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s, Greeting ChrIsîas Greetings and Christmas Cheer A pîçasant, prosperous and, Happy New Year May biessings in plenty to yoru accrue Is the earnest wish we extend to you. Wilbert J. Dudley Horsey Block Phone 225 House 272 Bowmanville Store Your Car For The Winter We are now prepared to store a limitedi number ofcars in our large garage for the winter months. You will be surprised at the very low rate. A Gooc(:d Idea It's also a good idea to have your car overhauled duLring the winter months. Bring it in early for we are already very busy, And dont forget- to bring us youir batteries for safe keeping. Pickard's Garage King'Street Bowmanville HAMPTON FLOUR MILLS, Graham FPour XXX Pastry Flour Whole Wheat Flour lioyal Flour for Bread If you cannot secure these popular grades of :Flour from your grocer order direct from us. 100, Tons .Feed Just arrived including American Corn, Oldi Mani- toba Oats, Mixed Chop, etc Get your sppily early. ,-,'-onel129 p 0 Do no0t scffet Stch ing le d- il g, r rrud. lng Pi les. No Dr. Chaee's Oltment lU relieve .youaI on and as crîainly cure You. 60C. a box;ai dener, r Emnnsn.Bates &CaLlmluted. Toono.Smpe oxfeeIfyo enio ti j woo7opha~i. oi~ li-Geal E,' ls> Remnedy, 7 oes and iovigorates tbe whole flrou s ystern, inakes new Btood, oInd Veîns, Pusres Nervous V b de JIenando, dBrain Worr, Ziespon- dety of ! nergy, Palpitation (f (the Heart Faiing emory. Price si per box, sir droggý-it2 or n s pain pkg. onrrecelpt of 'l pris-e Ns-ir 7pssm ph let-iniledfree. THE WOOD1 MEDICINE CO., TORONTO. ONT. <Formuiy Wildsrà t BOWMANVILLE, DEC. 25, 1919~ ARE T E S OFA Local and Otlierwise MIALSV Pickard sharpens skates. LIEI' TC t Ftiw ACTS How does the weather prophet feel ANY Loi2-Grii? wbo said "open wiqter ?". Whoa a worln vt-holias been siek Four men paid $950o and costs at f or years becosues weIi after taking a Belleville for selling wbiskev. certain scienitfie preparation-cýan you Stamped centre pieces, white or color- deny that thýe remedy must be goodl ed, at Dingruan & Edmondstone's. Iiead these extracta takea from a .letter written to lis by- Mrs. H. Cross, You may now buy Artsyl Rope silks of 362IigSre et oot: and resdn r'bon at iogmn & d- suffered'for sevýeral years with mondstone's. inflanmatory RheUmatiam aand could Andrew Haydon, Ottawa, has been hardly get up or down stais.s My appointed secretary to the Liberal Assoc- hsadbigtv o fTml jatin fr te Dminon.ton's iReurnatice Capsules, and almost Cold weatber is here, the ice will soon immediately 1I bit relief. The sweil- be ready, get vour skates sbarpened at ings started to go down andt te stiff- Luke, Boys & Cryderman's. Reesa lefi mny knees. I sighî say that Ontario Agricultural College teaching Previously to Usýing T.RIIC. 's 1 had staff have applied to Hon. Manning Do- tried alrnost everyth ing nader the &un herty for increase in salarv. 'without auceess. I arn a happier and There may be other corn cures, but wiser woman 110w, and I cannot thank Holloway's Corn Cure stands at the head YOU enough for the aid T.IR.C. 's have of the list so far as results are concerned. given me." No need of sending to Toronto nowi It 's the saine story from huadreds for tampd gnds.You an et jstof other Rhesimatic anferers. They f~ staped gods. Yu canget m t riedTI.'d T.R.C. 