ER IN cash with order, rea pre- n. de type, ly guaranteed. Send for circus lars to WESTMAN BROS. WHOLESALE IMPLEMENT . NEWS OF THE. DISTRICT Interesting News of Nearby Local er the ground, were in town yesterday to visit the scene ofthe “drainage . sche in Culross and Greenock—Walkerton Telescope. plapengs A and chest. 1 would oot be withoat iti the price was one dollar a 4 Che ‘e ~” 4 To toss asidé last Sum- mer’s garments and decide to buy new ones. but is it wise? re A little attention from us --- Cleaning. Pressing, Dyeing or Repairing --- will put ‘“NewgiLife’’ in those garments and make them 4 good for another season. ———— a Joe Lockhart The Tailor Over Koch's Shoe Store 3 ~ Dennison’s Crepe Paper e have a large stock of \= Dennison's crepe aappele for making . ades, paper flowers ‘Geedtating homes, summer tables, halls, wi fold is 29 inches wide and 10 feet long and can be se- cured in a large number of colors. We also handle the Den- nison eealing wax, wire for making flowers, glue and = § seals. Give us acall when in need of anything in~ this ‘line. ELLOITT & GREER Quality and Service y ; Gable’s Old Stand, y Phone 338 Listowel. warded— echool board of Fordwich has arded the contract for the new continuation high school to Mr. Ack- rman, of Harriston. Thie will con- sist of a twolroom wing added to the public school, and will be ready for ocrupandy on September 1. The high school h been established for two years, the work being carried on successfully. in the basement of the Methodist church. Chesley's Population 1,701— The assessor nee me Fee his as sessment of Che The amount, subject to the seneril rate, is $833,- 25, a reduction of $5,025 from last party figures. This is largely. due to loss on inconte and exemption of the Soldier's Memorial site. The as- séssments rates only is $145,900, sessment subject to local . ments rates only ie $145,900, making a total assessment of $ The population is 17 There are 46 dogs enrolled. Practical Church Union— Hepworth, in Bruce County, ia stepping ahead in the matter ‘ot church union. They are building a church union shed, all four churches of the town being in on it, the chair man and manager of the whole en- terprise being G. Eldridge, a Roman Catholic. The shed will be a sort of community one, the Presbyterians, Methodists, Anglicans and Roman Catholics all working harmoniouél); together for the good of the com. munity Await Supreme Court Decisi The egg case which took <a it, magistrates court here recently. has attracted considerable attention throughout the district and many of the County papers have reprinted the report as it appeared in The News. Magistrate McNab resérved his deci- sion until after the supreme Court | has passed on‘an appeal from a con- viction rend@red on. a similar case land which will come before the Sup- |reme Court on April 22nd. As there its no provision in the Act covering Agents” it is contended that the j}local merchant does not come under | the ruling of the Act.—Teeswater for to | News. f Drayton hi ch Votes Anti— ; Knox Chusech, which has | voting on Church Union for the past \couple of weeks, completed ¢ +ing on Sunday evening last. {ing of the congregation was called for 9~p.m. when the results were an- nounced. Only 104 members marked their ballots, out of a total member ship of about 170. Of these, 78 vot. been | wh ail ATV ed against Union and 26 for. Be. tween 30 and 40 families out of a total of about 85 are known to fav- our Union. In a few cases the house is divided. Quite a number of both Union and Anti members did not vote at all. Throughout the whoit period of taking the vote the best of feeling is said to have prevailed. The Huron Seats— The redistribution the closing -days Provincial bill of thé session of the Legislature reduced Hur- the same way as for the Federal House North Huron comprises the town ships of Ashfigld, Colborne, West Wawanosh, East Wawanosh, Morris Grey, Turnberry and Howick, the towns of Goderich and Wingham, and the villages of Blyth, Brussels and | Wroxeter. South Huron takes in ths } tewnships of Goderich, Stanley, Hay | Stephen, Usborne, Tuckersmith, Hu} frome and McKillop, the towns of Clin- ton and Seaforth. and the villages of | Bxeter, a and Bayfield.