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i3 C § &A = fresl 3 very = han s as it is abur i3 the as m §â€" Xheal Bros. &:s â€" â€"f i“"fl“"ll“l““ll"||I""I"II"I|||"Ill|l"ll"ll""""“l"ll|"l""""l"""""""""lfi On Sunday moruing, §. E. Mabey noticed a regular torrent of water rushing out under the door of Miller‘s store and flooding the street He called Miller by ‘Phone and toli him . someâ€" thing was wrong ana George imâ€" mediatel ; rushed down town to find his store flooded, with a perfect torâ€" rent of water falling down from overâ€" head. In the window the water froze almost as fast as it fell and as a reâ€" sult the window was one solid~ cake of ice about three inches thick, with rings, necklaces, watches and other jewellery frozen solid in the ice. ¢ In Theals a considerable quantity of goods in the window and for about gix feet back in the store on the shelves were damagos by the water. The rooms over Miller‘s=store have been unoccupied for several months and Mr. Miller had notified the author ities on several occasions that the water should be shut off, but apparert ly it never was done. considerable amounrt of damage jewellery stock and to grocery st« in Theal Bros. store. The freezing and bursting of A water pipe in a room over Miller‘s store carly Sunday morning caused a in oo Ap »Jo ols afe afe che tfa oi ofe oi is afe efeefrefeafacfia ofeafocfacfacfe ofecfecfa cle sfo ofe ofe afe cls afe afa efeafaafeafe ofecfiaef efi cfarge sfe afs cfe sQecfe cincly tp Gn ofeaFe Je cfe ofe afe ofe «BeoFe aBe afe Te aBe ofe afe ofe ofe aBe ofe ofe ofe ofe ofe aBe ofeafeoTesfecQoofe afe ofe cfeate ofecfe > ofeeSecfecfeofecTecSecfecfecfecfecfach, ifocfecp MILLERS STORE FLOODED OUT CoGeeeal uce l Se e d i n e B Ba S leeBBec Sn eB SnR BeGeGecBaRcBnrSeecBanGecGa e iaeieTacGeelalacecharface e tp in olfa o ol aZeas aBe e oje o aBe es on aeae eB aZe abe afe aZe aBe aBe aBe aZe on aBeaBe ageaGeaBe aTecSe en ole aBe eB aBe aZe afeaSe afe aje ofe afe ate ae cZente efeaSe ale on cts very reasonable. We try to keep the best brand of Dairy Butter on hand at all times. You should order ahead for butter as it is difficult to get. Everything you need in the grocery line we have in abundance and, as you know, our prices are as low as they can be made. Theal Bros. Es‘ . HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR RAW FURS You will like its Fine Granulation Buy your sugar in these neat 2 or Sâ€"lb. cartons, which you can place directly on your pantry shelves. comes also in 10 and 20â€"1b bags for houseâ€" wives who like to buy in larger quantities Just cut off the corner and pour out the suzsar as you need it. Specials «+ Housewife BUSINESS AS USUAL Lantic Sugar "The Allâ€"Purpose Sugar" received a very choice line of Cooked Meats, I nice, also Fresh Oysters every day. Prices RETAILED AT Wholesale Prices The middleman‘s profit by purchasing your FUR® from us. (Established 1840.) G. F. GLASSCO & CO. GLASSCO‘S Quality, Style, Price 28 King St. East, Hamilton All guaranteed by the reliable WHOLESALE FURRIERS have fought strenucusly to estabilish and hold manufacturers with the reâ€" sult that right in these strenuous war times «GRIMSBY Town is coming along as well as any othe> town and a great deal better than some towns. With reference <â€" to this matter of principle against voting for the Byâ€" law let us say that the principle of the thing won‘t keep the pot boiling while the practical end of it wil} give employment to men ang distribute money in the community. i GRIMSBY was not destined by nature to be a manufacturinz centra, it was destined to be a summer resort, but a summer resort won‘t keep the pot boiling in the winter time and consequently the people of GRIMSBY An Illinois inventor has brought out an automobile alarm whistle to be connected to the priming cup of a cylinder and blown by the gas exploâ€" sions. You all remember that this rage for bonusing started up about> thirty years ago. Brantforgq stole Harris & Sons from Beamsville and Beamsville never fully recovered from that blow. Toronto stole Massey & Company from Newcastle and Newcastle has not fully recovered yet. Big cities stole dozens of plants from smaller «ones all over the country and while bonusâ€" ing is wrong in "principle" it became right in "practice" because the smail er places are forced to bonus and asâ€" sist manufacturers as a defensive methol against the operations of the larger nlaces. Two men have â€"said to us, we will vote against the Byâ€"law on Thursday on "principle.""