New York, Feb. 6. year, Had Poor Year Montreal Feb 6.--Operations for 1913 resulted in a deficit The Guggen- heim Exploration company reports a net income for the year equal to! .2 per cent. on is outstanding stock, against 15.7 per cent. the pievious of the Eastern Canada Fisheries, Ltd., of jduced in 1879 from. 36,084 gross tons in 1901 to 182,037 gross toms in'1902. Five years later, in 1907, it bad reached 646,751 tons, and five years later still. in 1912, it 'u- craesed to 853,031 tous, the largest output in its history. --American Machinist City Lends Money Edmonton, Feb, 6. -- The city or Edmonon loaned K. A Mcleod, a prominent and old-time. citizen, $330,000 out of the city's sinking fund towards dhe completion of a ten-storey building in Edmonton, the skeleton steel work of which is fbready erected. $2,139, making a total deficit of $61,520. The company is capital zed at $1,500,000, of which $963,- 500 js outstanding. » Canada's Steel Trade \ It 's estimated that during the ' - present year "Capada will make Now CN. R, Issue neatly 1,000,000 tons of steel, which London, Feb. 6.--An issue of is more (han she United States pro- | £1,350,000 Canadian Northern Rall- Prior to 1902 Can~! way 4 1-2 percent. bonds Is being underwritten here. s The Issue, which will probably he A Guaranteed 8 Per Cent Investment We own a portion of an issue of First Morigade Okanagan Falls Land Company, Limited. 1 small denominations, for a term of seven ves payable half-year)y. Falls Land Company is in the British Columbia, and we have per cent. experts. own gu ntee of pa respendence solicited, National Finance Company, Limited (Capital and Heserve, $2,000, 10 ADELAIDE ST. EA 'e are offering the Bonds to the pubic ba yment of both principal and interest. ~ Cor. fdr [offered at 93, is guaranteed hy the | Province of Alberta. { Had a Good Surplus { 'Montreal, Feb. 6.--At the annual | meeting of Nova Scotia Car com- | pany the president, Mr. Smith read "the report for 1912, which showed a surplus on the year's operations af- ter payment of a 7 per cent, divi dend on the first preferred stock of $35.316.62 which was carried for- ward, making the total surplus $112,129.34 for the three years that the plant has been in operation Homie of #rn ifsued in yielding eight the Okanagan ction of gated by «d by our the oy rs, The property best fruit grow) had its value z of 000.00. \Asseis: 86.000,000.00) ER -- g = St i Trust Company aaa ee Cawthra Mulock & Co. MEMBERS TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE, TORONTO. Correspondence invited. Iuformation or ad- vice in respeet of Bonds and Stoeks furnished up- on request Winnipeg eb. 6.--The Standard Trust company of Winnipeg earned 20 per cent. last year on its paid-up capital, the amount being $135,000. The .capital of the company is now $750,000, and the assets of the com pany, including estates and tro unrealized, is nearly, £13,000.000 Brandon Sinking Fund Brandon, Feb 6.--The city ' of Brandon has made an arrangement with the Imperial Bank by whieh the bank: will allow' 5 per cent. ia-. terest on the city sinking fund and charge 5 per cent. on advances to the city up to the amount of the sinking.fund, and 5 1-2 per cent. on Municipal : Subject to previous sale or advance in price. We. cannot offer the wide seleetion of high grade muhicipal bonds which we wesstill ha ; PAL ie . fe a Prescut Tow. CANTO Lindsay Brockville, Exeter, ' Viet : / Oritla F. B. McCURDY & CO. 88.88 BROCK Members Montreal Stock Exchange. H. W. NELLES, Manager. Vi some very: attractive ; 5 igo rethe Jo AL BONDS OFFE! anything = advanced beyond thai amout.' a Decrease of $1,800,000 Montreal, Feb, 6.--Gross Ings of the C. P. .R, in January ac- cording, to the weekly. statements, amounted to $7,719,000, the sma¥- est tota) for any month since Japu- ary. 1912, In comparison . with January, of 1913, the decreas. was $1,800 000, the largest falling oft for any 'month .in some years. ¥ yo ania earn- Debentures offered a few issues. : late advantage of| any Years. GF "Sudbury, weeks ago, hut : Financial Notes The niileage of CPR. at. the of January has increased to miles. Failures in the, United States . in January 'were 1,857 as against . 1.