a In Monkton MR, W. FRANK has opened with | a stock. Strict attention given to repairing of all kinds. . Get a Transfer Tf you are on the Gloomy Line, : Get a transfer. © _ If you're inclined to fret and pine, Get a transfer. 3 Get off the track of Doubt and Gloom, Get on a Sunbeam Train--there's room Get a transfer. : 'Tf you are on the Worry Train, , Get a transfer. - "You must not stay there and complain. : Get a transfer. : Tha Cheerful Cars are passing through And there is lots of room for you-- Get a transfer. If-you are on the Grouchy Track, ~ Get a transfer. Just take a Happy Special. back; : 'Get a transfer. Jump on the train and pull the rope That lands you at the Station Hope, Get a transfer. Franchise for Women Toronto Star The other day Sir Wilfrid Laurier announced himself a convert to Wom- an suffrage. His announcement is alt the more remarkable because there is a strong conservative strain in his character, and he has no liking for new things just because they are new. Mr. Rowell came to the same con- clusion some time ago, and his con- viction is strengthened by the work women are doing in the war. = It has been said that women ought not to have the franchise unless they _ take part in the actual fighting in th» ~ field. That rule would exclude three- fourths of the men of Canada, for our voters are four times aS numerous as our army. .And even if our army were brought up to the half-million mark, there would still be more than a million voters outside the army, in- eluding a large number who are not expected to enlist because of age. But even this does. not go to the root of the matter. Women are not idle in time of war. They are pro- viding comforts for the boys at the front, they are keeping "the home fires burning." They are nursing sol- : diers and sharing in the hardships of war. A country in time of war is not divided in two classes, one doing all the work and the other nothing. It is organized for defence, and all kinds of useful work helps to increase its strength. Not only by this kind of work, but by sacrifice, women have earned the right to a voice in 'the government of the nation. ------- - World's Record Wheat Crop : ee mvend In view of various claims world's yecord wheat crops for iagge areas 'the Crowfoot Farming Cotipany, of Crowfoot, Alberta, submit a sworn statement of their results for the year 1915, which probsbly surpasses all - properly authenticated claims from other sources. From 1356 acres _the Crowfoot Farming Company received an average yield of 51 bushels, 56 1-3 - pounds per acre of number one spring wheat, by actual selling weight; 400 acres wheat averaged 59% bushels per 'acre, These records were established Gn the Canadian Pacific Railway Ir- yigation Block in Southern Alberta. A leather grained pass book on the 8rd of August, between Joshua Stev- er's farm and Linwood. Finder 'will be rewarded by leaving at Post Office. Linwood. WANTED © _ -STONE FOR ORUSHING. Inter- view Reeve or Councillors of Mil- _ Verton, Fes A A good second hand box stove. Suit- able for Township hall. Apply to THOS. DEWAR, Reeve, Tp. of Morn- ington, : ee Sy Notice to Creditors In the matter of Mary JAttig, late of the Village of Newton, in the County of Perth, widow, deceased. - Notice is hereby given, pursuant to he Statutes in that behalf, that all persons having any claims against Mary Attig, who died on the 14th day of September, 1916, at Newton, Ont., are required on or before the lith day of. November, 1916, to send by post or deliver to the undersigned executors of the will of the said' de- ceased, full particulars of their claims; and that after the said last-mention- 'ed date the executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said de- ceased among the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have otice, and that the said executors will not be liable for the said assets r any part thereof, to any person of whose claim they shall not then have ceived notice. f x ated at Newton, the 25th 'October, 1916. : day of oe Susan McConaghy, Executrix, +. Charles G. Attig, °- --W. J. Attig, Executors., MERCIAL $1 60 $1 60 ~ 90-1-00 eee ee eae eee 63 63 ee Smet EO B60 Jewel per cwt....... 4 65 4 65 + Banner percwt....... 