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intense. tat and very smal congre- not | gation, the Rev, Gentleman realized $150.01 the Presbyterian: Church. father sculed in 1830, beg : life with 50 'acres, on Ww ich the |" present owner was born in' 1852," © and where he stillijves, 4 bachelor. {Charles Calder, + like many ot SPLENDID RECORD OF PORT | Young farpiers. Soop became intet- |' PERRY HIGH SCHOOL ested in municipal affairs, "that ------ . school for future 'politicians. For |™ The results of the Lower Normal|years he was reeve of Whitby Entrance Examinations demonstra-| Township, and sat in the County tes that our High School maintained Council for some time where' his --===1its proud record ; the Principal dnd {executive ability and reliability were Staff, in fact all concerned have fully recognized He has, in. his every reason to be proud of the pwn quict way, been interested in fall local educational, social, and badly in "HOBERT Lo. REBELS, Barrister, Port Perry. ; Thompson (Ar) in| creel J s, ordinarily the | ' ; on nis a and de p | a farm employ ' Marie West. ; i : 5 sE<pcyin charge or some good, an, . Farmers want help, and farmers i in Ontario County to "Bure. chase a tractor, an Avery, which is LEAGUE STANDING. -- reported to be doing satisfactory it ig the duty of the towns and cities 0. provide it if there is no other Source of sopply, Able bodied young men of all classes have been ' enlisted for the war, and the factor- les had already drdined the country of regular farm labourers, There is "Do immigration to assist the situa. tion, The United States wants about a willion of Ma2% men for its cown harvest. Some of those ten will doubtless be available in Al- 'berta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba | - Jor the Canadian wheat after the merican crgp is in, but the great Bulle of extra labour required on "Canadian farms this year, will have : $0 come from Canadian towns and "cities. .- To enable these men to be din tributed when they do come forward. ' as by their Registration cards they "have promised to do, there should She machibery ready and well organ- ized. In some Provinces the local "Government has established employ: "ment agencies. Every Province "might will have similar offices sup- ~ plemented by voluntary organiza- ~ tions in every centre. Business men "in this and every other Canadian hould - become active 'in this = hee Employers of labour should "do everythiog in their. power to ar- "range their work so as to release "mien who are willing to ge to the "aid of the farmers. Every encour. *~agement should be given these men, "for this work is of first importance Farmers, of course, prefer experienc sed 'men, and men who have been 'brought up on farms or spent some years on the 1and should be speci- lly encouraged to devote a few "weeks of their lime and the capital "of their experience 'to the hacvest of «918. Mxtra 'men for the harvest "waiited'in every Province--in British Columbia 3000, in Alberta 6,000 to 7,000, in Saskatchewan 20. "poo, in Manitoba 10,000, Ontarie £2,000, Quebec 12,000, New Bruos- wick 2,000, Nowa 'Scotia and Pringe| d {Island all {he men tocally The Central League of Bowling Cluts' standing to the 23rd of July is as follows : Won Lost Points} Port Perry. .. 7 5 14 Uxbridge. .. .. Lindsay 12 Sunderland... 10 Beaverton .... 6 The above standing does not in- clude a disputed game between Sunderland and Uxbridge played on 27th June, me lamin PORT. PERRY BOWLING cLuB 12 The Matches for Single Competi- tion are now on. The following are arrayed for the Trophy :-- H. Carmichael vs. W. H. McCaw E. H. Purdy vs. H, J. White. Jas. Carnegie vs. W. H. Letcher, D. Carnegie vs. Jas. Swan. W. Graham vs. H. W, Linke. 8S, Jeffrey vs. G. A. Rose. A. M. Roberts vs. A, B. Sarvis. G. Gerow vs. Jas. Lucas. T. W. McLean vs. F, Taggart. J. Leask vs. J. McHoull. Rev. J. Ford vs. J. F. McClintock. Dr. Mellow vs. F. W. Mcintyre, W. Ii. Harris vs. Robt. Murray. + A Fine 'LLunge.