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Provisi Wholessl § 6d , ~ $17.50 , fed and pered, $18 cars, $18 hed off ot 17.25 to "Smoked mests--Rolls, 35 to 36c; med., 45 to 46¢; 'cooked hams, 51 b2¢ * Will:See Close bf Military Monopoly. : "despatch from Montreal says:-- ations point to an early ending of. requisition of passenger space for 1 requirements on both the d American routes, and passenger service, which has caused $0 much dislocation during the past five years, . 4) EG + mpi rt CANADIAN AMBULANCES 5 OVERSEAS BEING SOLD Expected: That End of October ) 'with the sailing of the Lap- "land from Southampton, Sept. 164h. This is taken as:the beginning of' 'the end of war activities, and will open x ta the resumption of normal vel. It was stated that the i ns are that plenty of space on all lines will soon be available - for civilian travel, on both the New York and Canadian lines to British ports. Probably the end of October will see the close of the military monopoly of i 54 choi FOOD PRICES DROP the fair price commissio: "a decline The reports on is believed by officials her® to be against hoarding and profiteering. 50 7.60; "IN NITED STATES Decline of 10 to 15 Per Cent. Fol- lows Government Investigation. A despatch from Washington says: --Reports to the Department of Jus-| tice from twelve states indicate that there has heen a decline of 10 to 15 per cents in food prices since the time sions began their work, From four states haye come re- ports on wholesale. prices indicating of two to five per cent. Vir 5 | tually no'reductions in clothing prices have. 'been noted. : FE n retail food prices were sald to have' been from cities and counties well distributed through- out the country; and the information fair indlcation of what is going on everywhere, They think that results pow becoming evident will be cumu- lative as the season' advances, new declines in wholesale prices being re- flected in retail prices and additional reductions coming from the campaign Pmirren A GERMAN CRUISER : TO PUT TO SEA oT A despatch from Berlin says: --A Kiel telegram says that the German | itary service dn of :a police force ceed 20,000 men.' The Customs offi- cers; gendarmes and police agents will aggregate 10,000, ' - a Arms and munitions exceeding the quantity which Bulgaria may retain under the treaty shall be placed at 50 points indicated by the Allies. An in- 'ter-allled commission will supervise the execition .of the military, naval and aeronautic provisions of the com- Bulgaria must return all valuable objects and documents stolen #rom the Allies and deliver up to military courts of the Allies persons guilty of acts contrary to the laws of war, Finally, Bulgaria must pay an in- demnity of 2,250,000,000 francs, which must be turned over within a specified number of years. in te fp isnt ; MUST SAIL THIS YEAR -- A despatch from London says:-- The Canadian emigration officials are 'busily engaged in soothing the vexed gpirits of the Canadian soldiers and their wives, fondly hoped to spend their Ch here and remain till springtime, but now find themselves compelled to sail before the end of the year or sacrifice their fpee pas- page. The hardship of mid-winter crossing is not d , but it is point- ed out that but for the Overseas Min- istry's proclamation the process of re- patriation would have been spun out many months longer, to the detriment of the normal emigration business whiich already has been held up: long enough. th | picturesque. escort Stony Tribe Supplies "Big Medi- cine" For the Occasion. * A' despatoli from "Banff says:---A : greeted the Prince of Wales when he reached Banff. The Stony: Indians formed up-to. conduct His Royal Hig to the park, where the park commissioner presented the formal address of welcome. Then thie Stonys entertained their young chief- tain witha typical Indian fete, The formal dignity of their initial greet- ings gave place to special dances and songs and quaint ceremonies of their race, The Prince of Wales was made a chief of the Stony Indians with pomp and circumstance. The Prince has added a wonderful head-dress to his regalia, and one more royal peroga~ tive has been added to his name, Once again his personality won the affec- tions of a group of strangers, The Indians are his willing subjects from this hour. - i mn 850 Tons of German Toys Reach New York From Hamburg A despatch from New York says:-- Laden with 860 tons of toys and glass- ware, the Kerr Line steamship Jason arrived here on Friday from Hamburg with the first cargo shipment from Germany since the war. The Jason is a supply ship for the Hoover Fobd Administration. Seven stowaways, six of them Americans, and one a German, were aboard. ' epee CANADIAN HOSPITAL UNIT ARRIVES IN BELGRADE, SERBIA A despatch from Montreal says:-- A copy of a Belgrade newspaper which has just come to hand from Serbia, reports the arvival in that city of Col. Fred A. Burnham, who early this year left Wimmipeg with a well-equipped ~~ Canadian hospital which is to be devoted to the stricken people of that country. 1h western Ontario, about 200 miles of ipeg. Cook made his find by literally bling upon it. While on "| his 'way to his cabin along the shores 'of Copper Lake he trip) and fell over a rusty spur of quartz jutting up from the ground. Impelled by anger more than curiosity, he struck the | spur with his pick and uncovered evi. nce of gold. Within a few minutes had opened up a pay streak four 8 wide and several feet deep-- streak that alrady is)colloquial- mown as "The Golden Bidewalk." "Copper Lake ls east-of Lake Atha- papuskow, in the Cranberry lakes region, and about fifty miles east from the great sulphide mines, Flinfon, Schist Lake and Mandy, operated by the Guggenheim interests. It is about the center of the great mineral belt that extends from beyond the eastern boundary of Saskatchewan across the yast stretches of northern Manitoba far into Ontario. Every known metal, from iron to platinum, has been found at various places in that belt and a ozen or more rich mines are in opera- tion, among which the best known are at Cobalt, Ont.; Rice Lake, Man.; and The Pas. : Subsequent prospecting revealed