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WHOLE NUMBER 2552 I '
THE oRplu CLOTHING C
$10.00 $12.00
Itss abdut now that col
storage weather packag
are due to arrive. Ho
about :your "Prepare
g-• nese ?"
Your New Overcoat
Here ready for you
move into at a rnomen s
notice!
We've the Staple Che
terfield width in elegy
new fabrics of black,da
grey and other plain co -
Ori n gs,
Then comes the swagg r
form fitting English st le
or the extra full, kn
length, so very popul r
for young men.
k
Then the single a
double breasted lon
coats -so comfortable
stormy weather. Th
fabrics are of very s
rough weaves and n
warm chinchilla,
roomy and with bel
back.
up to $20.
Every Coat is tailored to the limit
perfection in the most correct sty
1 We're sure we have your particular co
Women S
and
Girls
Coat
Sale
HUMMING
Mere are great
numbers of these
coats going at very
low prices. Aston-
ishingly low prices
for such handsome and high grade
coats.' Alert buyers are not slow
to avail themselves of the economic
advantage to be gained. You can ,
save anywhere from $5.00 to -$10
just now on a coat purchase
Women's • Coats $8 to SO
Girls' Coats $5 00 to' $10 00
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5 FORTH
The foil g in
of the'.To of Se
year 1878 from
Atlas of HO on Co ty publi
1879:
• This flo hing corpora
may be jus y descri ed as on
most prosp rous an most
sive . of. a ction o
prosperity nd pr
the order o the day.
ago .and wl
generation, themems
marks the istence
trade and dustry,
most impo t plac
e . L
teml point of view, in
-was a d se and
treble fores echo'
of wild fow and the
the only inh bitants
then been t nsform
iful. embryo ity we
Without ny na
position, an with
vantages o what
days censid red an
land -from being c
and therefore more
under the siibjectio
man -this Spot was
ed by thou ands w
mon expres ion, "w
worse." I
very -Seri()
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Mall, PTIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1916
IN 1878. a very primitive and ierior one from Township .of McKillop.' "
resting sketchm the western limits the County The various details for carryin
otth, up to the of Perth, which had *aeada,mized it of the object above set forth
old If storical and Tucketsmith duly perfected, and the Incorp
Village of Seaforth became an a'
plished fact on the lst of Jar
1868, the first Municipal Council
as follows: Reeve, Dr. Coleman;
cillors, Messrs. Beattie, Hatt,
Dougall, Strong; Clerk, T. P.
Next year, S. G. MeCaughe
elected reve, continuing to fill t
lice the two succeeding years,
followed in 1873 by James H. B
as far as the Hibbert
town line; but t ea ion westward
together with the ption of Sea -
forth as the sonthe terminus of
the "Grey Turnpike" teed of Har-
murhey, as was ori ally intended,
added still further the prosperity
of the place by fretstimulation of
c,s development and ogress.
When the Buffalo d Lake Huron
ed in
d town
Of the
roues-
wh.ere
I
cone ,
gress hake been
Not manly years
of this e ntre of
pry of thi rising
ot whin now
now one of the
s, in a eommer-
Western Ontario
almost impene-
back the scream
croak of reptile,
f what his since
into. the beaut-
ow see it.
1 advan . gess of
e ac dised-
as in the early
inferior tract of
mparatively low,
difficult .to bring
of the husband-
assed By lunheed-
o, to use a eom-
t further to fare
lownes constituted a
imp diment else. to
any app oach a ' "settle-
ment" at this point; and iother places
grew apace' and pro pered , on all
•sides, and 'thin su h easy d stances,
that none ever dreg ed of t e great
future I in sore for the "Gui e Board
grrea
Swamp," a the pia e was famiiarly
known fro the fac that there stood
for many y rs at e "four eprners"
'a post and .fingerbolard ointing to-
wards E ondville,
Brussels) nd Gode
direction and numbs
place. . I
• The . firstiwho eve
to settle in I the "sw
Sten, wh located
1, McKillo , at an
ory of tha townsh
clearing a built
southeast c rner of
the first a d for a
the o y bitation
prises the town of
house stoo till quit
Malty built but wa
lately a a,rt of i
mark of t e place,
the c diti n of a r
At a • ery ea
Concession 1, Tov
sraith, was urchas
ada Comp ny by o
took up hi, residen
.
