The ryden Observer VOLUME VIL DRYDEN, Ontario November 25th, 1925 XXIII, Harness Yes, we have a Good Stock on Hand, Breast Collar and Collar Harness, and plenty of Collars, All Sizes. R.A R.G.A.I.N.S in HOCKEY BOOTS! We are clearing out of this Line, so we have all our Skating and Hockey Boots at Snap Prices. Men's, Women's, Boys' Misses' --and Youths'. ~ Dor't Miss this chance o a Snap! -- @® 12]10]25 a H WILLARD'S CASH STORE BOOTS & SHOE REPAIRER and HARNESS STORE AU Durance Bros. Garage Phone 41, DRYDEN CE. MNADON, First Class Jeweller and Watch Maker EXPERT REPAIRS. Send your Clocks and Watches by Start Something daughter Lizzie, paid a visit to Dryden Monday. Mrz L. M. Beath, Sioux Lookout, was the guest of her parents, Mr and Mrs A. M. Taylor, for a few days. Matt Waksdal arrived in Dryden on Tuesday, and is busy making the circle of all the homes in town. Rev, Mr Smith from Ignace was a visitor to Dryden Saturday. P. A. Hutter, Waldhof, spent a day here this week. Major Cooke, K.C., came down from Kenora Saturday, to attend Court here the same day. Mrs D. Frejd, Kenora, spent a few days in Dryden this week. Scotty Proctor made the long jour- ney from Dinorwic to Dryden Wednes- day. Tuesday after spending a few days in Winnipeg. Mayor Pitt visited Winnipeg and Kenora during the week. F. T. Brignall, Oxdrift, has been on a cattle-buying trip to Winnipeg and other points west this week. Rev. S. N. Dixon left for his new field in Moose Jaw yesterday. ment board, Fort William, was visiting Dryden district the last few days. Mrs Anderson returned to Wnnipeg on Monday with her daughter Margar- Peitch accompanied her, and also little May Dempster, who will undergo an operation at the same hospital. The Schrieber ladies bowling team have accepted an invitation to play the Otto Kellberg, with his son Hans and } Mr and Mrs J. S. Wilson returned Ti. A. Westran of the soldiers' settle- ; et, whe has to undergo further treat- ment at the Children's Hospital. Mrs) Ignace ladies' team on Saturday, the Mail Order. 5th December. PIPE FERULE GRAMOPHONE REPAIRS. Quick Service Guaranteed. o For Sale rn HOUSES, TOWN LOTS | & FARMS FOR SALE IT IS FAR BETTER TO HAVE INSURANCE & NOT NEED IT, THAN TO ~ NEED IT & NOT HAVE IT A J LOCK --Real Estate and Insurance.-- Issuer of Hunting and Trapping Licences, Office Phone, No. 20 HOUSEKEEPER WANTED ON. Mrs Chas. Merrill and Mrs Archie Wright, Wabigoon, were among those who visited town on Thursday. _ Claude Holland, who has spent the . week in Dryden, left for Fort William on Wednesday night. MILL--Whiting 524; Dickson 503; Beddome 580; Humphreys 366; Nich- olson 407.--2380. in the Bowling match The Mill vs. the Town last night, Beddome 'topped | the 200 mark twice in the three games. ' Bailey unfortunately had on new slip- pers, which caused him to slip so badly in the game as well as in his score that it probably cost the Town team the victory. On such small things the fate of towns and empires hang! TOWN----Railey 408; Payne 377; Hardie 472; Morison 501; Keatley 438. WALDHOF.--The meeting in the Community Hall here, to re-organize the settlers met with moderate success. Mr Brignall gave a very instructive : talk about the shipping of livestock. He aiso explained what the Farmers' organization is doing for the farmers, and he thinks we are in duty bound to 1 Farm near Town. To take charge of support the movement. house-work and be company for aged; Mrs Tuckey also spoke, and placed Mother. Two to cook for. jection to widow with children. Apply te CHAS LANE, Dryden, Ont. No ob- the need of farm women organization { in the limelight. She told of her ex- t how we all could derive many benefits from joining the movement. In any . case the women should not leavt it to HOUSE-KEEPER WANTED FOR the men only to do the battling, but be working man. State age, salary, and quite other particulars. 