s. blished every ory | Thuredag after- - Boon by The Banner Pu Co. c. V. Blatchford = _President and General Manager circulation throughout Perth and portions of the County of Wellington. | No advertising can_ effectively > Yeach the public in the thriving dis- f & of which Listowel is the cen- without appearing in the Ban- All - office not later than ten o'clock ’ Tuesday morning to insure inser- tion in the > foliose issue. <= Office 61, ercial Department is well equipped for turning out the = heat work. s * Thursday, April 15th., 1920. The Banner~has a large and) | story briefly. Western contemporaries) oo 2 me HE HAS THE OIL a (London Advertiser) _. John D. Rockefeller, jun., says he, will devote his time and energies to Phe eause of church unions Well, a “Rockefeller should be able to pour ' ofi on the troubled waters of church _ differences, , “HUMILIATING ” S (London Advertiser) "A British newspaper says that pro- , hibition is “humiliating to the self- ox: 4 Gl _ respect of the American and Canadian, - peoples.” It is “humiliating,” yes, to be calight stealing a ride on a car, qt or helping yourself to something off 4 ‘the counter, or not to get a bit of ~ opium when you want it, or not to be “4 ed to smoke and spit around in church, or to have a drink denied _ your whim when people all over the ~ world are short of bread, and al- ' @obol is known to be dangerous pois- -_ on, Some people need to be humil- ad. A SELFISH SPIRIT Be: (Guelph Mercury) Native wine has been responsible ~ for worse splits than that between “Spence and Grant, but that doesn’t Sugita: the present situation any, nor “hide the meaning smile of those who "use these little occurrences to show ' the selfishness of some, who prefer see the movement killed rather ™ yield some inconsequential! point. hibition is bigger than the men be- it, but it’s easy to bring the ‘ scheme into disrepute. Let the sople vote to settle the question. The pple are supreme and they'll vote rit. : Fa A FATHER'S FIRST DUTY [ (Chicago Tribune. ) The father who lets business, poli- ti or any other influence so “ab- ‘Sorb his time that he cannot be a jim to his own boy and enter into he boy’s Hfe and let the natural con- ence and trust of the boy in his serve to develop the son's pr, is making the greatest i Sa parent can make. He had a right to leave such things to ‘ 1 no matter how devoted y may be or how splendid may be © organizations through which they BOXING IN THE SCHOOLS : (London Advertiser) One-of the speakers at the annual Gnvention, of the Ontario Education-| SAssociation urged that boxing be ade part of tle school training. To y it is considered strange that form of recreation and athletics fiot long ago adopted by the phy- development side of the. public aba properly supervised it pe and 2 self-confidence that is of im- mse value to him later on whefi out into the world. Boxing from being associated. ring brutalities and dis-' ‘but if kept clear of this sort there is no reason why it mot be an excelent aid in ac- lean, wholesome self-reliant} | strange-sounding name, his status as j an immigrant settler—tramped back iis a well known naturalist, and as founder of Point Peelee Bird Sanct-y, too long has ruled at Ottawa. That the Liberals and the Farmers will be found working along the same lines is assured by the nature of their political ideals and their platforms. That being the case it seems unfor- tunate that anything that suggests friction between the two bodies, as the nomination of Mr. Burna’ should have occurred, as it will tent to play into the hands of the common enemy. “A REAL CANADIAN CITIZEN.” (Toronto Globe) It was a tremendous test of citizen- ship which confronted that foreign- born father as he walked the dark ang lonely prairie through the long ho between sunset and dawn. - News despatches from Saskatoon told the are discussing it editorially. Night had fallen when Wysal Yuzak went-forth into wide spaces to walk—and think, ‘to wresthe with himself in he black solitude of the out-of-doors. He was the father of a boy,.a boy who, an hour before, had confessed to him the slaying of a wo- man—a crime for which another Was already under arrest. He walked all night—out there on the bleak, wintry, open prairie-—a-} lone with his thoughts. The decision must be made. He must give up his son to the law and—as he put it himself—‘‘be a real Canadian citi- zen,” or save the boy at the the ex- pense