Flowers to Cheer Her on Mothers’ Day ~ Can you picture your dear old mother- - as she peeps into a box of fresh cut flowers: Can you see her taking the paper wrap- per off the full bloom Plant or a Corsage? What a feeling of appreciation comes over her as a gift of these Quality Flowers re- veals itself ! Get your order in early for Roses, Gar- nations and Sweet Peas. \ Plowright’s Greenhouses *Phone 260 Listowel ‘tha and Health Biscuits They are good—but don't take our word for it. Ask any- one who eats them. Our customers will vouch for their good taste. Only highest quality of iperedients used and modern, sanitary methods of manufacture. Margugritas—g dainty, pastry confection. Buy it __Ask for o Our bread is now being wrapped in waxed paper. and gmake sure of sanitary bread. -ZURBRIGG BROS. The Bakers ’Phone 85 S. C. White Leghorns BABY CHICKS | Barred Rocks We own and operate. one of the most up-to-date Poultry Plants in Canada. This is not a Hatchery but a real Poultry Plant, the eggs we set are collected from our own hens on our own place. For the past ten years we have made a careful study of the Poultry business, more particularly mating and breeding along larg- er egg production lines, In the present Canadian Egg Laying Con- test being conducted at the Experimental Farm at Ottawa, under Government supervision, where there are 83 pens entered from the best poultry breeders in Canada and the United States (Contest started Nov. lst. 1923, and ends Oct. 31st. 1924,) pur pa ot 8. Cc. Leghorns, No. 40, is in gecond place (a pen the United States holding first position.) Our pen has not been lower than ‘4th. place since the first week of the Contest. Chicks we are hatch- ing - our customers are from the mothers and sisters of this pen. the latter part of May and the! mone of June we will have 15, 000 Chicks—Rocks 18c, Leghorns 15c. z ar we had - refuse orders for thousands of Chicks on aantion wanting them ere too late In placing their orders. Right now is the time to or- a Chicks for delivery the latter part of May or for the month of June. Have Pte been keeping Hens? or have the Hens been keeping you? Start now and get the kind that will keep you. There a big sibtereare rhe the returns you get from same amount of food i esa Why not get Chicks that have. the back of them to give you big profits. The Chicks we send out are ‘properly incubated, therefore easily raised. - WALTER ROSE BOX 34 : BRUSSLES, ONT- GRAIN, SALT, FLOUR, FEEDS and SEEDS: Try the Listowel Elevator for High Grade Flgeér Royal Household, Maple Leaf, Purity, Five Roses, and Pastry Flour FEEDS—Bran, Shorts, White Middlings, Feed-Flour, Semp- son Feed, Ground Screenings with 10% Flax and 25% Feed Wheat. on Cake Meal, Western Oats, Corn, Beet Pulp, Tankage. sAIa—No. 1, Fin, No. 2 Fine. ie bb. pressed blocks and bat Courteous Driving V Solve Many Proleas} BADLY IN, > OF MENDING. ARROGANT DRIVING CAUSE OF MANY ACCIDENTS AND NOT A FEW TRAFFIO BLEMS— CAMPAIGNS “— SAFE, DRIV- ING. Why is it necessary for an auto mobile club to plant {ts road signs, bearing the ph phrase, “Courtesy Makes Safety,” throughout a _ locality in which we know ratte to be very eavy? Why do = see articles in azines and newspapers with titles like this “A Little More Courtesy, or a Lot More Trouble?’ What happens to a man when he gets behind his steering wheel? In many cases, some psychological change seems to take place in him for he displays‘a woeful lack of courtesy toward his fellow-motor- ist. He does things as a motorist that he would never dare to do as a pedestrian For instance, {t is not our cus- tom to ram people as we pass them on the sidewalk; we do not cut a man off as he crosses the street; we do not deliberately try to steal an- other man’s seat in the trolley car; yet we see analogous agtions on the part of the motorist every day., The other day, we saw a motorist making a parking, and this Is what happened—he had pulled up along side. the car immediately in front of the space in which he wished to nark, preparatory to backing into this space. Another, but smaller car, pulled up and tried to ‘‘aneak" into the sume space before the first car could back in. An accident might have occurred, aud naturally the ‘iret driver was incensed at this act of discourtesy, and he did not hesi- ‘ate to tell the,other man just what he thought of "itr. ‘he exceedingly human desire of wanting to “Get even" exists in al -f us. and we do not doubt but that act of discourtesy caused this man to vow that