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43 despatch from the Canadian Army in the Field, says:â€"The Canadian forces is fighting on a wide front north and south of the Scarpe River, approximately from Gavrelle to Croisâ€" dlles, but in this undertaking it is coâ€"operating with a British division. This division has reservedly attained preâ€"eminence in the roll of the British army north of the Scarpe River. Tuesâ€" day it captured Gavrelle and advanced generally. The Canadian troops hold the line south of the Scarpe, immediâ€" ately west of Pelves, thence southâ€" east, passing Jigsaw Wood and Sart Wood, thence in a generally southâ€" easterly direction to well east of Cherisy and Fontaineâ€"lesâ€"Croisilles. From here the line is continued by Beottish troops to the western outâ€" CANADIANS IN VICTORIOUS _ _______ ADVANCE CAPTURING GCAVRELLE Bergeant A. Carmichael, Canadians, son of Duncan Carmichael, Lochee, has been awarded the D.C.M. Samuel Pope, for forty years art master at Aberdeen Grammar School, died recently in his eightieth year. Three of the five soldier sons of Mr. and Mrs. Leitch Wolseley Street, Dundeo, have made the supreme sacriâ€" fice. Australians Reach The Somme on a Wide | Bridgeâ€"Heads. The Military Cross has been awardâ€" ed to Lieut. W. Scottâ€"Moncrieff, son of General Scottâ€"Moncrieff, of Fossoâ€" way. The Military Cross has been awardâ€" ed to Capt. A. J. Gordon Hunter, M.D., son of Dr. Hunter, Linlithgow. The Military Cross has been awardâ€" ad to Lieut. Charles Soutar, son of David Soutar, Crossgate, Cupar. Capt. James F. Morris, R.A.F., Polâ€" mont, has been presented with a sword of honor and a gold wateh in recogâ€" nition of the many military honors awarded him. The Marchioness of Linlithgow reâ€" cently opened a child welfare exhibt tion in the town of Boness. The Military Cros has been awardâ€" ed to Lisut. J. H. 3. Peterkin, son of the late John Peterkin, Portsoy. Corporal George Sandilands, Royal Bceots, thrice wounded, has been awarded the Military Medal. Capt. lon Koith Falconer McLeod, reported killed in action, was a son of Rev. D. J. McLeod, Boddam. Colonel Gordon, V.C., recently openâ€" 64 an extension of the Soldiers‘ and Satlors‘ Home, Perth. ed in flax D. M. Urquhart, Academy Street, Tain, has presented 160 volumes to the Tain Public Library. Nearly one thonsand three hundred and fAfty acres in Fite have been plantâ€" snrpnphlre has about thirty thouâ€" sand applications for sugar for Jam making. What ts CGoing COn in the Highland» and Lowlands of Autd FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HERB BANKS AND BRAES Since early Wednesday morning storm after storm has been sweeping South of the Somme, Fay and Ablaincourt were taken by the British without much difficulty, for the Gerâ€" mans, being hard pressed south of these points by the French were thereâ€" fore ready to go with alight persuaâ€" sion. A despatch from the British Army in France says*â€"On ‘both sides of the Scarpe River hard fighting conâ€" tinued on Wednesday, the British launching fresh Attacks and wresting from the desperately resisting enemy additional valuable stretches _ of ground, many more advantageous positions and numerous towns, includâ€" ing Croisilles. 8 In the centre of the wide battlefield on which three British armiesâ€"the first, third and fourthâ€"are operating there seems to be a slight pause. BRITISH INFLICT SEVERE LOSSES ON ENEMY ON BOTH SDES OF SCARPE Successfnl‘l)rive Results in Gain'inigflq;,f Advantageous Positions and Capture of Numerous Towns, Including Croisilles. en mm cmme nsl fous «k TOM WANTEp ME To senp TRESE TRousERS oyemr TO BE PREssED, pUT | BELIEVE 1 CAN T THEM JuST AS | 2 The greater part of the Trones Wood, north of the Somme, has been taken; unofficial reports say it is all in the hands of the British, who took prisoners from a Prussian Guard diviâ€" sion there. Hostile _ counterâ€"atâ€" tacks