ings account is a backing you at any branch of this M. R. HAY, Versus Spendthrift twenty dollars a week and banking two, you Earning are better able to rise above emergencies than the ‘man making a hundred and saving nothing. A say-~ CES a SOs Be 8 RY that gives you confidence —— and power. Efficient and courteous service is Bank. IMPERIAL BANK LISTOWEL BRAt BRANCH, Manager. he Listowel Banner ublished every cy Thursday after- bon by The Banner Publishing Co. C. ¥. Blatchford President and General Manager 4 a 9 i. . Whe Banner has a large and grow- Ping circulation throughout North ‘Perth and portions of the County. of Wellington. No advertising can effectively reach "the public in the thriving district of which Listowel is the centre, without Appearing in The Banner. : NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS All advertisements must be in office )mot later than ten o'clock Tuesd sahalpged ei cere insertion in the fol- lowing iss Malephones: 166. Our Commercial Department is well equipped for turning out the best = “< Office 61, Residence Thursday, June 9th., 1921 The advertising columns of the lo- ae Paper, to a large - extent, reveal the business quality of the town in which it is published, Amon ng other resolutions saiala by the Toronto Methodist Conference was one dsking members of the Methodist church to practise self- denial, in rélation to the use of obacco, as an example to boys What a fine time the local census enumerators, Messrs. Fran Kemp and Reavely Savage, must be having, getting the ages, etc., of all the young ‘adies. These young men ought to be just for the fun of i In the absence of Editor MacBeth with the newspapermen on the Pa- cific coast, the “‘devil” got away with this one on the front page of this week's Milverton Sun: ‘‘Marr- ied life means {three months of kis- sing.and three hundred months of cussing. Just wait ‘till the edi- tor (gets back. ‘ Though one of the members re- marked that it has never been the policy of that church to -lay stress on the making of people good legislation, nevertheless the Anglican) | Synod of Toronto has passed a res- olution condemning race track gambling, also other forms of gambl- ing, such as have ‘ever been indulged in at church bazaars, etc. is 4 Willing to do the oie for nothing—} eee, ee sclentific Investigation. lt is planned to make the station satauctatiniae, The flax industry, since the close of the war, has been hard hit, but it has already been shown that Canadian- grown fibre is the equal of any in the world. With cheaper and better methods of harvesting and treatment there should be a great future ahead tor the induStry. Satisfactory experi- ments can only be carried on in the districts where flax is being raised districts where flax is being 1aised and the Government is acting wisely in locating the new station in Huron County “MAKING RAIN” (Christian Guardian) Since Mr. Hatfield set up his little 14x14 foot tank on his 24 foot high tower on the shore of Lake C ap- pice, Medicine Hat and the surround- ing iota gs has had more rain than really wanted, and some the farmers have ‘been urging Mr. Hatfield to turn off ithe tap. But Mr. Hatfield thinks that they had better take the rain while they can get it, as possibly June may be rather a dry month, and of course it is just possi- ble that it might keep on raining even if Mr. Hatfield covered up his little tank. But can Mr. Hatfieli make it rain? He thinks he can, and some people agree with him. How does he do it? Well, he says he “‘localizes the moisture in the air, and condenses it to a point of precipitation.” He uses certain chemicals which he says, ‘‘the fumes of the evaporating chemicals, mixing with the surrounding air, the| cause what may be described as an -|overturning of the atmosphere.” Surely this is simple enough. The rain lies somewhere in ee See phere and it won't come. and so Mr. Hatfield, with his rahe ‘14x14 tank, “overturns the atmosphere’ over an area of about one hundred} miles in diameter. Some overturn! seh it? And yet there is rain, and it me after Mr. Hatfield set up his tank But it visited also Saskatcho- wan and Manitoba, so perhaps Mr. Hatfield's ‘overturn’ ‘was bigger than he thought. : THE METHODIST CONFERENCE (London Free Press) The Methodist Church in Canada, insofar as it may be judged by the pronouncements of London Confer- ence, still possess the old-fashioned virtue of plain speaking. There is no possibility of mistaking its view- point in regard to the tendencies of present-day amusements, for n- stance. No church seeking