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SEAFORTII, FRII)AY MAY 294 1914
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underwear, a light weight suit and soft
negligee shirts and collars.
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wear. First of all is the cool
Two -Piece
-Suit
Hot weather does not "fizz" on you if.
only your are a little particular how
'you dress. This suit in Greys and
Browns at
S7.50 $10.00 $12.00
Outing Pants..........$1.00 to $1.50
Soft Shirts.............. .50 to $1.50
(Collars to match)
StrawIlate.50 .75 1.00 to $1;50
You May Dress Comfort-
ably if You,Want to.
The._ Panama Hat
Still a Strong Favorite -
In the. nuMerteUS shapes we
are showing these popular
hats. You may be easily suit-
-id with your summer hat:,:
Panama Prices....
$4. 00 to $6.00
japan Straws Panama sha.pes
e 75c to $1.50'
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Cool 1.1xidpriiiCnts
Either iwthe one piece suit or the two piece suit. 1..ight
gauzy, but strong and durable. The best Canadian, Ger-
man and English factories' productions are represented in
our stock. Full length or quarter sleeve, full length or knee
length leg. •
• Single Garment............25c 50c to $1.00
Combination........... 75c to $1.50
Wear these garment': and be comfortable at .Your work or
elsewhere.
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Cool Shirts
A soft light shirt of nice, fine shirt cloth with a soft light
collar to match and a summer wash tie to complete,certainly
makes a most desirable hot weather arrangement instead of
the stiff laundered collar and ,shirt. We are showing a
beautiful range of all the new colorings. All sizes, 14 to 17%
Price of shirt and collar to match . ...75c to $2.00
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Toronto. May, 26th, 1914.
Toronto like many _other 'towns fld
eities is now wrestling vvith the ro-
blem a how est to eilispose of the
Ti
sewerage Of th city. The members of
the city coanci have recently visited
teeny, Of the larger cities of the United
States ‘to study the methods adopted
in the cities. Only, the Plants deel'ared
to be odorless were visited, the alder-
men hoping against hope ithat.the de-
iclarations .yeere true. They went' to LAta,
lanta, Ga. to Cincinnati and to oth-
er Points. ;Some of them went tO %New
York and eome to Philadelphia. -They
Promethe visage a the Ontario farmer.
He is a proell
peroes person.. Hellas vast
sans of Money hoarded up and still
vaster scans invested in his bue'
sines
of agricelture. Whereas he has posed
these', many years as at poor man, the
ttovearY victim of, the sleek ,person • in
the -town, he 'terns out to be a gentle-
man of su-bstance and then more .s
as ebs-
tance. The true situation hbeen re-
vealed ss the result at an linvestigation
conducted by the district representate
O •
ivetii of the departme4 'of agricultur
il Ontario.
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These representativeg • busied therri-
aelves during the 'last 'veer in a stndy
of rural finances, the extenb to which
sniffed chnscientiously, returned has- -.
the Ontaeio farmer Is a, borrower, the
extent Ins deposits and the propor-
home, Wiling guarded statenaente
tlly to the hotels and are now back tion of farm rsoperty iev
neOneario hich
as isundermortgage. The results are In-
to 'the emcees& a their olfactory •expero terer4
ort The reirt shows that
s. tele tour ha,d any compen
sating advantages 'the tourists are
Silent In 'regard, to them. ,
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Experts offl the Ontario • depart-
• relent agricultu are engaged upon a.
three cenhemes or reclamation in three "whh a the money borrowed on these
different sections Of Ontario, (Nee mortgages has gone into extensioe,
at and development wcrk which hasmade
Brockvillle, one at,Whitby and one at.
f
Orillia,, The province has an asylum the arms of Ontario more productive
and the farmers more prosperous. A n
n an extensive scald is bein
at each of theise places and farm work
/ large 'umber a 'these mortigages are
og de-
veloped in conneetion with each bail-
held in the country by farmers
Who s
tution. At each Point the Government have found them and till find
bought extensive tracts a swamp land
them,good investments. -The payments
which had' been left aside by local have been made regularly and
farmers as worthless. These landspass-
tie report of the departmental repre-
t
ed ineto the possession Of the Govern-
sntedises Is to the effect that the
se
menat very low figures. (Reclamation
principal iamo wit es showing aduc tie e
,
Wor5t was begun( hal a System, Ofi under -
year by year,
draining.
