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Spray Machines Should be put Into the Very. Best of Shape Early. Nozzles and Hose for the Purpose Should te Procured at Once. SCRAPING AND PRUNINC Everybody who has this insect presâ€" ent in his orchard should begin now to take the necessary steps to control it this year. These steps are _ aSs follows : During the last two years San Jose Scale bhas been making considerable progress in the Niagara District, and in some of the other warmer parts of the Province. As this is a very diffiâ€" cult pest to control, the present seems the proper time to give a few direcâ€" tions which may lead to better sucâ€" cess than many of our fruitgrowers have had the last year. 2. Scraping the rough bark off apple and pear trées, so that the mix ture may get into contact with â€" the scale. , 4. Thorough pruning to make good spraying possible. w : a Written especially for The INDEPEN DENT by Prof. L. Caesar, Provincial Entomologist, 0. A. C. Guelph ~â€"3, Thorough sprayNE. As for pruning, it is quite clear that| if a tree hbhas not been well pruned | out and if the branches are thick in | it, it will require twice as much spray mixture to cover it thoroughly and control the scale as if it were first well pruned. Moreover, tall trees should certainly be lowered to a reas onable height. In doing this lowering, it is very important not to. cut .. the branches off anywhere, but always to select a cross branch which runs towards the centre of the tree and cut close towards it. In this way the cen tres are not left open. Open centres are a mistake; they allow sunâ€"scald and no fruit is borne in them, though they are well adapted to the bearing of just as good fruit as . any other part, in fact even better. All young suckers coming up from the main branches should not be cut off, but a KHew left to fill in in case the older branches die. It is well to top these suckers so that they will branch out better. All dead branches should, of course, be cut off from any part â€"of the tree, always cutting close to another branch to prevent rot. The whole tree should be thinned out1so1 that the branches may be well spaced. If some well pruned orchard is exâ€" amined, it will be the easiest way to discover what one should aim at in this respect. It is often wise also to cut back very long branches that run out sidewise so that the tree will be compact, and that it may be easier also in spraying to get access to every part. Pruning may be done any time from now ‘on, the sooner the better, in order that there may be no doubt about getting it all finished. The trees will not be injured, but benefitâ€" ted by this pruning, so that one in doing it is really following good orâ€" chard practice independently of the scale. NQW verybody who has This Inâ€" sect in his Orchard Should Begin now to Take the Necessary Steps to Control it This Year. Scraping should not be done until the tree is first pruned so that it may be easier accomplished and in less time. An old hoe is quite satisfactory 5 _ weeked in ThE Baumee mo Found wanting © hwmwmmnflmwwwwm' Pages * THFE INDEPENDENT *# io: 1 § L /3 iA / © Pages Valcartier Camp P ictures Yuraree 1 Oâ€"NGHT Some time ago a man weunt into a | He saw the kind he wanted and ask dealer said. ' B "Good gracious," said the man, ‘I can get the same thing Irom the mailâ€"order house for $1.35." "That‘s less than it cost me," Aid the dealer, "but I‘ll sell it on the same terms as the mailâ€"order louse, just the same." "All right," said the customer,""You can send it along and charge it to my account." f "Not on your life," the dealerreplied. "No charge accounts. â€" You can‘t do business with the mailâ€"@der house that way. Fork over the cash."