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L "Toa a wholg in . NA â€"are a , good \the only ‘excepti es a " C Th ® :the, grain Tas late, lkelyâ€"pr . to be vefr us +63 awarm ~weathe hern ~Aberts ponditions Prombiag. White ahe crop .. heavy, continued . . rains extended. petiod, have delayâ€" t,.>..and mey Fesult. in ure.. _Dry, warm .weather ‘#ma AcapSactions he stated, y referred fo hy many westâ€" aAg a ppemory of the more, .. of ,fln:n{ls ef recent years, . of which especially as, reâ€" utban . 'l&“» is now, evident me. .. Mr. Wegepas$ thinks t :of the values, pf real towns and cities must j _@uch,,.. that land values xly will, be reduced to ble basis. Vacant business pidential propertiesâ€" areâ€"numerâ€" and rents have been reduced »-.__ â€"prove. to be very sat wru’ ming ... fast, and already s in progross.. <,. ....; _ hiRstate Boom is a Memory information gathered. by him, Â¥ ier,. then western crop.gives :fifm a good. ore. and nast thinks, cannot fail . to fl.;“ an, improvemgnt in business situation. + a_ whole :in Manitoba thewan : are. a . good . ayerâ€" *r, the only exception heâ€" wgm, «where: owâ€" Cap “W Mn .&Â¥ I-g"yh"{ F E wheat fields ~ob lon and . Reâ€" hrough a large pÂ¥rt ; ;of mn.vhn the , 1. farms. were ‘uni k 'l\lh â€" was .z.eh)l,v 3 on wuants 1o bus interests of his 458. i fini'rufi BIG SHOE SALE CEASES _ i sliar laved };â€" "pe c miuks â€"Dollar Saved is a Doliar Earned. EVetytHing throughout the‘storefs reduced and itiwill be possâ€" E&Eta;:.a;g’,;?cv::;s&?:it&gah;st valuesior the least money. Rememberâ€"Sale ends Saturday August 14. Do not delay calling. ggib;.."”r‘r his ganuab Provinces a â€" survey . of :condiâ€" 3 MbPibia® At the * & havt ':%fl Mioaire: 54. Mansger of (trom. . 25 ‘Pé &4 t * it ons +4 + { i s seat e E uinder the Suin¢ould do businiess/ and live, unless he made a profit; yet, there " : year whc_nggisis netégsaryfor hifi‘ to sell BELOW COST, for this reason:â€" Lt % iceinent 6 &ta sm(nll"stoeks iM all the latest style aré ready for those peoâ€" who* to be first in ‘the fashlon;‘as time g6es on, the sizes become broxen and it is inâ€" eAsih to suw everybitesâ€"to ‘avoid loss of service, the best thing to do is to put on a -:':t‘uph prices that ALL ; thesodd:lines can be sold quickly. _ This gives us a chance to restock. with. next season‘s goods, and.to have the ready money to pay cash for S391¢. );., y« 3: "-’ImTALKS WITH US‘A$ WELL‘AS WITH YOU. No.man, woman of child needing a palr t rieed go uniatished. "‘The ‘opportimity to buy footwear at ..such> absurdly low -En-vll"fimetgdn'ina hurry; so be wise and come this wéek whilé theâ€"picking is â€"good. ere are four items of special. mention in addition; to the reductions all around. _._ & and Real Estate Conditions in Tnterâ€" ment of Values in Wont Must be $A & Wigt sengefn NE oic faif wHnk stippers. â€"._ >.. } -'?'Ag_&‘p’hl this line, fih‘ t 6&75. in sizes 244, 3, 3y; ‘wad 4: ~‘For people who tan wear this size these are (he best batptn‘in the sale .. .. .. {G¢ Hiyb iloe: ME $ wo'niuws SHOES. . aimers *<High shoes and pumps n all the newest styles and leathers, MER OR t en e oo gather . Mr. Wegenast was _ asked whether "in,hji, opinion the cagterp® provinces ;,@vq'q( Canada _ would be able to supply g. and | the amount of, labor &:ut would _ he i1 _ to| required to take off grop of _ the gnt in |praitie provinces. Im, reply he . said . that he was of the opinion that | all ~â€"~ |the men needed could be supplied by mery.. |the cast,and that the labor would be 4 of better quality than ‘had beem sup stated,| plied in previous, years. _ In _ other . WeStâ€"{seasons large numoers of the rqving °. . O! |adventurous class had come, west to Y°AS:|assist _ in the A;u'vest. ‘This year 8. T°â€"|hundreds of . older,. more experienced videDt | workmen. would be available, Al| thinks | thaough .war orders were, keeping many pL_IEA! factywies roing that would otherwise + "i\!