@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "2f75e3b7-144c-42c0-9382-219ca45980f0"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-07-14"@en, "1917-12-20"@en ; dcterms:description "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."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xledgreen/items/1.0308524/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ F*ovi ocial iifi. *ary THE LEDGE ...."&& ^*X% T/HE OLDEST MINING CAMP NEWSPAPER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Vol,. XXIV. GREENWOOD, B. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1917. Make Home Attractive BY FILLING IT WITH OUR Substantial Furniture, Artistic Pictures, Soft. Carpets, and Elegant Crockery Plenty of Oils, Hamate and Tinware In stock MAIL ORDERS solicited from all points of the Compass T. M. GULLEY & CO. New location���Russell-Law Caulfield Building PHONE 28 X GREENWOOD, B. C. I WISH TO THANK MY NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR PATRONAGE, AND TO WISH THEM EVERY THING OF THE BEST FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR. Wm. C. ARTHURS, GREENWOOD CITY BAKERY FLOUR AND FEED STORE J vwemmmmmmzmmwiimiM X X JOHN CROPLEY GREENWOOD Blacksmith, Carpenter and Wagon Maker HORSES SHOD On the most modern and scientific principles oooooooooooooooooooooooooo T. THOMAS CLOTHES CLEANED PRESSED AND REPAIRED TAILOR - GREENWOOD OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Christian Science service will be held in theTMEI/LOR BLOCK on Sunday at ii a. in. All welcome. Every Wednesday at 8 p. tn., 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. 'STORE OF QUALITY" ORDER YOUR Christmas 1 Groceries ! EARLY CHOICE GOODS IN ALL LINES J. G. McMYNN MIDWAY - - B. C. H. McKEE GREENWOOD COAL AND WOOD AGENT FOR LETHBRIDGE GOAL D. R, WlcELMON WATCHMAKER and JEWELER PIPES REPAIRED l- Spectacles For Sale and Repaired. 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 w <y*he new regulations. Useful Presents. Beautiful Presents," Appropriate Presents. Coles Book Store. No. 23 St. Jude's Bazaar The St. Jude's Bazaar and Entertainment on the 12th proved an immense success. The Work Stall, 'Candy Stall, and Ice-cream Stall were well patronized,, also fehe Afternoon Tea Tables. The Houp- la and the shooting gallery were kept busy, the winners at the latter proving to be P. H. McCurrach and W. Spooner, each with one point short of a perfect score. While the children enjoyed themselves with the lucky bags. In the raffles, the oil-painting was won by Mrs. Lucas, the two sacks of potatoes by Mrs. Wescott and Mrs. Walters, the pillow slips by ' Mrs. Ryan. The Entertainment in the evening was generally pronounced to be one of the best ever held in Greenwood. The Sketch "Collaborators",, by Mrs. Ashby and W. 0. Arthurs quite brought down the house. And as for Mrs. Jarley's Waxworks, it was one whirl of laughter and enjoyment from beginning to end. . Mrs. Ashby as Mrs. Jarley, and W. C. Arthurs and C. Henderson as Peter and John were all inimitable. The following is a complete list of the characters, all except the deceased Mr. Jarley, taken by the young people- Babes in the^Wood, F. Harris, and \\j. McCutcheon. Cannibal, G. Sleftth. Boy on the Burning Deck, G. Eales. Little Red Ridding Hood, W. Hardy. Fair One with the Golden Locks, Laura Bellis. Sleeping Beauty, Rath Swanson. Spoilt Child, Annie Eustis. Christopher Columbus, R. Pond. Robinson Crusoe, W. Spooner, Lady MacBeth, Nellie Hammerstadt. Grace Darling, May Gibson. Queen Elizabeth, Beatrice Nelson. Flora, Vera Parker. Dr. Watts, D. Smith.""."Britannia, Miss ..Ferguson. Cinderella, Ethel Pond. May Queen, Helen McKay. Justice, Josephine McKee. Miss Moffett, Phyllis Spooner. Jiggs and Maggie, A. Eustis and J. McArthur. Deceased^ Mr. Jarley, J. Price. A dance followed, and was kept np till 1.30. The music being furnished by Mre. Ashby and Messrs. Clerf and Simpson. Were Found Guilty At the Conrt House on Saturday last, J. A. Miller and John Papay appeared before'j [Judge Brown, charged with stealing a cable from tbe E. P. TJ. mine, near Greenwood. The cable was used years ago on a gravity tram at the above mine and was laying between the mine and the ore bin at the foot of the hill. In the- evidence that was given it was learned that some time in the latter part of August or the first of September, the accused had taken the cable and shipped it to Vancouver where it was Bold to the Canadian Junk Co., who after having it for a time disposed of it to a Paper company up the coast. Miller was paid for the cable, and received 20 cents a foot for it in Vancouver. They were found guilty on this charge, Papay received 3 months at hard labor, with a $200 fine, failing to pay the fine he wonld receive 3 months more. Miller got 6 months at hard labor and a $250 fine, also if the fine is not paid 3 months will be added. J. H. Ryley defended Miller, and H. L. McKenzie for Papay. I. H. Hallett was for the prosecution. ���A I I THE .LEDGE, .GREENWOOD, B< Ct Germany Answered REAJD HER LETTER Halifax. N.S. "About eight won tho ago, I rend your advertisement ia one of the Halifax papers offering a free snmple of Gin Pills for the Kidney3. I hnd been a martyr for yenrs to intense pains across the back. Before I had finished the third box I found myself perfectly free from pain." Yours sincerely, (Mrs.) Janb Percy, . SAVE~THE CALVES' Mightiest swing' ever aimed at Abortion, Stcril- j ity, ami Prema- ! tine Calving, one , or one hundred j cattle treated in J 5 minutes. Use one half oi our product, ii not satisfied return the balance and Ket vour money. "K'alf Savir" sell. _!5 pounds $4.00'. Scud for printed matter. MCQUEEN'S PRODUCTS Plant and Head Office, Edmonton, A'.bcrta. P. O. Box, 321 German War of Aggreision Bloodshed as a Means of Acquiring Markets Medill McCormack, member of congress from Illinois, who is now in England, speaking before the empire parliamentary association, said that the travellers who came to England or to France for the first time, since the outbreak of the war could Jiot refrain from speaking of the profound impression which the resolution and steady courage of the people made on him. "I have been struck," hc added, "by the fusion of hard intelligence and idealism with which Briiish men and women face the problems of the war and its prolongation, no less than those of peace which must follow. No one who has not seen it can picture the tremendous national labor in which you arc engaged, and, as I see Britons going about their work��� the grim business of war itself or the many other businesses collateral to it���I wonder if you yourselves can see the splendor of your sacrifice iu ils true perspective. I have seen everywhere displayed the practical qualities and the idealism which we Americans like to count among our homely attributes. Without both we shall not mould the democratic and peaceful society which wc believe necessary to the survival of our Christian civilization. Ideals���national and international, must not be repugnant to realism���a human and humane conception of human wants and purposes���if we arc to live in a peaceful world after the war. But that is very different from the pagan nnd cynical' materialism which moved the imperial German oligarchy to launch the German armies and the German people in a war of aggression against the world and to drive the great democracies, one after another, to war in defence of their honor and of the security of still unborn generations. "Let us accept, if they please, the German philosophy that war is the logical accentuation of economic. competition. So, in another age, was the romantic vocation of the robber baron who took toll off travelling merchants or murdered them without'imperial warrant. That was the logical accentuation of the political and economic forces of feudalism. Wc.purpose to abandon and to make Germanv abandon bloodshed as a means of acquiring markets���the kaiser's 'place in the sun'���which any people may win bv industry and skill." Comment on Figures Showing Composition of Fighting Forces Much attention is being bestowed by the press on the figures published by Renter's showing the proportion of the British troops engaged in the lighting since July 31, namely, English, 70 per cent.; overseas troops, 10 per cent.; Scottish, 8 per cent., Ii ish, 0 per cent. The proportion of casualties being: English, 76 per cent.; overseas troops, 8 per cent.; Scottish 10 per cent.; Irish, 6 per cent. The Sunday Observer, commenting on these figures, says: "The generous prominence g'.eu in the communiques to the exploits i tne of the soldiers of the dominions, as ' _|_ WIRE ;GXJfS on Horse*. Cattle. &c, quickly cured by EGYPTIAN LINIMENT For Sale by AU JJealen Douglas & Co., Proplrs, Napanee, On-. 