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i J i I China Department SETS- Good wo In Finest Qual ity of Hoot oleosa of from to 5 for Ho Quality PARLOR LAMPS In and a on present vniuoa date of A8 Rogers sale at College Farm Pearson is Tuesday arch v the Supper on Saturday night given Comforts A pair of gloves picked up on Main would like to find an at Office Fine Fancy China In a of both and at to your Twin Weighed Those were sold by Cutting on of King oh Monday last to Mr and Important business was loansacti and the Sunday School a fine lift- Board expressed a desire to the expense of in constantly remembering yioyat the front work of Church grossing harmoniously and sat isfactorily taken to audit the accounts and is sue Iho annual report as noon as tho financial ydar expires on of April i Endeavor rogularmecling last Tues day evening included a sloighrido it hold at tho homo of Mr Kelly There two sleighs packed full and oho of them upset on way out of Fancy China CUT FLOWERS POT PLANTS Wedding Flowers Funeral Flowers on lo Ordor loop than Delivered wore weighed on slock scales One weighed and other lbs i In Fix While hawjrig out some by other day the current was not sufficiently reg ulated and the apparatus was put out of business It will lake at least two months to it rc paired and in meantime many people are without domestic water on account of frozen pipes Wo are told frost has been found in the ground six feet deep I PHONG 1fct tipped scales at lhs no injury and lots of merri ment Rev Hie ad dress after tho meeting opened Urn subject being What my Church is Doing Aftor the business games were intro duced and refreshments served A splendid lime was enjoyed by all The following program for March Christian Duly and Prayer John Con- and Ruby the Most of Travis and Laura Penrose Art of Living with Others I Pet Gladys and Frank Bowser Lessons from the Risen Christs Forty Days John Along The Era keeps right on flying all tho nows of a desirable char acter and gelling out an inter esting issue every wcok without making any fuss or blow of Irumpelfl Our scorns lo be appreciated by the public as wo have added nearly a dozen names to list past week We notify everybody when their subscription expires and is sent of North York unless paid In advance Easier Meeting Mr and Annie 8PRINQ WHEAT SOUTH END Roy Arrived Oar of al Household Flour THIS OLD 8TO0K per Bag It Food All on Hand OUR DEEP SOtlAP TO MAKE HENS LAY I FOCKLER to A Howard- Prompt Delivery GO MORTGAGE SALE of Farm In Qvllllrnbury and Whitchurch Guild Owing lo the last Mon day evening very few of our members were able to get out lo bear Miss Those who braved the storm were amply re warded for effort We are greatly indebted lohor and we sincerely hope that sue will con sent lo share us another even ing in tho near future for the benefit of those who missed her most talk Next Monday evening the moot ing will bo bold at the Manse is our regular War mooting and promises to be very as Mr Thomas intends to deal with in the Air Ev erybody and bring a friend Who has a Maple make all the Sugar this year It pays well and it is needed Spiles Dippers at Under certain powers of sale contained in a mortgage which will be produced at the time of sale Ihore will he of fered for sale by Public Auction by William Auctioneer at the King George Hotel Id the town of Newmarket on Th Day of March A at hour of oclock forenoon following properly namely Lot No in the fourth concession Of the Township of East Gwillhnbury in the County of York containing acres more or less and the north half Of lot No in the fourth concession Of the Township of Whitchurch con taining acres more or less making a farm of acres On the first parcel above described there is a large and commodious brick veneered dwelling house In fair repair Also one large main barn 100x40 ft with cattle tables thereunder com plete One bain 100x30 ft will stable horses Also one hog bain ft All stabling has ce ment floors and water outfit all buildings supplied by tank in barn from drilled well There are about acres of lightly wooded land mostly hardwood and the remainder is workable and pasture is situated miles east of Newmarket on the Town properly will be cold subject to the existing tenancy which runs for three years from April Purchaser will pay cash on day of sale per cent of his or her purchase money and will assume the first mort gage now thereon and pay all balance in cadi in days from dale of tale For further particulars and condi tions of sale to Kavangh Esq Quteusville Auctioneer or lo WIDDWIELD A Vendors Solicitor Newmarket Oat v The Regular Monthly Meeting will bo hold on Tuesday the March In the homo of Mrs Neil Morton on Joseph Ave com mencing at pm A large at tendance is requested as there is important business to be trans acted We would like if all our ladies would collect their old broken jewellery and cutlery sil ver or gold and have it ready when tho collectors call on you as we need all the money and help we can get to send our sol diers soup cocoa etc lo strengthen them for all tho hard ships they have to pass through and save them from taking other injurious drinks