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There is always an odd special to interest you if you drop in. Please do. SETI O CRED 1) SEED O EEO GR (HIRED OST STE RTE EXD-G j: ' and rain fell in torrents, Sioux Look- 5 : 1 S < 1 people in outlying communities who 8 : Oxdritt yams Co-operation On Monday evening a meeting of the shareholders of the Oxdrift Co- Operative Company, Limited, was held in the School House at Oxdrift. The meeting was called at short notice as it was expected that Mr F. C. Hart, Director of Co-Operative markets branch was expected to be here. The object of the meeting was definite policy as to what further action would be taken towards starting a store. Mr For- syth, U. F. O. Director for Rainy River was in attendance, and spoke at. some length on Co-operation giving the experience he had in forming a store at Rainy River. Mr Schonenberg manager of the Waldhot | Co- -Operative Association, gave an ' outline of the work as carried on by the past year the volume of business amounted to several thousand dollars, which goes to show what ean be done by the proper method of co-operation. Mr. Peter Heenan, who is looking over the roads in the district, dropped in at the meeting and spoke for a few minutes, and congratulated the people of Oxdrift for making a start in this line. He also spoke on good roads and outlined the policy of Rural Credits and how it affected the farmers in this district. There were about forty in attendance including several from Dryden. The Executive were given instructions to make arrangements for purchasing the present Oxdrift store, or failing in that, to see what could be done towards putting up a oil, od during THE WALDHOF FESTIVLE * Waldhof scored a triumph at the opening of its mew community hall last Saturday. Peter Heenan, M. P., trict drove up all afterncon and even- Altogether 600 or 700 people at different ing. must have been there times. The day was regarded as a festival: of co-operation. it was the anni- versary of the Farmers Club, and the hall itself was the outcome of cc- operative effort of the young people's entertainment Society. By effort awd entertainments they collected enough to pay for the lumber, and by their own labour the hall was built. And it is indeed a handsome structure. new one. They have already -sold several thousand dollars worth of shares and it is expected that within it the Association at Waldhof, This Association, he informs, us started ten vears ago with a barrel of coal- the next few weeks all the shares will b taken up. Sion Lookout will be Big (dustrial Centre PETER HEENAN, M.P., and party, future that we might have. Dryden, | could never persuade capital to in- vest here under existing conditions, including M. S. Campbell, president of the Port Arthur-Kenora branch of the I.L.P., paid a visit to, Sioux Lookout Friday last to study the industrial and economic develop- Sh of the District as it effected that ov At a meeting held in the pavilion Lin the evening, he discussed the varied ' questions that are keeping this Dis- rict in the forefront of Public Atten- tion. Although a thunder-storm raged out equal to the occasion, and headed by their famous band, turned out in force to meet their representative. In the unavoidable absence of Mayor McLeod, Mr R. H. Eadye was I called to the chair, and started pro- | ceedings by introducing M. S. Camp- bell of Dryden to address the gathering. Mr Campbell at once secured the interest of the gathering by the piquancy of his remarks, and put them in the best of humour by his incisive arguments. He had no wish 'to take up their time with a long ' speech, but would content himself by their attention to the { valuable work so far accomplished by ! their representative. They as rail- { road men were especially entitled to a feeling of pride in that Mr Heenan, who had been put forward by the nen of the hig roads, should so well { have conducted their affairs as : a "member that he was assured of ractically unanimous support from | the whole district any time he was yo to the test. On the way to Sioux Lookout he {had the opportunity to see the roads {that had been constructed recently, and to witness the satisfaction of the would benefit by their building. One | hardly over-state the economic : and moral value of good roads. Their economic' value could be summed up in the improved access that farmers and others had to the market. The moral value was less easy to define, and could be best conveyed by the little story he had heard. A young couple drove into town, , and called on the local minister to vy them. After the ceremony the Reverend gentleman accompanied them to their buggy, where a little girl about two or three was seated. As ministers will, he made friends with the child, asked the bride, "who is the baby? one of your.relations I suppose. 