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Th'le Shop That Leads Clearing Sale cf Fuirs Every fur garment in our store greatly sacni- ficed. We are off ering to the buying public of Bowrnanville ourstock "of ladies' furs at cost price. Members of the Municipal Council of the Town of Bowmanville. Gentleman:- 1 have had the honor of being again elected by acclamation for the position of Mayor. It is indeed an honor to be the First Officer of the Town of Bowmanviile which I con- sider second to none in the Province of Ontario. Then it is an honor to have the privilege of presiding over a Council Board made up of the young businessi mea of our Town, ail of you in the prime of if e. We have just passed through a very successful year for the Town of Bowmanville, the town having grown sebstantially hoth commercially and industrially; and we are lookîng f or- ward into the year 1922 with a de-. cided feeling of optimism. l be- lieve with the hearty co-operation of tii Cou,,nil and theannitcaA annnnrt LETTER FROM ALBERTA Mms. Gaudin Writes Interestingly of Western Conditions. In transmitýing hier subscription for 1922, Mrs. James Gau fin, better known to her Bowmanvi.. ýai other West Durham friend- b, her former name as Mrs. F. V7. Lee of Enniskil- !en, writes from Ste4t !r, Alberta, on January 3rd in ---rt as f ollows: Dear FrienC,.,-Another year, with its rnany changes and opportunities, bas passed from us forever, and in many of its months, some old friend, from dear old Homeland of Durham as passed also, to the Great Beyond. This is my first winter in Sunny Alberta, and just now the weather is beautiful, and with the exception of about two weeks, has not been so very cold. However, ln November we had it as cold as 33 degrees below zero, and a little before Christmas, anywhere from 30 to 45 below. WHAT DID G. O .C. SAY IN REPLY TO SIR SAM HUGHES? ihtcre is one story about the late Sir Sam Hughes which we have not cý ýen in print. During the South AiÉrican War Colonel Hughes (as be was then) was in charge of an ad- vance party, which, after travelling for hours tbrough the burning South African heat, halted at a Boer f arm bouse, where they bivouaced for the night, the officers takîng pos- sesion of the homestead. Scarcely had they settled down before an aide-de-camp rode up and ordered them to evacuate, as the G. O. C-. "requli4d thie house". Sam listen- cd wîth the patience which ai- ways characterized hlm, and then, walking toward the smooth-faced English boy, exploded. "Go back," he said, "and tell the G. 0. C., he can G. T. H.11 The aide-de-camp- was so- amazed Bowmanville Poultry Show Jan. 24-25-26 wiII be held in H olgate's Evaporator (Opposite Bowmanville High School) It is expected there wiIl be on exhibition ru%1VTTt ~ --- il Lfl~J 1] gott il - Mer __ T ~ I a. ____________ I. - 'I 'i ~e- Town -canant- ofnow ~no~o f' HaE~REALTBARGAINS7W~ ~ I Z1~5~. Lihrarv ~oiLKeadin~ <.he~.p = i -a - iJUL LeguiiYLr ~ 1=! 'i 'i 1! Il 1! -'Bijwmanvllk v ~x 4-~ HOW 1MWT1iEY1~EJ~L? il-j V faRh jfl 1- 't- -Il il 'I ~1L ---- - ----- - ----- - ý Éii