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++nsss+256. pair, or B pairs for $100 From 49. to 89c. as 79 Clayburn Ave. St. and 4 Overcants + We "are offering good valges=t0 different designs in Tweeds, Fancy Worsteds, Grey and Blue Serges. . YOUR CHOICE FOR $35.00 a ' Pressing and Dry Cleaning Done 1516 -- Phone -- 1516 Do you suffer from rheumatism?-- See the cure offered in "Depend on Me." in the town hall, April 28 and 29, Admission 25c. Children with adults W.T. MERCHANT TAILOR Over the Telephone Office, Port perry] DENTAL SURGEON 2 Office Hours--9 a.m. to § pm. rE La *- Buy and sell good meat. Choice cuts at reasonable price. Phone orders receive prompt attention. Fi Phone 29 w. - CAWKER BROS. PORT PERRY PORT PERRY Dominion Store . STOP AND LOOK We wish to announce to the people of Port Perry and vicinity that sisted by others in the devotional] period. The choir, in the service of song, rendered good music. The Quartette--Messrs. C. W. Moon, J. Grantham, B. Wannamaker, and G. (Readers Wannamaker, sang "The Old Rugged| Bananas are universally spoken of Cross. These weekly meetings, car-| ao fruit. They are fruit in United ried on throughout the winter, have Fruit. As a matter of fact, the plant been appreciated. and we are sure aljs an herbaceous vegetable. It looks spiritual blessing to all. a good deal like a cornstalk, 20 feet The April meeting of the Quadrata | high, with tropical flourishes, is 85% Girl' Club was held op Wednesday | water, 'smells like watermelon rind, evening last at the home of Miss| oozes water when you poke it, and Norma Moon, with eleven members| leaves a tobacco-juice stain that no and several visitors present. The| Water will wash out. Each plant pro- President, Miss I. Reynolds was in| duces a single bunch of bananas. As the chair.. The meeting was opened the bunch grows its weight doubles with a hymn followed by several lead-| the stem so that the bunch hangs ing in prayer. Mrs. Frank Watson down. But the bananas on the bunch read the Scripture lesson. After the| Point upward, or in the opposite direc- business session was transacted ation from the manner in which they short program was enjoyed. Miss N. hang outside grocery stores. Moon and Miss M. Clarke sang a| United Fruit is proud of its 200,000 vocal duet and Miss A. Clements pre-| acre Tela Division, which produces 7% sided over two very Interesting con-| million bunches of fine bananas every tests which were enjoyed. At the) yeir. - One of three big Honduran close of the meeting lunch was served | divisions, it extends inland from Tela and a social time spent, = some 50 miles along the left bank of . |'the Ulua River. The story of the ih ting of hey divisions opening differs little from April 12th at the parsonage with a that of the opening of any banana very good attendance. The president, division. Mrs. C. W. Moon was in the chair, Tela cost the United Fruit Co, ex- and led in the opening exercises. Mrs. | actly $15,805,206.28. Before the Quigley read the Scripture lesson. The| company even sought a concession it business consisted of many interesting | Picked the site of its port and sent items, a number of which were car- agricultural chemists up and down the ried out. Mrs. Donald Payne gave a country to analyze the soil. As soon splendid reading, "Winning Souls for| as the concession was granted the Christ" "which was thoroughly en-| company threw up a temporary camp joyed. The meeting 'closed with the| on the site of Tela and knocked up its singing of a hymn and prayer led | long wooden pier. To this pier came by Rev. Mr. Green. Lunch was served | ship. after ship loaded with lumber and a social hour enjoyed. from the Northwest, rails from - rt Mrs. Thomas Couch| Youngstown, machinery from Pen- ----r hotly Refined to her bed for|nsylvania, and men from everywhere. some time through illness. Her many At te Yori the Imp began Yirwing friends Bope to see her around again almost Mention Yellow frame build- : ings, sti above the mud, but. a Mrs. John Mark, who has been on : the "sick list, was able to attend the town with 4 hospital, a water-filtera- "| tion plant, and screens. ing. Church service on Sunday evening. | "o)04 slong the Ulua the railroad . Misses Una Sleep, Alma Frise, wound--to where the jungle was Esther Graham, and Norma Urquhart, we will have on display for 8 days only--April 13, 14 and 15--a good selection of LADIES' SPRING HATS, COATS AND DRESSES; HOSIERY, and LINGERIE, to suit your pocket. Come in and see these goods and convince yourself as to their value. We have also just received a large shipment of all kinds of Spring Goods which have been marked' at very low prices, so before doing your Spring shopping visit our store for your own benefit, PORT PERRY DOMINION STORE. Phone 177 _TOP PRICES PAID FOR ALL-KINDS OF FOWL :- now sold on the small down payment plan. For ful patticulars apply do uf we | home--"The 'Redeemer Liveth" Tye hols uulgf the speeion of She and 'organist, Mrs. R. Scott, | Dave loaves Toronto for Ireland, on 3 thickest, the soil brown and loamy, are spending the holidays at their re-| ung the best bananas would grow. spective homes, Surveyors went into the jungle, Mr. and Mrs. M. McMillan Jr, and chased out the alligators, and divided little daughters