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stouffville september 4th 1924 gwg th e tribune fruit this seasons berries are of the finest and the prices aro reasonable s i fresh vegetables and other fruits in season try our invincible brand shortening prices on j shortening and lard have ad vanced but we are making a fa special ot this godd brand at the old prick 3 ratcliff co f first class boots and oxfords for men drop in and look them over i glehm footwear of merit tt ouffville ont thoste 4301 to 1 clearing prices sale price 100 sale price 200 mens fine shirts rcg 150 mens work shirts 75c mens khaki pants 135 peabodys overalls reg 300 mens running shoes- reg 175 sale price 150 boys running shoes reg- 175 sale price 125 all shoes at reduced prices call and see them before you buy jl utile west end stouffville goal cement salt tile and flour coal select lump steam coal- lehigh valley stove chestnut and pea sizes sohvay coke cement canada brand salt 50 lb 100 lb- 200 lb- sacks and bbls flour and feed bran shorts manitoba oats oil cake five crown flour for bread jubilee for pastry tile 3 inch 4 inch and 6 inch on hand highest prices paid for alsike and grain of all kinds telephones office 169 residence 171 stoupfvbuie markets wednesday sept 3rd dairy eggs 27 to 28 butjer 2 to so ctt roc hogs thich smooth 10 hogs select 11 jbutcher cattle 450 to 500 cowa 3 calves 700 to 909 common calves 450 butchers 700 grain oats 40 to 4s pall wheat 100 loose wheat barley 62 to 67 agents wanted the careful attention to our customers orders and the splen did stock supplied tor years past warrants us in having a repre sentative or two in this county liberal commissions free out fit write at once for exclusive territory thos w bowman a son company ridgkvtlik ont star nurseries pat hkx3 t will pay a special price for fat hens sam golden apply at pen- nbvka livery is published thursday afternoon terms 200 a year in advance a v nolan publisher stouffville ont the overseas trip at the conclusion of may last let ter we were to leave the battlefrout for paris let us say first in pass ing that the british cemeteries which include the canadians are all well kept work is now going on in changing the old wooden crosses into permanent stone structures of the same size or perhaps a little larger than the woodcross the graves are layed out iu long colon- ades and iu alphabetical order at tht entrance to the grounds one passes under an arch supported by square building on either side the whole structure designed i to repre sent the front ot a cathedral in the building on the one side is a hook containing the names of all those buried in the cemetery while on the other side visitors are re quested to register their names a courteous caretaker is in attendance at each cemetery and the cost of upkeep so far has been paid by the british government unfortunately we were not near enough to the cemeteries in which the stouffville hereoes were laid to visit them and this was a great disappointment to us we visited great woollen mills along the battle area in france and were informed tiiat these mills as they stood before the war were blown up by german mines because the enemy was jealous of the french competition and they be lieved the works would never be re built today there stands one of the finest woollen and cotton spinning concerns in the world all the work men are living iu nev- homes have gardens sporting stadium and en joy working under better conditions thau ever before the men jive in what looked to us a model commun ity on the suburbs of a great city we were entertained there to a luncheon and the companys band furnished music including several tamiliar national selections for our benefit in the same area we visited a coal mine and received a royal re ception with a splendid banquet these industrial points were near vimy ridge of which i spoke in my last letter after our second day 02 the bat tle fields we landed at arras a fami liar war city and the place where lieut percy stover was stationed for some time when it was a busy military base tired dusty and weary we entrained for paris pass ing through ahe country either by train or in motor cars we were im pressed with the backwardness of the farming centres fourteen and a half acres is a good sized farm in this part of europe of which we were in but thousands dig their liv ing off of three and four acres places the farmers live in villages and walk back and forth daily to their fields on which there is likely to be no buildings these villages are mostly built of stone or brick with tile roofing file is much cheaper than cedar shingles in eur ope women do most of the field work and practically all the labor is done by hand excepting the plow ing and for this work the family cow if the farmer has one is pressed into service we saw the farmer leading the animal while his wife would control the plow fortunately for bossie there is not a great deal of plowing to do other instances of their backward ness may be cited from seeing the fields of hay and grain being cut with a small hand cycle and fre quently where a woman would be employed at this work a baby carri age stood nearby in the field i have seen them cocking hay and pulling weeds by hand too such a thing as a binder or mower is un known in the area through which we passed although in england condi tions were much advanced over the continent not the least interesting of our stay in paris as the night life of the gay city it seemed to us to be de- cidedy a city of pleasure and the vis tor from canada is likely to find much to 3tartle him the city seemed full of dance halls women stand on the streets and sing and in the cabarets entertainment of vaudeville nature is going on drink ing is in- evidence everywhere in front of the drinking houses of which paris has many thousands tables and chairs are placed right out on the sidewalk and the passer by must get off the curb for the beer tnwes have the right of way every evening they are crowded with- men women and children all supping beer in the theatres the same thing prevails people sit and watch a picture show with a glass ot beer in their hand or on the little stand attached to the seat a quart of champaign costs twenty francs in a firstclass hotej and still less in a wine store a glass of beer which before the war cost a penny now runs a trifle more for tunately tor those people it is not too expensive for in many places water is most difficult to get it would seem that the ruling men ot