Kettle Valloy Orchardist FOURTEENTH YEAR���������No,, 46 GRAND FORKS, B. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1915 $1.00 PER YEAR # the into effect of such a IS PROFITABLE A. D. Morrison has commenced to market his grape crop. Mr. Morrison is thepioneer grape grower OQ a commercial scale in this valley. The.vines have now attained sufficient age ,to bear a good crop; the yield this year will be about donble what it was last year. From less than half an acre of a- vineyard he expects harvest over, 2500 pounds of grapes," For these he finds a .ready local market at-good prices, aud be says this-is the most profitable crop in his,orchard. He has nineteen varieties, and all ripen and thrive-in this climate. The flavor is superior to imported fruit, as the fruit is allowed to ripen on the vine. Mr. iVIorrison says there are large tracts of hillside Und in this valley t'*iat would make ideal vineyards, and would prove a source of great profit to the owners. The work of successful grape culture, he says, is not any greater, after the vines have attained an age of two years, than the libor n quired to grow apples or any other kind of fruit. Liberals Prepared ;: to Submit Liquor Question to People At a meeting of the executive of the Liberal patty of British Columbia, held in Vancouver last Monday, the following resolution was adopted: That whereas the Liberal party of British Columbia stand foremost in their advocacy of measures designed . for the betterment of existing conditions; And whereas,, there exists a movement to have legislation enacted in this province in favor of prohibition, this desire finding expression in a request recently made to the government of our province to have the question submitted to the people, apart from a generalelection: 'And whereas, the Liberal party have gone on record as being in favor" of removing the liquor question from party politics; And whereas, the proposal to .submit this question to the people introduces the principle of direct legislation; And whereas, the principle of direct legislation is in the opinion of this executive desirable, and that it should not be limited in its application to this one question, but should apply, with proper safeguards, to other questions of province-wide import, and believing that in the adoption of direct legislation lies the best solution of the liquor question as well as other equally important problems, and that its proper application would remove many of the evils from which we are now suffering; Therefore, be it resolved by the carrytug policy; And be it further resolved, that should a vote of the people before a general election be taken, such vote showing a majority in favor of- prohibition, the Liberal party when re turned to power will enact the neces" sary legislation . to make effective the will of che people. The adoption of the principle of direct legislation by the Liberals of British Columbia places them in line with the policy of the Liberals of the great provinces of Albert and Manitoba. It may be of interest to point out that the government of Alberta found it advisable to enact their "Direct Legislation Act" as a base upon which to submit the "Liquor Act" which recently received the "overwhelming endorsation of the elector ate of that province. The Alberta "Direct Legislation Act" is very sim pie yet very comprehensive in its en actments. Briefly stated, it provides for the reference to the electorate for. their approval of acts originating within legislature itself. This class of bills are styled deferred bills. They do not become operative until three- months after the close of-the session enacting them. If before the expiry of the three months-a petition* is presented from a specified percentage of the electorate covering a certain percentage' of the .provincial constituencies, "then the bill is submitted to the. electorate for their -approval. If approved the bill comes" into _ operation; if not approved, -the bill,_is removed from the statute book; "'>-'- ''-' "'t Under another section of the act a petition signed by a number of electors equal to 20 per cent of the votes cast at the last provincial election and signed by at least.8 per cent of > the number of votes cast at the Jast elec tion from each of 85 per cent of the number of provincial constituencies may be presented asking for a bill, a copy of which accompauies the petition, be placed before the electors.. If such a bill is certified by the attorney general of the province to be within the constituional powers of the legislature and does not require a grant of money or an expenditure of revenue the bill must bs submitted to the people for their decision; if approved, it must be enacted by the legislature without material change ACTIVITY UT Ml Increased business at the Anyox plant of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting &, Power company Iras necessitated'thc installation of a new furnace which increases the smelting capacity to 3000 tons of ore every 24 hours, or rofined product of about 60 tons of copper per day. Besides the company's own ore, a considerable quanity of customs ore from mines in southeastern Alaska is being smelted at the plant. Since last May tho company has given an extra war bonus of from 20 to 50 cents per day to its employees. The employees in turn Liberal party of British 'Columbia as .'have pledged one day's pay each represented by its executive, pledge i month toward the war relief fund, in itself to tho policy of submitting this ' addition to large oontributions to the question of prohibition to the people ��������� machine gun fund. The employees by a referendum, and that this oxocu- j of this company are particularly well tive adopt the principle of direct Iegis-, pleased with tho treatment accorded latioit and tho prompt enactment by them by the management and by the the Liberal party when placed in ; provisions made for their accommoda-1 power of the necessary legislation for tion. At the regular meeting of th'e city council on Monday night all the members were present with the exception of Aid. Bonthron. Chief Savage asked the council to install a telephone in the public school building. Referred to the water and light committee. , ��������� Ben Norris, who represents the government in the work of completing the cement sidewalk around the new- post office,- wished to know why the council had stopped from-going ahead with the_ work. From the discussion fhat followed it appeared that the Grand Forks Concrete company had a contract of two years' standing to do the work, and that Mr. Norris had let a new contract - to a Green-' wooil party. On motion of Aid. Mc Callum and Manly, a .committee con sisting of the mayor, the clerk and Aid. Donaldson was appointed tn ob tain legal advice regarding the legality of the city's, undertaking with the Grand Forks Concrete company A communication from the ciry of North Vancouver offered a fire appar atus for sale. Filed. A communication from the,, secre . tary of the'Grand Forks Agricultural association'extended an -invitation to the mayor and aldermen to attend the sixth annual Grand Forks fall faiiy-to be held en the 28th and 29th- inst. A request was also made that the council proclaim two half civic holidays during the exhibition. Ou motion of Aid. McCallum and Bickerton, the matter of proclaiming the holidays was laid over for consideration at the next meeting A communication from the board of lizense commissioners requesten the council to take up ani redraft the trader's' license bylaw, as it had been amended so many times that-at pres ent lt was difficult to correctly interpret it. On motion of Aid. Donald son and Smith, the request was com plied with. Health Officer Kingston reported that he inspected the dairies supply ing milk in the city, and that he had found them in a sanitary condition and the milk was of a good quality. The health officer recommended that notice be sent to all parties keeping pigs in the city to either dispose them or remove them outside the city limits. The recommendation was concurred in by the council. A communication from Registrar oi Land Titles Dunbar asked for a blue print of the alteration in the alley in the block on the corner of Winnipeg avenue and Donald street. The clerk was instruoted to send him one. The chairman of the finance committee recommended that the list of list of delinquent taxes be advertised and ihat the sale be held on October 15. Aid. McCallum and some of. the other aldermen did not favor holding a tax sale this year, in view of the war ad existing conditions. The mat- been done in the West end, and street work in other parts of the oijy was progressing. The Bridge street bridge was being replanked, and by tomor- row night the work would be finished and the bridge safe for any kind of traffic. The chairman of the^health.and relief committee reported that there was one case in the city" requiring assistance. The chairman of the water and light committee recommended that pipe be ordered for making the connection in the main between .Water street and the Great Northern station. It was decided to defer the purchase of the pipe for a few months. The water and light committee was authorized to purchase a stove for the fire hall. The past months' accumulation of accounts were ordered to be paid. Aid. Bickerton gave notice that at at the next meeting he would ask leave to introduce a traders' license bvlaw. WILL BE FEATURE