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" o al Bigger Reductions =; to clear out remainder of stock at , .. BELL'S DRY GOODS ; Only two weeks more to clear out the balance of our stock--this week end will see further drastic. price reductions. Dresses; Ladies' Hats, Hosiery, Lingerie and Staple Goods. 0 DON'T -THE CANADA YEAR BOOKS 1936 The publication of the 1936 edition of the Canada Year Book is announced by the General Statistics Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The Canada Year Book is the official statistical annual of the country and contains a thoroughly up-to-date ac- count of the natural resourcés of the Dominion and their development, the history of the country, its institutions, its demography, the different branches of production, trade, transportation, finance, education, etc.--in brief, a comprehensive study within the limits of a'single volume of the social and economic condition of the Dominion. This new edition has been thoroughly revised throughout and includes in all its chapters the latest information available up to the date of going to press, The 1936 Canada Year Book ex- tends to over 1150 pages, dealing with every phase of the national life anda more especially with those susceptible of statistical measurement. Atten- tion may be called to some of the special features of the present vol- ume. The statistical summary, in- cluded in the introductory matter, has been extended this year. A special article, "Canada on Vimy Ridge", pre- ared by Colonel A, Fortescue Duguid, D.S.0., B.Sc., R.C.A., Director of the Historical Section (G.S.), Department of National Defence, has been includ-|' ed in Chapter II. This is apropos in the light of the pilgrimage to Vimy "and the official unveiling of the Vimy Memorial arranged to take place this month, New material on fertility rates and multiple births in Canada has been added to Chapter V. Insofar as statistics are available, the im- migration tables of Chapter VI have " been placed on a calendar year basis to facilate international comparison. Statistics covering the construction industry in Canada have been made © available in the Bureau recently, and are published for the first time in Chapter XV, amplifying the informa- tion on contracts awarded and build- ing permits, statistics. of which have .appeared regularly in the past. The introduction to the External Trade Chapter (XVI) has been revised by the inclusion of an abstract of the value and quantum of world trade abridged from the League of Nations' "Review of World Trade, 1934". Sec- tion 9 of chapter-XVII dealing with Merchandising and Service Establish- ments has been entirely revised and rewritten to cover the estimates of retail trade made since the 1931 Census; a new series of monthly in- dexes of retail sales, 1929-35, is also included as well as principal statistics of chain stores and the motion picture industry. Some revision has been con- sidered necessary in Chapter XXI by the inclusion of new material on the important subject of municipal taxa- tion and the estimate of national wealth, 193, with revised comparable figures for 1929--the latter estimate gives a picture at the peak of domes- MISS THESE BARGAINS EE ue prosperity while the 1933 figures rellect the writing down o1 values re- sulting irom the depression, . Several ot the statistical series in Chapter All have become broken by the crea- tion of the Bank of Canaaa, but since it will be some time before other series can be begun on the new basis, a compromise has 'been temporarily made. Improvement has been affected in the presentation of the financial statistics of the provincially-controllea schools of Canada by the collection of data on a more comparable basis trom all provinces. These are pre- sented in Chapter XXV, Tables 8 and 9. Chapter XXVI has been revised; sections dealing with the public health activities of Dominion and of Provincial health. authorities and a brief sketch of the origin and growth of the different classes of institutions in Canada have been included. "The death of His Majesty King George V on January 20, 1Ysu, re- ceived with deep sorrow throughout the Empire and with World-wide re- gret, and the succession of King Ed- ward VIII to the Throne, have been appropriately marked by the repro- duction, as frontispiece, of the ofiicial Proclamation of the Government of Canada made on January 21, 1936, accompanied by the latest official photographs, .obtained through the respective Court photographers. The Volume is illustrated by many maps and diagrams and the latest available data are everywhere in- cluded. Owing to the urgent need for economy in the distribution of Gov- ernment publications, it has become necessary to make a charge to all in- dividuals receiving the Canada Year Book. Persons requiring the Year Book may obtain it from the King's Printer, Ottawa, as long as the supply lasts, at the price of $1.50, which