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7 isvgpvffrjpj hic v til arton jffro jtos a ftlm tiiullhday auaust 21 lll nut- an a ttactoh fas leases is published every thursday j at uiepka ikkbti building- mill a trail aston xjptlon piira la 160 per year la charged additional lo oihoos in toe i state- tho date to wltlch subscriptions an paid la jaled on the address label dvkiltikwo 11ates tranalont advertisement 10 1 per una agate rnoaauremont for first insertion and l i liar una for each auboqquent insertion contract flay mtartlaexnonta for 100 inches or more per annum fvt per inch each insertion advaruaomenta without juulc olrecuona will bo inserted till forbid and charted alngly il i uoo1u0 editor and ubllaber lx2honi fltorlal and lualnoexi otdco lia denes m the president of the u f o has big job on hla hands if he hopes to persuade all the farmers to forsake old party camps there are farmer liberals and farmer tories that could not bo coaxed into quit- ting the memory of m action aid or lauricr even to win a seat under tho u f o standard- guelph mercury editorial tra statistician in his annual report collet creating information that last year for i total deliveries of milk at the dairy la 2tjnountcd to 2002504850 pounds as com- with zgoos420- rounds the year before 0300017o5 pounds in 101g with 300000000 founds more of milk produced it does seem enig matical that butter and cheese should have so in- ed in price as to be almost prohibitive to the erage homo now in his speech to congress lost week president wil son renounced profiteering methods as criminal and laid several specific proposals before congress for checking the high cost of living ho also warned the labor world that strikes would only mako matters worse and stated that present lows oro to be ener getically employed to meet tho situation as far ua possible and asked further legislation to supplement the existing statutes with splendid enterprise tho picton gazette has issued a handsomo war memorial number of twenty pages it gives tho military record of prince edward county with many illustrations groups and indivi dual portraits of officers men and nursing sisters besides those of the rulers statesmen and field mar shall and generals of the allies the gazette is always abreast of tho times when journalistic ser vices can advance the communitys interests jl was a fat of an losfm was a coincidence and at the same time some- an amusing comment on the proposed digres- rto municipal ownership that the very week w grand river railway bylaw was before the atepayers of guelph and defeated tho quarterly dividend of the guelph junction railway was an lounccd and proved to bo tho largest in the history ft this franchise it was at twelve per cent and reached the handsome aggregate of 20400 for tho quarter the report of the delegation of the council which went to kitchener to investigate tho character of thi lant aid the standing of the gourlay shoe com ly wtovcry- favorable this being the case no time uld bo lost in completing arrangements to have e reliance shoo companys agreement transferred tfnu the new company may commence business hthand get the factory in operation as they thvbuuding is about ready and tho sooner commences the better it will bo both tain town and the company which is anxious to burnintecjrbusinesstiere nd2 proventon an qenup campaign jr fomwd throughout tho north american vthe week of october 0 and now ij 1 8 oi ontario to lay t5etrpunsl c 1 t greatest rcsultsppsaible towards ou jj rircventtlme bres the ontario fire i hjqrtly send letters to the i 2fi p others o m larwork asking them to campaign assist in further- vrfy yv objects and props gh til v time to time appetite know as glass atnlj and o aeek out oeil if an anfarov will cover uio woo transparent nuld froinv j 4- a chlmpanxeo 1 woun nada took aggressive jameful volume of t ng dthung the yorkshire coal izccutive of the vim its defeat od k the yorkshire thq wound and dot spend mh nioremieniployfflent a srrlar had l b working owing to the mat nod lying ui this strike calamitous to miners knlsjj gnerlly w fought over the it adopted thfcwo per cent increase in piece wages trtmmn bc ob icsaon rhe per aurkoe tnas dropped its direct action policy jsvi2w p nvriott cities of great brjtain whan hurt tty beaten and the strikers have been r thimc 1 their pen the wild animaib rrqope of their reinstatement