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; STA ST Ep ACHE ROSIE i 1 b: ML a ra Ne Eno ad AQ vee dy AL] i | LN wy ¢ aw Lh o-operation with the Ken fartof Nianchi orders 1n urday, March 6th. = = amples may be scen at W sociation building at JOx 6 store-at Oxdrift. T4:00 por tet" (bags in ) 'off cars at Dryden 'o SO - Skates Hollow Ground. t type of SKATE-GRIND © latest typ ING and BOOT FINISHIN( MACHINE. most promptness and speed. Se H. WILLARD, _ Boot and Harness Repairer. RUBBER BOOTS SOLED 4 District Co-operative Clover 8d Crowers Association we wil ve a car of land plaster shipped before Robinson's butcher shop, Dryden 'are now equipped with the We can therefore supply the best work with the ut- & LN OBSERVER [CL JT, TC SR J SH SR DOLL 2 AND RE SES AOR AE SIR SOE ER) . Thats ss on . Y 3 ' How Harry Brown 5 His % B time . had come again to France and the sickle moon hung low in the 5 sky before the dawn of Aug- ust 15, 1917. From the ruined town of Loos Canadian soldiers nade their Tl S| 1 'way to the front line trenches at the + foot of Hill 70. After two years gars | : '| prison duty at this point of the line, : "lan attack was to be made on the. | German entrenchments on the side {and crest of the hill. The enemy had fortified the position very strongly because it overlooked the mining | town of Lens. The whole district was dotted with littie mining towns, of which nothing remained now but piles of brick and stone. The Ger- mans had deepened the cellars and put concrete roofs overhead, often many feet thick. The streets of the villages were crossed and recrossed with webs of wire, and concrete gum emplacements sunk deep, but: show= ing only a few feet above ground, were pitted all along the way. Two years bombardment had left little standing on the chalky slope of Hill 70, Down in the valley where the town of Loos once stood, every building had been smashed to atoms. The Canadians moved up to the front in the dark, past trenches named for troops. who had passed that way be= fore in the attack made on the hill in 1915: Black Watch Alley, Cams= eron Alley and English Alley. The I x RD. T. TRIST 2 - Devden Livery, Transfer § and "Exchange Bars 4 2 9 Ee DRYDEN =. ONT ABGO0OLOIRIIOTFSIDORORABENE ad : 0 Dryden TLadge No. = ol, meets the first Wednesda of each month at 8 pm in the Tow ~ Hall Visiting brethren cordial invited. = - : _W.J. Robinson, W.M: D. Anderson, Ree. Sec. ~ AABAE SEN 20H E Loess 6800 a 1694 ground was slippery from the rains of the first two weeks of August, 'The weather was sultry and moist. Suddenly from behind thém arose the first rumble of the opening artil= lery attack, the hill was soon clouded with smoke lit by flashes of the bursting shells, and followed by & blaze of flame with the discharge of burning oil and liquid fire over th enemy trenches. % At 4.25 o'clock the infantry left their jumping = off trenches andj swarmed over No Man's Land into] the German line. The first line was! taken in six minutes. The German | garrison of Hill 70 was composed of | young, raw troops and put up a weak resistance to our troops. The first streaks of dawn were lighting the east when our walking wounded] started coming back to the dressing; stations, all of them elated with the} joy of victory. After two years; weary waiting they were moving on, and their wounds were almost for- gotten in the exhilaration of sceing the Hun in retreat. 