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HOW ENGLAND WELCOMED AND [Value to Farmers
THE PIONEER, DIDSBURY, ALBERTA
CARED FOR BELGIAN REFUGEES:
THE BRITISH ACCOMPLISHED MAGNIFICENT WORK
Huge Task Involved in Successfully Handling the Situation when
Two Hundred Thousand
Homeless Belgians were
Landed on England’s Shores
Leaving it for the historians to de- eide whether the British nation used Belgium as a cat's paw, a writer in the New York Tribune says there can be no doubt that the Brit'sh people ac- complished a inagnificent piece of work Wien they welcomed some 200,- 000 Belgian refugees, most of whom Janded on England's shore with only the clothes they wore. These wretch- ed people ‘iad to le fed, clothed and provided with homes. ‘The work d to be done béfore the realization was ready for». The government was everwhelemd with other matters, and ® it was left to volunteers to solve these unprecedentce! problems. lor the success of the work much credit is due to Mr. C. 1. Whittaker, a form- er newspaperman, who, on account of a slight astigmatism, was rejected by
a recruiting officer, and so, deiermia-! ed to help in some way, he found hin- !
self chief of the operating the Belgian relief Whittaker is now in New York the hope that his shattered health May be restored.
The committee formed to aid government in curing for thé Be began by employing a secretary and establishing him in two small rooms The deluge immedi.tely overwhelmed him and swamped his quariers. Jt was plain that a large staff and a whole building would be required for the mere clerical work. ‘Thirty typewrit- ers were nee.wed for the correspond:
of Mr.
force committee.
the
nS
ence, which quickly rose to 2,000 let-!
ters a day. Mr. Whittaker says that
more than fifty clerks worked like gal- |
ley slaves for ten days before they headed the stream of letters, Another fifty were employed upon the card in- dexesS of invitations and refugees. Then as the work kept growing upon the laborers it was necossary to ask for some goverment help. Several renovated workhouses and other pub- lic buildings tot in use over to the committee, and these with the private houses offered proved suf- ficient for the purpose.
The idea of the committ was, of course, not only to keep the el permanently in any gove i ing, but to get them distr! private families throughout the dom, The response of the Br people to the appeal to offer ten ary homes for the Re! 8 Was pressive. The trouble was that, whi + offers were numercys, the committee had to take the greatest care that the Belgians billeted upcr these homes should be congenial, ana that their
hosts wotild try to take no udvantage |
of their destitution.
==
Sume few peo-
Edisonie Maling Dyes =
Inventor Urges Manufacturers Break German Monopoly
Thomas A. Kdison has predicted that the United States would soon be manufacturing its own dyes, and that the so-called famine in dyes, due to the war, was about to end, At his plant at Silver Lake, N.J., he said, he had already made large quantities of the best aniline dyes, and he asserted that it was only nec: Manufacturers to follow to break the monopoly luany has hitherto had industry.
“Since the outbreak of the war,” he said, “I have been making carbolic acid, aniline oil, anc benzol. The last sold at 26 cents a gallon before the war. Today mantfacturers are pay- ing 60 to 75 cents. Aniline oil was selling at 11 to 12 cents a pound be- fore the war. Now it is up to 70 cents. I am not making very much money in this line, but 1 thought I would at least make the start, and I hope some of these timid Americans who lack backbone to fatier a move- Ment worth while will now come aiong and ‘ollow suit.
“The Germans controlled the trade to such a degree that no one clse gave much thought to it, But the textile men in this country need not be worried. all the primary colors they wish, and more, too. What we need most is a protective law such as Canada has. We should prevent ‘dumping’ foreign goods.”
to
his cxaumple Which Ger- in the dye
The Call
The Call rings loud and true To all men sound and fit, Your country’s call to you! How will you enswer it? When others do and dare Across the narrow sea Can your own heart declare, “They have no need.for me?”
Listen once more! The Call Beats in the throbing drum Bidding not 6nesbut all e Of Britain's manhood come! Because your comrade went, Freely and nothing loth, Shall all Lis toil be spent To keep you here in sloth?
What use to shut your ears?