aelvea urn unttmwii la no doubt umt uvj ability jio akillfuliy a in christian p the liquor trafbc must be bard nts in favor of their cause when it u uuaiiy huta oments as were presented at e fbsly 1 toronto paraaltea runo thvf ft few of them what about irrrr wd d fant from dortvtntt well wanted a tile and because hrs h0 nadohinietfking of rauiu ot um ditrtiibition was carried in tho united reatore heonep m jgrj jo the peop were in favor of ment and utelorasnav alliance herein ua the ri because they had done as much to n to ounh haul having truly lovodi as the strike leaders at winnipeg bin to translate t then moving pictures and tomtnunlcatlvo wa tin in our home t 8fi what must bo the men idea may bo iraa w publicly ulk in thisway atlon to live in j 1 j uaaaed throuttti luf ndiculous jthat not one of tianaportaiiu u i lightest answer if this is the a joyoua cxiwsrianco iv loving citizens can do th in readlnir wo n on hopo hmt hey wjli jhdttavo them tiiriyrcportej fear dj an the pleasufv tn he ni tittiil vcd thoaat iaiajiuu jonathan of the lllbl aa lovlnj each utharir alyea bloanumlnu in i warda our friend j ft la not u nctitloil and meiihutupiioioa idation this year is 38 mills tho llvln tho temptation atrenath thrq ence lira rgo w -jf- temple bcoltj- it ttuba pain liniment o uoxa put ti aa ir tltomnl hand that rula if- away uniluu thla aurer painkiller i aanda ouu utteat v craafully in trcutlf the prohibition law which has been in force the last three years has certainly not injured the hotel business when hotel accommodation was legitimately needed tho toronto globe says a leading tor onto hotel will have a 500room addition whether the bar comesback or not tho hotel business doesnt need the barroom and every other business is better off without it except tho liquor business and this view is endorsed by hundreds of hotelmcn jjho have experienced the pleasure of doing businesswithout the bar the alvinston free free press says for forty one years h p moore has been guiding with able hand the destinies of the acton free press and dentally giving the peoplo of his community oneof the best weekly newspapers published in canada with its last issuo the free press celebrated its forty- fifth birthday anniversary and we hasten to ex our congratulations and best wishes for the continued prosperity and extended sphere- of usefulness to one of the model weekjyournals of ontario and its veteran cditowroprietor a dry united states will have a decisive advan tage over its european competitors which tolerate the liquor business let canadians see to it that the united states shall not have tho same advantage over dominion thft grrtandusjribjproyince ofprosra ontario should not be bound again in the chains of the liquor traffic she will need all her moral and physical energies for tho trying times ahead the friends of prohibition have not a day to lose in or ganizing for the fight the liquor interests have already begun their campaign and their attack will not be the less formidable because they will conceal their hand and act under various disguises- globe the princes day if urlncea of old lved uvea of laay luxury modern prlnea take matter mare aerlously here la a typical day in the life of the prince of wajea seven oclock rtac bight to nine breakfast nina to ten heavy correa- pondenco ten to twelve public en- kasementa lntervlawai etc one lialfnoat two luncheon three to five public enraarementa and vltlta five tea 81x to eeven work in the library bight dinner naturally tbe me varlea and the prince la an enthualaatloanoriaman werib7eta free or enxacementa a food deal of hut time la taken up wltn the bualneaa ide of hla estate the duchy of corn wall from which he draws about 60- 000 a year last year he spent half that sum on benenttlnc tho estate it looks very much as if the peoplo of canada were to be forced another summer to continue the much- questioned daylight saving plan owing to our num erous international relationships president wilson last friday vetoed the bill repealing the daylight saving law declaring the pressing need of the country was for production by industry the presi dent said he had been obliged to balance one set of dlmdvaiiftgesatnsflino the most serious for the country the president said he returned the bill without his approval with the utmost reluctance because he realized tho very considerable and in some coses very serious