, The fay in thee pot of oinement is the
At Orillia the work ,is 'still in wage discovery 'by the department that quite
ress, but at 'Whitby and (at Brockville, a lot. of the money raised on farm
the Iatber especially, the returns have mortgage was used in a touchinr de -
already been astonishingly geed. monstration of misplaced confidence in
Brockville 100 acres of swamp lands. advertisements a western real 'estate.
were tile drained and these lands, pre- The Ifa,rmer of Ontario heard of the
viously regarded as of no value, are boun.dless wealth to be obtained 'by BO,
now dry and in first-class condition or much down and so( much' a month for a
euccessful cultivation. .A. nominal prlce
was paid for them and the local farm-
ers langhed, at the efforbs of the
government. These la,nds are now worth
$90 an acre.
while something like 46 per cent. of
the ramp are mortgaged, more or
less, the aggregate does nob represent
n:oret than one-third of the total pro-
perty. Furthermore, it is showu that
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$5.00 $8.00 112.00
Every coat guaranteed waterproof
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Highest Prices for Butter an
reig Clothing
Eggs.
The Big Corner Store
•SEA FORTS
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• Real troeVe has arisen In Toronto spent all his money. He still has $100,-
eiter the Fat Stock &low which . was 000,000 on depoSit and his farm property
organized a year ago.' When the yen- is ?said to be worth ethe tidy total of
tare was first mo ed the explanation $1,500;000,000. Bankers say_ that the de -
was made that it was JO bea" very ,posits by (farmers iin Ontareo are in -
big thing for the live -tock inaaStry creasing and that borrowings are com-
in Ontarld. he, same tine it would paratively light. The report throughout
not interfere. \vitt the live -stock branch is a story of prosperity and efforts are
ofl the Canadian National Exhibition, being rade to increase this prosperitty.
held annually em- Toro-nto in the felt, Co-operative credit societies have
nor with the Guelph Winter Fair, ee spreng up in Ontario during the la -se
fat stock show- held annually in the, 'few years and have proven be great
Royal City.- , ' eseistance to men cf small( means. 'Fed-
. The organiiersenf the Toronte en- eral legislation is now propose& in ac-
terprise 'e:ucceeded In obtaining the. cordance with a request from Ontario,
backing .of the: -oily . council, financial for .giving the co-operative Credit' ss -
and otherwiae. They went down a ito tem the benefit of a •general law ap-
Ottawa. ,and enlistedthe co-operation plicable . in all provinces. A provincial
osi the federal .departhent of agricalt deputation visited Europe some time
ture, tient this co-operation did nottake ago to study methods of rural co -opera -
the form of dollars and, cents. 'Thetlirse tion in financing, and such ref the re -
show was held in Toronto. "last Nevem- sults of this study as are con.sidereel of
,
ber, seine. Ofmthe permanent rbuildings practical application in Ontario are to
of the Canadian National Exhibition. be- be published by the department( a agrl-
ing used for the tpurpose. This was to culture et „Ontario.
have been another adeantage, the ar-
gument being pab these buildings .and
the spacious eethibition grounds would
be idle for fiftS weeks in the year
without the -aide& tho fat eitock show.
The irenuIte .a the first 'shone were not
ol tae sort calcelatied to satisfy ,every-
body, including tie city, OA -financial
'directors, of 'tete Canadian
baNckaewr. the
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National Exhibition have risen la their
might and have _declared open war on
the stock show. They sayi.that the city
ought not to spend any more cif • its
money in attempting to build up a show
which could .be a success ontY in so
Tar as it detracts either from the
present winter fair at. Guelph Or the
Canadian National Exhibition itself.
