THE LISTOWEL BANNER 50,0 HARVESTERS WANTED ~~ 0O0|$ 1: plus $28.66 to GOING DATES AUGUST 18th and 21st August 18th—Toronto, Caledon East, Beeton, Meaford, Collingwood, Penetang, * Sound, Sudbury, Capreol and August saa be Inglewood Jct, and all Stations south and west thereof in Dalene. east thereof in Ontaric. TO WINNIPEG Plus half a cent a mile Returning Halla: ras per mile to Winnipeg, -00 beyond to all points in Mani- Edmonton, Tannis, Midland, Parry SPECIAL TRAINS hades STRATFORD Aug. 21st 7.40 A M. STANDARD TIME er ite ains—Comfortable Colonist Pea ate cars for Women and C Purchase your ticket to Winnipeg via your final desti ination in the West is a point on ickets and all information from nearest Agent. e Canadian National Railways, whether or not - Canadian National. . Prohibition of “onions a get the vote of every dentist in Listowel) We print the news—therefore Ban- ner ads pull. The — barley’ diready * threshed throughout Perth County is sh eta ing 40 and 60 bushels to the Mr. Lorne Fatum spent the holiday at his home in Gqwanstown.—Wiar- ton Mr. John MeHachin and Miss fr- ene spent the week-end in Listowel and Blythe. ee Echo. The WingahnX Advagce-Times will hildren inches x |] inches sheets of s For 'd ~ Home--School--O it fice This new Package has no fancy trimmings— it is nothin g g {} but fine virgin?white bond wr you ever thought possible for The same amount of paper in | cost you several dollars. For pen, | what you have long needed. every writin Five Sheets Of Good WRITING PAPER | le | —and that's the biggest writing paper value in Listowel ! Think of approximately 500 regular letter-head size sheets of good bond writing paper for $1. That is the new handy- to-use package —a package that is all paper fine big 8% ! High class Mss. for correspondence —————— —- mooth pen-inviting paper. The iting paper—more of it then $1. pads with “art’’ covers would pencil or typewriter this is Matches all standard envelopes. } nough for | The Banner Publishing Co. v ¥ oe EEE EEE EE EEE EEE ED A SKUNK FOR A PET % fost et oe Dumb Anip Our common skunk bears a bad name, but he is really a gentle, soc- jable creature in captivity If treated with kindness and respect. He 1s keen. clean and curious, and responds to petting from those who-feed-and care for him One summer down in Maine a young wood-pussy with a wounded leg came to a little cabin in the wood and fairly begged to become a mem- ber of the camp. Hewas a gentie pret- ty little creature and no one molest- ed him as he wandered about at wil He evidently intended to make it his S home. for he begged for food as if} z he had a right to expect it. When 2n a bone with meat on it, he ac- ed it at once, holding it in his pawe while he gnawed the flesh from tin a dainty manner. His table man- ners were very good, for he wou c arefully wipe his funny Httle point- his face until not to soll his pretty fur. He was espec- fally fond of chicken and would eat the last 6crap with a satisfaction that left no one in doubt as Ms, his enjoyment. m The kitten showed no fear what- ever. He immediately made himeelf “at home and trusted those a- round him. He was very sociable and tried to make friends with them all. They were not so ready, however, to € accept him on intimate terms of friendship. The young daughter, at- tracted by his pretty coat and man- ners, insisted upon petting him, 5 . though her mother oe her to admire him at a distan The little creature ld nde once, and would follow "her, cael and outside the camp like at. He would come at her call, iredp™ up be- kitten and had funny-little tricks in which he molees to the amuse- ment hd nded leg was bandaged by the eirl withoat resistance on’ hie part. His confidence or trust in her fond of her sleep alone. He crept shgtly to the j;room where hie little friend yas +) sleeping and crawled under the fov- *) er beside her. After that he was taken to bed every night. much to his de- light. Sitting quietly in her lap, he would wait for her to put on his bight clothes. She would wrap a