incon veniences to which tho daylight saving law put the fanners of tho country great britain is taking aggressive steps to over- take the profiteering evil the houso of commons passed a bill lost thursday which embraces several effective features one provides for the prosecution of directors of corporations with a penalty of three months imprisonment and a fine of 1000 when proven guilty of profiteering another aiming at combines empowers the board of trado to make in vestigations at any time and fix maximum prices the amendments also provide foe tho establishment of a central costs department and the admittance of women to membership in tho local food costs tri- bunals it ishigh time energetic action was taken to sump out the evil in canada our leaders and legislators talk about tho matter but up to the present nothing effective has bocn set in motion of the town since incorporation there is a good deal of sur- teui in thov nat tn r nas more than maketiivtact cent under council whose chic tylsi o ia was t0 run til town moro cora- from the ijiembers explain that there have been gou lo current expenditure this yeai hy the sum of 800 required over uoa for school purposes and the supplied to our returned soldier allege an overdraft from n tho other hand thcro is no levy year the work done on mill and irgeable to the county road fupd ti000 was raised for school pur- th hired man hajrvear which tho board of edu chore ndbiown out before the 31at december last then proceeded to clean renht the untarn f yet been paid it is difficult kw tnd the cu or va- ib y r trio members nbt quite able to explain l rate it ia verjj evident flt th5atiubl tftoeting of i di to rent tenor to those m oettinq purt milk well hill aald ir davy with alsh as he was returning one momlnc from hi call upon me nnd stopped as wan his custom to report to the beach aaloon im afraid its about over dont think dr young can last much longer ile can retain nothing on hla atomach weve triad all tho brands of coiirienaad milk in the camp to no avail icvorythlnr comes up tho inatant it is swallowed thoro are many internal complications and ha may t orf any hour in hno of those deathly convul slve chills 1mb wilbur who reported the sceno to mo nftorwards said that tuhs face went white as chalk and then flushed red as fire ho jumped at the doctor as though he were going to aaaault him uy thundor ho cried hes not goln to die well not let him doo hee here when i had the favor at duwson what saved me waa oowa milk now theres a cow here you come with mo and well go ee hero that cow explained wilbur was a wpndorful animal her owner sold twenty gnllona or milk n day from her and she didnt look as if aho cava ono mil knew tho owner was doping the milk with condensed milk and corn starch and water and other stuff b strapped on hla two btg mine hes great for bluff is pill doc and urnrt nlonf to ace tho fun we found iittr in the stable tending to his cow bui didnt beat around the bush any you look here ho salt your cows glvin too darned much milk now this jruvn i want it for la my father an hes got enough microbes in him already doc herej analyxed your milk didnt you doc doo davy was game and nodded nays you put tundra water and all kinds of dope in 1l im goln to keep tab on you an if you dope my milk- well you know mel it dont make no difference what you charge a dollar u bottle or five dollars a bottle my fathers rot to have pure milk un derstand for three months bill went to tho stable every day and superintended the milking at a cost to him some times of three dollars for a pint bottle and never leas than a dollar a bottle tho hod man brought me every day with hla own honda a bottle of freeh milk when hill apd tho doctor came in with that irtrst bottle mrs perrlgo carefully raised my head and gave mo a brimming glass of tho rich milk i drank it all and dropped off to a i needed no more whiskey tjysttwlf- ing point of my lllnesaas glass of cows milk jjugfftig bluff saved my i if esjlmatrxd ventures in iatlyoun cu0tomero in view ilualneefl waa very had indeed t somewhat dsjoctod the young doctor ft looking moodily nut of hla con suiting room window then hla ex presalon took on some alight symptoms of intarent for about a dosen email boys crept into hla orchard and began to eat very hurriedly his green apples and they were green too ho was dlaturbed by tho maid there are a lot of boya