popularity first would deliberately proclaim the error of an impression that the de- nomination had agreed to com- romise on the subject of the dance, FROM OTHER PAPERS +> Leste BE EE LESSON /TO BE HEEDED (Toronto Globe) Hard times destroy strikes as well as Governments. The war chest of the British miners is empty, and the a@trike is on the point of collapse. ‘The lesson should he heeded here at home. e s ge $1.15 AN HOUR (London Advertiser) * The bricklayers of the border cities are to receive pay at the rate of $1.15 per hour, up to March 31, 1922. It is rumoured that there will be a rush of school teachers and college pro- fesors to ‘learn the trade. A FESTERING SORE (Farmers’ Sun) The Hon. W. aney recently showed that upwards of $42,000,000 '. have been wagered on race tracks in this Province during the last year. This is a festering sore forced upon the province by the Federal author- ‘ ties. It should be removed. A LAND OF PROMISE ondon Advertiser) Am English immigrant, who says he came to Canada with his wife, on the understanding that they were to be paid $40 2 month for doing farm work, has been offered only $16. He now thinks he knows why Canada is —-Land-of-Promise“-———+}- A FLAX og ity FOR WESTERN ONTARIO don Free Press) In the last days of the Parliament- ary session a vote was passed by the Government of great interest to Western Ontario. This vote provided! for $25,000 for the establishment of a demonstration farm for flax in Western Ontario. For the past five years Mr. S. Frank Glass, M. P. for East Middlesex, who has been the chief advocate of the flax industry in | Parliament, has strongly urged the - docation of an experimental station an Western Ontario, the centre of the fmax-growing area. \ However, as the Government had already a small demonstration mill at Ottawa,-it was felt inadvisable to establish a second station. The Ott- », awa mill was burned last winter and the Governmentjon the » solicitation ) ef Mr. Glass, has B@w decided to re- ready been 1 acres. which is Seine a0 will likely be purchased, as well as sufficient land #6 carry on extensive cs 80 vigorously the tobacco Hpbit, It must be said, too, that such pro- nouncements bear the weight attach- , ed to the precepts those who prac- tice what they preac “Plain\ jiving j and high thinking”) still | pretty well to the ministers - of denomination. The valedictories of clergymen superannuating in- this conference, and the jubilee addresses of those completing 50 years in the ministery, bear the gracious flavor of satisfaction in long arduous service. Reminiscences of hardship. were re- lated as matters of humor and with- out suggestion of complaint. These fathers in the church invariably ad- vised the men newly ordained to take little thought for themselves; but to preach the plain Gospel— “four times a day, if cerarr ie and if you have your health.” these addresses, in the adopted ponbct of the committee on social service and in other expressions of the mind of conference, there was sounded a note of military evangelism similar to that expressed by the preacher from over the border, Dr. Chappell, who said: “We are but a gleam of light between the long shadows; there is no second chance to life, forevermore, and I stick to my line.” Rev. J. W. Hibbert, cénference president, was justified in his refer- ence to the ‘‘inspirational value” of the annual gathering, which, in the words of another member, has been a “‘wonderful conference” It was un- marked this year by a single ill- natured debate, with a record attend- ance of 460 delegates, and its public entiments were> = efit to the conference city. If one might offer a criticism, it would be this: Although there were nearly 300 lay delegates, the per- sonnel appointed to the numerous committees, boards and delegations consists, as usual, of the same dozen men. Undoubtedly these are tried and true, but one wonders if gf little responsibility conferred now and then upon the rank and file the laity would not increase, rather than detract from the strength of the church's administrative and advisory bodies. ONTARIO AND TRACK-GAMBLING (Toronto Globe Chureh gatherings in Ontario are speaking out very plainly and un- of race-track. gambling in the Prow ince. Presbyterian’, Anglicans, Meth- odists, Baptists and Congregation- alists all demand action towar suppressing the evil to which Mr. Raney has so pointedly. directed the attention of the public. The magnitude of the sums wager- ed onthe eight Ontario tracks re- quired to make returns has greatly nelsomb—brichtbulging-eye,—long— keel