'Free Sample on Request) Sale of Diseased Potatoes A Different Type Folitics Must Be Less of an Exclusive Profession The truth is that there never was a time when sane, serious counsel was more needed than in the present hour, when the anxious suspense of war and the grinding misery of e sorrow which follows in its train, the vast number of are in the melting an ac- well as the Scottish, Welsh and Irish ! together with t is England's, response to the keen | problems which _. pride of nationally which is part of' pot require the formation of the historic birthright or her neigh- .... bors in the United Kingdom, aud to the zest of youth in the dominions. Englishmen do not grujge or misunderstand the frequency with which these troops are mentioned but when this mention is made the foundation r tive and enlightened public opinion to help, in due course, towards their solution. "Notwithstanding tiie need for concentrating on the war," says the Times, "it is not too soon to make up our minds that the men . . . , , | who speak for us iu parliament shall oi a particularly foul enemy slander i consist in the main of a different it is necessary to state the facts. Itypc from those who predominate to- ,t!av, that, polities shall bc less of an i l"c exclusive profession, and that there! bcinK interna 'German propagandists iu Russia arid in America having spread assertion that main burden of the war on other parts of the empire, it was full time that the official agencies grappled firmly with a falsehood so poisonous. Nothing is more vital to the enemy's purposes than to disparage the credit and weaken the authority of England iu tlie ranks of the grand alliance.'' England thrusts the j _._,_.__ '.���, I10 rooln for _llie candidate vho thinks more of his own carce; iu London than of the interests of his constituents.' This is just what we have beeu saying for a long time. ���Dundee People's Journal. By Prof. V. W. Jackson, Manitoba Agricultural College __ In judging at the Boys' and Girls' Gab Fairs this fall I have found that 75 per cent, of the potatoes showed scab, some very badly, and that one out of every three potatoes showed a brown ring when the stem end was cut off, which is the start of dry rot, and, although it may not seriously spoil Che potatoes for cooking at this lime of the year, it spoils them for sale because the merchants will take advantage of this disease to reduce the price. The first three car loads of potatoes sent from Manitoba lo Minneapolis iast year were sent back on account of dry rot, but not, of course, until they had made au offer of half-price for them. All who have potatoes /ov sale, should cut a thin slice off the stem end to see ii there is auy brown ring indicative of dry rot, and, if so, these should not be offered for sale as they will almost surely be turned back as unfit. Such potatoes may be used for immediate consumption, but the dry rot will increase with storage during the winter and the potatoes will be quite unfit for seed next year. The disease there is no efficient 1 -<*Jade in canad^1 For making; ' soap. For soften. ' Ine water. For removing | paint. For dlilnfectlns | refrigerators, ��� Ink*, oloaets, J | dralneandforSOO other purposes. tUFUSC SUK-TITUTH. Public Will Chance It treatment for it. Where signs of dry Eliminating the Opportunity of Making Excessive Profits What causes popular resentment is not a high price, but the belief that it has to bc paid merely to satisfy the greed of some individual and to put money into his pocket. The great merit of the costing system adopted by the ministry of food is that it eliminates the opportunity of making excessive profits out of the public need by reducing the stages through which a commodity passes ....................... ��_>.e......~_.. YES! MAGICALLY! CORNS LIFT OUT WITH FINGERS Whether the corn he of old or new growth, it must yield to Ilolloway's Corn Cure, the simplest and best cure offered to the public. rot are present in the stem end, it is to those indispensably necessary, and ' lhal the potatoes should ' '���-��������� -��� ��"���".-���������...���->._.>���<���������>__..������.������-..,..._.,.,._....,._,_.,,, _*._,__���_.,.. you say to the drug store man, "Give me a small bottle of frcezone." 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 the 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 fid one's feet of qtior business, corns was introduced by a Cincinnati! invested in each Liquor and Labor Comparatively Few Men Thrown Out of Work Through End of Liquor Industry Defenders of the liquor industry spreads"to'llic' poTato? causing a jell inportant mat Uie bc stored in a very cool cellar (or the rot develops much more rapidly in warm cellars. Healthy-looking potatoes may have dry rot, which is only seen by cutting a thin slice across the stem end when a brown ring, or brown spots, will be seen. The other end of the potato will show no brown ring, hence, for cooking purposes, dry rot may bc removed if not too far advanced. In its advanced stage, dry rot produces jelly-ends, and such potatoes should be thrown aside. The disease enters the stem end, through the stein which dies prematurely, and then have always professed anxiety con cerning the great army of workmen that would bc thrown out of employment upon the adoption of national prohibition. Much is said about the enormous amount of capital that is invested in the liquor industry, and vet for every $1,000,000 invested in "the average industry, practically six times as many workers are employed as in the liquor business. Take a few leading Canadian industries and compare them with the li- For every $100,000 of these industries man, who says that frcezone dries in j the following number of wage carn- a moment, and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without irritating the surrounding skin. Don't let father die of infection or lockjaw from whittling at his corns, but clip this out and make him try it. If you druggist hasn't any free- zone tell him to order a small bottle from his wholesale drug house for you. Find Gasoline in Shale From the so-called hydrocarbon shales of Colorado and Utah may come gasoline for -motor cars. Examination of these shales by the United Slates geological survey indicate that the distillation of shale from beds over three feet thick in Colorado alone will yield more than 20,000,000,000 barrels of crude oil, from which more than 2,000.000,000 barrels of gasoline can bc extracted by ordinary methods. However, there probably v. ill bc no shale gasoline manufactured until the present methods of obtaining gasoline make the product so expensive that tlie. big majority of .motorists are unable to buv it. Taking the Toll Germany Must in Due Course Restore Conquered Territory France paid loo, and paid heavily but now, after 15 months have gone, takes that for which she paid. Now the weight, of artillery is with her. But it is not only artillery. The spirit of France lives in the "extraordinary patience of tlie French soldier, which, combined with his excellent physique, makes his mind and. body* so untired in spite of the tremendous mental and bodily strain of the war that he seems today just as full of energy and even more.determined than in the first enthusiasm of the. rush into Alsace and Lorraine." Verdun was. always t'.:c key of the defense of France. ]n the last few days one after another . of the bastions of that defense, which Germany won in the spring of 1916, have been .regained. There is in this the whole hope and confidence of the alliance. What Germany has won and still holds she will in due course be made to restore; that, and more also.���London Times. rs are employed: Liciuor 9; agricultural implements, 22; boots and shoes, 80; butter and cheese, 76; bread etc., 55; house building. 80; clothing, 145; furniture, 60. These figures show that the number of wage-earners in the liciuor business is couinaratiwly small compared with other industries. The changed conditions following the adoption of national prohibition end, or, if late, just a brown ring. Potato scab is more common than usual and in some cases the pits arc very deep, causing decay which would make the potato unfit for use. For further information on potato diseases send for bulletin entitled, "The Potato," also forward any unusual case of potato disease, to the Botany Department of the Manitoba Agricultural College. GUARD THE CHILDREN FROM AUTUMN COLDS The fall is the most severe season of the year for colds���one day is warm, the next is wet and cold and unless the mother is on her guard the little ones are seized with colds that may hang on all winter. Baby's Own Tablets arc mothers' _ best friend in preventing or banishing colds. They act as a gentle laxative, keeping the bowels and stom- , _��� . ,,. . .. II��\\., iW-VJ^llIK lilt, 1/UIVV1J cm vi ,ji_v*��* does not mean that they will go adntt ach frec and swcct_ An 0Cc_.s_0nal dose will prevent colds or if it does come on suddenly the prompt use of >y limiting the cost at each to a fab- return for work done. We hope the public will understand the point and appreciate the method adopted to eliminate "profiteering." There is, indeed, a danger that this may bejoo effectually done and that the mark may bc overshot. It is a danger which always attends fixed prices, and it must not be ignored If prices are so fixed that they do not give a Palestine. Families are being mas fair return, the inevitable result is ' ' ' ' " ' that commodities arc not forthcoming.