THE DRYDEN OBSERVER The Busy Store January Sale :-- ; Mackinaw Coats, leather lined, $18.58 for commie _ $15.50 ¢ Mackinaw Coats, leather lined, i BO Tor wn 12.00 n's Mackinaw Coats, fur collar $14.75 for omc mmmimwe msm memes 12:00 s Mackinaw Coats, plan collar, $10.7: 75 for -- 8.50 5 Mackinaw Coats, plan collar, $13.50 for 11.00 ; Mackinaw Coats, plan collar, $12.59 for 10.50 Une eo Pulp Mill Scaler Mackinaw Coat, Pencil, Rule and Book Pockets, aiso full pack sack back, $9.75 £07: ivr iii min iio mete meres AE) Lion's all wool Underwear (Hewston Brandy $1.95 for omens - 1.69 One only, Ifan's Leather Vest, leather sleeves, $8.75 fOr om vimememiees 7.50 'Lhree pair men's heavy felt socks $2.50 for __.. 2.00 Men's Heavy All-felt Boots --_..-- 3.10 Men's Buckskin: Moecasing, .0-Im- B0PS. oe irom vine irri imbiomrstommivememens SDD Men's Horsehide Moccasins, 9-in. tops. _ o_o 2.50 Men's Heavy Pullover Sweaters -- eo coved owe. 8.00, 8.90, 4.50 5:50 Men's Heavy Sweater Coats cle ee... Men's Heavy Jumbo Knit Sweater Coats -- ccc. 36:50, $7:50, 9.50 Cue, Man's White Pullover Sweater, £5:75 ior i 4.50 One Vhite Pullover, Jumbo Kn't Sweater, $9:75 for wove 8.50 One, White Coat Sweater, Jumbo Knit, $6:75 for __..... 5.50 A few Men's Mackinaw Breeches, lace knee, $5:75 for -- eee. 4.99 Boy's Pullover Sweaters, reg. $3.75 for _ cain 2.90 Boy' Heavy Coat Sweaters, reg $3:75 for 2 . 2:90 A few Boy's Ladies' and Mens Hockey Hose, fancy band, going at ----.--per pair .50, .60, .75, .90 and 1:40 Six different colored Velveteen, reg. $1.25 per yard, for mms 85 Cne Piece, Light Green Dress Flannel, 54-in wide for meme inen 2.10 yar d Special on Corticilli Fingering Yarns, 4.ply--- Y4-1b skeins, colors: White, Black, Green Red Heather, Brown, ty regular, 50c., January Sale _.. A 38c. skein Men's all-Wool Scarfs, and Silk & Wool Scarfs, ten per cent discount. Three months more winter, and you cannot make a mistake buying any of these winter goods this month. Also Cleaving prices on all Children's and Ladies Felt Shoes and Slippers. Royal Hougehold Flour, 98-& .....c im mimmmmmm mine mm---- 54.08 Brom, per 100-108 i fee merece s 1.40 Shorts, per 100-ibs Sh} - 1.50 Feed Oats, 3-bus sacks __._.. i 100 e Always Fre Our Groceries ar esh and Prices Reasonable. "PRIMROSE" CREAM SEPARATORS Easy to Buy Easy to Turn Pays for Itself Don't waste the Cream with that Old, Worn-out Separator Get it all with our NEW "PRIMROSE Made In Four Different Sizes. LITERATURE AND PRICES ON APPLICATION em ase J. 8. CORNER, Oxdrift, Ont, Agent for -- INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY of Canada Ltd. BA iti rides Lumber Company Successors to Anderson & Harris. BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS FULL STOCK OF LUMBER, SASH & DOORS SHINGLES, WOOD FIBRE RICK :(-LIMZ AND CEMENT Csticrinies Freely Liven not allow glowing accounts of what The Prospective Beekeeper {Xxperimental Farm Notes.) The prospective beekeeper should give careful consideration to present- day conditions and requirements of the beekeeping industry. He should com- pare it with other callings and should other beekeepers have done to unduly influence his decision in the matter, If ambitious to bcome a large oi small beekeeper, let him consider first of all marketing conditions. If he lives in one of the older provinces, where beekeeping is considerably developed. he sould bear in mind that the large amount of honey produced demands marketing through a sales organiza tion. For the provinces where bhee- keeping is yet young, local markets may be secured. Beekeeping may be said to sonsist of production and marketing--the lat- ter to a large extent governs the former. The first consideration in production iz to gain experience; this may be ob- with a commercial may be acquired, more slowly, by keep- ing one or two colonies, which is the learn that all cperations must be done tained by working for a season or two, beekeeper or it , maximum advised for any beginner to start with--None but modern equip- "ment is recommended. While gaining experience, he will at the proper time, that slip-shod methods will not do, and he will also have an opporunity of deciding, hefore investing his money, whether or not he likes the work. Much money has been wasted by over-anxious, inexperienced beginners imbued with the idea that beekeeping' was an easy quickly. Having decided on taking up the work, he will de well to conform to the way of getting rich Famous British Naval Feat tn ~ Reproduced dock x ox The British Naval raid on Zeebrugge the glorious exploit of the British Navy on St. George's Day, 