The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

+\ «espatch from Prince Albert, Sask., says: Large quantities of hay have been destroyed by prairie fires in Northern Saskatchewan. The prinâ€" cipal losses are in the Star City and the Tisdale districts. Fires are also raging in the timber areas, north of Big River, and that town has been‘ enveloped in smoke for several davs MANY PRAIRIE FIiREs COMPELLED To WEAR CHAINS oN HIs rEET.| BRITISH NAV:-) A despatch from Petrograd says: *" . == The result of the trial of General | A despatch from Soukhomlinoff proved to be a surprise ‘ German naval base to the general public, who foresaw | Belgian coast, was the acquittal of Madame Soukhomlinâ€" l""‘ naval forces. off and expected that the former War rols over the fleet Minister would be found not gnilty.il”:m‘ aeroplanes : The Procurerâ€"General declares that . ‘"Naval aeroplane the verdict cannot be quashed on a| miralty statement, technicality, as no higher court ex. °d the Sparappell Sutses y e e e e o e omm‘ Corporal Tetu declared that this form of transport was far superior to an ambulance, of which he had vivid recollections â€" when wounded _ two years ago. Dr. Chassaing removed a muffler from his head and unfastenâ€" ed straps during the flight. He exâ€" pressed the opinion that there would be no unnecessary pain to a wounded passenger, because the equilibrium of the airplane is so perfect. The airâ€" plane was constructed by the Aero-;‘ nautic Service of the army, which hopes to use this form of transport | for the severely wounded, declaring ‘ that the absence of any jolting fully‘ compensated the patient for any risk. A despatch from Paris says: Tests made on Saturday at Villa Coublay of | an airplane fitted with two stretchers for carrying wounded proved highly satisfactory. Dr. Chassaing of the Army Medical Service and Carponl’ Tetu represented wounded pcmngm' during a twelveâ€"minute flight, the | equivalent to a fifteenâ€"mile journey. | Corporal Tetu declared that thil' form of transport was far superior to ‘ an ambulance, of which he had vivid,’{ recollections â€" when wounded _ two‘ despatch from USE AIRPLANE TO â€" CARRY WOUNDED Consolidations have ed by the British in a places, the Anzacs havi work . their artillere at i,. p. i; HWSYy With| On the northern front of the new their artillery at the British defences| offensive, in the region east of St. a stride the Menin road and make Julien, some interesting German prisâ€" threats of an infantry assault. The | oners were to be found on Thursday. neky" bsorhood of Hill 40, nort.h-west,'A number of the prisoner cages were of ZLonnebeke, continues to be hotly, filled with a nondescript lot of midâ€" contested ground, with little give or dleâ€"aged men, who looked far from take on either side. ‘men of the warrior type. They said Consolidations have been completâ€"| the Germans had used up all of theirj ed by the British in a majority of the[ 1918 class, and that as the 1919 chu' places, the Anzacs having finished this were not ready they were calling up work . ‘ old men. . | euenennitinnitmmnnmnn222222222 weary Germans | EFrance and Be Front in The report from \nal. track ‘Toronto " i Igium, says:â€" ; oronto. ish on Thursday says:â€"The Britâ€"| Haig on Thursday niél%i.:h:m:l | _ puiatio 'm‘;:o-xo_ en the li g d to mnnh-fbfl'fiy to the operations of Th 0 ylto freights outs :’I‘c. wa me to which they battled thin' in Flanders. On the previ ursday ”2:,"“"'("301.‘5‘!10‘:{-â€"1@, °°: oetodn Ti o nnndaey. â€" The Australians | tacks. powerful hostile co:“' terd‘y, Patky= t 2" nomi m’;“ ifiotholr conquest of the G"_I:ldu, it says, were ropulu; '-l,t:.lceorgle:gâ€"g‘;:’e';lhn of Polyon Wood. m’r-“om",..,,',“"m“r oo Sorppee ind L614 Geemane were| frgighis outmas‘ ©4i here represe secured | â€" Duri A anitoba flourâ€"Fi invubiczeme pomes®saonP ponainin®| numbers of Britich merofiarne ues Mess oo ront, which reac e Anzac the inf aeroplanes aided samp] o “"“,"'-Wln fetrie mm tm on fecpracinege in aile ty . ere has been effect. The Germ s w1 great real fl’:l ‘ar lotsâ€" in thisâ€"section b“"‘"dl hard fighting . The German airmen put up / ton freights. bags 11 , but on Thursda: strong oppgsition and do. $y ,, "POt® 4o weary Germ lay the s as a result the to $46; / g to more ‘"o::':!:lwtrently withdrew | ;“i;::el:mcemong the flyers were high. | b‘fiaiffz%o 1, n es ind the Aultralian‘: t::‘m:;.f;r{tbor back | counted for"nb:lrtl tll,:i‘:gh‘“es were acâ€" :;rll't‘oo; mixed, do., $8° * j » ee | § To tha soury _ % y 1. Oe HOlW .,fi rl_t”h planes failed to re:lu:rf :::e tllx;:fi; : "fc'l:’%';fi.’