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sary in looking after the affairs of the
county, and, replied "no" to the second
gitesflan,
:County Clerk Hohitan gave a re-
port of the committees' pay sheets, as
,follows: Oounty Incline, -four meet-
" drugs, $210:.70; County Property, one
meeting, $43.90; Children's Shelter,
four meetings, $139.40; Coria Borer
account, $5814.00; Old Age pensions,
'at'ine meetings, $1026.75,
The Fiiiiance 'Committee recent -
mended the payment Of a number of
accounts, also, that a'ccoun'ts b'e
paid o'n'lyon elle order of the War-
den; that Police. Magistrate ,;accounts
be audited by the county and the
criminal' justice audi'tors. The report
Was adopted as read:',
'The following motions were read:
!Elliott-IFran'eis — That a reduction
Of 10 per cent be Made in the salaries
of all county officers and officials. for,
:1:932. Referred to executive comm'i't- Writ to the Minister of Public High -
tee.
1\'foQuarrie-Wright—That the corn
borer inspector be paid 40c, he to find
his own conveyance. Referred to ex-
ecutive committee.
Ballantyne-IA'dc'hibald—TT1h'at wages
Tor work on county roads be 40c an
hour for man and team and 20c an
'hour for man. Referred to Roads
Committee,
The Warden and Reeve Wright
were appointed delegates to the meet-
ing called by the Minister of Agri-
culture in Toronto on Feb. 4lth.
The members of the County Coun-
..anweed,cil were the 'guests of the 'Warden
when he entertained informally at the
Hotel Bedford .on 'Wednesd'ay night,
;A lively d'iscuss'ion took -place at the
Thursday morning session following-
Reeve
ollowingReeve Goldthorpe's requests that the
accounts of the corn borer inspector
should be read, also that the pay
'sheets of the various committees be
read, also that the pay sheets of the
tvarioes committees be presented "so
that people will know w'ha't is going
on, and what each man got." Reeve
McNabb contended these .could be
seen in the Tre'asurer's office.
lin reference td the corm borer's
sa'lary, Cleric Holman informed the
members of the council that the ac-
counts are certilfied by the Agricul-
tural College and the Department
ays fifty per cent.
Reeve Haake df Goderich towns'hip
asked how many days and hours the
core 'borer inspector put in. The .dis-
cussion regarding the numlber' orf
hours com'p'osing a d'.ay was closed by
the Warden announcing that the re-
ports of the work of the corn borer
and the com'mittee pay S'hee'ts would
the brought in during the afternoon,
if Council so wished.
Reeve 2eto'ser inquired regarding the
matter of hav'in'g three menbers on
the children's shelter committee as.
brought in by the striking committee.
Mr. Goldthorpe graciously withdrew
his name and the W'ar!den's was sub-
stituted.
John McLeod, Agricultural Rbpre er, with fuel and lights, $1000, $950;
sentabive, gave a short summary' Of Matron of Gaol, $225, $225; 'Turnkey
the work of his department. At the (of gaol, with fuel and lights, .etc.,.
short course in Dungannon there was $950, $1S50;- Manager' of !House of Re -
an enrolment of 30 boys anfd. 37 girl's; fuge, $800, $720; Mattcip pf House of
the average attendance at , b'o'th [Refuge, $700,. $700; Assistant Matron,
eaaeses being thirty,
('The Agricultural Department 13
not suppl. ing any seeds .this year for
scfairs and no special assistance
'school
is to be allowed,'' said the speaker.'
"O4her yeas three judges were, sup-
plied but this year these, will have to
be :provided wibh'otit assistance "from
,the Department, The m'os't': success
'Eu'l fair's were heist in S't,. Helens aced
Belgrave: A grant of $25 to each
'school fair its the county wlo'uld be ap-
presiated. Lack of local interest 10
sante school distri'cts mighf1indcr the
holding of; some fairs. Some town-
ship councils have supported Fairis to
the extent of $25. Mr, McLeod' sub-
mitted
ub-nitted the financial statement of the
junior Extension Fund, showing re
ceipts of $359.35 and a (balance of $'711.-
77.