the Huron Road,
clearing some ten
the corner! where
now tan's;Sand
of imPro ent was
he offered the wh
$450, with ut a p'
time, but • ally di
blienutg:* the; t -11' to
• Shortly
Kearnan,
acres of
acres, on t
1,1
- •
• •
Jt
after t
n Irishn
hisodafo
e north
lot, and e ected a
very spot now oce
ael's hotel This
tation and the first
. place. e above
1 the only nes her
I tion 'of t e Buffal
Goderish ailway,
falo and lake Hur
great anti 'ty was
tion of 1 nds in th viciinty of the pro-
posed rai way. Under this xcitement
ai;
the balan e of M Gregor's lot was
purchased, from r. Sp ing, by
Messrs. P tton, B rnard and LeFroy,
out the 'east, who
he whole, lot into a
ough whose enter-
eived its first im-
e place was called
einen in Itheir first
plans, in ;honour of
f one of them in
lace it has since
• of Scotch decent,
drew Paton, a mit-
Scotlanc4 a major
line, from
lose of the
2-15, and
•nox, U. C.,
were reared. He
law partner of lion
Kingston. He is
mes Patton, and is
f Rt, HO. Sir John
d the only aurviv-
who ma be said to
Seaforth.
Froy were
e former
officer of
ho subse-
to -hie ative coun-
nd villa e on the
y, near arrim, was
latter.
Ai eyn
'eh, sho
of miles
• had the
nip" was Andrew
ot 26, Concession
rly day in the his -
p. He Made a
log house on- the
he lot, which was
reat mapy years
e what now com-
Seaforth. This
recently as orig-
destroyed by fire
the odest land -
yet remaining in
in.
ly • day, Lot 11,
ship of Tucker-
• from the Can-
e McGregor, who
e furthee west on
eyond Harpurhey,
eres, however, on
armichael's hotel
fter Mile amount
made on ahe place
•le 100 aeres for
chaser for a long
posed of 'it, at a-
Christop er Spar -
is Andr rival village, ettasmfast essi =rig the
proportions arid inaportance of a busy
an,purchesed threeMelittle railroad towe4
qagokag gawyoka Among the first Ito remove was
in
-east coy er of the James Dickson, now Registrar of the
log tave on the County, then the leading merchant of
upied by Carmieh- Egmondville, and M. P. for the Coun-
as the second habi- ty of Huron. He built the first brick
public -house in the building in Seaforth--on the west side
two houses were of Main street, a square south of the
till the inaugura- "four corners," which is now occupied
,, Brantford, and by Mr. Sperling.
n. About this tinae The new town continued to develop
fterwards the Buf-
evinced in specula- cation here of some enterprising pro-
ducewith an unchecked growth, and the lo -
dealers soon gave it an enviable
reputation as a grain market, which
it continued to sustain, till the amount
of wheat handled at this point was
estimated' as greater '(from first pro-
ducers) than at any point in Ontario,
not excepting Toronto. There are sin-
gle firms in the place who have hand-
led over a million dollars' worth of
wheat at this point ;in one season, and
it was an everyday occurrence to see
the streets filled with teams efrom all
points to the north for a distance of
fifty miles and upwards - Brussels,
• Wroxeter, Game,
etc., finding an you
staple of the countr
forth merchants,
With the buildin
ways into Bruce at
very great share
been withdrawn fr
e (now
ing the
to each.
courage
4
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350
Men's & Boys' Sampl Caps
On Sale Saturday
All New Cloths and New Shapes -All Sizes
50c to $1.00
$2.00
$3.00
$1.00
$1.50
MIEN444.44
The
reig• ClothingC,
SEA.FORTIT
0
Road was first built'. though Harur-
aey was many time* the extent of
Seaforth, neither' p was consider-
ed of sufficient im nee by the
Railway Company, require a sta-
tion. The people of e former piece
however built a 'station them -
g out
were
rated
come
uagy,
emg
oun-
Me-
Bali.
e
being
nson,
Sat.atessatEssotslocatsttnessetegragY...assOMO'
dere $1, Mrs. Huffman V, Miss Pole heard from southern California,
lard $1, Mrs. A; M. Archibald $1-7 where Hughes is supposed to be very
Mrs, G. W. Woods $1, Mrs. W. Re strong. As for New Mexico so lit-
Smilie $5, Miss Leatherland $1, Miss tie has beet heard from her that, ex -
Edith McKay $1-• W. M. Wilson $5, J. tept for a sporadic and meaningless
$1, Captain Fox $1, Mr. Treibeck $1-• silence. anit munigbhrotkenhe
Mrs. H. Carnochan $1, . L. Melvi$111e'
C. Steele $1, Miss H. I. Graham bsatletithnathesehee apnrdeethrveeecie,
Miss M. Laidlaw V, Miss Crosby $12, RReturns Thurday morning indicate
H. Eyre $1, Mrs. (Dr.) Burrows $5, the election for Congress of Miss JOS*
Stewart Bros, $50, Thos. Thomson $2• ate .Rankin of Missoula, Montana.
