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Another business chang'e<.l hands llast week when Mr. Phil. Jory pur- chased the drug` business of Mr. W. 'L. Pratt. The new propmvietor took possession last Saturday. MI`. `I ..-..... L. -4. .. ,.............. L- 'l\:I _l l WHAT IS A KARAT ? / % / / / I / // / //i / / / 5 1/; 1/ /W 1H5? Allandale Ancient Basra Grows Progressive .2 The Bank of Toronto is pleased to o'er expert counsel and assistance with a view to solving these seasonablc problems. Wlien loans are needed for any purpose that increase the money-making capacity of your farm, your Bank of Toronto manager is always glad to give the nancial aid required. MEAN KWTORONTO 1- V -- ' 1 v--`-`' -n.'. `'. `-.8 V. ""K"""' J6 herds, putting. in crops, purchasing cquipment-all problems requiring the nancial co-operation of a good bank. B UYING cattle, increasing or improving hprq, nut-1-inn` :01 4-1-nnc rune-r-Lanna:-r 07108. E ant Mesopo- BRANCHES : BARRIE Karaft, the weight used by jewel- ']ers and goldsmiths, is derived from `the name of the seeds of the Abyssinian coral tree, which, being very small and equal in size, were used for weighing; gold and precious stones. When articial weights were made the name was retained. tamia, home of "Sinbad the Sailor." |r'\".e" is lagging behind in bu. and the reputed cradle of the hn ` ` DOI13Jl(l MacLeod, of London, Eng"- land, has offered to establish a ten steamer line service for the Can- adian Government for a subsidy 100,000 less than the Canad.ian Government proposes to pay Sir William Petersen. The rm which MacLeorl represents is well known and most reputable. It seems a pity," says MacLeod, to build new ships when we have exactly the same type of ships already availab-`le in the merchant marine, with the ex- ception of the Diesel engines. couver has failed to show an in- crease in drunkenness as was an- ticipated by some. Ater a week s trial police say there was a slight falling off in the number. There was little trouble and no arrests were made, as the proprietors are evidently doing` all they can to as- sist in maintaining the laws. A fea- ture of the legalized sale of beer is that bootleggers selling whiskey have dropped their prices and many of them are going` out of business. ' Opening of beer parlors in Van-! OFFERS STEAMER SERVICE. FOR 100,000 LESS MONEY BEER SOLD -BY GLASS 1N VANCOUVER, LESS DRUNKS Elmvale 245 There died in All-andale on Tues- day. April 7th, a widely known resi- dent of Orangeville, in the person of John McMul1en Bennett, following a lengthy illness. Deceased was born in Mono township 80 years ago. At an early age he removed to Orange- ville. Later he taught at Wallace, near Palmerston. Going back to Omngeville he conducted a grocery business there for many years. He was also secretary of the School Board, treasurer of the Forest Lawn Cemetery Co. amd Division Court Clerk. He was an Anglican and a Conservative. His wife, one daughter and three sons survive. JOHN McMULLEN BENNETT a flash he was out of the house, had JUTYIDE-J off the vetandah and was spee-`ling down tl`-.1. street. Lots of fun, thought all the (logs of the T1Cl?,`l1b0ll1`l100(l, and pretty soon that worthy individual had a pack of yelping curs at his heels. They soon tired of the chase, but the smooth- looking, smooth-talking book agent kept up the pace for three long blocks, and was still going strong when last seen across the commons on Dund-onzald St. The only person we can think of who would t the (lescription is Paavo Numni. _vvu. .L\. VIII 1. o'C \|C'l.'bBl5\l. I But the agent was no more. Like ...,..... \Jll I/JIU a1L . "Say, I want you. Just sxt. where you are till I get devrssed." `D-.4 H... .-.n.,-...4- ....... .... _-....- `I :1__ .MR. PHILIP JORY PURCHASES DRUG BUSINESS IN [MIDLAND .L\lL&l|\4`A ...