GROWING TOMATOES IN ALBERTA The production of tomatoes In large luautities on the prairie does not ap- pear to have been a success in the past, but prairie people are of a type who are forever doing something which was never done before. Messrs. 0. O. Kerr and J. E. Terrill, of Leth- bridge, Alberta, have observed for some years that tomatoes in arjall quantities were matured in the Leth- bridge district and decided that there was no reason why the experiment should net be made on a commercial scale. As a result about two acres of tomatoes were set out last summer on land f.irmed by Mr. Kerr, a few miles east of Lethbridge. The pl;vits were started under glass in Lethbridge and set out on June 6, 7 and 8, at which time they were from 6 to S inches in height. Three thousand Ave hundred plants were set in the plot, some of them three feet apart and some four feet apart. The experience of the sea- son seems to indicate that the four foot plant is preferable. The soil secured was an old pasture which had since been in alfalfa and is protected by a wind break of trees on the western side. It is a very rich loam with a gentle south slope and, of course, is irrigated. The land was cultivated in the ordinary way and ir- rigated before planted and three times afterwards. The first of the ripe fruit was avail- able seven weeks after setting out the plants, or about the end of July. During the month of August from five to six hundred pounds of beautiful ripe fruit was taken off the plot each day and this rate of production continued into September. The total yield of the plot is estimated at 35,000 pounds and a ready market was found for the pro- duct in the city of Lethbridge, the ear- ly ripe tomatoes bringing twenty-five cents a pound and the latter crop fif- teen cents a pound. The gross price of 35,000 pounds at the latter figure is $5,250. According to Mr. Kerr, no difficul- ties were experienced in the produc- tion of this crop. The vines were trimmed early in July for the purpose of producing heavier fruit %nd also ad- mitting more sunshnu which ripen- ed it very rapidly. The tomatoes were as large and as well developed as the bcft imported stock from British Col- umbia or Washington and, being local grown, they, of course, reached the consumer in better condition. The crop was so lie:ivy that in many cases the support stakes which had been put in for the vines to climb on were broken down. One vine was noted which had eighty-three tomatoes on it. Up to the middle of September no damage had been experienced from frost, although as a precautionary rneasure flax straw had been dumped about the plot, so that smudges could be started if necessary. Mr. Kerr points out that the essential thing in the production of this crop was the ir- rigation, which not only increased the amount of fruit, but by affording ample moisture at the right time re- sulted in early ripening. Without ir- rigation it is doubtful if the experi- ment would have been at all success- ful, and while it is not sug^^ested that every person can go into tomato rais- ing in Southern Alberta and produce $2,600 per acre the experience in this case is at least instructive as to what these irrigated lands are capable of. It is not too much to say that such lands, if located in the mountainous part of the continent, would be sold at many hundreds of dollars per acre, j but because they are found in Alberta in practically limitless sweeps of j prairie they are still sold ready for ! the plow at less than what would be i the cost of clearing them in even light- I ly timbered regions. Their very I abundance makes it difficult to grasp j their value but there is little doubt I that some day they will be the home of the most productive and closely settled agricultural community on the continent. THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR I My Vase. „ ' My blue vase holds a cherry spray, Pioneers Who Have Blazed a Trail .^j,j ;(. j^ jj^.^. Through Aerial Regions. ; jhc walls are" close about my "chair; 1500 â€" Jean-Baptiste Dante made My soul and I do not despair. flights with a glider of non- We wander where the west wind vibrant wings in Perugia, Iialy. thrills 1742 â€" Marquis De BdcqueviUe used Across the hills, .'mitation flapping wings from Where hickory buds are silken pink, house en Seine to garden of ' And footsteps sink the Tuileries. | In gold-green meadows warm with 1842 â€" Hensoji patented monople to i spring, be driven by steam engine. And thrushes sing. Wing span 140 feet. ! 