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en S' Break-up-a-Cold Tablets for Colds, LaGrippe, etc.,? 25c. abox. « . s Valet Auto Strop Safety Razor. A few left over. Reg. $1.00. While they last 750. MORRISON'S. DRUG STORE. We sell I ciorvihing you want in shoe clean, palatable, nutritious and satisfying meats. _... If you want.it geod BERT MacGREGOR 9k g © Willdo the rest. Ring up Phone 72. ; en EE ER a ER ; ie Egg Production - "Now is the time to get your hens" ready for Winter laying. Try a bag of Blatchford's Laying Meal. You will be pleased 3 with results. We pay highest market prices | for Sloe: "or Seed, Alsike, Timothy, and a full of Select Groceries always on hand. a JF McCLINT OCK PORT PERRY, ONT, J. 2 Let Gerrow do; your: baking. tis the economical way. Wedding Cakes a specialty Ice Cream i in stock. N Port Perry] Sh EN '| never won a prize at Plowing Match: 1 H. Ormerod, Greenwood; 2 Jas. Lee, Reach; 8 N.Steckley, Stouffville; 4 G. Sonley, Manchester; b B. Brock- | Class 3, sod, bors 18 aud nie Rl 1 c. anthony, Whitevale; . tubble, 'L. O. CLIFFORD Member for Ontario Riding in the last Pasliament, and Liberal Candidate, who is see election on October 29th. king re- : solicits the votes of all the electors. « 'NOTE--His election a next week's appeal will soo in issue. Ontario County Plowing ~ Match. This Plowing Match, which was held on the farm of Mr. C. L. Mackay, at Brooklin, on Friday of last week, was largely atterided. There were some fifty competitors. At the con- clusion of the match a banquet was held -at the Town Hall, ~ Brooklin, place. and a general exchange of congratu lations took "There are two reasons why the revival of the local plowing 'match is to be commended. The first is its social value, and : , the opportunity for the exchange of ideas. : "The second is its wholesome influence in creating a pride in good workmanship. Modern machine worked farms have two dangers which the . plowing match can in some measure Sogntermct-sifolation. and "hurried mechanical work, Much has been said about rural depopulation." and There is every reason to believe that this condition will grow worse rather than better. This 'will not be due so much to economic conditions as to the fact that machinery will continue to in- creas jhe working capacity of the individual farmer. As the years go by machinery will mrke it possible for one man to op- erate more and more land, and dent upon his neighbors. to become less and less depen- This increasing isolation from human contact is not improv- ed by the telephone, the radio, and rural free delivery. We ' all need to meet our fellow men, converse with them, exchange ideas, and take part in friendly contests which will stimulate" a pride in good work. It would be a good thing if other old community institutions could be revived--the singing school, the debating society, the quilting party, and the like. The fact is that we have very little part personally. in our recreations. Somebody else does our playing for us. We look on and applaud and "root" or criticize," without any adequate idea of what it costs to put. up lightly. the play which we treat so "Yes; wé need to revive every form of neighborliness that can' + be revived. The following 'is a complete list of prize winners in all classes, and the special prizes awarded by the township councils in this part of the county. 56 Class 1, Sod, open to all 1st, E. Timbers, Secarboro;2nd, Ww. Timbers, Steufrville; 8rd, G. Tran, Whitevale; 4th, 'W. Clark, Gormley; 5th, E. Pardon, Whitby. Class 2, sod, open to all who have i 3 Eda Cormicl, i tL Ormerod, Greenwood | Stubble, boya 16 and under. low lan § in fed, Bdward | ® Best Crown in Stubble--L, Steckley Best finish in sod--W., Timbers, of Stouffville, y Best finish. in stubble--W. Ormerod Best ins and outs--G. Tran, Best Strike--W. Timbers. Best finish in boys--C. Antheny. Township Specials-- Plowmen from Pickering--1st G. 'Tran, 2 H. Ormerod, 3 C. Myers, 4 W. Ormerod, 6 C. Anthony. From E. Whitby--<1 W. Bright, 2 J. Falshaw, 3 H. James. . W. Whitby--1. E. Pardon, 2 Nor- man Jeffrey, 3 C. Mitchell, ~Reach~--1 Jas. Lee, 2 °C: Sonley, 8 "R.-Brockett. Co ------00-- NEWSPAPERS AMALGAMATE The Oshawa Reformer, 'which has 'become a daily paper, has absorbed the Oshawa Telegram.