IN. W. 'Trewartha of Clinton, a for-
mer Warden, being present, was ask-
ed to address the Council', ' He con-
gratulated the Warden on his eleva-
`tion to ;office, and the Coaanty on hav-
ing ail-up-to-datefarmer in the chair.
This was one of the hard years for
!County Councils. He deolared the
greatest spending bodies are .the edu-
cational ones. A tremen'dous amount'
of money :was be'in'g spent on schools'
and ,considerable time • should be
spent - in considering the costs of
ed'ucati'on and the administration Of
justice; ;also on Agriculture on how to
direct the farmer over this period of
depression.
Mr. Irwin, former District "Engin-
eer, addressed the Council on many
questions of the day.
Iit was moved by J. Bald'atitytre and
J. A. MisIKenzie that the Warden and
'Clerk be authorized to sign and sub-
c
(House of Refuge; $400, $3!60 n, I spe, ,
for HI of R., $3d0, $27'5 Ihysician "rf,
o'f R., $400, $60e ,Chaplain, H. of `R.,,
2 2. di ors 'oust' Account,
$..00, $..00; Au i). County
each $50, $415; `Criinimal .'ju'st'ice ,at -
counts,' oc
c-
eounts,'Per day; each, $'5, $4.150 and
10cP er. mile one way traveled; Care-.
!baker ,of Court House and Registry
office, x$1000, $900; County Council
lois, per day, 'each $5.00, $4,50 and 10c
mileage one, way.
IP11 melm'he.r;s of committees
ceive $4.50 ,per day.
t l e exe'c,tttive
The other etatises is tt
committee's report were adopted with,
an amendment Sponsored by !Reeves
'Cardiff and Archibald The following
were the raconite electable nrs adopted,
Reeve ]ilaacice in the chair,
Grants' of $7d0 to each lidspita'i
tenders ,for gaol supplies, bread, 1=.
tOieveland, 3-1'h. loaf 10c meat, C: C.
the
Al'lisott blc per lb; arniik; left to.t
'
glacier; ' groceries, J. Galvin Court; Zn-
stitu'te for iBl'ind, $100;, ;.'Sick Chi}d-
ren's hospital, no grant; school fairs;
$20; IAgricetdturall fairs, '$100; rHen-
sal'l seed show $'25; World and South
Huron' 'Plowmen's Association, each
$100;' flowers for court house, $20;
public' libraries, ':each, ` $25; corn bor-
er inspector's salary 40c' an h'our, he
to provide his own conveyance.
'Coun'cil went' on record'. as being
oppesed to any, legislation wlltic'h re-
stricts the power's of municipalities,
and gives the'IGovernlnent control of
their,finances, when the committee
endorsed a resolution from the Unit-
ed harmers of Otitanic protesting.
against the usurpation by the Prov-
ince' of the titunicepalities' affairs, a
lively d'iscuss'i'on followed When the
report was taken up. The proposed
legislation stipulates that municipali-
ties must get ,consent of, the Ontario
R'ail'way and Municipal Board before
issuing debentures.
'Reeve M'c'N'ab'b '"Iew does it
come that all the brains in this
(Province are in the City of Toronto.'
Our To'w'nships are free of debt.' Are
we not quali'fied to say whether or
not we should issue 'de'bentures with -
opt asking the consent of legislators
who have piled up millions off debt in l
this Province ? I think the order
should be reversed. The resolu'ti'on is
all rig'h't, the only mistake the United
IFanmers made was .going into' pati
ways the petition of the corporati'o'n
of the comity Of Huron showing that
there was expended during the year
1931, the sum of $130,388.4'4 • on the
County 'highwa'ys system, and re=
qu'es'ting the statutory grant on that
am'ou'nt as provided by the Highways
Aot. This was .carried.
