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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-05-31, Page 4THE WINGHAM ADVANCE T11uRsDAy, M w 31, 1906 Bargains This Week. In Ladies' Black and White Ready-to-wear Lawn Blouses 1 .. --- Sale at .75 One line,$1.00 to. 5 on S l $ regular r ar � ixr Another line, regular $1.25 to $1.50 --on Salo at . 1.00 Staple Department. 70 in. Bleached Sheeting, reg. 30c, this week for $ .20 72 in. Unbleached Twilled Sheeting, reg, 30c, for .20 36 in. cf Cotton, reg. Sc, for .Q5 Good large Bed Spreads, reg, $1.:.0 5, for 1.00 Great Bargains for Men and Boys. 50 Ready-made Suits for Men and Boys in Serges and Tweeds. As we're going out of Men's Ready-made Suits, we are offering them away below cost, Come in and get our prices before buying elsewhere. JUST RECEIVED. -A few Pieces of New Carpets, which are on sale this week. Carey Dry Goods Co. All kinds of Phone Trade token WlTlHM 70 i,uJli;Snlh FII lJ.ukl IIIb _: I i3175h. NatIhII 1 Y11..W...WSISSII.u+Y S' la•f+�i.S ila.o lit ` l ngb m 21 hamate Theo, Hall - Propriotorl SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. -$1S0 per annum in. advance, $1,50 it not so paid. ADVERTISING ItArFs.--Legal andother cas- ual advertisements 1.0e per nonpariol lino for first insertion, 30 per line for each subsequent insertion, Advertisements in the local columns aro charged 10e per line for first insertion, and 6o per line ler each subsequent insertion. Advertisements of Strayed, Farms for Sale or to Rent, and similar, $1.00 for first three weeks, and 25 cents for each subsequent in- sertion. CONTRACT RATES. -The following are our rates for the insertion of advertisements for specified periods: - SPACE 1 Yr. G Mo. 3 Mo. 1 Mo. One Column $70 00 $10.00 $22,50 $3.00 Half Column 40.00 25.00 15.00 6.00 Quarter Column20.00 12.50 7.50 3.00 Ono Inch ..., 5.00 3.00 2.00 1,25 aro ate S. Grace Is back to Wingham once more (after an absence of over five years) in the same Store and same Business, only with a brand New and Up-to-date Stock of the finest and nicest line of Furniture ever shown in Wingham. Everybody welcome to call and see our goods. Will be pleased to meet you and show you through our store. Undertaking attended to as usual -PROMPTLY, NEATLY AND QUIETLY - any hour night or day. For the present, residence at Brunswick Hotel S. GRACEY FURNITURE DEALER AND PRACTICAL UNDERTAKER. AilltAIMANIAMMAIMARINARAIIMAAAMPARARARARM rag 174 ye tit etc itc lac WC WC lac sec etc tic We sit }atrator THE CENTRAL HARDWARE Look Over This List And See If There Is Anything You Need. Lawn Mowers, Massey Bicycles and Repairs, Churns, Washing - Machines, Shovels, Rakes, Spades, Spring Coil Wire, Ideal Wire Fence, Hammocks, Ready -mixed Paints, and all season- : able goods at the lowest possible prices. Our Motto is -"Fair Dealing With Every Man." BISHOP & BREWER .... M- a w.- ....- . sw T. A. Mills is headquarters for all Field and E Garden Seeds, all kinds of Clover, the finest qual- ity of Timothy, Orchard Grasses, Kentucky Blue Grass, Red Top, Meadow Fescue, and all kinds Eof grasses for lawns, &c Also all the best E Mangel, Sugar Beet and Turnip Seeds. Our Garden Seeds are the very best to be had anywhere, not cheap good-for-nothing American trash unfit to put in the soil, but Fresh Seeds from the most reliable houses in Canada. Corn for maturing and silo purposes, such as Compton's Early, Angel of Midnight, Longfellow, King Phillip, North Dakota, go Day Learning, E White Cap Dent and Early Butler. New Barley and Oats ;; Peas, the Little Brit - .E ton ; new Seed Potatoes ; and in fact any kind of = Seed of the finest quality, will be found here. trz Flax Seed and Pure Ground Flax ; Bibby's Cream Equivalent for calves ; Herb Food and Ground Oil Cake. 1 handle nothing but good goods. Prices do not tempt me to deceive the farmer by buying Orr inferior Seeds. He can be sure what he buys a�• � here is true to name, and the very best, Call and see for yourself. R T. A. MILLS -a LliwiW ilialiummuwWLHIiiLNNlN{M1WLUWLHiULi s ! Fishleigh's Old Stand Seo.s! For the Spring of 1906rrome i M rowall .,r 0 -a ••••• -a _-a wa -a woe --4 urroll ..,.. ..-,. -rue woe -Aro Advertisements without specific directions will be inserted till forbid and charged ac- cordingly. Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance, Eaitorf at raids upon the Treasury. Mr, Merwin for instance was supplying goods to ono or two of the Departments at the most extravagant prices, and the very fact that the Government permitted, and even encouraged, this by helping 1 ierwin's standing- at the bank, 'makes one suspicious of all the great pur- chasing departments. The Public Ac- counts committee has a plain duty be- fore it, and if Liberals continno 'n their policy of obstructing the inves- tigations of that committee, they will not improve their standing with the country." -During the year 1905 the Depart- ment of -Lands and Mines for Ontario sold 72,432 acres of Crown Lands for agricultural purposes for $47,303.07. For mining purposes there were sold 3,1441- acres for $7,389.42, and there were leased 19,914 acres for $17,025.90. The total area of land disposed of was 103,0321 acres, and the amount receiv- ed for lands, sold or leased, was $117,- 280.70, ** ., • -For thirty years the Dun Mercan- tile Agency of New York has kept record of the cost of living, and the figures recently made public show that the cost of living is at the highest point it has touched in thirty years. The comparison of 1906 with 1905 is in the proportion of 104 to 101. Aside from the general advance in meats, most food products became cheaper ; but the general level of prices is higher than on March 1, 1905, despite the fact that foodstuffs have declined about 6 per cent. • -The expenditure by the Depart- ment of Public Works during 1904-5 amounted to $8,304,000.77, compared with $6,492,289.62 in the previous fiscal year. The principal increases were for dredging and for public buildings, in both of which there was an increase of more than $1,000,000. There was a decrease of nearly $900,000 on the amount spent of harbor and river works. The revenue collected by the department amounted to $280,353.67, compared with $274,038.77 in the pre- vious year. The receipts from slides and booins amounted to $82,873.97, compared with $71,331.20 in the previ- ous year. From telegraphs the reve- nue amounted to $139,758.44, compared with $147,391.94, and from graving docks the revenue amounted to $24,- 754.30, compared with $32,444.56. .,y„ ON THE DEFENSIVE. and then the wood is set on i'r'e. In this wiry the sulphur is largely hulled oft, and the resulting gases pass Off into the air, to the great detriment of surrounding vegetation. In Copper Cliff, where the pt'oeoss has been car- ried on for years, all vegetation has been destroyed, even the grass having been ,absolutely killed. The same is true, although to a lesser extent, at the roast yards of the Victoria Mine and the Gertrude Aline. Roasting oc- cupies from one to six months, depend- ing on the size of the pile. From the roast yards the ore is taken by ears to the smelters, where, with coke fuel, it is reduced to ordi- nary matte. Six to ten tons of ore make one of matte carrying about 30 The Dominion Government has had I per. This ordinary matte is trans - rather a 'aura. session. For weeks ferrecl to the bessemer convertors, ref, cent, in combined nickel and cop- there has been a continuous seties of where air is blown through, the iron attacks on the Government, and it oxydized and slagged off, and the per - constantly is on the defensive,. The tentage of metal raised to about 80 pc'r cent, This bessen'er matter is unfc)r- Premier has publicly confessed that tunatelv not treated further in Cana - one great spending department has da, but is shipped largely to the United fallen into bac. order. Toronto Satur- States, and to a smaller extent to Great Britain, for refining. The In- tet'national Nickel Company separate their nickel and copper by repeated fushions with sodium sulphate. The Mond Nickel Company effect the sep- aration of the two metals by combin- ing the nickel with carbonyl, which goes off as a gas and is afterwards condensed. The Lake Superior Power Company have been working on a pro- cess for separating the nickel and cop- per by electricity at their works at Sault Ste. Marie. Tire Geological Survey report that up to the end of 1903, the total value of the nickel, copper, and other metals produced from Sudbury mines amount- ed to $52,717,000. Adding to this the production for the last two years we have as the total value over 60 million dollars. The production in tons of ore to date is about 2,575,000 tons, It is not generally known that besides nickel and copper, very considerable values