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Next week it will be given the premier place on the front page. recognition. i 4 supplies. 2 7 g the Council made them grant, Mr So Ontario is to has once more. The pro onists will of 3, course remain firm in their aversion to who had the tact and ability to keep strong drink, while weaker brethren the Band together. . Council thereupon dally with death in its most agreeable voted the form rather than risk more rapid re- sults with rot-gut. hibiti 1010 the delegation withdrew to inform the 'boys of their good luck, Hal Dingwall Tenders of Winnipeg. tamarac for the Town at $6.00 a cord, Mr and Mrs Gardiner of Eagle River subject to inspection, and Dechert and had lunch in the Central yesterday. - Righy to audit the books were accepted The first steps were taken in the water scheme, when the Town Clerk was instructed to advertise the sale of the debentures. has returned from Mr Weare, Minnitaki, was down on business the other day. Victor Nordrum, Wabigoon was a visitor to town Saturday. : Miss Dagne Anderson, Eagle River, Dryden Board of Education has in- was down to Dryden Monday. troduced a system of buying supplies Hans Kellberg, Waldhof, was a visi- by requisition. Merchants are asked to 18, tor to town the first of the week. co-operate and fill orders only when Ben Brignall, Oxdrift, paid a visit signed by the chairman of the purchas- to Dryden Saturday. ing committee, to facilitate early pay- Miss Jeanne Peterson, Ignace, spent ment of accounts. few days in town this week. a Mr and Mrs M. J. Crosier, Oxdrift, « spent Wednesday in town. $75.00 in Prizes Fun and Entertainment for Everybody. Bring the Kiddies with you. They'll enjoy it too. ent 1. $10 cash, best Homemade Costume, ladies' or Gent's by Wm. Richardson; 2. $5 trade, Best Fancy Ladies' Hired, Oxdrift, was down to Dryden, Wednes- by Alfred Pitt; 3. $3 cash, Best Ladies' day. Comic, by J. Winterbottom; 4. $3 trade Mss Ina Findlay returned to Kenora Best Disguised Lady, by A. G. Ripley; Saturday after spending a few weeks 5, Pair Silk Hose, Ladies' Race, 3 laps, at her home here. by Mrs Gates; 6.85 pair of Skates, best . Miss Helene Mackey, who has been Fancy, school girl 15 and under, by E. visiting Mrs L. R. Mackey for the past A. Klose; 7. Large Box Writing Paper, few months, returned to Keewatin on best Comic School Girl, 15 and under, Monday. by C. A. Burgess; 8. (Ist) String of Miss Marion Freeborn left Wednes- Beads, Barrel Race, school girls, 15 and day morning for Fort William where ae by Hugh Pronger; (2nd) bottle she will enter McKellar hospital to Tolet Water, by Dad Rowland; 10. $4 Box Chocolates, School Teachers' race, "The world has only begun to see 2 Japs, by 5 oh Ce nelliny 1. 35 Parker os : Duofold Fountain Pen Gent's Fancy, that no country is great and no cause , 1% Dhar i 3 Bh Conts is just that does not help on the world's py Ton Sharma) 32 cash, onve happiness and the world's good."--The Co hy Dy og) ih boy of Olgees > or Chocolates, Best Disguised Gent, by - J. O. Gough; $5.75 pair Skating Boots, Always a Welcome Guest: -- Men's free-for-all Race, 5 laps, by H. The acquisition of the Tourist Hotel Willard; $3 pair Ski Sticks, Men's at Kenora by A. R. Hutchison has B : arrel Race, 3 laps, by D. W. Scott; narrowed the distance between these $3 trade, Scheol boy's Fancy Costume, two towns remarkably. Nowadays a Miss Willa Callan, Ignace, is paying a visit to her sister in Kenora. Mz and Mrs E. Blake, Kenora, sp the week-end in town. : H. A. Jewell, of Jewell and Co., i train for a nurse. 4; Churchman. EE per PALE Spr 2g I STUY seal Ei ee EE TO © WINNIPEG WINTER SPORTS CARNIVAL February | Ith to 6th 4 fi TICKETS ON SALE } i I § i Mayor Piit, of Dryden, who is al- Every admission (Association, recently formed at the 15 and under, by T. Proudfoot; $2 cash there is hardly a banquet there at Ql which Dryden is not represented. That ichool Boy's Comic, 15 and under, by © Wm. Kelso; $2.50 Watch School Boy's Kenora appreciates the friendly atti: tude is evident from its newspaper r Barrel Race, 3 laps, 15 and under, by "©" D. W. Scott; $2 cash School Boy's free-} ferences to visitors representing its for-all race, 8 laps, 15 and under, by neighbour town. Dr. Wood. to the Carnival en- ways a welcome guest at Kenora titles you to a drowing for a $5.00 gold | banquets, gave a short address deal- piece. You may be the lucky one. ing with the highway question from ° the head of the lakes to Winnipeg and FANCY SEATERS---- also referring to the desirability of ad- vancing the interests of the Iron Ore D On Saturday last the skatng fans of rycen were treated to another exhi- Liton of fancy and trick skating by head of the lakes, believing that the Gordon Thompson and Bert Cark. success of ts efforts will mean much Owing to the mild weather and the for all parts of this district--Kenora go condition of