PAGE SIX THE LATEST TIDINGS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFE! POSSIBLE FORM, The Whig's Daily Condensation Of The News Of the World From Tele- Eo LARGER CROPS ALL OVER. | tries is Greater, 25.-- | Wheat Production in "Eleven Coun. | i Washington, 'Aug. Larger | | harvests of cereals than last year is | the forecast for the world's principal | | producing countries by the Interna- tional Institute of Agrieulture at graph Service and Newspaper Ex.| Rome, which reported by cable yes- changes. Neutral cotton. cargoes will not be confiscated if they are normal. At Campbeliford 530 boxes cheese sold on Tuesday at 12 3gc. | The deadly disease of anthrax has] made its dppearance in Waterloo Township. ' | Petrolea hag decided to build a for 'distribution of Hydro ny [and Japan aggregates 967,000,000,- light and power. The Germans made desperate but | futile efforts to secure a separate | peace with Russia. : | Premier Borden had a conference with British leaders regarding war | orders for Canada. 4 Hail has caused a logs of 120,000 bushels of grain on the Indian' re-| serve north of Regina: | Six thousand one hundred, har-| vesters left Ontario for the west in| six special trains to help garnér the | crops. | Miss Louise Tole, eighteen years | of age, of Niagara Falls, >was acel- | dentally drowned at Baysville, Mus- | koka. . : A definite denial has been given | of the reported purchase by the | British Government of the Canadian crops. Mayor Church, Toronto, has threatened to resign if nothing is done towards #8lving the fire de- partment muddle. Major Godson, of thé 16th Batta- lion Canadian Scottish, was receiv- ed by the King, and invested with .» the insignia D.S.0. ' Germany had 3,200,000 men on the acthal fighting line on July 31st. Her casualties reported to Jume 30th totalled 1,672,444, The railways of Roumania have re- ceived orders to place. all rolling stock at the disposition of the Minis- ter of War on September 14th. Mrs. Durnan, Elgin Mills, was in= jured and her buggy smashed when struck by an_automebile, the driver of .which made. away at once. ¥ Three hundred million bushels of wheat for Western Canadiis the es- timate made by Andrew Kelly, presi- dent of the Western Canada Flour Mile, The * hurricane which ~ recently swept over the West Indies destroyed ninety per cent. of the banana trees the north side of the Island of Ja- /maica. | Rev. C. EB. Jeakins, Brantford, rec- tor of St. Jude's Anglican Church, has accepted the appointment of the 58th Battalion, now at Niagara- on-the-Lake. The United States proposes to control the finances of Haiti and to prevent the cession of territory by that country to any nation but the United States. A special train, the first to go from Toronto to Vancouver over the new Canadian Northern line, is now on the way with Sir Willlam Mackenzie on board. The War Purchasing Commission, Ottawa, is about to place contracts to the value of $1,000,000 for cloth- ing, boots and shoes for the Cana- dian soldiers. ' Orillians have in a week scribed and paid $15,000 to provide ten machine guns and three motor ambulances, which .will be manned largely by townsmen. Mrs. John Clement of Cranston, near Ingersoll, twenty-five years of age, was instantly killed by light- ning while riding on a load of oats from the 'field to the barn. _ Col. Pyne, accompanied by Major James, as gone to France for a few days, but Col. Pyne will not finally leave .England before the Ontario Hospital has opened at Orpingto Major Norman Ed:ar, Regina, wounded at Festubert while leading the 5th Battalion, will likely be pro- moted to be lieutenant-colonel, and given the command of a new Sas- katchewan regiment which is to be rafsed. . sub- 'arish Eriest Drowned, Niagars-gn-the-Lake, Ont. Aug. 25. ~Father John - Tobin, parish priest of Lewiston, was drowned here Monday while bathing and in full | view of his sisters and a host of spec- ; . Jt is believed = that his Jeart failed while he was swimming, the arrival of the Cayuga tracted the attention of those o shore. His body was recovered about twenty minutes ater by the life-saving crew from Fort Niagara. "Palmolive shuinpoo makes. bein. titul hair." Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. 4 | terday to the Department of Agricul | of | gregates, 1,029,000,000 bushels re here. tu Spain, Ireland, Eu ropean Russia, Switzerland Italy, | and the United States this year show ag- of ry¢s an increase of 18.7 per - cent. over 1914. Oats production in those countries and England, Scotland and Tunis aggregates 2,643,000,000 bushels, an increase of 24.1 per cent. Barley production in those nations | 000 bushels, an increase of 19 oA cent. ! { Wheat production in the ten coun- | { | | | { | | | | tries named and India and the win- ter wheat of Canada aggregate 2,- 1 583,000,000 bushels, an increase of 17.9 per cent. AS HUSBAND'S HEAD NURSE Will Mrs. H, R. Casgrain Go T6 Dar- danelles; Windsor; Aug. 25.---~Mrs. H. R.| Casgrain, wife of Liewt.-Col. H. R. Casgrain, of Windsor, who is now in command of No. 3 Canadian Station- ary Hospital at Alexandria, Egypt, has aecompanied her husband as head nurse on his staff. Mrs. Cas grain, who was summering at Ken- nebunk Beach, Maine, while her hus- band was temporarily stationed at Moore barracks, Shorneliffe, reached England in time to join her husband before he sailed this month. As president of the Essex County Sana- torium 'and' honorary regent of Bor- der Chapter; Daughters of the Em- 'pire, her services have been invalu- able. -- ib MYSTERIOUS FIRK, Fifty Men Overcome Fighting Flames On Anglo-California. % Montreal, Aug. 25.--Fifty -mien, mostly city' firemen, were overcome by smoke while fighting & fire of un- known 'origin 'on board the British steamship Anglo-California yester- day. .- The fire was extinguished af- ter the steamer had. sustained con- siderable damage . Thetré were more than 1,000 horses aboard, intended for cavalry use by the Allies. Eight of them were killed by smoke or flameés. Near- ly a score more were overcome by smoke. Held For Grand Jury, . Watertown, N. Y., Aug.. 25.-- A youth who gave the name of Wil- liam Ellis, was taken by Lieut- Gilli- gan and Patrolman Tauroney, charged on a warrant from Clayton, with petit . larceny in the . alleged theft of clothes and a watch beélong- ing to Loring VonHuff of New York. The police here believe him to be one of a gang which has been operating about Clayton and Watertown dur- ing the summer. Two of the al- leged gang are waiting the action of the grand jury on charges of stealing bicycles. Ellis told Chief of Police Singleton he had taken a codt, cap, pair of shoes and watch from a Clayton boat- house, The articles were later re- covered from second-hand dealers, where they had been sold. The watch was found on him. i ---- No Head Dress. Saturday Evening Post. A prominent New York business man who declines the use of his name for reasons most obvious is telling this one on his wife: On his return from a long tour of the west. this business man's wife was narrat- ing to him the delightful times she had while he was away. "One night I was invited to a din- ner party at a'smart cafe," she said, "and one of the guests was the Turk- ish Ambassador. He was well in- formed on every subject and was one of the most entertaining dinner com- panions I ever knew." "Did he wear a fez?" asked the husband. "No, indeed!" she replied. was' clean-shaved." ! cts citi Turks Bombard 'British Island. .Constantinoplé, Aug. 25. -- A Turkish nival detachment has bom- barded the island of Perim, Arabia. Perim is a British island - near Aden, in the Strait of Babel Mandeb, at the southern extremity of the Red Sea. "He -------------- Friday For Ogdensburg. , Take the "Flyer of the River" at 8.30 am. Home 9.30 pm. Fare §0c, No stop at 1000 Island "points. Make The ~That is somethin sale of your product. ~ advertising they cent. will answer them Dea Mr. Manufaéturer, you are told that this or that kind of adve will interest or influence local You are wise in seeking it. - But why net eonsuig