A THE LEDGE 7/ **o "**i,, ���* *7 '^OLDEST MINING CAMP NEWSPAPER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ��f9f Vol. XXV. GREENWOOD, B. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1918. No. 8 MANY NEW LINES Come In And See Our Large And Well Assorted Stock Of C arpets, Furniture, Pictures, Crockery, Etc. Etc. Many kinds of Oil, Tinware and Hardware T. M. GULLEY & CO. PHONE 28 A! GREENWOOD, B. C. I GREENWOOD GROCERY | ST. Canada Food Board License No. 8-6251 ^ S~ The Food Board Asks You to Save :3s g THE FLOUR i S~ We carry a most complete stock of other Cereals ~5 \% We specialize in TEA and COFFEE infokge or bulk H % AT REASONABLE PRICES 3 I LEE & BRYAN 1 fiiaiiiiaiiiiaaiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiaiiaiiiiiiiiiiiuaiaiiiiiaai^ THE PART LONG DISTANCE PLAYS The part the telephone plays in business and sdcial life is often never appreciated until an emergency -arises. Recently a ��� case arose where Long Distance was asked to get on the wire a party-who were cruisiilg in a yacht in the Gulf Of Georgia. It was not known where he was, but the message was extremely urgent. Without detailing the work of the operator or the iium- ' ber of places called, it is enough to say that the party was located and a me-sage sent out by a rowboat that he was wanted on the telephone. Then he talked with Vancouver. On such occasions the inestimable value of the telephone is brought home. BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY. Ltd. Mazda Tungsten Lamps 15 to 40 Watt Lamps���50c each. 60 Watt Lamps~75c *��ach. 100 Watt Lamps���$1.25 each. NITROGEN LAMPS 60 Watts 100 -:' 200 �� $1.25 each, 2.00 �� 3.50 �� STORAGE BATTERIES CHARGED and REPAIRED ELECTRIC VULCANIZING Greenwood City Waterworks Go. EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL Insurance Life, Fire, Health and Accident Real Estate, Ranches and Mining: Broker AUCTIONEER Charles "King GREENWOOD. B. C. Public Auction To Be Held At The END OF THIS MONTH Mr. Sater and Mr. Gunderson have instructed me to sell by Public Auction various articles of value, list and description will appear later. Anyone having cattle, horses, hogs &c, for this auction will please communicate with CHARLES KING Auctioneer Greenwood Tbe Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. of Canada, Limited Offices, Smelting and Refining Department TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA SMELTERS AND REFINERS Purchasers of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc Ores TADANAC BRAND PIG LEAD, BLUESTONE. COPPER AND SPELTER iv:;;^oi.GO] ��� &Vi$.'LLD., fcG& President SIR JOHN AIRD, General Mam&r "* H V. F. JONES, A��\ Coil M��r_����tr fevery effoitis made ' xii. -.to^r^i^^ x x%^ th^|>JS-i i'i.-'xXXXy.X'XXxi:HX:QX}^ "STORE OF QUALITY" .Hats, Caps, Shiftsr Boots, Shoes aad Overalls of many kinds At Reasonable Prices J. G. McMYNN MIDWAY - - B. C. FIT-REFORM Suits Made from BEFORE THE WAR" Cloth DURABLE LININGS _Pennanent fronts jn the coats made with non-break can,vas and hair cloth Styles up to date PRICES REASONABLE W. Elson 8 Co Greenwood I Around Home I Smoke a "NOBLEMEN" THE CIGAR OF QUALITY 20 cts each 3 for 50 cents Box of 25 for $3.75 An Excellent Birthday Gift AT MINTS CIGAR STORE Phone 45 P. O. Box 574 Christian Science service will be held in the MELLOR BLOCK on Sunday at n a. m. All welcome. Every Wednesday at 8 p. m., testimonial meetings will be held in the same block. Sunday School every Sunday morning. MATTHEWS BROS. grand Forks Agents for Chevrolet, Dodge, Hudson, Chalmers, Cadillac cars, and Republic truck motors. Garage in connection. WANTS. ETC. For Sale.���Bell Piano in first class condition. Apply Wm. C. Arthurs. For Sals.���Sofa, baby cot bed, two beds, stoves, tables, chairs, and baby buggy arid waggon.���L. L. Matthews. $200 WILL BUY a five roomed : house, t woA lots, two/ wood sheds,, a dandy chicken coop, all in:, good-condition. "y Apply-to Mrs. W. R. Phillips, Greenwood, B. C;: "XXX; Xx Ike Treheme the barber''; and hockey: .player, is working in a shipyard at San Francisco. Principal X- McLaughlin of -tbe High School- has resigned, and gone-to Chilli w;ack. This handicaps the trustees, as; it is almost impossible to obtain-High School teachers at -the present time.:;iXx; Xy Tommy Lyons has been 'appointed; a -Dominion policeman at Nelson, He saw much service in Europe, and was a wars prisoner in :���: Germany for many ilong hungry months. Ah one-time he worked at the Mother Lode mine. Mrs. Helen Thomas is spending a few days in Spokane. Alex. McDonald is employed in a shipyard at Coquitlatn. A tax sale at Grand Forks has been authorized for October 7. There should be a telephone in the railway depot at Beaverdell. Mr. Simes of Trail has bought the McKay milk ranch' in Phoenix. M. P. Wetherell is managing a moving picture theatre in Cranbrook. Full line of school books, and school supplies at Coles' Book Store. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Arthurs will take a trip to the coast tbis month. Carl Adeneur is running a watch repairing shop in San Francisco. John Hardie, of the C. P, R. freight staff, has been transferred to Nelson. George Murrav is spending a few weeks in town. He is in the army at Vancouver. Try that Overland car at the Palace Liverv, when you wish an enjoyable auto ride. Early apples, fine tomatoes, fresh cantaloupes, and grape fruit at G.A. Rendell's. Jim Dale, and his dog Ben, have returned irom prospecting around the Arrow lakes. Miss Annie Munro of Grand Forks, is the only new teacher at the" public schools in town. Born.���At the Greenwood hospital on August 29, to Mr. and Mrs. J. McLaughlin, a son. Miss Ethel Royce lett on Saturday for Medicine Hat, where she will attend High School. D. R. McElmon, Greenwood. Watchmaker and Jeweler. Goggles and auto glasses on hand.�� Just in. Bulk vinegar $1,50 a gallon. Sour mixed pickles $1.75 gallon glass jar. G. A. Rendell. Oscar Nelson of Pooenix, and Eiss Anna Pearso** of Nelson, -were married in Nelson last week. After being shut down for a few days, the Grand Forks smelter blew in again on Saturday. Transluce-nt crabapples, Flemish Beauty and Bartlett pears will arrive in Rendell's store this week. The Providence mine is showing up fine, and steadily shipping high grade ore to the local smelter. F. K. McMann has sold his interests in Merritt and Princeton. He will return to Hortonville, Nova,Scotia. Mrs. L. L. Matthews and children have gone to Seattle for the winter. Mrs. Matthews has two brothers in the army. Andy Shilland of Sandon was in Phoenix last week, on a visit to Tom Brown, one of his partners in the Dunedin mine. At tbe Forks, a Greek section man was fined $100, for attempting to procure a better job from the roadmaster by bribery. The Red Cross will hold a Masquerade Ball, on Friday, September 13. Six good prizes. Refreshments, Bush's orchestra. Many Douks are working near Camp McKinney, clearing tbe way for the electric wire pole line from Greenwood to Princeton. After working in the Coughlin shipyards, of Vancouver, for some time past,. Creighton McCutcheon returned home on Saturday. ��� ��������� Ernie Ash worth h as resigned his position at the Pacific, and may spend the winter in Sandon, after viewing his ranch at Blueberry Creek. Full line of No. 1 soaps just in, Royal Vinola and Rexallmake, Medicated Skin, Tar, Toilet, and Bath. Shaving ^oaps at Good- eve Drug Store, j- ��� ��� After a residence -of d3 years in Greenwood,: James Clark has resigned his position with T. M. Gulley & Co., and will go to the coast in a short time. V :'""'At Beaverdell on Saturday, Pat Kennedy was thrown; from a horse, while getting tato^ the saddle, an& had his left arm broken near the-wristlXX .With the exception pf a watchman and a few wood-cutters there will/ be no :iWbrk J at; Copper Mountaitrthis.winter.Xi The post- office7 has been closed,, and one opened at Hhe'Mill; Site;:near Princeton. -A' scbool was opened at.-; the flatter; vp! ace : this X week;; there:being 4Q;vchildrenMnlthat cxm'p.XXXxXx- ��� The garage, in connection wit the Palace Livery, has opened fbr business in Cropley's shop. C. E. Stamper of Spokane is manager. More particulars next week. Is it the altitude, or just- common bill whiskey that makes so many people drunk in Phoenix? Booze seems to be as plentiful in that lively town as aqua pura. L. C. Odell, formerly of the Mint at Kettle Falls, the Napoleon at Boyds, and the Nes Perces in Spokane, is still on deck running the Province Bar at Grand Forks, B. C. H. J. Robinson is manager of the boarding house at the Mill Site, near Princeton. He has had a wide experience in the hotel business, and at one time was landlord of the historical Horton House, in San Diego, California. Bob Edwards of the Calgary Eye-Opener was in Penticton last week. He thoroughly enjoyed himself eating fresh peaches, and occasionally taking a drink of spring water. Bob is a celebrated writer upon prohibition and other serious problems of the present age. The Rock Creek Harvest Thanksgiving will be held at the Anglican church on Sunday next September 8 at 7:30 p.m. The offering will be divided between the Clergy Pension Fund, the Halifax Church Rebuilding Fund and the Chaplain's Fund of our Canadian army. Last week the' Government delivered in Greenwood, for beating the Federal building 83 tons of Fernie coal. Only ��4 tons could be stored in the basement of the postoffice, and the balance is now stacked in the cold ozone of an adjoining lot, where the cows can chew it, and the wicked c^n lug it home for purposes of combustion. . H. M. Stramberg, who has been principal of the Ladysmith High School for the past two years, has been appointed principal of the Greenwood High School, which will open on Friday the 6th inst. Mr. Stramberg is well and favourably known in B.C. Greenwood is to be congratulated on being able to secur?Amaa s�� well qualified in the art of teaching. The horses belonging to Chas. Dempsey disappeared from human vision some time ago. Charley searched the hills and valleys for a week, but could not find them. Perhaps thev have been drafted, or wandered into a sausage factory and been killed by the machinery. Perhaps they have been shot for committing highway robbery in Greenwood. In future Charley should put moccasins on his noble equines, so that he can track them when thev wander away from - their happy home. Charley has the sympathy of a vast multitude of kind friends in his sad bereavement, and they sincerely hope that he will not lose his dog. The Red Cross Concert on Tuesday of last week provided a real musical treat. Only a small audience assembled but they heard one of the best programs that has been presented in Greenwood for a long time. The hall and lights were donated by Mrs. Flood; the expenses of the printing were defrayed by some of the performers, and the proceeds amouuted to $12.50 were handed over for Red Cross work. The following were. the performers who assisted: Pianoforte, Mrs. Smyth; Violin, Miss Kerman; Violincello, Rev. H. W. Simpson; Recitations, Mrs. Ashby; Songs. Rev. E. A. StG. Smyth, and Messrs. McCatnmon and McCurrach. Charles Walker, field expert and general rambler for that famous dispenser of leased wire intelligence, the Nelson News, was in town last week prospecting for new subscribers and old delinquents. He got one about every five minutes, for nature has richly endowed the hypnotic Charley with all the qualities that make a good salesman. He has been a resident of Nelson for 18 years, and is versatile.X in x his'-'.