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,13 ELlZABETH ST. Clalner, APi`esser,%# and Dyer l 09_Dunlop'_St..: % = _ BARRIEA : Pho'ne 229 called` for TandA,pdeliy3red. Phone` 1010. Box 267, Bqn-Io. ,_1aun in`rEn __ tgbe oper ren. Editor } , Manager__ FIRTH` Installed Complete V LESS EQtUlPlV-IENT . . . $115100 (9) \.J (1)- FREE TRIAL in your own home (2) 30- _day FREE EXCHANGE Privilege for any DeForest & I-Crosley set of higher value. (3) One month s FREE Service. (4) Guaranteed Installation. .(5') Expert Personal Instruction. (6) Unusually Attractive Terms. (7) COMBINATION PRICE. (Instead of allowing terms on the set alone and charging cash for othernecessary equipment, we allow. the small` cash paynrient and extended terms to cover the complete purchase.) " IE1.` lliilinnvruun ~ `GORDON STEVENSON 2 770 EVEREADY BATTERIES I 101 )/AMP. STORAGE BATTERY . I C BATTERY 5 UXZOBA Westinghouse TUBES AERIAL EQUIPMENT Special Inducements . `fa-`kbgaying NOW Eng \' PHONE 120 _ ..r--.... . I cu:-nugnes Some of_ best companies rpresented. Yieiding from 4% % to 7%. -Eu1l inktmation furnished on any of) the operating mines. Hollinger : Mclntyre : Castle Dome : Capital : Tack-Hughes gllflln A3 `I---A A--~ 223. - ,._J_......-.. F u; yuuscc ] RELIEF INSURANCE. Half " Payments arravged {'02- reasonable period in race of sickness or unemployment. - Complete Satis/faction Guaran- teed. ' $165.00 Prices reasonable, Page Eh tea eds AT Fuss or ATIONS lmor , one 481 ht tipped tfgpd S11 1 '51:. tion 82.` '01! `Ill Burr-lo IDS wtile V ` """""" ' ~ ."" I For` years I had gas on the -AaVtlom- ach and was nervous. Adlerika. -has done more good than 8.uything'."' V (Sig`ned)- Lela_Cook.-`ON . spoonful Ad- lerika removes GAS an ..often brings surprising relief to the tomach. Stops that full, bloatefffeeling. Don't waste time with pills or tablets but let Ad- lerlkn give your bowels "a. REAL cleansing',"bx'lnging out matter you. never 2-lhoug-ht was in your system! Wu}. Crnssland. drugtzlstl A1 14` Furnaces. Gas on Stomach _}MaJ<.le} Mrs. Cook Nervous Cl :5. ` ' ` .. - Near the hotel. in an attrzictively kept square, stands the Old Fort Gm-*r,v gateway, 8. monument - to the days when Fort Garry was the_ centre` .01? military activities. Twentieth centurii P `development has swept away`. the other ' Buffalo. Still" strmcling' i its ventirety',vf . .s(-nlping knife was the ;:,rre.a test m`b-[l! buildintrs. leaving only this archway` to ill.`-?.l`k the 02'igin.-1`l site around which ,_ Winnipeg has m'(m.[n.'_ . . , " But this is not the only relic t',the. dmrsz of the Red River curt an the- Lower Fort Gm':'y, the irst lime and ,-. stone huil(lin.::' in the `Nest. embbdies all the glamour of those z1ncient,,_.dayg- , when strife was` lmmpmw and the , . iter. Fort ()sbo1'neiB:u'rztck_s in the: heart of 9. new residential district is likewclse reminiscent of an earlier day. _.-on-uv , 1---av-o--9.. -.-..........._...__ _#A- 1 `I -`III -`I? r S:-0 ANA vc.. an-`one: 50?; la-.>:::v:;pgva'r grip for PRATTS POULTRY BOOK FL\1"l' I-`DOD (`n_..rvmun IIULU l_.U (HIS 1nre1'estm;r'Jc1ty. ` - The Fort Garry. one 01. the leading hotels, owned nndk operated by -the` Canaclian National, ` ccupies in _p`a,rt the site of Old Fgrtg urry. he(p 1_- Mform. excellence of its apnointmggts and exceptional sexvvice at,t`he I` - - posul of guests have combinedto make the Fort Garry a favorite stop-, ping place for acr as-Canadg travel-I ers. V j , .1 xv...... LL. ` A - u::u|.ul`y ago, It Is now a modern city} with a,populat1on of nearly three hun- dred thousand. The beauty of its pub- ` lie. parks, the imposing character 01:. its public buildings, and }tsT broad, businessdike streets lend a distinctive note to this interestimzr city. [ Garrv. one n1 Hm 1.mm...... fittle of By B. M. Pearce, B.A_. WINNIPEG ANDITHE PRAIRIES _The mid-west metropolis ofthe Doz- minion of Canada, picturesquelytlo-`-.