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Dryden, Ont, Friday, July 25° 1919 & E NOTICE | Town of Dryden Department the| : COURT OF REVISION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that «5 | the Council of the Town of Dryden will eet in the Town Hall, Tuesday, July 29th, at 3 p.m., as a Court of Revision for the purpose of hearing appeals against the Assessor's | Return of th€ Assessment Roll. All parties having buosiness at the said Court are hereby required to take | notice, and to govern themselves ac- 1 cordingly. - : - J. E. GIBSON ; DRYDEN, ONT. Town Clerk: SCHOOL BOARD OF DRYDEN TENDERS SEALED TENDERS will be received | August 20d, at 6 o'clock p.m., for the Caretaking of the Dryden Schools for the coming year. orne Street, WITH HOUSE 0 'cash for. the two. WAL. CONNON, Dryden. E PLOT, ® pintiinin, Barn, Sandy Dwellings, Stahle se, etc. Good Well. Bood spot for a gardener. ¥ spot tor a gardener. Ww DOUDIE : Dryden. Township of ig Trust Company Toronto, or to Mr List of duties to be performed may be had from the Chairman, Mr I J. Clarke, or the Secy.-I'reasurer. Tevders to state price per year. The lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. © J. 8S. GOLDEN," Secy.-Treasurer. Anaua 1 Garden Party under the auspices of the ST. LUKE'S W. A. wil} be held on the REC FORY GROUNDS Tuesday, July 29th. 3 If the worithor | is anfetable, Tea will Is, ronning ean ee se, with stone | 50, Poultry | re miles. Lk HOUSF. and LOT urnace in cellar, electric Reasonable. Terms 'be served i in fe Pulp Mill Hall OXDRIFT BIRTHS. : - Inman --To Mr and. Mrs E. I Barber, | on July 6th, a Son. Jasrws.--To the wife of the late Frank James, on' Fly 16th, a Son. : * es Women' s , Institute Meeting The members of the Oxdrift Women's Institute met at the home of Mrs A, Salt on' Thursday, July 17th. Quite | a nice gathering enjoyed their afternoon | onting. {usual a great success. for school fair. | stall. It was decided to pay all boys and girls their" prize money for school Fairs 1918, at the Oxdrift Schoolhouse, on Monday July 28th, at 3 p.m. This of course includes Glengoland and Aubrey. Mrs Salton gave a demcnstration on {mock lemon pie, and Miss Gladys an exhibition of chocolate pie. Some of the latest: songs were rendered on the All gramophone. 'I'he next meeting will be held at the | home of Mrs James Spslaing, or the {21st Angust. Anna Dance The W, I. 'annual dave. was held in : the schoslroom on the 11th, and was-as Proceeds' were takenat the door, and $51.20 at the Mr-J. "Robinson: acted as floor Sa manager, and Mr J. Kennedy and Miss Nelson supplied the excellent music. Y | Thavoks are due to the Matson Bros. and | Mr Lovgren for voluntary assistance {with the music. The members of the |W. L take this opportunity of thanking he ladies and gentlemen from Dryden, Eagle River, Glengoland, Minnitaki and ; Aubrey for their help in making. 'the ; gros such a a sucess. Sr : Hass Sr Dryden, on} |by the undersigned up to Saturday,| lits own Central. { uectizu, . plone lines! College, Guelph; to make preliminary and low-lying areas requiring drainage Tiss sa of $95 in the District of Kenora, commencing level 'Kenora, and "special forms will be sup- to Guelph. Good News for Dryden is very Biting ~ Mr C. BIRKETT, Chairman of the Public Service Committee of the Fort "William -- - Port Arthur Rory Club, writes to Mr Pitt as follows: -- "I think our activities for the next pda months will consist of endeavouring to get a road built between here and Winnipeg, with telephone ¢onnection. I noticed your statement in the Times- Journal, which 4 Would like your views on the telephone line." That is the. gist of the letter. ment is only a ques of time. share. : | Association. T'o make Dryden a great thriving city, all it needs is a healthy pub- lic spirit to develop its possibilities If you wish to be a citizen of a town which is prosperous, happv and good to live in, what you need is well built roads laid invitingly open to visitors and settlers, and quick convenient means of com- munication, such as the telephone alone can suponly. 'I'o get the utmost service from the long distance lines, however, aud to bring each citizen into im- | mediate personal touch with out- side points, a system of local telephones is indispensable. o By 'the time the big Nindertakiug that J will link up the country between Winnipeg and the lake cities is completed, Dryden district ought 1 to have its Hoh iATE systenviu operation connecting every home, every farm and every place of business through Then when the trunk iines reach here, it is a simple matter to make the necessaty con- bringing the people of | Dryden in instant touch with other J communities at distaudes that are Junow w idely separated. Good roads and far- reaching tele- 'We are oe berluaing to get action, Dryden starts out to get something there is quite a flutter; Kenora and Keewatin add their weight, things begin {o move ; | when Fort William and Port Arthur join their strength, accomplish- But