cp 8E Jid¥. Ee eat Sold Dates SEN EO of Ny Neetings / = OXDRIFT CLUB meets on the FIRST FRIDAY of the month in the Schoclhouse at 8 pan. WwW. W. HOWELL, i ¥ Secretary ! IT IS HARD TO CARRY complete line of all kinds of hard- WAINWRIGHT CLUB meets ware, but we manage to do it all the in the School at 8 p.m. the first time. So when you want anything in Saturday of each month. hardware, whether it be a few nails, { R. D. COATES, | a couple of hinges, a lock or a tool, ! sommes a S come here, feeling greeny, what vou want right in quality and Cr right in price. EAGLE RIVER CLUB meets gacond Satirdav of each month, at! 22% ALEX TURNER {i iA Secy. Sid. AL WALDHOF ci uB meets First aU LER _glippt re Saturday of every month in the Schoolhouse, at 8 o'clock E GRE Secretary. ricture 1] wakiitobe tei fardwall aud Wand Framing ac -------- WABIGOON CLUB mects fipat; Saturday of every month, at 8 p. m.. in the Schoolroom. VICTOR NORDRUM, Secy. BEDPWORTH CLUB meets the last Saturday of every month at [ANDERSON g HARRIS -- BolT TRE ¢ GABOR BURP GTOIPHINE TRIST & CHARLEBOIS 2a » 8 pm. Visitors from fraternal 3 > clubs are heartily welcome. & ¢ © W.F BICKNELL, i} Hrvdes Livery, Transfer » Secr:tary. o rr 's and 4h VAN HORNE CLUB meets. Bychanee 3 every third Saturday in the Town- LANBENG 3 ship Hall, Dryden, at 8 p.m. 3 Vi i : CHAS. NORGATE, 1} Novesetnr/ ll rar. 4 Secy. 2 Die 3 DEM [ Lo G i oT ped Hedley GBB J Sey Bg GLENGOLAND Farmers' Club meets ST 3 ATL : the Second FRIDAY in the month, at kb, Ak. LA 4 IONE GEE, 8 o'clock p.m. <li - Mrs H. MARTIN, ny Dryden P.O. : Secretary. opvey ancer, C. DRYDEN QE ---- rm Cleanliness Courtesy Quality EAGLE RIVER BUTCH and General Siore ] a sayy por tour of WA Pam We carry [ul lin Tresii Groceries or the highest quality, also Flour and Feed 1 "1 mary Ps We can supply everything in Hardware The Store that gives the bzst quality for your money 'A. MILLINGS, Prop. i /n hese Kequre Piantiny | Types ot bielons Require rm ime. Different Ditferen: Handling -- How to Grow Cucombers and Sguash--- Raising Rhubarb. (Contributed by Ontario Department ot Agricultare, Teronto.) Mealons are in the class ol vege- tabies which require a warm temper- atture for their growth. The length of time that they require to mature any guantity of fruit is fonger than our period of fresdom from frost For this reason we geneglly stan the seed in a hotbed and give it at least one transplanting before setting in the field. There are two methods of growing melons: one which is used with the small or Rocky Ford type of melons, the other for the large | Montreal. The young plants started the same way in either case. ! | The seed should be started about the 1st-15th May in small of © tineh of san ! into the frul : more rapidl with loose wmeilow loam; place the geed on this and cover with 4 of an d. with sufficient have outgrown perature of 75 deg. water. When they We planted to h-inch pots. We grow two nlants of Rocky Ford melons in a pot, but only one of the Montreal type. For the small Jadans we generally plant "them hills four feet apart. We dig out a hole RL each place, fill it nearly to the top with fresh borse manure prepared as if for a Bolted, hen cover al [3 i soil in tt fter ea have set it is well to! ands of the growing torces ali of the food , and makes them grow The melons should be on board or berry box to them off the earth, and turned frequently to make them ripen more evenly. or four melons pip off the shoots. This y. ed a sure you will find | " musi ee carefully aired. the gl ig left off entirely during the & Hut held close at hand to S Be i ed if: a The plants ¥ The seed of the Montreal melons is started between the first and mid- dle of April and the plants are shifted to lar pols as they require. About the - of May we dig out a fur- w pn i8 ST the Fy This we al near- vith manure, prepared 7 is to he, 8 for a hot-beg., cover wi of soil and cover over with frames and sash. The plants are got the row. them until Each day, in these about cvery two feet in These frames are kept over 211 danger of frost is past if the weather is fit, they After a time very nacessary to rh wowth. Melens and cucum- e sald not be grown close 1hers are generally planted lis thee feet apart. Some of the Br is dug out, the hole filled with wolf] rotted