2" "Oh no," said the young woman in her simple way, "she is my little girl. We'd 'a been in sooner, only the roads were so bad." : Mz Heenan on taking the floor was greeted with a round of applause. The that for some minutes he was unable to proceed. In opening, he congratulated Sioux Lookout on the many signs of dev- elopment he had seen. But Sioux Lookout had many problems ahead before it reached the full stature to ¥:iwhich its strategic position and 4! natural resources entitled it. And it sara We Beautifully lit up and decorated with evergreens, the hall presented a scene at the dance in the evening | that entitled the builders and all the | people of Waldhof to a high degree of pride in their go-ahead community." P. Schonenberg is recognised by all as the leader of co-operation in that district, and the success of the move- ment is largly due to his effort. The L.0. 2 each month at 8 pm in the Town EVANS The Popular Candy Shop. was present with Mrs Heenan, and CONFECTIONERY, FRUIT visitors in crowds from over the dis- BREAD SOFT DRINKS. TOBACCO. This little Store, so conveniently situated, and whose service is so cheerfully given, is becoming the favorite shopping place of those of our citizens who live in the upper portion of the Town. Opposite the Town Hall, Dryden Lodge No. 1694 » meets the first Wednesday Hall. Visiting brethren cordially nvited. H. REHILL, Rec. Sec. j. E. HARRIS, W.M. International Brotherhood of hl fulphito and Fagen Bil Worker Dryden Lodge No. 105 ° om fury of the storm became so intense when its operations are made subject to the power interests of Manitoba." He went on to relate in detail the history of Kenora's long fight to secure a big industry, and showed how political considerations had weighed with. Premier Meighen to smother the power development of western Ontario to the benefit of Winnipeg, for the sake of party ad- vantage. He read documents to prove that one of their plans was to make | Lac Seul a great storage reservoir so as to increase the number of horse- power further west, but which would incidentally sacrifice the smaller power at Pelican Falls. What he objected to in this was the word sacrifice. If these interests really desired the general good of Canada, as distinet from their own, they - would hesitate to sacrifice a town in another province of Canada, because they might consider it of less importance than their own. No one knew the possibilities of Sioux Look- out; nobody could say what wealth of timber and mineral lay within the surrounding territory awaiting de- velopment. It would therefore be an outrage to sacrifice for all time to come this one source of power development without seeking com- pensation of some sort. "If those interests who would be benefitted by the sacrifice of Pelican Falls desired to be neighbourly and fair in their business dealings, they would come forward with a prop- osition offering to develop 5,000 or 6.000 horse-power out of the 67.000 additional horse-power obtained and transmit that back to Sioux Lookout as compensation for the sacrifice they are asking you to make. ones who worked for the hall were W. Euler, Moeser, Lother, Theo, Les and Lud- uery Kuler, Nilson, Wm. and Otto Wartiz, Misses M. and Olga Fischer, Mrs Otto Piech and Alex Weluf. STANDING CROP COMPETITION in the Standing Field Crop competi- tion for Clover, in order of merit: pres., A. Fitz, Sec., Fred Alfred and Carl Fitz, and J. H. Moeser, Bird The following are the prize winners John McKay, Dryden John Adams, Oxdrift Thos Lewis, Oxdrift Wm. Devoe, Oxdrift A. J. Gardiner, Eagle River W. D. Neely, Oxdrift E. W. Wice, Dryden The following is the list of winners for the Field Crop conpetition in Oats Thos Lewis, Oxdrift A. J. Gardiner, Eagle River Jno. McKay, Dryden Donald McKenzie Eagle River Jas Spalding, Oxdrift Ed. Neely, Oxdrift Jno Hutchison, Dryden Geo. Alcock, Kenora A. R. Ascough A. Ledgie - J. E. Hinton Gould Bros. 7 Wm. McCreith D. ANDERSON, Secy. | A. B. JACKSON, Judge. THE JACK POT WE shall know each other better when the clouds have rolled away. It is a rare optimist who can discern a silver lining through the present industrial cloud. "We must look around and see whether we are getting a square deal at this end of the province. Our money has been employed to construct hydro- eastern Ontario. If we say that it end of the province, th question is raised as fo how much eastern politicians can get out of it. ~ You all know of the movement that is on at the present time to secure secession. I am not in favor of that. That is an admission of