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Owing to delays in the selection of the sites in- the municipalities=where they are to be erected. and in get- ting out the remodeled plans, the fist. tenders being too high, it is im- probable that the four new Narmal wheels will be opened next Septem- har. as it was intended. In the inter- im. the Education Department is con- lionstruction of New Norma] sidering the'temporany alterations of the Normal schools at Toronto, 0t- ._SCh00lS IS Delayed :t’awa and London, in order to pro- __ f v1de the extra accommodation need- in a class by itself. It can heat the whole dwelling in whiter. while in summer the fire can be checked immediately after cooking, thus keeping the house delightfuny cool. 130,000 househblds are now using it both for m arid hntigg, and from all reports they would not exchange for any other stove in the world. Ask your dealer about it. Every Happy Thought burns coal'm' wood. Send to us for anillustmted catalogueâ€"free. i‘ee idea the: fee ea Winery dwelling “eae eteve i; eaeugh " eflgieeted in the eueefier eeek'mg and heating we: 3*: e? the Repay Theegm Reage. Few rural heme find need at e heetet wheie they have {hie magnifieeet range. Ne eteve invent.“ we; emeeeied §e may geee ideas at! in em eteve as did the design; ef the Rape}; Theughtg The amgemeet ef «items! thaecwstmetiee at the gig”. the eireulgtiea ef he! e35 nâ€"‘-L;.‘_,I AL _ water and hug mm the man, ghg cmgatad‘ the carmgatadfifiazlining. Virginâ€"531R: t6 hat it hg’g"”€i§"Ԥoints that. put the Brnndord Noam.) The Willi-In Duck Stov- 09.. Linked. «At the meeting of the Flt-41,) let). 0! Peterborougha 3 Port, Hope, on December 11 vermissim. was grant- ed the congregationnf Umemee, Lake- vale and Mount Pleasant. to cut! :3. minister when ready. ,Lake- I ca}! 3: Into Compulsory Arbitration and Labor Questionâ€" the Question of Two Cents a Mile Railway F % This amendment did not :9 Very far “’ "9“- to protect the Western pee; 33 from do'“ " 3“ freezing, but sewed to sheiva tho phining th quesoion for the time. ’ It was egr- m'hh he riadhvy astrg‘ight party majority«(WM.1r . A... ._I-_ The first division of the session ‘ddviduals an took place on Monday of this week, ‘fumish coal on a. mot-ion of Mr. Herron, ConserV-fflerron's rm ative of Alberta. Some of Mr. Her-:meet, the din ron's constituents, with the great [:13 mining ‘ body of settlers in the Northwest,along witp have suffered much and are in danger: Moreover, of suffering more from the coal faâ€"gpleads that mne caused by strikes at/the mineeymel faminea in lambridge and elsewhere. Eastâ€"‘mmjy for In! em people not wholly dependrnt on low. In N coal for fuel can hardly understand arbitration what it means to be without a fuel meet the Sub supply in the. prairie region during m, Yet. a, the winter. The mines in Alberta romlmlmn‘y 1 can easily supply the whole ‘demand N", Zealamd if they are Worked. and immense uh- flea. and fl. Worked coal areas aha held by pri-lm Canada t! rate mammals; The (tm-ermnent al- mm}, M; M as mass lar‘ war depnsns. Wham mummme fore Mr. mun mum” mulmmn {bathe “a, flaming that (tomhhmt we! lands 9* Man in mum! Retainer only M? mm or Ms: Pie asks m ed an eaminmns wmmhg‘ mr an HWâ€" mmtm m 1' Famiiaws‘upalg- arena! same-mat fur m“. «MM kheawmmms-ts 9: {the pawl»: ‘M “a amtmmu u Mmmamg priee». and that rmmum mm; m mg, ml lama unweig- 394181»th um: «m m, m erratum! gamma mum» mar-h Hagan: 9‘ 9f amend! Hangar; wwlq§mwxuhe19§§ am; my my “my WWW-mg 9f the 999th M- MM 9!, ma. fi M Bogus Expense Bills â€"Proposed Leave of Absenceâ€"$25,000 Worth of Official’s Stray from the Yukon and are not Missedâ€"56 Transcontinental Employees No Help for the Westâ€"From Suffering Through Coal Famine Mr. Borden Proposes Inquiry FIRST PARTY VOTE INTERESTING DISCOVERES (or department' is. spreading through out the ranks. ANOTHER EASY DEPARTMENT TheDepartmont of Railways Deana when: anyone for; timed anew Lo WQrk. Mr. Emmett“: «brought down a. statement on Monday, ex- phining “atone-o! hi. clerk. who-o whis MW by‘BOchnt. ,1 , ----- ns. min another 8186.