‘ We will not argue with these men on the principle of the thing because the ‘"principle" very oftan is not the ‘Practical.‘" The principle of bonusâ€" ing or assisting manufacturing conmâ€" panies was wrong thirty years ago ind twenty years ago just #s it is toâ€" day and yet if small towns and small villages had not ‘bonused and assisted blacksn general houses. dlay and yet if small to villages had not ‘bonuse manufacturing â€" industr cities would have stol« lustry and taken them ; smaller towns and vi could /*then have boaste blacksmith shop, a pC FURS Voting for the Princiâ€" ples of the Thing SAVE ( Extra Qual Granulat aruuent subM MIDTR <sm»> remember that this rage for started up about thirty Brantforgq stole Harris & Beamsville and Beamsville y recovered from that blow. torke 2 and 5â€"lb Cartons 10 and 20â€"lb Bags e stoien every them away trom ind villages, w boaste only 0 a post office, 21. industries Extra Quality Granulated LTD. ma i But if I was broke and Nna \ = | He‘q give me his last We e 4 . =|His pareuts died wheon h = | So ‘he never had a chans ES, 3| He now lies dead, with ces N# head, a = | Out there "SomeyÂ¥here i; =|He wasn‘t what you mig! on =| as Sunday school stories ter = But he took his chance s ing face and he dieq = to the foe. in = ) He‘d beena in "clink" on @as = twice, c = ) Drink was his only crimi =| But to mend barbed ‘wire Lo under fire, =| He would volunteer ever S| It was he that kept our & private whic 0 mâ€" ‘he twice, Drink was his only crime But to mend barbed ‘wire, under fire, He would volunteer every It was he that kept cur spirits up Through those awful winter days He wasn‘t what you As Sunday school s But he took his cha ing face and he to the foe. m I tried to go to the front with the boys of my Company, but I have conâ€" tracted Asthma and I was turned down. It broke me up when the first draft went away from our Batt. I have had 69 of my boys go, and just as they were leaving the Camp they gave me three cheers, and believe me I could not say anything in reply to the boys. I completely broke down. It was hard, Mrs. Crawford, when I had enlisted nearly every man in Grimsby Company â€" and had drilled them, to see them go over to France and not be able to go with‘them. The weather over here is quite difâ€" ferent to what it is in Canada. _ It rains nearly every day, and the camp where we are is very muddy, but we ave got very good quarters. We are n huts, and we have three boards on wo stands about six inches from the loor with a mattress and four blanâ€" tets, so you see we are pretty well ‘xed. ada, bacl I h old Col. Rose, Major Cameron and Maâ€"| We buried him just behind the trench, or Coulson of the old 98th have been’ At the foot of a shellâ€"worn tree, wver to France oni a tour and we are} Ahd he‘s now at rest, having done his ‘xpecting them back some time this best vzeek. There are about 20 of the 98th? To keep old Canada free. N.C.Os here on the Instruction Staff.| jJorp. Shoebridge has just been warnâ€"| â€" d for a draft for France just as I am| Iwggget;z ?::t l.l.ifI:Haingani'S sgineda? 4 writing this letter. You remembcr‘ He‘ll be dishin t i town, him. He used to be Sergt. when we| lost 'blo'kesg qut smoses . to poor were in Grimsby. There are quité a) ,, ,, place Wher frost is unknow lot of the 98th boys here yet on difâ€"| e s unknown. ferent jobs. Some of them have been| turned down and are booked for Canâ€"; There are thousands more like this ada, but when they will Send thelnl sommmemenncemen uerenenmcemmmecaunmmmimcommrnremrcomnc «ocmsc back is a very hard thing to say, but| I hope we shall all be back in‘goodi old Canada before long. ' Well. I do not think I have any| f them at Xmas, but we enjoyed tHCHE just the same. It was a funny thing that I got your gift. I wasâ€" in the Grimsby Company, in fact it was myâ€" self that brought the first fifteen men of the 98th and started B Company Of Grimsby, and they certainly gave . good account of themselves, ’thougq some of the poor fellows have gon under. _ 3 ;;:;;":i ample of the got on the w with a light aeath in the smile to the "I think thi ags I am aot Thanking paper, also 1 more for the the boys, J n ers of this p; of the first c sent to a rel ford, Conn., responded b; and a very another fron I must tha the people o al Dear Mrs. Crawford :â€" Just a line to you thanking you for your