-I cated at the "junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers\fu1l,v merits the` many complimen s bestowed upon _it-' by all who have visited it. /. From a frontier village `of.200 in-. hubitants a. little more than half a century ago, it is city. T with neurlv thmn mm_l 3;-'. R 2;` \ . The Fort Garry Hotel, Wivinipqg, adian National Rai .11-|URISDAY.. Lnacaungn 2,1926; ' From Oniario to ll1ePacilic, I - ` i The Prahjieg . Traveling. west from (`Winn-ipeg the prairies assume the upper hand and if one has .the good fortune,.as the writ- -| `er had. to cross the prairies abharvest ~ time,` the sight will be hlgilfly etllfying. That -/part of the prairie `Which t e railway traverses immediately b'ey . d the city is known as the White Horse Plainspso designated be `use in the pioneer days an Indian Ch .ef,`in order: t_o.`deter.r'nine the extent of theiland settlers should be permitted to` occupy, rode a,.white horse to a _point`.'-in: the" prairie at whlch, .to.- those standing on the banks of the Assiniboine. _thehori- zon could be plainlyseen beneath"th,e" animal's belly. . . _. { After a run of about 125 miles across - good prairie country the railwavy`a- ' gain comes into close touch with the 1 Assiniboine followimz its ea'st'e rn batik j and afforcllngvnmgnificent views of-its . broad valley and .winding course. We 1 cross I into Saskatchewan. Canada's ~1 pram r grain-growing province ,'-and V. the he rt of `the prairie West. In poem '] and in `prose. in novel and in history,` 4 so many times have the praises of: the 1 prairies and their indefinable (zharm 1 5 mm prugresslve mid-west city and mi iexpY:e1sV pride that Canada claims; it. `as her own. Actually and potentially, `Winnipeg is a bulwark of-strength to this Domlnio'n., I [ 2 ' I vvuruxy U1 xnapectxon. . ' I A casual ~.v1.sitor to VVinnipe g is bound to admit deepest admiration for {this prog;ress.lve mid-west to} {exr)Y1ess'm*~ide that (`.nnnr'ln~ ,.1c.:..... u _ .uvc1`y' wurxscs mapectlon. . ` As Winnipeg is the kqy, to the west- `_9!'1:I- granzugv. it is Anatura, too, that one" wouldf_w1sh to.see _t R'l'{l1l1 ex-T - change ".111 operation, also the gigantic: -elevators \\vhlch annually house `mil- lions ofvbushels ofgolden grain. . Across the river is inter`esting`o ld. .St. Boniface. .the `French section 'oAf~ VVlnnlpeg. Evidences of an older `gen-s Teratlon -are abun'da"nt and at thesame time new lbuilclings are springing up. St. Boniface Cathedral especially is `worthy of inspection. ' A (".F`l?l.'-1l\.'IQifnrI in '(7(H.;..:....J... :_` lslrous inavu - Mam. owned and1.onerat'ec`i by the Con - _of Old Fort Garry Gate in Foreground. ; ' ` - I -_...u.-...uaums.. Man nus Improved upon! I Nati1re"s handiwork with circuit 1,`.-;rav`-I "L81 ~;,drives: an em1':L11c1ri,9; c <'inse1'vLtory3 of A_flo'\vers.v tennis -` courts, cri('3I{`et ;r;':t_o1u1'(1_s. a` `zoo and other features. ? `L-reen1ine1`u in Win1'1ipeg's arr-a.y o_f` fine.-buildings is the"~l?ar11;.1n1ent build- ing`..`~a.n `&Lckno\vled:;: ed. az'ch1tectu1:al' gem of the _cen;ux',v_a Y1d degserving of .every-*tourist's inspection. .` AS Winnibesz i f'hp lzav fn 1-ho lxvnnf ,, iguuuy nanosome business district. '- That Vvinnipeg is a city of beautiful. aihomesfisun inevi able deduction from V 21 sight-seeingtotifr of the metropolis. The magnificen homes in`the more; noted residential-districts are a posit- vl~'ive1y4u'nique- possession. At the pre- (sent time, Winnipeg is in the throes 013- at bui_lc1ing'Jboom. Between. the older _ western limits of the city `and the =_ famed `=Assin."5olne Park isea district ` hioh underwent the process of sub-- vision prior Ito the war. Like `thou-_ ' s nds of other projects, th.'promised' ` ltgooinstopped abruptly. Only now-is! it beingvresumed, Many of the cross roads were` paved one yearago. and j I sewers water-works and ' electricity ha.ve/been instaiied. In this direction 1 hundreds of well-to-do residents are I movingmalnd hundreds of new homes 1 have in course of erection in this area'`.