aleallntf your apples sir aho exclaimed i know thrro are he replied calm- ly at the samo tlmn noticing a email boy swallow a large apple in two mouthful hhnll i tell the gurdanor to drive them oft sir no aald tho young diictnr as hi got up and begun to mix aotne atom acli actio cure i of chlnaa t the farmerbanker alliance yoq bo to your lawyor for legal advice to tho doctor for medical advicof why not tothomorchantabankforiinancialadvico if you want a loan to buy cattle hogs or equipment if you want information as to how to invest monoy come to thoaowho mako a business of financial matters and oro in a position to givo you aonnd and impartial advice th mrghantsba1ik hedottkmcrtratqf canada established 1804 acton branch l r shorey mimaer georgetown branch h r mimms manager pretence senator hwanson was talking about a mllllonarle tax dodger he pretends to be a patriot aald the senator but when it cornea to paying his taxe well hes like obrien then cheer up hhoyl says obrien to oholinhan yess look as tf yes didnt have a friend left irt the wutrld no more i have nayther says olloolahan owanl says obrien slopping ohoolohan heartily on the back an if it aint money yea wants to borrow im aa good a rrlend aa ever yea had wake up ontario let the referendum battlecry be kprnbnono since the announcement in the legislature lost spring that a refer endum on the ontario temperance act would be taken this fall the cufferentr temperance organizations of the province of ontario have met together to consider what attitude they should take the result haa been the formation of tije ontario referendum committee which comprises representatives from the organized temperance forces of the province nnd the temperance sentiment of the province outside of these organizations the new committee will conduct the campaign we are asking the voters of ontario to vote no to all questions sub mitted on the ballot the referendum ballot and how to vote yea no 1 are you la favor of the repeal o the ontario temperance x 3 are you in favor of thcrrule of ildjbt beer containing not more than two and fiftyone one bundredtha per cent alcohol weiabt measure through texnraentsu3mcjeacumganendments to tub ontario x 3 are yon intuvor of the sale of light beer containing not more than two and fiftyone one hundredths per cent alcohol weight measure la standard motels in local mnnidpalltioa that by a majority vote favor such sale and amendments to the ontario temperance x jf are you in favor of- the aald of spirituous and malt liquors through government attendee and amendments to the ontario tem perance act to permit fmchsaler x by tho ontario temperance act sale and distribution of alcoholic liquors for beyerago purposes within tfie province were prohibited for pxacticallyrtkree years the province haa carpcricnced the good effects of this law its repeal would be ft cnlnrpiry any of tho amendments would spoil it for the temperance forces fp win they must secure four no majorities that is a majority for no- on everji question the temperance forces wutpb defeated if there ia a majority for yes on any of the questions you must mark an x after each of the four ques tions or your ballot is counted- spoiled a- century of temperance progress in this province ta at stake in the inrnlng referendum the ontario referendum committee earnestly and rcspectfolly ask you to mark your x in the no column after each and every question aa indicated in the samplo ballot re produced herewith ontario referendum committee johh macdojuld 4- ixaornap treasurer andrew a grant vicechafrmanand secretary 1001 bxciucr ufa blag- toroaia so bubiness directory tmott quay m d c m moollu i il u r- edinburgh ijn v p a h aiaagosr member ilrlualt lfedl- ca aasoclatlon etc omoeerrederlck htreet acton oni dr j a moniven physician and surgeon ooloe and itaaldence cornnr dowsr avenue and elgin fllreeta tho real a snoe formerly occupied by 1 m ilen- tlsraon acton onl veterinanv john lawson vstarlnary ournaon aetsn ont qraduate of ontario veterinary col lege 1m0 offleo arthurs illook ilaaldenoa u1u btreet calls day or night prompt ly attended to leqau phone no r o riox 31s harold nash fahmeu ma barrister solicitor notary publlo convsnyancer etc perrvman dlock acton ont money to loan conveyancing flours i p m to fl p m at residenoe r- h wan8br0uqh lake avenue acton ontarl or j m dell d o a l d 8 denust honor qradtiate of toronto