—Goa erich Signal Sent Up On Serious Charge— Pleading not guilty to a charge ot sending obscene matter through the malis, Miss Ruby Knieley of this place was before Magistrate Creasoi at Owen Sound on Saturday, but el- ecting to be tried by jury, the case was sent up for trial~and will come up at the spring cnine, likely . in the first week in J For some time batt local residents according to the evidence at the pre liminary hearing, have been receiy- ing obsecene matter through the mails and appealed to the post office tective on the case and as a resuit the arrest was made a week ago Jast Thursday.—Durham Chronicle. 5p erome: Hits ~— and House— A house and b nm tne farm of Michact- Beitz, in Carrick Township. near Mildmay, were both struck by lightning during eh see storm last . Both bullding» Peete See ees eee es eto! so. SAFETY ESSAY OOMPE- # # TITION OPEN TO SCHOOL * CHJLDREN Two bundred * and rty otalling three have eis tetieetsisiiis were struck at oe — time. A por tion of the foundation of the house tingdish: gained much headway A Narrow Eacapo—. George ‘MeDouald, i ot caret aie last passed jini .| Why he can cut corners.ever so neat, ing That he kills the sh Sracs with was) Is it only the boys? Oh, no, there are ; ers = ex-| Who ought to know better than their | manufacturer. gtand prizes. Read ee ANSWER TO \ EVERY CORRECT ANSWER RECEIVES A REWARD SOLVE THE PUZZLE be done and someone is going to win a Magnificent pales Y seems “al other prize, absolutely without cost of kind. any. ‘THINK OF ITF It can } SOLVE IT TO-DAY AND WIN A PRIZE If you do not own a piano, here is an opportunity to get one only a few minutes’ work. sell, as possible. ere is nothing to buy, nothing This is simply an advertising campaign for a Canadian You may be the lucky person to win one of the the directions carefully and send in your answer as The contest closes Wednesday, May 13th. Name COUPON Address 1st Prize *475°° Piano Walnut or Mahogany Finish 2nd Prize 150" PHONOGRAPH 3rd Prize $15 00 Credit Voucher Additional Prizes $12 00 Credit Vouchers Prizes will he of the Horseshoes shown gonally, the total will be answer to the Canadian selow. giv ren a auswer received. best, neatest, most original correct answers. DIRECTIONS Place any number from one to fifteen in each that when added horizentally, vertically and dia- this correctly and not use any number more than once. When you have solved <he problem, mail the Mait your an ‘swer promptly, of tie the’ prize will. go to the ‘first THINGS TO REMEMBER given for the above in such a manner 33. It is possible to do Sciling Agents at § Answers m m2 separate sheet | paper, one member o announcement should not This is a INSTRUCTIONS Write your name carefully and plainly. To the best, neatest, 4 most original, correct answer will be given one $475.00 Piano abso- lutely free. To the next best, neatest, most original, correct answer: will be given a $150.00 Phonograph. To the next best will be iven a $150.00. Purchasing Voucher, acceptable on any Piano or Piano shown, sero rourr CANADIAN SELLIN G AGENTS. 108 DOWNIE STREET Player not now own a piano or phonograph; for thi son families who are supplied with pianos All solutions entered are, and. shall not enter.’ remain, the property of nd every contestant a reply hereby agrees to abide by the a of the judges, from which there shall be n Agents. .Each a y be submitted on this or on a Theye | is no limit to the size of the solution. Only each family should send a solu- tion. “pee is es of the newspapers carrying this aign, and our hope is that the beautiful Piano and Bee ecaph will be awarded to families who do _ STRATFORD, ONT. : or any other material. enter this contest. Per- rea- ould the Canadian Selling enteri appeal. able distance, before the team could be stopped. His right leg was broken in three places, and he sustained severe cuts and bruises face and other parts of Prompt action on the driver of the truck, a‘ Hamilton mar. who suceeded in bringing the hor- ses to a standetill, saved the life of the team not been stopped in time. PLEASE