` (of. several square miles. The founda- '3 Ition ha been made for a beautiful suburb i the heart of a natural wild-, 1 erness. The homes ulrea ,v erected in- dicate a,v_er_v'pretty sect onewith stuc- ,C(f;_COnS_tl`UCLi9, predominating. ~ - ' /Assiniboine .,Park. containing 290 _ acres of natuerale boa t,v on the banks] of ~.the 'Assinibo1ne'r?i)'ve1` `just west of -thg:."city_., is one`.ot` \Vin`n,ipegs fore- mostl assets. Man h_z'is improved upon handiwork with Pii`('uir sen-.rn."..! .' I 3 And when "orive sees `this , p1ac'ard.; Hudson's Bay Store, Incorporated in: 14670,-`A one is reminded of the long per-T `- liod-during which this famous `institu -; d tion has operated, in the West. Incl-? kdentallythe new Hudson"s.Bz1y store: .now'in course of completion; will beat: ipieasing addition to ,Winnipeg's al_--, ready handsome business "district. ' Yinnlneg jg. Q rbif.'\r nf Innnnl-60"] uuuuns 011` next, WTGK." '. ' lknowa old mara.`but--er--my wife and I donjt always tlgiyxk alike." , 1 LWMLLIU 1V1` gustjlast. vvwvu Ill`! ITWUEI ` di"AW`fg1gY FOTPYQ Old` man. we can't , no w you -next w --t 6 b "~".-WhB.`t OI ! earth do . on main? l:'\suYI'u uuw wuu yuu `next K--t00 busy." What on earthfdo on mean? only this morning` you toid me you `had `nothing on- next w.~"ek." "1". knmv; nld ndm-.`~ h..o_.-... _... ..'---V o ings and )rganiza- Inn Se- nstitutes equested s value layed`. In nrnnnh-I reports , ~- V: 19 December, 1901. he became Chief Clerk T! i 1 1 1 .1 ' pany at Montreal, as General Freigit n 1 General Freight Agent, = "merit Line. was appointed. first. As- `appointed !1`rafflc"_ Manager, Atlantic- headquarters at Monceton. `Mr. Weldon .vu::u:,u|. tut-.p':u'L1nent, and tile Freiglit Claims Department at Moncton. In to Division Fre_ig`ht Agent, Nova Sco- tia, Division,Awit:h headquarters at Halifax. In 19,04 he resi::;ned from the railway to accept the position of Sec- retary to the I-Ialifax Board of Trade ` and two years later was appointed Genera Sales Agrent, Port Hood Coal Compa ,v, with liemlquarters at Hali- fax... After being` less than a year with the.-Port Hood Coal Company he a- gain accepted a position with `the Intercolonial Railway as Division j FreightAAg`ent at. Halifax. in charge -` of the Nova Scotia territor.V. He con- tinued in,this position {or two years, and again resigned to accept a posi- tion with -the Dominion Coal Com- and Passenger Agent of what as th known as ,the'Black Diamon Steam- ship Line, operating between Mon- treal. Newfoundland and Gulf ports. ' In October. 1914, he again re-enter- ed he service of "the Intercolonial Rail ay in the capacltyof Assistant with head- guarters at;-Moncton. and in: 1917 was ` appointed to the position of General Freight Agent of the `Canadian Gov- ernment Railways, and about one year from that time. when the amalgama- tion took_. place between the old Can- adian Northrnand Canadian Govern- slstant Freight Traffic Manager. with headquarters at Monctomand a little later Assistant` .Freight\Tr,att ic Man~ ager of lines east` of Port Arthur. with\` headquarters at Montreal. He continued in this position until the tinalamonsolldation of the Canadian. National in 1923, at which time he was .Reg*ion."witl15` supervision over both freight and nassengerbusiness, with. wasaapbointed to theotfice of General ' '.l.