The Huntingdon gleaner, 15 mars 1917, jeudi 15 mars 1917

[" | nd Ry P den line Men fur, mum = ante e Ut rleun | an; 15 u 3, role cea, rend rar, of w ble |» alg a A A, SINGLE COPIES 4 CENTS 3798 3144 ESTABLISHED IN 1863 MARCH 151917 HUNTINGDON, QUE.ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, A CUSTOMER ALWAYS LEAVES OUR STORE IED R In WN ye mu WE NEVER ALLOW A CUSTOMER TOLEAVE OUR STORE UNLESS \u2018\u2019wWE\u2019\u2019 ARE SATISFIED WITH THE CLOTHES HE BUYS.WHEN YOU DEAL WITH US ONCE WE WANT YoU To COME AGAIN.WE KNoW HoW To MAKE YoU GLAD To Do So.WE GIVE YoU GooD ALL-WooL CLoTH, STRONGLY AND STYLISHLY MADE UP INTo A SUIT OR OVERCOAT THAT FITS YoU AS SNUGLY AS THE BARK ON A TREE.AND THE PRICE?IT\u2019S ALWAYS AS Low AS WE CAN MAKE IT.$1.00 SHIRT FOR MEN New Shiris in fine Percales and Crepe Cloths, also White aud White with self Stripes.French or Laundered Cuff-\u2014Cont model.The stripes are in variety of neat hairline and small designs, AFD ad wg in sizes 14 to 17\u20143$1.00.Pre) mi NEW NECKWEAR FOR MEN-50e with, The ranges showing in our Ties, Special lowing end tie nude es of} from Swiss and other imported Silks, comprise the season\u2019s new entia styles.ar MEN'S RIBBED WOOL SOCKS.\u2014Two lines of Black all- e, po wool Ribbed Socks, 50c¢ pair.ey MEN'S PYJAMAS AND NIGHT-SHIRTS Lace | PYJAMAS\u2014A very nice line of Stripes of medinm weight, ot bi $1.35, $1.75, $2.00.e he MEN'S NIGHT-SHIRTS\u2014New lines at $1.00 and $1.35.mini; 8 mu , Plain ! ods 1 old @ .; i GENERAL MERCHANTS ich de - = _\u2014 \u2014 a dry C0 | act \"ing of go 18 tm t to od Joti fe, 9 A oe ry y rep ay \u201cCANADAS [f ¢ = GREATEST |k ua HOUSE\" |} ©, bof mr a PT Te 3 sala y JS pe intend tive he ed lard revog e uni p bol or ug ot puffs om = \u2014 - dere aber oI hei] THE MUTUAL LIFE he co - x OF CANADA ith te \u2014 nd tH hich 4 : ue Head Office - - - Waterloo, Ontario boot Established 1870 irodn br This Company is the only Canadian representative of ro o the purely Mutual system in life insurance.nd Its Polieyholders are its sole Proprietors.qu Its Policyholders\u2019 Interests are Supreme.jo : Its Polieyholders get Insurance at Net Cost.me a It {ig ATHOLE E.BLACK, General Agent, go Huntingdon, Que, À = 1 ace -f THE CANADIAN BANK .with which is united the EASTERN TOWNSHIPS BANK y CAPITAL, $15,000,000 REST, $13,500,000 | SAVINGS BANK This Bank pays :-' .est at 3 per cent.per annum fg on all deposits of $1 and upwards in this depart- 5 ment.Small\u2018accounts are welcomed.8 C.W.THOMAS, Manager of Huntingdon Branch ; a 4 THE MERCHANTS BANK OF CANADA A Established 1864 Head Office, Montrea ASSETS OVER - - - - MONEY TO ENGLAND AND FRANCE We have special] arrangements for forwarding money to Eng land and France, by either Draft or Cable, at very reasonable rates.$110,000,000 4 Also self-identifying travellers\u2019 cheques, payable at any poin a in Canada and the United States.Particulars on request.\u2014 * Huntingdon Branch - - - N.W.Sparrow, Manage : present war was its BAGDAD Bagdad in point of continuous history, is one of the oldest, and at one time was the greatest, wealthiest and most splendid city in wi.But its period of STeYMRESs passed six centuries ago and only in a few years before the commercial revival beginning.Bagdad stands on both banks of the Tigris, which, flowing directly through the city, 275 yards wide, deep and swift, is crossed only by pontoon bridges, which frequently are carried away in flood time.During the spring floods the entire alluvial plain around the city is under water.Opposite Bagdad the Euphrates \"approaches nearest the Tigris being only twenty-five miles fukther west, The vilayet of Bagdad included the greater part of ancient Babylonia and was situated between the Syrian desert and Persia.The province was annexed by the Turks in 1638 and from then until the middle of the 19th century is was the largest prov- inee within the Turkish Empire.and as such had considerable independence.The vilayet extends from a point just below Knt-el- Amara to a point above Tekrit om the Tieris.a hundred mils north of Bagdad, This province in partienlar posseses great pos- sihilities of fertility and where there is any pretense of irrigation the vield is enormans.The city of Bagdad was the headqnarters of a Turkish army corps and lving 500 miles from i the Persian Gulf is one of the few Eastern cities almost by foreign unaffected innovation, Basra.fifty miles from the Gulf, on the Shatt-el-Arab.is the port for , Bagdad, The most eonspicuons of the