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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1919-03-07, Page 1Itti.ARY 28, 1919 0111.0161114M1Wiee '1111.11.111,..141.1.1.1.11101.111..1,111'. Spr'uss, Fashion Book. On Sale Now. WM* tow to ve, Told kiefly es -7%e • x.„ 4,040AAAA-AAA•AAAA . • 'A."•••••";4AA'A•AA'A+,011•••••1••A•i•A.A.-,•e••••v•-•r••••••‘,4••••••••• Ac•-•••,•-- . , • FIFTY THIIM YEAR ‘te WHOLE NUMBER 2673.) ,•••••••••••••••••04.1.. "1"..00.120•0111111011mies, 1 - • • AA. I • _ ,t z,:,-311•11541,-.-.A.ASX.A.:44,W,AAAFA1 - • Aotqf vr,* ,•••• •-•• -••••• SKAPORTH; 'PRIM cH 7, 1919 11111111111110111011111111111111111111111M111110011110111111,1MMH111111111111111111111111111101, it •it E Greig Clothing Co'y " Second to None " . • . ISONER - IN GERMANY the Englanders, orilhe streets TWENTY-TWO MONTHS' make me forgets fit%sthingst things thaVneeds Viary re Pte. U a newphew of Mrs. A. man swine sit up-sti.tatte TP. he following later was Written by ber them. We are, king thos E. Niel of Fyfe,Ustorne. Pte. Fyfe wise us riow tied they fin, it better tri made iprisimer by the Germans at the ,their bette.*'qiiitegooe. Itt7PV battle. of Vimyltidge and -was a pris- (Extracts from ano r Wet oner -I for a period of twenty-two • . = months. - - - - - - - i New Spring nits. .1 , . , fromiyou to -day and will answer thein. I Have just reeeived some letters Gustrows Nov.- 24tk 1.9180. • . , s vs au,. . = .- ...-- _ . noW. II will bring thisjetter to Eng- - - - * kind imyself, so that ,if.-- will Save any - - - - Coats Hats- i you.a ay are met: intousletave anstorwe - - . 1 ., 1 censer, and be more liable to reach and= - . . -,- = is a tit of excitement just now which - - Fs' makes it a bit hardefor me to Amite. , - - ei 0- Eh to you, but I will do the best I can. - _ Now, I suppose you will want to know MAW MEC MN MI II AMC Mit Furnishings_ .,, . . . . , . AMA . • A . Inint AM" Ins. NMI IIMAr .1111110 ,111▪ . 111.11 AIM ! • / A .1 New Dress? L New Corset [earn that it is folly over an old corset. - first purchase a form with the cor- tve just been re - ie various models. iertlar care to pur- ir figure, for our you a corset at all, mid prove uncora- ly adapted to your LI. prices in D.&A. few Blouses New Frill collar info one very woman will se may be had in and you can well he combination is. Other blouses of 00 to 9.50 ies at $1.50 and Percales vice, yet attractive vith white or col - earl buttons and made. ity in secur- nne to this &in weather dur- n* that Ivhen rehl e a great demand ittence of this, we now able to sup - very best kind warmth at a 40e, 50e1 60c, 75c 10Ar AMS MIN MR. SOW MIA ABM =MI AIM 1•111A MIA MIS Am. IMP AMY Ina MN, COL SAM N MI AMA AMA EMI AIM MAL AMA Am. M▪ IK OMB Am! AO. AIM 11111. This will an to the public that:we are ready with the goods for shoppers af- ter Spring apparel. A splendid show- ing of clothing for Men, Women and Boys while cloth producing conditions through- out the world have been •much tlisorgon-, ized yet there seems to.be no lack of ma- terials for garrnent.making purposes. All our new selections consist of the . choicest obtainable and anyone making this store the purchasing place of new spring garments may be sure ofthe cor- rect styles, the highest standard of qual- ity with prices consistent with the above features. Suits. ... . . Women's Croats._ !riots.... Raincoats. .. .$15..00 to $30.00 ..$10.00 to $25.00 s2.o9 to 465.(x) ....ss.00 to $20.00 ANNA NISI. •1•1011•••••••••.....• MOO • t' 111 AMA swat amo. • A, AMY =Mr AMR SEA FORTH triegfegektingenenend ••• beet:Tither atii;1918. *Well I arn sun_ in ni And _ d not. few erns. •Gees ce left Sent, g. just received fin letter fro yea containing ten pag� 4110 have to get busy. Really 1 fit a- • shamed of .