VOL. XXXI--NO. 21 -- a -- SS ae oS ; = > Sn cert hant 6 Da et A a et ee ee St Deel A Deel eel A al WALTER BROS. JUNE SALE GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO BUY Good, Natty, Up-to-Date 'Goods ¢ -->--=£ =-- Almost Half Price. The Variety to Choose from is Endless. WE SELL -- 10 yards 12hc Print for....s0 eeeeee reer deofag pi Mn) ee Me) ee, me ars : ae bass if = ee eee ee ee eS ee ee ee ee Oe ee PP ee 12 12$ ' 36 inches wide for...+++ 65c Dress Goods i in all leading shades for. 37% I 25 9 S! iualia tor vo come 19 15c to 20c Muslins forssseeesseeeeseeees 12 of ae 10 Pe ee ee ed 12c to 15 ®10c to 12 1-2c *f and Prints for....+e+ee+ +7 1-2 Bat tte tate ae Mo te $9 Suits for Men, all sizes.. «+ecerssrere 595 $12 two-piece Suits......reee eeeeeecess 7 50 $10 Ladies' Jacket. ..++.+-.seeeeeee sees 7 5° $ 5 Boys' Suits..s.e+ --+cseeecerecrers 375 $ 1 Overalls. .:.ceccensccvesescost ose 75 $1 25 Odd Pants .....ceceeeecceeserers 98 ; $1 50 } Blankets ween ROOTS eee eee Hee 135 3 pairs Children's 12 1-2¢ Hose: ...-sse8 25 2 pairs Ladies' Fine Cotton Hose,..+-+-+ 25. GROCERY DEPARTMENT 12 bars Soap for 25¢ 4 lbs, Raisins for 25¢ 2 boxes Yeast for 5¢ During this Sale pty: Goes cheap © We pay highest prices cash or ae for Butter and Eggs. Walter Bros.. Been) Se een ee ae ae ae a ee ee ae a ae eae 2 A et ee Nee eS SS SS Ne ee ee SS Nee ee Lief eet A bee a ee Ae ----- = ee ree Ltt Dealt a eee fii Ter aera se CHRIST CHURCH. .:2 Rev. N. A. FitzRoy BOURNE, Residence 55 Bismarck street." reeth 9.45 a. -m.--Sunday Bible Class. 11 a. m.--Morning 7p. m. --Evensong i GOSPEL aes In Hall over Schaefer store every Seniey night at 7 - "clock. T.J.McDOWELL,D.D.SuL.D,S. DENTIST. "Gradua te Detroit co e of retiaa (Dental Departmen om Office o abr Re s Store, on Friday urday. "We will make it worth while. N. Krotz. SHORT and SNAPPY The secret of the success of our" June 28ht, 1908, 2nd Sunday: after Trinity. 4 8 fancy ing Graduate Royal College, Dental Sur- entrance as M & Carthew, J. gntrance as, Morphy & : i her Don't fail to call and Bat- 2 ta Walkerton. H i The ms ha been in ' the Pub- lic School, prooms have already be the s' er He "= Pos, F SUMMER SCHOOL. LISTOWEL AND jATWOOD. -- ™" Se let otal dt nce Me ae ee yr it Dit ston ihe deny eet cs eng "Ss Pe eee ee er ee ae ae le ae FASHION SAYS } . } LONG GLOVES Silk Gloves, 18 in. to 24 in. Pink, Blue, Tan Navy Blue, Champagne also Black and White. June sale price, 59c, 65c, 72c, 95c. 'ry them, they sell well. Lace Gloves, 18 to 22 in. Black and White only. June sale price 92¢ and 38c. Great snap. Dasa DAAAASAADAAA AAD LSA i i i i i i i i Lisle Gloves 18 in. to 24in, Tan, Brown, Grey, White and Black, June sale price 35c, 42c, 48c, 59c, G5c, 79c, They sell on sight. ee Te ee TTT TTT TTT gle> Meat ste ae) Sk eek set ete fe) ete a te Silk Nett Gloves, 22 in. Black and White only, June sale price 72¢ and $1.82. Very special, aah ob hh bb 4.4.4.5.4.445444$455444$4444444444444444464644446 Look Out for the Yellow Sign and Flags. s PET TC CCC CC CCCCC CCC UCU SUP OO WIS is th i i i i i i re OSS See TTT TT TT THE PEOPLE'S CASH STORE Robert Thompson. All kind of farm Cash paid for Butter and Eggs. produce taken, , = ej See Pe ee ee ee he ee ek ee a date hth ae aa a ee ee rea ys er er eee ore eee | usiness -- B . @EQ. SPOTTON, PRIN, ~ |New see Paint Shop. Mil t- J. HEAVER. HOUSE and LOT FOR SALE Solid brick house on on Havelock street, -4 acres of land, ab' ae ral apples, large nu: eee Epene Barn and h ft pears, c ies, a of choicest varieties of concrete sidewalk and to ee sides of the lot. Ap- ply to the owner. R. 0. DICKSON. FOR SALE. Anew frame honk and nearl acre of land on Richmond street, Listo- wel. House tains six i - - POLLOCK, ae of View Cemetery, Listowel. a are better thts year than ever, New Moulding : in our PICTURE FRAMING | ¢ DEPARTMENT. - and SUPPLIES ' always in stock. C. A. LEE. Our ent trains more