covers merely the cost of paper, printing and binding. By a special concession, ministers of religion, bona-fide students and school teachers may obtain paper-bound copies at the nominal price of 50c. each. * MYRTLE (Mrs."J. A Mole, Correspondent) After receiving numerous applica- tions, the school board has engaged Miss Smith, of Oakville, to succeed Mr. K. Moyer as teacher here. Miss Smith who has considerable exper- ience, comes highly recommended and will commence her duties at the be- ginning of the Fall term, Mr. Jack Kirkham is-at Agincourt for a time where he is foreman of arr extra gang on the C.P.R. Mr. Jim Cooper is relieving him on the section here. ; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lawrence and Miss Mary Ross attended the special service at the Old Stone Church at Beaverton on Sunday. Miss Laurine Bradley left on Mon- A Proven Family Medicine - BLUE MOUNTAIN MINERAL WATER GUARD AGAINST AND TREAT Rheumatism Anthritis Neuritis Sciatica Mild Stomach Trouble Mild Kidney Trouble Inactive Liver Excess Acidity Insomnia Lumbago Gastritis Eczema Gout "- Hundreds of sufferers have found relief by the use of this Calcium (Ca.) Magnesium (Mg.) Sodium (Na.) Iron and Alumin- um (Oxides) Chlorides (Cl) Sulphates inal tra, a Joy to Natural Mineral Water. or how long your complaint give Blue Mountain Mineral Water a trial. a bottle, Within a few days you will much better you feel. AS A GENERAL TONIC -- Th: ments contained in Blue Mountain the Stomach, Liver and and relieving excess Acidity, blood an ite you that feeling of well-belng-- makes it ve, No matter what you have tried a [ow days 3ou wil bo SUrpHISOH Nt hive natural mineral ele. ineral Water act on idneys, flushing out the intest- etc, purifies the Ask your Druggist for Blue Mountain Mineral Water A. M. LAWRENCE, PORT PERRY - day to spent a week at Port Bolster where the Junior C.G.IT. Girls of Brooklin are camping, Mrs, F. Shell and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Timms and family visited Mrs. Cecil Wilson at Whitby, on Sunday. Mrs, Elmer Cross and family are holidaying at the former's home at Havelock, * * 0» * While going about the yard on Sun- day morning, Mrs. Joe Walker was seized with a sunstroke and collapsed, she was given first aid until Dr. John Moore arrived, and at time of writing she is still confined to her bed, suffer- ing considerably. : Mrs. George Painter visited her mother, Mrs, S.- Smith of Port Perry. Our popular postmaster, Mr. Jack Grant has greatly improved the ap- pearance of his residence with a coat of paint, Mrs. Frank Shell visited her sister, mrs. W, English, of Manilla. - For the third time in less than a month the hand of death entered our community and called away one of the oldest residents in the person of Mrs, Willis Cook. Mrs. Cook was in her 90th year and besides being in failing health for some time, she was gradu- ally becoming blind, but. bore her affliction with Christian patience. The funeral was held from the home of Mr. W. J. Cook, Myrtle Station, on Monday afternon, Rev. Mr. Honey conducted the - service. Interment took place in the family plot at Pine | Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert. The strawberry 'festival which was held on the very pretty lawn of Mr. Archie Parrinder, last Tuesday night, was a decided success. Besides luscious strawberries which were served, cake and pastry, which the Faithful Workers' Class are noted for were also generously partaken of. A splendid program followed the sup- per, consisting of: vocal numbers by tals by Ashburn quartet, tap dancing by a young artist from Toronto, read- ings by Douglas Ross and Miss Doris McGee and piano selections by Miss Muriel - Lawrence of Lindsay. audience showing their appreciation of the artists by the splendid order and the hearty applause. At the close of the evening's entertainment, Mr. and Mrs Parrinder were given a hearty vote of thanks for their kind hospitality in opening their home for the occasion. : 'Weather has been a very popular topic for the past week. While every- one fairly sweltered with the ther- mometer registering anywhere front 100 to 103 for days: Gooseberries and other small fruit fairly cooked on the bushes, but fortunately Tuesday's brand of weather was a little improve- ment with a cooling breeze which was greatly needed. Mr. Frank Booth met with what might have proved a fatal accident on Friday night, just as he was about to finish, he was up on top of the load, and about to dump. a bundle off the fork, when the trip rope broke throwing him "with full force on his face on the barn floor. Luckily there was chaff on the floor, but he re- ceived painful injuries to his head and neck, and was unconscious for about three hours. Although given im- mediate aid sie was unable to work for a few days but at time of writing is considerably improved. Mrs. Fowler of Toronto is holiday- ing at their summer home here. Regret