W. E. Chapman $1, F. Sauvage $10, Miss Rankin will be the first woman
Thomas Henderson $1, N. Cliff $1, to sit in the Congress of the United
Mrs. R. Mcllroy $1, Thos. McMillan States,
who was re-elected for 1874. $40, Richard Kruse $5, Miss N. Me- Not since the Haynes -Tilden contest
So great has been the progress of Nab $1, Peter Cleary $1, Earl Bell of 1876 has there been an election
Seaforth during. the above few years no, W. C. Smith $2, A. Elcoat $1, hanging on the turn of a few Electoral
since its first incorporation, that in Robt. McMillan $20, 'Alex,Stewart $2, votes, and not since the Cleveland -
the year 1874, the necessar-y steps Mrs. James Rankin $1, G.A. Sills $10, Harrison race of • 1884 has the result
were taken to have it incorporated as Wm. Trewartha $2, Dominion Bank been so long in doubt. So close is the
Main streetr the year 1875; for which year, A. Father Northgraves $3, John Nichol-
a town, and it entered upon its new staff $11, Miss Hutchison $1, Robt. contest between Hughes and Wilsoa I
ings against the ,danger of the rival • •
e 4raendvIne intmimpal existence with the advent of Carrow $5, Mrs. A. McLennan $2,Rev that each party is putting forth want- .;
ere _both' Used Armitage was the first mayor, D D. son $1, Robert Clarke $5, Susie Gov candaidate being ountedein by friend.. 1,
for aconsidere Elliott,sonreeve, and the old clerk, D.
enloek 50c, Fred MeGavm $1, Miss ly election officials.
both localities. Ell, was continued in office. Jean McDonald $1, James. Watson If the result should be deternilisell
with the Come i In 1876, Mr. Armitage and Mt, Wil- $2, Bert Williams $1, Miss M. Carroll by only a handful of votes in the Elem.
1 s,tation with ' son agaiii filled the aoove posiltions; $1, James Brewster 75e, Robt. Mc- torai College, it ie not improbable that
was taken, - when Dr. Coleman was Mayor ler two Kenzie $2, John Storey $2, Seaforth the defeated party will seek to con-
-amp Bernard years., el, y. merman rung mooted Fire Brigade $12, Mrs. R. B. Hags test the election in Congress when the ct :
• the village Reeve for 1877, and D. D. Wili3on a- $10, Alex. Wallace $1, Alex. Gordon Electoral votes are canvassed in _
er .,of station gain in 1878. For the current yer the $2, Robert A. Hogg $10, W, J. Walk- House of Repreeentatives. If lir
anye free of Munieipal officens are as follows: D. er and Son $5, F. Weiland $1,, Larry should be done it, would be neeessarir
tbeirioesting or, T. T. Coleman, M. D.; Reeve, D. D. Weiland $1, Philip Harris $2• John to create an Electoral Commission as
Wilson; Councillors, james Bgawae, Rankin $10, James McGee $2, Geo. in the case of the Haynes -Tilden con -
John Camelltl, N. Cliff ..T. Doreey,W. Bell $1, Peter Kerr $2, A. M. Hab- test,
selves and the ropl Egmondville
built a like station o
and Seaforth road -
of Seaforth: Thept
simply as flag sta
able time -mean
using their endee,
perm to establish ti
themselves. No
however, till es
and Lefroy lai
plot, and made an
grounds to the
charge on conditio
their station thereetticom This ofer
tke 'additional- con-
- art that a ste-
els of expense
n the inhahis
and Seaforth
the station
spot where we
hey was oblig-
t for supreme
hough previous
'tie a flourishing
and a cesotirreset::-
be-
and
•
,elis.