north of the Scarpe have been beaten off, and north of Locon, in the Ypres sector, the British line has been advanced. skirts of Croisilles. Jigsaw Wood is a very hard nut to crack, being situatâ€" ed in high and difficult ground, proâ€" tected with machineâ€"gun posts and wire. The Australians have reached the line of Fresnesâ€"Herbecourt, but have met with much opposition in their efâ€" forts to reach the crossings of the Somme River at Brie and Peronne. is off for reserves may be gathered from the fact that the 148th Regiment of the 41st Division appeared in the battle line during the defence of Cappy, on the south bank of the Somâ€" me, although this division lost 2,250 men made prisoner at Warfusee beâ€" tween August 8 and August 10 and was withdrawn as no longer fit "to fight. I The Military Medal has been awardâ€" ed to Sergt. Gavin Greig, son of Gavin Greig, New Deer, a wellâ€"known authoriâ€" ty on Scottish folkâ€"song. Bergt. Hugh Shearer, of the Seaâ€" forths, who has been awarded the Military Medal, is a prominent memâ€" ber of the Nairn County Cricket Club. ENEMY IN DESPERATE S;I'RAITSP TO MA‘NTAIN RESERVES | oc | A despatch from the British Army! in France says:â€"How hard the enemy‘ The death occurred recently of Dr. R. N. McCosh, for seventeen years medical superintendent of the Dundes Royal Infirmary. The Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kincardine has presented the King‘s Medal to Chief Constable C. George, Stonehaven. Sergt.â€"Major George Bain, R.G.A., of Torry, has been created a Chevaâ€" lier of the Order of Leopold II., by the King of Belgiunm. The Distinguished Service Cross has been awarded to Skipper Rodeâ€" rick Ralph, Nairn, for services in acâ€" tion with a Uâ€"boat. The Distinguihed Service Order has been awarded to Major Spiers Dixon, H.L.1., son of A. J. Dixon, Springbank, Stirling. A bar to his Military Cross has been awarded to Lieut. Tyndall McClelland, of the Highland Light Infantry, Milnaâ€" thort. Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Mclsaac, Crosshall, Shieldhill, have g:en killed in action, both having béen struck by the one shell. Sergt. Aloxander Edwards, V.C., Seaforth Highlanders, is a son of Alexander Edwards, Lilac Cottage, Lossiemouth. the.south. ’ Toronto, Sept. 3.â€"Mantioba wheat 8.75; do., common, $7.25 to $8.00; on hn mm m e en mm en oo â€"â€"No. 1 NO!’thefl'l, 32-24%; No. 2 stocker:, ‘8000 to $10-50; feedors. o ‘Northern, $2.21%; No. 3 Northern,‘ $10.50 to $11.00; canners and cutâ€" W. Inkster, the firemaster of the $2.17%4; No. 4 wheat, $2.10%4, in ters, $5.50 to 6.50; milkers, good to City of Aberdeen, has been presented | store Fort William, not including tax.| thoice, $90.00 to 6125.00; do., com. with the King‘s Medal by Lord Proâ€"| _ Manitoba catsâ€"No. 2 C.W., gflgc;'und med. $65.00 to $75.00° springers vost Taggart. | No. 1 feed, 77%e, in store Fort Wilâ€".| $90.00 to $150.00; light ewes, $13 .00 Sergt. Alexander Edwards, V.C.,| liam. _ |t° $15.00; yearlings, $15.00 to $16.00; Seaforth Highlanders, is a son of| , American cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, ki]n;Sprinq lambs, 18 to 19¢; calves, GOOJ Alexander Edwards, Lilac Cottage, | dried, nomina‘!; No. 4 yellow, kiln : to choice, $13.50 to $17.50; hogs, fed Losslemouth | dried, nominal. |and watered, $19.50 to $i9.7 ; do., MMemodee 01000000 l mallll } Ontario oats, new cropâ€"No. 1}We‘ghed off cars, $19.75 to $20.00. The success of this drive here and the breaking through of the old Gerâ€" man defence system may have farâ€" reaching effects both in the morth and the south. These Germans had been thrown inâ€" to the fighting in this section in an effort to keep the British from peneâ€" trating the famous Queantâ€"Drocourt switch line, which formed the northâ€" ern continuation of the old Hindenâ€" burg line after the British last year beat the Germans back from Arras. This line has been approached in several places and has been reached in at least one place in the neighborâ€" hood of the Sensee River. across this section of France, but, deâ€" spite the unfavorable weather, the forces in the north have driven deep into the hurriedly arranged enemy defences, smothering with their fire hordes of the Germans. Front and Battle For The Doings of the Duff3. Toronto, Sept. 3.