3 But the day's work was not done, and the men who held the newly won line had stern duty ahead of them before nightfall. The Germans were not going to let Hill 70 go so easily. Magses of men. were poured In through © their communication trenches, and scores of machine guns were turned on the victors. Hundreds of Canadians were falling, and new troops could not be brought up quickly enough. The German artils ory had 'smashed all the telephone 4 A Dryden lodge N 4 wnieets at the Fown Th: ionday evening av 8 o'clo D. Anderson ds brethire 3 1.0.0.F i t every (6) Golden Star Leds . No. 484 the Masonic , Hall, th ; ; 1esdy of each month. Wisitors cordially invited 0 Alfred Pitt, W. M. : 'A. E: Berrey, Secretary AA AT. &AM. ERC le wires to headquarters. It looked as if the joy of the morning was about to be turned to bitter disappointment, In the chalk pits at_the northern end of Hill 70 a terrible struggle took place. The place had been turn= ed into a fortress by the Germans. the German massed for a countere attack on the Canadian outposts who were trying to build a defence for their new lines. The 10th Battalion had been sent up to reinforce the line. As their workers dug in the hard chalky clay they were mown down by the enemy machine guns. Field guns were trained on the posl- tion, and the Canadian line withered under their fire. If help were not brought up the whole day's work would be lost, and hundreds of men had died in vain. Volunteers to carry back a message LJ ¢ & => TG derchunit PEP 0000T | 2 p4 EAGLE RIVER, ONT. ¢ | were lost sight of. The curtain of 3 ¢ | fire fell between the valiant young . 0 runners and the men in the shell-torn (2 : : « | trenches whose lives depended on the S AGENT FOR delivery of the message at head- . quarters. sockshutt Plow Go. Frosi & Wood é the shell-thrn field & toy Impiements ¢ | was fighting for consciousness. It was Yo Dranm Cnasiatora ¢ Pte. Harry Brown, who carried the S Liu Sopuimicio 4 mena 2. headquarters. uh coms § . § rade was Killed. is own left 'arm 5 Boygat and $oid {| was mangled by a shell. He lay un- , Tor Sale and Rent "WATERFRONT LOTS FOR SALE == ALSO -- 3 Insurance / Fire BE _ JAS. MOFADYEN. cE0eBPOHEELEODTDOBIED. W ARDINER ¢ 60006600006608000 to headquarters were asked for, and two of those who offered to go were sent off on their 'dangerous mission. The ground over which they had te pass was swept by a barrage. The men watching from the trenches saw the first bay fall. The second started out. He, too, fell, Then both a conscious for a- moment, then strug- gled to his feet. Hatless, his clothing riddled with shrapnel, he staggered on, falling into shell craters, rising again, crawling over the riddled earth, fainting often from pain, but always conquering by his indomitable will. One thought only framed itself in his mind--on him depended the lives of hundreds of histcomrades. The day had almost run its course, and the sun was lowering in the west, when the painful form of a battalion runner was seen stumbling down one of the communication trenches. Hs approached the door of a dugout, swayed for a second on the top step, and then fell to the ground below. An officer bent ever him. Pte. Brown struggled for consciousness. The offl- cer raised him gently and the boy, opened his eyes. Be "Important message," he whisper- ed, as he handed over a crumpled About five o'clock in the afternoom : THE DRYD » 4 A MAN OF DEEDS. Kipley 'Never Looked for the Spot-light, Jee Ra 3h SECA ya mee id hoAXpGL ences wre rad OTM TOW In IIS fle pursuit of the much longed for 'iurn to a civilian occupation. Ta 1%} A st list side me, with the simple, Api ation, "the true and the : and the free," ree: 11s the splen- qualities of Lieu -Col. Blair CY CERIO. OBIE Cio Tailway Troops; whose rship, untin indus- sdonable pride i his crack allway. construction unit, vade his name to be a revered one among the men who had the good fortune to come under his command. A quiet and. reserved nian, he has that big- ress which comes from: big annder- takings. An.a CBR. engineer; the Lothbridge viadu and the Noith Toronto grads s ation, were pre: war testimonialg to his skill and ef- ficiency. Twenty-seven months of un- remitting work jn France and! Bel- sium have