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Page 8 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1917 Colborne Curling Club The Colborne Curling Club has been reorganized with the following officers: President--Fred Wilson. Vice President--G. M. Peebles. Secretary--C. R. Oowie. Treasurer--A. C. Hudspeth. Rink and Ice Com.--President, A. E. Donaghy and F. P. Strong. The season was opened on Monday evening, January loth, 1917, by a local bonspeil. The skips and rinks, who will also play in the inter-rink games, are: Th'os. Wilson A. J. Bellamy W. W. MeOlenno II. S. Keye.-. E. E. Philp Fred Hawkins W. F. Griffis D. Coyle, skip. W. H. Edwards C. R. Coyle Ira Edwards Fred Wilson, skip T. Padginton B. H. Coyle J. C. Barrett F. P. Strong, f G. Badley S. J. Cox J. A. Edwards W. G. Potts, ski F. M. Brintnell H. J. Jamieson A. E. Donaghy Jas. Cochrane, si D. E. Grass H. S. Fowler G. M. Peebles C. R. Cowie, skip. W. Morrow R. J. Clarke H. Redfern W. A. Finiay, I A. Sayor V. G. Corni W. Redfern N. W. Alye; W. J. Jamiesr.n K. Snetsingi A.C.Hudspeth, skipll. J. Mayh Letters from Soldiers Corpl. J. E. Wicks Dec. 25th, 1916: Pte. David H. Black 154th Highlanders Ball, Bramshott Camp, Hants. F.ng:--In writing to his mother wishes to thank tin- ynuiu: Indies of Colborne for the candies lie received at Xmas time, and also Mrs. C. T. Head for the l' pairs suk- -lie s> kindly sent him from the I. 0. D. E. Pte. Rev. J. R. Routledge Shoreham on Sea, Dec. 30th, 1916: To Municipal Council of Colborne: Gentleman:--Many thanks for your good wishes, and the kind thought that prompted your grant, which I received at Shoreham on Sea, where we are now stat- I belong to tne 1st Canadian Labour Battalion, and we are now preparing for moving out on New Year's Day. Again thanking you for your kindly thoughts and good wishes. To the Editor: We are no longer a Battalion, known as tiie 1.7.1th, We have been split up and allocated to various companies, according to age and fitness, for reinforcements. Very few of the Colborne boys are here with rue now; most of them have been sent over to France, and are doin» their bit with a good heart and full of confidence. We are under orders to move and great excitement prevails. Primary Potts.......... ......103 350 312 240. Keyes........ ......020 002 00(i 001. 5 Coyle......... ......100 013 222 122. .16 Cochrane .. .......Oil 100 000 000. .......010 200 113 120. i I Strong....... .......102 041 000 001. . 9 Mayhew..... ......203 311 002 321. .17 Hudspeth .. 030 ooo no ooo. . 5 Wilson...... .......110 012 000 112. . 9 Cowie........ ......001 200 111 000. . 6 The District Cup Competition opens at Belleville on Tuesday, Jan. 23rd. The winners go to Kingston next day for the Term Now Open in Shaw's Business Schools, Toronto. Enter any day. No vacations. Positions assured to graduates Free Catalogue. Write for it. W. H. SHAW, President. semi-finals, and the winners there go tc Toronto at a later date for the finals. Skips for District Games--H. J. May-hew, A. E. Donaghy. The....... for Feb. 1st, Skips for Simm oK-ips «>r ouiuii'/iiB Oup Competition-A. C. Hudspeth. Fred Wilson._ Banking Business Invited tf The Bank of Toronto are assured every courtesy and Paid-up Capital... .......$5,000,000 Assets...................$61,929,363.20 Reserved Funds............$6,439,382 Deposits.................$44,924,980.00 FARMERS' SALE NOTES DISCOUNTED INCORPORATED 1855 The BANKofTORONTO A. C. HUDSPETH, Manager, Colborne. NATURE IN PICTURE: CAMERA SHOOTS WELL Life May Furnish Many Interesting Snaps When Gun Cannot be Used Legally fere-.U subjects represented. There were pictures taken during fishing trips, duck and partridge shooting outings, quiet camping and canoeing trips, and even long walks, and as I turned over page after page o£ photographs many pleasant and sometimes humorous reminiscences flooded my mind. The writer has not arrived at the stage where he would be willing to entirely p«ut aside the gun for the camera but he considers the camera almost as important as the gun. Squirrels and Birds Much pleasure can be derived dur-ing closed seasons with a camera. If you are fortunate enough to possess one that could be used to photograph birds on the wing, you can enjoy yourself immensely by visiting the breeding grounds of shore birds and ducks. Even a picture of our friend the Red Squirrel chattering from a branch of a tree la a great addition to the al- I have found that the vest pocket camera is ideal when you wish to go "light" as on account of its small size and Its small bulk it is readily slipped into a pocket and forgotten until needed. What He MiS3ed Once when paddling up a swampy creek in a canoe, I came suddenly upon a great blue heron standing in the middle of the stream not over twenty feet away. What a beautiful picture it would have made the great blue-rgey bird standing there doubtless half asleep! Of