_Sabscription Rate $2.00 « Kear in Adrants, opcrnie $2.50 Shell Trainmen Had Wonder ful Escape - - In Serious Wreck At Linwood Monday es WERE ENTERING ONTO MAIN 4 a _ LINE WHEN GODERICH TRAIN] * 4 ! ke + a LOOMED UP IN MIST AND SIDE-| * OUR “PEA SHOOTER” HERE * % SWIPED THEIR ENGINE. + Mr, HB. Morphy, MP. | # Sees + has secured a trench mortar + Engineer aieene Fair and Fire-| . J33 » war trophy for Listowel. + 4 man Chas. Wombwell of Listowel). i is down in the fire hall. + Providentially escaped death in @/. Some of the returned men and # train wreck on the C. P. R. at Lin-} + others don’t think much of it + wood shortly before eight o’clock/ » 4. 9 souvenir. Instead of a + ; Monday morning, when- the east- + “pea shooter” we were look- + ~ bound train from Goderich, unnotic-| ~ ing for something in a class + ed 'till too late because of mist, crash- na “Big Lizzie’ that bomb- + ed into the smaller engine with tre-| 5 oq paris. +t ‘mendous force and reduced it. al-} + most to scrap. 5 How the two men escaped is a mar- , ae vel. Yet both were practically un- hurt. Engineer Oakes of the God- erich train, quickly applied - the brakes, when he saw the collision couldn’t be averted, and jumped from his cab before the impact came. He sustained a séverely sprained ankle, Bytfor the mist the accident would not have occurred, as the crew of the local train were proceedure. The ct h train had right of way, but as there is usually a few minutes’ time before its ar- rival, the crew of the local train pur- posed saving time “by proceeding to tle station, unloading and bac out of the way. A coach for Toronto i is also transfe They were on the switch and jist!” passing onto the main line, when the through train loomed up quickly and sideswiped their engine. cab and the very seat on which En- gineer Fair was sitting, was torn a- way. He was against the boiler a { in danger of being scalded to death by escaping steam, but miraculously managed to extricate himself from the perilous position unhurt. Mr. Percy Raines of Listowel was baggageman. His car was scraped by the engine of the Goderich train and turned on its side. Counductor Johnston was in charge of the local train and ustor e Cruikshanks the other Among those on the ‘Listowel train e Part of the —_, ‘were the Finkbeiner brothers, Miss‘ r of stu- Gladys Hall and-a nu dents from Tralee and rking, who got off with nothing mor@ than a jolt. The West Toronto wrecking crew were soon on the scene and‘the track we cleared by the middle of the af- @ernoon. An engine from Guelph was sent up,.which hauled the crippled engines to the car oe bea oa were transferred and to ronto by the west bound train, which came as far as Linwood and return- ed Pending investigation the Listowel train crew has-been laid off. Biggs Gone “Bugs”? Increasing License Fees ‘ r f Toronto, Nov. 23.—Increaséd li- cense fees will be charged owners of motor cars by the department of pub- lic works next year, when n. C. Biggs, minister of public works, « hopes to increase the revenue of the province from this source by $750,- 000. The revenue this year amount- ed to more than $2,000,000. “AS the autos use the roads the most,” said Hon. Mr. Biggs today. “we feel that they should pay stheir pabare of gost of highways.” Mumber of cylinders in auto- mob e engines is taken into account ole . BYR PODE's | COLUMN Ten cents.a ce This: for first in- sertion, with minimum charge of 50c.. Subsequent insertions five cents a line with minimum charge 25c. 7—-——_-—_—-—-+— 9 in the new licenses, which was never done before. , The fee for passenger cars of 25 hofsepower or less be from $13 to $20. The present’ fée a $10. For passenger cars of 25 | 35 horsepower the fee will Fiiae | from $15 to $35. The present fee is $15. Cars of 50 horsepoWer or over will be from $30 to $40. The pres- ent fee is $30. The smallest motor truck, which now pays $10, will be = LJ . OUR PRICES ; On Lath, Shingles, Cedar Posts, Sewer and Land Tile, will interest you. R.T. Kemp and Son. tfnp FOR SALE Seven roomed house, on Main st., near high school, at a bargain if sold at onte. “Apply to W. A. Wood. 3tnp BOARD Good board in private houge, pu-; pils preferred. Apply Box 42, Lis- towel. it CHRISTMAS CONCERT ™“-} In U. 8S. S. No. 16, Howick’ and Grey, on Friday evening, December} 17th. Excellent program. Admission} 25c and 365c, ltp. TO RENT OR FO: LE Comfortable home for rent, or for sale on easy terms; monthly pay- ments if necessary. Apply at once to T. L. Hamilton. % NOTICE All accounts due McKellar -and Mitchell must be paid by Dec. 1st. 1920. Those not paid then will be placed in- other hands for collect- 2tnp ion. EVERYBODY COME The famous play, “The Spell of the Image,” will be given in 8.8. No. 2, Elma, by the Listowel East ‘Women’s Institute, on Friday~evening, Nov. 26th., at 8 o’clock. 