Your country claims her debt And in the coming years
Your heart shal! judge you yet! Think of that future day
And choose the nobler plan That you may truly say, -
“at least J played the man!” —Apon.
in|
were turned |
im- |
ssary for textile |
We can make for them,
here of}
‘ple wrote in offering to employ com- | petent Belgian domcustic servants at about one-quarter of the wages that they would have to pay English maids Among the Belgians, too, it was fourd that there were some who could not jhe trusted safely without surveillance. , The refugees were divided into-three classes, and billeted upon hosts of corresponding classes, There were the professional people, officers and university professors, the middle, elassee, and the peasauts. Mr. Whit- taker remarks that one of the greatest difieulties in outfitting the third class was that the English shoes were not large enough. Used to wearing sabots ,all their lives the feet of hundreds of these refugees could hardly be com- | pressed into the jargest English shoes,
Another difficu'ty was that as the rai.ways were all under military con- trol, the committee rarely had more than forty minutes’ notice of the ar- , rival of a new host of refugees. Thea tre motor busses would have to dash at great speed to the railroad station (9 meet the immigrants. They would be conveyot immeciately to one of several large buildings, where they eould be fed, pathec and supplied with food. Many of them came literally empty handed; but some had broug ut all their impedients. Wheelbarrows were prominent. The Antwerp Jews brought vanloads of house furniture, thus creating one of the most pathe- was essentially one of the most pathe- tic incidents of the war.
The day after the fall of Antwerp j the committee had to care for 6,000 | iteleions, Three-quartcrs of them weve women and children, There were sev- eral cases of women givin; birth to
jchildren within a few hours aiter their arrival, Some Belgian babies
were born on the boat that carried {them to England, some on the train that brought them to London. A staff jof doctors was as necessary as a staff of clerks or cooks. However, thanks ito the generosity of the British people and the hard, systematic work of the committee, the great task was accom- plished. At one time there threatened to be trouble with the Inbor unions, which objected to Belgians being em- ployed as their competitors. However, this was everted, and in the Vickers- Maxim areenal alone there are 3,000 skilled Belgians employed. Thousands of these Bolgian refurees, no doubt, will remain permanently in Grest Britain, the horrors of what they have endured making {t impossible that they could*ever again live in security and comfort next door to Germany.
Will Sue S
National Trust Takes Action Against Prince Albert Company
Prince Albert, Sask.—In a_ state- ment to the city coun D,. W. Adanis, city solicitor dealt with the situation in regard to the insolvent Great West Wood, Iron and Chemica! Company. Hie stated what the city was doing at the present time, first as having guaranteed the principal and interest on the debenture issue of $125,000, 'and, second, as a creditor of the Great ; West for the value of certain boilers, electric light, and water supplied to that company. In regard to both ‘claims an action has been instituted {by the National ‘Trust Company against F. HH. Phippen, D. B, Hanna, | Hector Macinnes, and Folix Frank, shareholders of the Grea’ West Com- i pany, to have these parties made li- 'ablé for the sum of $499,500, or $19.- {000 each, in respeet to shares issued ‘to them in said company. If this ac- \ tion is successful, and these parties jare worth that sum of money, then | the city’s interest in both these claims | will be taken care of. If the action is | successful, or if the action should be |successful and the parties are not | worth that money, then the creditors ) will have to look to the assets of the / Great West Company for payment of ‘their claims. The ussets
hareholders
) are
tinto liquidation will permit. Some jor the raw paints “ave been sold and j some glass and oils and. small quaat-
jity of lumber, °
The torpedoes now being used in the British navy cost fram $5,500 to 1 $5,000 to construct, according to «. naval expert. Even the newest Bri: ish torpedoes are less expensive thaa those used by the latest German sub- marines, which havea diameter of 21 inches and travel at a speed of 48 knots an hour, having an effective range of seven miles, The internal mechanism includes a high speed ro- tating engine, shafts and gears and 250 pounds of high explosives.
en-
ae have
| Recruiting Sergeant—! | Hist you my good man; | only one eye. | Patriotic
can't you
Scotsman—Hoots! That | dis‘na matter, Ye'vve to shut ae e’e 5 yer shooting anyway.
