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Iho of information received by tun do of Agriculture Thoro lib quite usual aup- ply In I I J I i a If if ill Just as surely as lack of food is strangling Germany day by day so plenty of food is winning the victory for theallics The French armies for instance were never better fed than now for France cannot forget the awful lesson of 1870 the failure of her food supply To this she attributed the loss of that war To feed the French soldiers around Verdun more than pounds of food a week were required This gives a faint idea of the colossal task of feeding an army Canada and of fighting heroes on thelinc every man must have plenty of food in spite of a world shortage Upon Canadas food production all principally rely The Patfmcko of Urgency Need The Department of Agriculture appeals to men and boys to enlist in the farm help campaign The Department appeals to men unfit for military service or whofinditimpossUde to enlist in the army Do your bit by helping to increase production of foodstuffs his is your hour of opportunity The farmers of Ontario need the help of retired farmers of men following no occupation retired of business men who can spare a portion of their lime appeal to all who can so arrange their ordinary affairs to plan to help some farmer friend particularly in seed time and harvest Confer with your county District Representative of the Department of Agriculture or write Ibarra Help Cam paign care Department of Agriculture Toronto If of Agriculture Toronto so Way ay to to the Country on raU call up Lot make you Comfortable In a BUGGY Prompt fl l i p on 1JJ Promptly to of re ferring the present of the Dominion fiiyfl- arc the or fier la Impaired- She from giving lb aid thai could the by the frjjo shipping of liquor from outside lo private parftesfn the prohibition CO rbalraieaoh for ballroom QhM pair rose for diningroom i 80000 pole Thanks to ihc lvlce repealed of Mr Ontario nerving bo put on the voter he entitled vote at the general elcellon oh well An Interesting debate took place on carry of to their rooms make them drunk with- vile liquor and Inoculate them likely as hot- with diseases Which thanks the agitation Of well- Provinces The people ronda- parllcuiorly on the- remember fact when the next general election cornea round Speaking of Pioneer On to Ot tawa woa one of dominant notcB of the Prohibition Con vention The movement for Dominion Prohibition growing In f6rco every day Something must be done It unthinkable that In of wlien the people of fight of the nine Provinces have ltd unmistakably acted ho Dominion should bold their bands deputation from the Toronto Hoard of Trade on Friday last wait ed on Hon Sir William lleatat Premier of Ontario In connection proposal to Bend em- of of the hoard of Trade during the Bummer Jielp farmer of taking usual Ihc object be ing to help production Sir William lob the deputation that would cooperate The people of Ontario generally will he pleased to notice lids special effort to secure needed help for furriers during coining busy slimmer season scheme for it highway between Windsor anil Monlreah No the was given Superannuation Scheme was given a preliminary con sideration The Provincial Treasurer has a bill to amend the Tile Drainage Act to the amount which can be loan ed to any one from to and the lolal which may he loaned under the Act from to a million dollars Mr Howell proposes a select com mittee to report and lake action In re gard a provincial celebration of confederation CANADIAN WOMEN AND NATIONAL Major and W Ralph Connor Inspiration for Even Activity meaning fools have granted language surely but not too it la Sir Doyle who Writes Iff a recent of the London Times this of the evil of internpotancQ and its twin impurity has long been known to ah soj that saloon been the hotbed which social vice found its chief source of life Wheresoever saloon Is there will be found also Destroy the saloon and a long step has been taken towards ridding world of this awful foe to Its physical and social welfare Our enemies- murder slaughter butcher call it what wo may our men in what today Is of perhaps all too lightly as game of war but awful these consequences they are not- to be compared to the disastrous upon the future well- being physical and moral of vic- liins of Ibis twin par of saloon Ml unborn will begin f with the seeds of death sown in their r All women ought to know the wonderful effects of taking Lydia Vegetable Compound even on those who seem hopelessly ill Here are three actual casesr IfPinTmnr When I was single I uf a deal from female weakness my work compelled me to all day I took Vegetable Compound for that andwas made stronger by its After I was married I took the Compound again for a female imperial an Bank I Mr every Si by Special the The Week in the Legislature i en OP tliti I S 11012 lis I WW A to 100 ST At DAY fanners In tin Legislature get a real field day When have the floor practically to them selves and when nothing is talked of for hour after hour problems af fecting the Such a debate was the very Interesting one on the gov ernments of the Department of Agriculture The talk encircled nil of matters In teresting lo the farming community potatoes hogs wheat fruit poultry silos horses butter and cream The Legislature for that day at any rate became a huge Institute Nelson Parliament Lfhojal fanner from Prince county lead the Opposition forces in the Introduction