4 85 4 85 '+ 5 Jewel per cwt...... 5 10 5 10 : ...31 00 31 00 33 00 33 00 see13 00 15 00 10 40 10 40 5 75 6 '1 60 1 Cale ox 6 3 20 18 18: Se, eke 5 ee tances . tenes Hay per ton... 'Hogs liveweight............ Butcher Cattle.......... ) 60 16 6 29 '18 13 "16 16 Perree ee Turkeys Dressed..........-. Bens ce caparveciner ese See ee STS - HESSON General blacksmith wanted, married or single. For further particulars ap- ply to J. Helm. ae Mr. Joseph Kocher spent a two weeks' vacation around) Walkerton, Chepstowe and other points. Mr. ©. Koebel and brother, Ralph, of Linwood, spent Sunday around our bure. Misses. Annie and Jennie Boyd, of Britton. spent Sunday with their cousin, Miss Lavina Kocher. Mr. John Kocher, of Hesson, sold his farm, part to Mr. Michael Voll- lmer and the remainder to Mr. A. |Kocher, of Walkerton. Mr. Kocher intends going West. | Miss Emmeline Haid is at present spending a few months' vacation with relatives in Toronto. Mr. Albert Hahn spent the week- end in Waterloo and Kitchener. Mrs. George Logel, of Dorking, call- ed on friends around our burg on Sun- day last. A carload of choice Western pota- toes arrived at the Dorking station on Saturday last and provided customers to the best of satisfaction, Miss Jessie Kieffer left for Toronto on Tuesday last. Mrs. Wm. Girodat is confined to her bed with a serious attack of rheu- matism. We all join in wishing her a speedy recovery. The annual Teachers' Convention will be held in Stratford this week. Where our separate and public school teachers intend to be present. Mr. BE. Haid, of Hawkesville. is en- gaged in drilling a well for Mr, An- thony Foerster. An old saying--you never miss the water till the well runs dry. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Karley, of Linwood, and Mrs, Mary Sheckney, of Erbsyille, spent Sunday with friends around our vicinity. Mr, Nicholas Kocher is having a sale of farm stock and implements on Monday next, after which they in- tend moving to their retired home in Hesson, Mr. and Mrs .George Isley Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tsley. ; Mr. Lawrence Kocher left last week for Goderich, where he is engaged in a factory by Mr. J. E. Bechler. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Armstrong, of Dorking, spent Sunday with Mr. E. CG. Knoblauch. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Farrell and family are making preparations to leave for Toronto, where Mr. Farrell has se- cured a position, We are sorry to re- port this as Mr. and Mrs, Farrell are two of our best citizens and will 'be greatly missed by their many friends, We hope that we may some day have them back again. Mr. and Mrs. H. Isley, of Newton, spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. Joseph Kraemer and. daughter, Margaret, of Dorking, spent Sunday with Mr. August Schiebel. Mr. Joseph Moser and Mr. Dennis Hanley were engaged one day last week in moving Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Cassel and family, of Dorking to El- mira. Ploughing is the order of the day around our burg. Don't forget Hallowe'en this year. ------ spent Alfred QUAINT OLD TODMORDEN. A Bit of Old England Set In the Suburbs of Toronto. Past sweeping fields of yellowing wheat, orchards that glistened with the swelling fruitage, fields of dimp- ling cabbage and divers garden stuff --with houses every little way--the traveler's buggy hums along the Old Mill road through the village to the hotel--verandah in front and driving shed to one side, grass-plotted, gay with carefully tended beds of flow- ers. Facing the picturesque tavern opens the top of the steep-winding' road that slants down to the old brick mill and its bridge near the dam, where the boys have their swimimng hole. Fields, houses, gar- dens, orchards--they stretch along the road for a mile, pleasantly alter- nated. The above is not a description of some hamlet in rural Ontario where busses still tie the inhabitants to civilization once or twice daily, It is Todmorden, the quaint district over the Don, east from the new Government House and the brick yards. "Mill Road" was the old name for Broadview avenue. Probably only one in every thous- and citizens has ever been there; al- | the eastern hill f 50 | though one has only to keep on up Broadview avenue from Danforth, or arrive at the same intersection by following