'SxaisinetedMilbetwe
Seaforth
een
ey. In short,
named,P10,0 on-
Seaforth to the
urhey, be
f it by this now
was accepted with
clition theCompa
tion be likewise bu
to themselvee. The
tants of Egniond
corabiaed, and , ere*
still used and on tliel
now see it; and Hat
ed
ed to give up the e..eet$
acy as above n
to this time it wee
eillage, containing
stores, several h.
ponding number of „
lishments of all de
And now began
tween Egmond
which had previo
Seaforth and Ha
the people of the-
ly assisted thosee
ascendancy over
themselves deprived
important placewhose embryo growth
if not exactly inaugurated, , was at
least wonderfully sieyeloped Tey the de-
cadence of its two:- jealous neig.hbors.
Even subsequent,* the es .-lish-
ment of the permane t railway citation
or
here, Egnstondville avas for some time
by far the most p, ous and invert -
ant place, contaming nearly a dozen
goods stores, withalocal inaufacturee
of various kinds to correspond with
the extent of its *en population and
mercantile trade. Soon, however, the
relative position Of the two places
, e 'n
commenced to- be en nee
Hi' ca., inseeehoafnliicatmo, outurhOggithaevil- mieerchheagnatns
'McKie?"' M. Davis $2, Miks Hel-
Bell Engme and Thresher Co $100,
continuing till the.chief part of the $25, Employee Bell
;easiness men of the latter Place had J. Finlayson
Fosindry, see list attached, $248.13,
if -lid -awn from iatnel: settled in this
Miss Jai' McMichael 25e, Rev. P.
Corcoran -$10, Rev- -F,11, larkin, $2,
Miss Bethune $2, S. Storey $5 Fe
Faulkener $5, Robt. McKinley, $1, G.
Israel $5, John Henderson $2, Miss
Sparks $2, Mrs. Warwick $2, Mrs. 3.
J. Elliott $1, Chas. Barber $5, Miss
G. Dorsey $2, Chas. Layton $2, Geo.
Bunseh $1, Miss M. Mackay $2, Jas.
Davis $5, W. G. McCauley $1, Mrs.
G. E. Henderson $1, Mrs. Geo Pethick
$1, Manley Wankel V, Miss S. Me -
Lean $1, M. McKellar $5, WM. Har -
try $5, W. A. Crich $10, J, Dennison
$5, Jos. Dorrance $5, L. C. Jackson
$1, Thompson's Bookstore $5, Herb.
Henderson $1.50, H. Jeffrey $5, Whit.
Crich $1, J. Mactavish and E. Mc -
Feld $50, Wes. Beattie, $15, Robt.
Dodds $2, L. Fleurcheutz $2, Chas.
Grassie, • . urohy, A. Stew A. kirk $1, Mrs. Kehoe 50c, Mrs. L. L.
Strong, G. Wilriamson, er -and McFaul $5, John Sclater V, Walter How the Vote StandsArona
.
Treasurer, Wre. Elliott; Audftore, Sas, Murray $2, Arnold Case $1, Charles For Wilson. -Alabama, 12;__
Cline, W. N. Watson; Assessor, Ea.. Brodie $3, Mrs. Rivers $2, Mrs. J. 3; Arkansas, 9; Colorado, 6; Florida i$
ward Cash; Collector and Chia Con- F. Welsh $1, M. McIntosh $3, Dan Georgia 14 'dilate 4, Kansas 10, Ken-
stlible, C. M. Dunlop; Market Clerk, Grimmett $1, Wm. Ament $5, J. Ter- Mickey 13;. Louis aria 101, Maryhuid 8;
Wm. Dorrance; Chief of Fire Brigade, rYherry $1, A. G. Broadfoot $2, A. C Mississi-PP1 10; issourl 18m Montana
James Cline. Routledge $2, J. Keating $5, Thomas 4; Nebraska 8, evada 8, North Care
The sight of this last officer's name Smith $10, John Kerr $1.50, J. As olina 12; Old 24; Oklahoina 10;
,reminds us that the above named Bei- Archibald $5, Wm. Archibald $5, Mrs. South Carolina 9 Tennessee 12, Texas
gade consists ef one hand engine cora- W. Carnochan $1, Miss Jessie Wil- 20, Utah 4, Virginia 12; Washington
pany,. of ;silica.: -Wlliam H, cline is Joe Dorsey .$5, A. J. Broad- 7: Wyoming 3. Taal 251.
captain, and a hook and ladder come foot, $5, John Woods $1. For liughes-Connectieut 7 Dela-
.pariag commanded 'by George
There are a dozen tanks ludic
•located throughout the town,
'large capacity, and containing
cubic feet of water.
