We 10 fake iy. On tlie 9th Allies. ay Hai dr A Aad Ni inety- ave Thoueaud in, 5 iouis British' buyers | pirehnes bere bot Fe. ch, Italian {' 'Belgiun offitis are. biiying 300 horses day, ith references, liousew| or i 3 eases Bactariologyy. i {and Book-Kee) ) lage, | Fruit Bron i % ie "ba nade acs ine Su Best Sugar, Free ! Shelled Almonds and # Monarch Pastry Floar- i lour ba il Crp 4 Ponltey. ing, ¢ years of age and over; arrange to attend. ds and West 8 Seeds, Public Speak- The Cores is Fred and open to "all farmer's sons, 15 ite for descriptive circular and Drit "Tosects nd Plant | eepiny, Farm Management Soils; 'Fertilizers, Underdrain- i R. M. TIPPER, © DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE, WHITBY, set in. The 'war oxT. |coal. Synopsis of Oanadian 'N orthwest Land *' Regulations. : ad etn mile over 18 years old stead a quatior "ection 0 Dominion land © hh Manitoha, * kntch wan or Alberta, The CRUt 'must &ppdar fu persin inion Leds Agency or Sd: fete Bary Arpuey (hat wot rsuditions Mac- tious, 5 futon qi d- ex mrmed in the + In cerfa rPtHE sole head of a family, er any Bee LL PEOXS WAY any cloning fap ORDER YOUR WwW. J. GIBSON SONYA ONT. Licensed Auctioneer |, Valuator, &c. Charges Moderate and Satisfaction diratiteed: Patronage respecfullysolicited. A Coal Famine expected from shot portation after thes TEL MO is slut cars that ordinari always be of trans- ter storms bie up the rare used for ORCHARD Now rohar THE COAL LOST HOLSTEIN | HEIFER RAYED In rom Jo lot 20, con, 10, Reael, on or about 12th Octo- 1615110 ghipuer, rising two farrices a Ktgnmivg" my tiditer section cad, Price®. ' Duties. Ble-em gy - af hi if here, aval is reside: ce in patel, hothestdnd pafent, on cermin col 'A wut) lnr in crrtain digtrictes P $3100. per acre. Darips.--Must, r ) dt hres vearsatier earning homedfes: % alxo Mracras wxira cultivation, Rrescing ion' patent may be obtained as who hae exhonstad Thi | ham: sad cight, may tik a prirch ised homastoa ILD ANNOUNCE| in succeeding Mr: intends 8 supplying] for hh. Meat which ana fi: an hoicest Animals lity cannot be "excell ywhere, Only the will be Avhased so that customers fy y rely on all "occasions on dg o1tsin ing Choice Cuts at she fitain: 4 1x fionthe fueach of three vears! 'ould v- | sre fiity acres aud erect a house worthy $300, «| Tho area uf eif'tivation 18 subj ct to raduction ti care of rough, seruliby or etouy land. Live stock mav be rubstie ni for sultivhtion under certain con cAwEER BRO gs tions. + npn . aintorof § " Tata g N. B -- Una othorizéd hh of py (Success xo _Juumon 2 , | this adv tiseurent will not Ue old Rt LIVERY Having "purchased : "he Livery bisiiess dae carried on. by Jamicson & nnigon;. the emises con nected hate a, to RE- HORSE THE STABLES with firstclass. anima) and install New wi Upo-Date Vehicles with modern TFrappings 'which for fLomiost and convenience cannot Lbe surpadsed. peeiul attention oid to the quirements of Commercial Travel WANTED : 3-- An industrious Cowan who 'can, card $106" es moth and 'expri ex sellin uw. Prodigts 10 feimers,'s NM usted |. suie'means for 'sta. flog expenses © ard tarnish Contract signed, by two Tesponsible Len Address hdr ah Sie octup Phones Bell 6812. Tud. lh Lundy, L.LD8,D. DS. its wp, which constantly a full supply of the Tender and Best of Jest Drands of Cured eonstantly in stock. s moderate. Game in Season CHEAPNESS STII Durability and STRENGT! We purpose rushing business and guaianiee. oi patrons satisfaction'in, every respect. : THE FORD, as all are aware, is giving satisfactory results, and as to practibility it is without a peer--. hence its- great popularity. Quality all the Time AT: CAWKER BROS. BUTCHERS NOTE OUR PRICES ON SMOKED MEATS Per Lb. Swifts' Premium Boneless Backs--by the piece...... 33c Swifts' Premium Breakfast Bacon. .... + 30C Swifts' Premium Smoked Ham . 24C Swifts' Premium Roast or Boiled Ham . 35¢ Davies' Quality Back Bacon--Sliced 28c Davies' Quality Break(ast Bacon-- Sliced, . . 26¢ Davies' Quality Smoked Rolls. yr. . 