Tn,iriwTiT77ij;r"-''i~'r'.r''''~"^^ ;TJ>-^,l-'o';--'*-i- Lemplated and the most tin- Dave Henderson left Tuesday a few of her friends on Wed-, h(-ard-������i; atrocities perpetrated to spend a couple of weeks at by the Germans. .But, these are the coast. not only the signs of the actual G. E. and Mrs. French and beginnings of the end; they will family returned from a visit to l-w:> f.i-������������a l.w.'*- ,.-������;---���������.-- '��������� morning. Phono 12. HKDLBY B. p. "d. j. innis' Propi-letoi u I j.ST. Tiioaips* n 'PUONK SBVMOUK 591S MGR. WKSTKRN'.CANADA nm ������������������* ~ - gM']Cammell- Laird & Co. Ltd. SteeJ Manufacturers M>\ ��������� * - m\l . V Sheffield, Eng*. ' Offices and \yarphousc, 847-63 Boatty Street Vancouver, B. C A. fi. <& A. iyi. WJ A ���������*--' fc-Mll'^fGUf REGULAR monthly mooting*/of K I (I )/V\ Hedloy Lodgo No. 13, A. F. & A. M., it''I J J i��������� -'��������� - ire. hold on the second Friday "in {���������> ��������� Vi ("n-oh frfdrith inTnitei'iiity hall. Iledlcy. Visiting ite-jf, (brethren are cordially invited to attend. $M}!.{ . H..SHRQULB. ; , S. E. HAMILTQN " I Jk -������������~ every month in" tho OrangoHaJt * 'Z������w5bsSP? Ladies meet 2nd and 4 Mondays -Visiting br'ctlicrn are cordially invited- W. LONSDALE. W. M. ^.^.''���������i^^'.^ec:.*;.'- f*. p.'BRew^ British Columbia Land Surveyor :nk Ne* ������7 ?ENTICTON, {{. Q. pi - - ��������� VV. , Manery returned Letter from A. B. S. Stan^j? The following letter has been received by Mr. GJ*. P. Jones recently and will no doubt be of interest to some of our readers- London, Aug. 5,1916. ������|ear friend: I thought perhaps you might bo intercstecl in a line from Bramshott Camp, more especially in view of the fact that we are seeing the las^ of Merry England and expect sson to be in Sunny France. You can guess how pleased. I was when we were hpm-d for Bmrnshott. During thp immth that I luxye been herg I ljavo irmnagod to see nearly all the boys and am glad to say all arc in lirst class shape, and in evepy. s.uu������e men of which Hedley "may well be 0il,",d'\ l proud/ ' ' ji'HtH'^-fii The tqllqwhig men eire here: T. Corrigan, W. Fulincr, Boy Corrigan, T. Knowles, Bobby Kobei-tson, Jack fj^we. Bert- S^hubgrb, Kod McLjQiigall, li. James., Joe Rotherham, "Doc." Martin, Sorgt. Jack. Yorkie has been wounded and is in hospital be the last efforts of an already defeated enemy, but the Kaiser will not yield until he has to. This movement is going to compel him to have to. Canadians have no idea of what the war actually means to, England, or what it is costing her. I am here as a Canadian soldier and proud to bo so, but my hciirt swolls when 1 think that wo are really fighting* with and for the motherland. Merry England is nearly desolate as a result of the terrible war. Everywhere I arcs women carrying on the work that men shotiUt do, aud evcrj Vernon Sunday W.M. Frith, customs officer at Keremeos, .was a visitor in town Tuesday between trains. George Walker aud E. Bums left Monday last for Soap lake, Wash., to skiff some rheumatism. Sunday evening at 11.20'Hed- ley experienced an earthquake shock. It only lasted a few seconds. B. W. and Mrs, Knowles returned Monday after a month spent with friends in Denver, Colorado. E. E. Burr and family re ������August 1st and was wounded j | August L3rd, so I only had' a chance to wear one pair, but I am sure that the rest will come in handy for some of the other boys. I Can tell you an extra pair of socks is a necessity for .a soldier. As you will see, I am in hospital in England and getting along One. A piece of shrapnel had gone through my arm and smashed the bone. I j have had a fairly good innings of it, xnear eight, months in France, so I have no kick coming. I can't speak too highly of the way they treat the wounded over here .in England; kindness all the time, and the ladies, God bless them, they are angels- well, they are as near angels us some of us fellows Avill ever see. I will close by again thanking the ladies of Hedley, wishing them success and hoping they will carry on the good work." Where are wounded soldiers, turned last week from an auto hospitals, shelter homes and trip to Spokane and otter points military camps. It is true the faces change often, and cho wounded soldiot- returns to active service aud his place is taken by another. Factories are working overtiUi-?- taiming out mumviqns tind all the land resounds to the tramp of armed men, In addition we "keep the seas ^for the commerce (if the world." Words, fail to tell what T^ng-laud is doing, but sho is proud ^of Canada's d-u/v and Canada is m/Q'Kt that sho has j. i Artuub B. S. Stanley. in Washington state. The matron wishes to thank Rev. Mr. Cameron of Keremeos for twi2 buses of tomatoes donated co the hospital. Dr. Elliott arrived from the coast Saturday and has taken over the practice of Dr. McEwen, Who leaves shorlly for wv-orsens service. Postmaster Langstaff and Ernest B. Mayon,. editor ofthe News, Merritt, were callers at :Ji*ONEY TO LOAN o'ti' 3ft "pEpFiCTON, Slfefe* 'V" "��������� -^'^:^Tf^"^v*y-.'.. ' '.' ' . - B. C. ���������1 pellllGDGPa House :<������>$<:*S!i^'-i **.-:. *���������' -.' - '��������� ������������������ ��������� ���������-.��������������������������� .. after spending a mouth with relatives and.friends there. Mr. W. C. Ditmars, wife and family arrived in town Saturday and will spend a short time at their home on the bench. - Mr.'J.'J. 'Armstrong -received a -letter from his son Charlie 5.ft!'A..J*iifre������^^ iiunj rris son unariie JT-6 ^"^f'-*������^^"t?y-entertainment, hist week. He says he is feel-: 1M v^-^^-'^' ���������:���������"���������.--���������-';:���������:.' -\ ���������.���������..������������������-.���������������������������'.-- ing we'll an d ii t for- the work. (MS- ...;������������������.-vfc;'-i' -,-���������--> - r-';.-js Mr. u. Lindsay or topokane is ^Vir* A I I *��������������� i \n n visiting with his daughter, Mrs ^n q UnlOn j> T. Daly, Island Lodge, Mrs. fe k ti o t e S . . : *gY, British Columbia -js - -r ������������������ ' x X X 511.20 turned over to the hamper fund. A meeting of the Board of I ��������������� *-* provision for compensation was confiscation pure and simple. Should this program be carried. out it would do very much to disturb tho confidence of old country investors iu British Columbia enterprises aud would do great harm to the credit of the province in London. Premier Bowser reported to Mr. Edgar his proposal as made in the house hat, should the act be approved, a commission be appointed to inquire into the: question of compensation. Before leaving the coast, Mr. Edgar stated that this reply could net.be accepted as satisfactory to his clients..' Girls under 12���������Misses Me- Tnide was held Tuesday to pro Clure and winkler. ' test against the contemplated Bicycle race���������W. Lyon, H. change in the Great Northern Jones. train service from daily to t'ri- Ladies' race���������Mrs. Neff, Miss weekly; also to endeavor to compel tlie company to put on Brown v_/uiLiniiu'i nas sent, a lot ot man. Nickel Plato mine, returning Every where I go I meet fellows home in the oveniinr. j(-������t>iw?^-������!!������n^w^i������.^H>!wi looking ���������j, crrmry&fJ - -as ^^r* MET.. V.<:V.; home in the evening Mining conditions are better at Olalla. The Black Diamond, owned by Messrs. Carle & Wallace, is getting ready to ship a car of ore some time this month. In the flower, show, report of last week a mistake, was made in the name, of one of the prize winners. It was. Mrs, Kerr, Hill stead of Mrs. Keeler, who re- Tug of war, married men vs. single���������Married, a soft snap. Their wives were there. Ladies' race (unmarried)��������� Miss Honeywell, Miss Robert son. There ware a number of idndsixf fresh and \\ cPiv(3d so many prizes ;'���������'*���������':;"JbKVt* - * -- * Be T\,r._ ��������� m r> . . . cy ?Bg8,fS. alvyays on %������ FJplsli Fish on si-every Thursday. other events which we didn't in the evening was a I know from all corners of the province, but I know of uo town get. that has done so well in proper- The hamper fu tion to population as Hedley. Now, dear friend, I don't know whether this letter will pass the censor or not, but I will tell you this much: There are (in my opinion), unmistakable evidences that a movement, is on a through service to Vancoiivcu or make close connections with the Kettle Valley. Boards of trade in the province will be i-omnitmieated with, and towns along (he line with a view to united effort of all concerned. There was a slight misunderstanding in the school last week .... as to who was in c-harge, the ���������ess; the music and supper were principal or some of the pupils ud dance held great sue T;\yp hand cars,,pf course running in. opposite directions, on the Lardo branch of the C. P. R. last week collided, injuring the rolling stock of the road and cracking a mining engineer in several places. When the C, P. R. ran regular trains on that branch they didn't get up speed enough to have a collision. Must either be using gasolene or Irish Jerry bosses to destroy the the whole rolling stock in one collision and ing engineer. crack a min- Pkcic MacSwatn wishes The Gazette to state that he is not dead, but in Republic, Wash, He wishes to be remembered to his many friends in Hedley.'TTe foot which will bring into active service in France, every Canadian soldier who is physically a that could be desired, and After due consideration and likes the town and the people all reported a good time; $22.50 a... argument a compromise and the dry climate and is was turned over to the hamper' '"' "1 " ' ' ' ' hamper fund. \ rflifggfftMUfafl-fl Mr,F. Bassett, wliile on his fit or martially proficient foi way evening, REDMOND, Prop. G HOTEL r 4 PLEY B.C. Bar an.Ae Best. Rates Moderate Pits Accommodation JOHN SON, Proprietor from Hedley Saturday struck a rock and overturned his car- without any injury to its occupants. The car Avas only slightly damaged. Mr. Dick Leckie, after spending two months with his school chum, Mr. Lloyd Armstronc, left for his home in Vancouver where lie will visit his mother before enlisting for oversba's service. ��������� ' ' immediate action. This is a distinctly Canadian camp; there are no Imperial troops here, but it is only fair to suppose that $ every Canadian soldier, ip,"engaged, then in a hieasjjxe.a great many Imperial,' troops now in training, Hvi'll be included in whate'ver movement is contemplated at the front. Very well, then you see that a big movement is in contemplation, and I This morning the buss team created a little excitement by a- runaway from the bridge to the postollice. They shied at something near the bridge, throwing��������� \-\fwN Mnrtin out of the seat a,n,d; nm as far as the��������� post- .offWe, vvher������ they were stopped. The drh'er .was pretty badly bruised and cut. was reached with the principal rapidly recovering from his re in control. We have all had those arguments in our school Miss Crosby, after spending a'venture to,suggest the big final The Gazette is a day Sate this week caused by hurry-up job printing orders. If only the speed in payments equaled the speed at which orders are expected to be filled, what n paradise this would be for the printer days and somehow the teachei managed to find the most tender spots; also the father, when making his rouudsin the gloaming. When teacher and father combine, a ompromise is the height of diplomacy. James C. Saunders, C Battery, R, F. A., writes the Gazette under date of Aug. 16th, from the war hospital at Bath, England, as follows: '"I wish to thank, through your paper, the ladies of the Hedley Sewing Circle for the parcel of socks which they kind ly sent me while in France. I received them on cent illness. That's all except he's going to lick the editor of this fjxmily journal on sight. Peck, we are too danged proud. to light while the campaign is on. After elections are over on both sides of the line we'll indite a few notes. The open season for plugging is not the time to talk scrap. Votes are still worth $10 each on this side of the line, without interfering with a manji~ conscience or his party convictions. If there are any pluggers around Republic, Peck, send them to. the Terminal City. They can vote for all four parties, if they are live ones, and exemption from penalties under the "code." u i*k nriJiMj XBE GAZETTE. HEDLEY, B. ' C. C( TH E CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED MONTREAL. CARDINAL. BBANTFCBO. ' FORT WILLIAM. Makers, of "Crown Brand" ana "Lily V/kite" Corn Syrups, and Benson s Com Starch. More Blouses, Lingerie and Skins ��������� more Table Linen ��������� more Sheets and Pillow Cases ��������� more Curtains ��������� are starched with "Silver Gloss", than &/iy other starch in Canada, four grocer has it. 233 Destructive Insects Train Divisions in Canada Six Provincial or District Brigades Likely to be Organized A proposal is uneler.-consideration by-;-l!ic Minister of -Militia to mobilize ami train in Canada two complete infantry divisions which would be ready to leave for overseas practically j can use .against crop-damaging;' in condition to proceed at once to the front. Jlilherlo the organizing , and training as divisions lias been done .in H.tgland. . To. carry,out tlie .scheme, six Provincial or district brigades' are contemplated. These would- include a Nova Scotia brigade, already almost raised as a Highland, brigade under Col. Borden,- a -brigade for New Brutis.wic.lv and Prince Edward Island, a brigade front Quebec, two brigades from Ontario, and a brigade from the western Provinces. Details of the proposal a.rc now being worked out. Weeds ,in Relation to Insect Pests en, the Farm Getting rid of grass weeds, and undergrowth about the farm during the fall and early winter is'onc of.the best 'protective 'measures the farmer in- seets the following year. Weeds, 'matted grass,-.dead vegetation and brambles along fences, roadsides, margins of fields, banks of little .streams, or ditches, 'especially in irrigated territories, arc the natural hibernating and bficn breeding places of. many destructive insects. This, vegetation gives "ost of War Mounting i Losses Will Reach a Total Unheard of In the Past * One hundred billion dollars will be the c*ost of the war if it lasts another year, according to Mr. Jean Fin of, who make-; an interesting comparative study of tlie subject in an article iu tlie Paris Revue. . '"If tills war lasts three years,"'he says, "the losses will reach'a total unheard of iii the past. They \fill amount to one hundred'or one hundred and twenty billion dollars. The losses -occasioned by the ' present ' conflict have no analogy in the history of pasi limes. "According to the calculations of economists and statisticans armed conflicts from' Napoleon J. to our day all added together,'' ' have not caused one-half the sums absorbed by the present war. The Napoleonic wars, properly so called, which arc considered tlie most sanguinary in tlie history of past limes, cost only about $ 15,000,000,000. , They lasted; twenty year*. i "The Crimean war' cost the countries taking part in it about eleven or twelve billions.' The civil war in A -erica did not cost more than $7.- 000,000,000 or $7,500,000,000. The ' :...r between Prussia and Austria in 1S66 necessitated an cxpe'iu.c of only about Live Stock Problems grasshoppers, chinch bugs, and other $^n'n OOo'oOO' insects most favorable conditions for \'" .^ceor-Iing to the estimate of Mr. It is usually safe to. say that when j a child is pale, sickly, peevish and | reappearance the .following' spring and summer. Similarly, voluntary growths of wheat harbor llic .Hessian fly; while stray alfalfa plants in the fields and around them may lie' the source of the incursion of grasshoppers. The Hessian fly is tlie absence of'volunteer wheat at times lays its eggs on the young crab grass which .may spring faults of, the digestion and serves to restore the organs to healthy action. Only a Chip As an evidence of the unconquerable spirit of our fleet. Air. Hunger- ford Pollen relates an incident concerning an officer of one.of the light cruisers who was reported in the official return as "severely wounded.". Whitehall immediately received a telegram respectfully but ardently protesting against so-misleading and humiliating a description. "I have only got a chip knocked out of my shin and shall be ready for duty in a very ' few days." The P. M. O. was promptly wired to for a full description of this officer's injuries. It turned out that he had the right leg fractured,'and left tibia chipped, a large piece of shell .embedded in his ; groin, and seventeen oilier cuts and wounds. "Can you accommodate myself and family for summer board?" "What's your politics?", inquired Farmer Corntosscl. "Docs that make any difference?" "Yep: I'm not going to take an-, .other chance on bavin' the whole place stirred up with arguments d������y an' night. All'the folks that board here this summer has got to have the same politics."���������Washington Star. restless, .the cause is worms. -These up iu the fall after a. tract has been parasites range the _slomach and in-1 burned over. Grasshoppers lay mil- tcslincs, causing serious disorders of j lions of eggs along the banks' of the 'digestion and preventing the in-, canals and ditches in the western faht from deriving sustenance from j country. Chinch bugs hibernate in food. Miller's Worm Powders;, by i bunches of -broom sedge, and many destroying the worms, corrects these other destructive pests could not endure the winter were it not for these, natural nurseries. The entomologists therefore recommend to farmers-that they fallow sod lands intended for other than grass crosp another year, and clear up roadsides, fence margins, and all waste land, ditch banks and similar places by burning over, pasturing, or in case of ditch banks by plowing or discing in the fall. While top-dressing the wheat crop with manure in the spring will increase the yield in the number of bushels, and will pay for the labor required in its distribution, we doubt if this is. the way to get the most good out of the manure. A little observation will induce a shallow root system, for it is a-well known fact that roots arc always in search of plant food. So top- dressing has a tendency; to keep the roots near the surface. As a result they are likely to be affected by drought later on whereas if the manure is plowed under the roots in search of it will go deeper into the soil, thus enabling them to better stand drought that we may expect later in the season. While -there is no real loss iu plant food where the manure is used as a top-dressing, unless the land lies so that it is carried away by water from rainfall, much more real benefit will be had if the manure is plowed under and mixed with the soil by cultivation. War Socialism is Popular Now that the old border city of Carlisle in the Motherland has had a taste of war socialism in respect of restaurants and public-houses people arc making notes of the results. A summary of these may be classed as belter lighting, better order, and better service. An afternoon tea is called, "Government tea," a glass of spirits a "Cabinet nip,," and a glass of Gunless'as'"Asquith XX." Model restaurants arc now being erected. The scheme so far is popular, and the fact that the majority of the previous managers have been retained as such has assisted toward this popularity. "'fhev sav you can't square the circle." "Well, you can do it after a fashion/' said the mathematician, "just as when you go out for a walk you circle the square." Woman Made Well by Lydia - E. Pinkharn's Vegetable Compound. Columbus,Ohio. ���������"I had almostgiven Op. I had been sick for six years with female troubles and nervousness. I had a pain in my right side and could not oat anything without hurting my stomach. v I could not drink cold water at all nor eat any kind of raw fruit, nor fresh meat nor chicken. From 178 pounds I went to 118 and would get so weak at times that I.fell over. I began to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and ten days later I could eat and it did not hurt my stomach. I have taken the medicine ever since and I fee! like a new woman. I now weigh 127 pounds 30 you can see what it has done for me already. My husband says he knows your medicine has saved my life."