of the imprisoned husband of the dead woman and permit a prob- able miscarriage of justice. It-was after sunrise when father—with his alien birth, this his to the modest shack he called home. The terrible experience of that night had made him ‘a real Canadian citi- zen.” Early that morning Wysal Yuzak set out on another tramp,‘this time accompanied by his son. At 10 o'clock the father handed his boy over to the police. THE FARMERS’ BEST FRIENDS (Farmers’ Sun) One of the outstanding addresses at the recent Ontario Educational As- sociation meeting, was that by Mr. Jack Miner on “The Ways and In- telligence of Our Birds.” _Mr. Miner uary is in a position to talk authori- tively on his chosen subject. It is extremely doubtful if we have begun.to réalize the importance and value of birds. They have been de- scribed as the best friends of the farmer, and certainly they well de- serve the name. A man does not re- quire to have much experience in farm life to know that he must fight all sorts and conditions ‘of insect pests at all times and at all s@asons. Much good can be done by spraying and by other artificial means of com- bating insects and bugs, but the greatest agency for their extermina-/ tion are the feathered friends of the farmer. Through long months of the year from early morning until late at night they busy themselves exter- minating the pests which seek to destroy the farmer's crops. Surely the least we can do in return ‘is to give them a sanctuary, or if that is not possible, then to look upon them as friends and good neighbors rather than as enemies to be destroyed. In many cases the shooting of birds is due to thoughtlessness. But it is a poor sport to kill these innocent creatures, and, more than that, their destruction is a direct injury to the farmer. If our birds failed to appear for a single season we would face starvation. CONSOLIDATION OF RURAL SCHOOLS (Toronto Globe.) Consolidated schools in rural On- tario have long been a favorite topic for discussion by leaders of thought! asse in the country sections of this prov- ince, but up till the present time the ratepayers have not considered the scheme feagibie. One or two attempts; to consolidate in a locality not at all suited to the experiment resulted in the whole movement for a number o7 years. With the alarming decrease in the rural population, which is becoming} even more marked, strenuous efforts are now’ bein e to combat- the vantages r cities than country. spirited men of the rural distri izing fact, are dette @: bout for means of climibating: this | therain involved, is the only means by| | ra. be ee p.c, of the amount of the tender. cy. Consolida fon of schools, while pe “haps not a complete | panacea for . ‘yl, wil do mach to- ward educational 7 : ’ eee ee eevee eee eee ee * | seven seas only by grace of this de- ets,) acknowledgment of the situation, and oe é\eeibie ew ae these young Canadianss lived in their own homes, an important factor in the education of children, and one that is not gern save yon in the junior grades in rural O Transportation difficulties, P whew for a long time were thought to be| m insurmountable in this province, have been easily overcome in Manitoba, and this should srs prove to skep- tical ratepayers in Ontario-that the scheme is quite Censinie here. STOP THE FOLLY NOW (Farmers’ Sun) Recent cable despatches .ou. ate that genuine alarm ‘has been caused in England by the gigantic naval program being carried out in the United States. The question is ask- ed on the other side of the Atlantic| why all these American warships— against what tion is the United States arming? And the answer is \that the prepartions under way can only be aimed at England, because no other nation than England is_in a position to contend at sea against the naval power already possessed-by the United States. When, after the close of the ont war, Britain continued to spend o naval armaments ger ae sum rs she had’ spent on Wke armaments be- fore the late) war began, the same: sort of anxiety that is now manifest- ed in England was expressed fn the United States. The question was asked there what is this great English armada intended for? And the nat- ural answer was that it could only be for eventualities that might arise in the United -States, since no other “nation than this great Republic pos- sessed a naval armament comparable! with that of England. 