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IIENSALL
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'Happy..Thou ht Pi ela
g p ss
Furnaces insure warmth
and comfort in the small.
' hoagie.
Happy Thought Heating
Stoves mean less fuel and
more warmth.
cart -
Every woman knows the answer,
and a'dependable range is the great-
est aid a woman can have to reach
the heart of the man in her home.
What satisfaction to have a 'range
that is - la" good baker "—'that gets`
the most out of your recipes—that
consumes little fuel and maintains
a steady, even heat.
Happy Thought .Ranges save your
food, your back, your time and your
temper. They are easy to regulate,
and the big oven, even heat and
Large cooking surface make the work
easier. No unnecessary stooping—
because there, is ever:attachment to
help make a woman's work lighter.
'Three hundred
thousand homes have
Happy Thought. Ranges. Askyour
neighbour. Shi probably has one.
SOLD BY
W • A McLaren
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HE
NSALL -.
ONT'ARIO
MADR AT BRANTFORD, t CANADA s BY
I(N'T
waste time wishing you had a good business ducation, and
MISS
a splendid position, :. which is waiting to become
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
. to a high place in the •COMMERCIAL world.
MARE
TUESDAY, SEPT. 4th, 1923,
YOUR LUCKY DAY
by beginning a COMMERCIAL, STENOGRAPHIC er
SECRETARIAL COURSE in
The MOST. SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS SCHOOL in the PR
_ OVINCE
THE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE
CLINTON, ONT.
or information write or phone
13. F. Ward, -B.A., M. Aec'ts., Principal.
M. A. Stone, Com. Specialist, Vice_Principal,
Phone 198
DR.' A. MOIR, L. M. C. C.
Physician
Phone 70
and Surgeon
HENSALL
DR. J. ' W. PECK
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
McGill University, Montreal; Member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
ort Ontario; Licentiate • of Medical
Council of Canada; Post Graduate
Member of Resident Medical staff of
General Hospital, Montreal, 1914-15;
Office, 3 doors east of `Post Office,
Phone 66, Hensall,; Ontario.
Lumber
has Advanced
But we are still selling White Pine
dressed on both sides at$ 45.00 per
thousand. ,
:ix6 dressed ` and matched white
„rine 850.00 per, M,
B.C. No. 1 XXX Shingles
13, C. No. 1 XXXXX Shingles
bird's' Ashphalt T'w'in Shingles
Mird's Ashphalt Roll Roofing 18 in.
wide, the heaviest made.
one No. 12
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DR. G. L. SMITH
DENTIST
Mr: T.-Shaddock visited in - Holm.
esville on Sunday.
A car of Alberta coal was received
this week by the local, U.F.O.
Mr. Earl" Miller, of Detroit, visited
with, friends in town on Sunday.
Mr. Charles Way; of -Exeter,, was
in town on Tuesday of this week.
Mr. Glen Broadfoot visited friends
in St. Thomas over Thanksgiving.,
Mr. and Mrs. Ro3' White visited
friends and relatives in town recent -
Mr. and Mrs. E. Liiidenfield and
family visited in St. Marys on :Mon-
day:
Miss L. McKay, of 'Windsor, visit-
ed under' the parental roof over Sun-
day.
Mr. Alex. MclVlurtrie, of Hamilton
visited at his home here over Thanks-
giving.
Miss Verda Vale, of Exeter, visit-
ed with•
Miss Nora Poilick' over the
holiday,
Mr. Fred. Elliott, of Clinton, paid
a short visit to friends in town on
Monday. •
Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Eccleston, of
Grand ' Bend, were in town on Tues-
day I t.
Miss Prances Pearce visited with
,relatives in St. Thomas over the
week -end. -
Mr. Hugh- McDonald, ,of Clinton,
visited at his home here over ` the
week -end. -
Mr. Wilson Berry, of Windsor, vis-
ited his mother, Mrs. T. Berry over
the holiday. •
Mrs.-.Volland and two -children, or.