â€"Extra choice heavy steers, $15.50 to $16.25; choice heavy steers, $14.50 to $15.00; butâ€" chers‘ cattle, choice, $13.25 to $14.00; do., good, $12.00 to $12.50; do., medâ€" ium, $10.75 to $11.00; do., common, $9.00 to $10.00; butchers‘ bulls, } Butterâ€"Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to 42¢c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45 | to 47¢; solids, 44 to 45c. | _ Margarineâ€"32 to 84c. | Eggsâ€"No. I‘s, 47 to 48s; in carâ€" | tons, 52 to 54c. ho a P0 URC CIORE EIIUCCD, 20 UV CUC Lardâ€"Pure, tierces, 30 to 30%e; tubs, 30% to 31c; pails, 30% to 31%4¢; prints, 88 to 338%c. Compound, tierces, 26 to 26%c; tubs, 26% to 26%¢ pails, 26% to 27¢; prints, 28 to 28 V4¢. f Montreal, Sept. 3.â€"Oats, No. 2 C. W., $1.01 to 8"1).02; extra No. 1 feed, 98 to 99c. Flour, new standard grade, $10.95 to $11.05. _ Rolled cats, bag 90 Ibs, $5.30. _ Bran, $53. Shorts, $40. Mouillie, $67 to $68. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15.50 to $16.00. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, medium, 36 to 38¢; do., heavy, 80 to 82¢; coof(ed, 51 to 53c; rolls, 32 to 83¢; breakfast bacon, 41 to 45¢c; backs, plain, 44 to 45¢c; boneless, 48 to 49c.. o e Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon,, 30 to 31c; clear bellies, 29 to 30¢c. Honey, new cropâ€"Strained, 60â€"lb, tins, 24 to 24%c¢; 10â€"lb. tins, 24% to 25¢c; bâ€"lb. tins, 25 to 25%c. Combs â€"Doz., $3.00 to $3.60. Beans â€" Canadian, _ handâ€"picked, bushel $7.50; imp., handâ€"picked, Burma or Indian, $6.50; Japan, $8.00; Lamas, 18 to 19c. * & Dresgsed poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 48c¢c; roosters, 80¢c; fowl, 34 to 37¢; turkeys, 40¢; duci(lings, lb., 38c. Beans â€" Canadian, _ handâ€"picked, bushel $7.50; imp., handâ€"picked, Cheeseâ€"New, larg"ev, 23% '-tb"é:ic; twins, 23% to 24%4¢; old, large, 25% to 26¢; twin 26 to 26%c. Live *poultryâ€"Roosters, 28¢; fowl, 27 to 28¢; ducklings, Ib., 25¢; turkeys, 27 to 30c; Spring cf:ic_:_lgens 84 to 85c. Butterâ€"Creamery, solids, per Ib., 42 to 42%c; prints, per lb., 42% to 48¢; dairy, per lb., 36 to 37c. Eggsâ€"New laid, 40 to 41¢c. Dressed poultryâ€"Sprins chickens, 38 to 40c; roosters, 28¢; fowl, 25 to 80¢; ducklings, 33¢; turkeys, 32 to 35¢, Wholesalers are selling to the reâ€" tail trade at the following prices:â€" Hay No. 1, $18 to $19 per ton, track Toronto; mixed, $16 to $17 per ton, track. Strawâ€"Car lots, $8 to $8.50 per _ Millfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montâ€" real freights, bags included; Bran, $35 per ton; shorts, $40 per ton. _ _ Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2, Winter, per car lot, $2.81; No. 8 Winter, $2.27; No. 2 Spring, $2.26; No. 3 Spring, $2.22; basis in store Montreal. Peasâ€"No. 2, nominal. Barleyâ€"Malting, new crop, $1.03 to $1.05. Buckwheatâ€"Nominal. Ryeâ€"No. 2, nominal. Peasâ€"Nominal. Manitoba _ flour â€" War â€" quality, $10.95, Toronto. Ontario _ flour â€" War _ quality, $10.85, in bags, Montreal and Toronto, prompt shipment. _ Ontario oats, new cropâ€"No. 1 white, 78 to 78c; No. 3 whité, T5 to T7c, according to freights outside. Markets of the World who appear above in the order named Country Produceâ€"Wholesale. Provisionsâ€"Wholesale Live Stock Markets Montreal Marets {“Var"fl}fll Foch has been fortunate in having his plans admirably carried out by Gen. Mangin, Gen. Hum bert and Breadstuoffs Success in Canning Heat is necessary for success in canning. Fruits and vegetables to be canned must be treated to such heat as will kill