The policy of providing good roads for homemakers in Alberta is illus- trated by the fact that since the proy- ince was organized in 1905 no fewer than 2,524 bridges have been erected, These bridges are practically all on roads serving the rural communities,
being realized a8{anq at Heligolard; fast as the very adverse conditions| an merchant vessel | prevailing since this company went} ber—off
|
| production is t
ene ——ewen
Annual Report of Experimental Farms | in Two Volumes |
The work and scope of the Experi: | mental furms and stations have de-/| veloped to stich an extent that it h been found necessary, for the sa of convenience, to devote two volumes of nearly five hundred pages cach to} the main or uggregate report for the year ending Match #1, 1914. In ihe first volume are preserved the re-) ports of the director and the divi- sions of chemistry, field) husbandry and animal husbandry. It is by study of these chronicles that an idea | can be obtaited of the vast amount of work that is being donc, and an ap-) preciation arrived at of a resultant) good. . | In the first few pages are given the | usual comparative tables of grain! ylelds and prices, and of live stock | for the five years extending from 1909 to 1918, each of which, except | ing horses ahd swine, shows a de- crease in the eastern provinces since 1920, In the western provinces there was a deficierfcy of upwards of occ, 000 cattle between the same year, and 1913, but an increase of nearly | half a million horses and only a, slight disparity in sheep, which, how- | ever, are showing a tendency to im-! provement. Swine increased by up-} wards of 600,000, In British Colum- hia the numerical changes were com- | paratively light. Naturally, much! space is given to reports of experi-! ments at the different farms and sta- tions. These experiments, it is hardly | nece ry to say, cover every variety of grain, fruit and vegetable produc.)
}
tion, as well as soil development, crop | of
management, cultivation plants and , live st ing and dairying. It wonld be in possible to overestimate the impor ance of the information thus fur- nished.
Of course value of inc
forage | breed-
ses
i | at this time, when the by improvement of ing strenuously urged, | the reports are of special interest. It is not alone with what may be termed activities of the farm prope: that they deal, but also with buill- ing, with clearing, with road-mahing, with ornamental gardening.
Pexchange his lot with that of
jand
EE ae
GETTING DOWN TO REAL BUSINESS. WITH CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE
[HAVING FAITH IN OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
Sir Edmund Walker Strikes an Optimistic Note in Summing up the Economical Situation in Canada, and gives the Factors of Strength that Restore Confidence
After analyzing carefully the ele- ments, good and bad, making up the Canadian situation, who can tail to be a conservative optimist? First, the inevitable must be faced. Hult our troubles are cauaed by kicking against what is. The inevitable includes the fact that the British empire is at war and that sacrifices must be made, It includes the fact that Canada was due for an economic reconsideration, whether or not the war had come. It includes recognition of the fact that
jspectiative jum is not the bread and
butter of business. Ilaving recognized
these thinos, we are able to do busi- hess on a new plane Exaggerated ideas of land values and rentais are disappearing; so ure the abu of credit. A better idea is being obtain- ed of what constitutes a proper basis of credit. Im short, we are getting
down to real business.
War, naturally enough, effects trade, commerce, investment and business in many directions. The news from the front last week, for instance, give a distinct check to increasing contid- ence and business at home. Yet we all know there can be only one result to the present struggle. None wou's a citizer of an enemy country, And the confid- ence we have in the emptre’e fight in the nation’s future, should be spoken. It should unite with the cor
Unsinkable Ships Little Faith in Modern Devices for Keeping Vessels Afloat The I.ondon Post s hat the rap-
the reports constitute virtu ty with which the Lusitania sank
cyclopedia ef farming si raises important questions with re-
branches brought up to te. ‘gard to modern devices tor helping While, as has been si velume one to keep vessels afloat case of their
is devoted to the review by the peing damaged by accident or de-
director and reports of the divisions | sign,
of chemistry, field husbandry and ant) [Tt quotes Alexander rlyle, who,
mal husbandry, volume two pr nts the reports of the divisions of horti-! culture, cereals, botany, entomol
forage plants, poultry and tobaeco All that las been said of the com.) pleteness in its contents the first ;
volume can be repeated of e second. It, too, is a useful compilation and | a sample in detail of the benefits to be derived from scientific and pains: | (@king research
As in the preceding years, the mat- ters dealt with in this volume are; divided into sections: ca) Givin cise information.of the work experimental farms in the referred to, and (b) various lines of experimental under way throughout the system. It’ is explained that the latter section is devised and designed with a view
at divisions Treating of the
work
to ajding the farmer moe directly } in the details ©f his vocation.: It is |} worthy of wide tribution. One thing certain is, the nature of the reports makes them deserving af the closest attent may be obtained by making appli n to
the of
publications branch, agricultur Ottawa.