Soe eee mare Sikes m gelaieg write for eRe a 'i ~~ Bi OU) * ie q : i Hl Ee af iit as at Tessie in tes "wha inve Rie renter mount of checks on 25th A Brat nee oes nie tranaferble atch for neo The Entrance eee are in progress atthe High School, There are 108 candidates writing. Sixty per eek of the total is required to pass, and forty percent. on each subject The Departmental examinations begin on Monday next. Mr. T. C. Greer, formerly of the 6th of Wallace, now of Moose Jaw, Sask., returned to visit his mother-in law and the Greer connections for a few weeks. He reports everything looking well among the i fraternity of his part of the Wes LISTOWEL Races.--The opening day of the Listowel races was again, as has usually been the case, up og ay the weather, and the races had to be post- poned after the first heats until the fol- lowing day. Wednesday and Thursday were fair app bright, and although ro ribbed a ear are notas large as form the events are well filled and ee patient sport for all tha take an interest in fast horses. races will be continued to-day, ee good - of entries for each of the events on he programme. Gors TO Upper CANADA COLLEGE.-- sa kh. H. Rowl land, teacher of moderns the Listowel High _ da olen of modern languages, at Canada College: Besides receiv- haa ns in , the position in- cludes rooms &nd board. The High School B staff stu- dents, as well as:the citizens, regret los- ing Mr. Rowland, at the same time al are pleased to learn of his advancement. Besides doing t workin the school, Mr. Rowland, who is an expert wolinigt, has been a valued member of the local orchestra and will be much missed in mung circles. A QUARTER Cor Saty.--J. H. Gun ther, of Goldsmith's and ag Hall, is conducting a quarter cut sale, begin- ing Saturday, June 20th, and to con- prey for one month, until July 20th, t is without --] ae one quarter o l our regular r ig a chance for everybody to get a choice *at Rock Bottom i advertise- prices. Jj ment on cooler page of this paper. _ GENTLEMEN iy ARE B ve |b the engineer in charge of Tt each and a iaeced, -I the name of the conductor. from sickness and accident. BLECTION AccoUNTS, -- We ave uested by the auditors, M R. Stanley, to publish the the urse- bat d they have stood the cag that the Company has Fie in = yet learned. It wi hee to = a Dominion election on, if th 6 that "are Shes Ping to lone at Ottawa are any in- dication of the size of the corruption and fund available for Government candi- dates. Hic Court SItTtinas. sg ons regular Mr, Bray ty the defendant. _€, P, R. TO LISTOWEL. To Open on July Ist. --e-- Train Crews Will Reside Here, If present calculations are carried out, the Listowel-Linwood branch of the C. P. R, will be opened for traffic on July ist. The road_is now ballasted to the station, and the sidings are almost com- ing built, and gangs of men are working overtime at both buildings finishing the interiors. We understand that an agent has beer appointed, Mr. R. J. ease, agent at Bobcaygeon, being the selected to take charge of the here. Mr, Joseph Fair of ae make oe Ba daily y bet € We hens not yet learned The train crew, including the conductor, engineer, fireman and two brakemen, will take up eir residence in town, as this will be their headquarters. There will also be aman to look after the engine house at night, and we understand that all are married men, which will mean quite an addition to the population, and the cupation of a number of houses. The time-table proposed for the open- ing of the line, and which will remain n force until changed, is as follows: Leave Listowel at 8.45 a.m., arriving in Toronto at 12.10. Leave Listowel 8.15 p.m., arriving in Toronto at 6.35 p.m, Leave Toronto 8 a.m., arriving in "Listo- wel 11.80 a.m, Leave Toronto 4.15 p. m., arriving in Listowel 7.40 p, m The foregoing table is not as satisfac- tory as would be the case were more time allowed to remain in