The directors eay they have a legal
right, should, they choose to. exercise
it, to keep another shoes out of their
beildings and -off their grounds. They
say that iie -the new show Is to. be
run ,as a fat stock and stallion show
with educational Ifeaturs, it will sim-
ply - daplicate the work already being
carried On at Guelph, and If it is 'to
be extended to Other classes ot live
stock it will duplicate part Of the ex-
hibition of the Canadian National,
with only two months between the two,
This 'show would either, hurt the Can-
adian National Exhibition or It would
hurt the city by 'coming along .with an
annual deficitPAI1 this Would eeem
to indicate that ethere is not room in
Ontario for iwo big fatestockt, and:Stall-
ion Shows.
• • • •
a . sign of the times, -is the. an;
neuncement -of a non-parisan pro-
gressive committee to -arrange tor the
orga,niiation of the riding Of North..
east Toronto in 'the inteeests of the
social reform programme Submitted by
• Mr., Rowell and his colleagees in the
Legislature, The committee list is -quite
(mutual (for seveiral reasons: It eontains
the names a well known COnservative-s,
e Leh as ex -Alderman James Hales, law
partner leg the Hon. I. B. Lucas; A.
R. IV/Ulla/nee a prominent wholesale ma-
chinist; T. W. Self, a, contractor:and
an influential Orangeman, and Harry.
Goodman, vice-president of the Lange
muir Company. There are • also the
• names of several independents:
list- is. notable, 'toe, &dr the -narriber
The Interestis,.
of prominent business, ftnancial and
rofessinnal men, many of whOrn, up
to the present, have net taken ,an active
interest in practical pelitics, but who.
are frankly attracted now by the
programme of social reforin r resented
by Mr. Rowell.. Contained in the list
are the names off Liberals Who, on the
• recieirocite iseue, are said to have voted
againsttheir party. Another signific-
entaleature ,is the inclusion tn the
list set3 a number of young men, which
another indication of that movement
ta ;yoting Men to the side of the pro-
gressive and social eform party, which
is reported to be general -.throughout
the proeince. Severall speakers at la re-
cent Conservative meeting IA North
Toronto iwarned-their colleaguesthat
they were iface to fasel with the "fight
cif their lives." The announcement of
this committee explains at least part
al the Conservatives' nervousness. It
is expected that similar, committees
will be announced within a few days
for some of the other Torento constit-
eginciels,- 1 1 r {
is • • •
Th'!, neeeek hag keel% (f9r014,rePeTe4
little piece a the boundleaS prairie, and
he bit somewhat hard. The reporestates
somewhat eadly, that' the returns from
this cla,ssl oil investment, have not been,
on the whole, patistact(orY.
But the man -with the `hoe hasn't
Centre Huron Liberals
A Convention -ot 'the Liberals • of
Centre Huron as established for pro-
vincial puropses; was held in Cardno's
halimni Tuesday last. There was a
good representation of delegates_ ev-
ery munieipality being re:presented. Air.
M. Mardie; Mclelhop, the pre.sidend,
and-eyfr. J. K. Kihoran,, the secretary;
.directed prooedings. The _officers of
the pastayear were all re-elected, Mr.
Wm. Proudfoot, the• present -represent-
ative, received the ureanimoussnomina-
tion:no other name being mentioned.
Mr.eProUdfoot'st nomination was moved
lby Mr. Thomas McMillan at( Hullete and
'seconded by Mr. W. H. !Kerr of Bru.se
sels, and vas carried without a dis-
senting voice. The convention was ad-
dressed by the mover and secOnder,
and by the candidate, Mr. Proud -foot
dealing a. with the several, questions
whieh are likeis to be up for dincus-
sion during the forthccerning election.
The meeting closed with three cheers
for Mr. Rowell, the Liberal leader, teed
for the -candidate.. At an rfelarlier stage
of the meeting the following resolutions
• were warmly adopted:
Moved by •James Smith of Clinepn,
seconded by C. A. Nairn -of .GoderIch,
What we the delegates assembled at Dille
convention desire to express our entire
approval of the policy and conduct of
the leiberal leader, Ma N. W. Rowell,
aeqd the Liberal party In the Legisla-
ture, believing as we ,do that if this
palicy were adopted it , would tenure
• very (greatly .to the progress andi pros-
perity of this province, and 'we pledge
'ourselves to do our utmost to return
a -candidate who will support this pol-
ice.
