Thursday, April 16th., 1925 ® Do You What Your move towards progress. rd Ever Think- Town Would Be Without a Good Newspaper ? as one of the best weeklies in Ontario. scribers. gift that $2 ‘tell the world’ No matter how good your other establishments and improvements were they would accomplish for your town about ten per cent of what they: do now were there not a good newspaper to THE LISTOWEL BANNER © ‘Aims to be such a newspaper and is proud to be ranked by those who are qualified to know Our subscription rate of $2.00 a year.makes The Banner less than 4 cents per copy to sub- It is to your advantage to subscribe for the Banner NOW, if you are not already a subscriber, to renew your subscription or have it sent to a friend as the most appreciated .00 will buy. and to further every The Banner Prints The News rs! | NEWS OF THE DISTRICT Interesting News of Nearby Towns Clipped From Local Exchan RACES AT WALKERTON At a meeting at Palmerston lasty week of the Big Four Circuit, com- prising Bruce, Grey. Huron and Wel-| arri lington and at Which -Dr. A. G. For-} fish a of Walkerton was elected presi- nt of the associ ai and Mr. H Ranesbottom secret . it was decid- ed to stage the Atisnal rac es this year in Walkerton on Thursday, June Ike SCHOOL BESTEOY EG BY FIRE The school-house for School Bec- = No.3 3 } North E asthope, known wc as to- school 345 aheet mile oh a quarter west of Amul- ree. The buildiag was struck during. the Severe storm between ll-and. 12} and the p 7" and although efforts were e to eave it the buildin pomsietely gutted. Only the walla Fe| ained in the ede din Was partially cov: * oy ae ‘so that it. will at pe a tot re is opie pice that it will, i 000 to replace the building which means a loss of about $5,000 over the amount of the insurance. A MONSTER FISH + The biggest fish ever landed with pole and line by a Mitchell fisherman fell to the lot of Mr. Jo gto por at mumerous places attracting a large numbér of -| éjtizens.—Mitchell Advocate. FIRE re 5 BARN HOWICK TOWNSHIP | reas The large barn on the farm of W. R. Johnston, on the 17th. concession of Howick Te was. completely fire last week, together with .the satire contents. e. fire started ip the cag gi pean and was had gained much ‘the "hieetign ters. were; , of w estro Drainage Act, attended at the Court House, Walkerton, on Wednesday morning to hear the action brought Mr. nerman of Culross, to compel the ao of Culross, i rednock, Carr: Brant, Kincard- inloss, Seoaick, Turnberry and ane Village of Teeswater to proceed with the dredging of the Teeswater river a work that is estimated to cost the ‘above municipalities over $150,000 to complete. Acco to Bannerman a large portion of his farm, which years a was a fine wheat growing tract, is now s0 completely submerged under water that he is ‘unable to drive over it, a condition, he.maintains, that has been brought about by engineers con- structing drains in these municipal-j ities and shedding extra ‘water in this river. After apggstee cansiderable | on atter, Referee enderson advised that the dregsink scheme, which had been Man fire for four years, should b ed the fu and finally dispose of the affair. If the work oul Ryorcdes ered to be farmers with lands by. the ‘scheme, will ‘have to ater} effected contribute by ma as 00,}ows: Culross. $71/212.00; ‘Greendck $5.20; | $8740; |) 51.00; Catena Fee. ACROSS CANADA AND BACK $325.00 A 2i-day Tour Including All Ex- penses Under the personal supervision of ae secag od Sinclaid Laird, Dean of the Schoo lege, ro. Quebec, a speci will leave Toronto Union m,- at 2.15 p.m. Monday, July "20th., 1925 en route to Victoria, via Canadian Pacific through Port Arthur, Fort William, Winnipeg, Regina,. Moose Jaw, Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise and Vancouver and thence by steam- across Puget Sound to Victoria, the famous Canadian resort. co 4 The