‘aiawmt;o 31th got on with taro. The tune officers had whannd N mound from $900 to Watch u expense: (or ml: which the Auditor an ax- fllnini the vouchers m struck out. This :gcmr ' implicating w ‘ dozen 1m rnuon 01363.11. who Worked and “together. simply chow-that the mama! graft ol- fwlighed ‘mhlgh place- iu the inter- ’ Moreover, when the (.‘owrament fpleads that labor troubles cause' the {fuel famine and the sulfa-log somo' rt» ‘medy for labor tumbles should fol- low. In the discussinn cnmnuhory arbitration was suggest"! only to meat the smears and scorn m‘ minist- ers. Yet. as Mr. Borden polnlod out, compulsory arbltmtlon is the law of New Zealand and sum other countâ€" Ham and ll might lw better to try it .in Uganda than to haw the people‘ peflsh rm- mmt or nml. Mr. hum wusidm the multerm tar museum! that“!!! has a mplififl uh tlm unm- pt- :1: nor an gmum- mm nus mum; asks Ma mmmflbee er lune mmlmm lulu; weasel! and 96h: mm “mm was» gush wstm of anntmum may he met“ and up: mtg! in may sentry: The; aw )3 my} my this magnets and ' . hr 9‘ w “gamma !9 the 99m auea nun .hm‘ nLr... n dividualsand companies that fail to furnish coal when it is wanted. Mr. Barron's motion showed the way to meet the difficulty even though exist.- lng mining companies could no: got along witp the genera! mm the Hinismr a Your Doctor PM“ WW “Hug hai$ $1.1m umuifih‘ MW “Mum! u‘ QH‘ “w meow mtw n W «m M?“ m Mom Wfl (‘hzmrkuw anemia: in {M guts mmmmmx in “Wm “mm;- mm MU Md 5 my? NW: N thu- t‘muw Nun-m next {at 3mm. \awnshw «- «My Illa! m mm mm m" w- mm“; samba A Mtfl'fl brought 60*" 9!!!th that the why-“mm! has paid. or M. mum! to has. .380 000 [M a per: mm M the land Wimi M We um dqmflmm laullfllhfl: 11m mm; may 73?“;th m w wwhued are ans! m M ham rmm. air Min-k! [manor bu, after much qmuoumg. announced that Ms m- utation to fl“ tho exist!!! Mate munch Mum the 99mm! 0999. Mr. Borden gives notice of a re- solution. requiring the railway com- mission to consider and determine whether a. Um cent a. mile pnsmiger [are may properly be madv compul- sury on Canadian railways. to all accounts the public interest of the Yukon would not sufler if tWo or three dozen other high priced of- ficers 'would go away and allow their living allowance to drop, even if their salaries went on. In the post, 'hOWever, those who left the‘ District drew their living. dlou'nnco} just the same. It cost over 810,â€" 000 to maintain Government House at Dawson in 1905. though during the greater part of the year no one lived in it. wuon I twat div. cont SKILO vinmyou “I... E Mr. Dugas ................ 1,200 1,800 Mr. Hartman. P. )1. 5,000 I900 11‘ MIGHT BE SAVED. Mr. Oliver stated that the salaries of the officers of;h1‘s department who were away visiting for the winter is 825,000 a year. His cdculation‘ is evidently too modest. According‘ adviser ................... Mr. Burns. secretary Mr. Girouard. regis- Salary. Allow'n'Ce Comm'r Helms ..... $6.000 $6.000 Justice Dugus ......... 6.000 5.000 Justice Craig .......... 5.0C0 5.000 Mr. Congdon. legal It is explained by the Postmasmr General that Mr. Hartman. Post- master at Dawson, is also absent, but his departure was caused by domestic affliction. The work of these officials. or of those who have any work. is performed easrly by those who remain. Following are the alarms and allowances paid to some 0!" the ofiicials who can be so easily spared : ‘Mr. Oliver gave on Wednesday to an inquiry. The Minister stated that Chic! Commissioner McInnes is ut preset“ gbsent from the“ District. So are Judge Dugas. and Judge Craig, F. T. Congdon. legal adviser of the Yukon Government. Mr. Burns. the Territory Secretary. Mr. Brown. the clerk, and Mr. Laliberte. the “brat- ion. The Government is not quite sure whether Mr. Girouard, the Regis ter. and Mr. Dugas. were at home mission are the happy\ hunting ground {or all ranks and degrees of persons otherWSse out of a job. NOT'NEEDED AT THEIR pos'r. Attention has frequently been “nod 'to the enormous expense o!.govern- lng the Yukon with its population of 8,000 people. No one has been able to explain what these high priced; oflicinls, whose salary and mainten-l ance costs the people of Canada more‘ than double the total revenue of the district and amount to about $160 a head of the population. can find to do. Some light is thrown upon the subs'ect by an answer which . A POPULOUS OFFICE. The number of employee- in as Ottawa office of the Trenneootiqenhl Commission has climbed up to 56. ,with colon-flee margin“ from .60 o month to 85,000 a. yur. This does not. include the {our comisdonera the-nachos, whose salaries are: 88.