manure, three or four' inches of soil are placed over the ma- nure., and the seed planted on tke south side. The seed may be planted' in many sections by May 25th, as danger of freezing will, in most sea- Sons be over-'before it is up. Plant 2-10 seeds ip a, hill and thin the pla nts down' tolthiee after danger from cucumbpér:bectle is over. We may start soma" seed in pots as we did ay meldngfand transplant them oo the Bold™hfter danger of frost if we care to spend the time we may (rim the plants as is done in the greenhouse. This is very simple, once the fruiting habit of the cucum- ber is understood. The cucumber has {ts male and female parts in separate blgssoms, the male fowers being borne much more freely. Female flowers ars, generally borne in the lewf joints near the end of the main stem or in the first leaf joint of the side shoots. The leaf joints nearest them bear clusters of male flower. if we nip off the end of the shoot just past these male flowers, at the | leaf joints new side shoot will appear bearing cucumbers. Continuous trimming, if carefully done, will prp- duce many more cucumbers and less Jyine. [5] 3 pa R SHOP { The third Squash seed ig planted in the same way as cucumber. We must, how- ever, give are space between hills on account of their stronger growth.' Six faet will be sufficient. We seldom trim squash. But if we wish larger specimens it idiwell to stop all growth 3 i siter a few = Raising Rhubarb. The easiest way to start a rhubarb hed is to buy roots, and if they are too large, to split in sections with a gpade, being sure that each section has a bud in it. These are then plant ed three feet apart in the row with the bud just below the surface of the ground. The ground should be in good condition before planting. This is best done in the spring. If the plant grows well this first summer, we may make a few small pullings the second season, but not before. season you can pull as of- ten as required as long as you do not completely strip the plant. The plants i are | : Keep them at a tem-: thizg small pot they should be trans- should be well manured each fall; with well-rotted manure, and in the! apring thig is worked into the soil. Ii the roots, after a few years, begin to throw up many seed stalks, they: should be lifted, split in sections and ; repianted. You can, brag about your garden all winter if you have your canned evidence on the dinner table. Really there is nothing to canning fruit and vegetables except care, cleanliness, fresh products, jars and J CNSR SE "erals won 27. ALEXANDER THE GREAT Began Career as Broncho-Buste: Among the famous generals of all time, Alexander the Great, will always! have a place near the top oi the list. His wide conquests and the pity of his! early death gave rise to all kinds of leglends about him, so that it is hard to pick out the truth from fiction. One! rageous story of his bold and cou youth, a story wilch we should like to believe, ought to be of special in- terest to readers in Western Canada. According to this narrative, Alex- ander seems to have achieved one of his first successes as a kronche-Luster. | Une day a racher from toe ico. : Louvre' country of 'thessaly came vo of Alexander's father, ¥hilip oi Iuace- don, and iried to scil him a pony, the i name of which was Bonienhaa ihe | literal meaning of this word is "bull's head" and refers to the mark w.th which the Thessalian broncho was branded. = King Philip Trica y tw buy i Boukephalus, but, being a wise iuan, Fondren some of his ais oiiicers Pots to give the pony a {ry-out. He soon dlled within 34 of an inch of the top! discovered that the horse wus very savage, that it kicked, bucked, reared, and changed .ends with itself w.th as vigorous, rap.d-iire action as the worst equine outlaw on any Alberta ranch today. When several expert riders had been thrown, Philip with a ' gesture of disgust, ordered the Thes- salian rancher to take his unmanag-, voung Alex-: able hors away. 