in the precious metals are re- covered from these mines. To each ton of nickel there is said to be about 1.25 ounces of platinum and related metals ; .37 ounces of gold ; and 7.5 ounces of silver. Canada is now the leading producer in the world of nickel. day Night, in referring to the session, says ;- "An Ottawa correspondent enume- rates the various injuries that this ses- sion has done to the reputation of the Government: (1) The Laurier Tower fell of its own weight. (2) At D'Israeli in defiance of the principles of Con- federation, aid was given to the build- ing of a municipal bridge, the struc- ture being called a wharf to assist in carrying out the imposture. (3) The North Atlantic Trading Company hav- ing been exposed, it was defended, yet its contract cancelled. (4) Three Ca- nadian representatives came home from England involved in a tangle of counter accusations. (5) Government officials are accused of manipulating homestead lands for personal gain, and several land transactions are look- ed upon as fruitful sources of political capital for the Opposition. (6) The steamer Arctic was provisioned as if she were a whole navy. (7) Mr. Gen. T. Merwin, a selling agent, has found the Department of Marine and. Fish- eries a large and easy buyer." "There may be very little in some of these accusations, and some Liberals will loyally shout that there is nothing at all in any of them. But, five years ago, the Opposition could not drum up a single charge against the Laurier Government that could not be fully answered at the moment. It is not so now. Each day produces something that needs explaining, and only the veriest partizans are wholly satisfied with the explanations offered, Sir William Mulock, with his angry glare, used to chase grafters out of the Buil- dings, and there is a story going about to the effect that his reason for quit- ting politics was his determination not to defend departmental actions that he could neither prevent nor ap- prove. The governing of Canada is a big business -it is a big business for a Premier to keep straight with a thou- sand false friends trying to steer it crooked and ten thousand honest friends swearing that all is straight, however crooked it may be. A man needs an edge of adamant, or his sense of right will wear dull in a few years in office." .1; THE SENATE. -The report on insurance companies in Canada for 1905 shows that there were received for premiums $3,028,- 430 for fire insurance by Canadian companies, $S,583,203 by British com- panies, and $2,689,111 by American companies. With regard to life insur- ance, Canadian companies received premiums in 1905 amounting to $13,- 947,827, compared with $11,059,100 in 1004. The amount of insurance in force increased from $364,640,166 in 190:. to $397,046,902 in 1905. The pre- miums received by British companies in 1005 amounted to $1,500,232, and the insurance in force to $43,809,211. In 1904, the premiums were $1,473,514, and the amount of insurance in force was $42,608,738, The premiums receiv- ed by American companies amounted to $6,632,658 in 1905, compared with $6,536,710, and the insurance in force amounted to $188,578,127, compared with $180,631,836. -The coal areas of Canada are esti- mated at 97,200 square miles, not in- cluding areas known, but as yet unde- veloped in the far North. There are, first, the coalfields of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ; second, those of the North-West Territories ; third, those of the Rocky Mountains; and, fourth, those of British Columbia. The coal areas of Nova Scotia cover about 635 square miles. They are divided into Cape Breton, the Pictou, and the Cum- berland basins. The workable thick- ness of the coal is very great -in Cape Breton a total of 25 to 60 feet, in Pic- tou at least 70 feet, and in;Cumberland at least 30 feet. If the workable area is reduced one-quarter, say from 407,- 000 acres to 300,000 acres, and the average thickness of the workable area put at 25 feet, on the basis of 1,000 tons of coal an acre for every foot of coal, the amount of coal in the mines of Nova Scotia is 7,000,000,000 tons. * „ • -The Toronto News, in referring to the increased Dominion expenditure, says :----"'While it was to be expected that the public expenditure would in- crease from year to year, beginning from the first of the fat years, it is hard to explain why these increases should