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The oldest mining camp newspaper in British Columbia. ; The Ledge was published in Greenwood, in the Kootenay Boundary region of southern British Columbia. The Ledge was published by James W. Grier until 1907, and was subsequently published by R. T. Lowery (1907-1920) and G. W. A. Smith (1920-1929). The paper's longest-serving editor was R. T. Lowery (1906-1926), a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. The Ledge absorbed the Boundary Creek Times in April 1911, and was published under a variant title, the Greenwood Ledge, from August 1926 to May 1929.
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XXXX'XyxXxXXMm^M Mi 0Jiy~- A, <>H r**> V TnE DQE THE OLDEST MINING CAMP NEWSPAPER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Voi,. XXIV. GREBNWOOD, B. C, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1918. No. 45 Make Home Attractive BY FILLING IT WITH OUR Substantial Furniture, Artistic Pictures, Soft Carpets, and Elegant Crockery Plenty ef Oils. Harware and Tinware In stock NAIL ORDERS solicited From all points of the Compass T. M. GULLEY & CO. New location���Russell-Law Caulfield Building PHONE 28 X~~ GREENWOOD, B.C. MACLEOD FLOURING MILLS CELEBRATED PRODUCTS 1 One Quality Only- THE BEST SCRATCH FEED WITH SHELL AND BONE MIXED DR. RUSK'S CELEBRATED CHICK FEED SOLE AGENT FOR GREENWOOD AND DISTRICT I Wm. C. ARTHURS, GREENWOOD CITY BAKERY FLOUR AND FEED STORE m 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. x i l $ P. B^RNS & CO. Dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish and Poultry. Shops in nearly all the towns of the Boundary and Kootenay. COPPER STREET, GREENWOOD, B. C. The Consolidated Mining & Smelting Go. 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 THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE sr edmund; walker; CVjO;. LL.D ���. DXL. President SIR JOHN AIRD. General Manager - H. V. F. JONES, Ass't Gen'L Manager CAPiTALPAib Up.$15,ooo,000 1^ Reserve Fund, ... $13,500,000 Tr x :��������� MmNGxmmmmx-xxx Every effort Is jnade' ,4q> _^itovJci^M ^!^A'^3^?I^, ��2f��^i:;S?re^^ :*sx Insurance Life, Fire, Health and Accident , Real Estate, Ranches and Mining Brokers AUCTIONEERS SMITH <& KING GREENWOOD. - B. C. FOR THE SPRING TIME RAINER'S SPECIAL A cooling Non-Alcoholic Beverage VAN LOO When You Want a Real Good Siuo! e Ask for a Van Loo Broker Fresh shipment of Bars, Marsh mallows and Gum just in AT Phone 4s IHUIR'S CIGAR STORE H. McKEE GREENWOOD COAL AND WOOD AGENT FOR LETHBRIDGE COAL oooooooooooooooooooooooooo T. THOMAS CLOTHES CLEANED PRESSED AND REPAIRED TAILOR - GREENWOOD ouo^ooooooeooooooooooooooo ASSAYER E. W. WIDDOWSON, Assayer and Chemist, Box ' biio8, Nelson, B. C. Charges:���Gold, Silver, Lead or Copper $1 each. Gold-Silver, (single assay) li.oo. Goid-Silver (duplicate assay) ji.50. Silver-Lead $1.50 Silver-Lead- Zinc #3.00. Charges for otlw metals etc on application. Christian Science service will be held in the MELLOR BLOCK on Sunday at 11 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; PHONE 13 Auto and Horse Stages Leave Greenwood Twice Daily to Meet Spokane and Oroville Trains Autos For Mire. The Finest Turnouts in the Boundary. Light and Heavy Graying Palace Livery And Stage GREENWOOOD. B.C GILLIS & ION, Proprietors. LAND REGISTRY ACT . (Section 24) IN THE MATTER of an application for duplicate certificate of title T��o. 12917a tssned to Emilv Wood covering-Lot's 17 and 18. Block 17, Miip 21, City of Greenwood. . NOTICE is liereby given that it is my intention ait tbe expiration of one month from tlie date of first'publication hereof to isnua a duplicate certificate of title coverinp the above lands in tlie name of Emily Wood unless in tbe meantime I shall receive valid objection tliere^ to in writing. .. D3tcd at the Land Rejjistrr Office, Kamloops, Ii.C., the l'tb, clay of May. A. D., 191S.. C. H. DUNBAR, ..; District Registrar X:- "Boys,' ��� said the Sunday school teacher, "can anyone tell me about Gpua;Friday?'^:V;^;- x yXi'x T& - "Yes-ni, T lean ^'''replied an urchin at the foot of .thexIass^^'He wag the guy what did ^heihpnse- work ; ���forX Robinsbri Crusoe^"'-���; Ju<3ge:.XiX'iixXy "STORE OF QUALITY" SEE MY STOCK OF New Summer Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Etc. The best Groceries in tlie country AT J. G. McMYNN MIDWAY - - B.C. Spring Suits At the Right Prices See Our Samples <> % W. Elson 8 Co & Greenwood THE KOOTENAY CRAETE & MONUMENTAL CO,, LTD. General Stone Contracting and Monumental Work Entirely in new hands and under new management We specialize in Monuments and guarantee satisfaction Douglas M. Ritchie, Manager Office and Show Rooms 507 Front St P. 0. BOX 875 NELSON. BC "Horses and Harness for sale; I "wo teams, weights approximately 3,000 lbs and 2, LOO lbs respectively. For description and prices write the Granby Con. M. S. & P. Co., Phoenix, B. C." Male Help Wanted "Wanted, capable experienced machine miners, for stope and drift work. Waugh machines, for northern gold mines, up coast, iu British Columbia. Steady employment for competent men. No labor troubles. $4.75 per 8 hours, less board $L day, good accomoad- tions, well equipped drying bouse, shower baths, etc, Transportation advanced from Vancouver to the mine, apply immediately, bring blankets, George Sells, Canadian Pacific Employment agency, 180 Powell Street, Vancouver, B.C. Cobalt, Ontario, is the premier silver mining camp of the world. In 14 year's it hag,produced silver valued at more than $151,000,000, on a basis of 55 eea^-s an ounce. That is goiiig some for mines iu Canada. It beats even the famous Slocan. Heard in a Flat '"Singing is said to benefit the health." "Indeed it does, Miss Howler next door drives us all 011b into tbe open air every Sunday afternoon." ���Sketch. Jack White's Letter Pte. Jack White, who lost his left, hand at Vimy Ridge, has been assisting in the sale of Liberty bonds in the States. In a recent letter lo a Greenwood friend, he says: "I have returned from the States to Toronto. I was kept busy across the line. I am proud of the fact that I did so well, for I sold thousands of bonds, and spoke, as -lnauy as eight timesX-a day. Tomorrow I start on another tour in the States on behalf of the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. The Americans are real good people; only they are great on the hot air.\ If talk amounts to anything they-would have won the warilong ago. -Believe me I sure: let; them know what Canadahas^clone^"^Lruen- tion Greenwood .eyerj;v4iaae, ;and show; thyv: watch.>rl-have, been offered several good positions in Cleveland,'i but Rafter this Red Cross drive is over; I think that I will come^back-to:;-Green wood; and stayuntil winter.'-;��� XXxix Around Home f There was a heavy frost Monday night in this valley. Jim Duffy is the new fireman on the Mother Lode run. It is hard fishing these chilly days without liquid bait. Lack of proper advertising has ruined many a merchant. Steel Pishing Rods from $2.00 to 88 SO. Coles Book Store. Cecil Martin of Phoenix has gone to Camp Lewis to enlist. Mrs. A. G. Snyder of Winnipeg, is visiting Mrs. J. V. Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kennedy of Trail were in town last week. E. Jacobs, the celebrated mining writer, is now in California. J. L. Coles is spending a week in Vancouver, visiting his family. Dr. Guy, motored to tbe coast last week. He will sell the car and enlist. Mrs. J. H. McNeil of Long Beach, California, is on a visit to Grand Forks. At the Porks Mrs. A. A. Frechette is recovering from her recent illness. Orders taken for Flower and Vegetable plants, Shrubs, etc. G. A. Rendell. Good advertising has saved many a town and district from an early death. Ike Crawford is shipping ties at Carmi. Guise is hauling them to the railway. Sam Stooke will make an auto trip this summer, from San Diego to Victoria. J. B. Sheridan took out 900,000 feet of logs this winter at his ranch, near Carmi. For Sale.���A hardware store in a live town, address The Ledge, Greenwood. D. R. McElmon, Greenwood. Watchmaker and Jeweler, Spectacles and pipes repaired. Another lot of prints in and spme of. the best patterns we have ever had. ' G. A. Rendell. Mrs. James Jory will go to the Okanagan early in June, where she will help to harvest the fruit crop. Wanted.���At once, a capable girl for general house work, Apply to Mrs. J. V, Mills, Greenwood. The Ledge is $2.50 a year. When paid in advance it is $2. It is just as well for subscribers to remember this. Fishing tackle that's fit for fishing. Rods, reels, lines, flies, baskets, wading pants, etc., etc. Coles Book Store. W. R. Dewdney has resigned from the exemption board, as members of that tribunal have to be in class 5 or 6. Prof. S. L. Taube, eyesight specialist, will be at Goodeve's Drug Store, Greenwood, Friday afternoon, May.31. For Sale.���In a live town an undertaking business with morgue and other buildings. Apply at The Ledge office. George Murray is over from Copper Mountain, and will shortly enlist. He already has two brothers in the service. Charles Martin is in town. He is moving his shoe shop from Copper Mountain to the C.C.C. mill-site, four miles from Princeton. ..';..��� Rev. M. D. McKee has moved to Milk River, Alberta. Mrs. McKee will teach school in that village while Mac will devote his time to directing souls over the Presbyterian route to heaven. Harry Anderson and Malcolm Williamson, while fishing last Sunday, up the creek about four miles, heard a bear mooching through the brush. They dropped some of their fish, cooned a log across the creek, jumped on their bicycles, and rode back to town in record time. Nobody knows what course the bear pursued. W. J. Bowser, ex-premier of B. C,, - a hd stil 1 on .the apex as a politician in this province was in town on Tuesday. He is enjoying a pleasure tour through the interior, and meeting his many friends eyerywhere. The political Napoleon is in; excellent health, and he has grown fat, worrying the Grits from the outside of the ring. His defeat in 1816 no doubt added many years to his. mortal career, for during bis last campaign his physical condition was,far from being in Class; A7.; The public;did hima great favor in forcing ^him; over the Topes I'at^the; last ^election, lie has now got his; second wind, and will be going strong during the nest battle of the ballots. B. C. Mining News Mining activity is increasing in the Greenwood camp. More mines are to be developed near Danville, Wash. The Sally near Beaverdell will soon resume operations. The Argo at Greenwood has suspended operations for a time. John Keen, M. P. P. is doing some work on his claims at Poplar Oreek. The Trail smelter recently received a shipment of fluorspar, from Kellar, Wash. The rich silver ore, recently shipped from the Bell at; Beaverdell should stimulate mining in that camp. Daring April the Knob Hill at Republic shipped 14 carloads of gold ore, that averaged a net value of 6300 to the car. Just across the line at Oroville and Nighthawk, much ore is being developed, and more mills are being installed to dress it. The Anaconda in Montana outranks all other companies in the production of copper and silver. It produced last year 12,000,000 ounces of silver. It is reported that Bob Perry has obtained a lease on the Tiger in the Beaverdell camp. It lies southeast of the Sally, and is owned by W. Laws and partners. Another copper source of ore has been found, above the 300-foot level, in one of the mines of Loon Lake, Wash. Ore from that camp is shipped to the B. O. smelters. The second largest silver,producer in Canada is the Kerr Lake at Cobalt, Ontario. Daring the year ending last Angasc .ife produced nearly 2,60,0,000 ounces of silver. Messrs.. Lofstad, Stevenson, Mill- rud and Granberg have leased the Sappho and began work last Saturday. This property is near Midway "and has values in copper, gold, silver and platinum. Bruce White, one of the famous mining men of the Slocan returned from a trip to Prince Rupert this month. It was on October 7, 1891, that he located the Slocan Star in company with John Sandon. The Bell at Beaverdell, is shipping two carloads of second grade ore. Last month this mine shipped one carload that was worth over $12,000. In some camps snch an event would create mining activity. ���'���'.''