'ithen ander spose up in a guet, mwalier-oL fuct voice. "This horse," he 2h) could manage better than anyone clse" So he bot his roya the price of the broncho, that he could reduce the animal to subjection, While others were laughing and! settling the terms of the wager, Alex- ander grabbed Boukephalus by the bridle, and turned his head to the sun, for he had noticed that the horse's shadow dancing befor his eyes had aid aid, rt] al father greatly increased the unruly beast's| natural nervousness. Prince lightly leaped upon the broncho's back. While King Philip stood watching the contest withanxious eyes, Alexander showed the outlaw that he was master, that he could not be unseated by any kind of trick. After a few minutes ci animated debale, he hit Boukephalus over the head in ap- proved Soy style, spurred him in- to a gallop, and before long came back exulting in his success. It is said that Philip actually wept for joy, he was so proud oi his brouncho-Lusting son. When Alexander dismounted, Philip fell upon his neck and kisced him and said, "My son, seek a kingdom worthy for yourself, will not hold. youl" Whether he had cheris! Then the young for Macedonia d the am- Hr . | bition before this or not, Aone took his father at his word, when at the age of twenty he suc- cegded to the throne, began his world-wide carcer of conquest by Icading an army against Thebes. Scon "Greece owned his sway and he ad- vanced as a conquering hevo through the East. Alexander was the first of a long line of generals to loot the cities and kingdoms of Asia. = ie pro- ceeded in his conquests as far as the river Ganges, and wherever he wen! captured great heaps of gold and sil- ver and every imaginable kind of booty. . And after every victory over Darius, or any other unlucky orienta king, there was always a sound of revelry by night in the Greek camp. Alexander lived for two things, hard figthing and hard drinking. He wounded many times in desperate fights, but he died in Babylon at the age of 33, of a fever brought on by a "prolonged drinking bout. ULTS PROGRESSIVES RES The Progressives are a new party who have had less than three years tc explain themselves to the Canadia- community. This three-year-old party made the following "poor showing" at the Dominion elections. In Ontario they won 28 seats. The Liberals won 22 seats. The Regina Leader is a Liberal Newspaper. In Manitoba the Progressives won 12 seats. © The Liberals won 1 seat. In Saskatchewan the Progressives won 15 seats. The Liberals 1 seat The people of Saskatchewan, further, had the benefit of the Leader's giu- dance throughout the campaign. In Alberta the Progressives won 9 seats, and may have won more. The Liberals up to date have won no seats. In British Columbia the Progressives: won three seats. three. In the province named above the Progressives won 62 seats. \ The Lib- As the fact appears from the election returns, about the The Liberals won i only way the Progressives could have won a few more seats than they did win, would have been by passing a re- distribution bill before the election, and giving them a few more seats to t contest. { and UNEMPLOYMENT, INSURANCE, CREDIT EXTENSION, LIQUCR, CONTROL, NEW ACTS PROPUSKD | FOR ONTARIO Two Quarts per Month Proposed As | Allowance For Householders under Plan Examined at Government Caucus Hamilton, Ont., Jan. 17--New en- actments that will be proposed at the forthcoming session of the Outario legislature and which will be cons.d- ered in caucus of government n.em- bers include, it was said last provision for a modified form of employment NEO the rural credits act, and of a new system of gove trol of liquor that is more restrict than either of the systems now force in British Columbia bee. Outlining the proposed change that will be asked for as regard go.cril- ment control of liquor. Wilson A. Crockett, M.L.A., for Scuth \/ent- worth, stated that the proposal calls for the issuing of yearly permifs to householders only. Each permit wil contain 24 quarts coupons, two for each month in the year. - Cne wil good from the first to he {iftce day, and the second from night, un- 1 ive in and Que- the teenth to the final day of cack Only bond fide householders whose status has already been defined by statute will be allowed such permits, and a nominal fee of $2 per year will be charged for the privilage: All others save householders wo be obliged under the proposed sy i sm ' to secure a prescription from a gu fied psysician before being able {0 ob- tain liquor from a government dis- _pensary. | CLERGY OF CAPE BRETTON TAREE HAND IN INDUSTRIAL PROBLERS Sydney, N.S.. Dec. 22. -- eon