Navy has Limitations
department™
Criticism of the Work of the Navy Seems Unreasonable Criticizing the Mritish navy for not, providing an escort to the Lusitania | gets no place, Obously no navy in the world is jarge cnough to bom- bard the Dardanelles, guard the Suez} canal; patrol the Mediterranean; | guard transport ships crossing the | English channel so closely that, al- though within a few mile; of the base
‘tion of time and
‘heer
ot rland le position it, world at the
did much to rai & Wolfe, of Belf occupics in the shipping present date, as say
‘TL don't believe ther: such a thing as an unsinkable ship. Neither do 1 believe such a ship will ever be built. |
“The idea of such a thing seems to|%
me absurd. How can you make 5, 00) tons of iron, steel and brass float (for that is how you must look at it) | when the metal has been battered in-| to # more or less shapeless muss?
“There were ple ty of life board the Lusitania, but it was that did not suifice to launch all the bor Had the Lusi-
(tania remained afloat, say, for two or
three hours, I have little doubt that the lives of all abeard would have ‘been saved, except those wio wer:
killed by the explosion of the torpe lo or who might have died of shock, }
‘It is One of the cisadyvantages ¢ the great size of mModetn passenger vessels that they car 7 so n y peo ple that it take i tor to get them off in case of dan E
“Lam inclired to think that in th
future we shall not larger than those which |! butit, because | finding harbors suit y eommodation of the Vess> certain size.”
Women’s Wages
See .ves
+ beyond a
British Women Workers Asking Four
Equal Consideration With Men The women of Great Britain have
responded as they should to the call
of the governmert The emorgeney of German submarires, not a trans-) orops have entered “nto many situa port was lost out of a number re ‘tions usually filled by men, Among quired to convey 600,000 soldiers; them are interpreters, dispensers, Vet- guard transport ships carrying troops | erinary surgeons, chauffeurs, motor from Canada to Eaglind; keep open | echanies, doctors, railway workers, the English channs for ¢ onstant ; street car conduct¢ is well as work- commissary supplics to Praveos ers in offices usualty tilled by mo guard all the ports of the British) \hen the war is over, not all Isles; bombard the Germans on the o¢ these women will give up their
keep the in the driv
coasts of Belgium; war fleet penned up
German Kiel canal} every Ger- wO in num- the» high > absolutel, stop all German commerce; blockade Germany so effectively that even the!
BE
Germans admit net a particle’ of) food, ‘copper or war supplies are | reacting them by sea; have war! vessels in rese.ve to give battle to! the German fleet if it ever makes it} dash to sea; and still have enough warships to act as escort to every
passenger steamer. There are limita-) tions to even th? British Navy! Sioux City, lowa, Tribune. Se Colonization of the fertile lands of} Western Canada continues unabated. | During the mon.h of April the Cand: | ian Pacific Railway Company, depart- | ment of natural resources, disposed of practically twenty thousind acres to actual home makers, who will enter into occupation and bring the land un- | der cultivation. To bo exact, there
“were 124 different sales, and, allow-
ing for the wives ind chitdren of pur- chasers, the month's business pro- | vides for the placing of about 500 peo- | ple directly on the land. A notable fact is that the great majority of these purchasers bought quarter-section areas, indicating that they are going into farming on a somewhat intensive scale as compared with the “big farm" methods popular a few years ago, \
| positions te the’ soldiers, who
j dustry
the government
~!be very soon, it would be a very bad ‘thing if the cheap }should take the place
come back from the war. But women will have gained a consciousness of ability
; Which they cannot part with, if they
want to. Today women leaders in in- are warning their followers that they should claim for men’s work the wages of men. This not because | they want to embarr employers of It in the interest | of men tiremselves fhat women shall | receive the same wages for the same work. When normal-conditions re- turn, which, on account of the great, loss of life, will not, it is to be feared,
labor of wome. of adequate wages for the heads of families. The war will be the cause of many changes in the old world and the status of the | labor of women is likely to be amons | these. «
“AN along the line,’ says Major! Vandaleur, who happily escaped from German imprisonment, “we were} cursed by officers and soldiers alike at the various stations. . » On reaching the German-Belgian frontier the French prisoners were given some | potato soup. The reople in charge told us that nono was for us, but that if any was let over after the! french had been fed we should get} what remained. This is in accord- ance with the geteral treatment of British prisoners py the Germans.”
fidence of others. Facts cannot be changed by pessimism. Good senti- ment plays an important part in the maintenance of credit, of business and of faith in a young country’s natural resources, its prospecis and its man- hood.