-. occupations. He ran the Sunny side hotel at one time, and not a single boarder died from indigestion. Then: he bought a Turkish Bath establishment at a sheriffs sale, and made it hot for all his patrons. The business kept bitn in a sweat all the time, and, -although his feet never got cold he had to quit, because he could not compete with the lake, or the Neisonites antipathy to thermal ablutions. During his career as ���' an hotel clerk he never ; fell downstairs, woke up the wrong; woman, 'lost his diamonds, drank swamp whiskey, p! ayed a stack of 1.blues ;nor slept atnight.' Some day Charley may be,vmayor;;of the vcity oft roses; short pants, and con yentibns. HyX I Western Float j Hay is selling for $18 a ton in Fernie. Gns Adams is operating a cider mill in Kaslo. Smoke Wright is the name of a boy in Medicine Hat. Miss Grace Hill of Trail is visiting friends in Kamloops. The grain crop in Western Canada is fairly good this year. There is a heavy run of salmon this year in the Nicola river. Willie McKay of Kaslo, is pitching great ball in Vancouver. Wild berries are a source of revenue in the Fraser valley. Bananas are 15 to 20 cents a dozen in San Diego, California. Ben Hoy and Rnby Elliott were married in Kelowna last month. Lieut. Tony Smith of Kamloops was killed in France last month. J W. G. Barclay, formerly of Fernie, died in Vancouver last month. The minimum salary for school teachers at Chilliwack is $720 a year. Guy Thomas and Euth Philips, both of Field, were married last month. In Scotland, 100 years ago the sentence was death, for stealing Iambs and sheep. Iu Germany a substitute has been found for nearly everything except hunger. The cheap fish market in North Vancouver eaves the people of that town $500 a week. Mrs. A. E. Jowett of Trout Lake City, is the champion lady prospector of B. C. At Genoa Bay the capacity of the sawmill has been increased to 100,000 feet daily. In Manitoba local potatoes are $30 a ton. At Armstrong, B. G. spuds are $35 a ton. Sonth Penticton has more juvenile frnit sellers, than any place in the world for its size. Two sterna of sweet peas, each bearing seven blooms has been raised in North Vancouver. ��� The coal �� miners at Fernie and in District 18, had their wages increased 25 cents a day on August 1. From one-third of an acre at Salmon Arm, T. L. Wilkinson picked 210 crates of strawberries thiB year. The Beview is the best paper in Creston, and its editor has his cellar full of spuds and canned strawberries. Deer of all kinds can be killed from September 14 to December 15. Bears may be taken from, October 1 to June 30. The high cost of a waterfront site, will probably prevent a herring cannery, from being built at Port Alberni. Mrs. Johanna Luther of Kaslo wants returned soldiers to ran the postoffice in Ainsworth, and to attend to public affairs of that old camp. F. M. Smith has built a sawmill near Golden, that will cut 20,000 feet daily* This fall he will get ont a big order of ties for the C. P. R. Cranbrook has a public drinking fountain, opposite the postoffice. It supplies nothing but water, and is seldom used by the older inhabitants. Fir for building aeroplanes ig being shipped from Cowichan Station. Fir witb a very Btraight grain is used in making beamstocks for airplanes. In Kelowna last month manv auto drivers were fined $5 and costs for various violations of the Motor Act. One man was charged with allowing a boy of 15 to drive bis car. Delivered in Fernie coal has been selling for $5.85 a ton, and may be raised to $6 a ton. How abont that old price of $2 a ton at the pits mouth, and the pits only five miles away. The Kamloops Standard-Sentinel says that Greenwood has resources enough to support a city of 10,000 or 20,000 people, bnt owing .to a lack Vof energy and capital these resources lire practically, worthless at present." ��������� Charley Spencer, y:; formerly a C. P. R. engine driver out of Kamloops is now at the front in France. Not long ago in company with his fireman he crept)across No Man's Land, slipped aboard a dead engine attached to a train, -German sentries paced up and down on both sides of the.engine. ^When all was ready he opened the throttle and landed the train behind the British lines before>ti* BLQiof^SHOES;XX. --f WE fttoAUEfc co��roi��iiotis.i,ojaA'Mfvw�� Canada. ' ; Greek Territory Training* of Canada's Men Each Prepared Individually for Battle Conditions in Short Time '1 lie following- description ot the training of Canada's soldiers after their arrival overseas is authorized l'V_ the militia department: The art of training soldiers has made a great advancement in the. past two years in the art of active warfare. During the past year th : art :ias been pretty thoroughly mastered, and the iraini-g -f 5r>ldie^ h��s ueen mint tip .so ��.s to scientifically meet lhc conditions. The men who are , now arriving,.from Canada are train- jedin scientific detail. Every man is i trained individually to meet battle j conditions, just as a boxer is trained : lor the prize ring or a football play- . er lor the gridiron, only more inten- | sivcly, as time is at a premium, and I men are now made finished soldiers in a fraction of the time that it took ; in 1915, and are better trained. It is interesting to see tlie rapid ! development of these soldiers, who a lew weeks ago were civilians in j (. anada. They are keen to learn, and jas their knowledge grows thcy bc- ! comc enthusiastic and anxious to 0 ' / i\ (.lcspatcli to bats frmi. (jeneva >ay> Germany Uaranlcrd 10 Bulgaria, not only rania, Seres and K aval a, but all the erritoiy gained by Greece in 191." by the. treaty of Bucharest, in ordei |0 satisfy llie growing dissatisfaction in l.iulgaria over the treaty fcluded with Komnaiiia. British Columbia fruit on tlie prairie this year is going to command a than usual, according to reports that arc brought back from the fruit districts by R. J. C. Stead, who has just returned from Kelowna. In many instances the buyers have covered tlie ground and boxes of apples have been bought on the spot in some places at a price as high as f-'.-'.s. Thc production of s has been given aid this the overhauling and opening ge sized cannery at Kelowna wipacily of (>(> cans per ntin- �����._. 1 XJ , 1 learn. The more recent arrivals give rrOimsea ISUlgarSl promise of being equal to those who ��� I have, by their deeds, established ihe ��rmany T'"i��s to Soften Allies Over ! m'? "Canadian" in the high place, R�����m^:->n Treatv (which it holds among the armies oi ���(c" Kouman^" neaty i the world. A despatch 10 The JoliiTia> ijes De-j A acfc'iY-Ci.ation camp has been startling; *'u at Freiishain J'ond in the Alder- sliof area, witli accommodation for lO.OOiJ, to which all draft'; from tia 11 - ada are posted on arrival in land. Preliminary training is carried , out during the period of segregation, i The camp is under the command ot i KaiSer Is I^OW ill Colonel (. <;>i<|iihoun, 1) b.O, and at a( -�������� 1 recent parade over 4,000 men of nil ' JVlelancholy MOOfi Imprrial Union Work of Moment Establishment of Cabinet Is Indisputable Constitutional Development The London Times in an editorial on the _d_cc'.'Mon of thc government to lioia regular meeting's of sonic of tue more important ministers outside the war cabinet, for purposes of inter-deparlmcnlal settlement, says it presents no exceptional novelty. "There is no change in the incidence, responsibility or relations of lhc government with parliament, except in thc internal arrangement. The business of this home affairs committee is more important for ,|-what it suggests than for what it is. Its establishment may hasten the inevitable movement towards a true division of Tocal and imperial business. The supreme fact of thc moment in the evolution of the British commonwealth is that Borden, Hughes aud their colleagues overseas, including those of India, arc definitely engaged on equal terms, BricjUetted Fuel Es-' Governments Recommended to , tablish Lignite Plant Establishment of a lignite briquet- ting plant to be financed and operated by the^Dominion, Manitoba and Saskatchewan governments is recommended by the lignite committee of thc advisory council for scientific" and industrial research, The committee's report favors establishment of the plant in South Saskatchewan "at a locality where the lignites are of poor grade, with the idea that if it were successful at this point, it would undoubtedly be successful elsewhere in Saskatchewan and Alberta." y The committee's estimate gives $400,000 as thc capital cost of thc completed plant. Production costs at the plant for carbonised and briquct- ted fuel covering operating costs and fixed charges, are estimated at not more than seven dollars pcr ton. In this estimate no financial allowance has been made for the recovery of by-products which arc stated to be large and valuable. the British ministers exercising exc culive authority over thc affairs con-1 Boyish Prejudice ccrning ail. j "Why did you name your boy "The imperial war cabinet is al- .'Reginald Clarence'?" ready a living reality, lirmly rooted ] "Because 1 wanted him to be ycar of a with ute. ;ifler years of trial and accepted everywhere as au indisputable constitutional devc iopiun-.;. The lords, discussing cabinet changes, would do well to mark their sense of this profound achievement and help forward the settlement of the great eonsc- Eng- 1 Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in ! quences il involves " - I "M..