--myself. phee X got year nice. long letter and I had one • ' little page stowed trey in the els. lumi.iummiumumumumummum 1 Grand Benefit I MO . *7:: Dance . _. _ _ _ . , . . _ ...z. monday Evening, March 17. E = Dancing commences SAO sharp s s . Orchestra Music . -. re. Ladies bring cake or sandwiches = . .k =, . Gentlemen $1,00 _ s', = , -, , Everybody welcome = 43 CoMmittee-John 13eattie, Charles in.:, = gather, L. T. DeLacey, Harry E s . Jeffrey, A. A. McLennan, = . Charles Stewart. . . = ' A.D. Sutherland, Secretary = = Carclne'S £pera Hall ope fee you. -7511111111I111111111111111111111111111i1111H11111T: I eyou, You see I Avatt4tvingliretty erre-glad you got the photo evil good - when I had that taken : You, mi t Our four larg elevators in town surprised ete' know Ant sir -0 have been kept very buiy since last - what I have been doing since I went . be _ = to Germany. - Well as yola know we were captured • = on the llth of April, 1917,1about 4 - = in the afternoon. We fought hard in Et: trenehes from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. but -F.:. the, Ohnies got behind us and all.over = - the p of us, so we had to give in. I g knocked On the head with a rifle butt, which put me to sleep -for a few • . mutates. A few days after we were = captured, We were locked in Fort Mc - E slice, of bread and a cup of water i = Donald at Lille for 14 days on a small •= per I day, with 100 men in a room = sleeping on a stone floor with -nothing, • Metinder us and foul air over us. When re we Came out in 14 days time we were IIII6 A A . rt. Imarghed around the main streets ot Fel Lille and the people were given to understand that we were newly earl- = i turod Englishmen. You will have an = idea' what we looked like after 14 dais = , without a *ash or a shave. Our clothes E were stiff with the blood fro ffi the E trenches and we stank like a slaughter El. house. We looked bad enough when = we went to Lille, but -you must guess = for yourself what eves were like when = we came out "Beasts was too good a = name. for it," We Were taken from = Lille up behind the trenches under =11... Our own shell -fire and we lost a lot = of lives there. We only got half ra- - tins for the first week, which consist- ed of a slice of dry bread, or what = they call -bread in this country) it is c - most sawdust." We had to eat turnip - tops siwklions, green _ grass, or any = mortal thing- We 'ebulcV girt Oldsit. = One day when we were wining from = work we saw three horses that had =, been killed by shell fire, and the whole = crowd of us rushed them and hacked E big chunks out with our kinves. Of .= course our guard tried to stop US and • , =•, knocked three of ..our party. seetielese, sinitnaged to. get- away.with Ft enough flesh. for a good meal. For the • least • little offence we would be tied, --tt to a tree for two hours and have to = work all day without rations. I WaS iiiimumminummummimmnummionmmuninumillumujimmilimmir: tied up one day for stealing some lila ;••• • $2-.00 for $1..00‘‘ Generous Premium List of the - Seaforth Horticultural Society CHOICE le -One Apple or One Peat, Tree of any of the folloWin• g varieties. Apples—Duchess, King, bes Golden Russett, Fameuse Talman Sweet, Wealthy: Gravenstein, Spitzenburg, McIntosh. Pears—Anjou, Bartigt, Sheklon, Clapp's Favorite CHOICE 2 --One Plum or One Cherry or One Peach Tree of any of the following varieties. Plum -Abundance, Bradshaw., Burbank, Lombard, Inver- _ " ial Gage, Red June. Cherry—Early Richmond, Montmorency, Windsor, Black Tartarian, Yellow Spanish. Peaches—Fitzgerald, Crawford. CHOICE 3—One Rose Selected from the following list. Hybrid Perpetual—Alfred Colornb, Baron Bonstettin, General Jadk, Frau Karl Druschki, Paul Neyron, Ulrich Brunner., Mrs. John Laing. s Clinibing—Dorothy Perkins, .Excelsia, Tausendschon, Gold Finch, Baltimore Bell. Hybrid Tea—GrUsan ,Teplitz, General McArthur, Kaiser- ine Augusta Victoria, Lady Hillington, George, C. Waud, George Dickson,. Madam Jules Grolez, Sun- burst, Mamam Cochet (pink). CHOICE 4—Hydrangea Paniculata. • CHOICE 5—Datchmaes Pipe, CHOICE 6—Boston Ivy. CHOICE 7—Orie Peony. CHOICE 8—Three Undeamed Dahlias. CHOICE 9—Spirea, Von Hutte (white flowering shrub). GHOICE 10—Wei Rosea (rink flowering shrub). CHOICE 11—One Lilac. CHOICE 