,Goderich;.visited Mr. H. Volland on
Monday lash.
The Misses Short, of Windsor, re
Gently, visited Mr. A. Johnston and
family of town,
Mr. Edmund Geiger and son Ralph
of London, visited Mr. and Mrs. 0.
Geiger on Sunday.
Miss Annie Gilchrist, of London,
visited with her aunt, Miss 'McArthur
over 'Thanksgiving.
Mr.' John Stacey -of the Sterling
Bank staff, Varna, spent' Sunday.
with his par -ants -here.
Mr, and MVirs. Mervyn Coxworth,
of London, visited at the former's
home here on Sunday.
`Mr. and. Mrs: Milton Ortwein and
diaster Lloyd, of London, visited rel-
; atives in town recently.
Mr. and Mrs. D, McHarg and son
David, of London, visited Mrs. T. J.
;?'eart over the holiday.
Mr. Jim Nicol, of :the Sterling bank
at -Dungannon visited -71M parents
here over the week -end. °
Mr. Wm. Reynolds, -of Tilsonburg,
spent the week -end the guest of his
mother, Mrs. H. Reynolds.
Mr. Lloyd Davis, of Windsor, vis-
ited`,his.'parentS, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Davis over the week -end:
Miss Margaret Hobkirk of London
visited her parents Mr. and .Mrs, W.
Hobkirk, in town this week.
Miss Lillian and Raymond Rivers
of Parkhill, visited friends in and a-
round Hensall over the week -end.
1VIiss OIa Cook gave ,several very
pleasing readings' at the Elimville
fowl supper on Monday evening last.
:Mr. J. S. Beugias, teacher . of the
Two doors east of the, Molsons Continuation classes here, visited_at
Bank, Hensall Ont. t his home in Hamilton over the holi-
Away Wednesday afternoons. day.
Mrs. W. Johnston and daughter,
of Goderich were the guests 91 the
PROUDFOOT KILLORAN
& HOLMES
Barristors, &c.
Office
on the Square, 2nd door
from Hamilton St., Goderich.
-Private funds to loan at lowest rates.
W. Proudfoot, K.C. J. L. Killoran,
D, E. Holmes
Mr. 'I-Iolmes will be in Hensel')
every Friday from 9 until 6,
' AUCTIONMER _
OSCAR KLOPP
Honor Graduatere Jones'Au-
ction
ction course Schools Special takenin
p i.
Registered Live Stock (all Breeds,)
Merchandise, Real. Estate, Farm
13a1es etc. Rates in keeping with
prevailing prices. Satisfaction as-
sured, write Oscar Ilopp, Zurich, or
wire 18-93, Zurich.
EVBRY SORT OP1 JO1i 1 MINTING
WE PRINT—Posters, Dodgers, En -F
veiope's; Letterheads, Visiting Cards,
Shipping Tags, and anything ate all,
at
1 he' Observer Printing Olrice, Hensall,
Orders taken for Daily and Weekly
Papers. Tartrate and Landon papers
$4.75.. In club witit't,he I xetcr Times
8,25,. Leave your' order at, the Ob-`
server OMet).
ormer's sister, Miss Annie Moore
over Thanksgiving.
It is not too early to order Person-
al 'Christmas Greeting Cards. Come
and see ours before buying else-
where. We can >giveY on them as
cheap as anyone.
Master Albert Marshall, s all; 0f London
visited with friends in town recently.
Mr. Russel McKay, of London, vis-
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
MacKay over the week -end.
Don't forget the -Apple Social to be
held in the basement of " Carmel
church, on Friday, Nov. 1 G th. Come
and guess what B.A.P.—N.A,P. and
L.A.P. mean. Admission 25c and 15c.
The services in the Methodist
church next Sunday will be taken by
Rev. W. J. Maines, of Grand Bend.
This will be the ;MVI'issionary anniver-
sary of the church. He will `also
preaoli at, Chiselhurst in: the after-
noon.