1918, and the success of which turned the tide on the western front, has been produced in: moving pictures in a most wonder- ful way. § The whole story is thrilling from start to finish, permeated with that: British spirit that won the war, The! story of Zeebrugge was reproduced inder the guidance of the officers of che British Admiralty, surviving offi- cers and marines, who actually took part in the heroic raid, going through their acts again, but this time before the camera. undertaken to put "Zeebrugge" on the scree may be gained when it is known that it cost $2,500,000 to reproduce, and then the Admiralt loaned the ships, etc., so that the British people may get the historic value of the raid, The whole action at Zeebrugge is accurate in everyy detail, the soldiers on the deck being real soldiers, and the mkose screen being supplied by Alan Brock, of Brock's Fireworks, the brother of the wing commander who lost his life gloriously during the fight- ing on the Mole, ' The picture was first shown at the Marble Arch Pavalion, London, Eng., where their Majesties the King and Queen witnessed it, and incidentally saw their first moving picture. --a Classified ied beekeepers' etiquette, the Golden rule, already crowded district. And let him remember that his duty to his neighh- our as well as to himself is the wage of incessant war on disease should it attack his colonies. Special SUIT Value Prices from $22.50 to $34.50 A" REDUCTION OF FROM $5.00 to $15.00 on every one FORTY-EIGHT PATTERNS to choose from. MADE-TO-MEASURE in Ten Days Time T. PROUDFOOT 'The hind Tailors » SNS First Class SHOE REPAIRING NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND There is nothing so comortable as an OLD PAIR OF BOOTS 'T can make them look as good as mew Don't throw away your Shoes just because you think they are too far gone. Let me have a look at them, and I will estimate the cost to repair them. I am sure you will be satisfied, and will also save money while getting a foot comfort that no new Boot eam give. Rebuilding Soles & Heels a Speciality CHILDRENS BOOTS REPAIRED After School Hours No. 4, GREENHILL DUKE STREET L. TICKETS, NOW AVAILABLE VANCOUVER - VICTORIA NEW WESTMINSTER Tickets on Sale January 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 February 4 aiid 9 Return Limit April 15, 1926 THIS WAY YOU SEE BANFF of Winter Sports The Home which is to abstain from locating in an FOR SALE: --BLACK MARE, 37 years, 1200-1bs.--Apply to A, L. WICE, Dryden age FOUR-ROOMED HOUSE, with base- ment, Lot 123, N. Princess St--Apply Wm McMILLAN, Dryden. For Sale--5-roomed HOUSE in Scott Sub-division, built last year, finished inside with B. C. Fir, cellar dug, but not finished; 8-10 of an acre of excel- lent garden land; can be had for half cash. For price and terms see A. J. LOCK, Dryden. For Sale--ONE FEED GRINDER, with Belt. Very little used. - Apply to E. BEYER, Waldhof, Ont. Some idea of the tremendous task} £ rvy nd there ins year's" receipts: from lad cles licenses in New Brunswick iready amount to $422,000. This cut is larger than the total for r, except dast year when the ots for the whole twelve nonths were $452,489. The estimate for the present year is half a millien. The mines and quarries of the Province of Quebec produced to the { value of $18,952,896 during 1924, | according to the final report issued by the Provincial Department of Mines. Building materials account for $11,380,977; other non-metallic minerals $7,191, and metallic miner- als $380,804. "In the Cagcades and falls of the Canadian Rockies there is enough hydro-electric power to supply the American west with all the electric energy it will need for ages to come," declared W. Paxton Little, treasurer of the Niagara Falls Power Company, who recently visited Banff with a party of distinguished Ameri- can electrical magnates. That the Proifnce zbounds in historic and romantic material for the construction of popular novels, is the judgment of two popular writers--James Oliver Curwood, author of scores of best scllers, and Edwin 'Balmer, -well- known short story writer--who have recently toured the province and Western Canada 1m quest of "local coler." of Quebec There has been an unusual dis- tinction conferred upon Prof. Cam- ille Couture, a Montreal musician, who, besides being a violinist is also a maker of violins. He has been honored with a medal and diploma from the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley for a magnificent violin of 'his make, which he exhibited there, In order to dispel the existing impression in England regarding the coldness of the Canadian climate, five thousand peony blooms are be- ing distributed at the Canadian Pa- cific' Railway Pavilion at the Britisk Empire Exhibition. These plants were produced by W. Ormiston Roy, of Montreal, who states that peonies are the best landscape flower and can be grown in all parts of Canada, irrespective of climatic conditions. Hon. W. G. Nichol, Lieut.