Continued Next Week.
den,
unsly
all of
1,728
FOR THE BRITISH RED CROSS.
The following is a list of the con-
tributors and the amount given by
each in the recent campaign for funds
for the British Red Cross:
Mrs.J.Scott $1, Wm. Morrison V,
Thomas Klein, $1; William Elgie, $10
Mrs. Jas. Troyer $1, Mrs. George Mc-
Intosh $1, Peter Hawthorn V., Jas.
Wallace $1, G. B. Dorrance $1, Thos
Elder $1, A. L. Porteous $1, Misses
S. and L. Genii -nail $5, Robt. Broad -
foot $5, Miss Mae McGeoch $1, J. L.
McDowell $5, Mrs, R. Webb $e, Mrs.
J. Stewart $6; Mrs. Cuthill $2, Jas.
McIntosh. $3; no name $2, Scold; Bros
to, exchang,e loco. , the movement son $1, Mg Williams $5, Robt. Bell V5
professio al men
at once s eyed
town plot and th
prise Se orth r
pulse.
The na e of t
by the a ve gen
regietere village
the native place
Scotland, I which
retained.
Mr. P tton wa
being a s n of A
ive of ifeshire,
in H.M. 4th Regi nt of th
which he retired r the
Anglo -A ezican ar of 18
settled i the cou ty of Le
where s famil
was at t t time
Mr. Mc I onald, o
now the Hon. J
still the tartner
A. Mac. .nald, a
ing one f the tri
have be n the f
Messrs. emend
lawyers at Barri
had bee a re
high ra k, an I
quently eturned
try. A station
Norther,Railw
named fter the
• A broeher of
the first postma
in com any. -wit
inong t e eahlies
ing mo ed here
ter. P eviohs t
had bee at Ha
the ent rprise o
trolled the dest
Hargue ey, (vial
been til leading
•the offi e, which
beve s ated.
•also In st of the
purhey•, giving
suprern. cy -ethic
tween .e two I
past, ,oved do
by add hg to th
ter pla e, and e
destin of Ha
any pessible f
Araohg thos
unders o
and L
Ont.
r army
shman,
• on. Mr. atton, was
ter in th place, He
one To, were a-
busines men, hay -
1861 from Wroxe-
that the postoffice
purhey; but through
a few Men who con-
nies Seaforth,
ch until that date had
place of the two) lost
was moved here as a-
bout the same time
men of Har -
fight for
•n waged be -
✓ some time
forth, there -
✓ of the lat-
aisley, Walkerton,
let for the chief
through the Sea-
of the new rail -
North Huron, a
f this trade has
m here, and cen-
tred towards the above named points,
and others of almost equal importance
which have since then sprung into exs
istenee on all sides with the introduc-
tion of those highways of civilization
and commerce. Still, the mercantile
interests of the place have not been
so adveresly affected as might be sup-
posed in consequence of the above
causes, except with jobbing alone,
which in those dares was begmnine to
a.ssurne quite extensive proportions in
some particular lines. It's the opinion
of those well informed on such mat-
ters, that the retail trade has even
kept on increasin , partly for the
reason that the splendid stores and
enterprise of the iSeaforth merchants
offer inducements Which have attract-
ed much local trade from neighboring
towns and villages„ and partly because
the tract of territory to the north,
immediately tributary to the town, in
a business point of view has been de
veloped during these years from an
almost =inhabited forest to a thick-
ly settled cpmmunity, which fact is es-
pecialy true in respect to the greater
part of the fine and fertile township of
y.
McKillop. Thus, b 1867, Seaforth had
arrived at such a stage as warranted
its citizens Mediating incorporation as
a separate trnicipality. This was ac-
complished under the general provi-
sion of those clauses of the Munici-
pal Act referring to independent in-
corporation. The by-law was number-
ed unine, of the year 1867, and after
the usual preamble, stating that the
census (taken by Mr. Wm. N. Wat-
son) showed a population of 1,056
souls, it made provisions for carrying
incorporation into force, by defining
the territory in the new municipal
ity as being composed of "Lots 10 and
11 and the east half of La 12 in the
Township Of Tuaersmith, and south-
west quarter of Lot 24, the south
halve.s of Lots 5 and 26, and the
quarter
south-east ; of Lot 27, in the
first concession f McKillop, covering
an area 01400 acres; and by appoint-
ing Jas.- It Benson Returning Officer
for the melting electons, which were
held in the old village senool house,
business
up the
had be
cantles f
to Se
pro sp eri
ectually I settling the
urhey as a place of
e impertance.
who mo ed down at
that time were Dr. Coleman (of Cole-
man and Goui lock, who was the
hysician in the place)
tyne (present InsPec-
dealemand subs uently argely idente
), Jame Hatt, (shoe
ifiied 1'th mun emal affairs), William
Grassib, also a terwardsIclosely ident-
ified with publi • matters; Thos. Knox,
who _ built the ommerci I hotel, as it
,.