���London Times. Conditions in Palestine There are thousands of Turks Enter Upon Campaign of j children who are bright Terror Among Jews Bllt frail ��� not sick DUt The latest advices from Palestine, ,'._J___-_J_��_--____1__AJ *l��^.. coming, as usual, i,v devious ways, underdeveloped���they show only too clearly that the con- pjay with their food���they clitious in that countrv are going- r . t ij _i 1 1 from bad to worse. Some months j Catch COluS eaSllV and UO ago, the. Turkish authorities entered ' ___.l il-��J����__�� iL_.....L -J upon a campaign against the Jews not tnriVC���Uiey OmV need iu Palestine, which followed, all" too *f��e r>lir*��wricll HnilM-Wirl in exactly, says au exchange, upon the l lC i��ure*IK��lIiqUia-IUOa HI lines of the treatment meted out to the Armenians and the-Syrians. Reliable reports showed that the Jews were being driven out ot Jaffa, Jerusalem, and other cfties, in thousands, and that they were not allowed to carry off any of their belongings, or to take with them a day's supply of food; whilst, once they were forced out, the most cynically complete methods were adopted to insure that they should not be able to obtain any kind of .sustenance. The latest reports available from Jaffa show that these measures have been, in a large measure, effective. Jaffa, which was once a thriving city, has been economically ruined, ami reports from other parts of Palestine show that the. policy inaugurated sonic months ago, is being steadily carried out. There is need for the plainest speaking in this matter. The tale of massacre aud outrage at various places in the mid-East has become such a stock story, in the news of the day, that there is serious danger of its being almost taken for granted. The well-night inconceivable horrors of the Armenian massacres, followed closely by Dje- mal's "polic.v of extermination," in Syria, are now being re-enacted in The Friend of All Sufferers.���Like, to "the shadow of a rock in a weary land" is Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil to all those who suffer pain. It holds out hope to everyone and realizes it by stilling suffering everywhere. It is a liniment that has the blessing of half a continent. It is on sale everywhere and can bc found wherever enquired for. or cause a panic, will be necessary, Some adjustment The constantly c.iau.niie situation in the industrial world often compels men to change their occupations and may havc to learn new trades. ll is an ��� acknowledged fact .hat ���more men lose their jobs because of llic lifiuor trade than would be the case if the trade were destroyed. Someone has said: "When liciuor puts a.man out of a iob it unfits him for another job. When no-liecnse puts a bartender out of a job it makes him a wealth-producing work- iii-rnian. Tt is better that the bartender should lose his job and get a better one than that dozens of patrons should lose their jobs and be unfitted for any job."���J. H. Hazlc- wood, Social Service Department. Anyone Can Do This Overheated Houses Mean a Waste of Fuel and Is Injurious to Health The fuel administrator suggests that as a measure of economy in the use of coal, Americans reduce the temperature of their houses at least five degrees this winter. The American standard of artificial heating is commonly said to bc about 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and this is true in Canada, The English standard is 62 degrees. The complaints of Englishmen in America of overheated houses and the jests of Americans iu England at the chilliness indoors are well worn stories. Climatic differences make identical heating standards unlikely and even undesirable, the Tablets willquickly cure it!��Thc I .Y0' American houses are frequently Tablets arc sold by medicine dealers . kc^ to?J_ot.' and >"* wlth a temper Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc. Worms, however generated, arc found in the digestive tracts, where they set up disturbances detrimental to the health of the child. There can bc no comfort for the little ones until the hurtful intruders have been expelled. No better preparation for this purpose can bc had than Miller's Worm Powders. They will immediately destroy the worms and correct the conditions that were favorable to their existence. The Vanishing Elk Drastic Measures Must Be Taken to Save Them From Extinction NexL keep in importance to big-horn though least in numbers, Raise Sheep in B. C. Canada Near Foot of the List in Sheep Raising Sir George Bury, of the C;P.R., vho was sent lo Kiissia. recently to organize her railways, writes to the secretary of the British Columbia Wool Growers' Association as follows: "For many years J--havc been advocating an increase in the sheep industry and have made quite a number of public and semi-public utterances on the subject. The sheep population of the world numbers well over 600,000,000 and out of twenty-five countries Canada is near the foot, being twenty-second _ with 2,173,302��� Australia coming first with 85,057,- 402. The decrease in Canada between the year 1901-1914. the most recent figures obtainable, amounted to 334,937, whereas there was in Australia an increase of 10.516,486 and an increase iu South Africa of 19,- 588,340. Between 1900 and 1910, the ! number of sheep in the United States or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' .Medicine Co., Brockviile, Ont. Blackleg in Cattle Prevention Is Possible Through Usc of Vaccination The Manitoba, department of agriculture has had complaints from a few parts of. the country of ioss among cattle from blackleg, and this is just the time of year to be on the lookout for it. The blackleg germ, when once introduced into a district, lives in the soil, and is liable to attack animals, especially j-oung cattle, at pasture. The symptoms are quite characteristic, the first usually being sudden lameness, in which one of the legs is dragged stiffly. Local, swelling develops rapidly, and these produce a crackling sound when pressed. . The disease is almost always rapidly fatal. ' / The'department reminds the public that although curative treatment after infection is not practicable, prevention is possible through vaccination. This year a large amount of blackleg vaccine was used in all the Western provinces because of the publication last winter of a circular on this subject. Farmers with cattle at pasture should get a copy of this circular from the Publications alure of 70 degrees, but 72 and 75 degrees. When Mr. Garfield urges a general reduction of five degrees in the temperature of the average home hc asks us to bear no hardship or even discomfort. Most medical authorities would enthusiastically endorse his suggestion on grounds of health alone.���New York Sun. Gramaphones in the War . Three hundred gramaphones arc divided among the Canadian troops in France alone. Gramaphones will also accompany the United States soldiers, and as a start a New York man has bought seventy-five of thcin to be sent across to Pershing's men as his T_ersonal contribution, through the Y.M.C.A. . Mr. Bradt, general manager iu Canada of a graniaphono compauy.