remains about Bagdad antedating Islam are the ruins of the Palace of Chosroes at Ctesiphon or Ma- dain: another is the ruin called Akerkur, in the desert 9 miles west, which connects with Kurig- alzu King of Babylon about 1300 B.C.Bagdad was the ancient Babylon city, dating back 2000 Sir Henry Rawlinson, the pres- ; ent British Chief of Staff, has made some interesting discoveries with ancient connections in Mesopotamia, particularly along the banks of the Tigris.Is Almost A Pesert The whole Mesopotamia plain (ancient Babylon) is naturally one of the most fertile regions in the world, but owing to the dry climate requires irrigation for development.In the many years of conquest among Turks, Tartars and Persians which followed the downfall of the caliphate of Bagdad, the old irrigation system fell into ruin, and ten years ago most of the country was little better than desert, varied by swamp and lagoon along the river banks.The German Development i scheme of which the first step was the constrnetion of the Constant- inople-Bagdad Railway.also in- irri- the redemption of the whole Babylonian plain.The war interrupted this in its early stages.Bagdad in its great days, under Haroun Al-Raschid and his predecessors, had a population of more than 2,000,000 and was the religious and political capital of in most of the civilized world, besides being the centre of a commerce extending from Spain to Indo-China and the East Indies.Before the war its population was estimated at a little over 100,000.HINCHINBROOK COUNCIL Met on the 5th inst.All present.Moved by Jos, Anderson, sec.by Ross, that the following bills be paid; Road work, John Oui- met $6: John Dawson $39.05 Gleaner printing ace't $66.50.Moved by Ross, sec.by MeCor- mick, that Iieut.Governor be asked to permit this council to publish municipal notices in the English language only.Moved by Jos.Anderson.sce.by Wm.Anderson, that the following Municipal officers be appointed for the ensuing term, viz; Road Officers: Div.No.1.Fred Ross.2.Jas.McCracken, Jr.3.N.Middlemiss.+.Wm, Watson.5.A.C.Herdman.G.John Patterson.7.Jacob Melm.8.John Sloan, 9.Robert Anderson.0 1 9 10.John Arthur, 11.Allan Crutchfield.12.Tred Cowan, 13.John Neely.! John Dawson.15, W.G.Cairns.Rural Tnspectors :\u2014 1.Gilbert Myant.2.D.O'Leary.3.David Johnston, 4, Jos.Arthur, 5.Alex.Anderson.6.John Fitzsimmonds, 7.Wesley Goodfellow.8.W.T.Coulter, Pound Keepers; Jos.Gamble, W.W.Pringle.and Chas.Hyde.Valuators: John Oliver, R.S.Pringle, and Jas.Flynn.Auditors: H, A.Oliver and Tlenry Wilson.Under threat of prosecution a British Columbia sugar company has released its customers from the obligation of selling only its products and at fixed prices.The arrangement, which became a cause of complaint, was similar to others made in other paris of the country, partly at least at the instance of the wholesale trade, and applying to a number of classes of goods.The Eatons of Toronto have spent one million dollars of their private fortune in supporting the families of men in his employ who have gone to the front.formation has not been made publie by Sir John himself.but has heen given out in an Ottawa official statement.cluded a new and complete gation project on modern lines for e Millions of colds start with wet feet, which could and should be prevented by wearing rubbers, rubber farm shoes or high rubber boots.Through the slop and slush of Spring you can work better, be nore comfortable, and enjoy better health, if your feet are protected by rubber footwear bearing one of these famous Trade Marks: ae mr ee wa + - Caw aime HE MAPLE LEAP | \u201cJACQUES CARTIER\u201d - \u201cGRANBY\u201d | PUP CHERCHANTS\u201d - - \u201cDAISY\u201d 4 \u201cMAPLE LEAF\u201d - \u201cDOMINION\u201d Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co.LIMITED Largest Manufacturers of Rubber Geods in the British Empire EXECUTIVE OFFICES - MONTREAL, P.Q.SEVEN LARGE, UP-TO-DATE MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN CANADA 28 \u201cSERVICE BRANCHES AND WAREHOUSES THROUGHOUT CANADA MA IN C A 46 Safety First O\u2014\u2014 Nothing is moroimportantto the Fur Shipper than doing business With an Honest\u2014Reliable\u2014 Responsible\u2014 Safe House, \u201cShip to Shubert\u201d the largest house in the World dealing exclusively in American Raw Furs, Vwisre you will always receive an Accurate arn arket en d A .ser:ment, the Highes Prices and tte usual \u201c\u201cShubert\u2019\u2019 y, Courteous service.pre for hi latest edition of \u201cThe Li contain! e kes Information you must have.25-27 WEST AUSTIN AVE, Inc.Dept.C501, CHICAGO, U.S.A.TI This in- Sir John\u2019s patriotism has stood the money test.