Toronto be- tween arrival of morning train there and departure of evening train. This objec- tion it is hoped will be remedied in the near future FOOTBALL. --o-- Tho first game in the W. F. A. junior semi-finals was played here on Wednes- od evening between Owen Sound and towel and resulted in a tie score of aL Just one minute after starting the local forwards made a pretty com- bination rush and Bricker s¢ored. The visitors soon got into action, and about the centre of the first half Howard Large slipped through the Listowel de- fence, which was playing rather loosely, and scored on a pretty shot. The home team then went at it with 4 ven- geance and pushed tlie visitors' defence hard, but when it came to shooting they failed, four nice chances to score being lost on account of poor shooting. In the second half both teams played hard but were unable to score, the game ending one all, The match was an in- teresting one to watch and was clean throughout, the best of feeling existing between the players. For the visitors J,.Gampbell and Beckett played hard games, while W. Gunther and D. Davies yed strong games for Listowel. The return match will be played in Owen Sound on Monday evening next, and although our a i have not & lead, still they are ho Following is ao line-u Owen Sound--Goal, Cemaphell backs, Battie, Beckett ; half-backs, Watterton, Hermiston, Rudd; right wing, McNeil, Shaw ; left wing, F. Campbell, J, Camp- Ll bell. Listowel -- Goal, Burt ; ks, W. Gunther, Bamford ; half. backs, Morphy, Davies, F. Gunther ; right wing, Yule, McDonald ; left wing, Scott, Bricker ; centre, A. Coghlin, Ma, Gillespie of Berlin refereed the game satisfactorily IMPORTANT TO LADIES.--It is not of- coos ee when pro- For. Against. mere eee ae igh Court | Bismarck Wardens B00 aT were held at-Stratford last wool Gladstone Ward.......... . 42 30 Justice Magee presiding. The bars Victoria Ward 04 29 Se action of } pufferin Ward... ...... 41-50 Chas. W. Lucas against G. C. Coghlin. eG i Roth-'gentlemen are Elm Lansdowne Ward ......... 30 34 aoe epee iper part of Coghlin's farm 187 190 *: an hag wards entered this! Majority against, 3. : loging ee ee tatin te se WATER-WORKS BY-LAW, the defendant. large number of] For. Against witnesses were examined on f{ Bismarck Ward..... sessocs $66 29 "the plaintiff, but after the trial his Gladstone Wi BEC ssacsssensns 48 27 ip gave judgement dismissing Victoria Ward wanede wneens 41 11 the action with all cosis to be paid by Dufferin Ward... ... ..+.++ 49 39 plaintiff, as he found no ote to es- | Lansdowne Wi ard... ...... 41 22 tablish the plaintiff's allegation r. Morphy appeared for the. plaintiff and 244 128 jaw willallow, but which there 1 wont rae bet ores about it the head, soften and beautify the ex- ayy of the i and con mpd ap} ce. by a an at ei Gran d Central ral hotel | on Tuesday, July 7, 1908. . only. ELECTRIC LIGHT BY-LAW . LOST Os By the Small Majority of Three Votes. A RECOUNT IS PROBABLE, Oo Water-Works By-Law Carried, ---ae Voting took place in town on Monday last on the yee -- electric light by-law d the by-law, with the haiery that the latter is carried by 116 majority, and the former, ac- cording to the official figures, is lost by @ narrow margin of 8 votes. The figures are as follows : ELECTRIC LIGHT BY-LAW. Majority for, 116. The result of the electric light vote isa a to all who voted for it, d toa considerable number of property owners who did not vote. Sev- ead of those who voted against the by-law have already intimated that they are sorry for having done so. In view of this fact it is safe to conclude that a meaniy of the property owners are in favor of the electric light by-law and would have been pleased had it car- ried. here is considerable ground for the belief that a majority of the proper- ¥ qualified votes cast were in favor of the by-law, and ascrutiny of the bal- lots is not improbable. Should