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The Courtenay Review and Comox Valley Advocate
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m YOUR PRINTING Can not be done any letter, ami not mute ao well anywhere .No hereabouts. Our typo ami maeliin- ery ia compluta anil The Review prices Are ri^ht THE REVIEW Gents .ings Rnd Halters VOL. 5 COURTENAY. B. 13.. THURSDAY SEPT. )>I��I7 ���J ). I i AUCTION SALE Little River, near Comox Saturday, September 29th, 1917 at 2 o'clock p.m., for Mr. Bear.*' 11 Head of Cattle, including 6 Grand Dairy Cows'. ��� 3 Fresh. 4 Horses Terms and particulars from GEO. J. HARDY AUCTIONEER Telephone 10 COURTENAY THE CO Gents' Furnishing Store ' WELL! WELL! Have you seen the H. S. & M. fall samples of clothes ? If not be sure and see them before placing your order for a suit or overcoat elsewhere. LECKIE SHOES the'best shoe in the west for men, boys and children We also handle the famous Sanficld Underwear in all sizes and our prices are right. We have just received a shipment of Stetson Hats in various shades. Come iu and try one on. They are "The Hot" Courtenay Gent's Furnishings Store Opposite Shepherds' W. Sutliff, Prop. Do Not Delay! PEACHES will be in in a few days Place your order NOW and be sure of a crate The supply is limited' and the demand is great SHEPHERD & CO. Chas. Simms PRACTICAL Watchmaker Jeweler and Optician Special 15 Jeweled Lever watch - $ 6.50 Special 7 do do - 4.50 Waltham 17 do do - ... 12.50 FullyG tar xnteed in Screw Cases THE COURTENAY JEWELRY STORE Local Lines Mr, W. Idiens was o visitor in 1 town uii Monday, l I . Mrs, M. S. Stevens and young snii .spent tlie week end with Mr. Stevens, Robt. Grieve expects in incve into ihc- store recently v acted by ih- Ci Op Society in Ihu Diown I; lock. Included in tin.- supplies going to ' Headquarter" yesterday wns a coil of steel cable about lour ieet long ; and four feet in diameter, Miss Jean-McKenzie, Chief On- era tor af the Telephone office is enjoying a fortnight's holiday, Miss I.ila Boden, of the Review j staff i.i relieving 'ier. There wns a rumor around town earlv this week that Judge "J'iily" M dun is had decided to accept nomination to contest this liding against Herb Clements, Do not forget the I. 0. D, E refreshment booth and novelty stall at tlie Fair on Thursday una Friday of uexr week. All the pro ceeds are going for a good cause, SjX for boys at tlir: front. My ig17 Fcrd Touring cur. . At a bargain, perfect condition. Non skills, one spare, one unused iuiui tube. I.eaving llie districi, Apply Crccr, Comox. P. O, Wanted ��� Good second hand open Franklin stove. Apply box li, Review office. To Rent ���House at Sandwick lately occupied bv W Dingwall. For particulars apply \V, Duncan, For Sale���Horse 8 years old, in good condition, weighs about i.soo ibs. Sound, and a good worker, also heavy Bain waggon and set of dQtible harness, in good condition For terms, apply at Review Office, For sale by tender���2 1-2 acres of oat hay, CUmberl .nd road, opposite Bruce Towler's residence. Apply A. Kerton, Lake Trail Butter wrappers, printed or plain, at tbe Review Office. We pay the highest prices for good beef and veal. No. 1 Beef 16 1-2 cents per pound dressed, No 1 veal 17 cents per pound dressed, Comox Co-Operalive So-1 ciety, Courtenay and Cumberland, Phone 2.. I Children's Slioes All the best and most sensible styles, at Sutliff's. New two horse power Fairbanks gasoline engine for sale cheap at the Ford arage. I Hats -All tlie latest shades and styles at Sutliff's. For highest prices ia hides, scrap metal and old rubbers see Wm. ' Douglas, Courtenay, Cleveland Bicycles and bicycle supplies at the Ford cm rage, House to Let���At corner of Union Street and Cumberland Road. I Also lot adjoining For particulars apply at Review office. j Go to McBryde's for quality bread, Safety First Go to FRASER'S For Fresh Tobacco, Cigars Confectionery and Soft Drinks. Isabel St. Next Royal Bank Mr. Stevens, Road Superintendent relumed home on Monday. The Cow Inspectors tested the cows owned by city families on Sun ay morning, The dance _t the Agricultural Hall 011 Thursday evening oiri not draw n very large crowd, but those who did attend had a very merry time Magistrate Humes has had rn- tlu r a busy time latch with the pqjjce court.work', nearly a dozen crWs having been before him for viii ions minor in fractious of ths cily by-laws.' The annua! meeting oftheSouth Comox ..Central Conservative Association will be held at. Courtenay on Thursday, Sept, 20th, for the. purpose of electing officers for the ensiling year, and to transact other important business, One lligllt lasl week while Ml', and Mrs, Livingstone aud Mi. and Mrs. Miller of Little River were attending the Piitri.u'c dance they left their respective families at home During the evening some of llie yeung Livingstones came over to fraternize with the young Millers and a loaded rifle was taken down and tiie boys went out into the bush to liie it off, Then ensued a squabble as to who should do the ruing, the l/'vinstoiie boy claiming that the Millet Soy was too . oung to handle the weapon, lu the mix- up the trigger was pulled and llu- Rim went off, blow'Ug tlle end of young Livingstone's thumb off. The Denmau Island Fair which .akes place on Tuesday nexl, the iStlfinst, is attracting much int.r- est. Aheady over 400 entries have been made, and a.s the Socittv has an excellent place, the Deum. n Is, Athletic hall in which to show the exhibits, the success of the fair is assured. A boat will be at the Union Bay wharf about n a. 111. to carry any passengers who may wish to visit this Island, and it is altogether likely that Billy Willy's boat will make the trip from Comox The hospitality of tlie Denman Islanders is well known, and a large number will likely go over from here. I Mrs. Macintj re gave a t a iu honor oi Mrs. Walker and Miss l'eatiie on Monday ufterii ion, Mr. M, S Stevens h is been appoint* d local m uiager of the I Brackinan &JCer business ri lal ea over iioin Frank Minit; Mr, !���'��� W, Walker of V tu J ver, malinger of lhe I.o- 1 I ur- ' au< e Co, v, a~, in tow 11 on '1 . \ looking over tin.- situation fn 111 in iip urnnce point ol ) iew. 11 pressed himself to tiie R> much pleased with the ptoi; us look of the new business - ion 1 silice the fire and said 1 nir t:t\ looked livelier than anv 01 her 1 .. .-enl. \ Anglican Services 15th Sunday after Trinity, Sept 16 8.30 a. m. Holy Communion at St, John's, Courtenay. 11 a. m. Mattins and Sermon at St. Mary's Grantham. 11 a. 111. Matins and Sermon at St. Peter's Comox, 11 a. 111. Matins and Holy Communion at St. Andrew's Sandwick. 8.30 Evensong aud Sermon at St. John's Courtenay. 7,00 p. in. Evensong and Sermon at Holy Trinity, Cumberland, of its size he h ul visited rece The one great theatrical sei of New York, Hoston. Chi igo ToroutO and Montreal. "Til of a Nation" will be pr.sentc 1 at the ilo Ilo theatres Cumberl in . u Wednesday and Thin-sin/, 1 , ami .31,. The Iii.-; half of the D, '.'.'. Griffith spectacle unrolls scenes incidents fiom lhe Civil Wai 1 1 scale of numbers, divarsity and vividness new to motion pictures in America, The second hal is a pictorial chronicle of reconstruction days in the Soulh, inclti Iin* 11 carpet-bagger, tu gro exce the 1 isi- and triumph of tl e Ku Klux Klah, Interwoven with I whole is a double romance 1 f the blue and the Grey, Thomas Dixon's, ' The c. kinsman.'' A Ci : - plete metropolitan production is ta be ill view here, ROBERTSON'S l)tw Sfon .e New Premises Next to Royal Bank Health Salt 50c Lemonade Crystals 1 bottle makes 2 gallons of delicious Lemonade 25c per Bottle Stationery of all kinds W.G. Robertson Courtenay Drug Store ���cWtgmta-Bttgt.kjWHSm-emm 'in ��� msm ��� Comox Creamery Butter 60c per Ib. this week The SHOE STRE for Shoes MENS' BOYS, YOUTHS, WOMEN'S, MISSES & INFANTS' See our different Styles for Fall in these lines Quality and Price go together Examine our lines in Trunks, Suit Cases, Club Bags, etc LOGGOROS. Phone 48 Bailey Block THE REVIEW. COURTNEY, B. C Mlletts ktf* LYE N* CLEANS-DISINFECTS ||| -n___________i__n-_i_.-- Slaughtering* the Cows Food Situation In Germany Becomes More Desperate Tho deepen! insight into the real food situation in Germany is offered by travellers who have been in Germany within the last few months, According lo sonic of tliom who re- ccnily arrived nt "ionic port in America" the German! aro slaughtering their cows and llic children arc the only onos wlxi are allow cd milk in tli.ii countrj it takes something for a Gorman In Kill Iiis tow. He will slaughter .il ^i every other animal before In- does iliis, noi excepting tin- dog. 01 course, in llirsc times llio German who owns a row lias te, do witli ihal piiiicni animal just what lie is lold .nul wInn the word goon forth I" Iill il. will, lie simply gets busy and does n little executing, llio fnt, of course, is delivered to the government. And now the bread ration lias bi i n su reduced that only a piece tl" size of a large cracker ls allowed to lie consumed by each -dull por day. I'M lias become al- most unknown nud llie only thing which is pli nliful is coal, itui you cnn'l cat thai unless, of course, you have a slomacli Hire an ostrich. How long will iii' German people keep it UP? British Women In France Many Women Employed in British Army Auxiliary Corps Hundreds of .women of tlio Britisii Aituy Auxiliary Corps an- ivorkin?, in Francis sotiic in the bases and others in country Quarters near basc towns. Their letters show they are finding enjoyment as well as hard w ork. "Wc have every comfort and con vcnicncc," writes one, "We came prepared to 'rough it,' hut Ihere is no neoi'ssity for lhal. Wo aro in llu middle ol a wood, and the country all around is lowly. Wc had a crick el match again: i iho men yesterday, and lhcy won, in spile ol playing left-handed," For ordinary clerical work ->!s. to .'7s. a week i-. paid; for superiors and shorthand typists -Rs. to 32s.| with overtime paid "d. lo 9d, an hour. A bonus of 5 pounds is paid for twelve months' service, Uniforms, khaki coat-frock, with stockings and shoes, aro provided free, The maximum for board .oni lodging is 14s, S week. sj_> Volunteers have a fortnight's drill in London and then ro lo France, 'lhc call is urgent to girl, of good education wiil, office experience or a little knowledge of book-keeping and clerical work, Tlio soldier- clerks aro wanted near iho batllc- I'.reu. A Mild Pill for Delicate Women.��� 'I'ho mosl delicate woman can undergo a course of Parmclce's Vegetable Till- without fear of unpleasant consequences. Their action, while wholly, effective, is mild ami agreeable. N'o violent pains or purg-l lugs follow their use, as thousands! oi women who have used them oanj testify. Th,' ai'-, therefore, strongly recommended to women, who arc more prone lo disorders of iho digestive organs ihan men, "What an extraordinary long cig-| sreeto hold r, Mr. Smith!" "Yes, the doctor ordered ine to keep away from cigarettes."���Sydney Bulletin. No Foul Fighting I'very thoughtful man nuisl shrink from ihc suggestion that we should accept the German challenge to foul fighting. Every dictate of reason and logic warns m thai this would be to forfeit the mighty moral advantage which wc possess in the very fact that we arc ihe champions of advanced international morality against the ancient international immorality, which the Germans have perpetrated and expanded, -Providence louniai The Meaning of Economy False Ideas Regarding tha Use of the Word lhc word "economy" which i- now so unpleasantly familiar to us all) meant to ifnclenl Greeks, Itoin whom j wc derive llu terms, nothing hui "household management," This is! what il moans or ought to moan lo day, Two false ideas have crepl into tho common use ol the word, and ii llicy can he eradicated, half lhe bailie for sound economy is won. To some economy suggests culling down expenses by doing withoul comforts, lo others economy is a newspaper term for an unknown something that Mr. Hoover or President Wilson or Wall Street ought to do to reduce llie cosl of living. Nothing of llio sort, It means thai you balance your home bu'dgcl as carefully as if it v.'ct'c the budget of youi firm; lhal you buy no food that you do not need; that you permit no food lo be- loine spoiled or br- wasted; that you vary your did so that you gel enough of every kind of food; that you buy with reference lo limes nnd seasons nud relative costs and that you keep an eye open for good advice fronl any source, whether from thc department I of agriculture, a farmers' weekly,! your agricultural college, or the hired girl in the kitchen. Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows. Fifty Thousand Tons Aluminum Needed Yearly Will Be Used for Aeroplane and Motor Vehicle Construction in States Tho United Slates will require 30,- 000 ions of aluminum a year fur aeroplane and motor vehicle construction to carry on the war against Germany, according to Dr. I-'. C. Weber of Chicago, a chemist and experimental inventor. Tills amount of aluminum, \\ ebcr says, cannot bc obtained from beaux- he, iu present source. We must use kaolin, o'r fireclay, which the Germans have been using sinoe their source of French beauxite has becn cut off. Weber says lhis country's supply of hai,Iin is practically inexhaustible. The largest deposits are in Illinois. Web. i- has submitted his theory to the Society of Industrial Engineers, which in turn will take it up with tho Council of National Defense. mrmmvTB- on I lories, Cfltllf, &<", quirMv cured 1)T EGYPTIAN LINIMENT For Salt l,y All Dealers Doimlan & Co., Prop'rri, Napanee, Ont. (Free Sample on Request) Tho sun shines for all, but thc sleeping car porter does ii for a quarter THE STORY OF THE STAIRS Every lime you go up stairs you can losl your stale of health���thc condition of your blood. Do you arrive al tin: lop of the stairs breathless and distressed? Docs your heart palpitate violently? Do you have a pain in your side' Perhaps you even have lo stop half way up. with limbs trembling and head dizzy, too exhausted to go further without resting. These are unfailing signs oi anaemia. As soon as your blood becomes impoverished oi impure the stair case becomes an in- strument of torture. When this is so you arc unfit for work; your blood is watery and your nerves exhausted, you .in- losing the joy of an active lift arid paving the way for a further break down and decline. In (his con- dition only one thing ran save you You musl put new, rich, rod blood into you; veins without further dc-, lay ami so build up your health .-'.now. To get this new. rich blood give Dr. Williams' l'ink I'ills a fail trial, and thoy will give you new vitality, sound health, and the powei to resist and throw off disoase. For more Ihan a generation this favorite medicine has been in use throughout i tiie world and has made many thou-i sands of weak, despondent men and women bright, active and strong. Vou onn gol Dr. Williams' Pink Pills through any dealer in medicine, or bv mail at 50 edits a box or six, boxes for $2,50 from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Allies Are One 'Ihere is no room for lho slightest divergence among any of tho Allies on the principles at stake. Alsace- Lorraine supplies .iho losi. France has reaffirmed her position, li is endorsed wiih enthusiastic fidelity by all lhe Allies from Petrograd to New York. Wc may differ in words, but in purpose and in spirit all the Allies are as one. ���London Daily Mail. The ('rime Unpardonable I Only One War Aim WOMEN! IT IS MAGIC I LIFT OUT ANY CORN -i-ply a few drops then lift corns or calluses off with fingers���no pain TUN instead of tea and coffee on the family table makes for better health and more comfort. Preferred by Thousands "There's a Reason' W. N. U. 1170 British Army Less Wasteful Consumes About 15 per cent. Less Foodstuffs Than 18 Months Ago Tlie British army in the field is consuming about fifteen por cent, loss of foodstuffs per oapita than it did eighteen months ago. This is not due to any studied diminution of rations, but lo more caie- l; I distribution and the prevention of -. aste, li is very easy for a generous coivini^ary 10 supply an army with morc than it can use, In lho early days oi ii" Mir lhis practice of gen- erosil*, was will nigh universal be- causc ii was regarded as wiser to] provide to, much than loo little, and; the reaching of lhe exact means is I not a simple matter. The policy of over-supply was well enough when foodstuffs were fairly plentiful but nowadays,' when the result of lhe| war may depend upon lhe solution ol food problems nothing is being lefl undone to prevent waste. The British soldier is slill the best fed soldier in Europe, bin tl __supply c'cparlmcnts are gradually rescuing him from thc stigma of being al the same lime the most wasteful. StocksI of meat and bread are closely watch-1 ed and tin ised allowances musl be held over anil added to the store for lho nexl ureal or lhe nexl day. I Just think! Vou eau lilt off any corn or callus without paiu or soreness. A Cincinnati man discovered this ether compound and named it free- zone. Any-druggist will sell a liny bottle of free- zone, like here shown, for very little cost, Vou apply a few drops directly upon a tender corn or callus. Instantly the soreness disappears, then shortly you will iii..l llie corn or callus so loose .hat you can lift it right off. Freezone is wonderful. Il dries instantly. It doesn't eat away the corn or callus, but shrivels it up without even irritating the surrounding skin. Hard, soft or corns between the toes, as wel! as painful calluses, lift right There is no pain before or af- wards. If your druggist hasn'l ezone, tell him to order a small llle for you from his wholesale ig liouse. Love and war go hand iu hand. I.vou llio din of battle lias a son of engagement ring. Wasteage of Food a Serious Offence in England III an I uglisli town a low days ago a housewife was soon to throw a hunk ol bread into a garbage pail, ll had not spoiled. All that hail happened lo ii to make it objectionable to lho fastidious woman was tbat a cat had touched it. Mer pica did nol avail in court and she was fined $10.j Another thrifty woman in 'he. samel village had to pay $5 for the destine-! lion of a pound of goud bread, after she had explained that it was all the! cook's fault���llie cook had thrown the broad inlo the discard notwithstanding that tlie mistress' orders had been to burn il. These arc; samples of the difficulty which British authority is encountering in its; efforts to enforce absolute imperative thrift in tlie face of a crisis which makes the least waste of food an al-j most unpardonable social crime. Tlie piofligalc habits of a lifetime are! hard lo change iu the twinkling of ai: eye.���From the Boston Advcrtis- "l-lis wife married liim to refotm hiin." �� "Yep. And now his daughters havc conic home from college and taken up lhc job where their mother left off." ��� Detroit Free Press. The only "war aim" for us, oua and all, has been confided to lho commanders of tlie armies in the field and llie Heels on tlie sea. i'etain, llaig, Pershing���those arc our peacemakers, When they have completed llieir herculean task, il will bc lime enough to consider the formulation of specifications of the fundamental and thoroughly understood objects for which the governments and peoples of one democracy after another have boon forced to draw the. sword. What are the Allies lighting for? To beat Germany���absolutely, we can have no oilier aim at this time. Unless we accomplish it, all our war aims will go a-glimmcring. The sword must bo driven into Germany lo tlie hilt, before the pen is taken in hand. Providence Journal. For Sprains and Bruises.���There is nothing hotter for sprains and contusions than Dr. Thomas' Electric t il. 11 will reduce the swelling thai follows sprain, will cool the inflamed flesh and draw the pain as if by magic. It will take the ache out of a bruise and prevent the flesh from discoloring. It seems as if there was magic in it, so speedily does the injury disappear under treatment. First Father--Children are tlie sunshine of our lives. Second Father���Quite true; and sonrise for me is about Ihree a.in.��� New York Times. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot be Cured by looal applications as tlie. cannot reach tlio diseased portion of the ear. There it only one way to cui'e catarrhal deafness, anil lhal is by a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition ol the mucous lining of the Eustachian 'i'uoo. When tins tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, snd when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result. Unless lire Inflammation can be reduced and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed foievei. Many cases of deafness arc caused by catarrh, Which is an inflamed condition ol tlie mucous surfaces. Hall's Calarrh Cure acts through the blood un the mucous surfaces ol til. system. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot be Hired l,v Hall's Calarrh Cure. Circulars free. All Druggists, 75c. F. J. CHENEY &r CO., Toledo, O. Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. Used Tear-Gas to Arrest a Deserter Tcar-produchtg gas. such as is us- ei' on the baltie-front, was utilized by ilu- Paris police lo capture a deserter named Tliouin who resisted them in his apartment iu thc Rue Andre Del Sarte. Protected by a sleel shield a policeman braved lho armed rccal- litranl and bored a hole in the door wherein ho inserted a tube of lhe gas. As soon a> he realized iho situation Tliouin shol himself, and his wife, half suffocated, opened ihe door. I houin died soon after. Prices Must Drop It .\ill bo far better for cverybe if big business and little busiie alike adopl the policy of rcasona l.rohis before the damage is di and public sentiment is inflamed. I wise business man will make lor own the motto: "friers uursl co down," and ho will do everything can consistent with business solvci and hones! protils t,' pur pi down. ��� New York World. icy ics I The Man With Asthma, almost longs for death to end his suffering. He sees ahead only years of endless torment wilh intervals of rest which are themselves fraught with never erasing fear of renewed attacks, Let him turn to Or. J. 1). Kellogg's Asthma Remedy and know what complete relief ii can give. Let him hut use. it faithfully and he -will find his asthma a thing of tlio past. Strictly True "This." said the man of the liouse, as lie mournfully surveyed three carpets and Ion rugs hanging on tlie ciolhes lino, "Ihis is a combination hard to beat." It is only since Hihdcnburg assumed command on the German western front lhat he has become fully aware of the tenacity of the Britisii bulldog grip.���Hamilton Spectator. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc. Must Hold the North Sea The flag of Great Britain and the Stars and Stripes must dominate, every outlet of the North Sea and tha Baltic until the submarine enemy is defeated. Denmark, Norway, Holland and Sweden must, in self-preservation, abandon their false neutrality. Their waters must bc mined and patrolled against German submarines. If they cannot do this v ork the Allied fleet must do it.