cohr&:, as luck would have it, my camera was at the other end of the canoe, and it would be useless to attempt to reach it without disturbing the heron. However I had a try and as a result the magnificent bird rose and majestically winged his way across the marsh. Once while on a tramp through the push I heard a sound of rushing water. Upon investigation It proved to be a piece of "white water," a part of. some river, of which I have forgotten the name, so swift that a canoe could not run Us rapids. It was but the work of a moment, but I returned home with a picture of those rapids that was realiy beautiful. STANDARD BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO FARMERS Advances to farmers are made a special feature by this Bank. 238 COLBORNE BRANCH C LARKE,__ Manager. lehigh valley ANTHRACITE The Coal That Satisfies You Can Save Money on Coal There is as much difference in coal as in wood. You would certainly prefer good hard oak wood, to hemlock slabs at the same price. . Lehigh Valley Anthracite costs you no more than vou are asked to pay for the ordinary kind, but Lehigh Valley Coal is harder and lasts longer. There is more beat in a ton. That is why we ell it, i Ordti ami 1 C.P.R. Telegraph - Dominion Express - Money Orders Agents for C. P. R. Railway and Steamship Tickets JAS. REDFEARN & SON Phones--Office-lr2. Residence-66 FRUIT GROWERS GRASSELI SPRAY MATERIALS Shown by Government Analysis to be the Best Preparation on the Market. We also sell Spraying Outfits and Accessories D. V/. CHURCH & S. D. DUDLEY A NEW BREED OF CATTLE i be i new Dexters may be said breed of cattle, at least they largely known, which is Bhown by the fact that the 26 head which comprised an exhibit of this stock, at a fair in British Columbia, is said to be the largest of the breed ever shown in America. In fact, It is said that no Dexters or French-Canadians havg ever been shown at any of the East^ , . .em fairs. The Dexters while li?B?f«^t01n known comparatively, ICONS ARE RUSSIA'S DEVOTIONAL TABLETS There is not a home In Russia that does not possess its icon, the devotional tablet in the mystic power of which every Russian believes. These icons vary in size, quality, and decoration, many of them being of great value and antiquity. There is an interesting collection of them at the Victoria j and Albert Museum. The word "icon" is really the Latinized form of a Greek word signifying portrait. The portrait may be small enough to carry in the pocket, or it may be life size, and the icons in the Russo-Greek churches are often of wonderful workmanship and costly design. The raised j j halos of the portrait figures e specially enriched with precious ston and in the case of the portraits of the I j virgin the robes are encrusted with seed pearls and the fingers and neck | adorned with jewels. Some icons take the shape of a square or oblong box, set in metal thickly enamelled and hinged, which, j when open, reveal figures of religious Interest. Some curious examples of icons of finely carved horn are also to be found, the effect being most beautiful when hung In a position which -admits of the light being seen through the carving. A small but. exceedingly fine specimen of the horn icon is minutely carved with a series of episodes in connection with the birth of Christ. Its mounting is of silver-gilt, chased in a cord pattern, and the whole hangs from a suspensory bead. One may also come across the icon of carved boxwood, fitted for the sake of the protection of its fragile beauty into a ease of precious | metal, enamelled and studded with precious stones. people who have studied their characteristics to be the coming cattle in British Columbia for the smalr-farmer and the householder. They are a little black animal, seldom ranging more than 40 Inches in height, docile, easily kept, hardy, and excellent milkers. They are also good beef cattle in spite of their smallness, the steers maturing early, and the meat usually commanding from two to three cents more per pound than other breeds. D0UKH0B0RS THRIVE The Doukhobors of British Columbia who are in u sort of "get together" movement are known as "The Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood," and it is claimed for them that they live in peace and contentment which is not enjoyed by any other sect of people in the world. M. Veregin claims they would all have been enormously wealthy had the Dominion Government, in 1907, not cancelled the 3,000 homesteads in the Yorkten district which the "community" had improved. The reason for this cancellation was because the brotherhood could not by reason ot their religion, take the oaths necessary to be taken in obtaining a home- The religion of the brotherhood prohibits them from partaking in war, and consequently no members ever enlisted. When they found it impossible to secure homesteads, the protherhood decided to purchase 20,000 acres of orchard lands in British Columbia, and they have since jabout one-quarter of this land In a Splendid state of cultivation, and hav> erected on it a jam factory, saw mills iand other i,idustries. About 30 carloads of fruit each year are shipped from the community. Mr. Veregin has a proposition to have the fruits from his orchards sold |in markets on the prairies which have previously been stocked with United States fruits. 