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ISLAND ROLL BUTTER Fresh to-day : fo 3 " 3 Comfort, Surprise, P. & G., | Gold, Somme .. 0 bars 50c, TUESDAY LUX on sale .. raisin, Value, Peko Blend f| Tea. Per pound .62¢. fl "il -+8 pkgs. 25¢. | Bave a copy of your prescription, you can have them merely telephoning us, and the lenses will be abso- ODESSA FAMILY HAS THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG a a -- A NARROW ESCAPE WHEN HOME BURNED TUESDAY MORNING {| R. W. Fars, His Wife and Three Children Used. a Rope to | Make Their Way From Second Storey to the Ground. When fire broke out in the gen- eral store of R. W, Fars, at the vil- lage of Odessa, about '4 o'clock on | Tuesday morning, Mr. Fars, his | wife, three children and the dog i bad a very close call. They livé'in apartments over the | store, and when - awakened from | their sleep, found the place filled with smoke. Mr. Fars tied a rope to the plano, and throwing it out of the window, he and the members of his family, made their way down to an awning, and then down to the ground. The dog was also rescued. The damage will amount to about $1,800, and the fire is believed to Lave Started in a stock of matches. A quantity of firecrackers also caught fire, and just as the fire- crackers were exploding, a couple of men who happened to be passing at the time, were hammering on the front door, in an endeavor to awaken the members of the family, The two men who discovered the fire, were on their way from King- ston, conveying a dead body from the parlors of a local undertaker. They noticed the store on fire and ran to give the aalrm, Mr. Fars says heard the noise at the froht doer, he was also disturbed by what he be- lieved to be the exploding of. fire- crackers if his store. He lost time in getting out of bed and soun- ding a general alarm, for his wife and three children. Smoke was fill- ing the rooms, and he figured 'that the best way to escape would be through ene of the windows, and so tieing a rope to the piano, he threw it out of the window, and in this way the entire family mada tReir es- cape, also the dog. The damage will be chiefly through water and smoke. The fire call .was sounded, and in a short time many of the villagers were on hand to help fight the blaze. They formed a bucket brigade. securing the water from the small stream which is located about one hundred yards from the store. The building 1s a two-storey frame, sheeted with iron. The build- ing and stock are insured. The ad- justors were on the scene today. Mr. Fars purchased the general store from Mr, D. O. Frink about six months ago. The store is un the north side of the street. PLEA FOR GREATER FOREST PROTECTION Made to Kiwanis Club by Prof. W. T. MacOlement of Queen's University ZG -- = Professor W. T. MacClement of Queen's University, the speaker at the meeting of the Kiwanis Club at the regular weekly luncheon held Monday at noon at the Frontenac Hotel, dealt with the, forest situation in Canada and made a strong plea for much greater protection for the Canadian forests. The address was one of the most interesting heard at the Kiwanis Club in a long time. In openipk _ his remarks, the speaker turned to the sentimental side of the forests, describing the tree as the most complex form of vegetable life, just as man was high- est form of animal life. He reler- red to the great age of many trees, some of them still living after four thousand years of life while others with two thousand years behind them were flourishing, Many of them had passed through what is termed history, and it was wonder- ful that they were still growing dnd possessed of life. People seemed indifferent to the tree, Professor MacClement said, and seemed to think little about its destruction. Not more than one per cent., he esti- mated, cared anything about the great destruction of the trees of the Canadian forests, Where people redd of forest fires, they dismissed thé news with the thought that the Government had suffered a loss or that the tim- ber interests had lost a great deal of money, but be ond that they thought Httle. Little was thought of the great forest resources that were lost. The people had felt for so long that their forest resources were unlimit- & and that these: losses did not mean much. The speaker stated that quite the contrary was the fact. The .forest destruction was very great and the replacements were not to be compared with the losses suf- fered. Professor MacClement went so far as to say that thé country was facing the possibility of a forest famine. The speaker referred to the great increase in the cost of lumber. He remembered as a boy when white pine sold for $22 but now the price was $150 per thousand, Professor MacClement pointed out the tremen- dous increase in the price of lumber every few years. Canada had, he said, 675,000,000 acres of forest land and if she was able to preserve this she could sell the forest re- sources to the world. Se . Tremendous Loss, Professor MacClement declared that more than 85 per cemt. of the forests of Canada belonged to the people of Canada and the loss to the people of Canada and the loss to them in the forests alone was esti- mated at over 10,000 acres every day of the year from fires. The lum- ber industry until lately had been the greatest in Canada with agricil- ture ranking second, but agriculture had forged ahead. The making of | paper pulp was a great industry, saw-milling next and flour-milling next. There are 20,000,000 tons of next to great forest fire of 1825 in New Rrunswick had left is scar, which can yet be seen. that from 1900 to 1924 over an area of 4,700,000 acres the value of §13,- 890,000 was lost from fires. Last year was a rather dry season and there were 5,490 fires over an area of 1,917,000 acres with a loss of $6,- 646,000. Criminal Carelessness. Professor MacClement declared that the cause of these fires was due largely to criminal carelessness. He estimated that not more than five or six per cent. of the fires were caused by lightning. At least ninety per cent. he estimated were lost through carelessness by tourists, hunters, prospectors, campers 'and by railroads which did not apply spark arresters to their engines. The result of these losses meant a direct tax on the people of Canada. THese losses must be made up by the @Gov- ernment and since the Government was the people, they were the ones who paid. Labor lost, the merchant lost, the railway lost and the tour- ist trade was lost, as a résult of these terrible forest fires. The speaker paid a great tribute to the foresters who business it is to check these fires. Even at that, the country was paying less than half a cent an acre for forest pretection, something hard to understand. More should be invested in fire protection. The ability. 