As near perfection As you can get in this world. i CHASE & SANBORN ~ . MONTREAL i : 153 RH ¢ of the BLADER 24 HOURS EVER an) name 59° H. MILNE Electric Carpet and and Vacuum and Cleveland, Standard and Falcon Bicycles. Phone 542. 272 Bagot Bt. |KILLED AY THE FRONT "BOB" MITCHELL MET DEATH IN BATTLE OF LANGEMARCKE Was a Member of No. 2. Company, Princess Patricias Regiment---Has Two Other Brothers On the Firing Line, Still another Kingstonian has given up his life in the great strug- gle which is going on overseas, in the person of Lance-Corporal Robert Andrew Barrington ("Bob") Mit. chell, No. 2, Company, Princess Pat- ricias Regiment. He was killed in the battle of Langemarcke. "Bob", as he was known to his friends, and he had a great many in Kingston, was the tecond son of W, H. Mitehell, C.E., Calgary, and a grandson of Andrew McLean, On- tario street. He was born in Cape Breton and some to Kingston with his parents when but one year old. Here he spent his boyhood days, and when fifteen with his older brother William, went west to join their fa- ther, who was engaged with the G. 1. P. For the next nine years he worked in a different sections going as far as Fort George. He was &n- gaged in building and contracting keeping up his studies until he be- came an engineer. After war was declared he joined the 23rd Battal jon, Calgary, 'with which conipany he went to Quebec in November last. At Christmas he came to Kingston to pay a visit to the home of his boy- hood days and to visit relatives. On his return to Quebec he was chosen among others as reinforcements for the Princess Patricias, On January 19th, he sailed from Halifax; and at the end of February was in the tren- chee. Letters he sent to his home and to friends in Kingston came regularly until April, the last being written on April 6th. The sympathy of a large ! eircle of friends in Kingston will be ' extended to Mr. and Mrs, Mitchell, _in the death of their noble son. Deceased's two younger brothers are also with the colors. Alan 1s now on his way to France with the 30th Battalion, from Calgary, and "Dick", the youngest, is with the ar- my Medical Corps of the 22nd Bat- talion, Toronto; He was attending Trinity College at the time of his en- listment. THE CLASH OF ARMS Resounds In Building Which Was Once A College. W. A. Murton, with the 26th Bat- tery at Kingston, writes as follows to the Toronto Telegram: "What a place of interest is this Regiopolis College where the 26th Batte 8s quartered. It is built like all the other structures of the city, out of stone, and the meaning of the word 'Regiopolis' the students were able to translate as King's -Town or Kingston. * ~~ | change that has come is significant, even if reflection must be brought to bear. In other and more peace- ful days the building was a college. Here the arts and science of educa- You can almost hear the feet along wide halls and corridors. You can see the pupils streaming from its stone-faced door, shaking care and worry to the four different winds. "Now what a change. « The early morning bugle's blast shivers down the street before the sun is up. The heavy clamp of hobnailed boots and the clink of spurs ring continuously through the rooms. Gathered all together from the Empire, the young blood of Britain has shifted in, has changed a college into a barracks. The ploughshares of learning have been turned into the swords of the science of war. "Its use as a barracks is well shown, too, if you take the trouble to read the handwriting on the wall, Apart from many scribblings of names whose owners are not here, there are some of a military nature as well, One sketch of an officer with the words "Pick up the step smartly," is named 'General Bull." up in pencil, but whether they are genuine autographs or not would be hard to tell. "The whole town here misses the 21st Battalion, which has left King-{ . About 3 o'clock "on Thu tempt to get into a home on King street west, but was frightened away. One of the members of the Jamily happened to awake at this time an: _ to nb through the window. tian were drilled into the recruits of : }learning. {scurry of scholars' And even some less noted Generals! and leaders! have their names struck] raday} morning last, a burglar made at at- as surprised to see a man attempt- he member of the family called out ] and man A SEED INQUIRY. Mr. BE, D. Eddy Investigates Loss to Canada Due to Use of Poor Seed. This is the story of an inquiry, an inquiry of as much importance to the country as such a thing can be. The sep is told by Mr. Edgar D. Eddy, B.8.A. Chlet Seed Inspector of the Dominion Department of Agricul- ture, and is given in a bulletin of the Seed Branch, of which Mr. Geo. i | Clark is Commissioner, under the titie of, "An Inquiry Regarding the | Wheat, Oats, Barley, Flax and nd lage Corn Used for Sced in Canada.' Mr. Clark, introducing the work 10 | the Hon. Martin Burrell, Minister of ! lsAgriculture, says that "the data ob=| tained is interesting and even sur prising." It is all of that. It was in} the spring of 1913 that the inqu ry | was commenced and it was con- | tinued in 1914. MF. Eddy explains | that seed inspectors were instrucied | to visit farmers and procure samples | of seed actually being put in tne] ground. This they did and over | 3,700 samples found their way to tne | seed laboratory at Ottawa. With | them was sent information in regard | to variety, sourcc o' supply, treat-! ment for smut prevention, rate of | seeding, cleaning and selection. i With the foregoing before him Mr | Eddy star'ad, his 'inquiry. After | stating that in "some cases samples | were taken from lots tnat were yot to be cleaned before sccding, so that | = .the summary of the purity test re- | ports is incorrect to this extemt, as | indicating the impuritios that were | in the seed when sown, hie sums up | his conclusions by saying, 'After making full aliowanco for all In- accuracies, it is clear that the value | of the grain crops produced in Can- | ada is enormously:lowered edch-year | through the us» of poor seed. Sur- prisingly little attention is paid to | choosing the mosi suitable varieties, The seed is seldom selected or grad- ed, except to pass it through a fan- ning mill once or twice, and often pot even this is done; in many oases the mills are not equipped with | proper sievea and'little improvement { is effected. "Experiments 7 have repeatedly | shown that certain varieties of grain i give the largest yields in particular districts. In order to obtain the best results, it is important to study varieties and select those best adapted to tke roll and climatic con- ditions under which they are to be grown, The lack of attention given to selection is indicated by the fact that over forty per cent, of the farmers from whom samples of wheat, oats and barley were collects ed did not know the variety name of the grain they were growing, Then follow vu serie. of tables show- ing the number of samples and the varieties received from all the pro- 'vinces and the results of the tests thats" were made, First we have treatment for smut, which is com- mon in the prairie provinces, but not in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, although it could fre- quently be done with profit. Then the sourcés of seed supply are indi- wed by a table giving the ing. Cleaning and Se- t in order. r. Eddy ng, e most significant Te of the inquiry is the infor mation ht out in regard to the Ampurities sown: with the #éed as a result of the lack of proper cleans ing." An, illustrative table accom- panies this section. Summaries ol imprities are given, which furnish; as the author says, "ntikine evidence of the extent to which weeds are introduced through " séed. Sections are devoted to the "Ger teresting western b! 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