Reeve 'J. 'W. iCisaigie of 'G'o'derich`
was appointed a mevtiber of the GGod-
eri'ch 'Cemetery 'b'oard od motion of
(Reeves \hc'I{•enzie and 'Moser.
Charles M. R'obe'rtson, of .God'erich,
was 'ap-pointed to represent the iGottn-
cil 'ois the Goderic'h ,Collegiate Insti-
tute ;Board.
'county Clerk [HbI'noan was ap-
pointed a member of the Criminal.
Audit IB'oard wti motion golf Reeves,
Wallace ,and Francis, '
Reeves Swsi'tzer and, Ballantyne
nvo've'd that a grant of $50 be given
the Huron IPfowimen's Association.
Referred to the (Executive !Co'mmi'ttee.
A motion asking the Road Commis-
sion to 'take over !Elgin Street itt the
'village of 'Centralia mad add it 'to the
County Road system was sent to 'tire
!Ro'ad's IComntis'sion.
'T'he highschool teacher's salaries
of $3;500 and up remain as "untouch-
able" as the sacred animals of India,
--at least they came un's'c'a'thed
through ' the January session' of the
.county council which contributes
$65,000 a year to the high s'cho'ol sal-
aries, while at the same ses's'ions dras-
tic red'ttorions were made •in the sal-
aries of the county offi'cials, when sa-
l'aries were reduced all' the way from
five to thirty-three pence'nt. '
The folll'owing ' figures sh'o'w the
(com'parison in the salaries. of 19311
and those adopted in council for,
1932, the 1931 figure's appearing first
in each •insitance:
Warden—$100, $100; 'cler'k, $1,800;
$1,200; Treasurer, . $1+;800, $1;309`
iOoutrty Crown Attorney,. $1100,`$1000
—Coanty Engineer,• with car and up-
keep, for Good Roads, $3400, $2,900;,
!For County Roads, $20.0, $200; 'Gaol -
to
re-
, Ildte, Committee recommended'' eltgt 10 Cawsancl Bay, in P:ytnouth Sound;
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be bought which are,
,The report we's adopted.
' `dre
h reitamarncntdatioiis at .the .Roads
Committee were endorsed by C tt
cal 'as follows:.
'T'ha't each lions to. County Roads
system be deferred to the Jime sec-
sioti; that the wanes for work On the
county roads:be 40c for mateand
tears, and 20c for near?; that expendi-
tures he ]sept within, l/ mills and no
new cons'trtrction w'ork be tinder -
taken this year•
THE SU'BMARINiE SE;RVIC'E.
In the wake of the thrusting-screws
of the submarine : =_'envice disaster
rides.
Sometimes it strikes sudden, 'swift --
and its
wift--
an'd'its victims are counted, lucky.
Sometimes, having' dean, fhe crilppling,,
blew, ,disaster retreats for a w'h'ile.
Then, trapped fathoms deep, brave
face 'inevitable death which conies far
too s'io.wly; !But, sometimes, the seem -
inevitable death is forestalled — for
brave mien have a'ccomplis'hed 'mir-
acles before now, and will do so again.
They are !beings apart, "these' men
of "The Trade," ,who chose to vary
the preposition and, go down' "in,"
rather thane "to," the sea in ships.
IW'ly they (call their ' service "T'he
Trade" is a secret "wraptiit mystery."
They are as close-m'out'hed on this
little natter as they are on the 'major
ones, .which explains w'h'y it is so
seldom the world hears of their hero-
ism. Sometimes, of course, details
leak out. As in June of last' year,
when H. 31. Subntarhie Poseidon was
suitic in collision off t'he China Coast,
twenty 'men met their de'a'ths in 'her
s'h'attered hull, but esc'a'pe is hazard-
ous,.
Working frantically in 'the precious
moments before their craft took her
last dive, the crew tbelow deck of this
submarine was able bo close the wat-
'e'rtight. doors which gave some of
them, at any rate, a chance. And
then, cooly, they made their bid for.
life. T'he su'b'marine was equipped with
the life saving device invented .by R.