the ice, they were able Miner. to put on an even better entertainmen' than the last time they were here. The exhibition consisted of fancy an From all Stations in Ontario (Port Arthur and West) Manitoba, Saskatch Alberta FEBRUARY oth to 13th, 1924 (inclusive) ewan and Return Limit, February 18, 1924 CANADIAN PACIFIC | i 1 rv aa all C. B. GAFE (Opposite C.P.R. Station) acrobatic skating, barrel jumping speed and comic skating and Thomp son's imitation of a top, doing 150 revolutions in 50 seconds. The barrel jumping was certainly worth seeing brought loud applause from the crowd, hompson jumping eight barrels with Do / Clark laying on top of them. Bert Wea). "LEC E Clark gave the crowd a good laugh oF YC. a Seer if @ > 5 ; : > Ph oie / in his comic act, and it was worth the price, of admission to see him trying. Real Insurance to stand up or jump the barrels. means Service plus the ability to pay in the event of loss. To insure your insurance have it written with ~ THE UNION CHURCH Sunday, February 10th 11 a.m.~-Subject: "We Affirm Our Be- lief in the Scriptures." Evening: "Effective Worship." Lunch Counter and Dining Room ; Meals served at any hour § Cooking and Service unexcelled Clealiness & Quality Guaranteed "OBACCOS, SOFT DRINKS CONFECTIONS CHAN BING Proprietor WHY WORRY about your wood pile ? H { k Ld a ~ Just drop a post card to Jim Norgate, Box 87 town, and Jimmy will be on the job with his axe quicker'n scat. 2.30--Sunday School. 3.30--Adult Bible Class. "A National Crisis." This the point at which the J.0.Y. Bible Class ar- § rives Sunday in its study of Old Test- T. i ° (= 1 B S O NN, athent history. = The special scripture reference is Numbers 14. 1-10. CARD OF THANKS Is sedition or rebellion ever justifi- Mr and Mrs Stanley Boyle and fam- able? ned ; ily wish to convey their thanks for Do religious enthusiasts ever make kind sympathy shown and assistance good military counselors? given in their bereavement: also for Why was a comparatively unfertile THE HOME Insurance Company Represented by { | ! 8 ° o! e 3 e i Kind Words [Band Progressing Biggest Prizes Yet! i The Final Word--Get your ticket for] In the genial atmosphere of the THE Annual Meeting of Dryden Agri- the St. Valentine dance given next | Council Chamber on Tuesday the dele- cultural Society goation from the town band found little long-needed imp {difficulty in presenting their case for D. Reid, the president, supported by H. Adar, said a few of President it was frankly admitted that g an there was a lot of criticism which was fextra cornet was required, alse some' had for the Society, and which should In reply to Coun. Klose, who wanted to know whether the Band would keep of thing is for the Society to go ahead a Adair said he was satisfied! ve a referendum the bandsmen were enthusiastic, and d confidence in bandmaster Le Baron em $100 to start them off, and; A. E. Moore to supply them in their determination to make 'fin the Township hall on Saturday, 18 to three judges, and the Society tors must be paid-up members of the that of the cleaned grain in the bin." from the opening remarks of the be dealt with. The best way to deal with this sort with the good work. It i$ not worth : A ; seme) DRYDEN PHARMACY rovements in the man- j : gement of the Annual Fair. Right A . while to stop to explain past mistakes and difficulties. Well-disposed people will allow: for them and forget them; the others don't matter. Sensible . people look forward, not back. The 1924 directors, new and old, will find a strong sentiment in the town as | well as the country ready to back {this year's Fair the best and greatest I yet. Every merchant in the district as well as farmer is anxious to see the | Exhibition prosper. And the fighting spirit and ginger shown at the annual meeting is going to put the Dryie Fair where it belongs--at the top of all the Agricultural Fairs in the Dis- trict. Buckley's Minutes of Annual Meeting :-- Following a short session of the Directors, where final arrangements were made, the Annual Meeting o: Dryden Agricultural Society was held Jan. President John Hutchison occcu- pied the chair, a very fair attendance facing him. Minutes of earlier meetings wer read and adopted on the motion of E. Tustain--Chas. Morton. The auditors' report and financial statement were submitted, C. C. Pilkey and E. Tustain moved they be adopted. E. W. Wice--R. Johnston: that a Field Crop competition in oats and clover be held, prize winners to exhibit a sheaf at the annual Fair. Carried. D. Frejd made a motion that the Society enter for the combined Fielc Crop and Threshed Grain competition for which .the government offeve: prizes amounting to $275. Upon hi. explaining the plan and conditions, i was agreed that if seed could be secu ed, and the necessary fifteen competi- tors folind, the society would drop the VER 100,000 Par cost-savings you can share: some