he would “Get even” with the next man who tried such tricks on him, If both men would apply the Golden Rule, many unfort- unate developments might be pre- verted. It is noteworthy that the Ontario Motor League has campaign- ed for courteous driving since its inception. The desire to make time in many enses leads to acts of discourtesy ‘and sometimes disaster. This was hrought home to us recently when we were driving with a friend. The east and west-bound _ traffic j had the right of way and one ‘slowed up to give the drivers going north and south an opportunity to go through—which made a bad situa- | ton worse—but, then, it was. “Me j first.” We were the third car on the Psida of the north bound traffic; we | mag- wished to swing across the avenue and go left to the west, but it was necessary for us to wait until we could edge our way through the east |and west-bagnd traffic. ' Finally an opening occurred—the {*wo ears in front of us did not seize | the opportunity to go through, so my friend swung around beside the car |'n front of him, and started across |; the ayenne thereby cutting off a car which was crossing the avenue from | the north. This south-bound car hit |the rear right fender of our car— | he conld do nothing else, for we had ; cut him off. | The man with whom we were driv- ling not only violated a traffic rule | fn passing the two cars abreast, but | he acted discourteously to the other motorist by cutting him off, and act- | ually endangered lives—not to speak lof the traffic tle-up which resulted | from his discourteous act, prompted | by his desire to make time. As it j happened, he lost more time than if | he had observed gd rules and the | eourtesy of the We have all | seen such acts ek Giawaney on the | part of our fellow-motorists, as cut- tine corners without signalling; speeding up when another motorist attempts t® pass; entling In too shoirply affer passing “ar, . but pa feat Pale indiscrimin- {ate use Af the ho Human arin is just stubborn | enough not to stand for being brush- | ed uside by such acta, und stubborn- | wenn and irritation resulting from } discourtesy make the right combina- | tien for trouble, and motoring in | general suffers as a consequence. | “We have reached a point in mot- | oring where, unless courtesy in driv- | ing recelves renewed and serious at- | tention.” says Frederick C. Russell j in Motor Life, “the piloting of an Jai tn, wht will become a free-for- all. In which everyone will aim to | make it. just as inconvenient as pos- sible for everyone é “The whole question | resolves iteelf Into this; {of discourtesy encourages a more | serious act retaliation with its re- | sulting train of annoyances and ac- egw Why not, therefore, infer ‘hat every act of courtesy will bring ‘orth a better act of reciprocation? Furthermore. why not try it? to- matically, others will follow suit." | apparently | Every act Mr. Russell is right. With the | great increase in the number of cars on our roads, and the ‘corres- | | pondl ort iving old-fashioned motor |} courtesy, $ has pretty well |gone by the board. Many of or | traffic tie-ups and accidents are | atid to the score of too many auto- | mobiles on the streets. The capacity | of our streets bas not been reached —they will accomodate many more automobiles without any ag Re if we are more considé¢rate of the other fellow and the other fellow is more considerate o Let us stop ‘talking about hog traffic conditions, congestion cidents; and act on the Sonattied MANNERS OF MANY MOTORISTS; PRO ONTARIO MOTOR LEAGUE) increase in the complextties| HIGH PRICES The booge they sell ia pric- ed so high a poor man can’t get drunk; a beaker of their - P9454 & 8 Ly surdly rich if he'd acquire a bun, and roll around in yond- er ditch and have all kinds of fun. They used to make ley, corn and an could take -his bitters plain and not go blind or die. The barley and the rye and corn were inexpensive stuff, and 15 cents would buy a horn, and that seemed dear enough. But now bom using costly dyes” and of noxious amell to ake. the bourbons ryes the bootleg- dealers sell. It costs to manu- facture booze, the way they make it now, _to gather up old overshoes, and horns of goat and cow, to boil tin cans and cast-off hats, the rinds of rancid cheese, to get the blood of vampire bats, the sap of upas trees. One cannot get witho expense an alligator’s nest, the rusty barb wire from a fence, that gives the bitters zest. One cannot without money buy a the modern drink. A price of