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Niagara Falls,Ont., March 8.â€" Stanley West, alias Earl Jackson, alias William Greenwood, who was charged with forgery and passing worthless cheques, appeared in poâ€" lice court this afternoon before Magâ€" istrate Fraser and was sentenced to three years in Kingston penitentiary. He will serve the remaindâ€"r of a twoâ€"year sentence in Burwash after his release from Kingston, having been released â€" after serving six months of an indeterminate sentence. He pleaded guilty to all the charges. St. Catharines, March 10.â€"That the price of tooth brushes has adâ€" vanced from 25 cents to 50 and 75 cents was cited by one of several pub lic school teachers, whoâ€" waited on the trustee board last night in a deâ€" mand for salary increases. The board held out little hope, as the estimates had been prepared but promised the usual consideration. »Ba «Ba oGe aBe oBe eBa oBe aBe oGe eBa oBe aBe aBe aBe aBe oBe aBeafe oBe afe aBe efe ob ofe aBe aBe oBe ofe aBe oBe aBe ofe abe aBe oBe oBe ofe eBe oBo oBa oBe oBe obe afe afe oBe aBe aBe oBe ofe oe oe ofe Ontario Parliament opened last week. Welland school teachers have asked for an increase in salaries. You can save many dicllars by shopping in GRIMSBY on Saturday. 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Good value at our regular price of $5,00. $3.99 DOLLAR DAY SEPCIAL 100 PAIRS , 1qQ20 A PAIR WOME N St. Catharines, March 8.â€"The body of George Henry Broder, brother of the late Andrew Broder, M. P., was found early this aftenoon on the floor of his bedroom in his home on (Onâ€" tario street just outside the limits of St. Catharines, where he lived alone. He is belived to have been stricken with heart failure. He was a native Bridgeburg, March 9.â€"One thousâ€" and dollars in fines were paid by Paul Bush and John Smith of Butâ€" falo in police court here, when they were discovered trying to smuggle out of Canada between sixty and seventy bottles of whiskey in their automobile. The seizure was made by Ontario Policeman James Edward at the Fort Erie ferry. The whiskey was concealed under the seats, from which the springs had been removed and in other clever ways. Beamsville Expressâ€"The Clinton & Louth ‘Agricultural Society ‘at their meeting last ‘week decided to make the speed purses better and offer more inducement to horsemen . this coming fall.> By making the races ‘better they expect to increase the atâ€" tendance and the gate receipts. It has been decided by the associations in the Niagara district t o make the admission for adults fifty cents this coming fall. f and For nearly three generations the name Farrell has stood for Good Shoes. Quality has always been our chief considâ€" erationâ€"â€"â€"not price. At times when the market has been flooded with paperâ€"soled shoes, etc., made to sell cheap we bave wondered if it were worth while, but today when Quality is what people are after we are glad that we have stuck to our motto of "Only The Best". Now, a little tip to all â€"Shoes will be from 15 to 50 per cent dearer in the fall than they are now. It will pay you to buy up at least a years supply at our present prices. To make it worth while for you to do your shopping on DOLLAR DAY and to save you still more money we are offering you these specials. Read this list carefully and please remember that every pair of shoes we sell are Good Shoes. St Catharines Standardâ€"A thrilling rescue from drowning occurred® at Port Dalhousie Thursday afternoon, St. Catharines Standardâ€"There was a great mixâ€"up at the Grand Trunk station oue day very lately. On a truck rested several cases of that stuif known as whiskey, a couâ€" ple of crates of eggs, a can of milk and some other express parcels. The trucks got shoved too close to the track and when a . careless freight car was backed up, that truck got an awful bump, and whiskey, eggs and milk coâ€"mingleq in one great big eggâ€"nogg. A big crowd gathered on the scene Oof the catastrophe and it is said tHat not all the spirit was lost.