beautiful Christmas parcel. It came on New Year‘s Day. All the parcels that were sent for the. 98th were delayed at the London Office, Dear rMs. Makepeace, Will you please accept and pass on to the ladies of my old home town, my thanks for the kind rememberâ€" ance at Christmas time. 3 I can assure you that our good Can adian boys: who through duty have been forced to spend this Christmas and doubtless more away from their homes appreciate in full such kind‘.gz ness as is yours. \a It is uncalled for, to say that they will continue to live up to theif worthy actions, as the same speak fo themselves. ' y Wishing you every success, I am, _ . Yours sincerely, , â€" y (Capt.) Thomas Binflfig George Watkins is going back t( ‘anada with the same complaint tha e had before, when he came bacl rom the fourth contingent. E_ Pte. Jos, Lickers, 210512, © (Formerly 98th.) Welsh Metro War Hospital _ Whitchurch, Cardif. P. S.â€"I may aid to the interess of my family and others, that I am imâ€" proving now after my second operâ€" ation, waich I underwent just befere Christmas. d THE INDEPENDXNT is in receipt of the following letter received by Mrs. Makepeace from Capt. Bingle, Jan. 15th, 1917. d d quite a ngland an xain for y( LETTERS FRON d th on 0o you n 1 V 0 O () at (€ 1 in "clink remain, Pte. Jos. 1S ; school stories go, )k his chance ~with a gmi ce and he dieq with his fa« foe. y was why we did not SCL Xmas, but we enjoyed them W very n shall i befotr on 125th Canadians, Can. Army Post Office, > England, _ 30|12|16 pad O d ur nice UCnris main, Yours truly, ergt.â€"Major H )C M l1 1¢ YHE INDEPENDENT older soldiers, we sgso y of do‘ng the hard ta reart, and looking gri ace with a true Canadi: id ued from page )9 ( will be about enough, composer, or a writer, u for the space in your st thank the ladies once kind remeimbrance of zit also thauk the readgdâ€" er in Beamsville, as one y of my writing, was ive of theirs in Hartâ€" . S. A, and the pariy sending me a Xmas box nteresting letter. And Waterloo, Ont. c you for tne space, also GRIMSBY. milk CHU M h ve written this l¢ u sent in your pa e paper has travy iles from Canada n Te M Ni ; from Cana Thanking Christmas 2 11 n () THE FRONT ice, mayv LC mine, In‘t a sm« dbine T1 time an 11 nce 8o out ildl y on t IaLC 0) 200 € soon 11 nd _ Lask griia adian i1 onl When wehad to light, both day he night, nâ€"| With never a word of praise. ell| When we heard that he was dead, | There was more than one wet eye to% Though tears were few, where | lat | lets fiew, ck| For deatn was always nigh. GRIM! I hope to see him again, someday, When the last "fall in" is blown; HTe‘ll be dishing out smokes to pootr All butter scoring 39 points in flaâ€" vor, out af a possible 45, and having & total score of 92 or over, is classed made at the coâ€"operative creameries and this practice has since been closeâ€" ly followed. During the past season four grading depots have been operâ€" ated in different parts of the proâ€" vince, where cold storage facilities were available and every creamery in the province was given the privilege of baving its butter graded. Almost all of them took advantage of the opâ€" portunity. The Oanadian Pacific and other railroads as well operate a cool car on each of their lines once every week, and after being churned the butter is beld in the refrigerator at tHe creamery until this cool car comes along, when it is then shipped to the grading depot, where one or more samples from each churning is earefully examined by one of the exâ€" pert graders employed by the dairy branch. This expert makes out three cards, one of which is sent to :;'g creamery where the butter was made; another is gent to the provinâ€" eial dairy commisasoner, and the third is kept at the grading depot. sBY, ONTARIO made at and this ly follov wiamour Ior I rame applies 1 prosperity &nd abled the labo he prefers, an €airy help as : _ Offsetting th extent at least. _ _ The Western Provinces of Canada, with their immense free grazing ereas, naturally afford a natural field for the dairy industry, but here an unforseen problem has arisen. The high price of wheat and other grains is rapidly making the‘ farmers indeâ€" pendent, and when a man can get $50 to $60 an acres for his wheat girop he is not disposed to milk cows, no matter how loudly city folk may clamour for milk and butter. The ame applies to farm labor; general ‘rosperity @nd high wages have enâ€" bled the laborer