Moved by Dr. J. W. Shaw and sec-
onded (by H. H. Hill UAL representinte
the Liberal partly of Centre Hilton h
convention assembled, We desire ,to /ex-
press not only our approval; of the pol-
icy ail. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the
Liberal party in the Dominion Parlia-
ment, bat also our admiration Iffor the
splendid ifight being pub up In Parlia-
ment 'by that party. 'against the retro-
grade'and reactionary legislation which
the Government try to force upon the
country for flee benefit of the _Bl4'
in an. auto, . and in a rousing speech
accepted the nomination. _ His ifirst
word was of appreciation of bhe
courtesy of the Liberals of North
Huron in tendering him the nomina
tion in face of the fact that a -lum-
ber of good men were in the ridinie,
- and he felt the electors ;of this riding'
would elect him as a, protest, to the
Government in forcing him out of
Set.-th Bruce,
• The Liberals of 'North Huron have
made no mistake in their selection of
a candidate. Mr. Anderson has had a
successful career as member for South
Lruce for three !Sessions. He redeem-
ed South Bruce from the Conservatives
the last election. He has beCn forced
out Of his own ridingananthe Liberals
a North Huron feel thatrin him they
have a candidate who will be able
to defeat Mr. Musgrove, one of the. men
who voted in the House to force the
South Bruce member out of his riding.
Mr. Anyrson le as much/ a Huron r an
'as he ' Bruce. He was born and
brought up in the township ofl Ashfield,
an:d his home town of Lucknow is as
much in Huron as it (is in Bruce. The
Liberals of North Huron will unite as
one man in his suppport. •
The following officers were elected
Tor the current year: President, Robert
Sheill, EaSt Wawano.sh; lst Vice Presid-
ent, Arch. Anderson, West Wawanosh;
2nd Vice President, Sheldon - Bricker,
Howick e 3rd Vice President, Abner Cos -
ens, Wingharn; Treasurer, J. A. Morton,
Wingham; Secretary, H. B. Elliott..
Wingham.
The Oil Craze in the West
Edmonton, May 20, 1914.
Oil is a great thing. It/ makes things
run quickly and smoothly, axid it is
sare doing that here, You have prob-
ably heard they have struck oil at
Calgary, and the people have gone
oil mad. "Oil mad" that's the latest
malady. Of coarse you have heard it,
but brim didn't hearit as .lou.dly nor as
often as we do here. Every \time that
gasher down at Calgary slings some oil
into the air another oil office miens in
Edmonton and a few more. people be-
gin to count he minutestrntll ihey
will be millionaires. 0
Naturaltythings are not xis live here
as they are in Calgary. -We- are only
a kind oil reflex or subsidiary to • the
big show. It didn't strike here until
Friday last' and Saturday you could
hear the murmprings if 6.4 ,sterrn.
'efcinday morning things! were lively,
land till you didn't taste ell in what
youl Were patingeor feel the stuff
ping over you in the night it wasn't
-because there isn't enough talk. Yoe
-hear oil in every conceivable quarter,
and I Fear- if the' parsonsedo nororidle
their tongues by the next ° Lord's Day
they will subsconsiously give. an Oily
'discourse in their meeting places.
Real estate offices tiliat have for
Weeks, yes months, been as cheerfal
and esinviting as a morgue were on
!iyiondaY. morning all alive, arid now on
Wednesday the -police have to linger
around to keep the would be magnates
from blocking the pavement. It Ss sur-
prising how quickly these offices will'
open, You may beg admiring the beaut-
ies of a jeweler's window' on your way
NoLlitAN: BROS, Pubriedelbell
$1.00 a Year in saCtertianoS
emeasesseesemedasseseemees 'elseseseesse
certained that oft the 64 passengers on
the train eight al the entire namber
had lived in Winnipeg for 3! years and
over; for 30 years ;(- FAX for 20 years,
and five for 15 years and over. The
farther result of the census showed
that capital of over $27,000,000 was
represented by these 35 old timers.
-A little child playing with matches
is supposed to have been the cause of
a, serious firs at Coldsprings, near Co-
boue.g, whereby Mr. James Thompson,,
jun., lost his barn. Besidee 4110 buiel-
ing, 600 bushels„ofi grain, 10 tons of
hay, 3 calves, a sow, 70 hens, and
an implement shed were burned.
