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aD Tg i oe ae at in Mie Ps ST * ae ea, ve et pss +5 f a ra " ~~ Ne Re eS i ane ; be x =") f : ~ Es _ — ee . . OPPOSE DAIRY ACT Se Discontent of the dairy standards ut with which ‘to Ny s, ] - where they would acts was an outstanding feature at the annual méeting of the patrons of Connolly’s cheese factory, North Ox- ford. Vigorous a Sea to the act was registered. able distussion of the act now before the Ontario Legislature, a vote was taken, only one milk producer sup- porting it. Those who discussed the matter were very emphatic. One op- inion discussed was was that if the Ontario Government has the money ay men to go around checking up the cheesemakers that they could use the money to better advantage by having these men cut the weeds on the public highways, e real checkers of the spread of noxious Weeds. in =a (moter | Phonographs, | White Sewing Machines — oF . “ a = on a ar att: —— fe Fay tog ] rigys ‘ ar F y . *) ae be Furniture, Linoleums, | the province. ollowing consider-/| eS _ BIRTHS Graham — At Acton, on Sunday, March 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Graham (nee Ada Gardiner), a daughter. Smith—At Palmerston, on_ Monday, ee er Smith, a son. (Still born.) Dunbar—In Mornington, on Sunday, March 27th, to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin “Dunbar, a son. . Barrett— In Mornington, on Mon- -, day, March 28th; to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Barrett, a daughter. DEATHS his 89th year. Posliff—At Elma, on Friday, peerep 25, 1921, Albert Edward Posli aged 49 years, 8 months and 4 days et See eee eee Automatic Increase The moment you open a savings account in The Bank of Nova your own savings that bility and increase of Resources - 280,000,000 increase, and every-time you add to it from automatically by the interest it draws. Nothing is more certain than the sta- Why not open one to-day? Bank of Nova Scotia ——e 2 a eo ——— — iw Scotia it begins to increase is increased a savings account. 22A J. H, Lewis, Manager, MILVERTON # BBE) eh TSP NA Bae it iy i RL eS | == - tx, , tions. ) = tnt ht -— ~~ ay - Oe a. HEAD orrice AOR HAMILTON si Qo MILVERTON BRANCH — PURE-BRED CATTLE HEN starting a pure-bred herd, seeure the best animals only. No. others will do. ; We are willing. and ready to assist” \ in the promotion of any legitimate i development in your farming opera- Consult our Local Manager.. BN ee > “ 2 ne | a = a fei | ‘ ‘ N. C. Schafer, Manager oe ee ee Ay at | aes reer “acre cee aera ae oe ‘i! es ¥ Repay eet i * " ram ? rel - eS : ~ ee amr. * - SS — _ — + time in Montreal . J < t d « ” O ere TIME—LABOR— MONEY— With Wind Power pay wind‘is free. Put it to work on your farm. —tmake money for you. It willpump | and carry the more than a ton of walter used everyday on an average farm. A Toronto Windmill. will put the wind to work on your farm. Not in . the old-fashioned way. Toronto Wind-. mills are modern—big, strong, effi- cient, requiring little attention, cost- ing nothing to run, all the time. — Toronto Pumps and Toronto Water Systems complete a real water ser- vice. Gives you all the water you want under pressure’at taps every- where on the farm. Toronto Pumps and Water Systems arealso . built for use with gasoline or electric motors. We have some mighty interesting booklets - on Windmills, Pumps and Water Systems. We'll send these free to any farmer who sends _ us his name and address. | ONTARIO WIND ENGINE & PUMP COMPANY, LIMITED _ Atlantic Ave., Toronto ONTARIO WIND ENGINE.