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_ Whe Galt Town Council last week manimo decided to take steps to separate from the county and .to join the sisterhood of Canadian cities. M ad baving ‘passed the 12,â€" OD0 mark, the Canadian Manchester has a considerable margin above the « ‘required before a town can be efected into a city, but the charter be secured by a special act of uho Legisiature. â€" Gailt is following mure ol every other Ontario €l in this gespect with the excepâ€" w' c .ymkwu for sentimental ‘“" ‘v ~ h erder to “jq’ & w fl-;-h ‘decided to wait wintil its population had feached the 1§,000 mark betfore applying for the oilerâ€"inâ€"council, which was all that es, to make‘ it a ‘city. ‘The distineâ€" W ONTARIO‘S NEXT CiTY. tion, as the savings followirg gepar= 4j ‘Itom the county, showed, cost a #atepayers of Berlin about four| } dollars for each of the two w‘ yeats that city incorporation . W@® a» The Universal Time Saver. be i Noz Prnith d minee aifaente of ilfe Proiiancs Plls Are the Right First Aid The Bell Telephone Co. of Canada. Tet this wonderful fimedy tone yébr stomhch, stimulate Tou i todk iptored Inrocghane youe ontice apstoon 8: s rm doses will prove to you _':i'xly. for the eorrective of deranged BEECHAM‘S PILLS _ a 24 C 2 o4# * #0 * 4 “‘riuunsuomx' uumm"nuâ€"ub&fl“-:m;«@ s pursult of business or happiness, : K it > #il > £ ikt yR . \hke telephone Increases the value of every minute. â€" It adds to every man‘s Just now, whem\trade is not so brisk as it was two years ago, the long distance .__ telephone is enabling men in, all lines of business to devise new ways and,, means in all its branghes, ADVERTISERS Propsred caly by Themas Beschers, 8. Helons, Lanceshire, Bugiead. Keeping the m‘flmmmuammued,rm‘a- are Anding that travelling expenses may be greatly eurtailed, and in many They are the ‘city, town and rural districts by Bell Telephone line, and in on of the personal talk and the saring in sost are Anding the solution. of : C * Excinding a reporter @rom â€" the n ho on ied > + bi mte sctepted up do â€" Inr. J-mufirwhouo; How cam:the long distance telephone help you? x *y* * ‘W“Mxfis powers as s city, and which. could not be* conlefred: by an Orderâ€"inâ€" 4 Council. . / Alien enemies in a British detenâ€" ticu camp murtinied and five were killâ€" Rr. Justite Riddel!.\ Thigiline of exâ€" clusion, closely allied to the uâ€"-uhum natural course of a Mayor who fan cles himself the owner of a City Hail, A reporter has the same right as any where~ Because Parliaments, Legis latures, Municipal Counciis, and courts are public property, Instituted and maintained by‘ the public to carby out the public will, and as the newspapers are the best medium for informing the principals what their elected and appointed agents are doâ€" Ang from day to day, reporters are gencraily accorded special facilities ftor ebtaining information. . Their position is fot officlal. * > â€" AGENTSâ€" AND THEIR PRINCIPALS The business of a reporter is to inâ€" form the public as to what is being done in their name, with their money, and on their property. Thc%-m a right to this information.. The ropre: sentative bodythat hoids private or seqret: sessions is simply presumptuâ€" ous, and the special exclusion of a reâ€" porter is a piece of foolishness.. it is well that the rights ul ’l:.num'.hln- Pupiich detimey, bou t 1o w ulscour, aging reflection ‘on the people who elect representatives in need of auch a judicial admonition.