'of foresters to detect fires, even to the location of a. lot, was remarkable, the speaker said. He cited the case of one ~ of the foresters. who had followed a camp- ing party and had put out five fires that they had left burning. Profes- sor MacClement advocated prison terms for careless people like these without the option of a line. For- ests should be considered as a crop. In some countries it had been found profitable to plant forests on land which cost as high as $8 an acre. While the insect pests, the speaker concluded, were a great menace to the forests, the human pests were far more dangerous. Hearty applause was accorded Professor MacClement at the close of his very interesting andl instructive address and a vote of thanks to him was moved by Kiwanian R. H. Fair. Club Business. The matter of presenting a cup for competition to the Holstein Breed- ers' Association of the County of Frontenac was again brought up by Kiwanian Mills, and on motion of Kiwanian Mills, seconded by Kiwan- ian Rowland, it was decided to pre- sent the cup. The conditions attach- ed- were that at least three herds must compete for the cup and under the rules of the Kingston Fair. The competition is to be open not oaly to the Holstein Breeders' Association but fo those outside of it as well. The cup must be won three times to become the permanent property, of 'the winner. The proposal brought forward two weeks ago by Kiwahian Fraser Armstrong to establish a Boys' Po- tato Club was again up for discus-| sion. The object appealed to the members of the club and it was de- cided to try it out, but the executive will outline the rules for the Club to follow. It is expected that a large number of the Kiwanians will take part in this movement. that just as he| noi S BOLSTERS ATTRACTIVE BEAUTIFUL, NEW CUSHIONS ! | 1 teed Rugs. other of the newest Tan, Ecru, Mulberry and Black. It was estimated | There's a spring-like lilt--an enchanting suggestion of happiness in the newest signs of the BARRYMORE range of guaran: On an. opem 'ground of deep Blue, Rose or Taupe, framed in borders of softly contrasting tones, are Sprays of Wis- teria, Pomegranate Trees in blossom, Peonies, quaint Symbols and Ornamental Plaques. 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Miss Addison, Dean of Annesly Hall, Victoria College, Toronto, came down for the funeral of the late Mary Shorey and was a guest at the home pf Dr. and Mrs. Shorey while in town. The new Salvation Army band ap- pears on the streets now quite regu- larly and makes a very creditable showing, considering the short time since organization. Mrs. John Stanton was a recent bridge hostess at her home on King street. y . Mrs, T. L. Vandusen has returned to her home on Queen street after spending the winter in Chicago with her two sons, Ralph and Edward. En routé to her home she stopped over in Deseronto for a visit with her son, Howard, and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Kingsley of Cobourg, have been spending a week at the parential home on Paul street. { Mrs. Fred Smith of Trenton is visiting - her sister, Miss Helen Van- cleaf. : Mr. and Mrs. Roy [Brisbin enter- tained at a dinner party in honor of their guests, Mr. and Mts. Brisben of Sarnia. - Fragrant roses centred the long table wheréon covers were laid for twenty. A jolly evening was spent. - Miss Bollie Shackleton has gone to Montreal to be with her sister, Miss Kathleen Shackelton. DESERONTO Campbell Bros. Great Rejocing by Put on at Odessa on Monday Night | Napanee, guest of her Fraser. Gladwin Clark, Huntington, ! West Virginia, is visiting his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs, E. O. Clark. Fred White, who has been the guest of his sister, past week, has returned {8 his home | Whale cou in Shelburne. } visiting her sister<in Port Huron, has returned home, Big Specials To-day we empha- size - Overalls' and | Work Shirts. See 'our marvelous values in Men's Overalls at $2.00 . and Work Shirts $1.15 We invite your inspéction. A VERY FINE PLAY. . Last. 19.-----Miss Baker. the week-end as| Mrs. Mavens] April spent aunt, Odessa, Mrs. Stanley Snider for the! Mre¢, Sidney Sproule, who has been | The talented young people of the Deseronto, April 19.--On Saturda; y afternoon, the interment of the late Mps, Alton Putman in the Deseronto cemetery took place. were brought from Brockville. Putman, before her marriage, was Miss Olive Provins, sister of J. A. Provins, Main street. The remains Mrs. {morning, V. G. Pearce, on Monday for New York, from which point, with her daughter, Mrs. Frank- lin Jones, she will sail for Italy at a later date. : Members and adherents of the Church of the Redeemer, are delight- ed with the choir's idea of using anthems and solos. very fine tenor range, sang "Oh Saviour Let Me Walk With Thee," Mrs. B. Rathbun, Greenbank, left! some of the beautiful old hymns for{ | Fourth Line Dramatic Club staged their popular play "Poor Father," in the town hall, last Thursday night in behalf of the United Church, The large hall was well filled and the the entertainment was considéred well worthy of praise and a great suc- cess. 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