--Mr, Wm. Cook, Port Perry, the other day while visiting at McConnell Island, Stur. capture a fine maskinonge which tipped the beam at seven.and.a~half pounds, His brother, Mr. Jno.Cook of Odgensburg, N.Y., in the same waters, also caught two fine spegi- mens. These fish all bore the water-mark -of the Scugog, * fully demonstrating their nativity: MAY SAVE SEED WHEAT {Simcoe Reformer) Messrs, Quance Bros. of Delhi; wrote the Food Board at Ottawa to get a ruling upon the yarn in cir- culation to the 'effect that it was illegal to save wheat for seed. The answer they received was as follows: "Replying to your letter of Juae-18th, there is no regula- tion either ori the part' of the Canada Food * Board or the "Board of Grain Supervisors to to prevent or discotitage any- one from retaining necessary adequate supplies of seed wheat, Special regulations of the Board willing 10 go on 'the > find out where to go and discussing what should be done with the Kaiser alter the war. catch your hare." service on his heavy clay 'loam. Farmers' Magazine. bat ~ The Jess a newsyaper knows, the readier it is to tell Sir Robert Bor.{! den what he ought to be doing. The American newspapers are # First The Georgian Bay 'Shook Mills, Midland, have received another or- der for one hundred thousand six inch shell boxes. Uncle Sam is now. getting into his stride, and 'the Germans will begin to wish, that they had not treated him so contemptuously. In the smaller towns particularly the price of gas continues to ad- vance. Port Hope consumers now pay $2 25 a thousand. « Dispose of: old hens," is the advice the Uxbridge Journal gives poultry raisers. A 'word of admo- nition miget be added: * But don't sell them as spring chickens, Orillia Packet. Dear me, they tell us tolive on fruit, to eat more of it," remarked a shopper, "*but how can we afford to with trait atthe priceit i cussing the 'city's relations enormous 'vacant land area, Albertan thinks. the city shonld either farm the land or let it be taken out of the city limits, People in Canada who thik they are hardly dealt with in 'the matter of conscription shotild remember that in England "they are now con- scripting "for active service men from 49 to 51, and this includes farmers of that age. Montreal Gazette :~--~Workers in various callings | are striking 'or threatening to strike, but tEe soldier keeps on petformiag bis duty every day. = He only strikes at the enemy, which is a lucky thing for the strik ers at home; All male pupils of the High and Pablic schools of Toronto are to be instructed to salute all returned, wounded, and crippled soldiers, whether in uniforth or muti, when mecting them. in public places' Large stacks of harvesting of ery, ready to_be "set-up, untouched ; Agént realizes that for him harvest is past and the sug ended." to lend. that the' Western Banks are service to the farmer. money upon him, when t good, and. incite to extrd expenditure, on him-when 'be needs their mast. ests constitutes an impo The Merchant, Jooking: éginning of the War. 40 per cent, be seftlement Of out- } [ the hogé in France have been or : i It isestimaled by French officials ¥ hia | that Freoch live stock cannot bel {restored to prewar basis until from 1570 L | five ta ten years after the wat, and the, Impl GREAT OPPORTUNITY ron FARMERS "Allied Europe depends. on Amer ica for yo per' cent. of its food sup~{ = ply. After the war a large propor-1 tien of this demand "will continue | The whole world is short of food stuffs, The live' stock population has been decreased. 'Russia' has .{ been socially disorganized, ands not producing enough ta feed her- self." Farmers of Canada will have an export market for years, such as for which they bave never dreamed: - The Banks have ng { My personal impre§ Then shat righ "The worllling," the 'midst of prosperity Ww palm "over his own head, if like these, "loses his faith if For sich "cant" 1 have 00 § thy. Their question is "why, God' bless us with unlimi perity always?" Buton wha they can expect ity is! ee th decipher. 'what is to be sha : Whil I not seen 'the ri nor his seed beggi the other day will who, as 'he look grain, 'said *Gt i will stop the. wa that 1 hoped the till the Yankee opportunity to fulf "to can Kaiser will net be safe Sor a record that has never ee or persons of w "Navy League Shar], fk See Leagues o oh Bitsh Empi record maki A This ridiculous order: will be wel-| comed by neither the boys. not | tween ru and | Toronto is more often | "| ridiculous than an [city in' Ontario.