enhahced that enviable re- cord and experience in supervising the laying of steel and the erection of bridges. : © "Railways are the arteries of mod- ern warfare"--this fact weg carly 1¢6- cognized by Sir Eric Geddes. and miles of light guage railway fracy was laid with thie rapidity of spread- ing a stair carpet, but it only par- tially relieved the congestion. Broad gauge railways were urgently re- quired to bring troops and military supplies to the rail heads. In the autumn of 1916, the ist Battalion C.R.T., worked on the Somme, build- ing ~ narrow guage. at Muricenst Combles, le Forel Farny, Rouge, and Bouchevesnes. Early in the following spring the Germans, yielding to pressure from the British, evacuated Bapaume and Peronne, leaving a vast tract of wild- 2rness in their wake. It did not seem possible to lay heavy steel on this indescribable waste of mud, and ju- terminable shell torn region. Could it be accomplished? Was it worth the tremendous effort? There was a diversity of opinion and many offi- cers in high places were inst the project. Col. Ripley undertook the job, and in less than two weeks a train ran aver bread guage rails into Peyasnne yard, from Plateau, via Maricourt (the jumping off piace of the Somme 'offensive). Skirting Tropes Wood, through! Clery, then. a heap of rubble, the Scots' Guards carried the 36 feet lengths of rail, by num- ber; ties and fastenirgs w rugad ap: through iho i ties, and the 1 J tne 3) oa aga ' st. C.R.T. 8p commendable vigor. It was a f of skill and determination, and an- other evidence of Canadian energy and enterprise was recognized by the British authorities. Consequently the 1st C.R.T. became the nucleus of the any cal Canadian Railway Troop Corps, after-- wards so ably administrated by Brig.- Gen. Stewart. The Troops came into .the field during 1917, and when the armistice wos signed thirteen units were in oper- ation, two more in formatien, with subsidiary companies of skilled rail- 'road operators, tramway companies, engine drivers and a bridge building aggregation in Palestine. " The red square was a distinctive and a respected badge. The men who wielded the: spike maul could also shoulder a rifle. tinguished itself at Villers Bretton- coux, holding a part of the line until 'relief came. Col. Ripley must have accepted the axiom that "actions speak louder than words," early in his professional career, and he followed that motto in the army. He was on the Western froat to build railways and did it. Oratory and verbosity are foreign to him. He shunned eulogizing press 'men. Completion reports stated all, the blue print frame told its story. The' numerous letters he rceeived 'from army commanders pleased him because they reflected credit on his battalion. He had a very warm re- gard for those men, who ate raw turnips with him in 1916. A silent ulan, but a reservoir of warmth and kindliness to those who sought him in time of trouble. He had no pa- tience with malingerers, but the pun- ishment always fitted the crime. An "yficer and gentleman, one "who «ever turned his back, but walked straight' forward," through the dark grey war days, he is held in' high esteem by the old members of his battalion. Big Appetite for Bugs. A cliff swallow will eat a thousand flies, mosquitoes, wheat-midgets or beetles that injure fruit trees in a lay and therefore are to be encour- aged, says the American Forestry association, of Washington, which is conducting the nation-wide campaign among school children for bird-house | building. This bird is also known as ' the cave swallow: because it plasters its nest on the outside of a barn or other building up. under the eaves. ! Colonies. of several thousand will build their nests together on the side of a 'cliff. Thése nests shaped like 2 flattened gourd or water-bottle are made of bits of clay rolled into pel- lets and lined with straw or feathers. This bird winters in the tropics, World's Greatest Cataract, Niagara Falls is not the greatest cataract in the world. The greatest. ataract is said to be on the Iguaza river, which partly separates Brazil and Argentina. The precipice over whieh the river plunges is 210-feet high, that of Niagara being 167 feet. 