Mrs. R. Stephena,,,znd ;little; child
returned to Toronto on Monday even-
ing after epending' an extended visit
with 1VIr. and Mrs. A. Reichert.; Mr.
Stephelie also visited with them over.
the holiday end accompanied his wife
back to the city,
A progressive euchre patty and
dance will be held in -the Tawn Hall
on ltiday evensni, Nov, 23rd. Cards
till 11.300, dancing after' lunch. Pro-
ceeds in aid of the ekating rink; Ad-
mission 50c for gont'etneti, 25c for
ladies. Caine and enjoyau evettin;
with your friends,
ME; EXETER TIMES
Dr. and Mrs, A. R. Campbell have
recently moved intopart of the hones
formerly ° occupied by Dr. Hardie,'
Our up-to-date viternary has for
some time liad his office in the above
mentioned place and has 110W moved
Iris household effects into the other
vacant part . of the hoose 'where he
will make his home,
A. number from Hensall and vicin-
ityattended
the Commencement ex-
ercises held by the High School at
Exeter on Friday evening last. A
number of Reheat' e Pupils Is att
end that
school and took part in the program.,
which; is put on entirely by the echol-
ars. Miss Violet Whiteside took a
very important part in a playlet put
on which spears well for Ilerisa]l
talent.
The Gama Alpha Delta Bible class
of the Methodist church spent an in-
terestingd i •dli
and Ii fntdbie Sunday
school period last Sunday when. Mr.
Gordon Parker briefly related his -
experiences overseas, giving liartic-
ulars of the battles of, Cambrai and
.Vimy Ridge. At the former battle
his conmany went in strong and only
'seventeen survived, he being one. of
the number. In describing - the lat=
ter battle he named a 'number of
Hensall boys Who fell. It was at
this battle where he was severely
wounded, being compelled to remain
'in the . hospital,fivd months. But
when "Big Ben".told out the news at -
eleven minutes to eleven o'clock on
the eleventh day of November, 1918,
wounds ,and hardships were alike
forgotten in „the great rejoicing .and
celebration.
rat on.
The fowl supper held on Thursday
evening lasts• by, the ladies of, the
Methodist church proved a'huge suc-
cess. An excellently prepared and
abundant supper was very ably serv-
ed in the basement from six until
eight o'clock and during that time
the entire ,basement of the church
was filled to capacity. After every-
one had satisfied the "inner man"
they repaired to the auditorium of
the church where the large audience
was very pleasantly anti
y entertained by
several musical artists from Cen-
tralia, as well as several readings
given by Mise Fortner, also of Cen-
tralia. In.. addition to this outside
talent -everyone enjoyed two very
pleasing solos by Mrs. Jas. Bonthron
and also several violin solos• bx Miss
G. Laramie, who never fails to please
her hearers. Rev. A. Sinclair, pas-
tor of the church, very ably executed
his duties as 'chairman for the occa-
sion. The entertainment closed with
the singing of the National Anthem.
The ladies of the church feel that the
supper was' indeed a success, the re-
ceipts of the evening being in ,the
neighborhood'cif• -825'0.00. On Fri-
day evening a supper was served to
•the children of what remained from
the ,supper of the previous evening.
DWELLING FOR SALE
One Story Frame Dwelling, north
side King Street, Hensall; 4 rooms,
2 village lots, well situated. Small
,fruits and good -water. Apply George
Brown, or Gladman & Stanbury.
LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE: WANT-
ED FOR HENSALL and district, to
sell the "Old Reliable Fonthill Nurs-
eries." - Spring selling season now
starting; Largest demand for stock
since the war; exclusive territory;
Highest commissions; Free equip-
ment. Stone & Wellington, Toronto.
THAMES ROAD
Mr. and Mrs. W. J,. Reid and Miss
Ann Gardiner, of Toronto, 'spent a
few days with Mr, and Mrs. Arthur
Gardiner.
The Institute meeting for this
month is posponed on .,account of
sickness::
GREENWAY
Mrs_ McKenzie and Mrs. Dave Mc-
Kenzie, of S.hipka visited Mrs. J. H.