���l Cows. I'Dlt- Auger at Greece, the correspond- ���_.. , ��� tnt add-, is increasing. Greece is J branches of the service were pre-! row called Bulgaria's principal, en- j.sent, ihe improvement in appearance | g^ i0 j}e \rery Tired Physically cmy by the Bulgarian press. j and march- discipline effected iu ten j A conference of the central pow- '. days has been something extraordj-J a en a y frrs will be held in Sotia in Sep- j nary. The physique of the men i-.ij It is impossible not to be struck te.n|ber under Ihe chairmanship of: good, and there is every reason to"! by thc melancholy tone of emperor King Ferdinand, at which the I'k-' believe that, when put to the test, j William's speech on thc occasion of tainc, also will represented, to the men who are coming from Can-] the thirtieth anniversary of his ac- Cliscuss the economic development of j ada at the present time will put up | cession fhe Balkans, the correspondent as-1 a show equal to the work that has j been performed in thc past by ufli-j ;ecrs and other ranks of the first four j lie fierts. "Worms sap llic strength fcrmtue the vitality of c Strengthen them by using Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator lo drive OtU thc parasites. all the more so as the fact t lhal lie was spending the day with j lhe army in the enemy's land ought j to have inspired- the kaiser to make and und- i divisions. . 1 one of his characteristic addresses hildrcn. ! Preliminary courses for the train- containing a mixture of boasts and ling of oilier ranks from Prance t;> be threats aud winding up with a furi- ; trained for commissions have been ous sword-rattling, cables Rene ; established. These have more '.ban Peibdmen from Amsterdam. 1 fulfilled expectations. Training has J The kaiser is said to bc aging '��� been standardized and is uniform ! rapidly, and to bc very tired physi- tlirotighotil all areas. Thc result isjcally and mentally. His latest photo Visible Supply of Wheat the prospective cadet is graphs clearly show that in looks he Canada's Wheat Supply Now 34,650-j wailing for the next course to stai 11 is twenty years older than in 1914. 000 Bushels I at the Canadian training school hc is {In spite of tlie clamor about victories -p. , , ,���.���������,���,, , , .'usefully cmplovcd, has work of in- Ihat tliorc arc 20 nOO.000 bushels 01 l tcrosl-anil h also means thc savin��� tvheat and 14.K-i0.000 bushels grouniijo/ a r(.r,;iill 3inounl of tinic on t!lc In the Dominion. nukins a total v>=-j assembly at the cadet school, bc- tble supply of 34.6.MWK) bushels, is ��� ^ traini . can bc sl'arted the estimate obtained hrough a ccn-jfroni hi hor |J. , aml cascs n0 fJi completed by the board of gnu." longer occur of cadcts ,)cilltJ lack. Upe.-v.sors up o May 31 last. It is I w,ird .,ml so rclarding thc progrcss stimaled that there are on thc farm- : .��� 0|],,.s �� Arrangements have been made to train the men of the forestry corps, that in the event of emergency ! "Much depends on the wishes of the Dominions' ministers, who best know the possibilities and the permanence of which such a partnership is capable under present conditions. A warm welcome awaits every proposal from the Dominions tending to the closest union compatible with their well-established freedom of national growth. "One point upon which no difference of opinion exists here is lhat thc Dominions' delegates must remain in England this year as long as they can. We arc glad to know that Premier Hughes of Australia contemplates an extended mission. It would be sheer waste pf his wonderful energy to let hiin come so far for only a month. The same applies to Sir Robert Borden and others. Their fresh outlook, robust experience and special views about ultimate settlement arc indispensable throughout the great crisis this summer." jus tie Is / niV; rotiiidv numbers. :'.. vlt7 is Turtherv estimated that There js; grpu nil. in j eastern. ���C>1i'ii''a'da:::,6.7'.nQ,p()Q' :l>usliels:,vand in .Western:���".C*'inad5t,,'''7-.r 400,0()i).; The: Wheat:idv^porUiqiiipaivy;' fcxporled eleven .'million bushels /\be- \\tw'e.'e.ii ������'.'���M arch; :3:1 aiiel April '30xxix-i-' so tiiat 111 they can defend themselves. Arrangements are being made for a short course in musketry, physical training and ��� bayonet fighting and Jt is considered that suitable rrs hands in the west five million luishels; in elevators and flour mill tins about 6,750,000; iu transit on railways. 1,000,000 bushels; in thc past in elevators, 6,635,885 bushels; bud in llie east iu transit about a Jnilliou bushels, making in all at the I date iu; (luestioiv a tpt:ifi:of i0,5p0)p0tt;j;,j]'jjj: fcush'els/.'.itiV^r.oiind^hu ��� -...:,��������� ��� , ���. ���.,,,��� r,,, -.:,��� I lectures,.���������combined witniavhttlc j>ro ! pagaiida;.woykyon ���the >york done :by j tlie "forestry units: during operations ���j in the .field, v. will greatly ������:;. assist in' j biiildiiig tip esprif de- corps.l: . ;v : j , vTlic -trainnig carried'���'. Tpiit in'.'.'���tire' ............... ... .. . .... . . Canncliiin -forces iu,: Jing;land is equal ixlx:'ixxx-l x, XX'x-.. y^x: .xXiXy) 'X to tlie.'best' standard7 of the: imperial ,/.;::.;;:Fine,Ra^^ :;; vl'he : GravellMirg:��� line : df:v;l^ ijiah :Northern:.,7yill;::l/e'-,..ext'c.u'dcd .this :plannCd::.by-::1lVea:dqnartcrs:i::in:l^ jfear.itn:.TSwift ;Currart, vv v"J'h;e tip 11 i.oixthis line:- /rt.ni :v;Iianna .vtO-v ledicino 1J a t, AJtavy:- is: alap: ahnoimc-vv- '���������iXX'i-.'-.-'X':"- 'xxi '-:-��� y..-: .:���'���...- "liXyyX' x pd.: ^.. .vAv f i'rgc:--. a 11 d/:'.f.c'rti-i 0; ^Vj^i^t.-.'^y i'!���!; ^pened out and iniiifl reds 'offaffners ;.lipw-.\liauHn|t.;::'wli|-c;it--r.4l|'.'.^^ id:' the -Jrailw'ayv will 'be vgiyen a7: yon- vVeiiieiit miarket. :.���: It is' estimated :'ai Jeastv^O 'grain :clevat6iv$;':\\;j:liA'i��e;-.:Pr '��������� ledv.thi|.--'-.'.',;year:v ;bel.we-enT^tirav-eiilV..: ::T.!nd. S'wift: 'CiiiM^'ni'/Oiv :X^\Xt[i)iXXi'loX::^qu[yXXiXX\X^j;iiXXXxlXi fighter. 1 figured thaj in our neighborhood a boy named 'Reginald Clarence' has got to fight."���Chicago Tribune. THE DANGER OF THIN BLOOD PILLS When .your head aches, it is usually caused by your liver or stomach getting . out of order. These "sick headaches" quickly disappear as soon as the stomach is relieved of its bilious contents.: Right your stomach and regulate and tone the liver with Beecham's Pills, which rapidly improve conditions and promptly Help Headache Direction* of Special Value to Women Are with Every Box. Prepared only by Thomas Beecham, St. Helena, Lancashire, England, Sold everywhere in Canada and U.S. America. In boxes, 25 cent*. 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This and the news that the German and Austrian offensives had both gone wrong may havc inspired him when answering* Field. Marshal von Hindenburg's congratulations in the name of the German army. . It 'm strange for a man wilh such an inborn and immeasurable pride as the kaiser to openly admit on the jubiiee day of his reign that "his work had not always been successful and That especially :in matters relating; ;;to ^politics he hath: sufTcred many: disappointments." :.:V/;v:.;. Xi The ,climax: :pf;Tlie'v spcechj :Tiow- ;Cve'r, ;was ; tltc "kaiser's frank and : sad ,adnnssion; tiiat ��� '���England's!i iiilerven- tibii in vtlrCvAvar had; changed the: ;w]ibie,:vcharac:tei".:;pf the:;struggle^ and turned it fronr a7.'strategic./' affair into ���a..r;\VQi:l.'d'z^ /what; was going "������ip happen,''��� lie ��� said. 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'v/gaivizii/ti'i'in f->fXXy- :XiXiX^\X>iXiX'?X:'XoXX " .iS./'/ii/gei //.:I.ii'.s hp j i:;' topli ix 'Xy ���'''���|isi:nd^'j>'i..'k.<.:.l'������". /ii^lithig ���\v'li.i:V:ii.i;:'ji ���, ;l;iXi>\y qiiivypnii; niiilia/ii/s.: , iJln/'/vs-iitKidrpii /\V) tl 1:// t I/l V���.'..- hi'(V0 '���, XX'X |.t:iirgv::.;;u:rj>l;i.i;H^,:v;a:!;fd' e���'//li'i.'cX' i 1 :i\:IX.��� biff 11';'��� ..at pleasure: in/ Germaily,: as/;it:s/:/grayit5v andvsauness7 were: tod .apparent;: to/be; ofeiipoked-v-It.vis: tlvc/lii-st^Z/tiine/ssiiice; the:; ivpiid^war:began, that:: the kaiSer lia^/SeTiyered/ii/'spce^ ���tin'j^r:is'sioii;":;:\Y3^;-^:|^;/;^^ ���v'.E''/yv.v'v:f^he'::..:K'aiser's/:G '������.?^i^ prp!ai!:n(|;?g:ratitude t,pT(jO .^";b/;;illla''n/v;vie'ed;s.v;.i^/:::ll^7o.'rc;/'7:Y ���aC'fei-istiC; of/sdiuetliihgviiiit.cl:i;::;rc;$einb^ , Iin gv/ irient'ai;.:: d isc q nil i b:ri;uni;//tliat:_viti:is: ; '/'tiiiiill/; iny XX v:i}\ I es'';; :t li at.v:h^''//fefcl^7''tl.ris; p;;'pipHnd;,;gr;t;lit^ nvei;cyi ::r.l'|i^nk//iipd^:h]iis;;vari'iiie^^ ':far,.va:!.i'.;ir:.'liis'::;|lp'cl'7:VS'';.:;S:pa're' :ii.;oi;:,k^e.p.>'.:./ii".'vfi^ /.V;t_t':- iv'. ;T" l:t;i re XXxXl Takes the sting right out���cleans 'em right off witliput pain. Thousands say it's thc surest thing to rid the feet of callouses, sore foot lumps or corns. Don't suffer���that's foolish��� buy a 25c botllc of Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Extractor; it does the trick quickly and is invariably satisfactory, Sold by druggiils everywhere. Hard to Beat a Smiling' Army If Not Corrected in. Its Early Stages Consumption May Follow In no disease is delay or neglect more dangerous than anaemia, a poverty of thc blood. Jt is very common in young girls and in persons vho arc overworked or confined .within doors. It makes its approach in 'so stealthy a manner that it is often well developed before its presence is recognized. But taken in time there is a specific, a tonic medicine which'increases the number of red blood corpuscjes thus enabling the blood to carry the life-giving oxygen to all the tissues of the body. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have had unbounded success in the treatment of this stubborn disease because of this wonderful propcrt}'. Thc correction of a'nameic conditions by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is as certain as anything in medical sciences. Miss Jessie McLean, Trenton, N. S., says:���"I was as weak as it was possible for anjr one to be, and yet be able to. go about. My blood seemed to have turned almost to water. I was pale, the least exertion would leave mc breathless, ancl,when I w'ent up stairs I would have to slop and rest on thc way. I often had severe headaches, and at times my heart would palpitate alarmingly. A good friend urged mc to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I have retison to bc grateful that 1 took the advice. Soon after beginning thc use of the Pills I began to get stronger, and by thc time I had taken seven boxes I felt that I was again enjoying good liwlth. I think Dr. Williams' Pink Pills arc a blessing to weak girls, 'and 1 shall always warmly recommend them." These pills arc sold by all medicine dealers or will be sent by mail at 50c a box or six boxes for $2.50, by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockviile, Ont. _ School Boys on the Land Schoolboys of Great Britain Did Excellent Service Last -year thc schoolboys of Great Britain did excellent service on the land, especially in connection with thc harvest, and this ycar it is hoped thai they will even more largely contribute fo the labor resources of the farmer. Urgent appeals arc being made to thc farmer to grow more potatoes, and the ministry of food lias staled that thcy will even more largely contribute to the labor resources of thc farmer. In this connection the Scotch education department realize the enormous help thcy could give, without much dislocation of school arrangements, by_ setting free a certain number of children in the public and other schools in Scot- Contains More Protein, Pound Pound, Than Do Most Meats As a means of conserving meal supplies for shipment abroad the United > States government is carrying on a propaganda for the eucou'r- iagement of the making and con- i sumption of "cottage cheese," which is made from skiyi milk. This cheese contains more- of protein, pound for pound, than do 'most meals. A gallon of milk will, it is said, make about a pound and a lnllf of cheese. ��� Another most nutritious and appetizing food is in the form of what is commonly known as "Dutch cheese." No special equipment is called for in this case, and the cheese can bCN made in any home. Skim milk is allowed to sour, the ���whey is drained off through a col- lander, and a little butter, salt and pepper arc added to the curds, which are Plien ready lo serve. The cheese is cooling, palatable and body-building���an excellent addition to the evening meal. The Bottom Rung' of Ladder for German Brutality Beyond AH Char- I acterization _ The Foe of Indigestion.���Indigestion is a common ailment and few are free from it. It is a most distressing complaint and often the suffering attending it is. most severe. The very best remedy is Parmelcc's Vegetable Pills taken according to directions. Thcy rectify the irregular actioif of thc stomach and restore healthy action. For many years thcy have been a standard remedy for dyspepsia ancl indigestion and are highly' esteemed for their qualities. ! Thc Germai\ bombing of the Brit-. ��� ish hospitals in France is an acH in regard lo which ordinary language fails. Thc sweeping of thc beds of thc wounded with machine gun lire, and the ruthless killing of the" devoted nurses and attendants who remained at their duty, is an abomination which seems to remove the German from the pale of humanity. Amid its horrors the one redeeming feature is the heroism of the women who refused to desert their posts and met death and wounds along with thc helpless men who lay on their beds. Thc rest is brutality beyond all characterization. Throughout the war the airmen have been insistent in imputing chivalrous conduct to one another, and have paid honors lo their fellows, even of German race, who have fallen. An incident such as that which is recorded this morning may well shake a faith which has survived many shocks. It would bc repugnant to all feelings to give horrors of war to the men who have deliberately laleMi part fir aa outrage of so gross mnd callous a, kind.���Westminster Gazette. Yo-J With a land at the time when thcy most wanted for harvest; so a^ long as uul.���Xew Earns <�� That's what is done in makuri Grape-NutS food ��� oarfey and other grains are used with wheat. This adds to food value and flavor, and the sum total requires less wheat. The malted harley in Grape-Nuts also helps digest other ���foods. For an economical, nourishing and delicious try [. 1 food, Xi'X yil-]yryX:i\ycyl /jv.:\r;iiij:;'<',!'' ':".'.ji;\ ::j:^q:ii:a;d')ji!i: '.&'i' XXtiyi- :Werc-i;t ,f.li>; ' .j'.��\xi!.'a'' >.i;��i in;. 'i'V'/iiii} nl 'yyr.xii.i ���������������::.vi..i'.i>y.-. i/nasi:.:: ���:.!v-.i'J.iiii-e':s:i.'7 :'-I.>>i>!ia'j')'.>.. 'ri-roril; ':.'��'i.f Iio;'!!:1.:': ;/i /;ii|/| iia.re>i /biuingl; 1 <1 _.> \-.-jj ' - '/in / ;i I'tii'l ������,���' j I'xiiii/U.i! hivr. ns-ix- rearhx/d a vto'al ofv; ;.>t'ye!!ty-t\\:ov jf reckoned: ciir : Jlic] ;i::S;uiie.' basis /:i/:s'/ those: ���.'���af the:: /hitq 1 I Burou vbii ,:KirlA'liofeii;, vrhahipiynT ������'!��� t/icrinail. airnia.u. wl)*>: ��� etnmled a:': !^ldublcAse:;ited liiavliine: ai twi), : vir-/! .jtorics, Bislirip'iv total; would /be. well! ���j'oYiCr: the "' " " ' re NERVOUS PROSTRATION May be Overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ��� Thi* Letter Proves It. ���eeniury /'liiark; .,, , On the inqrnitigvof/ the day he j.ceiyed orders To rctiivU f:p; Jvnglaud,! .! finite Unexpectedly by hint, he weirl'���]. .;;;0'.u't for drtc .last flying dash i,t. tlv j Tltiiisv and. before ./liis. return brotigh V'.dowiV :fi\/e -. cii^niy.' niac-hines. l"pon j y his -. r e/t ti r ri// lie y said:/-good-!)y e.... to.:/. /hi s/f i:/R��_.^ '^an'd'-ejuight; 'tl'ic'/;bp'a:i:'_foi;';'^ Can't Beat an Army Grin on Its Face I Experiences under fire and diflicul- jtics faced by correspondents in thc I brittle zoiie\m France arc told in a 'letter just--"received from a reporter with the Li. S. army in France. He also tells of tlie fine morale of the troops. "The conditions in the north (rc- feniiig to the Oise district) va-re cjuite exciting for correspondents," hc writes. "When I was there 1 was Ihing in a town so close to the lines that six-inch shells came in on us A number of shrapnel broke right over niy liou^e, breaking off the brick line shingle-,. \ Carnegie bowl (steel helnii l was my best ftiend. I "The front, 1 think, however, is 1 probably tin- most cheerful place on eaitli, uithuunh nobody would ever think so. 'lhc farther you get away I from llic- lims the more gloom there is. Rut win I.- shells fly aifd life ii j worth about a nickel, nothing malters j to anybody. W<��st Philadelphia, Pa.���"Duringthe i "And the> arc a great ciowd, these thirty years I have been married, 1 nave ; lighters of ours; whether thcy do been in bad health their fighting on thc ground or in and had several at-! the air. They ate game to the core, tacks of nervous ] i-iicorftil, happe. and they havc one prostration until it ; tbougl.t only. That is 'Kill Ger- seemed as if the ' ,,ians,' and thev never overlook a organs m my whole |l.!i.l)U.ei you ^n-\ Lcat :m annv tliat body wo'.-eworni^i, into .,��� (.���eniv ^i, :i grin on- out. I was finally . iK iMC and clii.cr in i{s hcarl/, persuaded to ; try ( LydiaE. Pinkham's : ���_. ��� r. Ve g e t a b 1 e Com- War( D ehcacies pound and it made "Xura'stheni_i," said Mrs. Biggum* a well woman of | to her rook, "I think wc will have me. I can now do ! ������onsc chicken croquettes tt>day out of Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. Value of Wool Clip '���;'������,;; ���:./:;; v./:;;;A:'/"Faihily;';Trait: .���:'::'':���/���' /i/R eCe nt! y it'iv e n t c r t a in tn e jt i '.���-. w.a ��� 11/iiXyX'x 1 f'e ��� -ji.-ii pi i/s ������_ oi; a.;jVitb j IV 7;':. t ts&Zrr- /i;e/-vfori.d: XyXXmal ly; x XiXiXcX iyfX t%'n;7:o f j mmm^Xi^mmmmmxmx :ri..T;;a;Toird/yM.<^,//;Vicnd;;iiF xxxhXyXXmmXXxnXiXxmxfiXn<\x xtmmxxaxihx^Qvrmxx^xmx^x X'ixx^nmixxx}umiXyiXmxm0yXxx xmxxxmxihxxXomrxxx-xxxxxtixx wmmxmmmxm ��'W e/Svpuldn'r/fe iimxim^XrXxmy'XX m:\ hi. didn't**v*n.t:'4ovhorroXfr .scvm*!lii=!^" ' XyXXzX��rzori^,X xx "XyyyXX.yi t all my housework ' and. advise all ailing women to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- ]i00] 1 pound and I will guarantee they will 'ti 'I derive great benefit from it."���Mrs. ,* ; Frank Fitzgerald, 25 N. 41st Street, 1 ' West Philadelphia, Pa. There are thousands of women everywhere in Mrs. Fitzgerald's condition, suffering from' nervousness, backache, headaches, and othet symptoms of a functional derangement. Jt Was a grateful spirit for nealth restored which led her to write *Ms letter so that other that leftover pork aiid calves' liver." "Ves'in," said Xctirasthcnia, called Teeny lor short. "An' we got a little bread dressin' what wen wid the pork, muni. Shall I make some apple sauce out'n if, mum?"���Richmond 'limes-Dispatch. Nearly Five Millions Have Starved -It has been estimated up to a te.- crnl period that 4.790,000 people in r.uropc have been starved to" death since the beghning of the nsr, TJn- women maybe- fit from her experience lo>s the" 1*>V? harvest is saved starva- and findhealtl. ���* she h&^ done. I tion will bcrome general throughout For3nggestif -slnregardtoj^ourcon-I I'.urupf ami the suffering .among dition write l*j^ \ EL Pinkham "Medicine Co., Lynn, Mat . The.resnlt of their 41 y��ars eTperfo.. -a If at your service/ t.p^/.ciyjjia.nv^ :y'frpreee|len:tt;d;:iVi' ilievhrstorvv-of-' the^ XXtitixXXyXiXX XX- X'XXxxXi'x x'XX A Fifty Per Cent. Increase in the Wool Output ' Now lhal shearing is well under way, it is possible to arrive at a fairly reliable estimate as to the quantity and value of llic wool clip of Western Ca- ada this ycar as compared with last year. Reports from thc different centres indicate thai there will he an increase of approximately fifty per cent, in thc quantity of wool marketed from thc three prairie provinces. The members of the Southern Alberta .Wool Growers' Association have J.?5,OiJ0 sheep as against 158,000 sheared a year ago. From these il i< expected lo obtain about 1,600,00') pounds of wool. .The l'iiichcr Creek Assoeialion will have about 85,000 pounds, a substantial increase over last year's clip, and the oilier associations will also havc increases of twenty-five per cent, over last year. In Saskatchewan ami Manitoba, ^herc the larger part of the wool is graded and sold for the farmer by branches of lhc .department of agriculture, there will also be a larger quantity available. In thc former province, the growth of the .industry is evidenced by the fact that nearl3' double as much wool as last year will be sold this ycar. in Manitoba the increase, though not so great as that of Saskatchewan, will be a substantial one, and the total clip will amount to more than Uventy-hvc per cent, greater than last year. ' _ ���\ Wireless In Forest Two wireless receiving ahd sending stations havc been discovered in thc iir forests bounding Pugct .Sound near Tacoma. by government agcn:s. after- a search of two .days. Trees stripped oi their limbs " were used as aerials- and -the locations were veil hidden by the surrounding forest." Thc- apparatus had -been: removed from. one. but the complete outfit" had been left, behind'at the other station in the hurried flight of the operators. A- cabin stove still warm and recent tracks in thc mud were found by tha searchers. No' arrests were made.. Work Among Indian Children Average Indian Child Possesses Considerable Natural Ability A recent visit made to thc Indian reserve at Swan Lake, Manitoba, was rewarded, wilh a glimpse of the development which has taken place at this Pembina Valley domain of the aborigine. The scly}q_l \Y9^ '3 con~ ducted upon Iinc�� similar to those in usc among the while face, neighbors In this prairie province. The attendance shows a daily average of twenty pupils, a number lessened at certain seasons of the ycar when the wanderlust of Indian life overtakes the parents, the offspring of jyhqm arc invariably taken for the "jatiniT" Thc teacher, "Vli'ss Jessie Bruce, has occupied lhal posilion several years, and additional . lo duties at the schoolhousc, her services arc in constant demand for thc mission work so_ ably superintended by her sister, Miss Tena Bruce, A majority of the children, when admitted into the school*'posses no knowledge of thc linglish language, as native dialect ia in constant usage within the homes. Occasionally a new pupil is cofitiizant of the meanings of simple Knglish words, which havc presumably been used by some member of thc family, by whom a few years at the Indian school at Portage la Prairie or F.lkhorn may- have been spent. But Indian children quickly learn the English ..tongue, nnd soon compiehend thc duties expected of them al lhc school house. An average young Indian is a child of ability, yet with certain studies of which arithmetic may be citrd as example, a little-difficulty is experienced. Thc art of penmanship is apparently a natural gift to the pupils; in "crayon work, thc juvenile Indian is an artist of no mean .skill. The girls are of au unusually quiet disposition;" when spoken to lliey appear adverse to any conversation. -It is customary to devote one hour of each morning to study of the Bible- a feature of utmost importance to the Indian. The children are. given drill exercises weekly, aud attend the Mission House to receive inM ruction in various matters of domestic character. The work accomplished by Miss Bruce requires no blare of trumpets. That task is heralding its own story in the character of young li.ves now being moulded into manners and customs of the palefaces. And what is more, thc children nol only respect their teacher, but Jove her for that which shc is accomplishing for them. ���J. D. Athclncy Hvans in King's Own. War Subversions A veteran sub. of 20, returning t'c�� the front, had a hcart-tp-heart talk with his father. "You go up for your medical examination next Wednesday, dad. I don't, think you will get through���I hope you won't. But if you do, and thcy take you for active scrvice/kecp right with the drill sergeant. Don't think you Will improve matters by 'putting it across him.' Just carry on a bit, and when I get my next leave I'll sec if 1 can get you as my batman, then I can look after you." "Right you are, my boy, but if I do conic to you, remember that you also must refrain from 'putting it across' your father." Lachute, Que., 25th, Sept., 1908.- Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen. ��� Ever since coming home from tlie Boer war 1 have been bothered with running fever sores on Hiy legs. I tried many salves ahd liniments; also doctored continuously for the blood, but got no permanent reiicf, till last winter- when my mother got me to try MINARD'S LINIMENT. The effect, pf which was almost magical. Two bottle* completely cured me and 1 have -worked every working day since. Yours gratefully, JOHN WALSH, Providing for the - Growing-up Family Several Large Tracts of Land Sold to Communities One of lhe many reasons that are inducing fanners from old-sctlled districts to take up land in Western Canada is the desire to provide for their families now growing up. Where they have been farming, land is too costly to be seemed for the young folks; but, being able to sell their farms at prices ranging from $150 au acre upwards, these farmers arc in a position to secure more extensive holdings in the fertile prairie provinces of Western Cauada, thus making adequate provision for thc needs of their families without any additional investment of capital. just recently several large tracts of land have been sold to communities that wish to form settlements of their own. In central Saskatchewan the Christian Community of Universal Mrothcrhood have purchased 10,- 16j acres of fertile land at $25 an acre. Many members who left this province three years ago are now returning, having satisfied themselves that they cannot do better than btay on the prairie lands. Another tract in Saskatchewan that has just been purchased for settlement comprises 15,000 acres. Tho price at which this land has bcert secured has not been made known. This land is specially suited fof dairying and diversilicd~f:irming, and it is .understood that farmers of Minnesota. Wisconsin and llinois arc interested in it. Near Lethbridge, Alberta, a 1700- acrc farm has just been sold to A small party of Mennonitc farmers for a hundred thousand dollars. No Shortage :.n Canada ISo By Mall If not procurable from .your dealer, write THE LEEMING MiLES CO., LIMITED I *!M��ttfifm ALU" 4 St. Lawrence Montreal, Quo. "/���- iXxXXXxM��yXxxx$8k IHE JJaXDQM* immKQQ& X* A Democracy and '���American Schools Only 8 I*er Cent, of. the Germans Are Admitted to the Higher Schools The reason why German education, which has often been described as tm^most successful system of education in the world, has left the German nation without ariibition or initiative in public matters is fully set forth in the latest addition to the University of Chicago war papers, by Director Charles Hubbard Judd, of the .School of Education. The fact is that only 8 per cent, of the Germans are admitted to the higher schools. The great masses of the people are given a very limited eight-year course in the common school and are then sent out into the trades without the possibility of entering any of the higher schools and ac-. cordingly wi'tharft the possibility of entering any of the higher callings. The boy who goes to the common school can never be a doctor, or a lawyer, or an officer in the army. In America, and to a less degree in democratic England, the sharp division between the higher schools and the common schools has been overcome, especially in thc last half- century. In England pupils may transfer from thc common school to the higher school by passing examinations. In the United States and Canada the high school is open to everyone who has completed the work of the common school. The American system of education owes its present form to the fact that in the American colonies there was no aristocracy distinct from the common people. There could not develop in this country two distinct schools such as Germany has, because all the people had common interests and their children all belonged equally to the one democratic society. Thc American school is a continuous, free school, open alike ��� to boys and girls. Perhaps the fact that girls have been given a higher education in this country is one of the clearest evidences that the colonists were democratic in their beliefs and institutions. Europe has been very slow to admit, girls to higher education. It was American women who first broke into the German universities. Even today girls and _ women have only limited opportunities of education in public institutions of higher learning in Germany. DOUGLAS*. SSL MFANTflTABLEis sS & ^i %s& Ma���� Teething FORMERLY THENNEQUINS t m FOR BASIES AND SMALL CHILDREN 1 rOUDIeS Contain no harmful drugs. 25c per box or 5 boxes by mail on receipt of $1.00. Douglas & Co., Napanee, Ont. sr Kill Off the Insect Pests Instructions for i Combating the Garden Variety ' s Chewing insects are destroyed by spraying the plants upon which they ���feed with an arsenical poison. Paris green or arsenate of lead. Of these, Arsenate of lead is the best and more extensively usd. Arsenate may bc. obtained in a paste or powdered form. |if you use large quantities get the -.tt'aste fqrm, but where small quantities are used the powdered form is pest. The paste hardens and deteriorates while the powder keeps its jftrength. The powdered form may DC dusted upon the plant, or, when a itpray pump is available, made into paste and then diluted with water, A large tablespoonftt! is enough for a gallon of water. If it is-strong ^nough it should leave a white film on the leaf when dry. All chewing Insects can bc killed with poison. "J'Jje cut worms which chew on the stems and roots of vegetables at the (Surface of the ground, arc killed by Scattering a bran mash poisoned with Arsenate <\i lead on the . ground afound the plant. The cut worm will C'&t this poisoned bran. ��� Cabbage, cauliflower, etc., should not be sprayed with arsenate just before thcy arc lo bc eaten. In such cases hellebore can bc dusted upon tlift plant, or use a tablespoonful in k quart of water spraying. Sucking insects such as the aphis, plant lice, scale insects,'mealy bugs, fnttcs, red spiders, etc., are killed by Spraying the insect and plant with 'kerosene emulsion or some other foilislic solution. Fine dust sprinkled generously on plant attacked b3' the fcphis" will kill the insects by smothering llienv -v Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. r:>\ Avoid Harsh Pills! Doctors Condemn Them . Most Pills unfortunately are harsh and drastic;, they cause inflammation An Experiment With Tomatoes Growing on Large Scale on Irrigated Land Near Lethbridge An interesting experiment is being carried out this year, on one of the irrigated farms near Lethbridge, Alberta. Four acres of tomatoes have been set out -and the outdoor growing of this vegetable will be given a thorough tryout. If conditions are favorable, an enormous crop, running into tons may be' expected, -and if this proves to be the case it is not impossible that the experiment may lead to greater efforts in the growing* pf canning vegetables in this district, and the future establishment of a canning industry in this irrigation area. Tomatoes havc been grown in thc opjMi successfully for many years by many gardeners throughout Western Canada. This is believed lo be the lirst attempt to produce them on a larger commercial scale. There seems to bc no i\'ason why the experiment should not prove a pronounced success. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc. Regarding the Crow Useful Qualities Overbalances Its Objectionable Traits A bill of_ indictment stands against the crow, its charge sheet marked with divers'offences for which a plea of guilt in some instances cannot be avoided. Concerning certain of the alleged crimes, evidence in rebuttal of the crow's misdemeanors may bc tendered. The crow; '' Canada West's first springtime feathered visitor, is a member of the carrion species of that numerous family. A British ballad of early century authorship, describes the crow as a traitor towards the ���smaller denizens of the air. The claim is made that a crow's epicurean propensity demands toll of the barn yard chickens and eggs, together with much prairie chicken, partridge a��d wild duck. Is it not possible thc weasel is responsible for more damage among .the nests than is accorded that blood-thirsty animal? The rat is not without guilt in this respect, also. Another and most capable thief is thc skunk, which can devour more hen eggs during a single night than a crow could demolish Germany's Labor Army German Military Authorities Lay Stress on Value of Their Prisoners "Our growing labor army," is the description applied by thc Huns tb their prisoners of war. According to a communique in the latest. Berlin papers, Germany and her vassals between them now hold 3,575,000 prisoners, For the first time the German military authorities lay stress on the supreme valtf6 of their prisoners as man-power for industry and agriculture. They arc so numerous, it is asserted, that they . go far toward compensating Germany for the men she has had to withdraw from peaceful pursuits for active military service. "The longer the"war lasts," thc communique adds, "the more adaptable these prisoners become to the work assigned them, and the more useful to ns." Huns have a majestic awe of big figures. Thus it is explained for their edification that the "labor army" in prisoner camps is numerically greater than the whole male working-class population of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden combined, "and is equivalent to one-fifth the total number of working men Jn Germany before the war." YES! MAGICALLY! CORNS LIFT OUT For Hair and Skin Health Cuticura is Supreme If you use Cuticura Soap for everyday toilet purposes, with touches of Cuticura Ointment now and then as needed to soothe and heal the first pimples, redness, roughness or scalp irritation you will have as clear a complexion and as good hair as it is possible to havc. Sample Each Free by Mail. Address post- Card: "Cuticura, Dept. N, Boaton. U. S. A." Sold by dealers throughout the world. < ������p, ' i i A Splendid Opportunity Live Stock Raising in Western Canada Is a Profitable Business The present is an opportune time o get into the live stock business, I WITH PIMPFDQ f I The latest available statistics indi- I III I ll riNULIXO I cate that there will be a great dearth t f of butchers' and breeding cattle all ���"���"""""" over hurope when the war ends. You say to the drug store man, "Give me a small bottle of freezonc." This will cost very little but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's feet. A few drops of this new ether compound applied directly upon a tender, aching corn relieves thc soreness instantly, and soon the entire corn or callus, root and all, dries up and can be lifted off with the fingers. This new way to rid one's feet of corns was introduced by a Cincinnati man, who says that fre-zonc dries in a moment, and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without irritating the surrounding skin. Don't let father die of infection or lockjaw frooi whittling at his corns, but clip this out and make him try it. If you. druggist hasn't ar.y free- zone tell hifih to order a small bottle fiom his wholesale drug house for you. rop Sixty-five million head is the csti mate of losses there, not including the losses in Austria, Russia, and Turkey. Probably the grand total at the present time is not less than One hundred million, and before the war is concluded the total loss will b'e considerably greater. The European herds will require replenishing. Naturally, the continent of America will be looked to to play commonwealth That I their fathers and brothers saved Carrying the Torch Forward From An Address by Sir Walter Raleigh of the University of Oxford In any case, whether wo win through to real peace and real security, or whether we are thrown back on an armed peace and the duly of) unbroken vigilance, we shall he de- i pendent for our future on the. children who are now learning in the \ schools or playing in the streets. It h k good dependence. The children ' today arc better than the children - om I knevt when I was a child. 1 think they have more intelligence and sympathy; they certainly have more public spirit. Wc cannot do loo much for thcin. Thc most that we can do is nothing to what they are going lo do for us, for their own nation and people. 1 am jiot concerned lo discuss rue education problem. Formal education, carried on chiefly by means of books, is a V*ery small part of the making of a man or a woman. But 1 am interested to know what thc children are thinking. Vou cannot fathom a child's thoughts, but we know who are their best teachers, and what lessons have been stamped indelibly on their minds. Their teachers, whom they never saw. and whose lessons they will never forget, lie in graves in Flanders und France and (iallipoli and Syria and Mesopotamia, or tinbnried at thc bottom of the sea. The runner falls, but tln*lorch is carried forward. This is what Julian Grenfcll, who gave his mind and his life to the war, has said in his splendid poem called "Into Battle": And life is color and warmth and light. And a striving evermore for these: And he is dead who will not fight And.who dies lighting hath increase. Those who die fighting will have such increase that a whole new generation, better even than the old, will be ready, no long time hence, lo up- _ hold and extend and decorate the; of nations which SMOKE -fueKElfTS: 'G;OT'V.'F;iNI^ COOK'S COTM ROOT COMPOUND A taft, rdlalle n/ulallnj man cine. Sold in three decree* ot strength. No. 1, $1; No. 2. til No. 3, J5 per box. Sold by all druggists, or sent prepaid In plain package on receipt ol price. Free pamphlet AddreM THE COOK MBDICINE CO Tomnlo.OnL Cftnw/VJVJnAwr THI BAPI .ON&WM vi^ANaRni roUOMACo. ��, ��������MAKaj\t have., materially decreased iii milk and flesh the results from feeding will at first be .disappointing.-ami will continue Sfi. until the . i-'iws .'regain iibriiial condition.. This fact cNplaius many, of the apparently 'poor rvsulis from 'es- fra-feeding;;. The amount.pi feed necessary tunn I began taking Favorite Preoption.* It soon gave phauage was found to have been ran-1 on the other we arc asked to wear sacked by. its starving inmates, and ( our old clothes until., thc war""is o\er. physicians who _ visited the place ; ],-, this wa-> we are between the Kai- . . , . , T found several of tiie children sheer, qor ami \l,r: deep sea.���Hamilton critical pertod I wag^ skojplQn<, j Time.-. '* ' Prof. Franz F. Ilrin, the widilv-| " flashes and diMT : K"���1! ^ono}},i."t- ""t'".* ip t'jej The fn��t hritine needles nnsneH a. u (�� uitir , p 1������rl.Pl,fr /runner nt \fum.-li , - clunt-y ��uc were know a nervous wreok and . suffered with hot fx.' Rayerisrher Zeitung. of Munich, j warns the Germans that the coming ���week* will he harder than any that ,!u\c parsed ai'd piotVssr.s to foresee a general parahsis in the supply ol ' w In ..i were made of wire, and thcy- iti Krijland in 1551. Still Here Ti. Ch: ok man who h.V h>m< deliriu:., igo thcy Sell a storv of a j jus* emerged from ; 'the Economy Husband���Have you done | best to economize lh;- month, Nfary, 'as I requested. Who ibrightlO���Oh. ye*: J spoke | n,9\ei;ef an,} it was lo* long wh' gtroD? and health*. ' Favorsta Preserip- ' landlord, and gr>t ll-cin to put off j t;onr was gurelv a gieat belp to bip and : "W'J'cte atn 1"" he asked. very iV.'hh ..ii in1 fell tli'"" lo\ im i> hands making him comfortable, "Where ant 1: In lieaNe'ii"'" "Xo, di.iri", t.od his wlic gently. ���-xmiami'x these concerts. The .scheme, has Iin-j ally widened its scope until on' Thursdays at Si.einway Hall '���������there-; are regular "All-l>iilis!r" concerts in which no less than 251 new compositions have been produced, lie-ides there havc been open air concen.- as well as hospital conceits for wounded sailors and soldiers, concin.- at ramps and Y.M.l'.A, Las! summer i by permission of Admiral Sir U.i\id) and I.ady Heatty the open air" con-_ cen- took placi' during the summer ' and carl\ autumn in t'1-'' gardens of I Hanover Lodge every Saturday aft- ! ernoon. Soldier; and sailors in ur.i- | form are always admitted free iiiid I tho'c in hospnals receive crnnpli-,1 nienlary tickets. The. Viscountess Helnislcy has thc movement in I charge. I There has been a regular supply of | entertainment for convalescent sol-; dier- in I'arada ever since their iirst j apprarar.ee. but nothing so sy.-t-mia- ' tie and 1'jr-reas i'.i'.ig in ils scope as ] thc Lou-Jon conceit-. Onr so.'n^iy���' the "W'oi.km's An Society of ]\lont-j Tal���has. ".however, roni.ii.--d i:.- pat-i liotic relief work to aiuii,', artists1 who found lhcir livelihood th-i-aten- ed and alarmingly uiri.ni-i.--d by the. \'-ir. lu i.iUi-ig furiU ���������>;��� thi- very! con-id. rai>_i- relicf voire tiie society | !:a��i provided sc\.ra!-d^k'tlmY.'. even-1 ing !e.-'.;;-i-- -hy " pni' muit person-i age-��� among o'.'.cj-. iii aiwillc Dark-' er. - ; 'T Pi am >\ ine--.' 11 \'-iii -\ aiteotiv er I Mitels*! sending in their bilii jill jkx.', j.wujh. j j am gja,j to rP,.0ii!iii?nd it.! ���Stray StO��eS, ljt ^T^j, til g��nt 4.3*4, -Mm. L.' 1 's Proof Positive' , fudge���The complaint against a on j that you deserted your wife. ] Prisoner���1 ain'L a deserter, judge:] ;,. a refug. e. "I.QO^ a', this black ; e,���JJs>��to�� Tnnscniii. 1 Escape from Germany A lieri-i.ii, ;.��>���'.-��� 1 if :>:.���"! I 1- :\ ; ��� 1 ��� I a Danish is*.,r.d i:i Thzy made lei ir ' ij". ir.\~ i", a =���!�����'I 1 jh.-.ve" /!)-.-������ i_ ,-:���- i t ienr.-i ��� ri---' -.i- -. tion has b. c:: m.^-i il IsSlwi'ic-.i ofti- r(_.������-'.ed "STooii. : -��� JJaltio Se��. j ripe irom G?r- , - The couple In j:;.-. ��o! _- 1.. Fra: had 14.^73 boMh? of hair o; the I -di..-i S.-hii-s' :';���"���'.. . Ingtfom's MilKmeed Ct0am When youth takes flight on the wings of years beauty of complex- ion goes too,.unless you give your skin proper and daily care, Use of Ingram's Milkweed Cream will enable you to appear youthful when -you are no longer young. Its distinctive remedial ���Reel upon th�� tissues of the skin keeps tht complexion colorful, soft and freo from blemish. It does actually "health��fy"and beautify yourcom�� ' plexion. Since 1S8S there's bean nothing else'Just as good." Taka no other. Two sires,3t)c and $i.O0. W��rm 'day��, houitholld ����������.rk, ��r. d kitchen heat, All cause pcrsp:TAtion ar.d ahmj*, oily ��iin. You can&vo:.3 thin by uting tnes-am'a Veli'eota Souveraine Face Po��-de:-.50e. It blend* psrfeetl)��- with the complexion. A liftht touch hides Jittle biemiahea. make* your complexion arcooth, soft and Raw!::*. A fall lire of Ingram"* toilet products, including Zeicnta for the teeth, 25.?, I* at your drueeiat'a. A Picture With Each Purchase Each time ycu buj" a package of Ir.