SSS ee Es Aa ee ee reais sree > Page 4 THE STRATFORD MIRROR The Duncan Emm Jewelry Store have an assortment of Gifts especially for | Mother's Day Step in tomorrow -- no trouble to show our qoods * The Store Where Choosing Is Made Easy | DUNCAN EMM | JEWELLER iy) JAMBOREE Proceeds to Lions Swimming Pool and Swim- ming Instruction for Children--Eyeglasses for needy children. BUY TICKETS ON THE GRAND PRIZES to be awarded on Friday, June 2nd, at 11 p.m. At ARENA GARDENS DOMINION OF CANADA >1,000 war pons | Tickets 50c Each, 3 for $1.00 S on ONE TICKET 25c Each or 5 for $1.00 BUTT WALNUT BEDROOM SUITE complete with Marshall Spring Mattress Unit (Stratford Chair Co.)--Retail Value $235.00. THOR WASHING MACHINE 9-Ib. size--(Avon Electric Co.)--Retail Value $125.00 VACATION TRIP (Value $75.00) IMPERIAL LOYALIST MAPLE BRIDGE SET (Retail Value $40.00) KROEHLER LIVINGROOM CHAIR (Retail Value $35.00) _ HELP THE LIONS CLUB HELP THE CHILDREN NS Sea What Are the Most Important Enemies of the Gardener? No garden will be successful un- less defended against weeds and insects. The hoe and the sprayer are the two weapons most impor- tant in "garden defense." They should be used regularly and in the proper manner. Too often Vic- tory Gardeners start out enthusias- tically to raise their own garden vegetables. The next thing they know their project gets to be hard work. The sun is hot, the weeds \begin to take over and pesky in- sects move in and invite all their relatives to partake of the bounti- ful banquet spread before them in the way of tender vegetables, What Harm Do Weeds Do In the Garden? Weeds are thieves. They steal the moisture and plant food from your crop. The soil is a reservoir from which the garden plants draw their sustenance. Every weed that runs its roots into that reservoir draws away the things your crop needs for good growth. Few soils will feed a crop,of weeds and a crop of garden vegetables at the same time, How Can I Prevent a Growth of Weeds in the Garden Weeds grow from seeds. If weeds are kept down year by year so that no seed falls your weed problem is partly solved although there al- ways seems to be some coming up no matter how you fight. The problem in the main is solved by cultivation and by hoeing. Weeds should be destroyed as they come up before they have time to attain a size where they do damage by robbing your crop. Burning gar- den trash helps to destroy both weed seeds and insects. However many weeds drop their seeds as soon as they ripen and you have to ER § for Victory Gardeners be careful that in gathering stray weed stocks you do not broadcast weed seed. What Insects Are Most Harmful to the Garden? Any insect seen in the garden should be looked upon as an enemy till proven otherwise. Some are more harmful than others. All in- sects are harmful that eat leaves, flowers or tender shoots. Likewise they are harmful if they suck sap from the tissues. The plant needs all its substance and can spare none for support of insects. In various sections of the country various pests are found. Some in- sects such as aphids are almost uni- versal, however, and are found on almost all types of vegetation. Watch for the little green plant lice (aphis) and attack them at once when they appear. They look harmless but can do great damage if allowed to multiply, How Should Insects Be Combatted? As soon as the plants get large enough to act as a harbor for in- sects they should be sprayed. For chewing insects use lead arsenate. For sucking insects use Black Leaf 40. Full directions will be given later in these columns as to how to use these products which are very. simple to handle and will do 2 splendid clean up job, SELLING OUT DURO LAVE (A Water Paint of exceptional beauty) Reg. $1.05 5.1b. Tin L A D D WALL PAPER , AND PAINTS 32 Downie Street ; Phone 113 THE STRATFORD MIRROR "'Triquet Seeks Action. To Help Free Merritt BELLEVILLE, May 11.--Major Paul Triquet, V.C., met Mrs. Cecil C. Merritt, wife of Col. Merritt, V.C., first Canadian to win the Victoria Cross in this war, here Wednesday. Col, Merritt is a pris- ener of war in Germany following the Dieppe raid. Traveling east on a C.N.R. passenger train, Major Triquet had expressed a desire to mect Mrs. Merritt, who resides here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson Bone. Major Triquet was traveling in the private railway coach of O. W. Duff, Belleville divisional superintendent of the C.N.R., who made arrangements for the meeting of Mrs. Merritt and Major Triquet as the express train was held for a short period in Belleville. : The two chatted on the station platform after Major Triquet greet- ed Mrs. Merritt. Their principal conversation seemed to be regard- ing Col. Merritt. Major Triquet's parting words to Mrs. Merritt were an expression of his desire to soon £0 back into action. "I want to get back into action that I may assist in getting your husband out of prison," was his remark, Say Oxygen Injections Ease Arthritis Pain NEW YORK, May 11 (AP)-- New uses for pure oxygen, as a me- dicine injected by needle directly under the skin, were reported to the Medical Society of the State of New York Wednesday. Oxygen helped arthritis, infec- tions, ringworm, sprains and dislo- cations, wounds and burns, it was reported by Dr. John H. Evans of Buffalo, In arthritis the oxygen was first tried for a right hand that was Swollen and painful, The gas failed when for four days it was injected some distance from the ailing hand. But when injected directly into the hand, and in the near-by fore- arm, the pain stopped permanently next day and the swelling was re- duced. Other similar arthritis at- tacks were relieved by placing the oxygen directly at the site of pain and swelling. For burns, the oxygen is injected into the burned site and immediate- ly adjacent. Dr. Evans said the new skin seems to grow faster. Pain is less, China Hall Tea Revives OU... There Is Only One Flowerdale Tea WE SELL IT 90c LB. J.L. Bradshaw Phone 179 84 Ontario St. . Dawson Flood Is Worst In History Of City DAWSON, Y.T., May 11 (CP)-- Debris-strewn streets of Dawson were being cleared today in the wake of the most damaging flood in the city's history. The flood waters dropped 15 feet Tuesday night after aircraft dropped 13 half-ton bombs on down-river ice jambs. At one time the water covered the entire business area and half the entire settlement of about 1,000 about 2,000 air miles northwest of Edmonton, Synchronized Blows Coming Says Molotov LONDON, May 11 (CP) --Al- lied forces soon will hit Germany. synchronized blows both from the east and west, Foreign Commissar Vyachezlav Molotov said in Moscow yester- day. His statement was made in reply to British Ambassador Sir Archibald John Clark Kerr, who delivered decorations con- ferred by King George on Soviet heroes. MORE U. S. PLANES ARRIVE IN BRITAIN i i i their Lightnings being drawn by a tractor into hangars to have wings eon aa etc., after arrival at a British airport. STRATFORD IS $201,450 SHORT OF ITS | VICTORY LOAN OBJECTIVE If YOU have money in the bank, buy all the Bonds you can tomorrow.