'The cataract is 13,123 feet wide, or about two-and a half times as wide os Niagara. It 1s estimated that fo Ep 2nd Railway One C.R.T. unit dis- ID. AND pany FREI 3 AAAAAAAAASUAAAAAL IAS AUP NPWS Pr Ct . INNS AA Asparagus, per can .... Ciscoes, per tb .... Cod, salt; per ib ...... Dig Be Chicks, per box. Gold Eyes, per Ib .... CROCE sae The Quality Grocers Don't forget our Big Discount Fm On Cash Orders of 5.00 and over EXCEPTING ON FLOUR AND FEED ae sss sie sense Halibut, 'per 1b voc. oi ie aiiveaies 5 per cent off Jack Fish, per db ..o.oviieinianiaeens Lake Sup:-or Herring, 4 tbs .......... OYSters, | Tr Jar iveeuiooneonnesnnnne Rice'... Salmon S « !: Smelts, pe 43 28 .25 -35 18 21 esses enue each, i. viii a Ye see 0 ses be seas ees se ® Fee a. AAPASA, AP AAPA ALAIN S PSPS PIPPI PRPS D/ TTR ROR D6 8.858 on 5 £ 8 aA LUKE'S CHURCH, DRYDEN. Sunday Services-- Nea! ST 11 a.m.~--Morning = prayer Sermon. 2.30 p.-m.--Sunday School. - = p.m. Evening prayer and ser-| mon. Rev. ROBT. WILSON, Rector. i Union Church Rev Mr CRAGG will conduct Services in the Union Church every Sunday morning and even- ing at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. until further notice £0 Sunday Sehool is held every Sun- day afternoon at 2.30. Do your children go to Sunday School? If not, we shall be glad to welcome them. Bible Class Sunday afternoon at 2.30. Everybody welcome to this class. Come and study and talk over the Word of God. BUILDERS' SUPPLIES Brick, Lime '* B.C.Shingles Sash & Doors Picture Framing anitoba Gypsum Hardwall and Wood Fibre, Etc. Undertaking in connsclion. z ERSON ONT. DRYDEN, % The Wall Street Journal quotes an unnamed Canadian authority, "the leader of o mavement in Can- ada to embargo the shipment of pulpwood to the United States," Ee te] and ; ! @2e y fon) ~~ 9 2592 OURO Umer «irs QOUUES canoy ICE CREAM KODAKS BREAD SUFFLIdS JAKES CONFECTIONERY NEILSON':. CHGCOLATES DRYDEN ---- ONTARIO Sly When you want : Hardware, Tinware, Stoves Beds and Mattresses - | ie ; ; RHO DRYBPEN Barb Wire and Pezrless Lawn and Field Fence Dealer in all kinds of Paint, Gil, _6lass Binder Twine, Pumps, Etc. 'se B. Raymond, Singer, F. S White sme New Williams, Singer Family Sewing: Machine Needles Dor estic, Standard, J} a \ nd 4 A 5H STORE WHITE FISH and Trout, 12%c per It Lake Superior Herring . G6cperl r ~ London -- The general fedega-| tjon of trades unions announce that during the last quarter 145, \700 pounds were paid out in con- nection with "the cotton and moulders strike. "This expenditure failed to ob- tain anything beyond what might have been secured by negotiation the report stated. 'piece of paper. Then he drifted away into unconsciousness. He was taken to the dressing station but he.died in a few hours. / Harry Brown was born in Gana- | noque, Ont., in 1898. He enlisted in ! August, 1916, three months after his ; eighteenth birthday. His mother, now 1 6 3 . Mrs. Helen McAuliffe, lives in Ome: , I EA i mee, Ont.--Carolyn Cornell in To- lcost of demobilization or reconstruc- | ronto Star Weekly. .. Rion, : : as stating that the U.S. must have ? " ar Los products made from Canadisn JF nnan Ha ddie pulpwood, and if the wood he Cr ode : manufactured inte paper in Can- "= ada and then shipped over the boundary, it rand 100,000,000 tons of water pass over Jiagara in one hour. A like estimate ives the falls of Iguaza 140,000,000 LOns. rib ow v 20:2, The Cost of War. : The total war expenditures of Can- x 7 SN