tow- el about his body and tail and fasten it so that it would not be easily re- moved. Then she placed him beside her on the pillow and both went to sleep. He had become so highly civ- flized that he did not prow! around at night like other members of his family. When it came time’ to close the camp, he was taken some distance away and dropped in’ the wood to earn his own living instead of de- pending upon others. W h&ther he re- turned to camp is not known, for it was closed a few hours later for the season ‘| Honey Crop Picks : Up In Perth SWEPT CLOVER HELPS YIELD IN PERTH, HURON AND BRUCE COUNTIES. Having picked up rapidly during the past three weeks, the honey crop of Perth, Huron and Bruce, it is now expected, will total close to the aver- age. Perth's crop only three weeks ago was estimated at a scant 50 per cent., cold and lack of bloom at crit- ical periods having kept the early flow down. The same conditions had also held down the flow in neighbor- ing counties. late, however. Sweet clover pastures are now in bloom, and brighter. warmer weather has made work eas- ier for the honey gatherers. This re- eent flow has been heavy in all three counties. The north end of Huron will-have-—a-better-crop than” the .| south, which has been affected by drought. In Bruce, states W. R. Boy a prominent bs phon a good crop is now assure: Disease not 60 _— in Perth aplaries as tt was last year, ac- cordin, gts Cc. gyarncaas of Strat- ford, but in Huro ye D. A. An- drew of Clinton, tt: is “still bad. “The hew act has checked the moving of some, diseased bees already, and if generally observed and applied would Sie Pa Aen Ana Pareee + Lae a eae da aha eae The Right Way to Boil Potatoes Put the potatoes in an SMP Enameled Potato Pot. Corer with water. taste. Boil until soft. When ed, off all the because the handle securely locks the gee on. If your family uses oes, you require one of th these. SMP. Enameled PoTaTo Pots FOR SALE AT WHITE’S HARDWARE Listowel, Ont. | PERSONALS | Miss Isabel Burnett, of Cliffo was a guest this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wells. —o— Mr. and Mrs. H. Cannon of Toron- to, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Orton Chapman, 2nd. con. —-— Miss Ida L. Ferguson, of St. Thom- as, is a guest fof a month At the ronre-of her gtdwdinother Mrs. Geo. Barber. —O— Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Clark and family of Buffalo, motored and spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and M A. J. Vandrick —H—> Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Chapman, ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. Orton ogee gen spent a few days at Toron- o and Niagara Falls. ae Mrs. G. Spring. of Saginaw, Mich. home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Vandrick. —_o— Mrs. Alex. Sutherland, Mrs. N. B. James Moore for a couple of weeks. —oO— Mrs. George Barber, Mrs. Ida L. Hastings, and guest, Miss Ida L Ferguson, Thomas, spent a few days in Palmerston last week. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Barber, of Toronto and Mrs. J. Nixon of Edmon- ton, Alta., were guests over the week-end at the home of Mrs. Geo. Barber. —_—9— Mr. and Mrs. John Murray return- ed Friday to their home. in London, after spending a few days at the home of Mrs. Johnston, Main street, The bees have.had better luck of; west ~~ Mrs: R. M d Combe and aecusiar, Mabel, aul Mr. Robert Goodall, motored from St. Cathar- ines on Saturday, and spent a few days this-week-at-the home’ of Mr. and Mrs, R. T. Hard —O— Week-end woe oa = , ant Mrs. F. Strangway's es John- ston, “ foot solinston, ‘Miss Kelly, of Drayton, Mre. A. , Mr. Hun- ter Conte of Dorki ig, ate ‘and Mrs. Irvine Strome of Glenallan Dr. M. and Mrs. ery and son, Edwin, of Hamilton, a Lang's nephew, Murray ohana: of B coed visited Mrs. 8. Rothwe! . Miss Rothwell nerheslon side with them for a Visit. have a holiday next wéek, and no pa- per will be pubished on Aug, 20th, Archer Grewar was a visitor at Listowel last Wednesday.