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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1907-05-30, Page 4THE WINGHAM ADVANCE - TrluRsr)AY, MAY 3°, Igo WHY IS IT You see so many times on our measure book, after a man's order for a suit, "Measure Same as Last." Because our customers are always Well Satisfied. We make your Suit as you want it made, and do not insist on any particular fad of our own get up. We Have the Goods And can make you any kind of Suit, Overcoat or Pants, from a cheap two-piece Sacque Suit to a Prince Albert or Full Dress ; an ordinary Ches- terfield or extraordinary Paletot Overcoat ; Pegtop or Spring -bottom Pants, We Guarantee Satisfaction We sell the celebrated W. G. & R. Shirts and Collars --the best -fitting as well as the best -wearing Shirts and Collars made in Canada, We have a large range of Fancy Vests, made up or made to order. BARGAINS—Five dozen assorted Vests, regular $1.50 and $1.25, at 98c. See window. Maxwell & Hill. Tailors and Men's Furnishings Seasonable Goods. Complete Stock of Hoes, Garden Rakes, Shovels, Spades, Ditching and Post -hole Tools, Sprayers, Sheep Shears, Bug Exterminators, Corn Planters, Paris Green, Sprinkling Cans, &c., &c. Have you seen our Lawn Mowers, Screen Doors and Windows, or Hammocks ? If not, it would be a pleasure to show you the goods. H. Bishop - Central Hardware Carrras. PAID II! : TOTAI. ASSETS : RsSsitva Pv:ta : 12,600,000 Thirty-two Million Donars 12,500,000 BANK OF HAMILTON A General Banking Business Transacted SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, and highest current rate of interest allowed. 96 Branches throughout Canada. WINGHAM BRANCH C. IS. %mitb agent ■ THE CANADIAly BANK OF COMMERCE HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1867 B. E. WALKER, President Arm'. LAIRD, General ;tanager A. E. IRELAND, Superintendent of Drenthe* Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000 Rest,- ~ 5,000,000 Total Assets, - 113,000,000 Branches throughout Canada, and in the United States and England A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED COMMERCIAL AND FARMERS'' PAPER DISCOUNTED) 84 SAVINGS' BANK DEPARTMENT Deposits of $1 and upwards received, and interest allowed at current rates. The depositor is subject to no delay whatever in the Withdrawal of the whole or any portion of the deposit. WINGHAM BRAND - A. E. SMITH, MANAGER. Coal I W o are bole agenic for We carry a fall stock of the celebrated Scranton Cosi, i Climber (dressed or cadres., which has no equal. ), Shingles, Lath, Cedar ?este, Barrels, tie. Also the beet grades of Scathing, Cannel slid Do,, media Cbal and Wood of all kinds, alwa'e on hand. Residsnte bone, No. B.5 " No. 64 Office r' No.44 Highest Price Paid for ail kinds of Logs. J. A. KEAN Thea. Hall - Proprietor, 16aitot tat —Last year Italians in the United States sent to their families and friends in Italy, and to the Italian savings banks for deposit, over $13,- 000,000, which was an increase in one year of more than $4,000,000. —The famine still prevails in China and as usual is being followed with pestilence and fever. Relief is still required, and funds recently sent will prevent the cutting of unripe grain. Thousands of women, children and aged persons who were dying of star- vation in the streets of Sing Kiang have been placed in a camp and are being cared for by the relief organiza- tion. * * —An effort is being made to replace the buffalo that once roamed the Ca- nadian west, but are now practically gone. The Dominion Government last week brought a trainload of buf- faloes from Montana, The train con- sisted of 18 cars, carrying about 200 head of bulls and young stook. A second trainload carrying cows and young calves is to be brought during August. —Mr. W. P. Archibald, Dominion parole officer, says that he has follow- ed very closely the lives of the youths released from the penitentiaries of the Dominion during the past three years, and he has not found over two in a hundred who were under the age of 20 go astray under the restraint of a parole. This is regarded as a strong argument for the enactment of the contemplated legislation for the establishment of juvenile criminal courts. * —The Dominion Government has secured a farm for experimental pur- poses six hundred miles north of Ed- monton, and will this summer conduct a series of grain growing experiments to test the possibilities of the soil and climate. Dr. Saunders, Director of the Dominion Experimental Farms, has received some samples of hardy grains grown in Thibet, 13,000 feet above the sea level. Among these are some samples of wheat which will be experimented with this year, with a view to obtaining seed grain suitable to these northern regions, —The Huntingdon • Gleanor (Liberal) says :. "Government organs announce that on the financial year, which clos- ed March 31, the revenue exceeded the expenditure to the extent that there is a surplus of eighteen million dol- Iars. In the same issue they tell us Mr. Fielding has made a temporary loan of ten millions, and has gone to England to see about