&. j0ts: P# markable Tests Carried Out by French Army Officials. IN SASKATCHEwWAx SEVEN CGSNTERâ€"ATIACKS REPULSED ( ie io ogv c â€" Ait /. & dhepatch from Montreal says:â€" : several stages Major Douglas Hamilton, is perfectâ€" 1 conduct, and \ing a device designed to make it imâ€" the chance to possible for Germany to sink ships at settler, sea. The details of the invention are â€"â€"â€". in the hands of the British Governâ€" ES ’ :uml:, also of the all;"ed hGo;ernment;l. ‘ [A ship equipped wit the device wi ‘ATCHEWAN"‘be tested by torpedo fire in the near Prince Albert, future, and Major Hamilton says he is ntities of hay 80 confident of the success of his inâ€" y prairie fires Yention that he is willing to take a ran. The prin. Chance on the ship experimented upon. Star City and The resisting power of the device with "ires are also Which the ships are to be protected is eas, north of SAid to be one thousand times heavier Â¥mn has been‘than the heaviest torpedo or other proâ€" several days. )joctiles made by the enemy, 4 MHWWnperememmmmememen. _ nex wvern,vw' ent in | . . "on DEI age is et at’ h he‘ aA Ge;:;:l | _ A despatch from London says: The surprise German naval base of Ostend, on the foresaw | Belgian coast, was bombarded by Briâ€" homlinâ€" | tish naval forces,. British aerial patâ€" er War r0ls over the fleet encountered six. guilty, |bostile aeroplanes and downed two. ‘ s that‘ "Naval aeroplanes," says an Adâ€" | on a | Miralty statement, "copiously bombâ€" rt ex. ed the Sparappelhoek aerodrome. ’They made several direct hits, smoke e im.| being observed from the sheds on the ! e seâ€"| southâ€"west side. Several of our fightâ€"| called !NZ patrols over the fleet encountered . s the #ix hostile aeroplanes, two of wbich‘: Terent they brought down. ' DEFENCE AGAINST naval utabliih;ne;lvt;fu:.t our nayal forces. Sever; observed on Anatelier de â€" ernment‘s shipbuilding _ programme °j was revealed in a statement by the ‘l;lhipping board, showing that nearly ©|1,200 merchant vessels of about 6,â€" ® | 000,000 tonnage will be completed | within a little more than a year. j ‘| Completion of ships commandeered; ‘ in shipyards and of vessels actually | I,or about to be contracted for will | . give the country a fleet of 1,600 ships / with a total tonnage of more than‘ |9,000,000. In addition to this, the board will complets in 1919 vessels | already coftracted for, and under neâ€" gotiation of about 4,000,000 tons. A | , billion dollars has just been asked of | , Congress to complete the programme. ; _ The United States now is leading | the world in shipbuilding, and if the b present rate of construction were‘ kept up, would become the leading shipping nation of the world in a " few years. ~ & Year‘s Programme Involves the Construction â€"of Tonnage Aggregating 6,000,000. BIG SHIPPING PLAN UNDER WAY IN U.S. A despatch from Washington e magnitufig of the American COjC CC WIRe ~m ship experimented upon. power of the device with s are to be protected is thousand times heavier HEAVIEST TORPEDO a bombardment of the AL FORCES BOMBARD OSTEND. s at Ostend by‘ Several hits were | |[§$1.31. _ Wianr_‘ygl,_" MAlting, $1.30 to O Comevew > HUE WIlliu.z]. :‘lourâ€"‘%a;xé Sprindx‘ s\;rlh%t 600 ips | patents, rsts, â€"80; seconds, 10; \ fleet of 1, ’hlpsfstrnnx bakers‘, $10.90; Winter patents, age of more than ("h%loce. u‘%%%; igululixght rollerz;.j bau;s.' dition to this, the|$5. to $5.75. olle catsâ€"Barrels, | $8.50 to $9; do., bags, 00 lbs., $4.10 to ts in 1919 vessels $§§0 Branâ€"$34 to $35. Shortsâ€"$40. | for’ and under ne-l%loddll}r;lsâ€"gs tzo $50. tMOHllllelâ€"t355‘ltll) } . a3â€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, . 