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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-6-13, Page 3GERMAN ATTACKS BETWEEN OISE AND AISNE MET WITH FAILURE Gr111in0 Gun Fire Forced Assaulting Troops to VA Back ,A1. though Hospice Was Taken by Foe, A despateli from the French ArmY; in France sxtys:-•Continued attempts by the Germans to extend their lines on the Oise on Wednesday met withi disastrous failure, They tried to get, around Pont L'l'veq"ue by crossing the Oise in the neighborhood of the north- ern -most point of Carlepont Wood, where the 'small hill, Montalegacho; stands out like a bastion, but the 'Trench drove them back immediately they loft the protection of their lines,i The sector between the. Oise anis the Aisne also found the `allies very ac- tive. They are determined to hold this and aro displaying the greatest energy in improving their positions, at the same time capturing small batches of prisoners, most of whom show signs of terrible fatigue and privation, A despatch from the British Army in France, says: -An enemy attack against the French in the neighbor- hood of Locre on Wednesday night met with a repulse, although the Ger- mans apparently •succeeded in captur- ing Locre Hospice, which lies just south-east of the village. The operation was a local one, with \ Locre as its objective. The Hospice •was gainer after hard ilghting, but when the assattlting troops tried to advenoo ;further they came up against such a grilling ma - shine -gun fire and artillery fire that they were forced to abandon the at- tempt and fall back to the Hospice, whhtn at the latest reports, they were still holding. This bit of ground, with the buildings, has changed hands innumerable times within the past few weeks. Lorre end the Hospice lie well up on a slope which cuhninates in the important elevation known as Mont Rouge, to the west, Numerous raids are being attempt- ecl by the Gorman along the British front with the•,purpose of taking pri- soners from whom the enemy, per- haps, hopes to learn whether the bat- tle of the Aisne has brought about any change in the disposition of the allied troops. Several raids were started last night. They proved costly failures. At 1 o'clock Thursday morning the grey coats essayed a raiding thrust near Morlancourt.. They found the British ready. The Germans were re- pulsed with considerable losses. RHINE CITIES AGAIN BOMBED British Airmen Caused Enor- mous Destruction in Enemy Territory. A despatch from London says: The British official communication dealing with aviation issued on Thursday night says: "Wednesday night our long-distance bombing machines again attacked the Metz-Sablons station triangle and also the railway sidings at Thionville, dropping five tons of bombs with good results, although the visibility was in- different, Thursday morning the rail- way station at Soblenz was heavily at- tacked by us. Good bursts were ob- served on the railway line. All .the machines emerged safely. "The fine weather of Wednesday enabled our airmen to carry out much photographic, reconnaissance and ar- tillery work. Twenty tons of bombs were dropped on different targets, in - eluding dumps and railway billets, the Armentieres and Roye stations and the Zeebrugge seaplane base. "In addition, our long-distance day - bombing machines heavily attacked the railway station and barracks at Treves and the Metz-Sablons railway station, and the railways at Karthaus, returning without loss. "Seven hostile machines and three German observation balloons were shot down during the day by our air- men, and three hostile airplanes were driven down out of control. Four of our machines are missing. "Wednesday night 13 tons of bombs were dropped by us on the St. Quen- tin, Poesinghe, Cambrai and Armen- tieres stations. All our machines returned." STEFANSSON TO REACH VICTORIA THIS MONTH. ,A. despatch from - Ottawa says: Word has been received by the Naval Department from Vilhjalmar Stefans- son, the Arctic explorer, to the effect that he expects to reach Victoria ear- ly this mond`, Stefansson reported from Fort Yukon, where he had gone from Herschel Island, on recovering from an