the road which ascends from Winchester street bridge. Todmorden is entirely isolated from the city otherwise, ex- cept by a roundabout access from Yonge street at Deer Park, crossing Moore Park bridge and turning down Bayview avenue to where it meets the C.P.R. tracks; a winding hillside road ean be descended thence which brings the wayfarer to the bridge at Todmorden's mill. "The village is a little bit of Old England set down in York County; it was foundéd principally by folk from Yorkshire and Devon. Tod- morden's inaccessibility is probably responsible for the fact that--unlike every other adjacent suburb--none of the farms have yet tempted the real estate men to exploit their dinky lots. Increased Business With Russia Canada's neighbors as well as other neutral countries are watching very carefully the trend of their ex- ports, and they are giving particular attention to making a permanent line of articles now being handled for war purposes. For instance, Russia is taking from the United States a large quantity of steel rails for mili- tary purposes but which it is antici- pated will still be in request for ex- pansion which is looked for in that country following the peace settle- ment. Canada is participating in the fncreased export business to Russia, but not to so great an extent as the United States. The latter's exports for the fiscal year ended June 30 last are estimated as being ten times greater than for the year ending June 30, 1914, whereas Canada's are 'less than four times greater within the same period. : - Maples Around Graves. Canadian maples are to be planted around the graves of Canadian sol- diers in France. Seed of the red and silver maple, ripened at Ottawa, has been sent to London by Dominion Horticulturist W. T. Macoun and planted in Kew Gardens. After the | war the little trees from these seeds 'are to be transplanted in France. Seeds of the large-leaved maple of British Columbia are to be sent to London for the same purpose. 98 soon as rips : i -------- All parties having wire stretchers longing to me are requested to re- once.--Geo, J, Coxon. t THE VEGETABUT INDUSTRY. | Nation's Production in This Field is Away Ahead of That in Fruits. Few persons have any conception of the amount of actual value of the vegetable-growing industry to Can- ada, says F. B. Housser in an article in The Toronto Globe. The follow- ing figures, taken from the Dominion Government Agricultural Census Re- port of 1911, though not up to date, the latest report I have been able to obtain shows some interesting facts. In the year 1910 the vegetable- growing industry saved Canada $18, 806,544. In 1910 the Province of Ontario alone profited by this branch of agriculture to the extent of $6,- 043,617. This is to say that the Canadian public would have sent over to the United States, or some other fore: country, over eighteen and a half millions of dollars in order that they might have ordinary, everyday vege- tables on their dining-room tables had it not been for the fact that our own growers supplied our needs. Of this amount Ontario contributed al- most one-third. The vast majority of people, city and country, are under the impres- sion that fruit-growing forms a greater part of the nation's trade than the vegetable industry, yet from the same report we may observe that, in the same year, the actual cash value produced in vegetables in Can- ada was $6,025,419 more than of orchards and small fruits combined. When we recall that it required less than half as much land for the veget- able-growers to produce this enorm- ous difference (206,011 acres) as was necessary for the fruit men we may form some conception of the tremendous possibilities this almost unrecognized field of agriculture has pent up within it. ; Strange as it may seem, although yegetable-growing is the most scien- tific branch of agriculture; although five years ago it had outstripped the fruit industry by more than six mil- lion dollars as a business proposition to the country, it still holds only a secondary place in the experiments and scientific investigations of our agricultural colleges and experimen- tal stations Under the general head of "'Horti- culture" vegetable growing is car- ried on as the most unimportant branch, On the horticultural files