| During the night somebody erected a gigantic sign directly in front of your home—it sure would get your attention in the Imperial Royalties ee on NOTICE no, Imperial -Royalties panned announces ular Monthly Dividend of ws whoa one half per cent. (1% p.c will be payable on September th im shareholders of rec- ember 2 ord on Sept a EO This -is_ monthly No. 60, making x total of 110% per cent. (110% p-c.) paid to A eiptlens since er- ganization-in April, 192 20. Imperial Royalties Compan H. McGILLIVRAY Listowel, Ont. NEWS OF THE DISTRICT Interesting Ne ews of Nearby Towns Clipped From 1 | morning, wouldn't it 2 | You would stop and read | every word of it, no doubt. So it is with a WANT AD in the | | EVERYBODY'S COLUMN I Of The i | Listowel Banner Smail though it is, the amount of atten- ; tion it gets from all our readers makes it as cer- } tain of results as the largest sign board in the world Try it some time when you need help or want to buy or sell anything. Just Phone 61. | Left $1000 to Goderich Hospital— N ja bee on Monday evening E Exchanges. 1 In the will of the late Donald C. ' McInnis, who died recently in Exeter, now on file in the office of . $1- GROWING emo PLANTS IN- ro . This 2 are ject them if soft or spongy, heavy! the blossoms for rable |commensurate with size. Large bulbs!'time. Take them ‘ the nitting or ‘effective when You will perhaps nape, shorty purchase | Winter Fahd dit bulb: grow in} f your home. When do- cool with a conperntate: of fifty-five (85) will fon bd ¥} other room as occasion demands. ering bulbs. Ly bulbs are selected for ager 9 throngh the aperature a -) The will thus elongate and then for safety, and whichores you do the Bank willanotify i the — makers ‘and make collection. You may be sure that the notes will receive every attention. ,, . IMPERIAL BANK | LISTOWEL BRANCH, ding outdoo The largest when about peal inches high remove seconde are, however, usually Rood the inverted hen in eoecd and vigorons growth for — culture. lar much water will be required at the roots. Constant ge ae. ape oe apt should, however, gainst, a fairly moist condition will! be satisfactory. Afford weak manure water or a little fertilizer acchabins ally to narcissi, or other bulbs which you intend to have for outdoor plant-} in oe. will enable them to make good gro when drying off store Sacsidevatis quantities of food} materials in their leaf bases, which! will form the new inner ecales of the| bulb. This food being transferred | when the leaf is decaying for the nourishment of next season's flowers. After the plants gradually water, and allow em gradually. them, do not Easy to Grow No dues of flowering plants is more popular. If a proper selection is made a,succession of blooms may be had all’ through Winter. The plants are so different in character that they are’ alwa interesting. being suc wering can surpass them in beauty ying the dark days of Winter when everything outside is dormant and perhaps 4 bitter gloom pervades the iIndoo The srethods of, culture are sim- ple once you have decided upon the kinds to grow, ‘whetfier hyacinths, narcissus or tulips. Usually the large | flowered double “or single hyacinths place them in a dark position’ until the green color has t disappeared from the cells. When size five bulbs may be placed this occurs stop watering and lay the seven inch n massive dis- ° plays are desired the bulbs may bela planted in ornamental bowls or large earthenware pans which are made M. R. HAY, Manager. “ma Hugh McGillivray =“ BONDS - GRAIN - MORTGAGES INSURANCE LISTED and UNLISTED Securities Bought and Sold. STOCKS - Connection with Toronto, New York,:Chicago, Winnipeg and Montreal Exchanges. f Intormation supplied on any Securities without charge for the purpose. Tulips may be plant- ed and maséed in a similar way. They never present a very effective appear- ance in numbere of less than five The. narcissi taba appear more numbers than when potted canals, The larg- st bulbs may be planted as advised for hyacinths. As they have long and graceful leaves and flowers borne on long stems their natural beauty and graefulness cannot assert itself if the bulbs are crowded in the recep- tacles. Two inches apart will be pro- per. When: itAs said that the narciast vised for hyac- Oman and Miniature hy- acinths are pot in question as these} shoulda be planted thickly in their respective pans or bowls. | Water Culture of Hyac'nths Water culture or culture in glaS- ses is effected in the following way. Large sized and solid bulbs are chos- i en. These are placed in special hy- size. A few of the Hyacinthe and of the Tulips may thus be saved for out- door planting during Fall. All the yellow flowered Narcissi, except the very small bulbs, and many of the white, such as the Poeticus varieties, shoukl be saved as they soon form excellent clumps when planted in the border. The Polyanthus varieties are however, not hardy, and should be discarded. ve | REMEMBER THE ‘PHONE You know all about it. You’ | didn't let the paper know it. You found fault because the paper didn't have it. Hardly fair. When you have a item remember the Banne to the Salvation Army and §1,- the McCormick Institute in) was reeve of! 000 600 to MLondon. Mr. Mcinnis Usborne for years aad, as such, was] frequently in Goderich attending | county council.