& PUMP CO. O It will cut your chore- half—save you labor and time working quietly _ Winnipeg Regina Calgary 4 LIMITED = OD. - Millbank : ss : B. LEIS, ; Dealer tee : be 8, roevy aa | Rugs and / on * j Oilcloths - Below the Present Market Prices - — i, ea ess 1 See htats 5 € Kong Ne fi ae ale ee Loe a t Pea Raymond and — a) et a = aa aoe Be : » Residence 7 a MILVERTON and WALKERTON __ alke r _ )_. Furniture Dealers and Funeral Directors, . eae — ae y ; ; = he ae: ertetuees 3 " j _ P. T, Walker, Manager - ee. or Walkerton Store. y March 21st, to Mr. and Mrs. Chest-. Carruthers—At Logan, on Thursday, | March 24th, Wm. Carruthers, im § _jhouses in Listowel and these twenty {tion at the present time. {sell the above SRE Sess Eats Flour, 5 |Flour, Jewel .. {Bran — . -|Lambs : go 0 sees Wecpar eae - |Young Pi AVON. ose8 eos ihe Ducks tee hoe et a oe PUGUOR Picacen cate ey (“ees Stet eyttere eb cae OCR ‘Sunday with his brother, Mr. Bert LISTOWEL Mr. F. W. Hay, M.P.P., and Mrs. Hay returned home Friday evening from Florida where they spent part of the winter. \\ , - Mr. Harold Fritz, of Toronto, and | Mr. and Mrs. Harris Williams, of; Lon- don, were hliday visitoors at the home of Mr. anr Mrs. Geo, Fritz. = - Misses Vera Gray, Margaret Foster and Marjorie Riggs, of Toronto, are. spending the holidays at their respect- ive homes in town. oN Mr. Carl Gray xeturned home from Wingham on Saturday where he has been taking a course with the 9th Grey Horse. ts ae, Mr. Harold Wettlaufer is oe this week at his home in Chesley: Mr. Melville Bogues, of Palmer- ston, spent the week-end at his home in town. . , a Mr. Geo. Schell, who represents Wilson & Co., Pork Packers, of Chi- cago, in Quebec and Ontario proy- inees, spent the holiday with his father in town. , Mr. B. Windsor, of Hamilton, spent a few days with his parents in town. Mr. C. O, Tatham, of Woodstock, spent the week-end at his home in town. . eg Mr. Pem, Lavery, of Dorking, spent Lavery, in town. Miss Jessie Pennock spent the week-end at her home in Mt. Forest, Mrs. Will Coulter spent the week- end with friends in Listowel. Mr, Jos. Ainley, of London was a business visitor in Listowel on Sat- urday. Mr. Ainley has sold his house and lot here and will move to Lon- don where he has a very good posi- tion. Mr. Ainley states that he has been offered a very good position in Listowel to start later in the spring and, which he may accept, in which event he will purchase another house and lot here. * Mrs. Geo. Harron spent Good Fri- day at thg home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hammond, Atwood, Miss Reve Foster, of Palmerston, is spending the Easter holidays at her home in town. Miss Lily Vandrick, of Hamilton, spent the week-end at her home in town. — . Miss Jessie Coghlin spent the week- end with friends in London. Mr. Clark Moore and Miss Ada Moore, of Toronto, spent the holidays with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. M. H, Moore. Mr. Clark Moore returned to Toronto: on Monday. Mr. Chas. Pelton, of Toronto, spent the week-end with his parents in town, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Pelton. Mr. E. G. McDonald was a visitor in Toronto this week attending the Ontario Teachers’ Association meet- ing’s. The Misses Hay and Jean McIntyre spent Good Friday with Miss Echo Dickson, Atwood, Miss Helen Hay, of Toronto. is spending the holidays with her mother Mrs. M. Hay. * , Mr. and Mrs.. A. O. Schnurr, of Linwood, were visitors in Listowel on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zilliax Jr., of Toronto, spent the week-end with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Zilliax Sr., in town. Mr. Ed. Hamilton, of Trowbridge, Was a business visitor in Listowe! on Tuesday. Mrs. Walter Thomson, of Atwood, was a visitor in Listowel on Thurs- day of last week. } Mr. Rus. McMane, of Atwood, was operated on for appendicitis in the Listowel Memorial Hospital on Mon- day and is getting along very nicely. Knox Church choir concert on Fri- day evening in the church auditorium was a great success. A very largé erowd was present and they were well