���������- Mrs. J. S. Barlow, 1624 South 4th St, ���������olumbu3, Ohio. Lydia E Pmkham's Vegetable Compound contains just the virtues of roots and herbs needed to restore health and strength to the weakened organs of tho body. 1 ..at is why Mrs. Barlow, a chronic invalid, recovered so completely. ��������� It pays for women suffering from any female ailments to insist upon having Lydia E, Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound Asthma is Torture. No one who hasn't gasped for breath in the power of asthma knows what such suffering is. Thousands do know, however, from experience how unmcasureablc is the relief provided by that marvellous preparation, Dr.1 J. D. Kcllogg's Asthma Remedy. For years it "lias been relieving and curing ���������-the most severe cases. If you arc a sufferer do not delay a day in securing this remedy from your druggist. To Collect for Seed Grain Dominion Government Out to Collect Ten Million Dollars Preparations r.rc being made by the Department of the Interior to collect this year the larger part of the advances for seed grain made to western fanners for the crop of last year. Over ten million dollars was .loaned by the Dominion government in the drought-stricken districts'in Southern Alberta and in Southern Saskatchewan. Last year despite the heavy crop, many farmers were in no position to make any payment. This year it is hoped to collect the larger portion of this amount.. A head office has been opened in Moose Jaw, with Harry Cuttle,. Chief Inspector of Homestead Agencies, in charge. Arrangements have been made to have payments made to postmasters, while no collections will be made by I the elevators. Matlieu-Bodet, minister of finance in 1874,.'the war of 1S70 cost France the total sum of ��������� $2,499,000,000.. In this figure arc included the losses to the state, to the departments, the com- .miuics and individuals: The cost of caring for German troops after: the conclusion of peace and before the complete evacuation, amounted to $1S,600,000, is also included. .',' "An English .st-'tislican puts the direct expense of all belligerents from Napoleon I. to the war of 1914, $36,000,000,000 to $40,000,000,000. "Considering only the' allied armies in the. present war, it may be. noted that the number of combatants 'on our-side now amounts to about 14,000,- 000. If we admit an average dailyiex- pensc of $4 a day for each soldier, including ammunition, we will have a total expense of $1,680,000,000 a month, or about $20,000,000,00 ayear." For'' France alone , the, budget amounts to $6,193,200,000--yearly, according, tp M, Almond, who recently made a report to the French senate. Added to the above arc the sums paid to allied nations���������-Belgium,; Serbia and others���������which raise the expenses to $18,000,000 a day $560,000,- 000 a month, or $6,700,000,0"00 a'.year.'. At the same time 'England's expenses have risen from $17,000,000 a dav'to $22,000,000 and are soon cx-; peeled to reach $25,000,000 daily, or $9,125,000,000 a year. -.'..������������������ ,.-"'���������-.- -.On .the other side, Germany's "expenses, which to date arc about $10,- 000,000,000, it is estimated will be at least $13,000,000,000 bv next June. Austria's about $10,000,000,000;,"'Turkey's ������������������ $600,000,000, and Bulgaria's $520,000,000, or $34,120,000,000 for:the Teutonic allies. Then there is Japan, who issued an internal loan of $26,000,000 at the beginning of the war, and whose expenses in the capture of Kaio-chou and the German Pacific archipelagos and their occupation were about $100,- 000,000. San Marino, too, has spent several hundred thousand' dollars erecting anti-aircraft defences against Austrian aeroplanes. The allies will thus have spent about $52,000,000,000, and the Teutons $34,000,000,000 at tiic end of three year's war. These sums give a total of about $86,000,000,000, somewhat less than the estimate of Mr. Finot, but agreeing with the calculations that cost of the presen: war is more than double all the wars of the nineteenth century, from.those of Napolcc n P., plus all the wars of the first dozen years of the present century. Live Stock Commission is Collecting Much Valuable Information The Royal Live Stock Commission appointed by the Government of Sas- I kalchewan is collecting much information which will be of value in improving the live stock industry of that province. The commission isTormcd of some of the best live stock men in the West. lion: W. C. Sutherland is chairman; Hon. W. R. Motherwell is a'so a member. Sittings were .-ccctitly held in Win- ripcg and the Commission'will eventually visit a number of eastern cities. The immediate object is to gather information regarding the marketingof live stock. Any person able to give evidence relative to the matter in discussion will be gladly heard and in return the information that is acquired in eastern Canada and the States will be willingly given to all. ���������Transportation has become one of the most vital problems of the day. Coal is an example, the transportation of .which costs "more than .the coal itself at the mine; ' The live stock industry is greatly affected by tho same thing. Hon. R. W.'Motherwell speaking in INSURANCE COMPANY An Exclusively Canadian Company ��������� Assets Over Four Million Dollari An Excelsior Policy is a Money Saver. Get One To-day. Trade at Home Co-operation Between the Farmer and Merchant is Necessary for the Success of the Community Why not be consistent? This paper preaches and practices trade at home. There arc merchants and business men of Ibis town who do not do this. To advocate the idea of trading at home is pleasing to a number of,our people as long as it means to buy from them, but frequently when they need what may be bought here, they go elsewhere, or send orders to mail order houses. This is not fair, and it is inconsistent. .The grocer who buys ��������� his clothing, .dry goods or shoes av/ay from home has no right to be offended if the local dry goods, clothing and shoe dealers go elsewhere to buy their groceries, Winnipeg said: "It is only -.. natural}and Uic merchants who sell clothing, that grain growing should be the first dry goods or shoes owe the same industry of the west arid all praise is due "to the pioneers yet like many of, the-older countries the time had come when the livestock'industry is becoming predominant. The livestock industry is now the corner-stone of the three provinces . and the older countries have profited by the same experiences which these provinces arc now having." Proceeding be said, that'"it was a progressive step, that the government would: now have to choose whether they would handle the .problem the same as the. telephones, and that the question of the packing plants, and abattoirs, would have to be considered, for perhaps while they could make large profits a smaller concern could not compete with '.them. He said that there was a decided feeling among the farmers that there could be made great improvements in marketing conditions, and that the commission, if failing to do any other good would at '.east have helped to calm the fears of the fanner-that men manipulating the markets were robbing them. ..' W. R. Ingrain, Esq., of the Swift- Canadian Company .gave much in formation concerning stock loan coni7 I panics: Mr. Ingram is much in favor of these companies for. they offer a line of credit which the banks cannot touch, tic said: "It has been my experience that cattlemen prefer to deal with cattlemen, and, on .'a. certain street where there is a bank and a livestock loan company doing business, nine out of every ten will;go to the loan ;com- pan'y for their credit." ���������In dealing with the matter of the one-half of one per ocnt. insurance allowed, packers on condemned carcasses, Mr. Ingram staled that the packers were entitled to it and that it was barely sufficient to cover the loss .they'.sustained in this way. He favored the bonding of livestock drovers and brought up the matter of reaching the, press, with an accurate account of the local livestock market, prices. He claims the drovers, arc always well posted by wire or letter and that it would only be doing justice to the farmer to furnish him. this information. I.Iinard's Liniment Cures Diphthera. Wiiere Do House Files Go duty to the local grocer that the grocer does io them. Then why not trade at home? Co-operation is necessary if our city or cur country arc to he prosperous. The farmer who has no use for the town except as a place to sell his produce does injustice to his own interests as, well as to those who live in the town or city. And the merchant who has no use for the'farmer ex- ccpL as a customer to -whom he can sell his 'goods, acts as badly as ^thc farmer who goes away or sends away for what he wants. Then why not trade at home? A country is prosperous in proportion to the prosperity enjoyed by its towns and cities, and no town or city can be prosperous without the co-op- cralion, of the people of the country. Each is dependent one upon the other for that which is for the betterment of both. Then why not trade at home? The farmer who says he has no interest iu the welfare of the town and the town man who says he has no interest in the prosperity of the country, arc both wrong, their interests a-*c mutual. Just as an illustration: If a destructive fire consumed every building in our capital city and the word went out that the city would not be rebuilt, would any acre of land in the vicinity then be worth half as much as it is now? And if there should be a terrible drought or some other calamity come upon the farmers, would not the residents of the town be sorely affected, many of them ruined? Arc we not, be we residents of the country or of the town or city, dependent upon each other for success? Think of this and trade at home.���������Swift Current Sun. 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A Compliment to Canada Tt was surely more than a coincidence that Sir Douglas Haig's big drive started on Dominion Day, the national holiday of our friends across the border. Generals like politicians, have an eye to effect at limes, just as when the late Lord Roberts gave the Canadians the post of honor at Paardcbcrg, and forced the surrender of Cronjc on the anniversary of Majuba Hill. The British were not ready to start their drive on Empire What Britain is Doing Britain should do this and do that. Seme editors advise a great drive, others advise caution, others again think she should withdraw from "certain points where the loss of life is enormous. Depend upon it she has men. as resourceful arid as anxious to conserve the lives of her soldiers and sailors as the human race has produced. What is Britain doing financially? asks an American newspaper, and answers: "Great Britain not only is paying the cost of its own part in 'he struggle, but has largely financed the other nation's allied against the Central Powers���������British money has helped France, has kept Italy on its feel, has clothed and equipped the vast army of Russia. It is an cxtraordin- ary drain on British resources." And Day (May 24,) which would have been Britain holds the seas for herself and tiic most fitting day of all, and failing1 that, the most appropriate day was July 1. It was :. fighting compliment to Canadian gallantry which, on the occasion, saved the whole lincof battle.���������From the Detroit Journal. W. N. U. 1116 General Gallieni's Epigrams The late-General Gallicni was a master of_ epigrammatic expressions. "Don't criticise _ until you can remedy,", is one which obtained great favor in France, and might be rccom- m?ndcd to critics here. "If you've got brains, use them, if not, plant cabbage," was another of the General's sayings. "Set things going and keep them going," and "Say what you want done, but don't say more than a man can remember," were two other counsels.���������VVcstminstcd Gazette. her allies, is fighting Germany in the remote places of the earth as well as iu Europe. She also makes possible the increased trade that Canada is carrying on with the nations across the seas . The man who finds fault with Britain should he advised to stop and think.���������Winnipeg 'Tribune. Scientists Unable to Determine Where Flies Go During the Winter Where does lhce house fly go in ] winter and how does it get back? That I was a favorite mystery'for generations, but a few years ago fly experts began to say a lot about wintering wintering flics, and so within the past couple of years we have had a flood of fly literature telling us that if we swatted an over-wintering house fly we would kill possible descendants running into the billions. Well, in.the middle of the past winter we happened lo sec flies in a building in a certain town of one of the Middle States. Wc mentioned the fact lo an entomologist and lie doubted that they could be house flies. So there was nothing to do but to catch a few,of them and prove that his skep- tisism was superfluous. But it was not. Ffc was right. Furthermore, the scientists, will not admit such a thing as an over-wintering house fly until it can be established by better evi-- dencc than they have been able to find.' Recently Prof. Arthur Shipley, of Cambridge, spoke before the Royal Society of Arts on insects and the war. In the course of his talk he said of the house fly: "We used to think Ihatsomc, iu a slate of suspended animation, were 'carried on' through the winter months. This is, however, nonproven. He concluded: "The manner in which the interval between one fly season and die next is bridged still rcmauis unsolved." It is safe to conclude that nobody knows where the flics go in winter-��������� but everybody wishes they would stay there.��������� The Country Gentleman. They Fooled 'Em "Did anyone discover that you were a bride and groom 011 your honeymoon?" ..: ..fjsCf.-..... "No; wc fooled everyone. Instead of calling each other by our first names, I called Jim Mr, Black and he called mc Miss Pinkiy, just as wc did before we were even engaged, We were just as formal with each other as strangers would be,"���������-Detroit Free I Press, Willis���������"My wife has just ordered the most daring bathing-suit of the season." Gillis���������"Now I suppose she will write for circulars of the various summer resorts." Willis��������� "No, she is writing for copies of their municipal ordinances." ���������New York Times. x Big Corporation Decides to Shelve Old Policy and Use Newspaper Space The Bethlehem Steel Company has entered upon a campaign of newspaper advertising which is epoch- making. Display advertisement space is being utilized in a list of -3,500 newspapers. The purpose of the campaign is to present the case of the Bethlehem company in regard to the proposed establishment of an armor plant by the United States government. -. , ��������� The most important phase of this matter is the belated decision by a great corporation that a policy of secrecy is disastrous. Silence on the part, of a corporation, when its interests are at stake, denotes a fear to meet the issue in the open. Corpo: - tions will generally recognize in this sensationa'. action of the Bethlehem company, the opportunity to -.hem for trying their cases before a jury of the whole people���������and as this method gains adherents the necessity for lobbyists at Washington and at state capitals, of corruption funds, and of intrigue, will vanish. Thus the policy of publicity now adopted by Mr. Schwab will have a revolutionary effect. Win or lose, so far as this present issue is concerned, he will have established a precedent which must rule with "big business" in the future���������that of working wilh, not against, public opinion. "The day of the clear light" seems less of a vision because of the significant event.���������Editor and Publisher, New York. Wood's Pkospfceaisk'" Tho Great English Remelv. Tones nnd invigorates tlio vdola nervous system, makes new,3Iood in old Veins, Cures Nfrvov-S Dcbilili/. Mental and Brain Worry, D'spon- dency. 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In 1914 Holland exporteci^fllfl - Commands a Cossack Regiment ' '���������llili Wnile Great Britain and France |i,||| have^vast numbers of -women em- j ployecl manufacturing munitions _ of war, and in many other ways aiding the allies to bring the war to a victorious end, it is only in Russia-that the women soldier, with rifle, bayonet, and in khaki, is to be found. There are whole companies of Russian women, it is believed, who are [at this moment at, or near to the east- | cm lines, ready to play a part in lrurl- [[liUliing the Germans back to their own M laud. a-m;-' -Whether that report be correct or '(Jnot, the official records at Petrograd , J [testify again and again that women vtlHi jsoldicrs and officers have fought and IWdied in the trenches. One authority 'iSiii'places the number who have been re- ij.,JMporlcd upon at 400 and one of these *T'j}.is Colonel Madame Kovestscva, in '.jCommand of the Sixth Ural Cossack W (Regiment. I w ���������111 ������P 1{ The lady colonel has been seven fj*(tin M ''borne the fatigue of the march, the if; (-gloom and danger of the trenches, i|< [(and been twice placed on the stret $',!cher, wounded, for the base hospital .vhj/ljHer bravery won for her the admira- |)h Ijtion of the veterans who stood by ' She sifccceded in "lapping" a Gcr- a-.A, man staff telegram relating to a plan flMrr( *t0 break the Russian centre and, as ' ' \'!>ii result, the Russian troops were able j to repulse the enemy with heavy j losses. I A Bulwork of the Empire How the West Has Contributed to the Success of the War Toronto Mail and Empire, concluded an article on closer relationship_ which will undoubtedly exist between the Motherland and the overseas Dominions after the war, in these words: "There .were those who said, and continued for long to say, that the expenditure on the West was a waste of money, that Old Canada was bur- ���������dening itself financially in order to bring into existence agricultural communities and would, bring down the price of wheat Ontario had to sell, and that for the visionary idea of expanding the Empire. But the West has proved a splendid investment for Old Canada and a great source of strength to the Empire. No : other part of the countryjs contributing of its manhood in thc-'sanie ratio to the strength of our overseas forces. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia have exceeded their quota of the 500,000'to which it is sought to bring up Canada's army organization. The West is a bulwark of the Empire. This is the answer to those who haye been talk- 'Amcricanizatioiv' of the to(W hm 78* o> tl| '..-"^S of. the 1 Canadian West." I i A\ *\ V 4- -*' a j, The Canning Industry Remarkable Growth of Important ��������� ' ' Industry in Ontario ���������When' the canning industry, was : first established in Ontario corn for canning was cut from the cob by hand with a knife. It \vas then considered good work to put but 800-cans a day. A modern factory will put up 100,000 cans in a day with equal ease. The first canning factory in Ontario was started 34 years ago. There are about 120 factories in operation at present and these give ' employment to 14,000 people. The total output of these* factories is between three and four million cases with 24 tins lo a case. This is sufficient to provide a railroad of 20 cars for each working day ���������of the year. The average yield of tomatoes is around 250 bushels per acre, and can- ncrs expect to pay 25 cents per bushel this year. The average yield of corn runs at four tons of cobs per acre. This brings .f>7 to $8 per ton, and the corn fodder left is worth nearly as much. The straw from which peas arc taken for canning make excellent feed In some cases it is hauled back from the factories and sold back to the farmers by the ton for winter feeding, ���������in a few cases it is fed direct from the silo to stock owned by the causing companies. Said the Kaiser, addressing the ���������crews of the battered High Seas Ficct, upon its return from its first meeting with the British armament: "The English fleet was beaten; what you have done you did that, in the future, . Germany may have freedom of the seas for its commerce." But there is no more freedom for German commerce than there was before the fight. If a German merchant gets an order -for, a package of postcards, from any p^ft of. the world more distant than Scandinavia, he must appeal to the Allies as he has been doing, for permission to ship them. All the Kaiser's boasting cannot obscure that bitter fact.���������Providence Journal. What Russia is Doing Populace of Russia is Helping to Win The War ' Slowly, like a giant getting under way, Russia, backed by 50,000,000 people, is gathering strength. Russia's war is the people's war, and they are backing up the army in a way not to be found in any other country of Europe. In England and France the governments are co-operating with the industrial corporations and bankers to the'exclusion of well defined citizens' groups. In Russia; the government and army work with these, but also with an organized people, through non-political groups which have been formed all over ' the ,. country���������citizens' associations, co-operative societies, and peasants' unions. Then there is a central committee composed of citizens, to co-ordinate the efforts of the group and take the army's orders. ���������- The citizens' organizations for aiding the country and the army are literally hundreds in number, but the majority of "these can be bunched under one or the other of four general names. Then there is the municipal Union,, grouping the work of Russian cities. Next is the war trade committee. Lastily, there is the co-operative union, whose membership includes more than 30,000,000, persons, mostly peasants and whose activities affect in one way or another more than half the population of the' Russian empire. In order that the work of these organizations may cla:sh as little as possible there is a central committee sit-_, ting permanently, w'eek days and Sunday, in a building to itself here in Petrograd. When the government' has need of this or that for the army, or for refugees, or for its organization back of the fighting lines, it can and docs call on the central committee for aid. < There is not a single branch of human endeavor not at the beck and call of these citizens' organizations. All the sciences,, arts, trades and occupations have been mobilized in this way. Russia lacked sufficient munitions at ,the start of the war, and so did the other allies. But the difference between Russia and them was this: They were great industrial countries and she was not. Germany had had for a long time practically a monopoly of manufactured articles, chemical and so forth in Russia and���������as former Premier Count Kokovtsow pointed out, this had proved a positive curse to the empire. She lacked machinery to make them. The Russian people, in ^yiew of these obstacles, through their organizations, have accomplished near miracles, and are still accomplishing them. Through their combined wits and resources they have bridged what otherwise might have been disaster. People Starve in Germany Woman's Letter Passed by Censor, Tells of Privations Endured Conditions of great destitution and practical starvation in Germany are revealed by a letter received at New- York. It was written in Bad Warz- burg on May ,11, 1916, and bears the "Passed by Censor" slip at the end where it was opened by that official. The letter is remarkable in that it was allowed to leave Germany, carrying as it does the message of the privations being cuffered by the writer, an elderly woman and the mother of a young man to whom it was written in New York. ' ', ��������� After commenting on other ' matters, she writes: "Our conditions here arc beyond description. Every day the outlook is becoming more and more dreadful. We absolutely ithout^ enough food to eat, and wc are living far back in the interior, quite removed: from cities of any size. It is very sad to see that those having large cellars have stored away the butchers' supplies so that we arc left to starve. "Wc have nothing to - cook; and though we have money, meat and other supplies are refused at any price. Fl ��������� and the others are so emaciated that their bones seem to protrude their. skins." The letter concludes with the.hopt that the war will be soon ended. British Munition Workers Record of Industrial Mobilization Never Equalled, Says Lloyd George's Lieutenant A dispatch from the British Intelligence Department, received in New York, gives further extracts from a speech made by Mr. Kelloway, of the Munitions Department at Bedford. He said: "Germany has never done anything which equals the work in this country in the way of industrial organization. During the past twelve months, eighty arsenals have ; been built, or adapted, and with the exception of a very few, are now producing heavy howitzers, big shells; or explosives. The weekly output of .303 cartridges is greater by millions than the annual output before the war. There is a certain machine gun being produced by the hundred every week in a factory ordered planned; and built during the past twelve months, which had never been made in this country before 1915. "France, Russia, and Italy have been supplied by or through Great Britain with many of the most important munitions of war. Many thousand tons of steel have been sent to France. One leading firm has a factory devoted entirely ' to tlre making provision for a particular gun for the French government. Russia has been supplied with great quantities of grenades, rifle cartridges and guns, and explosives, and some of these have been instrumental in enabling the Russians to make their great offensive. "Contributions toward the equipment of the Belgian army are continuous. There has been established in a certain village in this country a Belgian village with a Belgian factory, employing Belgian workmen, entirely engaged in the production of munitions for the Belgian army. "The Serbian "army has been equipped very largely from the workshops of the United Kingdom. "There is as much work on one howitzer as for one of our large express locomotives. The Ministry of Munitions is now producing18-pourid- ers and 16-pounders, 4.5-inch and 6- inch, 8-inch and 9-inch howitzers in large quantities. It is a magnificent example of what British engineers can do when well led.and organized. "Before this vast output could be secured, it was necessary not only to secure factories, machine tools, and material, but labor had also to be trained and mobilized. Over 380,000 men out of 1,000,000 engaged in the chemical and engineering trades had joined the army, but against this 184,000 women were engaged in war industries in 1914. There are today 666,000. The total number of war workers was 198,600 in 1914, and now is 3,500,000. "There are 471 different munition processes upon which women are now engaged. The women in France arc doing wonders in munition making, but our women workers beat the world."- Japan's Big Guns The Little Japs' Big Guns Are Doing Good Work For Russia The Passing of The Ox How the old timers, of a generation back, let us- say, would have, rubbed their eyes at beholding in cold type this little item from the current number of The Peterborough Transcript: "A strange incident recently was the sight of two pairs of oxen, which met on Main street. Oxen are becoming very scarce in town." "A strange -incident," forsooth! Oxen on the main street of a New Hampshire town���������two pairs of'em at once! Call everybody to see the strange sight! And, indeed, it would he a sight worth seeing in many a town of this good old State, that once boasted its prize yokes of oxen, and could turn out a magnificent and stately string of them, when a road was to be broken in winter or some particularly big and cumbersome object was to be hauled from one part of the town to another. _ But the times change, and motive power changes with them. Oxen were slow, presumably they arc slow even to this day, and even in Peterborough, which is by no means to be considered a sleepy burg or on low gear in its movements.���������The Manchester Union. Dominion Expenditure Lower Dominion revenue for the first three months of the present fiscal year amounted to fifty-six million dollars as compared with thirty-six million last year. Expenditure for all ordinary and capital expenditure including interest on national debt, was twenty-seven million, which is less than last year. Considerable of Canada's war expenditure is being paid out of the current revenue. ��������� On the Right Track A bullock was sold in the Lincoln | Sir George Fos.tcr has the right England market recently at-a price;idea when he declares, as he did in a working out at $3.62 per 14 1bs. This j recent speech, in London, that mdu ^ is the highest price so far recorded, -.and in pre-war times $2.25 per stone ���������would have been considered dear. try should be nationalized as soon a3 monopoly threatens to control it.��������� Calgary Ncws-Tclcgranr. . ��������� . We have heard .a great deal about Japan in the European war. Shortly after she declared herself on the side of the allies there was some difficulty between China and Japan which brought Japan prominently before the public. This was quickly smoothed over and little more has since been heard of Japan; mainly -because it has not been necessary for her to take any active part in the war, either by naval or land forces. " But recent events show that she has- been of very great assistance. Strangely enough, her help has been given to Russia with whom she so successfully waged one of the bloodiest of modern wars just a few years ago. The rapid advance of the Russian forces and their utter route of the Austrian army over a front of 100 miles or more at one of the most critical periods of the war is due in great measure- to the little Japs' big guns. They have developed a large field gun which is said to be much more than the equal of any gun of any of the enemy .forces. In .addition, they have developed a new high explosive shell for this monster. It's power of destruction is said to be almost beyond belief and much more terrific than any explosive so far used in this war. The combination of this big, gun and terrible new shell, in quantities, in the hands of a great Russiam strategist and backed by enormous enthusiastic armies, has got the Austrians "on the run" and we arc all hoping that the run continues to the final end of Austria, Germany, and all of their allies. Japan's part may not be very spectacular but it is certainly very valuable.���������North Shore Press, Vancouver. The Triumph of Voluntaryism The King's message announces for the first time the total of the force raised by voluntary enlistment since the commencement of the war. It is no less than 5,041,000 men���������considerably more, that is lo say, than that tenth of the population which before the war was held to represent the ultimate fighting strength of a nation. In view of what has happened since it is impossible to regard without mixed feelings this gigantic figure. But on the magnificent testimony which it furnishes to the efficiency of the patriotism which inspired it, there is no man who can fail to echo the King's glowing words. There has been nothing like it in the history of the world.���������London Daily News. "Maggie," said the inexperienced young thing to the cook, "the biscuits were a sight. If you can't do better next time I will have to discharge you." "You will.'ch?" I'll have yc know, mum, that I've worked for eighty- nine o' the best families in town, an' I ain't ever bin discharged yet. I'm Antelope Born in Captivity Steps Being Taken in Saskatchewan To Perpetuate the Species _ That antelope can be bred in captivity has been demonstrated by Reu-r ben Lloyd, of Davidson, Saskatchewan, who has a small herd in an enclosure of ten acres of his farm. On June 5, twin antelope were born on the iarm and Mr. Lloyd, hopes to establish beyond doubt the possibility of breeding and rearing successfully these timid and swift animals in captivity. In addition to the antelope which Mr. -Lloyd has in captivity he has a pair of deer, which raised a beautiful fawn last month. That unique game animal of the prairies, the prong-horn antelope,_ is listed by most authorities . as being the next candidate for oblivion. Almost as plentiful as the buffalo in the early days it is fast following the wake of that blocky animal* of the ox kind. Steps have been taken.by the Dominion Government to set aside certain areas of land with the object of saving the remnant of antelope that still remain, but nothing has yet been done in Saskatchewan by the way of establishing permanent fenced reserves, although- something along these lines has been accomplished at Foremost, Alberta, where forty-two antelope��������� have been fenced in. Contrary to the opinion of most game conservators, Mr. Lloyd, of Davidson, was convinced that he could breed antelope in captivity, if given an opportunity. Through _ the kindness of the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Motherwell, who' is keenly interested in the conservation of all beneficial wild life, the opportunity was presented, and Mr. Lloyd forthwith went to considerable expense in erecting a substantial eight-foot fence around ten acres of his farm, through the centre of which is a nice" sized pond. At first he stocked the enclosure-with two or three antelope, but success did not attend his intitial attempts. However, he profited by his experience and persevered and now can show with pride twin antelope that were born on June* 5 of this year. F. Bradshaw, Chief Game Warden for the province, was privileged to inspect tliis game'farm last week arid secured a"few. photographs'of the animals. In addition to the young twins, male and female, there are two adult males and two mature, females. With the exception of one old buck the antelope are all doing well. These six animals form -the nucleus - of a breeding stock by which Mr. Lloyd hopes to establish beyond doubt the possibility of breeding and rearing successfully these timid and swift animals in captivity. If care, perseverance and enthusiasm can accomplish this object, success is assured. Mr. Lloyd has also a pair of deer which raised a beautiful fawn last month. The young deer, which is covered with white spots, swam across lire poud the second day after it was born. This was not surp*.is- ing, but one was hardly prepared to see the young antelope follow their mother across the water without any apparent fear, much to the annoyance of the wild geese and ducks that -were . peacefully swimming around.���������Regina Leader. . ��������� Oldest Living Thing One of the wonders of the ancient world, and probably the greatest of them, was the Pyramids of Egypt. And yet some of the giant sequoias of California that now grow thrifty trees had bark on them a foot thick when Cheops began building the great pyramid that, bears his name. Beneath the shadow'of the pyramids Napoleon said-to his troops: "Forty centuries look down upon you." There are trees in the grove estimated by scientists, among them John Muir, the eminent naturalist, to be 8,000 to even 10,000 years old. The oldest living things in the world today arc these giant trees. Also the species of vegetation to which they belong is the oldest in the world. The sequoia tree, exactly like that of California,. flourished several million years ago. .We know that because we find their fossil remains buried beneath thousands of feet of rock and geologists are able, by reading the leaves of those'rocks as an "ordinary man would, read a book to tell wheu the sequoias beneath them lived.