Canada's Share Canada has not .dealt in billions of dollars and millions of men, but .Canada has nevertheless made commensurate war sacrifices in money, suffering and blood. The temper of the Canadian soldier has already been proven and approved in the theatre of war, but the same bravery of the home people in facing a rapidly rising .public debt has Jiad ' a much less spectacular '-setting. France, Britain and even Belgium are fighting and making sacrifices��������� but no greater sacrifices .in propor I witnessed here in former years. The- tion-m the midst of a struggle that fair wi]l end with a big dance ou lhe. The local individual ranch displays will be the special feature of this year's Grand Forks'fair. There will be five or.more entries in this competition. A grand display from the Dominion experimental farm will also be made. From present indications the fair, which will be held on September 28 and 29, will be a bigger success ^than in any previous year., The prize money in many sections has been greatly increased, and.the competition will therefore be keener and the exhibits of. a'superior character! One notable instance in which prizes worth fighting for have been hong up is for the best individual ranch, display. These are: First prizu, ���������375; second, $50; third, 825; fourth, 810. In the live stock section, the amount of the prizes offered for registered cattle have been more than doubled over last year, and this fact should bring out the best exhibit in this section ever seen in this portion of the province.' The amusement part of the fair^ is not to bp neglected. The sports committee is working ,hard arrang-' ing,an "excellent"program", of .horse ' races, athletic sports, etc., and these features of the exhibition will be fully equal if not superior to those actually threatens their existence, but Canoda is giving lavishly of her best blood and money without any thought that physically at least she is in danger from the Teuton. Both life and money are more precious, too, to a country just entering upon a period of national development Canada is giving humanity one of the real returns of a frightful war. It is the triumph of the purest patriotism and unselfish devotion to the mother country uue. Chicago Trib- NEWS OF THE CITY A special meeting of the license commissioners was held in the city hall Thursday evening, Commissioners Bickerton and Dinsmore being present. Three of the down-town hotel keepers were called before the meeting. They were accused of having violated thc liquor traffic regulations act, and cautioned to live up to its rules in future. The accused parties appeared to be as grieved over the fact that they had been signaled out from among qhe seven hotclkeepers in the city to appear before the board, as they were over the lecture tendered them. At the annual meeting of the Winnipeg grain exchange, fast week, evening of the 29th. ���������' The sports committee are arranging a good program for two days-' races at the fair grounds. The city authorities and the board of school trustees have been asked to proclaim two half holidays during the fair, and this request will undoubted be granted. The judges of the exhibits will be: Live stock, S H. Hopkins; poultry, W. Miller Higgs; fruit and vegetables, P. E. French. Ladies from the outside will be asked to award the prizes in the home cooking and iaiicy work departments. The grand opening will take place on Tuesday, September 28, at 1:30 p.m., when Mayor Robert Ginv, assisted by Lome A. Campbell, M. PP.; Mrs. Gaw and others will open the sixth annual fair. Entries will positively close on September 25. Bridge street on October 1. There will probably be two dances in the building before that date. The Daughters of the Empire .have been tendered the use of the store for a dance in the near future, and the fair association will likely give its dance thereon the closing night of the fair. S. 1'. Dixon, of Greenwood, has resumed work on the cement sidewalk around the government building, the Sidney T. Smith, retiring president, committee from tho city council, after declared that the 1915 crop of the , ,jbtai,li"K le8al fl(Ivlt;e, Iiavi������������ decided Canadian prairie west will total 5G5,- | t,,at the old co'lt|,(lct witl> "* G'���������������������������������<������ , , 089,508 bushels from an acreage of I Fueks Concrete company was not ter was discussed at length, and it was on -Qc, nn.. ., . ������ ' valid e ,, ,.,,,,,,, \20 o88,0i).5. Harvesting conditions! finally decided that the only way to I , , . .... | ' are good and there is practically no! labor shortage to handle thc crop in ' The annual general meeting of tlu; litiUl, . shareholders of the Bertha Codsolidn- to! collect the taxes from some of the large property owner would be to hold the sale as recommended by the committee. Tho chairman of the board of works Fiirnituru reported that some street grading had into their ted Gold Mining Company, Limited, I'lie Grand Forks Hardware it will be held on Tuesday, .September :ompatiy expect to move j 28, at 8 o'clock p.m., at tho fiHi.ro of new brick block on th e rrompany in this city. KSSSSESS������g539@19Sgei iSSSKSaSZSKSS r>, s should go in for both trap and field shooting. After thirty-one years of nearly continuous shooting, 1 can truthfully say 1 know of no other recreation that will do so much towards keeping a woman in good health and perfect figure than a lew hours spent occasionally at trap shooting, and as I am learning new stunts nearly every week, 1 am quite sure that, providing a woman has fairly good health an.l eyesight, she is never too old to learn. Either shooting clay targets" or game in (hefield, there is just enough exercise to do good, not to. say any- tiling about the fresh air you breathe. Many ladies are afraid to start- shooting'on- account of the gun kicking.' If the gun is heavy enough, not overloaded and fits you properly, you will find little if any recoil. I woul.l, however, suggest using a rubber recoil pad, lilted to the end of the stock. T heard a gentleman say a short time since that he was going to buy his wife a twenty bore and start her at the traps. He wouK.n't-think of using such, a light gun himself and he could hot have given her a worse handicap to begin with, for while a twenty bore is ia:pleasure to use on game in the field, a twelve gauge, full choke (not lesstban 714) *s what is needed for trap shootiftg. ;At first you should have some of- your . gentlemen friends who know, how it should be done, give you some instructions. If you do pot care to go to some gun club, have him buy a hand trap and throw the targets easy until you learn to break some and gain confidence. As to dross, something loose, so that your every movement will be free; your shoes should have a low, fiat, l.eel, so as not (0 throw you forward. The hat should be;wide enough to shade the eyes and fit snugly, but comfortably on the head. All your clothing while at the traps should feel part of yourself. When you are going after a target, concentration meai.s everything. After the first few weeks you will find .yourself looking forward - to your afternoon at' the gun club, where, judging from my personal experience, I can safely say you will be a welcome guest. Few Paroled Prisoners Return to Jail W. P. Archibald, prison parole officer for Canada', states that in the Dominion during the past sixteen years there have been 7,776 prisoners released on parole from Canadian pen- itentaries out of which 489, or 6.3 pe.- cent., have been returned to finish their sentences. Of this small fraction only three per cent, have been sent back.to prison because of a return to crime, thc balance having .iroken some of the conditions of their parole.* During these sixteen years 6,412 prisoners have completed their sentences while on parole and S75 are still reporting to the authorities at regular intervals. Russia Purchases les Breaker The purchase by the Briti ;h government of the ice breaking steamer Bruce from the Reid Newfoundland Company was announced recently. It is understood that the Bruce, with her sister ship Lintrose, bought by Russia last winter, will be used in the White Sea during the fall and winter in an effort to keep open later than usual the channel tothe port of Archangel. The Bruce and the Lintrose were built a few years ago for service in Cabot Strait, between Newfoundlard and Cape Breton, where heavy ice i:s encountered in thc winter. They are steamers of 1,553 tons. Remarkable Prophecy Danish Author, Fifty Years Ago, Foretold German' Submarine 'Feats The Tagliche Rundschau reprints parts of a dialogue from a comedy by Erik Bogh, a Danish dramatist, which was produced in Germany in 1863, and caused quite some" amusement and much derision because of what- was termed its "insane prophecies" at that time. The name of the comedy was "The Editor's Secretary" and the dialogue is between him-and Wimmcl- feld, an" inventor, who is regarded as mentally unbalanced. The most significant part of the dialogue is contained in tne following scene: "Wimmelfeld���������My visit is of groat importance. It relates to Germany's sea power and her domination of the air. "Editor's Secretary���������Ah, you have made another invention! "Wimmelfeld���������Two inventions, if you please. These inventions make Germany feared all over world. Germany, of all nations, be regarded by others -with horror. One invention concerns our sea power, the other