â€" (The customer complie¢) "Now, two cents postage ani five cents for a money order, to the mailâ€"order house, you know." * The customer, inwardly raing, kept to his agreement and paid the seven cents. "Now twentyâ€"five cents exressage." "Well, T‘ll be â€"â€"â€"â€"â€",".ig said, but he paid it, saying "Now, hand me that saw and I‘ll take it pme myself and be rid of this foolery." "Hand it to you? Where d YOUu think you are? You are in Brantford a9d4 I‘m in Toronto, and you!l have to wait a week for that saw." Whereupon the dceaier UNE the saw on a peg and put the money in his cash drawer. "That makes $1.67," hotaid. "It has cost yov two cents more and taken you a week longer | Set it than if you hnad paid my price in the first place." f ; (Continued on page 3) Twentyâ€"ninth Year. 6 THE TIME TO PREPARE T0 HGHI THE SAN JOSE SGALE: SPRAY TROROUGHLY into a tore in Brantford to buy a saw. id aslk:id the price. It was $1.65, the TOWN COUNGIL NOW HOLD MORN AFTERNOON AND AVFN A Deputation From the Resiâ€" dents of the Propossd. Anâ€" nexation Area, Wait on Council to see if Question Monday was a Busy day : for the Town Fathersâ€"Placing of Electric Lights and Poles Took up Considerable time. GRIMSBY is certainly to be some town alright. Even the Town Fathers are beginning to feel the stress . of heavy business. They are now holding morning, afâ€" ternoon and. evening sessions. On Monday the members went over the streets with the foreman of construcâ€" tion of the Cataract Power Co. re the placing of street lights and poles. In the afternoon they had a long session over the "city hall" and in specting the building upstairs and down, preparatory to letting the ten der for a hot water heating plant. â€"At night they sat at the regular council meeting, and sat so late that they were late for the "bun fight". at the club, given to the pool team from Beamsville, The Council has purchased the large frame blacksmith and carriage shop of J. H. D. Walker on Orchard Lane, as a storehouse for the tools machinery and supplies and all the stuff has been moved there. A forge has been fixed up for the sharpening of picks and drills and other alteraâ€" tions made to the building. The purchase price was $500. The former storeroom will be clean ed up and an archway cut in the wall between it and the jail and thus enâ€" large the jail. The Ontario & Western Fruit Co. made application to the Council for their order for. spraying _ material. They quoted prices on Canada Rex and Niagara Brand sprays, by the bar rell, also on arsenate of lead, etc. The matter was laid over until prices can be secured from other firms. Mr. W. B. VanDyke, Thos. Liddle and Silas Wardell appeared _ before the Council re the annexation of part of the township. The gentleman had heard that the town was going on with the anâ€" nexation proposition and came before the Council to see if the matter could not be fixed up and sanctioned by the Railway Board without bringing the Board here for a hearing again. The deputatfton wanted to know if it would not be possible for the two councils and the interested citizens getting together, and settling the mat ter, by arbitration or otherwise, adâ€" vantageous to all. s Reeve Randallâ€"The application has gone into the Board, but that would make no difference. I think the coun cil here are agreeable to settling the matter without going to the Board. We feelâ€"that a part of the township should be in here, but we do not wish to do anytling that is not fair to you people We think a very amiable and equitible agreement can be arrived at s â€"â€"Mr. Liidleâ€"With the lots 250 feet deep yor could not open up & street in the :ear. I think the lots should Cannot be Settled Without Railway Board. MISSED "BUN FIGHT" can get the same thing from (Continued on page 5) GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1915 STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF GRIMSBY RED GROSS FUND . The forty Grimsby boys on Salisbury Plains were remembered at Xmas time, each getting 2 pairs of socks, tobacco, cigars, Xmas cake, etc. Twentyâ€"four men on Welland canal were given a shirt, sox and wristlets. Forty pairs of socks were expressed to the Grimsby boys of second conâ€" tingent, now in Toronto. Besides a box to Red Cross, Toronto. During Xmas week a large box of clothing of all kinds was sent to the Belgian Consul, Toronto. A neat little parcel was sent to Reg. Haist, containing a flannel shirt, cap, 2 pairs sox, mending kit, cholera belt, scarft, wristlets and tobacco. Since August, money received toward Red Cross Funds »............. .