��� Washington Post. Tlie ease with which coins and v.arts can be removed by llolloway's Corn Cure is its strongest recommendation, li S'ldom fails. NOTICE TO SICKWOMEN Positive Proof That Lydl* E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Relieves Suffering. Walls, Gates and Doors William B. Van Ingen suggests that mural painters do not sufficiently consider our magnificent scenery for lln- decoration of groat wall spaces, '.'hen there is the laying of a wall of huge stones and its gradual adornment with moss wild flowers and bruslnvork uniil il becomes a thing of beauty. Gates rather than walls :.rc the can- of Waller A. Dyer, who lolls about a little known French designer of ironwork gales, one Jean Tijou, who mado a mark in Kngland in the 17th century, Carved doors from the theme of Livingston Wright in a paper on I'irsrhmaycr, a Bavarian by birth, who has made, his] home in Boston. The same writer has something lo say about footscrapcrs of odd and occasionally handsome form v. rough! in iron during colonial and more recent limes,���Art World, i 'ADCTE5 "Tlicy say that male of yours calls himscll a practical Socialist." obsct- ved Private Smith. Private Sin,iho looked up gloom-, ily from hi. half-pint tankard, "He. must bo," he said. "Hel pinches my socks, smokes my fags,1 and hanged ii ho don'l write to my' gill, too."���Tit-Hits. I Brldgeton.N.J .-"I cannot apeak too highly of Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound lot inflammation and other weaknesses. I was very irregular and would have ter- rible pains ao that I could hardly take a atep. Sometimes I Would be ao miserable that I could not aweep a room. I doctored part of the I time but felt no change. I later took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and soon felt a change for the better. I took it until I waa in good healthy condition. I recommend the Pinkham remedies trail women as I have used them with such good results. "-Mrs. MilfordT. Cum- MINOS, 32. Harmony St., Penn'sGrove, N.J. Such testimony should be accepted by ���tl women as convincing evidence of the excellence of Lydia E. Pinkham S Vegetable Compound aa a remedy for the distressing ilia of women such aa displacementa,inflammatlon,ulceratloa- backache, painful periods, nerve-"*""--" ���nd kindred ailnuaU. 758 THE REVTEW. COURTNBY��� B. C. _B_e_c MAKE MONEY BY SAVING MONEY The simplest and best method of saving money is by an Endowment Policy In the EXCELSIOR LIFE INSURANCE CO. Write for pamphlet today. HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO CRUSADE MUST BE CARRIED ON OR ALL HUMANITY WILL SUFFER WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL ON WAR AIMS Greal Britain Is The,Centre Of A Mighty League Of Nations And If She Should Break All Of The Allied Powers Must Go Willi I ler To Defeat "lho coiini wealth of people *���' Id continue to cany forward tin crusade in which they' are engaged to the point where no autocratic, despotic government remains," said Winston Spencer Churchill, recently appointed minister of munitions, In speaking io his constituents at Dun- di o. "Henceforth," he continued, "il must nol be (rue llltlt ill any pari of lhc world a government owns Unpeople; bin, ou ihe contrary, everywhere lhe people musl control their fortune and their late. The hateful system of military autocratic tyranny must ooaso. "If this war does not ond iu victory, if il ends in au inconclusive peace, it will leave Germany stronger and impenitent under autocratic riilership. Then good-bye to the hopes for a brighter and better future. We should merely enter upon a long period of unrest, suspicion, alarm and disorder. Unless we gain the victory wc have nothing before lis bul ruin and strife. "Wo have only to hold until lhc United Stalls throws its whole strength into thc struggle lo make the victory complete. England is the centre of a mighty league of nations. ft If we fall, all fall; if wc break, all break. Our dangers arc groat, bul our opportunity is incomparable,'.' Trench Talcs Germans Have Lost Superiority Which They Will Never Regain A thoughtful looking Australian sal up in Iiis cot when asked lo tell sonic of his experiences. "To hear some people talk you'd think we liked fighling for fighting's sake. Thai's pure nonsense. Vou can't go on fighting and not get fed up with the beastliness of it, but you can lake, it from me that we're in to see the complete finish. If we could get all thai we are. fighting for tomorrow, I'll bol there isn't a man thai wouldn't welcome peace. But the Germans are slill pretty strong, and if we slopped now, we'd have lhe same game in a few years' time. I've, gol kiddies and I don't want to think that they might have to go llirougli all this when they are grown up. . Though 1 say llie Germans are still strong, they're weakening, or I'm very much mistaken. They are 1 radically hopeless at attacking; wilhoui immense artillery superiority they can't move and they'll never have that superiority again. Our attacks now are better than ever they have been and are made with the smallest amount of losses possible." Bill and Dan Talk Seriously Wtlt, unyhof," stumbled Ai. Vpplnthym. " if 'you da .im* a dollar hete and Oirte. dealing nn. n town, _.i��u soon drop it. and uthrt\ 'long with it, hauling on a bad toad that ought '<' bt a good road." Safety of Soldiers Must Be Put First Air Squadrons at the Front Cannot Be Spared for Home Duty Premier Lloyd George, replying to a deputation of London members of the British house of commons, admitted that there was a special ease for defending London, but said that the safety, of the soldiers at the fronl must be put lirsl. Ii anyone said to the contrary, he declared, let ihem lind another government, "We. have uo hesitation," he added, "in supporting the claim of thc military advisers that thc soldiers at Ihe front must have first demand on our resources." Mr. Lloyd (ieorgc referred to falsehoods disseminated including lhe allegation that squadrons from London had been sent to France against the advice of the military. On the con- Germani In Name Only Three Experts Who are Helping the U. S. Government Frankfurter, Keppcl and Lippinan. German sounding as these names may be, their owners are working 18 hours a day helping America beat the kaiser���and Kcppel's parents were Irish. Felix Frankfurter, Wallre. Lippinan and Frederick Keppcl arc Secretary of War Baker's confidential advisors. All left lucrative positions to enter the people's service. Dr. Keppcl was dean of Columbia university when the war broke out, but hc gol leave of absence, hurried to Washington and joined Bakers staff. His hours are 9 a.m. to 1- midnight. Felix Frankfurter had war depart ment experience as War Secretary Sliiuson's right hand man under Taft. I When war came he'was a law lecturer at Harvard and was also hand- trary, he said, they were scut at thci .Hng jnlportiim caS(,s before tbe sup. pressing request of Sir Douglas rlaig, ,.eme court whom al! the military advisers sup- Waltcr T_ippll,Rll's rilief task wjtl, ported; and the squadrons were sent Baker is solvi cconomic war prob.. tack m the ordinary course o their! ,en]s He ,,., wri(ten scvcral books duly to civilians. He was quite un- ofl (lipi01iulc ,lnd economies and aware of the removal of any squadrons whose movements were, purely . military. He also said that the rumor that airplanes at Hcndori had been tampered with and unable lo ascend! Women Drive Locomotives was a pure invention. _____ The premier emphasized lhe ur gency of having swarms of airplane! tit thc front to delect enemy posi-l lions. It was further untrue, lie declared, that London was devoid of lighting craft. Actually more first] rlass Britisii fighters were up than the number of raiders, lie emphasis- equal franchise movement in 1-rancel id llie difficulty of vitally hitting air-] jls mosl pUWCrful impetus since the! planes, adducing instances from beginning of the war. The. Woman France and pointing out that lotirj Suffrage league of Prance sent a del- enemy machines were brought down nation to ihe chamber of deputies ���rut of twenty-four, a higher pcr-| demanding that steps be taken to ae-j was editing a magazine when Uncli Sam jumped iulo thc ring. Now in France���Eager for Ballot Since British Decision That there are two women locomotive engineers in France and that the Britisii house of commons voted for iho woman suffrage havc given the rentage than, for example, two of 84 French raiders recently hn slow n hy lhe Germans. out ught to b.' A Dastardly Trick A merchant captain relating experiences with submarines says. "An- other German trick is to lash a ship's lluaiul, Heed ol r boat with .several men iu il lo a perls-cope. I'he idea is lhat a Britisii irliip will come along, and, ihinkingl and always lhcy hav because, having no civil righl worth mentioning, they eonhln'i bring cord broiic leges soon Brilish sisti rs. "Hnvi the wi played a less i war than thos< of lhe Channel? Dtiand, heed of delegation, exclaim women have mad, the same ijoyed by pr-vi- thelr n el our e tunlry s part in llie re. Margie rite parliamentary "In everv war tlie men arc survivors of some wreck will come up close and let itself be blown, up by llie submarine beneath the boat. 'V daisy little idea, but we keep away from such decoys, thank you reforms thai should folio i!" This abuse of llie sacred rule of humanity which requires that all ships render every possible assistance lo save lives at sea is one of the most dastardly acts of which the Germans tiro guilty. Although it costs but day in India for men to wave fans to keep the air circulating in houses, they are gradually being replaced by electric fans as cheaper and more reliable. W. N. U. 1170 about \v a r. "We are determined lhat the conclusion of Ihis struggle shall be different, and wc believe our deputies must be influenced by the action of) brilish law makers." The women engineers are Mines. Louise Debris and Marie Yiard, both of whose husbands were railroad j six cents a| men. Debris was reported missing in the first days of the war and Yiard was killed al Verdun. The women arc piloting shunting engines about the yard at Ihc e.imp and hope soon to be entrusted with driving regular locomotives on tlie main line of the Paris-Lyons-Mcditerrancah' system. It may bc remembered lhat not so very long ago, Bill Harvey, s roun- Iry merchant, and Dan lirodic, a fanner, two old friends who had come West together more than twenty years ago, had a proper confab about their home town, and the. dry rot by which it seemed threatened. Bill pointed out that about fifty thousand dollars was sent out of their community every yrar, thc spendi^of which, at homo, would by now have doubled the size and population of their town, besides providing better markets, belter schools, better roads, aud have brought prosperity lo the entire district, Dan finally admitted lhal "kissing good-bye forever to fifty thousand dollars each year, seemed had busi ness," and suggested that Bill bring one or two of his friends out to his farm, and he would have in one or two of his neighbors, so lhat they might see what could be done lo put things right, And here wc find them, onc evening, afler lhe day's work, gathered together in Dan's roomy parlor, all a bit ill at ease at first, but ready to give their best attention. Bill had been somewhat surprised to find what quick interest the local banker had shown in the subject, and Mr. De- bored had come out with Bill tonight, also Mr. Jack Derrick, another solid, level-headed merchant. F'or his part, Dan had brought in old Joe Piggett, a rather short-tempered but successful old-timer, who had made money by raising hogs when other farmers were wheat-crazy and Me. Uppinthyme, one of the best of the district's fanners. 