to report that while going down the cellar steps last week, Mrs, Honey took a misstep and fell, pain- fully injuring her shoulder. ENID M. DOBSON Teacher of Piano and Theory Special instruction for beginners, Ex- amination and recital work if desired. For information phone Port Perry 256 { PRINCE ALBERT Mr. and Mrs. BR Robertson of Osh- awa spent a day last week with Mr, and Mrs. Raymer. Mr. and Mrs. R. Luke and family of Conquest, Sask. spent a few days at the home of their uncle, Mr. G: Luke, Fay SES Mr. and Mrs. W. Webb of Norwood were in the village over the week end | Mrs. A. V. Groupe and son Vincent of Philadelphia, U. 8. A., are spending {awhile at their bungalow' here.: Mr. B. Smith and family of To- von their cousins, Mrs, nd on Sunday, . Mrs, Earl Williamb and son Austin of Toronto visited in the week . 37 Miss Etta Smith is home with her mother and grandmother. SEAGRAVE (Continued from page 1) ronto calle Luke and M village last Of scattered homes and humbly come To one of those still havens of our dead. ; Those temples of the warriors who have passed-- Where rows of crosses, rising, take the light," And there with bended head, Stand quietly, paying homage, in the night ? When our great dreams of peace at length comes true, Which shall you do? x With the Canadians at Vimy Ridge By Roy Scott, late of the 58th Edn. Nothing very ; occurred during the rest of the winter apart from the general routine of holding the line with the exeeption of a couple of trench raids. Our six days front line, six days close support, six days front line again, and then six days in re- serveat Bray. During the latter six days out time was taken up by having a general clean-up, which took the greater part of 'one day to get the mud off our clothes and equipment, then a bath and change of clothes with a fresh consignment of nits. = Pay parade came next .when we drew the large amount of 16 francs, three dol- lars our money, followed by a few days drilling like recruits, and up the line again for another eighteen days. We were having considerable wet weather at this time of the year, and coupled with considerable artillery fire, the trenches were becoming chan- nels of mud through which we had to wade knee deep. The line that we were holding consisted of a number of saps running out from our front line into "No Man's. Land", at the end of which were outposts held only at night, some of them being a distance of only 35 yards from the enemy out- posts. ' : At this point 1 would like to give you a little idea of some of the hard- ships that some of your boys had to go through on a so-called quiet front. (Scouts were supposed to have it soft with nothing to do but sleep and clean up on the rations.) The sentries on outpost duty left the front line just before dusk which on the short days of November and December meant {about 4.30 p.m. mud to their knees and some places After wading in At the Colonel's command, "Quick March", the Battalion moved off the brick fields south of Albert (Somme area) into the road that led to, we did not know where, It was late October, and with our ranks greatly depleted from two strenuous encounters with the enemy around Courcelette and the Sugar Refinery, we were only too glad Miss V. Leach, Ashbiifn, instrumen-- The. to leave, 'as even in war a change is often as good asa rést. - : _ After six days marching to the north we billeted at a small hamlet called Bray, which was to be our rest of our stay at the now famous Vimy |¢ Ridge, which. was the scene of one of the greatest victories of the Cana- dians during the war. For those that were unable to be there I would like to give a short pen picture of the ridge. The ridges south of Port Perry are the nearest likeness to Vimy Ridge than anything I have seen since coming home. The only difference being that the long. slope of Vimy laid to the West. You can readily conceive 'the advantage that the Germans had held over. the Allies for over two years, having: a general view of our lines, and every move- ment to the rear. : The British_and French had on two different occasions 'tried unsuccess- fully to capture the ridge, the number of corpses that we came across bear- ing mute eidence of. the price they had to pay. Things were. 