���'.��� Since Jim Butler discovered mineral at Tonopah, Nevada, that camp has produced $112,000,000 in silver and gold. Many experts turned the camp down in its early days, just as they did the Slocan and other camps in B. C. Savage & Mader have obtained a lease on the dump of the Cariboo in Camp McKinney, and began work this week.; They will use the dotation process, and ship the concentrates to Grand Forks. There is.'a mill at the Cariboo. Central School The following pupils have asked to be permitted to write the Government Examinations, Jnne 24, for entrance to High School: Ruth Axam, Ada Elizabeth Beattie, Cyril John Eales, May Gibson, Charlotte Priscilla Kerr. Bernice Noel McKay, Roderick McLeod, Neil Ed ward Morrison, Ethel Florence Pond,;; Phyllis Millington Spooner. A number of these are not recommended by the principal but they will be permitted to write the examinations /nnder a new Regulation passed by the Educational Department,:; May 10, 1918, which reads, "Pupils of Entrance classes who fail to receive promotion on recommendation and who feel that they are capable of taking up high school work will be permitted, in order to further to test their scholarship, :to write on the High School Entrance papers set by the Educational Department," Zy��&��<?&&HZ�� ���:5?$Sr5^v3^S^5S��5W_? ? I Western Float The hotel at Telkwa has been closed. The autoless day has not yet arrived. Tbe jitney has been shut out of Winnipeg. F. Dill bas moved from Enderby to Vancouver. Buy your winter eggs in May or early in June. There should be no tolerance for intolerant people. Wm. Eschwig has moved from Fernie to Brant, Alberta. Last month, the payroll in Trail was very close to $140,000. At Kelowna dogs are shot on sight if they chase pheasants. Many cream separators are being shipped to Creston this spring. There is a movement on foot, to open the movies in Nelson on Sundays. Byron Cliffe, formerly of Sandon is operating a store in Kamloops. In Nelson, there are quite a number of rooming houses on Lake street. Nap Malette has a fine car, and drives from Nelson to his ranch every day. Build up your business and your district, by putting an ad in your local paper. California is likely to go dry, with the exception of beer and light wines. The C. P. R. is using five push engines at Golden, so heavy is the freight traffic. You can buy haHbut in Rupe for 14 cents a pound, and salmon for about 12 cents. There are 19 school teachers in Reveletoke, and the average pay is $77.63 a month. It is estimated that Canada will produce this year, 400,000,000 bushels of wheat. On April 23, eight feet of snow fell at the summit of the White Pass, in the Yukon. In Kamloops a,woman ,was fined $5 for allowing her hens to run wild in other gardens. Captain Allan Lean of Nelson, has been employed at the Trail smelter for three months. There are 1490 publications in Canada. Of this number 135 are issued daily, and 101S weekly. His friends would like to know what became of A. 0. Muir, who was a lawyer in Nelson in 1891. Arthur Breeze is leaving Ainsworth for Nelson, and Joe Dearin will take over the Central hotel. Canada burns 30,000,000 tons of coal every year, and gets 60 per cent, of it from the United States. Joe Tomina died at Savona last month aged 86 years. He had been an Indian chief for 60 years. The King George ?hotel in Kaslo charges 75 cents for Sunday dinners. These dinners are easily worth a dollar. There is a fine poker game in Nelson at the Queens. The chips are sold at the bar, and the Boys play all jackpots. The Port Alberni News has bought a linotype. As a rule these machines do not pay in small newspaper offices. Last month John Hunter died in the Old Man's Home at Kamloops, aged 85 years. He was a pioneer of Cariboo. It now costs 50 cents to get yonr hair cut in Armstrong, and some of the inhabitants have tnrned the job over to their wives. Several carloads of long piles are being shipped from Port Alberni to Port Arthur, where they willbe used for building wharves. Nearly all the soldiers, who enlisted for the war at Grand Forks have been wounded, and 18 of them have cashed in at the front. There are (3000 men building ships in B. C. No reason wby the number should not increase, and the industry become a permanent one. James Gordon Bennett owner of the New York Herald, died iu France this month. His father started the Herald^ in a cellar on Wall street in 1S35." Ruby Gilchrist of Nelson, was recently married in England, to Captain N. Macdonald of Capo Breton. She went overseas a year ago, to act as a military nurse. Last month, while working in the cemetery at Prince Rupert Harry Smith was chased into his shack by two timber wolves. He carries a rifle now when he works in that cemetery. Every year Canada imports over $100,000 worth of sardines, instead of canning its own supply. Most of the sardine catch in New Brunswick is canned in Maine. Poor basin oss for the Canadians. <f( iPQB. kEBOgi &MmKQm^JkJk No Peace Until Subs. Subdued Exposure Aches Cold rain, winds, and dampness bring out the rheumatic aches. An application of Sloan's Liniment will soon have the blood circulating and the pain will disappear. For neuralgia, lame back, stiff neck, sprains, strains, and all muscle soreness, Sloan's Liniment can't be beat. No rubbing: it quickly penetrates und dossils work without stain or clogging of the pares. Better than plasters or ointments. For cold feet or hands tryanapplication of Sloan'oLiniment. Generous sized bottles, ut all duggists. Sloan's prices not increased 25c 50c $1 Minimize The Fire Peril By Using EDDY'S Chemically Self-Extinguishing "Silent 500s" The Matches With "No Afterglow" EDDY is lhc only Canadian maker of these matches, every stick of which has been treated with a chemical solution which positively ensures the match becoming dead wood once it has been lighted and blown out. Look for thc words "Chemically self-extinguishing" on thc box. Must Be Crushed if the British Isles and British Empire are to Be Safe Hereafter The sulniKuiiu' campaign must bc not merely held; it miirU be crushed if the Briiish Isles and British I-.m- 1-ire are lo he safe hereafter. Otherwise at any moment our men, women and children will be exposed to a most deadly form of attack from (iennany. The nation which, as Air. Bonar Law stated recently in tho louse of commons, has murdered 14,120 British non-combatants since the war began would never scruple to attack us suddenly with a large orce of submarines, sink our shipping and cut off our food. There is no peace for us and no seenrity until we have found some means of dealing with both submarine and aeroplane attack, as we found a means ol" dealing with the Zeppelin. The problem is still to be solved, hut it is not insoluble if the best brains are brought to hear on it.��� 1 ondoii Dailv Alail. Into Jerusalem XnAmuATioH With university of Toronto. 12-14 Pembroke St., Toronto. LOCAL CENTRES EXAMINATIONS JUNE AND JULY Applications received till May 11 Send for Syllabus First Englishman to Reach Jerusalem Was an Unshaven, Soot- Smudged Cook If a cinema film is ever produced ' showing the first of Gen. AUenby's army marching into Jerusalem, it will have to show, if it is truthful, the figure of a scared, soot-smudged cook carrying a "dixie" of cocoa. The story appears in a letter written home bv an officer in a London Young Mothers Reserve strength for motherhood is of two-fold importance and thoughtful women before and after maternity take Modern Jerusalem regiment, which thc Manchester The Heart of a Piano is the Action. Insist on the Otto Higel Piano Action The man who pays as he goes is Iwavs asked to make return visits. t*..*.....*....,*.......................... 9"^&<&^>9*&'9-*>9^>9'^>Q'*>>9 How to Purify the Blood "Fifteen to thirty drop* of Extract of Roots, commonly called Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, may be taken in water with meal* and at bedtime, for the cure of indigestion, constipation and bad blood. Persist- Q ence in this treatment will effect A a cure in nearly every case." ^ Get the genuine at drugpists. A or \ ��<v��<v^��^>e-*>��^>s-,Ti����'^>�� W00d'S PL03J_.0___3. Th* Ortat English liemedp. Tonus sad invigorates th* lrhols j n��rTon(i system, mates new Blood _ , ��� . 'o old Veins, Cures Nervoua f/tbilitV.Mental and Brain Worry, Dtspon. meiiev, Lo>$ pf Rntroy, palpitation of ih* peart, FaiXirr, Memory, Price SI per box, tia |��r|5. Oa�� mil pleioe, (1�� will euro. Bold by sll pratflits or mailed In pluin pkg. on receipt of brie*. NnopamphUt mailed free. THE WOOD MEDICINE CO..tOBO��ro. OUT. Utratri* WiateJ THE NIWFRENCH REM2DY. N.l. N.2.N.3. ;T:HERAPION.S��!tf53l 5tMtSi:CCCS5, CURBS CHRONIC WEAKNESS, LOST VIGO* Via. KIDHEV. BUDDEH. DISEASES, 01.000 POI&OM, ��US. SITIlElt HO. DRUGGISTS ec MAIL SI. POST 4 CTI rOUC.ESACO. SO, SESKMAHST. NEW VORKOf LYMAM Bftr>| Toronto, write for FREE noOK to Dr. Lb Clero Mcb.Co. lUvKitsrocK Rd, Hakpsthad, Losdoh. Bmo. tRt.'IKWDSAOEElTASTgLESS) POEMCr gAsy T0 TAKS ITM E T\ A PI OlM LASriNfl'cUM. BC THAT TfUSE UARHED WORD ' THEKAflOK' IS Ot it. oovx.STsur ��rri��o to aii. obnuihb racuta With the Fingers! j Says Corns Lift Out j Without Any Pain j Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or auy kind of a corn can shortly bi- liftcd right out with the fingers if you will apply on the corn a few drops of frcezone, says a Cincinnati authority. At little cost one can get a small bottle of frcezone at any drug store, vhich will positively rid one's feet of every corn or callus without pain or soreness or the danger of infection. This new drug is an ether compound and dries the moment it is ap- plied and docs not inflame or even iiritate the surrounding tissue. Jvst think! Vou can life off your corns and calluses now without a bit ol pain or sorenes. If your druggist hasn't freezonc hc can easily gel a small bottle for you from his whole sale drug house. Prussian Boosting- a Habit The kaiser's habit of boasting is probably hereditary. It is recorded of Frederick the Great, when reviewing his giant Guards, that he turned to the British ambassador and asked him if he could truly say that an equal number of Englishman could beat them. "No, sir," replied the ambassador, "I won't pretend to say they could���but I know that Half the number would try." A Welshman's Prayer A simple-minded man in a Welsh coal valley is a character in his way. lie always insists on taking his turn in the devotional services of his chapel. His prayer the other night was something like this: "Almighty God, Thou hast heard about that old kaiser. I read in the paper that liis throat is bad, and that he has difficulty in breathing. Well, Lord, Thou knowest bow far lo go."