| | J.G.LAURENDEAU, K.C, Advocate, at Moir's Ho.el every first Saturday of each month.SYRUP CAN LABELS 100 .$1.00 0.LLL 1.50 500 .1.75 1000 .2.50 Printed on good white paper, ungummed.Sellar Bros.Icing Sugar For frosting cakes, making bonbons and other confections without cooking.Ask for it by name at your grocers.1-1b Cartons only Lantic Sugar dust-tight cartons.Yours is the first hand to touch it.2 and 5-!b Cartons 10 and 20-1b Bags \u201cThe AU-PurposeSugar\u201d Send us a red ball trade-mark for a FREE Cook Buek Atlantic Sugar Refineries Ltd.Power Bldg, Montreal 90 A horse iu the field is worth two , inthebary, Yeoucan't preven Spavin, Riugboue, Splint, or Curb from putting your horse in the baru but you fl cu prevent these troubles froin keeping horsesin the barn very long.You cau get KENDALL'S \"~\" SPAVIN CURE atanydruggistsat $1 a bottle 6 for 85, and Kendall's willcure, Thousandsef farmers and horsemen will say a0 Our book \u201cTreatise on the horse\u2019 free.116 Dr.B.J.KENDALL CO, Enesborg Falls, Vt, 65 FEE Som ate security.linance, Ottawn.OCTOBER 7th, 1016.WE suggest consideration for the persons who may be talking on your party-line.Do not interrupt their conversation.It is discourteous and unfair.1.Answer only your own signal.If there is any confusion about the rings, report the fact promptly to the Chief Operator.I fo Bn SB 0 eB lb vn EN Bl ND) TO INVESTORS THOSE.WHO, FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE FUNDS REQUIRING INVESTMENT MAY PURCHASE AT PAR DOMINION OF CANADA DEBENTURE STOCK IN SUMS OF $500, OR ANY MULTIPLE THEREOF Principal repayab'e Iat October, 1919.Interest payable half-yearly, at April and 1st October by cheque (free of exchange at any chartered Bank in Canada) nt the rato of five per cont per annum fiom the date of purchase.Holdera of this stack will have the privilege of surrendering nt par and accrued interest, as the equivalent of cash, in payment of any allotment made under Any future war loan issue in Canada other than un issue of Treasury Billa or other like short Proceeds of this stock nre for war purposes only.À commission of oue-quarter of one per cent will be allowed to recognized bond and stock brokers on allotments made in respect of applications for thin stock which bear their stamp.For application forms apply to the Deputy Minister of DEPARTMENT OF FINANCK, OTTAWA To Improve Party-Line Service 2.WAR LOAN -40 CREDIT When you wish to call, remove the receiver and listen.If the line is in use hang up the receiver and wait until the conversation is finished.Do not allow children or others to listen on the line when it is in use or to play with the telephone at any time.Make your calls as brief as possible.Short conversations will keep the line open and make the service of most value to everyone.\u201cGood acrvice * * * oùr true Intent \" The Beli Teléphoné Co/of Canada a DOMINION OF CANADA Issue of $150,000,000 5% Bonds Maturing 1st March, 1937 DEEE EEE EEE Payable at par at Ottawa, Halifax, St John, Charlottetown, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Victoria, and at the Agency of the Bank of Montreal, New York City.INTEREST PAYABLE HALF-YEARLY, Ist MARCI, Ist SEPTEMBER, PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN GOLD.' ISSUE PRICE 96.) A FULL HALF-YEAR'S INTEREST WALL BE PAID ON Ist SEPTEMBER, 1917.THE PROCEEDS OF THE LOAN WILL BE USED FOR WAR PURPOSES ONLY.\u20183 Tur Minister or FINANCE offers herewith, on behalf of the Government, the above-named Bonds for Subserip- tion at 96, payable as followg: 10 per cent on'application; 30° < 16th April, 1917; 30\u201c 15th May, 1917; 26 \u201c 15th June, 1917.The total allotment of bonds of this issue will be limited to one hundred and fifty million dollars, exclusive of the amount (if any) paid for by the surrender of bonds as the equivalent of cash under the terms of the War Loan prospectus of 22nd November, 1915.The instalments may be paid in full on the 16th day of April, 1917, or on any instalment due date thereafter, under discount at the rate of four per cent per annum.All payments are to be made to a, chartered bank for the credit of the Minister of Finance.Failure to pay any instalment when due will render previous payments liable to forfeiture and the allotment to cancellation.Subscriptions, accompanied by a :deposit of ten per cent of the amount subscribed, must be forwarded through