H: Davis. Through it man after man
escaped. Cheering them on, hi'mself
waiting: until the fast, was a petty
officer. U'n'doubtedly the did more
than any to save their lives. Weeks
afterwards .the .general' public 'heard of
his heroism.
The same life-saving device is in-
stalled
nstalled in 1'1-2, the submarine which
sank recently. 'It is never used,
though, except as a last resort. As
the inventor himself admits, it is
"somewhat h'az'ardous." Ili the days
before suc'h a device, hazardous as it
is, was ever thought of, a seaman
found him'sel'f the sole survivor of
the crew of a submarine 'which was
sent to the .bottom by enemy " shell
lire, during the war. The craft, its
plates bulging, was 'filling with water,
He ,was penned iii the engine room
comnp'artinen't, 'the stain one 9n tise
boat. Here was a case of the appar-
ently inevi'ta'ble death, It was a sev-
enteen who would not have ,given in-
but they have to be supermen to enter
"The Trade." Above this one's 'head
was the loading 'hatch for torpedos,
opened fnoanthe inside, He .knew that.
if he could wait until the encro'ach-
ing water compressed the • air • suf-
ficiently to enable 'him to open the
hatch, there was a bare chance' for
him. Given luck he could go through
the o'peeinng also, and perhaps reach
$fie surface,
W'hi'le the 'hull dripped sweat from
the conden'sin'g moisture and ch`erhte
twisted 'tile so into 'nonsen'se i°
It is agreed that'mathematic- as a athematic
fan Carroll was brilliant: whether the
poor equipment 'o'f, those times, al- was great as suck is. not agreed upo'n•
though the -craft had been lo- by Wren nb!ho•kne'whinao Ile did write
sated spe ely.
ii For days --1 be Y several books an;; this; sabjrect viaich
c
marked her 'positions, Marked ' what are regarded as''''aufhoritaaive, and''
everyone knew was by then brit a ''Russell G re says That were he liv-
ti
o• her num. 'Ev'enteail in today he week( the 'numbered,
steet coffin f ay g A
Then among the few m' ii who would under.
she was h�rottght into 'dry dock. T t a r g t e
found that everyman had died stand t'he, Einstein theory.' And he
under -
'was it t
at his poet, although; it was only was versatile. IIe was noted as' a
'too apparent, death had: not been. photographer when that ipivsntion,was
shtick. And as he sat being slowly as- in its early stages; he d'e'signed and
phyxiated, numbed with the cold, the built a toy railroad that eau as ef-
comnvander had kept hie log minute, fieiently as the elaborate electrical
by 'minute, describing what was hap- sets of today; he and a village car -
ceiling in ,the doomed craft. 'Keeping renter designed and built a minia-
a log which he` hoped would show tore theatre for marionette ' perform -
how to 'help nt'alee things safer for ances, he himself making the "actors"
those he knew would follow, and "actresses" for the little pla3*=.
The A craft were positive death (louse; he did deiiver brilliant ser -
traps. s.. Little better were the B and mons,, but he forsook the. pulpit be-
C classes, with ,which iGreat Britain cause of a stammering in his speech,
was' equipped when war broke 'out, which grew more noticeable as he ad-
And yet it was in a B boat that a vanced in years,
gallant little band' penetrated the His great work, "Alice in 'Woander-
IDardaneties, dived under five.mine land," was born on 3uiy 4, 1862, and.
field's, and played havoc with enemy was written to please three little girls,
s'hippin'g in the early .day's of the war. of whom he was very fond, Lorina,.