35ce, children 20c. FOR SALE __ 100 acres, 3% miles east of Lis- towel, good buildings, dril wind mill, [5 a tnp tiled: For terms and particulars ap- ply at the — lot 3, 1st on : Wallace. to Waldfe Heard, R. R. N oe e tie a e greater will 2. Listowel. . 2tp Now, spiritual power re aki from m God i ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Wallace cheese and Butter Company, Limited, - will be held on Thursday afternoon, fa aie also receive tenders sealed and mnark- ed as such for the office of ttap tor. Admission, adults Ni Dee. $th., at 2 p.m., at the Company’s t fs poe : factory, for th tion of the M of us lose} ee general b and the.election of power all along the line; we officers. *Th of Directors will pany with people who are $13. Trailers, which at present pay nothing, will be charge from $2 to $5. Electric passenger bcs ae will be increased from $10 to $15 PAYING THE PRICE ee@eesnt 1 + eenere - * ¢ & se * os *# . s The lesson was at an end, and the doctor looked over his class and won- | dered how much impression he had made. The boys were just verging ‘on manhood; some of them were in the senior class of high school, some were aiready out in the world of busi- ness. The lesson had been about the oy that the apostles had per- formed When the doctor had finished_ex- plaining ‘the passage one boy looked up inquiring Dr. Jamison,” he asked, ‘do you think ‘anyone could perform miracles; wt? - “Unquestionably,” replied the’ doc- 3 te oP . “Then why don’t they do it?” a dozen Voices asked. _“¥Yon all know something about physics,’ said Dr. Jamison slowly. “You Grnow that you can convey a powerful electric current hundreds of Iniles from its source and set it at work virtually without loss.” rs © boys nodded. ‘* “Now, there are two things to Wels in mind: the power that the dynamo generates and the cable that trans- Mits the power. Let us assume tha the Gymamo has produced the neces- energy; what is required of the t must be connected with the aynahe.? id one of the boys. ‘Yes; but there is Oe else.” sitinor tala the cables.”. the connec Noid on Lannin was appointed in 9 Stratford Man Heads | Provincial Police CHIEF OF POLICE LANNIN HAS BEEN | _Stratford, Nov. 18.—After® sain a-half years of efficient service, Skies, of Police ‘William J. Lannin-has to take a more iu ve po- ‘sition as peer of provincial po- lice and license inspector of Western Ontario. This appointment, made by the Provincial government, eB} ‘a salary of $4,000 a year. The police ‘commission met! this afternoon re “accepted the chief’s resignation’ to take effect December 16, and in the meanwhile he has been granted leave of absence from Monday next. ‘ 13 and has proven a zealous officer. yet the chief is not well acquainted! with his new duties, but he will have supervision over all the pr, vincial police and license inspect: in estern Ontario. He will open an office in Windsor, and will make his headquarters there for the pres- ent. His territory extends from Windsor to Guelph and from.Lake Erie to Palmerston 4 Spracklin Suspended Till Case Is Settled Windsor, Nov. 19.—General reor- ganization of the departments enfore- ing the Ontario Temperance Act oni the border under one man to be-}" come effective immediately, it became known here with the return to Wind- sor tonight of J. H. Rodd, crown-at-} torney, who has been in’ egy: conferring with the department. decision, Mr. Redd said, was nade by, the attorney-general, as a result of his deciding to place on trial Rev. J. O. L. Spracklin for the slaying of Beverley Trumble. The “fighting parson” has been sus- pended from the employ of the de- partment until his case is settled. The suspension is automatic, resulting from the charge hanging over his head. It will remain in effect until next spring bho eg ‘his case one before. the rie gantsattotot the mtire thor partment }Y*ttie attorney-genera!l will place all license inspectors and