the medium of a chartered bank.Any branch in Canada of any chartered bank will receive subscriptions and issue provisional receipts.This loan is authorized under Act of the Parliament of Canada, and both principal and interest will be a charge upon the Consolidated Revenue -Fund.Forms of rpplication may be obtained from any branch in Canada of any chartered bank and at the office of any Assistant Receiver General in Canada.Subscriptions must be for even hundreds of dollars.In case of partial allotments the surplus deposit will be applied towards payment of the amount -due on the April instalment.Scrip certificates, non-negotiable or payable to bearer in accordance with the choice of the applicant for registered or bearer bonds, will be issued, after allotment, in exchange for the provisional receipts.When the serip certificates have been paid in full and payment endorsed thereon by the bank receiving the money, they may he exchanged for bonds, when prepared, with coupons attached, pavable to bearer or registered as to principal, or for fully registered bonds, when prepared, without coupons, in accordance with the application.SUBSCRIPTION LISTS WILL CLOSE ON OR BEFORE THE 23rd OF MARCH, 1917.DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, OTTAWA, March 12th, 1917.PAROI NA ANA GA HA (ISA SOS Spa ae A Delivery of serip certificates and of bonds will be made through the chartered banks.The issue will be exempt from taxes \u2014including any income tax\u2014imposed in pursuance of legislation enacted by the Parliament of Canada.The bonds with coupons will be issued in denominations of $100, $500, $1,000.Fully registered bonds without coupons will be issued in denominations of $1,000, $5,000 or any authorized multiple of $5,000, The bonds will be paid at maturity at par at the office of the Minister of Finance and Receiver General at Ottawa, or at the office of the Assistant, Receiver General at Halifax, St.John, Charlottetown, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipege Regina, Calgary or Victoria, or at the Agency of the Bank of Montreal, New York City.The interest on the fully registered bonds will be paid by cheque, which will be remitted hy post.Interest on bonds with coupons will be paid on surrender of coupons.Both cheques and coupons, at the option of the holder, will be payable free of exchange at any branch in Canada of any chartered bank, or at the Agency of the Bank of Montreal, New York City.Subject to the payment of twenty-five cents for cach new bond issued, holders of fully registered bonds without coupons will have the right to convert into bonds of the denomination of $1,000 with coupons, and holders of honda with coupons will have the right to convert into fully registered bonds of authorized denominations without coupons at any time on application to the Minister of Finance.The hooks of the Joan will be kept at the Department of Finance, Ottawa.Application will be made in due course for the listing of the issue on the Montreal and Toronto Stock Exchanges.À RE RE RENE EEE RENE EEE EE RE EEE EIRE RENE SRE EE RE RENE RE RENE RE RE RENE RE LE REA RE RES BC Ne ee Er ER ER) Recognized bond and stock brokers having offices and carrying on business in Canada will be allowed a commission of three-eighths of one per cent on allotments nade in respect of applications bearing their stamp, provided, however, that no commission will be allowed in respect of the amount of any allotment paid for by the surrender of bonds issued under the War Loan prospectus of 22nd November, 1915, or in respect of the amount of any allotment paid for by surrender of five per cent debenture stock maturing 1st October, 1919.No commission will be allowed in respect of applications on forms whigh have not been printed hy the King\u2019s Printer.* .æ pe Puntinglon Glarus SELLAR BROTHERS, Publishers Huntingdon, Que., Mar.15th 1917 - rer ri \u2014\u2014 Notes of the Week.in ordering that merchant steamships starting on voyages across the Atlantic be armed and given authority to fire on any submarine that threatens them, President Wilson has taken à ; r avoid.| .step he could no longe \u201c ès, So that, after » When steamships, loaded and ready to sail, crowded the piers of New York, Boston and Philadelphia, he had to act and tell their captains in defending themselves they had the United States behind them.As he states in his note to he Powers he will main- .fain the right of American ships to traverse the high seas and defy vessels which are not warships but pirates.