borrowing more. If he had a surplus of eighteen mil- lions, why had he to go to the banks to borrow ten miIlions'? It is the old deception of the electors by means of drawing n distinction between ordin- ary and extraordinary expenditure." ** —Canada pays a Iot of money to secure immigrants, at one end of the Dominion, and at the other end tries hard to keep them out. Six Japanese girls were determined to come to Canada, and so each of them was nailed in a pine box, and carried across the ocean from Japan as freight. They were discovered at Victoria, B. C., where the steerage of the vessel was being fumigated with sulphur, which caused the girls to sneeze. The cases were nicely fitted up and con- tained a supply of food and water. The girls were sent back to Japan. They came as freight but will go back more comfortably, *Y* —The total expenditure of the Do- minion Government in 1890 was $44,- 096,384. In 1905 it was $78,804,139. The total estimated expenditure for 1907 is $126,001,463, an increase of 50.9 per cent. over 1305, or increase of 185.7 per cent. over 1896. The Laurier Gov- ernment has forgotten all about the resolution passed at the National Lib- eral Convention in 1893, which was as follows : "We cannot but view with alarm the large increase of the public debt and of the controllable an- nual expenditure of the Dominion and the consequent undue taxa- tion of the people under the Gov- ernments that have been continu- ously in power since 1878, and we demand the strictest economy in the administration of the govern- ment of the country," .* —The Ontario Department of Agri. culture is making arrangements for carrying out its policy providing for agricultural teaching in six county High Schools, Those who will be charged with the duty of giving this instruction will be graduates of the Ontario Agricultural College, and they will have offices in the towns in which the schools in which they are to teach are located. After school hours these teachers will distribute bulletins issued by the department, give announcements of purebred stock sales, and other like matters. They, will also assist at Verniers' Institute meetings whenever possible, An ef- fort will also be made by them to organize winter courses for farmer's sons who have passed the Entrance examination. The schools In which this training is to be given will be. Wasted sftsr 3uus let, —It cost money to get gold. Even the most productive gold mine does not yield up Its values without heavy expenditure on the part of the owners. The richest mines in the Transvaal cost almost as much to operate them as their product is worth, In the twenty years that have elapsed since their discovery, they have yielded about $750,000,000, but the dividends to the owners have not been more than $160,000,000. It follows there- fore, that of all the gold won each year from the best mines, the cost of W11111111); it amounts to about three- fourths its value, in wages, machinery and wear and tear, And if it costs 75c to get a dollar from the very richest and best gold mines, the poor dupes of worthless ventures in prospective gold mines can figure out how long they must wait to get A dividend.. We fear that even in Canada, while a few may grow rich in mining, a very large number will be bitterly disap- pointed in their expectations. In this respect hundreds will prove the truth of the old adage, "All is not gold that glitters." * * —Fears have been entertained as to the effects of cold spring on the wes- tern crop, but a summary of the re- ports received up to May 28rd, indi- cates that the acreage in wheat in Manitoba will be from eight to ten per cent, less than last year, but that the Province of Saskatchewan will show an increase, though a much smaller increase than was anticipated. The general tenor of the reports is most encouraging. While a number of points report no growth as yet, the great majority report all the earlier sown wheat as from one to two inches above ground, and the plants are vig- orous. Practically every point heard from reports the soil in splendid con- dition, and the seed well put in. All that is wanted is waren weather and later a little rain. Taking the reports as a whole, the prospects for a good crop are fully thirty per cent. better than they were ten days ago. The season is late—every one admits that —but with the growing possibilities of the west a fine season from this date on will insure an excellent if not a bumper crop, such as the country has reaped in two past years. CHEAPER SCHOOL BOOKS. When Premier Whitney was leader of the opposition in the Ontario Legis- lature, he made the statement that the cost of school books was too high, and that when the Conservatives had charge of Provincial affairs, the cost would be reduced. This promise made before the election that swept out of power the Ross administration, has now been fulfilled, and the follow- ing announcement has been given to the press :— "On Thursday, the Canada Publish- ing Company, Ltd., was awarded the tender for the publication of school books by the provincial government, the prices