Thanking you in advance Press A Miniature Flood Following a very heavy rain on Monday evening about or feet of the sluicegates at the dam on Water Street gave away With a crash shortly after one oclock morning and when people wero going to work the flats were flooded lumber etc including a quan tity of shingles and short refuse from Canes yards wore carried down the Canal at a lively rale and will probably bo picked up on the fiats about Holland Landing Many complain of water in their collars on Monday ev ening A Prospect Avo resident two feet to bale out and we bear of a resident on Church St who thinks of building a raft in his collar The world demand for wheal In Justifies greatest possible towards Increased production small acreages of Pall Wheat put In will mean Increased ac reage In Ontario available for Spring Wheat The Ontario Is cooperating with the fanners in order to provide seed It has purchased bushels of No Marquis Spring Wheal Seed through Seed of the Federal Department of Agriculture More will be purchased If to fill needs Seed Is sold only In bushel bags Carloads will be placed at certain points In the Province where less than carload orders can be filled the purchaser paying local freight from Mich distributing point to his own station Where Farmers Clubs or other Organizations bring in carload lots the price at their local Stations will be the same as at distri buting points to Purchases may be made either In the warehouse at the distributing points or order may be placed the nearest District Rep of the Provincial Depart ment of Agriculture or they may be sent by mail lo the Markets Branch Department of Agriculture Parliament Buildings Toronto Payment In Oaah Price Is per bushel to distributing points In all without cash must accompany order Send remittance by marked cheque postal note post office or express money order made payable to Ontario Department of Agriculture Markets Branch Early In the event of the re quirements of the Province underestimated there may be not enough seed to go around It Is ad visable in order to insure having their orders filled that purchasers should place orders as soon as possible All orders are sjbject to confirmation and will he filled In order received As seed Is delivered In 2 bushels bags order should be for even numbers of bushels and no order less than bushels can be accepted Flames of At local points will be announced later Dis tributing points present decided are Chatham London Woodstock Hamilton St Marys wa Toronto Port Hope Port Perry Peterboro Lindsay Newmarket Durham Welland Pal- grave vllle iC District representative Newmarket Ontario Ontario Department of Agriculture Markets Branch Parliament Buildings Toronto WE Franco aiidVUly in peace not depend on and for most of their broad stuffs With sources closed sis of the- hour demands lhat wo see lhat pur and the Motherland Britain has boon on limited rations meat is prohibited one day a week and the making cakes arid pastry has stopped Broad has gone to per four pound loaf in England for the lime since the Crimean Forty million men less the cas ualties aro riow on active service Twenty million men and wo men arc supporting them by ser vice in war activities One million tons of foodcar rying ships have been torpedoed since February let Germany hope fop victory- tho starvation of Britain through submarine sons will have died in vaiiL if hunger the to surrondor People starving today in Belgium ip flerbia in Poland In Armenia in many quarters of the globe Famine conditions arc becom ing more widespread every day As there Is an average of not more than one man on each hun dred acres of farm land in On tario- the prospects Indicate even a acreage tion in unless extra labour is supplied ton of foodstuffs grown in Canada is worth lo the Moth erland two tons grown in India or four tons grown in Australia because of the distance in ship ping i i 1 i i i toiffiw i 3J mm OtttDor or Boy f g t that Price v QIovm Woollen Kid Lined end and to VJItdTER Fop the kind of weather are right biting and that out Good TightFitting Gaps with PullDown Ear Prices to 1 7B THIS JAMES The Up A Warm ftnd are In and Fancy Mix All mada up In Prices to v Wo can still supply all your wants for Good Strong Warm Comfortable to 500 CO NEWMARKET date Gents Furnishers S2 f It Any that to Canada Uraont If this country does not raise a big crop this year noorily will the of Canada suffer but Motherland and her Allies will suffor and their military power will be weakened if not paralyzed Therefore the right solution of the present war problem comes back to the farm as to a founda tion upon which our whole na tional and international structure must be built and maintained To enable the farm lo do the work two factors are essential The first is Time Whatever wo are to do must bo done at once Nature wails for no man second Labour Many farm ers cannot plant the acres they would because they cannot got he necessary help Many are afraid to increase their acreage because they fear they would not bo able to cultivate and harvest an unusual crop they have raised it If they are to dp the work that is essential for them to do the