4,000,000 tons. A,to $11.50. Cheeseâ€"Finest westerns, just been asked ofl(zjlhic‘; tdo.. eaaterns,“‘z’litc. “Butteg-â€" oicest creamery, 0 c: _ do., ete the Prog;'“";me'!secg‘nds. 418l e':i) :y;c. }g“??tffll' iS tes now is lea ing'to c;â€" selected, to 48¢; No. 1 stock, s2 4s 43 to 44c; No, 2 stock, 40 to 41c. Potaâ€" uilding, a{'d if the’ toesâ€"per bag, car lots, $1.55. ‘ construction â€"were . ‘The â€" sels of about 6,-‘ 1 be completed| 1an a year, ‘ $ commandeeredf vessels actually | la Marine." Educete the mother | child.. x and says: A despatch from Washington says: A further credit of $40,000,000 was extended by the Government to France. This brings the total adâ€" vanced the allies un to $2 468 ann nan Govâ€" ANOTHER U. S. LOAN _ Montreal, Oct. 2â€"Choice steers, $10.25 to $10:50; â€" good, $9.75 to $10; _ lower grades, $8 to $9; butchers‘ cows, $6.50 to $8.50; bulls, $8 to $9; Ontario lambs, $15 to $15.25; Quebec, $14 to $14.50; sheep, $8.50 to $10; milkâ€"fed calves, $14 to $15; lower _ grades, $9 to $13; selected hogs, $17.75 to $18.25. VC S ie 198 /) M P1 2 0o $15 to $15.50; hogs $18.175; do., weighed f.o.b.. $17.60, Pail._ _ CCVe UCB zâ€"Extaa choice heavy |steers, $11.50 to $12; fo., good heavy, l:lo.so to $11; butchers‘ cattle, choice, ‘$10 to $10.50; do., good, $9.25 to $9.75; , do., medium, ‘ $8.50 to $8.75; do., comâ€" mon, $6.75 to $7.40; butchers‘ bulls, choice, $8.30 to $8.65; do., good bulls $7.40. to $7.85; do., medium buils, $6.88 to $7.10; do., rough bulls, _ $5 to $6;. butchers‘ cows, {:ho!ce. $8.25 to $8.50; do., good, $7.50 to $7.15; do., medium, | $6.60 to $6.75; stockers, $7.50 to $8.15; feeders, $8.25 to $9.15; canners and eut-' ters, $5 to $5.50; milkers, good to choice | $90 to $135; do., com. and med., $75 to j $85; springers, $90 to $185; light ewes, ; :9.50 to $11.50; sheep, heavy, $5.75 to ; 1.50; yearlings, $11 to $12; calves, xood,‘ to choice, $15 to $15.50: a.ia o\ h29 1 02 m AmtRene Toronto, Oct. 2â€"Ext§a choic steers, $11.50 to $12; fo., goo glo.so to $11; butchers‘ cattle 10 to g1inka‘ a2 0C C c ’ Minneapolis, Oct. 2â€"Co low, $1.97 to $1.98. Oats 58 to 60c. Flourâ€"Fancy ; first clears, $10.50; second Branâ€"$31.50 to $$2.00. Drluth. Oct. _ 2â€"Lins $3.54; arrive, $3.47%; Sey bid; _October, $3.474 aske $3.461; December, $3.40, No. 2 Cw Winnipeg, _ Oot. Wheatâ€"No. 1 Nort] do., :2.18: No. 3, $2.094; No. 5, $1.94; $1.75. Oatsâ€"No. 2 do., 66%¢; extra No. feed, 65%c; No. 2, â€" No. 3, $1.25; No. 4, feed, $1.15. ‘ Flaxâ€"\ Montreal, _ Oct Western, No. 2, 7 extra No. 1 feed, : 71¢; No. 3 local Man. feed. $1 99â€" Doing; wl sy 22 C9Te 400 Lardâ€"Pure lard, tierce tubs, 264 to 26%c; _ pail compound, tierces, 20 to : to 20%c; pails, 204 to 21c Slc; do. paiyi o2.°@ms medium, 30 to 31¢c; do., heavy, 26 to 27¢c; cooked, 41 to 42¢; rolls, 27 to 28¢; breakfast bacon, 36 to 40¢c; backs, plain, 39 to 40¢c; boneâ€" less, 43 to 44c, Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 27 to 27’0 lrl‘).; rt;:lenr bellies, 264 to 28¢. Loh Mieus Ca c ul A+o maceq c PT CCC mEdemns, 31¢c; do., heavy, 26 to 27¢ 42¢; rolls, 27 to 28¢; â€" br 36 to 40¢c; backs, plain, 3: less, 43 to 44c. 2 OO TNE uP HWeY Beansâ€"No Canadia ket until last of Oc handâ€"picked, $7.75 per 1b., 15 to 16c. Potatoes, _ on $1.35 to $1.45. Honey-â€"Combâ€"Extra«flne. 16 _ oz., $3.25; 12 oz., $2.75; No. 2, $2.10 to $2.50; Strained, tins, 2A‘s and 5‘s, 17e per lIb; 10‘s, 164c; 60‘s, 154 to 16c. Live poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 1b., 22¢; hens, 20 to 22¢; ducks, Spring, 20c. Beansâ€"No Manaai.. L ACr C iefi eA Gncticindsdii t 22 i | Butterâ€"Creamery, solids, ; to 41kc; prints, per Ib., 41} to ; per Ib., 35 to 36c. Eg#s=â€"Per doz., 39¢, l Wholesalers are selling to j trade at the following prices i _ Cheeseâ€"New, large, 23 to 23 1281 to 23%e: rrinmngks 4%.!9. 2 _ EEESâ€"New laid, in cartons, 52 to b4c; out of cartons, 45 to 46¢. Dressed poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 25 to 30¢c; fowl, 20 to 22%c; squabs, per doz., $4 to $4.50; turkeys, 25 to 30¢; ducks, Spring, 2%c. y ‘eeseâ€"â€"New, large, 23 to 23 88’ to 23%c; triplets, 234 â€"to â€" latge, 30¢; twins, 30%c; triple Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, creamery prints, 44 to 45°: sal 48i%c Smgked:nfggtil:â€";{ams‘ ce cal c .n CC o mcludlvw 2¢ tax. Manitoba _ oatsâ€"No, 2 C.W., 68%c, in store Fort. William, 1 American cornâ€"No. 3 yeliow, nomiâ€" |nal. track ‘Toronto. |_ Ontario oatsâ€"No. 2 white. 