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$ ou need meat, you need choice : realize what'this means to ince yourself or phone Bell 29. Swe i | in full bloom. | want repeated. front live a 5.9 shell dropped on it concussion!-- T got'a good dose of it. 1 thought fora few minutes %de going to tear my inside out. f in all a the. trench. ons 'does shake one up; but I can sui that. A n one hundred Sway from these Shells is mare to be killed than if only twenty y distant. Being close up, the shrapnel 8 anld' 3 Bb he e HP would § y high pver ae] be about of jé 'Fathers of Confederation" by the only thing to hit him, Still th can give you quite a knock, ©. Twas sorry you did not get all th opening chapter of my letter. The censor must have thought you got your goods on the instalment plan, and I had a Jetter intended for Mr Follick returned to ma bodily. out the things that will likely be | crossed out. } "Sorry to have to tell you that the Chaplain of whom I wrote in one "of my letters, has returned to "Blighty," sick. He was a good 'scout' anywa You say you wonder at us. not - tak- ing cold, It certainly takes a lot to knock t Rothink the gins even. if we horses. Ip fact horse will die much sooner than a man, When 1 get back, as I hope 'to, I think I shall write a book, thus follow- ing Mr Ford's advice. I think I could fill a book easily now, I would have to give you a sample copy just to ad- yertise the work '"'don't yer know." The gardens here fre all looking ll | ine. Some will soon be done. Most of the stuff is sown with an eye to rotation. For instance, there are six | patches of peas in a garden here They ll | range all the way from some in flower, to some 'just. coming through the | ground. The beans and other vege- tables are the same. Hl{> Potatoes are also looking fine;in the {| field as well as.in the garden. Both HH} lots are hilled up. Grain 1s coming {ll | along well, and has a good dark green color. Fall wheat has headed out, i and the spring wheat has just started. ll | It 1ooks to be a fairly good crop. {| Clover is extra good, both red clover and alfalfa. ~The clover is in full it | bloom. -Some hay has been cut. The il | red poppies and blue cornflowers are If enlivening the fields with their color, and the hedges are full of wild roses. Blackberries and thimbleberries are Wild strawberries are ripe 1n the grass on- the side. of the Youths ; nH ~~ & Flowers are springing out from at here. What masses 'of roses ee are they tan riot. There are no flowers 1 like better than roses. se wg have hers ave much: bigger se grown in Canada. looks a takes one onde when liked letters that way also. Since then] I try to-keep! s sverlasting | {minmum price of wheat' at $2.00 to Fhe Toronto to Oshawa road is to] vinci overn-f- link in the, Pro-} == be Providtia being the in Highway. The Government venty per cent. of the cost of angry tion and maintenance, and municipalities through which thef idway passes, the other thirty - per ~ No large nt of construet- ork is contemplated at present, | ngs of men will be kept at work! road keeping it in a state of 000 94th year, r000 ] e Dominion Government will} special post card and a three mp commemorating the fiftieth sary of Contederation, The ge stamp wil bear a reproduction 5, and the post card will bear ofmation relating to the "develop- of Canada during the past fifty 000 : | Chairman Flavelle, of the Ontario icénse 'Board, has been in Ottawa, rice it is said that legislation is lander consideration that will prohibit the solicitation of orders for intoxica- ting liquors. i et 000 'Mis Tremblay, Toronto, fell on a broken gem jar in such a way that her jugular vein was severed aud she bled wide ; 1 ] 060 . hi Embed ve to the French Red Cross on Flag Day L000 Dr. Kaiser, of Oshawa, was elected D.D.G.M. at the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Ontario, held at Belleville last week. ¥ 000 Oshawa building permits are on the increase. ~ Records show that up- wards of fifty houses are being built J this year. : oo'o Stewart Cawker, a lad of about 14 years, while working in his father's Mr E, F. Cawker's, butcher shop at Oshawa, had his left hand badly crushed in a sausage machine. * First aid was rendered, and he' was after- wards. taken to Oshawa hospital. Everything possible was done to save the hand, but it was found necessary to have it amputated, and a second amputation may yet be necessary. ooo The Toronto Eastern Railway can be run if the company that controls it is willing that it shall be run, as power for its operation can be secured from the Hydro-Electric Power Commis- sion, % . ooo Whitby town will attempt to buy coal to sell again later in the season, in times of local shortage. > 000 Willing to Exchange Perhaps, the "dry moon" they've had in the" West will be exchanged for the "wet moon" we've had in On- tario. We're both willing and hopeful. -------- Why Not a Maximum The United States has fixed the the farmer. * But the maxinfum price [may be as high as the consumer can be compelled to- pay. = Farmers are -fine people. They work hard on but there are other people s WH Stone, of Oshawa died in The Farme rs » Co-operative Milling Co,, of Port Perry To Buy Out the Milling" Business 'and Mills of The farmers of Port Perry and vicinity have decided to do their own milling business, and negotiations are under way for the purchase. * of the Carnegie Milling Co. property. An option ou the property has been secured, -and the purchase price is to be $27,000, including everything. 