—Goderich Star | ' Serious Results of a Sting— j Irs. Eric Hutchinson was stung by an the polos immediately affected her in a very serious manner. Though stung} on ke lower limb in less than five! minutes her face swelled up so that | she could not see and later her eyes | | were completely closed up Her heart ‘was seriously affected und she wag+, A competitor cay secure your repeat orders--un- less you go after them by Long Distance ... QL sates missed by salesmen on the road % we close Saturday by Long Distance” Rea — Writes a Lumber Merchant UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO N this bpp age the ambitious youth bane a university education essential o his car f) It opens the door to opportunity and | make the most of himself. the professions, in a smi an | nearly choked Under medical care; she has been gradualiy recovering Mt. Forest Confederate & Repre- sentative. Prize for Unbobbed Head— Evidently John H. Thompson, own- er and editor of the Thorold Weekly Post, doesn't go in much for the modern advertises that October 6 and 7, at the Thorold he will give a cash he finest head o unbobbeg further lars are given as to ju The judges will pabably be men is of ing something diff sige and he ‘dosse't know if it will popular or not. be | Form Plowing Club— A plowing club. to be known a8 > Seuth Bruce Plowing Assocation, was organized at a meeting held at David McDon- stary-treasurer, Teeswater. second vice-president, ald, Teeswater; secre Alex. B. MceKague, Run oe at Fa A g@ lad, joke Tuckey, grand- son a Mr Charles Fritzley, was run over on the Fair grounds o ur . The shaft of the buggy struck oe bor on the side of the head and the wheel of the buggy grazed the side of his head and ran | brer him. He was unconscious for an } hour and ‘bled at the mouth, but is about again by No oes not appear to | be seriously injured though feeling dustry, agriculture, in | the nervons ck.—-Mo —Mount Forest eet in community and Confederate and Representative. ~The cost of pheitnese i Fell on Circular Saw— aa received. Durrer; a thresher of t profitab * : the Formosa district, while operating poesia zeae 56 r i a circular saw on Monday night cut- Li ting up some wood for his threshing ese you considered these __——aeteh engine, stumbled and fell against the saw, which inflicted a nasty gach on his chest, the saw penetrating hie breast bone. A Walkerton | doctor, “4 BOON TO ANY TOWN.” ant who is up 6n his toés, planning bee was memmones and hs he to get all the business for miles a-|the scene in an auto, sewe the pitealpiery nha mot an round,” filling local papers with} Wound up, and the victim of the mis- petition is constantly becoming keen ess-getting ads, in pec ih a y a palictag, ee gating coemnctions ciiewa? Hecula er, between individual merchants and ith and pushing the ton Herald ang the consumer's is” any builder, for ® market “town. in a ‘ szeowe on Trecovery.— to 7 He is a real community! e the mark-}: | | ng paragraphs styles in young women. He | fair. } particu: | dges, color, ete. | | pci in his Post says the idea placed in a darkened place and a ittle broken charcoal should be plac- |! acinth glasses. The bulbs should be}" % Ds ed in each’ glass. and be treated 6u : Sees Torte tbr | Compalsory War on The Corn Borer . 5. MARTIN P PROMISES AID P. otting the Bulbs The best eoil in which to grow the | | | | | bulbs ig one composed of good por-| HON, | ous loam, leaf soil and ane in about! a PLACE RECOMMENDA- }equal proportions. Po is es-| , a 7 . aaa “sential, go that the brittle. oe may TION FOR LAW BEFORE GOV- penetrate. und so give firmness to| ERNMENT. | |the bulbs. A somewhat heavier soil| will euit the Narcissi equally well. It Necessity for legi islation whereby | must. however. be porous he soil; the corn borer control methode ree-| S@uld be screened through a one- ommended by the department of ag-| half inch sieve riculture will be made compulsory | As ‘the potting of bulbs differs: was the unsiimous opinion expressed in Chatham ‘last Friday in ¢ \dow plants, the essential points will tion, carried without 1 dissenting a emphasized. After drainage in the| vote, by