1871â€" M. A. Penaud built tov model' My-^ue vase holds a soft, red rose. which flew 131 feet in garden I's leaves unclose. of the Tuileries. ^'>' ^"''^ ^"'' ' '""^ drugged with 1876 â€" Penaud designed airplane with , sweets two propellers. ' Down garden walks where sunlight 1896â€" Prof. S. P. Langlev's steam-' "^eets driven monoplane model flew I" goldpn flakes beneath the trees; over Pontomac successfully --^"d >'«llow ^ees for 3000 feet at twenty to I ^'^ buried deep in flower hearts. twentv-five miles an hour. | "^^ '°"e ^''a^s parts 1896â€" Lillienthal flew biplane glider : Above a path where poppies nodâ€" •previous to fitting it with 2^ â- ^'a^ dreams of God. horsepower engine; killed in! jjy ^ue vase holds a holly spray flight- With berries gay 1900-Wilbur and Orville Wright ex- ' ^ome in. come in! Mv fire glows, perimented with gliders with i^^ crimson flames in "leaping rows. Dear friends, your hands in mine to- PALE AN& W€AK DESPONDENT PEOPLE Owe Their Condition to Weak, Watery Blood â€" How to Rein Strength. Every woman's health is i dependent upon the condition oi iier blood. Far too many women suffer with headaches, pains in the back, poor appetite, weak digestion, palpi- tation of the heart, a constant feeling i of weariness, shortness of breath, pal- I lor and nervousness. Of course all | these symptoms may not be present I in any particular case. They are ! merely a warning that the blood is out of order, and that it is thin and watery, and if you note any of these symptoms in your own case, you should lose no time in taking the pro- per steps to enrich and purify the blood. Anaemia â€" poverty of the bloodâ€" is a most insidious disease and if allowed to run will end in a com- plete breakdown of the system. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are, beyond doubt, the greatest blood-making tonic offer- ed the public to-day. For more than a quarter of a century they have been the stand-by of hundreds of thousands of people in all parts of the world. No other medicine has ever achieved such world-wide popularity, and the reason is that this medicine does what is claimed for it, enriches and purifies the blood, thus bringing new strength to every organ and every nerve in the body. In this way Dr. Williams' Pink Pills bring new health to weak, des- pondent people. Among the many who speak highly of this medicine is Mrs. Louis D. Larsh. Windsor. Ont., who says: â€" "It would be impossible for me to recommend !>-. Williams' Pink Pills too highly. Some years ago I was very thin and pale: 1 suffered many of the symptoms of anaemia, and al- ways ieh tired, depressed and weak. I had tried several medicines, but they did not seem to help me. Then acting on the advice of a friend, I began tak- ing Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Before I had used half a dozen boxes I was actually feeling like a new person and had gained nine pounds in weight. I continued taking the pills until I had taken a dozea boxes, and from that time I have always enjoyed the best of health. t freely write you this letter in the hope that some wo- man in need, as I was. will see it and be benefited as I have been." Most of the troubles that affect mankind are due to impoverished blood, and will promptly disappear if the blood is built up and renewed. If you are ailing, give this greatest of tonic medicines a fair trial and it will not disappoint you. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can be procured through any dealer in medicines, or will be sent by mail at oOc a bo.x or six boxes for $2.50 by writing The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ♦ Tlio Latest Desig-us Insertion trims this little frock that would be suitable for graduation or as a bridesmaid's c.stume ai a simple wf>dd:ng. McCall Pattern No. 8952, Misses' Dress. In 3 sizes, 16 to 20 years. Price, 25 cents. BIT5 OF HUMOR FROM HERE &T1JERE VOVITBT WAS'lTBD SPRING TIME IS PAINT TIME. I •' arched surfaces and adin stable rudder in front. Glided 600 feet. night Beneath the light 1903-December 1 o. -Wright broth- Qf vellow candles, soft with screens ers fitted a biplane glider with Qf Christmas greens, a sixteen horsepower motor, your voices in some rich old song make first successful sustained ^-jji linger Ion". flight in world 1906 â€" September 13.â€" Santos Dumont made first officially recorded European airplane flight. 