$594 87 Expenditures amounting to .............. asl.cs.s dsc nks kss k. sls els. 475 52 ‘ Work accomplished since August 317 pairs socks, 86 mending kits, 164 pairs wristlets, 115 caps, 104 cholera belts, 95 flannel shirts, 7 scarfs, besides 25 nightshirts, 52 pillows, 16 towels, 1 pair blankets, soap, combs, etc., for Red Cross, Toronto. 3 Every Wedfxesdzfy the ladies meet in the Council Chamber to sew and knit from 2.30 to 5.30. Everybody made welcome. 2 Statement of Red Cross Monies from Nov. 25, 1914 to Feb. 1, 1915 _ f 9 RECEIMRES qabeliealice GROWERS LOSE MONEY ON TOMATOES AT 30 CENTS A BUSHEL It was More Profitable to Raise Tomatoes at 20 Cents a Bushel 20 Years ago than it is now at 40 Cents a Bushel iInterest and taxes.. «... Fertilizer,;. 60 Ibs... .:. Ploughing...;:.s.%>r. . Hittings.....".;‘;.sar... 0. Fimits.....}..l}..}....%1 Distribution of Fertilizer Floeing twite..... ..;.;.â€".. Gultivating."*...!;..."~ . 3. Picking: .. ...}..... * .. Hauling...". *.; ".s0.}%}.. Manure, 16 tons...... . Management...>."..., .. !..... Any person who has suffered inconvenience owing t0o lack 0f acCcoOmâ€" modation will confer a great favyor to both the INDEPENDENT and to the community if they will communicate with the INDEPENDENT or the Rev. Dr. Ross at once. On the above estimated basis of a good crop of 400 bushels of tomatoes to the acre, which growers state is a genorous estimate, the 375 tomato gowers set their brains at work at On Monday next, Feb. 15, the Ontario Municipal and Railway Board will sit in GRIMSBY, at 2 p.m., in the Council Chambers, to hear evidence on the H. G. & B. placing lavatories in the GRIMSBY station and on cars running over the H. 6. & B. line. 2 oL s 5 uath ant060tniuine n > Mc d is ds Wt tw ind ds dn e t JeB ear m u: 1 Several prominent gentlemen who have suffered inconveniences on this road at different times owing to the lack of proper accommodation have come forward and offered their evidence, in order to show the Railway Board that we have a real grievance. $ & a meeting of the newly organized Lincoln angd Welland Counties Veget able Fruit Growers‘ Association _ in Standard Hall, St. Catharines, Satur day, to try and discover how in the world a grower was to extract a pro fit on the price of 25 cents per bush el to which the Dominion â€" Canners propose to cut the price for this year. , "How can we io it when it is not profitable at 30 cents?" was a ques tion frequently asked > in the ‘hall and the opinion was practically una namious that it was impossible and it was not found difficult to reach a Total cost:!.... :. 400 bush. at 30c Net loss per acre ‘ash on hand Cash on hband :. um%1:..%.....2" Donations from friends ...... Ten cent tea at Mrs. J. Wray‘s Village Grant ..:............. Township Grant ..:.......... Cook book money ............ Xmas box of 80 pairs sox and tobacco .. Express on box ....;....:.«...0kt.... Belgian boxâ€"Comforters, stockings, etc Cholera belts ....}....c.@..gks..}. Plannel sHhirts ........ A..‘Aams.. .. Mending kits .........."....2.. ... YCALIN s 1 iss ha a n es aie aby o on e o iele ataiaie . Cala s on( ai‘n n n 5s + Red Cross nightshirts and bed soX ........... Express on box of sox to R:; Snetsinger, Toronto Expenses on parce! to RKeg. Halst :........... (Continued on page 8) AA Cash on hand LWAY BOARD HERE ON MONOAY NG. NG SF59 EXPENDITURES QNS $153 120 $31 10 12 16 16 32 38 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 50 00 00 00 SUPT. RUSG, HIRED, F THEY HAD A BEAL SNOW STORM AT WEYMOUTA; NO RAIN HAS FELL SINGE JANUARY 5 "BUSINESS AS USUAL" 15 THE SLOGAN AT GRIMSBY BEAGH THIS YEAR The GRIMSBY Beach Company are following closely to the slogan of "Business as Usual" and are now actively at work getting things ready for a banner year at this popu lar resort. ® The concessions on the grounds are being rapidly contracted for, and besides all the old amusements will be opened for your amusement