for the set of five readers being in all 49 cents, as compared with $1.15 for the old issue. In addition, 25 per cent. is allowed off all books, one or more, which bought direct from the publishers, and an extra ten per cent. on quanti- ties of $250 worth and upwards. It is estimated that should each child only purchase one book a year in the schools, the saving over the old price will be $60,000 a year to the pa rents. This is figured on 01,000 in the first reader, part one; 56,500 first reader, part two ; 75,000 second reader, 81,000 third reader, and 76,000 fourth reader. The new prices are as follows for the Ontario series of readers. New Old Price Price First reader (Part I) Sc 10c First reader (Part II) 7c 15c Second reader 9e 20c Third reader 13c 30e Fourth reader 15c 40c Total cost under new prices for com- plete set of Ontario readers, 49c ; un- der old price, $1.15, ' Premier Whitney was particularly pleased with the result of the tender- ing. ' "It is very satisfactory to me," he said, "having regard to the state- ments and promises made by me to the people of the province time after time in the past ten years, that we would bring down the price of school books, or know the reason why." The London Free Press says—"The break-up of the School Book Ring is a decided relief to fathers of families in Ontario. For thirty years they had been fleeced at the rate of $60,000 a year for the benefit of publishers fav- ored by the late Liberal government. On moderate computation the total sum unjustly filched from parents by this monopoly would reach a million and half of dollars. This process was originated under the Hon. G. W. Ross as minister of education for Ontario, It was retained for decade after de- cade against the urgent protests of Mr. Whitney and his followers, A commission was at length appointed by the Ross government to inquire into the matter. Like the West Elgin commission, lb reported in accordance with the wishes of the Liberal govern- ment. It favored the publishing firms at the general expense. The unjust tart upon parents was perpetrated, not on any pretense of benefit to the trea- sury, but almost solely in the interest of the men, who enjoyed a hard and fast copper -lined contract to publish text books which the government au- thorised, To the enduring credit of the Whitney administration this bur- den is now removed. The people in future will get their ,school books at a fair competitive woe." DO?iEIMON BANK. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. Capital (paid up) $3,300,000 Reserve (a a px ai�i - $4,300,000 Total Assets, over $45,000,000 WINGFIAAI BRANCH. Farmers' Notes discounted, Drafts sold on all points in Can- ada, the United States and Europe. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT, Internet allowed on deposits of $1.00 and upwards, and added to principal quarterly. D. T. HEPBUURN, Manager R, Vanstone, Sglicitor ••......MOON;0...0,000 You Make 1 A Mistake 1 Stand—Opp. Skating Rink @••000..0000..N00000M00 If you buy a Piano with- out seeing our stock, comparing prices and taking into account the quality of the instrument. All the best makes always in stock -- Ileintzman, Newoombe, Dominion, and others. Also Organs, and the very best Sewing Machines. David Bell I FARM LABORERS AND DOMESTICS. I have been appointed by the Do- minion Government to place Immi- grants from the United Kingdom in positions as farm laborers or domestic servants in this vicinity, Any person requiring such help should notify me by letter, stating fully the kind of help required, when wanted and wages offered. The number may not be suffi- cient to supply all requests, but every effort will be made to provide each applicant with help required, PETER CAMPBELL Canadian Gov't Employment Agt. WINGHAM. WINGHAM General Hospital. (Under Government Inspection.) Pleasantly situated. Beautifully furnished. Open to all regularly licensed physicians. Rates foratients (which include board and nursing)—$3,50 to $15.00 per week, according to location of room. For further informa- tion—Address MISS KATHRINE STEVENSON, Lady Superintendent, Box 223, Wingham, Ont. A Summer Session Is held at the BRITISH AMERICAN BUSINESS COLLEGE. Toronto, during July and August. Students may enroll any time with equal advantage. Write for catalogue and special summer rate of this oldest and best school. T. M, WATSON, PRINCIPAL. Summer Session During July and August. By Entering the vim'' :3ai',.. '" TORONTO, ONT. Now, you will be through your course in the early fall, which is an excellent time to get employment. Prepare for positions paying $10, $50, $60 and $70 a month. Oar college has unexcelled facilities; the at- tendance grows greater ; more students are getting positions. Desire "success." Educate for it by attending our School. Others have. Will you ? Catalogue free. W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal (Cur. 