- ��ra:i:'a To.let aii* or Perfume yevr druggist w:ll��ive ycy^without charge, alareepf>rtraiio4 a v. orld famcU motion picture a^treit.f Ei;h time you set-* different portrait ss j ourauejcolltt- tljn for your home. A��i j-;ur dru^etit. F. F. larrara Co., WWior, OnUrio xM -XyiM Xm m ��i THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. X HE LEDGE x. p. year strictly iu advance, or ��-.50 ���11 not paid for three months. If not 1 for until the end of the year it is $3. - always ��2.50 a ycar to the United .les in advance. R. T. LOYVERY. Editor and Financier ADVERTISING RATES -iX'Hnquent Co-Owner Notices $25.00 C al and Oil Notices 700 Hstn-.y Notices 3.00 Curds of Thanks 1.00 Ce: iiiic.-.le of Improvement 12.50 ���'Vhvre more than one claim ap- yjars ir notice, $5.00 for each additional claim.) All other legal advertising, 12 cents a line first insertion, and S cents a line for each subsequent insertion, nonpariel .c\e.isi:reuient. SB II:; who lias no desire id always Cunli'P. \'d. Ci'i.tJ s!oru��c cjjgs in some cases aic vuli'.nido as wtir bombs. i'ur: naino of Vimy Ridge has a tiioivvii.d memories for Canudiaus. Tni: lion is ti favored bird. She newr needs gold crowns for her teeth. It is reported that tho kaiser ���; 'ts hi-: idea of Qod by the tiiirror. looking iu 'Im: war brings some blessings. The American newspapers are to he cut down in size. "YVati and prohibition is fast making the hobo, a memory of the hungry phanlon of fc'ae past. IXk meat, salt and sugar sparine;';,-, and your health will be better, and your pocket fuller. iv you wish to avoid catching ."[jani.-h influenza muzzle your nose .d lips when you kiss one of the ���ponte ��>x. Ix f-'ome parts of the States bare- '?od women attend political meet- ;;-. and in some towns the halls ve being enlarged. Tin; Detroit News says that is excitement among the suf- ttes in Washington. Excite-' .���nt hut no bustle. i-t -ie re -'"A'jy It is reported that several TJ -fit-- '-ifiieers have recently been .���n in New York saloons. No i-vX-b pinking' schooners of beer. Waves of Thought i Editor, Tin-: Leuok, Gkkicnwood, 15.C. Dear Sir:���Will you kindly permit a few words of comment on an item in yonr issue of August 15, the writer of which, after enumerating a number of diseases from which General Vou lliudenburg is reported to have suffered, concluded: "He should try Christian Science, and just think thai he is in Paris." The intended wit of the paragraph was lost, in that it fell wide of the mark. Christian Science does not teach that mortals can change their conditions simply by thinking they are changed. Ou the other hand, one could not be aware of any condition, either as good or bad, apart from mental cognizance. In his epistle to the Galatians, St. Paul classifies the right and wrong thoughts of men as spiritual aud material; but neither the Scriptures or Christian .Science teach that a man can make himself good simply by thinking that he is good, nor that one can become healthy by just thinking that hc is healthy. Such au assumption i.s the antipode of Christian Science, which teaches thrit human experience can be permanently improved only by the regeneration ol the human consciousness; and this is a process lhat calls fur vastly more than the exercise of human will. It means the renunciation of evil, and the adoption of good as the basis of thought and life. SAMfljr. GUKENWOOD. Victoria, August 21. [ICvidently the humor of the Hindenburg item was partly lost upon Mr. Greenwood. We agree with him when he says that a man cannot make himself good or healthy by just thinking that he is "g����d or healthy. Without action thought availelh little. Evil is merely too much or too little of anything. It is excess or starvation that causes all our troubles. Some people even have too much Christian Science, and others not enough. Too much art, age, war, food, music, drink money, poetry, religion, etc. etc. makes degenerates of us all. Too little has about the same effect, so keep in the middle road of moderation, be happy, and live iu one sphere at a time. Painting pictures ol an unknown future, from the myths of the past, with the brush of superstition, has camouflaged the world for centuries with, a mental barrage. Be good but do not find fault with the chap who is mushing along a different trail to the New Jerusalem. Although Christian Science was founded by a great egotist, and all great egotists are said to be insane, we admire its optimistic teachings. It believes iu the good aud hands you love, life and truth in sweet packages, devoid of awe, pomp, hell, brimstone and ceremony so strikingh- e.videut iu the old-line churches. It is a new, short, and sugar- paved road to heaven, and that is why, in this age of speed, so many pilgrims are docking to ils temples. However, we once asked a prominent Scientist what lie thought about his church, especially its healing department. "Finest in the world, Colonel; but don't make yourself a damn fool over it."���Ed. Ledge.] Bv reading a dramatic paper we notice.that the.Germs have not yet captured East Lynne . or Uncle Ton-,";- Cabin. Both are still some- where in America. T.v.the live language of modern da'yH. the Germs are going on the 'hog" very fast, and in great'danger .of-losing their bacon. 'Their Ham got-a'wfiv from them last month. Some men wear gas masks, when they go home late at night from.the dub. This prevents their breath from perfuming the parlor, and also renders them immune from the deadly effect of high explosive curtain lectures. Our Friend Jimmy Jimmy Copland was in town last Friday, his first visit for many moons. A year ago he fell down the embankment near his home, and laid there all night being unable to reach his cabin until a passer-bj' noticed him iu the morning. His thigh was injured and he was confined to bed for a long timp, and lost 20 pounds iu weight. This summer he has washed some gold out of a fork of Rock Creek, besides staking a chromite claim. Jimmy will be SO years old next 4th of July, and has had a varied aud romantic career. When quite youug he placered in Calaveras county, California, about GO miles from Stockton. He sold a good claim tor a few dollars, and joined the rush to the Fraser river in 1858. He mined at Hill's Bar for a time and then pushed on to Rock Creek in 1SC0 with GOO others. After that Barkerville, Big Bend, Cassiar, Omineca aud other golden spots in the west. Jimmy is one of the few survivors of the baud of red-blooded trail blazers of GO years ago. He says that he will never die, but expects to gradually dry up until he is light enough to jump into ethereal space and help the angels rock golden sunshine out of tho clouds. Good boy, Jimmy! But when yoa reach that camp where the rocks are all diamonds, the atmospl ere all sunshine, the sounds all music and the scenery all flowers be sure and stake a full claim for the Colonel in the middle of the angel belt, with plenty of room for extensions. Ayu now the barbetB in New York talk about charging 50 cents for a hair cut. They are Blow, compared to B.C., where the price bar- bcfn ">0 cents or more for a generation. Mamma, get your shear ii Laj-t-month 24 Canadian editors ���re'turru'd from viewing the rude arid unpleasant conditions prevailing in France. They did nob kill anybody, and most of them kept .-ohf-r all the time. The country is pnnid of their record. < Ir in quite probable that a big 1 ombing air raid on Berlin would t"iul feo end the war in a few days. At this5 distance it is difficult to understand why no bombs have been dropped on Berlin. Hit the heart, and the rest is easy. " Tin: American soldiers object to h'-ir.g railed Sammies,- although ���no never heard the British soldiers jret to being called Tommies. r.ere is not much to a name ��� yway. except in the police court . it the bottom of a cheque. v America, in order to help along ��� war in favor of the AHife��\ ,.:iv v. '/men are wearing socks. 1:.-'read cf long stockings, bat few 1 ; thorn' as yet have discarded (T-f-iF. This is second-band in- ���; in ation furnished n?. but we ,���( uo reason to doubt the ver- . ��� i-y of the statement. To "Keep'Out the Flies Any odor pleasing to man is offensive to the fly and vice versa, and will drive them away. Take five cents' worth of oil of lavender, mix it with the same quantity of water, put it in a common glass, atomizer and spray it around the rooms where flies are. In the dining room spray it lavishly even on the. table linen.; The odor is . very disagreeable to flies but refreshing to most people. Geranium, : mignonette, heliotrope and white clover are offensive to flies. They especially dislike the odor of. honeysuckle and hop blossoms. According to a French scientist flies have7 intense hatred for the color blue. Rooms decorated iu blue will help to keep out the flies. To clear the house of flies, burn pyrethrum powder. This stupefies the flics, but they must be swept up and burned. Cheating Going* On Courteous Wild Beasts On reading in the Sun that German newspapers* are indignant because American soldiers are using shotguns, I was reminded of a "card-shark" in Leadville in '79. He had held out a big hand for a killing and had it ttuck in the top of his boot. Finally he got his bank roll into a big pot and reach^ ed for his holdout to switch in, bub found it gone. ''Hold on!" he yelled. UI ain't going to playin this game���t-here'o cheating going on."���E. J. Riggs, New York Sun. Worth Waiting For "Alas! I have nothing to live for now!'' wailed the reacted lover. '���Oh, pshaw!"' returned tlie practical maiden. "Better stick around i until the kaiser is hanged." Just as one dog will respect another dog's bone, so even the fiercest wild beasts have their on- written laws and their little conventions. One common idea which has found its way into thousands of books of adventure is that the lion and tiger take advantage of the insistent call of fehirsfe to get a supper. That is to Bay, they go down to the water-pool, fehe only one for miles around, take a good drink themselves, aud then lie in wait for some gazelle or giraffe or ibex coming there for a like purpose, in order to spring upon the poor creature whilst in the act of drinking aud making a meal of it. Yet this is a libelous estimate of wild beast character. The fact is that there is a sort of truce afe the water-hole in jungle and forest. As far as killing is concerned, the drinking place is out of bounds. There is an invisible notice-board on its banks which says: "Live and Let Live,'' and is implicitly obeyed. There is an order of precedence. The. rhinocerous gets first drink. He is the king of the forest jungle. Then comes the elephant. When he has lowered the tide-mark and made tho water more like coffee than anything else, the big pussycats stroll down to quench their ardent tongues���-bhe lions, thejeo- pards, the tigerfl, the jaguars and pumas. Meanwhile the shy animals, the giraffes, deer, springboks, and even the buffaloes, although fehey are a match for a lion, stand in the background and wait till the car- ii iv'ora have done. But the latter itever prevent their approach to the water or waylay them on their retirement. And that is better manners���aye, and better morals��� than many men show. HOW FAR WOULD YOU DRIVE FOR A FIVE DOLLAR BILL? From now until the 10th ot Sept., we will fcive you $11.00 worth of merchandise for every $10,00 cash purchase. 