‘:: be Ail> there _ werg a large number: VAlut8iof plants in the easb, which were not ced . ‘C’!gfi:z ‘opetrated n;\hEir wotkmem‘ usiness |wero unemploved. Hundreds of them ;fl":d'"'nuld be glad of theâ€"opportunity: to Tuut w n } moi Cmcogcome west and carn a little,. money, SLIPPERS.... .. Comeéi mert ; .. &5 per cent. _ _to 50 per MA fiy‘éfie irge Tespong!) ”f*?‘ y t h e an . in the ea: 15 ibly true of Calgary and Edmonton, noth which bave furnished.a large numâ€" Press " linfe 4 #nos â€" . ‘‘Mr. George Woegenabst of Waterlog; Olt*mhl“l'é director of the a: ual +Life of, ,h,h-.tr 0&. Hegcen uragen B came West carly in the pregent month and has, spent. the past weeks in ®xamining . propertics in . . the rural districts in.. W the company is interested.. The. invflrt of . the Mutual.Lile. in .theâ€" Prairie. Provinces exceeds twelve million dollars. _ Speaking. ofâ€" general.. pusiness . condiâ€" tions, Mr. Wegenest,said.that while the, cities had suffered, the rural disâ€" tricts were prosperousg. Although all the, towng, of theâ€" West were . quist, the intrinsic vajue of, western muniâ€" cipal securities was unimpared . and loans made. «on good .â€"prairie farms were as safe and sound as elsewhere, w i n o oanniohe, Fiek Jays Longer & Wostern Interview East Can Supply Men Next to the Dominion Bank. A *&. €¥1 pÂ¥ A NnA Aiggt . 4 . _ 4 HPBDOIIPAADTEPONEE .. Dominign, Mr..] S t a ‘year ago nole . » 30 8 logning @orporations had -n, A â€" 8 hbad.â€" ogcurced tomards the | .A pr w ¢ of: 1914 when 4ynds :;‘ *o | w % k e e o o on k t on isughter Elmeta miénagers of these corporations asvunited in marriage to Mr. Roâ€" o lloohnjé; nvestments. bert / Wood, son of Mr. ::: ual Li We\ * prev "Mrg.. Wood to lolined _ very 'fi l‘uj:-‘ iom' \ BerU®" The who but â€" dur in g @paafigeteyear 4+ %45% ay her f/ was t more largely J# Ropd, muy ite si ith veil " Mir. . Wegenast was asked for . bis ‘ *M;:“ issed ‘in "Wes 0 cflm mm in essm ion .w bodiine gun.< whom . it w:'m QL government to help...It, . wouk to prevent lenders from sending hidney into the Western, Provigces.... YOUNG BIRL " 72 "stmied > ~ QROKEN LFE © @atharine _ Bechtel, the nineâ€"yeéarâ€" old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson . Bechtel, Waterloo, met with . an rtunate _ accident . on Tuesday eÂ¥ening < in which she sustained a lybroken leg. ‘ e... . young: girl. . with two other mates were . coming down ~the hill at Allen St. West, on a : small iaress wagon ahead of an automoâ€" bile ‘driven by Mr. Reitzel. The child guiding the wagon evidently unmindâ€" ‘(vio! the auto turnei in front of it with_the result above indicated. The l?’er children escaped uninjured. 1. en t ronirarid GRAND.DUKE OF: . â€" © MCEKLENBERG 0c . . IN COMMAND > Longon, â€" Aug. 11.â€"Athens desâ€" atch to the Star says that the rand Duke of Mecklenburg has appointed qommander-inâ€"ch(ex bt ‘Turkish forces at the Darâ€" Hanelles succeeding â€" Liman Von @anders. . ... ; i ces Ne ds ; Still buying â€"western bon ild WW it e ofâ€"a satisfactory ac Funds Accumplate. CHILDREN‘S AND Every line we have in stock is strikingly REDUCED IN PRICE We beljeve that no storé can give youa comparison. A good lot of broken sizés gellâ€" ing regularly for $5.00, $5.50 and $6,00, while they last . «> ;2.