4 ' A Limited Stock' Company is being formed, and application is made to the Provincial Legislatute for a Charter. - The Provisional Committee of the Company, styled "The Farmers' Co-operative Milling Co., Limited," is made up as follows: John Watson, Seagrave; R'M Holtby, Manchester; C A Honey, W E Tummonds, Allan Goode, John Cawker, John W. Crozier, William Bowles, all of Port Perry; Jos Baird, Manchester. The purchase of this. property has been contemplated for some time, and investigation showed that the investment would be a profitable one, as the business is in a flourishing condition, a FT Naturally the question arises as to why the "Carbegie Milling Co. would be willing to sell a good business such as theirs, . To put it in plain language, the question has been asked--*If it is a good. thing, why are they, wi ng to sell?" ; Answer is, simple--For some years the Corntgie' -Coi-has pteveated ima timbeflimit in. British Columbia. The company that owns the timber want it developed, and last year one of the Carnegie brothers had intended to go out to the West and start the development of the timber. But it was not easy to get away with such a large business to manage. So they decided to sell the property. * In spite of the fact that the farmers kept their intentions quiet, the rumor of the possible sale leaked out, and at Jeast two large concerns made a bid for the property. These would-be buyers are experts at the milling business, which goes to prove that the Farmers' Co-operative Milling Co. have an option on an unusully good business. There is one regrettable part of this transaction -- the probable removal of Messrs. A. J. and D. Carnegie. The Carnegies have shown great business enterprise, and evidences of their work can be seen In many parts of the town in thriving business and beautiful homes, The names of Port Perry and Carnegie go together. They are leading men in our business circle. But seeing that they had decided to sell, it is well that the farmers should be able to step in. Their interest in Port Perry will be vital and growing. Our prosperity and theirs will be bound up together. = What is to the benefit of the town, will -have a real beaiing on the prosperity of the farmers and their milling company. Port Perry will be ther centre, just as it used to be fifty years ago, before the questionable ben- efits of the departmental stores had seattered their interests and robbed them of the opportunity of building up their own trading centre. It is pleasing to note that the promoters of the new Company realize the op- portunities for development along these lines. In order that the Company may always be run in the interests of shareholders -- the farmers--shares are being sold at $560 each and any person can buy from one to twenty shares, but may not.buy more than twenty shares, or $1000 worth of stock, In short, no person can buy a controlling interest in the Company. Incidentally it might be remarked that the stock has been selling rapidly. Those who have had the situation explained to them see its possibilities and buy readily. The Company is in touch with the United Farmers of Ontario, and while that organization has no control of the Company, it will act in an an advisory capacity, and Mr. O'Brien, a chartered accountant from the central office in Toronto, will be auditor for the Company. The Company. will continue the same lines of business now carried on--flour milling, feed chopping, sash and door factory, builders' sup- lies, ete. - J ; Special facilities will be afforded the farmers for securing feed for their stock. = For this purpose it is intended to erect a large warehouse "on the railway track. - This building is to be put up as soon as possible. . The new Company has arranged to take possession on the 1st of September. Military Service Bill Carried The Military Service Bill has beén passed by the| House of Com- tons on the third reading of the bill by a majority of 58 in 146 votes. _ Thenext move will be to bring the Bill before the Senate. The mains to be seen, 4 'claim is made by some that the Senate will reject the bill, but that re-