Money if accumulating There is a demand for good ponds, and a growing call for stocks. The chartered bunks, the safety valve of Canada, are in an excellent position. They will xtend credit where it is de- served, The agricultural prospects are excellent. The outlook. for immi- gration is good. The labor situation is not bad. Canada has had little dif- fieutly in financing its requirements. The change from the British to the United States money market was ef- fected without trouble. Mortgage payments, both principal and interest, ure good. Kconemy is not being ca>- ried to a foolish extrome Manufae- turers are encouraging the home de- mind for their goods, at the same time seeking to increase their export trade. New trade channel. are being cut Experienced farmers from tha United States have already commenced again to take up lands in Western Canada. And there are numerous other factors of stroneth in the Canadian situation. Ail we need is a stronger exhibition of or latent confidence.—Sir Mdimund Walker in the Monetary Times
rapidly.
° A Money in Live Stock Marked Increase in the Price of Beet is Sure to Come
Mr. Randolph Bruce, a well known rancher in Western Canada, has just returned from Lt with many in- teresting opinions as to the etfect that the w will have on the Canadian farmer, ‘The immense slaughter of cattie tor the armies in the tleld w he thinks, very shortly cause a gr increase in the price of be d those farmers who are raising cattle will muke more money even than those who are raising wheat at a dollar fifty per bus livery effort should be nade to se catile for the market in
jas hirge quantities and as quickly as
ssible. Mr. Bruce is a great believer alfalfa as the most safisfactory food for the rapid raising of cattle for beef. ~
Jn this connection it is tnteresting to note that fattening young stock 1s becoming very popular in the United
Sintes where the market for beet is increasing so rapidly that more study has been paid to methods of increas- ing production
In the early days cattle wers Kept
on the ranges from three to five years. Kaperience, however, has shown that the use of thoroughbred bulls and the cons°quent improvement in the qual-
ity and maturing ability of market cattle, toge with heavier grain feed hus it possiple to put just a f on the market at from 15 hs old. Wxperts are of the opinion that with the continued
improvement of breed stock it will be possible to market at an even earl- e. Among the advantages of y finishing of cattle, the follow- ine are mentioned by some of the lending tlie men: lirstly, younger eatile make heavier gains of beefona similar amount of feed than old cat- condly, the money invested is faster, being turned over in en months, where formerly it
ler
Cleht took from three to five years; thireky, “helfers ily
sell as more
old finish
under two years steers, and
as
sus
prove without shad- P doubt, the value of peef cattle in
increasing. In
there were $167,744 valued at
O7,041 or an average of $1 r tuhing the good with the bad. In 1911 theve were 3,929 ied at $85.- S78 400, or an average of $21.90, an in- crease of $LT8 per head. Mr. H. S. Arkell, assistant live stock commis-
sioner for the Dominion government, says that never in our statistical his- tory ve prices attained so high a
figure either for caltle on the hoof or
for meat in the butcher shop as_to-
What it will bo next year when
ie full effect of the war felt no one can tell
Killing of Seals Resumed
Experts Report the American Herd
Has Increased Enough to Permit Commercial Operations
W.. Cc. Redfield, secretary of com:
;meree, will urge congressional legis- ‘Jation, it is now expicted, based on the
recommendation of three scientitic ex-
ports, authorizing the resumption of
the Ming of seals at the Pribilot ids next winter
Isla
( ada and Japar ested financially in the American herd, by tke term of, treaty which abolished »elagic sealing, made an in- vestigation contemporancously with the American experts, Both govern- ments have made representations to the United States that the” condition
which are inter-
‘of the seal herd warrauts resuming
sealing operations at once.—New
| York Nerald.