‘5 MEN‘S FOOTWEAR. TH INFANTSY‘ SHOES & C\p td ;:n {:u:- of nh‘us .:,E crepe c'&:rl;? I us ” 8 \ r-fi shade $ o ;5}':5;:;;‘&!_,»"2 Prsa s ca td j helley: _ pla Me imared and durng" the piex t 5 voi rabaitly "etaiie»â€"Aner he ceremony a buflet luncheon was v“' ues : iotmed before {muthtvhtm by Rev. Janes in prese of ‘only ommmlan‘A " T Mr. and Mrs. Wood left on the 8.32 train for Pine Haven, (imhn Bay, where,... they will spend r honeyâ€" moon.. The brid& travelling ~in (a navy blue suif*with white felt ‘ hat. On their ° return they will take up theirâ€"residence on Lytton Boulevard, Epronto. : P&+ q EVANGELICAL CHOIRS EnJoY Cl 0_ ~JOINT PICNIC A large> programme of â€" athletic sports commenced immediately after the arrival of the Elmira train and conginued _ all afternoon, baseball, football, . temnis, croquet and quoits beingâ€" indulged in by all present inâ€" cludilajhe two pastors. A number of students from the Naperville Collâ€" -Dghe accompaniedâ€"the St. Jacobs choir who came down by auto, traint and cdrriage.â€" : AT A"splendid lunch was provided; by the Refreshment, Committee and afâ€" terwards _ more games were played. M E. N Mr. Jacob Ufieciman is in Torgnt« on a cusiness trip. . _ _ â€" «38 C 6::5 fi%m "l’ L ; n!-..‘ Q‘;“""‘""'"‘J; i7 "Miss" "Mary os Téft i 3 19 partcte, oo whd Mig: meanh Pesiy, _ ~~_ .. _ a% L is spending a couple of weeks with her sister, Mrs. BePevitt., . s »»~p use flanngh ngv rtap (BL_ Forait$. Mlliu #}B-' and Mr. l)tof;gnfi'i;: ave_ . ret om @ trip, , Won, Yutalp, â€" Chicass â€" ie othe po h â€" es ‘ . Mrs. William Baetz who has been M some time at the home of r. and Mrs.;A. E. Devitt, left yesâ€" terday for her home in Cleveland. Mr. Sheldon Uffelman bas returned from a week‘s motor trip to Niagara Falls,. Crystal Beaciy and iflnf southâ€" ern points. Y fâ€"fl:&,w. HOGRLTAL BOXRO BUSINESS GERMANS OCCUPY BENJAMINOW, FORTRESSES Routine business was transacted at the monthly meeking of the Berlin and _ Waterloo Hospital Board on Puesday evening. In the absence . of Président Hughes and \'xc‘e-n;addpat Clement ~#heâ€"session . was presided over by exâ€"President Schmalz, . ‘The â€" Supérintendent‘s report _ for July showed 261 days for !{.ee patâ€" ients, 624 for pay patients, total 885 ; . receipts . $1252.85; admitted during month 43, discharged 56 ;>â€" in at end of _ July 28 ; opérations 22, major 11, minor 11. «s 1\ hk Secretaryâ€"Treasurer _ Eby reported that the fiaintenance indobtedness at the bankâ€"had been reduced to $500. Mr '%ére was a brief discussion teâ€" garding ‘ the commitiment of indigeiit patichts ‘ to the Hospital by phygiâ€" ctans and ‘heads of municipalities who are fAble to pay, and they will be adâ€" vised to make enquiries into the finâ€" ancial standing of the patient before committing them to the Hospital. Messra.â€"‘Sehmalz. Wogenast, Dicbel, Honsberger, Kimmel, Abrens, Merâ€" rick, Bricker, Wedd, Kutt and Secreâ€" taryâ€"Treasurer Eby were prcsent. Accounts; were passed amounting to $1130.03. â€" wys Miss Eva‘Devitt of Wilkesbarre, Pa, If ‘that‘ proposed battalion of athleâ€" tes __includes lacrosse and hockey players it ought to win fame at the front. And why not golfers to do the trenchâ€"digging? e Take tithe 10 get 2 early, to start to «walk‘ at ;znorm gait, to artive réfreshenediand not fatigued, calmed rather than excited to face the | atâ€" faire: Of 4089 0@Y «o .s. e :cg. Not dlofie in number® have the en. across the border brought ereâ€" dit to Can@da But mir'?tl.g ah ility and l:dim have Tor the credit of the : best . Sr ues qh oi Sht dich Aoltiers Berlin, Aug. ~ 11.