—Brussels Post. Mrs, J. A. Schinbein of Listowel, was a visitor in Brussels last wee for a few days.—Brussels Post. The Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto opens on Aug. 29th. and closes Sept. 12t Golf may be a pastime, but it cer- po does wonders for the vocab- ular ondon Chamber of Commerce is another motor hike, the one last year when they visited Listowel. < and Mrs. L. C. Wolfe, Mr. and Wm. Wolfe visited at the home of : Garf. Johnston, near Listowel, on Monday.—Clifford Express. The “Sow Thistle’ pest is said to be making rapid headway in Perth and Huron Counties. The planting of Sweet Clover, followed by Buck- wheat, has been found to be an ef- fective method of extinguishing this troublesome weed. An observant citizen said the other day that he would not be surprised if within a relatively short time ev- ery farmer in this province would have a few foxes as a part of his live stock. In Prince Edward Island there were recently 448 fox farms, and this number has since been in- creased. In 1920 there lag 42 fox farms in Ontario and today 4 The-lightning rod agent who has long been the butt of the jokesmiths and often listed among the unneces- sary nuisances, becomes a benefactor to command the respect of the com- y, When one studies the annua report of Ontario’s fire. marshal. In 1924 there were 593 lightning fires in the province, entailing a loss of $387,000, and of these only six, with f , occurred on buildings which had been “rodded.” According to a report issued by the Department of Railways and Canazs. Jttawa. there are more motor cars in Kitchener, Ont., population consid- ered, than in any other inland city in Ontario. Only five cities in the province have a bigger per capita motor registration. These five in- clude the three motor manufacturing cities of Windsor, Oshawa and Chat- ham. and the two border cities o Sarnta and Niagara Falls. rd. The largest deal in black foxes yet} jgut, through by the New Hamburg \Siver Black Fox Farms has just been nian by their manager. George Ag- new, who has just returned from Ox- ford, Mich., where he disposed of 50 pairs of young foxes for a fox = m that is to be established at eat place. The foxes will be shipped “ the fall and a man from the New Hamburg fox ranch will be sent a- long to look after them for some ting. The price paid for the foxes is 350,000. , os in China— Dr. J. Stewart, returned mis- sionary roms China, who is to speak in the United Church a week from next Sunday says “Bolshevism may make trouble in China for a decade or so, but it will never completely sweep the country. There is a great mass of patriotic Chinese. In the Un- 'liversities only about per cent. °o the students are extremists.’ Newfotndland Letters 3c Now— A reduction of one cent an ounce on Canadian mal! to Newfoundland jis announced. This means a reduc- tion from 4c to 3c on an. ordinary letter. The old rate was 4 cents an ounce for the first ounce and 3 cents an ounce for each subsequent ounce or fraction.. The new rate will be 3 cents for the first ounce and 2 cents on ba en aeekoant ounces or fractions ther Color of New Markers— on. George S. Henry, Minister of Highways, recently awarded the con- tract for the supply of 1926 automo- bile markers to the Macdonald Man- price was 10 cents per pair. The col- or of the markers for next year is to be pearl grey and black. Some 300,- 000 plates are being re at a to- tal cost of about $23,0 Crop Conditions Good— Taking conditions on Perth Coun- ty farms generally, everything points to the fact that 1925 may be consid- ered a bumper year for the crops, ac- cording to eee made by M. C. BEPLY the bowers and flower shop. He. was a tall thin low who loved birds and flowers. As ed.on his way his at- Pent He was admiri fel- e Wal, serious form, en oh [Hisze and Thee =] cae ee eee been landed at North Sydney, N.S., by local fishermen. The catch made ~80 far this~season is far in excess of ‘any previous year’s catch in the histéry of this port. All tourist and motorists records are being broken.at Banff this