aa “Ty hazardous during cat aK 4 teas well to this The Bank was established in 1875, and in the course of fifty years Branches have ‘been established from time to time at carefully ~ chosen points. The service at all Branches is local and personal, but it is also world wide in — scope. A moderatasized Bank—not too mach- ine-like,—with a friendly interest in its clients. IMPERIAL BANK LISTOWEL BRAK BRANCH, M. R. HAY, Manager. Te MEIGHEN’S BIG JOB Aetna Times)” remembers what he said prior to the con’ dJaat ber. Nothing but a ive ern- Conservat ment headed by himself coulis save econo iter. the country His wae not.the Government which took ‘penne after: Oct. 48. HONOR OLD pie ni Nr gp = (Hanover Post) The Listofwel Banner The Atwood Bee (Amalgamated Oct., Ist., gc Published Thursday of “— Bight. to sixteen pages, séven umans to i page. All someacut Can use ma Sekiarietion rate $2.0 ° 88 boc additional for pos he Bann er and Bee has the cir- culation—several hundreds m ‘than its pl A excels as “an Lge tig eagle medium e do job Bory 2 of all kinds. E, 8. HUDSON. Editor.and-_FProprictor: “ “Member Canadian Weekly Newspa- per Association Editorial. ° 3 Thursday, July 8th. 1926 Notes and Co Comments Oh, . well; what cat if it a weak abinet? It was not tulle t to last— ‘oronto Globe. _. Orillia is makng early plans to cel- a ebrate the diamond jubilee of Con-| ? federation mext year. The example should be followed’ in. a hundred ns. tow -. Very ns ae it must be t Liberals to find that since ali I the ew Conservative - Govern has made no change in the opegalabioas governing the revision of vote lists.——Mail and Empire. ret etre: reece see . Even at this early date The Ot- tawa Citizen suggests that the tim- ber, both old and new. which into the Meighen Cabinet is due ei- ther for heavy Soe gs or BeTeDERE, It is safer to have a woman driv- ing from the back seat than to have her in front hugging the driver. . There are many m who will pledge allegiance to the flag and the country and yet are too dad-blamed indolent to mow the boulevard in front of their home. -~ We are apt to take a boy up sharp- ly for not being polite and court- eous, but how many of us say “thank you” to the 6mall boy when we ask him to fetch and carry for us? The by-laws of the town should be revised. There are a large number of by-laws that are never enforced and therefore useless and should be struck off. “A newspaper that goes into the home should publiéh nothing that cannot be read aloud in the family circle.’ This is a paragraph from the ethics adopted by the Canadian Weekiy Newspapers Association, an is the policy -of The Listowel Ban- ner. . 7 In some centres the Women’s In- -etitutes are taking up musical com- th petitions at the suggestion of e Government and with the aid of the Agricultural ‘Representative. The idea is to stimulate an interest in music in the rural sections. Welling- ton County held a Festival recently and Bruce ie arranging one for Aug- ust. This would be a worthy cause for the Institutes of Perth County to foster = At this season of the year child- ren should be warned Ly their par” ents againgt starting fires in grase and brueh of vacant lots dating the hot ‘dry, weather. Fires should not be set at any time, unless care- fully watched, but they are especial- the summer Months. It is a dangerous. practice and might result in humen as well ae property loss. A word of warning to the youngsters won't hurt snd it may save a disaster. Every once in a while something is discovered or invented .to. put the newspapers out of business © but he telephone didn't do it, mail has made no changes and the radio will not do it. Newspapers continue to have a field their own—the recording of the history of the community from: day to day and week to week. Nothing can-take’ the place of the newspaper. And mo oth- er industry renders 60 great a =“ vice at eo-small a price, -or ia «closer touch with everyday Hfe. The newspaper will continue to pros because jt meets a public need that. nething else can at ; ‘In the city of Hamilton not long ago the milk dealers refused to ac- ‘cept milk except from tuberculin. free cows. That means that the see either had to go ont.of busi have their cows tested and cutter the oss of those that had to be destroy- xin faet tifere was considerable tiw@eeds until about all of a . and that pretty soon .Y Pupils in a third wodk class in a country school were asked at the June examinations to the premier of Canada. This was about the time that it was a difficult — ter for the grown-up folk or members of Parliament to tell oan was holding that exalted position.— Chesley Enterprise. -= The London Free Press wante Mr. Meighen to go as Premier of Canada to the Imperial Conference in Octo- ber. But what would they do at the Imperial Conference with a man who declares that Canada should not go to the assistance of the Mother Coun- try until a general election is hel on the question?—Goderich Signal. Former Listowel} Pastor Is Buried at Union The fungral of Rev. Wiliam Cox, of Forest, “who recently— resigned from the Main ~ Street . United Church there, and whose death oc- curred in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon- don, on July’ 11th, was held under the auspices of Rd ae Lodge No. 3, A. F.