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' for invalided members of Can- I ada/s expeditionary forces origi- 1 mated with the Canadian Pacific Rai1l- 1 way over two years ago. when floor 1 plans and interior arrangements for 1 hospital cars were submitted to the I Director-General of Supplies and _ 'l`r_ansport. At that time it was con-.14 sidered that the time was not ripe for :1 thiem. However. it was later found 1` aidvi-sable to provide the greatest` comfort possible in the transporta- tion of. returned invalided soldiers, ` The Military Hospitals Commission T therefore agreed to the Canadian Pa- cic Railway building six new hos- pital cars, -tt-ed up on the most up- THE idea or 'pro'vidingl;ris-pital carsrr i t:o-dsate lines from the point of View of hygienic and medical efficiency. All the necessary points for comfort and easy transport have been consid- ered, as well as the facilimies for ren- dering every medical ass~is*ta.nce to the men while travelling. The! cars. which were inspected by the V Hospitals Commission, were turned out on lines very similar to the origi- .. BRANCHES: , Victoria. Vancouirer. Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regiria. Winnipeg,` London. '\, ' `Hamilton, Toronto. Ottawa, T '= Montleal, St.]ohn, _ Dunlop Tires'.--`L` Traiztion, Just Right | inal plans submitted to. the Direotorrg I Generalof Supplies and Transport, ` _with,. v-however, certain innovations found valuable by the French and 5 British railways in transporting men ( from the front. There are three ' units of two cars eachmraking six`1 `cars in all, and the direction of the 4 lcars rests with the Hospitals Oom- 1 Emission. Each unit comprises what ; is known as a, compositecar and a 1 Ward car. The former hontains s=ix. ' i cots, in addition to 'the+quarte_rs for 4 V medical officers and nurses. w-hile the- - latter car has a.cr:ommodati-on for fourteen patients Everything has - been provided, not only for theco~m- - fort of the returned invalids. but foi v those in charge of the patients- The . accommogdation `tor the nurses is t equivalent to that (if. a drawing-room - on` a s.-ta.ndard- sleeper. with a toilet - room annex uplholstered -in_ leather riand al1.posvsibleVtrain comforts. Fa- a!cili-ties have beenp-rovided for the 3 storage of b_aggage. and there isalso i a. kittthen attached. such as is con- - tained in a tourist sleeper. to enablel AuJ.|.Auu.L_y LJ\lyJLu. ` . Lt.-Col, Walter Maughan, repre- se-_nting_ the Canadian Pacic Railway Company. received Col. Dr. Alfred Thompson, Chief Medical Oicer "Of `the Military Hospithls Commission; Col. J; J. Sharples, Ofcer Command- ing the Military Hospitals Command; and Col. Emmott. E. Clark, Assistant Director-General of `Supplies _gn~d . '1`ra.n`.sport, and, condm-.ted_..'the pgrty on a tour of, thorough v`-l.nspe`ction ` through the composite cars and = the ` ward car. The party came from Ottawa expressly to make the inspec- tion,_ and subsequently expressed themselves delighted withthe accom- : mo-dation. which they.said was: so = perfect in every d.e-t-ail that they cobld offer no suggestions for any altera- tions. I.at..r Captain Symonds, A-rchi- tect of the MiIlt`dl'.V Hospitals Com- - mission, and Mr. S. A. Armstrong, 3 Director of the Military `Hospitals ) Commission, made a similar tour of - inspection. 'l`h-e cars go into opera- eition immediately. I `Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. S. C. Walker, Muloaster St.,rin the double bereavement she sus- tained during the last month. On Mar.V2 her father died, and on Mar. 25 her mother passed a- way. The following notice re- garding Mrs. Martin s death is takenefrom. the Beeton World: 1 1 ' church, Martin passed` away at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. James Smart, 8th line of Tecumseth, on Sunday, March . 1 I i 25. Deceased had been in_ ill`? health since June, 1915, when she had a stroke and, though able to be about a greater part, of the time since, her strength gradually" waned and at the time of her hushand s death. (March 2) it was evident to all that. it would be but a short time till she would join him in the spirit. world- After his death she went to the home. of her daughter, where on Monday of last week she had ano.ther which she never rallied. 