1907â€" October , 26. â€" Henry Farman, My soul and I would keep you near When leaves grow sear. A Prayer at Planting Time, Englishman, flew Voisin 2500 Now I shall make my garden feet in fifty-two and five-tenth ; seconds in a straight line. I 1908â€" August S.â€" Orville Wright sur- 1 passed French records for! duration w.ith one passenger. , 1909 â€" July 25. â€" Bleriot crossed the English Channel from Calais to Dover in thirty-seven min- utes. 1909â€" September 29.â€" V/ilbur Wright flew around the Statue of Liberty. 1913 â€" June â€" Brindejon flew • from Paris to Warsaw stopping at Berlin, covering 333 miles in eleven hours, including stops. 1914 â€" Julyâ€" Successful trials of the ".America," ordcre<l by Rod- man Wananiaker for trans-at- lantic flight. 1914â€" 1918â€" War period. 1919â€" Harry G. Hawker and C-om- mander MacKenzie Grieve .â- \s true men build a shrine .\n humble thing where yet shall spring The seeds that are divine. Since each a prayer I sow them there In reverential line. Oh. little is my garden space. But great the prayer 1 pray; With every seed against earth's need That men may sow to-day. My hope is thrown, my faith is sown To make the harvest gay. Oh. gardens spacious, gardens small, For you my prayer is said: That Clod's own hand may touch the land And give His people bread. As once before on that far shore His multitudes were fed. Cream that is just turning sour wi!! whip well if mixed with a little cross considerable portion of sugar, and will not taste any differ- .'Vtlantic in Sopwith plane. ' ent from sweet cream. Grape-Nuts is easy to digest because it is baked and rebaked for over twenty hours. Tl\e result is a food full of sustaining value. ^ Wonderftil Flavor Sturdy Nourishment At the recent annual meeting of the Commission of Conservation. Hon. Senator Edwards made the statement that unless Canada e^rcised more care with her forest resources, the day was not far distant when we would be without our supplies of lumber. While this statement referred par- ticularly to the protection of forests, it might with equal force be applied ' to the protection of our buildings, i fences, farm implements, etc.. for the reason that, in the latter case, there is not only the value of the original forest product to protect, but also the value of the human energy necessary for the transformation of that timber into its various wood products. Spring, from time immemorial, has been known as house-cleaniug time. During recent years this period has developed a popular slogan, "Clean up and paint up. " .\3 a conservation measure this would be hard to im- prove upon. Wood, when exposed to the weather without protection soon ' deteriorates, it bears a shabby and i neglected appearance, and is in a great majority of cases but an indication of the enterprise or carelessness of the owner. Our soldiers are coming home, they are co.uiug from a country of homes, where thrift is paramount, where the people take pride in their premises »i d keep them in the best condition. ' Can we not. this spring, bear this in mind, and let our boys see that the home folks have awakened to the advantages of cleaning up an<l paint- J iug up. that their homes bear that wtU-kept and cheery appearance that bids them welcome? Faultless in line and charming in material this makes a chic frock for the miss. McCall Pattern No. S94J?, Misses' Dress. In 4 sizes, 14 to 20 years. Price, 25 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St.,' Toronto. Dept. W. \ CHILDHOOD CONSTIP.\TION Constipated children can find prompt relief through the use of Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets are mild but thorough laxative which never fail to regulate the bowels and stomach, thus driving out constipation and indigestion: colds and simple fevers. Concerning them Mrs. Gas- pard Daigle. Deuiain. Que., writes: "Baby's Own Tablets have been of great benefit to my little boy. who was suffering from constipation and indi- gestion. They quickly relieved him and now he is in the best of health." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cts. a box from The Dr. Williams' Mediciue Co.. Brockville, Ont. There are too many tangled trails That start with promise true, But never lead us to the scenes Our longing eyes would view, Ak)ne, undinimed by tears between, Tho" far our steps may roam. Runs back the path of memory To mother and to home! Ask for KlBard'a uiA tak* ao oUi«*> "Canada-Product" has been chosen by the Canadian Trade Commission as the trade-mark of goods going to Europe under government credits. Call Again. Maid â€" There's a mendicant at the door, madam. .Mrs. .Vewrichâ€" '\\'ell. tell him we haven't anything to mend just at pre- sent. He Carried On. *ond M:imma â€" Oh. look. papa, how solid baby feels this morning. Catch hold of him. Papa â€" Yes; there certainly seems a difference. He was all "holler" last nighr The Stalking Stork. Little Johnnie, age seven, was play- ing with his little girl neighbor, Judith, age eight. In view of her su- perior age, JohoEio asked ner, confi- dently, one day: "Say, Judith," he said, "does storks t^ally bring babies?" "Yeth. Johnnie.' lisped Judith, 'be- cause after Thister Thusey came I heard papa thay thomething about an awfullly big bill I" . No Horses There. Tho new servant girl was told to order the family vegetables at the grocer's, -\fter noting what was ask- ed for. the tradesman inquired: "Won't your mistress want any horsemdish to-duy? Some just in nice and frcsii. " Tossing her head indignantly, Mary Jane replied: "No. indeed; she don't want no sucll thing. Master keeps a motor carl" Too Lats. The professor of a certain medical college asked a student how much of a certain medicine should be adminis- tered to the sufferer. â- â- .\ tablespooniul," promptly answer- ed the young man. In about a min- ute, however, he said: "Professor, I would like to change my answer to that question." The doctor took out his watch. "My young friend," he observed gravely, "too late' Y'our patient has been dead forty seconds." Net to be Bribed. "Pat." said the excise officer, "HI give you live shillings if you'll take me to a private still."' Pat agreed, pocketed the money, and off they started. For many weary milss. over moun- tain, bog and moor they tramped, xm.- til they came into view of a barracks. Pointing to a soldier seated on a step inside the square. Pat said, "There ye are, sor. me brother Mike; he's been a soldier for ten years an' he's a private still." ^^ WALLPAPER WILLS Curious Writing Materials Used by Testators for Last Testament. ^ .â- Vpropos the recent case of a will being writter. on a piece of wal'paper, it may be noted that, so long a, -.'is proper formalities retiuirej by the law are complied with, it is imma- terial what the wi'.l be written on. Taking advartage of thi.> fact, one eccentric testator elected to wri:c '.:!< on a door, and the e'>:ecutor.5 had no choice but tc h.'. i-o the doir u»i-{ screwed from its hirg-es and ciinried ! into court to be proved. "Mary, all that is 'mine is thine," was scribbled on a torn higirage label and held to ^e valid ,ts a will, while a wealthy A.meri*an â- j'-ocer wrote his bequests oi thcus;uids of dollars on a piece of br^wn wrapping pafer. -â- Vnother eccairij testator wrote his will on the lid of a collar-box, in- side which he placed his cash and securities. \y H.\T H.WK you FOR S.kLi: IN »T Ll\^ roultry, Kaiuy Hens. Pl^^^ns. KsK-4. eto.? Write I. Welnrauch & Son. '.D-l'i St. Jean Ba,jti8te Market. Uoat- !">-al Cjue. POB SAI.Z. NKWSP.^f'ER. WKEKLY. IN BRfOE i-'ounty. Spleniltd opuortunitv W.-it« Bo.x T Wilson rubli.shinif C... Liinlied, T3 .VdelHide St. \V.. Torunt^i WELL EQfirPED .VEWSt'.\rER and ]ob urintinir plant in Eastern Ontario. In.'!urance carrlej J 1.500. Will ro fc- ll.:no on quick s.ile Hox «1 Wllaon Puhi:-»hlng Tn . I.i.l Tomnto. MZSCi:l.I.AjrE0t7S. C1.\.NCER. TUMoH.S. LUMl'S. ETC. / internal and external, cu.'ttd with- out pain by our homo treatment. Writs UB before too late. Dr. Fellman ^(edicaj Co.. Limited CoUinrwoud. Ont Slewing Clocks. In childish tunic, golden brown, A rosy baby sits him down Upon the graas all overgrown With Clocks from Dandelions blown. "One o'clock I and two! and three!" The red lips blow so prettily â€" The fluffy down about him whirls, ' He laughs and shakes his tangled I curls. ! With sailer hat slung down behind, .\ quainter picture one can't And. j The brown legs bare above the socks I A rosy baby blowing clocks. Minard's Liniment Co., Iftd. Gents, â€" I have used your Min- ard's Liniment in my family and also in my stabies for years and consider it the best medici.^e ob- tainable. I Yours truly, ' ALFRED ROCHAV. Proprietor Roxtcn Pond Hotel and I Livery Stables. True worth is in being, not seem- ing; In doing each ciay that goes by. Some little good, not in the dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For what ever men say in their blind- ness, .A.nd spite of the fancies of youth; There's nothing so king'.y as kind- ness. And nothing so royal as trucli. Seeo Kiuard's Iilalsieni in tlia UooMk Candied peel can be shredded far more quickly with scissors than with a knife. girls: lemon juice is a skin whitener How to make a creamy beauty lotion for a few cents. The juice of two fresh lemons strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint of the most re- markable leinou skin beautitier at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken to .