I now stands and carried it on for some
years and ward iti kson, of the
Present firm o Hickson and Bleasdell,
who erected ._8, store aad, commercial
ss at D.D.Wilson's present stand
is tim
first actising
Willie Balla
tor of License
Aberhart $15, Mrs. E. Pap
Miss Helson $1, J. B. Mende
John McNay $5, Fred ,Robi
Miss McAdam 50e, Miss M.
$2, 3. McMillan, $5, Elizabet
$1, J. B. Aitcheson $8, J. F.
J. Willis $3, Sam. Scaners
W. 0. Reid $2, J. L. Hende
Mises T. and H. Grieve $1,
$2, Jas. Kerr, v., AB. Habkirk $1.50,
Miss M. Henderson $1, S.F. Godkin $2
A. Waunkle $1, A. D. Scott
W. Kruse $1, J. M. Best $5,
J. Dale $1, Geo Dale $1, J.D.
$2, K. E. Carter $1, A. D.
V, Dr. H. H. Ross •$5, Col.
son $5, Wm. Dobie $1, WM°
John Turner $2, Robt. Mc
Wm. Sclater $5, F. Hohneeted $10,
Mrs. C. Bailey $1, Mrs. AllenI McLean
$1, Miss F. Grieve $1, Mrs. Wm.
Kemp $1, Mrs. C. Aberhart $1, Dr.
C. McKay $50, John McKenzie $5,
Mrs Brock $1, Mrs. Davidson $1,
el $1,
son $1,
son $1,
Alii
Smith
toss $2,
5, Mrs.
son $1,
. Laing
ACKNOWLEGEMET. ware 3, Illinois 29, Indiana le; Iowa.
13, Maine 6, Maesachttsette 18, miebi-
Parliament Bdgs., Toronto, gan 15 New Hampshire 4, New jersey
November 7th, 1916. --n e 4 '
14 New York 45 Oregon 5 Pensyl-
ohn Bettie, Esq., vania 38, Rhode !island 5, South Bak-
Joh
British Red Cross, ota 5, Vermmit 14, West Virginia 8,
Seaforth, Ont., Wisconsin 13. Total 247.
Dear Sir -1 pleasure in enclos- Doubtful -California, 13, Mirmesota,
ing herewith my receipt to cover re- Total 33,
12, New Mexico 3 North Dakota 0
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you eecently, in aid of the British Red *4.........19*.t..............
mittanee of $2779.38 forwarded by
Cross Society and the Order of St. CANADA
(Total.
To you and all those associate.d with -A11 able-bodied Belgians a
you in the work of raising this con- ' from eighteen to forty living in Can-
tribution, my personal thanks are due; ada are being Summoned to register
also, the sincere thanks of His Hon- with their Cenicals before the first of
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or, the Lieutenant Governor and the Deeeraber next
Mrs. Fisher's clothing
Treasurer British Red Cross Fund, dagt:°YeklErrnineeeirsegri.eiglinae°ePenegiegsteelsshfierrePlaceree,
Province of Ontario. ceived painful barns.
other members of the Committee'. --Both Mr. arid MTS. George Fisher
Yours very truly, of Simcoet were severely burned Sun -
T. W. MeGARRY,
2, Mrs.
rs, W.
emmell
rnstrong
A. Wil-
inson $1
illan $2,
-Five men were dm/tenet in the
A LETTER FROM THE FRONT Abitibi River, near Twin Falls,not far
Kenzie will be of with interest to his many- from Haileyb , when a KM loaded
timber a d carrying 12 men
The following letter from jack Me-
crashd into' a hidden rock and up -
friends in this loelity. Pte. MeKen-
* old, Verna boy e who wont
West about three years ago. For a
time he lived in the Peaee River dis-
triet and then joined the Mounted Po-
lice, later enlisting in a Western Bat-
talion. He has now 'been at the front
for about a year,serving with the Sec-
ond Canadian Mounted Rifles:
busut
At
the Huron Road was
Miss Docherty $2, Mrs. F.