���Cardiff Western Alail. Mrs. Penman���This paper says lhat paper flywheels arc coming into use. Mr. Penman, the Editor���That's funny. My paper man told mc there wasn't enough paper to go round.��� Yonkcrs Statesman. Guardian reproduces. "Early in the morning of Sunday," he says, "our officers' cook and another man sc! out from our camel lines with a dixie of hot cocoa for the officers. \\':-. .knew hc was coming, and as Ave lt.ttl ;had nothing hot for forty-eight | hours we were not very pleased | when he became ���overdue. Some hours later hc did arrive���but very much scared, lie liad lost bis way land inarching through our lines had : entered the outskirts of Jerusalem. Thus the lirst Englishman to reach Jerusalem was au unshaven, soot- smudged cook," and so ou. There is hunior, as the writer remarks, even in war. It might be added that it is certainly not lost on either officers or men.���Christian Science Monitor. EGYPTIAN1'LINIMENT I'or Sale by all Dealers Douglas & Company, Napanee, Ont Streets are Still Much as They Were in Biblical Times The population of modern Jerusalem is about 70,000. The appearance of thc place has been greatly spoilt by modern bliildings outside 'it, which jar upon its aspect and asso- [ cialions. The streets within thc ' walls are still much as they were in j Biblical times���narrow, odoriferous, I and ill paved. The water supply is ! miserable and the inhabitants depend much upon cisterns ancl tanks in thc rock, many of which are of immense size and great antiquity. Thc tank system of Jerusalem has never been f. 1�� j properly explored; the rock is lion- It SlippIieS pure COd eycombed with these reservoirs, liver oil for rich hlonrl|]llanv of wIlidi havc; passed out of " j UU .lur.. I1CU JJ1001- use and havc been forgotten. and contains lime and SOda Outside the walls are thc Garden With medicinal glycerine, oi Gcthscmanc, where there yet re- H. . ��� ����� , main eight olive trees ol the date of important ingredients the Agony, and the Place of Ston- for strengthening the ner-j"Ptr. which, from the. strange skull- vous system and furnishing abundant nourishment. It is free from drugs. Insist on the genuine. Scott & Bowae, Toronto. Out. 17-20 An Old Law Simplified A Boston paper complains that al though millions of pounds of. fish comc into that port every day- quantities greater than ever before���- the price docs not drop. This is ar. illustration of the Jaw of supply and demand, as applied to the consumer by the wholesalers: "You supply the money and I'll demand it."���Detroi' News. Keep Minard's House. Liniment in the A New Wheat ' ���The . Central ; Dominion Experi-. mental Farm, to which" we already owe Marquis and Prelude wheats, has, . under, the direction of Dr. /Charles li. Saunders, produced, another new variety, Ruby: This new wheat possesses characteristics -in ripening and other qualities midway belwecn Marquis and Prelude. It is beardless, possesses hard, red kernels, gives a fair yield,, and makes flour of -the .highest- quality in regard :'t0. color and strength. Bread- made from it ranks in the first class. This wheat is the result of a cross between Downy Riga and Red Fife' Ruby is, however, recommended only, where Marquis will not ripen. Welcomed the Smell of Home j There were two soldiers home, ou leave from the front. Tlicy had landed, at Folkestone, and were making for Victoria. At Beniiondscy, amidst the innumerable smells and spicy odors which drenched the air from chemical -works ancl other odoriferous factories, one of them threw up the window, put his head out, and took a long, deep breath. Then, with ,1 beam ou his face,.'lie turned to his chum and exclaimed, "Come 'ere, Bill, ain't it simply 'eavenly?"���Loudon Chronicle.. .- ' . ii:i'Ta, .what's a circular letter?" ;::;;"0 is my son."���Boston Trans- /schipt.-'" Minard's Liniment used by Physi- XXX . cians. '���'-.." Wise mothers who know the virtues of Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator-'-always have it at hand, because it proves its value. A Natural Mistake " 'X'iA preliy .young woman stepped in- >tb ;i-music-store the other day.. Sh': "tripped up.; to ; the counter, where a /new clerk was ass.o.riiug 'music am!, in her sweetest .tones, asked; "Have Vou 'Kissed i:n- in the .Moonlight':' " /The .clerk turned -half-way around, looked al her, and answered: "It iiuist have been the man at lhc other counter. I've onlv been here a week." .Contentment "I say, professor,' said the young man who delighted iu morbid topics, "which is thc happiei man, the one who owns a million pounds or the one-who' has seven daughters?" "Th.e man with the seven 'daughters," said the professor without hesitating. "Well,, well! How d'ye make that out?" _''���'��� '.���'��� "The man with the million pounds wishes for more. The man with, seven daughters doesn't," rrplied- the professor. A.Promising Oat Dr. C. li. Saunders of the Dominion. 'I��.\.peri;ue'ntal Farm has produced a new oat���Liberty. This was produced by crossing Chinese N'akcd with Swedish Select. It is early ripening and- possesses a. stiff sira\.. | It yields lightly less in weight of grain per acre " than the standard .varieties,- such as the Manner, that is, when allowance is made for hull. 1'eing lnilies.s, this, new oat Should occupy a very important position in the feeding of young poultry and young pigs. For household use it requires only grinding in an ordinary chopping mill. WEAK, ANAEMIC GIRLS Can Regain Good Health Through Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Bloodlessness is the trouble of many girls who ought to bc full of life and good spirits. Instead tlicy are pale, thdr lips have no cole, they havc no appetites, their digestion is_ poor, and if they walk last, either in the street or going up staus they are so tired ancl out of breath that their hearts beat as if to burst. Almost always such girls are thin, flat-chested and sallow, with nothing attractive about them. If they do not get better tlicy will have a cough in thc winter and then, not unlikely, consumption, that most hopeless of all diseases will develop, Ko girl shouid be Jikc this. She should be plump, rosy-cheeked and full of life, able to ta'lk fast and tc stand exertion without being bri-.uh- kss and palpitating. To be m this healthy, happy condition she must have plenty of good, rich, red blood as it. is only through the blood Hut thc body can be healthy. And the only medicine that will keep the blood supply rich and icd and pure is Dr. Williams' Fink Pills. Their, effect upon the pale, weak girl who gives them a fair trial is wonderful. They improve, the appetite. backaches and headaches disappear, thc glow of health tinges the cheeks, the eyes sparkle, and tiie step becomes light and clastic Thousands ot girls throughout Canada owe their health and attractive appearance to Dr. Williams' Fink Pills and do not hesitate to say so. Miss Jennie Book, Bcamsville, Ont., says:���"l suffered for over two years from anaemia, and gradually grew -very ill. Previously 1 had been strong and robust, but grew pale and a mere shadow of my former self I tried several medicines, and while some seemed to give mc temporary relief, 1 soon grew worse again. As thc months went by I began' lo'despair of getting better, when my mother happened to read an advci- tiscment of Dr. Williams'. Fink'. Fills and suggested that 1 " should try them. Jiy the time thc first box was finished I knew they were helping mc,'and I continued the pills for nearly three months, using in . all nine boxes, when 1 was restored in every respect lo ' my old lime strength. This was several years ago, and as I. have not since hail any-'return' of the trouble, 1 cannot speak too highly of Dr.. Williams' Pink Pills as a permanent cure for this trouble, and 1 strongly recommend them to all anaemic girls." You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a bos or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockviile, Ont. I President Wilson's Idea of Peace Helping the Soldiers The Salvation Army's Creditable War Time Work Ever since the present war commenced thc Salvation Army has aimed at helping the service men in every way possible. As thc days went by and the number of men joining the forces swelled to many millions, an additional organization grew up within thc army which devoted itself more and more to supplying the needs���temporal and Will Be Much More Difficult Than a Simple Peace by Conquest Mr. Wilson is insistent that the present war shall not be iu vain. Those who think he would accept peace at any price simply do not know the man. Before lhe final settlement is made there is going to be much friction, much criticism, much dissension; but thc outcry will not come from those who "think Mr. Wilson is too anxious lo make peace, but from Ihosc who will not like the president's insistence on an unselfish and an equitable peace, a democratic peace, one that will give peoples more of a share iu their government and more of a part iu deciding the destinies of their countries. Mr. Wilson's peace will not be pleasing to imperialists, chauvinists, bourbons, lories, or reactionaries in any country. It will approximate spiritual���of the boys. Thc follow- - ., (, . ,, ��� .,. . T , ing arc sonic facts and figures con- n!orc the P,cucc that lllc B/1,tls,1,.L.:ib," ccrnutg the work which the army is doing. One hundred and fifty-three recreation huts have been erected in military camps in Great Britain, France, and oilier countries at a c^st of $350,000. j Seventy-seven hotels and naval and military homes with 4,000 beds, : costing over $-100,000, arc in opcra- Uion; extensions amounting to $100,- \ 000 arc in progress. | Thirty motor ambulance cars have 'been supplied for the war zones in France, Russia and Egypt, at a cost of $50,000. Three hundred thousand soldiers and sailors are catered for weekly in our various institutions. F'orty-one thousand food parcels and articles of clothing havc been despatched lo prisoners of war and our soldiers and sailors. Thirty thousand relatives of scr j vice men entertained at leas and so- I rial gatherings. j One hundred thousand men attend I the weekly meetings, and jnany 'thousands havc been won for Christ. or party, the most powerful political force in Great Britain today, has set itself to obtain. In the sense that conservative thinkers believe these ideas are remote of accomplishment in the modern world, peace is far distant. Indeed, Mr. Wilson's kind of peace will be much more difficult to get than a simple peace by conquest. But the important thing lo remember is that while Mr. Wilson talks peace, hc also makes war with ail the energy and might that America can command. He is every day authorizing construction and organization and mobilizations of power that arc intended for onF one purpose���the defeat of German militarism by beating the German army it has created. ��� Washington Correspondent, Ncw York Evening Post. The paper Material Waste waste of 500,000 pounds ot week, entails the cutting of like appearance of many believe was thc rock there Golgotha, "lhe place of thc skull" and tlie true site of thc Crucifixion. But there is scarcely a spot which has not its traditions and associations, and nowhere do the traditions and associations go back so far or so deeply touch thc heart of man. ��� London Dailv Mail. The Beauty of a Clear Skin.