7 Before the United States began on its present naval program, secre- tary Daniels, head of the American Naval Service; declared if other na- tions were ready to reduce their na- yal armaments the United States would co-operate with them, but if other nations continued to build, then he was bound ‘to see’ that + States had a navy equal at least to the best,. Then was the time, if there had been real statesmanship in Lon- don, to accept the American over- tures and enter into another Rush- Bagot agreement such as that of 100 years ago, which resulted in the prac- tical banishment of warships from the Great Lakes uniting Canada and the United States. It is not yet too late to act on the offer made some weeks ago. But it will not do for the British Admiralty to repeat, as al counter offer, what it offered Ger- many before the late war—a ratio of 60 per cent for England to 40 per cent-for the United States. A nation of 100,000,000, with a mercantile marine that promises soon to exceed that of England, will not accept a position of naval inferiority to a na- tion of 45,560,000. A reference to history may be in- terjected here. At the time of the Napoleonic wars, when American com- merce at sea was hampered by Na- poleonic embargoes on the one hand and British blockades on the other, it was an even chance for a_ time whether the United States should make war on England or on France for interference with American sea- borne commerce. The insistence of Britain on the right of search of American vessels, even the right of| pearching American war vessels for British deserters, turned the scale against herself. In the early stages of the late war an almost parallel ease, occurred. Britik&h searches of American vessels, and seizure of American mails, created a very ugly feeling in the Republic. Fortunate- ly for Britain, this feeling was more than off-set by the Lusitania affair, by German torpedoing of American ships on the high seas, and by Ger- man atrocities in Belgium. But at one time, before the full effect of this counter irritant was felt, there very grave danger that the Englis assertion of mastership of the seas would eause a repetition in the early stages of this century of what oc- curred in the early stages of the. last century. There is too much reason to fear that the two great Anglo-Saxon ne- tions are now approaching the part- ing of the ways. The American na- val program of to-day is a frank declaration’ that the world’s ‘most powerful nation does not intend to allow any other nation to say that American ships shall pass upon the termination, despite all that Eng- land, even if aided Wy her colonies in naval armaments, can do. Along the other line that may well make humanity shud- 7 in contemplation. — undergoing their course of instruction| they stooped. | was assisting his father, then a mason ‘glass, 3 x 3 feet, at the rear of the /eenpeo eer eee eennaane Go To House Of Refuge— . * -o Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Richards, who been li upstairs over the ery parlors of the Misses Ioer- por left ‘Thursday of last week for tford, and in future will make their home at the ect of Refuge, where'they can be properly cared for.! Both Are in poor Lek sabe condition. Mr. Richards has a weak back ard is badly” Many years ago he; at Wellesley, when he suffered in- juries to his back.and head as the| result of a fall from a ladder while carrying a hod of bricks. Mitchell Store Burglarized— Mitchell Advocate—Some time burglars who made a thorough search of the premises and carried away con- siderable booty, including two watch- es, gold chain, bracelet, boxes _ of candy and other goods not enumerat- ed. The thieves gained entrance to the store by breaking a large light of premises, and decamped by the same route. Mr. Stoneman is- unable to estimate his loss, but is satisfied it was no work of professional robbers and a close watch will be kept to try and locate the parties. Some weeks ago a similar robbery was committed in Mr. Wm. Hoflich’s store, but up to date not the slightest clue has been found. Hens A Nuisance— A Hanover ratepayer writes as follows to “The Post:” “As: regard to hens being kept in town, some peo- ple have the idea that as soon as the snow is gone their hens can run’ wherever they choose. Now those people who have their places planted with flowers, there is a mulch put o the Fall andthe hens-delight maith fn it which they certainly do, and:the bulbs and flowers