- says that the war has not hit the gramaphohc industry to any serious extent, and in Canada business has advanced wonderfully. As an instance, last June's sales were 127 per cent, better than those of June, 1916, a record month, when business was 700 per cent, better than it was five, years back. A Plan to lieep Cabbage Cabbage will keep in good condition until late in the winter if wrap sacred, towns and territories cva cuated, communities plundered and given over to pillage. Thus, the town of Gaza was recently ordered by the Turkish authorities, to bc evacuated by the civil population, and, in pursuance of this order, the inhabitants were forced to set" out upon their journey with nothing but the clothes they wore. All their belongings were left iu their homes, and were immediately turned over to the Turkish troops for loot. The outrages in Palestine present one peculiar feature: In the case of the Armenians, the desire was to get rid of troublesome question by exterminating the causes of it. In Syria, the desire was somewhat similar. But, hitherto, the. Jew has always been shown comparatively friendly treatment in Turkey. He has never been regarded as an clement in the population which the authorities would rather have eliminated. On the contrary, hc. has generally been accorded a favored position amongst-ihe subject peoples, and the Turkish officials have not been slow to recognize the value of having such a thrifty communis in their midst. The destruction and outrage at present going on in Palestine, therefore, is of a most wanton description. The. thriving Jewish colony around laffa. for instance, was a source of great income to the government. Nevertheless, this hav been dispersed and destroyed, and the same may be said of the position in Jerusalem and other cities. Around Gaza, calvary horses were, it is said, deliberately turned over to graze ou such scanty crops as the inhabitants had been able to grow, so that there will be. no grain this year, in a country where conditions of living arc, even now, almost desperate. Broadly speaking, there is in the whole condition only one consolation and that is that every time the Turk indulges in a such meaningless and insane, acts of barbarity, his expulsion, as far as any autliority is concerned, bag and baggage, not only from Europe, but from civilization generally, is rendered the more absolutely ccrlain. EMUELSIOI to start them growing and keep them going. Children relish SCOTT'S and it carries rare nutritive qualities to their blood streams and gives them flesh- food, bone-food and strength-food. Nothing harmful in SCOTT'S. Scott & Bovrsc. Toronto. Ont. 16-2 Will Cultivate More Land Increase Our Average Yields Facts and Factors Making for Success or Failure The average yields of Canada's grain crops can be doubled in quantity by the application of more care in. seed selection, and just a ilttle more labor and skill in tillage^ And what is perhaps of even greater importance than..quantity, is. quality of product. The 50 per cent, yield will usually be of inferior quality, so that the loss involved in raising the small or poor crop, is two-fold. The gain in producing the large or I0O per cent, yield is also two-fold���a gain Branch, Department of Agriculture, I ��,��\\ l"��if? from the to. Winnipeg, or should send direct for .h^ mam part, ol the crop is buried - ��� ... -. .- ��� in a p_t a great deal of labor can bc saved by taking out quite a quantity uiiong the Rocky Mountain big (i,,crf>;is(>d s,896,266, being given as Save In the Use Of Wheat By eating Grape-Ntits All the food value of the grain is used in making this delicious food, and its b.end of make 1 barley not only ?dds to its nouiishing qualities, but produces a ila'vO- of i__n.u_.uai lich- All Food- No Waste! game, is the American elk or wapiti. It once ranged nearly the entire continent in millions, but is now reduced so greatly lhal it has become possible to take a reasonably accurate census of its numbers. Its habitat was originally from Mexico to -tlie Peace river and from the Pacific to tlie Atlantic, between the St. Lawrence and the coast of South Carolina. Today, a few'scaUcrcj bands along the Rockies between Colorado and the Brazcau river and scunc isolated herds in the forests of northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan.; comprise the entire wild elk left in North America. Probably the total does not exceed 60,000 head, less than -,000 of which arc found iii ( vn tb lu lh< Rockies there arc pubabl' trom 175 to 365. of which tlu it'-igi ini i''t remnant m the \\al- li \\ of the Br.i/uu is the last of tne r riginal elk hcids of Mbtrta llic-e low tound in the south are Hutish Columbia elk tl at ha.e migrattd to 'lie 1 ast slopi siree the in._ugur_.tioi' of a closed >���(i��on on elk in Albert t cue fue or m\\ jeais agn Ilk are g"- /ing aiiiinals, bit hin Lien lorecd to b< < or,c ton-t d_\\_'- h >- lhc> h.e _ rinrtp lh on t_r. --���, vtds ard low brush "i
  • '���'it'll 1> j" r, lurch _>nd willow- 'l'u- h- ii m on r-i ������ l d \\ i r d r i -_ 52,838,748 in the latter year. "The number of sheep per 1,000 inhabitants in Australia in 1914 was 10,970: Ireland, S23; Great Britain. 578; United Stales, 575 and Canada, 302. "The number of sheep per 1.000 acres of productive land in 1914 ir. Australia was 709; Great IVritain, 509; Ireland, 192; United Slates, 00, and Canada, 20. "These figures show to what cxr tent ihe number of sheep in Cariad-i might reasonably be increased, but instead we seem to be killing off the lambs and sheep very rapidly." the vaccine and circular to Dr. C. D. McGilvray, Dominion Government Veterinary Inspector for Manitoba, Boyd I.lock, Winnipeg. -In a single day lately..! "i i - - lti o t' i l ���tiit] 'o'r M \\ ' i ' i" r 1 x U i i ( ' t K ' - -l. I 1 - ��� r - ; o-l ' i U C �� r - oi t1 "I w- ir - - r.r I \\ 1 o' . c her = <��' l_��r fS t ( y^: i ��� i >c\\ I fo nd uLt I 1 -1 a 1 J c^e A tczer.j I'\\ t__,c._ ->, 11 a ten had c )', . 1 l-f ih n - r i-r'-tl ' GD il at i! e M. i 1-'-T-, .c-j ^or-* I set ' ~ *- -nr !() :- KeVf Increase in Live Stock Alberta's cxctlKrt l.ir\\e- is di.iv- lng a large number of 1 uidit _ ktr-, iimiu of whom uk p'.icu i<=i lg 1 nd with a \\ic\\\\ to breaking it up m\\J_ __________.__-i��r->TvP j. i.i. nign price ol \\i\\l -��ock, too, i- .ttr. ell _r -, )<_]_ men from .11 o\\ r fit I nntd St itta ��� to ovr vat nt bids with i \\u.. to j plarm"- c.."lc . nd oilier In c s'otA j u_ o i it I iif pr--rP n di. lion-, | th t tl ' re \\ 'il \\>< a \\ i d r 1 n c i'i 1 - i_ 'ork (H -i lg the cc l c r. i cl i 11 i^ oi U Ce c I . 1 1 \\ - , f -C_ P. i r'. u g Cls'ns cf Educatio-i -t. L_ I. r >- 1 C- r (tit h i i�� ti .' n ������ > i i c ��� > 1 ' ����� W. N. 1.92 1 13 , i_ i i t^c ^irp-c- I I, I/> ''..a.. i'r- v -J ' Cut'cura Dct-t __yjstop, L. S. \\ " ���- c* - . r a (. und is the ability to correct sterility in the cases of many women. This fact is well established aa cvidcnceJ by the following letter and hundreds of others WG have published in these colums. Poplar Bluff, Mo.���"I want other women to know what a blessing Lydia ��� -q E. Pinkham s Vege- il table Compound has |j| nact always wanted a baby in our homo but I was in poor health and not able to do my work Hy mother and husband both urged me to try Lydia E Pinkham's" Vegftab'e Compound. I (hd 20, my health im- ]-rc\\ev r-lrl and do al! nv ov.n ho^sa v-ork."-.\\n Aliia B. Tjmmcns, 213 Amond St., Pop'ar BIutT. Mo. In many other hor-us, c-ice chila e>3, there ti^'rcv chiMren b^caa^t of tho fact tnatLjdiaE Pi"l,.an/s Veg-U! le CoTi-mr-.d irakes '7or.cn normal, heahhj and str >rp Write to tu? Lvd-a E. Pinkham Medicine Co . Lvrn. Ma^s , for pd ice���it will be ccn��(i-ntial _��nd belpf tii. Strange Infatuation Wc in America know that tlie iloiieiizollerns are the oppressors pf the German people. England knows it. France knows it. But in the mind of the average German, taught by the ingenious system of a Prussia that saw the sole salvation of kaiserthuin iu the socialisation of the people foi the benefit of the stale, the onf\\ oppressors ol the Germans arc Lnglind ..nd 1* ranee and Russia and America. l\\cn here, .iftti being surrounded for a generation bj the blessings of dtmociac\\, there aie titalures who worship with various degrees of sccrccv. the idols of Pui_- ���sia'i .uUociac. - Nc*\\ Y"r'_ 'nt \\ SODABISCUIT Tuturc Pemands !>-'; Gos.c___ i J51atk, Doniii ion Commi=- 'loiiir of A Miiulturc, ��>*%>> tint 'inrr tl \\ ,tr bttrui then were 28 000,000 K=;= cat de, -0 000.000 '���Ik cp and over o'1,0')��000 It -sv. hoir*. in tl world. 1 hc ic-nit \\ Hild bt, --id Mr Bl.iiA, that in the \\tar- tin r the \\. .r, the price-, o�� i it products i A lue stock \\ t il -till .i.m'in hi.h 'l'c fmn i - _ i" lift riiu\\inc put. out ot rn.irl n .hen ton. rid with ,r, , oi ctler vied <-l-�� wlun the _ .oi L \\ -< b jni"- Portugal's Eccentricity ' -t<-io' -��� < ^ <"f Port _K,._.l is i. g word r *-l c has 42,000 sol- , fi_ gi'l .1 ti c war ir Ifiu tr n rg i lore to ������crd a| < r_. ������ 1 ->* ��i. i. a^'d fr r _n '1 c tl r 1 id \\ e *" !_> r il " To^'j' 1 i -on to rpi -,-r ' Ci _��� Jo rnah d It _n \\ircri- it i v hi i -" an.- ccci-ntnc ���Kansas Dainty, crisp little sodas,made either plain or with just a little salt to give them added zest. FAIRY biscuits are how packed in cardboard cartons ���tr.__^__._ J _Xii__ - . . . ing to you, yet with our modern methods of distribution they reach. yoii v/ith .Efciappyireoh- ncss beca^a iheycomeo.* rect Irom tha oven to yo*a�� Most GtgcsTs Aovs them��� aU can get than. 25 Horth-West Biscuit Co., Lii&Itd Edcioatea, Alta. '-"?: ipades st Rj��ai.fetuooa, Ca'tsr?, YKKartft ���rXM '.'