...alarm McManus, foreman of the
Grand Trunk Patific shops in Regina,
leaeestruck by lightening and instiaritly
kilted( While on h* way to workshorte
ly before 8 o'clock one morning last
week. The accideret occared on the open
prairie. No buildings were damaged,
and as tar as is known .no other in-
juries were received by any person in
the vicinity.
-gr. Duncan McKenzie, 'well known
throughout Guelpri district, died on
-Friday afternoon. He had been Sick
only a few days with pneumonia. He
was 181 years of age and was one of
the city's- best horsemen, having tak-
en an interest horses all his life.
For some years he was Treasurer of
the Guelph Riding and Dreving Asso-
sociation. He leates a, widow, two
daughters arid one son.
Or.tario Government has in-
t* t dump his load when( a Cre/eN train
came thundesing along. The team took
fright and tan away, and lead not
proceeded far when Mr. Thring was
thrown off, one of the hind wheels
a the wagon passing over his neck,
causing death instantly.
-A shipload of Hindus who arriv-
ed at 'Vancouver last week came in een-
travention of the law and were not
allowed to land by orders from Ot-
tawa. To permit them to 'do so would
be against the order-in.eouncil passed
last Decemlaer, and renewed recently,
which keeps out all classes of 'labor.
There is also the statute providietr
that .Orientals shall come esy a contin-
coos passage from the point of art -
gin. This has not been done in title
present case. In conseqaence of' these
conditions Distractions were sent to the
immigration officers at Vancoaver,
prevent the ;landing at' the party, •Thev
will doabtless be sent back' by the ship
that broaght them, and w-hichi will have
to bear the cost of the returnexpeie
ition.
-Two Tires within three nights,both.
evidently of incendiary origin, have
aroused the citizens of Listowel, and
officials to a vigilance that bids fair
:to result in the capture and prosecu-
tion cif the culprits. The latest fire
to occur broke oat about two o'clock
Friday morning, the alarrri being tarns
ed in at 2.20. The blaze was at Mr,
Mather). Calder% planing*, sash andeloor
mill, valued at $4,000. The. mill hadbeen
structed E. J. Zavitz, provincialforest, idle for the past 'Uwe) and a half years
er, to make a thorough investigation but Mr. Calder purposed returning from
darim
ng the sumer as to the feasibility, M-edicine Hat to resume operations this
cost, etc., of carrying oat the project fall. There was $500 insurance en the
of ,refbresting sand bank e in Prinast mill in. the Metropolitan Company. .rvilie
EdWard. County. The and is making a whole interior was gutted and all the
desert of hitherto fruitful farms. It 'machinery was destroyed, The walls
is pushed in by the sea on Lake One are still standing, but -will have to be
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tario.
pulled down.
-A Tire, in which two of Cornwallts
oldeet reeidents, narrowly escaped with
their lives, occurred on Saturday
morning, when the home 911 Kr. and
Mr. Francis Kirkey in that town was
totally destroyed, with most of the
contents. Mr. Kirkey is 103 years old
and his wife isetwo years lets junior.
Their daughter was in the house at
the time and succeeded in getting out
her aged parents. The origin of the
Ore is a mystety.
--A new company to be known as St.
Mary's Cement, Limited, has been in-
corporated, (with a capital a $1,500,000.
The head office of the company will
be at Toronto, the provisional direc-
tors being Alexander Fasken, Geo. H.
Sedgewick, James Aitcheson, John NC
Pickup, e.A. Struthers, Thoma.s 0: Cox
and Peter R. Ritchie, all of Toronto-.
lt is °understood that a number 'off St.
Mary's • citizens are interested. The
work, will be St.: Marys.