the sit- uation not be changed by a recount, then the by-law should be re-submitted to the people at as early a date as the stand cannot be done before the new year. Pag -- time ;s orton to discuss ing, but unfortunately too limited a payee was left between receiving the tenders and voting day, with the result that many did not ee! ---- stand the question. It w only n cessary that they should perme, Ha the proposition to secure their support, as was evidenced by the large number who had intended to vote against the by-law and who subsequently changed their opiuion and voted for it, With the information since obtained, and the realization that the proposal to install an electric plant of sufficient capacity to furnish proper street lighting and an incandescent system of commercial pie al is the only feasible scheme to go i with a view to getting a revenue therefrom, the ratepayers to-day are prepar sanction the present by- law, or if necessary to pass a new by- law for that purpose. The town has paid $2,500 of its good money to the Listowel Gas and Electric Light Co. practically for the privilege of going into commercial lighting on its own account, and unless that privilege is taken advantage of it has nothing more than a scrap heap for its outlay. And after taking over the Company's "plant" at its own price, the Gas. Co.'s interests were exerted to the full ex- tent to prevent the town from taking advantage of the privilege it has paid the Company for. This may be a mat- ter Of business, but it don't look alto- gether like a square deal from the town's point of view. The public meeting held on Friday night last did much to enlighten the citizens on the lighting que stion. Mr. Aitken, the consulting engineer, clear- ly showed that the adoption of a com- 'mercial system in connection with street lighting was the proper thing to o, and that the revenue from the form- er would in a short time prove a valu- able assct tothe town. Mr. Read's somewhat vigorous language may have seme resentment in opponents of the by-law, all the same a town without lights does not strike the average visitor as possessing a super-abundance of en- terprise. The information which Mr. Diet gave about Campbellford's ccessful management of its clectric lighting plant was much to the.point and convinced many'of those presen in the town's interest to system, vote takenon Monday that Listowe citizens are prepared to endorse any action the Council may take in the dir- ection of establishing a complete system of electric lighting, and wish to see it done at the carliest possible moment. TRALEE. A number of our citizens took in the garden party at North Mornington on igi last and report an enjoyable "ioan Tralee people took in excursions to Niagara and Guelph this wee! Mr. Ed. Meachum -- on 'friends in Tralee one day last w We are sorry to once the illness 7 Mr. Paul Hammer. We hope for i recovery. d Mrs. Joseph Basler spent son spent Sunday at Mr. and, Mrs. Smith's. Mr. Clark Wright visited _-- in Yatton last Saturday and Sun list of the junior division 'of Shipley school. The senior division results will be published next week: To Part I. --Honors : Beulah Turnbull, Lorena } Pass: Percy Fatum, Clarence Junior II,--Pass: Bartmann, Adeline Good. To Senior II.--Honors: Willie Hilpert, Oscar Fatum. Pass--Laura Hartmann, Lydia Bender, Arthur Bowman, O. D. STEVENSON, teacher. WALLACEVILLE. GOLDEN WEDDING.