��������� Kansas City Star; Lloyd George He is the Irresistible Driving-.Power In Great Britain When there is any work to be done in England extraordinary hard and unattractive involving great .responsibility, the cry i-> "Let Lloyd George do it!" And yet no man in the realm is more abused. Every crime in the political calendar is fastened on him. Old party associates fling the epithet of traitor at him. If we believe his detractors he is untrue to his chief and concerts with Mr. Asquith's enemies by stealth, revealing cabinet secrets to them. Mr. Lloyd George is accused of abandoning the convictions of a life-time of betraying labor, of grasping greedily at power, of cultivating all the vices that honest men dcipise in politicians. Of la:e a dead set has been made at him Liy the most brilliant pamphleteers who serve the Liberal party. They have done all in their power to drive him f-om public life. Mr. Lloyd cGorge has often been unpopular, and he has always had enemies who exhausted the language of vituperation in assailing him. As the most radical of reformers he excited such bitter hostility that he could not show his face anywhere without being reviled. He opposed the Boer war with speech that enraged Englishmen of every class. His peace crusade of 1900-2 divided the Liberal party. Today he is the most aggressive of militants, and there are Liberals who suspect him of plotting to destroy the coalition cabinet in order to raise: himself to the premiership on its'ruins. His enemies multiply hourly, and they would drag him down if they could, in spite of his great services to the empiie since the entrance of England into the war. Among diem are sincere men who believe that he is an unscrupulous and dangerous politician. It must be admitted that Mr. Lloyd George when he had an ; opportunity at Conway to answer his critics evaded their gravest charge that he had conspired with the opposition to forcehis own views upon the premier. But he abused the counsel for the other side with all his old vigor of epithet. It is unreasonable to suppose that where there was so much smoke a little fire crackled? Nevertheless, it was Lloyd George who was selected to brin; order out of chaos in Ireland and reconcile factions that breathed slaughter one against the other; and now again it is Lloyd George who .is regarded as the logical successor of Lord Kitchener to the post of secretary of state for war. The explanation of what scheme so paradoxical is that with all his inconsistency and vaulting ambition Lloyd George is recognized as indis- pensiblc to the empire in its crisis. He, like Kitchener, realized how titanic was the task Great'Britain had set herself in the war; that it wo"uld last for years, and that all her resources must be mobilized and-employed \vith_ skill and daring if the What a Sea Fight Means The Supreme Glory of the British Navy That Men Place Duty Always Before Fersonal Safety What is the real character of a battle at sea under modern conditions? Wilson Young, in an article in the London Times, helps us to understand. "It is more ringed with terror than, any other ': human experienced Each man commits himself with a thousand others, to a vulnerable, shell, and launches it into an arena sheeted and bolted with flame and concussion. He can do nothing for his own safety, but only for the common purpose." If his ship is mortally wounded, he passes not to a hospital or dressing station, but into the cold sea, where also disappears patients and surgeons' in the very act of operating. Know ing this, he must go on doing quietly and cooly the exact work for which lie has been trained���������-work, perhaps, such as other men do in the calm of a chemical laboratory. He may have to perform the most delicate scientific operations with the utmost care, conscious that he has.only a minute or two'to live in this world. Mr. Young says: "It is the supreme glory of the British navy���������sometimes I think the supreme achievements of the,- British race���������that thousands and thousands of men are always ready to do this as.a mattor of course; do it easily, desire to' do it. There is no one to whom life is sweeter than to the average sailor, whose mental habit is to be , always looking forward to pleajures; and there is no one who can bO atter- ly put aside the prc-occupation of safety and lose himself in his immediate dutj'. How else, indeed, would such events as Beatty's single-handed fight with the German battle fleet be possible? If men thought of themselves in such a situation, their demoralization would be indescribable, and the names 'Queen Alary, Invincible, and Indefatigable would be names of terror. Instead of which it is the high morale which is indescribable, and these names are names of glory." There are some consolations/which do not detract from the glory. The care of the wounded and their sufferings arc not much heard of in a modern sea fight. Every action is a matter of life' or death. The mass of those who die, die at once. Their mortal remains sink into the great salt, sanitary sea, as their souls are launched upon the unknown seas of eternity.���������-Toronto Star. Future of the Turks The hour of disillusion for the Turks has struck. ' It is the crucial hour for their government, perhaps the hour for their doom. _ For the people it may be a new beginning, rhe significance of which they can as' yet but very imperfectly estimate. Russia -. -. r ^ ,^������������������ 11"?. 'V^!!.'* 'has some thirty million Moslem sub- designs of Germany were to be frus-, peaceful and prosperous like tratcd. Lloyd George is the man who*!,.. Vri.i��������� ...t.:.., r r? . t. ., ��������� does-things, politics or no politics. Not another man in the country could have made such a: success of the difficult and delicate work of minister of munitions. He has no monopoly of brains in the cabinet, but his is the irresistible driving power. _ He may- have thrown overboard principle and consistency, but it was, in his view, for the common cause, for the salvation of the empire.���������New York Sun. Organized Agriculture Pig Clubs and Bank Deposits American Bankers Are Helping to Finance Hog Breeders Bankers in many states arc realizing the value of pig cmb work as a means of improving rural conditions, according to club agents of the United States department of agriculture. Not a few of the bankers have made it possible for worthy club members to secure pigs on their personal notes. In this way a well-bred pig is secured and the member can pay for 'it from the proceeds of the pig as a meat animal or from the sale Of offspring in the case of a breeding animal. The member enters into a business agreement with the banker. This apparent generosity on :hc part of bankers is in many cases business acumen. A case in point is that of a Texas bank, whose president placed 326 pigs among pig club members of his country. As a rcsult_ of the acquaintance made in securing and placing these pigs, many new patrons were secured. These patrons brought in more than $75,000 in individual deposits. This was profitable business for the bank. The boys whom he has helped to get started in the hog business arc now on their feet financially and before many years they will be making big shipments of hogs to market each year. The money received from' the sale of hogs will be expended in further developing the country. Every merchant' in the county will profit, the banks will get more deposits, and farmers will have more money with which to develop l'avin' this afthcrnoon for place."���������New York Globe. Visitor���������My good man, you keep your pigs much too near the house. Cottager���������That's just what the doctor said, mum. But I dont' see how it's a-goin' to hurt 'em.���������Punch. a better! their farms."���������Breeders' Gazette. Patient���������But, doctor, you are not asking $5 for merely taking a cinder out of my eye? Specialist���������Er���������no. My charge is for removing a foreign substance 'from tire cornea. France Provides for the Organization of the Farming Population A decree of the minister of agriculture in France provides for the organization of the farming population in every rural commune in the republic. A commune corresponds to'our township. In each commune there has been established under the decree an agricultural committee consisting of farmers who are elected by themselves. The minister's object was to create "a permanent body composed of the pick of the farmers belonging to each rural commune, which, body shall be the centre of action and regulate the general activity." The committees elected- consist of 5, 7 or 9 men, according to the population of the district. The body is entrusted with the general organization of fanning operations and the overseeing of the cultivation of the land. Farms owned by soldiers who cannot cultivate them arc managed by the committee, if necessary. The committees really are agricultural syndicates, similar to the co-operative agricultural societies which are doing good work elsewhere abroad and in parts of America. Even before the war French agriculture was strongly organized and remarkably prosperous. Under the new decree it will be more efficient and productive. In her crisis France has shown a quickness and logicalncss of mind, a power of imagination and adaption, and a resource of courage and will which arc the admiration of all fair observers. She has manifested a genius for getting at the fundamental thing in a sound, fundamental way at the right time. The general scheme in accordance willu which the French rural communes have been or-. ganized is worthy and capable of ] adoption in hundreds of communities in this country. It is the small, widely, ���������vorking community unit whicu Iocs things. Organize large uniis, and thus eliminate the personal, neighborhood clement, as an organization of farmers becomes impersonal, unwieldy and political. It degenerates into a mere list of names, which interested officials arc apt to use for political purposes only. The .small rural social unit is being formed and organized in America. Where it has been developed, and given a fair chance, it has functioned effectively. The idea of which it is the concrete expression will logically and inevitably be adopted by every farming community in which there is a sufficient population spurred by necessity. the Moslem subjects of Great Britain, France and Holland. The Turks are enduring intolerable suffering as the result of the entrance of their government into war. The return-of peace will find them stripped of all that makes life worth living. In despair, they will cling to any sincere offer of help. Such offers will be made by those they are'now told to count their enemies. But Americans only will be so situated that they can give them both the material and the: spiritual aid of which they will be conscious they are in dire need. It may be our privilege and glory to take the lead in' saving not only an ancient Christian race, but a vigorous Moslem race al- sc from destruction.���������From "Armenians and American Interests Under Russia," by Rev. George F. Herrick, D."D., in the American Review of Reviews for July. ���������Bonny Fighters As a result, of some recent engage* ments along the front, twenty-nine officers and men of the Canadian regiments engaged have been decorated. By the time the war is over a good many Canadians will bear the evidences of their valor not alone in wounds and disabilities, but in some form of valued trinkets, for:,the Canadians have proved -themselves to be good fighters. Every account of fighting in which the regiments from across the border have been engaged has contained records of valiant defence of successful offence, and sometimes both; Every time the Canadians have been in a fight the Germans have known that it was a fight and net a play spell. The record which these men from thL side of the ocean have made is one that compels respect from everyone who respects bravery. -���������Buffalo Express. Real Christianity The poor of India converted to Christianity, arc giving all to patriotic funds. Christianity often means more to these converts than to those who have been brought up comfort- lably in the faith.���������London Advertiser. Family All Ready to Die "I have but one purpose, one object to live for," said George Sallis, Ilail- csdon, London, England, when the clergyman of the parish called upon him a few hours after the news had reached him that his fourth son h:*d fallen in action. "1 am the only member of a large family, left to do my bit, and I am going to do it. 1 know that I am well over the military age, but the War Office will surely not refuse a man who is sound in heart and limb, and can bring down a rabbit ' at 200 yards." The clergyman comforted the sorrowing wife by his side and reported the language of this hidden patriot to the War Office. He was of course, accepted and is now In camp getting ready to follow his lads in their deathless loyalty to King and Country. Canadian Flying Corps in France A division of Canadian flying men has been formed in France, according to advices received at the Naval Service Department. It consists of twelve aeroplanes manned by Canadians, who have been sent over to England to join the Royal Flying Corps. Most of these Canadian airmen are believed to be engaged in patrol work along the coasts of France and Britain, but the aviators mentioned,have been carrying out bombing enterprises against towns and _ positions occupied by the Germans in France an'd Flanders. According to all accounts they have already done good work. i'//*--**-^ ���������c; m THE' ������������������ 'GAZETTE. - HEJDLEY. ;b���������..: -G. a Naval Fight Eoer_ War Did Not Cost Britain Twice as Much as the Few Hours' , Battle off Coast of Jutland Glasgow.��������� It took the Boer war three years lo run us in for a bill of ������ 100,000,000, yet more than half thai stupendous Mini was expended in the course of a few hours when the British and German fleets came into action off ihe coast oi" Jutland on Mav 31. Twelve times our daily war expenditure blown away in an afternoon and <-���������-. cuing- That is' what .modern naval warfare'eosts. A year or two ago -wc grumbled because, the annual expenditure oi the nsiv'v was exceeding the ������50,000,000 limit", now wc think nothing of that sum when it goes in battle in an hour or two. ll is remarkable how wasteful of life and money a big naval'.action-is. A battle cruiser can burn 40 to 50 pounds worth of fuclin an hour, and usually does so when it is at .full speed; it can easily discharge'powder and shell at over ������100 a shot; and if jierchanee- one of. these ������100 shells, <)���������' a ������600 torpedo, or a ^300 mine should blow it up , it sinks a dead los.< of from a million and a half lo two million pounds. In the loss of ships alone the Jut- laud coast action ran up a bill of about ������23,000,000. Hut what about all those that were damaged and disabled, some of them most severely?' Their repair bill will reacha total" which it is impossible to do more than hint ai. Let us give the bulk, of it to Germans, and* place-the "total at ������9,000,- 000. That covers the greater part of the material damag-, but there are some formidable items still to come.'Think of the ammunition used���������and the price of it. Big naval guns are expensive things to play with. For guns of 12-inch, 13.5 inch and 15-inch calibre each shot��������� cordiic charge?, projectile, and wear and tear of gun���������costs well into three figures. One hundred pounds will only fire one of the dreadnought's .12-inch guns once; you would have to add a b't to that sum before it would supply (he necessary for a round from one of the Lion's 13.5-inch weapons; and double it if you were to make one of the "Lizzie's" huge 15-inch pop-guns speak. ' The Lion could polish of an M. P.'s ."���������alary in three Io four shots. Why, the salaries of the'whole'house, with those of the cabinet ministers thrown in, would not keep battle cruisers in powder and shot very long, and if the dreadnought fired her 10-inch guns at the rate of one round per minute, she could make an end of the prime pinis- ters salary in ten minutes!r Quite a sport for millionaires. But it is no use' trying to find the ammunition bill for the Jutland coast fight by estimating what every gun and ship can do. The matter must be covered more generally. There is a clue lo go upon. Someone writing on the Dogger Bank fight, estimated���������with what degree of accuracy and authority is not kiiown-���������that about three-quarters of a million pounds' worth oi ammunition was expended in that running fight. Well, in the Dogger Bank battle nine big ships fought for five hours; at the Jutland coast there was an average of about forty-five vessels engaged for ten hours or so. That is five times the number of ships and twice- the time, which roughly means ten times the ammunition, or ������7,750,000. There is a further item yet���������a comparatively small one this iime. Ships do not move free of charge. Every revolution of the engines, every turn of the propellers costs money. Motive powers is not so expensive as gifn power but it mounts up. For instance, a battle cruiser doing full speed can get through a thousand tons of fuel in a day. Fuel���������oil and coal���������in the propor- A BRIGHT TOBACCO OF THE FINEST QUALITY 10 CENTS PER PLU������ Dangers of a Thunderstorm Places Where Lightning .Will Strike and Where it Will Not The fear of being struck by lightning is both a very'real and . a'vc'ry sensiblc fear, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.' But.'lightning can be avoided like all oilier evils. , It will strike in ccr- .tain places and it will not strike in Women Soldiers in Russia Russian Lady Colonel Commands a Cossack Regiment While Great Britain and ..France have vast numbers of women employed manufacluring munitions of war, and in .many other ways aiding the allies to bring the war to a victorious end," it "'is'only, in Russia that the women soldier, with rifle, bay- Letters of Thanks other.places. There arc reasons for ! onel, and in khaki, is to be found. its behaviour in both cases, for nature never operates by chance. A steam engine or a railroad coach is as safe as any place in the -world as far as lightning is concerned.-No one has ever been rtruck by lightning while he was aboard a train. . The busincs"sv,..arl or a city likewise is never struck, by lightning. Neither are tall skyscrapers ever hit. It is a There arc whole companies of Russian women, it is believed, who arc at this moment, at, or hear to; the eastern lines, ready lo play a part in hurling the Germans back to their own land. .Whether' that report be correct or not, the official records at Petrograd testify again and again that women soldiers and officers have fought and matter of record that insurance com-jdied in the trenches. One-authority panics never have any losses from lightning striking any building with metallic sides and framework of iron and steel. .' A steel battleship is also safe from the bolt from the clouds, as is a steel windmill tower. '.Phis is because everyone of the objects is its -own lightning rod ..nd needs no further protection than they can give themselves. There is another list of things places ihc number who have been reported upon at 400 and one of these is Colonel Madame Kovestseva, in ��������� command of the Sixth- Ural Cossack Regiment. '.'������������������.��������� The .lady colonel has been seven j times iinder the fire of. the. enemy, borne the fatigue of the march, the gloom and danger of the trenches, and been twice placed on the stretcher, wounded, for the base hospital. Her bravery won for her the admira which, lightning .will surely strike. It i lion ot the veterans who stood: by 'will, strike ��������� a country house or a!her side���������men who had fought around house in the outskirts of a town. It likes to hit'a barn, church, school- house, tree, stal- or animal, especial- ly if it is near a wire fence. As for a house the safest place in a lightning storm is your iron or brass bed. It is very dangerous to' stand near the bed because you are taller than the bed. The reason why you arc safe when lying on it is that the bed head :.nd foot extend above your' head. The current will not leave the bed to pass through you.* body. The walls and the floor of the room ..may be ripped to pieces, but you will be safe as Jong as you lie still in your bed. Feather beds offer no protection whatever from lightning unless thcyi lie on a metal bed. If the bed is of wood and the springs arc steel, the wood on the bed may split to pieces, but you will .nevertheless'remain unharmed. During the day the safest place in a house, is in the centre, of a room, provided there is no stove near. Contrary to popular opinion it makcs.no difference whether doors or windows arc open or closed. Lightning can get in under any circumstances if it wants to. Practical Diplomacy "Papa," inquired a young hopeful of some seven summers, as he looked up from a book he was reading, "there's a word here which puzzles rac���������diplomacy?" "Diplomacy, my son," and the old man smiled paternally as he said it, "means this: Doing or saying prc- c'rely the right thing at precisely the right time." "Ah!" retorted the young hopeful, "then I guess I exercised diplomacy last night." "How, my boy?" inquired the fond parent. "Why, I rolled Johnny over into my place just before ma came in with the castor oil, and then back again j just before she came to the other side."