1'he crops from the Saskatchewan and Alberta brotherhood farms have been very good and the whole brotherhood is experiencing "Increasing prosperity. KING AS HERB GROWER "Will the Government protect belladonna growers by a tariff?" was one of the inquiries at a conference of medicinal herb growers in the Carlton Hotel. London. They had met to discuss the organization of various societies for producing home-growa herbs to replace supplies formerly received from Germany and Austria, The inquirer explained that 6 poundg of fresh belladonna leaves produce only 1 pound of dried' leaves, and for this 50c is offered. "It's impossible to produce them profitably at that price," he said. "I have got 7 pounds of foxglove leaves and 3 pounds of dandelion roots." What good was that to a man, jwho had orders by the ton, asked Mr. Latimer, whose point was that it wa» a huge industry. Sir Sydney Olivier, [Permanent Secretary of the Board of !Agriculture, intimated that if any reliable organization was founded with prospects of supplying, medicinal herbs in remarkable quantities the TJevelopment Commission would doubtless give favorable consideration to the Both the King and Queen have taken the greatest personal interest in the movement," stated Mr. H. C. Cust, the chairman of the Central Committee for "National Patriotic Organizations, who presided. At their Majesties' request there had been a consultation with the head gardener as to what could be done in growing the herbs in the royal gardens, and he (Mr. Cust) had since received a letter from the Queen's secretary stating that the matter was being proceeded with. Many owners of large gardens had started to grow medicinal herbs, some putting down 15 to 20 HUGE RAILWAY SHOPS The principal car repair plant of the Grand Trunk Railway for the lines west of the St, Clair River at Port Huron for many years, was destroyed by fire during the winter of 1914-1915. Their old plant was of limited capacity and located at what was the old terminus of the line previous to the construction of the tunnel under the St. Clair River. After the fire negotiations were carried on between the town of Port Huron and the railroad, resulting in the acquisition of the property vacated by the Port Huron Thresher Company, which property was very much more advantageously situated, being near the tunnel line. The plant was first planned to consist of a power house containing 6 150 h.p. boilers serving double turbo-steam generating units of 300 k.w. for developing the electric power for lighting and operation of machines, all motor driven; a passenger car shop accommodating 27 modern passenger cars; a freight car shop accommodating 70 freight cars; and other buildings. These buildings, including trackage, were to take a space of approximately 55 acres; arranged for economical operation, special attention having been given to this feature to ensure maximum efficiency. The total cost was estimated at $700,000. Cleanly Pencil Sharpener No Railway Tickets In the early days of railways In Great Britain the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not have been able to tax tickets, for the simple reason that they did not exist. The adventurous traveller who desired to journey by rail presented himself at the booking office about an hour before his train was due, and a clerk leisurely took down his .name and address and other particulars, which he entered on a way bill like so much goods. He then gave him a receipt, and this constituted the contract note for his jour- The average is less than 100 eggs per hen per year. First aim to make that average 120 eggs. Then go to 150 eggs. And, finally, if that is possible, reach the 200-egg record. Pencils may be pointed without spreading the dust from them by the uses of the device shown in the illustration. A piece of emery paper is fixed to one side of the cover of the box. By turning over the cover with a handle, after a pencil has been pointed, the dust may be dropped into the box and removed from time to time.-- Ponular Mechanics. Specials in all Winter Goods Fenton & Smith Yours for Big Business! Quality Groceries They are "Good" to-day; they are "Good" to-morrow; they are "Always Good"--at this Grocery. Good fresh groceries always on hand. We will do our best to satisfy our customers. C. O. BOUGHNER Reduction Sale! WINTER GOODS IN Ladies' Ready-to-Wear and Gents' Furnishings AT The Cornwell Special Clothing Stores Phone 56 Snetsinger and Coyle Blocks Colborne