\\X-X.;~'l?.^$i>i~X,. ^HE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, B, 0, yr -3L- For Nursery Use you cannot take chances on, Soap. Four generations of Canadians have enjoyed the creamy, fragrant skin healing lather of Baby's Own Soap��� the Standard in Canada for nursery use, on account of its known purity. Baby's Own is Best fo* Baby���Best for You. ALBERT SOAPS, LIMITED, Altar* Cold Storage Architecture Government Issues Hand-book on Cold Storage Construction To meet an ever-increasing- demand for information respecting the construction of ice-houses and small cold storage systems for farmers, country storekeepers, milk producers, liotel keepers, owners of country homes and others, the Dominion department of agriculture has issued Bulletin No. 49, of the dairy and cold storage branch, entitled, ''Small Cold Storages and Dairy Buildings," the immediate sponsors for which are Mr. J. A. Ruddick, dairy and cold storage commission^- er, and Mr. Joseph Burgess, cold storage inspector. The bulletin is a complete handbook on cold storage construction of a comparatively simple and inexpensive kind. Besides minute explanatory details of plans and material required for construction of ice houses and refrigerators, a scries of drawings prepared by the architect's branch of the department of public works is presented, of which blue prints on a scale of one inch to two feet can be had free on application to the dairy and cold storage commissioner, while the bulletin itself can be had, also free, by writing to the publication branch, department of agriculture, Ottawa. If the information herein contained were extensively made use of. ndl only would much waste be avoided and financial profit accrued, but considerable benefit would be derived in health and the enjoyment of life enhanced. Five different plans are given in the bulletin with complete specifications for each and a statement of quantities of ice that can be stored. MONTREAL. Weed's Phoaphodi-W. Tht Great SnglUh Eetttdy. Tone, Md invigorate* tho whol* k DoiTouf ��� yatain. mikef new Blood "ia ok. Velni, Cures AVruou* Vtbillty. Mental and .Brain Worn), Vctpotu -enev. Loss oj Energy, Pmlpitation of th��* Itart, Ftitinr Memory. Prico tl pet boi, ii: .arts. Oo��nilljs)le��3��, iix will cure. 8oldby -' Iragsiit* or mailed ia plain pkg. on rece.pt >i. ill byafl _.___, Ipt of lee. Krtop. I was thrown from a road machin*!, injuring ray hip and back bad;y Smd was obliged to use a crutch for }* months. Iu Sept., 1906. Mr. Wm. OuJridgc of Lachute urged mo to try "MINARD'S LINIMENT, which I did with the most satisfactory results afld today I am as well as ever in mv 3fc. Yours sinccreJr. ' hfc "" MATTHEW x BAINES.. mar* Too Few Farmer? In Parliament Representation Needed to Safeguard Interests of Farnl'rs How can you expect r,.c farmers to get a square deal wh<^, as now, you have seventy-eight 1? ftycrs and twenty-eight fanners in he federal parliament? I do not cfArgc deliberate 'wrong-doing to mfti of other callings _in parliament. Hie whole trouble is that they hav" the wrong viewpoint. When faruifrs are represented in parliament 1*�� proportion to their numbers .and Ibtf importance of their calling, you wili fct a square deal. Why is it the fafiicr has not his proper place in ma.itrs of legislation? It is because !>������< is too modest; he is too ready to submit to the direction of others. _*��s indicating what farmers can do, t��ke. the case of North Dakota. In wat sUte last year the farmers got ��Vgethcr, *hcy prepared their own termers' platform, and on that platform they elected their candidate 'or governor, all the state officers Mt one. and ninety per cent, of llv6 members of the state legislature In the West we li.vs laid down a farmers' platform; th_r_. platform has been adopted by the /'arm organizations of the three Priiric Provinces. In constituencies whrrc farmers are in the majority wc .roposc to ask candidates nominate/ in the usual way to accept that pisiform, and failing such acceptance ��rc propose to nominate and eler-s our own.���R. Mackenzie in the Fanners' Magazine. "Bobby, did you tsuce that message to Mrs. Turner, a* �� told you?" "Ycs'm." "And--what did yoK. find out?" "Mrs. Turner.'-~'��Hpr_j_____ Capital. Our Vital Statistics Are lieing Improved Dominion and Provinces Getting Together to Provide Anuual Returns of Births, Marriages and Deaths Canada is much in need of an efficient and uniform system of vital statistics, and the census and statistics office, Hinder the energetic con trol of Mr. R. H. Coats, the new Dominion Statistician, is making a strong effort to remedy existing defects. "One province,1' says Mr. Coats, "has no vital statistics at all. In the others, legislation and methods differ in tbe widest degree. The statistical year is not uniform; only six of the provinces use a common year. The Bcrtillon, or international, classification of deaths is wholly or.partially adopted by seven other provinces, but not by the eighth. Still more unsettling, each province has its own separate scheme for the cpl- lection, compilation and presentation of these statistics. Take the highly important matter of the form of the death certificate���one of the several that could be cited: of the twenty- four items which such a certificate should cover two of the provinces omit sixteen, another fifteen, and another thirteen, whilst the. lowest number of omissions is three, and this does not include other items of the twenty-four which are incomplete in what they call for." The census and statistic office, of course, takes the decennial census, but it must look to the provinces to collect and compile annual vital statistics. Provincial information is of YOUR SOLDIER friend���whethar In training, or already at the front���needs 2>am-Buk. It cannot be equalled for the many ���mall injuries and ailmentg Incidental to a soldier's life. Sergt. P. Breanner of the 8th Canadian Mounted Rifles, writes: "For healing cuts, sores, blisters, etc., Zam-Buk cannot be beaten." Corp. Fremlin of the 18th Field Ambulance, writing from France, says: "We find Zam-Buk splendid for injuries and ail.ients, but we haven't enough of it." Every soldier should carry a box of Zam-Buk, as nothing end* pain and stops bleeding so quickly; it also prevents blood-poisoning. 50c. all druggists, or Zam-Buk Co., Toronto. On the British Front Wonderful Completeness of the TeU ephone System In the British army, ihe engineer regiments are not limited to sappers' work. For instance, the Royal Engineers' Signal Service has charge of the telephone lines _ that cover northern France. Here is an incident illustrating the wonderful completeness of the system: A company commander was lying out in No Man's Land on a scouting expedition. He had his field telephone with him, and when he picked it up to talk to his headquarters something went wrong, so that his line was connected with the chief central's office. Immediately hc heard a voice say: "What number were you calling?" He was so startled that he gave bis own telephone number in London. Two minutes later hc heard his v/ife's voice amid the roar of the German guns.���Writer in the New York Sun. Storing Potatoes Valuable Advice to Follow in Order to Save Loss "It is bad practice to store potatoes in large bins or pits," says Prof. William Stuart, of the U.S. department of agriculture. Not infrequently potatoes are piled to a depth of ten to fifteen feet, the pile being- correspondingly large in the other two dimensions. When stored in this manner they are almost certain to go through a rather violent sweating or curing process, during the course of which the tubers in the central portion of the pile are frequently subjected to a dangerously high temperature. This is especially true if the tubers are slightly immature, or were not dry and free from moist soil when gathered, or if stored when the outside temperature is high, making if difficult to lower the inside temperature of the house. Overheating from all of these causes may be avoided by making some provision for ventilating the pile. This is most easily accomplished by inserting division walls at intervals throughout the pile. The division walls may cousist of Iwo-by-iour uprights on the two-inch face of which arc nailed seven- eighths by four-inch, gtrips of .