return trip wil! via the’ Okanagan Valley, carn ae ny Mev eloendl Lake, Windermere Bu w Camp,’ by motor from Whideruete ~ Banff Ase the 104-mile newly ga Banf{f-Windermere ‘Highw: stops at Radium. Hot Surines, Ver-} milion. River and beaty ow Cam r Teachers, MacDonald Col-|T®4 a lower berth. Proportionate fares from all points in Eastern Canada. eo charges includes rail, rack se car fares,” bungalow camp accommodation, meals, sight-seeing tours and ali gratuities. ptive booket giving details fan Pacific Agent. limited to 150 it is advisable make reservations early The Revival of The West Through Sweet Clover (Toronto Globe) Since the "Pertantan of the year many of the. great financial inetitu- tions—banks, loan conipanies and in- surance go ope ih held their annual meetings. In ew of conditions in 1924 by atticers A restful night on Lake Erie | Erie ps. eamenng snp pay good bed in a. rs clean, . } cock Smercaine tae web Pela soo Ber SF 2 so Steamers “SEEANDBEE”—“CITY 0! aera ts} OF BUFFALO” Daily May Jot to November 15 eee Eastern Sgaets P.M. Clave “700A, ML Standard _* » f . “ Time meso A.M. S° far only one 4-wheel brake device has been per- fected to release the outside front wheel when turning corners. Today thousands of owners of 4-wheel brake McLaughlin- Buicks know the supreme easeand safe- ty of this McLaughlin- Buick feature. — —first with the latest and safest DR. H. W. NURSE Dealer Palmerston McLaughlin- Buick ’- VALVE-IN-HEAD MOTOR CARS D 436 a COCHRANE MACHINE WORKS Listowel, Ont. REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS Open April Ist SS. ee Grain, Salt, Flour, Feed and Seeds HIGH GRADE FLOUR—Five Roses, Maple Leaf, Royal House- hold, Purity, Snow Drift, all 5.25 cwt. Pastry Flour 4.50 cwt. FEEDS— Bran, Shorte, White Middlings, Low grade Flour, Ground Screenings, also a car of pure Corn Chop at $42.00 ton. SEEDS—Red Clover, Gov. St. No. 1, $23.50 bu. Alsike No. 1, $11.- 50 bu., Alfalfa, home grown $13. bu., also Gov. graded Yel- low and White Sweet Clover and Timothy Seed. — OORN—AlI! variieties Dent Corn No. 1, Gov. Standard i 0 bu. All varieties Flint Corn No. 1, Gov. Standard $2.80 bu Also aceon and Turnip Seed. C. H. SMITH "Phone 256 Listowel dn that the most immediate and imper., ductive and self-sustaining farms bp ative need is a policy that will has | the use of sweet clover. loss ten this progress. Mr. Bowman thinks / through weede in Manitoba, estimat~ there is a fruitful field in this for thejed by the Agricultural Department loan companies, and suggests a form! at $20,000,000 annually, can and wilt of intermediate credit, between the) be eliminated as the farmers adopt long-term mortgage and short-term/a sound system of crop rotation. ank advance, to enable the eter The West is rapidly coming back to finance milk cows, brood sows and@/to the its old position with these cattle for winter feeding, which are | elements of strength and prosperity. required for a well-balanced produc-/ It is, finding its crs remedies and pk, Such a system would bring} applying them in a selt- about the closer co-operation of bor-; help and eelf-r elfance, with the quah, rowers and lenders, with advantage! ties of pluc eservance Bho to, have made it what it is. Post-war ad- According to The Grain Growers’ versity has had its uses fn Gotekin- Gajde, the introduction of sweet clo | ing the pace of the transition fron. er has “the greatest single; dependence on one crop to the varied factor in making possible the chang. | Production which is strengthening es by which farmers aregadjusting | the foundations of Prairie _agricul- themselves to the economic condi-)ture. The Marquis o<agpt ee wonders in the yest, clover ts playing a ahuitar eat t in the new stage of development. A doctor's little da a heeeatge in rning in which had: been abandoned by form- ‘€r owners had been changed from a oe 4 tie ance