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UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN O:I' TAitIQ
The University is composed
of three units, the College
of Arts, the Medical School
and „the Institute of Public
Health. Three colleges are
affiliated, vi2., Huron Col-
lege, Assumption College
and Ursuline College.
Thetniversity—established
1878—is,, a regional insti-
tution supported by muni -
cipal and provincial grants.. 1 t is
coeducational, •undenominational
and under public, municipal and
provincial control: The Official
Visitor is the Lieutenant -Governor
of Ontario.
The University may confer degrees in
Arts, Medicine and Public EleaW and
in any other department of learning.
Register early.
For announcements and further partic-
ulars apply to
K. P. R. NEVILLE, M. A., Ph. D.
Registrar 17
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Office:
,St. George St.
and College Ave., ,
London, Canada
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SCHOOL FAIR. DATES
Tlie following axle the. School. Fair
Dates for this D;istrice,--
Cliihtotn ............... Sept. 18
Zurich ... Sept. 19
Dashwood , Sept. 20
KNININIONIMP
Winchelsea Sept. 21
Dublin ...Sept. 27
Blyth .Sept 28
Varna. .Oct. 1
Ceeditont Oct 2
Grand Bend Oct. 3
INCORPORATED 1855
Capital and Reserve $9,000,000
Over 1,25 Bran.:hes,
THE MOLSONS BANK
OFFERS GOOD BANKING FACILITIES
to Merchants, Manufacturers and Farmers, Etc.
Savings Departments at
every Branch,
EXETER; BRANCH
T. S. WOODS Manager,
Centralia Branch open for business
darty.
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CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION
TORONTO
AUG. 25th --SEPT. 8th
The Show Window of Nations
Estimated attendance, 1923, 45th Consecutive year,
1,500,000
Programme without precedent in its variety and extent
Scores of new features and all of the old that have re- •
tained public favor
GEORGEOUS CLEOPATRA SPECTACLE
Crowning triumph in the production of super -pageants
1500 Performers
JOHN. G. KENT. Managing Director ROBERT MILLER, President
Furniture Dealer 8f, Funeral Director
We carry the Largest and Most Up -ba -date Stock of Furniture.
Our Aim is Service, Satisfaction, and good value far your money.
THE'HOME, FURNISHER
M. E. GARDINER
Conductor of • Funeral- Servi.cek Finest Motor and Horse Equipment.
T)AY AND ;NIGHT SERVICE,.
Phone 74w. OPERA HOU CE BLOCK. Night Call 74j
The Western Fair
LONDON, ONTARIO`
September 8th to .15th, 1923
THE POPULAR LIVE. STOCK EXH IBITION OF WESTERN ONTARIO.
`$40,000 in Prizes and Attractions
THE NEW $160,000.00 MANUFACTURERS BUILDING.
Holding over Three Hundred Exhibits. Come, and,' See Them
WONDERFUL PLATFORM ATTRACTIONS. SEE PROGRAMS.
Music—Fere Works—Fun. Something Deng all the Time
JOHNNY J. JONES SHOWS ON THE MIDWAY.
ADMISSION 25c 'ALL WEEK. , , ; CHILDRh,N 15c,
All Childinett Free on,tMonday,-September 10th.
THIS WILL BE THht, Bt YEAR EOR THE iXHIB'ITION, ALL COM.
A11 idol/nation from the Secretary.
J. H, SAUNDERS, President, `• A. M. HUNT, Secrebas!y
Diamond Cup
No, 12100, 1569.7
Imported Clydesdale Stallion, m-
spected and enrolled isf Form I„ w 11
stand for the improvement of stock
at Lot 299, Con. 6, Usborn,e for season
of 19 23. Terms -310 to .unsure, with
usual conditions.
FRED hLLERINGTON
Proprietor
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any daily or weekly, newspaper or any
monthly journal. We save you the
trouble of .sending for, them, and in
most cases save you alittle money
besides. r
FALL FAIR DATES.
TO CORRESPONDi NTS
Amici"ail "stesili' relict:tins on per
usual character, but seed ALL ri3P
NEWS..
Deaths Marriages Births. '
Accidents. church
Suppers or Preslautasiidr.:,
Removals, Vtsitore,
Lodge News. Fires,
Public Itnpr ovements;
Law Cases, The Crops,
School Matters.