attack, of typhoid. He and his party were ordered to return to civilization with their scientific collec- tions, and detailed reports of new discoveries made during their four years in the Arctic. Stefanssoh in- timates that he will probably give a short lecture tour on his return. BURDEN OF WAR WILL OUTLAST GENERATIONS. A despatch from London says: - Right Hon. Bonar Law, in the course of his comments on the double in- come tax, said that the war was go- ing to leave a financial burden which would outlast many generations. What would have to be considered was how each part of the Empire should bear its own burden, and, having re- gard for the immense natural re- sources of the dominions, he thought they would be better able to hear their share than the Mother Country would be able to bear hers. SUBMARINE USED TORPEDO IN SINKING TIIIS VESSEL. A despatch from W- ashington says; The sinlcing of the British freighter Harpathian, of 2,800 tons, 100 miles off the Virginia Capes, at 9 o'clock on Wednesday, was announced on Thurs- day night, The entire crew was res- cued by the steamer Palmer, The submarine used a torpedo, One mem- ber of the British crew was injured, NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Contriver- cial World.. An order has been issued prohibit- ing all aliens from addressing or tak- ing part in meetings. The widows and orphans of lif c - boatmen killed on duty will be paid pensions instead of lump sums. The land in England and Wales un- der wheat is nearly double what it was on the same date last year., An association has been formed in England to collect the combings of long-haired dogs. Mrs. Mary Ann Surrey, a native of Ilford„died recently at the addanced age of 101 years. Lord Clinton has been appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal by . the Prince of Wales, The Overseas Club has received from a member in Brazil 1,001 sacks of coffee for the British Red Cross. A memorial is being erected to the men of the village of Great Easton, near Dunmow, who have fallen in the war. Lieut. John Francis Harlow, son of -J. S. Harlow, of the Daily Mail staff, has been awarded a bar to his Mili- tary Cross. Two members of the Overseas Club have sent cheques for the purchase of aeroplanes for the Overseas Imperial Flotilla. In future the pay will not be stop- ped of officers in service whose in- juries or sickness are attributable to the war. The Food Committee of Islington refused, to let a woman accumulate coupons enough to buy bacon for a wedding. Ben Tillett stated in an address that a country which can produce wo- men like the British need have no fear for its destinies. Only nine persons could be classi- fied as homeless when the London County Council took a midnight cen- sus recently. A wedding was the result of an egg with .the sender's name and address on it being received by a soldier in an English hospital. A fifteen months old bull belonging to Dr. Harley, Betcheley, Bucking- hamshire, was sold at the Birming- ham show for £2,100, Wimbledon Common will be used to pasture one hundred head of cat- tle and five hundred sheep to augment the local meat supply. A special memorial service was held at Chiseldon for the officers and men of the London Rifles who have fallen in the war. Lieutenant the Hon. W. H. Cubitt, second son of Lord Asheombe, has died of wounds received in action. Nearly one thousand women are now working' on the land in Notting- ham and more are wanted. 457,000 TONS BACON AND HAM REACH BRITAIN FROM AMERICA A -•despatch from London says: - John R. Clynes, Parliamentary Secre- tary of the Ministry of Food, told the House of Commons on Thursday that no efforts of the 'German submarines, however severe, could menace the civi- lian popttletion of Great Britain. He said that 45'7,000 tons of bacon and ham recently had been imported from America. To aid in feeding the soldiers over- seas eat more cereals, fish, potatoes and vegetables. It's patriotic. /1 13 A Western Canadian trooper escorting' a party of German prisoners captured in Flanders. Markets of the World Breads t uffs Toronto June 11. -Manitoba wheatNo. 