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) LECTURE WITH PICTURES Come and hear Prof. Argue on "Milton and his Heaven and Hell." Town hall, Friday night at 8 p.m. Mi SEC BY Volume V. © Dryden, Oat. February 15th 1924 'Number 37 ER a 3 Pianos Re ington Typewriters Bold by:-- Douglas Lane (Post Office Building) For Your NEW SPRING SUIT SEE T PROUDFOOT The Tailor New Stock of Just arrived mm Dress Boots Work Boots High Cuts ® kk ® H. WILLARD, CE EE Se Book Your Passage ritish Empire Exhibition CANADIAN PACIFIC Agents will gladly make Reservations arrange Passports and give full information. Direct Through Train Service Sof Th (Opposite C.P.R. Station) Lunch Counter and Dining Room Meals served at any hour Cooking and Service uuexcelled aasiuand Clealiness & Quality Guaranteed "TOBACCOS, SOFT DRINKS CONFECTIONS Vill fin It farmers interested respond to offer. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE FARMERS OF THE DIS- " TRICT FROM VERMILLION BAY TO DYMENT AT various times in the past few years a Creamery has been mentioned as a need. Useldss to say, nothing has been done. Nor will anything be done until the necessity and %¥eason for one are proved. Farmers themselves are doubtless tired of co-operative things, and on the other hand no people with capital are going to put their money into anything, unless with a possibility of profit. So there is no desire on my part, in this letter, to part anyone from their money, or to construct any fly-by-night scheme. I think very strongly that the time has come in the interests of this entire district, to look ourselves and each other in the face and ask what is the best/thing to do, taking another step forward in the interest of the older settler, the settler who has got beyond the pulpwood and the government road stage, the settler with clearing enough to pasture and winter-keep a herd of cows. Because I think it imperative to do-something, I an prepared to undertake to interest private capital in a Creamery - at Dryden: but I am only going to do so, if and when I see 2 certainty of profitable remuneration. I am not going to have any repetition of the Kenora Co-operative Creamery fiasco ii 1 can help it. This proposed Creamery will pay as much for cream as any creamery in Canada, and owing to our peculiar location, should pay more: that is to say, our farmers should be better off with a Creamery here than any other farmers elsewhere. If you have followed so far intelligently, you have discovered that'l am not asking any money from farmers, but [ have now reached the point of stating what I am asking for. I find a Creamery can be made to pay if it makes a minimum of one hundred thousand pounds of butter a year, but with less than that it is hopeless, so there is no use putting in an organization and many thousands of dollars unless we have some idea of the support that will be given. Several people have offered to help, and I am now asking everyone interested to do the same, by doing only what 1 ask. I have not the time to canvass the District, and this is unnecessary if there is any interest. If there is no interest, then a Creamery-is doomed to be a failure. Wiit you, if interested, talk it over with others whom you know are interested. Unfortunately in things of this sort so many people do not seem to think it-wisdom to subscribe to the Dryden newspaper, and it is difficult otherwise to reach everyone, except through street or club or neighbourly talk, All T ask is for you to sit down, stating if you think you need a Creamery or not, how many cows you are milking, and how many you might milk. I shall put all your letters together for the next two weeks, and I shall then know whether a Creamery is needed. \ ; It is very simple, just worth a minute's efiort and a postage stamp, but at the same time fraught possibly with more concern to this District than all the politics of the next ten years. If I receive no response, there will bo no Creamery so far as I am concerned. If there are insufficient cows in the district, T shall regretfully consider that the movement is pre- ital for Creamery mature. If there is a roll of response from the entire Settlement, individuals and clubs, it will be up to me to make good. So I say again, it is simple, but it is business. ALFRED PITT wits THREE i: any tel more \ / than Just ess a olicy ! Real Insurance means: Service plus the ability to pay in the event of loss. To insure your insurance have it written with ~ THE HOME Insurance Company Represented. by THE UNION CHURCH Sunday, Feb. 17th, 11 a.m.--Subject: "The Atonement." Evening Subject: "The Only Founda- tion for a Sound Character." 2.30 p.m.--Sunday School. 