`r`a_fficManagierA ofthe` Systein in Au- gust `last. . ; ' ' V - uuuusnea. - . I _'Ifhe new Vice-Pre_si.dent has been iI_we1l kn_own for it number of years past ` to the ~c0mmer`cia1 communities of ' Canada.` He was born at Dorchester. L N.B., in'v1876 and entered the, employ * of the ol~_d Intercolonial Railway as messenger at Moncton in 1890. The i~next_ `.n years were spent in `various clerica capacities, mainly in the `Freight Department, and the Freightt` . -Dem'trtmen't at ":\'Tnnnfnn Tn Mr. A. T. Weldon,_whose appoint- ` ment as Vice-`President in Charge of Traffic and Express, Canadian Na- tional Railwaysfto succeed Mr. J. E. Dalrymple, is announced; ' A circular .iss'qed_ by Sir Henry VV. Thornton, Chairman and `President. Canadian" National Railways. an- nounces the appointment of Albert '1`. [Weldon as` Vice-`President in charge of Tra tic and Express on the'System. Vice . E. Dalrymple, resigned. Mr. Weldon has been General Traffic Mhnager of the Canadian National `Railways, a position which will be (abolished. PIVL.-. A... 17.2-- ru_.-_x,u, . . . ` v__n_,,,,...J._ p[LC yarn; UL LOU SQU"1.I`I 'miles_ Avas created for the protection. 0 of-ea herd of 706 buffaloes purchaser; from a.r;tn_c'I1`1r in 3/Ionwtztna alti`$1250.00! .per heac. T e ax ma.s mutpy soz. _ rapidly that in` 1923 the (%e.12-3(1)16en' - twas. fo1'ced to. s1au"hte1` some - 0 ;_ them. A` great `deal H01 `eat. gt E 5-1(.'i1iid,.f was consumed by resi ts 0 t e 5-: trict whqe the Edmontonpnlice fr.}'rce.f I benefited to, the extent of 2.1 ("tomb ete~ `set of `new. `Buffalo fur coats. Each? 0 year about 2000 of these buffaloes are _tra.ns_ported in snows up country to. gthe ~x'e.`:ion horth -'of' the Athaba.se:1: '-3juvez-\\'he1`e they are setvfree. , V i r I ' IT-u \-\.\ur`- --- --._.--,. .......u u; u}t.` .:-xI.llH.D`cLSE11: 3 (In next week's is:ue:--Jasperi Park--Gen`) of the Roclgles.) ! I , VVLIL auuu uumpete With our railroadsi v`. as a. mode of. crosv-continent transit; "*7 Nevertheless another generation may- . i`see an Appian VVa_v across our fair 'iDominion with` a constant stream of, ;4' cars from c%a-st to coast. Maybe so. if; T-the United a[`n`lPl` nvnv train nn..o....1 :qu_c1.x`H Lrum c ast to coast. Maybe its qrthe armers ever gain control 1` Fiat Ottawar. Ontario knows that -it; ' would be completely possible. Big Buffalo Reserve , A valuable Canadian institution andf a. unique feature of Alberta is the . Government Buff lo Preserve. known .as VVainwri2ht ark. fhnr-n hohvnn- J ?! vuuvcL'l1ll1t*llL DLIII 10 Preserve. `as Wainwright ark, where between 8.000 and.10.000 buffaloes are her_ded.l Originally. the park; of'160 square` miles prote_otion. Inf. -2 hand no -1111: IA,-0 - rggfrtc vlcmansmsm -~,; `III! III omenfs I-IOULD. met by cretaries ' this in ....,_...- Luv: wcu.t'1'b` euge nas receded; lle ving in its wake an alkali forma-] gtl n. The white crust surrounding the 3 body of water -is `stran;.=.rely impressive `! at first sight. ' 5 I The typical Saskatchewan village I invites closer inspection. In e\;ery case . llveryv barns `are. prominent, /proving ~ that Old I-Ie'nV,ry has" not altogether ousted the. equine as a beast of bur- V den. Uiially a somewhat antiquated .hotel in. the centre of the-town con- trasts oddly with the brand new bank` gbuildlng. Homes are principally frame? goccasionally as` motor 212' is seen but; `the roads would not be invitingto the; ; ax-'eragevmotorist from the East. Again: lwhen `distances are calculated one is? floath to believe that the automobile! :will soon compete with railroadsi ias (`!l`0S<`-nnntlnnnt o........;. . - .. vlunoynlni I-L VIII Mal. V CB LU U` recent ` _'l`he' Canadian National. passing through northern Saskatchewan skirts , countless -small la.kes~'i .which one noticesean abundance of . id ducks. `Andin `one otthese lakes may be seen large ocks of se'a-gulls which during the ploughing, season follow the plough-in search of insects; One sin- gularly interesting fegtture of these, lakes is observed in many instances; gxvheere the water's edge has receded; I le a1l;n1i_'_forr_n_a- ]_; lfirn Thn uv1.