��������� Chicago Journal. Port Arthur, and on-the plains of Manchuria. . She has been decorated by her general and promoted to the rank of u colonel of the regiment, which is not a mere honorary title. -.Then there is Kira Bashkirowa, an eighteen year old Yilria girl, who joined the Russian army in October 1914, under the name of Nicholai Po- pin. She gained'ihc ��������� Cross of St. George for her daring reconnoitcring. After being iii hospital for some weeks suffering from a slight woii'nd and typhus, she rejoined her regiment in the, firing line. In a letter to her mother she staled that there are three other women serving with her. A girl of twenty, the daughter of Colonel Tomildvisky, accompanied her father to, the front in September 1914. She had her hair cut short and donned the uniform taking part in several. engagements. On various occasions Mile. Toomil- ovsky served as orderly, scout, and telegraphist, and she was finally appointed to the command of a platoon. She succeeded in "tapping" a German staff telegram relating to a plan to break the Russian centre and,- as a result, the Russian troops were able to repulse the enemy wi'h heavy losses. ...,-.��������� From what. Count Tisza, the Hungarian statesman, says the question whether the British blockade is tightened is not very important to Hun- .garians. According to him, so little tions in which-it .is 'burned costs oh | gets by the British fleet that an cx- an average over ������1 10s per ton soj{ension of the blockade would make that all-swing the Lion ten or twelve (-little difference. And he savs that hours of lighting and about the same Austria-Hungarv is even less intcr- timc for getting to and from the jested in the ma'tter than Germany is, scene ot battle wc lind that she has because whatever conies through cost -1500 for fuel alone in that u'm Wc had twelve ships in the fight that could do that "fuel disappearing" trick, and possibly 30 lo 50 other big ships iiJk.-olved, which also consumed very large quantities, as well as dozens of smaller ships that can shift an amazing amount of coal and oil. Seventy thousand pounds would not overestimate the whole thing, and the enemy, with his shorter distance to cover, would likelv account for about ������20,000. So much for the material side of Ihc-fight. But what i-hout the human clement? We cannot really lay down fiiK.ncial values for them or tally them off or. an ������ s d measure. Hardly less L an 20,000 men, fairly equally divided between the two fleets, must have been killed or temporarily disabled. What is their economic value���������a value, ol* course, which falls far short of their real worth? Some years ago it was stated in parliament that it cost ������.300 to make and train an efficient bluejacket. On this basis the loss in men means ������6,000.000. But political economists, and statisticans have agreed lint every ma*i has an economic value to his country of ������1000, so, going on this calculation, the item jumps to ������20,- 000,000. So the complete bill is something .is follows: British ships lost ������10,244,000 German t.hips los- 33.064,000 Damage to ships 9,000,000 Ammunition 7,500,000 I-'.icl 90,000 Men 20.000,000 Grand total ... ������59,898,000 Fifty-nine million pound?, roughly speaking, in half a day ��������� four and a 1 alf million 7,er hour. Truly, only the nations that lave fat purses can fight many modern naval battlrs. An expert in aviation makes the assertion that a bomb dropped from a height of 8,000 feet cannot hit, except by rare g������otnc fires makes me crews of the battered High Seas Ficct, j j'ovc you a��������� ,hc 1Tlorci w. n. ��������� u. in������ At a British tribunal Tt was stated that a jeweller, married, but without family, had joined the, colors In order that, hlt< manager, married with three children, might remain behind, upon its return from its first meeting with ihe British armament: "The English fleet was beaten; what you have done you did that, in the future, Germany may have freedom of the seas for its commerce." But there is no more freedom for German commerce than there was before the fight. If a German merchant gets an order for a package of postcards from any part of the world more distant than Scandinavia, he nimii appeal to the Allien as lie has been doinfj', for permission to ship them. All the. Kaiser's boasting cannot obscure* that bitter fact.���������Providence Jp* 'nal. Herr Ballin's Boast Herr Ballin's announcement that hi-s company, the owners of the Hamburg- on of British prisoner's .-in Germany, have come across a letter from a German prisoner in England which they have given nic for publication. 1 have seen a photograph of the original. The letter was written by a wounded prisoner. A translation follows: "In a British Hospital, 12-5-16. "My dear children, my dear mother, ���������How terribly->������will the expression ii 'prisoner' echo in your cars. .But '��������� your anxiety will be needless for to tell the truth I have hitherto not been treated as prisoner, but have received nothing but love and care for my wounds, which are severe, and everything is done for me to relieve my pain���������in fact everything that can be done for a/wounded man. : Therefore, my dear ones,, respect our enemies. . I always had a great, dread ."���������; of falling into English hands, but now that fate has overcome mc I have learned better and I see no trace of anything but tender love on the part of my forjner enemies. My food could hot be better than it is although I can cat very little; I have a splendid dinner every day., plenty of meat and potatoes beautifully cooked. They give me almost-too much, but for the sake of good manners, I eat it till it is all finished.. Tea docs not suit me, so .coffee.is specially prepared for me and it tastes as goocl as if you had made it with your own hands. Could a wounded prisoner ask for -anythii g better? Do you therefore show nothing but kindness towards our wounded enemies, particularly Eng-. 'ishmen, if you happen to meet any on your journeys; treat them kindly and remember how much they are doing for mc here. I shall nevcr- during, my whole life forget the kindness of my doctor and his assistants, the nurses and orderlies, and I shall think of them gratefully when the ��������� eacc bells peal on every side. Now, my faithful M.. and all of you, we will pray to God who has hitherto led mc by his grace. Just now I asked a sergeant here lo give mc a forget- <1 \merican line, is building five huge j nic-not; I have got it already and .ears new steamers, and lhat other German firms arc similarly engaged, need not disconcert the allies very much. 'The announcement does not build the ships, and German ship-owners arc not likely, to. lock up their capital in 30,000-ton steamers until they, have some reasonable guarantee of revenue from them.���������Montreal News. "I've brought back those eggs you gave mc this morning," said the new bride, as she began to take the articles in question from her basket. "They're duck eggs." "Duck eggs!'" of joy come to _my eyes for I know what pleasure it will give to you. Now farewell, all of you, may God's mercy be upon us. Receive the loving greetings Jnd kisses of your father. ("Signed) ("Of the. Reserve Infantry Regt.") "My wife managed to drive a nail today' without hitting her thumb." "How was that?" "She inveigled the hired girl into holding the nail." 1-jcr���������No doubt you think I am older than I really am. j-lj-T,���������Not at all. I'm sure you arc not as old as you look. "We've learned a lot from the present war?" . "Yes, indeed. Everything except ���������what it's all about." sneered bess. "You're mistake don't never sell no duck eggs." "But 1 tested them," triumphed the matrimonial novice. "I dropped them into water and they floated." Sure to Come Back A customer walked into a boo* shop and-asked for :���������. pair of boots. The clerk showed him a satisfactory pair, jbut the customer said that he had not the <*-rocery i enough money with him, and asked n ma?am l''1" '���������'- co"',:' 'el three shillings go over until the next clay. The clerk consented, for which after the customer had left the shop, "iTenrv, how do you like my new hat?" "Well, dear, to tell you tiic truth���������" "Stop there! If you're going to talk that way about it, Henry I don't want to know." Delia���������So Matthew is to mar.*y Miss Corbridge? He's much too yourg for her, don't you think? Emily ���������Oh, he'll age rapidly enough after he's married. ���������'���������..,. ( lie proprietor severely reprimanded im. "You'll never.see the mai again," he said in conclusion. "Never fear," replied the clerk. "I wrapped up two boots for the left foot, so he's sure to come back.������������������ Youth's Companion. During the war between the Unilcc! States and Mexico which began in 1847, 300,000 men were employed by the former during the two years that the war lasted. ��������� " -��������� -''J' '.-"i'r *'/f *���������&$.: ;&������ i -...). r-'i,-i ' , '',.,. ',1'IT-Mt ''/'���������"V-it* ��������� ���������j. V* ��������� THE GAZETTE. HEJ3LEY. B. C������ ECTS OF TRADE R RMANYIUCH CONCERN FINDING THAT TRADE IS BASED ON FRIENDSHIP Germany Will Have to Learn Through Bitter Experience That Between Nations, as Well as Individuals; Trade is Destroyed by Inhuman Motives and Lawlessness Germany is now finding out lhat a nation's strength is not in the length of its unsheathed sword, but in the range and stability of its people's trade. And even before the first fruits of Germany's harvests.of war-hate arc reaped, the German people, lo their sorrow and irreparable loss, arc bc- , ing plainly taught that the basis of trade with the people of other countries is not arrogant and insolent Will- to-Power, but the honest and much- "despised Will-to-Serve. Prince von Buelow, in his new volume on "German l*\olicics," issued the other day in Berlin, is spokesman for this new lesson in Germany's sad 'school of experience. "This former German chancellor, in an accent almost of pathos, urges the seriousness of the economic situation which faces the German empire as a result of enmities and antipathies engendered by at situation will grow yet ore serious. Jt is Germany's real peril after the. war. To ?Want More Aviators Brave British Troops Even Balaclava Charge Was - Out- , , classed at Loos ���������*. Wr. Winston Churchill, in his speech in the House of Commons, upon the need of.more men being placed along the British front in France and Flanders, gave a vivid description of the fate of "the premier division in Scotland." "In the battle of Loos, with other divisions, it played a very notable part," he said; "out of the" 9,500 with whom it went into that engagement ,6,000 wcrc'killed or wounded. Some battalions lost three-quarters of their strength, and nearly all succeeded in achieving the task which was - set them. They gained some of the most important positions, and these were Candidates May Obtain Training Here Or in the United States One hundred more Canadian avia- ������n'y -������sl--.iU. *l ���������������������������ter sfasc. when they tors arc wanted by the Admiralty for Ihc Royal Flying'Corps. The Canadian Naval Service has been asked lo . mc vjeruiaii c* / milies and an /'the war. Tha \ more and mo ( xnany's real p \ guard against it von Buelow declares > that it is of Wi the utmost importance. . "To retain, lo restore, and to f strengthen connections with those I States "with which Germany did not j cross Swords, irrespective of whether ��������� the propaganda of the enemy press !. and-'enemy agitators influenced" the I feelings of the people against us dur- r< ing the war. Here political neccssi- '( tics must disregard national likes and ) dislikes, even though they be justified." , This informed student of Germany's i trade situation is not misled, as others j tatioii ml ft of his countrymen have been misled, by what dazzles lesser minds. Their l.opes are based on a Zollvereiu of Middle-Europe, a great and contin**.- { eus area of trade from the North S'.a to the Persian Gulf, and comprising, > all told, "Germany, Austria, Serbia, j Bulgaria, Turkey, Asia Minor, and '/{Syria." Every German economist knows that with only those markets German industries would not work half-time,' Germany's Sea-borne trade would languish, and the German fleet, which must be carried on the shoulders of her merchant shipping, would "become water-logged. All of Germany's allies are, at best, countries of low wage-rate, and a Zollvcrcin so composed would be, so far as economic trade is concerned, little more than an agreement lo "take in one another's washing." And over against such a Middle- Europe enclave there will stand the great trading countries of Europe, S Asia, Africa, and America, that have -sealed -with the blood of their free citizens their covenant of war, a covenant which will hold against the un- lcpentant and uncivilized Teuton traitor in the coming days of peace. Britain, the British Dominions and all the British Empire, with Russia, and France and Italy and Japan and, sympathetically, China���������these are the rountries that have learned to their cost the depth of Germany's treachery, and they will not let the serpent strike them twice. Caught once unprepared for war, _ they will not be caught unprepared for peace. And what hope can there be for Germany in any compensating trade with the very few neutral countries, especially with a democracy like the United States, whose every principle of liberty Germany has mocked at, and whose prosperity during these war times has been dependent ' on Britain and the Allies, and in spile of H' Germany and her proposed Zollerein? 'fi With the United States leading for j'-J, "a League to Enforce Peace," and jic for substituting commercial boycott \y for war against any nation thai vio- lh laics the world's peace, von Buclow's i|l schemes "to retain, to restore, or to strengthen connections" will not greatly avail: especially will rhosc "schemes" miscarry when all the advantages of American trade arc with those trading nations that have held the world's economic liberty against the military despots who would sacrifice everything for Germany's world domination. Germany must learn, and learn through bitter but wholesome experience, that trade's ideal world is a neighborhood and not a jungle, and that between nations, as between individuals, profitable trade is based on the good will of a friend and is destroyed by the lawlessness of a cut- throat.---Toronto Globe. recruit them and send them over,after taking the training course for probatory Flight Sub-Lieutenants. Candidates must be between the ages of nineteen and twenty-five years, of high physical and educational standard, and first-class eyesight. Canada has al-cady sent some two hundred aviators overseas. 'Another fifty are in training at the Curtiss School near Toronto, this being about the capacity of the school at present. The new candidates may take training either at approved United States schools or at th*. Canadian school. There is no difficulty in getting men to take the flying course, and many applications arc already on file at the department here. The admiralty is keeping the Canadian flying men together as far as possible, and several Canadian flying squadrons of about twelve machines each arc now operating at the front. After the war Canada will have a body of seven hundred trained aviators, and aviation may become commercially rofitablc and useful. Government officials here say lhat it is quite feasible to use aviators in survey and exploration work, especially in Ihc more remote districts now unserved by railway or--olhcr transpor- nicans. It is possible that an aviation branch of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police may be established for patrol work and for covering the long stretches between the northern outposts which arc now covered by dog trains,, taking weeks for each trip. N-- Cigarettes Are Used More Than Ever The Consumption in Canada "Jumps ��������� By Over 40,000,000 War conditions in .Canada have apparently contributed to an increase in the consumption of cigarettes. During the last fiscal year, according lo the statistics of the inland revenue department the consumption of cigarettes exceeded the billion mark, the exact figures being 1,168,979,046. Of this vast number of cigarettes consumed there was entered under the head of "army and navy stores," 86,936,545 cigarettes. Under the same head, 49,- 900 "heavy cigarettes," 59,3A6 pounds of tobacco were consumed. These figures of course, do not include the cigarettes and tobacco purchased from private -stores by soldiers were handed over to the troops "One battalion of this division��������� a battalion of Cameron Highlanders��������� went into action about 850 strong, with 30 officers. The colonel and an adjutant and. 110 men alone survived and took and held the objective which they were set out to take. The remnant of these troops, shattered in the first day's battle, were collected, and 1,200 out of the orig- ignal 4,000 were asked two days later lo make another attack. They went over the parapet and renewed the attack with the utmost spirit. Talk about the charge at Balaclava and the charge ofthe Fusiliers at Albuera! Those,events pale before these deeds, which, have- been done in the present day by these new divisions raised in the British Islands. Needless to say, no account of their achievements other than a very jejune account has been published and that was many months afterwards. The friends of these heroes only know of their glory and of the heavy fighting in which they were engaged through private letters. Four battalions of this primary division of Scotland have been disbanded and merged with other battalions, who arc also short, -and their places have been taken by a South African brigade. These battalions, which had covered themselves with glory, which had only just been created with such immense effort and labor, are swept away, and the officers and men scattered and dispersed to the winds, whatever their interest and regimental ties were." A New Type of Success The Successful Farmer Studies Agricultural Text Books A country, newspaper has made a hit by devoting several columns weekly to paragraphs about people worth while near its town.' In. its hall of fame it places a young man working on a farm, and says of him: "The young man has acquired considerable knowledge of the occupation of farming by reading agricultural booklets. By so doing he is fitting himself to take advantage of the great opportunity awaiting energetic young men who engage in agriculture. He secures most of his textbooks free of charge, just as any other person can,- by writing to the State College School of Agriculture and to the State and Federal Departments of Agriculture." Here arc two simple points: First, the fact lhat the young man is educating himself to become a better Only One Fate for Kaiser | Not Until the Kaiser is Eliminated Will the Allies Negotiate With Germany The present successes of the allies on the western front combined with the astonishing advances of the Russians on the cast and the subsequent progress of the Italian troops in the Trenlino must have its effect upon the German, population. The fiction of a conquering kaiser overwhelming his enemies must gradually become apparent to his deluded people. Whether they will understand the truth lies with them. The soldiers in the trenches indicate by their easy surrender that they arc having- their eyes opened. An officer with 150 men told his captors lhat he thought they would be of more use lo Germany after the war than dead in the trenches. This is a sign of returning reason. When the German nation awakens to some degree of sanity it will begin to sec that the only thing to be done is to take the allies at their word, and abandon the frightful policy to which the house of Hohen'zollcrn has committed them. If they get rid of the incubus -and its sister iniquity in Austria, the German people will find the allies easy lo deal with. It is not the German people but the abominable system of their kaiser and his clan that has created the enmity of the world for Germany. A republican Germany, or a Germany under any form of democratic government which would give the will of the' people free play and put an end to autocracy in every shape, would sec a speedy end of the war. It would be possible to negotiate with a free people, but never with the kaiser. For him there is only one fate, and that must be dictated by the allies at Berlin.