1 don't mind admitting that Piggett and Uppinthyme and Dan sat together, and Bill and Jack Derrick sat opposite tlicin, just like rival factions���the banker a little apart from cither���but perhaps this was not unnatural this first coming-together. "Well Bill," says Dan, after-some genera! conversation about the crops, "I've been talking io my neighbors 'bout that fifty thousand bucks that you said immigrates from this district every year, and 1 _gucss you've been doing She same. Seems to mc tbat the fact of your town having caught a bad dose of dry rot don't need no discussion. It's self-evident. Question is liow to cure il?" Bill was pleased that Dan had opened thc ball, lho' ho didn't like the way he said "your town." "Perhaps," 'says Bill, "lhat one o' you olhcr gentlemen can tell us something." Everybody looks at Mr. Dcborcd, and after a lillle while that gentleman says: "I think Mr. Bro'die shows his good sense in coming right to lhe point and steering us clear of guessing and discussing of thc question from our own personal standpoints. We all know that Starcross is not going ahead as she should. In facl, she is actually slipping back, and this not only means dollars out of all our pockets, but also tlie loss of those social developments���better roads am! schools and public buildings, belter markets and higher farm values��� which by now wc all have a rigfit lo expect. Thc question is, how lo put I matters right. I shall leave it to youi gentlemen to set up any suggestions you may have, and then if wc don't find a solution, 1 should like lo givi you a lew particulars as to how difficulties identical to our own have been dealt with in other places." "Go right ahead Mr, Deborcd," says Dan. "Jusl what we want." "Hold on a moment!" says old Joo f'iggctt. "Don't take too much for granted. Now, I guess I'm one o'J Ihose fellows that send a fen hundred dollars away most every year, ami I've sure saved dollars by it, haven'l I?" "Lost dollars by il," said lack Derrick, "Come, to my store and I'll show you." "(lot some 'arness last week twenty per cent, chcapcr'll any you got lo sell," says Piggett, "And fifty per cent. inferior," comes back Jack. "What, did you 'avc some of lhal old 'arness too, Joe?" laughs Dan. "Well, anyhow," grumbles Al Uppinthyme, "if you save a dollar here and there, dealing out o' town you soon drop il, and others 'long with il, hauling over a bad road lhat ought lo be a good road. 1 wonder how nnu h that old nail to town costs you in bosses, harness and buggy deterioration every year, Joe. A big dollar. I know. 1 broke a neck yoke on il again only last Friday." "Well, let's hear whal Mr. Deborcd has lo lell us," says Bill, who had gol a bit red in lhe nook too, at men- lio.i of lhat old harness again. "Well, gentlemen," said Mr. De bored, "I'm pretty sure myself lhat any man of common, sense won't have to waste much grey matter to realize that il's a thundering bad thing for his own interests, be he fanner, merchant, or banker, to havc thc community drained of fifty thousand dollars a year, or half or quarter that amount, cither. And we'd have no difficulty in getting most all *������ town and countrysidi to see il, a? SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN FAILS TO CURTAIL COMMERCE OF ALLIES DISSATISFACTION JN GERMANY OVER RESULT No Falling Off Is Shown In The Use Of Ports By Neutral Or Allied Shipping, And Fncmy Is, Realizing Impotency Of Strong Arm On Which Their Faiih Was Pinned ��� o and Mr. Piggett soonest of all, wh has lost twenty dollars in the valu of his farm lands for every ono ii has saved through the mail." "What you going lo do lo slop ilf asks old tinier Piggett. "1 could name you a number of towns thai have turned dry rot ink solid prosperity and development and they've all done it the same way The principle they've worked on ii this. They regard their town .ind it! tributary district as all one, will identical Interests. Take Starcross for example, The farmers think ol thc town, witli ils merchants and doctors and bankers, as something quite foreign to llieir own fanning interests. The mcrchanls think of the farmers in the same wav. I giifs? this is all wrong, gentlemen, anil thai wc should think of Starcross as one big community, and our interests all so bound up together that you cannot separate them wilhout suffering yourself." "Well, that would moan a lot of give and take on bolh sides," remarks Joe Pigged. "You've said it, Mr. Piggett," snaps the banker; "a lot of give and t;.kc. Tlm thing is, we have lo smash these old-time prejudices thai exist here and therebetween lhc town and the farm, and have, a little more, sociability between'the two. Mow are we lo do it? Why, we've got to hi ing lhe two together. We must havc sonic medium by wliicli they can meet on a common basis. Wc have got lo get the farmer lo understand lhat if Starcross goes inlo the hole, he goes along with it. That if Starcross grows, as together ��f ran make it grow-, he grows with it; that every new brick added lo the town puts up llie value of his farm " "And wo got to make the. nn reliant and llio banker show us a darn sight more consideration',' said Mr. Piggett. "Grant vou that," said Mr. Dehor ed. "And wc want a bit more pep put into the "Starcross Star,"" says Mr. Uppinthyme, "seems to me that that would help ihings a whole loi." There was a murmur of approval "Limp a.s a rag," says Dan. "Dead as a door nail," from Jack Derrick. "Well, what's the first step lo all this?" asks Dan Brodie, "Some towns lhat have made good on this proposition have formed Commercial Clubs, others a Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture," says the. banker, "but either amounts to the samr thing. The idea is to have an equal number of fanners and merchants." "That's a good idea." says Jack Derrick. "What's to slop us calling a meeting one day next week, and start the thing going?" "Well," says the banker, I would suggest that we don't go too fast. Perhaps If each of us were to do a lillle missionary work first, among our neighbors, and then hold another low-wow, wc could make a surer start." At this moment, there was a tre, menddus crash of pots and pans from lhc kitchen, where Mrs. Brodie was busy, like the good housewife she was, and wondering what in thunder all lhis meant, and what Dan was doing anyway. "And I'd like to suggest, gentlemen," says Bill, "lhat if Mrs. Brodie will favor us, she attend our next confabulation. We sure want thc women in this. Leastways, they ear form n prdtv strong sub-coiiiuiillee and help the sociability side of lhe movement no end." The banker looks around thc little circle. "Carried unanimously," says he. - Excited Passenger��� I lefl $100 under my pillow, Did yon see anything of il'' Pullman Porter���Yessah; much oblecgcd for the. tip. sab. The naval correspondent of Ths London Times, commenting on tbe submarine returns, says: "There Is no material change in the situation and assurdcly no improvement���It Is, perhaps, not to be wondered there should be growing dissatisfaction In Germany at the results of thc submarine campaign. 'Ihc hopes awakened by the high results of April are not fulfilled. It Is duo, no doubt, to this state of things and for the purpose of encouraging German public opinion that German leaders obtained and used to hearten the people, wether with any real satisfaction pan be felt, the cryptic utterances of Grand Admiral Tirpitz. "U-boat extremely effective, but It nodes time," or tlie 6till more mysterious saying of Hindenburg: U- hoat war performs its office," myet be doubtful. The soldier himself seems to have no great faith In the naval weapon, while the originator of the submarine war who has to ask more time yet, must know that time is working on our side, "Commerce has becn well maintained. There ls no material falling off in the use of our ports by ships of all allied neutral nations. "The traffic returns of the alli'S do not indicate any more than one submarine having tlie success expected of them by Gcmany. The number of ships of all nationalities entering the French ports increased from ar, average of 842 in four weeks in March to 1,044 in four weeks In June, 'lhc returns for July show a still further advance of 1,067. The departures also were numerous, and it is altogether clear the menace of the U-boat has not yet seriously affected oversea French traffic." The Italian returns appear to sKar the same view. The writer urges the greater use of naval aeroplane* In the fight against thc submarine, or have wc overestimated the value of aircraft as a means of overcoming the submarine? Roumania Also Coining Back Planning a New, Happier and Freer Roumania It will soon be Roumania's turn to come back with an army that will astonish the world! Such is the prediction of the Roumanian patriot. 'Jake Jonescu. Jonescu states that while thc army is completing Its units���which will be a work of but a week or two���thc men who look Into the future are planning a new and a happier and freer Roumania. For example, seven-eighths of the cultivat- blc land which made up the kingdom would belong to the agricultural classes, a much greater proportion than in France, a country of peasant proprietors. All the details of this great land reform would be settled in another session 01 the Roumanian parliament. In llie present session they would incorporate a measure into the constitution assuring stability for all officials, Whether employed in government, provincial or municipal administration. Take Jonescu knew that Roumania had other vast problems to solve but it was difficult to deal with and discuss them all at once. What lie could assert was that they had all the firmest intention of solving all their problems on the widest and most democratic basis. Heckling a Heckler Thomas A. Daly, the Irish-American poet, was interrupted in an impassioned address in German-town bf a heckler. "Say, Tom," roared llie heckler, "what's the matter with you Irish? You're always laying bare yoni wrongs." Mr. Daly nodded grimly. "That's because wc want them redressed',' he said.���Detroit Freo Press. Inside Our Striped Package are the freshest, daintiest, most delightful j. soda biscuits you have ever tasted I They're called Som-Mor Biscuit because after eating ona you want some more -right away QUICK I Try them���plain or salted���be aura your grocer gives you tbe right package. Our GRAHAM WAFERS ���re delightfully different from any Graham Wafers you ever tasted. Ask your Grocer H0BTB-WEST BISCUIT CO., LIMITED Edmonton, Alt-. A|.���ci<* at Vancouver, C_l,��ry, Rr gins, Saskatoon. 17 THE OOXniTEK-VY REVIEW The Courtenay Review And Comox Valley Advocate A Weeky Newspaper, l'ubislied at Courteuay, B, C, N. H. BointN, I'ditor and Proprietor Subscription tl.6. per Vear in Advance 12.011 pur annum if not so paid THURSDAY SEP. 13, 1917 Note and Comment The Federal Government will extend the franchise to women, but at the forthcoming election only those who have husbands, sons or brothers enlisted will be allowed to vote, As wni lime- exists it is only right that war time iheti-iires should be adopted. I'hls handicap will not affect the women oi Hiit- isb Columbia seriously, Tlir re's scarcely.a family o( repute in B, C that has not some member of it on overseas service, Many a inotlit r bus ber husband and son i in ktihki vShe should have a vote for eaeh of them, and there would be no fear of the result. This war i- harde'st on ibe women of Canada, and tin y can be relied upon to yote to etui it. There's only one way to ilo that���send men enough, The question of whether or no Canada should participate in the war is a dead issue We'te in it, and we must see it through���and viftor- iouslv. Coiutena 's great annual Tall Fair will be held on Thursday and Fridav of next week. Already many entiies are coining in, and the Sports Committee are getting ready a good prom amine of events. The festivities of the- day will be wound no with a dance in the evening us Usual. Word wns received hereon Mon-' day afternoon tint Malcolm Beatou had been wounded This is lhe third of three brothel's who enlisted from here, the chest John, lost his life nearly two years ego. the youil gest, Angus, losl i hand, ami was sent hoii'o, ami now Molcolin has been wiiiiiidt.il I'hey are the sons of Mr, Alex IU .a n of tliis place. | Mr. James Cain s is .mother who has three sons nl the front Im aie alliighl yet, nil hough one has suffered a btokett arm while \et In England Fall Goods Now being Shown Newest Crealk-. and Millinery in MiPinery .cessories Aj3l_����-j-" "���' "���"���"���s^f t-KBT I eoyal mma The Housewife's first order on her grocery list is Ladies and Mis os Tweeds, Beaverc olh and Astraq^an Cca��s at popular prices Ladies and Misses Sweater Coats and Sweater Sets The City Council was ngaln short an A Idei man on Monday and could lot In pi a session. Aid Leighton, who some mouths ago '.