â€"YToroute Gipbe iy economies that can W# ‘"Whected ‘They witl aiso have the opporbinity [ baving incorperated in their bill of the Station, of of atrugale g648. nm:; &A ade: aré M~*~» the Bome ‘af our people have felt temâ€" vary distrexs, ny Sear PB aBecrdn coriihers * : «e + I ".Mnr P : not bedn ~lmmpaired; and the . Juture _ Preston, NoÂ¥, 31.â€"The, Jocal patrioâ€" tic society â€" robms in the Bernbardt Block were. very busy . ‘this. foreâ€" moon, A notice sent out byy theâ€"otficâ€" ers of . tlte ;ocltfy.ht”lz ww ipples would pe given away on Sat :27? morning to 31 poor o} g:o‘finwfi. was responded to mwty at 9 o'cl:ck'&. m'-g of, N:;: presen v mg- z e Toh T CAgri/ng _ ie gifts. ‘ ply puor vifll.am_ tm will _ help cheer their children, â€" while they sit @round the fireside these col:-h‘mp ings, was very much â€" . County Constable Ofi‘:mhuvelt an â€" operation at ‘the Galt Hospital. to. T h «> 546 $ 50 P Te i nz“u these are indeed times : o8 real opportunity. .A â€" mod»« lmoh. mm,.-;mg sccordance â€"with its real as 5 serviceâ€"institution in a community: In a â€"pertod of great prosperity,. when "everybody has â€" pleaty of>â€"money;* the buyer of supplies :. for. thehome: ,-“:gmbecomu‘:x.lh lax in her w-z over {family vhenMQl...Mwh"h money â€"matters, â€" as â€"kas been :: ex<, ging . to Aake a intereat fi:‘ ever, befpre umm uviol bowe0, shoue adver using: »Ngb: #ally,â€" that merchant wiho {can‘s sorve bet. at . sugh ;a time earns/ allegiance for theâ€"present andâ€"future; Herein lNes one of the gregtest> opâ€" portugities: for: Tive merchants : just now; and herein. ds (presented groatest recont opportunity:. for efive» tive adrgrtising. N s The : merchant »~who ~is ~=s epough toâ€" see, in present everâ€"better« ing <onditions, his urgent â€".need > to advertise morp aggressively: than he has ever done, will find that.this war! pertiod .bas befped. to ‘‘make‘‘> His storeâ€"to "make‘‘ it in a. fashion %*0 crodit #ouwenh . mouths, . . thus helping to bring about a:«condi tion. whichâ€".they would :â€"avoid, ..~are mr“wmhbtuuwl. and/vealize <*that this war â€" _ meaps nâ€"ove of opportunity â€"than of menace MADE GIFTS OF > \â€" APPLES .TO THE _ POOR IN PRESTON The operation was.of a setious natâ€" ure. put: was sticcessful. Mr. Gishe returned fropt the hospital and "is" at his home on Dover ‘street, â€"~~= match his dreamsâ€"andâ€"bis plans, Thus in recen‘t months; she be 6 Soular n / Ir & .. {Epilegh upne wmnom, Jn n 4+ 0b n d a group of mm s c e o irai‘y ‘raper aha dnb lt aniad 4 h o acnh. s bartinet C to. At -v'mo,wm melsouh (/ :.,m““E 1968, he married ~*‘â€". | Miss Zoe Lafontaine, of Montreal, in #18 y om h bas found, during all the caviaudBancdatding © years, .t‘:?“;fl.m x ;J f 'm'wm.m'uu * fleéaily napp> oho. In 1871, be was wtuqu:f.wnm- ?} C T .:.wm ocntoAn“ Fug . t’ 0‘ 5\ d ?A‘tw,hnanm a 5 . oi "M.\'hum‘w y‘ e ~| youik (awye: Togh pwe H a group efâ€" ; *Â¥ Atvde j(pv:!y i d aante *«, Lweht. to. Artbabask: . ~Peâ€"diat Sir willtid â€"Lourier ‘aleots ' throughout the worl} as i ‘greatest. of “‘.3-"“{,'3 2 m08tâ€" us qn r fik pfl&; For mxhlf a cen» tury ‘he has. stcodaunsullied and. tnâ€" [M'mfiemdq‘i light otnx;'y "l “;" to 4 gn‘j..._ â€" Yorty| years: continuogsâ€" bBrâ€" ;fgoua-"msc of comnox‘:fw twonty.six ;u{s as. leader of the Li beval party, ~bver fifteen oi which were spentâ€"as Prime Minister of his country, By is still_erect of hearing, fatie:. sah, the seme kees, vitile and L § same undisputed .l¢adership. He stands to Erenob descent ‘E“ Roman ‘"Catholic faith, the grace facility of â€" exâ€" ;I:' an :gd{ 0?