repaid. The Walter McCutcheon Quartette, of Hamilton, who are so well and favorably known here, put on most of the programme. Mr. R. H. Archibald, B.A., principal of Listowel High School, gave several readings, and Mr. Nichol, the pastor, gave one of what he called his famous lectures “People we all know.” The Ladies’ Aid of Knox Church gave a banquet to the choir and others at the close of the programme. the funeral of the former’s uncle, all the rest of the people within ers around the place. Ike is certainly a hundred per cent. optimist “hitting || thours of eleven GADSHILL. Mr, and Mrs. Noah Ruby, of Parry | Sound, are spending the Easter holi-' days in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dahms, of Strat- } Dahms. Mr. and Mrs. Simon’ Leis attended “an David Leis, of Wellesley, on Sun- ay i attended the Perth District Holstein sale held at the Mansion” House, Stratford, last ‘Thursday, and about telephoning distance of Gadshill at- tended Mr. Peter Wahl’s clearing sale on the above date at which good prices were realized. Mr. Wahl hay- mg lost his health some years ago, and instead of advertising for it in the Milverton Sun, which generally brings results, he made up his mind to retire from farm life and try the | rest cure, and according to rumor he | intends moving into the village of Wellesley. Mr. Isaac Ackersviller has bought up, simce prices started tobogganing, some forty or fifty head of cattle and as ‘many hogs, and is still in the market for more. His aim is to keep on buying till he has a hundred grunt- on all six.’’, Messrs. John McKenzie and Amos Jutzi left on Monday for Toronto to attend the annual meeting of the Ontario Educational Association be-'| ing held there this week. According to press reports a cer- tain small town in Massachusetts now boasts a woman cop. She may answer the purpose alright in some respects, but how would you feel, Mr. Night Skiver, if at any time between the D.'m. and five a. m. a charming feminine officer of the> law in her pecular uniform were to approach you, lay her soft white hand on your shoulder and with a gentle but firm voice exclaim, “You come along with me!” The army of women preachers is also growing with great rapidity, “Woman defying Paul’s decree’ as the Literary Digest amply puts it. Of course women are really better preach ers than men, so far as just “‘preach- ing’ is concerned, and since preach- ing out of the Bible has become more or less unfashionable, they are “right | at home”’ at the profession. The weatherman has treated us to quite a change lately, undoubtedly he knows that all mankind likes var- lety. 7 By another correspondent Mr. and Mrs. Noah Ruby have re- turned home after spending several months in ‘Muskoka. Miss Susan Steckly is Spending her Easter holidays with friends in Elma. Mr. S. Leis made a business trip to Stratford on Saturday. Mr. Christ. Kipfer, of Tavisto¢k, paid a visit to his brother Solomon on Wednesday last. Mr. Edward Brunk is at present working at the home of Mr. A. Jutzi doing chores. Mr. Menno Jantzi and Mr, David Gerber called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sol.*Kipfer one day last week. Messrs. Jack Kaufman and Ezra Boshart made a business trip to this neighborhood on Friday last. We are pleased to report that Mr. Peter Seip, who has been a little under the weather the beginning of the week, is back at work again. Mrs. Amos Brunk had the mis- fortune to fall and crack one of her ribs. 3 Miss Ruby.Kerr has returned to her home in Stratford for the Easter holidays. Miss Katie Jutzi, who has suffered severely for some time with a large abcess in her cheek resulting from a tooth, is alright again. —— HAMPSTEAD . Mrs. Hugh MeMillan, of Orange- ville, has returned home after a visit with Mrs. Alex McMillan. Messrs. Rev. Bamford and George Harron