-ut hit il, lo .-ye with a piece of I hot steel i. away at tlie Vancouver 11.>.-.t Hal this week having the optic j operated on. Aid. McNeil has left town for Men it, and does no1 intend to return, Aid. Auderton has taken an interest in a saw mill at Nob Hill anil moved out to watch ii Aid Hut-ford, who has purchased the Crawford ranch, has some four hundred ncres of land ] besides ! lie Cream.,-) to look after; and cannot ait, i���i i xi, pi at great sacrifice of lime, Fall Dress G Spe.i.i .fist Hi Si i,:er. Kiilim i rots & Coa ings nls, liter (, ml popriini prices, m (,] I.u.s, easlinieros, IjiirilliieS niul IU-ii- S ,'.,iv weaves in ;n ;< ���i ileal shnil wear I l.i ley Voile Mar- irvi.il- .���nu hi Sir Wilfrid Courier, wlio for many years was the idol of the Liberal party anil had main- admirers in the Conservative r nks, is mnl.- wM it t-xlreiiiely I'lll'milt i'or llie' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Western Liberals to sin,port him | as a possible leader of a Canadian i A lellet from ou_ of the boys .of Government. He is violently op- the Forestry Batt, in the north ed' po.-eil to conscription; and has England says they were having bad rai storms all over tlie, conn Coating SI Inch width; Cl-tlis, Chinchillas, in liuhtauil ihirUsl per I'i ��� Is 11 Is in iii Blanket port Clu eks Ies at Nt 50 Shepherd's in: ��� checks identified himself with the slackers and an ti conseriptioni. ts of Quebec, who are opposed to Canada's par ticipation in the- war. ami wlio would be glad lo see Canada quit the wnr tomo n w- By refusing 1.0 v...le lor an extension of the liie of parliament or to foim acoalitit n government Sir Willi ir' and his followers have to all intents and purposes concurred in that attitude Surely British Columbians who . have given so freely of their best and bravest sons will not support at the p lis any follower of so tin- British a leader. A despatch from Vancouver States that Judge William Wallace Burns Mclnnis has resigned llis seat on the bench lo accept the nomination of a section of the Lib etal party of Ccnjox-Alberni, who at a meeting at Parksville a few weeks ago offer, red him the noni inatiou. Mr. Mclnnis is reported to have made no statement orher than that he had decided to accept tiie offer of nomination, and tha' he would visit the ridil g shortly and prepare a statement for the electots, Comox rejected Billy some years ago before he was ap pointed to the judgeship, and it is a foregone conclusion lhat we will have none of him now, especially in view of the fact that he is a follower of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Quebec anti-conscription champion. Tlie date of Canada's Thanksgiving dav has been changed from Monday, October i to : outlay, October 8. Miss I.illie Bridges who has been with the Mcl'hee & Morrison store for in my-.vears has seveted her connection with tbesio e, Miss Ida Carroll is taking lur [-luce, try aboul the mid anil the niinl wus tenay bunch have well tin re. All li e of August, id, The L'our- lvei'tized Comox ��� natives would like to go West now. All of the Courtenav buys have got g ;\l jobs! Bill Leighton i; working at | bis trade, Gus Cowie and Leslie Piercy and Ab Bridges are mi the donkey, Cudtnore, who is called. the Comox Explorer, Skilt.es! Gook and Jim Hornby are in the kitchen, Boden i.s driving the tiig truck, McKenzie ami Mitchell are l bush foreman, and Reunison i.s on ! c. c. Con. tint! a.a _.s nd style, perl, ability e.npli ���. �� ciinplete Is now li.in_ 5I..GGS Special value in Invictus Shoes (the besl r" ".I shoe for �� ir n n) ill l.i.lil G ry and I h uuois colored cloth tups, with I'h. lit and ViciKid Vamps, and Cuban nml Louis Heels the train. On Aug. i;th their mill beat all previous records by turning out 38,000 feet of lumber the best recotd pieviously being 23 000 in ten hours. The boys from Ooinox seem to be doing tIn.ir part to keep little old B. G. on the map. CUMBERLAND Do Your Girls Need New Raincapes or Coats ? Boy's Jerseys we- have fine English Goods best values in 11. C. Send in your orders with Casli and get these goods NOW Corsets Strong grey cloth, 75c per pair ltette-r values ill white, $5.50 $3.50, |*1.50, $1.50 We specialize in Woman's, Childrens and Infants outfits. Seabrook Young 623-5 Johnson St. Victoria, B. C. Esqu_malt & Nanaimo Railway Victoria Exhibition Excursion Rates From all points c n the E. & N. to Victoria at Fare and one fifth for the round trip. Good going Sep!. 27 and 29. Final return Oct. 2 Fare from Courtenay to Victoria $6.80 Phone R 60 D. B. NICKERSON Agent Covrten-y, I Deliver Anywhere Telephone your order for Fresh Groceries to93L GEO. ARDLEY LAZO STORE Vour patronage solicited. Royal Standard Flour IILLEI w: MILLED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA MIII.K SIIIC MIGHT possibly do things, she 3 realizes that wilh a' sack of lhe fatuous "money.hack" flotll'close nt lliiutl, site's got the best part of tlie equipment for a first class meal, Her baking will be the pleiisantest part of the- task. Her . BREAD, DUNS and BISCUITS will be a delight to the eye- a lure a temptation to the appetite. At Your Grocer's LOOK FOR THE Circle " V " on Every Sack Royal Standard Grain Prec.nets Agency Phone 33, End oi Bii-gr Towler, Mjr. r--��*p__��5___r-'j"_ir.: tn- ._ry__--j___-f_ '(^l-rf-^��'����rf*JV,<_^<aW*yw> ��_^_^>����Vi-��sV.��>��_����--V^A''N��^����i^*>^NI_'|j|^_N COURTENAY TAILOR We have an Exhibit of a Large Assortment of New Patterns HANEY Store Between Bridges Courtenay * i^'V-s|^sv*��s<��>VVi^��^s*^*W)*s����-S��<>��*^*��V*<*��^''>��*�� t*t***t**a*t**4i Comox Livery Stable Phone 84 L Auto Truck Meets all Boats and Courtenay Trains Autos and Teams for Hire at reasonab'e rates E. C. CLIFFE - COMOX R.M. GLAZBROOK ACCOUNTANT \ . - > 11 ts Audited and Books Kept Office with Hicks Beach & Field COMOX LUMP COAL $6.00 Per Ton Delivered in Courtenay All Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention D. KILPATRICK Phone 43 Courtenay Distance is Everything when travelling: It is nothing when telephoning. When you travel, vou take time to get reatiy, and you subject yourself to a certain amount of inconvenience en route to your destination. When you telephone you simply go to the other side of tlie room and talk, It is a face to face conversation, with the elimination of every inconvenience, Travelling, too, depends on the weather: you can communicate at any time by telephone. British Columbia Telephone Co. -. ..... .���. .GRAND DISPLAY The co stof Living is High at Still There's Nothing Like Leather Willard's Harness Emporium JAMES E. ASTON rme Showing ol Horse Blankets, Up Rugs, Gloves, Trunks, Suit Cases, Etc. Practical Shoemaker ami Repair Har_e_8 ^^ ^^ Ne���tto���arilv&Biscoe ^ ^ WILLARD Cumberland and Courtenay ft THE COURTENAY REVIEW ****+*****>.*,* MM** *'��* I Denman Island pall paiP Under Auspices of Farmers' Institute j Tuesday, Sept*. 18th J t Everybody Invited to Spend the day j on The Island * 1 A Good Time Promised for All Boat Leaves Union Bay at 11a. m. G. DALZIEL, Secretary f^kjttsjmSpSm^^ The following guests were registered at the, Riverside last week. G, Htarns and wife, A. Hyr.ti stroiii, H. Franscon, A. Neediiam, A. Young, P. Ilroder. S. Perkins, A. Ez.y, T, Nevius. J. Winger, E. McOinnis, G. Beals, J. Waters, Lieut, Holdcroft, Engineers. S, Olvick, 1). Mfdill, V, Ilifiu, R. Bellevue-, A. Erickson, V, Johnston P, Cutter, T. Root, T, wood, Jas. McDonald, 11, Carter, T. Median. M Nelson, A, Avers, A. Privo, N. Lewis, N, walker. J. McLaren, R. Severs R.Jell, from Vnucotiver; D. Macl.cuzie R. Joues J.llanlie Mr and Mrs, Sookee From Yicto: in. T. 1'. Mcllev Cameron Lake Mr aii-1 Mrs. J.H. Davis Mi-rs Car- roll Davis.Mrs. h'ishi r.Mrs.C. C. Piercy, Frank TakataFroiu Seattle Wash. T. Hanson,Dr. Shaw,Ray Diilitii.G N. Bardie. From Camp- hell River, li. C. Clinton Wood paid a visit to Vancouver this week, PIANO & ORGAN Tuning and Repairing W. J. GOARD Here about Oct.* 1 Leave order, at Rev'ew office Comfort in the Home The. Sunshine Furnace chases chills from coldest coiners and insures utmost comfort in the home throughout the winter. Don't buy any furnace or heating plant until you have investigated the merits of the ���'Sunshine." 1 Jit SUNSHINE FURNACE LONDON TORONTO MONTREAL WnJHIPEQ VANCOUVER ST. JOHN, H.li. HAMILTON CALGARY 6 SASKATOON EDMONTON For sale by C. H. Tarbell & Son, Courtenay Why We Should Can By W, Sf-T'i ornber, THE FORD IS ECONOMICAL The average man can easily afford age on a Ford than oh anv other a Ford car. It is the most inex- car. pensive car to drive, You can buy a Ford for yourself 20 to 25 miles on a gallon of and one for your wife for the price gasoline is an everyday occurence, of one car at $1000. You can run 33 miles is frequently reported by both Fords at about the same ex- Ford owners, Yearly repair ex- pense as one larger, heavier car. penses of less than one dollar are You can always sell a " used " not unusual. The car is light in Ford at a good price. You have to weight, and tires give more mile- accept a big reduction for a "used" larger car Go and take a ride in the 1.17 model. See how comfortable it is And stylish, too���stream line effect tapered hood, crown fenders, beautiful finish. You need one for business. Your wife and children need one for pleasure and health. OVER 700 FORD SERVICE STATIONS IN CANADA E. C. EMDE Ford Garage Courtenay B. C. For a good many years the ma- jority of housewives have thought of canning as a process which applied to fruits alone. They have not thought iiui6h about canning vegetable! i*nl meats, They used vegetables when in seAsoti, thev either purchased vegetables shipped from the south, Ot bought such items canned or did without. Now that the worlil is commuted with tlie vital necessity of [Hitting back a famine, which .is al. ready felt in Europe, and which may be felt in our own land of plenty, all of lis are seeing new oppoitiiuities in canning. By canning vo can keep\ 11 lot of food from going to waste, Com that once dried up on tlie ear, beets that once were allowed to overgrow, peas that oiicp shelled out 011 the ground when our appetite or them was satisfied, carrots lhat were thinned out and thrown away or allowed to become so large and coarse lhal they were t t only for cow Iced, greens that were once allowed to dry up in tlie hot sun of midsummer���all of these things and many more, should be caught by tiie alert housewife when they are at their bes t, canned and kept ready for use in January, or earlier or later. We relish new p.as and young potatoes in the spring,���why uot relish them at Christmas along with cranberry and turkey? We relish young turkey at Christmas; why uot oan our surplus turkeys, and chickens and young pigs aud young rabbits when they are tender and Bt their best, instead of allowing them to grow old and tough and eat .heir heads off? In the field of canning and drying applied to practically everything we raise on the farm, in season, there is a world of opportunity. We can save count.1 less million* of pounds of food that iu heretofore have gone to waste. If only half the food America has wasted in her garde.is iu the last ten years could have been distributed in the famine stricken zones of Europe, some millions of people, including small children under the age of twelve, in all probability! now would be living. As it is.) they have starved. It is up to the j housewives of America to can and 1 jkeep canning. Presbyterian Church St. Andrew.'' Sandwick Service 2 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class 3 p. in. Courtenav Sunday School and Hi!