}“ mdth of vision itâ€" 168 »rlm o . Chginn â€" «it r 4) ichanon thilom Ciat an aoe age o l w , agt Whity ie vev Peopart ie Me he 4 Cos " & lant carâ€" Pestichd lor hi. Dw 1900, he * the study. of faw ad a student at MoQill.;. Four yeats altertvards lis was graduated with honors, and gave the yaledic :‘!" class, In that se aopiy ofto ind is t 1 ¢ fo the t which have aniâ€" | Hiis whole m”wm’flb + k of the maker and‘of the stident To ireign.". / fi,f!j .’ _’:i ‘EK D. V oL F E:) baih _ Sm f ( k 1 .. He was clected e hoi e ie oo bec nestling: in the ol reply to|the speech from the throme ; , snere “mnflmmdfimm N ‘and his wite, Dferâ€" ment. The Commoners of that â€" day ofplie & son, id Laurâ€" at once recognired â€" that ‘a nbw star . there is nqo one nOw bdciulna-m-.;;.m i"‘ in the"v who‘ t”*"‘ or, 1877, ho was called~to the Gor» i obably*" no one at *;"'“!“fl“*wtum ,fl”"fi'lflc that. atross: . Athe : tion, ‘wias .8 ‘in‘ as Minister ‘span of three score and ten years tiie | of Inland Reverue. ‘Phus, for fortyâ€" atemdiiy wrowine personality and in seven years Sir‘ Wilfrid has been> a t:u‘-a&om lanilâ€"surveyot‘s memher wof tNe King‘s m“.g‘.& 4 "would: dominate qm politiâ€" |In 1878, he was nfi@“ the Co: ‘cal Sevelopment as no. other . personâ€" mons Tfor Qubbec East, and Since then ality» has ever done in the life of the‘rflzfs‘eonmny represented that wi the Laurentians, there was born XO m ‘fl%flh g?m%u‘:'u_n.dn now mp, 1; shall continue to give my best, fi:flh poorâ€"that . may be, to the lo6~of those principles which .we all hold so dear." . *\ ‘The Boy and the Young Man. * Sir Wilfrid‘s. mothes diea when he Was but six years .. old. His father serit the young lad to be educated t # ‘ sehool6 in a neighboring Scotclh intifomet. mhite io boonavd . tor n mu!k& stareâ€"keeper Murray, a , Sootch Presbyterian. ‘There‘the coming Premier of ‘Canada first rearriâ€" éd the English language and religious tolerace, :y endowments wiiich have beliped to"give o the.man of . ol Toule * SANe OBA E2CE CA bara cPW Lumgucc c PORT the purden of leadership. which moy has tmposed upon him, poth im victory and. defeat. "Whotifer it be twerty years on ten or five,"‘ . he #gid, to his . dollowers . in.the Cemâ€" mong last May, ~*"whatever may be the letigth of my time is in the hands of God; but~so.long as God spares s0000A00ae0000pee0evre8 0 e on ons eone eaecsaeceane o aa 6 do o 0aa 9 aa 0 baA padQpbae en ageceaeneveccaceadses iss Greatedt Ganadjnd f®aitbrates Anothar Birthday in Matnressâ€"oketch of Chamberlain vored to. meet . success without elaâ€" tion, and reverse without discoutageâ€" ment," he said‘ to his followers is Purlioment last May in acknowledgâ€" ing tilâ€"in testimonial to, him,0% the eempletion of, forty.‘years .of continâ€" uous n-nher:b in the Commons.. The . Father Parliament, in â€"point | of length of service ‘as in point of rige judgiment, miorlcn".r-lfl | public. experience, he is still, in Opâ€" CMTV, anâ€" oniingtint . wighes." Purng the ; @nd, an. % . W . ng i fifteer years of is Premierstip, Sir ~Wilfrid, with â€"the â€" exception of. â€" his Liberal Leader for Twentyâ€" { Seven Years. P : Inf 1887 ~sixtéen yeurs after enterâ€" ing Parliament, he was chosen lug of ths Liberal Party whep Hon..] ward: Blake laid â€" down the mantle and recommended the brilliaat young ‘lieutenant from ‘Quebec "as his succesâ€" sor. ‘The new leader took