62¢c,. nomiâ€" nal: No. 8, do.. 81c, fominal, according _ to freights cutside. !_ Ontario wheatâ€"New, No. 2, $2.17 to $2.20, according to freights outside. Peasâ€"No, 2, nominal. | _ Barieyâ€"Ataiting." neu: $1.18 to $1.20, according to freights outside. |,_Ryeâ€" No. 2, $1.170, According . to ‘lrcilfht- outside. T I anitoba flourâ€"First patents, in jute ;ba:-. $11.50; 2nd," do., *u.oo; strong bakers‘, do., $10.60, Toronfo. ! _ Ontario flourâ€"Winter, according to sample, $10.20; in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment. E100 TEVE ECC dn‘ «1@‘ PDOrtS. do., $42; middlings, do., 8‘4352;0 $46; â€" good feed flour, _ per fiay-â€"-No. 1, new. per ton, $11.00 _to $11.50; mixed, do., $8 to $9.50, track Toâ€" ronto. Strawâ€"Car lots, per ton, $7 to $7.50, track Toronto. Toronto, Oct. z-llannqh&whutâ€"â€"No, 1, Northern _ $2.23; No. 2, do.. $2.20; No. 3. do.. §2.17; No. 4 wheat, $2.09, in store Fort William, including 2c tax. Manttaha _ 223020 ,"CCuCing Markets of the World, 1lreal, Oct, 2â€"Oatsâ€"Canadian rn, No. 2, Tikc; do., No. 3, 76e; No. 1 feed, 76¢;‘ No. 2 local white, No. 3 local white, 70c. Barleyâ€" feed. $1.29; do., malting, $1.30 to Flourâ€"Man, Spring~ _ wheat s, firsts, $11.60; seconds, $11.10; t halktare‘ @1a aalo w2y2" Live Itoct Markets » $3.23; No Country Produoâ€"'holouu Montreal Markets MADE TO FRANCE. . , (2;â€"Linseedâ€"$3.50 _ to $3.474; September, $3.50 €% 474 .un22.0 000 ings the total adâ€" up to $2,466,400,000. Lk I» 2 â€"Cash _ price Northern, :z.zl; No o. 3, do.. $2.15; No Lx ul CHP TD 270. lard, tierces, 26 to 26%c; pails. 26% t ce ue CCUHe HC, a 2, do., 64fc. Barleyâ€" 4, $1.21; rejected and ~â€"â€"No. 1 N.â€"W.C. $3.29; _ No. 3, do., $3.12. PlanaAtas q001 M Canadian beans Oatsâ€"No. 3 white, "ancy patents, $11.50; .sggond patents, $5.50. " [ "Inter, according to ; in bags, track Toronto, nt. * r _ lotsâ€"Delivered Montâ€" bags lncludedâ€"Br;n. per Li2 & VC canners and cutâ€" ‘ rs. good to choice | and med., $75 to j $185; light ewes, ; â€"Cornâ€"No. 3 meUC® LW No. 6, $1.85; feed, C.W., 68¢; ‘No. 8, 1 feed, 664c; No. 1 «[R€, 23 to 23;c: twins, plets, 28%â€"to 4¢; _ old, s, 30%c; triplets, 30%c. dairy, choice, 39‘ to 40¢; 44 to 45¢; sollds, 43 to trackâ€"Ontario, 1443 to 45¢; do., Eggsâ€"Fresh, 63 ) 48¢; No. 1 stock, . 40 to 41c. Potaâ€" uB 1ic0u CCC PMCOT~ October; imported, er bush; Limas, per Do save the es, 26 to 28’::: Is, 26% to 27¢; 204¢c; tubs, 204 Dlids, per lb., 41 412 to 42¢; dairy, TORONTO luding 2¢ tax. . 2 CW.. 68ic, in pricesâ€" do. the retail on marâ€" yelâ€" ’ WOMEN CERTAJNIN ARE The LIMIT! THEY WASTE Too Â¥ â€" JMUCH TIME Powpering Anp n FILING UP â€" 1y MAKES_;â€" a [fi na) ME WEARY! â€"_â€"_____ _ Mn Aiprinttininteaiiiied s cccl 2 1157494 494 farms in Dundas county. Of these, less than one per cent. practised sysâ€" tematic selection of their seed grain, \ similar to that followed by the Canâ€" adian _ Seed Growers‘ Association,. Three per cent. treated their seed ,grain for smut. Only nine per cent. grew wheat, but practically all grew oats. _ Of the latter, slightly more than half knew the name of the variâ€" ety grown. Fortyâ€"three per cent. did not know the varieties of any of the grain sown on their faww. Doth years. Barley yields 59,8318,400 ‘fbushell from 2,392,200 acres, as against 42,647,000 bushels from 1,â€" ,'703,700 acres in 1916, the yields per acre being 24.80 and 25 bushels reâ€" | spectively. The total yield of flnx-‘ !seed is placed at 10,067,500 bushels| ; from 1,242,000 acres, as compared" | with~7,816,300 bushels â€"from 622,000, |harvested acres in 1916, the average | | yields per acre being 8.11 bushels and| 118 bushels in 1916 | Let There "Be Ligilt. In the summer of 1916, the Comâ€" mission of Conservation conducted a detaileq survey of 400 representativa bag, + | as compared with 365,553,000 bushels A from 10,178,000 acres harvested in 1 , 1916. For the prairie provinces â€" it * | has been necessary to deduct from the, sown areas percentages of 10 in Manitoba and 17 in Saskatchewan and | Alberta for crops not ripened into | grain. The yield per acre on the harâ€" v’vested area is therefore for all Canâ€" |ada 38.18 bushels, as compared with “35.9! bushels in 1916 and 45.84 bushâ€" els in 1915. For rye the estimate is! 4,194,950 bushels from 