-and A. M. Services were d from the tealdenice of W. ileon, Union, Elgin County, with interment in Union Cemetery on Thursday last. About 125 persons at- tended from Forest. The church services were in charge of Rev. S. J. Hughes, of Union, as- sisted by Revs. James Hall, . James Malcolm and T. DeCoursey Raynor, er “yrag of the déceased man, and R A. rret, L. Hiles, _ cle from Stratford, 8. Ww. Muxworthy and A. G. Rintoul, of Forest. The Masonic services were in charge of the Forest lodge ane the earers, were D Livingston, Geo N. McPa Liane William Pepper, William Soot | and Duiian Smith. MOST SUCCESSFUL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WEBDS Now is the time to destroy . the weeds. Do. not wait until they have taken the field, but get out the har- row. and kill ‘a= before they begin bearing seed. very weed that permitted to get a start takes some of the essential food elements that might be uéed in pecduyas healthy, strong stalks of wheat It is pretty well geen blished that the man who delays his pep. page te et + ge inch or more in . sant is 4 ranates the yield of his ¢ The niore susemiebes method — of controlling the weed crop is to not delay until all the weed seed are germinated but get busy and fight them as goon as they break through the ground, A man-who follows the against the weeds hever has to buy }cornsfor his hogs and~horses —A-Success-Anyway~ r cra a rural district, a Bobteb:-<0 ister was taking an evening wath when he came npon one of his par- ishioneérs lying in a ditch. ; Pippa 2 have otk been the nich*, Andre “Weel, I dinna richtly ken," an- gwered the prostrate sinner, ‘‘whe- ther it was a wadding or a funeral, but whatever it was, it has been a most extraordinary success.” went/|name_ practice of never ceasing his warfare | wh eal food he should expect it to be free of ge are Should be assured t t is so. The Hamilton autheriiar’ aie right in so ordering, and this should be done-in apaty. municipality. a Look well to thie day, for it is life, the very life of life— In its brief course lie all the veri Fa and ge of your life; _ The bliss of growth, . glory of _s action, ots splendor of bea: erday - but e dream and to- w. is only @ vision; ae bodes: Par ‘lived, - Banner . | bs Readers Whe ne sul Kee z have expired, are re- --spectfuilly urged to. re- Yesterday a dream BS oly every tomorrow a ail day! Such is ¢ rh ‘exhortation of the dawn. as works of art. ap bad ecb at al ae ee ‘be cok ine On_one or two occasions recently when old boys’ re-unions were held in “some of the towns. of the prov- ince, nothing that occurred was of the their old school-master. vine they had worried him—they may have failed preciate him—but, as the years slip- ped .\by and they gained experience of the world, they looked back to their echool days with-a new under- standing and éaw the school princi- al in a new light. And they de- lighted im the chance to. give him three rousing cheers and to téll him how much they thought of him NAME-SIGNS AT FARM GATES TELL WHO’S WHO {St .Marys Journal-Argus) Down in Westminster Township the other day we noticed . that a number of hoy bore the as on.a.neatly_peinted sign— the Thome gate. a Blanshard, Downie ahd the Nissouris we -have farme a- round here that any man should be proud of and yet a is no way for ind owt who lives even the tans ‘on the mail as long since faded away. A neat sign*such as is common in Westminster conveys information that is interesting to the passer-by, a convenience for all parties and at the same time ft pays tribute to the enterprise of the owast, We hate to see so many of our up-to-date-farm- ers in this rich a hiding their light under a bu shel THE CHURCHES AND SUMMER -ATTRACTIONS (Acton Free Press) These are the days when the tall of the open road teste the loyalty of church members on a warm, bright, Sunday. St: Marys congregations, Says the Journal-Argus, are holding up so far in a way that must be gratifying to local parsoné.. The wise pastor will not overdo a good thing. He willsremember that fifteen or twenty minutes is plenty of time to put across a real message if he - is well prepared. It is the. preacher who hasn't his eubject well in hand that can't get his “‘lastlys."" Ministers. can show their appreciation of their con- ay te loyalty these hot Sundays by “* a heart” and holding thé setwbon fo to one hour e MUving the P.\snmmer. PEOPLE, NOT PARTIES, TO BLAME 7 (Milverton Sun) A good deal of condemnation has been heaped one way and another upon ‘the Jate Parliament for the time spent in® controversies and wranglings and. the lack of progress made in thé way of putting Sian legislation. on the statute. books. ter ali the people and not the cet are to blame in that they did not give any party an effective working me- jority and left the balance of power in the hands of the Progressive party which -responéibility embarrassed them. It would seem after all that two-party government is the best system yet devised for the carrying cn of government but whether the electors ratorn to it or’ not in the ooming election. rémaine to be seen. Present indications are that Alberta will again be represented largely by Progressiv: If the people are di- vided; on the issues so wil] be the parliamentary representatives. SPOTTERS AND BOOTLEGGERS sat ome Review-Reporter) Last k two “spotters,” of the provincial police rounded up no less than thirteen bootleggers~ in Bruce and Huron Counties. They had Am- erican license plates on their car and went. around purchasing booze from suspects. Some people take excep- tion: to this mation employed by the provincial pre in trapping boot- leggers, but it is hard to understand y. The wootlonsct is about the lowest specimen of man that walks the