the dealer on the _. ¥ H id q | ok hil w L La os g very essel - Ask one hundred dealers what kind of prefer and ninety-five per advertising in papers of their own city. + © This newspaper' because it creates a that is folt right at. their counters. the ul "PEWS advertising le definite | preparations with more'than tomary vim. " yt THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG UR IRR PSR . | Mrs. Bowman's Objection | Standing in the center of the kiteh- en, Mrs. James- A. Bowman, arms akimbo, sternly surveyed her six- foot son. "James A. Jr., she said in 'the tone of one fully realizing Wer | | Own supremacy, "there ain't anothe> thing to say about it, I don't approve of Peggy. Jenner! I ain't ever goin' to. I wot have her for my daughter-in-law! Now, be off with your -nonsence: With the loftily Judical air with which she was wont to deal with disputed subjects in the Bowman establishment Mrs. Bowman resumed her preparations for the mid-day meal. James A. Jr. always the most doe- fle of sons, probably because he fully realized the futility of combating Ws mother's iron rule, squared his well- set shoulders against the jamb of the door. a sudden whiteness showing beneath the tan .of his good looking face. "Mother," he insisted, *'you don't seem to realize that l've saia I'm going to marry Peggy Jenner in the fall! Now if you don't approve --then why all right. It afn't gein' to make a speck of difference!" At the note of revolt Mrs. Bow- man suddenly sat. down upon the | nearest chair. James A. Jr's deep-set eyes smoul- dered. "Peggy's a dear, brave girl. Everybody thinks so but you, and you don't want to think so or say so. You're just plain prejudiced!" James A., Jr., brought out the ae- cusation with an emphatic snap: of thumb and finger. Mrs. Bowman's eyes widened In utter disbelief. She--looked about her spotless kitchen "for evidences of a starting metamorphosss. ror moment she stared at James A. Jr. Her really pretty color deepened un- til it was a distressing scarlet. ""Pre- Judiced! Me prejudiced!" she gas- ped. "James A. Bowman, Jr., don't you dare accuse your mother of that there thing! I'm not the omiy body as thinks Peggy Jénner has no right to be livin' 'alofieé on her Uncle Rufus' place. Why couldn't she sell it and stick to her typewrittin® job in the city? 'Taint right to lve her way Jame, . Jr's honest and faithful eyes givtiered in defense of the girl he loved. "That's just what took me at first," he ammounced, '"'Her spunk in goin' to it, td make a livin® on old Rufus Jenner's place. Ain" she got a right to tire.of bangin' & typewriter after bein' at it since she was 'bout 18?" ' Mrs. Bowman's features fadiated triumph. "That's just it," she boomed. "That's just - 1t, She don't know a blessed thing else." The best housekeeper in the coun- try paused challengingly. Before Jafites A. Jr's reply came, she con- tinued: "A nice wife she'd make a young farmer, not knowin' a thing 'bout churnin' amd 'bakin', picklin®, and preservin' amd housekéeping' gen-r'lly! Jimmy," eajolingly. "be heedful to your ma, and " But James A. Jr., going swiftly out the door, exploded: "Oh, of course! Well, the duece take the housekeepin'!"" 7 1 And that was the last time he re- ferred to Peggy Jenner, in spite of prodigiously prophetic remarks drop- ped upon every available occasion by his mother. And he did not become in the least '"heedful," He court- ed Peggy"openly, assiduotisly. Mrs. Bowman was constantly running in- to them and made no effort to con- ceal her displeasure from the .gir: with the dainty," delicate figure, the peach bloom skin, the_eyes, blue as corn 'flowers, which lcoked at her with questioning wistfulness, Certainly that wistfulness was kind ©o' touchin'," but Mrs. Bowman remembered, always in time, that 'dainty, delicate. fgures, 'baby skins and pleading eyes weren't "the makin's" of a good housekeeper and turned determinedly from the defin- ite pathos enveloping Peggy Jenner. As the summer waned and James A., Jr's attention did not, lines of worry began to plough themselves into Mrs. Bowman's comely face. She made & desperate attempt to reason with him kindly but "frmly". She became a trifle more emphatic. Thes ames A. Jr; with a look on tis face unlike her Jimmy, said in a tone very similar to her own when ' she "settled Pa!"