our mastery of the air." "Editor's Secretary���������Mastery ,of thc air?" "Wimmelfeld���������Even so- I have invented and built two ships. One sails over our enemies, the other under them. With one I can descend to the bottom of the sea and blow the enemies' ships into the air, with the other I can float in the air, throw bombs on the enemy's soldiers and cast fire over the enemy's cities." "Who," asks the German newspaper, "would have believed in 1863 that 1915 would see the realization of this inventor's dream, regarded then as but the fantastic vagaries of a weak mentality?" sir, will the will Johnny's mother was tired of having her table cloths stained. So she in- stiuted a fine of a penny for every stain. During tea a few days later Johnny \vas observed running his rather grimy finger very hard on the cloth beside his cup and saucer. "Johnny, what on earth are you doing?" asked his mother in surprise. "You'll soil the tabic cloth." "Oh, no, I won't," replied the youngster. "I'm just trying to rub two spots into one." The eight aqueducts of. ancient. Rome brought 40,000,000 gallons of water a day into the city. Had the Romans been aware that water always rises to its own level these huge erections 011 arches seventy feet high need never have been built. ncrease Miiciency e British Committee Which is. Testing New Appliances For Aircraft Issues Annual Report The report if the advisory committee for aeronautics for the year 1914- 1915 has been issued. The report, which is addressed to the prime minister and signet', on behalf of the committee by Jjcrd Ruyleigh says that continued progress has been made in the consideration of the conditions affecting the stability of fhs aeroplane- The report mentions, among other matters which have been under consideration by the committee, the question of sighting appliances for use on aeroplanes and accuracy in bomb dropping. A number of special investigations have been undertaken for 'the admiralty and the war,office, including the analysis and examination of deposits'on airship envelopes and tests -of magnetos forming .part of wireless installations to determine their liability to ignite explosive mixtures of gases. 'The reports received from the British expeditionary force in France have clearly indicated the advantage of attention to strength and go*b"d construction in all details of the aeroplane, and the superiority in -durability and useful life thereby attained. It is felt that.the results thus achieved fully justify the care which lias been devoted to these matters and the special precautions taken. In all machines now designed the recommen "ationr made by the committee are closely followed and tlie margin of strength allowed exceeds that specified as required from considerations connected with the effect of flattening out after a steep dive. The increase in weight due to the modifications made has to some extent been compensated by other improvements and by increased aerodynamic efficiency. In military use further increase in strength has to be considered in relation to other factors affecting safety; in particular the merit of rapid climbing tends to asfety of a different kind, to which great consideration must be given) and limits the-increase in strength and weight which mighL , otherwise be adjudged desirable- : The modifications-required to conform with considerations arising in connection with stability and strength of construction have led to the complete change of certain.existing types of machine, involving alterations to wings, body, tail, fin, area, wires and controls. Tests of the new designs have shown that it is possible,- without sacrifice, of controllability, to make the aeroplane inherently stable and capable of flying satisfactorily without use of the controls. Improvements have been introduced in the shape of the body and engine covering, in. tank capacity, in the section and attachments of wires and\in many other ways. Experiments on alighting gear have been continued and two standard types adopted as suited to special .requirements. New types of machines have been, designed' embodying special features which recent military experience has shown to be desirable. In all of these it has been found possible to obtain, stability under ordinary flight condi- tions. Wireless and other signalling apparatus has been designed, and bomb dropping gear has been fitted and investigated. In these matters ��������� assistance and advice have heen given by- individual members of the committee. Spy Fever Still Raging in Berlin A warning, signed by the .Berlin commandant, has been published in the Berliner Tageblatt urging persons to be cautious when conversing in public 'places. There are at present, numerous spies, the article states, roaming within the German boundaries seeking information of military importance. Despite the numerous other notices requesting persons to bo careful about their conversations, important; information has reached the enemies of the Teutons. Occasionally remarks are made in places frequented by many persons- The conversation may not disclose any real news for a spy, yet an investigation may be made by the agent, and other facts of more importance may be revealed, it is said. This notice has been placed in all public places throughout Germany. The railroad stations, hotels and cafes have it in conspicuous places on the walls. The Movie Business An idea of the present extent of the motion-picture business in the United States is furnished by the following- facts: 13,000,000 people go to "movie" shows every day; the moving-picture -industry ranks fifth in amount of capital invested; and there are more than 250 moving-picture companies continuously engaged in the manufacture of photo plays in. Southern California alone. THEY GIVE FINE SERVICE-SEE THE AGENT I* Il -" if* - THE SUN, GRAND FORKS, B.C. Fee? Averts- SPORT Sold toy all gogd Shoe Dealers "Wbim fey arvgiy member ,of themanily ijuiyiaa.i.ian������������i.)l������wff, , ,, , n May Finally Banish War To Stand Together Interests of Dominion and Motherland Are One, Says Hon. A. Meighen "However we may feel about the attitude of-the Motherland toward.Canada-.in days gone by, let us realize- ���������that in the crisis that hangs over us 'now thc .interests of Canada and the Motherland are one and-indissoluble. We stand together or fall together." Ift these words Hon. Arthur Meighen concluded an eloquent appeat lo all parties and races in Canada to stand together during thc troublous times ot war. He said that crisis had always had the effect of uniting Canadians. "Today there is a peril ��������� about us transcending all. we hay3 "previously passed through,'-' said the speaker. "It behooves the people of Canada to he united now. The crisis is bound to .mean this' if we are sensible and patriotic. - It will mean much to the peoples who inhabit this country that in Europe the Wolfes and Montcalms arc fighting side by side against a common foe.'.': A Pill For All Seasons.���������Winter md summer, in any latitude, whether in torrid zone or Arctic temperature, Parmelee's Vegetable Pills can be depended upon to do their work. The dyspeptic will rind them a friend always and should carry them with him everywhere. They are made to withstand any climate and are warranted to keep their freshness and strength. They do hot grow stale, a quality not possessed; in many pills now on the market. The London Lancet Surmises That the Area of Arbitration May be Forced on the World The London Lancet asks if the time is approaching when, owing to tho high developments of chemical and physical science, warfare will become practically impossible. It is suggested that explosives may possibly be. rendered useless when J invisible means are found to fire them ' from great distances, "as might well prove to be the case in those days of wireless waves or radiations and projections." The Lancet remarks that it ���������would be a remarkable outcome of scientific discovery if the now weapons, by their precision, should automatically extinguish themselves. If armament should thus defeat its own 'ends, arbitration should at length succeed, the'paper believes. .On the employment of poisonous gases tho Lancet remarks: "Glib references are made to the possjblc iise of potent poisons, arsenical gases, prussic acid or <-some other death dealing substances which shall improve upon this chlorine compound adopted by the enemy. It is well to remember that there is evidence lhat the enemy has seriously and systematically studied this Question for some time, and we may be fairly certain that tire gas was decided upon after considerable trial as the most available and practicable i'or-the ghastly ends in view. At all events, such other deadly materials as may he available, are as much in the enemy's hands are in ours, and neither side would he likely to gain any permanent benefit" by such machinations. We must not dismiss as impracticable thc wilder dreams of the chemical poisoner, for in chemistry it would seem that no sooner is a suggestion dismissed as foolish than it at once appears in the form of an accomplished fact, but we lean to the belief that the capacities of gas poisoning havo been exhibited to tho full." o Cure Guaranteed Never known to fall; acts without pain in 24 hours. Is soothing, ��������� healing; takes the sting right out. No remedy sc quick,' safe and sure as Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor. Sold everywhere���������25c per bottle. Fire Regulations Which Should be in ,. Force in'All Municipalities Regina has in operation a new fire inspection bylaw, under which the fire department of the city is required 'o inspect all business premises at least four times a year and all other premises at least twice a year- Three sections of the by-law deal with very frequent causey of lire, and are as follows: "Bonlires, etc.