\u2018The next development will be a declaration of war.To this end the arrival of Minister Gerard will hasten the Presi dent, for it is understood he brings with him from Berlin.proof of Germany s duplicity and «ntempt for the Washington government that will justify the extreme step.It is now confirmed that after being given his passport, Gerard and his party were held at Berlin apparently for no other purpose than to humiliate them by slights and insults.The members of the embassy confirm ! reports as to Germany being \u2018he end of her resources 1n foud, clothing and money.How the poor are to subsist until au- other harvest can be reaped is beyond their comprebension.The sending out of a fleet of submarines is the desperate act of a nation that is playing its last card.Strange as it may seem, this submarine outrage is going to involve Germany in war with China.When the Pekin government received Germany's proclamation as to laying mine fields around the coasts of France and Eug: land, and of giving orders to submarines to sink all ships on sight.the Chinese Emperor replied that if Germany did so China would declare war, and news of China's doing so is daily expected.The most flagrant submarine act reported for some time is the sinking of a Norwegian steamship.She was carrying 9000 tons Us AMUJAU coll roll Duldil Aluel- ALU LU LUEU LUC Slab yi eid, + LC LOU VLEU sv EU B SALE CULAUEL Vy & UtsLUU VsULIAL UELULE SEU- Wg LU Lou puiubeu UL Ler sues LUC BLUMUAMUILCUSEUL LA] UY Wao à LCuLlal LU Celly Wy Lesses pru- vided by tue cuatilaoie.Despite luab le vapid vi Lue subluarie hiiew Wwlap sue was, De began LI- ing shieus al ber, cuwpeliug ue Crew 10 take tu tue Dodls., When rowing near tue submarine the Caplalll oi the dlorstad called to hee commander, who stood look- Ing on, thut he had made à mistake and \u2018asked for a tow.The reply of the German was firing a torpedo into the Storstad, when she sank with her precious cargo that would have saved thousands of starving people Of the crew of the Storstad one boatful reached Cork with a man who died from the cold.Britain is in a death grapple with an unscrupulous enemy.needing concentration of purpose and resources, yet at such a moment Mr.Redmond revives his demand for Home Rule.The Im- .erigl\u2019house of commons spent an rire.day listening to the debate.On Premier George telling him the government was prenared to vive at once Home Rule to the three provinces that asked for it, but it would not use force to compel Ulster to submit to it, Mr.Redmond and 60 of his followers walked out of the house and next day issued a long explanation and appealing to the United Stat es.To dispassionate lookers-on it is strange that the Home Rulers in asking the right to govern themselves, should den7 the same right to the people of the north of Ireland, who are content to be British subjects and are determined to remain so, The result of a prolonged investigation into the available quantities of potatoes in Canada is the announcement that, after allowing for a full consumption until the new crop and for seed, there isa surplus of at least 200,000 bushels.The scarcity that prevails is due to farmers and speculators holding on to their stocks for higher prices.In the States there has been a decided drop, and it is expected when mild weather will allow free ship ment, there will be a greater de- eline.The belief of the Imperial government that it is being held up by war contractors to pay unreasonable prices has caused it to fix maximum prices as follows : for butter $51 for 112th, for sue 461 por 112 ; for bacon » The capture of Bagdad is a.milestone towards the end of the war.Jt means that Turley hus got a blow that will lu < her 10 break with G.rmany.Te next we will hear is that Jcrusalem has fallen the British army that is ad \u2018gucin,e upon it, ant then that the Russians are closing in on Consts tinaple.By the immig ati law ps ed by congress last \"> 11h, 15 ex ception is made in faver of Com- adians entezng the United Stat.st May, any who eross the lir uto the Re public, with the 1.0 ation of taking up their abode ther» wil, have to pay the head tax vi $8.This will not conduce to friendly feeling.The hands of the U.S.ruil- ways threaten a strike yn Saturday, that would tie up the N, Y.c.and other leading roads, un- Jess the companies agree to grant un à bour day, which they are not inclined so do until the supreme court giv: s its decision as to the constitutionality of the law passed by congress.A strike at