streets in search of victims. They sell to anyone evén to sey boys and way pos- sible. Naturally they wontde: t come out in the open. When their methods of peddling booze ‘are «0° low, then the only way to trap him‘is by using paraflel. methods. such - as spotters legger to justice is justified. It seems as if this maudlin sentiment toward law breakers >is increasing rather than diminishing. Lawlessness will hever decrease ong a8 a cenvic- as lon tion hy the court is considered a mis- fortune rather than a disgrace. INVITING DISASTER Walkerton Telescope) He ‘“ who x reageous man drives on the highwaye at night with- out a light om his vehicle. Perhaps it is not going too far to say that the tidividual wlio fan to take this very ry precaution is invit- ing / t0ut of for “our-own skins” we would no ture on y reminds him-of a bungalow. N ingled in Settee ee neat “Dairy -Commissioner.. The increase | 4920 suc’ use. Any méthod of bringing a boot-|- country has been going ahead by | Good leaps. and bounds ever since. + ing vehiclea, The. reflection, it is. claim- ed, will azrve the same. purpode naa} | light. These tan sank! pei at from 25¢ i: Tic ; onstant reader says a fapper ow up- the: roof, i oes. in front. cated in the forecast of revenue ~ totalling $6,000,000 from these - sources for the current year. Tags. year the same resources produced a Sixty Aart from the training camps in Brandon and Claydon, England, -~ have been accepted by the Canadian Government and sailed on the “Em- press of France” at the end of June. They proceeded to Winnipeg after landing at Quebec: and will be placed on specially selected farms, @ Saskatchewan exported Jast year 774-per cent, of its total production of creamery butter, according to a statement made by the Provincial in) production in 1925. over that of had amounted to 126.8 per... cent.; the output last year totalling 15,946,283 pounds, Close on-one hyndred pilgrims from St. Paul and = Minneapolis ‘passed through Montreal recently on their way to the famous shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre, near Quebec. They were the arlvance guard of the great army of pilgrims that visit the shrine every year. While stopping off-in Montreal “they ‘visited the St, Joseph Oratory in’ that. city, also well-kifown as a shrine. Y Hundreds, of students and ¢o-eds from Canadian and American uni- versities have-been passing through Montreal! recently to board ships for Burope in connection with the Over- seas CoNegiate Tours that have grown increasingly popular of late years. Many of these collegians travel by Canadian Pacific boats, the “Empress of Frarice” on a recent trip carrying over 250 of them. ® —EE Clad in gorgeous scarlet tunics, plentifully decorated with gold braid, forty members of the world-famous Coldstream Guards Band, of Lon- don, reached Quebec recently on the Canadian Pacific liner “Mon on their third visit to Canada, ha’ been here in 1904 and again in 1911, Under the command of Lidutensxt R. G. Evans they wil play at Bran- don, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Vancouver and the Toronto Exhibition. The. electrification’ of the main % line. of the Imperial Japanese Gov- ernment Railway system from Bokio to Shimonoseki, 750 miles, has been Oda: % trains drawn by. electric locomotives run twice a day between these points. Owing tothe great expense involved it is feared it will be many years be- fore the entire main line can be élec- trified. , ounded 92 years ago in gardens ‘West Side; Wallace St. Liatewa NOW that. the Holiday” Season is in swing you. may need a Trunk or Suit Case or a Club Bag. I have’ assortment at reason- able prices. Who would witeok a Cob bea-as ter ety ane i leather. for $5.00. Call” Here’s Your Dish For these days when the ol’ mercury keeps threaten- ing to break out of the top o’ the tube and you feel ill at ease from the heat. Freshen up*by treating your dry palate to one of our wonderful tasty Ice Cream Sundaes : or Sodas All Popular Flavors gr | tases van dock Sihaikens sal mean more and more to you as you eee the figures in your Bank-Book gradually mounting up. 2 Savings Account with us and keep depositing ee Information : MILL FEEDS and OATS are acting Much Stronger on the Market and we_woul you to lay in your Immediate’ Requirements We have them at the Old Price. L. PFEFFER. MILLING co. Chopin inniatie Bie ruisnitieitiy aii Yass may find it to your advantage to Do you know that it costs less to at- tend the ee of Western Ontario? Do know that the academic yout ed for stu- grades are Do you know that.scores of weythrovdh students work their local usi- ngetinnd oe Ses ad- advise UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO e comparisons before deciding F uneiae tion write 4 which the universities within —_ Teach you will attend. De.K.P.R.NEVILLE, SPLENDORS OF FAMED CAN ADIAD CHOIR PRESERVED FOR * Tn. the eA Fe Recording Laboratori ago, the first Mendelssohn Choir phowonranmean ap re At this ceremony officials of the Choir had the honor of ope ous Choral Organiza Shown in the Tate: the press are, Mr. J,°H. Parkes, Pres ident; each Piesterackicatn and T. A, Reid; =r arr phe = ss B. Puckett, General ender of Canada, as accomplished under whose direction the Mr. Milnes Immedi afew days produced. rating the presses which elope gh the first records of this internationally fam- inspecting the first Sa a to come through F and H. ately be- Manager of thé Brunswick- recording | breaking: an eae. Tf she does. it once, e chan au