18¢ Davies' Quality Smoked Hams . 22C Davies' Peerless Shortening--2 lbs. for. .25¢C Davies' Mince Meat--2 lbs. for ove .. diay 2§C het Quality Pry Salt OHI boca Ad ABC CAWKER BOS. . . | BUTCHERS. PHONE 72 €& Highest Price Paid for Hides and Skins. RED CLOVER, ALSIKE AND TIMOTHY SEED FOR THE SPRING TRADE ~ . All Seed sold subject to Government Inspection graded accordingly. Priges Riaar Ye are Still Red Clover, Alsike and Timothy Seed. Buying Highest Price paid = = Pyne House Decorating 1 Jonnie Paipting, Ho SIE AVING HAD CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE as a Pater House Decorator and, Sign Writer. T hase Mapened Business in these lines in . PORT PERR and am prepared to do all \Work entrusted to me ina manner that cannot fail to give the utmost satisfaction as regards style, duratnlitty ty perfection of execution and prices. 'Having had" Phewhat, intricate experience with a number of large firms in Foronto/ ¥ 1 can' 'Guarantee ALL Work. ENGROSSING A SPECIALTY Parsoiien SOLICITED STEWART { {the Suez Canal, eel sop sident that {that the deadlock front i is complete, acknowledged that what ns '| could not doin 1915 against F itis unlikely to do in 1918, | sporadic activity marking the of the year was merely the result' otders issued to his Generals to the present strength of the Franco. British lines. Nowhere could ,& weak spot be found, a fact wh caused the Kaiser no surprise, As regards the eastern front' his plans for a renewed anti-Russiad. offensive early in the spring hav, been dropped because, with® the: dwindling of effectives opposing. Russia's swelling man power, Gers many's chancesof a decisive tris umph are not great enough 9g justify the carnage 4 new onslaught, against the Muscovites would entail Such an offensive was put beyond the range of possibility. whed ° the Franco-British expeditionary forces got safely within the Saloniki lines, and the French Premier, M.: Briand, swung the British round ta, the policy of using the port as the. » startiog point for an ultunate Bal kan offensive. Premier Briand's policy commils Germany to the eastern drive mots completely than the Kaiser had hoped, Fhe best German opinion reacts ing Paris from Switzerland admits: that Germany's Balkan progrant' was largely a bluff, which Briand Iecatted- when heiwon 'through on' itis Saloniki stand. Unable to rely solely on the Bula gariaus and the Turks to defeat the Frareo British forces * there, eves should Greese cuntinue to look on while her hereditary enemies invads ed her soil, the Kaiser is compelled, to divert to the Vardar Valley men who would otherwise have been employed in stemming the Russian; ude which is expected to tisé (0 ils high flood stage in the summer. ¥ A war council attended by the - leading men of the Empire 1s ne ported to have been held in Berha during the turn of (he year, and, is: said to have weighed all the possi- : bilities of the situation and to have » decided in favor of the Kaiser's newest plan, which consists in a supreme aitempt at bluftling Francéy. and Russia into the belief that. Germany is the possessor of tremens dous latent strength sufficient 10: intimidate them into an acceptance of a peace which would leave the; impression that both countries h: emerged honorably from the trial arms. "The pact of London wotild thi be torn up," says Prince Hohen- lohe, who is now at Geneva, "and the Kaiser woul be (ree to act with Turkey in the Balkans, in Asiatici Turkey, Persia and Egypt without : danger of Roumanian -intervefition against him. The Teuton a Ottoman hordes would sweep of hurl the Brit from Mesopotamia and advance across Persia. This triple menace to India would force Great Britain to make,a peace including the acs y ceptance of thé German pref to free seas in war time. millions to hold he nd before the Kaiser's forces: able to march. y Herr Ballitr, head of the bourgsAmerican Line, | "| opposition, which insists: many should live or die in tempt to hold a Belgian roast, th ample North Sea se future development. of navy and. ber Ovetseas