=Mother in the fall I marry Peggy Jemner." After that Mrs, Bowman walled herself around with doubts and Tears James A. was doomed! There could be no happiness in the future of a young man going from a home ptre- sided over by a housekeeper who had no peer to a "dwellin' place run by a typewritlin' girl," who, the chances were," could not "boil a pe- tato withotit burnin" it." | Day in and day out as the fali drew near with horritymg rapidity Mrs. Bowman groaned in spirit. In the 'canopy of gloom hanging over Ner she found enly ome bright spot-- the annual fall fair, from which she always carried home many ribbons, mostly blue ones, always blue ones 'when it tame to bréad and lemon ple. And this year, fealing that 1t would lighten her burden somewhat to slow that "know-nothing." that thorn 1h the 'Peggy Jenner, what an n- tomparable housekeeper James A. 'Jr.'s mother was, she went al her In consequence, never before had the Bowman display, Hoketed No. % 3% 'cus | brows. Mrs, Backus, Mrs. Bowman's keenest tompetitor, giggled. The atmospkere was becoming quite thril- ly when Mrs. Banker Hastings, one of the judges drew a lemon cream toward the front of the table, No. 12 it was Mrs, Brandon drew another, { No. 9. {| They looked at them, picked them {up and turned them around until every inch had been scanned earnest- ly. | ana Aonsulted a: moment. Mrs. Ban- ker Hastings cut a tiny piece out of each and. then came a pleased, sur- prised glow over their countenaces! Then Mrs. Banker Hastings picked up two ribbons, the blue and red. . ed, "goes to------" she looked around impressively, "goes to No §.** There was an instant's paralyzing silence. No one dared to look at the queen of lemon piedom in her de- thronement. A low murmur arose, In the midst of which Mrs. Banker Hastings called impatientty: "No 9! No. 9! Will you please come for- forward?" Slowly, indiffidently, a little girl with a dainty, delicate figure, peach bloom skin and eyes as blue as the cornflower, approached her. The peach-bloom deepened into a Heauti- ful rose under unstinted praise; the pathetic eyes seemed misty. A mo- ment later Peggy Jenner walked back to a much astonished" young man by the name of James A. Bow- man Jr. And Mrs. Bowman, the lofty? Ar- ter her first incredulous start, after 4 crimson, humiliating tlae haa left her face, met the shock like & Tro- Jan... And there was another Mm store for her: Peggy Jenner won the blue on bréad! ; Yet Mrs. Bowman was .game, laughing 'and jesting at her own ex- pense. No one knew-that something in her throat seemed to strangle ner. No one knew that the one great cry in her heart was, "And by that type writin' girl! My, My," At last a' blessed moment came when she could slip away by herself. She passed James A. Jr., and Peggy, and her head went up proudly. She felt she had Been grossly deceived. James A. Jr., should have told her Peggy was to be a competitor. Peggy should have told her when they stood before the tables. In a quiet corner of the big pavi? fon, behind .a screen. of empty bas- kets, Mrs. Bowman wept. A voice breathed trembungly at her elbow: "Oh, I'm--80--so--sorry dignantly. Peggy Jenner's hands went toward Wer appealingly. Mrs, Bowman found the eyes of cornflow- er blue more than she could bear ana looked away swiftly, "Mts. Bowman, won't you please listen? 'I'm so sorry I took first! 1 only wanted honorable mention -- Just to show Jimmy! He's forever talking about your baking, your bread, and lemon pies, and such. He thinks you're the greatest cook ever! I only wanted to show him that 1 can do something, So I planned this surprise." 4 "So he didn't know a thing 2 oout your exhibition? Well, well!" A pleaséd look grew fn Mrs. Bowman's ayes. Suddenly she turned swiftly to " "For the land sakes!