���The conditon of the liver regulates the condition of the blood. A disordered liver causes impurities in the blood and these show themselves in blemishes on the skin. Pannelce's Vegetable Pills in acting upon thc liver act upon the blood and a clear, healthy skin will follow intelligent use of this standard medicine. Ladies who will fully appreciate this prime quality of these pills, can usc them with the certainty that thc effect will hc most gratifying. On Hands From Salt Rheum At Very Small Cost for Soap and Ointment. "I was a great sufferer from salt rheum on my hands. It came in small blisters between my thumb and finger and it itched terribly and kept spreading. 1 could not use my hands at all and the skin would crack and bleed so that I could not bend mj fingers. lean- not describe what 1 have suffered and tlie sleepless nights I had. "Then I got the Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I only used one cake ot Cuticura Soap and one box of Ointment when my hands were healed." (Signed) Mrs. M. L. Aiken, Highwater, Que. Keep your skin clear by daily use of Cuticura Soap, with tonches of Ointment now ana then. For Free Sample Each by Mail address post-card: "Cuticura, Dept. A, Boston, U. S. A." Sold everywhere. War and Food No. 13- CHEESE Watch and Pray! Whole World Stands at Gaze and Waits the Breaking of the Battle Thunder Oncc more thc whole wrold stands at gaze and waits thc breaking of thc battle thunder. In this war wc havc known other moments of tense anticipation, but none more full of meaning than this. The. thought of the ordeal before us should hush all dissenting and discontented voices in these islands, and should inspire all who remain at home with a- determination not to bc unworthy of those who arc facing privation and death in the cause of freedom. Thc people who talk of an ignoble peace, who shrink from facing a little suffering when our hosts arc manfully arming themselves afresh for battle can they not ���watch and pray iu silence?���The London Times. MAKES CORNS LIFT WITHOUT ANY PAIN -��) Takes the sting right out���cleans 'cm right off without pain, Thousands say it's the surest thing to rid the feet of callouses, sore foot Don't suffer���that's concentrated form C,T time a bit of material is re-ein- plovcd which .formerly was destroyed.' The Poor Man's Friend.���Put .up iu small bottles that are easily portable and sold for a very small sum, jDr. Thomas' Electric Oil possesses more power in than one hundred times thc .quantity of many unguents. Ils cheapness and the varied usc to which it can bc put makes it llic poor man's fiiend. No dealer's stock is complete without it. Singleton���Doctor Pelielt is . certainly the most absent-minded man 1 ever saw. Wcderly���Is that so? ��� .. Singleton1���Yes; he was married 'last week and during the ceremony, j when he should have placed a ring Ion the bride's finger, he actually felt jlier pulse and asked her to put out her tongue. at least 2,000 trees a week. Everv , I����>PS or corns. __.. . __. ton of old paper recovered means a foolish���buy .t 2oc bottle of_ Putnam s saving of eight trees of mature growth. The saving of woollen rags for the manufacture of shoddy saves land for crops which otherwise would be required for thc raising of sheep. Men, money and materials��� capital and labor���are conserved cv No Sense in Worrying In Direct Contrast to. the German ���Mind Is Ours. \ There is one tiling we'-m'ust admire the Germans for���their sublime egotism. .. . - ���';Keycr for. a moment do.they allow the suspicion to ��� enter their minds that they are in the wrong br in for defeat. ' Jn direct contrast to lhe German mind is ours. We seem to delighr in putting on ecru spectacles and seeing tilings at their muddiest and murkiest.' \\"c paint the sky black, draw the curtains and sit down with a session with the glooms. It is time for us to turn on the light, throw away our glasses, through which we see so darkly, and talk about victory���and Work for it. ���From the Buffalo News. Minard's.' Liniment Co., Limited. . 1 was very sick wilh Quinsy and thought 1 would strangle.. 1 used MINARD'S LINIMENT and it cured tue at once. 1 am never without it now. Yours gratefully, - MRS. C. D. FRINGE. Nauwigewauk, Oct. 21sl. There is more Catarrh In this section ot the country lhan al! other diseases put together, and lor ycara it was supposed to Be incurable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and hy constantly. Jzilitig'to cure with loca. treatment, pronounced it incurable. Catarrh if n local disease, Ktcatly influenced by constitutional condiiions and thcrefire requires constiutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manutacKiied by F. J. Cheiiey & Co., Toledo. Ohio, is a constitutional remrdv, is taken internally and cts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces ol the System. One Hundred Dollars reward is o.fered-^ior any case tlut Hall's Cntarvh Cure fails to ctiri Send for circulars and testimonials. J''. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c Hall's Tainily Tills for constipation. Painless Corn and Wart Extractor; it does thc trick quickly and is invariably satisfactory. Sold by druggists everywhere. France Not Tired of the War At the Head of the Class : .Kindly.-Visitor���I suppose, Henry, that you arc, able to spell? Henry (whose father owns an ' automobile)���Yes sir, I can spell words of four cylinders.���Peoples' Home lournal. It Was Only Yesterday Strange What' Changes the War Has Brought About , '���France'-'wai.-.thought-io bc a.nation of decadents.: . Wrist watches were considered ef- fi'iiimafiv'.' The only thing against the Germans was their- nn'.cir manners. A person, who saved liis money was a tightwad. Only one woman in eleven, him - tired and seveiiiy-Iiye knew, how to knit. ' ' '��� A regular army of one hundred and fifty thousand was held to be loo large. Nine people out of ten didn't know where Belgium was. Small-navy advocates declared that the United States was certain never to have another war. Germany was making us believe that she was lhe only nation that could make .. chemicals,'..drugs,.."-...anil; dyes... :XXX.- .- ��� X-X: x.--.. ���- -yy ':';_ To,:be.a.pacinst y.;\:-.>nbihing ashamed1 of.���Xew York Life; Fit Punishment Thc druggist died, and face lo face .'������With Peter at the entrance stood. Said Peter: "Try-the other, place,. "You'll doubtless say it's 'just as ���good.'" . -.i;b-'-l>-- , 'Wilhelm Not JNapoIebn^Xy. ... :.- ..Napoleon; carried: the Tricolor : 'to all: the .great ��� capitals, of -Europ'c;.- except: three���rSt. Peterl_/urgs,":Constantinople and . LQn'dp'n..v4T.lte-s.i<niser . set ou t,7-;qn/::a. "'similar.'.: expedition, ;'but':7ali lie lias.betmablc to dp7 thtis .far:is .to. carry'."his'."flag. to.'-1he caPita 1 s,_qf..-son1-" of- the -smallest nations;'inj.-Eiir.op.e:--- Bclgium,7 Serbia.-:��� ;;'Montenegro.. . arid Ubumania.'Hc;.dreamed of a great empire^.'stretching'-'froin^Hamburg.-to Pagdad;"lb.ut;; Bagdad .is hi -the.' hands': of:'.. tltc liritish :and .lie ;;sccrus less likely.. tp7;realize ;thatxdream ���tiiaf'^he; did in the years before .the War when the German railway in'--;Asi:i,":M��i6.f IN THE SPRING will b'Vtlin groat test, of a life, and death struggle on tho Western front.'.. Id the everyday walks of lifo,, ft 1* tho sprint; titne that bringi 111 health. Ono of tho chief reasons why the run-down man rinds himself in a bad siine of health In March or April, is because he has.spent nearly all his hours for the past four or five months penned up Avithln the walla of house, factory or office. It is tho reason for our diminished resistance ��� that 13. lack of out-door life, coupled, with perhaps over-eating, lu'cU of good exercise, insuftieient sleep, and constipation. In other words, wo keep feeding tha furnace with food Init do not tako out the ,; el lakers," and our fire .does, not burn brightly. .Al ways keep theli ver active.:. ��. There is nothing lx:tt^r.ror..healthVaan taking an occasional mi Id laxa-tivo; pur-, haps once a week ;: such -.a"-.ono!.its' you can.get at any drug storo, made up of Not the Slightest Indication of an Inconclusive Peace Dana Burnett, a Paris correspondent of the i,"cw York Sun, writes: One of the chief hopes of the German supreme command is. that thc nerves of the entente allies will not hold out against such horror as modern warfare produces. From neutral Switzerland one hears the echo of imperial voices whispering to their peoples that France is growing tired of. the war. Growing tired of it! She is sick to death of it! But if any man thinks that France is preparing to give up thc fight, let hint read tlicj speech of M. Clemenceau before the chamber of deputies', Not' since I havc been in the country have I seen or heard the slightest indication of an inconclusive peace. One soldier whom I talked to said: "This i.s without doubt thc most unpopular war in history. Possibly the German people wanted it��� though I doubt even that. Certainly none of the rest of us wanted it. But il came; it was thrust upon us. Wc found, it suddenly at our doors. Nat-, urally we grappled witli. it. Those arc thc facts. Y'oti can't, argue them away. You can't argue the Germans out of Belgium,- 1 wish to God you i could:"' : ' "The further back from thc lines I you get the more, complicated the j whole matter becomes. That complication is called, .'politics;,' . But in the trenches the facts arc very' simple We fight because it is the only thing to do. Wc kill the boche because it. is the only way'to-' dispose of hiin. When wc have killed enough of him thc rest of hiin will go home. Thai is all." . ��� -'-. j J A few evenings later, as I was/ walking through olic of lhe. older I sections of Paris',: T. stumbled upoii a! Htlle tableau that is quite' typical of j I France al war. In the doorway of. a (: 'baker's shop stood a poilu in trench] j hclnict and greatcoat, with his wafer.