last man in each city town and village must bo mob ilized at once Every man not on active ser vice can help In every city town and village are men who by their training on the farm or by Ihoir present occupation can readily adapt themselves lo farm work These can render no great er service lo Empire at Hie present time than by answering greatest their response was Worthy of sons debt to those who are lighting for us must produce Food I north Yorks Committees already form ed in North York to aid this vork are as follows J chairman A- Sccy Quinn I G Jackson and A Binns Aurora J Baldwin chair man Alexander sec retary Or A Murray Hastings A and Dr Butler Coffee chair man Rower man sec retary J A M Armstrong Dr Kay Win Courtney Dr and Harvey Clark West A chairman Norman secretary A and A Lome chair man Dr F A Dales sec retary Farmers needing assistance should see one of the above men and slate when help is required and bow much Whether men girls There arc about 30000 boys and girls in the Secondary Schools of Ontario In support of the of Department of Education lo release them from school part of the school period the Organization of He- sources Committee arranged an Essay Competition in the High Schools giving prizes for the three host Essays in each school and three prizes of 15 and respectively in the Province One hundred and schools competed In lhr Provincial Prizes the first was won by Miss Mc- of second I by Kennedy of Brampton Ihc a I i A CLEARING LINE OF J LADIES BOOTS BLACK AND TAN Couth of Kino Hotel r i In High School Operetta at Town Hall Newmarket On Friday March Paul reckoned his infirmi ties among his assets China Feb Nearly persons lost their lives as a re sult of the In the A very quiet and pretty ding was solemnized at the homo of Mr and Mrs A Murray Wel lington St Aurora on Wednes day afternoon Feb at The happy participants wore Mr Waiter Harold Murray of Mr James Murray of Township and Miss Amy daughter of Mr Henry of ho same township adjoining nuptial knot was lied by Rev J A of Presbyterian Church wedding dinner happy young couple left on a short honeymoon for Toronto and Lindsay On their return they will reside on the beautiful farm in King conlly purchased by groom Wo extend to them our heartiest congratulations and best wishes The wear find tear of ruat Is fast er than the wear end tear of S Smiles Clover honey undoubtedly the best hut bees who are neighbors lo a clover field do not give up all idea of making honey They tap less attrac tive flowers They extract an In ferior grade of and they fill the combs with sweetness somehow or other Some of us make the mistake of waiting for especial opportunities We arc not satisfied with the little everyday chances start up like grass blades along our path We want something big and showy some thing out of the ordinary we pass over these minor opportunities In nine cases out of ten the man who says ho has had no would admit It pressed that he only means lie has had just the chance ho was looking for AH of us need to be that a number of little op portunities added together may mean as much as one big opportunity that presents itself in a lump If there is no field in your vicinity get your honey where you can Do not disdain the humblest blossoms n Sin many handle which tools hut a lis Is tits them who refuses to remedy a wrong is of second the call of the farm Capable men and hoys willing to learn should not allow lack of farm experience to stand in the way Can the employer render a more signal service in this crisis than by encouraging these men to help the farmer to cultivate every available acre and by mak ing it easy for them to go J Ontarios farm lands are wail ing the implements are ready the equipment is complete farmer is willing all he needs is labour So short is the worlds food supply thai without increased production many in Canada rnusf go hungry and even enor mously increased production cannot expect cheap food The world is wailing for our harvest peace should be declared within a year the food conditions will be no better for the accum ulated hunger of the Central Em pires must be met This will ab sorb a large part of the worlds supply We do not know when Ibis war shall cease It is endless its lengthening has paralyzed the thought and conception of all men who thought about it and its possible time of conclusion No man can tell how long this gi gantic struggle may yet last Lloyd George in a letter ad dressed to farmers throughout the Empire said The lino which British Empire holds against the Ger mans fa held by those who work ori the land as well as by those who fight on land and sea If it breaks at any point it breaks ev erywhere In face of enemy the seamen of our royal naval and mercantile marine and the soldiers gathered from every part of our hold our lino You workers on land must hold your part of Ihe lino as strongly Every full days labor you do helps to shorten the struggle and brings us nearer to victory Every idle day all loi tering lengthen struggle and makes defeat more possible Therefore in the nations honor heed I Acquit yourselves like men and as workers on land do your duty with all your stronKlU