\...5 .... Afuter operating along several blocks wi-th but little success, he nally came to the house of one of cur nighrt policemen. It was quite a mild looking little house; the "og that lay sunning itself on the verandah looked perfectly friendly, and the book agenrt hesitated not at all in entering. The agent shot his usual line to the young lady who answered the door. It only took a yeaxl. suAbsc1'iption to Co!lier s ($4.70) to get a 1925 dictionary vnitl: 500 new words in it; or a two year s subscription to get both the dictionary and an atlas showing all the countries of the worll and giv- ing; statistics as to their railroads, the price of butter and eggs and pork in each of them and so on. A remarkable investment! Wh_v, of course, and the chance of 21 life time, too. The lady of the house protested mildly that she Clizl not need a 1925 r.lictio11ary-;-'h'=.- was not 2ul!ir:te to cross-word puzzles. Neitliei` did she atlas---~she h'.1:l Igcod maps in the back of it. I uuu. The a-gt-zit, however, waxed eloquen: pl:-shed his way into the kitchen and bet- His night sat hnnself down on a chair, the ter to disp1:.1_v his VV;-J.l`(.'S. grandiloquence awoke the policeman, who, pyjama-clad, came upon the scene to nd out the ti:-')u'l-le. Thinklvg he recognize] me snrooth-looking Fr:1`SOl'l to be a man who was wanted by the force. he novnn An 41.`.-. uh. . need a statistzcal _ 21 Bible with real i and 3 Houselrolders in the west end of the town who were canvassed on Good Friday morning by a smooth- looking gent-lemam claiming to be an Iagent for Col1ier s Weekly will be interested in learning the inglor.ious end to which that gentleman came lfurther along the line. A-I-`J-nu Annunbiun. ..1....~ n..uuA~u.'l BOOK `AGENT DIDN T LIKE . VOICE OF THE NIGHT COP The Northern Advance ,,........-vow u:;5u:x: 111. mu: `bU.ll.':l 21I1CB. Personally, I thimk the principle of the resolution is right and I trust that this House will not look upon it as censoriwl, but will adopt it and thereby state to the people of this Province and outside that although Ontario wants all its citizens to speak English it was never intended and is not now intended that the French pupil shall be denied a fair oppor- tunity to learn his own French language as well. 5. uuu uyux-uuunJJ. M}. Platinum expands less by heat than any octher metal and possesses an extremely high melting point. It does no.1; rust eaither in air or waterr, and has a. great power of resistance to electricity. TA :. -1.-- u... L......:....J. _: -11 ....L vu uluu ox tutu]. L1: is also the heaviest of all sub- stances, with the exception of those very rare metals, osmilum and irid- ium. It has other uses in chemistry as a catalyzer or "changer, and is valuable to the photographer for the production of pictures known as plaminotypes. 13-4.. .......... ....... ...1...L:......... ........ yauwnuuuy pica. Forty years ago platinum was much cheaper than gold, for in the early eightties it could be bought for 358 an ounce. Then the price be min to jump, and by 1890 it was worth its weight in gold. D'urin-g the war it fetched 20 an ounce, about ve times the price of gold, and was M r~`rv'r that the Briwh Tiwrv-vu- __,.a....., .. \.I\.-all vu- Now, Mr. Speaker, I do not know a great deal about the working out of the regulations which obtain in the French, English schools, but I will say that if any regulation exists or is applied in a way that does not give to the French child the fullest opportunity possible to acquire a good working knowledge of both the English and the F.rench languages, then that regulation is not a proper one. Such a state of a"airs would oend against my conception of what is right and just, and against also that traditional fairness which has so consistently characterized the public as well as the private acts of the Britishers. 11.. n. nous. 4.1; Julallczuu Mr. Speaker, the remnants cf old conflicts and prejudices, the heat of drisoussiorn and the acrimony which has too often accompanied lingual or naclal problems should not for one moment be allowed `to interfere with our judgmenyt and cause us to `adopt att/ci-tu-des which are not based upon the real bonne entente" and the greatest degree of true tolerance. `D.