12—Ten Gladiolus CHOICE, 13—Three Tuberous Begonias (bulbs) , GtiOICE 14-0ne Norway Spruce. CHOICE 15—The Canadian Horticulturist CHOICE 16—HaIf ounce Sweet Peas; One trade package of Asters. Seed; One trade package .Lettuce; One trade Packagei of Early Beets. Cut oat this advertisement sign your name and address on the line below mark X opposite any 3 choices and mail or hand it with One Dollar to the Secretary or Preside-nt Members wishing to procure trees, plants, or other nursery- stock in addition to their four choices, whether mentioned in the above Premium List ter not, may do so by paying only the actual cost of same and making out, their wants on a separate sheet. • Name. . .. • • ... ... *0111•1•‘••••••••••61 ....... .......... NOTICE.—All selections to be in by March 15th. Selections for trees to be in not later than February 25th as we cermet guarantee to secure selections after these dates. „ WILLIAM HARTRY • Sec. Treasurer • i; biscuits. They foiend them. on m I had them stowed inside my shirt an because I would not tell who the other - were that got them."' was tied to tree. The crowd af us stole 500 iro rations and 100 lbs. of tinned mea We were all- punished more or less fo that The French used to try to giv us food but the Germans would no allow that. I saw a guard shoot French woman in the leg for giving man a small bit of bread, but that wa ,nothing. It *as a clean wound. could go on forever telling you thing worse than this but now tel some of the Sunny side of the thing After two months behind the lines w were removed 40 miles back to a-plae called.- Conde. The French there -had all our guards bribed so that they could give bread and clothing, have a fine little French girl there tha used to look after ins. Only for the French 'people there very few of us would have been alive now. If we would go to the doctor, sick, he would tell us straight that there was nothing wrong with us. "You tre only run down for the want of food," then he would write on a ticket, "fit foirwork,'" and that was the ead of it. When we left Conde we cam d to a place called Marginal; where another fellow and myself made a,bid for it, that is, we • tried to escape, We *ere away for 2 weeks living -among the French but we came out one night and took a German under officer for a -Frenchman. and started to speak to him. Before we knew where we were he had as cov- ered with his revolver. He was quite entitled to shoot us dead but I sup- pose he thought of the torture he could put us through so he saved us up. Last December I was sent to Ham- burg to work'. 1' told them I was a full blown carpenter so I have had. a good job in a carpenter shop with a big ship -building "firm. Since last eltlew Year's we have not been so very badly treated. I have been get- ting my food and clothing from the Red Cross so I- had to depend on the Germans for nothing, The worst thing was that we had to be, locked up all the time and- were allowed out 10 hours during the day to work. On the, morning of the 6th of November three` German sailors came into our bar- racks and took all the aminunition and • rifles from our guards. Then turned a- round and told us we were "free" and • dould go or do what we liked. The first thing we liked was to give those sailors the heartiest cheer they ever had in their lives. They were all &es - sed in red because they belonged to the Revolutionists. When we went into Hamburg they had machine guns stationed at nearly every corner, as bout 500 people were killed and a few windows smashed, otherwise, not much damage done, I wigh the Kiser had been there I would have taken his nose home as ,a souvenir if someone else had not got it beforetme. After everything . quieted down, v,/e bad'; good time. The. people of Hamburg could not do enough for theEng- imiers." I suppose some or them were tr7ine to heal a very guilty conscience lys 'Ivy did not need to worry as the TS "%h. aathorities are going to fix al) their guilty consciences for -them. IIte ever their hugging and