weak- ness. If a man who fails to-get his own way wants to quit, that does not seem to his credit. The secession movement has started in the wrong quarter. A few dsappointed politicians with time to spare on their hands have raised the question. I don't "believe in seceding to get what you want; I believe in fighting to get what you are entitled to. If all the members in Western Ontario were to combine in a sincere effort for the part of the provnce, they could accomplish more than they could get by quitting the game. - PS _ Winnipeg interests have heen brought into the conflict for politicial purposes. With the heavy invest- ments of Winnipeg City they are entitled to demand protection, but not to the extent of saying how we are to was this particular condition which he their co-operation in the plan to promote the interest of their town. "As you know, power development ! is the very basis of industry. With- _ut power, Sioux Lookout would never Lome much more than a rail-road be guessed. The one source the operation of the ! of the Meighen Lb -ct declaring all ral goed of wished to put before them, and invite ! and the extent of its growth this vicinity is already \ is part of the! effect control. Their demands are toe arbitrary, as expressed in the Ottawa Power Bill. That bill is a contradiction of the basis of con- federation. Mr Meighen has strained the meaning of the phrases of the British North America Act, Reser- vation made for the general good of Canada have been made a pretext | for feeding the power interests of Winnipeg. If the people of Ontario are of the same mould of forty years ago, they will never stand for such a loss of their birthright. They will fight the Federal or any other power for the ce to any electric, to build up the industries of ; should be expended to develop this} "Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end dare to do our duty, as we understand it.--Lincoln. contemporary "The Dry Spell is Broken," one had momentary hopes. Further perusal found it had reference to the ordinary common dry spell which only farmers and amateur gar- deners take an interest in. Swan Swanson's experiment in hemp growing may prove the foundat- ion of a new industry. A rope factory would be good business. Owing doubt- less. to a shortage in the above useful commodity, lots of people continue to embellish the scenery who should long ago have adorned six-foot rope. Dear Sir.--I detest to raise a quibble o'er the dainty name of Sibyl, but the ghastly thing you started in your issue of last week, in manufacturing "Sighbill" for a word to rhyme with libel, you are guilty of a crime.--or intolerable cheek. No excuse will b accepted, on th plea 'twas just for fun. My opinion here is final, and I'd like to "soak you one." For the ancient name of Syble, (a prophetess of yore) has been criminally libeled, and evenged must be, in gore. : FAREWELL DANCE On Wednesday evening July 27th, Ralph J. Pronger's well known music store, which was tastefully decorated | with brilliant electrical effects and Japanese lanterns, was the scene of | one of the most brilliant and success- ful social affairs of the season. Piano renderings by Miss E. Pitt A. Smith, F. Taylor, Mrs Edgar, Mrs R. Pronger and Miss Peddy of Winni- peg, were much appreciated and added to th enjoyment of the evening. The occasion was arranged jointly with Mr and Mrs Walters as a fare- well to their niece Miss Trowel as well as a-house warming to Mr and Mrs Pronger in their new suite Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month, at 7.30, in the Mill Hall. J. EL HILL, F. RUSSELL, Pres. Rec. Sec. Golden Star Lodge No 484 ~~ A F&A M, GR. Meets in the Masonic Hall, Dryden the Second Tuesday of each mont™ Visitors cordially invited. _D. REID, W.M. : H. HUMPHREYS, Sec. . W. Long 5 . Upon reading the headline in a 1.E.GIBSON, NOTARY PUBLIC ; CONVEYANCER, &c. AGENT FOR Royal Fire Insurance Company, DRYDEN ONTARIO I A. C. MACHIN, Barrister, Solicitor, &ec. IMPERIAL BANK BLOCK KENORA . . Ont. M. J. CROSIER General Merchant, OXDRIFT, Ont, dealer in Dry Goods Groceries Boots and Shoes Hardware and Farm Produce Agent for Yorkshire Insurance. Company Frost & Wood and Cockshutt Implements R. H. PRONG ER, Notary Public Conveyancer, Ete. BEYDEN . eNT 8) Dryden Lodge No 174 l.O A. FE mets at the Town 11a every. First 'and Third Monday at8 A. J. Clempson, N. G.,, D. M, atwer Recording Sec, Visiting brethren cordially iinvited i. Bweenyy General Bla Wood Worker Ont Dryden = 100008909069 2000600009000% : TRIST & CHARLEBOIS PWG Bryden Livery, Transfer : and DRYDEN ONT. rights of their home province." recently added to the Pronger Block : ] xchasee Barn i. 2609999412 9000990000