'afixanted Iwhat you want at Dingman & Edmond- r 1f ousufr 's hed te I stoe's.Asie yonr Druggist or write us for Our nlew No town of its size in Ontario carried a bookiet; it is interestlng and costs you nothing better sbowing of Cbristmas announce (Templetons, 142 King West, Toronto). We ments for merchants than The James miS .Rc anywhere On receipt Of 8.04. Papers have carried this season. Sole Agents for Oshawa and Bowman Knox Presbyterian chdrch , Woodville, ville Messrs. jury & Loveli, Druggists was destroyed by fire, supposed ta orig- and Opticians. mnate from furnace. Loss $30,000. A new furnace had just been installed, also a A welcome Christmas Letter ta send ta new organ recently. friend or relative: My dear-To perpetu- nuded of trees some mo0-acre farms-of your coming year, 1 amn sending you THE very light soul have sold at $2 an acre in CANADIAN STATESNAN once a week, these counties. Such farms can be made together ,witb my beartiest wishes for a valuable by reforestation. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 1Bowmanville Woman's Institute will _________ hold the regular meeting on Friday, Dec, 26, at the home of- Mrs W. L. Keys, King-st. AIl members try to be present Auction, Sale 1 at ibis iast assembly of 1919 Mr. Charles McNeil, who retired from Of brick dweliing and lot in hîs farm in Cavan a few years ago, died Bw avle SA E 0 Monday ai bis home in Milbrook. For B w avle SA EO years hie was reeve of, Cavan, and was CATHERINE PEAR SON. Warden of the united counties. Mr. Alex Brown, Vasey, antiaunces the PURSUANT to the will of Catherine engagement of bis eIder daughter, Try- Pearson, deceased, there will bc sold with phena Marie, ta William C. Murkar, son the approbation of the executor of the of M/r. John Murkar, Pickering, marriage will of the said deceased, at the Bowman to take place very quietly in Decemnber. Hotel in Bowmanville, at the hour of 2 Ex-Reeve Tbora as Lammiman, Cornïes o'clock P. m. on Friday, january 2nd, 1Crossing, Oxfordcounty, wba died in 1920, the following lands. ALL of lot 186 Siratford froni a fati downstairs at a and the nortb 47.5 links of lot 185 in block hotel, was a scholar of the editor of THE I, fronting on Scugog and Wellington STATESMAN in 1870-3 at lradley's school'streets in Bowmanville. and was a splendid student and a manly1 The following buildings and construct- voung fellow.1 ionùs are said to be on the said lands- a solid There appears ta be a matrimonial' two-storey, brick residence, 26ft 6in x 36tt panic among school teachers, About a 6in; brick walls gin; withconnecting rame half dozen teachers are leaving their building loft gin x 7ft and again a rame positions at Chatham to be mnarried, sal- fuel, shed and storehouse 23ft x I5ft; a aries evidently not being sufficient ta stone founidation and cellar under brick cause theus ta prefer single life to tbe pc irtion. On the lands is a good well and matrimonial state. cistern, , Mr. J. E. Benson, M. A., Picton, Publici The property will be ofered for sale 'Scbool Inspector for Prnce Edward 1 subject ta a reserved bid to be flxed by county and former science master in i he executar. The purçbaser will be re- Cobourg Collegiate, bas been appointed'quired ta searcli tbe tïtle at bis own ex- Ingpector. of Schools in Windsor, Ont.,, pense, and the executor will not be bound salary $3,500. Mr. Benson is a graduat - ita furnisb any abstract of title nor pro- of Queen's andI about 45 years of age. duce any tifle deeds flot in its possession, The Annual meeting of the Bowman- n'or copieIs of saine ville Horticuiltural Society wnul be beld inr Furtber and other particulars will be the Counicil Room on Monday, jaruary, given as conditions of sale at the sale. 12, 1920, at 8 p. m., forý general business Terms of sale. Tise purchaser shal snd election of officers. AIl