-......,.......11.. 1' u_.--1. u__ 1 l1\l>.Iu\.'uuIA\IAA Luau >.Juu4uL uu_y . Mr. J-ory is not a stranger to Mid- land, having been an assistant in `the Fraleigh drug` store in this town `twenty years ago. His -home was -o1'ig'inal1y in Dalston, and afrter at- tending the High School in Barnie, he gnaduatecl in drugs in that -town. 'Twem.y years `ago he let Midl-and for Haileybury, but has decided to return, and was wonderfu-lly pleased `to meet a lot of his old fniends here "who were equally glad to have him `back. 7,, 1 1` v 1-`: -n Platinum was first found in the Spanish gold mines of Central and South America, but later in larger quanti/nies in the Ural Mountains. AA 2...; :1. __._._ - i Luv ll|.\`l|I ID Wdh bl IIIUIVU which the Indians used sh hooks, but when covered to be the only nyldnt. VII\ ..:.....1,. ....:.1 1.... `CANADA SOURCE OF METAL WORTH MORE THAN GOLD -_ ..1l:;\,vu.vv\, uu: vaiut: ZLIILI I110 5 beauty of their racial inheritance. many occasions to ' positions of trust However, they also have learned _ to speak the English language. They realize the impo1"-tance and the ab- solute necessity of knowing` that la'ng'uag'e in Canada. I have had recommend to and importance ` French-Canadians, electors of mine, who obtained the positions in ques- ` tion on account of their knowledge of the two languages. And I was ` thinking` what an advantag'e it would be if we all could speak the French language. Personally, I am pleased to say, that I have learned enough French to understand and to be un- derstood, and let me state to thi~s House that although my French is far from perfect, the knowledge which I have of it has been useful to me both socially and in a busi- ness way, not to say anything` of the `natural saitisfacti-on which is inherent to the ability to express oneself in another language, if desired. 11-_ -up .-. . .- I r About 100 years ago a group of French-Canadians settled in my rid- ing practically upon the very spot where the French recollet mission- ary, Father Le Caron, had two cen- tunies before planted in the wilder- ness and among the Indians the cross of Christianity. The descendants or those serttlers have groxvn and pros- pered. They are intelligent, thrifty, law-abiding" and good neighbors, and I am happy and proud to have them in the riding` which I have the honor to represent. After 100 years the descendants of those serbtlers still speak their maternal lang'uag'e. They love it and are anxoious to continue to pre- serve it, and, indeed, they would be a very poor type of men if they did not appreciate the value and the Mr. Speaker-Representing in this House, as I (lo, a constiituency which is in part composed of French-Cam adi-ans I think it is tting that I should give expression to my views upcm the resolution under cbnsi(ler- ation. MR. C. E. WRIGHT ON ,THE Bl-LINGUAL . QUESTION I Potatoes .......................... .. . Potatoes (wholesale) . Green Onions Rhubarb ......................... .. 2 Onions ..- .. Radishes ..._ Lettuce .... .. Cream ................................ .. Hardwood (maple) .. Softwood .. ....................... .. Wheat ...................... .. $1.2 The reason for the scarcity was that the supply from Russia had ceased, and that almost the only source from which platinum could be obtained was South America. .1 11 -. u Radishes and this spri-ng`s lettuce took their place on Saitun.-d:.L_v along- side of the rhubarb and green onions that made -their appearance at the market the week previous. Maple syrup was scarce and sold readily for $2.75 a gallon. Butter and eggs were plentiful, the former brin_q'in~g 35 cents a pound and the latte1' ranging from 25 to 27 cents a dozen. Potatoes, roots and vege- tables, re-lict-s of last fall, were also plentiful at stable winter prices. TJ....nn . nun. Mrs. Jory and their cfuildren will -come .to Midland as soon as the :schod1 term c1oses.