each part must perform its full "There is magic gid W hen when and For this district, long nen teleplipie of course: but first of all local and rural phones linking up the whole countryside. ence is expected in the very near future between the town authorities and the telephone committee appointed by the Farmers Impr ovement : <A confer- inspiration n the ot Can anyone doubt the result? An influx of people seeking health, wealth and pleasure, which this country can supply in unmatched quantities. We have soil, climate, lake and river, offering endless opportunities for the holiday seeker, the farmer and the fisherman. We are free from the insect pests that are the bane of other communities. The crops we grow are rich in yield and of a quality to furnish the best of seed to less favored districts. While the rest of the world is more or less suffering from poverty, unrest and want, Dryden and district--a land flowing indeed with milk and houey--gives iu abuudance to all who are willing to earn it. > Let 1s then have the cotirage to rise to our opportunities, I'rade, knowledge, culture, are reaching out to us from outside. It is but for us to construct the mwezns by 'which they may: enter, Let ous choose the right men to represent us and then pnt ourselves behind them, leaving it to the future to denionstrate that we were worthy of the location to which kindly fortune oa us. TOWN OF DRYDEN neglects to obey every lawful ing Twenty Dollars. ZT order given under this Act, shall incur a penalty of not less than Five and not exceed: > : So, E. GIBSON, Clerk. "Drainage for Northern Districts Arrangements 'have been made with the Department of Physics of the O. A. surveys and reports on farni, swamps, in Northern Ontario. Mr Heimpel is arranging to spend two or three weeks the middle of August. Any farmers requiring assistance in laying out the districts, securing proper eptbs, grades, ecc., as well as those requiring a 'loan under the Tile Drainage Act, for the purpose of provid- ing drainage, should communicate with the local Agricultural Representative, plied on which each case can be reported ~~ Do not forget that uotice was made last year that we have at Kenora a 'mixer and a cement tile machine, both] armers wishing to make! pert concrete man | | operated with gas power, which are free| - : | for the use-o Boys' Camp Things look very encouraging with regard to a camp for the boys of this town, under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association, Plans | have been under consideration for some time and are now taking definite shape. The dates are not set yet, but will be early in August. Let parents ccasider this question for their boys. A meeting of fathers will be called to discuss the activities of the camp at a date in the aear future. People i in Winnipeg are beginning to be of opinion that u considerable portion of the country east of Winnipeg could be converted into smnmer pasture. lands and we understand that an investigation is being made with that object in view. A large number of unfinished cattle and other livestock are bought at Winnipeg stockyards. It is thought that some of | this stock could be shipped into New Ontario and finished there i mn sturage were available. Haying has been somewhat interrup- ted by the recent rains, but the pros- | pects are now good for the needed spel ; of sunny wedther to save this valuable .. To the average farmer from skatch wa ight of the the haiylands mild seem like a picture} | | NOXIOUS WEEDS ACT | Every Occupant of Land or, if land is unoccupied, the Owner thereof, shall cut down or destroy all Canada| Thistles, Ox-eye Daisy, Wild Oats, Ragweed, Burdock, and | all other Noxious Weeds growing thereon, Any Occupant or Owner of Land who contravenes any of the provisions of this Act, or who tefuses or{ ranch farm to Mr John Norris. Gus Larson left on a visit to Winni- a peg last week. 'Mrs Wm Rhodes of Kenora is ne > ing her parents, Mr and Mrs A Evans. Mrs A. Newman from Calgary is vis- iting her mother Mrs P. Crowther. Mr and Mrs E. G. Rognon returned | Wednesday from a short trip to Kenora. |' Miss Beatrice Smith left for Port Arthur on Wednesday morning. Mr E. J. Allen, of Minnitaki, visited Dryden Wednesday. Walter Hardie has gone to Whe to spend his vacation. Mr E. M¢ Monagle of Keawatio, was visiting his sister, Mrs Wigle, over the} : week-end. Mrs *Aunsley and family arrived on Wednesday from the east on a visit to her mother, Mrs J. M. Scott. Mrs J. Abbot and dn and Mrs Haire of North Bay arrived on Sunday on a visitto Mr and Mrs Gus Larsou. Miss Hazel Smith fiom Winnipeg and Miss Alma Smith of Vancouver } staying with their mother for their 'h days. : A G. Smith, a Somat mpl the pulp mill was the guest of We Mrs Newton, the father and WoLRe, of Mrs Smith. * Clover Blossoms Mr Andrew Hutchison has sold sheep] | permanent adju - Factors Cutie ng State "ot Instabiii _-- Effects of Reckless F The fomdamentil: economic that has heretofore kept the lumb dustry in a state of unstable. e brium still 'exists. Labor proble 8, 1 considerable part due to. the u industrial situation, loom up with stment in sig i dissipation of our forests g no let-up, and still for the mos pe | without any provision for the co ance of the forests after lumbering. 