Gold, Girdle. This was Pocket Cl anced symmetry. Yes, the Gv for $7. At good pen coun every assistance in securing seed anc conducting the competition, and D. Frejd undertook to find fifteen names The plan was adopted. Chas. Morton later, on October 2nd and 8rd. Carrie: » Arrangements were made for recor mendation to the departnient in rega Duofold Jr. 65 Same except for size Sronch It Acts Jike a Flash er Pensa the world has been buying year. This tremendous volume has brought large savings in For one thing, we've lately reinforced the cap with a hand~ | e THE PARKER FOUNTAIN PEN CO. Limited clover and enter with oats and pota- Toronto, Ontario : hi Ask also for. Packer "Lucky Lock' Pencils toes. This was seconded by C. C. Rivals the beauty Pilkey. N M. F. Cook assured them o of the Scarlet R. Johnston move' iol ay (0G os ne Bo ; . » 3 ° h- gr: "rong Ly that the Fair this year be held a wesl: With The fj 2% Year Point Price as in Lady Duofold §5 With ring for chatelalne we recommend [4] tis lixture AE wom 25 years onth is the rate at which e classics for more than a { this black- 55 and bal- ¢ Duofold is a $10 value erywhere, Tanager k the States de ded to send the $2.00 fee of affiliatio with the Provincial Society. On the motion of Pilkey--Morton the president and J. W. Collison were instructed to see to the early issue of the Prize List, and look after the gen- eral advertising of the Fair. The following officers were elected for 1924: -- President--John Hutchison. 1st Vice--Chas. Morton. 2nd Vice--R. Johnston. Directors--D. J. Frejd, Jno. Guth- rie, sr., C. C. Pilkey, Jno. Adams, M. F. Cook, Jas. Hatch. Lady Directors--Mrs J. V. John- stone, Mrs A. E. Berrey, Mrs Jas. Hutchison. COMBINED STANDING FIELD CROP AND THRESHED GRAIN COMPETITION RULES AND 1; seed to be judged in the bin must not ibe less than the following: -- ; Cots Ln 60 bus Pomntoss io an 80 bus, 2. Societies to conduct this combined Competition will not be eligible to enter the usual Standing Field Ciop Competition with the same kind of grain. They may, however, enter in kind of crop, and, if they enter the Combined Competition, they can only enter in the regular competition in one other crop. : 3. The Society shall have not less than fifteen entries. 4. Entry must be received not later than May 1st. '5. Individual Entries--The secretary must forward these before May 26th. 6. All competitors in grain are re- quired to sow registered seed of the REGULATIONS same kind and variety. Potatoes must, In the Combined Standing Field be of certified stock. Hi Crop and Threshed Grain Competition * The following are the varieties from societies make entry in the same man- Which selections must be made:--- ner as in the regular competition, but; on special forms supplied. The ini] mum acreage will be three for grain and one-half for potatoes. = Competi- tory, Gold Rain. -POTATOES-- (early) Irish Cobbler; 4 (medium late) Green Mountain, : Carman Mo. 1} oe. J! ! i | agricultural society for the current PRIZES--Seven prizes will } vear, and fields entered should not be "ed in each of these competitio more than fifteen miles from its head-: ; quarters. : 1. The Standing Crop will be judged first but in this competition the thresh- ed grain will also be judged in the bins or sacks of competitors between Dee- ember 1st and January 15th, and all threshed grain, clover and grasses is based. must be thoroughly cleaned and ready' for judging on or before December 1st. The combined scores will determine the award, which is based on 60 per cent. ! of the field score and 40 per cent. of i ¢ offer- . First, | i 7s total $275. Of these splendid prizes offered the Society is obliged to con- | tribute only $25, which can ke counted | in as expenditure for agricultural pur- « i Regular Meeting of Dryden Lodge! flowers sent by friends. . country like Canaan regarded as an Dryden, Ont., Jan. 30th, 1924. exceedingly good land." ? - Potatoes must be graded ready for in- No. 417 on Monday, Feb. 11th, 1924, at spection not later than October 15th. 8 o'clock sharn. Third Degree. The minimum quantities of cleaned D. ANDERSON, Secy. i 4 the regular competition with another | OATS--Banner, 0.A.C. No. 72, Vie- | GRAPE FRUIT, odor... 0. ORANGES, per doz. .40 & ... 60 LEMONS, perdoz. .:c.. Jd .4C APPLES, Jonathons, perth .. 10 No. 1 Ontario Spies, 3.15 .... a5 Extra Fancy Delicious, doz. . . .50° BANANAS, perl o.oo 20 SPANISH GRAPES, per 1b. . 45 CELERY, perth... 0 EE HEAD LETTUCE, each ..\ '20 eo Jor Loi ani .35 CABBAGE CARROTS _. TURNIPS Crescent ICE CREAM BRICKS ASSORTED, each ......... 40 CRESCENT ESKIMO PIES each. ct 10 Crescent SUNDAE SWEETS each ---- 405 Crescent Creamry No. 1 Butt put up in four wrapped quarter poses on which the Legislative grant 'pound prints, to the package. . EC * Fk ox : 'Agent for: -- NEILSON'S CHOCOLATE: KODAKS & BROWNIES * kx i Gough's Confectione: T. C. CORNEILLE, Mgr. |