attended. the annual meet- | ing of the Western Football Associa- | tion in Galt on Good Friday. Listowe} has entered both intermediate and junior teams. The Listowel intermed- late team won the Western Ontario championship during the seasons of 1919 and 1920 and as they have practically all the members of the! team still here and several new play- ers besides, it looks as though Listo- wel will have a winning team again for 1921. enthusiastic one and greater interest is being taken in soccer this spring | than ever. A great many towns that | have not’ played football for years | are again represented this year, such as Palmerston, Moorefield, Seaforth. Mildmay, Walkerton, ete. April Fair Day—Friday, April ist ——Come with the crowds. It is expected that about twenty or thirty new houses will be erected in Listowel this spring. The members of the Bowling Club have had erected already a lovely bungalow cottage for the use of the members during the season. Mr. Frank Zurbrigg has the concrete foundation for his new house already completed and Mr. R. Oliver has the cellar for his new house on Main street E ready for the foun- dation. There is a great demand for or thirty will help relieve the situa- . Pata Ue Extensive :. of Valuable Farm, Pure-bred Shorthorns and Grade Stock, Implements, Grain, Ford Touring Car, Fordson Tractor and Oliver Plow, Gilson Silo Filler, 10-inch, nearly new. | eiedendi Mr. C. F. Vandrick, auctioneer, will by public auction at Lot 36, Concession 6, Elma — Two miles from Peffers Station, for MR. MAURICE DICK on TUESDAY, APRIL 12TH, 1921. Sale at One O’Clock Sharp See bills for particulars Mio 9, Sas COMMERCIAL’ Fall Wheat $ 1.80$ 1.80 Barley ; : 10 26 | “=> 940 5.80" 5.80. - 5.55 1.90 1.80 1.10. 13.50 ir 5 Jewel... Flour, Banner ... Shorts Cat SS Hogs, liveweight The meeting was a very | ~|mothers and friends were broken Butchers Cattle ... Sheep .... 10.00 5.00 9.00 25 13.00 25 80 * «© @ 6 ee ® Chickens, alive a 8 @ » © « w -# rhe. ses © # @ 8.00) the township of Elma- is loyal to her F cone patriotically and sympatheti-| § Mrs. Jas. Stewart entertained the Women’s Institute on Tuesday. Miss Morley spent the Easter vaca- tion at her home in Milverton. Mr. Peter McDonald attended the O.H.A. in Toronto this week as the delegate from No. 4. Mr. Peter Wahl’s sale on Thursday | last was a very successful one. Prices were unitornte good, his fine black team sold for $660. Mr. Jas. Hart made a business trip to Kitchener recently. We appreciate receiving ‘our mail at an earlier hour of late. ~ Mr. M. Neeb spent Monday last in New Hamburg, Mr. Warnock McMillan, of Harri- ston High School, was a holiday visit- : Or at his home here. Miss M. Wolfe, of Stratford, is the guest of Mrs, H. Wolfe. MEMORIAL BY-LAW On the 1ith of April the ratepayers and electors of Elma township will have an opportunity to vote on this | ford, made a short call at the home: of the former’s brother, Mr. Edward | Messrs. C, Jantzi and Amos Jutzi! by-law. Elma proved herself patriotic in the time of the great war struggle | and we were exceedingly glad that | our national freedom was sustained | and we were saved from the grasp | of autocratic supression. And now the.time has come again to show our patriotism by providing a memorial to our soldiers in a tangable perman- ent recognition of their noble services in the War Arena when we take that ballot to mark it “For’? or ‘Against’ in the face of the facts and issues at stake. We know these brave Elma volunteers with others gave their lives for our country, our homes and for ourselves, and nobly did their part to win the Great War. How-much do we owe them? How much? Is it all nothing to us? How can we vote against. To do sois to say: No, boys giving your life blood for our free- dom was not worth anything. You do not deserve anything as