10 per cent discount for cash, NO INCREASE IN PRICES-NO CATCHES We just want you to get acquainted with us and our brand new, fresh, snappy line of groceries, dry goods and hardware as well as a corking line of soft drinks full of life and pepp, Remember 10 cents off on every dollars worth Pleased to meet you at The Myncaster Mercantile Company Hotel Building - - - Myncaster, B.C. 0000��0000��<>0000<>(>0<>00����000^ For Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Cut Glass, Silverware, Etc. GO TO TIMBERLAKE. SON & CO. 'THE QUALITY JEWELLERS" Bridge Street. Next Telephone Exchange, GRAND FORKS Specialty: Fine Watch Repairs. oooooooooo<>oo<>ooooooooooo<>ooo<>o<>o<>o<>o<>ooo Church Notice A Brother's Privilege "No, Mr. Dobley," said the sweet girl, "I can only he a sister to you." ���'Well, then,' he Bftvagelyre- plied, as he heard a:vsubdired chuckte, "as your brother, ��� I claim the privilege of; lying: under the sofa while yoii make fools of the other fellows." "Little Willie, who for some months bad always ended his evening prayer with "Please send me a bvby brother." announced to bis mother that he was tired of.pray- i ig for what he did not get, and lhat he did not believe God.had any more little boys to send. Nofe The Inland Mining Ca. of Waliaj jong afterwards he was carried Walla, Wash, has bought the i jnt0 his mother's room early in the Eureka rain<: r.car NVlson for ' morning to see his twin brothers, 865,000. Thi- mine produces cop-! wjl0 bat3 arrived during tbe night. per gr.ld aud .-iiver. J.J. Malone j Willie lookpd afe the two babies \i manager for th". ncw company, 'critically and then remarked: ''It's and B3rney Crilly .superintendent a good thing I stopped praying of tbe minn, ' when I did." HEAR THE SCOTCH EVANGELIST Robert Mc*Munlo at the Presbyterian church, Midway, Sunday evening, Sept. 8that7:3o. Some church members are like a wheelbarrow. They will ouly go as far as you push them. Pals The editor of American Magazine asked Private Peat one day to tell him fehe most tender, gentle thing he ever knew a soldier to do. He answered: "After fehe first gas attack at Ypres, in April 1915, I was knocked oufe for a while and was in the clearing station afe Melville. One day as I was lying fehere on a stretcher a poor, miserable soldier came in. He wae covered with mud and blood. He was minus his overcoat and his tunic was torn by shrapnel. He was 3oaked to the bone, for ife was raining, and ho was shivering wifeh cold and pain. The nurse hurried to him and asked what had become of his overcoat. 'Oh! he said, his teeth chattering, 'my pal was tilled back there, and he looked so cold, lying there in tho rain, I took off my coat and put it over him." In Eugland eggs are $1.20 a dozen, apples 30 cents a pouDd, halibut 75 cents a pound, and chickens 78 cents a pound. ^Nearly all other foodstuffs are abont the same as they are in B.C. Notice On and after the first of September, the undersigned will charge 8 cents a pint for milk, and 15 cents a qnart. Cream 80 cents a quart. Whipped ibreatn, $1.00 a quart. JEROME McDONELL MRS.' A. R. ROYCE . . TONY KROUTEN To Miners, Contractors, Etc ______ ^ A contract for driving 500 feet of-Tun- nel, size 10x12 and 5oo feet of crosscut, size 8 x 9, at the Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, B. C. will be made with responsible parties. Specifications may be obtained on application to the undersigned. - A further contract of 500 feet of both tunnel and crosscut will be considere don completion of the above. SUPERINTENDENT, The Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co Sullivan Mines, Kimberley, B.C. H. McKEE GREENWOOD COAL AND WOOD AGENT FOR LETHBRIDGE COAL oocooooooooooooooooooooo T. THOMAS CLOTHES CLEANED PRESSED AND REPAIRED TAILOR - GREENWOOD OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ASSAYER E. W. WIDDOWSON, Assayer and Chemist, Box biio8, Nelson, B. C. Charges:���Gold, Silver, Lead or Copper $1 each. Gold-Silver, (single assay) $100. Goid-Silver (duplicate assay) $1.50. Silver-Lead $1.50 Silver-Lead- Zinc $3.00. Charges for other metals etc on application. Cbe Central Gotel PHOENIX. One of the largest hotels in the city. Beautiful location, fine rooms and tasty meals. A. O. JOHNSON PROP. NELSON HOUSE NELSON, B.C. This hotel is operated on the European plan, and rooms can be obtained from 50 cents a night upwards. The Cafe never closes, night or day, and within its portals you can obtain everything i.n'seasonj from turtle soup to roast turkey, Do not forget this when visiting the metropolis of ��� Kootenay. '.. ' JELI JULIEN, PROPRIETOR Monuments. KOOTENAY GRANITE and MONUMENTAL CO.. LTD. Front St. Next to City Hall, NELSON .::_i^p;/p.^ox^ds;^y:^^ x Satisfaction|>;Guarantee^ Estimates Given on ail; Kinds of ���X Granite and Marble Work { PHONE 13 Auto and horse Stages Leave Greenwood Twice Daily to Meet Spokane and Oroville Trains, Autos For Hire. The Finest Turnouts in the Boundary. Light and Heavy Draying Palace Livery And Stage GREENWOOOD. B.C W. H. DOCKSTEADER, Ppop. British Columbia has been here a long time so has the B. C. Cigar. Absolutely Guaranteed, Clear Havana Filled, The Cigar that never varies. , , . Have you tried onelately n WILBERG&W0LTZ B.C. CIGAR FACTORY NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. SYNOPSIS OF LAND ACT AMENDMENT" Pre-emption now confined to surveyed lands only. Records will be granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purposes and which is non-timber land. Partnership pre-emptions abolished, but parties of not more than four may arrange for adjacent pre-emptions, with Joint, residence, but each making necessary Improvements on respective claims. Pre-emptors must occupy claim:;; for Ave years and make improvements to value of ?10 per acre, including clearing and cultivation, of at least 5 acres, before receiving Crown Grant. Where pre-emptor in occupation not less than 3 years, and has mado proportionate Improvements, he may, because of ill-health or other cause, be granted intermediate certificate of improvement and transfer his claim. Records without permanent residence may be issued provided applicant makes improvements to extent of S300 per annum and records" same each year. Failure to make Improvements or record same will operate as forfeiture. Title cannot be obtained on these claims In less than 6 years, with Improvements t>f $10 per acre, including 5 acres cleared and cultivated, and reKidencc of at least .2 years.. Pre-emptor holding Crown Grant may record another pre-emption, If he re- ?ulres land In conjunction with his arm, without actual occupation, provided statutory Improvements made and residence, maintained bn Crown granted land. .-..''��� Unsurveycd areas, not exceeding 20 acres, may be leased as homesltes; title to bo obtained after'fulfilling residential and-improvement conditions. . For grazing and industrial purposes, areas e��eediny640 acres may be leased by one person or company.- PRE-EMPTORS! FREE GRANTS ACT. ���v The-scope of: this Act is enlarged to include all persons Joining and serving with His Majesty's F :ces., The time within /which .theJu'.r.' or devisees of a deceased pre-emptor. .may .apply for title under this. Act is, extended from one year from the de.-.th of such person, as formerly, until o.:o year���" after tho conclusion of the presentvwar.-:.This privilege is also made retroactive..:;.. TOWNSITE PROPERTY ALLOTMENT ACT. Provision is made for the grant to persons holding uncompleted Agreements to Purchase from the Crown of such proportion of the land, if divisible, as the payments already made will cover in proportion to the sale price of the whole parcel. Two or more persons holding such Agreements may group their interests and apply for a proportionate allotment jointly. If it is not considered advisable to divide the land covered by an application for a proportionate allotment, an allotment of land of equal value selected from available Crown lands In the locality may be made. These allotments are conditional upon payment of all taxes due the Crown or to any municipality. The rights "of persons to whom the purchaser from the Crown has agreed to sell are also protected. The decision of the Minister of Lands in respect to the adjustment of a proportionate allotment is final. The time for making application for these allotments Is limited to the 1st day of May, 1919. Any application made after this date will not be considered. These allotments apply to town Iota and lands of the Crown sold at public auction. For information apply to any Pr win- da! Govarament Agent or to O. R. NADEN. BaeotT UlaiaUr ot Linda, VtetortaTB. a P. BURNS & CO. CANADA FOOD BOARD LICENSE NO. 113 Dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats, Pish and Poultry. Shops in nearly all the towns of the Boundary and Kootenay. COPPER STREET, GREENWOOD, B.C. X Windsor Hotel Greenwood, B.C. The Windsor Hotel is one of the oldest and most comfortable hotels in the red metal metropolis. It is located in the heart of the city, and convenient to all business houses, Heated with steam and electricity, Fine sample rooms. Many of the bedrooms contain electric heaters* The bar is replete with modern beverages. Hot coffee, sandwiches, and light lunches always ready. Touch the wire if you want rooms reserved. sc ��C ^ 4* 4"��"&,4'*$**$'*$"&"$* 4* i,4,4,4,4"i,4,4'4,,$"!,4�� 54 I Cbe fiume Rotel | t nelson, B.C '* The only up^to^date Hotel in the interior, in every respect, ��� First-class * ��� ... : ..... = - :.- :. V; ... 4* Hot and Cold Water; Steam Heat and Telephone in CENTRALLY LOCATED each room. ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATHS. CUISINE AND SERVICE THE BEST: First Class Cafe and Barber Shop 15 SAMRLE ROOMS ��� Steam Heated; Electric Lighted. 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