���������Toronto World. A SPECIAL INQUIRY BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES Splended Work Has Already Been Done for Returned Soldiers as Shown by the Report of the Military Hospitals Commission, Many Problems Having Been Dealt With ! o Advice From Chief Scout Paternal Interest The Treat of Going With Father is Too Often a Rare Occurrence I think 1 may say I do not know a single child and 1 very much doubt if any one else docs, who would not willingly give up his play at the offer of half an hour's companionship with a grown man whom he can trust and who really understands him. And when the grown man is the child's father, the response is just so much the more ready. You notice I have said ' whom he can trust . and who really understands him. And in those two conditions are implied all the obligations as well as all the rewards of fatherhood. If a boy cannot trust his father or if his father docs not understand him, it is likely enough he will prefer his toys; and 1 cannot help feeling that he shows wisdom in the preference. It is a pitiful commentary that so 'many children given the chance lo be with their fathers, to sit beside them, lo go for a walk with them, to hear them tell of this or that, will jump at the chance, not because the com The Duke of Connaught Tells Boy Scouts That Character is Their Greatest Possession "During his recent visit, His Royal Highness .the Duke of Connaught Governor General of the Dominion of Canada, and Chief Scout, in addressing the Scouts and their officers at Winnipeg, said: Boys, your character is your greatest possession, and 1 knew of no organization doing more than the Boy Scout Movement; for the building up of a strong, verile, manhood, and I hope that the older members of the community will aid and encourage this movement in every possible way. 1 am shortly leaving the Dominion, and one of my greatest regrets is, that I cannot ^continue lo be your Chief Scout; but I go back to my old position as President of the Boy Scouis Organization, "and I assure you that my interest in the movement will ever be continued. 1 hope that my successor will be as much in- intercsied in this movement as 1, and there is no movement that I am more interested in that this. , "At Brandon, the Chief Scout said: I understand that some of the 'Municipalities arc contributing towards the work of the Boy Scouts Organization, and I hope that all public bodies will take an ever increasing interest in the Boy Scout Movement. Immigration Figures Immigrants From British Isles Since 1900 Total Over a Million - The immigration department has compiled figures which show that from July 1, 1900, to March 31, 1916 a period of almost 16 years, immigrants from the British Isles who went on lo the land in Canada numbered 1,168,292. English immigrants headed the list with a total of S39.S37, while Scottish -.-umbered 241,993, Irish 72,962 and Welsh 13,498. In addition, a large number of farmers and farm laborers of the immigrating class came from the British Isles and settled in all parts of the Dominion without homesteadmg. The biggest movement from Great Britain to Canadian homesteads occurred in 1913, when 150,542 natives of the British Isles settled on Canadian farms. The niovement to Canada exceeded the 120,000 mark in 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914. In 1915 it dropped tc 43,276 owing tj the war. The statistics just issued! Rehabilitation of returned soldiers, with the rather complicated machinery which thousands of cases calling for different kinds of treatment make necessary, has been attended by most encouraging results, according to the report of the Military, Hospitals Commission issued by Secretary E. H. Scammell of Ottawa. Co-operation between the medical branch of the Department of Militia and the J-iospital Commission, together with the invaluable aid extended by the Assistant JDirectors of Medical Services and their assistants in the various military divisions, have helped to simplify the problem which the Commission has been called upon lo solve. In ihe face of a situation which has never before presented itself in Canada, ihe Commission consider that the administration up till the present is a matter of congratulation for them. ��������� ��������� Sanatoria and other special institutions for men requiring individual treatment arc expected to be needed when the volume of returned men becomes greater . At present, soldiers, who have contracted tuberculosis are given treatment in sanatoriums at .Gravenhurst and elsewhere, -at the Government's expense. The establishment of a hospital for rheumatic cases and another for mental disorders and nervousness due to shock is 'under ' way. Very few Canadians have been blinded while on active service. The- few who have totally lost their sight arc given instruction in England, and on their return to Canada are able to secure literature from the Canadian Free Library for the Blind. In most cases it is thought lhat men who have' suffered blindness will become self- supporting with the aid of a pension. Besides the problem of obtaining immediate employment for the soldiers, the advisability of devising a practical method of placing returned sdldiers on the land is one that is absorbing the attention of the Commission. This, however, gives promise of becomming so intricate lhat the Commission advises, a special inquiry lo be instituted by the Federal authorities. Another large problem which lies in the future is that of obtaining employment for the many thousands who will return to Canada' after ihe war. In connection with the list of convalescent hospitals published in the Commission's report, the fact is noteworthy that all the buildings have been given rent free, and that many panionship is so complete and satis- show that between 1897 and 1916, 18 0I" them have been fitted up by pri For the year the total consumption i farmer places him at once among the v il l! V if 4 ' ) v A despatch from Gen. Smuts, commanding the British and African forces invading German East Africa, concerning operations in lhat war theatre, mentions among others the following officers: Lieut-Col. R. K. Scott, formerly of the Canadian Militia, now in the ordnance department of the Imperial ser- vire; Capt. H. T. Skinner, formerly of Kingston, now in the Indian army (Capt. Skinner was wounded in of cigarettes in Canada was 1,051,161 300 as compared with 1,090,125,936 in Ihc previous year. The amount of tobacco, 20,136,572 pounds, which is a slight falling off. Immigration on the Increase Immigration in Canada is again on lh~c increase, but the greater volume of it comes from the United States. For April and May, the first two months of the fiscal year, the total immigration was 12,791, as'against 11,- 330 in the corresponding period. Of this aggregate 1,601 came from Great Britain, as against 2,697 a year ago, 10,279 from the United States, compared with 7,877 in April and May of 1915, and 911 .from olhcr countries, compared with 756. While the war largely slopped British and Continental 'immigration, the influx from the United States to the western provinces has been steady, and promises to increase notably this year, owing to the demand for harvesters. Many of these come with the intention of permanently locating in the country. Canadian Flying Corps in France A division of Canadian flying men has been formed in France, according lo advices received at the Naval Service Department. It consists of "twelve aeroplanes manned by Canadians, who have been sent over to England to join the Royal Flying Corps. , Most of these Canadian airmen are believed to be engaged in patrol Work along the coasts of France and Britain, but the aviators mentioned have been carrying out bombing enterprises - against towns and positions, occupied by the Germans in France and Flanders. According to all accounts they have already done good work. best known persons of Jiis neighborhood. The other point is lhat practically every young man on Ihc farm can gel the textbooks for the same results by using a few postage stamps. There arc better textbooks than official publications, but the earnest seeker for knowledge can find his mind busy. When he gets the taste he will become inlcicstcd in obtaining the better books���������and the way may open lo a full term or a summer course at a college. This country needs real students as much as it needs hard workers, and the fellow who wants to be a good farmer so much that he spends his lime on official publications has the right stuff in him.��������� The Country Gentleman. Women Sailors Next A Cunard chief steward makes the prediction that the Conscription Act will produce a'dearth of stewards in a few weeks, and that women will have to be sought to fill their places ���������in fact, he thinks that soon will be heard the familiar response on decK, but in feminine key, "Aye, aye, sir," lo some order to lower the "boats, clean the scruppers, unwedge the hatches, turn the donkey engine, and so forth. Williani Recn, chief steward of the Cunardcr St. Paul, says that they have tried to obtain steward labor in the United States, but the disposition of young men there is against sea life. He adds that there arc no men of any nationality to be had, in Liverpool, and it may be that women will vet be articled as "lack Tars!" Shorter Hours for German Women The Berlin Arms Manufactury has April)'; Capt. L. C. Sweeny, formerly reduced the work of its 4 000 women cf the Canadian Militia, now in the cmloyces to eight hours daily J he ,{ ' 1 ; 4 Indian army, and who was recently awarded the Military Cross; and Lieut.-Col. C. U. Price, formerly a field officer in the Canadian Militia. A fund of $100,000 has been raised in Houston, Texas, lo be loaned to dairymen at a low rate of interest, and paid back from receipts for milk and butter. Jivery bank in Plouston and njjiny prominent business men subscribed to the fund. It has been decided to purchase 200 high-grade dairy cows to be distributed among farmers in coastal counties at cost ipricc. ��������� She���������How did they ever come to marry? He���������Oh, it's the same old story. Started out to be good friends, you know, and later on changed their minds. c Vorwacrls urges that all similar cs tablishments follow its example as long hours, combined with underfeeding arc proving most injurious to the women. That the war diet is injurious to health is refuted by Dr. Thielc, of Chemnitz, who according to the Clinical Weekly, has examined 1,055 children and found them on the average an inch taller than pre-war children, while their general health was unimpaired. Thresh by Electric Power For the first time in Kansas so far as is known,' wheat is being threshed by electric powcr._ Nine wheat growers have organized a co-operative company, purchased an outfit, and secure current over a transmission line. They claim the cost is fifty per cent, less than threshing by steam power. Jt was largely because ihcy put faith in the iron resolution which they ascribed to this cold, impassive, silent man that our people trusted hii.i so fully. It was his doggedncss in doing the work lhat he was set to do that won them, because it was akin to iheir own temperament. He-had none of the gifts by which politicians woo their favors. He was no orator. - He did not seem to court the multitude. He had few friends. It was a strange, loneliness that he trod the pith of duly, but he trod it, as they believed, with a stern and unwavering purpose. ��������� London Times. lying, but because it is a rare treat, a real novelty.���������Laura Spencer J-'or- tor in the August Mother's Magazine. India's Gifts Increasing" Both Princes arid People Give Freely For Cause of Empire A special despatch from Simla, India says: News of the recent allied successes has been received with the utmost pleasure in Jndia, and has infused a new spirit of enthusiasm throughout the country. Boih Princes and people continue their generous war gifts. The Nawab of Malcrkotla has "lent iiis house in Simla, where the Government may accommodate 50 convalescent officers in a nursing home. The Maharaja of Benares has given the minthousc at Benares to house 150 patients, and will bear all the expense. He has also given a petrol launch for use in Mesopotamia. The Raja of Faridkot- recently collected 18,000 rupees to purchase ambulances for the Indian troops. The Durbars of Baroda, Bahawal- pur, Faridkot and Kharsia have all given a number ot horses as free gifts. The Maharaja of Patialn recently gave 21,000 rupees to the Red Cross Council of St. John Ambulance, which has received many subscriptions for its excellent work. It has just received a'splendid collection of comforts from the people of New Zealand I'or general purposes throughout Jndia. From Lady Chelmsford and the wives of the Provincial Governors downwards the women continue their splendid efforts in the aid of war hospitals, provision for co.mforts of the troops, etc. An Anomaly That Must End Mr. Lloyd George has shown a wise instinct in linking the permanent Irish settlement to that of the future Government of ihc Knipirc. Under the existing system England can commit the British Empire to a world-war affecting its whole destiny without designing to inform, far less consult, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa. Such an anomalous condition of things cannot continue. One of the most urgent of our post-war problems will be the task of reshaping our system of Imperial Government. That will be work for an Imperial Conference which in accomplishing it, may solve ihe Ulster question aud the problem of our Second Chamber at the same lime.���������London Chronicle: per cent, of the homesteads entered '< r in the west were taken up by settlers from the British Isles, 30 per cent, by' Americano and 28 per cent, by immigrants from ether countries. Canadians look up the remainder of the lands homesteaded. Immigrants to Canada during the 1915-16 period included 27 Germans and IS Austro-Hungarians. Kiel Governor is Getting Nervous An official announcement signed by Vice-Admiral Bachmann, Governor of the Kiel district, placing further restrictions on vessels running between German and foreign ports, is printed in the Kiel Zcitung: The only ports henceforth open to traffic on the east coast of Schleswig- Holslcin are the commercial harbors of Kiel and Laboc. Ships' crews will be allowc'd ashore only within a limit- el space facing the vessels when loading or unloading. Visits aboard other ships are strictly forbidden. Captains and vatc individuals and institutions. The list of convalescent homes from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, together with the number who can be accommodated i:i each institution, is* as follows:���������Ross Military Hospital, Sydney, N. S., 45; Parks Hospital, St. John, N. B., 35; Bcauvoir Manor Military Hospital. Quebec; Savard Park Military Hospital, Quebec, 150; Khaki League Military Hospital, Montreal, 44; St. George's Annex, Montreal, 55; Khaki Home, Montreal; Grey Nun's Hospital, Montreal, 125; Sir Sandford Military Hospital, Ottawa, 72; Elnr- hurst Military Hospital, Kingston, 50; Richardson Military J-Iospital, Kingston, 35; Longwood Hospital, Toronto, 25; Central Military Hospital, Toronto, 130: Spadina Military Hospital, which will accommodate 250 when completed; Victoria Hospital. Hamilton, 35; Belvidere Hospital, London, 35; Central Hospital, London, 130; Kcefcr Hospital, Port Arthur; Deer Lodge, Winnipeg, which will accommodate 130 when completed: St. ���������ii i ... i )iiiuu.iit iju nueu com ylclCCI: ot. seamen will be permitted up- n,���������i', tj���������,.~:(-,i n ������������������ ������, ^ - it iii i- Oliad s .Hospital, Kegina, /0: Ocdcn onlv when Guarded bv nolicemen tt ���������. , A , ' *-'..���������' .', ^fe*-"*-.'1 town only when guarded by policemen or soldiers, except by special permission of the governor. Discharged neutral seamen must leave Germany forthwith. All ships departing from Laboc or Kiel must have a military guard aboard .o a distance off shore. Makes Quite a Difference A certain New York paper has bec.i making sonic historical and literary investigations, with the result that it writes: "Wellington said that the battle of-Waterloo'was won on the cricket fields of England. Later���������decades later���������the bronzed and lithe-limbed athletes of the island Kingdom gazed in open-eyed bewilderment upon the flaming indictment of Kipling. 'The muddled oafs at the wicket; the flannel fools at the gate.'" The onlv objection that wc can think of 10 this way of putting it is that Wellington never made the first statement, and Kipling never wrote the second. This seems to make a difference when you come to think of it.���������Christian Science Monitor. Hospital, Calgary, 340; Hospital, Victoria, 100. Esquimalt The use of poison gases is a barbarous method of warfare, but the action of the Germans in adopting it forced the allies to do likewise. Its use by the Germans very nearly forced Ihc road to Calais, and probably would have done so if it had not been for the unconquerable valor of the Canadian troops, whom even poison gas could not defeat.