flowing bowls Is up, to say, and only men with am- ple rolls can kill themselves that way. But one may to the hydrant trek, in peace and great content, and pour three gallons down hia neck and not cough up a cent. —wWalt Mason. Peete eo eee nena eeeesetenseeeeeneetaeeteheseeennna ae * * »* « . tL] ° bebe ebbebbelbdebtbetdok$ & * THE OLD PENSIONER'S + GIFT ate stesdeoleedeoeedeeleodefeebetestes eae minister of an English village 4m his vestry receiving gifts of than baaiving from the members of his church and congregation. His ministry had been searching and sound, fit to awaken in his people the right spirit of consecration. e fund was mounting steadily when one of the most prosperous men of the community—a wealthy merchant—entered the vestry. After ehaking hands the merchant drew his check book somewhat ostentatiously from his pocket and proceeded write a check for fifty pounds. The minister just- glimpsed the figure es he was turning to speak to a new- ‘comer, an old-age pensioner, wrink- led and bent with four-score years of hard toil. The minister greeted him cordially. Laboriously the old man fumbled in his waistcoat pocket and coin by coin put ten shillings down on the t . “I really ought not to take this from you, my dear friend,” said the minister. “You cannot afford it.” “But you must!" replied the old man in excited, auavfring tones. “You must sir; I've bean saving this up all the year, and I don’t want bad give to God what costs me noth- ng.” So the minister accepted the old man's gift and wrote a receipt for him. When he had finished he glanc- ed round for his wealthy friend. But the man had vanished. The minister wondered whether the attention that he had given to the old pensioner had offended the merchant prince. He took an affectionate farewell of his aged friend and in his heart thanked God for such a noble self- sacrifice. Late that afternoon his wealthy visitor of the morning burst Into the vestry. He shook hands with the min- ister and placed a check: face down- wards upon the table. ‘Did you see the amount of the aero that I wrote this morning?” he a “Why, yes," sented “the minister; IT could not help seeing that it was for fifty pounds. “And vou remember that old pen- sloner’s gift?’ ple continued. “T do indeed,” d the minister. “Well, eek at this,” and the man turned the check fece upwards; It was for two h ed and fifty pounds. “I felt ashamed of myself beside that brave old boy," said the merchant. “All the afternoon I’ve been fighting my love of money, and at last I too have decided that I must re give God what costs me nothin Later that day the minister sought rr) out his old pensioner friend and said to him: “John, do you know how much you gave to our fund today?” es, sir," replied the old fellow, “ten shillin “Not a bit of it,” replied the min- gift am oF exactly lus ten and he tolf him the story. New Pharmacy Law Provides Heavy Fines shillings,”* The digest of the new pharamacy act will be printed and forwarded to all druggigts in the province In pre- paration for, the time — the new Rey rg comés jnto for main provisio the law ‘ that it provides that all Pepe gists must take out a license from the Ontario License Board before they can were, handle, or sell alco- hol or Under the new legislation the pen- alties are v uch heavier. aie tion of the nt Hi cates will 4c-/ offender to a fine of Rie with OF In the case without Seca conan of Incorp . sivaiben the mum ol age of 2 Fer Seni a5 erat & the “docretion ‘of ‘the much sree the years of e@eoeeteereteeeee oe eo ewe eaaeeeaee eae eae eeanp ee eee eaeeeeevr eee eeeceee + |. sfeteoonbefeebstocentetecte HERE was-a christening the Montroyal. ss of Britain, placed it in into dock in the Old Coun for to the Mount aon Hotel w manager of th me cracls she moved to to ber e on a small in length and provides a ere it will remain on exhibition an Cardy, ed” a bottle of champagne over the how. "then iivietenine the Montroyal “as seale of the former Empress that it deal of entertainment yo the visitor whether adult Twenty Thousand Dollar Baby Christened : t the SS Pet it was nog The Cenadian Pacific, having on hand a very fine medal ry i ts rydock in Montrea) about the egg ne t the Cen See ng Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, recently, overhauling and renaming rth. of ‘the Montroya! is complete .