«trai:i the lemon juice through a fine oloth so no lemon pulp gets in. then this lotion will keep fresh for montlis. Kvery woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleac'i and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallownvs-; and tan and is the ideal skiu softener, whitener and beautifier. Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly fr.ig- rant lemon lotion and massage it daily into tiie face. neck. :'.rms and hands. Klaatd's I»lnlinent naail by Pbrsldaaa* * • j Work on, nor count thy work a triv- ial thing â€" No earnest life was ever lived in vain; The fragrance of a wild flower's blossoming May soothe a griev.ing heart -<5r ease a pain. Omnipotence upholds each distant star â€" Omniscient love knows where the flowers are. Constipation Cure A drugglai (ayi ; "For n«arly thirty years I have commended the txtrart of Roots, known as M»thf r Stigel's Curative Syrnp, for the radical cure of constipation and inci^ostion. It is an old reliable rcLnedv that never fails to do the work." 30 drop* thrice daily. Get the Genuine, at druygists. The Marshall Islands. The Marshall Islands are a group not far from Australia recently , wrested from German control. Up to a period in the not very remote past their inhabitants followed cannibal proclivities. The late .â- Vlexander .\gassiz, in the c-ourse of his ethno- : logical studies in the South Sea Is- 1 lands, had an uncommonly interest- ing experience with the Marshall Islanders. .\ group of native war- ! riors were persuaded to sing a typi-l cal war chan^ of the tribe. Unknown to them one of Mr. .\gassiz's assist- ants recorded the chant on one of the early phonographs, then a new thing to civilization itself, .\t the end of the chant the needle was re- versetl and the astonished natives listened to the strangest echo they ever heard. "The cardinals of character" are the four rcqiv sites: Truth, kindness nf heart, honor, right feeling." The production of oysters in Brit- ish Columbia, thongh limited as yet, is increasing. In 1917, the province produced 1,789 barrels, which is ap- proximately 15 per cent, in e.xcess of the 1916 catch. MONEY ORDERS. Dominion Express Money Orders are on sale in five thousand offices through- out Canada. Three ships have already sailed with Canadian supplies to restock Ruman- ian farms under the $25,000,000 cre- dit. The Canadian Trade Commis- sion is "up to its eyes" in work ar- ranging the clothing and other sec- tions of the onier. LISTEN TO THIS ! SAYS CORNS LIFT RIGHT OUT NOW \ » • o- • • * George Dubois, the French sculp- tor, has finished the model of a monu- ment commemorating the Lusitania, to be anchored on a float off the Irish coast. **<»>.i>a LlAlia«Bt &BaklMnuaQ'( rrlsaA. You reckless men and women who are pestered with corns and who have at least once a week invited an awful death from lockjaw or blood poison are now told by a Cmcinnati authority to use a drug called freezone, which the moment a few drops are applied to any corn, the soreness is relieved and goon the entire com, root and all, llfta out with the fingers. It is a sticky ether compound which dries the momeut it is applied and simply shrivels the corn without in- flaming or even irritating the surround- ing tissue or skin. It is claimed that a quarter of an ounce of freezone will cost very little at any of the drug stores, but is sufflcient to rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn or callus. You are further warned that cutting at a coru is a suicidal hubit. cunciM HEAI^ ECZEMA All over baby's (ace. Came in water blisters and then formed a solid scale. Began to itch and burr, so had to bandage his hands as he wanted to scratch. Face was tmdly disligured. Trouble lasted 4 months. Began using Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment. Used one cake Soap and one box Ointment when he was healed. From signed statement of M.-S. Albert EUis, Wettenberg, N. S. For every purpose of the toilet Cuticura Soap. Ointment and Tal> cum are stipreme. For fr«« sample tseh of f^itKlira So«p. Omt- nMnt utd TskiuQ «ildr«M Dost-esrd: "CvUvmrs, Dept. A. l u lls. U. 3. a ' SoM •nrywberi. ED. 7. ISSUE 23â€" 'la.