'Address applications to "Housekeeper," elo GG. MUNRO, Chase Paik, Dryden. BULLSEYE sound protection when you obtain Flire or other INSURANCE Represented by J. E. GIBSON, Agent, Dryden willing to do part of the fighting too. vote of thanks to the two speakers, 76 { people put their names down and pro- mised to do something to start the ball rolling again. DON'T WONDER what became 5 See for yourself at the eR Colleen Moore and Lloyd Hughes i wn Sally" One of her very best COMEDIES at Strand Theatre, Monday & Tuesday. i i After the meeting had tendered a'iis used for belting, washers, and often' Convention at Dryden KENORA, Nov. 25th-- At a meeting of the executive of the District Conservative Association held here last night in the Council Chamber, it was decided to hold a Convention at Dryden on gth of December, for the purpose of selecting a candidate to contest the riding at the election to fill the vacancy in the Legislature. Al- has not yet decided as to the date on which they will hold the seve- ral by-elections, the executive felt that it would be desirable to have afandidate in the field. Members of the executive were present from Dryden, Keewatin, Sioux Lockout and Kerjynora. Dryden District to Appoint Delegates. The officers of Dryden Branch of the Conservative Association request a general meeting of all in this district who are interested in the selection of a Conservative "candidate, to be held in the Town ' Hall, Dryden, on the evening of Wedesday, December 2nd, at 8.00 o'clock. Business--To appoint delegates i vention, to be held at Dryden on i the oth of December next. Bedworth Pupil Contest Winner BEDWORTH steps splendidly to the front with the prize Essay on Leather, in response to the five dollars offered by Mr Willard oper~qt any boy or girl attending public school in the district. Among many excellent essays submitted the one published here is outstandingly the best in 'the unanimous opinion of the judges, Rev. E. G. Paxter, Revi H. A. Rivers, Mr M. F. Cook and J. W. Collison. Reasons for the decision were: The essay covers all the essential points in an interesting manner; the essayist sticks to the theme, not wasting description on the origin or manufacture of leather (which was the chief fault of most entries), and describes only its USES in a civilized community. The Prize will be presented in Bedworth School next Monday. 3 "Leather and Its Uses in a Civilized + Community." Leather is one of the oldest and most | useful of all products. It has long been ' used for many purposes, both useful and ornamental. b Leather is made from the skins of animals. The hair is taken off and the hide tanned. in various ways for its different uses. In a civilized community leather can be said to be indispensable. No one of | perience as a delegate to Toronto and , today is fully dressed without some | | leather about his or her person, in the, shape of shoes, gloves, pocket-books, and hand-bags. On the farm leathery is required for harness and other things that need to be pliable and long wearing. In mechanical engineering it for fillings. Leather is also waterproof, i thus it can be and is used for waterj carrying, boats and ships; but this use ( RR § | has largely been replaced by canvas. Leather plays a great part in cold countries, as clothing. It is one of the; warmest, most wind-proof materials obtainable. In travelling, leather is used for suit cases, straps and trunks. In every trade leather plays its part, and even in sports, for balls, mitts gloves and body guards. Leather is; ¥ mostly uesd for boots, harness, gloves, mitts, and articles requiring strong | obtained. In many homes leather is used on furniture and in ornamenting. Queen; ath of Queen A Meeting of the Farmers in the Alexandra Municipality of Van Horne will LONDON, Nov. 21--All Great Britain be lield in the Township Hall, on steed with bowed heads, mourning the Saturday, December 5th, at 8.00 passing of the beloved Dowager Queen pn, for the purpose of organizing Alexandra. The flags flew at half a branch of the U.F.O. ; mast and many buildings were drapp- Will all those interested in the ed in black. Farmers to Meet De though the Ontario Government betterment of agricultural condi-, tions of the district make a special effort to attend if possible. : The chair will be taken by Mr' FF. T. Brignall of Oxdrift, U.F.O. Director. The intention is to or-, ganize strictly on non-political] , lines. a factor which has undoubt-* "edly been responsible -- to