowest scale in the West, now knoe n as the Manitoba standard, has been amplified to show rates up to two thousand one hundred miles, and will apply throughout the entire Prairie Section and on the British Columbia Lakes, abolishing the higher scale now charged In Saskatchewan and Alberta.. What will be lenown as the Pacific ecale is on a somewhat higher basis and will govern in Pacific territory. These changes result in substantial re- ductions •from the present standard maximum scales in Saskatchewan', Al- berta and British Columbia. Special distributing tarrilfe on a lower basis are authorized from recog- nized distributing centres, the reduc- tion from the standard tenet/ of each territory being 15 per cent. of the prairie standard scale. LOCAL GRAIN RATES. Local grain and flour rates are sub- stantially reduced by two methode, first, by a direct reduction ranging from twenty to thirty per cent,, aud, secondly, by making the terminal Fort William rates the maximum that may be charged between intermediate sta- tions. This will prove a great boon to the western local grain business and to the milling trade of the West. Another big boon to the West is a substantial out in coal rates from Leth- bridge. Souris and other • western mines. Carload sugar rates from Raymond, Alta , to prairie pointe also received attention, Lethbridge being reduced from 11 to 9 cents, Cranbrook 42 to 38 cents, Nelson CO to 51 cents, Calgary 31 to 23 cente, Edmonton 42 to 87 cents, Regina 50 to 42 cents per 100 lbs. Special mileage rates on butter, cheese and eggs, dressed poultr y be- tween all praltie points come in for re d nctions. Special mileage tarriffs on vegeta, bles in Manitoba are shown to be rens- tenable ; the rates, however, in Saskat chewan and Alberta, which are on a somewhat higher scale, are reduced to the Manitoba basis. A recent order reducing rates on lumber and and farmers' work from British Columbia is confhrned. The rates oh fence posts, firewoot brick, stone, gravel and sand are found to be generally lower than those apply_ ing in Ontario, but tho higher scales prevailing in Athena std Saekatrbe wan are reduced to the lower Mani- toba basis. The rates on pig iron from Pot t Ar- thur and Fort Vs illiam to Winnipeg is reduced from twenty cents 'per hun- dred paunch to three dnllare per gross tob, or 13.4 cerate per 100 lbs. Congratulated Thein A Polish coupleccme before a, juatice Of the peaoe to be warned. The young man handed him the marriage license, and the pair stood up,before him, "Join hands," said the justice. , They did so and the juatice looked att?bhe 'document, which authorized hTh 'fb ijnite in Matrimony Zicharee- t itt'z'Pervynski Med Leokowarde Jeu- linskl, "Ahem," he said, "Lacha-h`m-ski, do you take this women," etc. "Yee, sir," reeponded the young mar. "Leo•h'rn-h'rn•ekl, do you take this than to ba," etp. "Yee, cit'," replied the woman. "Then Y pronounce you man and1 Wife," said the juatice, glad 'to find eonnethtng be could pronounce," and 1 heartily congratulate you both on having reduced (hoe* two tiatnea to one."—London Opinion, GLEAN—No dust or flying c,'.shcs. 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