1 1 l stroke, from i The " late Mrs. Martin, whose maiden 7 name was Susan Dale, was born ` on lot 15 in the 3rd concession of Tecumseth, s'eventy-ve years ' ago. late John Dale, one of the pion- eers of` Tecumseth. Fifty-three years ago she was married to the late -Matthew rMartin a.nd there- after lived on_ the seventh line of Tecumseth until ten years ago, when she came to Beeton to re- side. She was a life-long mem- ber of the Presbyterian church. She is survived by three sons and ve daughters, namely: J.T.,! Winnipeg`; William, Toronto; Matthew, on the homestead;_ Mrs. S. C. Walker, Barrie; Mrs. R . F. Lowrierand Mrs. W. - A... Thompson, Ivy; Mrs. Jas. Smart, Tecumseth, and Mrs. Bart Car.- roll, Tottenham, The funeral ' was held on Tuesday from her latehome to the Presbyterian where i an impressive serrnon waspreached, by Rev. R._ J." Somerville of Ivy,` Revs. A. B. Hgartns and H. F.,Ba`tte'-rshy as- sisting in the service, after which interment `wasjmade in the Pres- byterian ee_metery.._ b She was a daughter of the M Mrs. S. O. Walker's Mother .morn_ing'.` She was born in Fer..- gusonvale, `Ontario, Canada, 171 of~~James~O Har_a. In 1877 she i'I'I"1arried `William Macvonaid hf `L-Minesing, Ont. Six children `were hem of this union, T Clara, Jas; .E.,~Al`ex. J.` MacDonald, Mrs. A. .`D.; Triviers of.Seattle, Mrs. J. D`. Williams of St. Paul, M1m1.',_'and Mrs. Frank T. Barry of Boston. One brother, William Horan, liv- es in Ontario. `All her <;hi`.d`.ren were able to attend the funeral except Mrs. Barry of Boston. ' f'I'!l..... .1....1'l.. Al` I-Inn nnnnr] Inr`11,Q 185"6,?and was the only daughter ` UAUUpl.; L!.I.lDo .LJa.I..I. U; ;.;-Juuuu. The` death f _the good _lady s husband twen ye-ve years ago, brought out all the more the sterling qualities wnlch sue pos- sesised in abundance, She was left with a large young family and how well she looked after their spiritual and material wel- fare is a `monument to her ear- nestand holy life. - 'I' -__.. L._.l',..... 1!... L A u u n n rx-r\n{~r\'} . I I I . 1 -I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII II 11.1551; uuu uuly uni. - Long before the hour appoint- ' ed for the funeral, which `was held from the Immaculate Con; ception church, hundreds of "friends of the family, delegates from Catholic. societies, Sisters from v rious religious orders, local a dc Aout-of-town clergy had occupied positions in the church. Rev; D. A. MacDonald; Rector of St. Andrew s Cathedral, Victoria, a dear friend i of the family, celebrated the requiem mass. The choir was under the direction of Professor Hob1it_ Zen. ' 6 '\ rn . _ . _ .... 1'..4'1..,. r\ M `|` Z611. (formerly of Phelpston) ,' school- mate of Alex. MacDonald, assist- ed by Rev. Fr. Hayes, S.J., and Fr . MacDonald performed the burial services at Ca1vary-ceme- tery. `Rev. Terence Loftus, O.` M. I.,. Freight Rates and Food costs A According to George, D. Dixon, vice-president of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad, who discussed the relation of freightrates; to the cost of food to the consumer, at the annual convention of the commission ~merchants in Phil- adelphia, the freight charges on food products are so small that it is generally conceded that retail prices, in the overwhelm- i_11g majority of cases, would not be aifectedat all if the railroad transportation costs were wiped out altogether. Take the `case of milk for instance, a thing which ~--~-1--.. .-...-..-I .l{'Rn11]f (`far vv .--v-- IIIIIK 1U1' ll15I,a.uut;, . is very expensive and `difficult for the railroads to handle, and for which they provide thelvery highest character of transporta- tion service. We haul milk to Philadelphia for about one-half cent per quart. Itrctails at 10 or 12 cents and even more for some brands. Suppose` the freight rates on milk were. cut in half, is it likely the reduction of a quarter of a cent per quart would be reflected by any change in the retail priice`? So, too, in the case of fruit, the high cost of living does not depend on freight rates. California oranges, says MI . Dixon, go to New York (1 b|_1.l:.1a for $1.15 per 100 pounds, which` is less than one cent for bring- ing you an orange 3,000 miles away. Southern Florida grape fruit cost" 60 cents for 100 lbs. _. I nnn ...