--An event which is always celebrated with unusual pois est owing to their rarely occurring cause so few are blessed with foncevtay of life was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. King, 6th con. Wal- lace, on Wednesday, June 17th. Being surrounded by their children, grand- children and great-grandchildren, also relatives, among whom -were Mr. and Mrs. Maher of Chesley, Mr. and Mrs. H, of Molesworth, Ss ® b ° places, a very enjoyable social time was spent by all present, A very interesting feature was the presenting of handsome gifts to Mr. and Mrs. King, by which they may recall] this memorable event in their lives. We extend our well wishes for many returns of their wed- ding anniversary. The recent showers have been most beneficial for all kinds of vegetation. Though some very heavy thunderstorms have passed over this section, yet no damage of any account has been report- d. (Quite a large number from this section attended the annual O. A. C. excursion to Guelph on Wednesday last _ report a profitable and enjoy able tim: been held this week. results may be looked for in this space next week. Mr. and Miss Lavery of Dorking vis- ited at the Siig of Mr. Luther Williams on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Adolph of Listo- wel spent Sunday atthe home of Mr. Louis Adolph. Mr, and Mrs. Maher of Chesley x visiting at the home of Mr. Wm. Kin and Mr. Wm. E. Wright last week. CANADIAN RECORD. HOLDER. Cal, Bricker Jumped 23 Feet 10 Inch es. --o The Toronto News of Saturday says : Dr. Cal. D. Bricker, (son of Mr. J, K, Bricker, town,) practicing the running broad jump at Varsity Oval, cleared 23 feet 10 inches, equalling the best record made by Dan Kelly, of the Irish-Ameri- cans, who is picked by the Americans to win casily atthe Olympic games in England this year. Cal made his great practice jumpin spite of a miserable take-off, and under favorable conditions he ought to be able todo twenty-four feet in England this summer. He clear- ed between twenty-three and twenty- four feet in #ix consecutive trials. When we get down tothe records ae by athletes of the present day, the rigliter our chances appear at the Lon- aon Olympic games. The outstanding feature of the final Olympic trials held at Montreal was the sensational work of -. Bricker, of the West End Y. M,C. A., when he broke the Canadian recent e 28 fect 6+ inches in the broad jump, held by Kroenglein, of New York A, C., by clearing 23 feet 84 inches. The Olympic record is 24 feet 1 -_ made by Meyer Prinstein at St. Loui and since that time it has not been ap proached. The American Olympic trial record is six inches shorter than Brick- er's. On looking up all records ever made there are 7 three athletes whose records are bette an 24 feet: Peter O'Connor, w: orld's 8 ae holder; Meyer Prinstein, American record holder ; Alvin Kroenglein, American college Te> cord holder. With these three champions retired, there is but one man in the melon world to beat Bricker"s mark--Dan Kel ly, of the Irish-Americans, and there is every reason to believe that Kelly will not compete, owing to a strained tendon. Kelly's record is 23 feet 10 inches. Bricker's win at Montreal is all the more remarkable when one considers that he participated in the gruclling 400- metre hurdles and the hop, step and jump shortly before the long jump, an there is every reason to believe that lic can easily niake 24 feot or better. Can- ada's chances in this event are bright. G. T. R. TRAIN DITCHED. + Engineer Allward Killed. 120 Passengers Were on Board, But None Were Seriously Injured--Acci- dent Happened Near Mildmay. --Oa- Toronto, June 23.--Owing to the storm washing away the ballast, the G. TR, train for Southampton, leaving here ward of Southampton was killed and fireman Keller and Baggageman Baun- dy also seriously hurt, One hundred and twenty passengers were on board, but none were seriously hurt.. Farmers drove the passengers to Clifford, where a special train was made-up to complete the journey. Adjoining the scene of the accident is an extensive farm sloping upward from Seadis " the home of Mr. and Mrs. -H je, at the Cen Tuesday, July 7th, 1908. perly, adjusted, protect and ornament Messrs. "Wolfe and Gatechene of Hes- (Concluded on last page.) 7 XN Our beef rm started on Ta esday, Messrs, H and Cummings being the butchers. SHIPLEY. awa sie Following -is the annual promotiaa'.