some' i Sides will be chosen who are present. to represent the Dryden district at the District Conservative Con- La 'non-success of the movement. . YOUNG PEOPLE'S _ with the character a . the road may be open for extent at least in the past--for the WM. MOORHOUSE. CLUB. The regular meeting of the. Young People's Club will be held on Thursday, Decmber 3rd 1925.1 at cight p.m. in the basement of the Union Church. The main part of the program' will be a Geographical Match.' from those Everyone will take a part. Everybody welcome. Come and enjoy an evening's pleasure. PLEASED WITH WORK ON HIGHWAY. r W. H. Hunt of Selkirk, district; engineer for eastern Manitoba, was in! Kenora last week, says "The Kenora Examiner," and made a trip of inspec- tion over the completed portion of the Ontario end of the highway to Mani- toba in company with Mr G. A. Crane, district engineer for Ontario. He was] very well satisfied with the road, and was convinced that Ontario was not Death came to Queen Alexandra late Friday afternoon, in = Sandringham Palace, while her son, King George, and Queen Mary and various members of the royal household stood with tear- bedimmed eyes at the bedside. The Prince of Wales always was her favorite grandson. He had fate, in the nature of atheavy fog, against: him as he travelled from London to Sandringham, and did not reach the palace in time to bid his grand- mother farewell. Attacked by heart disease Thursday, the aged queen-mother--she would have been 81 years old in a few days : --sank rapidly, and death intervened as twilight was coming on. When the announcement was made at Sandringham that Alexandra was dead, the little crowd that had gathered outside the gates, all of whom knew her, silently bared their heads and sadly wended their way home- ward. In London, from 8 to 9 o'clock the big bell in St. Paul's tolled out son- orously the tale of the passing of a member of Great Britian's royal family. It is only when a member of royalty dies that the clang of the bell in St. Paul's awakens the sleep- j "losers will give a social evening to the ing belfry. An indication of the popular affec- tion existing for Alexandra is the fact that the Laborite { kings and queens from foreign , evening, dra in walking to church. Without ceremony the coffin was deposited in front of the altar, and was covered with the Queen Mother's own standard as pall, with a few family wreaths disposed around crepe hang- ings and candles. The funeral service held later we : attended by Xing George and Que Mary, the Prince of Wales and other royalties, and most of the regular con- gregation. The King himself walked to the church, and carried their majes- ties' joint wreath. King George has approved of tha arrangement whereby the court geo: into mourning for three months, the first two months full mourning and the remaining month half mourning. Many Kings to attend. LONDON, Nov. 23--At least i= tries will attend the funeral of Queen Alexandra on Friday. The Begum of Bhopal, India's cnly reigning Princess, who is visitng in England, will alse be present. : ~ Will Hold Social Eve:ir The Baptist Young People concluded theie six weeks' contest last Mond evening, with a large attendance. A good programme was presented by the "Reds" including several musical num- bers. At the end of the program the points were totalled, and a victory for the "Purples" by the small margin of three points was announced. The totals were--Purples, 1873; Reds, 1370. As arranged early in the contest, the victors. This will be held next Monday organ, the' Herald, which usually ignores royal | happenings or prints an inch concern- ing them when other newspapers print | 'a column, devotes two columns to the to call parliument by December 10 said Still Figuring CTTAWA, Nov. 25--We still kepe bluffing but was very much in earnest ; death of the Queen-Mother, and also Premier Mackenzie King tonight, at regarding the road, which is now com- pleted to within fifteen miles of the Manitoba boundary. He was pleased 5 no doubt so report. vb Mr Hunt has jus cognaissance work: 'ofi-the portion of : the road in Manitoba, and is convinced that the work of construction will not be az