on Opening Day, May 24. The new fruit shed at the pier will be a covered one and will be built at the pier entrance. solely for the use of the fruit shippers. This shed will give ample room for stor age and for sixteen large fruit trucks. The fruit will be unloaded off the drays on to the trucks and will be run right on the boat, thus doing away with an extra handling, the trucks going right through _ to Toronto. The company feel sure that their efforts along these lines will be appreciated by the fruit growers and expect a good share of their Toronto and other lake points conâ€" lsignments this coming seaosn. ‘Other improvements in the Beach include a waterworks system â€" for fire protection. The water main will s (Continued on page 5) An atomizer free with an ounce of your favorite perfume at Stewart‘s Drug Store. & arge Fruit Shed With Large Trucks Supplied for Fruit Shippers at the Dock. A big Year Lookâ€" ed for LADIES $118 $119 $96 51 $41 96 85 51 25 8 50 50 00 25 00 76 45 14 15 RFH 78 21 179 35 92 25 43 38 46 85 10 70 35 $119 $308 05 _FRED AND ‘ RFD BY GOUNTY GOUNGL 35 The Municipal Council of the Counâ€" ty of Lincoln met on Thursday after noon in the County Buildings with Warden L. H. Collard presiding. All the Councillors, with the exception of Councillor Dalrymple, were in their places. Some very important matters will be brought forward and everything points to many keen deâ€" bates. The Question of the Right of Councillors Young and Nelâ€" son to Vote in Open Counâ€" cil on This Subject was Raised. The ball was set rolling as soon as the session opened by Councillors Bush and Robertson, in a motion to repeal byâ€"law 532, passed on 27th of July, 1912, appointing a superintendâ€" ent for the Queenston & Grimsby Stone Road. It is hardly necessary to mention that almost every matter per taining to this road rouses the keenâ€" est and at times the stormiest sesâ€" s1ons. f Councillor Fleming, Chairman of the Q. & G. committee, said that such an important matter required a notice of â€" motion to be given. He apâ€" pealed to the Warden for a ruling. The Warden stated that it was cusâ€" tomary but not compulsory. Councillor Moyer said that if it was a question of expediancy he could un derstand it; but it was not. He point ed out that there was always a proper course to pursue. _ "Is it fair, is it jusâ€" tice, is Itâ€" prudence," . he asked, "to pass a byâ€"law without knowing the contents of the one that was to take its place." He classed it simply as a step in the dark and a dangerous one. We have a right to know the substance of the byâ€"law and what is involved in it. It would be only right for the matter first to have come before the Q. & G. committee. Councillor Randall declared that he would like to vote intelligently. He had not the slightest idea of the obâ€" ject or what was going to be substiâ€" tuted in its place. Under such conâ€" ditions he was entirely opposed _ to it Councillor Fleming declared that the motion was simply a vote of lack of confidence in the Q. & G. commitâ€" tee. It was the first he had heard of it. It would be only fair and courâ€" teous to the.Committee to bring beâ€" fore them the problem and allow them to discuss it. The whole procedure was a distinct surprise to Councillor Stewart. He endorsed the previous speakers.. The Council must. get more light on the subject. He might be in favor or he might be against it, but the manner in which it was introduced, left him no other course but to vote against it. ?**M*******M******MWWW = EXTRA COMMISSION ON MONEY ORDERS TAKEN OFF > ounty Fathers Have Hottest Scrap in Years Over the Apâ€" pointment of a Superintenâ€" dent for Q. & G. Road. 35 k loas o le t C OR.M,. COULTER, Deputy Postmaster General: i wGo oBe on aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe e aBe aBe aBe eBn eBe aBe aBe aBe eBe oBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe aBe eBe aBe aBe afe abe ae aBeaTe se ofe afe aBeaTo se ofe aBeaBe sfeale aBeoRe THREE DAY SESSION : Post Office Department, Ottawa, Feb. 1. 