'quite: quiet a- round here now after what we had re- cently come through and when we took over the line from a Battalion of London Territorials we thought we were going to have a rest, but were soon to be disappointed. As before mentioned our ranks were very thin, with one éompany's trench strength totalling only twenty-six rifles, which necessitated holding the line by posts placed at- quite long intervals. On inquiring of the troops that we were relieving as to the activities of the enemy in front of us (which was the usual thing for relieving troops to ask) we were told that things had been pretty quiet and as we could see no evidence of it being otherwise we felt we were going to have it soft. But no such luck for the Canadians for as was' often said, where they were there was always something do- ing." ; About 10 p.m, on our second night in, the Germans laid down a barrage of heavy trench mortors on our right company's frontage, which was oc: cupied by the twenty-six men, using about six guns and continuing for a good hour, © When the smoke. had cleared away not a semblance of a trench was' left on this part of our line, and only six men that weren't made. nearly = to their waists--- with only leather boots for footwear, they re- mained at their post until 8.30 a.m. and without relief. - Picture: for. your- self, standing in a ditch of mud all night peering jnto the inky darkness of "No Man's Land" watching for a lurking enemy, and for six nights in succession. We did not have sufficient men to make a complete relief,. the few remaining men being "used. for ration parties, etc.,, and doing sentry duty during the day. "The only time during those eighteen days that the men were allowed to take of their boots was a few minutes in the morn- camp, during the first few months ing to rub oil on their feet to prevent 'Trench Feet" caused from wet or cold, only a limited number removing their boots at one time, - One of the raids that I had refer- ence-to was made by a Battalion of C.M.R.'s that were on our right flank. It was a decided success considering that it was-the first 'one of its kind ever attempted up to this time. artillery played a prominent part by laying down a perfect box barrage, Our holding the enemy back on three sides while the raider8 went back to thé enemy's third line, capturing a num- ber of prisoners and" suffering very few casualties. : - _ About the first of February our di- vision was taken off the line for its first rest since coming to France, one year previous. It was at this time that the now famous Ontario 'County Battalion, the 116th came to France, | to-take the place of the 60th Battalion which was being broken up. After having. spent about fours weeks at Marl-de-Mines (Bruay - area) we started back for the Ridge, where we | took over the trenches a little to the north and east of the greatly devas- tated village of Neiuville St. Vaast. It was here that the 116th received its first baptism of fire, the Bn. being | divided among the remaining three Battalions of the brigade for breaking in. - During this time I had the pleasure of sharing a dugout with a chap who is' now a neighbour, al- though we had enlisted five hundred miles apart. However, it was not un- til after I had come to live in this community, and happened to be talk- ing about old times, ag is the habit of | veterans, - that the discovery was During the weeks and days that followed extensive preparations were |. being made for the great battle that was fo take place, but at what date we were as yet quite unaware. Guns, big and small, were nightly moving in position and ammunition dumps were becoming numerous. The' valley to the west of the ridge as far back as Mount St. Eloi was literally alive with guns, most of 'which remained silent until zero hour of that never killed or wounded, We had lost more men in that hour than the troops that we relieved had lost during the six weeks they were in the line. How we wished for the Canadian 'artillery to have. been behind us, (They having stayed at the Somme in support of the 4th Canadian Div.) for we knew that the Hun would have paid dear for that "Straffe" How- ever that was taken as our informal ntroduction to Vimy Ridge, and it was only. early November, 1916. \ l. Thursda - Coming Events Monday, August 8rd=Port| - Perry Business Men's Day of fun. 16 hours for 30c. Aug. 3rd--Caesarea Regatta ..and Day of Sports, Sept 24th--Port Perry Fair, : to be for gotten Easter Monday morn- many guns been trained on a enemy on such a short front, the artillery alone numbering around 1000 guns, large 'and small, besides numerous trench Mortars. and thousands of machine guns. The main secret of the: Canadian's success = was the secrecy with which all these prepara tions were made. The only noticeable excitement on the part of the enemy was on Saturday night previous to the battle while we were digging a jump- ing off trench in "No Man's Lahd", numerous lights were shot up and the Hun light artillery laid down a heavy barrage for a few minutes; but soon quieted down. SE During Easter 'Sunday while we were lying in a wood north of Mount St. Eloi the most of our time was oc- Cupied with letter writing, a "just before the battle mother" letter, to many for whom it was their last let- ter home. This 'day was doubly sig- nificant for myself as I was celebrat- ing my nineteenth birthday. : ! © At dusk the bugler sounded the "Fall in" and with battle order only, we moved up to the line and took our position in the jumping off trench. It was here that the ordeal was hardest to stand, that of writing, and waiting for zero