- ‘000 and $7,000 a year, or the chief engineer. who has 86,0C0. The use begins with the assistant. chief en- gineer at 85,000. a. bridge engineer‘ at $3,000, on accoungant at. 81400.. purchasing agent st 82,400, e luv clerk at $2,500, and no end of sten- ographers, secretaries, clerks, and local purchasing egents. Each of the {our Commissioners has . score- tu'y of his own. The commodious offices 0! the Tmsmnt-incntul Com- WARE THE XLVE? nine Won agents are owrloy- edln Mon 8100 gun-111th ouch ma minim expenses, ‘ to assist in ‘m activ'epautlciads Info" ‘ Web .4390th and their cannon flan. with fiapoiiticd machincz'n echo ”retained. in Lhis last ”Jim to- liflchn who was Mama‘s! in :‘W'J to the member tor North Huron. alter flashy-election in which I’ritchett's school for ballot switching lusuuc- tlon had been s-wceaqfaliy «ngugad. .Batva 9:2,...» 5 58‘ 11:3 39s «0‘2». 4033 83.5333 n .8291! .ifliarai casing... 53-8218 .33 .3 31.33.5835 .38 «realise? 947-30 WHAT THESE MEN COST NOTES an} berm ' 'helr their cannon flan. 4 .0“) 1.800 1 .800 1.2500 “I" vuvâ€" IU w W "I "36 I30.” rm“ at statute khan ‘ 35. no .11 work with a View to perm m Witty. A Itudy o! the mm; It") point to than min Inuit- comments w b? Could It the m. “as no. bad and“... poor “vol and in» ”our method- ]:th tbs new, (gram! or bmkon stone) on file roads. It is doubtful it aw 0! than. evils m “be hilly mulled un- fit the statute hbor m. To‘ 5: § § \‘u'fl I“ ‘1‘?“‘ 33.. NM «(RTE om mm,» mm “mm at m and ham ms: an Nuance» mi mm «nu: ms an Q Mll‘da;a “w: Mm mum n ”Mb yum at ME “-1 "run": "r WWI hm MM! and em “w work ‘fi?”a¥‘"‘m““‘n““‘r“ m a M h ham ' \a W \ngufi 33mm“ «733 lu.'nm\;!"wh|rh mm... a per- Mdimflur ram m the m In the wing. and shown no tram or mp; m . In New {n her up: an m m wu out mama; New in: “9! “mad he mw‘ 17. Give culverts a Ema-fa!) and tree outlet, so (hut water will not truce in them. 18. In taking gnu-o! from the pit. Be! that precautions up taken to draw may clean mtefinl. Do not let the law of the. p". M «raped down. mm»; clay. and and turf MM good gym-gt. 16. Instead of having deep open ditches to under-1min the road and dry the (oundgtlon. us‘ “lie: ‘_ 15. Surhcc wnter should be dis- posod o! in small quantities great. accumulnbiona are hard to handle and are destructive. Obtain outlet.- lnto nun-ml watercourses as one: u pouflblo. 14. Look ' over” the road. under your charge. utter hem-5- ruins and during spring Meta. The uork of a. few minutes in freeing drains from obstruction or diverting your-rent of enter into a proper channot. may become Nae-work of days if nrglect- 13. Wherever Water stands on the roadway or by the roadside. or wherever the ground rem’ains moist or is swampy in the spring and (all, better drainage is needed. 12. A, width 0! twentyâ€"four {cot between ditches wifl meet most com ditions with the central eight feet travelled or metalled ,with broken stone. 11. Rean old grave! roads which have a herd centre. but too little crown, and which have high, square shoulders. by-cuttingolt the should- ers, turning the material outward and placing new grams! or stone. in the centre. Do not Cover the old gravel foundation with the mixture of onrth. sod. lend fine gravel. of which the shoulders are composed. The shoulders can be most easily cut eff by \ means, of a grading mchine- 10. The road on hills should« have a greater crown than on level groumk otherwise the water wxi'il fol-.- [ow the wheel trucks and create deep rats instead of passing to the side dmi'ns. One and “ one-quarter inches to the foot from the side to centre will be sumcient. 