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__ SERVE, SAVE AND PRODUCE THE PEOPLE' r ORLan PAPER Lon PERRY eye vo! "PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MA SINGLE COPIES Bo, ° No. 18 THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO District News or $1.10 per day and board. And Oshaws is baving plans prepared the sincerity of the men at the back! for new municipal buildings. Pape. of the movement is shown by their | is a great bustle of business in_that| Millingness to guarantee to the men. - town these days. Evidently Oshawa who volunteer for this work their] - [intends to be "on the map" after. the regular pay during the time they are! in the country. ~~ ad war. Interior Dect of the Hou Paper written by Mrs Jesse Mg lintock A " . * of Manchester for the gh Savings Department earn inter- Women's Institute . (Continued from last week) | ~~ ®s7'p 17s €St at current rate. 236 FLOORS. PORT PERRY BRANCH "The change in the condition of the floors in the last hundred years has been great. If we could have looked ite every kind of reliable Insurance, "Mortgage Loans, and Real Estate ". WANTED--A few first mortgages on farm property. ~~ Several sums have been placed with us for immediate in- vestment in this class of security. dad. 000 Another man has been killed on the Oshawa Railway. This time it was an Austrian named Dominick. He was working with a construction gang, and lost his life while attempt- ing to pass from a flat car to a coal car while the train was moving. 000 James B Begg, of Lindsay, has been appointed Good. Roads Superinten- Your surplus earnings in our IF YOU DONT FEEL RIGHT and are not enjoying the brightness of these glorious days it must 'be because your body has not become adjusted to the change from cold winter days to the balmy' air of spring. NYAL Spring Tonic Will Give You New Snap and Energy It is just what you need at this season of the year. It banishes that Spring-time lassitude that comes as a result of the change from the confinement of the winter months. of $1000 per annum, and expenses when operating outside of Lindsay, There were twelve other applicants. 000 Milling Co. run the mill by electricity. This will dent for Victoria County at a salary|into a log cabin of one of the very first settlers in this fair country we would have seen thelgull brown of mother earth. writer's great-grand mother sectled in The Spinks mill at Pickering has|in the summer of 1817 not far from! been purchased by The Campbell' here, and it was several years before The new concern will the split-log floor Later when saw mills came the rough | Such a cabin the was introduced. help Pickering to secure Hydro power It 1s expected that these will be supplied by the Commission planks were used for floors and finally the planed 'pine boards came into, use, All these had for their sole dec- oration -- cleanliness and great pride 4 It stimulates the appetite, gives new vitality to the indolent this summer. muscles, braces up the nerves and restores your enjoyment of your daily work. 3 Price $1.00 Sold only at The NYAL QUALITY STORE ORVAL BYER Nearly all varieties ighest Germinating Qualities a and Lowest Prices was taken in the whiteness of these floors. i Later the thrifty housewife painted or covered them with carpets of great] variety and it was every woman's greatest ambition to have every foot L290 0 = of floor space covered with some kind In the vicinity of Lindsay thef ¢ carpet muskrat season is reported 10 havel The Jost few years has seen a great been a failure. Around Port Perry, struggle between the dusty carpet, the however, the neh bas been very fair. | sa1e of the vacuum cleaner and bare The Societyof Friends has given hh Sut bare flours the use of Pickering College at New-| Tp. Government Representative market to the Hospitals Commission | wy, 5ddressed a neighbouring Insti- as a home for returned insane soldiers |, vo ast June hopes the day 1s fast 000 approaching when no homes in this Norman Woodley, near Tyrone, had | fair province will have a carpet tack- a horse, three pigs, and his dog bitten] ed to its floors. She advised the use by a mad dog zecently, all of which|of hardwood stained and varnished became infected and had to be killed. | floors, painted floors or linolenms, 1t is said that the horse in its agony |any Joor which can be cleaned with a tore off pieces of its own flesh. All the|dry mop. * If desired lay down rugs of dogs in Darlington Township are now|a size and weight that will not slip on required to be tied up or muzzled. a waxed floor and will not kick up under the feet. The condition of the floor largely determines the method of decoration. The newer houses are largely doing away with that difficulty by laying hardwood and many of the older homes have employed the same methed. To cover the floors of a large home with birch or oak makes an ideal floor but it is expensive