-Free Press. -1........... I-Uh u.,.....- . Prices : Butter ........................... .. ,Butter (wholesale) lgzgs .............................. .. Epsgs (wholesale) Fowl (wholesa.-le) Eowl ............................ .. . Maple Syrup ........ .. W. W. Grant, Calgary radio ex- pert, has 3 number of records to his credit, but in each case he was try- ing to establish records. However, Sunday morning a cat enabled him to establish a record without any effort on his `part. Arrangement had been made to broadcast the ser- vice of Grace Presbyterian church. The organist took his place at the organ and the choir was about to file in when with the rst peals from the organ church members were startled and the radio listeners-in were likewise sunprised to hear a cat concert start simultaneously. VI`!-.n runmnuinb iunmn.-..~..,1 6-L... ~...1.......~ uuv \.vu\..\,uv ouoLLu nnuuLuvauI:uuoAy. The organist increased the volume in an attempt to drown out the voice of the feline tenor, but the louder the organ, the louder the accmnpa.ni- ment. The radio listeners-in did not know what to think. Possibly some thought that Mr. Gnanit was trying a two-way stunt. The choir was kept back and :3 Ladder brought into re- quisition, and 'Dhoma.s was removed from his perch among the pipes of the organ betfore the solemn service could proceed. Buckwheat _ ....... .. I-I-_ -_ wan Lruwuu rL.Iuc.L Ava. A little is found in the United` States, still less in Australia, bud: re-1 conv (lanmln W me into 4-Hvl CAT IN CALGARY `CHURCH . ORGAN STARTLES RADIO FANS nu... u u.uu.\..ao. The sessional indemnity` in 1879 was $5 a day; in 1896 it wase $600 a session; in 1903 it rose to $1,000 and in 1910 to.$1,400; in 1920 and 1921 a bonus of $600 was paid. Dur- ing; the Drury 1'eg'ime a round robin was circulated and signed by many of the members asking; for ses- sional indemnity of $2,500. Hon. Manning Doherity said he believed the Government; was doing the right thing, but doing` it at the wrong time. If the bill became law he would not oppose it by refusing to take the ex- tra indemnity. Peter Heenan (Labor) said that Labor members needed -the indemnity more than any other membens, and he would sup- port the bill. Hon. F. C. Big-gs also expressed approval of the bill. .u.r; uuu uu aucuyb '..iL` lJlY:l'L I>'E. In moving the resolutions which 11er.e(!e- the bills, 1 m.`.:fei' Fergu- son mentioned t-hat the salaries of Cabinet Ministers in the variaus Provinces was as follows: Alberta $6,000, British Columbia $7,500, Manitoba $5,400, Quebec $6,000, Saska-tchewan $6,000 and Nova Scotia $5,000. The volume of business and the responsibility in the Province of Ontario is much greater than in any of the Provinces, said the Premier. Our various activities have grown to such a stage that a Minister must give his full time to his oice. There is not a Cabinet Ministers but makes a sacrice, not only in income, but in the more ser- ious aspect of the (lisorganization of his business. H . . . .. . . .4-` SATURDAY S MARKET The Legislature emlnr.;e.`i the pro po increase in salary for Cabinet Ministers and sesionul indcmnity. Cabinet Ministers xvi}! `L"l'.iC $8,000 and 11:.-mbesrs: $2,000, .ns'.e.1l of $6,000 and 1,400. Opposition to the in- crumses was expresse'l by Hon. Man- nir.-:_ Doherty, D. J. Taylor an; .1 J. G. Liillbridge, three F'my_;-:essives, but a{ the same time fhcff expressed their ir.'nx-.ir.n +n nnnn.\~i- I1. :..........,... potamia. Here are located the offices of the British Oil Companies. During the world war Basra was used as the base of the British Mesopotamian ex- peditionary force. \,/One of the results of the sojourn of the British Army at Basra was the decision to extend and improve the local telephone system. Climatic con- ditions in Mesopotamia are exception- ally hard on telephone plant but these diiculties have been met and _, ` etgsyma is enjoying at some of -`~- . that most_ modern '_ ` `$; or ma- " '. _ . ` * honcs. ' 5. 