Mrs. Wallace 50e, Mrs. W
man $2, Jas. Thompson $2,
News $3 Dr It. R. Ross
ing 50c
Free-
Seaforth
2, J. A.
Wilson $2, Ed. Hinchley 2, S. T.
Holmes $5, W. Edmunds $2 Michael
Dorsey $1, Percy Smith $ , W. E.
Kerslake $15, John Forrest 25, Thos
Dickson $5, Wm. Black $10, rs, G.S.
Black $10, Rev. G. e ey $5
Marshall Stewart $1, Mrs. Ach. Soo
tt
$2, Miss Agnes Govenlock $1, Mrs
W. D. Hoag $1, W. G. Broadfoot $1
Robt. Joynt V, W. L. Forret $10, N
Cluff & Sons $25, Win. Deem $1, Mis
Nellie Young $1,Canada Furnituy
Mfg Co $25, Clara Pinkney $1, Mrs
$1, Mis
10, Mr
5, Mis
1, Mise
$5, Geo.
, Mrs. L.
h Milling
$10, Mies
$5, Mrs.
Allen $3,
G. Styl s
$500, John
ark $2,
eCloy, $
Reid, $f
g $5, Mi
odgins
• H. Re
$10, Wm. Duncan $ , Jeffers
$15, Wm. Scott, (McK.) $e, Mrs.
Finlayson, sr. $2, George cAdara
W. R. Smith $50,. N. T. Cl if 50e, J
.Aitcheson $2, Miss H. Freeman.
Mrs. S. Johns V, MTS. Geo. Ch
ney $2, Miss Jane Chill 50e, Mrs.
am Dodds $5, Sam. Cluff $2, Mart
ha
Taylor 50e, W. M. Turnea $1, Mrs.
Gibson $10, Mrs. Boyd .$2, Miss IC.
McKinley $5, A. G. Stalin $10, Mrs.
Gales 50c, Miss M. jolmston $4, Miss
Brine $1, W. C. T. Morson $5, Wm.
Somerville 25, Beattie Bros. $25,
M Edgar $1, A. Box $1, Mrs. San-
France, October 18th
Just finished a • little fatigue of
drawing water for the cook kitchen.
In this little French town water is
scarce. We had to windlass it up about.
150 feet so we had quite a little con-
tract for an hour or so. I have been
in the trenches once more. It was
quite a hard trip, as I was on the
front line all the time on. a bombing
post. I am sure thankful to be here
to -day, as I have had several very
close shaves. Fritz shelled us heavily
nearly all the -time, and a few landed
square in the trench, burying every-
one nearby. We dug most of them
out, but a few were 'buried too deep
and. were dead before they could be
dug out I had. the pleasure of being
partly buried myself, -by a big H. E.
bursting just over the parapet That's
just our side of it. I would like to hear
Fritz' e part of it. Our batteries were
playing on his trenches all the time,
and occasionally they would open up -
and
say it was awful the way they
raked those trenches. Different times I
saw Germans go up in the air when a
high explosive burst irt the trench.
We are sure getting back our own
now. Just now we are back for a rest.
We may be back for some weeks, as
we have to have reinforcements be-
fore going in again. So Arthur Mc-
Lean is wounded. I was enquiring for
him from some of the 13th boys. They
didn't seem to know rauch about him,
only that he was wounded and gone
to "Blighty." Hope he isn't wounded
seriously .it will do him good to be a-
way from here for a time. It is surely
miserable in the trenches now as
is wet and cold. I•magine .stopping in a
water soaked trench from two to six
days in the same place. It is no pleas-
ure spot I can stell you.
J. Twiss $1, Mrs. A. McGavi
J. Case $5, Miss Weatherill
R. Jones $3, Mies Locki
Forrest $5, Mrs. 3. Tama
F. Fowler $5, John Cardn
Gregg $2, J. A. Stewart $
G.; VanEgmond $2, Seafo
Co. $100, W. R. Smillie
Everett $2, Jas. Hinchley
J. Gunmen $10, Miss M.E.
Rev. T. Brown $2, Mrs. A
$2, a friend $500, a friend
McMillan $2, Mrs. R. L. C
T. DeLacey $25, Miss 5,
Isaac McKay, $2, Miss 11
Jas. Robb $3, Mrs,W.Gold"
J. McBride $1, Mrs. Dr.
Mrs. Livingstone $2,25,
'known as Union School No. ,
OOR •COP Y
set. Eight men were saved. The
filth Mill, an employee el the Calk'
aclian Stewart Company, met deatb
in a heroic effort to Bev the other
men. His name could not be learned.