211,870 acres, as compared with 2,967,400 bushels | from 148,620 acres in 1916, the yields | | per acre being nearly 20 bushels in! libot!l years. Barley yields 59,318.400|| ‘lincrease of 19,851,700 bushels, or 8 ,per cent. The total yield of oats in 1917 is estimated at‘ 399,843,000 bushâ€" lels from 12,052,000 acres hmested,l as compared with 365 5&2 N kL..skal. \ _ The preliminary estimate of this ‘year’s wheat cropâ€"in Canada is for a 'total of 249,164,700 bushels from 14,â€" 755,800 acres, an average yield per acre of 16.88 bushels, as compared with 17 bushels in 1916 and 29 bushâ€" els in 1915. The estimated yield © of wheat in 1916 is 229,313,000 bushels | from 13,448,250 acres, so that the ! estimated total for 1917 represents an Mr. Gordon is one of~ Montreal‘s most successful manufacturers and financiers. At the age of eighteen he set out to make his living, and at forty had amassed a fortune. He is President of the Dominion Textile Company, Limited, also of Penmans, Limited, and of the Hillcrest Colâ€" lieries, Limited. Mr. Gordon is on the directorate of the Bank of Montreal. His interest in higher education is eviâ€" denced by the governorship of McGill University which he occupies. l chairman of the Imperial Munitions Board, he has had the second class honor, namely, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, conâ€" ferred upon him by His Majesty the King. Total Yields of Grain Crops, 1917 honor is Mr. Charles Blair Montreal. As zceward for able services rendered by don for nearly two years SErVi FIRST CANADIAN TO GET O0.B.E. the on their farms m â€" q. _ [ _ ) _0 *U.04 DUSHâ€"| EINNCd Dervice Cross for skill in airâ€" 5. For rye the estimate is! craft near the Ypres salient. bushels from 211,870 acres,, _ D. S MacKenzie, Alberta‘s Deputy red with 2,967,400 bushels| Minister of Education, has resigned 620 acres in 1916, the yields|from that important position toâ€" beâ€" being nearly 20 bushels in| come bursar of the University of Alâ€" s. Barley yields 59,318,400| berta. ‘rom 2,392,200 acres, “’ A western farmer donated a volunâ€" ,647,000 bushels from 1..)teer‘s pay to the Iaaay _ j _;_ t VOmn ferred.on Montreal Manufccturer ’first Cnnad_inn_tfio receive this Charles Blair -(_};Jâ€"I:d'or;“t;; seward for the acceptâ€" rendered by Mr. Gorâ€" D uff 3. as viceâ€" Brooms should always hang when not in use. Have a hole bored through the handle four inches from the end and large enough to slip over an orâ€" dinary nail. _ When left on the floor a broom soon foses its shape and will not do good work. | vest. N2 ie 00 CCC, PEAsrcng, Sixteen girls from a Winnipeg deâ€" partmental store have formed a stook. ing club, and will help with the harâ€" wast TV Fetectrsigntsinaiiisiabitise. L3 5... n ture held in Winnipeg recently advoâ€" cated increase in herocs‘ pensions. nnu t 39 & 01 A western farmer donated a volunâ€" teer‘s pay to the local patriotic fund. It is calculated that there are enâ€" listed in that part of Alberta between PS c60 . d 1 C PCP L 2AI0UT William Diamond, a master of arts graduate of the University of Maniâ€" toba, has been awarded a fellowship w Shin Wiltil ce t ol l Winnipeg jitney men have ordered to furnish bond against age to persons or property. The Edmonton Auto Club r the street car tieâ€"up considerab giving free rides to the workin ple. â€" W,innipég pli;svi:o double its library for blind readers. They have 76 volâ€" umes at the present time. ‘$4.50 and $5 ner daw‘+. g4°"C"C" ""OM|see the raid. Tuesday night a bomb $4.50 and $5 per day to $4. [ fell in the street adjoining some small ’ Thirtyâ€"two soldiers returning fromj houses. For a distance of one hundred the front to Saskatchewan homes were| yards the interiors were badly smashâ€" given a luncheon at the Assiniboia ‘ ef by concussion, although the houses Club, Regina, and a motor trip did not collapse. In one room a man through the city. |and his wife were killed. _ Next door The cost of living in Winnipeg nowia woman was killed. In the same is from 20 to 30 per cent. higher than | house & woman and baby were blown it was a year ago. |into the street, and both critically Winnipeg plans to double its library hurt. A little further down the street for blind readers. They have 76 vol-} a man entering his home