715- `-3 ' 5 .. ' -I-ant I/founnn_ SALARY INCREASE V 15 ENDORSED BY LEGISLATURE ................... .. .,... $1.25-$1.30 _ ..s_.. $1.26 ....... ..- 65-70c $1.00 ...... .. 65~70c __.-.. $14-$15 ..u ()\l\4 .u 75c qt. .... .. $2.75 gal. . 20-50c bask. ....... .. 60c bag .... ..30-40c bag 10c bunch bunches 25c 30c bask. 5c bunch .. 5c bunch .. 30c pt. '- 00 ........I I.-gu Au. . 2%;--`27c do /.. 23-2-1c (loz. 24-27c lb. . 25-30c lb. 35c lb. Jv yu- cord i load bus. 3 bus. ton DEAFNESS he ancient City of Basra, situated neh the head waters of the Per- ..u-. (`lull lrmlnur fhn `inn:-(inn nf the Can BE Cfd is a simple harmless home treatment which absolutely cures deafness, noises in the head, etc. No expen- sive appliances needed for this new Ointment, instantly operates upon the affected parts with complete and permanent success. Score: of won- derful cures reported. RELIABLE TESTIMONY Mrs. E. Crows, of Whitehorse Road, Croydon, Writes: I am pleased to tell you that the small tin of ointment you sent to me at Ventnor, has proved a complete success, my hearing` is now quite normal, and the liorrible head noises have ceases. The action of this new remedy must be very remarkable, for I have been troubled with these complaints for nearly ten years, and have had some of the very best medical advice, together with other expensive ear instruments, all to no purpose. I need hardly say how very grateful I am, for my life has undergone an entire change. -1- u , - --- - _ ,,,, __..._- ........,a.,. Try one box to-day, which can be forwarded to any address on receipt of money order for $1. There in nothing better at any price. BARRIE S BEST LAUNDRY Address orders to Manager: Larmalene" Co., Wood- lands," Stone-woods, Dartford, Ken}, England. [LEM BROS. Phone 616. Laundry called for and delivered Prices reasonable Workmanship guaranteed on all family washing he ancient City or Basra, siruateu sian Gui! below the junction of the Tigris and Eu hrates Rivers and near the site of t e garden of Eden, is the great oil shipping port of Meso- potamia. `I-Tarn :1-n Innnl-nrl 1-ha AH`:-nn nf the Lyaia n. rmxnam's medicines, and as 1 did not feel at all well at the time Iwent and got a bottle of Vegetable Compound right away. I soon began to notice a di ference in my general health. I was full of aches and pains at the time and thought I had every complaint going, but I can truthfully say your medicine certainly did me good. lean and will speak highly of it, and I know it will i do other women good who are sick and ailing if they will only give it a fair trial. Lydia E. Pinl s Liver Pills are splendid for constipation. You are welcome to use my letter if you think It will help any one."-Mrs. HARRY WESTWOOD, 543 Quebec Street, Toronto, Ontario. rn|,, , . . .. . . ._ \IAAuuL IV- The expectant mother is wise if she considers carefully this statement of Mn. Westwood. It is but one of a great many, all telling the same story-bene- cial results. 1 1- *I'1 .-- .. _ uyncu Lcaun La. Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com- pound is especially adapted for use dur- ing this period. The experience of other women who have found this medicine a blessing is proof of its great merit. Why not try it now yourself? C Toronto, Ontario.-" I have found Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com- pound a splendid medicine to take before and after connement. A small book was put in In door one day advertisin Lydia E. Pin ham s medicines, and not I went ` Toronto Mother F oomd Relief by Taking Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound run or ABHE8 . _ANlJ mms The new Continental Remedy called AUTO LICENSES . Debentures Barrie. ..~.. un\n Homl luv:-.s'tnv-nv "THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1925 W. BELL,/ISSUE1}. Eno.4u.....-.... .. ---- J NOISES IN THE HEAD AND NASAL CATARRH 7 OWEN STREEW Masonic Temple Building LARMALlNE" (Regd.) Successor to J. Arnold Insurance FOR SALE .. -- ..........4 Issue. of the Town of 5; Per Cent. Five Points Page Three