subscribers pa ateeeuo rbsSlctra h and tbe general public are bereby inviied time of sale, îo'/. of the purchase price, and urged ta be present. JOHN S. N"IOOR- and tbe balance in 30 days thereaf ter, and CRAFT, President; EDITH V. SCOBELL, shaîl sigo an agreement ta comnplete the Secretarv., purchase. A weli-known doctor in a western For burtber particulars apply ta the city writes: THE STATESMAN is always executar, or ta D. B. Simpson, its Solicit- interesting. The Editor's Talks are ai- or, or L. A. Tale, auctioneer. ways very scbolariy and practical. I Dated December 12nd, 1919. tink tbey are wortby of the front page TETui N URNA UPN position or the 4tb or editorial page that 1LIMI RU TED, ofTotEe tOr.AN use'dt t be, as they are tna good ta be' LmTDoforn, xct, relegated ta an inside page. But i pre-' D. B. SIMPSON sume many of vour readers read the of Bowmanville, Solicitor. 50-3w pages in tbeir natural succession.________________ STOP THE COUGH-Coughing is causedî by irritation in the respiratory passages 1 andI is the effort ta dîslodgo obstructions! _à- that came tram inflinmation ot tho ICI 17 mucous memb rane, Treatment with Dr. Tbomas' Eclectric Oil nul allay the in- flammation andI in consequonce tbe caugish< null cesse. Try it and you wu sen other preparation for a colI. M 3useOPDo fYouY Sho~pi g Eriy9 it Now At F.. .Mason 's My Pollicy Is The 'Same at Christmas Time: "Not how much I can get, but how much I can give for the money:" Doils of ail kinds Skates Teddy Bears ýM Ilocking Horses Hand Sleiglis echanical Toys Horses and Carts D oil Carnîages Games of ail kinds Phonographs -and iRecords RECORDS-New shipment just in-latest popular music and from 110W tilli Christmas will seli regular 90c records for 75c. We were very fortunate in ordering early and now have a good range of phono- -graphs-hear the plainest, sweet-to eld machine ou the market from $27. 50 up. ý"fThe Home 0f Santa Cla us'- Phone 131. Open Day and Night. Bowmanville One door west of Couich, Johnston & Cryvderruan Ltd. Irrgation EXtends. inet Tise year 1919 stands out in thse a-,sricultural iistory of Aberta andI Saskatchewan as having proved bo- yond ail doubt tise enormous benetits to be derived fram f ar irrigation, for in the drougist wisicis aËtected neanty tise whole of these provinces, tiese outh country within the irriga- tion blelt not only produced excellent crops, but in many lacalities yields were harvested well ini excess of tise average , f wsat are cailed good ýyears. On 145,500 acres in thse Letisbridgt District, 66,200 toins of fodder crops- anid 3.775,000 bu.,hels of grain have been gro-wn ta tise total valle of about $6,790,000. Wiseat was tise langeai crop produced, tisero being well oves- îwo million busisels. Other crops harvested ineluded more tisan a millicn busliols of oats, nearly 400,- 000 of harley, 26.000 of tiax, and 66,- 00 tons of alfalfa. In addition vege- tables wene grown and sold froinithis1 airea. As anothçser exampie af what rPsnomenal yields may ho taken frn irrnigated land, tise case of a farmîer ni Brooks rnay be cited who onuis farru p'-oduced a $9,000 bar- vesi of alfalfa seed. The yield was 14 hushels ta tise acre, wicb salt in the nîisoi atai80c, per lb, ,andI netted hi1ns a retrn of $740 par acre. Lu tise large irrigation block et tbse Caîadian Pacific Railway east of C'algary there are approximate!v 623.500 acres of irrigable landI, andI anut lu the Lethbri0"'e d'atrict. an'proxin"ates 110,000 acres. makitsg a-total of 733,500 acres. Of this lyes ths,-n 20 per centwas lu crap Ibis year On Vie hasts ofthIis year's