any of those invisible forms of life which are almost everyâ€" where present to cause decay, mould, fermentation,ete. In sterilizing fruits and vegetables in pint or quart jars, keep jars in boiling water for perâ€" lods ranging as follows:â€" Apples 20 minutes, berries 12 minutes, cherries 12 to 15 minutes, currants 12 to 15 minutes, gooseberries 12 to 15 minâ€" utes, peaches 12 t8 15 minutes, pears 20 minutes, plums 12 to 15 minutes, rhpubarb 20 minutes, asparagus 120 minutes, greens 120 minutes, beets 60 to 90 minutes, cauliflower 60 minâ€" utes, carrots 60 to 90 minutes, corn 180 minutes, <~parsnips 90 minutes, peas 120 to 180 minutes, string beans 60 to 120 minutes, tomatoes 20 to 30 minutes, fruit without sugar 30 minâ€" _A despatch from the British Army in France says:â€"The British have reâ€" captured large dumps of ammunition which they left behind last Spring, and which the Germans had not touchâ€" ed. _ They also have taken immense stores of German material, The British ammunition came in very handy and saved a lot of transport, as it offered bullets and shells when they were _ needed. Large engineer| dumps, which are most useful in clearâ€" ing the battlefield in the wake of the: advancing armies, also have been cap-l tured. _choice, $11.00 to $11.25; do., medium bulls, $10.25 to $10.60; do., rough ; bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers‘ cows, ! choice, $10.25 to $10.50; do., good, | $9.25 ‘to $9.50; do., medium, $8.25 to 8.75; do., common, $7.25 to $8.00; stockers, $8.00 to $10.50; feeders, ‘$10.50 to $11.00; canners and cutâ€" ters, $5.50 to 6.50; milkers, good to A despatch from London says:â€" The Board of Agriculture states that the arable area in England and Wales amounts to 12,400,000 acres, an inâ€" crease of 1,152,000 compared with 1917, and a record for twenty years. The wheat acreage has increased by 688,000 acres, and is a record since 1884. _ Oats have increased by 23 per cent., Corn and pulse 24 per cent., and potatoes by 25 per cent., all reâ€" cords. BRITISH RECAPTURE The retreat of the Germans, which has ‘been organized by General von Boehm during the past fortnight, will probably be made & two stages, it is said here. _ The first halt is expected to be behind the Somme and Crozat Canal, and the second will bring the enemy to the line of March 21, from which he launched his great offensive. BRITISH ACREAGE I8 RECORD FOR 20 YEARS French troops have reoccoupied Mount Renaud, two miles southwest of Noyon, according to The Temps, which says that the French are approaching Noyon, which is probably in their possession. A despatch from Paris says:â€" General Mangin‘s troops began crossâ€" ing the Ailette River on Woednesday, it was announced here on Wednesday afternoon. GENERAL MANGIN 4C AMMUNITION DUMPS TORONTO MILITARY LEADERS IN GREAT OFFENSIVE CROSSES AILETTE Milk is important as a food, because it is the most complete and wellâ€"balâ€" anced of any single food. Moreover, it contains certain principles or subâ€" stances which make it vitally necesâ€" sary for babies and children. inAiaatag 4,,, . (4; J _ _ 3 it 44 MHO IOFK ol a German trench. ‘The sign above indicates the path to a kitchen of a reserve company, but the Germans will do no more cooking there. The French third army on Wednesâ€" day captured Dives and pushing on to the eastward, reached the outskirts of Noyon. VERBOTEN BY THE FRENCH This French official photograph shows a crater produced | fire of the French artillery at the fork of a German trench. T Indiantan" Plias svbls dn us | BudGecdii cS on N0 Cl s 5e in IPW} French cavalry on Wednesday morning entered Nesle. _ French inâ€" fantry occupied the town of Cressy, 2% miles southâ€"cast of Nesle. A despatch from Paris says:â€"In! Ayre River has been far more speedy a swift advance on Wednesday, cov-[since the fall of Chaulnes than previâ€" ering more than six miles at certain ously, Vigorously pursured