���������No person^ shall kindle, maintain or assist in maintaining any bonfire or other exposed fire within the city unless he shall first have obtained a written permit from the chief, who shall give direction as to what measures are to be taken to safeguard property." "Handling of rubbish.���������No waste paper, excelsior, shavings, rubbish or other like inflammable material shall be left in any part of any business building for more than one day, except such material as may be stored within a fireproof room, provided with standard fire doors or within a fireproof receptacle, but all such material shall be destroyed, removed or placed within such fireproof receptacle at the close of each business day." "Disposition of Hot Ashes.���������No hot ashes shall be deposited in any receptacle other than' one of non-combustible material with fireproof cover, and no such ashes shall be deposited within fifteen feet of any wooden building or any wooden structure whatsoever." The fire chief reports that the citizens are taking kindly to the inspection work, and in many cases welcome the men who are able to give them advice on the prevention of fires. The by-law is known as No. 839, and should be copied by other municipalities. 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If you want special adrice write to Ijrdia E. Finkham Medicine Co. (confl- flential) Lynu, Mass. Your letter will be opened, rend and answered by a woman, nnd held in strict confidence. The Calf of Duty The Canadian who holds back from taking his place with the country's defenders at this, time is not worthy -his British birthright. Wherever that place may be, every loyal citizen will be prompt to fill it. It may he with tho man in training for the' front, or it may be in some other capacity. The essential thing is that every one should find out in. what way he may best fulfill the heavy responsibilities from which none of us may with honor escape- The sooner we measure-up to this duty, the more quickly will the empire be enabled to shake off the monster who is reaching for her throat. The longer wc stand back, leaving the task to others, the greater is the risk we incur of ultimate defeat and the loss of all for which thousands of Britishers, who valued then- lives just as highly as do we. have already died.���������London (Ont.) Free Press. Minard's theria. Liniment Cures Diph A Danger Not to be Slighted W. N. U. 1064 The Danger in Canada From German Espionage The investigation in progress at Windsor has already shown that the talk about German attacks on Canada is not all hot air. The German-Americans are fumingly angry and resolutely determined.' Any conspiracies into which they may enter to destroy life or property or interfere with the manufacture of war supplies are breaches of United States neutrality, and it may be taken for granted that the Unitdd States government will honorably endeavor to suppress all plots of this sort. But the Canadian government, if it is not taking the situation sufficiently serious, should loss no time in getting into touch through secret agents with what is doing among thc class of people to which the Detroit malefactors belong. German espionage has done Germany more harm than good in this great war, but' that will not discourage German-Americans from imitating their home-staying friends by endeavoring to find out what is going on in Canada, and to thwart all enterprises that have been entered into for the purpose of aiding Great Britqjn and the British empire in this gigantic struggle. The loss of a single factory engaged iu producing munitions for the Allied armies would more than offset the cost of a whole corps of secret service officers.���������Toronto Globe. Extending Work of Geological Survey The geological survey is extending its scope of work to include in addition to investigation of metallic mineral resources, a soil survey of Canada, with the object ot classifying, the soils and ascertaining their agricultural possibilities in different districts both in settled and unsettled areas and also a mapping and classifying of deposits of material suitable for road making. The staff of the survey has been considerably increased of late years and during the past year trained observers have been making surveys of stone and gravel deposits in the more thickly settled districts of Ontario and Quebec to determine their road-making qualities. Reports are now available for a considerable number of localities and the information should be of great practical value to road-engineers and to municipalities undertaking, permanent highway improvements. Many Farmers Fail to Realize the Value ofFarmyard Manure ��������� According to recent statistics, there are in Canada "in round numbers 3,000,000 horses, 0,000,000 cattle, 3,- 500,000 hogs, and 2,000,000 sheep. Experiments indicate that thc approximate value of the. fertilizing constituents of the manure, both solid and liquid, produced by each horse would be $27; by each head of cattle $20, by each hog ?S,- and by each sheep $2. This would make the total value of the manure produced in one year by the different classes of farm animals in Canada amount to $233,000,- j 000. ' The importance of this by-pro-1 duct of the farm may be better realized if wc compare it with some of the other principal products of Canadian industries. Tho following table shows the value of some ot the leading products: Total wheat crop, 1914.. .$196,000,000 Total oats crop, 1914 151,000,000 Total forest products, lllll 180,000,000 Total mineral products, 1913 115,000,000 Farmyard manure, (average) 5 years) 233,000,000 The figures given in the above fable 'are for the years in which the reached the highest point on record, while the figures for the manure, represent the average annual production for the past five years. Assuming that one-third of the value of manure is annually lost by present methods of management, and t'*is is undoubtedly a conservative estimate, the loss from this source in Canada'would be about $78,000,000- Surely the farmer can not afford to throw away.a sum of money' that would more than pay his taxes. But that is just what many are doing. Recent investigations by the commission of conservation show that 90 per cent, of the two hundred Ontario farmers personally visited by representatives of the commission in 191*1, exercise no special, care to prevent waste. The natural manure is a part of the raw material for farm crops, and, as-such should receive the.came attention and care to prevent loss and waste as is given the raw material in any manufacturing plant. A fact worth knowing and remembering by the" farmer is that the losses caused by leaching or super-heating represent the most readily available portion of the nitrogen and potash in tho manure, which is, consequently, worth more than that left in the manure heap. It is hard to persuade the farmer to abandon time-honored customs, such as piling the manure under the eaves or on the hillside, but surely in this day of wider knowledge and of more intelligent ' farming we should refrain from waste.���������F.C.N- Preservation of Wild Life Population of World is 1,600,000,000 At the Christian Endeavor convention held at Chicago, Rev. Jay S. Stowell, secretary of the Presbyterian board of home nyssions, in an address said: "The population of the world is 1,- 600,000,000, yet after 1,900 years of Christian effort, 1,116,000,000 of the world's population do not know the Christian gospel. There are between one and two hundred million persons in the world for whom no missionary society has as yet ever begun to plan. This "is the great challenge to the Christian * young people of the age. Here the young people may'find the long sought moral equivalent of war. BUILT A MONUMENT The Best Sort in the World A Rare Opportunity The Monarch Life Assurance Co., with head office at Winnipeg, is prepared to offer good contracts for active, reliable persons whom they may appoint as their agents. A splendid opportunity awaits the energetic man, who is looking for a good connection. Communicate with .f. W. VV. Stewart, managing director, Monarch Life Assurance Co., Winnipeg. "So you've moved to the cottnfry? How do you like it?" "Great! Beats a stuffy old flat all hollow. Aud tho best of it is, we get Tresh eggs and vegetables almost as cheap as we could get them in tlio city." "A monument built by and from Postum," is the way a man describes himself. He says: "For years I was a coffee drinker until at last I became a terrible sufferer from dyspepsia, constipation, headaches and indigestion. . (Thc effects on the system of tea and coffee drinking are very similar, because they each contain the drug, caffeine). "Thc different kinds of medicine I tried did not cure me, and finally some one told mc to leave off coffee and take up Postum. _ I was fortunate In having the Postum made strictly according to directions on the pkg., so that from the start I liked it. "Gradually my condition changed. The old troubles disappeared and I began to feel well again. My appetite became good and I could digest food- Now I am restored to strength and health, can sleep sound all night and awake with a fresh and rested hotly. "I am really a monument built by Postum, for I was a physical wreck, distressed in body and mind, and am now a strong, healthy man. I know exactly what made the change; it was leaving off coffee and using Postum." Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. Read, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. ... Postum comes in two forms: Postum Ceraal���������the original form ���������must be well boiled, lac and 25c packages. Instant Postum���������a soluble powder ���������dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water, and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious beverage instantly. 30c and 50c tins. Both kinds are equally delicious and cost about the same per cup. "There's a Reaso*." for Postum. ���������sold by Grocers. Australian Elevators The N.S. Wales minister for agriculture has made public his scheme for the bulk handling of wheat. Two huge elevators are to be built at Sydney and Newcastle, the two principle seaports of the state. At a latter date another will be erected at Jervis Bay, the outlet port to the new federal capital now building at Canberra. The Sydney silo will cost $S75,000, while that at Newcastle will cost $375,000. In addition to this 35 elevators will be built at various country stations- The work of erecting these will be spread over a period of five years, and the total cost will be about $4,375,000. Each country elevator will have a capacity of 200,000 bushels. 1,500 trucks will have to be built for the work of shifting the harvest of 46,000,000 bushels in the six months. The estimated cost of Instituting bulk handling of wheat in N.S. Wales will cost $11,045,000. It is intended to co-operate with all tho States in the matter of getting ships of the proper type for the handling of the wheat in bulk. New South Wales has had an expert there for some time from the United States, dealing with the whole matter. An Economic, Not a Sentimental, Issue Involved in Bird Protection The popular impression in Canada that the preservation of wild life is merely a desirability, not a positive necessity, is fatally false and is responsible for the serious inroads already suffered by our game resources. Public opinion has been powerless to check destruction and will remain so as long as the campaign for wild life protection depends upon an appeal to sentiment for its dynamic force. No conservation issue can progress far on that basis. The people of this continent move most resolutely in response to economic motives, and the necessary prelude to proper protection of wild life in Canada is wider dissemination of exact knowledge regarding its money value- Recent experience in the United States' illustrates the force of economic motives. For several years efforts were made in that country to secure federal protection for migratory game birds. The campaign was chiefly an appeal to sentiment and made little headway. The proposal was then extended to include insectivorous birds, wide publicity was given to the fact that insect pests damaged crops annually to the extent of hundreds of millions of dollars, and within one years a popular demand, that years of sentimental appeal had failed to arouse, forced congress to pass a law placing all migratory birds under federal control. The preservation of wild lire achieved the status of a national business enterprise. Canada's wild life is as valuable as that of the United States. To preserve it as a national asset we need not pursue the method adopted by our American neighbors, but we do require to gain their sane viewpoint. If Miller's Worm Powders needed the support of testimonials they could be got by the thousands, from mothers who know the great virtue of this excellent medicine. But the powders will speak for themselves and in such a way that there can be no question of them. They act speedily and thoroughly, and the child to whom the/ are administered will show improvement from the first dose., This is to certify that fourteen, years ago I got the cords of my left wrist nearly severed, and was for about nine months that I had no use of my hand, and fried other Liniments, also doctors', and was receiving no benefit. Bv a persuasion from a friend I got MINARD'S LINIMENT and used one bottle which completely cured me, and have been using MINARD'S LINIMENT in my family ever since and find it the same as when I first used it, and would never be without it. ISAAC E.- MANN. Metapedia, P.Q. Aug. 31st, 1908. Eradicate Noxious Weeds The Farmsrs' Turn It is safe to say that if one-quarter of the aid given by federal governments to manufacturing industries had been given to aid settlement on the land the economic development of the country would have proceeded upon saner lines, and there would have been more real and less apparent prosperity. The time is here for all public men and bodies to urge the bestowal upon agriculture of a greater attention, and something of that kind of assistance to greater production which so far has been the monopoly of the manufacturing interests.-���������Saskatoon Phoenix. con- Rastus���������Kb, Ah hoahs yous templatin' gettir.' married. Eb���������-Wal, ef de Iiigh cost ob livin' keeps up Ah'll hav to. Drastic Action is Necessary to Secure Results Canada has for years been trying to rid herself of some of her more prolific noxious weeds, but the work has lacked the thorough support of those whose duty jt is to help in tho eradication of the- pests. Concerted and organized action is necessary, and until this is secured the prospects of success are not very bright- Public opinion is too apathetic, and weed inspectors are aware of this. Prosecutions for infractions of the Noxious Weeds Act are rare, and consequently the penalty clause of this act has to a great extent lost its effect. .More pressure must be put upon those responsible for its enforcement. A lesson in clearing up weeds might be taken from the action of China regarding the eradication of the poppy plant. The following, from a report of the United States commercial attache at Nanking, China, indicates the method by which results are secured in that country: "Some interest in the restriction of the cultivation of tho poppy was aroused locally by thc dismissal of the Nanking magistrate for having falsely reported his district clear of poppy, and the imposition of lines on a number of other district magistrates for the same reason. Tho authorities arc making a serious effort to have the province cleared at an early date in anticipation of tho joint inspection by British and Chinese officials prior to the prohibition of the import or sale of Indian opium-" "SECURITY FIRST" Is Your Life (nsured7 Keep Your Policy In Force And Increase tho Amount as Soon aa Possiblo r If You're Not Insured, Mako Application Todny THE EXCELSIOR LIFE INSURANCE CO. Head Office, Toronto. Over Pour Million Dollars Assets for Policyholders. N.B.���������Write For Memo- Book and Circular. !< .���������������������������** bAbiu ��������� ���������/���������itAj.ifiji. frVFC^ilJWJ^iIrtlviM THE SUN, JRAND FORKS, B. C. Bi Wedding Presents f W request for 200,000 shrapnel shells, unloaded, in equal numbers of 15 and 18-pounders. Canada possesses in the city of Quebec a~ modern plant.for the manufacture of shells, but its capacity is limited. -It can only produce 75 shells per day, which we now see was quite inadequate to meet the demand. There "was only one thing to do. The minister of militia conceived the idea of utilizing the engineering factories throughout the Dominion for shell manufacture, and to secure the cooperation of employees and employers in the engineering trades to take up. this patriotic Work. : "A committee was appointed to organize the movement throughout the Dominion. The members of this committee are: Messrs. Thos. Cantley of New Glasgow; George W. Watts, Toronto; E. Carnegia, Welland; General T. Benson, master. general of ��������� ordnance; Mr. J. W.' Borden, chief accountant and paymaster-general, Col. llartson and Col. Lafferty, the latter four representing the department of militia and defence. I had. the honor to be named chairman. - "As a direct outcome of the -worlc- of the shell committee a copper re: finery in Canada will be made possible. Our experience in nine months has demonstrated, the fact that the development of this industry in .the Dominion, while it would undoubtedly benefit every manuiacturer who lists copper, is above all things a military necessity. Canada will not have to remain long under the reproach of having to import its refined copper, and I can assure you of this, that within three or four" months we expect to be making, in this country, from the native product, all the copper bands required in the production of shells. ,-���������'��������� "It; was agreed to supply all the component: parts .of shells free of charge to those manufacturers' who -would undertake the work of finishing and, 'assembling the complete shells. In this way many of the smaller manufacturers were relievedof the financial burden of carrying a heavy stock ot .the raw, materials, and which very largely contributed to the success of this huge undertaking- It Avas further decided to. eliminate unhealthy competition by paying' uniform price for the same article. An inspection company was chosen to deal with all shell components,- thus relieving the assembling manufacturers of the responsibility of ��������� inspection; while at "the same time satisfying the shell committee beyond question that the component parts of shells were correct in every, particular before the finished article .passed into the hands of the government inspector. 