Teacher—Katherine, what do you know about the orchid family?
Katie-——-Please, miss, mother has forbidden us to indulge in any family
enssip.
Massey-Harris Haying Tools
Some Features of Our New No. 21 Mower
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GEO. F. SMITH, Prop. LYrour Opened For Business
We handle all kinds of Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats
FRESH FISH EVERY THURSDAY
We pay highest market prices for hides
Located in Leuszler Block, opposite Rosebud Hotel
Nyal's Mayflower Talcum is an ex- perience to every first time user. Its touch is soft, soothing and refreshing. Its distinc- tive Mayflower perfume, delicate, individual, elusive. Ideal for every use to which you can put a Talcum.
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H. W. CHAMBERS, DRUGGIST, DIDSBURY, ALTA.
Get your Butter Wrappers printed
at the Pioneer office and save trouble with the new law.
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THE PIONEER, DIDUSBURY, ALBERTA. JULY 7th, 1915
AROUND THE TOWN
(Continued from page 1)
Miss Ruby Weber is visiting with friends in Calgary.
Hike for Westcott Sports on Monday next, July 12th.
Mise Louise Strong,of Calgary, ie visiting with her aunt and un- cle, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Spink.
Walter.Durrer has commenced building operations on his fine new brick-etore, next tu Studer’s general store.
The meeting of the Town Coun cil which should have been held on Monday night last wae post- poned until next Monday night, July 12th.
G. C. Johnson, Vice-Principal of the Didsbury High School, is marking examination papers at Calgary this week.
Miss Eva Sexamith, teacher in the Didsbury Public School, is attending summer school at Ed- monton.
JUST RECEIVED A CAR OF
BRAN and SHORTS
Purity Flour
always on hand
Fresh Fleischman’s Yeast
coming in weekly
See our NEW SPRING NOVELTIES
which have just arrived
A. G. STUDER
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
Summer Excursion Fares
CIRCLE TOUR THROUGH A splendid vacation trip for teachers— and REVELSTOKE AND others. Very low fares from all stations. KOOTENAY Good for three months, $22.00 from Calgary.
To points in Ontario, Quebec, New Bruns- wick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Is- land at low fares. Liberal limits, stop overs and diverse routings. PANAMA. PACIFIC AND_ Reduced fares from al] points. When going SAN DIEGO EXPOSITIONS. to the Expositions or the Pacific Coast, it PACIFIC COAST will profit you to travel through your own EXCRUSIONS wonderland—THe Canaptan Rocktes— visiting Banff, Lake Louise, Field, Glacier, thence via Vancouver. ‘
SAIL THE GREAT LAKES On the 4 favorite palatial steamships, SUPERIOR & HURON **Alberta’’ ‘‘Assiniboia’’, ‘Manitoba’? and ‘‘Keewatin.’?
THEY MAKE FOUR ROUND TRIPS EACH WEEK SAILINGS—EASTBOUND
Mrs, Murray of Avening, ont., and Mre., Chas, Murray and aon of Athabasca, visited for a short time with Mra. and Rev. D. H. Marehall last week.
The Rugby Women’s Institute will serve lunch, ice cream and lemonade at the Westcott sports on Monday, July 12th. Proceeds for Red Croes Funds. Donations of cakes or sandwiches acceptable
Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Hune- perger of Barnwell, Alta., were visiting with their uncle, Post- master Hunsperger, and other friende and relatives in the dis- trict for a few days last week.
To EASTERN CANADA
Don’t forget to be on hand at 1 o’clock at the Westcott Sporte to hear the speech on ‘Patriotism and Prohibition” to be given by Rev. 8. Bagon-Hillacks, M.L.A., of Calgary, it “vill be well worth your while to hear it, ©
’ The Conrt of Revision of the Town assessment was held on Saturday last. Mayor Osmond
Councillors Reed, Paton, Wood, ‘Alberta’ ‘*Assiniboia’’ ‘Manitoba’ “Keewatin’’ Ly. Ft. William Sun. 2 p.m. Tues, 2pm. Sat. 2p.m. Fri. 2 p.m. Herber. Secretary Brueso and)" Pt. Arthur = Sun. 3 p.m. Tue Sp.m._ Sat. wae Fri. 3). aan Solicitor Austin were present.) Arr. Pt. NcNicoll Tues. 8.30 a.m, Thur, 8.39a.m. Mon. 8.30 a.m. Sun.°8.30 a.m. While there were several appeals | TRY this route; it offers an ideal cHANGR and Reet to the traveller bound for East-
ern Canada and the Eastern States, Particulars from nearest Agent or from
R. DAWSON,
taken up no changes were made in the land assessment, Three appellants had their business tax
assessment lowered, proof being shown that they were too high.