reservedly against the continuance} is carrying oni of religious work in foes Provin a it must not be supposed that ‘this sum, great though it is, represtn the bulk of money wagered on horse races by Ontaria “sports.” The home race-tracks are operated = > hun- dred and twelve days in Tr. Even while legalized canis can be carried on at the tracks many thousands of dollars are wagered illegally through handbook-makers) who infest the downtdwn sections of every important city and town in the Province, an in many cases make a book as a side 1 to some entirely unobjectionable business. When there is no racing on Ontario tracks the handbook men have the gambling all to themselves, and bets are taken. on torses running on tracks in New York, Maryland, Cal- ifornia, Cuba, Mexico, or Wherever there are tracks in operation. Most of these respectable gamblers would be indignant were their friends and associates to draw off from them as participants in what Colonel Denison, the veteran Police Magistrate, after long observation of its results, speaks of as a stupii form of vice. The strength of gambling in Ontario is that tens of thousands of citizens who regard “‘vice’’ as a ‘word chidee par only to sexual immortality nt and combat the idea that the “flier” they take on the “‘ponies”’ is a form of vicious indulgence. Race- track gambling is a highly respect- able amusement in Ontario. Even the intrusion of crowds of professional Touring Car. . Truck the border uring the racing season has not des- troyed the social prestige of the race gatherings on the old-established tracks, where society and the gamb- ling fraternity meet on terms of equality. Giitiyio has not the power as a Province to include race-track gamb- gambling from across d Sedan Coupe ling with the other forms forbidden in the Criminal Code. Parliament a- lone can do that. There are many rep- resentatives in Parliament from Prov- inces other than Ontario where the vice of gambling on horses has not got into the blood of the people as it has here who may ask whether the resolutions of Church Courts and ssemblies properly represent pnblic > legalized gambling. The most effect- ve way of proving that is by referr- ing the question to the electors on the first available opportunity— either the Dominion election, which must be held in the autumn of 1922 at the latest, or at Provincial general election, which must take place before the fall of 1923. Were such a vote to be taken the result would convince the most skeptical member of the Federal House that the people of this Province are as un- hesitatingly opposed race-track gambling as they cap to the restor- ation of the saloon or to any other form of licensed pee legalized vice. deteebebeedelebbebetelebeeebebedetedetetoiet =) soewLEING THE FLOCK - Sud ee SES + Ba bh ake a? esfosfesfeofeatoafecfecteodaofeale De te Sh ah he a ate ae Sa { rimental Farm's Note)-~ The hatching season should now be over on the well regulated poultry plant and attention directed to cull- ing the flock to make room for the growing youngsters. In the first place there should be vigorously culled from the flock all birds — show aad physical defects such as/crooked beaks, backs or breasts, excessively long toe nails. sunken eyes and long ‘crow’ head, knock-knees or other sign of poor stamina and low Vitality. At this season, if they have not ul- ready been discarded, the hens over two years old, unless possessing the characters of extra high production and retained as breeders on this account, should be marketed as soou as they stop Jaying, show signs of broodiness or moult When trap nests are used, this condition is readily noticeable, but if not the hens that have stopped lay- ing can be easily distinguished by their shrinking comb and fading colour of face and wattles, also by the contraction of the pelvic bones. These bones,#sNghtly protruding on each side of the. vent, remain spread to the width of about three fingers placed perpendicularly be- tween them, as long as the hen is laying. In the poor producer they will be found closed to*the width of only one finger and when the latter con- dition is evident early in the season, when she should be still producing, it is a fairly good indication that the bird has given up too soon and is not the type that makes the high record. Vigor, health and high producing qualities are shown, by distinctly visible characters and all ai that do not carry these qualities in a marked degree should qinaasoens from the flock. The high-producing characters of primary signifance