up the burâ€" dm with diffidence and perhaps with some misgivings on the part of many Liberals as to the wisfom of choosâ€" inz a party leader from the Province of Quebec: 'l'bon‘ygmflnu were specdily allaged. wisdom of the choice was vindicated from the first and for the. ersuing ttintym" years it has been uq\md leader :of the party~he isshed) the call for the Dominion Liberal Convention which met at Ottawa in 1893 and laid down the fundamental nmm Liberal policy on ‘which the. Li victory of June 23rd, 1896 was won. On ‘July 18th, 1896, Premier Lautier forimed the ‘‘Ministry 6f all the > tal â€" / In Office or Out, vhe Greatest Canadian. It is no vain baast of Liperals to say that Sir wa-ld Laurier never stood ‘higher in estimation of his country, and never po-u-: ‘the conâ€" fidence of all to a greater extent than he does toâ€"day. The quivers of parâ€" riding in the House tv antagonism have ‘emptied all their shafts against him. â€"‘Time has but proven the high sincerity of his purâ€" pose, the consistency of his politicul principles. the integrity ouiumbuc and private life, the farâ€"sighted vis ion~of his statesmanship, the demoeâ€" racy ~of his Liberaliym, the ‘courage ant faith of his Capadianism and the senity of his ‘Imperialism. In : office ar out of it, he is still ‘‘the greatâ€" @st Canadian‘‘ increasingly Beloved of his. political friends and increasingly respected by his opponents. ? .00 _ "TÂ¥k Rlixir of Youth, ‘At geventyâ€"three fie is=â€"still.. ‘"the gicatest fighter of them all."â€" F:x years of strenuous â€" public life broiught no slackening‘in til> vigor of mind or energy, nor ary discourage ment as to the ultimate trinmaph of the principles for which he has stood. There is an clixir of perpetual youth ln:';hl cause ‘ and in a good 5.» That. elixir. is. in the sveing of the "Old â€"Chief" _ who. is â€" toâ€"day . leading his party with all his oldâ€"time cour> a «n nedArenfen#1NW HY Hyea ‘andaat If you chae for heavy hair that tq&vn&\. ym’hmmfi ll:“iuhl‘;s 1 t:ymndvfl:‘ i Juat a doub! fls Aioo in ritader i h ag diately _ dissolves evary particle of dandruff.; Youâ€"can not have aite heaty, â€" healthy hair . i . you have dandruff. ‘This déstructive scurf ‘robs the bhair of its lustre; Ito and vtmm.mum it lreâ€" soutet "mp. hair" roots, famieh, ::'n u’d‘dfo; E?fiu h‘:n nnu: m m 25â€"cen store and just try it. C l e S THICK, Girlat Rirkalr and ie fcfoie"‘ FREE FROM DANDRUFF IT nclg ! ees 5; mipons ress in throme Parliin it ~ day ; w star 0 Goye o om }g wrotsed 6 fortyâ€" been > a yot e Conth |* Imperial . Conference â€" trips and. his ‘Western tour of 1910,, and during cl6â€" tion campaigns, was never away from his ‘post at the Capital for more than a week at most in any ons .year. As the leader of His. Majesty‘s loyal op» ; position, he is now dafly in his dfloe‘ attending to a large correspondence, | looking after the zfiflxflo( my or»| gomization, receiving many cal who meek his advice or mh:‘,' : keeping abreast _ through pemodicals of all national problems . Durin* the past ww waeks the poâ€"]| ‘Iti:’ h:ll lad their â€"attemtion -Tlh‘:'-_- to sev caseg of w e ; wortk was found to hive t.“Ccn ® hy a band of boys. ‘The police have @ hy t war + tlbh Febare $ and three of . lads up i W‘"lw.m‘*n;mzi.* The}e hovs are about thirteen voars of age, $ and: one of. thenmy has beem <in the 2 clutches of the daw ana previous oc s cwsioh. ‘¥hey were remanded until : Wrdnesday . ‘The\ (bootw obtained by p4 the lads : was ‘comparatively little, & It â€" in»luded . cigarettes, . tobagco, and a quantity .of â€"monéy.