District Passenger agent, CALGARY, Alta.
Mr. W. Shantz, ason of Mrs. J. B. Shantz, who has been visit- ing in various pate of Ontario and the State of New York, for the past half year or more, re- turned from thereon Monday and after having given us a brief re- view of conditions down there, as seen by him, he firmly believes that there is no place like home, particularly in this part of the province. His sister, who went down east with him, will not re- turn until fall.
POLICE USED PEPPER
Reon eee It Enabled Them to Capture Man With Iron Bar
SHAKO REPLACES HELMET
Radical Char72 Pronosed In Head. drezs fer Britain's Regulars
It {a under-‘o d that a final decf:ton has been arr!-ed at by the War C fiice on the srbjc-ct of the treed-dress of the Brit'sh Army. The nresert nat- tern of Infantry helmet villte ob Hh ed, and in its picce the historic sta ko will be revived. The question o* this change has been under discur sion by the Army Council and the Oress Committee for about two years and the final recommendation was wholly in favor of the shako. The pattern of the new head-dress will be @ compromise between a new shape and the shako as now worn by the Highlend Light Infantry and the Scot: tish Rifles. It is understood that it will be lower in the crown, rather after the French model, and, stil! fol- lowing that pattern, it will be lighter than the shako hitherto associated with British forces. It is intended to issue two thousand shakos for trial, and the troops to receive them for this purpose may be the 13th Infantry Brigade in Ireland, command- ed by Brigadier-General T. Capper.
Cayenne pepper, burned on cotton wool, was used by the Leeds police in capturing a man who took refuge in his bedroom. The story was told when Thomas Griffin was charged with assaulting Police-Constable Wain- wright. The constable came across the prisoner lying drunk on the foot- path and told him to go home, Grif- fin obeyed, but later he came out of his house and threw a mug at the
policeman, Big Expropriation Case
cases ever heard of in western Cana-
s tick in one |Grand Trunk Pecific Railway eereed ran facific way
hand and an iron ber lg Repeal to vay the Union iron Works, of Cal-
gary the sum o: 000, @ com-
hours kept the police EH ¢ It was pany's right of way went through 100
f the iron work’s property and by burning cayenne pepper om cotton|under the railw that wool. Fifty-nine previous convictions amount of land could Fy Hd
ropriat:d. On the amount to be
for the was sentenced to siz months’ imprison: | strip in question the arbitrators could BE oid rt $ aaren, two of them deciding that
A Wi First Train Ride et 88 others thet $1, 0 was beer 7 3 The Windsor officer re ¢ with Mr. Edward ported thet s man dirty ogare ole, Knapp, the owner of the works, the
decided railway fires the whole geeverty, Margate, refused to | 17g fect by 188 feet, for 980.000,
Excursion
One of the best excursions of the season will he run from Didsbury to Lacombe, under the auspices of the Red Deer County L.O.L. at less than single fare. ‘V'ickets may be had front G. B. Sexsmith, E, Boughtin and W.-H. Stark. ‘Take in this enjoyable trip and celebrate the glorious sath this year at Lacombe. Sports of var ious kinds during the afternoon and addresses hy leading men.
LOST
Clydeadale mare, bay, four white | and white face. Should have foal ae side, Anyone returning or giving infor; mation of her to James Neisux, Big Prairie, will be rewarded. i
STRAYED
A sorrel mare, with light mane and tail and big white spot in forehead, no brand, 3 years old, This mare has been gone one month from ny place near Elkton. Finder please notify by phone J. R.
‘| Mcon, phone No, 1804. f One of the largest expropriation epi: ore
NOTICE
WELL DRILLING
Having hought W. Ageher’s well Crill we are now prepared for drill. ing wells with experienced opera- tors, ;: H H H : :
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