and requires a great amount of labor to "|lay and keep polished. In homes where the fioors are smooth they may be stained, grained and varnished. It is often not so much the boards but the spaces that give an ugly ap- pearance to an otherwise good floor whether of hardwood or pine. Great care should be taken to have the lumber thoroughly dried before laying. If the lumber is hard wood it should be kiln dried. Other lum- ber should be thoroughly dry and Diep or WounDs seasoned. Less trouble would be 119th Bn T Hartley, Bracebridge caused by cracks if this were done. Mr and Mrs R J Ferguson received | But the ugly cracks are there in many word last week that. their son Bruce | floors and the home decorator can do of 186 had been killed in action on|much to lessen the dust as well as April 9th. improve the appearance of the floors. Boughten fillers can be had but an A Practical Farm Help expert gives a home made one as Scheme Worked Out follows:--¢ white lead, # putty, mix thoroughly. Clean cracks and oil For some time Canadian Farm has [thoroughly with a fine brush, when been endeavoring to sift out "wheat| dry fill cracks evenly with the mixture from the chaff" in the efforts of cities | Then paint, stain and varnish, in the and town to supply the farmer with usual way. ; much needed help for. this season's| Waxing floors or linoleum preserves work. I'hat these efforts are sincere the surface and gives a soft slightly and patriotic, no one can doubt who lustrous finish but must be cleaned comes iu 'touch with the men at the With turpentine, gasoline or turpentine back of this movement. And we refer | and vinegar before re-waxing. _ | more particularly here to the move-i Varnish gives a brilliant finish but ment in Toronto. The men in scratches easily and wears off when that city who are endeavoring to work it bas to be washed. . | out some practical scheme for utilizing And so the floors still give the busy city labor on farms are in real earnest house-wife a great deal of extra care ey were, perhaps, a bit late in be- and it is to be hoped that some mat- did not get off to a right erial will yet be found that will require they Er Corstens a still less amount of labor. » old, marred or scratched furniture. Very tive farmers FURNISHING-- easy to apply, gives a beautiful and enduring i To furnish a house with all new finish. The immaculate Enamel finish is"SATIN- ETTE." Made since 1834, Satinette is still . unrivalled for obtaining a perfect enamel . finish thatwillwithstand repeated washings. SEE THEM THIS WEEK We carry a full range of all these wells ¢ known lines. : W. L. PARRISH PORT PERRY ONTARIO ooo Mrs E. Edmund Starr, of Whitby, has been elected to the Executive of the Dominion Branch of the Canadian War Contingent Association. ~ Ford Touring Car $495.00 There is sure to be a shortage of these cars so you had better get your order in early. Casualities KILLED IN ACTION . No 745,986, Wm A Britton, Oshawa No 745,725, W H Stark, Whitby No 745,322 A Lakhurst, Cannington No 745,206 R Tremer, Togonto 100th Bn John Sommers, Seagrave 109th Bn Arthur Shackelford Seagrave WouNnpED No 745,608 C D Wooman, Toronto No 745,728 J] W Taylor, Toronto No 745,159 C V Pratt, Ontario No 745,941 E Betheway, Oshawa No 745,103 W Keast, Toronto No 745,858 W J Doble. Pefferlaw 116th Bn John Ashwood, Kenilworth 116th Bn W R-Trindall, Toronto No 745,658, W T Common, Whitby No 305,614 Bmr. W Waddel. Brooklin 116th Bn O Crone, Cannington No 746,342 S L York, Uxbridge | Also Mangel, Turnip, and all other small Seeds : For Sale By 2 J. F. McCLINTOCK OUR MOTTO "Service and Quality" When you need meat, you need choice eat. Do you realize what this means to you? Cail and convince yourself or phone Bell 29. 5% L. 6. HALL | MEAT MARKET, PORT PERRY =| Of The Three Wonderworkers This is the home-brightening season when the careful housewife goes over worn woodwork and gives it renewed beauty. ' For your floors.use *" ELASTICA" the one Perfect Floor Varnish. Easily applied. Dries dust-free in four to six hours hardens over night. Will not mar, scratch white, or spot. Makes old floors like new. Adds to the life of linoleum. Then there's "LACQUERET--the Dainty Decorator--for beautifying and preserving a stock of Wall r--Simply to save you money. Ia order to stock a overhead expenses and the loss of odd ends to add to our selling price, We bg ; that harmonize when oneis buying eliminate this now. : every article new, but it requires a Fins Sah Aa 5 good deal of planning and labor to ~~ You order your paper, say to-day. We make the edd pieces fit in with the : Jp his secure a ut a great deal can be accomplish- f i ho have had fo the aid of the many stains 'to volunteer ready for use. The upholstered fur- : , niture can be greatly improved by the] "away. use of a few grades of the many mat- um- erials now used for that T IN CANADA MADE > give soldiers' pay, beused. Ve