- every particular and is Pg Pe such as been insured for Empress herself Bed overated model giro! sent Mr>Vernon G. an excellent replica model is fourteen fed or juvenile, 4 N It is better to remove a spark plug with a socket wrench that just fits around the plug and protects the core from damage than to use monkey wrench and ruin the plug. * . tl] When spark plugs habitually be- come fouled with oil and soot, it a a good plan to investigate and 6 whether they may not be sbojectog too far into the combustion chamber. se . To bend pipes by hand without special tools, fill the pipe with dry sand, plug or cap the ends to retain the filling and heat the pipe at the! point where it is to be bent . . * When folding down the top of a ear, be careful that none of the cloth is caught between the bows where the metal parts come together. The eloth will be worn through and the appearance Marre . . . Out of the Mud! When stuck in a mudhoale or on a andy stretch, do not speed up the engine and “jump” the clutch. This will only cause the Wheel to spin nd the car to sink deeper. Open the| throttle only far enough to keep the engine from stalling and engage the elutch slowly. The chances are that this method will procure traction. Ld] Longer Life to.the Tire., Cut off loose sections at once when the tread of a tire breaks and begins to flap. The centrifugal force exerted on the flapping piece or rub- ber tread, because of the motion of ‘the wheel, will simply tend to tear off more of it.:In fact, a very large portion of the tread may come off in a very short distance, thus exposing a large part of the casing an in- creasing the possibility} of puncture. . . e. It is often difficult to start by hand the small screws such as are used in the magneto, speedometer, etc, sy way around this diffi- culty is to hold the screws between the legs of a pair of calipers, a draw- ing compass, or even in the slot of an ordinary steel pen. The screw {8 then driven home by the smal! screw- driver. The same method may be-us- ed in replacing small nuts located inaccessibly. . Importance of Small Parts Every time a nut, bolt, washer, cotter-pin or other part of an auto- mobile is found on the highway it should be a reminder to owners to go over their cars to see that all parts aré intact. These small parts indicate that there, are Many care- less motorists, who do not tighten body nuts or see that cotter-pins are in place. They, therefore; are con- stantly losing vitally important pieces of machinery. , 2 s Keep Wheels True Wheel misalignment produces a tire abuse that has grown more rap- idly probably than any other. Rims occasionally are responsible for a wobble which can be misconstrued as misalignment. The wheel ‘itself ean be in perfect alignment and yet the rim may not fit snugly on the ‘wheel and the tire therefore wobbles. Frames, become bent and sprung 50 that the axlés do not run parallel. _ Springing ng may not;even be noticeable, but it is none the less destructive. Rear as well as front bearings may become loosened and allow the wheels to spread and drag. * . Gasoline Economy There are 10 rules for saving gas- oline; and obedience to all of. them ought to result in cutting gasoline bills at least one-quarter. These rules are: Keep tires. well inflated. See that brakes do not drag. See that the Getter. is well charg- ed. Keep engine valves ground to seat well. * Keep pee plugs clean and free from car BME go arin cylinders ree from carbon Te ayers the Spark plug points 025 of an inch apart. Be sure conneéctin are not too tigat and are well lubri- clean and to Coast. pasate. whenever foot off the accelerator as much as . J g-rod bearings) - Keep | ca hss die wane at petrees fe ‘welght to one pact of gasoline. eee peoeeeaeaeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeanee Bears Take Toll of Sheep in Bruce THEY EAT SHEEP BUT MIGHT PROVE ATTRACTION FOR HUNTERS OR TOURISTS. Reports from Hope Bay iast week are to the effect that bears are caus- ing a lot of trouble in that section of the Bruce Peninsula, particularly among the sheep and lambs. Messrs. tsrael Waugh and Edward Thomson hare been heavy losers from the raids of bruin quite recently, The peninsula, !s not by any means being overrun with bears, but they are suf- ficiently numerous to do consider- able damage in some localities in the ' outlying sections. Sheep raising is a very important part of the farm work in the Bruce Peninsula, and the In- roads of the bears have aroused the ire of several of the heaviest losers On the other hand, it is just pos- sible,that the residents of the Bruce Peninsula may try to capitalize the gears by advertising this strip