was killed. ' umes at the present tima T CAE CQ __ American hafvesters are crossing.'bomb the border into Alberta at the rate of ; Mond 100 a day. This is due to the harvestâ€" | killed ing in Montana being practically over. or do The influx is reducing the wages froml see th $4.50 and $5 per day to $4. I fall in On one farm ‘ne;.:_'_i‘ethbridge, Alta., the owner expects to sell $600,000 woyth of crop. iWtt trePicsisstvins â€" Tslsns hichas The city police service in Edmonton costs the citizens $1.61 per capita. In Calgary the rate is $1.31. rfl Edmonton Exhibition Associaâ€" tion gave 284 nickel cases containing thread, needles and a thimble to the children exhibiting in the school work department who were not fortunate enough to win prizes. _ Fifteen -::in.i-l'ci;e;nvuv;er on; year of age were received at the Children‘s Shelter at Edmonton_dmjing August. _ E. A. Lowes, dean of the Agriculâ€" tural College, Edmonton, says there will be a wonderful potato crop garâ€" nered from Alberta fields this year. At the experimental farm, Edmonton, there are 20 acres growing which will ‘ yield 500 bushels to the acre. Frost damage to grain in Western Canadaâ€"this year is smallest in hisâ€" men. ! That Winnipeg consumes half as much food as Berlin, although only oneâ€"tenth ts size, is the estimate of a food economist. Winnipeg Armories can only acâ€" commodate 2,400 men. Additional quarters will be found for comcriptedJ Lieut. Norman J. D‘Arcy is a Winâ€" nip_:g man to win the Military Cross. Bookbinders in Winnipeg get an in: crease of $3.50 a week. } l Fifteen foremen, 280 men and 32 teams are employed by the Winnipeg Street Commissioner‘s Department keeping the streets in good condition. A year ago 13 foremen, 236 men and 26 teams were at work. 1 Items From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys ond Girls Are â€"_ Living. Major F. Caldwell and Capt. L. M. Moffat, two Winnipeg officers, have won honors at the front. 1 From The Middle West Servi MASSAGE TODAN | NASSAGE Topay| |OHâ€"6IVE ME A Mass MR. DUFF? WITRH COCOANUT OiL., mumeigau 2 TL CE y w TISH COLUMBIA. up considerably by o the working peoâ€" men have been relieved officers, have men and 32 he Winnipeg Department od condition. 36 men and| Place pulverized pumice stone beâ€" tween the layers of a folded piece of soft muslin anl stitch around the edge to keep the powder from spilling. Wipe lamp chimmeys or window panes with this dry cloth and they will be‘ clean and sparkling almost instantly, | Enough powder will remain in the, cloth to be used many times, ’ ] A despatch from La Paz, Bolivia, says:â€"El Diario and El Tiempo, comâ€" menting on the measures being taken by Argentina and Peru to obtain satisâ€" faction from Germany, say the moâ€" ment is approaching for the complete solidarity of South America. Discusâ€" sion of new treaties is in progress in Parliament. TWO FOE SEAPLANES ARE BROUGHT DOWN A despatch from Zeneta, Sask., says: Charles Myer, who last Spring purchased an improved section of land at $35 an acre on credit and seeded 550 acres to wheat, has just thmhed‘ 12,000 bushels of No. 1 Northern. This grain will bring $25,000 at the fixed priceâ€"more than sufficient to give him, a clear title to the property. CLEARED HIS LAND killed. _ All were either in the street or d_<_>omy_|, having gone outside to ‘ Raid on London. s A despatch from London says:â€" The inquest on Thursday elicited that thirty people had been hit by one bomb which fell outside a hotel on Monday evening, twelve of whom were| 12 of Them Were Killed in Air 30 PEOPLE HIT BY ONE BOMB |be expected only by fighting, is strengthening his defenses and acâ€" cumulating great quantities of mateâ€" rial desperately, and is doing everyâ€" thing possible to forestall a future Italian offensive, which is expected. The Italians have practically cleared the Bainsizza Platean, and are holdâ€" ing all the territory conquered,. Acâ€" cording to the statements of prisonâ€" ers, it seems that the Austrians are quite discouraged. At present the greatest activity is being displayed by Italian airplanes, which are scouting over the enemy‘s rear lines, where the Austrian troops are resting, spreading fear and terror by their bombing operations." : "The present state of affairs on the Austroâ€"Italian front," the message reads, "appears to be full of promises and surprises. The enemy, believing the supreme solution of the war can A despatch from Washington says: Austrian counterâ€"attacks on the Italâ€" ian front have all failed, according to a semiâ€"official despatch reaching Washington from Rome on Thursday. The message said that the present situation of the Italian offensive surâ€" prises, and that the Italians have practically cleared the Bainsizza Plaâ€" teau, and are holding all the territory they have thus far gained. Complete Mastery of the Bainâ€" sizza Plateau Gained by WITH ONE HARYVEST. 