these countries reap the profits from the big breweries and thus they are not over anxious to develop a domestic water service for drinking purposes one may go from paris to london either by airship or the land and water route some of our parly took the air route and made the journey i in less than five hours mva hiem a former teacher on the stouffville school staff was among the fliers thp big planes carry twenty or thirty passengers and include a smoking room on board there is plenty of room to walk about while i on the journey if one so desire i we arrived in london on a sln- j day evening and it did seem like getting home after our sojourn in belgium and france where we did not understand the language and where customs are quite different we had a busy day on monday when a number of us visited the hous or parliament being conduc ted through the expansive building by sr harry britain sir william bull and sir philip dawson here we were irivileged to sit in on the house of lords wnen the lawyers were pleading a case at noou hour we were entertained by lord riddell j and in the afternoon we attended a reception at kensington palace the girlhood home of the late queen victoria whore we were introduced to the members of the society of women journalists lord riudell said that our dele gation was the largest of its kind to ever visit england and its im portance might be judged he thought by the fact that within a few days the members had been re ceived by a king and a president and the probability was that we would while in london be received by the king the prediction came true for we were received at buckingham palace a few days later 1y king george and queen mary lord riddell is vitally interested in newspaper work and had specialized in peace conference advancement at kensington palace we had an opportunity to meet hr h prince3 louise whose late husband theduke of argyle was governor general of canada when marquis of lome and to lady patricia ramsey whose connection with the famous princess pats is well known to all of us an other whom we met was lady byng wife of our present governor gen eral i asked her if she recalled meeting a section of our party at ottawa three years ago and she seemed quite interested and recalled the occasion readily on entering the palace our names were each called out as we arrived one by one at the top of the famous queens staircase which was de corated with beautiful flowers and we were conducted to the queen caroline room where we shook hands with their royal highnesses after a luncheon sir walter ball in a little talk reminded us that in this palace queen victoria the good was born he referred us to her childhood toys and they were not a bit mussed up like one might expect to see it was in one of these rooms she slept when a young lady and on the memorable night when she was visited by the lord cham berlain and the primate who broke the news to her that she was that morning queen of england lord burnham who was in tor onto last week presided at a dinner on tuesday at the empire press union wednesday our party took in the wembly exhibition my views on which appeared in tiie toronto globe of august 4fh and which space is not available now the visit of the party to buckingham palace as the guests of the king and queen have also been referred to in these columns our invitations to the palace were the only creden tials we required to gain admission and while we were requested to leave cameras in the reception hall we were not scrutinized in any way which emphasized the high esteem in which the members of the royal family are held by all in england there seems to be no fear of an impostor from london we journeyed to weymouth and back expecting to see the fleet in that port unfor tunately the sea was so rough the party could not go aboard the queen elizabeth flagship as anticipated but we saw submarines sunk and passed in and out the long lane of war vessels giving us some con- cepton of the immensity of the atlantic fleet later on in our trip we were fortunate in getting aboard at torquay a day was spent in travelling by boat over the great london docks probably we didnt cover all the docks but we travelfed over 33 miles of waterway at one place we saw in cold storage a half million carcasses of lamb yet eng land keeps only three months food supply on the island at any one time in england we found the drinking evil greatly reduced as compared with the other countries of europe while the drinking tables were spread all over the street in france this condition did not exist in the old land of england we were in formed by a prominent citizen there that much good had been done by the reduction in the number of sell ing hours- per week and there is little or no after hour selling the english people have great respect for their laws and they abide by them even the saloon keeper as some of our party learned when they attempted to buy refreslnnents out of hours a cut on the foot by broken glass proved fatal to younpr clare mahoney- of queensville he died on saturday at the hospital for sick children toronto of lockjaw this malady developed after the wound had ap parently healed satisfactorily goodwood august 27th george phinister of sharon is visiting at bert ashenhursts mr and mrs j f held spent sun day last with friends in aurora elmer and miss viola reid spending a few days withfriends in hamilton mr and mrs thos baston have rer turned from a motor trip to brace- briiiie and buffalo xcv c c ottcn is staying at the eltrln hmse lake rosseau for a two weeks holiday mis maud fookner has secured a school near kajadar and will be leav- inft monday to take up her duties more improvements in- town- clerk hezektah roach arid mrs fiitrjec hav their houses re painted y oe3qj ioe3qi o d p xoe30i aosaoz o a o o a o o 0 o o a o b 9 a o a o o o d o o d o w h shaws zeezo o 0 o o fl o slaughter prices is the order of the day during our big shirt sale nifty patterns in print and negligee lines all sizes at only stylish silk shirts are now reduced to 295 during the big shirt sale q o o d o onae w h shaw phonk 9512 stouffvillb store remains open tuesday thursday and saturday evenings closes friday at 12 oclock 30eioe i0e30e oaoc o d o d o o d o o d a o d o o o fl o o 0 o o fl o o fl o 0 a u o fl o b fl o a fl a a 0 a o 0 a f t hill co limited successors to todd cook highest prices paid for alsike red clover timothy alfalfa and sweotclover bags supplied if desired office phone 1401 house 189 l e todd managing dlrootor