And it was in a C. boat that Com- Edith and Alice Liddell. He and these
m'an'der Max Horton, the day .after children fre'quen'tly took boating
war was 'dec'lared, entered Heligoland sorties on the T'h'ames. Gee day they
dBight. That in itself a perilous under-. asked hint for a story, "a funny
tatting: Its the Bight he :'hung story," urged Edith; "one about me,"
around" for days, • until he _saws his pleaded Allice, And .so began the ad-,
job ahead of hint. And, seeing, per- ventures :of [Mice. Later he wrote it
'formed it. The cruiser Hela was sunk n script as a present for Alice, with
by, his torpedoes, 'Commander Max the illustrations by 'a friend, John
Horton ,idol of "T'he Tr'a'de," which 'Tenniel' ('afterwards:'Sir John). This
judges its members carefully. He was original boot: of 92 pages and 37 pen
a veteran submarine commander, but and ink drawings, made for a little
eventually he fell victim to the fate he girl, was bought a few years ago by
'had risked so often. bn peace time, Dr. A. S. Rosenbach, the 'American
acrd in the sister ship to the M-2. col'lector, for $72,259 and sold later by.•
With 68 of her crew he was Post when him to Eldridge R. Johnson, former
disaster Overtook hien off Start Point president of a 'p'honograp'h company
ort Armistice Day, 1925. for $150,000, When "Alice its Won-
derland" went into print a copy came
LEWIS CARROL WAS tato the' hands of Queen Victoria, who
BORN 100 YEARS AGO. iked it so well that she wrote the
author a personal Letter telling him:.
One hundred years ago there was so and saying she would be pleased to
born in the rectory of the little Vil- read other books by 'Mini. In a few:
rage of Daresbury, in Lancashire, days the post front Oxford Univer>
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a name city brought her majesty "other -
little known to the world. Sixty-six books" by the learned professor
S'e'ars later, less 13 days, he died and volumes,on differential calculus, ma. -
was buried' in the little churchyard o'f thematical chit-chat on measurement
the village where he ,first saw the tight of iu'ters'tel1ar space, and other "light"
of day. On the stone tn'arking his last literature. Up to that time Carroll.
resting place are two names --'Rev, had never written anything of a light
Charles Lsetwid'ge Hodgson. and 'Lewis nature.
Carroll. 'To the world the latter (Laterhe did write books for the
name is known almost universally, general public, but none have been s0 .
for it was under that nom de plume popular as "Alice." In "Tile hunting
"Alice its Won'derlatnd" appeared. of the Snarks," interpreters have seen
Who has not read, both as child and a burlesque on, the famous Tich-
grow'tt-up, "Alice" with the Mad Hat- bourne case, in which the 'claimant
ter, the 'Walrus, and "of shoes and was proved'to'be only himself. "Sy.lvia.
ships and sealing wax and cabbages ,and (Bruno" was an attempt to apply
and kings" What delightful ,ion- nonsense to serious purpose. People
sense, ,written as nonsense for chile detected the artifice and persisted in
dren, and without any pretense to be preferring the nonsense.
anything else, "Alice" is still alive today as Mrs.
.Lewis Carroll was a remarkable Hargreaves and resides at Cufnell,
man, though there are various esti- where on May 4 she will be SO years
states of his 'size. That he was tal- of age. No doubt she still treasures
ented in malty activities is not gttes- in her mind the Madl Hatter, the
boned. Early in life he decided to March Hare, the Carpenter, the Wal -
follow the career of his father and rus, and all the others she met 70,
grandfather, the 'church. He studied years ago in Wonderland.
at Rugby, en'terin'g that 'famous school
just after Dr. Arnold, the ;n'o'ted 'head- ?Financially speaking, the Canadian'
ma's'ter, had reorganized it. Then to National "Prince and "Lady" liners
'Oxford, where for 47 years he dwe'l't cruising. the Caribbean this winter will
wit'hin the cloisters of +Christ Church, be international territory. T'he plan to
atten'din'g his c'ha'pel, eating his din- overcome exchange confusion in
tiers, tutoring undergraduates and, for s'h'ips' 'barber s'h'ops, refres'h'ment
exercise, taking a daily 'walk. Since rooms and kiosks is this: United"
his death occurred, ,only 34 years ago, 'States,- Canadian, "English, West In
there are many who, as younger men dian and other monies commonly cir
of course, who knew ]rim well, and dilated in this territory. will be a'c-
are able to tell aut'horitively of Itis cepted and change 'given in the cur-
character. P. W. Wilson, the : j•ourn- retncy tendered, just as though tete
alist, writes that he was a "very cow transaction took place in the country
rectly attired clergy'niatt, with a mo whose money is concerned.