-.:I'... tn Dhilnnl UUDU UU \J('II..l..lnCI LLIL A\.'.\.r -..,.,,. to bring 1,000 mlles to Ph11ad1- phi . 65 A n v\r\-n-nr` Ilonrro-in \x72I'r>.Y`.. Illa. J A 2_7-pound Georgia water- melon is delivered in this city at a trans ortation charge of -11.3 cents, arriving by "a fast. freight running practically on `passen- ger schedule. Early peaches from the same state cost 34.9 very small fraction of a cent per peach. Philadelphia gets` South- ern New Jersey peaches for 51/2 to 5,9-cents a crate of 40 pounds which must contain a good many peaches. The charge for carry- ing Rocky Ford eantaloupes to New York, three-quarters of the way across the contipnent, is 23.2 cents a crate. weighing 28 .lbs.. probably in the neighborhood of la cent `foreeach cantaloupe. per crate,'42 pounds t,o\haul--a.\ I The l`olIowing note. was re- `ceived `n_v Mrs. Thornley in ac- iknowledgment of a. pair of socks handed in in_ March 1916, in which her name was enc.1osed*.--'- 1-1 _-....- 1...... `I \N_ll|Uu I..lUl uauus vvuo \J11I.'Auuus.uo Just a line to let you know I received the enclosed note in a pair of socks w ich I received the other day. `I can assure you they were very welcome to me, coming out of the line soaking. It was a regular treat after I had changed my socks and uput on those heautif_ul_dry ones. I thinkl they came through the Daugh- ters of the Empire, who through such `patriotic an`d`Akind work of `industrious ladies `like yourself are able` to send such comforts to thehoys. My address is Sergt. W. .1. Kerr, No. 410952, Signalv Section, 38th , Can. In'f.. Bn., France. .Thanking you kindly I,:__ .1 ..2.Dl. came as a Treat H. Adams, L. Besse, E. Rands, C. Wiggins, M. Lawson.. T .~..-.~n.n-n A 1)n.I~n~n V1 1651140, LIL. x4uavvuvun- Jr. II-J. Lawson, A. Pe-ter- sen, B. Muir, R, Rands, I. Wil; son. at 1\, 1.1 1' `1|l.._..L:V... `III DU11o I A. McDonald; J. `Martin, M. Campbell. M. Besse, 1. Wilson. 1`I-I---nu. T (\Iv0r-1\i\ 1) unnfv `L10-lllllllll, 17.1. .|>I;Jou, vAA>.I\JLa.o . Primer` J. Lawsolli, VP. Hartgl |H. Robson. J A Get a package of the new JUICY FRUIT - See 'what a joyous, lasting flavour has b een crowded in to give you a great, BIG 5 cent package of refreshment! Chew ;ait-e;'" every. meal .' 3F 12 s. s. `no. 8, :ssA% School Report for February I.*`ig111'es Denote Pe1*cent,ag`e S12, IV-Viona. Elliott 83.. Sr- II]--II'enc McQuay 81. Jr. III--Keit..h Elliott 82, Gar- Now THREE Flavours IS Your Musical Ear Keener than Zenatello s P NIGHTED by the King ofItaly-acclaim'ed in the musical centers of the Old ` World and The New-one of the great tenors of all times-.--Ze`natebllo has `delighted thousands with his voice of golden tone, prodigal in its expenditure, i yet responsive to every emotional shade. Zenatello is the leading tenor of the Boston National Grand Opera Company. ' y . /V _ In the above picture,this great `--.artist is singing in { diret comparison with :Z7{eNE`WEllSON .T rmvbun 1.As'rs_ _ eld McQuay 73, Elizabeth! Dunn 77. IN 11' 711]. _`I_.._,.. 'I").-.nI.~.-- '7]. I a. _ Sr. I14-'The1ma Broley 74, Harold Broley 65, Robert Orrock 58., -/ 1- \1-u r\__L__:..- 'l|l ..l\.-...-- H U0..- '1 Jm]--Beat.rice McQuay 79, .L0ttie Dunn 69, Norma Orrock 165, 11v-- , -run.--11 13H vPrime1'--Lcone Macdonald, 78, Bruce Macdonald 75, Gerald `Rowe 56, John Dunn 69, Vernon |McQuay 48. Average attendance for Feb- Ifuary 15. in 1 m1x1'.w'1u1'11`V. rn......I...... .I--\7\ i!s)n Elliott 67. i3V."r. 1. SPFINCE, Teacher. spcial, Plain, are -so priced sKm'rs % New Spar Golorin Spring \Vh:1l4-\ V spring sl bout, (>11 - `or less an Skirts \\'i `hem. '1'! whatexu,-1'. _1_:_L,. . skirts um they will the ahsc~I skirts, h. na.rrowm- two` to t. at the In compan- with the skirts Vt spring. i the ~chan openings held, `W0 : skirt is Thburscfa ANADIAN , 1""-i\ that it `is impossible for you to pay less for ror tires and needless to pay more. Dunlop Tire &;R.ubb1' Goods CQ., L`i1nited' Head (mic. and I,-memo:-i as:` Tokomo