hour to come. Everything was quiet with the exception of spas- modic outbursts of machine gun fire, and numerous' lights from a nervous enemy, Sorina : It started to snow quite heavily which added to, the' discomfort of the waiting troops. * Time was drawing April, hell was unchained. as those thousands of guns fired as one, The smaller guns, laying down a barrage of -shrapnel on the enemy's trenches, while the bigger ones were playing on the German battery positions. It 'was only two minutes until the barrage lifted to the second line of trenches, and we were over the top, with La-' fayette Farm at the top of ridge as our objective, which was gained about 2 pm, ; : It was here that~wé were able to see and realize. the fruits of our viec- tory, for as we looked across: the beautiful valley to the east toward Avion and Merricourt it was like a garden of Eden, It was not long to be so, for in the days to follow fresh victories were gained in thé: taking of these towns where our line re- mained until the final great advance of 1918. "It is a significant fact that although the Germans broke the Allied line both to the north and - close and at 5.07 a.m, on ithe ninth of | -- The almost * impossible had been achieved and by troops who had only a short time previously been recruited from every walk -of life, many of had burst upon Belgium and Frasice in1914, wn eng It was through this great feat of arms of the Canadians, that General to'be made Baron Byng of Vimy, was given his_title, EA EIR) "They did net give their lives in vain, Their loss must surely be our gain." 'DR. W. S. HARPER Gradua Tri Medical iy University, and "Post Graduate ia. 'of Medical 5, Coos tad rail Tandon whi London, England, Roya! Infirmary, Glasgow. Office and Jove ort Perry, Ont, "LOOK HERE! ; Top prices paid for rags, wool and feathers, also fowl, horse hair and all kinds of light metals. For information call Alix. Gilboord, Phone 1717, day or night. © We would appreciate very much your patronage, = . ALIX. GILBOORD, = PORT.PERRY . W. A. Sangster J DENTAL SURGEON Office Hours: 9 am. to § p.m. Office Up-stairs, over Emmerson's ~~ Insurance Office Baseball Finals for Dr, Hall Trophy VALENTIA vs. ~ = : at 5 p.m, on Saturday, July 18 Er AT SEAGRAVE south of the ridge, no attempt was ever made by the enemy to regain -SNAPSHOT CUIL = SUNSETS D® you ever stop to realize how 'considerate Mother Nature is of the amateur photographer? Month after month she changes the appear- ance of landscapes, trees, shrubs and even the skies, giving us some- thing new to-snap almost every day. She has now shifted her scenery to her autumn display of new flows ers, colorful foliage and last but not least--beautiful clouded skies to serve us with fascinatthg back- grounds for landscapes and sunset snapshots, i ! i Don't overlook the opportunity to capture a few of these beautiful sun- gets for your snapshot album, . They add interest to your picture callec- tions and usually bring that highly prized remark from your friends-- "There's a beautiful picture, How did you take it?" i ~ An artistic sunset picture possi- bility is not waiting for you every night in the week 80 don't rush out the door after reading this and éx- pect to get one. Maybe you will but it 18 doubtful. A good sunset picture is just one of those things you watch and walt for, 55 You will find that a foreground of water or a background of. hills will add much to the Interest and artistic Appearance of your sunset, By all Sunset plotures add interest to your snapshot album, means. wait until there are clouds, for- you will find that the clouds "make the picture." i ; No set rule can be made on the exposure time for sunset pictures but generally you will get a properly exposed negative if you set the dia- phragm at £.16 and the shutter speed at 1/100 of a second. This setting of the diaphragm and shutter depends much on the brightness of your set | ting sun, Believe it or not, attractive "moon- Hght" scenes can be made by sun- light. This 1s best done during the Bunget hour and when there are- masses clouds floating in the western s ch create lighting conditions favorable for picturing "moonlight" scenes. The sun can be.wholly or partially obséured and it the light is red, yellow or orange a snapshot exposurs with a medium 'Stop opening can be given. To secure a night effect from a negative exposed in this manner, it must be printed long enough so tht all but the highlights will be dark. If you don't do, your own printing explain what effect you want to your finisher, Aaah You will get a lot of pleasure tak- ing these plotures and the result will: be well worth your time and: effort, JOHN V. Ul y whom had never known the meaning .. of "Form Fours", until the war cloud ~~ LJ i} - Byng, who was their leader, and later i v 1 i 4 os a ,; » To A * ~. SEAGRAVE ' sueh a stragetic view point as the ¢ [ ing. Never before in history had so [ridge offered. : J i