McGreggor last week.
--We extend congratulations to M'r.
and Mrs, Walter McPherson (Miss
Merle Webb) who were married by
Rev. C. R. Gunne, in London last
Wednesday. , Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
Bullock entertained them and Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. McPherson to tea that
evening.
Mrs. Archie Webband children
are visiting friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh and Miss.
Olive, of Port Huron and S. English,
of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. R. Shepherd
of London,•spent Thanksgiving with
Mr. R. English.
Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Bullock spent
the holiday with Mr, and Wire. John
Gill at Grand Bend,
Rev. Lrvingstone, of Elimville, will
pieacn in the 1VIeth.o1iSt church next
Suiiclay morning,
The program oonnmittee for the
Christilials concert in the Methodist
5. S. is composed of Mrs. Frank Tur-
ner, Mr. and Mrs,iVfaines, Miss Leask.
and Miss Boe Fallis.
Mr. and Mrs. R. McIntosln,of Park-
hill, visited. with Mr. and Mrs. H,
Billing Over the holiday.
1VIiss Leone Williams, of Ripley
end IVCiss Olive Shepherd, of Parkhill
called in our burg,en Saturday even-
ing.
1V1rs, .1. R. A101101-0 W. M. S. Supt.
of Exeter Dietict, gave a sl.lom'lid
address to the members of the Grand
Bencl and Greenway auxiliaries .7 ire
last°rcinc�
iny nine
tnbet, A
,
will -de' the laclk'i of the local se,-, n.'
Served lt,itoh and au enjoyalbi. -
hour was spent,
DASH 000
Dr. H. H: Cowen, L. D. S.
D. D, S.
DENTAL SURGEON
Zurich, A l
t VlcConiticl.'s Bloch, Gui•icli, every
Thursday and Saturday,
Mt1IN eOFFICE
-Iarte
l nb s Block -- Dashwood, Ont.
lvir. and Mrs. Jones, of Cleveland,
spent a few days, with the latter's
parents, Mr. and. Mis. Jacob "Hart-
eib,
Mr.• Ira Tiernan or Otven Sound,
visited his parents over the holiday,.
iVli', Fred Burke and son 01 Lon-
don,: were week -end iisitors''in town.
Mr, and Mrs. T. 1Vliller, Messrs,
Arnold Merner and Otto l Tille1't left
last Thursday for Detroit.
1121. Geo. Edigltoffer and soli Lloyd
of Leamington, spent Thanksgiving
at their home here,
Mr. Andrew Musser, of .Loudon,
fie'ntl,the week dine
-end at liis lide Hole,
Mrs. 11, Davis,' of Exeter, called
on friends in town on Saturday.
Miss E. Richmond and Miss Myrta
Hoffman spent the holiday in Blyth.
The Calvary Evangelical church
are holding their annual Christmas
entertainnnent on Dec. 25th.
Mrs. Humble and cltildreni, 01 Sar-
nia, visited her mother. over the
week -end.
1VIr.
G. Nadiger has returned from
Preston.
Mr. Walter Fassold of London was
a visitor with his parents on Thanks-
giving Day.
Mr. L. T. Rutherford is on the
sick list.
Miss Olivia Welton has returned
from a• visit in Waterloo.
Mrs. Taylor, of London is visitiu
g
her son, Dr. R. H. Taylor.
CENTRAUA
The Ladies AidjSoczety are having
a sale of home-made sausage and
home-made cooking on Saturday af-
ternoon next at the store of Mr. J.
0. Richards.
1V1r. Earl Hodgson, of the Hydro
.Department, Toronto, spent the.holi-
d'ays'..wit1 .his
Mrs. Mooiliouse and friend; of
London,' are visiting the former's
daughter, Mrs, (Rev.) -Kiteley.
Mr. and Mrs. Sproule, of London,
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D.
Hodgson.
Mr. Albert Parsons spent the holi-
days with his brother,: Mr. W. Par-
sons.