of a resolution calling for efficient leadership in the Department of Ag riculture especially owing to the con ditions created by war the ap pointment of a of Agriculture lo succeed late Hon Mr Duff who would be ablo to give his whole time to the work and who by practical training would be able to give leader ship in agricultural matters and the appointment of a Deputy Minister lil ted by technical and practical know ledge of agriculture to fill tills most Important post The resolution by the govern men I who persisted In their own scheme Hie of the Department Including a Minister a Commissioner an AssistantCommis sioner and two Deputy Ministers Sir William however said he him self did not intend to keep the port folio permanently During the course of the debate Mr Howell offered on behalf of the Opposition that if the Government would appoint the ablest and most out standing man available as Minister of Agriculture and with him an equally suitable man for Deputy Minister they would not oppose a minister In a bye election but would allow him to lake Ids scat a contest The Pi hue Minister In his reply made no reference to this offer George Henry Conservative mem ber for East York slated as a possible Minister of Agriculture saw partic ular reason why Sir William Hearst should not he head of the Department of Agriculture because lie had been raised on farm and had been a student of farming all bis life A Gillespie Liberal member for West the wellknown dairyman called the governments plan a spare time arrangement ON PATH member for Sturgeon Kalis has returned to his charges of of public money by ihe government in a speech filled with definite examples ami gave Instances of where wasle of public money had occurred In Northern On tario In the purchase of wire tools and various roadmatlng appliances He also gave examples of where throe or four overseers were engaged and paid to superintend the expenditure of such small sums as or Hon Malay Macdlormld defended the de partment The most exciting incident In con nection with Mr Mageaus charges was the comment upon them by Wil liam McDonald member for North Bruce While Magcau had been talk log the government members had laughed and taken it rather as a Joke Mr McDonald suddenly said When you go before the great Jury and the final of the people at the next you will find that they are not at graft charges nor will they overlook them as perhaps they might have had a tendency to do be fore the war Your Mr Could take from a government contrac tor for Conservative campaign funds but that sort of thing cant be done today You have New Brunswick in front of yon and Manitoba and Britten Columbia and for your own good I Say to you now it is tea lite the new brought out Canadian women are of tin Ham- as the woman They have the same spirit Only let the Government give them a chance and every factory In the country Will be entitled to spare- ninety per cent of its fit men for the firing line Were all British What women of the homeland can do Canadian can do and Just as well and Just as willingly With this inspiring encouraging commendation Major the Rev Gordon Ralph Connor noted Canadian author concludes an able editorial on Canadian Women and Na tional Service In Kverywomans WorJd for March opinions need no explanation or support They speak for He says In part I am not going to suggest any future for the Canadian women I can only tell you of the excellent work that I have seen women doing during my slay In and I feel sure that the need arises the same spirit of duty and sacrifice will be found among the women of our own country The woman like her Canadian has given of great best for the great her husband her sweetheart her brolhern her sons are all In battle line More than that she Is depiivlng herself many ac customed luxuries She has cut down her staff of servants to and in many cases we find her doing the entire work of Hie home herself in order to decrease expenses and to set these men and free for Na tional service Many other little econ omies In dress and pleasure arc being practised to further the national need of thrift The same spirit Is here but the reality of this War has not struck us near enough home as yet We have not sent enough men to the war to feel the real strain We have only about one hundred thousand Canadians In Prance and their ranks are thinning every day But every Canadian woman who lias lover husband or son ihe battle line there is a keen palpi tating desire to do her part to aid in bis which is before all Canadas most pressing business of the War Canadian Red Cross work is superb At a time when Canada as a nation Is facing the gigantic problems brought about by the War and seems to be stayed In the Immediate duly of main taining and increasing the Canadian forces in the fighting line and is cast ing about for some definite- and reso lute leading In this war business the women have gripped the situation and when asked to undertake further and larger service for the nation no mat ter at what cost at what sacrifice they will not be found waiting work Is being done not only In the Canadian Hospitals in France but also by the various associa tions working In London under Lady Drummond and others and by such organizations- as the Canadian Comforts Commission and the Canadian War Con tingent Association When the story of Canadian endeavour in the War is written some of its most thrill ing pages will lie those that deal with the