you will find forty bulletins issued by our Agricultural Department on apples, pears, peaches, grapes, plums, cher- ries, raspberries, currants, and al- most every Canadian-grown fruit. You will find not more than half a dozen on vegetables. In stating these facts I do not for a moment wish to throw any reflec- tion on the work and methods of any of our agricultural colleges or ex- perimental farms. A more able set of men could not anywhere be found to carry on this work. I merely wish to point out that a new indus- try has grown up in this country which calls for a new field of scienti- fic investigation and experimental work, and I am convinced that the Governments not only of the Domin- ion, but of all the Provinces, are be- ginning to recognize this fact. Work Goes East. "Our St. Catharines plant is not doing the work it ought to do, be- cause we cannot get men. For that reason we are sending all the work we can to Sherbrooke, where there is no trouble getting what labor we want, and, moreover, we can get it at less cost." The foregoing is ane Ontario man- ufacturer's position in the present labor situation. Here is what another says: "We took our first order for shells at $4, which was completed to the satisfaction of the board. The next order came along and-the price was $3. Our plant, of course, is not a large one, and we could not turn out the quantities that some of the larg- er plants are doing, nor at as low a figure, but what we did was done right, and if the need of shells was very urgent the price. should not stand in the way. But, as we could not do the work at the price paid to the Quebec manufacturers, because of the lower-priced labor and the abundance of it, we had to decline the order at the lower prices. Our men to a very large extent enlisted. That's why I sold what machinery I had and dropped out of the business, and it is likely that the machinery I used for shell-making has gone to Quebec," Apple Crop Poor. With the apple crop of Ontario ap- proaching maturity it is possible to make a reasonably accurate forecast of production in this line. That pro- duetion in eastern Canada will be small admits of no doubt, according Fruit Commissioner. It is equally well assured, according to the same authority, that in Ontario and Que- bee at least the quality will be very poor, In the Lake Erie district it is only {well cared for orchards that show a good crop, and the general yield is not placed over forty per cent. normal, with ten per cent. No. 1, About Cobourg, in the centre of the Lake Ontario district, only a fifty per cent. crop is looked for, and that badly damaged by scab and hail. The report of the Fruit Branch of the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture is in entire agreement with that of the Dominion Fruit Commissioner. Going more into detail the Ontario report says that in the Goderich dis- triet apples are almost an entire fail- ure. In Lambton Baldwins alone pro- mise a full crop, other leading va- rieties being light to medium; in Kent and Norfolk crops are only me- diums in quantity, and scab has greatly reduced quality. - Escaped From Germany. -- Privates Lovell and V. Adick of the 3rd Battalion, Toronto, arrived in London after an exciting escape from a German prison, sayS @ de- spatch to The Toronto Telegram from its special correspondent in London. They were captured on the 24th of April, 1915, at Langemarck, and taken, with other Canadians, into Germany. At first the treatment was harsh, but later it grew better, and there were not many complaints. These Toronto men had been working some time to. escape. At the farm where they worked they were paid 30 pfennings daily, equal to about six and a half cents in Cana- dian money. Eventually they were able to make a dash by night across the frontier, slipping past the sen- tries. f They were treated with the great- est kindness and sympathy by the Dutch people. The British Consul | zent them at once to England. oO oO O 0 Oyo oO es) | Beane | ae | O O O a $18.00, 20.00 Granite Granite Wash Granite Granite Granite Granite Berlin Collan UP-STAIRS DEPARTMENT Foot Baths 22. Granite French Cooker.......40¢ Dish Pans... 25 and 39c Porto Pots. 4oc Basins... 