'Exhaustion of local forest supplies, 5 closing of industries dependent on t the embarrassment for supplies of pulp mills and other consumers using lasses of forest products, the ly mounting prices to con re othe rh = are cal Miss Jessie McLean from Winlieg be ¢ visited her mother last) weekend. She has gone to London, Oat. to complete} ber holiday trip. Mr John Hardie, just back from the front, a former employee of Pronger Bros., has joined the staff of the Square P Store. Mr Monty of Barclay was in town and purchased a hay mower, with which { he will pursue vigorous Spanien in "1 the next few days. Vm H: Evans has disposed of his _ and stock to Mr God'rey Nelson. and now intends to spend a part of his | well earned leisure on a trip. Mr and Mrs Wice have' arrived back | from their journey west. They report the country there as greatly a need of rain. Dr Sawyers has 'wound up his practice in Dryden and has gone west to settle. He does not expect to return here on business trips as has been bis custom Mrs A Upton, accompanied by Miss} Elsie and Master Milo left on Wednes-| day morning for Port Arthur on a month' s visit, ; Mrs J. S. McKellar, Sines of Dry- den, now of Winnipeg. is spending a season with Mrs Joho Smith of Barclay. She has rented her late residence here to Mr James Duncan. Alan P. Nevins late of 1st M.S. Batt. ba purchased the 180 acre farm of WW. P. Edye.. This will be worked with the lands of Messrs Edye-de-Hurst and Sons from one ceater as a 720 acre farm. Mr T. J. Latimer, late of Oxdrift, has 'purchased the old Coulter store, and is having a concrete basement put in. ~ He. intends starting in business shortly, as soon as the necessary 3lterstions can be made. s " "Tomatoes; . successfully in th "country, the season being too short, = The season is a: long way from being over yet, and red ripe tomatoes, growing in the open, can be seen in the garden of Mr Wigle. : To those who enjoy a swim, the water is just perfection now, warm and health giving. A usually staid, elderly gentle- man was seen the other evening gplash- ing around as delighted as a school boy, while his pony calmly surveyed the prozeedings from the river bank. 'Mr Sfreddo of Barclay has been un- 'fortunate in having a valuable cow come to grief. Owing to the fence being re- moved from a coroer. of his land, the cow strayed on to the railway line, and wags struck by a train. One horn was torn clean out and the cow was buadlyd DP scalded by steam from the cylinders of the engine. Rev Phillip Barker of £ Winnipeg will preach at the Union Church both morn- ing and evening of Sunday, Joly 27th. 'Mr Barker was stationed here about ten years ago, aud made many friends 'and left pleasant memories. capnot be grown : Itis hoped tion, market ing stocks and | judge that progressi generally under way in such ma that lumbermen are they can to improve th na tuation. There ate other things tha can be accomplished through : operation with existing public a agenc as in economic, industrial, and tecmical research, and in demonstr ation of tech ; nical methods. 1 believe the many valuable things f industry can thus be broug But neither the lumber in the public can ignore the fact great fundamental problems; w only involve the permance and stabi of the interests depe it on our fol ests but also gravel : { ti al welfare, are nof problems fall into four ge those relating to the production, those that ply, character, well- of labour, the proble ance of private fore supply; and certain to our public forests -- Chief, U. 3 Forest 'Service Help Prevent: Fires Follow These Rules Matches--Be sure 'your ma 1. i Pinch it before you throw out. away : 2. Y robaccoThrow pipe asl cigar or cigarette stumps in the 1 of the road "and stamp or pinch out the fire before leaving them. Don't th them into brush, leaves, or needles. 3. Making Camp--Build a sm campfire. Build it in the open, not against a tree or A or near brush. Fa away the trash from alt around ing Camp--Never short ti windy> weather or where there slightest danger of their escape from control. Don't make them larger th you need. : 6. Fighting Fires--If you find a tire, try to putiitteut. If you can't, get word of it-to the nearest forest Tanger at once. The above rules for the preve fives, prepared by the U "Forest Service, are equally applica to Canada. ith j go far towards lesseinng the t ous toll taken each yor by the fi fire flend. : \ $500; 000 prop ya fit the newspaper headings of a & op describing a destruc 3 ought never to have h From one side of Can lacking, a "glow 1g e stub ) that he will be welcomed by everyone, | oy, and that a well filled church will arent, him at both services. Mrs Wigle has had its. a 'house; Her party stayfug. with her.