that the width of the large ore body \ varles from ten to thirty feet and is ' continuous 'on 'the surface for abouly 1,400 feet, To the southwest and northeast of the main exposure the of schist. "At the bottom of a five-foot pit the high-grade ore - is about inches wide, while on the surface it was from three to four inches wide. Assays of the quartz to either side the high grade ore give $10 in gold to tho ton. Wachman's was a stroke of good fortune that surpassed his fondest ex: pectations. He had come to the wilds of western Ontario to spend a vacation Srhing and hunting. By chance he met Larsson, & veteran prospector, who induced him to lay down his fish- pole and gun and take up a pick "for exercise." Wachman had been exer cising only two days when he struck a vein of gold that assayed at a high rate, although its éxtent has not been determined. - v The vastness of the country may be fliustrated by the statement of one of the old-time prospectors, that it 10,000 prospectors started in different direc: tions from The Pas they could be out for months in the mineral belt without anyone crossing another's path, : Bermeath the moss and muskeg of northern Matfitoba lie riches sufficient to pay the national debt of Canada many times over, is the opinion of Frank Moore, mining expert and pion. eer prospector, of Winnipeg, who staked the Rex and several other mines in the Rice Lake region. The building of the smelter and the construction of railway lines into dis- tricts known to be rich in minerals are matters only of time. consists of quarts stringers BRITISH WOMEN EAGER TO EMICRATE Munitionettes Clamoring For Chance to Settle Abroad. A despatch from London says:-- There is going to be a big spurt in emigration as soon as the shipping situation in Great Britain becomes easier. Demobilized women workers ! who cannot find employment to their taste at home are clamoring for facill- ties to go abroad--especlally to the overséas dominions. War ,work has unsettled enormous {Rumbers, of women who had previous- ly been content to apply themselves | to domestic duties, and the result is | that the taste for adventure Is attract- | ing them to new and unknown spheres of effort. The Overseas Settlement ; Department is helping ex-service wo- men as well as men with free pass- ages, but only such as have the quali- fications demanded by the dominions will be assisted in this way. ~ Munition workers have been particu- larly eager to avail themselves of this offer, but oddly enough, this is one of the classes to which it does not apply. i ens QUEEN'S HOME A FACTORY House in Which Victoria Lived Now Motor Building Plant. A despatch from London says:-- Townley House, in Ramsgate, situated in one of the prettiest parts of Eng: land, where Queen Victoria lived as & girl with her mother, the Duchess of Kent, is to become headquarters of & motor carriage building company, by whom it has been acquired. The beautiful old elms that digni- fled the grounds are being felldd to provide carriage bodies, while the bouse itself is being converted into a home for employees. CORRECT NAME IS \ r GENERAL "CURRY" A despatch from London, Ont. says:--War correspondents and all others notwithstanding, the correct! name of the Commander of Canada's Army Corps is "Sir Arthur W. Curry, according to a definite statement made by officials of Middlesex county. A few days ago the General was' made the recipient of. a $600 chest of| silver, on which was engraved the name "Curry." Fretful persons, great-! CANNED SALMON ly disturbed, rushed, to see what ¢ cruiser Regensburg is now being fitted . ys: 'Réd Cross Society will as an overseas organiza- out in the Kiel Imperial docks for voyage to South America. : Her task is to take care { many as quickly as possible. be promoted by this means. FLIGHT FRO] RECORD M. , PARIS TO LON 'The vesgel is. to be ready Monday. y all Ger- man merchant ghips interned in Chile, Argentine, Uruguay and ports of other South American States return to Ger- The message says that negotiations are pending with the Entente on this matter, and that the food supply is to _ The Shade of but don't spoil my work." x NG Ue FaTEIR + "BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH." His -Son---!Fight-for your rights, dad, by all means-- _ AT 18c PER POUND A despatch from Ottawa says:-- The Fisheries Branch of the Depart ment of Naval Service has arrahged with producers on the Pacific Coast to sell canned chum salmon in Canada at prices that will enable it to be retailed anywhere in the Dominion, as far east as "Montreal inclusive, at 18 cents a pound can or two cans for 35 cents. At these prices, it is estimated, 18 cents' worth of chum salmon will sup- as much body building material B4 cents spent on beefsteak, 56 cents on a leg of lamb, or 68 cents spent on pork chops. Chum salmon is light in color. rfp nin VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN r STARTS ON ARMISTICE DAY J -- A despatch from Ottawa says:-- The Dominion Government's Victory Loan campaign will bé inaugurated on ' Tuesday, Novemper 11, the first anni- versary of Armistice Day. y be done to remedy the supposed en- graver's error, ' but Warden John! Curry, brother of the General, \ their fears at pest. He stated that the {amily name had beefi correctly spel led, and indicated that the General| had simply let the other go by defaul during the'war, as not worth bother ing about. \ erin BRITISH TO WITHDRAW FROM SYRIAN AREA A despatch from Panis says:--The agreement reached by Premier Clem- ericean and Field Marshal Allenby the British army concerning the ¥ th cupation of Syria provides for evacuation of all the area north the frontier between Palestine and .« Syria on or before November 1 . British troops. The British will be "relieved by the French forces, with the exception of the districts of Damas- ¢us, Homs, Hama and Aleppo, which will be left out of the area of 0CCUPa-| tion, but will pass under French in-| fluence, it is said. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN - OID YOU GET THE LETTER HOME, = : | YES" AND WHEN READ | ON THE ENVELOPE | RETURN IN THREE DAYS TO MRS. JI4GD™ | RURRIED RIGHT rs | or X { \ > : a |