year. There are three times as many campers as in any other year and 2,400 more bathers than in 1924 The Canadian Pacific hotel here and at Lake Louise reports bookings as being unusually heavy. More Alberta provincial savings. certificates were sold in the first six months of this year than in any full year previously, even ineluding the big record year of 1920. Since the beginning of the current year up to the end of June, the total sales amounted to $1,401,600. There is now close to $7,000,000 outstanding in savings certficates. Radio receiving licenses held in Canada at the end of last month numbered 56,063, according to a statement issued by the Federal Government. Ontario leads all provinces with a total of 28,507. Quebec occupied second place with 7,882 licenses, followed by Saskat- chewan with 6,551; Manitoba, 4,443; British Columbia, 38,392; Alberta, 3,004; Nova Scotia, 1,435; New Brunswick, 735; Prince Edwara Island, 87; Yukon, 22; and North- west Territories, A consignment of 21 fox hounds from the famous Mendip Hunt Pack, in Somerset,\England, was brought to Canada early in August by the Dominion Express Company for the Toronto Hunt Club. English papers published photo- graphs of these splendid animals and expressed gratification on the hunting fields of Ontario. This is the third such con¥tgnment brought out by the Dominion Ex- press within recent weeks. The delegates to the Empire Press Conference at Australia who came from Britain and passed through Canada recently spent sav. | eral days in the Canadian Pacific Rockies and enjoyed themselves trail-riding and hiking ameng the beauty*$pots that surround Banff and Lake Louise. Lord Burnham and several other distinguished Brit- ish journalists established new walk- ing records in covering the distance between Wapita and Emerald Lake in two hours, while it took the trail- riders on ponies two hours and a quarter to cover the same ground Representing education author- ities and the public and secondary schools of Great Britain, about one hundred teachers from the United Kingdom arrived recently at Mont- real on the “Empress of Scotland” and are now touring the country, Before their departure” they ceived a congratulatory message | from King George and on their ar- eon were tendered an official re- tion by representatives of the | provincial ae nent educationists and were en- tertained to dinner at the Chateau Frontenac by E. W. Beatty, In a recently published mono- graph on “The Transpdrtation of Canadian Wheat to the Sea” Miss L. M. Fair, M.A., makes the fol- owing comparison of Canadian and “United States rates to show to what ocr the resources of our rail- are organized for the bene- fit " western producers:— _ To Fort Miles Rates per U.S, Wiliam ~~" bus wheat. Rates From:—. cents cents Winnipeg .... 420 08 12 Portage la Prairie .... 475 09 13 Carberry...... 525 09 5 18 Broadview ... 10 18 ao ites be paid: wages?’ eekly. y said tna The | that | good British hounds were being used | government, | writer in a national w thet axeh’t.0 lot of bind he have to get out and look for jobs 15c package Envelopes FOF eesseeee . 1Sc Writing Tablets ........... dietenevonn C 10¢:Cake Soap 2. for ...-.cssseseesssssis 25c Peroxide for ............... ... 25c Box of Stationery for 25c Bar of Castile Soap for ............ 25c Milk of Magnesia for ............... , 25c Talcums for 25c Castor Oil for 5c Chocolate Bars 5 for ............... 25c Almond Lotion for ..00...000000....... 25c Tooth Paste for..... : 25c Tooth Brushes Safety, Razor Blades and Razors, Flashlights, Ladies’ Underarm Bags, a nice selection, 25 per cent off regular price. | 35c Shaving Cream for ......0.000..0...... 35c Shaving Stick for.....000.0.0ccc. 35c Assorted Talcums for................ 35c Face Lotion for 50c Assorted Rouge for.. 50c Toilet Lotions for........0.0..ccc. 50c Cocoanut oil Shampoo for........ 50c Palmolive Shampoo for ~ 50c Cold Cream for wo. ceseseeee 50c Bottle of Russian O89 for ........ 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