bile mouth, moulded by a very pre-
cise and persistent pron'ounciation of
plums, prunes and p'risms; a siean-
ah•aven counten'an'ce, delicate features,
abundant yet orderly hair—a saint,
indeed,. in 'wham there was to guile."
G. K, Chesterton, in an attempt to
analyze. ,Carroll's 'mvvd—as 'he ire-
geetrtly does with his subjects — says
that "though a coes'cientious teet'he-
tnatical teacher, he could imagine
something that made plus equal
[Clhris't'ian, he cottl'd not really imagine
anything th'a't made the first last and
the last first;' that put d'o'wn the
mighty
feom theiraseat
or exalted the
humble and the poor: His remarks
about social justice and' reform 'fat
'Sylvia and Bruti'o' ,are more worthy
ofa feeble curate in a farce' than of a
Christian prie's't teaching in a Historic
seat of learning. He was, in the ord-
inary .sense, limited everywhere by
convention, and yet it was he who,
with one wild leap, burst the very
lit its of reason. It was this stodgy
and stuffy Victorian parson who fo'i-
lo•wed the wild vision, of titter re -
reason further than it was ever pur-
sued by any wild poet working with-
out a conscience or an aim. Th'e=nat-
nisal extension of his invagination, was
all in the direction of'- the inverted
ideas of the intellect. He 'could, see
the logical world upside dower he
could not see any other kind of a
world even rig'h't -side up, 'He took
his triangles 'an'd tented' them into
toys for a favorite little gird; he took
his, logarithms and syllogisms and
tics."
RReeve, MclK'ih'bon pointed out that
legislation was aimed at Border mu-
nicipalities and the Yorks. He said
there were people who could' not col-
lect on their Border .City Comfort's.
lit was finally decided to endorse
the resolution by a vote of sixteen to
thinteen, but the resolu'tidn will be
redrafted by the Resolutions Commit-
tee and sent direct to the Govern-
ment without re'feren'ce to .the 'United
Farmers.
'A (notion by Reeves ,S'weitzer aitd
Ballantyne that Council petition On-
tario Government that we Levert to
statute labor an'd that we be paid
on such work as were paid
under .the present arrangement, was
carried.
'In, the afternoon and c'oncluding
'session of 'Huron County Council,
the salary of H. T. Edwards, Super-
intendent of the Children's Aid So-
ciety was reduce'd $400. The motion
by Reeve Geiger was that Mr. Ed-
wards be paid $600 by the County in-
stead of $1,:000. An amendment mov-
ed'by Reeves Bowman and Archibald
that Mr, ,,Edwards' salary be subject,
to a 20 per cent cut was' lost on the
'foll'o'wing 'division:'
Yes—lAroh'i'bald', Bowman, Cardiff,
'Oraigie) Elliott; Franlcis, Gam'b'le,
[Goldthorpe, ' !McKenzie, MclKibbon,
ISteiwart, Taylor, Walilace-13.
,No—Baii'anttyne, .,Beavers Ganrplbell',
Dou'gl'as, Geiger, tH!aa'cke, Le"tper,
>Niatheson, :McNabb, McQu'arrie,'
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'The motion carried on' the same
division, those voting a'ga'inst the
amend:meetvoting for the motion:.
provincial` cons't'able Wlhitesi'des
asked Council to pay 'half the rent
of a suitable office '
0 Gin.n agreed to accept the posi-
tion of Corsi Borer Inspector at 40c
an.hout
au answer ter Reeve. Stewart's'ques-
bOnoS
i
'ques-
tion,' a an auctioneer's s 1 t
cense
enititls iwo nen to sell under it ?"
the Warden said bolth' men must ,have
a license,
03y -laws confirming the a'ppoint-
inent of .the Roads Coinlmis'sion, tris
tees, etc., were passed.