9. A fair crown for gravel: roads on level ground is one inch of rise to each foot of width from the side to the centre. 8. If a grading machine is avail- uble. grade the roach whichyou in- tend to gravel before the time of statute labor, and use the statute labor as (at a possible in draw- ing gravel. to. can- I-vuau uuuu ”-J v- , . , ”all!“ 0!“th least benefit until ltnfld khun‘s Vegetablcmmfounfi can an.» In. “if W helped me so idly chutl would We my mood ortunc. “ “Mp-mam for um firstbofln ' ~ .In “I“ Inc on the road w health, 8 , , w- cumdme. I mu mth Md. robust hmith, .nd 5:: 0 , ., , 3 , ,. mmd the Vents“ \ fl mm terms t0!" my 4.1! 7. Grade and crown the road be- fore putting on gavel or stone. 6. Keep the road metal raked or scraped into the wheel or horse track- until consolidated. (0) Tile under-drun- should be laid whenever the open drum are not. sumcioat end where the ground has a. moist or Wet appearance, with a. tendency to ebeorb the m- vel and rut readily. By thh mean- the foundation is node‘dry. 5. Do not.‘ lave the gavel or um just as it drops from the wagon. but spread it so that tram vel Will u once pus over and conâ€"‘ solidate it before the $9.11 min! w 7 ‘r' "7-, . u ’ w“ fit “blind: the 1 , m Indiana in the world 6‘! M 8‘” Quebec, Que. 99.? Hanna 5. {weight months w it” what the waned Nougat”, ‘ his}: caused Nina-.11 over my Irstem with m: kc: and Ikeot xdwing woo wwwfimcml‘maygml w by: m vu ‘» lo. "cube lent benefit until lurid “Kt“: * Oh the moon why {haunt 01 women are corre- Vi‘h_un Pinkham, daughter ' R E- anham, at Lynn. " . may can confide every d “I“! illnem, and (mm her N WWW Outlined from war! 0‘ W m Inning female ma Mn all Odvile sick women more ‘H’ M “IO hm} physician. “u ho' _MII- Pmklnuu 1101de A Manna Monmuil, of 114 m to «NW me: than tomb!!!“ ‘9 mm Which in mam phjb'l m In War to mwmguuly mm: ”Id thifl in the mason “m- an be no more mm. min! tn a deflate. minim-p. wfina! woman to h: obliged to nm-wpr «min qua-mm 91 MM In hpr primha i1 9M than than! qufiflinn! one Ink but mm W and my -Port Hope Council has m'anto‘d a Inmhise to the Rural Tolophun“ C0- DISADS DOCTOI’S QUESTIONS Mr. John Feir, three miles snuth of More, has decided to close his chopping mill every Saturday. Far- mers can have their chopping done as usual any other day in the “cek. “0.“. "fit. Mus..." Road A WGMAN’S ORDEAL Next morning, with one ear. his hands and feet badly frost-1mm. he started out. found the trail. and walked to within four miles of 31in- den. A rig was secured and he was brought home, where, under the at.- tendancc of Dr. Frost. he is getting along nicely. but will not be able to do anything for the balance of the the winter. Afmost distracted he knoh down on the ice and asked his Maker to show Mm the way. BlindLy groping he started forkhe shore. and than to his great joy he found a hunter's ramp wixh a sum-Mr move in it. He lighted a (fine: and also found a loaf of bread frozen solid. This he thawed out and] ate, being very hungry. nun-nu We". 0. Mn. Hakka. Lyn-- Mau.. Mn Val-nu. «we. About- my “at.“ uni Free. of James Lyle. at this Why, will hove cause to remember it for mam years Tracy left home about a month ago to work in ,a lumber camp near Bracebm‘dge. He quit the job on the 7th and undertook to (allow a trail through the woods to Dorset, intending to Walk: the whole distance home, as amany a young man has done. Towards evening he missed the trail and found himself in the middle ofi a from!) lukn com- pletely lost. 1H8 had got his feet. wet crossing the creek. and 0.71.. wea- the!‘ being so cold his (not gave him great pain. KINMOUNT YOUTH HE HAD HIS EAR. HANDS Axu FEET FROZEN “mu: m; .TURSING ram: urnmm CAMPâ€"WAS ALMOST umx Kinmount. Dec. 17.â€"Dec. 71h was the coldest December day in ways, and‘Tracy L340. the 18-year-old son REABORO SllTERS SEVERE” Mgfim “layofNO' That the C13: the add Corpol ct his acid 01!! I: the forenoon ~50 60' o! 1 an up t!” I“! That on 1‘! eighth day of 1 Igor of the s: uttend at the d the mid Councl at. eleven o'cloq appoint person polling places and tumming the Clerk on intended in posing the Wively. 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