Ailsa Craig Sept. 18-19
Bayfiteld Sept. 25-26
Blyth Sept. 27-28
Brussels Oct. 4-5
Exeter Sept. 17-18
Goderich , Sept. 5 bot",T
Ilderton ....,.... Sept. 28
Kirkton Oct. 2-1
London, Western
Miltchell
Parkhill
St. Marys
Seaforth
Stratford
Wingham
Zurich
, Se,pt 8 to115
Sept. 25-26
Sept. 25-26
Sept. 5-6
Sept. 20-21
Sept. 18-22
Sept. 24-25
Sept.
LOOK AT THE L.t:BhL.
The Advtocate is going to make a
determined effort to . clean .up 'thee
;ubscripiion .last. The labels 'were alt
marked up on May 3rd. If, by any
chance, your Label is not as •'t :should;
be, let us kntonv at once, We are Igor
Ing, to gniv;e all those who are ,years
bar. this one chance to pay ;tip, and
yelpilomn
then! it ,w1RI not be our: •tault f"r-so n
are asked to pay $2.00 per year, and
perhaps some costs, We know it le
simply neglect on. the. part .of. many—
'but we cannot live on neglect,
Send The Advocate to your dis-
ta-t friend:; i e a year, It will be.
eep. eciated,
Irrigation in Southern Alberta
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(1) Bassano Darn, built in the earlier days by the
Canadian Pacific Railway for irrigation purposes.
(2) An irrigation flume. (8) This farmer does not
depend on rains for his moisture. (4) Public Gardens,
Lethbridge, Alta.
T
HAD been told to expect a transformation; that a
new order of things was being born in Southern
Alberta; that a new system of farming was taking the
place of the old. 'I was told that the' days of "scratching
in" and of "soil mining" were gone days. Nevertheless,
I was not prepared for what I saw.
Fifteen years before, I had travelled through this
country and had seen only a few scattered farmsteads
set out on the "bald-headed" prairie, four square to all
the winds that blew. There were no trees, only a
stretching expanse of prairie that merged into white -
topped mountains on. the west and meeting the sky on
the east in an unbroken horizon. A few homesteaders
were straggling in. Old cattlemen,' trying to save their
great range, were spreading stories that farming could
never be a success in Southern Alberta.
But the homesteaders came. Then later the big
farmers arrived with their tractors and ushered in the
era of the thousand acre wheat ranch. A series of "wet
years" made Southern Alberta famous. Nowhere had
such crops ever previously been heard of. The Noble
Foundation, one of the largest farming corporations in
the World, brought in a crop of wheet from one thonsand
res that threshed 54,000 isheis! The country was
thfelt weth elevators„ i 1918 and 1916, Southern Al-
berta reached the peak of prosperity. A series of un-
productive years followed when rainfall was scant.
Some farms were abandoned, but, mostly, men held on,
buoyed up by the wonder harvests of other years.
The problem was purely one of moisture,, and the
Governments of the Dominion and the Province set
about to study it. The soil was of the greatest fer-
tility, the climate was right. Something to supplement
the natural rainfall was wanted. The Canadian Pacific
27-28
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Railway and other corporations had already developed
tracts of land by irrigation. It was no experiment, and.
so a constructive policy of irrigation was commenced.
backed by both Governments.
It is in the train of irrigation that the new order
of things is coming in Southern Alberta. Today as you
drive over the prairie, through the irrigated tracts of
Strathmore and Brooks, south through the Bow River
Project and on into Taber and Lethbridge, the flatness
is broken on all sides by farmsteads that nestle among
trees—young trees growing taller and taller every year.
Hedges are growing where once was barbed wire.
Shrubbery is luxuriant. In the background are fields of
Alfalfa, Indian Corn and Wheat. Dairy cows are seen
on green pastures. The farms are small, but they are.
real farms, and the homes are smiling homes of con-
tented people. There is no "scratching in" or "soil
mining." These are permanent homes on the threshold
of a future bright with promise.
In the City of Lethbridge, around which most of the
new ireigafion development is proceeding, are Hound
tree -lined streets, beautiful homes set in hedge encic:s•ed
lawns, and one of the finest little parks that Canada
can boast. The city has been thoughtfully planned and
symbolizes in its setting the spirit of a people pledeed
to permanency.
For those who knew Southern. Alberta in its infancy,
there is a pleasant surprise waiting. Wherever irriga-
tion has touched, it is truly a country transformed.
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THE trade-in price of
a 1921 F.ri is equal
to the trade-in prise of
other 1921 cars which
cost 30 to 5�07 more than
the Ford when new.
This'." is proof of the ';Ford
quality and the guarantee
that the purchase of a Ford is
an investment as distinguish-
ed from an expenditure.
Vy lues
Milo Snell Cook Bros.
Exeter. Ont. Heiman, Ont.
l ': ONTARIO
FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA LI11�IT>✓ii,FT,,