Mn. and Mrs. Hancock, of Toronto,
and Mist Lillian Elliott, of Detroit,
and Miss Mabel, of Clinton, spent the
vacation with Mr. W. R. Elliott and
other friends.
The Epworth League held a very
interesting meeting Wednesday even-
ing. Mrs. Lloyd hoagson gave a
very instructive and able paper.
The W. M. S. held an interesting
meeting in the' schoolroom. of the
church Friday afternoon. 1VIrs. Mol -
lard gave an excellent address on'
Missions. Mrs. Kiteley sang a solo
and Mrs. John Essery read an article
descriptive of Mr. Brice'is work in
Japan. Refreshments were served
and those who were not present miss-
ed an excellent meeting.
Thanksgiving and : patriotic ser-
vices were held in the church Sunday
Rev. Kiteley preached sermons that
were helpful and impressive suitable
for the day. The singing of the
choir was much enjoyed especially,
the solo by Miss Lillian Elliott at
the evening service.'
Mrs. Jas. Oke and Miss Grace Oke
attended the wedding of Miss Flo.
'Hepburn to Mr. T. L. McNaughton
in London on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brooks, of
Centralia, announce the engagement
of their eldest daughter, Elva' May,
to Mr. Andrew Proctor, son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. T. Proctor, of Bel -
grave, the marriage to take place in,
November.
ZURICH
Mrs.
Zehr, who has been visiting
with her daughter Mrs. Chris. Sclt-
wartzentruber, Bronson Line return-
ed on Tuesday to her home at Beav-
er Falls, N. Y '
Mr.• and Mrs. Thos. Consitt of near
Zurich, announce the engagement of
their younger daughter; Annie Pearl,
to Clarence Parke, son of Mr. and
IVIrs. ,John Parke, Hensall the mar-
riage to take place the .latter part
of • November.
Dr. Woods ,and Mi•. D. E. Woods,
of .Highland Park, Mich., visited for
a fcw.days recontly, at the home of
Mr; arid, Mips. T. L. �Vui'ni,
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GREDITON
1VIr, Chris, Rau has returned hgnic
after attending the funeral 01 liis
Half brother, Mr. Chas. Sehweiizer,'
in Sebewaing, 1Clicln.
On Thursday evening of •last ,week
the Crediton Male Quartette :
gave a
musical program in Bayfield Towns.
Hall, under the auspices �>ices of the Pre -
S
b to •i
Y t an church nurelt fowl sa all? er
VIr.
l Victor Kestie, of Chatham,
spent the' holiday with Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Trevethick. '
Miss , Lauretta E•loltzann, nurse -in -
training at Victoria Hospital, . Lon
don, spent the holiday with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 11, Holtzman.'
Mr. and Mrs. H.. K.: Lilber motored
to London on Saturday.
We are pleased to state Mi' ..Jacob
Finkbeiner is somewhat better.
'after
hex serious illness.
'The Methodist church will' hold
their anniversary services on 'Sunday
Nov. 25th, at 11 a.m. and 7 pan.,
ftirther particulars later,
Mr. Herb. Beaver left to take a
posi:ibn"iii ' Detroit the past week.
• Miss Cora Stahls has taken a pos-
ition in London and left the past
week to take up her duties there.
Miss Trellis Hodgins spent the hol-
iday with her parents.
Mr. Lorne Swartz returned home
from the West the past week.
The Thanksgiving Memorial ser-
vice -in the Methodist church on Sun-
day evening was well attended, ex-
tra chairs being required to accomo-
date the audience. Miss Amy Tres='
ethick, of Brinsley, sang "There is
no Death." Miss Trevethick is a
finished artist and her solo was much
appreciated by every one.
Charles Sweitzer died : at Pontiac,
Mich., on Friday; Oct. 26th. Deceas-
ed was born in Germany on Aug. 6th
1844 and came to America with his
parents when five years old. The
family settled ateCrediton, Ont. where,
Mr. Sweitzer Was married to Chris-
tiana Mitchell tell ;on 'Oct: 18th, 1586:
Some years later they went to Mich-
igan and settled in Fairbank Tp.,
where e the lived ed on a farm until sev-
eral years ago when Mr. Sweitzer
retired from farm life and moved to
Sebewaing. Some time ago 1VIr.