1 Northern $2.23%; No. 2 do. $2.20%; No. 3 do,, $2.17%; No. 41 wheat` $2.10',0' in store Fort Wil - ham, including 2%c tax. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 83c; No. 3 C.W., 80e; extra No. 1 feed, 80c; No. 1 seed, 77e, in store Fort William. American corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried nominal. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 79 to 80c' No, 3 white, '78 to 79e, according to freights outside. Peas -Nominal. Barley -Malting., $1,35 to $1.37, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat -$1.80, according to freights outside. Rye -Nd. 2 $2.00, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -War quaiilty, $10,95, new hags, Toronto. Ontario flour -War duality, $10.65, new bags, Toronto and Mont- real freights, prompt shipment. Millfeed - Car lots - Delivered Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $35.00; shorts, per ton, $40.00. Hay -No. 1, per ton, $15.50 to $16.60; mixed, $13.00 to $14.00, track Toronto t Straw -Car lots, per tail -14.00 to $8.50, track' Toronto • Country Produce -Wholesale Eggs, new laid, 40c; selected, new laid, 43 to 44c; cartons, 44 to 45c, - Butter -Creamery, solids, 44 to 45c; do., prints, 45 to 46c; do., fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dairy prints, 41 to 420; ordinary dairy prints, 88 to 40e; bakers', 36 to 38c. Oleomargarine (best grade) 32 to 34c. Cheese -New, large, 23a to 24e; twins, 2836 to 24r,1c; spring -made, large, 25t to 26e; twins, 26 to 26%c. Beans -Canadian, prime, bushel, $7.50 to $8.00. Foreign, hand-pfrk- ed, bushel, $6.75 to $7.00. Comb Honey -Choice, 16 oz., $3.50 per dozen; 12 oz., $3.00 per dozen; sec- onds and dark comb, $2.50 to $2.75. Maple Syrup -Imperial gallons, $2.25; 5 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gallon. Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to 25c. Provisions -Wholesale Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $49; mess pork, $47. Green Meats -Out of pickle, le less than smoked. Smoked Meats -Rolls, 82 to 330; hams, medium, 37 to 38c; heavy, 30 to 31e; cooked hams, 49 to 60e; backs, plain, 43 to 44c; backs, boneless, 46 to 48c. Breakfast bacon, 40 to 44e. Cot- tage rolls 86 to 36c. Dry Salted Meats -Long clears, in tons, 30e• in cases, 30%c; clear bellies, 28'to 281/zc; fat backs, 26c. Lard -Pure, tierces, 8111 32c82 tubs, 31%, to 82t/ie; p ; 1-1b., prints, 33 to 331/4c. Shortening, tierces, 26 to 26%c; tubs, 26% to 26%e; pails, 26% to 27c; 1 -Ib., prints, 27% to 28e. Montreal Markets Montreal, June 11. -Oats -Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 93 to 93%c; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 90 to 90%c. Flour - New Government standard Spring wheat grade, 510.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats -Bags 90 lbs., $4.85 to $6.00. Bran, $35.00, Shorts, $40.00. Mouil- lie, $72.00. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15,50. l Live Stock Markets Toronto, June 11. -Extra choice heavy steers, $15.00 to $1.6.00; choice heavy steers, $14.00 to $14.25; but- chers' cattle choice. $14.00 to $14.25; do., good, $13,25 to $13.60; do. med- ium, $12,00 tc12.50; do., common, $11.00 to $11.26; butchers'- bulls choice, $12.00 to $13,00; do., good bulls, $11,00 to $11.75; do,, medium bulls, 510.25 to $10,60; do„ rough bulls, $7.50 to $8,50; butchers' cows, choice $12.00 to $13.00• do., good $1.1.00 to $11.60; do. medium $10.25 to $10.60; stockers $9.60 to $11.25• feeders, $11,25 to $12,00; canners and cutters, $6.00 to $7,25; milkers, good to choice, 590.00 to ;140.00; do., com. and med., $65.00 - to 80.00; springers, $90.00 to $140.00; light ewes, $17.60 to $19.50; Iambs, $20.00 to $21.00; calves, good to choice, $14.00 to $15.50; hogs fed and watered, $18.60; do., weighed off cars, $18.75; do., f.o.b. $17.50, Montreal, June 11. -Steers $15.00; choice cows 511,50 to $10.00; choice bulls $12.00. Calves, $1200 to $15.00 per 100 pounds. 'Sheep, $14.00 per 100 pounds; spring lambs from $19.00 to 521.00. Choice select hogs off cars) $20,00 to $20,50 per 100 pounds. 