(anv desired length, leaving a one-inch space between each strip. This give:; a ventilated partition, which can be of any height and length desired. By placing these in an upright position five or six feet apart as the bin or storage house is being filled, good ventilation will bc secured and an easy avenue of escape for both heat and moisture provided. It is poor policy to invite heavy storage losses by failure to provide the proper conditions. Where tlie crop is not large enough to justify building a storage cellar or storage house, or where the grower is not financially able to make these investments, potatoes can bc carried oyer successfully in pits, provided these pits arc carefully made. XOE LSIO R INSURANCE L I F E COMPANY | A Strong Canadian Company Surplus Over Three-Quarters Million Dollars HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO _tIi!!llllilillII!tl!iimiII!!Illllllllill!!I!l!IIII!llllllilllll!ll!ll|||lilll!lll||||filllllllllllllUli 2 a a I GRAIN GROWERS S Wheat prices are fixed but service is not. The best is assured you s when you consign your f Wheat, Oats, Barley, Flax or Rye s '* . _. -To the Old Reliable Grain Commission Merchant* ��� ��� �� [ Jas. Richardson & Sons, Ltd. 1 s . ��� a B Sixty years of satisfied customers. Careful checking of grades. Lib- 3 E eral advances. Prompt adjustments. 3 3 __�� WRITE FOR INFORMATION 1 A Dangerous Patriot Maxim Gorky, who in an eventful career, has been a jack-of-all-trades, turnspit, hewer, of wood, and the famous author that all the world knows, is now, unfortunately for his country, a politician and a journalist. The policies of Gorky spell anarchy, Maximilianism, Leninism, anything except national defence. Bourtzcff, who certainly cannot _be suspected of reactionary tendencies, says that Gorky as a politician is the blindest of the blind and has dealt some terrible blows at the foundations of Russian life. NEW HEALTH FOR WOMEN The most fateful years in a wo man's life are those between forty- five and fifty. Many of the sex enter this period under depressing condi tions through overwork or worry about the home, or through a condition in which the blood is weak or watery and so they suffer heavily. Among the commonest symptoms are headaches, feverish flushes, palpitation of the heart, dizziness, backache; depression and other well recognized disturbances of the health which signalizes that the blood re no value for comparative purposes "if'���quires attention. Women urgently all the provinces do not have the same system of compiling and reporting. _ The efforts of the census and statictics office are therefore directed towards getting all the provinces to adopt one system. It has drawn up a memorandum of vital statistical information and legislation gathered from all over the world and is discussing it with the provinces so that the subject may be viewed from every possible viewpoint. Then, negotiations will be i��� ��� formally opened with the provinces ! health to secure ratification of a plan of compilation that will enable international comparisons as well as meet our own needs. According to this plan the census office will act as an inspecting agency and will compile need rich, red blood all their lives but never more so than in middle- life, when the nerves arc also weak and overwrought. Now every woman can prove the prompt help afforded _to her health by renewing and building up the blood. It is a test that any ailing woman can make by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, for these pills make rich, red blood, which in turn stimulates the appetite, strengthens the nerves and restores full robust Thousands of women have found in Dr.'Williams' Pink Pills new health and strength and with these a new happiness and interest in life. So if you suffer, avail yourself at once of the splendid .home treat Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. the resulting statistics on a national j ment which Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills basis. j so easily afford, and you will bc among those who rejoice in regained Dragged Down by Asthma. The man or woman who is continually subject to asthma is unfitted for his or her life's work. Strength departs and energy is taken away until life becomes a dreary existence. And yet this is needless. Dr. J. D. Kel- logg's Asthma Remedy has brought- a great change to an army of sufferers. It relieves the restricted air tubes and guards against future trouble. Try it. The Prussian Savages Goethe said: "The. Prussian is born .cruel and civilization will make him a savage." Civilization cannot bc charged with the responsibility of making the Prussian a savage, i as he never acquired civilization health. These pills arc sold by all dealers in medicine, or may be had by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by .writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockviile, Ont. Married Three Birds The wife of a Methodist minister in West Virginia has been married three times. Her maiden name was Partridge, her first husband was named Robins, her second husband .Sparrow and the present Quail. There are two young Robins, one Sparrow and three Quails in the family. One grandfather was a Swan and another a Jay, but ue's dead now and a bird of Paradise. They live on Hawk avenue, Eaglcvillc, Canary Is What he has acquired is control over ��� \\���d.ra"d the, ftllow ,wll�� fw'otc. tm> all other German peoples, whom l,c ', }s a Lyre and a member of the fami- sccms to have succcssfnlly made over|'v-���^ alley Enterprise, after his own image.���New York Herald. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL AMPLICATIONS, as (hey .aniiot reach tlie teat ol the disease. Catarrh it a local disease, greatly intiuenccd by _on- itiliuional conilitioas. and m order to cure it VOU must tike ait internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts through the blood ou the ii.ui.vus burtaces Ji the system. Hall's Catarrh Cute was pie- cribed by one ri Uie best physicians iu this country ior years. It is composed oi some at tlie bt.it tonics known, LCinbined with ioaie of the be��i blood pumiers. the perfect combination ot the iu_ji edients in Hall's 1 Catarrh Lure is what pioiiuccs such wonaer- Minard's Liniment Cures Garget Cows. in Eight Months of Wastage in Army Means Many Discharged for Various Reasons Here and Abroad and Casualties An interesting statement giving fgurcs for recruiting and wastage in the Canadian expeditionary force during the eight months from January to August inclusive, has been issued by the militia department. The statement, which is a detailed one, shows that in the eight months a total of 49,179 men enlisted in the C.E.F., of which number 17.451 joined tlie ranks of the infantry. During the same period the wastage of men from various causes totalled 91,- 804, leaving a "net loss to the C.E.F. for the eight months of 42,625 men. Ihe totals of enlistments and wastage by months were as follows: January, enlistments, 9,194, wastage 4,396. February enlistments, 6,809, wastage, 21,955. March enlistments. 6.640, wastage, 6,161. April enlistments, 5,330, wastage, 16.849. May enlistments, 6,407, wastage, 13,347. June enlistments, 6MS, wastage, 7,913. July enlistments, 3_S82, wastage, 7- 906. August enlistments, 3,117. wastage, 13,232.. ���������������������,������,:.., The number of enlistments in England for the C.E.F.. from February 1, 1915, to June 30, 1917, a total of 1,452 is added by ...the militia department to the totals given above, mak- ingthe grand total of 49,179. Under the head of "wastage" aic classified all those men who ha-vc been discharged in Canada, discharged in England, have become casual- tics overseas, or have been rcturt/cd to Canada for discharge. The statement declares that figures transmitted by Sir George Perlcy show the percentage of infantry casualties from January 1 to July 31, 1917, as 89.24. During the month of September a total of3,588 men joined the ranks of the various units classified as infantry, artillery, railway construction and forestry and miscellaneous, as against a total wastage of lO.P'K) men. Of tbis number 1,272 were recruited in the United States, 2,310 in Canada, and 26 in England. The net loss during September was 7,402. For the period from September IS to 30, 648 men were recruited for the C.E.F., while the wastage totalled 3.237, leaving a net loss of 2,589. Of the six hundred men recruited 445 were enlisted in the United States, 194 in Cauada and 9 in England. S WESTERN OFFICES S Grain Exchange. Winnipeg 5 Orain Exchange, Caleary _S Canada Bullduif, Saskatoon LONG DISTANCE PHOHEt Mala 1322 Main 226S 3241 IfiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiuuimijjjiuiiuiil Cowan's * Almond Nut Bar A rich, velvety, milk chocolate contain- , i ing an abundance of plump almonds ���* | a quality that cannot be surpassed. $ Sold everywhere. Made in Canada. A-li im Soldier Priesti More Than 25,000 JTiests Fighting in Trenches th France In France more _han 25,000 priests aud church students are fighting in the trenches, when they arc not ministering to their .lying companions- in-arms. They ar? serving as common soldiers with knapsack and rifle and their presence heartens the poi- Ius when they go over the top. "They are _ no. chaplains," says Sterling Hcilig, ja the New Orleans Times-Picayune. "They are simple soldiers by universal military service law, without choice, in the name of equality. They look like soldiers, they are . solditrs, but���a form crawls among the wounded on the battlefield at dusk and murmurs: 'I am a priest. Receive absolution. Be at peace." The writer believes that much of the heroic ourage that has been displayed by the French soldier may _be traced to the fact that fighting side by side with them arc these men of the church.