{' i bottle slung across his shoulder and j liis knapsack, adorned with the. Always noted for its nutritive value, cheese is doubly important now as one of the most satisfying of substitutes for the beef and bacon which arc gradually disappearing from the table iu most Canadian homes. Fifteen or twenty years ago the standing of au Ontario country in dairying was based on its volume of cheese production. But this basis jf calculation no longer holds because other lines of dairy industry than cheese-making have made enormous strides in the last decade or two. Chief of these arc thc whole milk and powdcrcd'and condensed milk trades. Despite the growth of these rival trades, however, cheese is still the largest single line in Ontario dairying. The value of the cheese output of lhe province in 1916 was $23,- 653,343, nearly $5,000,000 above the record of thc year before and upwards of $9,000,000 more than for 1910. Canada as a whole has increased her export of cheese since the outbreak of war by upwards of 40,000,000 pounds. Rich in protein there arc few foods more sustaining than cheese and it might be used much more extensively than at present as a substitute for other foods needes for export. A very small piece of cheese has as much nourishment as a large portion of meat. It is an extremely important adjunct to the menu and might bc more generally used. Usually around the farm there is a good deal of skim milk on hand ancl thc contempt with which thc majority of people regard it is wholly undeserved. The prepartion of cottage cheese is one method of converting skim milk into a more attractive and appetizing form . of food. It is extremely simple to make and is wholesome and delicious. Canadian cheese may justly bc termed one of the war" foods of. importance for not only might it be used freely here but it is needed for export, ancl thc farmer will make no mistake in augmenting thc supply for hpme and foreign consumption. The Clock and the Lady "Why. is a clock like a pretty aud vain young woman?" "I fail to sec any' resemblance. Why?" V "Because it is all face and figure; has no head to speak of;.is hard to stop vvhe.i once it is wound up, and has a striking way of calling attention to itself every hour pf the day." -���Pearson's Weekly. HUBS HOUSES inevitable hobnailed boots, upon liis. back. lie was saying bood-byc to his wife. Finally with a sort oi gruff gentleness, he unclasped her arm from about his neck, kissed'her. upon, both cheeks and swung off down'thc shadowy .street.'���.-���When ;hc had -disap- peared .Uie-woman /went back into the. shop, lighted a single pallid gas jet and prepared, to receive custom-. ers. :. War or no war, the nei^hboi- Way-anplft, jalap, aloes.; (sugar-coated,-: -���-��� . -��� --.--������--. tinv, easily taken),-which has stood tho I "ood ,must have bread, tojt of fifty Vears of approval���namoly, .-.-��� V\ ar or. no war, life,niu Dr. Pierces'-"Pleasant���'.Pellets. : But for the "Spring Fever," tho general mnHlown condition, tho. lack of ambition,; thc " blues,.? one should ��� take a course;.; of treatment cvory spring; such a standard tonic- as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, now to be had in tablet form fn fifty-cent vials. : Watch the people go plodding along tho street. There's no spring.no vitality..' A vitalizing tonic snch as this vegetablo extract of Dr. Pierce 3 zivos you the : power to-force yourself' Tnto a-ction.- The brain responds to tha new blood In circulation, and thus you're; roadr to make a fight against stagnation 'which holds yon in bondage..- Try U now 1 Don't wait 1 To-day U : the little" go -on! loVi w!iat .Grace, "(sobbing)���"You ." doit ine," I; know you don't." '-.;.". ^GcorgCr-^'Why,'���������!',.':'diirlirig7���- iiiakcs:_vou: say that.?": -y. ���".Grace--''Because:; you're /.not jealous. ./Maud; Mull ins ''has"'been-'"married nearly .a/ycar, arid : her husband" is so jealous that he shot/at her twice and fried"'to--:'kill..himself three times.": ��� X: Fl f ty :Fif ty XX XXXX' MaV Grtnnn ..says: .-/VI-_di;c;ition? ,..,.T , r!u nil 6. -The re's/abb it t t he fame "n n m- was Ncv, under eonstruciion.- Yo;k World. ���the day to begin. Gam .* l��"te- -OT^Mdj bcr bf; o!, :,���ven/that believe, iu hair launh and live./ \ im andytUhtv.are the -.������;���;��������� -���-���_���,:-,;,, ,.vmc ,n,mbcr of i natural out-pouring of a healthy body. | tomes rtni< tin. sam.c, iittiiioer. x>. It does not spring up in a night. Try young men taat believe, in- women s i thi3 spring tonic, and you gain tne cour- j promises as t\er. V;��� Akron, . O., jtga that coaae3 with sood health. . rinncs. The world is short of horses. To get the most out of your team use MICA AXLE GREASE " Vse half at much as any other " The mica flakes fill the pores and crevices in the axle and the grease keeps thein there. Mica Grease means fresher horses at; the end of the day and longer life for your harness and -wagons.. 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Playing Safe Private Did Not Wish Any Publicity Under the Circumstances An officer in the British army who is thoroughly disliked by his men, was returning to the barracks one night when he lost his way and slipped into deep water. A private happened to see the occurrence, and running to his assistance, pulled the officer out. The latter was very profuse in his thanks and asked his' rescuer how he could reward hiin. "The very best way you can reward mc," replied the private, "is to say nothing about it." _ "Why, my good fellow," questioned the astonished superior, "then you really wish me to say nothing about it?" "Aye. If the other fellows knew I pulled you out they'd bloomin' soon chuck me in!" came the frank response. We pay the Highest Market Price ior IRON SCRAP METALS OLD MACHINERY, ENGINES AND BOILERS Our facilities enable us lo give quick service to country shipments. Immediate cash settlement. DOMINION MEiAL EXPOSING CO. Winnipeg, Man. How He Worked It First Father���Ah! sons are very ungrateful. I have sent mine to college. I write to him every week, but he never has time even to send mc a postcard to say how he is getting on. Second Father���Oh, I can always get a letter from my son. First Father- ~*ow? Second Father���Well, . him, saying, 'Dear John, five pounds.' First Father���Well! Second Father���Well, I don't en close it, that's all!���Edmonton Bui letin. write to 1 enclose The U-Boat is Held Struggle Between the British Navy and the Submarine Most Important Event- of 1917 History will probably say that thc struggle between thc British navy and- the submarine was by far the most important event of thc year 1917. Thc German admiralty, let alone the experts, undoubtedly had good a priori grounds for thinking that thc unrestricted submarine was a lethal weapon, and we'are not flattering ourselves, unduly if wc say that only thc British navy, backed by the ingrained sea-craft of thc British mercantile marine, could havc prevented it from being fatal. What wc owe to our sea-captains and able-bodied seamen is more than can ;ever be told. After a jrcar tve are able to say confidently, in Sir Eric Geddes' phrase, that "the U- boat is held," but it is, of course, idle to pretend that it has not had serious results in restricting supplies.��� Westminster Gazette' Italy's Inventive Genius Revival of Interest in Mechanics in That Country Italy has just made a contribution to war industry that would have prevented such disasters as that which overcame our submarine ,F-4 in Honolulu harbor and cost lhc lives of its entire crew, and will make future submarine- navigation much safer. Thc ncw device consists of a testing- dock, in which the new submarine is placed with its crew, and then subjected to hydraulic pressure equal to that which would be encountered 300 feet below the surface of thc ocean. Submarines heretofore have been made theoretically to withstand such conditions, but many have developed weak points at unexpected places. The Italian invention permits application of the pressure under such conditions that if thc vessel gives way thc crew can bc rescued before harm befalls it. Italy also gave wireless telegraphy to the world, through Marconi, and has contributed substantially to the perfection of the airplane, and there are other evidences of revival of interest in mechanics in that country.��� Portland Orcgonian. No Asthma Remedy Like It. Dr. J. D. Kcllogg's Asthma Remedy is distinctly different from other so- called remedies. Were this not so it would not havc continued its great work of relief until known from ocean to ocean for its wonderful value. Kellogg's, the foremost and best of all asthma remedies, stands upon a reputation founded in the hearts of thousands who havc known its benefit. A Much-Sentenced Author Want Grain for Bread A notable petition, representing nearly 6,000,000 women of thc United States, was presented to President Wilson lately. The petition urged that the production of malt liquors in the United States be stopped in thc interest of the conservation of foodstuffs. Thc petition states that thc grain being used in thc brewing of beer and ale and other malt beverages in America is enough to make more than 4,000,000 loaves of _ .cad daily, and that the women of America ask that this great saving bc made by a proclamation of the president. The petition contains the official signatures of 28 presidents of national organizations. \\ Very Appropriate "Why do you call vour dog Camera?"" "Because he is always trying to get a snap of everybody lie meets." ���Baltimore American. When Holloway's Corn Cure is applied to a corn or wart it kills the roots and thc callosity comes out without injury to the flesh. Killing Without Injury An Irish barrister was counsel in court for a man whose cow had been knocked down and killed by a railway train. The lawyer saidr "If thc train had been run as it should havc been run, or if the bell had been rung as it should have been rung, or if the whistle had been blown as it ought to have been blown, both which they did neither, the cow would not have been injured when she was killed."��� Railway Locomotive Engineer.: Remarkable Claim in the Introduc- on to a Book The most remarkable claim I have yet found in the introduction of a book���and introductions are often more startling than die books to which they belong���is that the author has been "condemned to death eight times" and "carries sentences aggregating more than five hundred years of penal servitude." Thc author in question is M. Daniel Blum- cnthal, an Alsatian by birth, who has been mayor of Colmar for nine years' and who has represented Strassburg in thc Reichstag. The sentences, of course, have been imposed upon him by the German government, as the introduction puts it, "because he escaped from the empire to tell the world the truth about Alsace-Lorraine; and the book is "Alsace-Lorraine," in which he sets out thc relations of the two provinces to France and to Germany, respectively, and contends that "there is but one way in which they can regain their health. They must again be united to France, their mother country, their rightful home."