2 CCC TOP CVA L ""1" ne penalty of his guilt, I In these conditions there isuno trace of a revengeful spirit, These things F:l.t bodouol::dnu of civilization s l-nu,. tbAo German use of tamg, . __, ; " "HOMending non. ’::b.hnh must be hanged for murâ€" fio man can order another man to commit murderâ€"crime is individualâ€"â€" and the murderer should with his own lifeâ€"pay the . .. 3: °000 1 _ _0 . 2C C CR% Territorial waters until every vessel her subm»â€" rines have illegally sent to the botâ€" of tl!,lye sea shall have been reâ€" Germany, In addition, every German official, no matter how high his rank»p who has authorized or directed this assassin‘s employment of the submarine and every German capâ€" tain who has sunk»unoffending nonâ€" combatants musse a V 7 sls 0o G9%, â€" ommary â€" CNG economic, says a retired Rear Admiral of the U. 8. Navy. She is not only endeavoring by her submarines to cut off all supplies of food and ammuniâ€" tion now coming from abroad to our allies, but, with an eye to the future, is ruthlessly destroying a}] shipping she can find, whether meutral or belliâ€" gerent, while she herself is building merchant steamships with frantic speed in order, when the war is over, to have a vast amount of tonnawa in The object of Germany‘s submarine warfare is not so simple or purely military as ane would think, 1t is, on the gontrary, twofoldâ€"military and Therefore An urgent call for women helpers has come from the fruit canners of Kelowna, B.C. Fruit picking in this district has now passed over the peak of the crop and the packers are now entering the tomato season. A gignt cabbage, weighing someâ€" thing over twentyâ€"four pounds, was a fair criterion of the kind of garden produce to be found at the second anâ€" nual flower show held by the Garden City Women‘s Institute, Victoria. vegetables and that the exercised before many . _ [FRoM SUNSET Coast to take over * Teport has reached Vancouver that the Federal Government proposes in tulan mtau 4K.0.._ + 3 Li " 37 _ Nrary Cross for conspicuous ,nlhntty and devotion to duty. The first appointments to the local tribunals under the Military Service Act have been completed by Judge MciInnis for the Vancouver judicial district, and they include a woman. mfomdopeningofthemmili- ‘t.?ry mxlfo_r siclf and wounded solâ€" ~no for some years was engaged as a land surveyor in Vancouver, has won the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. who for ‘| _ Vuring last month, the driest of the year, and the driest August in sevâ€" eral years, the fire loss for Vancouver was $2,183, of which $1,598 was covâ€" ered by insurance. Mr. J. K. L. Ross, naval lieutenant and chairman of the Dominion Penâ€" sion Board, and Lieut.â€"Col, R. H. Laâ€" blatt, a commissioner, have arrived in Vancouver for the purpose of coming into personal contact with pension conditions in British Columbia., Badly battered and bearing unmisâ€" takable marks of her submersion in the waters off Privett Island, the Union Steamship Company‘s wellâ€" known coasting steamer, Cassiar, arâ€" rived in port at Vancouver in tow of the B. C, Salvage Company‘s steamâ€" er Salvor. and vegetables when the ;h;u:lv h;,: ticultural fair was successfully opened by Reeve Fletcher. The offices of the Municipal Hall at Kerrildnlg were overrun with flowers some increase in the Bufiié ;ie-:;mnd for brown bread. Propaganda by the Food Controller to bring about the consumption of less white bread is resulting in Nelson in o MW.B.WH.B.N a naâ€" ‘dnotVicurh.lubeeninvo:tedby the Khedive of Egypt and made a Commander of the Ordgr of the Nile. Lieut. Harry N. Wooton, who won the