^���The Literary Digest. Comfort for ihe Dyspeptic���There is no_ ailment ��o harassing and exhausting as_ dyspepsia, which arises fiom defective action of the stomach and liver, and the victim of it is to be pitied. Y��t lie can find ready relief in ParmclcVs Vegetable Pills, a preparation thai has established itself by years o? effective usc. There are pills that ����_re widely' advertised as the greatest tver compounded, but not one of them can rank in value with Parmcleft'f;. Many mothers have reason lo bless Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator, because it has relieved the little ones of suffering and made them healthy. The Feeding Margin An Import, nt Factor in Profit From Ft-eding Steers Autos on Prairie Farms Tbe di_f?��:rcicc between the pur- At different farmers' gatherings in chase prv_��: *nd selling price of an Western Canada this.vear everv con- j!mm;}' t1"' c',F!cd ,.he tnargin of pro- veyancc at the place was an au'tomo- ll- . lh_T1" " ,!*��aly estimated on the bile. In some school districts, it is bas,s of.' 'VS"".. "vc weight. Thus said that everv farmer owns an .utto.! ? marffin cf $l.s0 means that the And in Ontario the number of cars ! fcc.dc,r retr.^d S1,-'0 1?" hundred- owned bv farmers is surprising. Ati^0.1?'1,1 "f?Pc for tIlc aninla'-5 t��an hc a York Countv picnic of the Holstein i p?ul.for u,":r'. Money in Sheep Profitablenea* of Sheep Raising on Snail Farms An instance of the success that can be attained ia sheep raising on small farms in Altcrta is given in the case of Mr. H. SJkes, who has a 320-acrc farm some ttai miles northeast of Castor, Albot'ta. As a beginning Mr. Sykcs secured sixty head of sheep four years af.'o. In the two succeeding years hi raised about 100 lambs and sold se*en old ewes. At lambing time thi' year his flock increased 100 per cept, in adition to which he had his w<^l clip, which he sold on the co-ope*ativc plan. With wool selling at more than sixty cents a pound and yearly wethers at from $12 to_$l3 a hundredweight, it is r.ot difnciTH to realize how profitable sheep rau'ng in Alberta is to the imall farrier. This fanner runs his sheep on the summer-fallowed land to cut out the weeds. Ift winter he keeps them in good order by giving them a good feed of t>rairie hay in the morning, with greru_ii_i-:__ ".'���=. _____���* ;-. ��������� ���_���- ! - -��� -���:���-;'-.on. Ship's Fin** Kg hi Against Plunger Boatswain of French Vessel Gets li ; the Legion of Honor; :"; . ���' ���.-The French .minister of marine has ' coinmended in navy orders 'the i 'French sailing -vessel "Kleber, of "HI tuns,-.which'..on 'September 1 stood.up i to, a biy- ��� l-cr-man. submarine Oil the coast-.south'.-pf l.fitanny-aud. plie*.) a ; single-, gtin SO.-.w-yU' th..-.-. __���_,'__���. OJ'i'oiicnt ;;retrca,t..ed;-';-'di;3c6nif:;:-i;dJ;''afler . __t.irec | j;hours."of 'Stirring- b^ulf.-^;/:*.^'-,; jj: Pierre;/^! onser, ��� -I l.ic.V :bo3t'Jwain_ I w-h.o-.iouglii.'.'iiie:s.ii.ip:'.aiter:-.thc _c_i.n_v.n- |! o'f;: the Kiebyr-.-.v'.-i's;:;.ki.l!.e.d.;>h3.s .-'' be--'.v' j decora:t-d;-:W:i:t'.._^ " ''while: the" .i'v;;_.;ly,eri;V.v..ii-.:;'pf'''-tbe"' 'i'cXX [������:��� several'of ;,wI_6m-AV:err:'y-'X'i'-i'.tJc:d; have v Breeders over 50 cars were and these w*rc _.j_ 'y ..:- ti-.i v.hcitpesl './-.'i".. <*; ���'-.r ��.'.' ���n present .- iv__.au> .rl: -������ ;- The-~an!rM! ! gin j? a y.ry impor.ziit fae;<-.r ���.-' the ���pr-'fit fr._:n feeding ������icrr-. The v :_r- i __ni j'-qi_Yrcd to broil: uven ".ti 'c-.-dine .'������ i--"!'its, ihe principal ijr.es bei-.i: -.I: !.<.- j'\\i/ch?se i.aL^; ts2) v..��.__.__. cf *'ie c.-'.ttlc when pureha i (3) th-. ' the jr.-.'i ���h tilt- d; ! the Must?-" 1 "\\a." replied i'-VVor:-. -.>.-��.���i * ��� , -_\\ -..__���...:., .__���_��� fcieal-.-t . tho l.-i: to yc-i ho:r i Star. .-.il of Staying With the Job From a Letter From ah English Officer at the Front Out here we do not talk > much about the causes or the effects of the war���of civilization, justice, righteousness, democracy. Wc fight and recuperate and fight again; that is all. "Yet no, not quite all; wc dream. I dream about my wife and children; the cheerful home, with the pastures and the hedges and the coppice by the lodge gate; the old rector who preached so often upon tho love of God and always quoted Fab- cr's hymn: "For the love of God is broader Than the measures of man's mind, And the heart of the eternal Is most wonderfully kind." "I suppose it helps in the day's work���the dreams, I mean; because wc all seem to feel that unless wc check the Boche���chain him, cripple him, kill him���there will bc no home lo dream about, and the love of God will mock the world as a double- distilled lie. But no one ever speaks oi these things. Yesterday I went over to the hospital to sec one of my men who was near his end. Poor fellow, he tried hard to salute, and then asked me if the results of the football finals had come, yet all the while, his twitching fingers were crushing a photograph. "Although, every last man of us would mortgage his soul_ to be at home and out of the horrible welter, I doubt wit ether a dozen of the entire expeditionary force would go of their own accord if the chance offcr- i-.l. One thing holds us all: there ia work io do, and we '!:';���._,, ������'."* ' "*'." -Niiss (. aycnr.e. . .-"J x... ;.-. .m.i.. c '���ore i; always _."���Washington ' !l 13 tiOl lloz-h _" * -- I ��� I !i'A te, V ���: -1 j'.'St ;-'.v\\, -;: ; -.i.e.< ou ear ih io distu.t-t divide our energy." .--lac of the feeds used; (-?> ii weight made by the ani- CARTER'S IRON PILLS many colorless faces but ^__*will greatly help most pale-faced people. been given"<:.Wr.r", '������men"" rs- of -th'e'.vc: larly :.distingui>l;-v.d- rt'ccivcd't'hq .���������}.vi'lii..-. -.Six0ssVs.;....- -. Sh. yen j C'.y. ���������..'.who particu-' >i!;;:r:-VS'c.-iv'e_.-';|'r_.IsQ in'.'adth- I.. I mals. ,-ird (5^ the length of the (ectiling pcr-oii. f.-e higher the r.nrcliasc price, tie heavier the steer when pur- J ch.iscti t'-c cluarcr the feeds, the greatfr t'le daily, gains, and the short'-,- tue feeding period, the smaller ii.'". i-mirgin may be-between the purch. se price, and the soiling price of the cattle, without loss to the fcc'I- cr. -Vi-i'th a steer pf paer quality and t'with ''iigh-priccd feeds, the 'marg-i'ri Jiims-. f-.r. necessity .be great, but with 'the '���'t*;.. quality of steers and -...'.with i feeds the necessary'- ���he very..sr!__vi!_ u. '*":���-��� eh* n:.i vrgin Old Tea Looks Ail Right Old^tea and fresh; tea, poor tea and good tea, all look alike. No wonder a woman often gets! a bulk tea she doesn't like. i..VO'.S,VfJ> I -1 -. !���- Uon t�� ���tiie";W_ir''::-Cr' Oa w.; ,:n. .'"1152'��� -3.ui'lding ������;..G.arg6'-;-'V_essei-.it-'c'd:.Str.y'c':s' has" lX3o .:.-b-v..:ldi-n'g-'.-jo!-.-,be(.a.n..t' '.!ie:-.Crc?cn't;'.ratc'.'.'of:"' -r rs 'ta,:'sink tlie h... r,l. th._iy-_t.ini-. l'hc.-."s. .ipyards-" cf..: nai.ion5;-Av;oi;I(i-Mi;;ive:"I._i:-ic":- ��� ��� _ ..... -._...-. -���. �����_. r.Q_.:- .'-ie.rc.r7T.. cro;; l�� ^���lob-v .li'li.;..'. At ;������'> n carl v. X"XX>y Ii". thou- Red Rose Tea ia , the sealed package is .jalwa3'3::. fresh," always good,-'-'always.;, worth the pneeon trie label. 'Kept-Good by the Sealed Package Wcgz -_^r^?��c-- ^: to* THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. D-______________~ii��_|_|_M ��i__;-i____-___Ti_i^r-iSCr^_flSa: THE LEDGE !?2 a year in Canada, and $2.50 in the United States. R. T. LOYVERY. Editor and Financlei- ADVERTISING RATES Delinquent Co-Owner Notices $25.00 Coal and Oil Notices fi 00 TJstray Notices 3.00 Curds ofThauks 1.00 Certificate of Improvement 10.00 (Where more than one claim appears ir notice, $2.50 for each additional claim.) All other legal advertising, 12 cents a line first insertion, and 8 cents a line for each subsequent insertion, nonpariel measurement. A Sea-Faring Cat Two Fishermen of Kei.oiulo, California, a bench report near Los .Vngeles, recently came across a large black cat riding upon a log five milea out to sea, He seemed overjoyed at tbe sight of human beings and quickly left his lonesome craft for fehe boat of his rescuers. The animal wore a collar with the name "I'tanica" on a brass plate, but whether it was the sole survivor of some vessel of that name or began its solitary voyage from shore remains unsolved. ���^nannfjamtirwulllMli Ml'lllldl The blue cross means that your subscription is due, and that the editor would be pleased to have more money. Patriotic Fund The local Treasurer of the Canadian Patriotic Fund wiphes to acknowledge receipt of the following subscriptions from November 20tb to December 17th, 1917: W. Lakeland 900 Jas Walsh 1000 W, C. Arthurs 5.00 A Legault. 