3:11 to) laca, gra so From The Middle Vest DZI'WkIJ5N ONTARIO AND JlR-, '1'ISH ,CQLtimBIA. Items Front Province' Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Are • Living, Ohildren's playgrounds are not to be restricted in Winnipeg, but the ex. pensos will he eut. Winnipeg Children's Homo wants a regular grant from the 'sits', Expenses last year amounted to $30,000,` The waterworks department at Lethbridge shows an operating deficit of $8,960.86, - The Manitoba Government has ten- tatively decided that Winnipeg shall be a city of automatic telephones, Since the Royal Flying Corps start- ed training in Canada, 2,259 western man have passed the Winnipeg depot, Railway shopmen of Winnipeg want wages increased from the present rate of 88 cents to 54 cents for a nine -hour, day. Lethbridge is to have a stock of ar- tificial limbs for amputation cases, in order that western soldiers may be fitted near- their homes, Capt, A. V. Cashman, Calgary, is home on leave, and reports a scarcity of military dentists in Fiance and .England., s Wage increases, aggiegeting $82,- 000, and affecting between 800 and 900 employes of the Winnipeg Street Railway, have been put through. Medicine Hat has an embryo nor- mal school. Supt. Hay is giving gra- tuitous instruction out of school hours to those who wish to teach on permits. Western Canadians over -bought their flour needs in the month of Jan- uary alone by 119,630 barrels, accord- ing to figures on file in the local food board offices. Sixty men went to the home of Remy Wilners, a German in David- son, Sask., and made him kiss the Union Jul( and give $100 to the mili- tary Y.M.C,A. The Winnipeg Street Railway com- pany provided free street cars for sol- diers' mothers and women's auxiliary members from the market square to St. Matthew's church, to attend the soldiers' memorial service. Flight -Lieut. Arthur Thomas Cow- ley, son of the late Rev. Canon Cow- ley, for many years rector of. St, James' Auglican Church, Winnipeg, has recently been released by the Germans and is now in Holland, The Army and Navy Veterans of Winnipeg propose to raise a work bat- talion. The Royal Northwest Mounted Po- lice are endeavoring to recruit a full brigade in the West. Major Jennings will take overseas a draft of the Royal North West Mounted Police of '755 men. Two young girls at Ribstone, Alta., planted one hundred and thirty-five acres of wheat, The Alberta Government will spend $25,000 in Manitoba in an ef- fort to educate householders in this FROM OLD SCOTLAND NO'T'ES OF INTEREST FIROM 111111 BANICS AND BRAES. What Is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Major A. A. Longden, R.G,r1.., for- merly of the Aberdeen Art Gallery, has been awarded the D.S.O. Robert Wylie has retired from the agency of the Union Bank at Banff, after nearly fifty years of service, Brigadier -General George Ronald Hamilton, M.C., Dragoon Guards, Fife, has been awarded the D.S.O. Ten copper coins of the time of George III. have been found at Durris in a good state of preservation. The Order of Leopold II. has been awarded to Sergeant Alexander Shep- herd, son of Mrs, Shepherd, Forres. Stretcher-bearer John F. Skea, Black Watch, son of John Skea, Kin- ross, has been awarded the Military Medal, Inspector Buchan, o1 the Aberdeen police force, has resigned after thirty- three years' service, on account of ill - health, John Scrimgeour and Samuel S. Goudie have been appointed honorary sheriff substitutes for the county of Dundee. Corporal Peter Craft, Royal Scots, Bo'ness, has been awarded the Mili- tary Medal for, gallant service in Palestine. Mrs. Leslie, of Balbeggie, has re- ceived word that the D.S.O. has been awarded to her son, Lieut. Norman Leslie, R,N.R. A new industry has been started in Perth, making paper from the reedy grass which grows in profusion on the banks of the Tay. A Carnegie Trust Fellowship has been awarded to Miss Isabella Leitch, M.A., daughter of Mr. Leitch, post- province in the use of western coal. master, Peterhead. l "Earn and Give" pledges have Captain Herbert Anderson, New been made by 1,901 Manitoba boys. Zealand Forces, son of Mrs. Ander- I This means that by October, 1,901 son, Duff avenue, Elgin, has been boys will earn and give $19,010 to awarded the Military Cross. the Y.M.C.A, Red Triangle