of land between Georgian Bay and Lake Huron as a country where big game abounds. A large amount of very profitable tourist trade might thus be lured into the country to ‘augment the already large number who annually visit this sectio aa ake eefeded edeledeledetedeleteiete tet a". ote ate ‘a aa WHAT FORESTS DO FOR + CANADA bd ", ot ‘ 4 + etesbedeendeedendesbendesenteosdecedecendetondetoededortetecio | Forests, in the language of the] motorist, are the carburetor of na- tional business. We are accustomed to think of “‘forests’’ In terms of one industry, paper-making or lumber- ing, whereas they run a supply-line direct to every Canadian activity. It may be the fruit grower and his baskets and boxes and barrels, oF the coal mine and its need for mil- lions of wooden pit-props, or the fishery with its entire plant built of wood, r the railway and its insatlable demand for track ties and lumber, or the farmer with his wooden house and arn, fence posts, furniture and fuel, or the water power with its depend- ence on the forest to prevent recur- ring torrent and drought. ment we touch a wage-pay- ind profitable industry, whether ag- riculture or manufacture in Canada, we touch a “forest industry’ for without the forest as a source of basic material Canadian industry could not hope to survive, This re- fers not to lumbering only but to all * * * * * « * * . * A SIMPLE CREED am ‘thoroughly convinced nat The Golden Rule is prac- tical religion and _ that it works both ways—for others and for 1 respect all real religious creeds and shall not interfere with any man's honest polit- ical convictions. I shall always be square with those who trust me and yer fair with those who do n I eae to live as long as I can be useful to. my country, my community.and to those who love me. I firmly believe that self- ish interest defeats self in- terest—that ermanent profits and lasting satisfac- tien in success will only come through capable and de- pendable Service. would not exchange my Friendships for all the cur- rency in this country. I am unspeakably grate- ful to my Maker for each. and every day that I am permit- ted to live, and 1 want s@ to live that will miss me when I take the long, long trail. Finally: I want so to_live. - that my Mother’ will smile down and still call me, her boy. ix ¢ ooo eeteoeaeea ee eee EXECUTORS' NOTICE TO CREDIT- ORS IN THE MATTER of the Estate of | Elizabeth Haines, late of the Town of Listowel, in the County of Perth, widow, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY given, pur- suant to the Trustee Act, Revis Statutes of Ontario, 1914, Chapt 121, and amendments thereto, that all creditors and others having claims against the said Elizabeth Haines, deceased, who died on or about re twenty-ninth day of Marc A. 1924, at the said Town of Ae wel are required to send by post, paid, or o Re nad to the undersign- ed J. E. RHUNE, Solicitor for John Hataes and William H. Good, the Executors of the said Blizabeth nes; , oF to the =e JOHN HAINES, Mildmay, WILLIAM H. GOOD, Listowel, "Ont. on or before the second day of — A. D.. 1924, the names and a and descriptions and full pattionlare of their claims Serra the Estate of the a th Haines, duly verified, . atk ure of the se- constructive activities, and to the! bulk of Canadian employment. Canada’s commerical future wrapped up in the future of the for- ests. If the forests fall, “Natural Resources’ will be better than a locomotive with a given desperate proof of such a se-| quence, | One of the last pwhlic, statements of the Jate Sir Edmund Walker was|/ that “the continuance of agg ees i is the darkest menacé n 6 com-| mercial future of Seniaa.” Sir Ed- mund, as a financier and world fond #ller, well knew that the wanton destruction of toreets presaged com- mercial decline. ie| that after the second d on to the smashed connecting rod. China, Asia} claims of. whick the Bxecutors nef Minor, Spain, Italy and Greece have; then notice, and that curities (it By held by them. AND FURTHER ‘TAKE NOTICE ay of June, A. D. 1924, the said Executors will Cannda's) distribute the assets of the said de- little} ceased amongst the parties entitl thereto, having regard 6 said Ex- ecutors will not be able, i the said assets, or any’ part thereof so dis- tributed, to any person of claim the Executors shall not have received notice at the time of such baat aint tahoe LISTOWEL this twen- ae a 1 of April, A. D. 1924. UNE, Solicitor, for JOHN. HAINES and WILLIAM iH. GOOD, the said Executors. 5—22 &