® The day of unwise 'competition is passing and with the field to itself and under the NE management of such , able men as Réfurtier should. bo able to serve Oshawa and district most thoroughly. . The venture in political jndepend- ence will '1 be watched with intevest. "By R. M. HOLTBY Continued" from las tweek. Going through these mountains, in- ) stead of finding California 'warm I had to get out a sweater, but had to throw it off, and overcoat Yoo; when | we struck Sacramento. At Redding Cal, we saw the et Palm tree and entered a country from there to south.of Bakerfield that is| level. It is some 500. miles long.and would be at least 50 miles or more wide, though you always se mount. ains on either side. To an Ontarion the country at this time of the year looks barren, the moumntains brown; no trees but scrubs and the level land also brown. Then you will come into an irrigated district where they grow alfalfa and caws, (nearly all Holsteins). Alfalfa stacks like mountains, from 20 to 80 or 100 cows on a farm, mostly yarded and fed alfalfa as they bloat and die on it sometimes when pastured. Then you will strike a barren stretch again, where nobody has de- veloped it or irrigated it. Then right beside it you will strike a fruit farm of grapes and around Fresno you will see grapes everywhere, hundreds, yes thousands of acres, Fresno is the raisin city of the world or so it says. They are what they call "Sun Made" and every garage here is called "Sun Made." . Raisins are made by pleking the grapes and putting on frames or paper on the south side of the vines in the field and are left from 4 days to-2 "weeks, 'aécording to the weather. | The racks are emptied into boxes and drawn away or the sheets of brown paper are rolled quickly into a parcel and piled én wagons to be boxed for shipment. Raisin grapes were selling at 2c. a pound and raisins worth about 3c. in the field. This is a low price as they generally sell better than wine grapes but this year wine grapes are selling at 10c and may go to 20c. Ib. I asked the reason and they said the' demand for wine. It seems you are allowed to keep a certain quantity of wine in your home and by keeping 1000 or more gallons in the hay stack you are able to keep the house supply up to standard all the time so I guess they have their temperance problems in this prohibition country also, You do not get.oranges, at least in any quantity, till you cross the mountains south of Bakersfield and come to Los Angeles, Pomona, River- side, 'ete; but in différent sections they grow products ard try to out do the world in that one product. At Bakersfield it is oil' wells. Der- ricks stand around like forests and we were-told we-had not sgen the oil wells yet. They were twenty miles away. z Los Angeles is a great city. It, also is built in the valley and on the hills, yes, on mountains, Sixteen years ago it had. 200,000 people. Six years ago 500,000 and since then it has doubled and is now 1,000,000. This does not include Long Beach on the seaside, 16 miles away. It has 150,000 and the main lines of 'travel are city all the way., "Is is said to be the most rapid in- crease of population yet known and building is going on everywhere. In Toronto they build sky scrapers on the main corners, here they are building them miles apart. It is said there are buildings and homes enough to do the natural increase in populatiBn for eleven years, but still it goes on. Whether wise or other- |. wise the. future will tell. It is the centre of Moving Pictures for the world and all that it brings with it in the way of costumes, fur- nishings, etc. Motion Pictures bring all kinds of wealth. The right to 'use three or four "productions of Charlie Chaplin for five years being sold for as many million dollars and | then they come back to be sold again.' There 100 main theatres here; if 'you went to one every night for three months you would not see them all. | Th there are all the smaller oe. theatre for the first time now tian Charlie Chaplin's latest "The Gold Rush." This is the largest and best picture house, or said to 'be, in the 7 DOES not always pay to sell 'grain as soon as the threshing is finished . If you have a good crop and the market is depressed see the local manager of the Standard Bank and arrange a loan until a * self. the hardest ever let me know. It is said to be Charlie Chaplin's greatest. In the heart of Los Angeles is an open Coliseum, capable of seating 80,000 people, with seats at $5.50 each and a half a million dollars have been taken in at 'one performance. the Olympic Games are to be held in 1982. Possibly "It's the Climate" that is the greatest drawing card for Los Angeles and still it gets hot--117 to 118 and even 120 in the summer, but they say you do not feel it it is "so dry". That is what the Canadian people say in the West when "it "is cold--It is so dry. Whether this works or not I was not there to prove but they said it was cool the day I was there (92) and I thought it hot. Anyway they say people go there once, twice, then say we have oflly to live once why not go to stay and these are people with money. My wife has an uncle that says "if you want to get rich go where there is money," one thing is certain, if no- body-has-any money 'progress"is-slow: I am sorry to write so much but cannot quit without a word about the fruit. Watermelons everywhere, big ones all you can carry, 2 for 26¢c, and little ones "2 for 5. One stand read "help yourself. Make change here." Nobody was around. We ate water- melon until we could eat no more and I was reminded of the nigger when he was asked if there was too much watermelon and he said, "there could not be too much watermelon, there was not