kissing ' nib ere I had. that taken l SePtember handling the large quantity A Asion. { W. 231195., Publishers SUS a Year ist Ailyauee spiritual conunision? Is it not high horrors of 1914-19j8. time that Christians were awakening Germany can not complain if Ypres to their mission. Surely Christ's reinams as it stands to -day. This commission "Go out into all the world goehmastalyn PilinOenUinis eGntenlia. An_bun'vir°rdrked years from now Ypres will offer matesial evidence as to what it meant to Bel- gium and France to resist the over- anastering ambition of the Junkers in the bitter years between 1914 and 1918." and preach the gospel," is still needed more than ever to be heeded in this age of false theories and -dogmas. Right here I cannot do better than quote the openin' g remarks by.. Dr.. Dean James M. Gray, at the Bible Prayer Conference held in the auditor- imn " of the Moody- Bible Institute Chicago, from the 3rd of February to the 7th instant. In the call for this gathering he said, 'Do we realize that the war has given a new impetus to .false religious teaching? German militarism- is dead, but German theo- logy, that made it possible, still lives. The gospel of good works, of physical , suffering and sacrifice, has More than ever supplanted that of salvation • e O get a suitable fader to 1 through the Cross of Chtist Never feed. Manitoba's live stock is was. there a sterner demand on Christ:, constantly on the increase, so we will sans of the evengelical faith, never a take up- the growing of alfalfa. The sterner call for a bold and united test- Department of A•grieulture selected imony. Now I say again: There was ten plots at various points throughout theee elevators, besides the numerous never a sterner call for a bold and. the province duing the summer of gars leaded from the platform. It is united testimony to God, as He has 1911, for the purpose of determining 'stairing the am.ount, of Wheat grown revealed Himself in Jesus Christ titan whether alfalfa could be grown pro - in the Dauphin and: Gilbert Plains dis- to -day. tritts. Anyone who has never visited Nov readers, as I haveoccupied so bably this far north, for .it had been - regarded quite generelly as a erop this' great Western country, can have" :much space of The Expqsitor, I deein suitable only for al comparatively. no idea of the fertility a our son it wise to stop, but with this request mild climate. While the erop in ques- 120 pounds but When that ,Waa k n weighed 180 $2,: When we were Working behind firing line in-Franteit (We were ;there - the first 8 months.) used'to4chrry naeobtrbiciokwinawmly.Potkl, 8.0 d . - We have been waiting in .4 reve Camp for about threeLiveeks now wait- ing to be senttotEnglanot and th time goes very slow, but -Gig are net 'own - hearted yet. We ha.le,e burned down over half the camp feirfire wood so we will be sleeping in ft* opereve soon if they don't get us. away. Th Ger- mans have very littleito `say to u now.. They tried to cerne tbe ,bounce on us when we came • her ; nrst day They came into the hut to 1.4 out f bed faotusndot'chIeocgkaminetwhease:lieing bu th- ilpiumiledcathe b abtl atnhko.eyt on one out than eyery 4 • o grain grown last year on these „heaUtiful plains; as many as 26 car - "loads per week being shipped from MANITOBA, LETTER Dear Expositor:—Now that a great deal of the vacant land in Manitoba is being brought under caltivatiorl, there are not the stretches there used to be, to be utilized by the nearest farmer for •both Pasturageadhay, so it is necessary for experiments toh. * and its .magnificant productiveness. hat ,you all may ponder Dr. Gray's emarks as well as what I have said on the- Christians attitude in this age: It is well to ask yourselves the bues- tion whether the werld is getting bet- ter or worse, and have it .answered alone. from God's world, especially noting Christ's address on the Mount of Olivet as Seen in Meiheer°24th and 5th, chapters, also in St Luke 21st, hapter. • Yours sincerely, A. great boom in the sale of - land r here has occurred since last Noveinber. a.n i rising in value rapidly, and many good sales. have been effected lately. Here are the prices realized for four of our best' half -sections, Which have from fair to good build- ings 3, 1 erected on them; viz. $17000- -Ins,000f; s22,000 and $23,000. These 2 Odd Thiy. -farms range from 1 Mile to 12 iniles c sap rnan, to get Sobner,g t that y, was o t ai) ,s,was h the - • - ,from t wn, are up-to-date farms. apd Were Owned by Mr. -Joe Berey„ the IttfolliVleun Cantpbell, Mr. D. Cam - the last we saw of t *Se Johni eroii, and Mr, M. Ledeastle respecti.vely three blue streaks going throu The la t mentioned is returning to Ire- . . doer.• After two or 'three him a the :land t 's spring, hia, auction sale held officer in. charge Caner up, He wanted on the -18 ,instant realized . nearly to know *here we hid•.been working.. '$9,000.1 When'We told hint in llarabierg e only Thelexcellent crops grown on these laughed and said, "That ,accounts for plains have induced many from the the way We used the guard that Morn-, East:, , settle here; many who have .goae arther west, have returned to . the ,p1 ins, believing there is no t bet- tigilii mg. • „ , Say I \Mid not like theAdea ing. sthe-snorning bir that Ise of yours. Gee! .-think, loci it, up at 5' in the ineriiing, At I don't getout of bAtmtil 11. don't know if is -old tithe),Thea. weite,fletters- f hours -and abo-a.e_Inethe afte go to bed again untitre in the 'noon. Then play cards till, 3 the Melting. Hew is hat for t.have asPrissiait; awe who co =WItttass•h*Sityt fo have .and washr•tikinuetey b for which' I have to give hint a of boiled turnips and a slice..of -G bread worth about one Meth' England for pig feed, but in country worth about 5 shillings starving- man. , I am going up to Glasgow w get leave, to see some people I there. I might meet some of o Lotions there. If I see any one name of Fyfe or Neil wearing hat, a gold -headed walking cane P.11 just bid him good da.y an out his family history, "See." I think we are going to En through Denmark and will pro have to. stay it Denmark a we two so will finish this letter -se leave here. They may send Halifax if they like as long as get me but of this country. I'M looking 3j'it their starvation glare probabl • don't lmow what sort glare that is and I very pinch of rie- •time resent -settle .year new. t tvie aftei- r 4 in. - e my e to , ete. ecket an . in heir or a that yo We ar We lan are now forty-ei to get a and not you look supp glad I Et We got t don't find out.. Denmark, Dec, 22nd, rived in Denmark last d at Corienhagen wher in camp under'quarintin t hours. Gee, but it is ongst civilized people a ave barbed wire every en ow re - y the 1 silk ;find land ably k or en e to they Sick you sa ope 918 ht. lawe for gin, lace se you .will about know ow - to get away frpm Germ: y , ree good blankets last n ht to sleep under. The first decent ed ly get us out for breakfast tips m rn- for 22 mors. The Danes amid h rd- ing we were so comfortable. We ere all t very Sea sick. coming over yes er- daY. I think it is the first time I ve been that way. We are starting to re - pare for Christmas, we will hav a Christmas tree in the camp here, as the boat oesn t leave for anothe 8 days yet. - Well I ust bring this letter t a finish wis ing you all a. Merry Ch at- mas and a Hapy Kew Year. N . 709, Pte, P, M. Fyfe, i 14th Aust. Inf. Batt. En , FROM GILBERT PLAINS Dear E positor:—It is a long ti since.your readers have had a let from Gilb rt Plains, so I think I ah write one now which 1 hope may i terest the in illariy. ays: To begi with, I in st say we ha e had an ideal winter for this northe country. Usually the thermonet r has ranged from 10 to '25 degrees bove zero with no storms but wi h steady s shine nearly eyeryda . However since -the 23rd instant. 