â€"The German War Office announced> toâ€"day "the occupation of the fortresses . of Benjaminow, to the east of ‘Novo‘ (Georgievsk, the Russian strongâ€" hold on the Vistula, northwest of Warsaw. Tt is stated in the same announcement, . that the number of _ prisoners taken north of the Nieman ‘ since _ August $th pow Canadiahs have needed no urging to enlist for service abrodd. 1« cannot be said definitely how many troops have â€"responded, but certainly . the Dominion has made a splendid showâ€" | totals 2116 WALK TO THE OFPFICE Di WMs ROUTHNE 1 Wind (Canadian Press). L0YAL CAXNADIANS (Detroit Free Press.) (Montreal Mail.) AN INSULT (Buffalo News) M joo ki hr ! ""‘ Mar. : HMe is even congidering the Con vocation of the c at Rome . and Mgue ay appeg! to the Wings of Spain and Scandanavia and the Prosiâ€" %’fi‘: United Mum.m-.: and South American w . wilh him in, &n @fMort to Obtain at least a trues, (*/ . / _ $ x* ln'.r*‘““ ‘:‘ _‘ .J\ ) * g@MpP‘‘!ca, under.pain of sxeq gwas is . prayers f victory, from asking blessings. £ "e NT Mlm * f Folte" '-‘u‘ (Canadian Press Service.) he: s c ts No :~Paris, August.11.~â€"Thé afternoon statement says: In the/ Artois disâ€" trict there was spirited cannonading last night and cloge to Souchez a German attack with bombs was, repuised, ~ C %. + ArÂ¥iMe3! S 4. se \ fea‘e hi d $44 . ++ . On the remainder of the front m-fio ‘passed ~quietly From the Argonne there h>« been reported very violent bombardment of our"positions ‘to C’Q”_OIIQ of : the road from Venneâ€"Leâ€"Chateau to Binâ€" VERY ViOLENTâ€"BOMBAROMENT OF : ~ :~ > ies BoslTidns IN ARCONNE . Washin ;!on‘,nAu‘. 10.â€"The office of amuel ‘~ Goimpers, President of the a_w Federation of Labor, , "toâ€" day made public a letter from Milâ€" ton S‘u‘dllx. First Viceâ€"President of: the _ International ‘Union of Steam En rs of America, in srffmization wifiMeted with . the Federation, to Representative Frank Ruchanan of Illinois, in which . Mr. Snelling resigns as First Viceâ€"Presiâ€" dent _ of Labor‘s National . Peace Council. Mr. Sn'h@ng ‘explains his reâ€" signation by saying that remarks of hig brother officers in the Council suggested that the new organization was ‘not in the interests of peace, but simply to aid Germany by preâ€" l‘”““ ‘shipmentsof arms to the alâ€" lies. * 4 Mr. Snelling‘s letter to Mr. Buâ€", chanan, as President of the Council, also makes it ‘plain that he suspectâ€" ed fthat the Council was financed by (G@erman â€" Americans or German money, and that in spite of its name it was not representative of labor.: He said that ‘he was chagrined to find at the meetings of the Council men. "who ha~c been hanging on the‘ fringe ~of the labor movement lor{ their own personal aggrandizement."‘ TIn this connection ‘Mr. Snelling menâ€". tions Herman J. Schulteis an “Wil;; ’li_s B. Martin."‘ Mr. Schulteis is or was, counsel for the National ‘ Antiâ€" TBist League, ~with ~which â€"Davidâ€" Lamaf, the "Wolf of Wall Street," was ‘closely© affiliated. . By Willis B. Martin.Mr. Snelling apparently means Henry B. Martin, National Secretary of the league, who is almost conâ€" stantly > with ~Mr. Schulteis.â€" Mr. Schulteis and Mr. Martin were with the delegation â€" from Labor‘s Peace Council that called on the Secretary of the Navy some time after formet Sectetary of State Bryan addressed the new organization. "PEACE" MDVE > gUNBY EERMANS® FARMER‘S HASTE |. IN HARVESTING ~ HAY FRUITLESS on the road between Elmira and Elora learned <to his sorrow Tuesâ€" fid‘tm truth of the old proverb that "Maste makes waste.