enough nigger." Oranges we bought at the roadside for 26c. bukhel 'of about' 40; but they were either large and hollow or else small one and I presume were the culls but they satisfied and we ate till we did not want any more. Walnuts lying under the trees as dry and hard as at Christmas, Figs and every fruit nearly, also the last three years they have gone into cot- ers at work but? nothing grows in California without 'irrigation, not even trees and I think this means work along with much cultivataion. People do not work hard there: it is tog hot. Labor is high and the. two together mikes production expe ive. Irrigation water is here n-Rpapve. the ground 30 or 40 feet down by pumps that throw about an 8 inch stream and most . people own "their own outfit, pumping it into reservoirs to use it at night or when wanted. Orange orchards sell from $1,000 to $4,000 per acre but still there is plenty of land to plant and develop. The, most®common question you hear is "How do you like the country?" I got so I laughed at them and said we do not ask people that question; we are not so particular whether They do or not. feelings." As near as'I- could' gather, however, from a hurried visit it would seem that here, too, the farmer has his own troubles of overproduction, high overhead, high and inefficient labor, transportation costs and all the rest, so that only the best managed ranch- es pay. They seem to specialize there more than we do. On the road we met 2,000 sheep. Where a man had sheep he had a big bunch. Where "he had beef cattle, it was the same. If he grew alfalfa he piled it up by the railroad in mountains and ship- vers, | he it by the train: load. Whole trains of fruit in iced "ears fUIn 48 frequently bere us wheat It is used for sports and it is here | - ton growing. and. we saw cotton .pick- |. My answer was some-|- times "0, we have Tonpant for. your more favorable Stuition presents it- Our manager is always glad to dis- cuss such problems in confidence. STANDARD BANK OF CANADA. PORT PERRY BRANCH--H. G. Hutcheson, Manager Branches also at Blackstock, Little Britain, Myrtls Station, Neltleton houses at every town, drying plants, ete. I am sorry this is so poorly written but I have not time to do it only when the train is running so will quit or there will be no room for ads. in the Star. R. M. Holtby. P.S. They say the P.S. is often the most important part of a letter, 80 here it is. South of Bellingham, Wash., the highway runs along the side of a high mountain, overlosking an arm of the ocean. Sometimes you are 100 and some times 1000 feet above the sea. It is 'oné of "the most beautiful Yoads I have yet travelled. At Sacramento, Cal, we went through on Sunday and I was sur- prised to see so many people on the streets, many clothing "and drug stores were open and all fruit stores. A large percentage of the men wore blue overalls, but new in many cases. They were turned up at the bottom, boots polished, colored shirts and slouch. hats, they were-fussed up for "Sunday. In a smaller town where we got our supper it was the same thing and I saw advertised "An overall and apron dance." Girls around here and in many parts of California put on much more paint than at home and I could not help wondering how a young man could kiss one without getting daubed up and also spoiling her complexion. On inquiring; I learn they may re- vert to kissing her hand. "Perhaps this will be better. Seldom do you see a head not bobbed. --e (0 Oman PUBLIC MEETINGS in the interests of L. 0. CLIFFORD, Liberal Candidate, will be held on the following dates , and at the following places: Brooklin, Thursday, October 15th. Brougham, Friday, October 16th. Oshawa, Premier King and Hon. Mr; Massey), Saturday, October 17th. Greenbank, Monday, October" 19th. Utica, Tuesday, October 20th, _ Scugog, Wednesday, October 21st. Whitby, (Hoh. Geo. Gordon), Thurs- day, October 22nd. Claremont, Friday, October 23rd. Pickering, Saturday, October 24th. Port Perry, (Hon. Thos. Lowe), on Monday, October 26th. Whitevale, Tuesday, October 27th. These meeting Will be 'addressed by W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C,, Ont. Liberal Leader; G. D. Conant, Ex:Mayor of Oshawa; W. A. Dryden; L.O. Clifford, M.P., Geo. Wilkie, K.0., and other special speakers to be announced later. 4 ; See posters and handbills and' further announcements in these columns. EE LEE-BENNETT -- On. Wednesday evening, 7th, 1925, a quiet, but pretty wedding took place in Regina, Sask., of Lillie - Irene, only daughter of Mrs. Ina Ben- nett, to Arthur Hardy Lee, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Lee, of Greenbank. the young couple left on a honeymoon These people thought pi -Oetober ~ After the ceremony by motor.to Lethbridge, and on their == return will reside at 846 Broadway Ave, Regina, Sask. = . ' ---- eas "PROSPECT Anniversary Services will be held 3 in Prospect Church on Sunday, Oct. 26th, Rev. J. E Grifith, BA. of Slackatonk; will Souduet serving 2.30 and 7 p. :