‘ . Gavin E. Robertson, father of Senâ€" ator KGideon â€" D. Robertson, passed away at his home at Fenwick early on Sunday morning, aged 74 years. He suffered a stroke some weeks ago and since then has been confined to his bed. He retired from his farm at River Bend a few years ago and since that time has been residing at Fenwick. He is survived by his widow and one son and one daughter, Mrs. Silverthorne, of Dunnville. Mr. Robertson was a lifeâ€"long Liberal and a member of the Methodist Church. ISt. â€"Catharines, March 9.â€""Genâ€" eral" James Grant, a colored youth, who won ,the Military Medal in France by a daring act, wis toâ€"day committed for trial by Magistrate Campbell on a charge of shooting his brother Arthur with intent to kill. The shooting was the result of a family quarrel. In giving his eviâ€" dence toâ€"day, Arthur said he beâ€" lieved his brother had really only inâ€" tended to frighten him and had shot him by accident, as he had snapped the 22â€"calibre revolver a couple of times before it discharged. Niagara Falls, Ont., March 10.â€" The Drummond Hill â€"Presbyterian Sunday School is the first in ~Ni@â€" gara Falls to introduce the "movies" into its Sunday School. A first class moving picture machine was purchased some time ago and arâ€" rangements have been made for a regular film series. Each Sunlday afternoon five reels are given and each week a new set of films will be received. _ _St. Catharines, March 10.â€"The vacceination ban is still on at the St. Catharines schools and D. V. Cuirey, Medical |Officer of Health, states that it will remain until the Board of Education requests: the Board _ of Health to‘ remove it. There are still quite a number of cases of smallpox in the city, Dr.Currey says, and also quite a number cof diphtheria cases, but he says the "flu" has practically diegq out. ‘ ° of Huntingdon, Que. and had lived in Morrisburg for a number â€" of years. OFFERS THESE THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBY, ONTARIO Geo. A. Slater‘s "Invictus" Shoes. Patent Leather, both Buttoned and laced. All sizes and present wholesale price is higher than our regular price of $8.00. $6.99 MEN Last year Haldimand county had the distinction of building thirtyâ€"one miles of waterbound macadam "foundation" roads. ‘Phis year that county will construct thirtyâ€"seven Welland county is to have a naval brigade, the headquarters of which will be at Welland, it is announced. The strength of the naval brigade initially will be fifty. In the sumâ€" mer it is planned to divide the briâ€" gade into four sections and each secâ€" tion wil be taken on a twelveâ€"day cruise on the Great Lakes in order to give them an insight into sailors‘ lifs. This action has been taken folâ€" lowing the visit to different towns in this district of Capt. Morris of the navy league, chaplain of the training ship "Pinta‘". His object is to boost the merchant marine, which he deâ€" clares is necessary if Canada is to build up her foreign trade. Bridgeburg,March 10.â€"P. J. Townâ€" send of Buffalo, a waiter erwployed by the Pullman Company, was charg ed under the Ontario Temperance Act with having liquor in his possesâ€" sion unlawfully, and was fined $300 and costs of $26. He was charged with ‘being the owner of seventeen bottles of intoxicants found on a Torâ€" onto, Hamilton â€" Buffalo dining car on January 17th, by U. S. Customs officials at Black ‘Rock. Prosecuâ€" tion was made by. Inspector Ferris of the License Dopartment andâ€" by M. C. R. Déeective D. Moynahan. Townâ€" send was charged with being one of an alleged ring of railway employees who have it is ibelieved, been using their < position as z&n adjunct to smuggling. ‘ During the past few days men and teams have been drawing large cases of leaf tobace : from the factory and warchouses at Virgil, Niagara townâ€" ship, to the railway siding where they are loaded into cars consigned to Montreal and other places where the tobacco will ibe jput through the last process necess .ry before it is ready for use. The tobacco is grown on the land belonging to the American Toâ€" ibacco Co., near Virgil. Wh.r manuâ€" factured the Niagara township tobac co is said to be much milder and to have a finer flavor than the Virginia product and is much in demand every where. The industry furnishes emâ€" ployment nearly aly the year round for many workers, some of whom have been at the business for 15 years. John Evanâ€" a boy of 12 years, was crossing the harbor on the ice. The recent thaws have made the ice rotâ€" ten and the boy ~broke through. A crowd Sathered and watched the ‘boy‘s struggles, but it remained \for Exâ€"Reeve Robt. Johnson to attempt to effect a rescue. ‘He got some beards and a rope from his coal dock ang workeq his way out to the bay. Then he jumped into the water and succeeded in pushing the boy onto firm ite and then clambered out himself. 'IIIIlIIlIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIlIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIII |IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlIlIlIlIIIIIlllIllIIlII]IIIlIIIIIIIIlIIIIIlIIIIl IIlIllIIIIIlIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIlllllllllIIIIIII|II|IIIII|!IIII|IIIIIII'IIIIIllIIlIIIIIIllllI|lIllllllIlIlIlllIIIlI AnnimmmmmmmeAmmebbnmmmmmmnmmnminmnnmanmonn mmA tmmunnin mm iinmimmmmnninmtoeitomimmatiun ’ Bridgeburg, March 10.â€"Fort Erie after all, will have to vote in April in connection with the establishment there of a free . public liabr‘.u The council has decided not to summnit the measure for the time being, :belzgving that public sentiment is opposed ~to it, or rather that sentiment has changed in regard to the proposal. The library in Fort Erie, with some assistance from the village council, is ncow selfâ€"sustaining, while under the proposed plan of making® it a free institution, it would become an experse to the taxprsyers. The deâ€" miles more. The contract for part of this wirk has been awarded to Messrs. MacConnell & Hicklin, as follows: Fifteen miles from Cayuga to Dunnville, 16 feet wide, $ inches consolidated, at $12,990 per mile; three and oneâ€"half miles on the Jarâ€" visâ€"Nanticoke road, 10 feet wide, 8 inches consolidated, at $8,500 per mile, average haul for material eight miles; four miles on the Hagerville and Lake Erie road, 10 feet wide, at $6,5000 a mile, average haul, four miles. All the stone for the job will beâ€" carrieq by a fleet of the heavy motor trucks. For Dollar Day only, we will give you back ONE DOLLAR on every Five Dollar purchase , 25 only, Gold filled brooches, reg. 1.25 to 2 for $1.00 12 only " _ " tie pins reg. $1.:25 to $2. for â€" $1.00 25 pair " _ "_ cuff links, reg. $1. a pair JEWELER See the window for a lot of other artâ€" icles specially priced at a dollar A pair for Women‘s Patent and Gun Metal Buttoned Shoes. Very suitable for school girls or for wearâ€" ing around the house,. We have all sizes and a good quantity of these, but they shouldn‘t last long at ONE DOLLAR BACK VERNON TUCK A $5.00 ring will cost you $4.00 A $10 cfi will cost you $8.00 A $15 watch will cost you $12. A $50 diamond ring will cost you $40. WINDOW SPECIALS $3.49 only Men‘s Calf and Gun Metal Butâ€" ton shoes. â€" Good, substantial, comfy, shoes.. A real good buy Get here early, only 25 pairs and THIS MEAN®: $3.49 FOR DOLLAR DAY PAIRS P 4 s A PAIR 3.99 ' Bridgeburg, March 9.â€"Closely folâ€" ‘lowing the return of the United States â€" Railway administration _ of the lines across the river, the railâ€" way bridge> project along the fronâ€" tier has, as predicted, been suddenâ€" ly revived and action has been taken by the â€"railways associated. M. C. Spratt, the special attorney repreâ€" senting the C. P. R., T. H. & B. and New York Central interests, offiâ€" cially announced today that the opâ€" tioned land on Grand Island, in . the middle of the Niagara, on which part of the bridge will rest, and all of the land necessary for the ‘bridgehead at the American mainland, . has been bought outright; that a gangy of men will be put to work at once clearing off the newlyâ€"acquired property on Grand Island, and that work will be starteéd on the structure without fail this spring. mand for a free library followed the furore caused recently over the pres ence of a certain book on the shelves. It was proposed to eliminate the libâ€" rary board and place the censorship of the library under the free library plan, under the juisdiction of the vilâ€" lage school board and council. 2 pairs for a $1.00 OQPTOMETRIST ELEVEN emene i( t ww it