George KaPpele, K.0.,:one ' or
Toronto's most clever lawyers, died
lin. the hospital in that city :after un-
dergoing an operation, on Friday. He
was 54 years Of age, He rwas of der -
man descent, being a son of the late
Rev. Stephen sKappele, a. Methodint
minister. He was born and edecleted
in Ontario. .After. a brilliant, career as
a law student at Toronto University,
he 'was called to the bar in 1883, and
the same year received the gold medal
a the Canadian Law Society. t-
'hame at night;' in itheernorning it is -The corner stone of a new Lath-
-an oil broker's office. On your way eran church Was laid ha Berlin son Sun -
home 'to lanch you stop at ;the drug-, !day afternoon in the presence of.
gist'for a bottle tof castor oil, when bout. four thousand people. The stone
yoa return they are selling Calgary oil. , was ilaid by Mr. Jacob -Betz, the con -
Around these offices they have .the tracter in charge of the work. The
most sociable fellows you ever ran i Berlin midtary band provided the
.acros Lf you are at all nervous or miteic St. .efatthewts 'church' was or -
pernickety, about being addressed by tganieed ten -years ago and since 'that
etrarigers, don't stop to look in a. wins time has grown ver Y rapidly,. Untli
-do*: That's their opportunity and be- now tit has outgrown its present edifice
ifore )you can collect yourself some .kind and. /found it necessary to seek lar -
.gentleman has given you a whole lot ger quarters. The new building is ex-
ofl
pointers on oil, he has told you.
what the a# are all making and what1
ahey are gloing to makei and if, you are
rot watchfal he will have you inside
the lattice while you imagine you are
sidling- away from him. Once in yoa
are sure done Tor unless Yeu haven't
the price. They are no respectors oif
persons. They Weald just as soonspeak
to the common an as to a typewriter
;queen or bank clerk.
Just where all the,mones is coming
from Is a 'matter for wonder and ad-
miration. A !few days ago some fellows
were 'dodging the laundry man and
tightening their belts instead o eating,
but the moriey has come from some
plate.. Every; person seems to have a,
little 'to slip! into' oil stocks and per-
haps they Will make fortunes, if they
don't the ,promoters will; they will
2, way. !
Pernaps U rs a good thing iiiMer
all. This continual cry of hard times
was getting on -people's nerves. They
were getting gloomy and ,despondenti
This will brighten them up, and if it
only keeps up long enough will driye
away the blues, Tor the people 'ere
Just have to have something 'to specu-
• late in. It is in the air, and iJ they
can't speculate they* get dumpy. But
just the same before You buy' any Cal-
gary oil, be sure it is from atsure
thing well. -W. D. M. ,
Canada
North Huron Liberals
The Liberals of North Huronas con--
atitated for Provincial purposes, met
at Wirigham, on Friday last; „for the
purpose Of selecting a candidate and
organizing for the coming campaign.
The president, Mr. Robert, Shiell, of
East WaWanosh, presided. There was
a large representation, delegabet being
present from every. municipality. The
ftirst business taken up was the se-
lection of a candidate for the coming
Provincial election. The names of six
gentlemen were plaaed in nomination
as follows: J. Geknderson,,M.P.P. from
South Bruce, who was gerrymander-,
ed .out of his riding; John. Ta Currie,
ex -warden of Huron couty; 3. D.
Murdoch and E. D. Cameron/ lie 'Luck -
now; John A. McLean cet Wingham,
and Charles Stewart, Depully Reeve of
Ashtield.
All the candidates ,. declined •the
nomination with the exception. of Mr.
Anderson, and on motion, his nomina-
tion was made unanimous. Word was
immediately sent toMr. Anderson al
leAc..093Y, lee ;We, t.0 ;Winghaen
pected to cost about $50,000. r
-Mrs. Alex. Stuart of Edmonton, ,a,... Silas and Albert, re,side on tbe old
berta,mwhojechaarnr; emaseei
tttigolatitnendTtehreenrteo.:' homestead ifarrn.-A eiaity if Terme°
cent
ies
was suddenly taken id with an - at-
tack Of appendicitis, while making 'a
short stop -over at Glencoe. -She ' was
hurried. to Victoria Hospital, London,
and operated on. Mrs tStaart receletly
left London with her husband, A.
Stuart!, K. C., to reside in the west.