present would be disastrous.The Empire conference, which Premier Borden is waiting for in London, is to open next week.It is understood that if Sir Robert cannot reach Ottawa ip time, parliament will go on with its work, Sir G.E, Foster acting as Prem- jer pro tem.The new J.anic Ina van ched on Mon !1- tas horn gi en he name Wir :p> V0 >- \"nan, and promises to be a succes.Th Sun Life Assurance company headed the list with a ten million dollar subseription.Within a fraction of 514 per cent.interest it is a most desirable investment.with the entire Dominion as so curity.The word brought from Germany by Minister Gerard is that war prisoners are kept on such short rations that they are close on starvation.There are nearly 40,000 British soldiers prisoners and were it not for parcels sent them by relations and the Red Cross many would die.It is not supposed Germany is starving her prisoners purposely, but has not the food to give them.In that case, why does she not exchange them for an equal number of German prisoners held by the Allies?The news from France is, that the Germans are continuing their retiring movement, at several points daing gob.ck as far as S Wiles.Que Br.are pressing Lard, sud there daily en- couulers With lue German rearguard.Part of the ground abandoned by the Germans is of strategic value, aud their abon- doniug heights and ridges to our lads is significant, either of weakness or of a design to strike some other point.A surmise is, that they are weakening the Somme front in order to mass their forces in a second gigantic effort to reach Calais.Canadians at Ypres, zuard the route to that town and if attack comes off they will suffer.The British line at Ypres is as strong as hundreds of guns and extensive earthworks can make it.Gen.Haig would welcome an attack at that point for it might decide the war.What makes a renewed attempt to reach Paris by way of Calais probable are t' severe attacks on the French at Verdun and at the rastern end of their line, These attacks, of course, would prevent the French from sending help to the British end.So far the French have notable success in repulsing the enemy.From the other battle fronts there are no reports of movement importance.ale s of any ORMSTOWN An inspection of horses was held in the Stadium on Tuesday by Wm.Greer, at which 20 horses Were bought for war purposes.At the meeting of the Young People's Society last week the Rev.J.B.Maclean of Hunting- don ably addressed an interest ing audience on Browning and his poems contained in the book now being studied by the Academy pupils.Such of them who seized the opportunity of attending must have been considerably benefitted., À successful concert was held in Macdougall Hall on Friday evening got up by Ma Laura Walsh, in aid of Red Cross work.The programme consisted of Piano and vocal music by Miss Walsh and Messrs shearer, Moore, Crawford and Pet) of Montreal.Every item was greatly enjoyed by the large crowd present.Gross receipts were anse $100, net far Red Cross The Hon.Honor: Mercier has sent word to the Directors of the Live Stock Brevders\u2019 Association that the Quebece Government are going to increase the yrant towards our -riss }.+ * 5 hi.year to $2000.It was formerly $500 and this is in addition to the $1000 allowed un th tuent Jing i debt, : of the members of The Riverfield Curlers made a try for the Disti1-t C 15 on Saturday.Ormstown J.R.Campbell F, H.Blakely A, Craig Rene Bourdon H.Carson J.G.McGerrigle Chester Orr Skip 29 Skip 7 J.A.McBain A.Carmichael H, I1.Chambers Jas.Stewart E.W.Bemis E.Reddick, W.G, MeGerrigle John Orr Majority for Ormstown 21 shots Ris erfiell Robt, Roy HOWICK Mrs.Edon has sold her furm ou Tullochgorum to Mr.Luberge, and bought from * - the residence he recently purchased from Mr.Aubrey, where she will reside In the local curling competition for the Martin cup the team skipped by Dr.Watson, won.Owing to the low water in the St.Louis River, the power that supplies electric light here has been very irregular.Subscribers are being solicited to SUpport à scheme for utilising the water power of the English River à Howick to ganerate electricity.The rates would be the same as at present, but an all night service is promised, Owing to the severe snowstorm on Sunday, the attendance at church services was small VALLEYFIELD On Wednesday of last week the last of the series of converts run nnder the auspices of the management of the Prosbyterian church was held in the Church Hal.There was # laræe attendance, in fact.every