™ she ejaculated, "d0 you mean to tell me that boy is everlastingly talkin "bout the way 'ma does things." She leaned forward comfidentily, "Wel, do you know, Peggy Jenner, I had the awfullest time with pa in just the same way, only it was after we married. My, it must be a holy can- tion te have it before! And I guess it's all my fault, because \'m always hammering at Jimmy 'bout you-- Well, you poor little dear!" Peggy's eyes gleamed, "Mrs. Bow- man, do you really mean that? Are you going to try to love me just = little bit?" Mrs. Bowinan ited the eager face. "I'm thinkin' itn . a little more than a "little bit," little girl!" She paused, "My hand, Peggy Jenner,™ she continued, "if you only knew how glad I am 1 won't have to resist those eyes of yours any longer!" Personality Of Books, Ear] Barnes in The Atlantic. Cultivated men and women have always counted good books among their m valued posséesions, and one cannot believe that this taste can be sacrificed without definite loss to our civilization. The spoken word can never supplant the written word; and in fact the present tendency is all toward substituting print for .. Nor can reading in public places take the place of reading one's own books in the quiet of one's home. Books that are owned wait patiently on the reader's leisure and to have just the hook ome wants, when one wants it, is and must re- main one of the supreme luxuries of a Shitivarted He ' ny Books; , when persona own- ed, gather around yhemselves a very binding, paper, and title 'page recall the conditions under which the book Sing Inte vie We open pages 1 last time we read it. the place and circumstances; and the people with whom we discussed it.. Books have personality; and they must always remain the warm : friends of the possessors. 'man a aap ue|# usual, tries and she was quite "u ' 3 standing dear, satu itn [2% "That's what I've come to find wis the reply. ae "Then what are. you compialning Wari "Om, I bain't be one to complain, | Of mister." oa - you come bere?" "Well, why do _ 'Cos, you sce, I can't afford to £0 to a proper doctor." 5 ar. ,. WEDNESDAY, Then they looked. at -each other] "The blue ribbon," she announc-' Mrs. Bowman switched around in-|' wealth of personal associations. The Cotntry Life in Améric LAS fr : 'we remember the| Delfel that the the her indrical; OF ACRES. OF RICH LAND AUGUST 25, 1915. = * Millions | ed for # Settler. PFI --~lan GTP Zine. STRIKING FACTS IN GOVT. REPORT Building of Grand Trunk Pacific Line Reveals Many Fertile Valleys in B.C. "The 'Back to the Land' movement is taking place steadily but sure- ly throughout the province of British Columbia and if this movement is 'di- rected along right lines we shall soon be supplying our own markets and eventually exporting." Such ie the declaration made by Mr. W. E. Scott, Deputy Minister of Agri- culture in the British Colambia Gov ernment. This official, with Mr WOT MeDonald, Live Stock Contmissioner, has just returned from an extended tour through the central portion of the province for the purpose of examifiing and reporting upon the new country along the Grand Trunk Pacific's Trans- continental Line, now open for through passenger service. In 'his report, the Deputy Minjstor eays:~- @ "There have been many opinions ex. réessed about the lands in 'Central ithel - Columbia contiguous to the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific. Our observations led Us conclusively to the opinion that this part of the province js. a country, the future of which is assured as a stock raising and mixed farming country. "After leaving Prince Rupert, on tha line 'of the Grand Trunk Pabific Railway, there is practically no land suitable for agricultural purposes un- th 'Tefrace is reached, 100 miles from Prince Rupert. Here the Kitsum Ka- lem and Lakelse Valleys extend eon each side of the Skéena River. There {a probably an area of 250,000 acres of land in these two valleys suitable for agricultupe. Considerable development has been éffected lately in