â€". The mowsy s was spent w“ bord,: but 3 ‘ul“- ® tv of the tobacco was found ‘by the|e pulice. _ Five cakes‘ oft ‘shopbreaking | @ were ‘reported during tha‘ last month. : \Jamgs â€"Dunn was givesa five month‘s )q term with CaZÂ¥e Cook, when be apâ€")e pearea in Police Court in answer to|@ a vagrancy: oltirge © > © ard world mevements. eecsscecscccncnd0den000000e eas 0000006000 00000b 40q _ Check Chronic RheumatismNow Act0 Wen propanigy Tor i4 Aeuitve m ‘decisive acâ€" Te T imaa htfi at RHECMA THOROUGHLY prRivEes OUT PEBPâ€"SEATED YRIC ACID $ . ; +ROTBON,‘:* ‘There is only one way to be free lvrom _ Kheumatism=â€"the acctrmulated impurities â€"caused: by !«am excess of U®C Acid poison: ‘must â€"be expéelled from the body.~ That is what RHEâ€" UNMA â€"will\do and do it" wafl_ It yow ‘sufler‘ from ~anyâ€" form of Rhe matismâ€"Sciatica, Infammateory, Arâ€" thritis, â€"Muscular, Lumbn?‘or Gout â€"get a bottleé of RHEUMA from E. M. Devitt, ‘Waterloo, for: 60 â€" centgâ€" ib 4s guaranteed. \ n *‘*For years 1 suflered with Rhew Mation in me arme and>> shanldare mation in my arme and>> shoulders. My kidneys and bladder were aftectâ€" ed,; and I rapidly lost fiesh. After fAve weeks‘ use of Rhewnma I _ was a well man.‘"â€" Williatm Fry, : Fort Bivie, Ont. Also at C. E. Swaigland." Berlin. BERLIN LADS ARE ; ROUNDED UP FOR i AHOP.BREAKING ebeUUsecrebRUS80080ecebkas eesootecbes se a6eab ~â€"THE DOMINION BANK It is desirable tp teach the children to save their pennics, merenin e porvest on Â¥ * : thair sarings Whinaver they ght a fow coppers sancd. 4. poo interest allowed on all deposits. s is . f F f f sr,‘4 The Waterloo County Loan and â€" i o. &“w cm ""“:‘,‘-'-1 x.-::.wuw‘“ ute frim date of . it ... . e td inos, tiuitard, 1*. V . wisoi, ~Ch, W9. 51 President, ; Manager. A Â¥i * BERLIN BRANCH, WALPEX BLOCKâ€"W. HARm 4 :~}f If you live at a distancé from a branch of The Dominion Bank. Deposits may be madeâ€"cash withdrawnâ€"or ‘any other Bavking Business may be transacted by mail, just as easily as though ane made a spectal trip to town for the purpose. ‘ Children‘s Savings Accounts BM EDMUND i. OSLEA® M.P., PRESIDENT, W. D. MATTHEWs, vioeâ€"prceant. A Suvings Account may be opened in the name of two porsong â€"mmflpln, or two members ofâ€"a familyâ€"so that cither ene san deposit and withdraw money from the same account. 7 BANK DNEY ORDERS 1,.~. Eue branon : Cupital & Do Your Banking By Mail it hi; WATERLOO MUTUAL E‘:.VMMW IN CANADA. FIRE INSURANCE CGO _ _ Rose Coleman, aged twelve, $ stantly kitted when 3 28 rife t hands of her seventeenâ€"yearâ€"old * ther was discharged in their m>th0F $ howe at Fort Erie. mcte nursery stock tham eVer We bave room for another this county, however, â€" â€"and tious should be sent in at 36A 80‘ man should" carn from * 0 per week ‘ut%l w ter. No deli 6r ng. fit free. Thos. W. n . & â€". Co., Ltd., Ridgevilie, Ont. 4t ooobooooo.bdb.mm 5 . .. Head.Office, Waterlan, On$,, . | Cdead eaceaAse oo 0000008006 Incorporated in 1863. < _ Total Assets, 3ist. ޣ THE WAR DQES NOT Airiasw t THE NURSERY BUSINESS. Geo. Dichel, Viceâ€"President%. _: A Foster, s td * * anort. simine ‘ [ James Livingston, Esq., Badén, ‘S Frank Haight, Esq. . & _ _ Dr. J. H. Webb, Esq. e mm.una Snmag! Fag. w .: Geo. Dichel, 6 _.% i 2. ge i. fase on t ) o aiy P. E. Shantz, Preston. No2 ‘% In spite of the war we are BOARD OF DIRECTOR®R WATERLOO, $750,000.00 E5.3 C SC