>le Clas 10:30 a. m. Evening service 7:30 p. in. All welcome THEED PEARSE Barrister niul Solicitor, Notary Public, Phone 6 Courtenay Cumberland Hotel Good Accomodation Casiue Uzcelleo Wm. Merry i'i eld I'mDi--'.tor FLOUR & FEED I beg toiannounce that I have opened a Flour and Fed Store oii Mill Street, Courtenay, and will be pleased to supply your needs in Wheat and Flour, Bran, Shorts Hay, Straw, etc. A CALL RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED Frank ftovitz. COURTENAY, B.C. Palace Livery &FeedStabk Horses and Buggies for Hire ;_ Terms cash. We also attend to wood hauling JAvS. CAIRNS & SON Proprietors Phone 15 Courtenay i rjurij-urj jiiJi.ri_~iir*s_~>---*-" ~ " -���*������ ��� ������������������ wsx-nsm The Britisii people, in the army and oul, need _ ur entire surplus. They need more���they need part o, what we usually coustime. ELK HOTEL Comox, BC, Comlortable Rooms lor Tourists and Travellers MRS. T. D. HIND, Managress Bar supplied with best wines liquors and cigars " NOTICE GRIEVE and DARGIE; Ice Cream i Candies, Cigars, Pipes, Tobacco?. Do You READ? The Courtenay Review Family Herald and Weekly S:tr and the Daily Province for one year for $6 First-Class Plumbing Hot Water and Steamfitting Jackson & Whittle Phone 9 Courtenay APPLY TO RICHARD CREECH POR Sand and Gravel Kates Reasonable **************a****t General Blacksmiths Beg to announce that they are prepared to ilo all kinds ol repairs at moderat prices. Horse-hosing a Specialty HEADQUARTERS FOR Buggies and Express Wagons AU Rigs Guaranteed and Sold at the Lowest Possible Price g***aS*t****P*m*tttsttt*M*t*) GEORGE B. LEIGHTON Blacksmith ard Carriage Builder COURTENAY THE REVIEW. COURTNEY. _L EL ff PAY ROLL" TOBACCO An Mr aT*an*Tm. _T%_T_I I���HU ������ ^l^1" *W A BRIGHT TOBACCO OF TUB HNEST QUALITY If CENTS PER PLUG *WW"**S?^PIW*P*P" The Squire s Sweetheart Vi KATHARINE TYNAN WARD. I-OCK ft CO.. UMITED i, MsiUai-e. �����.! 1 * ��� nip Moc sonic of llic tea ninl ale ��� food, while Mrs. tt.iiihu feeding her, and coaxing her ns though bhe were ti child, was nn assurance of strcngtl the woman ns kin- stood hands on her hips, which lined.' repea In nli cd Dr. Vcr .'v a good iliml seeing lhat lie man's patients 'Langton lias nursing home Jolly good Nursing (Coi "Nursing honii ner, \i ho seenied of lime mi his I had charge of another ns well ns his own, llOlllillR to ,|,l with ;l that I ever heard of way of making mone; Home is, especially for a man whoi ing the Marries a nurse wanting a career of her own. I know a man���Bob Wilkinson; he's n poet, ymi know���well Wilkinson's v,if. hns a home for nervous patients, nearly nil Indies, who have been crossed in love. Hob has had to give up going home. The pn- liuiis all fell in love with him, which was a bit embarrasing, liver seen Jfob Wilkinson? He's ns like inc. as If he were my twin. The gills lind liim im sislible." A faint sense of the humor oi lir. Vcrncv penetrated Hilary's mind, lie was not light-hearted enough 't: enjoy it as he would have done al another time. It wns very hard to wait in patience uol to know what was happening. Thc Squire hnd gone abroad hastily. There uns something wrong��� something wrung, which had better nol be talked about, lie had seal a few ivnids to Hilary. Nothing wns to be snid about Miss Kgerton's disappearance till tin- mystery of ii wns cleared up. People musl noi bc set to gossip aboul tlie Squire's sweetheart. The days passed, heavy ns kail. Hilary, since hc could not always be on tin- steps of Mr. Langton's house, v.��� nt nut golfing Lcavesdcn way, fatigued himself in the open air so thai hi might gel whal sleep was possible, and wns the heller in health Inr it, i ven though his trcublcsom thoughts would keep prim each oilier, as though between the upper and nether millstones, lie had given up iiie search for the nursing home, not km,wing thai a turn of lln- road beyond the golf-links would have brought him to it. He luul become almost used lo llic of tlirr id by, to cat There about Ihere, her .... was comfortable, A sense of comfort crepl into the girl's chilled heart, "I remember now," she snid, be- ginning to wring lur hnnds nnd weep, "Oh, Kate, do you know that bad mnn bus such n power ovcr mc ih.n lie enn compel inc to go where will? I thought I wns done wilh bul he has forced me to follow go wilh him. \\ hat shnll 1 hat shrill I do!" "I know, honey cdn't bc magic Now Ir The Time To Act . School Land Moneys III him, bu JJ) liim���to ^ dol W I it know; I here .. al all. Some men have that power over women, ���-and not always the good men; oh, no; not always the good men'at all. Rue lie hns more than lhat. There is something queer abolll hint. I know it well." "1 fell il coining ovcr me ns I sal there in Kensington Gardens, watch- ihildr.cn, nnd I hnd to get up nnd go. 1 hated lo go. I couldn't lell you how much I haled; but I bad to do il all lhc same, 1 seemed lo fall into a sleep and to have no pow- ��� r to resist, although I moved like other people and saw things nboul me, in a way. Oil, Kale, what arc wc lo dor What will ihc Sutiire say v.hen he conies nnd funis us gone? Can vou send him word? He will know lhal I wns taken away against, my will, for I love Iiini so dearly; lie is everything to inc." "Ves," yes, Miss Dolly, leave all thai lu me," Airs. Rartlell said again. "Nothing will happen lo you when I am with you. Bless your heart, you poor lamb, lhe Squire will know right enough. We'll bc back with liim before he has time lo bc grieving. Trusl your old Kale. I'll never leave you, night nor day. Don't you bc afraid! Don'l you see, honey love, that we cnn'l go bringing in thc lice, else it would all be in tlie papa's. I nearly did it at Folkestone, lint luckily I remembered. You trust your old Kale nm! you'll see that it will lie no more than a little trip abroad for us. We'll be buck again at the studio b'-lore anyone can miss us. Thai's ihe. best nf a place where you hnve your own halbdoor and rnr walk in and mil. just ns you like and people only to expect you when tlicy scc you." By degrees she soothed Dolly nnd n I persuaded ber lo Hi' down and try to^ The Time to Make Such a Peace that War Will Bc Impossible Can man abolish this Fury who devastates the world, who slays youth by lhe million, and who fills llm homes of men wilh unutterable agony? We are not now thinking of war as an abstract idea, us a fnr off contingency, as something of which in times of peace, heroic men sing manful songs and coward men twitter their shivering fears. We unthinking of this actual wai thai has killed our son, blinded our brother, crippled our friend ami maddened our neighbor; this beastly wnr that slinks under heaven like sonic colossal fungus rolling in a wood ihal nature made for poets and lovers; this ruinous war that has destroyed llic accumulated centuries old wealth of Kurope in a few months; this malignant wnr which has made men hale each other with such au acrid bitterness as has destroyed even the chivalry nud ceremonial of thc bat llelield; this war which has dragged delicate women, defenseless children ami poor, decrepit old age into its sleel net of blood nud death���tllis war, can il bc abolished so thai never again will il destroy a peasant's cot- Inge or break the hearl of n mother? Let us make no mistake of the urgency of this question, li is now, ir. the hour of death, that wc must make answer, Let us wail iill "peace" returns, nnd il is like to be only that false pence which brought this very war to our hearts. But now, while the precious blood of youili is still draining into lhe cesspits of death, now if we ask ourselves this question, ihen such a peace may we make as shall out- winter all journeys of lhe earth. But we must ask witli nn agony of the heart, a determination of the mind, and a longing of the soul, as if we were drowning men to whom a rope hns been thrown out of lhe darkness that engulfs us,���Harold Begbic iu North American Review, KEEP CHILDREN WELL DURING JOT WEATHER Every mother knows how fatal the hot summer months arc lo small children. Cholera infantum,,diarrhoea dysentry and stomach troubles are 'fe nl this time and often a precious Increased Revenue For Provinces Through Investment in War Bonds . By the Investment of the school lands money held in trusl by the Dominion government iu live per cent, war bonds instead of three per cent, savings bank interest the revenue of llic three prairie provinces will be increased by over $220,000 a year. Manitoba's school land monies held In' trust by ihe Dominion government amount to $4,050, .H so thai nn additional $80,000 a year . will result through the increased interest, The increase In Saskatchewan's revenue will be slightly higher, namely $8_V 1)00 per year, thc amount of the school lauds trust funds of this province bring $4,093,063.30, Alberta has $3,- 091,5/9 In school land money held iu irust by the Dominion, government, lis revenue in consequence of the investment of the funds iii war bonds will therefore be increased bv more than $60,000, l-'or lhe enlighlennicnj of our read i rs who desire lo know something about lhe school system of Western Canada, it may be explained that school lands consist of iwo sections (1,280 acres) in every township {30 sections) in Alberta, Saskatchewan nud Manitoba, thai is, approximately nc-cighlcenlh nf the entire area of lhc three provinces. These lands are dniinistrrcd by llle Dominion government, ill I rust, with the object of establishing a fund for educational purposes iu llic provinces mentioned, They ure disposed of, from lime lo time, at public auction only io tin highest bidder, and subject lo a cer lain upset price. From tllis source i very large revenue is derived makes possible an adequate Profit By New Zealand's Blunder As a resull of tills unwise system ol drafting, the ngriculaural area under crop iu New Zealand has fallen by more than 100,000 acres in one year. The crop of whent this year i�� two million bushels less than a v��ai ago, nnd the reduction in the oni crop reaches a similar lotal. Having ou bund already a National Service register, ihc Canadian gov eminent should not fall into the error which is noticeable in New Zea laud. 'I'hey should know nt Ottawa just about bow many men arc need ed to maintain production in Canada at the maximum, particularly in agri culture, and Ihey should know ho. many men arc available for these pro ductive works und who they are. And with Ihis information in hand, then is no good reason why we should nol escape New Zealand's blunder.���Calgary Daily Herald. Unwritten poems nnd uujirlnted songs make life endurable. MONKY ORDl'RS S. n11 a Dominion Express Money Onler They arc payable everywhere, Scenic the agency in vour dislricl for I'Kl.HAM'S PEERLESS I'KbT' and ORNAMENTAL TREES. Good pay; exclusive territory. Our agen ries are valuable, Write PELHAM NURSERY CO., Toronlo, Oni. yslciu maker. at which ^^^^^^^^^^ school mil cost lo the home- Minard's Iii cut Co., ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Limited. Gentlemen,��� I have used MIX ARD'S LINIMENT, ou my vessel and in my family for years and for lhe every-duy ills nnd accidents LAUNDRY BILLS are unnecessary if yuu wear Arlington Collars and Cufft They ure waterproof anil nil that is necessai y when they become soiled is to wash Ihem with soap and wilier und they look us Rood imlineii No Ironing In necessary. Ask your dculer foi them. Manilla.-lured by tlie AltUNOTON CO. OP CANADA, Limit.. fraser Avenue, Toronto Weed's Plioiphe-Jaf. rh* (treat BngUgh Itemed*, if _..! __��� '.nv'S��'��te�� the ybola in old Vi.ini-. i fi��-e�� Nervous ,,- Debility, Mental and Brain Worry. Deepen. i tteney, host ef Knergy, J'alpilntien of Ms ,., , ,1 , i I ��_�����-, i.utt ay icnergy, j'aipilntton of th life I consider it hns no equal. I \ Heart, Failin,] lltmary. Price fl perks, sl ' ' forfS. Out lv,U plea..:, six writ cure. _ *" ���ruggisse or mailed ia plnia pkg. on T....,,,. v. Rrii-e. Artep.t ntplilet run tied free. THI WOOD -EDICI-��CO..tM9IIT��.0_T. (.���am.