they declare that the "golden rule" i not being applied to local industy problems, Cape Breton clergyinen a body are for the first time in many years taking a positive po connection with mine labor At a meeting Wednesday of isteral Alliance of Glace Bay, was attended also by protes clergymen from all the mining dis riets, a resolution was passed unani mously, stating that the men have a right to the full confidence of te British Empire Steel corp 1 any re-arrangement in prices ol where that is necessary anc sicelemenis of all dis and conditions of all pa should be laid upon the tap) i consideration and scrutiny o ties concerned. the I Win AS GOLD Wiki was by no means 2g from the point of view of th many other matals. Co great demand and at a p high price; nickel, tungsten, p! : especially, were bled for, and sufficient to meet ; could rot be produced in value, while, sey SC the y for Cana paid in United States funds Ottawa mint, gold is at a premium. MRS PANKHURST MOVING HER HOME TO TORONTO Toronto, Jan. 17.--Mrs Enuneline Pankhurst, the well known suffragette in Toronto and will move her "family" of war babies from Victoria, B. C.; to Toronto very hortly. She is daily speeches here on questions of social hygieue. oiving HON announces that she has taken a house' LUXURY-LOVING HAPSBURG - NOW DINE ON HAMBURG Geneva, Jan. 17.--Scattered through out Europe, the members of the once proud house of Haspburg are all live ing in relatively poor circumstances, some of them in poverty. Ex-Emperor Charles and Ex-Empress Zita, who were sent to Funchal, Ma- deira, as "guests" of the allies, are SUP plementing their allowance by the sale of some of the family jewels. - Avchdukes Eugene and' Ferdinand have Leen permitted by the Swiss government to reamain at Lucerne, it being found after an inquiry that they had nothing to do with Charles' ill- fated attempt at restoration. Archduke Max and Frederic are living with Archduchess Josepha in Bavaria, Al- breeht resides with his mother, Isabel- la at Budapest; Leopold Salvator is staying at a villa near Barcelona; Jo- seph and Henry Ferdinand have sett- led down in the imperial hunting lodge ot Salzburg, and Archduchess Maria lives alone in the Chateau Valuz in Lichenstein. Some of them have at- tempted to fatten their income by working, but with more or less in- different success. Literature in the form of "memories" from various members of teh family has been pre- sented to editors, but none of them has shown great enthusiasm to pub- lish the books. "PUSSYFOOT" IN INDIA When Mr "Pussyfoot" Johnson landed in Bombay the temperature was eight- four in the shade, which in any ordin- ary climate would be equivalent toa hundred degrees, says the London Pregs. "Do you not think you will be thirsty," asked a Press representative when "Pussyfoot" arrived. "My thirst never troubles me," said "Pussyfoot" with a laugh. "I am in) to temperatures of one hun- dred and renty Sop and I can «7 Yur come as is teach, and lize dhe a of making Ind 5 'dry' within ten weeks. I have nothing to do with politics, and merely intended to explain what has = been done in America." IMMIGRATION POLICY of the greatest problems the nment should face with all i can command, is the pro- of a suitable immigration icy for Canada. The Canadian west | suffers, and will suffer for many years | to come, by reason of the fact that central European nationalties have located in huge blecks of pop~ tion and are not being sufficiently need to Canadianize them as rap- iH as a good policy should require. Tn the prairie provinces, the schools re not kept open, as a rule, more than bout six months in the year, the con- ce being that the second teacher that the children have has to begin a- 1t where the first teacher began in the process of their education. Anether , trouble is that nationalist leaders ' spring up amongst them, and have a large influence owing to the dense con- ditions in which they are located. or SCOTS GUARDS BAND SAILS London, Jan. 17.--The Ccots Guards Band sails for Canada on April 22nd. The band will give concerts through- out the Dominion on behalf of the war veterans. that always reliable [1 oi 5 o. [aud = oD oi D wm ct Ons set Double Harness, in good pi ae 8 AS 3 The Old NM: Biers: "J AA sev Harris Stana S. b. BLACK, Agent.