to select the worx}( vider now feels a personal interest in the source of butter supply, and in what is being done to meet the world ghortage which exists. $ IVE us this day our daily butter. ‘ ; With the price of this comâ€" modity soaring to points that may almost be described as famine f£zures, every housekeeper or proâ€" &4 1e@ tne iaDnorer to seil@éct the wWoOrl e prefers, and there is a dearth o riry hbhelp as a consequence. Offsetting these conditions, to somâ€"« tent at least, are the statesmanlik rovisions made by the various gov nments for the encouragement o lirying. (This is being done by as sting with the financing of cream ies and cheese factories, by govern ent supervision and grading, whicl is greatly improved the qug@lity o e butter produced, and by a govern ent system of marketing, which se res for the small producer the sam« Ivantages as are enjoyed by hi mpetitor who manufactures on : n dai A 0. 201 .â€"C, P. R. Demonstration Farm. %o. 2.â€"Milking Dairy Cows. o. 3.â€"Scientitic Buttermaking. a Sn Roib K@@P) U D; 'fifi@ p ufl'@ m 350 h a o 7"‘”% j n e e lisht. both day ard L914 the adopted churnin 14 balâ€" chum of mine, Whose stery we‘ve tried to tell; So if you are a man andâ€" read "this" enlist as soon as you can, and do your bit as well. â€"â€"Blackburn and Phipps. "Two of the 98th. Boys." Temporary â€" reduction, train service to #Aacilitate movements, effective Sunday, 14, 1917. 4 Particulars from Ticket Agent Canadian Pacific Railway or W. B Howard, District Passenger Agent Toronto. DIED BARRâ€"Killed while on Active Serâ€" vice, Somewhere in France, on Wedâ€" During the past season sixteen coâ€" soperative creameries have been operâ€" ated by the Saskatchewan dairy branch, anmd in addition the branch offered to grade and market butter for any private creamery. The offer was taken advantage of by practically all the creameries in the province. In this way there was a uniform price as well as a uniform grade maintained in all parts of the province,. for flavor and with a total score beâ€" tween 87 and 92 is classed as No. 2, and that scoring less than 87 is classed No. 3. Space is reserved on the score cards for remarks and the grader uses this to point ow defects and also to make suggestions for imâ€" provement. This constant check has the effect of making the buttermakers more careful as to details and results in better work being done than if trae creameries were visited occasionally by inspectors. It also tends to make the butter more uniform in grade, a feature which is worth much when the marketing is considered. REDUCTION OF C.P.R. TRAIN SERVICE passenger e freight . January WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917 sls y Cl IKver since the grading system has been establisghed the utmost care has been exercised by the graders as well as the dairy bramch to maintain the high standards that were first set, with the result that buyers on the Pacific coast, where most of the butâ€" ter was marketed, now demand a grade certificate and willingly pay more for butter thus accompanied. Altogether the system has been a big factor toward improving the quality of the butter, for which also a much better price has been obtained. Notwithstanding the fact that butâ€" terâ€"making is very profitable, the supâ€" nly continues to be less than the de mand. While wealth is being quickâ€" ly made by the grain farmers, the governments are alive to the fact that all permanent agriculture must inâ€" elude livestock and dairying, and as far as the departments of agriculiture are able to influence production, farmers are being encouraged to inâ€" crease their output of butter. The whole situation, however, points teo continued high prices for butter, nesday, December twentieth, 1916, Percy Gladstone, younger son of the late George H. Barr, formerly of Grimsby, Ontario, and of Mrs. Barr, Victoria, Briftish Columbia, aged 18 vears and 7 months. The annual meeting of the Niagara Peninsula Fruit Growers‘ Association will be held in Snetsinger‘s Hall, GRIMSBY, on ‘Thursday, January 18, 1917, commencing at 2.00 o‘clock p.m. Business: The President‘s address. Nomination and election of officers and Directors. Receiving report of Publicity Association and other genâ€" eral business. Full attendance of fruit growers is requested. Membership cards can be procured from the Directors. JOHN H. BRODERICK, President. ANNUAL FRUIT GROWERS MEETâ€" > e e Pexks Y oX % We