3.30--Adult Bible Class. The Pleasant Hour On Sunday afteyrnoon at 3.30 the J.0.Y. Bible Class comes to the story of the conquest of Canaan under Joshua. Read Joshua, chap. 1-11, 23 and 24. : Compare J oshua with Moses. ~ Does piety ever bring prosperity? Josh. 1:8. : Read consecutively Josh. 23:1 and Judges 1:1. How are we to explain? Had the Canaanites no place in God's mercy? See Josh. 1:5. It may be true that the willing horse gets the heaviest load, but he also de- CHAN BING : ~ velopes the strongest muscles and gen- IY Proprietor erally gets the most oats. Brass Band will Play Dryden Brass Band will give its first public performance, and appear at the Carnival on Friday, February 22nd. Take it from us, the new Band is good. This is no outfit of tinhorns asking somebody or other to come and "encourhge"' or "support" them. They are a bunch of real players, who have worked overtime so they can deliver the goods when they are asked to play. And their bandmaster is a reg'lar guy who is enough of a musician to decide whether he's got a band or not. The Band will be a big drawing card and the town will be delighted to know it has got a real band ut last. Then you have the Carnival with $75 in prizes, the drawing for a $5 gold piece, and last but not least, skating afterwards with the Band in attend- ance. §} The weather forecast is given 'as Can ET Brignall bought a bunch of 'cattle in the fall, and after a winter's work feeding and housing them he probably expects to make a handsome profit out of the deal; but If he had bought milking cows, and there was a creamery here, without having to work any harder he could have sold the milk and made probably as much money AND STILL HAVE THE COWS. If you, like the proposition of Mr Pitt, don't neglect to write and tell him so. He and his friends find the money and take the risk; you have the benefit of the Creamery. No letter-- no creamery. If they make money out of it, what do vou care, so long as you get your price for what you have to sell. If 'there is no money in it, not he nor "anybody else is going to take the trouble to run the creamery and make it a go. Get down to brass tacks and make up your mind if there's any- thing in it for you. | 'The Milk Maid | A PASTORAL The local amphitheatre was the scene, last Saturday, of one of the most fascinating exhibitions of hockey as 1t should be played that has been produced during the present season. Long before Referee Hambly called {the teams to their places it was quite' evident that a gruelling struggle was about to take place. Herb Wilde and" Walter Scott were first on hand at the dressing room and laid their plans of ; battle deep. Later on, when Pete A'Hearn, Doc Graham and Art Pitt, arrived, accompanied by their worthy leader, Hal Dingwall, and his wily centre ice wizard, Gene McMonagle, the aggregation of Tea Tasters retired? {0 the secluded corner of the dressing voom and arranged in haste their, signals for the might's performance. | . Promptly at 8.30 the Milk Maids appeared on the ice and all hands looked fit for the fray. Referee M. D.: Hambly, who had previously taken out 4 special life insurance policy, soon! had everybody im their places, includ-| ing Gene who insisted on facing off on' the "haw side of Mary" in place of the "gee side", and from the first drop* of the elusive rubber on the ice, every- | kody knew they were going to get : their money's worth. Up and down, over and under, hither and thither the battle raged with the play fairly even until the end of the first period came and nary a goal for either side. 4 After a good rub-down, Hal decided to rearrange his line-up, and the elu- sive and cunning Fat Pitt appeared on' the ice with a genial smile and a pair of beautiful blue shin pads with pink and black embroidery supported by clastic bands. He carried no bouquet, except the ones the crowd handed him - later in the second period when he | _ferabbed a loose puck from a serim- | ¥mage and lodged it neatly in the cor- ner of the net for the initial counter. The applause was heard by Darky Oliver on his radio atereceiving station XYZ on Van Horne St. It was also, during this period that Herb Wilde! gave the fans an artistic exhibition of the nose dive, coupled with the crawl stroke known to only the best swim- mers, and also preformed the daring {feat of carrying the puck with his chin' during the aforementioned exhibition. ' Shortly before the period ended, the | Milk Maids, desperate in their efforts! to notch a counter, skated through the ! defence and lodged the puck beyond | the line and this tied the score, one all. | At this period of the game, goal tender Dingwall was severly reprimanded by his team mates for failure to line up | to his reputation as a goal minder, and on motion by Walter Scott, seconded | by Doc. Graham, he was given two | minutes