So for the honor of Canadas soldier in France and for the glory of our Newborn Nation hood lot it bo said of Ontarios Citizens that In the our third by Brown of Jar- vis St Collegiate Toronto and Miss Doris A Matthew of George town equal The winners in Newmarket High School were Miss Carrie Wesley and Hoy Pollock Aurora High School Audrey Wilson Hayes and Susie Kerr Now is the time for the Com mittees to get busy and formulaic plans for the Spring campaign Let it exceed last years effort in every respect The need de mands it Our Toronto Letter The divisional barns of the Toronto and York Radial Railway Co on the Kingston Road at East Toronto were totally destroyed by fire at noon on Four cars of the newer type were burned and the fact that six others were saved was due alone to the skilful work of the firemen The total damage is placed at 25000 A shorthorn cow at the sale on Saturday at Union Slock Yards With gas escaping from an open Jet in a small gas heater Miss Katharine Williamson aged years was found dead in her room at 324 Richmond St West Sunday morning A direct case of wliite slavery up at the Police Court on Mon day A girl who had been entrapped was threatened to have her throat cut with a razor if she attempted to escape from the premises A permit has been Issued for the new two million dollar shipping plant at the foot of St to the Dominion Shipbuilding Co backed by New York capital Much anxiety was felt when the river Don overflowed Is banks this week and several narrow escapes fire recovered Military system Is severely criticized because of its en forcement which hastened the death of Gunner The delegates to Prohibition Convention in Hall this week were not as numerous as anticipated Only about registered The meetings however have been very Mortals Pearl the Belle of Miss Flossie Moore Her Friends Leila Belfry Miss Joyce Submarine disguised as a fisherman named Walter Eldred Pratt Jack Rattlln a Sailor Oral Hall Dill Skipper Saucy Jane Frank Bowser ly His Son George Sailors Fisher I ads and Lasses Villagers Immortals King disguised in I as a Quack Doctor Donald a Peri Miss Kathleen Moore Sea Imps and Sea Fairies J Directress and flOY I On Beach at The fisher lads and lasses are discovered on the beach at singing as they their nets King Tor pedo who has left kingdom beneath the sea in quest of the Mystic Mirror which shows its owner any form or place desired enters disguised as a quack doctor Pearl the belle of then enters with her lover Prince Submarine who owing to his disguise she considers just a simple fisher man named Walter Pearl has picked up the shore the Mystic Mirror with whose properties she is entirely unac quainted King Torpedo overhears her story and is deter mined to possess the Mystic Mirror at any cost To this end he secures the aid of Jack who is in love with Pearl but whom she will not have anything lo do with and between them they abduct her and convey her by ship to the cave of King Torpedo who detecting Bouncing Billy in the act of watching him takes him prisoner also Prince Submarine upon hearing of Pearls disappearance and the name of the captor immediately charters BilMJarnacIes boat the Saucy Jane and starts in pursuit II of King Torpedo The curtain rises on the cave of King Torpedo and introduces the Sea Fairies who wilh their Queen are acquainted with the Kings nefarious designs and resolves to frustrate them The Sea Imps appear with King Torpedo who endeavors to get Pearl lo give the Mystic Mirror Pearl however having been warned by part with it resists his demands when just as he is about to attempt violence in order to secure it Prince Submarine enters to the rescue Pearl calls Fairy to her aid and as the power of Ihc Fairy for good is greater than King Torpedos power for evil he has to submit and she then transports them all lo III Act I The fisher lads and lasses are anxiously awaiting nftws of Pearl and Ihe Prince when Saucy Jane is signalled in the bay Pearl the Fairy the Prince Bouncing Billy and King Torpedo escorted by the Sea Imps Fairies ar rive safely and the King having repented of bis evil deeds becomes an ordinary mortal and a credit lo Fairy foam and her band express Ihoir intention of reluming to their magic realms and the curtain falls on a happy termination of the Mirror Pearl own to the a and the Peri GOD SAVE THE KING Ohildyen FOR FLETCHERS CASTOR A HO ABOUT endowed of dous possibilities event which The Dominion was long a story and attention upon Canada turns a a promise seeming hardly upon chide forces vast more than a hope Now It a fact huge stores of natural large virile expanding thought-corn- makes a young land worthy The fertile lwid Is not those who concern loo far north or too hlfih shove the with the larger movements of set to have fairly OdySlUiuU may human progress Make no constitute a comparatively small part about Canada a great nation Is British but it Is m faster and across the north- for a wealth Add the timber boundary of the United Stales the minerals water power the Cleveland Leader nineties the waterways and potts of the Dominion and Blonde out among of tho earth Km to JZfS A mm OF I TORONTO ft xl Kn3