work of the Women of Canada bodies and the community will reap the Whirlwind in the Impaired Vitality and consequent inefficiency of Its members and In the burden of caring for a people unfit He- hold how great a matter a- little fire Prom the top down that Is the way alcohol works first attacks the most delicate part of mens mental machinery his moral nature Con science lulled to sleep physical and mental powers alert Die Work of the temptress Is made easy With Hie deadly drink problem not yet completely solved In our own bind and with conditions In the motherland as they are to keep silence will be falter will be sin 1 Hazlewood trouble and after three months passed what the doctor called a growth He said it was a miracle that it came away as one generally goes under the knife to have them removed I never want to be without your Compound in the house Mrs Knojjl Fulton St Hardly Able to Move Albert Lea Minn For about a year I had sharp pains across my back and and was hardly able to move around the house My head would ache and I was dizzy and had no appetite After taking Pinkhamg Vegetable Compound ana Liver Pills I am feeling stronger than for years I have a little boy eight months old and am doing my work all alone I would not be without your remedies in the house there are none like them Mrs P Yost Water St Albert Lea Minn AWE IN London March if Bagdad was occupied by the British Sun day morning uncording to a des patch received from Major-Oen- Maude The news followed a despatch received Saturday stating that on Wednesday even ing last gunboats and cavalry dis covered Turks holding River six miles from Bagdad in some strength and on Thurs day tho troops vero It was added that the Turks had carefully prepared defences hut the British advance compelled evac uation Bagdad the Oily of the Caliphs and of the Arabian Nights whose capture by the British signalizes the failure of the Kaisers Asiatic dreams is situated GOO miles from the Persian Gulf on the r Gave Up Pittsburg Your medicine has helped me wonderfully When I was a girl yearsold I was always sickly and delicate and suffered from irregularities Three doctors gave me tip and said I would go into consumption 1 took Lydia Vegetable Compound and with the third began to feel better I soon became regular and I cot strong and shortly after I was married Now I have two nice stout healthy children and am to work hard every day Mrs Gardner Hill Pittsburg Penn All to to the IS Co Mann for It will ho confidential mm River It lies on both sides of the river on the great treeless desert plain The more import ant part of the city is on the eastern hank of the Tigris Ibc fences at j covering approximately of the acres streets are intricate n Arab the old city of Bagdad was founded A The real military importance of Bagdad is found in its relation to Ihe socalled Bagdad Railway an road which run lantimijile to Bagdad and winding more so than in most eastern cities arc lhcn Euphrates to and very narrow The Thc contl lhj8 road is at from abHOlulo domination to It lies on the lh natural linn of communication between Persia and the west The S is and Sure mi AM assured that my people will re- to every call necessary to the suc cess of our cause with the same indomitable ardour and devotion that have filled me with pride and gratitude since the war began Majesty Georor be fed the people at And in spite of TO Mr J Mi of Aurora who did as a private as J Walton Company sold the good will of bis and the premises to the Imperial Hank of Canada who take possession on April He ob tained an excellent figure for his busi ness which Is one of the last private bants pass over to a chartered bank In was founded by Mr Waltons father Eighteen years ago the business was taken over by Mr Walton on the death of Ids father I have no to succeed me or would not have yielded to the figure offered for my business said Mr Walton who now Intends to become a bond ami Investment broker In Aurora With Hie paslog of the Walton business In Aurora comes the depart ure of Mr J M Willis of the Hail of Montreal who Is retiring after years service wilh his hank He been during these years con tinually In Aurora was also very well known throughout the northern part of county soldiers must home must be fed Germanys murderous campaign to cut off the Allies Food supply by sinking every ship on the High Seas an ample and unfailing flow of food to England and France must be maintained this is National Service Not to the Farmer only But to YOU to everybody This appeal is directed must unite aa a Nation to SERVE to PRODUCE Men women and children the young the middle aged and the old all can help in the Nations Army of Production AVERY pound of FOOD raised helps reduce the cost of living and adds to the Supply for Overseas iJtOftOO for use before ttw Accounts Gomnynoh Loudon J- The of Hyderabad ruler of the largest and moBl populous of the internal India has sent to the For information on relating to Fain and Department of Agriculture OTTAWA a garden email or large Utilize A your own bade yard Cultivate the vacant lots Make them all yield food WOMEN of ran find no or more important outlet for their energies than in cultivating a vegetable garden lie patriotic in act as well as in thought Utj imam available- lent of Agriculture OTTAWA CANADA mi I Auotlbn Di Corner 1 Chi Violet Gradu Royal of of In Moor ve telly Hospital Office ai Im Agent Mai At lh Call curt s J I i i 1 All Pi All OF ONTARIO