Sweitzer's mental faculties began to
fail and on account of his -steady de-
cline he.was taken to the State Hos-
pital, where he died. He is survived
by seven sons and five;dattghters as
follows: Henry; .^ " _d Axe David,
of California; Fiorando, of Se'6e`w` ing; Wilbert, of Detroit; William, of
Flint; ; Arthur and Walter, of Kil-
managh; Mrs. Mary Ellen Kappen,
of Sebewaing; Laverna Finkbeiner,
of Gagetown; Mrs. Ada Brown, of
Durand and Mrs. Idella Herimer, of
West Unity, Ohio. The remains were
taken from Pontiac to Sebewaing on
Sunday after and the funeral was
held Tuesday afternoon from the
Evangelical church. Rev, E. W. Ly-
man, of Sebewaing and Rev. C. Kot-
eskey, of Kilmanagh, officiated. He
also leaves three hair -sisters, Mrs.
Robt. Wyatt, of Winnipeg, Mrs. Geo.
Fahner, of Crediton and Miss Eva
Rau, of London, Ont., also four half-
brothers, Christian Fahner and Chris-
tian Rau, of Crediton, Philip Rau, of
Winnipeg, and David Rau, of De-
troit.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wenzel and
family desire to express their sincer-
est thanks to their many friends
for' the kindness and sympathy shown
to themduring their recent bereave-
ment.
GREAT INSPIRATION AT
DISTRICT' MEETING
On Thursday, Nov. 8th, the Nov-
ember District meeting convened in
the Methodist church here. The meet-
ing was a :combination of District
business in the morning at 10 a.m.,'
followed by an address from Rev.
F. H. Langford, Gen. Sec, of Sunday
Schools and Young People's Societies
of the Methodist church. Mr. Lang-
ford spoke on the essential message
of the Sunday School, his address
was right to the point. Dinner was
served by the Ladies' Aid who dem-
onstrated their ability to feed the
inner man. After dinner. the pres-
ident of the conference, Rev. 'W. E.
Millson, led in a discussion and cross
questioning brought out the fact that
men are still seized with the import-
ance of the church in our national
life and believe that her groat ptir-
pose and' mission is the evangeliza-
tion 61 souls. Rev, Mr. Dreier, of the
Evangelical church, followed with an
address on Teacher Training in which
he pointed out how, seriously the Sun-
day School was handicapped through
lack of trained -teachers. Mist Har-
vey, ,of Exeter, then delighted the
convention with a very fine solo, ren-
dered in spendid voice. Mr. Roy
Gorilding, of Exeter, theng avl an
r ,
V •,
and 1)1,in
addrese on " lViueic, ` 'iia Liza: Sntud�:
School," Stressing at importance and.
showing some ways of revercoming its
difficlnitiee, Rey. Mrs Lanigford then
presided over a round table confer-
ence and out 91 the wealth of his
wide experience was able to answer
the many gp-lestions put tp Rizla. Fal-
lowing supper in the basomernt the
b.
n.crnta
Opening r., exercises were 1<.d by the
pastor of the uhurrh, Rev. L), i\I'eTav-
ish. Rev, Mr, Langford then tollowed
byr
an acld
res•
xz al lit
i
and •e -
r+
nrnLi::�• ht„ ri r,�:
,� a�i t,Yae, he .: pressed
the importance of ;ccxposure et the
child to religious influences and
showed hon' easy itis'for children to
grow up inchristian'communities and
yet never get to Sunday School or
church. His address ,nine followed
by. a closing consecration service led
by Rev, 'Mr. Milison who in his in-
imitable way brought ilte whole com-
pany face to face with spiritual
things and dismissed his audience
with a deep sence of•the presence of
God.