acknow- ledgement for that supreme sacrifice. Tam not going to honor your names in a memorial for you. It does not matter to me if your fathers and hearted when the sad news came that you had fallen. Who could be so un- kind? we certainly owe our soldiers | a great debt which we can never pay. | But can we not “commemorate the names of the returned soldiers? It will cost us a little.'But what did it cost. them’ and what would it have cost us, say just in indemnity, if the brave boys had not won the war. We know we owe a debt of tribute to them and we lie under a solemn ob- ligation. Then how can we discard them so inhumanly as to vote NO with a clear conscience?Why not be ) true to our honest conviction and | show* our right color by giving the! by-law our cheerful support and net allow the broken hearts to bleed a-! gs through its defeat which would be an everlasting disgrace. So let us all join to show the surrounding mun- Icipalities and country at large that ‘50 |<°~¥ by giving the Memorial By-law Wl _ “4 - Women’s New Spring Suits — WELCOME AS THE FIRST ROBIN ARE THESE NEW SUITS How stylish and how very becoming are these pretty new suits and what a joy to Pa i 2 possess one early. It means so much to every woman to put aside the heavy winter pal garments and step out smartly dressed in a new spring suit or coat. Our provision to supply New Easter Clothes has been most generous. There are styles and materials to satisfy every desire and the prices are most reasonable. DIS NOPPIPLOOLF SPOS LEO LOOT . Ladies’ and Misses’ Suits Made in Tricotine, Plain Tailored and Embroidered, styles right up to the minute, prites from $28.50, $35.00 to $ 0.00. | a) PHO LPO ES € FOLD POPPE L LOL ORT SHEL POOE 7 Ladies’ and Misses’ Coats Beautiful Spring Coats, made in Velours, Duvetines, Blivias, Tweeds and Polo Cloths, in shades of Copen, Tan, Brown, Navy, Tiel, Blue and Black, prices from $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 up to $50.00. | eo Orr silk and Serge Dresses Ladies’ and Misses’ New Spring Frocks, with the adorning features of Oriental Em broidery, frills, and pleating, ribbon, gold thread and rosettes, all smart styles in silk tricolettes, tricotine and serges in popular shades, popular priced — serges $12.00, $15.00, $20.00 to $25.00. : Silks and Tricolettes at $18.00, $20.00, $25.00 to $45.00. CA Ae ALO RESTS SSA ELT eT SATS Men’s & Boys’ Spring Clothes THIS STORE 1S CERTAI We are ready to outfit you with all that CERTAINLY FIRST IN ALL NEW THINGS is smart, new and snappy for Easter. This ~ store ever taxes the lead'in its showing of wearables for men and boys. This season it is leading faster than ever. Everything is here to satisfy the smartest dressers, and the variety is most bewildering. Here NEW SPRING SUITS NEW SPRING OVERCOATS NEW SPRING RAINCOATS NEW SPRING HOSE NEW SPRING CAPS LIGHTER UNDERWEAR PYJAMAS NIGHT SHIRTS | are some suggestions for the Easter Buyer NEW SPRING SHIRTS NEW SPRING NECKWEAR NEW SPRING HATS SILK GLOVES FOR SPRING NEW SPRING GLOVES CANES UMBRELLAS HANDKERCHIEFS Our young men’s suits in the snappy new Spring styles, and the new Prince Hats are interesting the Young Men as well as the new narrow ties and new narrow callors. The earlier you come the more satisfactory it will be, both for you and for us. New Wallpapers * REVEL IN BEAUTIES OF COLOR BLENDING. In fact, it is a characteristic you will notice at once as you look ikouen the new Spring showing, that pattern and design is of secondary importance, that the color’s . “the thing.” Rich tones, soft hues, alluring combin tions, harmonious blendings that elude deseription—there’s a wonderful ensemble of color lovliness to greet you when you pay your initial visit:to the Wallpaper Department this season. | while there is plenty of time for thé showing. Come early \ St ea ex ak