a-ýenage production on irrigated landI ti-'se toiai area s capable of pr-duc- ing crops to tise value of bot ween, tisirty andI thlrty-five million dollar,« yearly witb ar oeag f ovPr $40 per 7ear for eacis acre ofi rrigated Îan£~ (1) ilead Gates of C. P. R. Irrigation Canal near C.algary, A]ta. (2) Steps of an Irrigation Ditch near Gleichen, AI-ta. With such examples as these of thse fruits of irrigation h ta slittho woder tisaitthe farinons of tise dry beits of Aberta andI Saakatchewan, are clam- oring for extensions to tise existing systems of irregation or tise installa- tion ut new projects; or that the au- thani'tiee. should be devotlng more time andI attention ta tise turtiering the scisemos of irregation. A new projeet la already under way lu tise soutis anea of' Aiberta which r'ili take lu tise land ln tise Raymond, Sterling andI Magratis districts, andI tise commîssioner of irrigation, with hoas-lsparters ln C'agar-y, bas recent- ly ret'urned tram a rennaisance trip i tise Buffalo Lake country. where he bas been gathering inii or- matiaii as ta, tise easibiiity, of an- allier projected sciseme. This pro- vides for thse diversion eftishe flood waters of tise Narths Saskatchewanx River ta irrigate thse lands lying to tise east antI soutis of Buffalo Lake, aIl tise way ta tie area between Youngeiow n at Saskastoon Thse ftheme, iii autline, la ta tnp the Norths Saskattehewan River, at, oî- near Rockya Mountain Hous, and b-w means of canals andI d!àtchý3ew crrè tise water ta lakes a.uul d lying ta thse "et, utiltslng, Lake as tise main reseýrvoiAr. Thae Alberta ProvinciLal î e nient la aiaso considering the etb liaisment ofan irrigation enrI -mtal far-m at a point on the kiatche wan River two miW s orth A, Mliedicince Mat, covering a-',an of tweive mlsaloag tise rIver ad- joining tise City. There areap.r* mately 36,000 acres of lazd whi5cý can be brougixt under irrifraticn n- des- tis splan. The fines" teaturèeto! rr1geue, lande le that they can be trusted t produce at le&ast good averagýe oves-y year, aninde ,(,, se as-f»fý tise quality o! tise ',antidee its, tendeney Il Ohe emore, ducive as the farmier learûs and osevain h.ra atii water to use, mnd th e ýet s,,ate crop rotation. 1 Cyoo We wish to extend to our numerous friends andi patrons a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Greenaway & Elliot Division Street, Opposite Goodyear Hotel Bowmanville Phone 18 day or night IF, LIBERTY'S FLAG I rejaice that I live in this age aif the worîd, Wisen liberlys fi-ig is beîng unfunled, 1 esteem il a wondox fui pnîviloge 10 500 Tbe thngs 'frithave heen andI are going to be. To pui my own hantI on thirgs that are aId, AndI thon i cacis the o ber for truths nover toitI. To study thse relcs of aiýes g ise hy, AndI thon catch tise nînsu, that flaIs tram the sky- To have my lot ca wiih sages andI seons, AndI thon ta ho toidt h.re's nu end 10 my vears, To know jsaI ail things are a pest of aur nisale, Tisat nothing exista that can blot out a soul. To join intise work of redeeming tise race Frani falsehood aud shamsa nd dire disgrace. To gel ligist out of darnesa and hope for tise world, Yes, Liberty's flag is being unfunied. Tise deatis-kueli of creeds I hear frdm aber, Lu tis eosaI 1 bebold a brigisî morning star, The tido of tise îruth is lapping lies hane, Tise boom of lise war guns we'Il soon bore no mare Tise fiaod-tide of trulis shail cover ah Ilands, Harki1 harki1 don't you hear tise Irumpet and bands Bright regimoints fromt Heaven bave caplured tise world, Yes, Liberty's flag is being unburled. WILLIAM STkONG, Hamilton. I