be so large. A jump from $133,- 000,000 in 1902 to $82,000,000 in 1006 is extraordinary, partieularly when it is remembered that the Postoffice quick- sand, where lnoney was wont to dis- appear, has been solidified, and that no enormous public work has been in progress. This year a surplus of $12,- 500,000 on ordinary revenue and ex- penditure is announced, yet the capi- tal expenditure for the year has been over $13,000,000, so that the country is actually $800,000 behind in its ac- counts, 1t is becoming' clear that the I Administration has been subject to Two suggestions have been made regarding the Senate of Canada. The first is to abolish it, as its necessity or usefulness is doubtful. The second is to reform it. But how can it be changed to make it as it ought to be, a check upon hasty or ill-advised leg- islation. So long as it continues to be a partisanly-appointed body, it will continue partisan in its tendency and action. The Weekly. Sun in referring to this matter says :- "If the statements made are a suffi- cient justification for the existence of a second chamber at Ottawa they are an equally sufficient justification for the creation of a second chamber at Toronto and all other Provincial capi- tals. The legislation enacted by a Provincial Assembly has a much more direct bearing upon the welfare and happiness of the individual than has that coming from Ottawa. If ever a head -strong, untrained democracy car- ries the legislative power off its feet in this country the chief damage will be wrought through the Provincial Legislatures. But the history .of the Provincial Legislatures affords the best possible argument in support of those who declare a second chamber, whether at Toronto or Ottawa, it needless expense. Legislation at To- ronto, where there is only one cham- ber, has at least been as wise as that at Ottawa, where there are two, and Manitoba and New Brunswick get along as well with a single chamber as Quebec and Nova Scotia do with a double -headed legislative body. The plain truth is the Senate is simply a useless and expensive encumbrance, and if the matter of its abolition conld be submitted to a popular vote about the only ballots against would be those deposited by Senators and those who hope to be Senators." CANADA'S NICKEL, INDUSTRY. "Industrial Canada" has an interest- ing article on the "Canadian Nickel Industry," and describes the methods of treating the Nickel ore, as follows: After being mined, the ore is con• veyed to the rock horse, where it is crushed to pieces, 8 inches in diameter, screened, and passed over a picking table where any rock is taken out by hand. The ore is then transported by cars to the roast yards where the sul- phur is partially removed. A layer of cord -wood about 18 inches high is flrat built, and on this is piled the ore in a heap of one to four thousand tone; over tho ourtaoo ie iiproad the finer ore A C><reatSch 1 � J ELLIOTT :.'vsz,ONTOO, ONS`. Students from British Columbia, Sask- atchewan and Manitoba on the west to New Brunswick en the east are in attend- ance this yesr. Distance is no hindrance to those who wish to get the best. Our graduates are always successful. Our facilities aro unsurpassed. Co mENCE Now. No vacations. College open entire year. Magnificent catalogue free. W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal (Cor. Yonge and Alexander Sts.) HAVE YOU A CAMERA ? We Teach Amateur Photography at your home. Under our instruction there is no ex- perimenting or wasting of materials and money. You learn to do oveay step of the work yourself. g Success will interest yon. Write to -dap plias CORRESPONDENCE DEPT. CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEGE, TORONTO rCilTRAL STRATFORD, ONT. Oar classes are much larger than they were a year ago, The public have learned that this is the best place in the Province to obtain a Commercial Education or Short- hand training. Students are enter- ing each week. All graduates get good positions. Write now for a Catalogue. ELLIOTT & MOLAUCiILAN, Principals BANK OF 9AMILTON CAPITAL PAID UP $ 2,445,000.00 RESERVE FUND 2,445,000.00 TOTAL ASSETS 29,000,000.00 HON. WM. GIBSON - President J. TURNBULL, Vice -Pres. & Gen. Manager H. M. Watson, Asst. Gena. Manager. B. Willson, Inspector. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Jno, Proctor C. C. Dalton Ifon,J. S. Hendrie Geo. Rutherford C. A. Dirge Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Int- erest allowed and computed on 30th November and 31st May each year, and added to principal rates eelf al ere also received at current C. P. SMITH, Agent Dickinson, & Holmes, Solicitors D0M[NION BANK. Capital (paid up) - $3,000,000 Reserve (aea pr II; i - . $3,750,000 Farmers' Notes discounted. Drafts aold on all points in Can- ada, the United States and Europe. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest allowed on deposits of 1.00 and upwarde, and added to principal 30th Juno and 81st Deoombor etch year. D. T. EEPBHHIti Manager R. Vaftetone, llolioitot ey "WASkOT&' VotAaNA. Jno. & Jas. H. Kerr JUNE Turnip Seed. Weddings n/yy/W.,V\M Nothing Quite so Nice For A Wedding Present (AAs a Piece of RIC GUT GLASS. ofildsa Ara We carry a large stock of Cut Glass, all No. 1 quality, and we know that our prices are much lower than prices quoted by dealers elsewhere. We show the very newest de- signs in - Salad Bowls at.. -$7.00 to $9.00 Celery Trays up to $0.00 Spoon Trays np to $0.00 Bon Bon Dishes. ,.$'2.50 to $5.00 Sugar & Cream Sets up to50.00 Water Bottles $3.50 to $0.00 Cut Flower Vases...50c to $4.50 Salt & Pepper Sets ..70c to $1.20 Knife Rests, pair. , $1.50 to $3.50 Tumblers, per doz52.00 to $0.00 Bargain In Braces. 4 doz. Men's Braces, regular 35c. Bargain price per pair 1Oc Bargains In Envelopes. Good Envelopes, 2 pkgs. for.. 5c Better Envelopes, 3 pkgs. for 10c This is the quality you usually get at 5c a package, unless you buy them here. We sell a splendid quality of Envelopes for 5c a package. Many a dealer gets 10c for the same quality. \Ve handle only the most popular standard varieties of Turnip Seed. Skirving's Improved Swede Turnip. Large and solid, of strong and quick growth, suitable for clay soil. Kangaroo Sw::de Turnip. A very hardy Swede, simi- lar in size and growth to Ele- phant, and is particularly adap- ted to soils and districts that are cold and backward. Hall's Westbury Swede Turnip. A very fine quality of Swede, good solid Turnip and splendid keeper. Elephant Or Jumbo Swede Turnip. This Turnip is unequalled in size, quality and uniformly handsome appearance. The flesh is solid and nutritious. The yield has been from 2 to 6 tons more per acre than other varieties. 'We have every confidence in recommending all the above varieties of Turnip Seed to the farmers of this country. The seed is the very best quality, and each variety named has given splendid satisfaction. The prices quoted on the above named varieties are 20c to 25c it lb., but we put all down to one price and that a very low one. Any of the above we offer at 15c Per Pound. Choice Rape Seed. Nothing better for feeding sheep and lambs. They fatten quickly on Rape. JUST ARRIVED A Complete Stock of SUITINGS o OVERCOATINGS TROUSERINGS AND VESTINGS. ' These are all of the latest de- signs and materials and at prices that are reasonable. We have a special line of Blue and Black Worsteds you should see. Call and have a look through our stock and see the Fashions for Fall and Winter. All you have to do is -tell us how you want your garment made and we make it that way. Our trimmings are of the best. Robt. Maxwell High Art Tailor - Wingham j'3";»1 -1-;"i 1 1 1 1 1 1-1-144-1-1-1-14 GOAL ! -1-1.•i" -1-1•l..F- t - COAL! • We are sole agents for • the celebrated Scranton Coal, :: • • which has no equal. IMO : • ' Also the best grades of «; • Smithing, Cannel and Do- • • • • mestic Coal and Wood of all kinds, always on band. '" We carry a full stock of • • Lumber (dressed or undres- = sed), Shingles, Lath, Cedar :: : • Posts, Barrels, etc. 1 -•-- .• - Highest Price Paid for all <. kinds of Logs. •.�., M. S1 L11 0 Uh Residence Phone, No. " NO.44 Tailor and Gents' Furnisher .6 .0 Jima , 9i Ji 1 ONIZIENNIMMENNEININIMO Tailor Made Clothes $15.0(1 We'll make your Suit to your exact measures, to your order, for fifteen dol- lars, correctly shaped and faultlessly fitted, superbly . tailored from some pure, all -wool fabric, staunchly guaranteed. For Seventeen, Eigh- teen or Twenty dollars, we would use a fabric of still higher quality. We make them with care and skill, and can guarantee you entire satis- faction. Trousers made to your order at $3.50, $3.75, °-$4, - $5 and $6. A complete line of Gents' Furnishings always in stock. .. „�IVIoLeall•• V1 Al Oft 11-4 Two Doors from Post Office •�•r.u.r�a�cr5r _