4 35 G. Grosveuor 3 65 P. Mytton 365 J Keady 3 3�� R E. Wolvertou 3 00 V YV George 5 00 Kwoug Lung __ 1000 J. V. Mills .". 5 00 W. R. Dewdney 4.85 T. II, McCurrach 3.70 K. C. B. Frith 3 ���� W P Miller 200 j. Simpson 5 00 W. Elson & Co 300 Greig & Morrison 5 00 J. L. White 600 Lee & Bryan 6 00 T M Gulley & Co 500 J L Coles...... 350 II C Lucas 10 00 Hon. J. D. MacLean 20 00 J II Goodeve 10 00 Boundary Police ��� 2320 G B Taylor 3 ���� G. W. A. Smith 2.00 Miss PC Ferguson.... 230 Canada Copper Co. Employees... 671 15 J Drum 1000 II. McKee 2 00 Smith & King 250 G. A. Rendell...; 3 00 Ion and Gillis... ,.' 10 00 II McGillivray 5 00 S P Dixon......... 8 00 W Jenks _...-..���.. 3 00 RB Mastertou.... 300 CPR Employees... 1030 i--��rji^>.��_Mm=-_j��Pl__...l.T__au.-_..f..|iv^Ti" CHRISTMAS is COMING You want the best in Cigars, Tobaccos, Gum AND Chocolates GANONGS FANCY BOXES At Popular Prices 0. K. CIGAR STORE R. J. MUIR, - - PROP. Winter Excursion Rates TO ALL STATIONS IN ONTARIO -QUEBEC THE MARITIME PROVINCES ON SALE DECEMBER 1 TO 3I-LIM1T THREE MONTHS Extention of Limit on Additiona1 ?ayment FARES FROM GREENWOOD $102.80 Toronto and all Ontario points west $107.80 Montreal and common points ASSYAER E. W. WIDDOWSON, Assayer and Chemist, Box mioS, Nelson, B. C. Charges:���Gold, Silver, Lead or Copper $1 each. Gold-Silver, (single assay) $100. Goid-Silver (duplicate assay) j.1.50. Silver-Lead fsi.50 Silver-Lead- Zinc $3.00. Charges for other metals etc on application. British Columbia has been here a long time so has the B, C. Cigar, Abso- lutely Guaranteed, Clear Havana Filled, The Cigar that never varys. . . . 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 meals. A. O. JOHNSON - PROP. LAND ACT. $907.45 H. McCURRACH. Secy-Treas,. Greenwood Branch. Officers of the Curling Club At the---meeting of the CurliDg Club last Friday the following officers were elected: Hon. Pres., Hon. J. D. MacLean, president, P. W. George. Vice-President, P. H. McCurrach, Sec.Treas., C. P. Charlton. Committee: J. L. Coles, H. W. Simpson, J. Simpson, and J. L. White. Dug Through Stone Wall Some time early Monday morning, J. A. Miller escaped fron? the Provincial jail. He was in one of the inner cells, having beea sent up on Saturday for stealing. The bar of the cell was in place, bnt not locked. Miller was able to lift this bar, by putting his arm through the hole in the door. This gave him access to the outer cell. With the aid of a piece of a chair, (the only apparent instrument that was used) dug a hole in the stone wall large enough to get through. The OOScr mail* -nt tha Jail ��r- made of stone, with a plaster covering. This does nob appear to be very strong, as another prisoner made his get-a-way by the same means several years ago. John Papay who was in the same sell as Miller was content to stay behind the bars. So far Miller ha? not been captured. Don't Stop When someone stops advertising, Someone stops buying- When someone stops buying, Someone stops selling. When someone stops selling, bomeone stops making, (When someone stops making, Someone stops earning. Everybody stops buying. Keep going. I, CYRIL RADAN, of Kerr Creek in the Shnilka.n'eeu-Division of Yale District, Rancher, intend to apply for permission to lease So acres of laud, bounded as foi lows:��� Commencing at a post planted at the North-West corner of Lot 20S4S; thence North 40 chains; thence East 20 chains; thence South 40 chains; thence West 20 chains to the point of 'commencement, and containing So acres be the same more or less. Dated October 20th, 1917, CYRIL RADAN. CORRESPONDING RATES APPLY FROM ALL KOOTENAY POINTS MIDWAY AND EAST-NAKUSP AND SOUTH TICKETS AND BERTH RESERVATIONS FROM ANY AGENT or WRITE J. S. CARTER, District Passenger Agent, Nelson, B.C. Mazda Tungsten Lamps 15 to 40 Watt Lamps���50c each. 60 Watt Lamps���75c each. 100 Watt Lamps���$1.25 each. nitrogeS^ - LAMPS 60 Watts 100 " 200 ������ $1,25 each 2.00 �� 3.50 ����� STORAGE BATTERIES CHARGED and REPAIRED ELECTRIC VDLCANHING Greenwood City Waterworks Co. EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL DON'T FORGET YOUR FRIENDS ON CHRISTMAS. What is more pleasant than a cheery word on Christmas Day? The telephone enables you to extend best wishes to all your friends. The telephone gives to the message a personal sentiment that is appreciated. Telephoning to your friends is the same as a visit. You need not trouble abouttthe distance���the telephone will carry your voice tones anywhere. Transmit youfmessage personally on Christmas. BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY, Ltd- CANADIAN Notice of Cancellation of Reserve Notice is hvruti; (ri.cn that the reserve cov- eriitp. certain lands in the vicinity of Nicholson Creelc, Siniilkamccn IliviMon of Yale District, formerly held under Timber License No. 27545. by reason of a notice published in the British Columbia.Gazette 611 the 27tl_ of December 1907, is cancelled. G. R. NADEN, Deputy -Minister of Lands. Dcpnrt.netit.of .Lands,.Victoria, Ii..C. Dece'n.'jer 12tt_, .]on'.:" Synopsis of Coal Mining Regulations. COAL mining rights of the Dominion in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and in a portion of the Province of-British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years renewable for a further term of 21 years at an animal rental of _��� 1 an acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased lo one applicaut. Application for a lease must be made bv the applicant in person to tlie Agent or bUD-Agent m --��� ->--. :-. :- ...i.,���L ..,,_ rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the laud must be described bv sections, or legal sub-divisions of sections, aud in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by tbe applicaut himself. Each application must be accompanied by a fee of fo which will be refundad ll the rights applied for are not available but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents Der ton. The persan operating the mine shall inrnish the Ageut with sworn return- accounting for the fail" quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalt} thereon:- If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at leas! once a year. The lease will include the coal mining rights only. For full information application should be made to the Secretary of tlie Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Or to am Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. \\V. V. CORY, Deput> Minister of the IuterioT. N. B.-- Unauthorized publication of this advertisement: will not be paid for. Christmas -New Year's Local Excursion Fares ROUND TRIP-FIRST CLASS TO AND FROM ALL STATIONS ON WESTERN LINES Tare and One-Third ON SALE DECEMBER 22to25 AND DECEMBER 29 to JANUARY 1 RETURN LIMIT JANUARY 4 Special (Teachers, Students and Concessions) Commercial Travelers Tickets ASK FOR DETAILS From AH Agents and Pursers Kootenai Steamers. Conductors will sell Excursion Tickets from Flair Stations. J. S. CARTER, District Passenger .Agent, Nelson, B.C. mmmamaamnnmmmmmmmmmmlm ^^4<^&&&4'^^*$'4'4�� i*4,^'it,4,4*4>4'4,*i*��ft*4_TE Steam Heated; Electric Lighted. RATES 51.00 per day and up; European Plan. Bus Meets all Trains and Boats. 4 * * &.f.fr.f.*.f..fr��f.*��|.**.f.f..f..$_ ^^^^.^.^.^^.^jg TULAMEEN HOTEL Princeton, B. C. is the head quarters for miners, investor^ ?nd railroad men. A fine loca tion and everything first-class J. r*. M��cPHERSOK, Proprietor HOTEL PRINCETON v Princeton, B.C., new completed on the site of the old Great Northern. Only brick hotel in Similkameen. A first class house, Swanson ": Broomfield. Props,- "Over The Top'9 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 yet it has a scant 40,000* Then sings the little bird in the tree* "What's The Matter With B, G" Nothing, except that it is like many a business man. 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 a move 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 THE LEDGE and get your job printing at the same office. 5- bSmhrb __��__��"""@en, "Published as The Ledge from 1906-05-10 to 1926-07-29; Published as The Greenwood Ledge from 1926-08-05 to 1929-05-23.

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