fund. Lieut. John T. Shaw, R.F.C., Dun- Manitoba provincial districts are led dee, `has been killed in England as the by Gilbert Plains with 136 signed result of a flying accident. pledges to its credit. Grandview has There was an unusual scene at the 108, Brandon has 75, Portage la Dufftown golf links when forty-four Prairie 89 and Winnipeg 631 pledges. teams were employed in breaking it up for cropping purposes, PREPeIRING EARLY Captain Stanley Norrie -Miller, PRE, FOR NEXT VICTORY LOAN. Black Watch, Cleve, Perth, was pre- sented with the Military Cross at A despatch from Ottawa says; The Minister of Finance is giving early Buckingham Palace by the King. Jack Grant, son of Dr. Grant, Gran- attention to the details connected with town -on -Spey, has been appointed as- the next Vic..,ry Loan, which it is sistant resident engineer of the Blue thought will be issued about October Nile Irrigation Works, Egypt. or November next. It is his inten- The small village of Whine -on -Mil- Mon this year to have, if possible, the ton, near Stirling, has sent seventy bonds engraved and ready for deliv- men to the froth, three of whom have ery at the time of the flotation, so been awarded the Military Medal. that subscribers upon paying in. full For saving life in the North Sea, at any time may receive their securi- Frank Nicoll, R,N., has been awarded ties. This will do away with an im- the D.S.M., the Royal Albert Medal manse amount of work connected with and the French Croix de Guerre, ithe issue and surrender of interim The late Miss Jane Smith, Kintore, certificates, and will also greatly econ- bas left £2,000 to be equally divided omize the clerical labor, which in between the Morningfield hospital , the last issue was very great. The and the Aberdeen hospital for Chi]- Victory loan of last fail had to be dren. I organized very quickly in order to Lieut. J. G. W. Hendrie, R.F.A., son meet the unexpected demand for of the Rev. C,. S. hendrie, Dalmel-; large British credits for the purchase lington, has been awarded the Belgianof munitions and foodstuffs in Can - Croix de Guerre. I oda, This year the problem isknown The order of the British. Empire! well in advance, and preparations for has been awarded to Miss Currie, daughter of Rev. D. Y. Currie, Wast the issue are already under way. Mai se, Peebles, Voluntary Rationing System. At a meeting hi Toronto, Mr, H. B. Thomson, chairman of the Canada Food Board, said that a voluntary ra- daily, but they are still numerically tion system would be introduced in' superior, on the whole front, and may Canada, a committee in each province • the 1 f FOCH WISELY BIDING HIS TIME BEFORE USING ALL HIS FORCE A despatch from Paris says: The German losses grow more serious be able to embark upon a new often - outfit to sea e o rationing. slue in some other sector, perhaps -------•a------ Montdidier-Noyon. The French com- One Alberta co-operative threshing mind is therefore wisely biding its outfit last year threshed 60,000 time before putting forth all its ef- bushels of grain oft seventeen farms. forts. Because late maturing varieties of sole • are being used this year thor Shade is necessary in warm weath- ough cultivation before and after er, otherwise the stock will be dtvarf- planting, to hasten growth, is more ed and deaths will result. Protection necessary than ever befoie. from rain must also be afforded.211.1WItIMI.S6.1,1 1,43..21.1260.111.. 1062..01.1.21.13.117,1 orpg 0)r,; '11/L fro, AMERICAN MARINES ATTACK SUCCESS- FULLY IN CHATEAU THIERRY SECTOR m,p Hold A11 XortantRHlgh Ground and Captured Large Nupther of Prisoners, A despatch from the American Arrny in Picardy says: American Ma- rines attacked the pennons at dawn on Thursday morning and gained 814 kilos over a four -kilometre front, and capturing 100 prisoners in the Cha- teau Thierry sector. The French, at- tacking at the same time on the left, took 160 prisoners. The Americans now hold all the im- portant high ground north-west of Chateau Thierry, The marines again attacked et 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon and the battle is still raging, The fight started at 3.54 o'clock on Thursday morning, and