- $12 in .January, 1913. In many quarters it is expected that the Bank of Fngland rate of discount will be reduced again, A very large percentage of the own: ers of the. $10,000,000 of Boston and Maine . Railroad Co. one vear 5 per end 11,884 St. Ron nA ' Woodstoek, Medicine Hat, Calgary. PHONE 1225 Thurs- an. ex- payment until June 2nd. cent, notes," which' matured day,. have: agreed tp grant tension of of the O'Keefe Brewing company, To- ronto. It that Cawthra Mulock and Millar had token over a interést in 'the enterprise. Sir Frederick Williams Taylor," gen. eral' manager of the Bank of Mon- treal, has joined the board of direc tors of the Liverpool & dandon & Globe Insurance Company, Limited, in succession to th& tate Sir "Edward 8. Clouston, Bart. At 852 000 cash the 1.100 New York Stock Exchange seats are worth 260,500,000. At $7000 each. last summer's low price, they were worth 240,700,000. The difference is about ns sensational as the rise in any security the exchange handles. | , : The directors ofithe Pay-As-You- Enter Car Corporation: have deferred action on the 7 per cont. cumulative preferred stock, dividend, | It was stated in"New York that 5,000 express offices. will he closed as a result of the new United States parcel post system. United States customs receipts Janunry fell off $6,000,000. Govern- ment disbursements = for the month exceeded réceipts bv over £7,000,000. The Lifcoln National Bank paid off yesterday" the New Haven Railroads company's 85,000,000 non-convertible debenture bonds. The funds provided from the proceeds of $45,000,000. short-term notes sold November. : Profits of $1,628,113 from the treat- ment of 138,201 tons of ore and a total of "845.300 tons of ore reserves of a' value of 8$11,604800 were the outstanding features of the anonal statement' of Hollinger' Gold Mines. President " Hangajord, of Northern Pacific, looky for prosperous year in north-west, of hecrease in Charles . controlling to were the in Fstimates copper stocks which preducers report is expected. to show fok Jannary run from 10.000,000 ty "20,000,000 Ibs. Youngstown Mills, of the Carnecie Steel Co., ,workir at full canacity for the first time in. four months. Town Lamplighter Dead Brantiord, * FebiaT.~An old citizen { of Brantiora. psesed away vesterday in 'the person.of Tsasc Coles, aged fifty-five years: , Heeseased was horn in Encland- and amie to this coun tty "when a young man. ' Years ago, when the streets of Brantford were lighted by coal oil Tamps., Me. Cole was the town lamplighter. B Ask Yo AE: ¥ 8 | Don't know exactly Then why not consult your doctor? Isn't yolir hair worth i $it? Ask him if 'he endorses Ayer's Hair Vigor for falling hair, dandruff; a-hair tonic and dressing. Have' confidence in his advice. Follow it. He knows what is best. = Misa I.C-AyerCoe., | Charles Millar was elected president' Was. announced recently nearly $20,000,000 ! jand Mrs: SG. P. | "istants ! Prary, ! eming | Military | doctor takes | reurned to her home in Brockville, | spending the week end in Toronte. | | | | | | Twilight PERE R - - a (Continued from page 3.) Mrs. W. FE. Macpherson, street, received on Thursday Tor the first time in her own home sifte com- : : dod - .. Montreal of ing to live in Kingston, The draw { mont, daughter of the late Mr. J. Fre- ing-room, where Mrs. Macpherson welcomed , her guests, was decorated with many daffodils. The tea-table was centred with a bowl of pretty '| red tulips and the ladies serving tea and cofiee were Mrs. W. BR. Mudie Emery. Their -as- were 'Miss Ada Birch and Miss Anpa Fairlie. | - ae lige Hog | Mrs. G. Hunter Ogilvie, Princess Street, was hostess at a very inter- esting bridge in honor of Mrs, C. W of Montreal, on Thursday ev- The minstrel] show College will be given on dance will be given on the 20th. - - Dr. and Mrs son, Noel, 'of Kerrobert, Sask., have! arrived at Garden Island, where Mrs | cavalled by any other man { Neville will remain' with her parents, | baseball . chosen several cidents which he relates with the ef- fectiveness of star. i budding hero of the diamond | when told to go into right field, ask- ed | plaining that New Captain and Mrs. Ferguson, while the | } a post-graduate course | in the old country. | Mrs. B. W. Parker, of 'Ancaster, is the guest of Mrs. James Craig, Farl street. Miss Gertrude Adams, who has the 'guest of her sister, Mrs. W Macpherson, Alfred" street, went to Gananoaue, to visit her parents for a week before returning to Toronto. x * been | KE. * Miss Ewing Macfarlane, cafe up from Ottawa this week and is visit- ing Miss Jessie Slater, Barrie streat. Miss Harriét Steele who has: been Mrs. Douglas. Hammond's guest has Charles Dunning of Queen's, is C.. 8. Bowerbank, of the 'Bank of Commagree, has returned from