+.. ........- ~- .simila._t'e d by -the eye witness. `glory. is incomparable; and fortunately ,-_-..--.. ,...... -nu; lug I.uu_|uunly 8.8- '.Se,skatchewan` at. the height "of 1 the province reaped a bountiful harv- est otgrain this year. _The jiomesteads along the route reflect the `growing prosperity of the west and the record returns from harvests of recent years. I .ThD. nnnion runs-a....-I -A-- btgenvto 51 that a; romantic theme` would seemtt reaid bare. Butoto the first- time trave ler comes a 4fe_elinz. that will never be ex`p_x-essed 1n`words as he .views vast fields of golden grain wav- lngfnroudlydn the `summr breeze al extending far beyond-veye r_each._V_The- spectacle can only be th9roughly`as- -. .:_a!ml1at'ed by the` witness. . Qzaulrnnkp.-u...-..L AI-- '- '- 1 " Nipjri His FA-l:l-.'l" uc`.Wud.|> anuquatea` xe frame. 9 )1` gar am East. Aaaint .fr}i numuz Exmlnan at sales- e pay-- ruuw_ Elle | instances ; s receded 1' 'Pn.w.+.n Au;-:, VV?1L'5 U118 UL U16, DESI paying lines on the farm. Barring: a brief period following the warboth lamb and Wool have held up remarkably Well in price, which,,fact is the` main reason behind the present expansion. ' -' While beef cattle are not any high- _er tha`n-they.wer;e in 1914, the average price` of, lambs on the Toronto market today is 50, per ce.nt.,above re-war val- ues, The bulk `or the lam I in Ontario are marketed in October, `qnd during }`of Statistics -W. O. `Galloway. of the actual incrjease is reported, and the Figures just received from Director Ontario Department "of Agriculture. show that there has been considerable expansion in the sheep industry throughout Ontario L during the past year. For, the first time since 1920 an large numbers of animals being retai .- ed fozrxbreeding purposes would ind - cate that further increases are-v in prospect. Today the total sheep popu-- lation is estimated at 886.500 compared with 86_8.500 in 1 5 and 870.300 in 1924. The present tot 1, of course, is a far wuu on/5.ouu In J. ' 0 and 870,300 in 1924. The present tot cpy from the 1920* population` of well` over a million, but undoubtedly the pendulum has . `commenced swinging the other Way.t`Thi:a change has been predicted` and expected by agricultural authorities for_some time. who have -repeatedly pointed out that sheep mis- ing- was one of the; best paying lines '0 farm. BFH`Y'h1Q 2, Brief nay-In [ONTARIO FARMER . ' RAIQIKI ' cattle 59,423 compared with 63,445; V. H... uutu. ytcu. rs quUl.l.[l0l']S. A Exports to Britain this year compar- `ed with those of -last year have been: beef 1,676,600 lbs. compared with 5,258-1 000 lbs.; bacon 59,450,700 lbs. compa.r-` ed with 85,665,700 lhs.; pork,-3,541,'400- lbs. compared with 6,250,900 lbs. Ex-. ports to the United States show an ilncrease this year compared with last of 37,995 cattle to 26,898; 49,773 calves . to 49,284; of 8,282,300 lbs. of `beef to 5,171,900~lbs.: and of 63,600, lbs, of mutton to-43,800 lbs. In bacon and pork there has been :1 decline, pa`rticu- 6 larly in -the latter which fell away :- from 5,240,900 lbs. to 8.1395700 lbs. I -OUR EXPORTS o"i= 'D..IH..1.. 'v-I.--r ` l3arricg9 ['gAg)l%`iFq Electric Co. Limited Ian na\/Lilla lult I ILIVIJILIJ . I EKIVD * \ Read the nine advantages we offer you. Then consider that; you can have all the joys- of radio! for a small payment down,` and a con- venien'_t time to take care of the_ balance. 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