Maxine and Alleen, it into precise 1000-acre farms. The { Mrs. M. Brochel and baby, are spend-| Mozas (laborers) began slashing with ing a few days with relatives in Wood: their machetes at the underbirush, stock, clearing it out to expose the soil but leaving the tall trees. Rattlesnakes Miss Marjorie Mitchell, and Messrs. A Elmer and: Austin Mitchell, of To- bit them and they died. Fever took ronto, and Mr, /Edwin Mitchell, of many. Into the mushy earth were Pleasant Point, were guests of their driven stakes 12 to 18 feet apart. Pavert Mz. and Mrs H. Misciol,| Sirs bruaght thousands of pulpy over the holidays. rootstalks from Guetemala and Ja- Mr. and Mrs. Orval Boe-and family of Bowmanville, visiting relatives over the week end, a ak ond Mark, in Tor. Fell timber decays quickly in the troples. In places where the land Miss Vera Tanner, of Toronto, spent | wos jow and. the jungle not too thick the holiday and Easter Sunday with] ype trees were simply left where they her mother, Mrs. A. Tanner. , ~ | had fallen. The banana shoots pushed Mr. and Mrs. C. Wilson and little| up around them and the rich wood daughter of Prospect were visiting: helped to fertilize the earth. here with relatives over the week end. So much for Tela. Now let us ex- Me and' Mrs. Gordon Cherrle; iof amine a bunch of bananas at the im- Scugog, were visitors of the latter's! Porat stage of Le jauttey $5 ts, Mr. and Mrs. S. Reynolds, parents week end, bananas are planted a shoot appears. over he the plants must be pruned every three Mr, and Mrs. O Shunk and family, or four months, weeds must be kept of Port , spent Sunday with relatives 'here. "Mr. Dave Crosett wis a' week end visitor. with Mr. and Mrs. A. Wallace,] = into the holes' where the stakes were driven, some 300 of them to the acre. Men went in with axes and down came the jungle. Thursday, order in now. Prompt delivery. 5 ypars Govern- ed, 7 years bloodtested. ' You take no chances when "Branch Hatchery at Lindsay, (Lindsay and Kent Sts.) Phone 1301 The Fruit in "United Fruit" maica to Tela; the rootstocks went} Catharines, Ontario. Digest) - down, drainage ditches must be kept open. To do the work of a banana division some 5000 men are required. Of these about 400 are white men. They are nearly all young. Few United FruiteCo. men have been in the tropics more than 20 years, Those who have been there that long hold im- portant jobs; the others wander away. There is a saying that "the Fruit Company will make you a millionaire or a bum at 40." . The laborers are paid by the job, amount depending upon the overseer's sagacity. If there is an emergency, they are paid by the day ($1.12 is the average wage), but Hondurenos like to sleep afternoons. Ten or twelve months after plant- ing, the first stalks have shot their bunches; three or four ths later NOW IS THE TIME! Decorate your home from our large stock of Wallpapers, Floor Coverings, Curtain Ma- terials, Window Shades Chatelaine Patterns . - 15c. Shoes for every member of the family at new low prices. GROCERIES yee alee 27¢. ™. BLACK TEA FRESH GROUND COFFEE : i. 29¢. and 45¢c. BUGAR + ces evry 100s. fore | ANGES ... ... 29¢. and 39¢. SOCKEYE SALMON, Y%'s, 16¢ { ,yyygrsoUP.......... Se. the bunches are full and ready to cut. But there are many hazards be- tween maturity and the cutting. A fierce tropical storm may spring from nowhere, sweep across the plantation, and blow down every mature, heavy tree. Then only the young trees are saved. The river may rise, overflow its banks, and flood the plantation. The fruit company loses annually 16% of its fruit by wind and water, Worst of all, Panama Disease may creep in. There is no way to stop it, and once it has attacked a plantation the fruit becomes small and irregular and the territory must be abandoned. You can cut down a banana tree with your penknife. The porosity of the stalk makes harvesting easy. A mozo with a half-moon-shaped knife on the end of a 12-foot pole called a puyo cuts the stalks just below the bunch. The bunch goes from man to is piled alongside other bunches on a loading platform. As the bananas are brought out to the railway long trains come up and take on fruit. Between 200 and 300 dried banana leaves. The train moves on picking up fruit. By nightfall a hundred cars or more are Stretched from the dock back into the railroad The minute the ship is loaded orders are bawled to cast off. From then on the chief engineer will keep a careful eye on his steam gauge. For bananas must not ripen in a ship's hold." Below deck are some 30,000 stems of fruit. So ends the tale of the Honduras banana. It will now soon enter the markets of America. Pee. Printing at reason- able prices ~ AT THE PORT PERRY STAR mulé to tramway to railway, where it} stems are loaded in a car padded with! ® SLICED BACON, % 1b pkg. 12¢ | PICNIC HAMS,... per Ib. 15c. COTTAGE ROLLS, 2 bs. 25¢c | NEW CHEESE ...... Ib 15. MAPLE SYRUP,... .gal. $1.79 FLOOR WAX........ tin 25¢. - EVERYBODY READS MAGAZINES Whatever may be your needs in this line, we shall be pleased to supply them. We represent the Dawson Sub- scription Agency, which handles all kinds of periodicals promptly Before ordering direct, consult us. We can save you a little on prices : PORT PERRY STAR Phone 50 CHAMBERS FOR GOOD BAKING.