difficult as the Ontario section. As our end of the highway will be completed next year, itis to be hoped that the Manitoba department will get busy a once and build is portion so that traffic by next fall or earlier. We are paying 27. the followi M f.ob 38¢. COMPANY, TMAS SHOPPING AT HOME Would'nt you really enjoy selectin Christmas gifts for your relatives an friends in the comfort and quiet of that eozy rocker in your own home? CHRIS Alexandra of England is noted for her leather engraving, ture frames and holders. , binding pleasing. Burnt leather is the native way of decorating leather. In fact, from every side of the ques- tion, it would be hard to find any one day requirements. --EDNA TAYLOR. R. BE. McGRADE, teacher, i No. 2 Zealand, table centres, pic- | For book- : leather of different kinds is | "extensively used, and the effect is very | material to take the place of leather,' for it is an absolute necessity for every | Would'nt it be splendid if you could take as long a while as you wished to cecide which gifts to give those near and dear to you? Then too, suppose that an intelli- gent, courteous clerk waited on you. Gave you his undivided attention, suggested appropriate gifts for those whom you wish to remember? it sounds almost too good to be true, yet there is just such a way to shop tor Christmas. It is known as the Fuller way. A Fuller Man comes to your home to give you his personal With a Kind Heart." SANDRINGHAM, Nov. 23rd--With ceremonies almost as simple as would Queen Mother Alexandra's body in a coffin cut from oak on the royal estate 'a cordial editorial headed: "A Woman the close of a long Cabinet councii. | The Prime Minister intimated that a definite announcement on the subject probably would be forth-coming on Monday next, so that the usual ten " days' notice of the opening of parlie- "ment could be given to the members- by estate carpenters was borne early this morning on a wheeled bier by the Household servants to Sandringham Church. was followed by Princess Vic- toria, and Princess Marie of Greece. Ths vy cortege moved along the private path so often used by Alexan- raul [8 elect. After a final consultation with the chief Electoral Officer, the Government will then decide if there is a reasonable likelihood of all writs being returned by the tenth. The Premier suggested that if here remain- ed only one or two writs unreturned on the date decided upon. Christmas Suggestions wm 106 Dryden Pharmacy Gifts that are Sure to please. ARIOLA GIFT BOX-- A Guay Little Cabinet, enshrines a Watch-case compact, and a vial of Perfume on a back-ground of Shot Silk. RRS XX X XX ROSEBUD POWDER PUFF-- 'Embodying a Lovely Puff, in a colored silk pouch, decorated with 2 very dainty 10sebud--85 & $1.25 : XX XxX X DJER-KISS TOILETRIES-- A. Case Comprised of a Complete assortment of Toilet Accessories, CRCRCEREY | tastefully arranged X X X X LOVELY BUTTER DISH-- The Latest Style from Overseas, quite an odd shape, with opaque glass insert--a Knife as well, of COUIERE i hams armies S128 XX X X JAPANESE ROSE VASES-- For 2 single Rosebud, wherein ~ oS beauty can alone be found. Either glass or pottery .......... $1.50 % XX xX ¥ CAKE CUTTERS-- In Animal Shape, a Necessity in | preparing kiddies parties-- $1.00 attention. You will certainly be de- lighted with the variety of splendid Christmas gifts he shows you while you "shop at home". MATH. WAKSDAL, Dryden eas 1 ot rE E DRYDE bo : Bedworth, Ont. Parker Pens & Pencils for all For Him, For Fer For the Childven, PIPE CASES-- 'An 1deal Gift of Two Briar Pipes in a tasteful case. Would surely please most men ......... £3.00 PE XN A KODAK-- For Example, the 1-A Pocket, series 2, with a dramatic shutter would be a cherished companion $26.90 XXX. X BROWNIES-- Absolutely wonderful in its sim plicity and reliability. Severc! sizes cove. $1.50 and up XX XXX GIRLIES PURSE-- Made From Suede Leather, very dainty and will hold both money and hankies . X X X CIGARETTE CASES-- Both in Metal and Leather, highly appreciated by smokers. XX X X PERFUMES-- In Iovely: Boxes, are Sure to be in the best of taste, and will readily find a place on Milady's Dresser. ses sss sree ose xX oman HARMACY