the Ameri- cans had attained all their objectives by 7.45 o'clock, The Americans have been pressing the Germans so hard that the enemy has been forced to throw three new divisions of his best troops in the line during the Mat three days. Soon after the attack of Thursday morning the Americans carried hill 142 (about two-thirds of a utile south of Torey), the highest point in thin vicinity and swept on and stopped at the foot of a wheat field on the other side, from whore they raked the Ger- mans with machine guns. One en- tire enemy machine gun company was almost annihilated, The Germans had donned French uniforms, but the Americans, forewarned, poured vol- leys of fire into them. One Garman soldier had 32 wounds. Among those captured were two officers, USE OF SMOKE SCREENS IN yVAR PROPOSED BY SIR FRANCIS DRAKE IN 1589. Kaiser Doubtless Got the Idea of Poisonous Gas -clouds While Visiting England. The use of smoke -screens in the glorious landing at Zeebrugge last April, and the parallel that has been drawn between the daring of that ex- ploit and the doings of Sir Francis Drake, make the fact that Drake pro- posdd the use of a smoke -screen as far back as the year 1689 doubly in- teresting. Drake and Essex -the fa- vorite of Queen Elizabeth -set out the year after the Armada on the fool's errand of seating Dom Antonio upon the vacant throne of Portugal. First, however., it was necessary to turn the Spaniards out of Lisbon, and Essex, being a soldier, was for as- saulting it from the land; while Drape, a sailor, was equally keen on attacking the city from the water. To be sure, Drake had first to get his ships into the Tagus, the mouth of which was defended by batteries whose guns, unless silenced, might "play old Harry" with his ships. Drake's Idea. His place, therefore, was "to spoil the aim of the gunners at Fort St. Julian by letting - four einokeships drift down upon the fort, while he slipped past with the rest, and forced a landing at Lisbon. Essex, however, insisted on having his own way, so the "trick" was never attempted. Some sixty years later, during the war between Charles I. and the Par- liament, the smoke -screen -strange to relate -was successfully practised at the identical spot where Drake pro- posed its use. How It Grew. That the idea of a smoke -screen as an aid to military operations was still exercising men's minds is evident from an occurrence in 1760. On Sep- tember 20th of that year George III. reviewed from a tent in Hyde Park Colonel Burgoyne's regiment of Light Dragoons, after which a new experi- ment was tried of a shell charged with fuming combustibles, "which threw out a' great smoke, and is in- tended to cover a retreat and on other occasions." One hundred and thirty years later another experiment similar to the one above described took place under cir- cumstances which, in view of recent events, may be regarded as not en- tirely devoid of significance. The Kaiser's Visit. During the summer of 1890 the Kaiser was in England, and his inter- est in military inventions being well known, arrangements were made for a private demonstration of a "smoke - bomb" invented by Colonel Crease of the Royal Marine Artillery, at East- ney Barracks, near Portsmouth. In a jealously guarded field a com- pany of Marines was clrawn up in readiness for the performance, each man being provided -in addition to his rifle -with a suitable supply of small bombs, whence the smoke -screen was to be emitted. The men were then ordered to advance 111 skirmish- ing formation, and, as a means of screening themselves from hostile fire each skirmisher, before running for- ward, threw a bomb as far to the front as possible, and then advanced under shelter of the smoke. Petting Our Brains. His Imperial Majesty, being averse to "interviewing" -on the part of newspaper reporters -left the public in ignorance of his opinions on the performance. But the device would be discussed with his military advis- ers after his return to Germany, and doubtless was the germ of the idea of poisonous gas -clouds with which the Prussian savage heralds his ad- vance over the battlefields of Plan - dere. 