Military Cross overseas, is home in Victoria on six months‘ sick leave. Halibut has reached the highest price ever on record at Prince Rupert, carload lots selling for 16% cents per pound. } The first Good Roads Convention of British Columbia, held at Penticton, was very successful, the lower mainâ€" land ?nd interior being well repreâ€" During last The flllr%â€"fourfln session ~of the Provincial Normal School. Vancauver [ . Aememime wBHAT THB WESTERN PBOPLA Â¥.00Podigatn® Sn HAnducteas d the evaporators handling uh k on 1k s D of his guilt, _ _ there is no trace â€"military â€" and Murray for Vancouver, 3 _A °C 1NC0m, Dena, my nearing is m"’ improving. 1 heard you At the door for the first time it a One of ploits of 4 the Victo Of the Hi Beptembe: the enen tance sho into a ( which it would not lie in wthers to prevent; and, . serves, by making men |« Inasmuch as the words v more than two centuries was a truly prophetic ant the experience of the presc sermon on "physioâ€"theolog ed in 1711, by Dr. William Bt. John‘s College, Oxford just come to light again. probability the art of fiy particularly be," he said, it in man‘s power to discc eret of nations and familie: is consistent with the pe. world to know; by givin greater opporturities to « Prophecy of Flying of 200 Years "There‘s the gun, sir‘" } throwing it down before his of saluting. Even that did not satisfy } he must needs go to bring i; ammunition. _ Having _ accon that, he remembered the comr had started off with him, and a word to anyone he faced th« nel yet again. HMe found his till living, although riddled w enteen bullets, and drapgged } the trench, where he died th day, Wilson There was a terrible dynamite cx losion near a small town. An ol« dy, hearing it, turned toward th« or of her sitting room and said: ‘Come in, Bella." wh_‘hfl' servant entered The Scottish lion reached th ish lines unscathed notwithst the shells that continually round him. Then he fainted. he recovered he asked if the gr been brought in. Being told : had not been fetched, he stagye and went again to face the she soon returned, carrying the pu his shoulders. Wilson had gained the which he had risked his life was not permitted to retain puted. He observed a large of Germans approaching. | beating a retreat, the brave i the gun round and opened worked the gun as skilfull had handled his riflc, and mo scores of the enemy, He wa by the German artillery as v the infantrymen, and, as the eame unpleasantly warm, W €ided it was time to advanc. "Thank God, you ere the poor fellow grazed his head fired pointâ€"blank, but m; Wilson quickly brayonetc was the narrowest of W escapes, for the officer‘s Wilson waited for # after the sixth man fcl ing come to the conclu: entire gun‘s crew had 1« crept forward to take } German oflicer rose in ) neady accuracy, Had he m the operator at the Maxim w speedily riddled him with h A Dauntless Scottish 1 deadly ed, and the second operator third man had started to fir only to meet the fate that ha his predecessors. ‘Then a fe a fifth and a sixth German 4 son‘s shooting was unean â€"â€"Maving said that, he b erawl toward the wood amon Fect hurricane of bullets. T man to whom he hn%i spoken f 1& very soon fell, badly y ilson went on alone, and r to dodge the bullets by dashit haystack to haystack across t All the time he was raging in MHe was determined to reach t} and put it out of action, to ave poor rifieman. Me reached another haystack ed his rifle, took carefu) aim, : German behind the Maxim fc} Another German took the place dead man. Wilson exposed hin make sure of his Aim: his rife Royal Rifles who was enolly remarked: *Mon, I‘m angry w I‘m gaun to stop it!" â€" One of the most remar of the war is that \: e Victoria Cross for Prival «of Highland Light Infar 3 r 14, 1914, he killed enemy | by remarkable tance shots, and then, rushi dnto a German position, | ®eight of the enemy by a clé and freed two of his comradi REMARKABLE ExPLOIT T GREAT WAR. Hearing proic Highlander Faced Guns Four Times to Aco f MHis Objects, at Last Cerman f as uncant Had he mi e in ut mi meted him { Wilson‘s W ullets, 1 spoken 1. 1, badly one, and m by dashin accomp n he h Delham n n place d him _rifle r fel 1 pr path gut illet he h aver h let thoi M i hat i11d n A p W 1t