-Fire in South Woodslee, 'Mews
County, on Saturday night about It
o'clock, destroyed a block in whicb
were located the general store of
Louis George,. Jacob Michael's
rn-
piernent building, the front of which
was used for a garage and held three
Maxwell cars and one Ford, was de
stroyed, also Harley Williams' barber
shop and the Oddfellows' Hall. The
loss was partly covered by -insuranc.
A call was sent to Essex for aid, in a
few minutes the Essex firemen were
on the scene, but were unable to ren-
der effective aid as there was no fire
apparatus in Woodsee. The local
It
Wodlee, men kept the fire confined
to these buildings by use of buckets.
-Holding Up at their revolver
a member of the staff who slept on,
the premises then binding and. gag-
ging and binding him, two masked
highwaymen blew the safe of the Mere -
chants Bank Of Canada at Okotokse
thirty miles seuth of Calgary, at two
p.m. Saturday' morning and escaped
presumably in a motor car with the
cash eontents,Which amounted to some
thing in the neighborhood of $7,000,.
Before committing the robbery, the
bandits cut the telegraph and tele-
phone wires at each end of the town
and it was not until the messenger ar-
rived from Okotoks by motor ear
that the authorities were notified of
the criine. Ae far as the mounted po-
lice were ableto ascertain at an early
hour the burglary was very similar t..o
that recently; perpetrated at Caron,
Sask., in fact the mode of operations
seems to have been exactly the same.
Superintendent Horrigan, of the Cel-
ery Division: of the Royal North-west
Mounted Poliice, sent detectives and
officers to Okotoks on an early morn-
ing train, while officers of the W-
ary branch of the Merchants Bank
have also left for the scene.
-Joseph Primeate the aged Grand
Trunk crossing watchman who opened
the gates at Talbot street, in London,
on -June 18h, allowing a motor fire
truck to rus in front of a freight
The Presidency is still in doubt, and train. with th result that the machine
urts -may have to settle it. Both was wrecked and Captain John Case
iiz
killed, was a itted of manslaughter
by a jury a ter minutes' deliberation
at the Fall Assizes on Saturday after-
noon last. The aged man was not ask-
ed to sit in the prisoner's box. He
admitted the whole story, but it wee
shown that the accident was really the
result of his anxiety to assist the fire-
men to make a prompt response to an
alarm. He held them while one train
pased, but did not suspect the ap-
proach of ahother from the opposite
in a heroic effort to wave the other
Chatham some years ago.
J.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
4.
parties have taken preliminary meas
ures, the Demcerats retaining John B.
Stanchfield and Delancey Nicoll as
counsel, and the Republicans instruct-
ed the State Chairmen in all the
doubtful States to retain counsel. A
recount has already been demanded by
the Democrats in New Hampshire.
At midnight on Wednesday Presi-
dent Wilson had 251 votes assured,and
Mr. Hughes had 247, with 33 in doubt
in four States-Californoa, thirteen;
Minnesota, twelve; North Dakota,
five, and New Mexico three. Mr. Wil-
son can win by carrying either Cali -
arida or Minnesota and also one or
two lesser States. Mr. Hughes can win
with Californa and Minnesota, but if
he only carries one of them. he will
have to get both the smaller States in
addition. He is in tlae lead now in
North Dakota, but not M any one of
the four.
This would seem wholly discourag-
ing for Hughes, if it were not for
the fact that Wilson's lead in Minne-
sota has been transformed into a
Hughes plurality of 800. California
as yet is anybody's state, for though
Wilson is in the lead, the returns
which put him there have come from
the part of the state where he is
strongest, and very little has been
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-George Clements, aged 42, a son'
of the late George Clements, an old
time tailor ef Winnipeg, was murder.
ed on Saturday in a little shack four
miles west of Husavik, near Sandy
Hook, Lake Winnipeg, by Mike Hew-,
direction. He came to London from
ents, with ehree other Wileggers,
on Friday, I went down to Winnipeg
Beach to lea up their summer cot-
tages for the winter, and on findin
that a nurrber of articles had been
stolen, they enlisted the services . a
tshheacPrk octvinf teiyralhpeculiet. mOnr,rge, emeritning oth
dentified s reral of the stolen artid
and while stooping to examine a
the Austrian reached for a gun &n --"A
fird.
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