7 ' ."Starting with the first order for 200,000 shrapnel we have since placed orders aggregating .9,000,000 shells consisting of 15 and 18-pounder shrapnel; 18-pounder, 4-5. and 60-pounder high explosive shells. In addition we have placed orders fro 100,000 cartridge cases, 5,000,000 fuses, 2,000,- 000 primers, and 1,000,000 frictior. tubes. ���������;'��������� In no one single establishment in Canada, except the Dominion Arsenal at Quebec, is the complete .shell made. One hundred and thirty firms from Halifax to Vancouver are en-' gaged in the work ofmachining aud assembling. Others are occupied in the manufacture of' blanks, bullets, discs, cartridge cases, buckshot, primers, tubes, tin cups for shrapnel grub screws, sockets, and plugs, steel base plates, and boxes. From an enumeration of these various articles it will be observed how extensive the several operations are-���������Monetary Times. ��������� .. Man's Natural Defences Microbes Which Would Destroy Him Meet Death While Passing / Through a Healthy Nose The thoughtful reader will say, "Surely in the battle of man against microbe there must be some natural means of defence by which men have conquered in the past, long before the microscope was invented!" He is right; and science is never better employed than in studying these natural defences, writes Dr. C. W* Saleeby in the Youth's Companion. For example, we find no microbes at all in air after it passes through the healthy nose. The nose is the original "domestic filter'' for all microbes in dust in the air. Its secretions are antiseptic also, and man has no more valuable outwork of defense than a normal nose. A choked nose, through which a person cannot" breathe, means that microbes enter the lungs freely by way of the filterless mouth. In the stomach we find free hydrochloric acid, produced some half hour or less after a iner.l. Its production from the common salt or sodium chloride of the blood by the living cclla tha'-. line the stomach is one of the wholly inimitable feats of the body. Until recently most of us thought that the hydrochloric acid was formed in the stomach solely in order to digest food, but now we have evidence to show that this hydrochloric acid is also a valuable antiseptic, working, for once, inside the body without hurting it, and probably often saving us from the microbes of consumption and typhoid fever. Thus the two great avenues of entry to the body are in a large degree guarded. H may be added that no known microbe can, unaided, penetrate the surface of the unbroken and healthy Bkin. ment as it is concerned with the dairy industry in Saskatchewan, is 'shown by the fact that Tn 1914 no less than 3,625 farmers patronized the government co-operative creameries, being a number 35 per cent, larger than that of the previous year. Four thousand cases of Alberta butter were shipped aboard the Ma- kura for Australia, July 5. Usually the shipments come from the other direction, for New Zealand butter has quite a reputation here. But following a drought in Australia, there is a butter shortage. The shipment was it. response to cabled offers to Vancouver ^commission houses ���������I Western Butter Trade Growth of the Co-operativve Movement in Saskatchewan A fair idea of the growth of the co-operative movement in rural Saskatchewan is provided by the announcement, made recently, that the provincial dairy commissioner had at i"hat time filled the iargert single butter order ever given in Western Canada, having sold for shipment to British Columbia no less than nin3 carloads of butter, aggregating 252,000 pounds, the sale price being 26 cents per pound, or $65,520. The magnitude of this order will be better realized when it is noted that the amount represents only a part of tho surplus butter made during one month In thc co-operative creameries 'in that province. The growth of the co-operative -move- Fate of the Hapsburgs Austrian Emperor the Unhappi.est of Crowned Monarchs The collapse of Austria as a power is surely the last blow that fate can deal the aged Emperor Francis-Joseph whose private life has-been one long chapter of woes .without a parallel in history. His wife, the saintly Elizabeth, was assassinated by an anarchist in Geneva. Maximilian, his impulsive brother, was made Emperor of Mexico, and shot as a usurper by his subjects. The Crown Prince Rudolph, his on1.}' son, was a suicide; his sister-in-law, the Duchess d'Alencon, burned to death at a charity bazaar in Paris. , Then his favorite grandchild married against the emperor's ^vish, an3 her love ended in her .shooting of the rival in her husband's affections. Next caiuj. the killing of Franz Ferdinand and his consort���������the culminating tragedy which precipitated the Great War. No wonder Austrians speak of "the curse 'of the House of Hapn- burg"���������a curse uttered by the Countess Karoyli when her son was put to death in 184S for taking part in the Hungarian rebellion. The Countess called on heaven an.l hell to blast the happiness of the Emperor, to extcrminrte his dynasty, to strike him through those h'* love', to wreck his public and private life and ruin his chiluen. The Monarch's record has carried this out with more than melodramatic completeness, and a tragic romance which no fic'ion could ever excel. How To'Get Men Canadians Have Not Yet, Realized What the War Means Up to the present'-time Canada has raised a force of about one-tenth of what she could raise if every man of military age Avere to be drafted. Though all the men who have been called for by the government have come forward except the last 35,000 now . being mustered, and in many quarters Canada -has ..received high praise for the alacrity with which she .sprang to the assistance of the Mother Country, such a showing as we have made we should consider contemptible if made by Greece, Rou- mania or Bulgaria. We are fighting Germany with only about one-tenth of our strength, and Germany is not to be beaten by foes that fight her in that way. If, as we say and believe, this is our war as much as it is the war q.f England or France or Belgium, we shall have to got into it, and not leave the righting to be done by oho out of every ten men "capable of doing it Hon. Arthur Meighen said a few days ago' that it might yet be necessary: for every able-bodied Canadian jto go to the front or to discharge some other: equally necessary duty connected with the war. .."'. It; is said that recruiting for the draft of-35,000 men recently called for has been slow- If this be true, there are two conditions that would seem to explain it: First, Canadians have not realized as-the Belgians and the French have realized what the war means, that they have from the first; assumed the inevitable triumph of the Allies, and that we were not greatly needed; the second Condition, which is partly connected with the first, is that such a small; number as 35,000 was called for. The way to get 35,000 men speedily is to call for 100,000.; If a demand were made for half-a million men it .would bring home to Canadians as' nothing yet has done the extreme gravity of the situation, and the necessity for the greatest sacrifices. When only 35,000 men are called for the notion that Canada does not ��������� need to exert herself greatly is strengthened, and this notion makes it all the more difficult to enroll the men desired. If a callwere to be put out for half a million men they would come forward, and the 35,000 immediately required would be selected from them. The names of the remainder would be taken .-.nd they could be given some preliminary drill, so that when another batch of 35,000 was required it could be despatched without delay. Military, authorities know better than laymen how many men are needed. They do not necessarily know better than laymen how the men are" to be induced to volunteer.���������Toronto Mail and Empire. ��������� GREAT BRIT LIBERTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL AGAiNST DESPOTISM A Remarkable Tribute is Paid by a Chicago Newspaper to the Stand Taken by Great Britain in the European Conflict ���������Fighting for the Principles of Liberty Canada's Wool Trade. The Brands of Wool Produced in Canada Are Not All Required Within Canada Canada's total m-oo1 production is officially given at- about ��������� 14,000,000 pounds per year. Of this, about one- quarter was exported in the year ending March 31, 1915, chiefly to the United States, where connections have been established and certain standard lines of woollens are produced from Canadian wool. The ordinary commercial trade in woollens in Canada has been considerably curtailed, but war orders have just about balanced lack of ordinary trade orders. Were an embargo placed on wool, it would leave a surplus of Canadian wool on hand in Canada that would drug the mar- k3t sufficiently to break prices 50 to 60 per cent. This actually nappened a few weeks ago, when a temporary embargo was placed on wool going to the United States. Canada imported during the fiscal year 1014, over 9,000,000 pounds of wool, and exported 2,841,000 pounds. The reason for this exchange of wools is that there is a wide variety of wool for widely different purposes. Each country has its own peculiar grades, lhe product of certain breeds and climatic conditions. At the present time, the brands -jf wool produced in Canada are not all required within Cai.ada. The Chicago Daily News' contains a striking tribute lo the part Great Britain has played in the war, and shows how she ic bending her energies to a colossal task." Here, says the Chicago '.Daily News, are some of the things Britain is doing' "1���������Holding the seas^or the ships of her allies as weila's' for her own- "2���������Protecting the coasts of her allies as weir as her own. "3���������Struggling in co-operation .with the Freiuh,, to smash the Turks, and win the Balkans for the allied cause. : ' "4���������Rendering great aid to French and Belgian troops in resisting the terrible onslaughts of- the: Germans on the allied left wing in7 the west. "5���������Making loans and supplying munitions to nearly all her partners in the war. '���������;".