<-_*���_. wotltd not start on a voyage without il, if il cosl a dollar a bottle. l*,R, DEJARD1N. St. Andre, Kamotii-- Scl CAPT. r. Sl'orkc, nskn. dull discontent of his days, when at lasl .i letter reached him. CHAPTER Wll. ln ihe Powers of Evil Mrs. Bartlctt had secured .some sandwiches and a tray nf lea and bread and butter before returning to the caliin which she bad seen Miss Dolly enicr. she opened the door quietly and went in. Miss Dolly was silling nu one of thc couches, wearing ilu- most painful look of be- v ibh muni, like a child only half awake who is coining to the recognition of unfamiliar surroundings, Then uns something about Miss Dolly's look ihai made Mrs. Bartlett's heart bivi" lo throb and ache with pity, "There, there, my dear," .die said silting don u and inking the cold hand iu hers. "Don't look so fright- rued, dearie, I'm hue lo lake can of you. Vour old Kate is with ynu. There's in,thing I wouldn't do, dearie, hep. The heaviness of the hypnotic ���deep still lav about tin- _ir!. making ��� - ��� . --:��� her deadly pale. When Dolly had lltl�� ,llf''���,s losl ..-',"''' ""'y, " '.'' lain down, Kale Bartlctt knelt and lol,rs ''"fs: . '"%. ���2r!��,ihe. w"? said her prayers aloud, culling on all; 4"'"s !!il >'' s '��",., ] aljk'l\ '", thc Ihe hierarchy of Heaven to protectH1?1'" *" �� ������'*������ rhc occasional use her precious lamb wherever she ��f "'f ' i,l"'.ts Prev��Jl�� sU!"mdl a"d 1 - bowel troubles, or if trouble conies went. Sin- prayed with extraordinary fei- vor, apparently improvising the pray- i is as she went. on. At lasl she stood up from lier knees. The boat was by this lime, well out. Through the port hole ie ould see Mrs. Mrs. ^^^^^^^^ a mass of grey swirling waters, flecked witli foam. The stewardess knocked at tin door, came in, and started at Bartlett. "I'm the young lady's maid," Bartlett said. "You're a good sailor!" "I've crossed lhe Irish Sea in a bad storm and took my food when no one else could look at things." "All, so much lhc. better. There's going lo be sonic nasty weather. You'll be able to see lo your young lady. She do look bad my hands full." She shut tin- porthole out. Mrs. Barllett glanced at Dolly, who seemed quite quiet���asleep she judged. To make sure, she whisper- Ts car lhat she would. Dolly1 suddenly���as il generally does���the Tablets will bring lhe baby safely llirougli. I'hey un sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 23 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, (hit. I'I si "Why is ii lhat truth will gain when crushed lo earth?" "Because of iis elasticity, of course. " it is lo! n Trons-I THE NEW FRENCH-UM-DV. N.I. N.lN.t THERAPION M*rM" (t1P.lt 6. VIM PII.I-.S. Dotl'l you know liow c;is> stretch the mull?"���fiostc lT.pt, ��H_ fHr-ON... EV, nr.Aui.(i"t. dis . ff .'IO. DRt.T.ijisib ���W. ���8EKMAN sr n RIT1 I'OR CltEE I ���t*H .roCKflO. HAMl ���.,..._ _ _ THERAPION !��..._, ISK THAT TRADE* MAKSIM IVORO ' IIIIIRAPION ' 10 0, emv. uou. si ami- trrtxtto to A[.u_itii;iNir*_i_T- TUHOSIO. 1 Sllni.Cu.il a TKVNSIVOR, Hospllali Kit) KNESS, LOST VIQOt 'SIS. BLOOD POISON. "All. ll. POST 4 CTt 1 lURKOfLYMANiRO. "KTODR. Ll CURO " "o. Condon, eno. Thc Grammar v.cut from loom what to do in cas Ms listened with until he came to I then smiles and School Principal to room explaining C of lire. The pup- respectful attention ir. linal instructions, giggles disturbed the principal's serenity. "Above all things," he s your clothing catches tire, cool.''��� Chicago News. at- irrrpar- lid, "if remain v"u,,Ki Por years Mother Graves' Worm I'll have' Exterminator has ranked as lhe most I effective preparation manufactured, and ii always maintains its reputation, id went Alberta's Coal Output , , ____________��� i , , .j-"- I-- i During lhc three months ending In 1. p you from harm, so don I, be cf) at ,|���, fill's car lhat she would March Jl thc coal output of Alberta "frni<l- '""-1 m God, my dear, Who ���ot |)r Konc mmy minutes, Dolly amounted to 1,501,200 tons The sent me hot-fool after you and got opened her eyes sleepily, smiled at greater pari consisted of lignite, and ine 111 time Inr the tram. Ill,c gcarred face from which' Mrs. came from Iwcntv-seven districts Something ,,i the helpless terror Bartlctt had pushed back the veil, throughout the province, the l.eih pas-...I from Dolys face. ;im| settled herself in sleep again. I bridge district being the hlghesl pro- In said, '1 am glad -iti|| lim| |,;���, u;,|'.m( lhe deck duccr, I'he total production of .lasl did nnt know what ly,],, ;1 Sallor," ihe woman muttered to year was 4,648,60-1 tons. n 1'i'rii. |ur.s< ll, as she went up lhc stairs. I 1,1 be |'|u, doors of lhe companion were closed. ''n deck a few miserable cross 1 passengers, wrapped np in lhe sail- Don t ors' mackintoshes, stood or sat in You've comers, trying to slu Her from the 11 you-|rain and tin- wind. There was noth- but grcyncss all round���the sky. ll ib mini .1. rn ie. V\ t to Prane anything, take car "i rn. ki Ic," In vi, mil. I m.i- happening ii is It lint' linv. till .1 III llll." "I I I- .1 ljo.it ing ovi i ihc sea ynu be afraid nf your "Id Kali to ^^^^^^^^^^ I want inn in nu aud drink something. It isn't sn nice as I'd wish lo have it. Inn never mind aboul that. II will put llic life into ynu, my poor lamb. Here, lake a -ip of lea you've Ini u fasting since morning, When yoti'vi c.iii n a bit we'll say our prayers nud usk for the protection of God nnd llis holy angels about us." lhc suit, soothing, Irish accents deemed in quid ihc girl. She drank (-fear.a*.... Granulated Eyelids, J_5CJ'B V�� '')CS iuliuied h)' expo. ^_^ eure to Sun, DnslandWlDi Es ��� /_pv_r-s 'I '" *'v "''revcil hy Murloi I V C> __> tyeBeincdy. NoSmariing, *f ^*TmmW j,���t Kye Comfort. Al You I . .rut's Stic per Dottle. Murine t. ��� Silver . , hi"..'i, KiitBooliiillbelyelrM.sk Drug- ',.- oi Murinef.yt Sroicdy f.e.,Chicagt , Do not allow worms in sap ll talily of your children. If not li tided lo, worms may work abb- harm to the constitution of th. infant The lillle sufferers cannot voice iheir ailment, bul there arc many signs by which mothers art made aware lhat a dose of Miller's Worm Powder is necessiiry. These powders acl quickly and will expel worms from the syslem wilhoui anv inconvenience to (lie child. Girl's l-'allier���"Bin liow can support my daughter? Twenty Inrs a week won't pay the rent." Suitor���"You don't mean lo you will charge Edith and mc i do you?" dnl Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper you gol a war gard i bigger mic than I no "Hav "Yep vear.' "Tlie yi ar." "If you had seen the with iny neighbor's rooi garden last year you called it a war gardi i Post. lid la-: gardens last lights I had lir over ni) would have i."���Houston Minimize ThtfFire Peril By Using EDDY'S Chemically Self-Extinguishing "Silent 500s" The Matches With "No Afterglow " I.DDV is the only Canadian maker of these matches, every slick of which has been treated with a chemical solution which positively ensures lhe match becoming dead wood once It has been lighted ..nd blown out. Look for tli�� winds "Chemically self-extinguishing" on the ��� box, ing obscured' by' the sleu.'.ily falling rain the sea muddy and angry-looking, showing rats' paws on the waler. One or two of llu- hardiest passengers slill trudged the deck, their hats down over their eyes, their coat collars up, their hands deep iu iheir pockets, (To He Continued.) W. N. U 1170 Real Prohibition Needed Whnl is necessary if this country- is to wage war with all ils strength is ilu- suppression of the manufacture of intoxicating drink, the prohibition i oi Importation and the prohibition of despatch or reccipl of liquor in prohibition lown nr province by action of this Kind v be able to surmount the that fm another World, any Only Canada difficulties her in lhe prosecution of year of war,���Vancouver 2 and 5 Ib. Cartons��� 10,20, SO and 100 lb. Bags. has never been offered as "just as good" as some more famous brand; for Sixty Years it has itself been that more famous brand���and deservedly. "Let Redpath Sweeten it." �� Made in one grade only���the highest I r ���THE REVIEW. .COURTNEY' *i & ____alBB_aa_4MgMHi^tsg. ".rr.. v, -""';':* ������' '/ft asn Alleged Profits of The William Davies Company in 1916 on Bacon, as Indicated by Department of Labor to be Five Cents per Pound, Untrue: Actual Profits Two-Thirds of a Cent per Pound THE statement issued by tho Department of Labor concerning the business of The William Davies Company Limited lias been given widespread circulation throughout the country and provoked public unrest. Whatever the technical wording .of the report was, the effect has been that the newspapers have published that "the profits on Bacon alone" of this Company "for 1016" were about "five millions of 1 dollars." This interpretation of the official report is not surprising in view of certain statements thai the Commissioner of the Cost of Living makes. The Commissioner is reported as saying that "There were two individual coses of profiteering in 1916 and that, had these cases occurred since tbe passage of the cost of living Order-in-Couucil, he would consider il his duly to recommend that lhc facts be laid before the Attorney-General for consideration ai to their criminality." The situation crcaEed by such erroneous and damaging statements is serious as emanating from a Government official, from whom one looks for not only accurate statement* but correct conclusions. The William Davies Company, being a private concern, has fol* .owed the practice of all private corporations, except when it made a bond issue iu 1911, in that it has not published reports of its assets and liabilities or profit and loss. The present circumstance, however, in which a Government Official has led the public to false conclusions, makes it advisable for this Company, forboth the public interest and its own interest, to publish particulars of its business as well as point out the error of the statement of the Government Official. Fnr llie lasl fiscal year ending March 27tlt. 11)17, The William Davies Company bought and killed 1,048,000 head of Live Slock (Cattle, Hogs and Sheep.) Tliis, plus purchases of outside Meals, produced 100,000,000 pounds of Meats. The Company handled 0,550,000 pounds of Butter and Cheese, 5,050,000 dozens of Eggs, and manufactured 20,500,000 tins of Canned Goods. The net profits on these were ,68 cents (or two-thirds of a cent) per pound on meals, 1.04 cents on Butter and Cheese, 1.04 cents per dozen on Eggs, and .47 cents (or slightly less than one-half a cent) per tin on Canned Goods. These profits include profits on all By-Products derived from these accounts. During the year the Company served at its retail stores 7,500,000 customers, the average purchase of each customer was 85c, and the net profit upon each sale was 6-8 of 1 cent. The turnover of the Company from all its operations for the last fiscal year ending March 27th, 1917, was $40,000,000. The net percentage of profit upon this turnover, after deducting war tax, was 1.69 per cent., or including war tux S.45 per cent. The William Davies Company has assets of $13,385,000 of which $3,805,00�� is tied up in fixed investments. To provide the necessary facilities for the increased volume of business th�� Company expended $750,000 in buildings and equipment during the year. Companies of other character present no more reasonable statement of profit and loss based upon the investments made in thc business. 