���Diarist, in thc Westminster Gazette. , Be Bright, Well, Strong, Restore Youthful Looks! Let your fight for better health begin now! Before you feel any warning of physical collapse, cleanse, and strengthen and build up your system. The one remedy for that tired droopy feeling is Dr. Hamilton's Pills, the acknowledged king of all tonic medicines. Thousands of men and women in the late years of life retain tlicir youthful looks and feeling simply because they regulate their system with this old rc- i liable family remedy. Nothing so | good for the bowels, - stomach or kidneys. Cures headaches, prevents biliousness, stops aching pains in the back and limbs. Get a 25c box of Dr. Hamilton's Pills today. Uphold German Conquest The Warden���I'll have to give you ten days in solitary confinement. No. 900���Fine! Now I'll have me meals served in'me. room. Toronto College of Music Inauguration of Musical Examination Has Been of Great Benefit Of all the pioneer work done in the interests of musical education in Canada, nothing has been more productive of good than the inauguration of the Toronto College of Music Examinations. Founded by F. H. Torrington, whose name needs no introduction to the Canadian public, the College is entitled to rank as one of the foremost musical institutions in this country. A system of local examinations in Music has been established, whereby students at a distance from Toronto are afforded the same advantages as those in attendance at the College. These examinations arc held at midsummer at the several local centres established throughout the Dominion. Full information and thc Syllabus of examination requirements may be obtained by applying to the Secretary of the College in Toronto. German Countess To Expose Junkers Years Before the War Broke Out the German Autocracy Against the United States The Friends of German Democracy in Ncw Vork announce that revelations showing how for years before thc war broke out the German autocracy schemed against the United States, arc in the possession of thc Countess Alida von Krockow, American-born, now the widow of a German count. Thc countess was exiled from Germany because of her opposition to the views of the pan- Germanist junkers, to which group her husband belonged. Countess von Krockow is preparing to give her experiences, contained in forty-two carefully kept diaries, to the Amerk.-i public. The countess says she wrote an article exposing secrets of thc German ruling class for an American magazine. It was published under i assumed namc. Nevertheless, after months of espionage she was discovered as the authoress of the article and compelled to leave Germany. Thc countess, who lives in the Buena Vista apartments, Riverside Drive, said: "I was the only member of the immediate court who espoused the cause of America. In all the time that I was in Berlin I found a bitterness toward the United States among thc ruling circles that amounted almost to an obsession. On this point I had many disagreements with my husband. "I always dared to speak my mind freely and I always was outspoken in my convictions against the lust of world domination so evident in the upper circles of the court. "Even on those occasions when the kaiser received us I refused to bc muzzled and exerted my right to free speech." Carter's Little Liver Pills For Constipation A vegetable remedy that always gives prompt relief in constipation. Banishes that tired feeling altogether and puts you right over-night, stimulates the Liver gently, but quickly restoring it to full and healthy action, and the stomach and bowels to their natural functions. Making life worth living. Small Pill Small Dose Small Price /&&***&&&*�� Genuine bear* alsroatura ROSY CHEEKS orHEALTHYCOLORind|cBt��,Ironlnth��Blood- *���>�����* face��uauallyahowitaabaencS��Aco" CARTER'S IRON PILLS dition-which will be much helped bj \*.��.I* A I^IX kT 1IYVS11 t IJjL.kJ Reserved for Soldiers All Suitable Farm Lands Within 15 Miles of Railway in Northern West Nearly two million acres have been set aside in the Peace River district for the soldiers' sctttlemcnt scheme, it is learned. Further, all suitable farm lands within fifteen miles of the railway, located iu the northern portions of thc three Prairie Provinces, have been reserved for returned men. Arrangements are also being made whereby financial aid can bc secured. Ask for Minard's and take no other. Minard's Liniment Friend. Lumberman's IN the evening, when the day's work is done, men like to stroll over to the village store to discuss the war, politics, or whatever may be of local interest. It is under these circumstances that the health of the family is referred to and experiences are interchanged in regard to medicines that have proven particularly effective. After Dr. Chase had introduced his medicines to the druggists he found that many who wrote to him for treatment lived many miles from doctor or druggist, and had to depend on the country store for their medicines. Thus it came about that Dr. Chase's medicines were placed in general stores, and you can now obtain them wherever medicines are sold. Instead of trying to imagine what the man in the picture is saying about Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, we shall publish a letter from Mr. James Carr, who attributes his good health and that of his large family to the use of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills. 18 Miles From Drug Store. Mr. James Carr, Maynooth, Ont., writes: "About nineteen years ago I received an envelope containing two of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills. I was doctoring at the time with two doctors and, as they did me no good, I used the pills, and by the time I had finished one box I was cured of the pain in the back and shoulders. "We ^ave great confidence in Dr. Chase's medicines. I have a family of ten children and have never had a doctor in tha house for any of them. We live eighteen miles from a drug store, and find that these pills cure nearly all the ordinary ills by regulating the liver, kidneys and bowels. That we are all well and sound I attribute to their use, and I have recommended them to hundreds and given away many a box because I believe there is no medicine so good." . M After long experience with Dr. Chase's Medicines v.-e have found that people who try them are soon convinced of their exceptional merits. - "We havo published thousands of letters to give you an idea of the benefits others havo obtained by their use, but if you are stiij skeptical we shall be glad to send you our Free Combination Package One 25-cent box Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills. One sample box Dr. Chase's Ointment. One copy Dr. Chase's Recipes. You -will kindly mention the name of this paper and enclose a 2-cent stamp to pay postaga to Edniansoa, Bates & Co., Ltd., Dr. Chase Bldg., Toronto. 4 Courland and Alsace Claimed by Right and Belgium Must Be "German" ; ' The line of reasoning pursued by the German annexationists in their efforts to justify their plans for conquest in both the east and thc west is well exemplified in a semi-historical article found in a copy of the Tagliche Rundschau, recently received in London. According to the Rundscliati article, Courland has really been a German province since 1159, when it was conquered by thc German Orders. For more than a century German intelligence built u- thc land, and it was not until 'our everlasting vices ���treachery- and ' disunion"���got lhe upper hand lhat first thc Poles and then the Russians tore "this German land from us," ancl Compelled it to submit to the Russian lash. The Rundschau continues: "Once agat. has the . German sword secured, this ancient German frontier region, our northeast march, where for centuries the noblest German blood has been poured out on thc watch. There arc sections of our people "who would regard it as sacrilege were these lands finally joined to" the German empire. They are the same persons who find no strong word, of defiance when thc Frenchman, with i: -pudent forehead, romances about his rights in a truly German land stolen from us in olir weakness." From Courland and Lithuania thc Rundschau turns to Belgium, "a territory which has been in dispute between German and Frenchman for a thousand years." It is still a debatable land, as it was in the days of Ileinrich I.i the paper" says,' and will remain disputed territory unless the German national power finally dominates it The .Rundschau proceeds: "Belgium anil, the'Belgians tire not a country at all, not a people, not a nation, but a number . of .race-fragments artificially joined together in recent time*. Jn.thc north tlicy are purely Germanic, in the- south there is llie "Walloon misttire with all its shady qualities. "The state, -whose name has been borrowed from antiquity, is only tli<i product of ;t sterile and makeshift diplomacy, a product of perplexity and created to. serve as a defense against France. It was and hits -remained a 'hothouse1, growth with artificial roots, helped by artificial fertilizers, aii experiment, as Belgian statesmen themselves havo admitted. "This experiment has brought itself to a close, and what is to be put in ils place, is not, a question, of morality, nor: even of -right.~-.bu-t---':t:-:''.piire matter of Gentian;;expediency.- And the more categorically . foreign sltanielessness demands-"the. -.'cession' ol Alr-ace-Lorniinc . the.'-'stronger becomes Uuvneccrsiiy to create:;v powerful flank protection for tht- imperial pro vine (���>,"' lhe tnorv acttial "���������aiid coiupellin.|^-'th-e;'.:tiioi!:iiiL-';ot;.-t.Ic.fei3!-ivc security. Xi. Xi. y Xy ..... "As to. any. rc-cstablishi-mcnl of i Belgium. as ��� it was .before ..llie -.war j there cati bc no quc=lionl: .Bclgiinn j as a state-was tolerable for us only] as long as it remaitied tietitral:: > In the moment when it forsook its-lictt- The Inventor of Margarine Was a Substitute for Butter During the Siege of Paris Margarine came into being as a substitute for butter during the siege of Paris. M. Motorics, a French chemist and scientist, invented it by mixing milk and beef fat. The article that M. Mouries improved and eventually;, patented was later on manufactured by the . Dutch and the Danes. When it was found that there was not sufficient beef fat for the manufacturers to meet the increased demand for the new butter, vegetable oils were experimented with, and so originated margarine as we know it, of which our manufacturers are now turning out about 5,000 tons a week.