unlrer- alty the lateata anesthetic osed u desired miscellaneous marriaqe licenses h p moorsv issuer m arr iane i innise prirata offloa no witnesses re quired issued at residenoe in areninc pasgej offlee aeton ont francis nun an beokblndes- aooount books of all kinds made ta order periodicals of erery- oeacrlp- uon carefully bound roiipr nealrr end promptly done v wyndham street qoelijb ont orer williams store r j- kerr ueenesd auouoneaf ror tna couritiea of hal ton weular- too peel and dufferln and toe fclty of quelpa c ontario salsarmay t t resldeoee at the free iresa office acton the mercury offloa aaelnh the newsaeoora jwti or with vf j oordan tt- if-v- imsbanr t bales fantrusted to n j kerr r leire attenuon from date of lis una to lata of sals ust your aaioa witfaim flasldm young strssrt aetsn iphonedejctoa call at my expense pitiful indeed are the reports from such largo centres us toronto montreal winnipeg and other points to the effect that millions ot pounds of men i poultry fish eggi and other food stuffs have spoiled in cold storage and have been destroyed it surely is a crime on humanity that this fearful waste is permitted for tho profiteers greed investigations in rnanycitjes 6verthe north tltnertcan continent are bringing out tho fact that hundreds and even thousands of carloads of fruit and other forms of food are being destroyed yearly by being dumped into rivers or being allowed to rot in cold storage in preference to putting it on the market and lower ing tho prices after a good providence has given this fpod to tho world and millions of peoplo arc hungry starving this destruction goes on it b a crime which routbe gt reise d orscverel y punished t during the victory lroanjecentlyconcluded in great britain tho sale of war savings stamps was continued tho monoy loaned to the government by the sale ol these securities was iitchtdodin the an nouncement of the total monoy raised during tho period the leaders in the english national war sav ings committee are unanimous in their opinion tht thrift propaganda by the means of war savings certificates is a national necessity this ii also the opinion of the leaders of the war savings movement in the united states of america a recent announce ment from washington points out that if tho gov ernment were now to discontinue the sajo of war savings stamp it would take from the person of small means one of- the sure and safe means of in vestment open to him and would in many cases jnakc him lhoprcrftoraekera n- worthless securi how would you look beside the noronic few people have any conception of the gigantic proportiona of the three sister ships the noronic the homonic and the muronic of the northern navigation companys inland ocean line betyeen sarnia sault ste mane ptert arthur fort willianv and duluth think of the largest hotel you know how many rooms has it the noronic flagship pf this mighty fleet has stateroom accommodation for 588 people while its beautiful dining room on the observation deck has waring capacity for 278 this mighty steel liner is 385 feet long and has a beam of 58 feet her gross tonnage is 6905 did you ever sail on a ship with six decks the nprohic has first a main then a spar a promenade an observationa boat anda hurricane deck 11 of steel sue times round the promenade deck is equal to ono mile the comfort the service the excellent meals the magnificence of the interior appointments make of these steamers palatial floating hotels r there arewriting rooms drawingrooms smok ing rooms convention halls observation and music rooms assembly halls and ball rooms hot and cold water in all staterooms rooms may be had with baths electric light for reading over every rmrth sarnia s00 port arthur ft wtuliam duluth and return three sailings weekly f ronxsamia every monday wednesday and saturday at 610 pm eastern tune cheevers book binder quebeeit- oualph ont boolsf and magazines bound in and substantial eorers lettered in old on tutdom ks and other book w r promptly exeeutad alex nivbn land surveyor and civil engjn- reyaubdirlsiona plans he uescrlpttons blueprints etc tea for puixnasera and surreys for arcnitfcta ad municipal coixncus- bepcrts eslltnates etc n build no oouataa -at- phone lomi oni us asfctal5 roy hindley auctioneer uvb 8tock lutai ehtatb and mkitclfandihkl cnwikuttd hon e t rrs acton grand trunk 1vv 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