0 have had it pretty cold, and for two r Three nights the mercury: had clropn to 30 and even 40 belbw zero. B. t this latter Marking is good- tor us t remied us of foriener experi6nces an enable us tO appreciate mild weathe when we • get it, and, thus realiz through testing experiences the bi s sings in store for us, ....The fin lepidentic still lingers our midst aud at prcee - tflere ers bout twenty cases in ':1- ' Markls District. Sehool enri -'s -ehes ss: e closed 'n ectober Ind tee -.hied ele 4 Strangbsut Ws :. , iliF 11 euntry' . til January,' but ., lair a: these nese being closed: for '`,.h.e. $ cer thee a Id from all ap earais ss • - mti -elm " however, to ta= 4 '-11- will be rdece II 2 0. `lb . 11 here has been .. .- v 4"''.' the epid,,,mic,1 in ,. ' ,.. • 't-..ty .i.r,..„1,4 from its .,-.,l'e es h. • - re ees Id er 11 11 • t mg country in the West than ilberUloins„:4.1unnkei...,of came from the States last - many more are expected din: - coming sunnner. The 'climate, though cold in winter, is healthy and the country . is .well, adapted- for mixed farming to which it is fast advancing during. late yeats. Oar] country here realizes with the wholeig Canada its great, loss in the rrojik•fremt earth- ,ofe Sir "Wilfrid, Laurie A•lost that Will be felt -for some thitest Sir Wilfrid was a true. states indefatigable politician, is goo Warrior, and an honerable cit- izen. Few men .have been possessed .with uch tactics for government, none aye borne a greater dignity of eou esy, and humour, and few have uall him as an 'orator, whose speec was always seasoned by choice Engli b, interwoven with French ac- .centea d styje, and bearing in its eharL. deter ucli 'excellent thought, that en- dearei him him to all his hearer, His views n conscription, seemed to sever tempo arily some of his true friends, but 'h is to be admired. by all true thinki g citizens in his firm stand for the t e volunteer prinicples of which he wa such a noble. type, His con- viction on the best for the country, and. pire were not gathered from mereenary objects, but front as pure the best interests that serve ntry best. • He will be rernein- or his advocacy of Free Trade es, and also for his dignified or in talk and walk- as a true French-Canadian citizen and f our country both as premier love o the eou bered f Princip demea typical leader and in he oppostion. the present; Veace though far from War ippervitly is over, at leas iversal, is being enjoyed; construction or has beg in mil' that wij luded in in a wo freed° peace, a thne. ment. T ed at th host, is have ac That rei ised has at His. the reje hatred o Self fina Messiah, will yet condemn tribulati which is and incr will retu and, afte up His 1 the whol man ma treaties, Until He then only ered And no - what aboat God's children's part not in the world's business, but in the un, and our great leaders are rence delegating peace terms 1, I hope, eventually bring us from the crueltiee.of war for However we must not be de - o the doctrine of umniiirersal uch. a peace can never exist Id which is doomed to judg- e great peace that -was offer - Birth of Jesus, by the` angelic illy enjoyed by the few -whc, epted peace in Jesus Christ. n of peace which was prom - not yet come. Though offered rst advent, it was denied 1sy tion of Jesus in the woifld Him then which revealed it- ly in the cutting. off of the But that promised peace ome, bat only when this old d world will pass through and judgment. Wickedness' n the increase, will increase ase, until the King Jesus in. His Glory to this earth; preliminary judgment, set ingdom of time peace over earth. Hence throughout make temporary peace °thing be permanent omes to reign. Then and will the millenium be ush- in this construction work, ominiAmilmrome /841.011.15A .1•1111.. f5: Ifcri Sale • . Plan for sale at great- ly re 'teed prie9. just, as go ;d as new. Baty term ean be arranged , 1 if desired. • Alth,:ss 157 Expositor • e Jas. S. Delgaty, - WHAT KIND OF A MEMORIAL The following , article from the March Literary Digest, although an American view -point, is still so appli- cable to conditions in our own country where also the question of War mem- orials is becoming. a burning.question