pro- vincial police officegs under a trained police official, whose name is to be announced Saturday. The new official will be given as many men as he can use, and will be equipped properly to carry out the en- forcement of the Ontario Temperance Discussing the situation with the press, Mr. Rodd said: “The attorney-general told me that border residents need not worry. They are going to have fair play on the rum-running business, and that fair play is going to be that rum-running} will stop.” Invited Motherwell Minister— At 2 congregational meeting of the Presbyterians of North Mornington, on Thursday of last reek, a hearty and unanimous invitation was extend- ed to Rey. G. F. N. Atkinson of Moth- erwell. The call carries with it a guarantee of $1,800 annual stipend and free manse. The North Morn- ington. congregation is conspicuous! amohg the rural charges of Western Ontario is that it has accepted the Assembly’s suggestion regarding the $1800 -minimum. Boys’ Sweater Coats on sale from $1.50 up, Men's on sale at. 82.00 up. See them at WALTERS’. Rev.-W..G. Howson Dead— Rev. W. G. Howson of London, su- peratinuated . Methodist minister, ‘Ask Shorter Hours: “| ehaveecerere genes 7.9 whose stations included Mitchell and R th Th c Surgical instruments - 608 Dae 2.08 Wingham, and. who is known toa er an Cut) Bedding, napery, general hos- number in Listowel, died/ suddenly - pital furnishings, renewals’ 427.14 Sunday morning. He was a brilliant| Stratford, Nov. ov. 24.—Oftlers f om o s, brushes, mops, soaps ‘preacher, but was forced to quit, the Montfeal to reduce the staff of "the 4 cleaning appliances .. es | active’ work because of heajth.| G . T).R. shops by 20 cent were Fuel PO nantes dilnempe ses bee « 586. For the paSt six yeats he has ‘been recetved by ‘Master Mechanic Ra Electric light, gas, oil and suffering with stomach trouble. Garden today, It was not known to- CANGIOS «.- ye cece ete ees 67.77 day ey eernat basis the reduction would apd supply, cedavecevases : aes Small shipment butternut bread! e.. The men are urging that! lee supply .....- eee en eee . and cakes, from aa rites ‘s, Kitchener, | a hours be cut rather than that| Salaries and wages ....... 2417.9 arriving Friday at Mrs. ree's reg-| the men be laid off. Mr. Garden, is in es and insiirance ...... 48.1 taurant and conf store, Montreal for a conference on'the situ- 7 agent printing, station- “ ation. tage, etc. ...... 150.52 oe ‘ Coutingonalas Teer ere eee 112.57 1 Church— Remember the baking sale and| Repairs, gitinerr a TreieSahies 52.3 towel ‘citizens will be interested| Lunch on Friday, Dec, 3rd., Fair day, al to hear Mr. H. W. Barker, of Toron- to, a former Listowel boy, who is to speak on foreign missions Sunday ev- ening in the Congregational church. | Mr. Mr Bicker is treasurer’ of the Con- 8re; gregational Union of Canada and the ot fe eae an missio society. In the early days, his father preached in the Congregational church here. apostles followed the example of eir Master; none of them lost MANY WHO WERE AGAINST IT, WENT AWAY rai rasa ae TO GIVE IT SUPPORT Great tnteree in the by-law to be voted on urday, which if carried permits a an of $25,000 to a com- pany that purposes to manufacture in Listowel, disc and wire wheels for automobiles, was evident from the splendid crowd of men at a public meeting in McDonald's hall, Wednes- ‘day night, presided over by Reéeve Hacking. The purpose of the meeting was to give information regarding the by-law and the plans of the company. Until Wednesday night's meeting, consider- able opposition was being voiced but sentiment has greatly changed and a number who went to the meeting op- posed to the by-law, came away boost- ‘ers, and’ there is a general feeling that on bes gpcrng yond — two- thirds vote will be se The nindtpay eéeker was Mr. Martin Kolbenstetter of Detroit, pat- entee? who gave a lucid and frank ‘explanation of his position, and also described the advantageous features of his invention. ‘Other speakers were Reeve Hack- ing, Dr. James Moore, Mr. Max Beck- Mr. T. L. Hamilton, Mr. J. W. and Mr. er, Sangster, Mr. R. mp @ Ezra Arnold. Of these Mr. Hamilton] and Mr. Kemp were among those ¢lined to vote against the by-law, but “who decided to give it their support, after the situation had been clearly explained. “"Phe town has safeguarded you in every way possfble. Until the com- pany -ha¢g: raised $30,000 they don’t handle any of the town’s money,” stated Reeve Hacking. Mr. Hacking calculated that if the company didn’t meet with the suc- cess anticipated and things came to the worst, the town in any case, wouldn’t loose more than probably $3000 or $4000. Another speaker, Mr. Max Becker, j assured the meeting that they wouldn’t loose even this, for ‘he-stood prepared in case of failure, to person- ally make good any such loss. The sentiment of the meeting was Peicotigly in support of the by-law and quite a number who previously were either opposed or indifferent, went away intending to give it their sup- po The one important factor about which a number of ratepayers are concerned, is as to the probable mar- ket for the product. Core Un. JI 0. T. A. First Of December CANADA TEMPERANCE ACT TO BE SUSPENDED IN PERTH AND HURON VERY SHORTLY. Mr. T. ‘L. Hamilton of Listowel, president of the Perth County Temp- erance Alliance, has received the fol- lowing comnfunication from the un- der-secretary of state, Ottawa: “{ have the honour to inform you that the orders-in-council, suspending the operation of the Canada Tenfper- auce Act in the counties of Perth and Huron, were published in The Gaz- ette of the 20th. instant. “The ‘suspension pill aceendingty become effective ae days from that date. “The provincial government is~be- ing advised of the passage and date of nei of these orlere-ti; coun i e teachers Methodist Sutiday Srhool met Wed- n evening an ments for the annual C tree and en nment, which will be held on yy, ‘December 21st. The Boost For By-Law) ‘cost of maintenance was therefore The iebeet of the secretary-treas-| urer, Mrs. J. J. Foster, was ae of the most interesting items at the annual meeting of the Hospital Trust, held Monday evening at the library, and presided over by Dr. Foster, chair- man of the board, whose opening ad- dress was an interesting and encour- aging one. The statement covered the seven, months’ period from the opening of the hospital, up to Sept, 30th., and showed the total receipts for that period to be $9,548. a and the ex- penditures $11,439.4 The total cost of itt was given as $5,414.04, an average per month of $788.00. Fees received from the patients ‘ C.| during the seven months totalled $4,- 478.01, an average of $639.71. The $148.29 per month in excess of the income. This, under the: circum- stances, is considered a creditable) showing. The total number of patients treat- ed during the seven months was 178, the number of days treatment 1,- 491 and the cost per patient per day 3.78, The receipts included a $2000 grant from the town and a $1500 grant from the county council. No government grant was received. This will be shown next year and is based on this year’s report. In his address, the chairman ex- pressed his pleasure over the success which the hospital was meeting and spoke his appreciation of the excellent staff of nurses, the splendid co-op- eration of the medical men, of the a sistance of the Hospital “Ausiliara the Daughters of the-Empire an other organizations, as well. as the citizens generally. With the present medical staff and graduate nurses, he considered the hospital an excellent training school for under-gradiates. Dr. .Foster felt that in the near future an extension to the building} would be necessary and thought it would be nice if some philanthropic citizen would only donate a nurses’ home, so that their present quaeeare might be used as wards. A splendid report was received trom| the Women’s Hospital Auxiliary and the thanks and congratulations of the board was tendered them. The four retiring members of the board were re-elected. They are Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Rennie, Mr. Malcolm and Mr. John Watson. Those whose term hasn’t expired are Mrs. F. W. Hay, Mrs. R. A. Climie,.Mr. W. Climie and Dr. Foster. These eight, with the mayor of town, comprise the board. Below is the report of the secre- tary-treasurer, showing details of re- ceipts and expenditures; also that of the superintendent of the hospital, Miss C. M. inson. The treasur- er’s statement was audited by Messrs. M. R. Hay and N, L. Scott, and was found to be correct.. Receipts Subscriptions, $1,569.47; grants. $3,500.00; fees, $4,478.01; totdl $9,- 547.48. mga EX Butcher's - 8 pot Butter and e eee eww ee ee Flour, bread yar meal .... 