-At 'the Woodbine races in /Toronto,
on Saturday the horse Beehive owned
by Mr. Harry Giddings ofi Oakvil,e, won
the Kings Plate Prize for the second
. time 'in succession.[ '
-The Silversmiths' Company, manu-
facturers of silverware ad a leather
goods at New hamburg, with, offices at
Toronto, have assigned for the bene -1
it Of their creditors, and it is under-
stood that the liabilities will amount
to about fif ty thouean.d dollars. This
company are successors to the Domin-
ion Jewelry Manufacturing Company,
whose 'business they -took over in April
dfl 1913. At that time they were of-
fered a bonus from the town of New
Hamburg of $40,000 to move their enanua
factarers plant from Toronto to New
Hamburg, which they did.
-John Wilson, cashier of the Can-
ada 'Cement Company at leeshaw, .near
Calgary, had his head blown off he
thugs orri Friday morning at ' ten o'-
clock as he was about to enter • the
works with the sum ofh$2,314 in cash
to pay the hands.. Tihe robbers open-
ed fire without warning and the bul-
lets entered the unfortunate man's
head. The robbers then grabbed. the
bag and escaped across the Bow Riv-
er on a raft, making for the bash.
Two off the robbers have since been
captured, one Sif them having, all the
money; in his possession. :
-Ottawa. is to lose the importance
which iheis attached /to that city -las
the Canadian base for e.strononilcalob-
servation.s. The Government has placed
orders tor the lenses and, mounting!
of what will be the most powerful -lel-
escepe in the world. It has been de-
cided to locate it on the top cifeloant
Saanish, seven miles from the city of
Victoria, British Columbia'where ideal
atmospheric ,conditions for astronomical
workiare said to have been discover.
The site has been purchased and. the
contract for the.building in ',which ethe
instrument is to be hou_sed, will be
let shortly. .•
• -John Thring, a Zenner living Meths
oldDavid. O'Connor farm on the York
road, lief -way between Guelph and
Rockwood, met instant death Friday
afternoon in a tragic manner. Mr.
Thring was engaged with Ms team
oei horses in drawing gravel o apoint
Rise
where the Grand Trunk way, is
to erect a 'new overhead bridge, and
W2 close to the place yrIkve Le was
._ _
Illxster
Notes. -Mrs. John R. Ganes, cif Cale
gary, who was killed in an (automobile
accident near Toronto, last Week, was
a former 'well known resident of Exeter,
henhusband at one time havi* been
elerk in Pickard's store here, and atter-
wasds 12. ,well known traveller inWeste,
ern Ontario. -Mr. George Anderaonand
Mr.Vroornarewho have been on. etin ex-
tended, trip through the States,returree
ed to town lash week. -Mr. W. T. Cole
will came down from the west last)
week to nee his father, 'who las been
seriously 'ill, bat who is now recaver-
inge-Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Allen, who
have been visiting here lifor a Line re-
turned to their borne in Ireland last
week. -The anneal meeting of the Lade
les' Bowling ,Clelb was held oh Monday',
last, iwhen 2rs Dinkson was ekeeted
president and Mre. Taman, secretary. _
The iub has a 'a,rge membership for:
this year. -M. W. J. Beer has purchase.
ed the property . just- west or Connor
Br4s.lanachine ehop, &insisting Of seven
lot4. from -Kiss Bessie Hartnoll, and
Intends erectinghtwo houses on the
property. -Mr. John H. Baker, a, Term-
er 'well known resident of Exeter edited
et "his-ehorne in Rochester, last week.
Mr. taker -while in Exeter, was engaged
irr the caninet making busine,sg, and will
be remembered by many of the older
resid,enes.-The rex/meal of the brick
building 'formerly occupied by Mr. Bear
and the old blacksmith shop next ha
it have made a big gap in our Main/
street.-fr. Of, Wambold and daughter,
Pearl, of Indiana, are visitora at the
home al Mrand lira. Joseph, NTarnbolde
--iSamuel,ptanlake passed away on Sat-
urday night in his 74th:4year. He was
born in the township oU Stephen, Where
he spent bis Wee until 'five years a.go,.
when he moved. to Exeter. He Was a.
Conservative and a Methodist. He Ieavee
to mourn a wile and one -daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, at, home; tam sons,
-It is said the Niagara:peach crop
will be al:allure this year. Many or-
chards Will not produce any fruit.