1 The William Davies Company offered to tho Imperial authorities, as wel! tu to the War Office Service (which represents the Imperial authorities in Canada) to place the output of its Factory with respect to Bacon supplies, Canned Beef and Pork and Beans at the service of the authorities, on the basis of cost plus an agreed percentage. These offers were successively declined as the authorities evidently desired to purchase in the open market, and on this basis The William Davies Company has secured War Office business by open competition with th�� world. Respecting the Report of the Commissioner on the Cost of Living:- Last Winter the Commissioner, under authority of Order-in-Council, required packers to submit statements under oath lor same years back and up to December 1st, 1916, of incoming tloeks of Meats and the cost of such, as well as statements of outgoing product and the selling value. This Company represented in writing at the time that the information ���:,:��� specifically required was not in accordance with I'ackirig House Accounting methods, and invited the Commissioa.r to send an Officer to the Head Office of the Company to examine the books for any information desired, and to secure a viewpoint as to the best way of collecting data which would be of use to lhc Government, This offer was declined, and there was nothing to do but lilt in the information required as literally as we could determine it. For example, there was no recognition of the fact that a raw product may enter a factory under a specific classification and leave the factory as a finished product under some other classification. We submitted a series of accurate figures based upon our interpretation of tlie official requirements which made no provision for charges of any description other than incoming freight and unloading charges to be included in the cost or to be deducted from the selling price. There was nothing in the repnrt which could be read so as to determine a profit and loss statement. The very fact that with only a statement based upon cost of raw products and value of sales in Great Britain a Government Official has deduced " Large margins,'' "Profiteering" aud "Criminality" if it bad occurred since the passage of a recent Act, shows too dangerous a trifling and incapacity to be permitted to deal with any important situatian. The statements of this Company have been treated by the author of this report as if the out-going product was identical with the incoming product, and from the scries of reports he has singled out two items���the Bacon and Egg reports���and from them deduced an erroneous "margin" which the newspapers have interpreted as "profit." The author of the inquiry shows a strange lack of even a fundamental knowledge of simple bookkeeping and a dangerous inability to co-ordinate figures. The followiug arc specific and outstanding errors in the report: The principal item thnt is causing excitement deals with cold storage bacon. The term "cold-storage" is not defined, and the public is allowed to make its own definitions. As all Bacon in a packing house is under refrigeration it is really all cold-storage, and therefore this Company's figures of cold storage Bacon represent the complete quantity of Bacon handled In its entire Plant, whether iu freezers or iu process of cure for immediate shipment. That some com panies interpreted cold-storage product as "freezer" product only is evidenced by thc sinalluess or entire lack of figures on the Bacon list Inr some I'lauts, indicating lhat many Firms did not submit statements ol their complete stocks, as did this Company. An Official of this Company pointed out this cold-storage distinction to Mr. O'Connor and Miss McKcnna in Ottawa a lew weeks ago, and the failure to make the distinction alter having had it pointed out evidences lack of desire for accuracy of the real information desired. It is true The William Davies Company, in 191(5, exported 97,791,000 pounds of Bacon, but we do not know how tha margin of 6.05 cents per pound is arrived at by Mr. O'Connor, as there were no figures to justify such a conclusion. The probabilities are that the margin is arrived at by taking the average cost per pound of incoming product from the average selling price per pound of outgoing product. This may be a rough way of estimating the gross margin when dealing with small figures, but when dealing with figures the size that Mr. O'Connor has to deal with, a very small fraction of a cent per pound of error makes a very important difference in the total, and one must be careful to make sure that the outgoing product is the same finished merchandise ol tha incoming product reported on. Allowing it to pass, however, as a rough estimate, we wish to point out���(first)���the inquiry of the Commissioner allowed only for incoming freight and unloading charges, and made no provision whatsoever for operating charges of any kind, such as labor, curing materials, refrigeration, et cetera. Such actual charges on the 97,791,000 pounds exported were $1,182,000���or 1.2 cents per pound. This amount covered all charges up to thc point of placing the Bacon on cars f.o.b. packing-house. In addition to this was the actual cost to land aud sell this 07,701,000 pounds in England after leaving thc packing house, which involved charges of 2.9 cents per pound���or J2,836,0O0. Thus 2.9 cents per pound included inland and ocean freight, landing charges, war and marine insurance, cables, and selling Commission to agents. The ocean freight and war risk alone would make up 2.4 cents of the charge of 2.9 cents per pound. This 1.2 cents, plus 2.9. cents���a total of -.1 cents���must be deducted from Mr. O'Connor's margin of 5.05 cents per pound, leaving a margin of .9.5 cents, or slightly less than a cent per pound, which still has tn be reduced because of the error of premises and because of further factors which have to be considered to determine net profits. It is quite evident some of the other packers did not show selling values in the country in which the goods were sold���a pi weeding quite proper, as the forms submited to b���� lilled iu wcrc indefinite and ambiguous, thus permitting without charge of evasion a variety of Interpretation as to th�� information required. It is thus possible that of all th* figures submitted by thc different packers that no two set* of costs and sales prices are determined at tbe same common point. It is this difference of interpretation of what wat required that accounts for the difference of the alleged "margin" made by the different companies. Common conclusions, however, have been drawn by tbe author of tha report from varying bases of premises. The figures of the Egg business were submitted on tha same basis as Bacon, aud similar deductions must be made. (Second)���The above margin is further reduced io that the author of this inquiry singled out tbe Bacon figures as aa item in which the selling price shows an alleged improper advance ovcr cost, but he did not give us credit for ti�� statements of other products, of which figures were submitted the selling prices of which were under cost The reason of this was that through failure to inquire the Department entirely overlooked the fact that product may come In as pork and, through the process of manufacture, go out as Bacon or, iu another instance, enter the factory as beef and go out bs the form of canned meats; for example: much of the product which came in as pork, and which was entered on the pork sheet submitted to the Commissioner���about which be make- no mention���was cured and left the factory in the form of Bacon, and was. therefore, entered on the outgoing side of the Bacon sheet���the result is that the Bacon sales are Increased by this amount ovcr the incoming stocks of Bacon, and, likewise, the sheet showing sales of pork ls reduced by the amount that went out in the form of Bacon. It the Department takes one set of figures that show favorable to tha Company they should take another set of figures that show unfavorable, as the principle iu either case is tbe same, and failure to do so looks as if thc author of the report was exercising more enthusiasm than sound judgment in bis investigations. (Third)���It is queried in thc report, that" if the margin ot 8.47 cents," alleged to have becn made in 1918, "was satisfactory, why was it necessary to show increased margin la 1916?" Assuming again for the moment the soundness of thc premises in asking such a question based on an erroneous " margin ", it will be found that the increased margin ls chiefly absorbed in increased ocean freight rates and War risk In* surance in 1910. of which apparently the author of the repori wns in ignorance. The Company does not challenge eilher the legal or moral right of the Government to investigate business enterprises when public interests directs such an investigation should be made. If an investigation of the packing and meat business is ordered, the Company will place at the disposal of the Government not only the data it would be required to supply under Ordcr-in-Council directing that inquiry be made, but will place the experience of its officers at the disposal of the investigating committee, if it is considered they can render any service which will be of value. The Company has not now���nor at any lime during the fifty years of ils operation���anything to conceal in method or practice of carrying on its business. It does, however, claim the right to conduct its export business without abusive comment from Government civil servants���especially when the conclusions drawn from the data asked for are improper nnd false. On<> of Canada's chief export industries is the packing business. It is essential to the live stock industry, and, along with other export industries, it maintains the financial stability of this country, and should, providing it is on a sound basis, receive encouragement and not slanderous abuse. In view of the publicity given lo the report of the Commissioner on the cost of living, the Company demands the same publicity in having an official Government investigation of this report to determine the truthfulness or untruthfulness of its conclusions. We do not seek public consideration as a company, but we do say that untruthful official .statements, or statements the effect of which is to create an untruth, adversely affect the live stock industry of this counlry, which is so valuable and essential a wealth-producing power and, in the long run, are harmful to the very people that tho statement seeks to benefit. If the passing out of existence of a corporation such as The William Davies Company, or if nationalization of packing houses would materially and permanently reduce food prices, then in view of the present world tragedy it ought to be consummated without delay. The fact of the matter is, however, that with millions of people in Europe turning from producers into consumers because of the war, and the tremendous destruction of food products incident to war, there is no remedy for the high prices of food while such conditions last, except the remedy of thrift and increase of production. Long before there was talk of a Food Controller in the United States or Canada The William Davies Company urged the Government at Ottawa, li writing, to appoint a Food Controller with full power to do what he saw fit, aa we realized at that time the upward tendency in the price of food commodities unless checked by official effort. At the most a great deal cannot be done in reducing food prices while currency is inflated and until the scale of prices of all kinds of commodities declines also. What can be done can only be done by tt Food Controller. Wc wish to point out that nothing at all can be accomplished unless the data secured are accurately and clearly made and the deductions therefrom sound. Only public harm arises from dangerous incompetency in the haphazard collection and careless use of important figures. As far as The William Davies Company in concerned this terminates all public statements of the Company, and it will pat/ no viore attention to speculativs and haphazard statements mad* eilher by newspapers or civil servants. The only further statement that will be made will be at an official investigation. L Toronto, July 17th, 1917 E. C. FOX, General Manager THE WILLIAM DAVIES COMPANY, LIMITED N. 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