WALK ON THE GRASS (By Mr. Sar Castic) When» delivering ner milk; sidewalk don't on the For sidewalks Pay not. made to be So ike ze pie ath over everybody's law: And what of the boy who brings us our meat? For oy in a Rarsy, and gives not a the heel of his trea: And thes —_ to the boy who delivers the ; —— = feet eiebtebebitetote beled . Mr. R. * * th passe rather Rice tbe ar * ving pictures ere~ pee shown: of the Triangle ver which: fe beihe srnaees for teachers from July 9 August 12 this summer, In the dining cars alone 3,300 people were served meals every day. “Here are.some of the it- food ee depen ane by Beer . tons; tons; arenes ems of travellers: adian app were eaten ‘to the number, of 92,325; or- to 7,376 and SEEPS EEE TEEPE EEO EEE EES ‘ + + SERVED MEALS % + TO 1,261,968 +! + we + % Last year on ous cars a-. ¥ * lone served + + meals “ag A i 261, Noes. persons. + Figures oft Canada’s Nation- + al System presented to the + public school section of the + TWO ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION While considerabie attention is be- ing given today to the question of denintiratiinkesswhich. by the war, has excellent prospects—there is an- other form of immigration which is almost as important to this country and that is the immigration of cap- ital, particularly capital from the Mother -Country Ss a. matter which is keenly in the minds of the present Administration. “Canada is too young a country to deny capital from any source, buyy Canada must prefer, other things be- ing equal, the investment of British capital here, while the British in- vestor, both on national and. patriot- ie grounds, would, uftler proper con- ditions, prefer this country ‘to-any other portion of the werld.. In this connection, President Beat- ty, of the C.P.R., said the other day: “We should not, consciously or oth- erwise, create the impression that this is.a country in which honest investments are not given their pro~ pér protection. You p: bly apprec- iaté the fact that the investor in the States or England, has a very ac- curate knowledge * ae? success at~ tending enterprises in jous coun tries. U: proofs of this are forthcoming every a bd y Although financiers and investors do not stalk the country heralded by brass bands and accompanied by well-paid propagandists, the fact re- maing that money is coming * ami on all — there is a feeling m in fo our agrieattaral and maduat vis Pera One thing is certain, ff failure in any lin « en- sues, on its Own administration, and not upon the country’s fiscal or pol- itical policies the blame must be placed A NEW MOTOR MAP ’ Covering more than 100 miles ov- e? the-week-end is now the usual jaunt of the’ motorist, so that he finds quite frequently that he fs in an unfamiliar’ locality. He should al- So be interested’ in the natural re sources of the area he is visiting, and the development that is taking place therein. To meet this situation the Natural Resources Intelligent Service of the Department of the Interior at Ottawa has just issued a new map of South ern Ontario and Quebec, showing ~wsiyemdo ie the natural resources roads in the more settled tom of the two P } stand up strongly on the map, and ould prove o pag ode ig on The. newt map. bas beak lseged om: Will Be President Again Years ago George Gould was mak- ing one of his trips as president of the Missouri Pacific. a private car was laid out on a siding for some reason so he got out rg stretch his legs. An old Trane Was tapping the wheels. Gould went up to him. “Well,” he said, “how do you like the wheels.’ “Not worth a dum!” ist beet : reply "Well, how ‘do 708 like the car?" was the. ‘next ques ‘It’s good eandick for de wheels.” “Wh at do you think of the road?” “It matches de car. ° Gould looked at the old chap for a minute in silence. “Maybe you don't know who lam?” “Shure tapper. * knew your fadder whin he was pres- ident o° de road, an’ be gob he's goin’ to president of it again."’ ‘Why, my father is dead, ad Mr. Gould. “Yt know dat, but de road is goin’ to hell. was the Ir- said The garden toad is starting to come out of his hibernation. Unlike the robin, he can’ and re the Sets ees