- "6���������-Pursuing a financial policy in southeastern Europe likely to promote the cause of the nationalities. "7���������-Putting into the field more than ten times as many men.as she ever promised. .':.'. I "8���������Guarding herlown soil and people against an ���������������������������invasion, which if it came��������� and it is believed to be far. from impossible-���������doubtless would be the most savage, the. most: unsparing, ever .known! With how many men?." Well, with. er.ough. To hear some people"���������.-talk)" one would suppose that upon Britain were laid the duty of defending every land but her own. '..-������������������.'.' "Britain's wealth and sea power and military power are the one sure safeguard against the triumph of Germany's unparalleled war'" machine. Without Britain's" help, France and Russia certainly must have been crushed. Without Britain's wholehearted participation in the war, who will say that Italy., would have ventured to challenge; the mighty and merciless' Germanic coalition? With Britain out of ihe struggle would there have been any hope of the Bal kan states daring to move? "And Britain���������never forget it���������was not compelled to go to the aid of France. Come what might, the most that ever Britain promised Francs were six divisions���������120,000 men. She was not in honor bound to send a single soldier more. She could havo stayed out of the war, Germany had begged her to stay out of the war.' Disgraced she might have been���������as Britons think, must have/been���������if she had left Belgium and France and European liberty to,their doom. "But she could have done this. Few nations are without disgrace, without historical pages they fain would obliterate. Britain was not attacked. France and Russia wore attacked. Britain might have awaited the onset, as America is awaiting the onset.- Britain might have stood clear, might have husbanded her resources of men. and money, might swiftly have prepared, even might have loomed over the stricken adversaries in the end and claimed the hegemony pf Eurnp^ for herself- "Britain did not do so. "She threw into the balance her impressive racial record, her prestige, her unrivalled diplomatic skill. She threw���������is throwing���������will throw into the balance the whole puissance of her empire. ..���������:.;" "And all for what? For the principle���������the fruits of the principle���������of the liberty, of the individual against the despotism of the state. "Britain, one can. believe, may be the author of some acts of which she is not proud���������may have done some Ihings to cause her, looking back upon them with full light, to.wish they had never been done. But in this war this old and proutT democracy is unfolding, applying : a material strength and a moral splendor, that for countless ages after this conflict is stilled .will be shining undimmed amid the first glories of history." French Need Ammunition /, Toll of Submarines Easily Captured Do you know the latest story about Lord Kitchener? He had been spending a considerable amount of his time in inspecting home-made trenches, but had never once vouchsafed a word of comment, .lust as he was going someone with great temerity asked him what he thought of them. K. of K.'s reply was terse��������� and typical, "They wouldn't keep the Salvation Army out," he .said, and walked away. Britain Has Suffered Comparatively Small Losses From This Method of Warfare Thc destruction of ships by the German submarines during their busiest season, in the three months after February 18, made up an account of 86 vessels, great and small, or at tho rate of :i-M a year. Of these, fifty-live were British- The rest were: French five, Russian and Finnish 3, making a total of sixty-three for the allies. The neutral nations have lost - twenty-three vessels rus follows: Norwegian, ten; United States, three; Swedish, four; Dutch three; Danish, one; Greek, one, and Italian one. Thc British total, therefore, is at the rate of a mere 220 per annum. During the last two great wars we had wtih France, the Revolutionary and the Napoleonic wars, which began in 1793 and ending after a brief interval in 181.4, 10,- 871 British merchant ships were captured or sunk by .the enemy. That gives an average of'no less than 518 per year. Even after the decisive battle of Trafalgar, when we had the undisputed command of the sea, th'.* loss of British ships went on at a rate of over 500 ships a year. In jSOtJ. 519 ships were sunk or captured���������that is the year after Trafalgar ���������in 1807, 559 ships; in 1808, -169; in 1809, 571; and in 1810, C19. Original Estimates Have Proved to be Entirely Too Low For the Purpose The French press is now clamoring for more cannon and more ammunition with as much insistence as the English. They take as _their text General Castelnau's declartion: "War must be waged not. by the shock of men, but by the shock cf ammunition." A year ago the ammunition supplies for the three-inch field guns were only 1,200 shells per gun, with a reserve of 200. It had been iLcreased from 700 per gun in 1909, after General Langlois had declared in the senate that the supply then on hand would be just sufficient for a day and a half of battle. He asked for 3,000 -shells per gun. Only ^,400 were granted, provision being made for the manufacture of 13,500 shells a day in the government arsenals. The first month of war showed tha': all estimates as to needed ammunition were too lo-/. . French arsenals and privatt factories are now said to be producing 170,000 shells a day. Notwithstanding the continued demands of the press for more ammunition, this is supposed to be sufficient for current needs, besides creating a big reserve stock, careful estimates putting at from 100,000 to 150,000 ihe number of shejls now being used each day. The prodigality of the French army in shells has already been set forth in despatches. The intensity of the German fire is indicated by the actual count of 20,000 shells fired in an hour and a half upon a French position 350 yards in length and 400 yards in depth in the Bois d'Ailly. lt is estimated that more than 200,- 000 shells were used by them in the actions between April 5 and April 13 in thc Forest of Apremor.t, while the French over a limited front near Sousain in Champagne fired 100,000 shells of large calibre. The consumption of small arms ammunition, though there have been no great pitched battles since the battle of Yser, is also a great problem, due in part to the greatly extended use of machine guns. Fifty of these weapons, firing constantly at the rate of 300 cartridges .. minute, use a million an hour. The number of cartridges used on both fronts, from the Carpathians to the North Sea, bus been estimated at 30,000,000 a day. The equipment of the French army alone, not providing for the reserve ammunition, requires 300,000,- 000. A Chilly Spot "You'll have to change my place on the bill," declared the lady acrobat. "I find the audience too cold)" "How will a shift help that any?" demanded the vaudeville manager. "Why, I come on just after a fellow who is lecturing on the arctic."