‘" Desiring . to get all ‘his hay into the barn in one day he worked until late Tuesday even ing and at length came to the forâ€" tieth and jiast load. While pitching it into the loft the lantern by the light of which they were working, was knocked over. The hay went up in a blaze and the barn was ~razed to the: ground. © ALLIES LAND ~50.000 TROOPS A "*armer, namek Auget, who lives Constantinople, via Berlin, Alg 11.â€"Enver Patha, Turkish Minis ter of War, declared toâ€"day that according to his information, the Entente. A in . their latest ofperations | at rdineHes, had landed <three divisi of : traops cOmpriting: about 50,000 men. The Tosses among them, however, he W has. been yery. heavy, alâ€" (® acga use & . . M DBOME ES (Canadian Press.) {Canadian Press Service.) mm o t en oo Hice s GROWING WAGE LIST Pay Sheets Show That 30 Per Cont, of the Forces Are Bachelors. Otu‘n.\ Aug. 10. â€"That _ a large proportion of British soldiers were married . men bas been one of _ the strongest arguments in Great Britain for conscription. It was pointed out / toâ€"day on investigation of separation . allowance® figures in the Militia Deâ€" partment pay sheets, however, that such is not the case in Canada. The percentage: of married â€"men in the Canadian forces to«day is 20 per cent. or oneâ€"fifth of theâ€"whole total. a Canada is paying.out. to het;@d-fi iers in the Dominion, in England and at the front, $125,000 per day, â€" or: about $45,000,000 per. year, and this . sum, of course, is rapidly increasing.. Twentyâ€"five thousand cheques for sep~ aration allowance are being issued per month, a total of $15,000,000 per year being paid to the wives and families of married soldiers. . and about‘ $12,.000,000 of assigned â€"money . is being paid over. ‘Phis has necesâ€" sitated a very large increase in the \nfin of the Militia Department, and day and night work on their part. _ FEW MARRIED _ _ MEN IN AAMY Soldiers in mauy cases neglect . to ask â€"for separationâ€"allowance,â€"orâ€"asâ€" sign their pay, and this leads to deâ€" tays which have made the Paymaster General‘s branch the most abused ‘di~ vision in the whole civil service. In several cases, too, soldiers have. as+ signsd their pay to sisters or others than their wives and complaints have immediately . followed. INCREASE QOF _ _ _ . FREIGHT RATES c PERMITTED GERMANS HAVE â€" ° . IMPROVED TYPE ~London, Aug. 11!â€"A despatch from British headquarters in France to the Worning Post says that the most noteworthy of recent happenings has been the reappearance of (German airâ€" men, who since winter had been conspicous by their absence from the "fi. aitiiw AHP (Biditin n‘ ‘;‘n alMtOM Once more the (Germang are acti? im Ni(tflfi"mfitmeWIs .w?fl* an "4mproved type of â€" aetroplanes whose speed and }llmblng abilities justity | all ll‘ct was predicted . of SENTENCED : TO PERPETUAL BANISHMENT â€" Washington, <August 11.â€"The Interstate .Commerce® Commission gave its decision in the western freight rate case toâ€"day, permitâ€" ting . increases in soft coal, coke iruit andâ€" vegetahles and,â€"refusing increases‘ on grain, live stock, packing house products, fertilizer and <broom corn. Paris, Aug. 11.â€"Henti Racine, the millionaire perfume distiller of ’mtoM. has been sentenced by Courtâ€"Martial at Marseilies, to perpetuwal banishment for: grad« in\ with a celebrated perfumer of Colognt, . . . 14 AS FOR (Canadian Press.) OF AEROPLANES is *" meant comu asins sutliy [ 3