a gathering of farmers, fol- rm of -crocks is in position, place lowing a discussion of the corn borer |the required amount of soil wupon|situation. The resolution recom- \¢ ar in the pots or bowls, and make mends that the present Corn Borer l*t fairly firm. Its surface should then|Act be replaced by an act whereby half the enforcement of control methods be- io the rim of the t. Upon this;Shall be under the jurisdiction of t plant the bulbs, scatter soil around| Provincial Government and that the jthem and make it firm with the;new legislation be brought Into force! | by the fall of 1926. Hon. J. S. Martin was present at) the meeting and in a short address, | following the passing of the resolu. | tion, expressed surpriee at the 6pread of the borer and maint nined that the| en the situation When the opergtion is finfsh- about one-thire each bulb of the Hyacinths and Tulips should be visible above the soil. If entirely cov- ered moisture will penetrate into their apices and between the écales. " under eertain conditions, may|' i If the place is badly ven-)'S 2— | for instance, the fungu a\ While the nfinister was = to; which canses the disease will grow | state what attitude the Government: very rapidly, Narcissi apparently are| Will take regarding the recommen-| more immune from disease, and ; dation of the farmers he promised ta| Teeswater last Thursday. It was de-| therefore, may i entirely covere sd | piace the situation before his col- cided to affiliate withgghe Ontar!o| with sol) In the agues and felt that 6ome eteps a- Plowing Avsociation. he plowing The bulbs raat, aaxietastertly in iene the lines suggested would be) match will be held near Teeawater| garkness. A cellar ia, therefore, an} ‘taken. on Wednesday, October 28. The fol-|jqeal storage for the ‘péceptacles | Prof. L. Caesar, of the Ontario rb gag were elected: Pres-| which contain them. A well-ventilat-| 4sticultural College and prin ident. H. Arkell, Teeswater; vice-|eq wall cupboard or a few shelves ta a addressed the meeting secuty Re John Purvis, Holyrood;|to hold the pots or boxes, will answer; uring which he presented the reco- admirably. Bulbs should not be piac-; mmendation of the Dominion and} ed on cold floors or on surfaces provincial entomologist. who have; which are permanently wet. As been engaged in investigating the! necessary to exclude light until yack corn borer. The conclusion reached. | ormation is well advanced it { be sald, was practically the game as | et forth in the resolution passed by} well to hang a piece or|* j burlap down the front of the| the meeting. Prof. Caesar estimatea | shelves, or to attain the object by; the Increase of the borers this seas- ;on in the entire province as two-fold but said that In the worst infested | districts, Essex and Kent counties the increase was higher. According to Prof, Caesar the corn borer has now spread — within hogs of King- ston to the Detroit Other poh ioerin were Dr. J. H. Gri dale, deputy minister of agriculture for the Dominion; H. 'C covering the receptacles with fine,} soft coal cinders or sawdust. If cov- ered with the latter it should be re- — ed if it becomes soggy with mois- A layer of soft coal cinders or| pt sand or rock. screenings| should be placed C pon the shelves so ns to intervene between these and the pots. This will araaths aid drain- age and aeration. The temperature wford, the cellar should. average about}Ottawa: A. Gi bson, Dominion ento- vi) mologist; * ig ea Anderson, of El- ae (50) degrees Fahrenheit. While the bulbs are awakening gin, and V Reeke, of the Ridge- exons dormancy, combainacally remove} ‘Own experimental farm the covering material from the re- ceptacles, and if the soil is dry af- ford water. It is necessary at thie time to keep the bulbs in p condition. The soil should, therefore, in this condi- The Infoal Mare. The brood mare that seems to have the least trouble and prodtces healthy sound colts and also has lit- through it. T is a.factor. in the prevention of fungoid growth. which has been worked moderately, individual varieties of bulbs show| OF hes had regular daily exercise. O two inches af red gsrmge them} Course, she should have plenty of from’ their m with a}: feed, of en- taapratere pe f titty-tite rt 5) or pid pecially during the latter part of the ty (60) degrees them in s in. period. and p position, or. where the light of -|released the following day on $2,000 bail after pleading guilty to aa having A World-wide System Of-Financial Service Y telephone you can talk with your neighbour or with an individual thousands of miles away. By telegraph you can span the continent; by cable your message can girdle the earth. 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