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A despatch from The Hague saysi The hospital ship Koningin Regentes, having on board the British delegates to the Anglo -German war prisoners' conference at The Hague, struck a mine off the English coast. Four firemen perished,; but all others were saved by the hospital ship Sindoro. The delegates aboard the ship were the Home Secretary, Sir George Cave; Baron Newton, Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, who attended the previous conference; Lieutenant -Gen- eral Sir Herbert Belfield, Director of Prisoners -of -War since 1914, and Mrs. Darley Livingstone, the wife of an English colonel. ' Mrs. Livingstone, who is an American, Is secretary of the Government committee on prison- ers -of -war. She attended the previous conference, and was active in recover- ing English women and children from Belgium in the early days of the war. FOR BETTER PRAIRIE HOMES. An Example Which Some Parts of Ontario Might Profitably Follow. The demands that were made dur- ing. the year on the Mitchell Nurseries at Cosldale, twelve miles from Leth- bs Idge, for trees, shrubs and small fruit plants give evidence that farm- ers' households are improving their home surroundings and adding to their material comfort, says the an- nual report of the Lethbridge Board of Trade, The men folks on the farm are usually indifferent in such matters and they do not seem to appreciate the fact that the money value of a farm is greatly .increased if the house and buildings are surrounded with trees; for so Iong as the human eye will invitingly wander to a bluff of trees, so long will an asset of this nature have an actual money value; the farm animals and poultry, too, appreciate the shade. The womenfolks have too long been contented with promises that the trees will be planted "next year"; but trees do not grow on promises, although they always do well on summerfal- lowed land. The bleak and uninviting appear- ance of the country school houses could be entirely changed by the co- operative effort of a few public spirit- ed farmers, who might very readily arrange among themselves to sum- merfallow a strip of land in the school grounds, get the trees heeled in the fall, and set them out in the following spring. The teacher and scholars would be glad to look after the work of keeping the ground culti- vated to conserve the moisture for the growth of the trees afterwards. Poiltis' Pay. Until recently the French soldier's pay was almost a negligible quantity. Nominally, he was supposed to re- ceive one cent a day, but he really got only seven cents in cash every ten days, 3 cents being deducted on each pay clay on account of his tobacco ra- tion. Some little while back, however, his rate of pay was increased to 6 cents a day, so that he now draws 60 cents for ten days' soldiering. A pitifully] small sum it seems to us. Nevertheless, the average Poilu is a rare money -spender, the explana- tion being that not one in a hundred, probably, is dependant entirely upon his pay. Every French lad knows that ho will be called upon to serve in the army in his turn in due course, and he starts saving in view of this eventuality from a -very early age. The accumulated money, often sup- plemented by the savings of his par- ents, is sent to hint in instalments from his hbme at regular brief inter- vals, and he spends it right royally, from `his point of view, in wine, cig- ars, extra food, and any amusements that may be going in the way of theatrical or concert parties. PARIS AGAIN RAIDER BY' t illRM,I�N AIRMEN A dcOsatch from Paris says:-Get•- 1tl,nn airplanes raided the Perla diatrc1 Thursday night through hilaVY (Bald .fensivo barrage, Seine bombs Wes' .dropped, One perapn is C;porto dead and several woun eJ, liTaerra damage was done. The "all clear" Nva'd sounded at 12,20 atm, Friday, HALIFAX I;Ror POSSiiti53 FOR IBLE ltA1.fS, A despateh from Halifax N.S., Says; A number of well-known citi• sons, including D. MacGillivray, prosi. dent of the Board Of Trade, have re- sponded to an apilebl by the Mayor for 200 citizens to enroll as oonstu"bles for spools] duty in Halifax in +ho event of a ltoatitt8 raid by air or „.a.