are spoil- ed. Many owners of hens say they do no harm and they take no notice of the damage they do. Is there-a law in this town to. prevent your neighbor's heaps from-destroying your: property? If so, what is the law? The officials of this town agitate and encourage the citizens to adorn and ornament their places, and yet al- low -hens to trespass and destroy your labor. Now, Sir, I for one will cease to ornament miy place any more unless my property is protected. Will you kindly tell us through The Post if there is a law and I for one will test it to its limit and I will not tol- erate hens on my place one day in twelve montis." ORDERS WIRELESS TO LISTEN IN FOR MARTIAN WHISPER % ape London, April 9.—Gugliel- ‘mo Marconi, inventor of the wireless telegraph, has issued special instructions for all a- vailable- stations of. his com- pany to “listen in’’ acutely on April 21, when the Planet Mars will be nearest to earth, the Chronicle stated today. The object is to pick up any wireless signals that Mars may send. : oteegeenewrenreeeoeneebeeeaere A frank} in. Wale.) ome “TENDERS FOR COAL ‘SEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned and endorsed ‘“Ten- der for Coal for the Dominion Build- ings, Ontario and Quebec,” will be recéived af this office une 12 o'clock noon, Th , A , 1920, for the supply of coal for pt Dominion Buildings posh ge cape the provinces of Ontario ~ Combined cedectiention and form of tender can be obtained from the Pur- chasing Agent, Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and “from the Care “4 They have water te tostant they turn the tap, tm aichen, putirooms, laundry, stables, barnyard, field, or wherever they wish, — They never waste time turning the separator, aste <eibleinae: fanning mill, or churn, because the “F’’ Plant does, aly these si just-qa faithfully as If rung the pump: - ~ The wonien folk no longer slave over wash tubs, carry water,. or have ofl lamps to look after. The “F” Plant ends such drud- gery. They find the electric iron and” vacuum cleaner labor-sav- ~ ers, as well as time-savers. The farm help Hkes the place, tented. ° These families live happily, are better off, ina, find their farms: . increasing in value. Have you ever thought how easily you can enjoy these same advantages? Call on Mr. Jas. C. Hardie, the “F” Power, and Light Agent for this locality, and see the plant demonstrated: It rubs for a-few cents daily—six hours to the gallon of kero- accomplishes — la ¢ con- The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co., Ltd. a er 4 Seaika and vicinity. * _ Grocery Savings ~* oa y. 10 lbs. Granulated Sugar at LYONS BROS. ~~ “Cash and Carry” Store Carnation Brand Salmon, regular 38c, special 29c Silver Gloss Starch, 1 Ib. Benson’s Corn Starch,llb. pkg. - - 2 Ib. can Edwardsburg Corn Syrup os ' 5 1b. can Edwardsburg Corn Syrup - 10 lb. can Edwardsburg Corn Syrup - <= aly = alos 14c 14¢ 1.73 29¢ 64c 1.29 pkg. Se ks Lal ~ — a ae eS up to $4.50, on sale ; sale at . . Specials For Saturday and Next Week J MEN’S HEAVY PLOW BOOTS, regular MEN’S URUS CALF PLOW BOOTS with or without toe caps, regular $5.50, on tat nn ba $3.75 - - - $4.95 Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done | THE KOCH SHOE CO. takers of the different D Buildings. Tenders will not be considered un- less made on the forms supplied by the Department and in accordancé| with the conditions set forth there- Bach tender must be accompanied ‘Loan Bonds of the Dominion will Four Months In Jall— License I tor F. E. Elliott, to- gether with mstable isis Tce made a raid on the Royal Hotel, Mitchell, on Sunday night and secured five bot- tles containing small quantities of August heer ig proprietor of the hotel, appéared in police court on Monday morning pleaded guilty to the charge of selling laser and. was sentenced to four months in jail. This is the sixth Mr. Bauer has been convicted of breach- esofthe0. T. A. . a. Yon save ty conte br paring for Banner im advance. ‘The arrear- An Electric Hair-Cut A small electric motor operating an arrangement of suitable cutting blades, the electric hair-cutter, is the invention of a Berlin barber. Instead of laboriously wor rs al} day in the art of cutting , the electric mac needs e proper do its work effectively and quickly. - Rheosta the ts regulate the current requirements of the motor and en- able the barber to work. the cutter at the desired speed. i } a. Hi 1 a ae pair of =