that we give it in past: Fears that we may return again to the dianeal Stone Age and repeatethet ligtulpturai atrocities" that followed the Civil wat as memorials to soldier deeds, are put forth as warnings, the present. So great is the dread-% some sections that almost anything but a monumental memorial is pro - paged. "HaPitels, civic centers, aud- itoriums, organs, arches, and all sorts of things have geen stiggeetted ap- i'ol?4,4te'esarYs.,-The, F10*(1*. Tinie- Union (Jacksonville), goingson*te, re- mind the prepetratorsiof all such that "To the extent that whatever is built is useful, it is not a meinorial." The Utilitarian motive gets a jolt from a /limber of places, but none more vig- orously than this from Jacksonville: "A hall would be a hall, a hosptal would be a hospital, anything useful Nvould be considered for its use and sooner or later the fact would he for- gotten that it was erected for any other purpose than to serve the need for which it was used. And even if the memorial purpose with which the -building was coupled should be re- membered it would also be remember ed that it was not built soley for that purpose. It would be a testimonial to the future that the people of the year 1919 were not willing to spend money merely in honor of the soldiers who had fought for American. ideals. This would not be a false impression; it would be a fact. It would be like the act of a man giving his wife a sack, of flour or a piece of household furniture for a birthday present The memorial that w,ould be really expre- sive of our admiration and our grat- itude to- the soldier should express that and nothing else. A cotton -fac- tory or a packing -house in their honor would be about as appropriate a mem- orial as anythng else that would be something else besides a memorial. - An increased appreciation of what is really beautiful has made some of the old monuments somewhat in the nature pf artistic eyesores. They are prized, not because of intrinsic merit, but because of their associations with the pest and our memories of the sa- crifice they stand for. Standards change; what was regarded as a tri- umphant expression by. one genera- tion may be scorned by its iuccessor. Future recognition depends upon fi- delity to the great principles of mon- umental art. . These memorials are to endure for a long time and should not be n'eexsatcmplea of monumental fright- . As an aid toward education in what to do or not to do, the Municipal Art Society of New York City has issued a twenty -eight -page bulletin for dis- tribution throughout the country. Ex- amples of good and bad memorials are figured, and the brochure is of special service in its list of the dif- ferent kinds �f memorials, thirty- two of which are suggested, and can be considered according to ther-size of the town and the amount -to be ex- pended. Half of the suggestions are for memorials primarily architectural but call in the aid of a sculpture. A- mong the objects indicated are arch, band -stand, library, open-air theater, fountain, bridge, dock towers, com- munity house, flag -pole with orna- mental base, and memorial parks. Con- sideration of the relation of the mem- orial to its site and surroundings is specially urged; the surrotmdings are the frame of the -p-i#ure. No such monuments 0.and for us ready to hand as the destroYed city of Ypres, which the Belgian Government at the request of the Belgian people, is tp allow to stand for 411-itime.aa-a momunent to the futility ti'filitte. Not one of her stark refits is to be sbe rebuilt. Not a itane is to be touch- ed. Ypres will remf,An a- dead a reminder of the world's istest.eo7 lomat grime against eivillesittow G�i eration after generation will pur. -Limn these grim piles of nuisoii seeking to visualize and to sense • tion is especially well adaptel te the warmer portions of the Western States it is also counted as a banner forage drop of the irrigated districts of our own West, and in this way special types and strains have developed for northern areas. Field