by French points, the French troops south of troops and harassed by their own the Somme recaptured 40 villages. lmusurd gas shells, which they left The left bank of the Somme has behind and which are being fired from been reached between Cizancourt and German guns by French gumners, the Nesle, as well as the west bank of the| enemy is making haste to cross the Canal du Nord between Nesle and River Ingon in the region of Nesle Noyon, over the greater part of its and the Canal du Nord. course. | Gen. Debeny‘s men, without great American troops in the region of opposition, advanced 4% miles during Juvigny repulsed numerous German|the night, and on Wednesday mornâ€" counterâ€"attacks and broke up an eno-;ing their cavalry was upon Nesle, my attempt to cross the Vesle south close on the heels of the retiring of Bazoches. }enemy. The pursuit toward the French troops captured Chaulnes, Canal du Nord slackened on Wednesâ€" the great German defensive point on‘day morning when the enemy‘s artilâ€" the Picardy front, on Tuesday nigl_\t.ilery of all calibres maintained a French cavalry on Wednesday, heavy fire from strong positions west morning entered Nesle. _ French ln-lof the canal. American troops in the region of Juvigny repulsed numerous German counterâ€"attacks and broke up an eneâ€" my attempt to cross the Vesle south of Bazoches. FRENCH REGAIN 40 VILLAGES f IN SWIFT ADVANCE SOUTH OF SOMME Germans in Retreat Nortfi?he Avre River Vigorously Pursued by French Troopsâ€"important Town of Chaulnes The German retreat north of the | You Dib A Nice 40B RELEN,ONLY You csor \ THE C:;!sfir!o; Down THE SIDE D OF 1 : PRONY: rmageg n â€"amai t \"‘. A %} ‘a | D. s # "“ '/# p se || -.i~ \]| ies Cee. & Fzz= -0.::‘\. > M l <ugpt 4 Among Those Captured. Twelve years ago there were ‘only twentyâ€"two autos in Saskatchewan. Last year there were $3,505. . Five years ago there were not over ten tractors in the Province. Now there are éight to ten thousand of them. After Chauines fell, Gommiecourt,‘ to the north, and Septfours were takâ€" en by the French, while later Cressy, Balatre, Champien and Roiglise, beâ€". tween Nesle and Roye, were captured and more than a score of other vilâ€"| lages occupied. | a crater produced by the terrific our own Sir Julian Byng, W d |\Germans Permit Only Paper to Be ' Wrap; :d About Bodies. |\ The Germans are expected to strip |their dead before they bury them. iBodlos are to be placed into the coffins | without a stitch of clothing. _ They \ may be wrapped in paper, however, | This is the only ‘*concession made to the relatives of the dead, whose feelâ€" ings are hurt by the order Clothing is very scarce in Germany. Every scrap counts. The Government has no use for sentimentalists who would squander garments on the dead while the lving are without â€"clothes. The rules and regulations regarding burials are not observed â€" strictly enough by the population of Munich, says the Neueste Nachrichten, _ Acâ€" cording to a report published by the Mayor‘s office there were 936 men buried in Prince Albert coats and 1,300 men buried in sack coats during the year, while 136 women were buried in silk and 2,132 in woolen dresses. n en uusi o "C9. ue seeproOr to refuse their services wherever they are asked to put into the coftin a corpse clothed in anything but paper, These professional women are held responsâ€" ible for the execution of the edict. In order to facilitate matters it has been proposed to inaugurate a new acâ€" tivity on the part of the State. All the clothing worn by and left by a person deceased is be turned over to the authorities, fixo will furnish a paper costume for the body. ‘Thus no more of these precious textile materials are 'to be buried with the dead. wana4s, ; __ _V ‘epsce corners and the weeds along the roadside. Rains have caused demands for inâ€" creased farm help in Manitoba, About 9,000 additional men are required to ::I.p bring in the