on the fence for his breach of | trust. Coming back for the final period} each team had determination written on their faces, and the strain must have heen nerve wrecking for both sides. However, as a result of contin- ued rushes by the Milk Maids in grand formation; their efforts were finally rewarded by the neatest goal of the avening, and its effect appeared very demoralizing to the poor old bachelors who were by now practically fagged, while their opponents looked better the farther they went. However all good things come to an ending, and the Milk Maids eventually emerged from the battle with a well- earned a victory to their credit by the score of 2--1. : A large enthusiastic crowd greeted the strenuous efforts of the players, and all went home fully satisfied with an evening enjoyably spent. One of the Maids tried several times to get out of the rink, but manager i Porter had all the boards nailed tight' rT ally pulled off a couple of sweaters and things went better. 3 The end to end rushes of McBIonagle was a thing beautiful to watch, while, the defence tactics of Scott and Gra- ham would make Joe Simpson turn, green with envy. One of the Maids thought the best way to play the game was to climb on Herb's back, but she soon got shook loose and the game went on. The line-up was as follows: -- and after a couple of bumps she fin-} keeping, Scotty Dickson was banquet- ed by the Milk Maids after the game. Referee Hambly handled the game to the satisfaction of all except Walter Scott who got one minute in the cool- er for trying to make a date with a Milk Maid for the carnival, and Hal Dingwall who got two minutes under the O.T.A. offering to assist. Milk Maid Newcombe starred on the defence and in addition to her solo rushes, broke up numerous combin- ations of the Bachelors. Above the ordinary A packed house listened delightedly to the lecture given by Dr. Crawford last Friday in the series arranged by the Literary Society. The beautiful pictures illustrating the lecture were an unexpected treat' and give point to the statement that these lectures are totally different in character from what the popular mind would look for. Far from being high- brow or dreary, they are about the most interesting form of entertain- ment one could imagine. : The explanation is, of course, that the quality and standing of the men who give these lectures is altogether above the ordinary. All of them are accustomed to handle their subject in a way to make it interesting to other people; each of them has had exper- 'ience in the course of University work in presenting facts to young minds in 'a way to make it fascinating. Dr. Crawford is an outstanding ex- ample of the type of man with whom' one feels better for having come in: contact. While he is recognized as a Shakespearean scholar of note, he could not fail to be interesting on any 'subject he cared to choose. - One would still carry away the pleasant impression that the man was better and bigger than his work. Much sympathy will be felt by the many friends of Miss Edith Foster, late of Dryden School staff, for the sudden death of her sister Laura, at their old home in the east. Miss E. Foster is now teaching at Rainy River. Labour Double-crossed-- Don't miss the startling article by our old friend "Iconoclast" on page three. 2 Ly oe ARR DRYDEN PHARMACY A Winter Scene To secure a good picture of this part of the country, and to encourage local amateurs with a camera, Gough'~ Confectionery is offering a prize fo: the best picture taken with your own camera of any winter scene. There is no restriction as to size, or whether the picture is a landscape or from the life. You may choose your own sub- ject, so long as it is pertaining to out- door winter life. Bring your films to the store for de- velopment, where they will be display- ed with only a number attached for the public to vote on, not later than March 24th. The first prize, a $7.50 box of Neilson's chocolates, will go to the picture getting most votes. An additional prize will be given for those who vote. For every voter a ticket will be deposited in a sealed box, and when the competition closes somebody will be asked to pick a ticket, and the lucky one will then be given a box of Neilson's best, valued at $2.50. Just Arrived Another Shipment of Home-made Candies ----000---- TRY -- PECAN ROLL, Ib ....... $1.00 Special, cu, vi liaise, .80 COCO PECO, 1b. ......... .50 "PEANUT BRITTLE, b:. .zo Toasted Mashmallows...... .30 -Ass't FRUIT DROPS ©.... 50 . Butter Scotch WAFERS ... .50 60 HOREHOUND Squares Agent for:-- NEILSON'S CHOCOLATES KODAKS & BROWNIES SPECIAL FOR WEEK-END ONLY { Eskimo Pies, 6 for ...._._. 25 BIST RR iin Gough's Confectionery 5c. 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