���������Montreal News. "Do you ever worry, old man?" "Never." "How do you work it?" "In the daytime I'm -too -busy and jsistant. ��������� ��������� "Nothing but at night I'm too sleepy." jma'ani!" replied the youth. Transatlantic Zeppelin Service Next Enterprise It is reported here that a carefully- thoughi out plan is under way in Germany to inaugurate a transatlantic Zeppelin service to supplement that established under the sea. According to the report, the first airship to attempt the passage will be named the Z-"Dcutschland. It is said she may carry passengers in addition to mails and cargo of dyestuffs. "What have you got in the shape of cucumbers this morning?" asked a customer of an inexperienced shop assistant. _ "Nothing but bananas, Eggs For Wounded Soldiers The demand for eggs for ihc wounded now extends to 1,000,000 a week, according to the National Egg Collection, which up to date has distributed 16,000,000 new laid eggs among the hospitals at home and abroad. Two thousand depots have been established all over the country, and approximately there arc 100,000 collectors engaged in this splendid work. "Eat No Eggs; Send Them to the Wounded," is the motto which the National Egg Collection, which appeals for further help, is making the public to bear in mind. No Solitude for Strathcona Donald Smith became Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, and his place 'in history is secure as one of the great builders of our modern North America. It all began in ihc imlik- liest place imaginable, that lost fur. store in the wilds of Labrador, and Smith tells us the secret in his own words: "People speak of the solitude, of Labrador. Jt wasn't solitude for me. 1 knew everything there, from the oldest white traders and fishermen to the youngest Indian hunters and Eskimos, and even their dogs. I knew every turn in the coast line and bend in the river, and every natural object had an interest for mc. As for ennui, I can honestly say I did not know the meaning of the term. Time never heavily on my hands. 1 was always busy, and when 1 had no actual or definite task 1 was planning." Men of that sort arc the makers of ti*.c world.���������Colliers. A Painful Reflection I painfully reflect that in almor-i every political controversy of the hist 50 years the leasured classes, th; educated classes, the wealthy classes, the titled classes, have been in the wrong. The common people���������the toilers, the men of uncommon sense���������these have been responsible for nearly all of the social reform measures which the world accepts today.:��������� W. E. Gladstone, Two Accounts, One Balanced To what he described as an encouraging fact and a curious coincidence, Lord Curzon called attention when he said that the British merchant ships lost through war operations were exactly balanced in number and tonnage by the new ships added.to ihc register during the war. In other words, the register has held its own against the submarine. That it should do this exactly, not only in ships, but in tonnage, proves truth to be stranger than fiction. The curious coincidence should be inwardly digested by those who have directed the operations of the submarines. It shows that for every vessel sunk a vessel has been found to take its place, but it says nothing of the \'rong "-idc of the Gci- man ledgei 1 here is an account there that never can be balanced. It is all debt and in indelible ink. He���������My dear, isn't that dress a trifle extreme-' She���������-Extreme' Why, I put this on in order that you may become accustomed to the one 1 am having made. "������������������vl ���������^*far,i*HfiUi*V**m*t !!*���������*������i|i������*^'������tw THE GAZETTE, HEDLEY, B. C. jji ��� u um^m^ww^ "f*. ei^* vex &? msi ���^Hj .5*y>> i'V-i-ii ���v;; ~~W j / s .5& ?_��: -i -- ii**S> y*>-"i!* **1 **..-.* j.y*.*!��; - > *-* ��.��*��-: ��*&�� ff-'i .��/..-�� ^-���/.���v.. km;-^ ������&���} /���**/ ���V ��*��� .->-' . ������* :/_t L *Oli*' ���*&!�����--,; :��MS* AV* <\ AV1 "*-*-.* A *��� ��� ' -?? 7f !j&> ������- "tviv ^i S^Ahs**}; <^wv:i^ ^ jW ���hy&i *��v.. ���prs.-r-* A'"j^,-*-r-r^-.-***-..^* VVii ;�� *4%*m^ >��W$ - *Sv:>,��* f V**."* *,C'' *:.**-'-��'���*' --: *4%^! ���*-��� ^'������sS'**--W** -���" *1 ^Tl" -as-***^ ��� -- Stew 'I' '.{i.-?*-?,-*.'*^'- T'SSfSl 1SSSfe��^B^- ���>.,-'#**J' ��:�� i .���*. *-" ?&.::2$?& '^%^ ^���' ���nt*'i".i o o. o 'O *'ntt* * ��l vi: Ot .o< If? sit* o ,o "*' .,* ���",-*; ���������-J "*'*'' �����������*: -s^.��^:i,��.' ;*��~^' P ^'t *�����/��% ���Wv*." ;, J**s. ��� ',-.>ste ' &������!?-teas v>. %&vt>V*&?$��jz"--'-v*i";l.*3!"',^ $8?* ���2-f **VStr fe^V v.- ?*C ^3** li�� .rv ��� -.5 fr~ J��r/ >\- ���t. ���-��*.-,** a***,' i?H 0 '*,/ c* .-'?���*!- ^ JjJiS**.-- . >i .**- . L-^-l?! s> .- ��� - > ? > .-> ��������*, >r >* "����� ! J? I** "" " *] *C 111 -^-* 1-- ^ ^->- j.*-* sSC^'*-"*' * *- .7'. - ���'��� \"^X;- * 'N- *^*v"S,sj *r1 .�� ��� v�� l - *,"��, -- >*J**- f - v - -f i ��� V .*i jj/*-' 5**H ^ *; *--v-*-L-- *.r ��� ���vt- .*��� ^g- > ���"����� .v."ic< '^'^ .54 sj-; jy-i ">?* �� s'S^/^V^l'* - *���>*;���< ' \ "��-. \*. fax J%/2��e - NY one who knows that smocks made their early ajjp.earance on the field laborers of England and France will be quick to agree that the garment is truly an adaptable one, especially after one has glanced at the various models here shown. The group is composed of smocks of many forms, made of linen and silk. The humble peasant would be flattered to see the smock in its glorified role. The white crepe de chine smock is the least modified of them all. It is effectively smocked on either side and, therefore, is supplied with graceful fullness. A big advantage of the smock craze is the fact that it can differ in color from the skirt with which it is AvOrn and still look smart. Proof of that is seen in the blue linen skirt worn with the white smock. The old-rose overblouse has splendid lines for the figure inclined to be stout. It is not so loose fitting as the former model. The placing of the white buttons also adds to the long, straight lines. In copying this model, one should be most careful in placing the belt Experiment before giving it the final stitching, so that it will improve the lines of the figure. '���& ��-** - '*��� *? y3$ Sfith f :<3 ?&w2;Mj^. >-:��#--; /**<*�����._>;-���' ������ ���B-iS^SM.^- ��$&* ^ ���_../&�� l*$8sf* (������\i '-."���*'. *:*\.���&}.:*-*'% . r-r*."'.' ���**���-.���"* . >-.-:i\^ - **���> v**u--"v--^-���;(���������-V--* :%\ \ f ���> * : ������ '-v " "���' f - ,<-i ,-��> > * **��� s*y��,'?-r v< &���,*$!&?; ���I** ��� '4$& ' f ^fisBf-'*' ^^-^ ?m& ��-��*'?>. :^#i^ :!���$ ��� TI -s. *����� ��� >���& ���'%.''>. ,xi*- ^ :v? y;�� ��� .���*��'' '-����.�� J-JSV o . ������"�� ^/l - - ��� 'ft- ���^ -���*.* ^' - '^Vfv^- ���-*, ^M^y-'Ji^ ���.*^SK{ i^G ^S1*! g^^ u*A rSfw,- ���� OfO ij-Sfb^if;; L^^S>I i^i ^^ ^ ySiS*^ s&kSVtS ga**>s -j->(^^'; $�� 7%r# z t&crcf- <%&, ���Wt THE GAZETTE. HEDLEY, B. G. sspgnorassraBSHHSsssBs mM^MM Conservation amd Thrift The Rubber Industry jifjccessities in large quantities, fcarin AU rapid advance in prices. That w;i [{$ (fit conservation, preservation, c w ach. Leads to Personal Gain, and to National Profit Conservation is thrift. Perhaps it hould be added���������when properly ex- rcisecl. Conservation is not hoarding. loarding is more frequently waste uiu not. The'miser docs not enrich ic country. He impoverishes it. Ju- icious investment makes the country || chcr. It means production and pro-iThc Bulk of the World's Supply of Biluclion that adds to the capital ol the ��������� f. Rubber Comes From Brazil The rubber gatherers in jungles of the Amazon, tlie Orinoco and the Congo, making incisions an inch and a half long, three-eighths of an inch' wide and. a half inch deep in the bark of the tropical trees which sometimes attain a" height of 60 feet and a circumference of S feet. Beneath these cuts the natives attach small cups lo ca'ch the rubber milk, which is not the sap of the tree. The average Para lubber tree yields two ounces of milk a day. By coagulation in the smoke of a wood and palm'nut fire the milk yields one-third its weight of the prized rubber, the''normal.'annual'production of a tree being ten pounds of rubber, and the flow continues fairly constant for a number of .years. One of the bye-products of rubber harvesting, and one which promises extensive development, since plantations of these trees have been successful in Sumatra, Ceylon and the Straits Settlement, is the rubber seed which yields almost half its weight of an oil closely resembling linseed oil, and adapted lo the same uses. ��������� There arc. many varieties of rubber producing trees, vines and shrubs, the most valuable species being that which yields the standard "para," and which grows over an area of a million square, miles; in-.Brazil alone. The world production of rubber during the year preceding the Euro-' pean war was 151,000 tons, of which Brazil produced 40,000 tons, her nearest competitor, the Dutch East Indies yielding 8,000 tons. The United Stales in lhat year imported more than twice as much of the raw material, as Great Britain, which stood second as a buv- cr. For 57,000 tons $90,000,000 was P"id.���������National Geographical Society, Washington. j'lliou; production that .means pro rcss and advancement; that leads to reatness. When the war broke out }jjty dwellers' rushed lo purchase :eessities in large quantities, fearing is or ,'sc investment. It provoked the ry evil that it was desired lo avert. It was waste.. Scavengers stale that V: amount of perishable produce that ���������{is subsequently thrown out with the lirbagc was tremendous. Thus an J:,{ji that should have started with con- ���������vation and thrift commenced with >eful extravagance, irimc proved the unwisdom of the jji'ly panic. But stocks had been dc- . jf'tccl and prices advanced. The evil Jl been done and the effect lingered. Reeling of insecurity ' was caused ..it remained in the memory of 5}|(ilcrs, who" were not slow to lake ' antagc of the situation. The larger })n profited immensely. The smaller nt to the wall. The consumer reap- l|itc a lot of damage lo the ships of c)i\("-cry nation the British Admiralty ninard's Liniment Cures Distemper ,:tt-: |w the Submarine Catchirig Net Was* Invented tfr<"/-Wlien twelve months or so ago the :.'>:1 [/-"������������������(f-rc faced with an awkward problem 5' \wit a solution was soon found. V 'rliow do you catch fish?" said rn .'|d admiral. ������,Aj'AVIiy net 'cm, of course. How tp] -ould you catch these mechanical ft I, -jh which arc doing you no good? r-ill'1}'' '--c*- 'em* Caleb 'em alive, oh." pa.\! .What has been the result? The peo- jV./J'C in Whitehall alone know that, and 'h'-Afl l'ic suitable.ijjnc_v^e__will _h.C_J.olcL ff. ijiiac���������rri'e"!iu-rH"has"bccn. The iuven- K-r)Jpn is quite different from anything j\ V-nn n,,!:*!-.-.,! -,���������,i ���������.,...-L-/;.nnn ..*������.���������,.i.��������� I f?jVQ0 enlisted and over^jOOO attested. f> i nevertheless each . of the railways fl fly.'tliin the group report satisfactory [' ���������Jieceipts, aiid a big dividend has been [, ^ fcclarcd for the yar 1915-16. The first 3iblc published in the ���������tfni.tcd States Was hi-the Indian lan- Ji'liiage and printed at Cambridge, ' Real Economy Among the Japanese thrift is a virtue in high esteem. Two old misers of Tokyo were one day discussing ways and means of saving. "I manage to make a fan last about twenty years," said one. "I don't open _llv.c whole fan waslcfully and wave it about. I open only one section at'a time. That is good for about a year. Then I open the next and so on until the fan is used up." "Twenty years for a good fan!" ex-' claimed the other. "What sinful "extravagance! In my family w*c use a fan for two or three generations and this is how wc do it: We open whole fan, but wc don't wear it by waving it. Wc hold it still this, under our nose, and wave faces!" the. out like our \ \.l ass. ln,bcr. oft l!'2m thc >'ight!"_ the consent, prevented a grave crisis and maintained our financial stability. It was several days after arriving home from the. front that tfic soldier with the two broken ribs was .sitting up and smoking a cigar, wher. the doctor came in. "Well, how are you fecl- I ir.g now?" asked the latter. "I've had ja slilch in my side all clay." replied I th- wounded soldier. "That's all j right," said the doctor. "It shows the bones are knitting." An American tells of a visit to a Zoo in Ireland on which occasion he was much interested in a solitary sea lion. Turning to one of the keepers, thc American asked, as he pointed to thc solitary beast, "Where's his male?" "He has no mate, sor," responded thc Celt. "Wc just feed him on fish." W. N. U. 1115 I'll give you ten shillings for that [dog of yours, old man." "Ten shillings! Why, that dog's got a pedigree a- long as your arm!" "Thai's all right! You can keep the pedigree. I only want the dog!" Trade Unions.���������He succeeded in inducing' trade unions throughout the country to abandon many of 'heir privileges iu the national interest. Drink.���������The difficult and thorny problem of the sale of intoxicating drink in time of war was handled by him with skill and a large measure of success. Munitions.���������His work in connection! with thc munitions supply has been a triumph of organization. Compulsion.���������By general consent, Mr. Lloyd George pressed forward the question for decision and gained a victory. War Office.���������As successor to Lord Kitchener in the office of Secretary of State for War his appointment would be approved by thc nation. The Pity of It__ ^^ Wc learn from alf"exchange that an Englishman anel a Scotchman who travelled lo Jigypt together paid a visit to the Pyramids. Thc Englishman was lost in admiration, and asked his companion for his opinion. The Scotchman shook his head sorrowfully. "Ach, mon," he said, with a sign, "what a lot o' masotiwork no to be bringin' ony rent!" i voices rang out "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, knave, queen, king." Quick as lightning the sergeant continued with "All court (cards fall out and report to the major." The Bukowina harvest reported to be above thc average, will this summer be gathered in for the benefit of tlie. people and not the German army, as had been arranged and actually paid for. Work of the Boy Scout Movement Among the Boys of Saskatchewan Of many trusts that have been made in the las>.half century at superstition and ignorance,: the Boy Scout movement is one of the most effective as it i:; also one of the most recent. To be a "good scout" means much the same thing as it once meant to be a noble champion of the lists��������� only it means more. Thc knight of old had nothing more to fight than an occasional dragon; he had only to break into a stone castle to find his ���������beautiful princess awaiting him. The scout, however, has to conquer himself. To .speak honorably, to live loyally, to act helpfully, to be friendly to all, to be discourteous lo none, to o' ey cheerfully, to smile and whis. e in the face of every difficulty, to live thriftily, to think, speak and act: cleanly���������these arc the, ten commandments o." thc good scout, thc energizing precepts of clean living and wholesome thit king. That the Boy Scouts of Saskatchewan arc "good scouts" who strive to live up lo thc principles is .fully attested by thc place they have taken and are continuing to take in the public service of our countrj'. Though not a military organization in any s-nsc o_f the term it is significant th-'t over 150 scout officers and senior scouts who were active in boy scout \.ork at the beginning of thc war are now on active service. On account of ;.gc. '.he majority, of j course, have been forced to remain at home. But ever thisc have striven to uphold the name of thc organisation. Some of thc troops have r,ivcn the recruiting agencies splendid as- s' tancc. Red i Gross societies the country over have had the assistance of thc Boy Scouts in their aclivitie;. On many occasions they have acted as"or'dcrl'es at the various functions tinder the auspices of Imperial Order of 'the' Daughters of the .'Empire.'.'At the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Cbnvcnticn' held in Saskatoon in March they were much in evidence acting as guides and messengers. They themselves by their own subscriptions, by holding 'concerts and displays���������one troop by killing gophers and cleaning stables!���������Iiave raised during the past year hundreds of dollars for various patriotic causes other than their own. And so thc record might be written, almost to no end, of thc hundreds of public duties which have been assumed- by the little fellows in khaki. To make every boy in Saskatchewan a "good scout" is, then, thc aim of thc organization which, during thc, past year, has been working in the province. Ausgustus H. Ball as Provincial Commissioner and P'rank C. Irwin as Provincial Secretary arc thc two men who arc giving energy to thc movement, and in spite of difficulties these men 'and,their many loyal assistants arc meeting from day to day, the province is being thoroughly organized into districts and the boys are everywhere being made acquainted with the purposes and aims of the association. ���������'���������....' Contrary to a commonly accepted opinion thc organization is not a military one. Indeed, it is opposed to militarism though it responds to the call of duty whenever it may be heard. It is, however, and educational propaganda with the tiaining of the boy's whole nature as its aim. Thc great war of the immediate future is that struggle for commercial and industrial success which will follow the present European conflict, one which will demand leadership, resourcefulness, sterling character, high ideals, practical minds .-.nd honest endeavor. That war will last for a quarter of a century and, in thc words of Badcu- Powcll, thc founder of the Boy Scouts organization, "will be won by thc country whose citizens are then thc best equipped in spirit and in ability t'o.' the great work." Thc Boy Scout movement is an organized endeavor to grasp for our growing youth a great national opportunity. The Saskatchewan Headquarters of th : Boy i'couts Association is on the second floor of the Y. M. C. A. Building, Regina and to that address all requests for information re th;: formation of local associations and troops should be sent.. Canadians Burning Forests Too Fast Carelessness With Fire Going to Cost- Canada $7,200,000 More This ��������� - ,- Year Than Last ��������� ��������������������������� ��������� In war time and while many interests arc urging thrift and economy, , thc Canadian people are burning up ' their created resource's at a much greater rate this year than last, is the statement which appears in a bulletin- issued by the conservation commis- * sion. ��������� ' ' . , For thc first five months of 1916 thc fire loss in Canada has exceeded that of January lo May in 1915 "by appi^Dximately ������������������ $3,000,000 or $600,000 per month, says Lhc bulletin. At this rate of increase our fire losses shall exceed that of 1915 by $7,200,000. ' Canada has need of all her financial * resources. She is borrowing money lo carry on the war and is paying five;- per cent interest thereon. The addi? tiohal fire losses of 1916 would therefore pay thc interest charges on the recent war loan of $100,000,000 aud would pay $2,200,000 of-the'principal. Canada's average annual fire Toss of over $23,000,000 would pay five per cent, interest on approximately half a'billion dollars. Our fire loss, how- ' ever, something for which wc arc receiving no value, either financial or , patriotic ,is simply-a tax.due in great . part to carelessness which Canadians appear willing to pay and which "* they as a whole are doing little to , avert. SUMMER HEAT HARD ON BABY No season of the year is so dangerous lo thc life of little ones as is thc summer. Ihc excessive heat throws the little stomach cut of order so quickly that unless prompt aid is at hand the baby may be beyond all human help before the mother realizes lie is ill. Summer is the season when diarrhoea, cholera infantum, dyseu- try and colic arc most prevalent. Anyone of these troubles may prove deadly if not promptly treated. Duritig- the.summer the mother's best friend is Baby's Own Tablets. They regulate the bowels, sweeten the stomach and keep baby healthy. The Tablets arc sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Socialism in Germany. From our standpoint Socialism at its best is seen in Germany, where before thc war that part of the nation- who opposed thc militarism of the Kaiser fought, under its banner. If Germany, when the war ends, repudiates Prussianism and becomes a Republic, Socialism will be one of tlie potent influences which have prepared the way for this beneficial revolution in thc national life. Dr. Lieb- knecht,- bearing a name that ranks high in the history of German Socialism, will then become a national hero because of the courage with w-hich he has stood out against the Kaiser's war policy of late. The most ardent opponent of Socialism in this ��������� country must iccognize t'.i,:; it has given form in Germany to a protest well taken against ' misgovernment, and that it has in such a case as that of the op- , pressed German people a definite and valuable use.