are: full, red bone with lots of width between stern extremity and pelvic bones showing depth of body with capacity for feed and room for the producing organs; fine pelvic bonés spread well apart and an elastic, velvet texture to the ykin of the abdomen Hens that moult tate in the season and in the yellow-skinned varieties those individuals that fade out white in the sections that show pigment, namely the skin, beak, shank and ear lobe, also indicate the possibility of high production and should be kept in preference to those that do not carry these qualities. There are more intricate decisive | characters that help in the selection of good from poor layers, but the foregoing will be of some use in an elementary way, to the farmer in selecting his breeders to carry over to the next season. If carefully followed, they will eliminate most of the undesirable specimens that are 2 source of expense without profit and rob the deserving hens of the flock of their creditable record. W. T. Scott, Poultry Division. Experimental Farm, opinion in demanding the abolition of , Lighting. New Sr Prices Effective June 7, 1921 Runabout .. . Chassis ... . $710 $645 $520 Chassis. . $655 .$1,090 $990 Above prices include Starter and Electric All prices are f. 0. b. Ford, Ont., and do not include Federal Sales Tax. The demand now for Ford’cars will be greater than ever. Let us have your order early. Hugh Halliday Ford Dealer Listowel Moving To Listowel— ! Palmerston Spectator—Mr. A. D. Symons, who has conducted a nmiusic store on Main Street for the past seven years has decided to Jeave Pal- merston and will open a_ similar business in Listowel about the lst of! July. The store occupied at present by Mr. Symons has been leased by the Spectator and in addition to their printing and publishing business, will carry a complete line of all stationery, school supplies, wmag- azines, etc. “izzie’’ Misbehaved— Palmerston ectator—Chai ed by. the beauty « lovely moonlight night, two young ves almust met with a severe accident while motor driving just outside the town one night last week. It ‘seems that the young lady and gent were enjoying a spin into the country and it < sup- posed the young gent was starxazing, when Lizzie (that’s the name of the car) decided to leave the road, How- ever, one hand on the wheel was not sufficient to run the car, and before the other arm could be brought into action,,it plunged off the highway into the ditch and partly turned over. A. passing motorist helped the young people out of an unfortunate predic- ament and before leaving suggesied that.a horse and buggy would be more suitable for those who enjoyed driving with one hand. Were the Old Best? who Walkerton Times—People are continually prating about the “Good Old Days’ and lauding the “Glorious Past’’ with all the vehem- ence of an auctioneer extrolling the value of an old mattress, would prob- ably feel like going out in the back yard and throwing a fit if anything resembling the irrevocable, came back. Although the further we delve into ancient history the muddier it gets, yet We have only to go back to the building of the new dam to show how things have improved here even in a decade. With about the same number of men engaged making the dam as we have now employed on the street paving scheme, and all pretty much about the same type of laborer, compare the peace and quiet- ude that now reigns with a kickless bar to the riotous scenes that pre- vailed during the construction of the dam when the bottle was on sale at the liquor store and explosive goods | on tap in the local inns. After com-| paring the orderliness of the present, with the riotousness of the past, it; savyors of mockery to hear people dwelling with such emphasis on the) “Good Old Days’ which have likened to what we now have were about as inferior as the Dark Ages would he to the millezmium. When one of our merchants has an unusually attractive window display, goin and tell him about it.| His window helps the looks of the town and your encouragement helps TRS your children to Start for each one of them a savings ac- count in The Bank of Ham- ilton. the first deposit. save $1.00 is sufficient for Teach them in this way to acquire good habits early in life. Wedding Cakes The bakery department is busy on Wedding Cakes just now. Let Us Make Yours ‘A full stock ef all inesef Groceries Seed Corn The quality is better than has been shown for years. A good stock of Dent and Flint varieties on hand. Salt at 75 cents per cwt. W. A. McDonald Phone 91 Main Street West him to try again.