'rouge and Alexander Sts.) CENTRAL STRATFORD, ONT. Was established twenty years ago and by its thorough work and honorable dealings with its patrons has become one of the largest and most widely known Commercial Colleges in the province. The demand upon us for commercial teachers and oSico assis- tants greatly exceeds the supply. We assist graduates to positions. Students are entering each Week. Catalogue free. ELLIOTT & MCLACHLAN, Principals, It's a mighty comfortable feeling to know that the carriage you buy is a Tudhopet Because you get the Tud• hope guarantee, And the Tudhope guarantee is backed by a firm that has been making carriages in Canada since x853, Let tis show you the near Season's styles in .. d :J DHOPB CARRIAGES, , J fltYPOGIA Witighatit .00...000....,00.00000000 000 0000000000000004044.40 "The Big Store," Ingham, Jno. Kerr FORCED CLEARING SALE [ Of Over $13,000.00 Worth of General Merchandise, for Four Weeks Only— Not A Day Longer .. .. .. Begins Monday, June 3. Closes Sat., June 29. The cold weather in May has so interfered with the sale of Spring Goods that now we are FORCED TO SELL our very large stock of New Spring Goods at a Great Sacrifice., This will, no doubt, be the Biggest and Best Clearing Sale ever held in Wingham. Every de- partment full of New Spring Goods, All offered at Sacrifice Prices. Dry Goods. New Dress Goods Suitings. New Shades, New Weaves in fine all -wool English and Canadian manufacture. Fancy Dress Muslins and English Cotton Delaines. White Dress Muslins, Waistings and Lawns. New Plain and Fancy Silks. Fine Val. Laces and Insertions and Lace Applique. Dress Trimmings. Fancy Braid, all the New Shades. Underwear and Hosiery for Women, Misses and Children. Ready-to-wear Skirts. Black Sateen Underskirts. White Underwear. Fancy Silk and Muslin Shirt Waists. Rain Coats for Men and Women. Plain and Fancy Ribbons. The largest stock in town to select from. All at greatly reduced prices. Gents' Furnishings. Men's and Boys' Suits, Odd Pants and Vests. Up-to-date "Progress Brand Clothing" all going at slaughter prices, Men's and Boys' Fancy Shirts, Working Men's Shirts, Un- derwear, Sox, Umbrellas, Collars, Ties, Braces. Ready-made Clothing must be cleared out in 4 weeks. Boots and Shoes. Every pair of Boots and Shoes in this "Big Store" goes at reduced prices for 4 weeks. The largest stock by far that we ever bad on our shelves. The very newest shapes and styles. Women's Patent Colt Boots and Oxfords Men's Patent Colt Blucher Boots Women's, Misses' and Children's Dongola Kid Boots, Oxfords and Slippers Men's Don- gola Bal. and Blucher Boots and Oxfords Men's Fine Box Calf Boots Women's, Misses' and Children's White Canvas Oxfords Women's Common Sense Bad. Congress and Oxfords Dongola gid Boys' Box Calf and Dongola Kid. Nearly all New Spring Goods. $4 00 Boots and Shoes for $3.00 2.25 1.50 8.00 r, « , 2.00 1.50 1.00 .I ,. „ .{ C' Chinaware. Dinner and Tea Sets—New Goods, New Shapes, New Colorings All our large stock of Plain and Fancy China and Glassware, for 4 weeks at Clearing Sale Prices. Too large a stock—must be cleared out quick Dinner Plates,. Tea Plates, Bread and Butter Plates, Cake Plates, Fancy Cups and Saucers, also all our RICH CUT GLASS, going at Clearing Sale Prices. TERMS :—Spot Cash or Trade. Goods will not be charged at reduced prices. I O w •4 O I 0000000400..44000,0,44,000 0.,.00.00.00.00000......04 00000000 0v90 000000 SEEDS ! SEEDS For Farm Garddll CLOVERS.—Common Red, Mammoth Red,Alsike, Lucerne and White, also Timothy. These seeds are all inspcted and approved by 0 the department at Ottawa, for growth and purity, and are home grown, o OATS.—We have several varieties: WHITE MARVEL—This is won - 0 derfully productive, yielding as much as 85 bushels to the acre, of large, plump, white grain. TARTAR KING—highly recommended by the Ex- perimental Farm, Ottawa; strong straw, free from rust. WHITE Rus- SIAN—has been grown extensively in Perth Co. TIToUsANn Dorgan OATS —well liked by the American farmer. BLACK BARLEY --Seldom yielding below 40 bushel per acre. MENSURE BARLEY.—A well-known variety, strong and heavy. JAPANESE MILLET.,--.AIso called Million Dollar Grass, well- known in Ontario; splendid for green fodder and hay, JAPANESE EUCIiWREAT,._Very early and productive. RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER.—.Grows 15 inches in diameter. GOOSE WHEAT.—The cleanest front foreign seeds we ever handled. CORNS. --The largest stook, coming of the finest varieties for silage and maturity purposes, in the county, Also Sweet Corns for table use, come up extra early; none better, Crosby's Early Sugar Corn, Country Gentlemen --highly recommended. ?EAS, --Field and garden, EARLY POTATOES.—Nought Six, very early and productive, Carmen No. 1, grown successfully at Experimental farm, Ottawa. Beauty of Iiebron, very productive right here. We keep a stock of Ground Oil Cake, Bibby's ()ream Equivalent (takes the place of cream for calves), Twin City Herb Food.. (cheapest and best) and pure ground Flax Dioal, also Sweet Peas and all Garden Flower Seeds. Come in and see for yourself. 4' 4, 4, 4. 4, 4, 4 4, 4' 4, 4. 4. 4. S Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y* Y Y Y Y Y 4 Y Y Y Y. Y Y Y Y Y Y Mills *************8 C, 8 0 * * * * * * * * * *