��������� Louisville Courier-Journal. She���������Do you believe in church lot- cries? | He���������Well, I was married in a ' church Drills for Alfalfa Alfalfa is all the better for cultivation, but the disk harrow or disk drill splits tbe plant crowns and harms them. The old fashioned shoe drill is recommended. Th to are machines especially made for the work which are excellent. The Good Ship Discovery Captain Scott's Old Ship Now Carrying War Freight The famous ship Discovery, which carried Captain Scott and his crew on his celebrated, but tragic expedition to the South Pole, slipped quietly and unnoticed into New York harbor/recently. She n carrying a cargo of ammunition to France. Built in 1900, by tne Royal Geographic Society at Dundee, Scotland, for Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition, the Discovery for two winters was solidly frozen in the ice fields. The money spent in the hard woods of her hull was fully justified time and again during the perilious months in crushing ice near the southern extremity of the world. After her Antarctic voyage the ship was sold to the Hudson Bay company. She has made several voyages between the busy piers of London and the foresaken trading posts along Hudson Bay in quest of cargoes of skins and furs. Being built to withstand ice pressure, her great bows are made of hard woods, eighteen feet solid. Teak, greenheart, stout oak and pitch pine have gone into her construction without a thought for expense. In strength the Discovery is a Gibraltar of -the seas. Her hull at its thinnest places is two feet three inches in thickness. Of this thickness there is one foot of oak, one foot of teakwood and three inches of pitch pine. Iron has not been used on the Discovery, for it would have seriously interfered with the compass and other delicate instruments, which were located . forward; and upon which rested in great degree the success of the voyage. Copper has beeu used to a great extent. The crew, proud of its fittings, point to tho copper joints, blocks and the like, which meant the investment of a small fortune. The staterooms are lined with wool, being insulated to keep the cold out. One of the officers volunteered the information that it was often so hot in his room that he went down to tho engine room to cool off. Whispering 'Phone For Battleships A new variety of telephone receiver, invented by Pierre Delange, a Dutch engineer now in London, is being tested out by the British admiralty with a view to installing it on battleships, and is already being used in the field by the British war office. Delange's Invention is said to do away completely with the buzzing sounds caused by strong vibrations in the telephone receivers of the type in general use, and the new receiver is so sensitive that jt transmits whispers. Because of 'he latter quality, it ia reported, Scotland Yard has decided to adopt the now receiver on a com*. pK-hensive scale. Mistress���������I shall be very lonely, Bridget, if you leuve me. Bridget���������Don't worry, mum. Ill not go until ye have a houseful ot company. Silos are making their appearance in Saskatchewan. The farmers in the North Battle-ford district think that a f.'.tructuro half under ground is tho most suitable for this climate. ���������3.U) J^W-^Mi^^ti-W^-TiftlJHtrt VL������"^ THE SUN, GRAND FORKS, B.C. h' ���������" ij-r. l'l -, Word wa-s received in this city this week, that Mrs. John Heron |iad died in Moncton, N. B., on September 2, after an illness of several month. She is survived by Mr. Heron'and two children. Mrs.- Heron was well and ' favorably known in this city, where the family resided for many years. The many friends of the family here will be griaved to learn of her death. into the city on Monday last from Greenwood in his .big car. He is having the car overhauled at tne garage here. James McDougall; of the 54th battalion, who has been spending a week with relatives in this city, returned to the Vernon camp today. "Our Best Friend vs. Our Worst Foe" ��������� is the subject for Sunday's Baptist churc*h sermon. A cordial welcome to all. Frache Bros, sant down an additional shipment of flowers to the Spokane Interstate.fair on Tuesday, Mr. DeCew, who is in charge of the board of trade exhibit, having sent up a request fur them by telephene. Services will be held in the Methodist church on Sunday, September 19, as follows: 11 a.m., the Lord's Supper will be administered;' 7:30 p.' in., subject, "Christ and the City." The pastor will preach. If '^Nc> Church" is your church, make ours vour home Max Kreuger, of Greenwood, spent a few days in the city this week. " Men, come with the crowd to the new sjtore for bargains in tans, backs and Oxford shoes. Regular $1.50 and $5.00 going for $2 00 a pair. 'Come early and have the first choice. MacDougall & MacDonald. Men. have you seen the valnes MacDougall '&, MacDonald are offering in men's- suits; tweeds,' serges, worsteds. Prices $11.75; 12.00, 13.50 18.00, 21.00; all sizes. Mrs J. D. Hobden will receive on Friday afternoon, September 24th, and thereafter on the first Tnesday in each month. Additions to the Fair Prize List James Thompson is building an assay office at Franklin. Lewis Johnson aand Pat Maginnis, of the Union miue, came down from Franklin camo vesterday. Men, have you seen the neat line of flannel working shirts? Grey, blue, brown, mixed tweeds; all sizes. Prices SI.00. 1.25, 1.50,. 1.75 each. Mac- Dougall &, MacDonald. Packed Fruit Displays by Packing School Pupils All pupils of packing schools, who attained a proficiency of 75 per cent or over, in the Packing Schools conducted by the Department of Agriculture durincr the winter months 1914-15, are eligible for entry'in. competitive exhibits of packing fruit. Rules for Compettiion No entry fee. 'Each competitor to exhibit five stand ard boxes -of five or fewer varieties, to be packed by the pupils without assistance; five packs in the diagonal style, all layers except the face wrapped; no layer, papers; fruit may be wiped; covr;r need not be nailed down. The-fruit will be scored on the fol Men, We Claim We Have Better Vaiues Than Any Store in Town Let's Talk About Men's Hats and Caps One Glimpse Will Convince You We Have the Goods MacDougall 8 MacDonald When you got a new Hat or Cap of us you leave our"store with the knowledge that your head is correctly clothed.. * We don't sell old'style Hats or Caps, which means something when you realize that hat and cap styles change each season. Only the Ha test Models Are Here Waiting for You Wo could tell you a great deal more about the advantages of buying from us, but we'd rather do it- right hero in thc store where we can illustrate our talk with the I-[ats and Caps themselves'. ' Come ! We don't expect to sell you one dollars' worth unless you want to buy. Robert Livesley and family,of Anyox, are visiting friends in the city. Mr. Livesley will return north; hut his family will make their home at Danville during the winter months. Ward Storer, driver for the British Columbia Copper company, drove E.W.Barrett c/tuctioneer Sells Anything, Anywhere, Any Time. Stocks a Specialty GRAND FORKS, R C. Soft Hats See this ran^e. Colors: Black. 'o brown, green; all sizes. ��������� Price $1.75 Soft Hats See this beautiful range. Brown, grey, green, black; all sizes and shapes. Price $2.00 Stiff Hats Why pay $4.00 for a*Hard'.Hat when you get them here at these prices? All sizes and shapes. P���������cc $2.50, $3.00 Caps Men, see the beautiful line of Caps .just arrived, in all shapes and sizes. Plaids, checks3tweeds, brown, grey, black, fancy colors. Prices, 65c, 85c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. Mann's Old Drug Store Next Telephone Office Bridge Street L NEW HARNESS SHOP I have re-opened a harness shop at my old ��������� stand on Bridge street, and will manufacture Ne\V HarneSSJ^nieSs repairing. All work guaranteed. Your patronage is solicited. A. A. Frechette *mtm Here We Are ! Your Six Friends, Robin Hood Family^ Robin Hood Flour " Oats " " Porriage Oats " Ferina " " Graham " WholeWheat Let Us .Lighten Your Household Duties For Sale by* JOHN DONALDSON PHONE 30 Everything to Eat and Wear lowing basis: Grading '. ��������� 20 PACKING. Alignment ' 20 Bulge '. 20 Height at ends 2(J Firmness 20 Total points 100 The fruit Judge will forward his score to the Department of Agriculture, and the pupils awarded first, second and third will receive prizes of $15, '$10 and 85' Only pupils of 1915 Schools may compete. Pupils whose, pack scores 75. per cent, or over are credited with these points for dipiomas whether thev were successful in receiving money or not. Department of Agriculture, S30.00. POULTRY SECTION���������(Addition). 41. Bantams. After a girls has stepped on a man's corn he" discovers that she is no fairy. When a belle marries a beau the disappointed do not dare to forbid the bans. Accept no substitutes, but get the original���������The Grand" Forks Sun. It gathers and pi ints the news of the city and district first. The Sun costs only-81 a year, prints all the news. ft \^^A)iS!������^&'SS^^S������Ssi&^^^l^'^S^^^^\ If you have a few hundred or a few thousand dollars that is idle, you can put it to work earning you good interest by placing a Money to Loan Ad. in our Classified Want Columns. People with gilt-edge collateral often require ready cash and will pay good interest for it. Put your money to work. FOR SALE-FARM LAND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN FLOUR, CEREALS, HAY, GRAIN, FEED AND POTATOES RECEIVED TODAY: A CAR OF CANADA PORTLAND CEMENT Which will be sold at a close price for cash or ap- ��������� proved credit. PHONE 95 FIRST STREET, GRAND FORKS P. 0, BOX 610 CPCiCi l'ER ACRE-The old Graham ranch of J)Jt*jU 312 ncn.'8, at Casoide. can he pur- chaned at !?20 per ncre, if taken _ at once. ������ . lC Ksiiiifr owner, Rosslnnd, B. <-��������� AGENTS WANTED R mi*'RR WANTKD ns npfCnts for our hiffl. riuW'bicv.des. Write for low prices to "pLI&tLBV'B CYOFiB WORKS, ViC- ������ sr*. *~*. a ^^ English 3-Speed Gear and ICVCIGS Ss. "igh"Grade CIeveland Wheels I have opened a hicycles store next thc Grand Forks Garage, and keep these celebrated wheels in stock. Bicycle Accessories. Repairing a Specialty" J. R. Mooyboer SZtiJSFttZ THOS TORIA, B.C. BOOT REPAIRING TAKK your repairs to Armson, shoe re- T pairer The Hub. Look for the B.K Boot. SECOND-HAND GOODS HIGHEST CASH PRICKS paid for old Stove." and Ranees. *������������������ C. Peckhnin, secondhand Store. FOR RENT-HOUSES GOOD five room house; two block** from post office. - Apply this ollice. Butter Wrappers Neatly printed with, special Butter Wrapper Ink. Also imprinted wrappers. Our prices are right. SUN PRINT SHOP l'l mssowsmsBBBi