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The Photo Epidemic daks fort wea u In JULY 2, 1908 lout" EWS Shoes Dominion re of solid I’HUR ant wnies UPPHES is duck! n hand h nts n W mm " Mt m \\ ll Lenahan iS' McIntosh JULY 2, In this we have a full line, consisting of Sideboards, Couches, Tables, Chairs, Bedroom Suits, Springs, Mutt- resses, etc. Among our mattresses are the famous Ostermoor Mtsttrosses----fttl1y guaranteed. They speak for themselves. See also our Frost Coiled prin; Poultry Netting from 2 feet different sizes and qualities, Windc We are Agents for the well and favorably known "Frost Woven Wire Feuce"--the fence of quality and seryice. All Horizontal, are of No. 9 hard steel, Coiled Spring Wire. It is a. fence well worthy of inspection Warm Weather Goods Such as Gaso. . , line 6yoilstoves We carry ahigh grade of gasoline-Use "Queen Mo- tor and you will use no other. -"'-""------,, HARDWARE AND FURNITURE ire F FURNITURE 'encing and Wire Goods Coiled pring Wire, Frost a swing Wire, Frost Gates in all lengths, u 2 feet in height to 6 feet, Screen Doors of , Window Screens, etc. Lawn, Garden 8f Field Supplies Rubber Hose of different sizes: Sprays, q Nozzles, Taps and Scythes, Forks, Rakes, Hoes, Lawn Mow- ers in abundance. THE DURHAM 1uil1milW ' scarcely less interesting is the story i of the formation of these Western it lands. At u very far distant period / it is believed that all this land was i covered with water. It was the age (,' when the cold held sw.ly and not, only l the northern streams, but the St Law, ‘l'renee itself “’MS held in the gripot’ (perpetual frost, No outlet was open to the north or to the east and the (waters of the Western Sea found 'their outlet by the channel of the lMississippi. As time passed the cold 'relaxed and the barriers at Niagara. 3 were broken and the waters began to iwes'mge. The upper levels to the 'tttbecame dry land but still the Hands east of the l’embitnt ridge ex-i Itending over and beyond the present; let Winnipeg were covered with} water in what has been called the seal 50f Agassiz. Ot that great sea. the} i gravel ridge here is thought to be the I ;beach on its western shore. Thou-I [sands of years ago, however. the frost} let, had steadily been relaxing its} I hold in the east, even in the land, to, I the "01th yielded to the power of the I sun and Nelson river began to draw' l away the waters till the sea. was dried‘ I and this ancient beach became a ridge l in this dry land and the bed .of thei and foam, lived in these Dining and were in death ruverently laid away by loving friends, little thinking of the curious eyes that would centuries later look on their dust. l A year ago Prof. Montgomery, of Toronto University, while holidaying in this neighborhood was attracted by the ieport that in the gravel at no great distance was it round shaped i mound. Believing that he had here a. I trace of the ancient Mound Builders, hie got men to make an excavation i and at a depth of some ten or twelve lieet he was rewarded by finding u. human skeleton in a. marvellously good state. of preservation. ’1ho body had been placed for burial in " crouch- ‘iug position and this with other indi- ’rations led the professor to the con- clusion thatit lit-longs to it race of inter: nearer akin to the Mongolian ’races of Asia. than to the Indians of l the West, His estimate was that the, (remain, but been interred six iuurl dred or it thousand years ago. al- though he failed to find any sample: of their utensils which would h.ivel‘ been a surer indication of the place in _ history that these men whose remains' there moulder in dust, had occupied. What a tale would he unfolded if the man could awake to tell his story. _ Enough to know that a race of men" With their lovesand hates, their. hopes we were assured of the excellence of the quality of blocks and tile that stand as the tiniqhvd product of their tuclon y. I No. 2. The district around Arden is mark. ed out be a. peculiar gravel ridge vary- ing from a hundred yards to a mile in width and having a mean height of about ten feet. This formation stretches in a. north westerly and south easterly direction over a dis- tance of fifty miles or more and has from time immetnoriat been used as the highway for trattle. The Impress of the vehicles made by the Hudson Bay traders ls still visible. and though ' it does not eomeide with the road allowance in the modern survey the tram: was bought up by Government and preserved as a valuable natural highway. The Railway Company 'have in it pits from which they draw great loads of the finest gravel. At ‘the north end of the town there is a I place where the sand and gravel ls! used for making cement building blocks. tiles and bricks, On inquiring where the cement is procured, Iwas told that it came from Durham and that thecement of that land was good. With the best cement and thetlnest gravel it is not to be wondered at that . I former sea became first a prairie North-Western Manitoba. {and later lands for wheat, om " Rev. Wm. Famnharson. l barley. By Rev. Wm. Farquharson. Massey Harris Mowers& Rakes ew I piveu. the and 1hee,leetegtg,e-" the same yestvvdav to-day an or. In this district there are meny stripe of timber and wooded blatN, but tree planting has not yet been pushed to such an extent as in southern hunt. toba. Chops on the whole look well and many fields tell of careful cultiv- ation, though in some there is eviden- ce that the weeds are gaining the upper hand. DWelling houses are mostly ' frame buildings, though stone, cement and even brick are in evidence. Neat and tasteful churches are to be seen at every centre of population while the little white school house with it's no- companying flag is everywhere in evi- dence. Ministers and Missionaries are 1expected to mar as on eagle's wings for some of them are timed to travel over a circuit of over forty miles every Sunday. Yet if a tenderfoot get in a Imckhoztnl after a typical hroncho he dissent-s thatthc miles are traversed otherwise than on flowery beds of . ease. The congregations here are made up of much the same classes of people as those m Ontario. You hear the accent that tells of the Highlands and the butt of the Lowlander. the soft tones of the Englishman and the brogue of the men of Derry. But whatever the accent, the message that grerts the earis that which rises above all distinction of race or nation and Have you a piano in your Home ? I To this day the .distriet show. tll to! itg watery extraction for the W Mud River flows along the fiat, vi ‘many windings flanked by large In“ ofswamp land Through acme of the districts drums have already been made and no doubt the art of man will be called in to complete the works of drainage for which nature had at web an early date prepared the way. Thu. it is that through the process of the ages preparation has been making for a home for manyof t he world's teeming inhabitants. Coal Oil and Machine Oil always in stock. De Laval and Massey Harris Cream Separator. and ail kinds l implements for vesting seasons Wc can give you the best instru. mcht undmnlw you the best turns. One sold by us in town lust was]. was tested by Prof. Ronald and pronounced excel- Icnt. John - McQueen If not whynot one ofour Bell's ? Wcst of Midduugh House . McFadden kinds gt: Massey Harris Haying sind Han " ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO " LU“ ‘Ay --- r 40c and 75c hats in order to do so we Raincoats $3.00 Up. t's Clothing So Serge Suit. " sell: “all. Demin Overalls...... envy Demin Oven!“ gBhirta............., gP-nts q............ want clerks and we buy or not, so that KONG " COME T00 Store $1.00 .75c