���London Daily News. Tender Memories "Shut that door!" yelled the rough man. "Where were you raised, in a barn?" Thc man addressed meekly and silently complied, but the speaker looking r.t him a moment later observed that he' was in tears. Going over to his victim hc apologized. "Oh, come," he said soothingly, "you shouldn't lake it to heart because I asked if you were raised in a barn." "That's it, that's it," sobbed the other man. "I was raised in a barn and it makes mc homesick every time I hear an ass bray." Proved Once More In Southampton, Ont. THAT DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS CURE RHEUMATISM THE ONLY MEDICINE FOUITTLE ONES Once a mother has tiscd . Baby's Own Tablets for her little ones she will use nothing . else. Their use teaches her they are absolutely safe; that they, never fail to give relief and that the little ones do not dread taking them as they do castor oil and other harsh purgatives. . Concerning the Tablets Mrs. John M. Weaver,. Blissficld. N". B.,' says:���"I have used Baby's Own Tablets for the past tcii years and have found them so good I always keep a box iu thc house." The. Tablets .arc_ sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockviile, Out. Harold D. Bertram Had Inflammatory Rheumatism and One Box ot Dodd's Kidney Pills Cleared It Out of His System. Southampton, Ont, (Special)��� That rheumatism is caused by disordered kidneys and that Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure it is again proved by the case of- Harold D. Bertram, a young man . eli and favorably known here. He had inflammatory rheumatism for two months, Dodd's Kidney Pills cured him. "The doctor said my trouble started with the grippe," Mr. Bertram states. "My hands and feet were badly swollen and the doctor did not Seem to be doing me any good. My grandmother, Mrs. G. Grasser, advised mc. to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. I took one box of them and I haven't been bothered since. I am clear of the rheumatism." That Mr. Bertram's trouble came from his kidneys is shown by his other symptoms. He had stiffness in the joints, was tired and nervous, and there wrcrc flashes of ligh* before his eyes. He had a dragging sensation across the loins, was always thirsty and felt heavy and sleepy- after meals. Rheumatism is caused by uric acid in the blood. Cured kidneys strain the uric acid out of the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the kidneys. A Promising New Wheat Ruby Wheat Makes Flour of the Highest Quality By bringing out Marquis wheat thc Dominion department of agriculture did a service to Canada and to thc empire that it would be difficult to over-estimate. On account of it9 vigorous habits of growth, excellent yield and superb milling qualities, this variety, which year after year, as an exhibit from Western Canada, has carried off premier honors at the International Soil Products Exhibition in the United States, has largely supplanted thc old standard Red Fife, that also gained for Canadian wheat an enviable reputation in the flour markets of the world. A service rendered by thc introduction of Prelude a few years later was also of great importance, inasmuch as it extended the wheat-growing area of this country by millions of acres. To these two very valuable accessions to the hard wheats of Canada is to be added a ncw sort that comes midway between Marquis and Prelude in the matter of yield and ripening. This new sort has been produced at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, by Dr. Chas. E. Saunders, the Dominion Cerealist, who gives the following account of the new wheat in thc March number of The Agricultural Gazette, the official organ of thc federal department of agriculture: "The new wrheat, which has been named Ruby, Ottawa 623, possesses characteristics in ripening and other qualities midway between Marquis and Prelude. It is beardless, possesses hard, red kernels, gives a fair yield, and makes flour of the highest quality in regard to color and strength. Bread made from it ranks in the first class. This wheat is the result of a cross between Downy Riga and Red Fife. Downy Riga was produced from two early sorts, Gehun, an Indian variety, and Onega from Northern Russia. Ruby As recommended for trial' where Marquis does not ripen satisfactorily. A very limited distribution of five- pound samples is being made to farmers requiring an early sort. A sufficient crop will be grown this year on thc Experimental Farms to provide for a generous distribution next spring." "It is called the . altar because that's where a girl, alters her name when she gets married," explained one youngster to another. Miller's Worm Powders arc par excellence the- medicine for children who are found suffering from the ravages of .worms. They immediately ��� alter .the stomachic conditions under which the worms subsist ahd drive, them' from the system, and at the same time, lliey arc tonical in their effect upon the digestive organs, restoring ihcm to healthful operation and ensuring immunity from further disorders from such a cause. Counsel���"Coiiic, sir, do you mean to tell me you didn't sec the. complainant's cow on thc land? . How near should yoti.bc to ...a beast: to;:, recognize .1 ?���'���'���.'..:" -y XXixy " '.Witness^'-About ���"'- the .distance I am from ��� vou." tral position its late was senkil, an'cl.j thc question had to be faced, Is Bel-j sriuni .to .be'"������..Gernva.ii'-XoX ' Anglo- \ Frcuc!\?: about th CI." A diplomat'��� 'may...--hesitate C'-answerj;a. rU':-.1!1. ncv- "Doc^:.:'voiir.7 '-wifo'.^c co'rioinizc' ?'V-: " "Yes".'jepliod\Mr;^Mfcki^^'She has figured to" a'^iiiccty.-���������how..;.rnany ncw gowns the 'money.-.-\I������.'spend for cigars /would buv.,4:���Hc-.rmllO'-r Spcc- tat or. : X ���'; '���? :-"' t-'-i READ HEU LETTBR :':.-"':v- -.:....-.-" x.. ,. . V ��� Halifax, N.S. ;- '���������':'' A boat etglit luotsths ajro, I read: your adrertieement to on-t of the-Halifax Topers offsriag-a free snroplc of Gia Pills for the Kidasys. I h.id beena martyr for years toin- tsasc p3'��J�� across the back. Betore I Suid finished the third box I found ffly��*lf perfectly freefroas paio.'.'. Yocrs rincenlv, (BO&) JaiiS Ptacr. Boost for Canada Dominion Coming to the Front as a Manufacturing Country A few years ago thc manufacturing industries of Canada were insignificant by comparison with those of the United States. Under thc impulse of war they have, so expanded that the United States government has placed orders for $1,100,000,000 worth, of munitions in the Dominion. The orders include 7,000,000- shells, 10,000,000 forgiiigs and 2,000,000 cartridge cases. The ability of Canada to contribute so much "to the needs of thc United Slates is evidence of the great expansion of the British munition industry, for it indicates that to i a large extent the'mother country 'can now dispense with the aid of the Dominion in munition production.��� Portland' Orcgonian.- Royal Duke's Romance Was One of the Most Cultured Sovereigns of Germany Grand Duke Adolph Frederick, who, .-after a reign of fewer than foiir years, committed suicide.-.:���'������ .-like' Ludwig, was one of thc:;"mpst. cultured sovereigns of Germany." It \vas'; persistently reported in 1913 that he' w;is engaged to marry. Princess. Patricia of J Connaught, daughter of the Duke of Connaug.'U, late governor-general of Canada. 'Ihe shattering of "Princess Pat's romance*' by thc war was a popular topic in the gossipy. English weeklies some time ago, and may possibly bc a clue to tlie mysterious suicide of the Grand Duke: ��� .Ilis grandmother, who died recently, the Matriarch of European 'royalty, was born an. English, princess, flr?t .cousin of Queen Victoria, and through this connection Grand Duke; Adolph was on intimate terms with ' the.'".. British royal -family and had a. host of friends in England. :;_.-.. His talents, handsome:.appearance, splendid horsemanship (he"''was. .fam- ! ous as a long distance, rider) and j reputation for courage made..him.the | beau ideal of German . princes,- and great things-.-were expected, of hint when he. ascended'the throne just before thc outbreak of the great :; A Bo_;*on Girl '; "I hear that Miss Chilton old flame of yours.'' ."Not exactly; an old icicle, ton Transcript, . Important Historical Record British Document Contains Much Data of Important Nature The war cabinet's history for 1917, forms a most interesting and highly important historical record and also shows the tremendous labors of the achievement. The government emphasizes that thc whole character of the war has gradually changed since last year, involving the complcttj transformation of the British administration and organization. Regarding the submarine warfare, thc documents frankly admit that u the enemy had been, able'to maintain the rate of sinkings reached in February of last year, thc military operations of the allies would havcj been largely paralyzed. The navy, however, triumphed. The document contains much data of an important sort. Such Extravagance Fine silk with patter-ns worked in gold and silver threads were used by tltc Turks as sand bag coverings for their trenches in Palestine. AWheat Saver AS$ar Saver A Milk Saver This "ready-to *��� eat" food also saves ���'time and fuel. ��� Ideal forWartime .-���fi'p'i THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE LEDGE $2 a year in Canada, and #2.50 |in the United States. R. T. LOWERY. Editor and Financier In Old Mexico ADVERTISING RATES r .iiKjttent Co-Owner Notices $25.00 ! and Oil Notices fi OO i iv Notices 3.00 ���.'��� Is of Thanks 1.00 . riificale of Improvement 10.00 'Where more than one claim ap- :iiars ir notice, $2.50 for each ad- ���litioiial claim.)... All other legal advertising, 12 cents a line first insertion, and 8 cents a line for each subsequenti insertion, nonpariel measurement. The blue cross means that your subscription is due, and that the editor would be pleased to have more money. Tiik pungent aroma of the green onion, i.s again rampant in Canada. Apparently, the Hindenburg line stops afe all the flag stations in Franco. If you wish to hold the affections of a woman, never give her too much, or too little of anything. Wiute often to the boys in France, and send them the local papers. Nothing has a more beneficial effect upon the soldiers at the front than messages from home. In order to help in these days of war, some girls in the States are wearing overalls. Others are doing their best to save clotb, by wearing dresses that are short on both ends. Style is everything with some people. In the Sonth this winter we saw many a woman wearing heavy furs, and at the same time holding a parasol over her head to keep the sun from burning her face. The German crown prince is not much in the spotlight, since hie j'nilit'ary' fiasco at Verdun. Little "Willio is probably talking to him- felf somewhere in Germany, or loafing around his dad's palace in Bt-rlin. .,'���'���������'������������'.- Over There A. N. Mowat is again in France, ml in a letter to The Ledge says: "Dear Colonel.��� We are all gong strong. All full of confidence and believe that a victorious army will, soon be marching home. There is plenty of news over here, but I cannot give you any as it is itli prohibited. Remember me to the people of Greenwood. During these strenuous times, when a man in feeling all in, fagged out and can hardly stand up, a letter seems to brighten him up and does a lot towards paving the way to the desired end. Any letter addressed to;Sergt.. /A.'.'.N". Mowat, .703882, 7 th Battalion, Army Postoffice, London, England, will reach me v, her ever I may be. When I was in England last I saw James McCreath, Alex DavicUon, Duncan and Bob Murray' Suds Smith, Hilscher of Midway, Alex McKinnon and many others. Bassett of Phoenix is back in France. Billy Whippier, Chris Eaton, Stan W61-. verson, Fred Daly and Alex Mc- Ghie are still in the ring. They are all delighted when a bundle of Ledges arrive at the front. It does them good to read about the friends they left behind them ii God's country���British Columbia." The Three Flags vEdITOU PLEDGE:;,,:; ;;Deak ;Siit:--;In a ^recent issue of The Ledge, -Lsaw::an article in reference tb the United : States, not honoring the British and-French flags to any great extent. - It is very true, for I have been -in Spokane for nearly three months, .anil only once bayeul; seen-^.thej,Allied flags shown? in public ^places. I thought the article ;so appropriate that 11, handed it to one of-the'.iead-.-' '.'ing physicians,'! who: is a leader in ;p-itriot|cf;work.v-;-B[e said : that it i-y ^excellent,!!':and'���'tha,t he!would !'