crops, according to report reaching the Canada Food Board, Labor equivalent to about 4,000 men will be secured within the province, leaving 5,000 required from antelAa " °_ _ _ â€"»104e Jn woolen dresses. In Munich the custom of hiring women who attend to washing and dressing the dead is in vorue, These women, the official attendants of the dead, have been ordered by the Mayor in mafimen HBoguin oo .c * |_ Accompanied by a sergeant, he made his ‘way to the spot where the man lay, within tenyards of a pill®bix which had been captured in the morning, but was subsequently recaptured and ocâ€" cupied by the enemy. The wounded man was too weak to stand, but the \chaplain and the sergeant eventualls succeeded in getting him to our lines _ Throughout the day the eneimy‘s ar tillery, machinegun, and trench mor tar fire was continuous, and caused many casualties. | 400 Yards Beyond Our Line. | Several incidents exemplifying his _ valor and devotion are quoted. An inâ€" «fantry patrol had gone out to attack an enemy post in the ruins of a vilâ€" The Rev. T. B. Hardy is vicar of Hutton Roof, Kirkby Lonsdale, Westâ€" morland. He was for sixteen years master of Nottingham High Sclioot, where he is remembered as a quic unassuming man. _ _Notwithstanding, this very gallant chaplain was seen moving quictly among the men and tending the wounded, absolutely regardless of his personal safety, _ _ On"another occasion he worked unâ€" der shell and trench mortar fire, dig ging ou. men buried by a shell. Once when our infantry â€" had withdrawn from a wood, and it was believed there was no one left, Captain Hardy came out of it; and on reaching an advanced post, asked for help to get in a woundâ€" ed man. lage. The Rev. Hardy followed the patrol, and about 400 yards beyond our front line of posts found an officer of the patrol dangerously wounded. He remained with the oflicer until he was able to get assistance to bring him in. There was a great deal of firing, and an enemy patrol actually penetrated between the spot at which the officer was lying and our front line and capâ€" t.unq three of opr men. "Although over fifty years of age, he has, by his fearlessness, devotion to men of his battalion, and quiet, unobâ€" trusive manner, won the respect and admiration of the whole division. His marvelous energy . and endurance would be remarkable even in a very much younger man." * The Rev. Theodore Bayley Hardy, army chaplains department, attached to the Lincolnshire Regiment, is the second clergyman to win the highest awkrd for bravery during the present war, and the third since the V.C. was instituted. The London Gazette, anâ€" nouncing the award, "for most conâ€" spicuous bravery and devotion to duty on many occasions," says of him: STRIP DEAD BEFoRe BUAYiNG * Cut all weeds before they go to seed. hamee Counck s en chand * Modest and Unassuming. out the Manitoba Calls For Help _ Aibert coats and 1,300 sack coats during the women were buried in quick, )ob Practica treasures King, and ed to Que away in a ground fic The Court The late said to have in the late r offer was n Edward. it is d idea of t by a sig el bottles, imm Ingâ€"cups, ® ornaments « In one gllver tea vices, ov« the emalles the centre . the various late King, a each side of this drawer of gold ort were given friends at h These w« ward as be wble works the Royal i haps on t by Queen 4 " QUEEX . th(‘ p Alexand: famous « long to t The Borou gilver most every In one drawer 1 box the sides of quarter of an inc a foot square and On the outside of letters "ER.," sus get in the rarest J of the cover ar "From his Majest Rales v "From his Mal subject, Alfred but one of hurt these drawers ably not n one of the of treasur fr It it MI W 6C 10 t lis gcreen cOmprove graphs of the friends. . The ! .uted on it two marriage, and th mocessian to the It H ul v U one « boun silver s, im wr Kept f t n For Senti K 10¢ h wh H tr t Alex t t} ily ti