49.1 DRUG sti bie ove s oe ee 0 wae a8 166.00 Tea and ‘coffee = ise Rate RS 8.6 Potatoes and other vegetables 48.81 Groceries and provisions not . enumerated ...........- 356.50 Drugs and medicines ...... 43.91 Medical and surgical appli- 42 Ritson repairs, altera- tions and additions rouse furnishings, new; and furniture ..... see. we ee ee 775.52 Interest on Debt. ....... 76.78 ; $10052.75 Statement nditure Forward ........ «+++ -$10052.75 Charged to account by Bank 13.75 Overdrawn account s Lst..2920. .....e6es.s- 1265.89 tstanding cheques 4 SOG, LBRO -s:. oo c-0 nies-2~-<-< 57.00 Outstanding Petty Cash .. 50.00 Stamps on cheques ..... ‘ 06 ed -$11439.45 t. ; yg sy ee ee ed é bees sy» MBSTAB in Bank. ” - 1920 N ’ Ibs. up. 76.46 {. It is prod et to renerill the first Report of the towel Bi Memorial Hospital and Trai ing School of Nurses for the eee a 30th, “i920. t the cl f the a 4920 there im 8 patients hospital. The number of eatiéuta mitted during the year were 17 These with 5 births, making a tot of 178. The total number of da treatments were 1491. Our cases © were principally surgical. Our Nurs ing S consists of 4 nurses in train- ing and one pariah nurse, ag a8- | sistant superintende : The domestic otaft ot two, one man | and one woman, together with a laundress, 1% days per week, is not equal to the work to be done and leaves a lot of it to the already over worked staff Of Training The course of training is three DAL a8 Maes Yes gical staff on the following subjects: —Major Surgery and Bacteriology, Pedriatics, Minor Surgery and An- aesthetics, Infectious (Diseases, Di- seases of the heart, lungs and kid- neys, Gynacology, Anatomy and Phy- sology, Materia, Medica, Eye, Nose and Throat and Urine Analysis; i to eight lectures on each sub- ect Operations There were 145 operations per- formed, of which a number were ma- jor and some of them were operations. t are seldom performed outside of a city hospital. There is in fact, as. good work done in our hospital as aes is perhaps in any other hospital we might mention. Tribute To Miss Neilly ' I might say that not all the credit — by any means is to be given to the doctors for the successful handling of (Continued on page 4.) Let Them Help Breeder EVER DOOMED, -SAYs THE FARMERS’ 8 i (Fa Over $9,434,000 were wagered by ~ the racing public of Ontario during the various racing meetings last spring, while the jockey clubs were enriched to the extent of half a mil- lion dollars. The plea made for the continuation of racing by the-varions — jockey clubs has always been that the horse-breeding industry would benefit from it, and if racing were | discontinued it would be a serious blow to our position as producers of high-class horses. The most ardent admirer of the thoroughbred has to admit that out- side of the track the thorougbred has no useful place to fill. The light horse is doomed for ever with the com of motor traction. What agric re needs to-day is good heavy horses, weighing from 1,600 Further, a glance at the racing cards at any ‘of the tracks t spring reveals the fact that by far the mafority of the horses are owned and bred by Americans, These horses as brought over, me the racing seas and as soon they have picked’ “ all the sane money in sight they return to the States. It is hard to see what great benefit this bestows on the Canadian horse industry. As a matter of fact, these gentry usually take back with them any Canadian horses that show signs of developing. into - Valuable / 1 racing mate: If the Ontario jockey clubs are really anxious to improve the quality of the Canadian horse let them help out the breeder of the heavy draught horse. There is an unlimited scope in this field for their worthy -ambl- tions, and unless they do something of real material value for the benefit of horse breeders their existence as pure gambling institutions should 4 not ‘be tolerated for one moment. 3 Knox Church Ladies Did Well At Bazaar — The bazaar given Friday ‘and Sat- urday of last week by the Ladies’ Aid Everything was disposed of and the pr totalled the splendid sum of $425. e sale was hela in the autitor- ium ot the church and though the weather was unfavorable, it was well patronized. ere was a tea room and sale of fancy goods, cooking and candies, The convenors for the bazar wera Mrs, brent -nd president of the Mie Aid, and Mrs. Howes. Weed clases em wal McDonald & Riggs