���������Montreal Mail. A Ready Weapon Against Pain.^ There is nothing equal to Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil when well rubbed in. It penetrates the tissues and pain disappears before it. There is no known preparation that will reach thc spot quicker than this magic Oil. In consequence it ranks first among liniments now offered to the public and is accorded first place, among all its competitors. Perfect Fit "Yes, grandma, I am to be married during thc bright and gladsome spring." "But, my dear," said grandma, earnestly, "you arc very young. Do you feel that you arc fitted for married life?" "I am being fitted now, grandma," explained thc prospective bride, sweet-J ly. "Seventeen gowns." - iSjaV.fi" - ;,__l First Philosopher���������Qf course every young man thinks he'd be perfectly happy if he could only have his own way! Second Philosopher���������Yes, and thc older he grows the happier he is to think that he didn't have it! The Women's Suffrage Society in London have offered to take over the street cleaning of the city owing \o J thc shortage of labor. Net Fishing What thc case was about no one seemed to know exactly. Thc lawyers themselves were pretty well mixed up. Then an important witness entered the box and was presently asked to tell thc Court the total of his gross income. He refused; thc counsel appealed to the judge. "You must answer the ; question," said the judge sternly. i-'.'.ii The witness fidgeted about and then burst out with: "But���������but my lord. I have no gross income. I'm a fisherman, and it's all net." Wc must beat France first of all and finally. That done, our hands yvill ���������be free lo deal with England, for there can be no end to the struggle until thc 5oil of England herself also is saturated in thc lifeblood of its people.���������JBcrlincr Tageblatt. ��������� The saturation cannot begin, however, until the British fleet is put out of business.��������� New York Sun. "Your daughter has a wonderfu) voice. You ought to cultivate it." "What for? A voice doesn't show up iu moving pictures. But I've got a boy with a funny walk whom I expect to see drawing a thousand a week on? I of these days." met s-sssiaT ii'.:5;jifei^'"^ J ,*K I ���������?*-"���������"��������� Supplement to -0- HEDLEY, B. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1916 when he found that Mr. Shatford and other members of the Legislature, in bills, which, now that they are in' force as Legislative acts, are proving a great boon to the industry. [ It was Mr. .Shatford who pressed I best'interests for thirteen years? s * * * 'Time was when there was hardly- a decent trail in the electoral district of Similkameen. Travellers jolted over mile after mile of rough highways that climbed every possible hill and turned Possibly the strongest claim which sharing in the profits and returns in Manitoba to Penticton over five years i ol his district? You cannot, we he- Mr. L. W. Shatford has upon the suf-, anything like the proper degree, it is ago for the purpose of retiring?. We, lieve. . , > , trages of the electors of Similkameen surely time that measures were draft- believe that Mr. Conklin knows noth-j Do" you think that the LiberaFaspir- who reside in the mineral bearing re-,ed and adopted by which prospecting ing-of the* mining requirements of ant here has that close knowledge of gions ot the riding is the . valuable I will be stimulated and a better sys- 'Similkameen, that his geographical ^political and general affairs of the,'pro-, work which he has done in the House' tem introduced for tabulating the re- knowledge, of the district is slight, - vince* which would, warrant' you in on behalt of the prospectors of the | suits of investigations made by gov- that his" personal acquaintance" among sending him to Victoria ^to represent province. It was very largely due to eminent engineers and geologists. At the electors is confined to his ^ome you,in Opposition? Do you believe that his efforts that Hon. Lome Campbell, I the" present time^ mining reports are .town and elsewhere is merely superfi-, Similkameen would-be benefitted������ by minister of mines, brought down such' issued regularly^and are excellent cas cial. ' " j having him* as member instead* pf a -a valuable mining programme at the, far as they go, but I believe much bet- The years' gone by have shown that man wno l3as stood for the district's, last session of the House. Hon. Lome iter results would be secured if more -*,{r_ shatford has' been able to get a best'interests for thirteen vears?. Campbell had many improvements'' definite information - were given' re- ver'y good appropriation indeed each | which he desired to make-in regard to, garding specific properties visited, in- year j-*or his district. This rhonev has' the mining laws of the province, and asmuch as it would then be possible been fairly spent, and has- done a for a prospector to get-an expert re- great deal of good not only in the ad ; port upon his property and in this way -iRion of much needed public utilities, I close touch with the mining afairs of t be enabled to offer his holdings in an but jn the* providing of work for rate- B. C, were all exceedingly'anxious to j intelligent manner to capitalists. payers. No argument has been'raised, every Possible s sharp corner.: have legitimate mining aid in every | "Another innovation I would recom- by the Liberals with regard to . Mr. I But that da-y has gone. L. W. Shatf- possible way, it did not take him long mend for the benefit "of the prospector Shatford's ability or character. They ford has represented- Similkameen in to introduce a number of valuable would be the installation of govern- universally admit that he has proven the Legislature for thirteen years, and ment owned assay offices, at which an excellent representative for Simil-' m that thirteen years of hard work free, or at least cheap assays could be kameen. For an instance of this note a for tne district he has given it the made for prospectors and bona fide the remarks made by Mr. Brewster P������"oud name of having the best roads free miners. Under present conditions while in the riding in his references in the interior ot British Columbia, vigorously for free assays for the our prospectors are "sadly handicapped to the ex-member, who is again the prospectors, and his demands have t because of the expense in connection Conservative candidate here. ! been met by the government to a very with assays, and consequently they do premier Bowser's tour of the south-' considerable extent. It was the Simil- not produce the 'best results and, in ern interior has made it clear that kameen member also who suggested, many cases, lose a great deal of time this section of the province will go that the government maintain bureaus through operating in unproductive dis- strongly for the government. A writ- at which it would be possible to ob- tricts. Such a condition is certainly er m the Province, which is generally tain complete and accurate data with {not in the best interests of the pro- regarded as a paper .presenting un- regard to the mineral bearing areas, i vince or the prospector, and I believe biased news reports, states that out It is his idea furthermore that the pro- great good would be accomplished if 0f IC seats in. the southern interior i vince should be divided into mineral the government could-issue, with each districts, each with its own office and Free Miner's License a book of cou- engineer and with its own information ' pons which would entitle the holder bureau for the benefit of the prospec- to, say twelve free assays during.the tor and the intending investor. The year," and at the same time make pro- local member urged upon the govern- vision to give the bona fide prospec- sHfuen���������v ret���������rnine an nnncv-n'rinn ment the advisability of making an ap- ��������� tor a further amount-of assays at a SVs nothat"oDMS of propriation to assist in building roads . nominal charge. * , ���������4���������^' Some ?ts reauSeSs which to promising claims, and of having! "i would also suggest that the pro presslng '-ome its r&ivarementa, which That is a record which was not by any means lightly achieved. It took a great deal of patient, persistent endeavor. Other members thought that Similkameen was getting too big an, appropriation and they should hate more. But L. W. stuck to his guns year after year and every session brought home to Similkameen a satisfactory vote oy which it was possible the Bowser government should earrvi to make the"many road and bridse Im- ftfrtSS Th^STJS doubt oi^ the reyiKements which now grace the dis" iT������w?,rn?������n^ N<*w roads are ouilt w������>ere a need a majority of from 15 to 20 seats. is shown and it is doubttul i������ there is It is well known that a country con- a settler in the whole district who has government engineers give free assistance in examining claims and in a sense putting the seal of approval on them insofar as the claim owner him self is concerned. The government has done a good deal during the past ses- ing properties -brought to theiratten sion for mine owners and prospectors tion, and such information tabulated not access to a splendid trunk road which will take him to market with the least possible delav or inconven- lt'would enjoy in the event of return- ience which would be placed under the di- TLVt?n^kl?^yider^mer\-^ r������lt b-U,IdI?S ProSra���������ra>.���������..c *t~o, ������,i-������<. *i.��������� production. It is not expensive, and good returns are assured." -'���������'- ���������*-.'* * in choosing a representative in the Legislature there are a number of questions which electors of Similkameen should-think over. In" the first place they naturally desire a man the interests of Similkameen than would the reeve of Penticton. That is a point worth regarding, however. ; It would seem to the ordinary persons that, the contest in this constituency simmers down to one or two issues. | Has Mr. Shatford been a good repre- heaven about the "dissipation" of the natural resources of the province. Would they have made a direct tax on the people, or would they have left B. C. without any road system such as it now has? If British Columbia had no such' roads how could it take care of its pre- sentative? Has he obtained for his sent farming and mining, population, who knows their needs. We suggest district the things he should get? Has much less the population which it ex- that L. W. Shatford is more valuable " to them in this respect than the esteemed reeve of Penticton, Mr. R. S. Conklin. In the first place Mr. Shatford is an old-timer of the Similkameen, having lived in the district for he been true to the trust which the pects to have with the- .after-the-war electors reposed in his during the immigration? Hoiy;"could . it induce past thirteen years? Is he support- ~tourists from the^United States to mo ing a government which deserves to tor up into these������.valleys?^; v V be returned and which will be return- The government of this, province in ed. Will he do more for us than the its public works 'expenditures on roads we are on the eve of an era of great upwards of twenty years. .He has "be?n other man. The answer in each case has followed a far-seeing and valuable mineral development and expansion, a member for 13 years. Naturally is YES. Think it over. policy of which we will reap the fruits Evidences of this can be observed on* then, he is time .tried and experience Mark your ballot for Shatford. He for all time. L. W. Shatford did all and .every, har-^, and it seems that there is ed. He understands the peculiar needs is time tried. You know him. You have more than his share when he built the an abundance of capital awaiting the of each section of Ihe district; he is known him for yeavs. Can you find roads of the Similkameen. . favorable opportunity to enter the pro- well able to makes fair and proper any fair minded man who can say a Do you not think that his good roads vince and open up our mines''. When division of the moneys appropriated word against his ability, his charac- record alone, apart altogether from we consider the prevailing high price for expenditure here. Can the same be ter, his reputation, his strength as a. his other claims, will entitle him to of metals and the fact that we are not said of Mr. Conklin, who came from legislator who can fight for the needs your vote"on September 14. Mark Your Ballot for j The Liberals say "Vote against Shatford, not because of his personal record, for it is a good one, but because he is a supporter of the Bowser government." We say "Vote for Shatford, not only, because of his good personal record, but also because he is a supporter of the Bowser administration." . - - <- In other advertisements published in previous issues . of this paper readers have been told of the work that Mr. Shatford has done for this district'in the way of getting appropriations for schools,- hospitals, bridges, roads-and creek protection- work, of the reputation he has built up as "Good'Roads" Shatford, of the stand he has taken on behalf of miners and soldiers' and of the part he" played in connection with bringing railway transportation to this district. - .-..." . " * "Now what about the Bowser government? Compare the promises made by the premier in. his manifesto o'f*,December 15, 1915, with the,actions of the government. You will find that his promises have been kept. . - PROMISES DEEDS Business policy; keep B. C. credit high. Complete railways under construction. Aid to farmers at once. Separate department of agriculture. Assistance to mining. .Aid to shipbuilding; extension of lumber markets. Aid to, soldiers. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Borrowed two million- dollars at lower interest than Anglo-French loan. P. G. E. forced to resume work; C.N.R. lays steel on Vancouver Island . and starts on the Okanagan branch. Agricultural credits board formed; loans now being made. Hon. Wm. Manson now in charge. Roads and trails provided; prospectors given further rights. Ten ships now in course of construction; advertising campaigns extended. Twelve Acts passed by 1916 Legislature. MOST ADVANCED ACT IN AMERICA PROTECTS WORKERS OF B.C. MR. BOWSER IS A MAN OF HIS .WORD When on December 15 the leadership of the government of British Columbia passed from the hands of Sir Richard McBride into those of the Hon. W. J. Bowser, Attorney-General, the new Premier issued a manifesto to the electors. In that manifesto he outlined his conception of the responsibilities which had been placed upon his shoulders, and announced the policy which he intended to pursue, in fulfilling that obligation. That policy- he has in one legislative session completely carried out. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION The workers of British Columbia have been given the most advanced Compensation Act in America. Im dustrial accidents will no longer keep a portion of the 'population'in poverty and anxiety while, costly litigation runs its uncertain course. - - MILLIONS FOR FARMERS A million dollars has been placed at the disposal of the tillers of the soil, who" for the want of capital have been unable to.obtain-the. maximum production -from their land. For the first time in the history of the province, a separate portfolio,of agriculture has been created, with, a minister whose sole, responsibility is the development and protection of ,the "agricultural industry. AID TO MINING Production of wealth from the ground has, been given a stimulus-by the appropriation of $200,000 for the sole purpose of building and improving roads and trails to convey British Columbia's mineral output" to market Prospecting for new treasures has been encouraged by -the granting of further privileges and rights to the hardy adventurers who follow that occupation. RAILWAYS WORKING The McBride railway policy, which brought development and prosperity to the province until the strings of the money bags were drawn tight a couple of years ago in anticipation of the inevitable European" war, has been taken in hand once more. The Pacific Great. Eastern has been set to work.under strict government superintendence at the'finishing of its all-important line. Pressure has always been brought to bear on the Canadian Northern, with the result that steel has already been laid over a good.portion of the Island line, and ferries and wharves are in course- of construction for the Georgian carferry service- Work has also been resumed on the construction of the branch line from Kamloops-to Vernon and Kelow- na. " ��������� ��������� ' ��������� SHIPBUILDING > An outlet for British Columbia's enormous timber production is being provided by the building of ten cargo- bearing ships, whose construction under a. system of government aid has proven a boon to the seaports. Applications for aid for more of these ships are in hand. The advertising campaign of the merits of British Columbia lumber has been extended in several new fields. SOLDIERS CARED FOR . Twelve separate acts have been passed to preserve all the interests of the absent soldiers, and to provide opportunity for their once more entering upon valuable productive occupations at the end of the war. Provision for the care of the maimed ones is also given under a commission appointed to deal with the question. KEEP CREDIT HIGH These determined efforts to improve conditions inutile province have met with recognition on.the mon&y markets. Since Mr. Bowser assumed office, Britis-^lToi- umbi'a has floated two loans at a lower rate .of" interest : than the same market, the United States, granted to the combined governments of Great Britain and France a few months before. OTHER SUBJECTS The provision of public markets is being inquired into by the new minister of agriculture, and :the colonization policy is partly outlined in the Homestead Act of'the recent session. This act provides for much elaboration of its provisions by administrative means: Record Merits Support i.* ���������