��� ingiyiixup;>fe��� ;'a:_.meeting:!'of the XV. xXih'XDistrict! Congressional Clubt iiiXXv;eek.Xx. ^::^:.Sppkan!^!Ma3^7^.'i918.;A!.-'--:-; "X Xi- Mas.- -S^T?;i LARSEN/ C x.An fXpiejdaiatit;: cati\help! his iisinessby: truthful: an^saggQSt- i.'-e advertising.:!;!>.!!. ;:!;f Close to the Rio Grande, opposite the Big Bend district of Texas, German agents are drilling Mexican troops. Mexican mobilization on the border is a fact, and about 10000 men are opposite the Big Bend. Most of the Mexican array men are rabid pro-Germans. It is realized in Texas that an open break that would lead to war would be a triumph for fehe German plotters and every effort is being made to avoid it. It is known that at least some of the Mexican raids in the Big Bend district were made in the hope that American troops would follow the raiders across the river and into ambush. At the same time, well informed Americans do not believe that Venustiano Carrunzi, de facto president of Mexico, is pro-German, or pro-anyfchiug but Mexican. The situation in Mexico is Bim- ply chaotic. Carranza's authority is respected by no one. Even those claiming publicly to be his devoted followers almost openly sneer at him. His only card is the fact that he has been recognized by the United States, and the declaration of President Wilson that the United States will not recognize any president who succeeds to office via the assassination route. Plenty of ambitious men in Mexico would have Carraoza killed, but why kill him when the act will put Mexico beyond hope of procuring foreign financial assistance which any government must have it it is to survive? Carranza is a small-town man, a provincial of the narrowest type ���a selfish, grasping old autocrat, who pretends to be a friend of the plain people and in faver of liberal government, but who never willingly permits any power to get out of his own hands. His idea of a government is one where the laws are made by executive decree without the necessity of sanction by congress or anyone else. The constitution adopted at Queretaro, at a convention dominated by Carranza, is a good one in many ways, and is even radical in its provisions for the protection of the rights of the individual Mexican. Its weakness is its denial of the rights'to foreigners or to religious bodies or ministers of religion, regardless of denomination. It contains a joker which permits the president to suspend it in times of national stress, and Senor Carranza has managed to keep it suspended ever since ib was framed. some two years ago. Ife denies foreigners the right co own real property of any kind, unless the foreigners, bo they corporations or natural persona, agree to surrender their right to appeal to their own governments for protection of their.rights. It denies them the right to hold property of any kind and under any circumstances within 100 kilometers of the coast or boundary of another country. As the constitution has! been suspended ever sinoe it was ratified, no attempt, so far as is known, has been! made to enforce any of its provisions, though Secretary of State Liiisii.ig has taken occasion to inform Garrahz* that the ptovisions respecting, property rights will not be recognized by the United States, finoe American citizens cannot lawfully surrender any pf their rights so long as they remain citizens of the United StafeeB. Ever since Carranzi has been iii office he has looked with jealous eye upon the Tampico oil fields, and several times bas started troops in that direction with the view of taking possession of them, but each time the move has been abandoned. : ; Nominally the Carranza government .controls the city of Tampico, which is the shipping point!for;the oil. . "!;!: X:xx.xXy;XXi:X ���';���.The-prpducing .district itself is und er i control of ��� an i ndependeu t revolutionist, M*ndel'.,.1'alft-?-?, who is a bitter enemy of;-Canun.zai:;>-, ���.Vt'Pal.aez!'is'!'a,/bro!ther!-.'t :erai'.counsel!-!'-.pf.-:the! Agiiila7!;corn-: paiiny, the great'.B^'i.tisli^'cpncern:;.of Sir^Weetmah Pearson,Xandytiiis generally.; believed ;: the ... Palaez revolution, was started, maintained and! financied by the oil interests to ke��p Cbranzi audhis people out of the fieid and Jk>! protect! the properties fromdestruction at the hands of irresponsible bands, i.x '. , ./Tiie .Carranza or federal troops are just as irresponsible and dangerous as the so-called revolution- iste or bandits. The bandits pillage and loot by virtue of their strong right arms, the soldiers do the same things in the name of the government. If a rancher or merchant in an outlying district objects to his property beiug taken by the soldiers, he is charged with being a Villa sympathizer, and imprisoned or shot. Each of the so-called generals is a law unto himself, and never accepts orders that do not suit him, save in the presence of a superior force. The condition of affairs, in northern Mexico at least, has resulted in stripping the country of provisions. The farmers are afraid to put in crops or to gather them, for they are almost certain to be confiscated by the soldiers or stolen by the bandits. Along the railroads the suffering of the people arc intense; in the more remote districts famine conditions prevail. The cities are crowded with Germans, most of them are refugees who fled from fehe United States in anticipation of the declaration of war and others who escaped across the line to avoid the draft. Many of these people have money. Some of them are wealthy. They spend freely, entertain the generals and officers of the garrisons, and generally succeed in creating the impression that they are the only friends of the Mexicans. Americans with plenty of money should be sent into the country. Arrangements should be made for the reopening of the mines aud other properties owned by Americans and allied interests; food should be supplied to tide the people over until they can produce their own. The United States should follow the example of the Germans in not paying too much attention to Carranza, but dealing, unofficially of course, with the half-dozen leaders who are the real power iu the country. If this could be done and peace once restored, the future would be easy. Mexicans are so tired of war that they would accept almost anything that would guarantee them peace. It is probably safe to say that today, out of 15.000,000 people, less than 50,000 are in arms, and these could be promptly brought under control by any power that undertook the task with intelligence and proper financial backing. Carranza is stupid, arrogant, suspicious, and notoriously lacking in honesty in a country where honesty is nofe esteemed as one of the highest virtues. He is a silent partner in a number of companies which control the trade in almost everything of importance produced in the country, and no one in Mexico can do business with out paying tribute to one of these concerns. All Free Miner's certificates expire on the 3lst of May. SIMILKAMEEN LAND DISTRICT TAKE NOTICE that I Joint R. Jackson.of Midway, occupation, Rancher, intends to anply for permission to Least? the following described Lands: Cinitmencini; at a post at the N. W. Cor. Lot lOSCs, thence nortli 60 chs., thence East 20 chs , thence South 40 chs., thence East 40 cits., thence South 20 chs., thence West 00 chs., to point of commencement, containing' 200 acres more or less foi Grazing- Lands. Dated this 30th day of March, 191��. JOHN R. JACKSON, Applicant. SIMILKAMEEN LAND DISTRICT TAKE NOTICE that I John R. Jackson intends to apply ior permission to Lease the following described Lands: Lot 1086s on official Map containing-160 acres. Sated 30th day of March 1918. JOHN R. JACKSON, Applicant. British Columbia has been here a long time so has the B. C, Cigar. Absolutely Guaranteed. Clear Havana Filled, The Cigar that never varys. * t $ Have you tried one lately? WILBERG&W0LTZ B. C. CIGAR FACTORY NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C The Knob Hill Hotel PHOENIX. One of the largest hotels in the city.: Beautiful location, fine rooms and tasty mealG. A. O. JOHNSON - PROP. THE OPERATOR AND THE TELEPHONE USER WORK TOGETHER Real, helpful, animate service is what the telephone operator gives. She is trained to her work, her every movement is made instinctly as the-result of constant practise. Her efforts . - are always directed toward giving serviced it becomes habit. :To do otherwise; she would have to derange her daily course of action. With considerate co-operation on the part oi the subscriber, ; telephone service will be well-nigh peifect BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY, Ltd. Mazda Tungsten Lamps 15 to 40 Watt Lamps���50c each, 60 Watt Lamps���75c each. 100 Watt Lamps���$1.25 each. LAMPS 60 Watts 100 ����� 200 �����������'���.: $1.25 each 2,00 >��� 3.50 �� STORAGE BATTERIES CHARGED and REPAIRED ELECTRIC VULCANIZING Greenwood City Waterworks Co* EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL J**44"&"*^44��4"i"4*4' ***4��***4'*>fr+i'K '*������ Cbe Buttic F>oteI nelson, B*g�� The only up/4o/date Hotel.itf::;the���;inteHbr.::; iXixxia every: respect, First-class CENTRALLY LOCATED Hot and Cold Water; Steam Heat and^ Telephone in iXX'XXyi^ xxXxrooms-withxp^ :Y:;;;FiretClass^fe [ i^isix&AM^ Xi'XX.:..-Steam Heated; :Electric Lighted. RATES Si.00:per day.anciap;.European Pian. X ". Bas; Sleets all Trains and Boats. i J^t:' ���;��� s$�� *�����������>����� ������� ���$����������� *J* ���f" 4* H = * ii Over The Top" Nature has made British Columbia rich and beautiful The waters that run through and surround it, are teeming with edible fish, include ing clams, Its lofty sky /scraping mountains are filled with almost every known mineral, while the yellow power of earth'gold, it hides amid the sands of many a creek, Its fertile valleys and hillsides contain millions of acres that are doing nothing to go "OVER THE TOP," for lack of cultivation, Its forests of gigantic trees are the envy of the world* The scenery is grandly magnificient, while the climate contains the ozone that puts pep into the human frame, filling it with life, health and energy, With all these advantages this Province should have millions of happy people within its confines, and j)et it has a scant 400,000* Then sings the little bird in the tree* "What's The Matter With EG" Nothing, except that it is like many a businessman. It does not advertise, or does not know how. Turn on the bright light of effective and suggestive advertising, until all the world thinks and talks about this glorious B. C, the brightest gem in the cluster of Canada's provincial diamonds. Get amove on, go over the top, waving your flag and blowing your cornet in front of the millions that have not yet been "swiped" by the red hand of Mars. In the meantime do not fall to boost your own business by dropping a soul-touching, money getting ad into Greenwood's Leading Excitement. Come across with enthusiasm and plenty of printer's ink, and the public will shell you with dollars, until you grow tired picking them up. If you are wise, you will always advertise, in get your job printing at the same office.
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