Eng land ¥ - - » Miss Honor Tett, of Newboro, is the guest. of her sister, Mrs. R. J, Gardiner, Bagot street. Ross Livingston is spending the week . eud in Torouto wit] * his| brother, Charles Livingston. i Mrs. R. Uglow and Miss Helen Uglow went np to Tolonto yesterday | and: are. at 'the. Prince George' for few days. a 34 » oie Gordon "Smith, Viek Elmers and Hugh Ryan were guests at the spih- ster's ball in Gananoque last aight, Miss Ida Prevost, Earl street, who | has been the guest of Mrs. Hugh W. Jesmer, Pines avenue apartments, Mon. treal. returned home on Thurbda Mr. G. Y. Chown, "Sunpyside," home again, after spending * a days in Pittsburgh, Pa, Mrs. Walter Henry, of Lachine, and | her two little girls, will arrive . on ! Monday te Earl street. a turned home on Friday after spend- ing the week in Ottawa. | announces idaaghter, Emily, to Mr. James Kirk- : land, of Alfred | to take place on_February 18th, jor Edward de B. Panet, R.C.A., of the late Col. (. See McGraw in Edison Talking Pic. j@sque personality in world 'is now, appearing in | Talking leader of the New 'a few moments from a busy life just b ut the Royal a sketch which only a McGraw could originate, February 19th and the mid-winter | 'locker room at the Where his quick, decisive manner of | ! speech is indicative of the nature of J.D. Neville and small' the man. his famous world" tour gives interest screen at the Grand Opera House! { - visit. the Misses Rogers, {every night next week. exQepling Wednesday, giving a matinee daily. » let og Se F. Harold Hughes, Earl street, re- Old Time Miustréls Primrose and Dockstader, the. united veteran minstrel stars aad : their all-prominent y of 'cele- brities, will be the attraction at: the Grand on Wednesday. Februaty 11th, in their big il of 20th century minstrélsy. Messrs. Primrose and Dockstader have given their revival a most nous ind costume investiture, All of the assisting artists - appear: in black face. Prominent; members of the company are the Six Musical drown Brothers, which is said 'to be (premier 'musical act on thé Ameri- [can stage; Raymond Wylie the Phe- womenal male soprano; -the Four Meteors an exceptionally brilMant coterie of vocalists. Foley and Murs phy, (protege of George Primrose), America's most graceful soft: ghde dancers; "Happy Jack" Lambert distinguished interpreter of Eth tharacters and many. others of 'equal prominence. Primrose and. Dockstad- er appear at every perfarmance "in the acts they have nigde famous from ocean to ocean. The tour: is nnder the personal direetion of Parl Burzess Se ¢ Mrs. Robert Pogue, Garrett street, the engagement of her Plumas, Man., the marriage The engagement is Miss announced Marguerite nont, ex-mayor of Quebec, and Ma- son E. Panet. AT THE GRAND tures. Johan J. McGraw, the most pictur- the baseball Edison The Napoleonic York Giants stole Pictures, efore 'the world's series to prepare He is first in the grounds seen : Polo 2 a s Wagerville Personals '- Wagarville, Fob. 5.--A number of teams hauling tigs to Parham S. Jackson. T.' Black passed through here on Wednesd vy last with a drove of young. cattle. S. Jackson's family have the meas. his stories concerns a les. Henry Wagar is very poorly. (A---- who, few from this vicinity attehded. the Swabrick-Goodiellow wedding at Par: ham. Mr. and Mrs. M. Cronk ' ave spending a few days at Enterprise visiting friends. Visitors: = Mwy. N, McCumbey, and two daughters, at F. Wagar's: Miss L. Mcleod, at :F. Stormes'; Mrs, W. Cousius, 'at W. MeCumber's. Out of a fund of experiences un in the Ras m- are profession. McGraw station for extremely funn) the irained theatrical One of McGraw which 'one it he was was, a strapger ex- in York. The fact » is now on added the that McGraw to his avpearance on Dainied Frohman presénts x pastoral drama of lotg ago, *A Da ter of the Hills," with Laura Sawyer, at the Ideal theatre on M ny wd Tuesday, February 9th and 10th. 9 : We Offer ' ONTARIO TOWNSHIP DEBENTURES TO YIELD 6 1-2 per cent. ONTARIO TOWN - DEBENTURES TO YIELD 57.8 per cent. WESTERN SCHOOL - DEBENTURES .TO YIELD 73-4 per cent. WRITE FOR LIST Bret, Noxon & Co. _-- _-- ---- Jeff Was Merely Given Mutt A Tip WALT 1 wan You, 1 UNDERSYAADING With 700, RIGHTY Now A MINUTE Te SEC w ANT AM YEARTY Sou ug BEEn Dix inG on rg. EATING ME UP, AnD STUFF THE GOAT ee J SO THAT ve seen (CAND WHEN euer T GOT SOME ) | COIN You TPENY IT. vou BlAu<eD MY EYES AND yh KAOTS ON ray MAIR. ! 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