The cause of this has , not yet been
definitely discovered.
-Following three years illness, Mrs.
Sutherland relict -etof . the late E. B.
Sutherland, of Listowel, died on Thurs-
day, oft last week.- She 'veaS a respected
resident, of Listowel for 36 years.
-The contract Tor the erection of a
million dollar mill for the Maple Leaf
Wing Co. Medicine Hat., has' been aw-
arded to ;Archibald & Co., o WinnlPeg,
who built the Kenora znIll for the firm.
Work will 'commence immediately, Mr.
Archibald already being there. He
expects to hate the mill ready for
grinding. by the new year.'
• -.The! fine dweleing and drive hos,
at W. IL .Kells, Madoc, Hastings
County,' were desteoyed bee Brae The
cause was burning rubbish near the
house; 1a strong wind was blowing.
and the kitchen caught in a Tew mine -
Saved.
--A. Ow days ago as the Busineees
Mem Excureion from Winnipeg was ont
its way tio the coast by special train
a census.. of the members,
in order to ascertain just how many
„Winnipeg olc. timers Were bedded in
the Oar*, was' taken on (the train one
Afternoon lbetween Weybern and Swift
Ojern_let 17.ektAtle4 jee ie being 04s -
I
motorists had a 'narrow escape from
.death Saturday afternoon at ,a point
on the London road, two miles reouth ol
this town, when the car in -which they' - -
were riding skidded off the road and
terried turtle in the ditch. Ralph.Siiier,
a twelve year old lad 'of Crornarty,
was the only One 62 the party injured
and for a time it was thoaght that
his leg was broken-. Dr, Orme, ofLucan,
however, happened to drive he and ex-
amination revealed nothing moreSerleus
than several bad ereises. The teeckeDe.
a the tourists was remarkable In tha
the car tarned cornpleas over atter
leaving the road. Althoagh not damage
ed to any great extent it reqaired the
work of several 'aatos land a pa,rty of
men to place it on the road again.
• The Celebration. -The telebrationhere
on 'Monday, 'was largely attended and
everything' passed off suceessfullyeHon.
Adam P.eck and the horse races were
the 'drawing cards and eliVided the ea-.
terest about equally. The day i was
opened by a baseball match between
Exeter. and Crediton, resulting tn: a
victory' lfor the hornehtesen.by a, score -
of 13 to 3. There i were some interest-0er- -- -
heats in the raMe. There were tweet
'races, the 2.25 trot, or pace, wen byl
Patchen 'Wilkes, and the greeet trot, lee
which Harry G. rotriped hornet a winner.
The results were: t
2.25 trots mile heats--:
ae. •
Patchen Wilkes, Sid Hodens 2 1 13
Peach Bars, H. Bossenberry 1 2
Vickie B., Bonsentarry and Kemp 3 8
Best time, 2.24.
I
Greer i trot, halfi mile heat -
Harry C., A. W. Chittick . 2 2 11.1.11
Harry Bars, J. Ilartielb 21 1/AA
Capt. Green, Boseenberry 3488
tem Burrows, W. Yearly • 4244•
-Hon. Adam Beck was WO.ven a eerie,
heartyoreceptinn and his remarks wee.
listened- to with close attention. lefe
outlined what already had been delne
by the Hydro-Eleetric Commiseion, and
what they hoped Ito .accomplishi In "the
near future Mr.Beek Wad have'ewo
schemes Tor Exeter. One is for_ae line
from Elt, Marys and the other, Lave..
through Inman. The commission are ene
deavoring to work out, a seitmtlpporting
scheme and, as in lbeeworking of ths.
hydra scheme, nrat-class standards will
prevail. The day is not tar dietantleeihein
not only Exeter, but the wholesale
rounding distriet will have hydro a
their doom. It is, our Wetness to tell
the truth, and Et tine people uph'old,
as in that, radials will be ,Weallsied.
within two Tears." Before Beek
left he was presented with 'a IMP "
bouquetg roses by lasses AVIS
and MurigeY. There were PrnhehlYI $0`
000 people in the egriettl4m4paricdurt
inalt119., atturpoop, ,
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