the Kitsum Kalem Valley. The clearing here, in comparison with our coast districts, is comparatively light. The soil is very productive and is well suited for gen- eral mixed farming purposes.' Dairy- ing, poultry raising and small fruitand vegetable growing may be prosecated successfully. The d'strict Is particul- arly well suited for growing straw: 'berries and other small fruits, the quality of the berries being very hgh and realizing good prices on the Prince Rupert market," : ¥ ® The Bulkley Valley. "Our next stop was at Smithers, in the centre of the famous Bulkley Val- joy. A very large amount of develop- ment work has been undertaken dur- ing the past year in this magnificent Blin " GROUND MOLES USEFUL They Prey Upon Al Kinds Of Under. 3 ground Insects. There is a popular ground mole is a destructive animal. Like 'many poptlar. bel efs, this can- not be sustantiated by facts. Ground moles do not feed upon roots and are mot destructive. - The ground mole is § subterranean amitsl It 'builds mest, rears its young and hunts its prey beneath the earth." It is well adapted to its subterranean shape of its body being cy- al, gradually tapering to a point at the extremity of its nose. 'Ground -mélés visit only those lo- calities where the 'earth injurious insects which - pass their ups or ehrytalls stage befieath the is Infested | yo + 3 vailey. The quality of a large propor- desired, and very £00d crops are raised thereon, Crops of cate promising to ran 100 bushels to the acre were geen, and all prospects were mast ene BUTRE~ ng. Farmers are realizing that the time has arrived when they should de- velop. thelr dends, and land-clearing operations dare In ryidence om all sides, "It is difficult to estimate the amount of land suit@ble for agriculture in this wonderful valley, but it runs into many hundreds of thousands of acres. 0 Nechaco Valley, "Proceeding along the line of the Grand. Trunk Pacific, Fraser Lake Js reached. Ar censiderable' numher of sottiors Have gone into this district lately and are proceeding to clear land and develop their holdings. The next Stop wae at Vanderhoof,\in the centre of the famous Nechacho Valley. We were immensely impressed with the: enormous extént of good land in the Nechacho Valley, most of which can be cleared at. a very low cost indeed. .A large number of settlers have gong in there, and on all sides one eees signs of activity. @ Settlers' log houses are springing up in' évery direction, and ©0! rable energy le being shown by most of them in clearing their lands and getting them into crops. Fields Come in and interesting. Vietrolas $21 than tioh of the land is all that could be |{ 100 acres in extent fn ced; * ' "There are mamy tracts of good ag- ricuitural land adjacent. to Prince (George, whilst at the same time thera is a considerabic area of Jack pine land, where the soll 1s light and there fore is not the best land for agricul- tural purpcees, "The wonderful cotibtry visited be- tween Hazelton. and Prince George Nos a great future ahead: of it, now that transportation has been effected. It is a big country with a-big future, and, as eoon as times improve and conditions 'right themeelves, a big for- ward movement must take place. The country traversed £Trows magnificent crops of .timothy,. oats and barley, Wheat, may "also be grown suctesstal- ly if care ls exercised in getting the seed sown as early as possible so de to avoid damage from 8s. Polatods and other vegetables and small fruits do very well, but my observations lead me to the conclusion that this part of the province is not adapted for Brow. Ing tree fruils commercially, Certaln of the hardier varietios may be grown all right for home uge, Lut every ef. fort should be made to Prevest country being advertised by any in- 'terested parties as suitable Tor come mercial tree fruft growing @ It ia, par excellence, a stock asd mixed farming grain 'were note country.* - . There are not only individua! records of the sc BEE BTR pn Gh LCs "BW UNOS CO, * Limited, 121 Primcoss Street,