tests have pro- - yen conclusively that alfalfa has a much wider range of territory than was formerly supposed, and the dem- onstration plots in this province have afforded still further evidence in this direction, so the farmer who wishes to devote a portion of an excellent forage or hay -crop, :will do well to give alfalfa a place in his list. So Much for practical research. and dem- onstration to overcome some draw- backs in getting it thoroughly acclim- atized to our latitude. During the 1911 tests on the ten demonstration. plots, only one out of ten slidasotinake a good stand aursaecolift of water standing n-- ite-'plot for a short time,. JzJ-th1912 tests, good crops were ob- tained on eight of the plots. Alfalfa requires a deep mellow soil, the el- ,hiviale river bottoms are idea/ for .the growing of it, but it can he grown on all types (48°11, from the heavy ektYs to tbe eparser grained sandy lands, mei,* May be cultivated on gravelly soil providing the subsoil furri" slieg a suitable reservoiiir for moisture ''aftteMitit eoniklet• e. a.:113Pools3re° open'tlfaso; 'gr6wall best, - a too hard subsoil is not good either as it dises not easily admit of the growth' of the long roots downwards and therebybe a -hindrance to the growth of a good crop. In the West in selecting a field for alfalfa some attention has to be paid to the kind of crop which was grown on it the previous year. To get the best re- sults, well defined plans should be made one or two years prior to seed - ng. Next to potatoe land or any hoed crop comes. the regular summer fallaw. Three points in favor of fal- low: 1st, cultivation given to fallow, supposed to eradicate the weeds, secondly, moisture by frequent culti- vation will be stored for the young alfatfa plant, and thirdly the field will be left in an excellent physieal con- dition, which of course materially as- sists in a good catch. There are two leading varieties grown in Manitoba viz., Grimm and Turkestan and I think if anything the Turkestan is leading (but at present the name seams too much of the .unspeakable Turk.) However it has „proved a very profitable growers yielding as high as t ve tons to the acre right here in southern Manitoba and with such a yield as that, the loss of the . adjacent vacant lands is being got over, to a large extent,. The amount of seed required for an. acre is fifteen pounds provided it is good strong _ seed. The weather will have to take a. sudden change if February does not make an exit as favorable as January, two of the finest, months the West has been priViledged to en- joy since the early eighties at least and even if the west has had its share of the shadow of the flu, it has been a most enjoyable winter, I do not know if -there is any collusion be- tween weather clerk and our provin- cial premier or not, for probably Man- itoba may have an election after seeding, and this good weather to pre- pare the mind of the elector to mark that ballot right. An incident at the time of Sir johns' death in 1891, was brought back to my memory by Sir Wilfrid's passing. - After Sir John had passed away, and the news was being sent out in those days there were no country phones to pass the news along, and there was a strong Grit, who lived on an out of the way concession and. he had not sheard the news for some days, until a neighbor called and told him. After receiving the news he sat silent for a time and his friend noticed a tear trickle down -over his cheek, and his friend was so astonished at seeing his emotion that he said to him, "Sandy I an reather surprised to see you weep over the death of our old tical adversary,” to which Sandwy.rBe-. opfliejdo,y.:Hold but more, that is a tear -Killarney, Manitoba. —A sad death occurred in Winghear on Monday when Eliza Alm Plant be- loved wife of Francis Bolt, passed a- way in her nth year. Bhp was only sick for a short husband is who wilt guidance of andM. three yoars ago. in Turnberrg ego when they funeral was hid& on noon to Winghain cemetery. • 1' 1 _ , -