1915. Orders on the United Kingdom, etc Referring to the Departmental Circular of the 31st August, 1914, imposing an additional commission of 4 cents on each pound or frac tion of a pound in the case of money orders issued in the United Kingâ€" dom, Postmasters are informed that as Sterling exchange has now be come normal the additional commission is no longer to be colâ€" lected. â€"â€"â€" The restriction limiting the amount of money orders on the United Kingdom that could be issued to the same person on the same day to $100, is also removed. Y y es The above regulations also refer to money orders payable at Fiji, Hong Kong, New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Ausâ€" tralia, Tasmania, Victoria, West Australia, Union of South Africa, Bermuda, British Guiana, British West India Islands and all "through" countries and offices for which the British Postal Department acts as intermediary (except Luxemburg, Egypt, Constantinople, Beyrout and Ssmyrna, on which orders are not to be used). Orders on France Postmasters are also informed that the exchange of money orders with France, which was suspended on the 7th August, 1914, has been reâ€"opened, and money orders may be issued on offices in that country under the same conditions and at the same rates of commission. as formerly. ; 8 Orders on the United States As New York exchange is at present above par and liable to flucâ€" tuations, postmasters are informed that care must be taken to preâ€" vent the issue of orders on the United States for sums _ abnormally large when it is evident that they are intended for payment of merâ€" cantile accounts or for speculative purposes. & When obliged to refuse orders for large amounts the fact should be reported to the Department (Continued on ‘page 7) Letters from you (of san. 1) ‘Les Farrell, Ken Mabey, Aunt Martha and "Tiny‘ and cards from the two girls in the P. O.; also an Independâ€" ent of Dec. 30. The box hasun‘t arrived to me yet but I hope it wWill be here in a day or two. It came to camp a week ago and was sent on to me here, Now when it comes I will have to send it back to Mackie to give out. After I take my own stuff cut of it. It ‘hasn‘t rained one day singe I came here on Jam. 5 and the weath er is just. like Spring. Snapshots of Scenes Around Grimsby Make Lieut. Livingâ€" ston Long for Homeâ€" Weather is Just Like Spring. Dear Folks: I am feeling better than I have ever felt in my life and toâ€"day when I got my mall. I felt sti.1 better. No Lights are Allowed on Automobiles or Motor Cyâ€" cles Except the Little Side oil Lampsâ€"Helped _ win Rugby Game. Yesterday I picked violets in Mrs. Devenish‘s garden. Not from under glass either. I will send them to you. I am also sending a card we ali received from Noble Sam. * Cheer up Mother dear and _ do pleage not worry because I feel it in my bones that I will be O.K. Mrs. Devenish‘s cook makes me potato cake twice a week for tea it just feels like home when I _ put my teeth irto it. They are not _ 8O good as yours but they "pass." I am working hard but Gee! the chance of eating real _ meals and sleeping on a real bed for a while sure pays for all the work. I haven‘t seen nor heard of Haist as yet but all the boys . are on the look out. Did I tell you I saw ‘Bill Etty of home the day I left camp? He is a corporal in the Army Service Corps. I told him he would get his share of the stuff in the box. This is am interesting old town and I thoroughly enjoy myself while not working. The evinishe‘s do every thing for us and it is just like beâ€" ing home. They are away now for two days and Acland afifi"l) are keep ing house. Capt. â€" Harkness, Mrs. â€" Ward‘s brother, showed me some smaps of home last night and Gee! I came pretty near being homesick when I saw Mr. Ballard, the Point and parts of the Beach. I don‘t know how long we are going to be here, but I do know we won‘t feel much like going back to army blankets when we do go back to camp. Yesterday morning we sent a hun dred men out to the Front and it (Continued on page 3) "SAM‘S" GREETINGS Royal Dorset Yacht Club, Weymouth, Jan: 20, 1915 $1.00 Per Year al!