In the absence of special music
from Centralia, Itev, D. McTavish
sang The Stream of 1Vlercy, at the
evening session. Rev. G. W, Rivers,
chairman of the district, presided at
all meetings.
When we weren't .favorably im-
pressed upon first meeting : certain
people it never occurs to us what
poor dubs they, might think of us.
Here andThere I
Fifty cars of fish were shipped
this season from Lesser Slave Lake
to various points in Canada and the
United States, the majority i going's
to - cities in the Eastern States.
These shipments were practically
all whitefish, the coarser 'varieties-
being disposed of in the local mar-
kets.
"Showing a record increase over
the figures of last year, grain load-
ings
in the Western P
r vinces since
the commencement of the crop year, •
September 1st, aggregate 82,219
cars, representing 136,958,448 'bush-
els as against et 80 ,828cars
loaded, or
130,28'1,194 bushels, from September
lst to October 14th, 1922.
That the future nrosperity of the;'.
Maritime Provinces, as well as th
whole of Canada, depended on t
routing of. Canadiantradeover Ca-
nadian railways and through, Cana-
dian
ports, was the view expressed
by Dr. Murray Maclaren, M.P. for
St. John, speaking recently; in his
Tens Of thousands of caribou ar
trekking southwards•throiigh Yukon "-\ \
Territory for the winter'. Bands of
them have passed through the out-
skirts of Dawson City. For a hun-
dred miles down, bands of caribou
can be seen swimming the Yukon
river and sometimes surrounding
canoes and steamboats as they pass.
Part of the 15,000 feet of moving
pictures taken for the Dominion ar-
chives by the Arctic expedition in
charge of Captain Bernier, which
has just returned from the northern
regions, are to be shown in Quebec
City shortly. They contain inter-
esting incidents of the life of the
Eskimo and typical scenes of the,
Northern land.
Up to the end of June, 1923, ac-
cording to E: W. Beatty, President
of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
the Company had disposed of 18,-
194,737 acres of agricultural lands,
for which an average price of $7.87
per acre was received. During this
period the Company had, by direct
effort of its own, secured the settle-
ment of over 100,000 farmers izt
Western Canada.
rA splendid hunting year with a
late open fall is reported from Brit-
ish Columbia. A world's record Os-
born caribou was killed by D. W.
Bell, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The -length of the head was 65i/a
inches, spread 55 inches and thirty-
eight points../ A party of three, of
whom Bell was one, bagged nearly
100 pieces.
A total of 40 round voyages to the
port of St. John, New .Brunswick,.
constituting an increase of six over
last winter's - figures, is n renounced
by the Canadian, Pacific it1 a newly'
issued schedule of operations for the
winter port. The S.S. Montclare
will be the first liner to leave St.
John after the close of St. Lawrence
navigation, sailing for Liverpool on
December 7th.
Captain S. Robinson, R.N.R., the
hero of the Japanese disaster, who
commanded the Empress of Aus-
tralia when that ship was in Yoko-
hama harbor at the time of the
earthquake, has been fittingly hon-
ored by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way. He is, to command the com-
pany's 'steamship, the Empress of
Canada, when the ship leaves New
York, January 30th, on a world
cruise.
The most espectacular nugget
brought to town in many years
arrived in Cobalt, Ont., recently, and
the camp's oldtimers gathered round,
admiring the huge mass. The nug-
get weighs approximately 3,200
pounds, is estimated to run fully 75
per cent silver' and is worth over
S20,000, according to the estimate of
the owner, Angel Clemens, a New
Iiisheard carpenter.
The Royal Can idia i Nava Ile
serve, of 500 oflicers -and' men, 15
now being or gamins i, and it is e:r
peetecl that sciecticn of of fieert,wilt
be completed earw Nave, "or
rile dcv ttttcrs will In' cal tbli,hdti'.y
S'Charlottetown,
t. John, QucbisI, V anci)n v er 1?:zak� b
Victoria. leveret.' sandt tr
Naval
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