-Gov- ernor of Dritish Columbia, and D. C, Coleman, Vice-President of tha Canadian Pacific Railway, opened CONCRETE BRICK & BUILD- ING BLOCK MACHINE, with Mixer, for sale, cheap. Apply to HERB WILDE, Dryden FARM FOR SALE OR RENT--Com- prising 160 acres more or less. 75 acres under cultivation, balance bush and pasture (30 deres fall plowed, 35 acres seed and hay). six roomed house, good outbuildings, water supply good, One mile from Oxdrift Station, on: main road; ten minutes walk from * school. ~~ Will hen or sell cheap for cash. For further particulars apply R. H. ELLIOT, Oxdrift Ont. For Sale--4-roomed Cottage, $1, 000.00 Small Shack & Lot, price $350. One Sawing Outfit complete, price $110.00. : O.H-PRONGER HUR R Y! Hurry! ! TO The WEST END SECOND- HAND STORE, where many useful articles may, now be obtained at a price that will mean great saving to you. Only a few can be mentioned. Here are some of them: Two Bobsleighs, one complete with, rack; r Cutter, 1 Carry-all complete; Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Beef, carrots, Wood. Roll top desk, Typewriter desk, Library table, Dining Tables, ! Kitchen tables, large and small; Kitchen cabinet Kitchen Ciithoard] Kitchen chairs, Piano, Davenport, Tncubators, washer, Vacuum sweeper, Barrel churn, Dressers, Bedroom stands, Oilcioth, Phonograph, Auto knit- ter, Pictures, Three Swivel Office chairs, Toilet sets, Commodes, many other useful articles. or month, F. SPE A RS, Dryden, Ont. Couch, ! 2 Electric oo & Dryden ivi asl Heaters, Ranges, Stove pipes, and J Also Rooms by the day, week | Crystal Gardens, the new and unique indoor salt-water swimming pool at Victoria, B.C., recently. This amuse- ment gentre, which has two dancing floors, a gynasium, art gallery and tea-rooms, is regarded as the largest and finest of its kind on the con- tinent. : Being exceeded only by Mexico and the United States, Canada now ranks third among the silver pro- ducing countries of the world. Re- cords of Canadian production have been kept since 1858 and show a total recovery of 451,000,000 fine ounces to the end of 1923. In 1924 production was slightly in excess of 20,000,000 ounces. During 1858 1923 the value of production totalled $290,705,532, while: for last vear it amounted to $13,519,043. The first lot of buffalo, number- ing some 200, to be transferred from the Wainwright Park to the new Buffalo Park, north of Edmonton, left Wainwright, Alberta, recently. For some time past the herd at Weoinwright had been growing too! rapicly and the Federal authorities decided to chip a number to the Buffalo Park to determine whether cr not they can acclimate themselves in the new district as they did in Altegether two nd Relinte, in of twe andred each, will Le shinvped to the BS Int 108 WANTED TO BUY--- FURS, for Cash. | paid--- RAW Highest prices E. A. KLOSE | 5 and Exchange Barn W. A. Wilson} Phone 28 | DRYDEN : C Zz o As We Do Not Have A JANUARY SALE We have a --SALE-- on "TWELVE MONTHS of the year. We Are STOCK TAKING Now --and-- As we go along WE WILL OFFER ~ Some Things at REDUCED PRICES E. A. KLOSE M. J. CROSIER General Merchant, OXDRIFT, ONTARIO Is wishing you all a bright and Prosperous New Year. ANDERSON & AARRIS FUNERAL DIRECTORS DAY OR NIGHT CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO PHONE Day, 62 R 2; Night, 62 R 4 ROBT. SWEENEY General Blacksmith AGENTS FOR-- Massey- Harris Implements carbon Removed from Cylinders by er | | : 4 § £ Acetylene Burning J.D O'NEILL Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. CARMICHAEL BLOCK "KENORA . ONTARIO W. A. WEARE General Merchant MINNITAKI, ONTARIO For-- IALL JOHN DEERE PLOW CO. | There is John Deere Equipment for Every Farm Use. Get QUALITY and SERVICE TIME PAYMENTS Arranged to Suit Purchasers. Machin & Popham Barristers, Selicitors, etc. H. A. C. MACHIN EARLE C. POPHAM Also Member Manitoba Bar. IMPERIAL BANK BUILDING KENORA ONT ais ie lies Sire ssi 5 | A.J.GARDINER § General Merchaat, bi EAGLE oo RIVER. Agent for i Frost & Weed IMPLEMENTS. COCKSHUTT PLOW COY. LIE EY Sharple's Cream Separators. 7 RAW FURS BOUGHT & SOLD. 8 WATKIN' | PRODICTS For Farmer or Citizen THE OLD ONES AND SOME NEW ONES JUST TRY THE COCOA PREPARED MUSTARDS HIEZY-WASH AND MINERAL SOAPS E. T. (DAD) ROWLAND