4 ¢.....55€ 5 50C Kettles 25, 40, 50c Gers sn Oe Other prices.;.4iii 4, House Dresses. Men's Hats...... Ladies' New Fall and Winter COATS AND CHARMING SUITS AT $12.50, 15.00, 18.00 TO 30.00 BEAUTIFUL COATS AT $10.00 12.50, 15.00 UP TO 40.00. ELEGANT PLUSH COATS--commencing at $15, in both Salts and Lister's plush, guaranteed quality. See these rich looking garments -- that are so popular now. A RACK OF 40 COATS AT $4.99 EACH Over 200 Children's Coats to select from at right prices. Ladies' and Children's Sweater Coats at last year's prices Crum's English Prints per yd.......... ...0 34 inch Black Farmer's Satin per yard ...,..........0+.39C 36 inch Black Pailette Silk per yard........../..........89¢ Curtain Muslin with fancy borders per yard............15¢ Children's Hosiery per pair .........0.5 Corsets per pair.........0.+.+0066050, 75, $1, 1.25 up to $7 Plaid dress goods for children's dresses per yard......19¢ Handsome Plaid Dress Goods per yard .............4639C Children's. Underwear, +5 22... Se ie cst ee ae Ladies' Hosiery per pair..........s0+02+25) 35) 50 and 75¢ A splendid assortment of Dress Goods--over 400 pieces of Dress Goods in stock bought at old prices and dyed with old dyes. 40 inch Unbleached Cotton per yard ....... Ladies' Initia! Handkerchiefs............. 36 inch wide Flannelette per yard, 1. v0.2.0... -..0006..15C Cord Velvets, all shades, per yard.,.... 0.6.1... i2<c2es059C Fancy Brocaded Velvets per yard.......75¢, $1 and 1.25 Largest size Flannelette Blankets ...........s0:.+02e0e 1575 Ladies' Tweed Effect Raincoats........ssssseceeeseeees 3-49 ...-$4.00, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00 up to 10,00 Prices 25, 39, 50, 60, 75 79C,. 1.00, Men's Underwear per garment...... 5. aio Bea 75s Men's Wool Underwear per garment ..........$1 tc 3.90 Wien s-Cnpe 2s : . ' eoewe Men's Overalls and Smocks............ .. ee ..1.25 each Men's Raincoats $3 99, other prices........... $5 to 15.00 SUITS 2125, 35 and 50c Dive vee 02 e790, 00; E95p Lg 20 S00 Men's HeavicGrey Hose per pair. .<.. 0c. Fisgesseracn ene Boy's. Suits amas... li. Sa ae ae , &5c, $1 to $3. cis nee eos 3 fOr-25¢ 1,25 up to 2.00 ... 4.50 to 8.50 <b De Oe. 1.25 Pais 3s te ts. ene (ele Scrub Brushes.,..10, 15, 20, 25¢ Shoe Brushes 4.3... veces cose SE Granite Mens Sans - 3354. eee 5 2s FOLO 25,00 Men's Overcoats ........... Ey ets Tee OLLO 2000 Boy's sweater Coats..c.5:5, 35.8 voc, ve Vereen ean to the August report of the Dominion. Pictiies =. Hammers Saws Sas Popular Sheet ok Glassware...... Rubber Heels Mirrors Stove Brushes ........ Pitta: Bowe Papers. as. et 56 Fiatchets:.3.. Lantern Glasses, 2 for.... Clothes Brushes..... O Cedar Mop. Men's Men's @eeervecessae SERS eS Ses ee a eee os ai t5e isei se Wisicn..5....255 bea tee 10, Fae Ses ona Se .10, 15, 25¢ 75, 1.00, 1.25 1.50 Sweater Coats Working Shirts .... Men's Gloves..... Men's Odd Trousers + e0ee ad ooeee cececcees/ QY Co ee eee reeserseeseesees cee eee rer ere Chess eersee SPECIALS IN THE GROCERY DEPT. 6 bars Comfort Soap: for.. 2. 2s ae eee 2 1-lb-tans Dakinp Powder .,.. 2 sicacs ave cs euc sues 2 Be 500 ibs, ea at Perl sj genes ea ey te ie ee 3 packages Jelly Powders, all flavors 1.10. ..scese0+0025C 2 bottles Flavoring Extracts....... save E weereivents Serves be 13 lbs, Gran. Sugar for $1 .........only $2 to a customer ivstin Pt 10°2.50 .»..1.50 to 6 00 85c, $1 to 2.00 $2, 2.50 to 5,00 | | | G Engeland "The Store with the Stock" -- MILVERTON Son Oyo Oo Oc )o aaa Eee | OycCHo oa pases O O SNS) C22) Ojo é oOo MAIL CARRIER'S COMPLAINT Stratford Beacon In coversation with some of the mail carriers on rural routes out of Stratford, it was learned that there is a great deal of carelessness, or lack of thought on the part of, many of the box owners, letters being placed in the boxes without a stamp upon them. Instead the money for the stamp will be placed with the letter. This is very bad practice. While the carriers, who are mostly obliging, will likely take the letter and put the stamp on, by re .|doing so they are overstepping their rules, as they are not supposed to sell less than 25 cents worth of stamps at a time. 'They also say that often people will hand them a letter in which is to be placed a money order, giving them the money without filling out the application form provided, and to which is attached a receipt form, which the mail carrier is supposed to sign when he These practices are both faulty and should not be continued. : LLOYD GEORGE ON BRITAIN'S DETERMINATION © bee | "No! There are and there will be, no quitters among the Allies. 