The Warden expressed his 'appreci
action of Itlhe co.cp.eraltion he had re-
ceived and the January session's Of
IHtiron County couricil closed with
Auld Lang Syne and God 'Save the
King.
The, County Property Coinlnittee,
recommended that a coal oil or .elsq'-.
•tris s'tovenbt to exceed $315.00, be
pterelhase'd also, plaint, winch will , be
applied Without cost to. the .County.
The different ofifi(ces' of"the Courlt
House 'were visited and found in !`air
repair except the judge's' pr5yate ,of-
Ace
'f-lice which was re'com'mended; to be•
decorated, also the toile,t rooims, next
(Ju'dge's office and, that,. pad'd'ing be.
relpllaced on' stairs 'leading -to the
ju,'dlge,'s room. .
threatened to asphyxiate him, he
waited. At tate point of exhaustion,
yet judging the tune ripe, he opened
the hatch. With eachniinute seem-
ing, an etersity'he 'cannot be blamed
Tor being ,over-anxious, but 'he vms.'
The hatch barely opened', a'll'owed
much of the valuable air to escape,
th'ef't clanged shut again.
IHe waited while the watercrept
higher, furlther compressing what 'air
was left r s again •1E s attempt to open
the hatch was unsuccessful Knowing
"he ,could not last rnuclt longer he.
opened' two seaco:eks before he wait-
ed' for his third attempt. Through
these t'he water, rushed until it _ w'as.
almost up to his •neck, Then he tried
again—and won. At the surface he
'was pickeid up, , Before long he was
back in the underwater service, again,
No, his name is, toot especially re-
•oorded any"wlnere.j
,Disaster rides 'in the 'wake of the
su'b'marine service. The first of these
craft ie the Royai1'N'av'y, the A 1, '(net
it at the bow'of a surface unit Of
the fleet, -a light .cruiser, The A 1
's'aurk immediately, c'arr'ying her corn -
eletnelement
en.t of 15 to the bottom ivitit
her, That was back in 1'904, just
about foil( years :after the underseas
fleet was commenced. '
Take' the case :of a sister ship of
the Al 1,, if nteito:ry serves it was the
A 7. Early 'in the war she Was sunk
, Travelling in the height of 'luxticy.
and in their own private car, 4001
young roasters from British Columbia
and other western provinces reached
'T'hroato by Canadian National Ex-
press as the ,special wards of the DO -
mi ion
o-minion Government. 'Mothers and
'grandmothers with an annual egg pro-
duction w^hiclt would' make the ordin-
ary garden variety of hen green with
envy are boasted by every one oi:
these' distinguished birds which', have.
been selected from very ugh laying,;'
strains.
Want an'd inc Sale Ads. 1 time 25c.
i'le YOUR CI ILD IS CROSS,
FEVERISH, CONSIIPSATEL.
•
Look, Motneri 1f, tongue in coated,
cleanse little bowels with "Cali-
fornia Syrup of Piga."
Mothers eau rent easy after giving,
'California Syrup of Figs," beeauea iY
few hours all the clogged -up waste,,
mor bile and fermenting food genu'
:uov'es out of the bowels, aid you nave.
well, p!-cyful child again.
.dick children needntt be ooased b.,
take #his harmless "fruit laxative.'•
iflllnaad of .mothers keep 'i'; Lartdy be'
mause +they know its notion roti the Stora -
"^h, Liver and bowels ilk prompt and sure.
Ase your druggist for a bottle o.•
fiaifformia Syrup of Figs," which nor
sdirections for haloes, eha•ldrer sa'
!Rea tsii for apn vn•un&
' e4't