'Nev- er- again' has become our battle-cry. At home the suffering and the sorrow is great and is growing, As to the France. I stood as it were at the door of hell, and saw myriads march- ing into the furnace. I saw some coming out of it scorched and mutil- ated, This ghastliness must never again be re-enacted on this earth accepts" the money. war zone, its terrors are indescribable |I have just visited the battle fields of and one method at least of ensuring that end is the infliction of such punishment upon the perpetrators of this outrage against humanity that the temptation to emulate their ex- ploits will be eliminated from the hearts of the evil-minded amongst the rulers of men. That is the meaning of Britain's resolve." \ -------- CHASTENED BY SACRIFICE Toronto Globe National riches seem to be exerting a narcotic effect upon the conscience of the United States. Despite Cana- da's heavy losses in battle and the great burdens she must assume as a result of the war, the Dominion is spiritually \in better health to-day than her wealthy and self-sufficient neighbor. The nation that battles for a just and lasting peace, and for the for centuries has plunged Europe at frequent intervals into the recurring horrors of wars of conquest, need not fear the fate of the rich young man who, when faced with the alternative of real self-sacrifice or of -soul-des- troying ease and sloth, went away sorrowful, for he had great posses- sions. Sense cas eee -AN- APOLOGY FOR FAILURE According to an Amsterdam cor- 'Bethmann Hollweg's speech is re- garded in Holland as more interesting destruction of the military caste that. respondent of the London Times, Herr for what it omits than for what it contains. When stripped of its rhet- long apology for the failure of Ger- man arms and German diplomacy to impose Germany's will upon her ad- versaries. The speech has caused the impression in Holland that, though Germany, who sowed the wind so Constipation-- the bane of old age. is not to be cured by 'harsh purga- tives; they rather aggravate the trouble. For a gentle, but sure laxative, use ¥ _ Chamberlain's Stomach { and Liver Tablets. They stir up the liver, nerves and en the stomach and bowels just like an internal bath, CHAMBERLAIN' TABLETS Woman's best friend. From girlhood to old age, these little red = storers are an unf: ae guidetoanactiveliveran a clean, oe normal stomach, . ake & Cham! "s 'Tablet at sour 8 ® mentation, and the headache, haye all gone by oric and abuse, it is seen to be one{ Ti alleen ignites iapenigl | strongly, objects to reaping the whirl- wind, her desire for peace on her own terms is still predominant, though these terms may become less extray- ~ agant with time, Hence though some are inclined to attach great import- ance from the point of view of speace to Mr. Gerard's visit to America, judicious observers refrain from draw- ing premature conclusions from this interesting announcement, -------- e-- -- -- -- Nal | HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS TO * WESTERN CANADA _ The Grand Trunk Railway System issue round trip Homeseckers' tickets at very low fares from stations in if) |Canada to points in Manitoba, Sas- katchewan and Alberta, each Tuesday until October 3lst inclusive, via North Bay, Cochrane and Transcontinental Route, or via Chicago, St. Paul and Duluth, and are good returning two months from date of issue. Through tourist sleeping cars are operated each Tuesday for Winnipeg, leaving Toronto 10.45 p.m., via Trans- continental route without change. Reservations in tourist sleepers may be obtained at nominal charge on ap- plication to any Grand Trunk Ticket Office. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway is the shortest and quickest route between Winnipeg, Saskatoon | -}and*®Edmonton, with smooth roadbed, electric lighted sleeping cars, through the newest, most picturesque and most rapidly developing section of Western Canada. Before deeiding on your trip ask Grand Trunk Agents to furnish full ||particulars, or write C. E. Horning, District Passenger Agent, Toronto. 3